AGWW Online - Log 2004/12/07

Mage - Etherites Go!

Session 1x18: Lady Samantha x 2, Part 7

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 Alfred - Dingo
 Bill Irvine - Marvin
 Bob Grant - Asmodai
 Clunk, Vines - Dingo
 Himiko - Dingo
 Lady Samantha (Sam1) - Fuzzy
 _Lady Samantha_ (Sam2) - Asmodai
 Lord Whitefield - Dingo
 Nathan Raiser - Asmodai
 Rhiannon - FiXXXer667

 Storytortillo - Asmodai

<Rev_Jones> Last session, we saw Bob and John having a deep conversation about the purpose of life...

<Rev_Jones> of the nature of death and how God's love can bring hope and salvation for all.

<Rev_Jones> There was a brief break until the ruckous outside died down,

<Rev_Jones> and then Bob was baptised in Bill's engine fluid.

<Storytortillo> you do realsie how perverse this sounded...

<Rev_Jones> I thought it was a very touching game last week.

<Bill_Irvine> (Hentai! *g*)

<La_ST> (What do you expect from a Rev *g*)

<Storytortillo> Now on to the real things at hand...

<Rhiannon_D> (specialy a catholic one ;-))

<Rev_Jones> (I have a twisted brain, but I cannot seem to make engine fluid perverted)

<Lady_Samantha> (/me looks and sees Rev Bem ;))

<Storytortillo> In the last few sessions the group was shot at, mindraped, fucking like ze minks and uncovering dark things from around...

<Rev_Jones> Notice that the rev was not around for ze fucking.

<Storytortillo> After the uncovery of two Lady Samantha's the group focused on rooting out the right one and was stying near the Whitfield manor

<David_P> (his mind is still virginal)

Rev_Jones rols on da fwor waffing.

Himiko has an idea... we kill both of the Sams and then our problem witht the Sams is solved (not Dingo's personal opinion)

<La_ST> (We wanted tpo keep this PG? -_-)

<Storytortillo> All the suspicions of the group were focused on the Sam that was with them in the jungle, and the fact that someone caved Rhiannon's brain and then crushed her body was not much better once the fact that she coudl haev escaped was apparaent...

<Himiko> (Ducks for Cover)

<Storytortillo> The group was looking around only for the Reverend and Bob (the depressive yet comedy relief character) to work on temporal discovery of what happened... they seem to have gotten onto a different track though...

<Storytortillo> ... while the women were busy sniping at each other, for Himiko had plainly said to both of them what the situation is, and Rhiannon conffessed she saw sex as a payment for "food" and didn't understand all the emotional complexities...

<Storytortillo> The other Samantha was happily with Lord Maxwell finanly resting from the ordeal she went through...

<Storytortillo> ... and the rest of the men tracked Bill's hunch...

<Storytortillo> ... there on the rooftop of the manor they were confronted by a formidable oponnet who seemed to have destroyed clunk and ripped open a hole in Bill, Nate and Dave...

<Storytortillo> ... the shots of gunfire rang across the manor as they tried to kill the Creeper, and finnaly Dave bravley shoved two pieces of roof covering into his guts causing him to stagger...

<Storytortillo> Nate, who seemed to have recognized the assailant as a "night creeper" ran towards it tryignto push it off the roof... but he fall along with it...

<Storytortillo> Thus we turn to the girls who spring up to see the gunfire and see the form there kicking Dave around... finnaly they seethat the form falls and that Nate is about to fall too...

<Himiko> NATE!!!!!!!

<Himiko> (insert obligatory slow speed playoff of that sound & image file)

<Rhiannon_D> ...no escaping gravity.

<David_P> CLUNK ! (also slow ;) )

<Lady_Samantha> where is my copter?

Nathan_Raiser falls off

<Lady_Samantha> (I'd like to use its force frield as a cushion for Nate to slow his fall, (trying to aviod falling damage))

<Storytortillo> As he does suddenly you all see the attacker hitting some sort of a bearrier a few feet from the roof...

<Storytortillo> ... he stops there and seesms to be moving on sheer air...

<Storytortillo> and he is soon joined by Nate hittign the same...

Nathan_Raiser hits the shimmer hard and swears puking some blood...

Nathan_Raiser reaches down around the field as if he is looking for something

<Storytortillo> As he does you notice that the form is getting to its feet... but doesn't seem to well...

<Nathan_Raiser> Now Warp! ROLL!

<Storytortillo> As Nathan grabs on something suddenly you see the shimemr braking away into the sleek form of Skywarp and both the forms falling off, yet Nate seemign to cling from the forwaerd part...

<Storytortillo> AS the attacker falls he suddenly bursts into flames hittign the ground with a sick crunch and then suddenly there is a huge sound of air being sucked in... as a huge fireball appears where he hit the ground...

<Rhiannon_D> ...what the..

<Lady_Samantha> I ask Himiko where is doctoring stuff

<Lady_Samantha> err where is my doc's bag and medkit?

<Storytortillo> As the conflagration calms, Skywarp slowly settles away from the twisted balck hole where the corpse hit and Nate rolls from it to the ground...

Himiko is already off running for Nathan.

<Storytortillo> And here I leave the scene and let La _ST take over...

Storytortillo bows...

<La_ST> (Ok)

Rev_Jones pours water over Bob.

<Rev_Jones> In the name of the father...

<Rev_Jones> ... and of the son...

<Rev_Jones> ... and of the holy ghost.

<Rhiannon_D> Samantha, see to it that he's ok..

<Lady_Samantha> I go to Max's lab and pick up a medkit and run to the scene

<Bob_Grant> (oh yes... Lord Max and Sam 2 also heard what happened outside and can run out at the leisure of the lord's player)

<Bob_Grant> Are you sure this will help me?

<Bob_Grant> I mean... this is just another christening... hwo will that make my life suck less?

Rhiannon_D tries to see how her repairs are going and if they have reached the point of enabling her mobility.

<Bob_Grant> ... and why is there someone there getting shot at?

<Bob_Grant> ... again!

<Bob_Grant> See!

<Bob_Grant> Nothing is better!

<Rev_Jones> Give it time Bob. God has many mysteries but infinite grace.

Lady_Samantha arrieves to see a rather beatup Nate

<Rev_Jones> Your faith in God serves you not only in this life but in the next.

<Rev_Jones> It is your own actions which are important to your faith, not what others do.

<Rev_Jones> When things get bad, think of the beauty of heaven that is to come.

<La_ST> (Rhi: Well, you start getting better, but not enough to be able to move on your own)

<Rev_Jones> Come, Bob. Let us see what good we can do in the world.

<Nathan_Raiser> Uuugh

Rev_Jones stands up and holds the door open for Bob.

Lady_Samantha pulls her hypospray, and gives him a shot (First Aid Scientific! medicine)

<Bob_Grant> But... to get to heaven I need... to die...

<Lady_Samantha> (life3/prime2)

<Bob_Grant> doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose?

<Himiko> (sorry I'll be afk for a while)

Rhiannon_D sighs as the actuators at her hips stir in motion only to meet no response from the rest of her leg structure.. or what's left of it.

<Lady_Samantha> (left me know if I need to roll)

<Rev_Jones> You and I talked about this Bob.

<Rev_Jones> We have but one life, so we must do as much good in it as we possibly can.

<Bob_Grant> but isn't it jsut simpler to go, make little Bob's and he happy with what I have isntead of rushing to a death?

<Rev_Jones> If this means we have to face terrible things, then we must pray to God to give us courage.

David_P starts patching up clunk

<Bob_Grant> but where exactly does it say I must face terrible thigns with you?

<John_Jones> When you come before God, would you rather say, "I surrounded myself with comfort that I might be happy." or "I served you valiantly as best I could."

<Bob_Grant> god bless dr milelr she was the first... but ever sicne then it's been bulelts, explosiosn and clones... don't I get the right to live somewhere in peace?

<John_Jones> When you come before God, would you rather say, "I surrounded myself with comfort that I might be happy." or "I served you valiantly as best I could."

<La_ST> (Sam: Hm... Well, did Bob let you give him the shot?

<Bob_Grant> but he's going to accept me anyway?

<Lady_Samantha> (Nate, figured he was too out of it to fight)

<Nathan_Raiser> (no he isn't... he's just banged up)

<Lady_Samantha> (ok then)

<Bob_Grant> and i'm not all that sure that i'm suppsoed to be here with people like you guys...

<Bob_Grant> I mean... are you good?

<Bob_Grant> Bad?

John_Jones looks Bob in the eyes.

<Lady_Samantha> do you want me to help you?

<Bob_Grant> you didn't kill the doc.. .that makes you better then the others...

<Bob_Grant> Oh god...

<Bob_Grant> what is that

Bob_Grant points at the huge patch of scorched Earth and Nathan rolling of Skywarp to the ground

<John_Jones> We will continue this conversation later Bob.

<Lady_Samantha> Nate: ?

Bob_Grant stares blankly

<John_Jones> Cower if you must, but you will find prayer far more comforting and useful.

John_Jones rushes out.

Nathan_Raiser is lying down on the floor next to Skywarp, he is bleeding from his stomach and a pretty messy silvery blade portruding from there... he also seems to have scrapes and cuts all over his body...

<Nathan_Raiser> Urrrghhh...

<Lady_Samantha> I again try to help him

Bob_Grant walks out slowly...

<Nathan_Raiser> bloody... hell...

<Lady_Samantha> Nate: let me help ypu

Nathan_Raiser looks at the needle in shock and looks at you in disebelief...

<Nathan_Raiser> where... did... you get... that?

<Lady_Samantha> (no needle, hypospray)

<Nathan_Raiser> (oh ok :))

<Lady_Samantha> first aid kit in the lab

<Nathan_Raiser> ... aaand.-.. you.. .aren't... trying... to kill... me...

<Nathan_Raiser> are... you?

<Nathan_Raiser> I mean... that... Creeper... just skipped...

<Lady_Samantha> nope, trying to see you stay with us

<John_Jones> Nathan! Let her work.

<Nathan_Raiser> to... be honest...

<John_Jones> It is obvious that any killers here are not doing their work in the open!

<Nathan_Raiser> i'd rather have someone look in on you... as Anna... seems to be busy...

<Nathan_Raiser> ... oh you're here Rev... okay... I can pass out then...

Nathan_Raiser passes out

<Rhiannon_D> God be damned, can't someone help me move here?

<John_Jones> (howdy, er, Chaoticus)

<Chaoticus> ((hallöle))

<Nathan_Raiser> (poor guy.... and he jsut got better from the last time he was shot on :))

<La_ST> (Hi Chaoticus)

<John_Jones> Sam, how is Nathan?

<Lady_Samantha> I give him the shot, and tend to the healing wounds (removing the blade as it is pushed out by the healing processes)

<Nathan_Raiser> (2 lethal, 2 bashing)

<Nathan_Raiser> (ouch... that will hurt...)

<Lady_Samantha> (life3/prime2 with a WP)

<John_Jones> I am going to help Rhiannon. I expect Nathan to be alive when I get back.

John_Jones looks around for anybody or anything else moving. Or not moving.

<La_ST> (Sam: Ok. Arete)

Lady_Samantha rolled 3d10 dice and got: 1, 3, 8

<Lady_Samantha> 1 ? 2??

Bill_Irvine kneels on the roof, clutching his wound with both hands, swearing in a way that would even make the devil blush

<La_ST> (Sam: 1)

<Lady_Samantha> (so it'll take a while?)

<La_ST> (Sam: Heals 1 Level lethal)

<La_ST> (Sam: Sure it'll take. Even Life 3 isn't all out instant heal with just 1 sux)

<Rhiannon_D> The assailant has been dealt with most accordingly, reverend, now if you would help me by dragging me close to the others, or help the others on the roof.. I'm 67% sure that they must have earned a few new scars themselves from this encounter..

<Lady_Samantha> (would a second try help? what would the target be?)

<La_ST> (Nate: You are at 1 lethal / 2 bashing atm)

<La_ST> (Sam: This was Life 3 vulgar, that is 7. Next would be 7 too as you succeeded the first.)

Rhiannon_D says that while lying almost totally still on the ground, her one arm and nearly half her torso and waist still smashed but slightly shifting as if the metal on them is fluid.

<John_Jones> I am not sure you are in any condition to deal with wounds, but if I move you directly under the building, can you tell me how badly hurt they are?

John_Jones 's jaw drops when he realised how badly wounded Rhiannon is.

<Lady_Samantha> (ok I try again, this tike with a Quit to reduce diff)

Lady_Samantha rolled 3d10 dice and got: 6, 3, 3

<Lady_Samantha> (1)

<La_ST> (1 Sux)

<La_ST> (Sam: You did a hypo - and what exactly does the hypo do?)

<Rhiannon_D> Actually, I have no life sensors installed at the moment, so I'm pretty much talking statistics here.. Seeing that Nate was the only one to jump in such a condition, I can assume that they're either in worse or identical conditions as we speak..

<La_ST> (Sam: Nate got a shuriken in his gut and it did quite some damage there)

Rhiannon_D still looks like a good chunk off the back of her head is missing.

<John_Jones> Well, if you can survive for a few minutes, I will see how much I really did learn from our bonesetter.

<Nathan_Raiser> (rhi and the fiery conflagration that was the ninja ?)

John_Jones looks for a way onto the roof.

<Nathan_Raiser> (Bill! Dave! Clunk! speak to me!)

Bill_Irvine is still kneeling on the roof in pain

<John_Jones> (which roof was it btw? The mansion?)

<Bill_Irvine> (as far as I remember it hurt like hell)

<John_Jones> BILL! HOW DO I GET UP THERE?

<Bill_Irvine> *shouts* There is a window you can climb through, or even the shrubbery if you can climb...

David_P is on the roof, kneeled next to Clunk and fiddling with Clunk's internals

<Nathan_Raiser> (you have a "Shuriken" in your right hand... it's pretty much useless and the pain is hell... CLunk is criticaly damaged but the brain is still on support... and Dave... you are leaking both oil and blood)

John_Jones evaluates the shrubbery and roof. (ST: strength 3. for some reason no athletics)

<Lady_Samantha> (who's here?)_

David_P stabilises clunk and then "fixes" himself

<David_P> (well at least the leaking oil part

<Lady_Samantha> I bandage Nate as best as I can under these conditions

<Lady_Samantha> is he still out?

<Himiko> (back)

<David_P> (the other bit needs to be patched up temporarily by somewhone who does medicine)

John_Jones looks for the ST.

<La_ST> (John: You wanna do what?)

Bill_Irvine keeps swearing from his deepest heart

<Lady_Samantha> (who's here with Nate and I?)

<John_Jones> (have some idea if I will be able to climb the shrubbery to the roof. Or out the window)

<Lord_Whitefield> By Jove, what has occured here.

<Nathan_Raiser> (Himiko and Rhiannon's corpse... Himiko seems to be busy hugging the uncious Nate)

Lord_Whitefield comes out of the house looking slightly dishevelled with bits of plaster and splinters of wood in his clothes.

<La_ST> (John: Your Dex?)

<John_Jones> (str 3, dex 2)

<Lady_Samantha> Himiko: please get my medical bag and medkit, I'd like to check on the guys on the roof

<La_ST> (Ok, you look out an see that it will be a bit tricky.)

John_Jones grits his teeth and climbs up. Spend a willpower.

<La_ST> (You should be able to climb up nonetheless, as you should be strong enought to draw yourself up)

<La_ST> (As you spent the WP, you will slowly edge up towards the roof, it'll not look exactly elegant, but you manage anyway)

John_Jones huffs and puffs up the shrubbery, trying not to look down too much.

<John_Jones> Right, lets have a look at you Bill.

<La_ST> (Bill is up there and upset and swearing. Very ungodly so)

<Rhiannon_D> Well, the Rev really seems to want to go closer to his God.

Bill_Irvine holds his wound with both hands, trying to get up through the pain

<Himiko> (Nate, how badly are you bleeding ? (or anyone else ?)

John_Jones practices his extremely basic medical skills. Perc+Med.

John_Jones rolled 4d10 dice and got: 9, 6, 4, 3

Himiko is there staring quietly at Nathan.

<John_Jones> (knife? bullet? shuriken?)

David_P is bleeding pretty badly, but the leaking oil and such have already been patched

Lord_Whitefield mutters a bit..

<La_ST> (Asmo, what exactly hit Bill?)

Lord_Whitefield walks back into the house and comes out with a bandages and a box.

Bill_Irvine curses even more and even more ungodly while John is looking at his wound

<Lord_Whitefield> Sam..

<Lord_Whitefield> I...I....

<Lady_Samantha> I ask again, where is my medical stuff, so I can treat the others

<Lord_Whitefield> ttt...tt.ttake....th..th..th..this one...

<La_ST> (John: Ok, nasty shuriken sticking in his hand amidst tendons and stuff)

<Lady_Samantha> ok - I take the offered supplies

<Lady_Samantha> (quick look in the box)

<Himiko> (HERBS)

<Lady_Samantha> that will work

<John_Jones> Bill, the shuriken has punctured your left lung.

Lady_Samantha climb the shrubs to the roof (dex+athletics?)

<John_Jones> It is nowhere near your heart, but you will find it hard to breath.

<La_ST> (Sam: What do you have in Dex & Ath?)

Rhiannon_D sighs with her inability to help then sits silent, contemplating a way to overcome the fact that she'll be probably immobile for a while longer

<Lady_Samantha> 4ath+4dex

<Lady_Samantha> 8

<Bill_Irvine> Great... bloody goddam fucking pseudo ninja... Just see you get this thing outta and the wound healed

<Bob_Grant> (ahem the shuriken only hits his right arm and messed it up

<Bob_Grant> no lunfg damage)

<John_Jones> Just keep the pressure on, but you will be fine.

<La_ST> (Sam: You get up easily, and graceful like a cat)

<John_Jones> Sam! Punctured lung up here.

<Bob_Grant> (no use of the arm though either :))

Lady_Samantha goes and tends to Bill

<John_Jones> (Bob. Tough. I went by what I had at the time)

<Lady_Samantha> (quiock triage)

John_Jones goes over to David.

<Bob_Grant> (sorry)

John_Jones looks puzzled.

<David_P> hi

<John_Jones> You are the first human I know to bleed oil.

<La_ST> (Sam: You inspect Bill and find that his hand is very badly messed up

David_P grins

<David_P> I don't bleed oil

<David_P> look here

David_P points at bits bleeding blood

<David_P> that is just machinery

Lady_Samantha gives Bill a potion for pain, and then start to work on the arm

<La_ST> (It can't be cured with herbs as there is serious injury to muscles and tendonds that need to be fixed surgically)

<Lady_Samantha> I still have my hypo tho

<John_Jones> So where are you actually wounded in the flesh?

<John_Jones> (ah, the mystic hypo of doom!)

<La_ST> (You see that you need mikroscopes and fine suturing threads to fix the severed tendons to give him back full functionality)

<Lady_Samantha> giggle

<La_ST> (You can lessen his pain, but the problems in his hand can't be cured just with herbs)

<La_ST> (That's 3 lethal to the hand - it is *pretty* mangled)

<Bill_Irvine> (Where am I wounded now? Lung or hand? Any way to get this straight? *g*)

<La_ST> (Well, according to Asmo who ST'd lat time it was the hand only)

<John_Jones> (ST - I *made* that perc+medicine roll you know)

<La_ST> (I'm going by that)

<John_Jones> (Yes, but then you change continuity)

<La_ST> (sighs* I have 6 (!!) queries atm Give me a break)

<Lady_Samantha> I use my medical skills to evaluate how to best heal this would

<Bob_Grant> STOP

<Bob_Grant> ONE BY ONE

<David_P> (let's add to that a bit:) )

<Bob_Grant> John First

<Bob_Grant> (John you broke continuity since the arm damage was establsiehd last session)

<John_Jones> (Sam: once we work out which bit of Bill is injured, -you- can tell us how to heal it!)

<John_Jones> (Bob - ok, fair enough.)

<Bill_Irvine> (Great... I'd like to know what happened to me and where ;))

<Lady_Samantha> without my medical equipment, I can't do as much as I'd like.

<La_ST> (Okay, Asmo queries me that you got 3 Lethal to the hand and the leather jacket prevented you want getting hurt at the torso in last session)

<Lady_Samantha> and no one will tell me where it is

<La_ST> (So that is what John also noticed with his med "scan")

<Nathan_Raiser> (this may have something to do with the fact they don't trust you)

<Lady_Samantha> I use medicine+int (specialization in Emergancy Medicine)

<Lady_Samantha> (roll?)

<La_ST> (Okay, and you notice that his hand is severely mangled with tendonds and sucles ruptured)

<La_ST> (That is nothing that can be healed by herbs or hypos - that needs solid surgery)

<La_ST> (tendons and muscles)

<Lady_Samantha> I'll bandage his wounds and advise that he seek a surgeon for proper treatment (I'd offer ... but no one seems to want my help)

<Lady_Samantha> I comment that my hospital is nearby

<Bill_Irvine> This fucking hurts... In all nine hells, what was this goddam thing?

<Lady_Samantha> Nate called it a "Night Creeper"

<John_Jones> David: So where are you actually wounded in the flesh?

<Lady_Samantha> I never heard of such myself

<Nathan_Raiser> (AAARGHRK... and you know exactly how !?)

<Lady_Samantha> (because you called it that)

<Lady_Samantha> (puzzled look)

<Nathan_Raiser> (let me phrase this... this way...)

<David_P> John_Jones, on my chest, a fine slash it is

<Nathan_Raiser> (Three locations... reverend and his baptism in the b-52, you and the girls fighting each other, and the rest on top of the roof)

<Lady_Samantha> (nods)

<Rhiannon_D> (Sam: your char never heard Nathan calling the thing a night creeper. you were sitting by me with Himiko.)

John_Jones rolled 4d10 dice and got: 8, 8, 10, 8

<Lady_Samantha> (oh - I c - comment withdrawn)

<Nathan_Raiser> (:))

Lady_Samantha goes over to Dave to see how he's doing

<Lady_Samantha> (quick triage)

<Lady_Samantha> (med+int?)

<La_ST> (Ok, Dave, where did you get hit? I wasn't there last time -_-)

<La_ST> (Sam: No need to roll. I need to find out myself ^_^)

<John_Jones> Aside from the electonics, he has a somewhat serious gash across his chest.

<John_Jones> I doubt it needs more than stiching and bedrest.

<Nathan_Raiser> (straight cut across his chest pericrivng the cybernetics and cutting a rib or two inside...)

<John_Jones> But no more fighting!

<Nathan_Raiser> (3 lethal)

<David_P> ( La_ST I was slashed when I jumped at the creeper last time)

<La_ST> (Ok. Then that slash and 2 cracked ribs)

<La_ST> (3 lethal is no piece of cake)

<John_Jones> Damn, and I can see a hairline fracture on this rib.

<David_P> La_ST, most is catched by my mechenical bits

<John_Jones> I can't see anymore than that without equipment.

<Lady_Samantha> John: can I suggest we take all the patients to myhospital from proper medical treatment?

<David_P> those need mucho patching to

<La_ST> (Fortunately for you. But then, the ribs usually heal pretty fast with proper care)

<John_Jones> I agree. Do you want to get some rope from your husband and we can lower them down..

<David_P> (rmemebr that I can't heal wounds)

<Lady_Samantha> I administer an herbal medicine for his pain

<La_ST> (Dave: Not you, but the Docs in the team might - with proper equipment)

<Lady_Samantha> (is there anythig I can do with medicne skill?)

<La_ST> (You can ensure that they can be transported with proper bandaging etc)

<Lady_Samantha> OK

<Lady_Samantha> do we have a radio here?

<John_Jones> If Bob is up, he can get one.

<David_P> (La_ST: NOOO, I don't heal, I have that flaw)

<John_Jones> (ouch!)

<La_ST> David: I think LIfe 3 should be able to supersede that)

<Lady_Samantha> (magick doesn't heal you?)

<Lady_Samantha> (GMTA)

<David_P> (oh,. magick probably does, but not with time :) )\

<La_ST> (Well, Magick needs time, too)

<David_P> (well, you know what I mean)

<La_ST> (Yup ^_^)

<Lady_Samantha> I ask Bob to get a phone so I can call my hospital for an airlift

<La_ST> (Sam: BTW, how do you apply the herbal meds? You got them from Max or was it Himiko?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (bob is not there)

<Lady_Samantha> (prbably the easiest thing is to have a choper pick hese patiehts yup hyere, then get Nate below

<John_Jones> I guess you are going to have to go and get it yourself. There is no way I am getting down now I am up here.

<John_Jones> I will make sure our patients are properly bandaged.

<Nathan_Raiser> OOOOKAY

<Lady_Samantha> ok

<John_Jones> Oh, and get lots of water while you are down there.

<Storytortillo> Can we halt his a bit here

<David_P> (anyways I can fix the mechanical stuff myself, I just need some patching on the non-mechanical stuff)

<Storytortillo> before somoeone comes and tries to actually murder someone out of character...

<Bill_Irvine> (One should check before he clicks -_- Wanted to close ICQ, not the chan)

<La_ST> (Heh)

<Storytortillo> Okay

<Storytortillo> now that there is a bit of peace

<Storytortillo> there is one crucial question

<Storytortillo> do Lady Samantha and lord Maxie let her walk around the hosue making demands and using their things?

<John_Jones> (ICQ baaad, IRC goood)

<Storytortillo> after all didn't she destroy their life and family?

<Storytortillo> so slow down everyone with the megalomaniac ideas...

<Lord_Whitefield> (ehrm ?)

<John_Jones> (I have to take stuff out to the car... back in 10)

<Storytortillo> You cannot use your resources if the other one can use them or veto it

<Storytortillo> curretnly you are the one who is udner suspicion

<Storytortillo> so please work on it

<Storytortillo> you have an excellent opportunity to prove that you are the good one

<Lady_Samantha> Max brought me a box of herbs and bandages

<Storytortillo> megalomaniac acting perfectly is too silly to be realistic or well accepted...

<Lady_Samantha> I assumed he intended me to use them

<Storytortillo> so then...

<Lady_Samantha> (silly me)

<Storytortillo> don't worry.. you forgot that you were under suspicion...

<Storytortillo> just calm down and keep in with the role efore all od this breaks apart...

<Lady_Samantha> since the jungle

<Storytortillo> now then

<Storytortillo> Lord Maxwell

<Storytortillo> what's youtr standpoint on this?

<Lord_Whitefield> (Sam have you noticed the sentence I "stuttered" out actually said that I would take care of Nathan, while you should go up and take care of the others.)

<Storytortillo> are you helping the other Sam?

<Lord_Whitefield> I don't know which one is the real one.

<Lord_Whitefield> What I do know is that the one that was with me in the house when all this happened is the woman that has been with me for 3 weeks.

<Lord_Whitefield> and perhaps the rest of our marriage.

<Lady_Samantha> (I observe that Sam2 hjas not offered to help anyone)

<Storytortillo> (not that she actually could have.. .you terrifed her)

<Storytortillo> now then would do you let her have

<Storytortillo> and what do you have that she can use fociwise?

<Storytortillo> you are a botanistm, not a doctor, correct?

<Himiko> Tortillo: yes, Lord Whitefield is a botanist, a herbalist and a biochemist with a touch of geneticist.

<La_ST> (Sam: I think you missed there was a problem with you using the herbs of Max's)

<La_ST> (After all they are *his* foci and not yours, or are you a botanist?

<Rhiannon_D> (ok, Sam, try to bear in mind from now on that you've just been released from being contained in a room due to the fact that we were facing a crisis.. This prolly means that you're probably not in the position to order people around yet.. Yes, you can certainly help, but you'd better do this by showing that you're worthy of more trust than you currently had credit for.. at least that's what applies with most of the other chars.)(

<Rhiannon_D> (...and what ST said on foci.. a Hypo healing a torn up arm is almost as good as pulling a wand, going abracadabra on him and saying that you summon healing spirits.. which should normally lead to a ST telling you ok, you do that. nice. you now die 'cause of 'dox. Instead, you're told that it doesn't work like that.. please do not just rephrase then and try to do the same thing again.. this is Mage, but it still has to have a figment of real

<Bob_Grant> i'm explaining this to her

<La_ST> (Thx)

<Rhiannon_D> (be a tad more patient.. you can and should help nate and the others here, but you can do it without rolling the same dice 3 times :-) Sorry to ST for posting this here, but think I express the others as well here..

<David_P> (in a nice way)

<La_ST> (I'm not angry about it. I think my main problem is that I'm too softhearted -_-)

<Bob_Grant> I think there are two realsitic options

<Bob_Grant> 1) We wrap the double Sam tonight and together agree on the resolution...

<La_ST> (I'm for that)

<Bob_Grant> 2) Sam acts it out as she should instead of acting like nothing is affecting her...

<Himiko> (I'm all for that)

<Bob_Grant> exactly...

<Bob_Grant> and while you can ask or suggest a course of action... you cannot just say and act like you wanted...

<La_ST> (I want to go on with the Texas incident next time. So we have to wrap it up today. Moreover I wouldn't stand another session of this)

<Himiko> and most importantly... describe and only roll or ask for a roll when the storyteller asks you to.

<Himiko> it's the storyteller system, not D&D

<Lady_Samantha> hmmm

<Storytortillo> oh I don't mind

<Storytortillo> I agree...

<Lady_Samantha> so what would have the right approch to Nate (appearing to to be in dire straights)

<Storytortillo> and I agree with dingo that the ammount of chaos you can cause with your antics can be really tiritng and make the game not fun for the rest of us...

<Storytortillo> and if you do too much of this they WILL kick you out and I will join in...

<Storytortillo> now as for nate

<Storytortillo> here's a example...

<Storytortillo> he's hurt

<Storytortillo> and he is down

<Storytortillo> and you have neither the foci nor the trust...

<Storytortillo> Himiko is with him

<Storytortillo> you ask Himiko to help

<Storytortillo> and offer to help with normal medical means... like cleaning the wounds and ask if you coudl have any better tools

<Storytortillo> then if they allow you tell them what yo uare doing so that you build their trust

<Storytortillo> and then you "heal him"

<Lady_Samantha> I C

<Lady_Samantha> (would it wisest then, not to suggest MY hospital, for followup treatnment?)

<Bob_Grant> no the hospital is not important

<Bob_Grant> in their eyes they are not even sure if you have a hospital

<Bob_Grant> and your acting like it was a granted thing is what got them bothered...

<John_Jones> (families!)

<Bob_Grant> poke

<Lady_Samantha> (ok - I will try)

<Lady_Samantha> (waiting for the ... to be finsihed)

<Bob_Grant> it is finished

<Bob_Grant> read before you act

<Bob_Grant> and keep yourself in tha game by respecting the causality of time and space

<Rhiannon_D> (so, what will it be now?)

<Himiko> (one more comment from me)

<Himiko> Unless it is something you want to do and want to doublecheck with the Storyteller, but you don't want anyone else to find out, just ask questions in the public channel (as ooc comments of course)

<Himiko> (it will slightly bloat the logs, but it will be easier, since players can also anwser questions)

Lady_Samantha climbs back down to meet with the rest of the party

<La_ST> (Please, Asmo, take over, I really can't anymore)

<Storytortillo> Okay

<Storytortillo> now then

Lady_Samantha walks over to Himiko and Nate

<Storytortillo> I am going to hold a vote...

<Storytortillo> on what we do now

<Storytortillo> we have two options the way I see it...

<Clunk> (my three votes go to: Finish this arc.)

<Storytortillo> 1) we tell this story without player interaction

<Clunk> (even if you have to railroad heavilly)

<Storytortillo> 2) we get the palyersto play and we get ALL of them to play by everyone's rules

<Storytortillo> and we finish the Clone Sam arc tonight...

<Storytortillo> as for Sam

<Storytortillo> depending on what she does from now on is will she or will she not stay along for the ride

<David_P> I vote 1.5 (heavy STing, railroading and some (very little) player interaction)

<Storytortillo> one more thing

<Storytortillo> i'm taking over from this point on

<John_Jones> (I agree: the ST speeds up anything which does not require roleplaying.)

<David_P> aye aye

<Storytortillo> Stayka will be back for the next ARc

<Storytortillo> and this arc ends tonight...

<Rhiannon_D> (1.7 from me.. I can put up with some railroading, but...)

<Storytortillo> now then

<Storytortillo> Cleanup time

<Storytortillo> Whatever I say goes

<Storytortillo> and I start with retconning this fiasco...

<Storytortillo> As Nate hit the ground Himiko ran to him... The reverend saw that he was not godo but as afradid for the others...

<Storytortillo> Samantha offered to help Natem and Himiko didn't allow it at first untill she only offered to tel lher how to wrapthe wound...

<Storytortillo> Lord MAxwell came out alone as his wife was frightened to death by everything happening... he offered to help Nathan and gave Samantha a small medipack with bandages tweezers and similar things... under close watch by the others she was taken up and helped with the worst of Bill's wounds...

<Storytortillo> ... finnaly the whole group moved inside... it was clear this finnaly had to be addressed...

<Storytortillo> Lord Maxwell connected a bizzare plant to the flesh of the woudned ones and to your amsesment the thing meldes with the flesh and closed the wounds in a most staggering display of xenobotany...

<Storytortillo> Now everyone is in the library of the manor... on the table is a pile of things that are Sam's foci, includign al lsorts of medicla equipment, pills, and on top of them is a communicatiosn device taken from one of the assailants

<Storytortillo> Everyone is sitting in the room...

<Storytortillo> on the far side in armchairs are Samantha 2 and Lord MAxwell, on the Sofa is HImiko leaning on Nate and Bill sittting looking through Dave's corner friend report...

<Storytortillo> the Reverend, Bob and Dave are on the opposite side going through the reverend's temporal check... in a chair Sam 1 is sitting, her fate clearly being discussed by the group...

<Storytortillo> On a sofa that was in the corner of the room, Rhiannon is lying, carried here by the group...

<Storytortillo> Samantha has a small medikit on her lap and is twiddlign with the contents, but th egroup has removed any blades or scissors... and here I let you talk a bit , refresh the evidence and opinions and sort this out...

<Rev_Jones> It is most peculiar.

<Lady_Samantha> John: what it?

<Lady_Samantha> err is

<Storytortillo> TO remind you all

Lord_Whitefield takes a deep breath.

<Storytortillo> Each of the reports has the following...

<Storytortillo> the Two sam's are the same... but the oen that was with you has a general detoriation of her organs and body stress...

Lord_Whitefield coughs politely.

Bob_Grant looks at you

David_P lookst at Lord_Whitefield expectantly

<Storytortillo> the reverend tracked the temporal streams of the sam that was with you back to the jungle only to get blocked there by some sort of a weird temporal twirl

_Lady_Samantha_ looks away from the others keeping close to Max

Nathan_Raiser looks to Whitfield

Bill_Irvine still curses over his hand, but tries to focus on the situation

<Himiko> The p..problem.. ww..we.. ha..have.. he..here.. is th..that..

Himiko takes another deep breath.

<Himiko> (darn

Clunk takes another deep breath

Rhiannon_D smiles from her end of the couch and gives a comforting look to Bill, then turns to Lord Whitefield.

<Lord_Whitefield> (DARN)

Lord_Whitefield takes another deep breath

<Lord_Whitefield> (finally right)

<Lord_Whitefield> we don't have the right......

Nathan_Raiser looked a bit pale when he saw the plant that was sucking on his belly but once it was removes onyl a slightly greeish hue remained after the scar

Himiko takes a deep breath

<David_P> (to bad plants don't fix mechanics)

<Himiko> the right to kill.

<Nathan_Raiser> Well... and we are not sure what's going on exactly...

<Nathan_Raiser> and who to kill

Lord_Whitefield nods

<Nathan_Raiser> I mean... this one... we suspected helped us...

<Nathan_Raiser> but what's this with her?

<Nathan_Raiser> do we have any conclsuive idea what's wrong with them?

<Himiko> Temporal disturbances ???

<Rev_Jones> Why should we kill either of them?

<Himiko> Wait a minute..

<Himiko> To the Sam sitting next to Lord Maxwell: Where have you been the past month ?

<Rev_Jones> Do we have any proof that either of them is more unworthy of life than the other?

<Rhiannon_D> Erm, I am forced to agree with the Rev here..

<Rev_Jones> I believe a more pressing issue is who attacked Rhiannon.

<Bill_Irvine> Has anyone any way to check for fingerprints on my plane?

<Bill_Irvine> I assume noone touched any switches in there...

<_Lady_Samantha_> I....

<_Lady_Samantha_> I was in the jungle...

<_Lady_Samantha_> I joined the expedition of doctor miller...

<Rev_Jones> :Rhiannon: do you know who attacked you?

<_Lady_Samantha_> and I met bob and some of you here there...

<Rhiannon_D> ..and to think, I'm the one smashed in half, and I'm not even asking for blood to be spillt.. despite what some used to think.

<_Lady_Samantha_> ... but then when one of the assistans was hurt I took them to the hospital...

<David_P> Rev, that probably was this "creeper" at least I suspect so

Himiko nods

<David_P> (oh, DOH, ignore that I missed some scrolldown)

<_Lady_Samantha_> ...from there I came back...i lost interest in the dig... I told maxwell that...

<Himiko> As a doctor would you have any explanation for your bodilly situation and that of the other one ?? (To Sam 2)

<_Lady_Samantha_> I woudln't know...

<Rhiannon_D> well, I know that it can't have been *this* (nods to Sam1) Samantha, because I had seen her in her room moments before I was assaulted.

<_Lady_Samantha_> she may have been doing something to herself... or mabye it's the nature of... her condition

<Himiko> Please, Doctor, something more scientific ??

<Rev_Jones> Let me ask another question, to both of you.

<Rev_Jones> Where were you when we were attacked?

<Lady_Samantha> (where was whom?)

<_Lady_Samantha_> When who was attacked?

<_Lady_Samantha_> where?

<Rev_Jones> When the battle helicopters attacked in the rainforest, where were you?

<_Lady_Samantha_> I was here with maxwell when the shots were heard...

<_Lady_Samantha_> battle helicopters?

<Rhiannon_D> I believe he was referring to us, eer... Lady Samantha.

<Rhiannon_D> I was speeding on my bike to recover Samantha from her captors.. and eluding some of them myself.

<Rhiannon_D> It was not an easy fight, Rev. I received some serious punishment while trying to get Sam back to us. (7 bashing, actually)

<Rev_Jones> Hmmm.

<Lady_Samantha> I think I was unconcious

<Rev_Jones> Perhaps you would be so kind as to tell me when you last had an illness?

<Rhiannon_D> I distinctly remember you creating some massive anomally as well. My primal energy sensors had gone berserk in your loaction for a fraction of a second, then one of the choppers had disappeared from my scanners.

<Rev_Jones> (which you?)

<Rhiannon_D> (you,rev..the time stop thingy)

Himiko frowns

<Rev_Jones> Samanthas? When were you last ill?

<Bill_Irvine> (it wasn't gone. It just dropped down in a ball of flames, after being riddled and heaten up a few thousand degrees ;))

Rev_Jones shudders at the memory of the battle.

<Lady_Samantha> goodness I can't remember --- I seem pretty resistant to disease "naturally"

<_Lady_Samantha_> hmmm

<_Lady_Samantha_> I think I had some flu or something a while back... but I cannot remember when it was...

Rev_Jones whispers to Rhiannon, "that is not an action I am proud of. I will pay for my sins in time.

<Rev_Jones> Well, please think.

<_Lady_Samantha_> (actully Bill did tha bad stuff?)

<_Lady_Samantha_> Well do you rmember whwnever you had something as silly as a flu?

<Rev_Jones> Probably not, but there is only one physical difference between you.

<Bill_Irvine> (It was just it all hit at once. A few hundred bullets and the jets of the B52. I didn't mess with the time ^_^)

<Himiko> hmm

<Himiko> Reverend, are you trying to suggest, what I'm thinking your are trying to suggest ??

Rev_Jones writes something down on a piece of paper and hands it to Himiko.

<David_P> mmm, that would explain a few things

<Himiko> (well ?)

Himiko shakes her head

<Himiko> not what I was thinking..

Nathan_Raiser leans and look on the note

<Himiko> Okay, what I was thinking, especially since your report on a temporal twin..

<Himiko> I recall that you yourself said that the field protecting Rhiannon's tomb was temporal in nature ?

<Himiko> Would it not be possible that the Samantha that entered the tomb is actually not Samantha but a copy of her ?

<Himiko> Sam2: You didn't enter the tomb did you ?

<Rev_Jones> Or that the mere entering of the tomb created a clone?

<_Lady_Samantha_> What Tomb?

<Himiko> hmm.

<_Lady_Samantha_> I left after the assistants were hurt...

<Himiko> not a clone, but a different timeline...

<Himiko> Okay, I really should stop watching all that Science Fiction crap.

<Rev_Jones> When did the assistants get hurt?

<Himiko> Before we entered the tomb.

<Himiko> Have you checked the helicopter for temporal anomalies..

<Rev_Jones> Surely not? Who shot them?

<Himiko> Okay... way too much Science Fiction.

<Rev_Jones> Give me half a minute, it will not take long.

<Rev_Jones> (ST - go outside, put a few of those triangular time tracker things on the helicopter and check for anomalies)

<Himiko> because if the helicopter is from a different timeline....

Himiko puts on a painfull face as if she can't believe what she is saying.

<_Lady_Samantha_> (there are NONE)

<Nathan_Raiser> I think yo uare thinking too much... and spending too much time watching SF when i'm not around...

<Himiko> Then it's quite possible...that this Sam is from a different timeline.... in which people actually got hurt..

Rev_Jones walks back in, slightly out of breath.

<Rev_Jones> no.. huh nothing.

<Himiko> Pfew..

<Himiko> Good, that teaches me that watching Science Fiction is bad for you.

<Rev_Jones> Can anyone here monitor the decline of a person's health?

<Lord_Whitefield> H..h..how..do y..y..you..mean

<Bill_Irvine> Not me. I'm a gunsmith, no doc

<Nathan_Raiser> there, there

<Rev_Jones> Anyone? Rhiannon?

Lord_Whitefield grumbles

<Lady_Samantha> I have recordings from the past (via my Genetic Reiegrator)

<Lady_Samantha> for myself, of course

<David_P> OI, listen to our lord here

<Rev_Jones> Sorry, Sam. Neither of you are valid actors here.

Rev_Jones crouches in front of the lord and holds both his hands.

<Nathan_Raiser> he's not going to...

<Lord_Whitefield> Iknowabitaboutgenetics

<Rev_Jones> Can you measure somebody's current health?

<Nathan_Raiser> (yes you get a little green bar over the head of the victim ;))

<Rhiannon_D> No, I cannot, as I have repeatedly stated..

<Rev_Jones> (Nat - absolutely)

<Lord_Whitefield> C..c..compare...th..them.. I c..c...can

<David_P> (Rhi: he was asking maxwell)

<Rev_Jones> Can you measure change over a period of minutes?

<Rhiannon_D> (yes, I was replying to the previous question.. with the health bar ^_^)

<Lord_Whitefield> (okay, if nobody minds, I will quit the stuttering.. just take in account that a normal sentence takes at least 4 times as long)

<Rev_Jones> ...at a microscopic level?

<David_P> (I don't mind)

<Lord_Whitefield> Cellular Chemistry Comparison ?

<Nathan_Raiser> (me niether)

<Nathan_Raiser> (ain't that a big word)

Lord_Whitefield nods

<Rev_Jones> ..that ... sounds ..right, I think.

<Lord_Whitefield> A sample please, dear.

<Rev_Jones> I need you to test both of your wives over the course of about, say, ten minutes.

_Lady_Samantha_ looks a bit confused but slowly lets him take her hand...

Lord_Whitefield takes a small pot from his box and takes a icky slimy looking plant out of it...

Lady_Samantha complies

<Lord_Whitefield> This will only hurt for a very short bit.

<Lord_Whitefield> (it will root in a "host" and basically take blood from it)

Lord_Whitefield places the plant on the palm of her hand

_Lady_Samantha_ looks at it with an impression of disgust but concedes to it

Lord_Whitefield removes the plant carefully (this is the "hurting part")

Lord_Whitefield puts the plant back into the pot.. and takes out another one..

Lord_Whitefield walks over to the second Sam..

<Lord_Whitefield> If you don't mind, dear.

Lord_Whitefield smiles at her

Lady_Samantha smiles sweetly to Maxie

Lord_Whitefield repeats the procedure.

<Lord_Whitefield> Now I need to test this in my lab.

<Rev_Jones> (Now we -know- which is the clone. No wife smiles at her husband like that!)

<Lord_Whitefield> (LOL)

<David_P> (not after all those years)

<Bill_Irvine> (She smiled... She didn't ask for sex ;))

<Lady_Samantha> (*giggles*)

Lord_Whitefield goes to his lab, petting a few of his plants.

<Lord_Whitefield> (about the same after a 50 year marriage)

<Rev_Jones> (whereas, Lord W has gone off to have private time with his plants.)

<Lady_Samantha> (what you didn't develop super viagra ;))

<Rhiannon_D> (-_-)

<Lord_Whitefield> (too dangerous)

<Lord_Whitefield> (besides, unlike the missus, I am feeling my age)

<Rev_Jones> (as a priest, I should suspect the man who.. devotes.. himself to his plants.)

<David_P> (that is why the missus has a mistress)

<Rev_Jones> (hmm, what an intersesting use for a clone)

Lord_Whitefield will use the blood the plants took and put them into his chemical comparing thingy (you know gasses and look at chart, juts can't come up with the name)

<Lord_Whitefield> (gas analyzer apparently)

<Rev_Jones> (Meanwhile...)

<Rev_Jones> Rhiannon, is there anything we can do to help you?

Rhiannon_D looks at the Rev, then at her body.

<Lord_Whitefield> because the blood is "dying" it will actually do the reverse of what the reverend asked me, but with the same result. I will take a second sample from both some 30 minutes later and compare them.. the one with the greatest decay should be the one that is not "real"

<Rhiannon_D> Well, it seems that Anna's salve has worked..

<Rhiannon_D> other than that, you can wait.

<Rev_Jones> Well, that is some relief.

Himiko chuckles and whispers something to Nathan

<Rhiannon_D> ..and stay close by, preferably.

Rev_Jones pointedly ignores the gossips.

<Himiko> whisper Nathan: And now I also know how to poison her.

Rhiannon_D smiles to Anna

Himiko smiles back to Rhiannon

<Rev_Jones> (The Rev thinks you said something else!)

Nathan_Raiser smiles weakly thinking what the hell did he get himself into...

<Rev_Jones> Can I suggest that we spend some time recuperating after today?

<Rhiannon_D> Yes, that would be desirable.

<Rev_Jones> I think four of us are injured, some seriously.

<David_P> yes please, I need to fix clunk somewhat

<David_P> oh and myself

<Rev_Jones> Perhaps somewhere less exposed!

<Rhiannon_D> David, I could help you with that dog if I you could wait until I healed enough to use my arms..

<Rhiannon_D> ..erm.. and what was that about fixing yourself?

<Rhiannon_D> You're a doctor?

<David_P> well, some of my components got hurt

<David_P> no I am not

<Rhiannon_D> components?

<David_P> the mechanical bits

<Rhiannon_D> Mechanical? You have mechanical parts?

<David_P> yes

Rhiannon_D smiles

<_Lady_Samantha_> (we wrap this up tonight or I start shooting)

Rhiannon_D chuckles.

Lord_Whitefield works on the project all night, not believing his results and double checking them.

<Rhiannon_D> You are full of surprises..

<David_P> well, fixing clunk isn't a real problem, it'll just take me some time

<David_P> his brain is still intact so ...

<Rev_Jones> (ST - skip to morning. Please.)

Himiko is pondering all night..

<Storytortillo> The night comes and moves... all of you sleep, and Sam 1 sleeps bettter this night... even with Bill and Nate taking turns on guarding the door of her room...

Rev_Jones stays up with Lord Whitefield.

<Storytortillo> Wit hthe morning everyone is back I nthe library and sandwiches are bing served along with tea... what does astound you all is the fact that Rhiannon seems to be staggering around the place like a unsure toddler

<Storytortillo> (-3 to dex, but you can walk :))

<David_P> Rhi, you can walk again !

_Alfred_ grumbles

Lady_Samantha smiles to Rhi - glad to see your feeling better

Rev_Jones leans against the door post. An open bottle of whisky is in his hand.

_Alfred_ really doesn't like preparing food for so many guests

<Rev_Jones> We have some results.

<Rev_Jones> Please could you all come into the study before I fall asleep.

<Rhiannon_D> Well, yes, sort of..

<David_P> right

Lady_Samantha offers to assist rhi

David_P supports rhi towards the study

<Rev_Jones> *grumble* Nobody helps me walk....

<Rhiannon_D> But I think I may have another trick up my proverbial sleeve, since moving seems to still be somewhat of a problem.

<Rhiannon_D> So, what do you have Rev?

<Bill_Irvine> I would give you a helping hand, but as you can see...

<David_P> (we just like to watch you fall *G*)

Himiko is looking tired and sleepy..

Rhiannon_D gives a wide smile at Bill.

Himiko smiles to the Reverend

<Himiko> Can I have some ? *points at the bottle*

Rev_Jones waves it in Himiko's general direction.

Himiko takes the bottle and takes a huge swig

Himiko pulls a silly face..

<Himiko> aaahh....

Himiko hands the bottle back to the Reverend.

<Himiko> Good stuff..

Nathan_Raiser munches on some sandwiches and looks at Anna suspicously... while NGE won't be created for 15 years more he suddenyl has a image of Misato burping in his head... it dissapears as it appeared...

Rev_Jones squeezes his eyes shut to get the concentration required to hold onto the bottle.

Lady_Samantha also has breakfast sandwichs and tea

Rev_Jones slumps into an armchair and closes his eyes.

<David_P> Reverent ?

<David_P> what did you have to tell us ?

<Rev_Jones> phoikjaaw!

<Rev_Jones> Bless you my son.

Rev_Jones looks around, slightly startled.

<Lady_Samantha> (.me checks linguistics database ;))

<Rev_Jones> Well, I expected Lord Whitefield to be here, but he is probably in bed, as should I be.

<Rev_Jones> Neither of them are getting worse.

Rev_Jones yawns.

Lord_Whitefield waves his hand

<Rev_Jones> Oh, I can't think now.

<Rev_Jones> But I did a lot of thinking last night.

<Rev_Jones> No human body survives without wear and tear, even mine.

<Rev_Jones> Not only that, but I have seen Lady Samantha take drugs on several occasions, which cannot be good for her health.

<Rev_Jones> So despite her temporal anomaly in the rainforest, I must conclude that she is likely to be the older, if not the original, Lady Samantha.

<Nathan_Raiser> you mean...

<Rev_Jones> I have to assume that her overwhelming joy for her husband is genuine, although she would do well to remember it even when he is not around.

Lord_Whitefield ponders

<Nathan_Raiser> but...

Rev_Jones waits for the information to sink in, and slowly closes his eyes.

<Rhiannon_D> ...so, m-.. our Sam is the real one?

<Nathan_Raiser> this... is a bit wild...

Lord_Whitefield pokes the Reverend

<Nathan_Raiser> and what do we do...

<Nathan_Raiser> the other sam and "our " sam are still I ntheir rooms

<Nathan_Raiser> this is... a bit...

<Nathan_Raiser> damn...

<Himiko> hmm

<Himiko> weird..

<David_P> mmm

<Rev_Jones> whif shnn

<Rhiannon_D> ...so?

<Rhiannon_D> What can we do with the other Sam?

<Rev_Jones> aaaaaoooooooorrrrrra

<Rhiannon_D> Does she even know she's a fake?

Lord_Whitefield slaps the Reverend against the head.

<Nathan_Raiser> what's the point of her?

<Nathan_Raiser> and where the hell did she come from?

Rev_Jones takes a swig of whisky.

<Rev_Jones> I don't think she knows.

<Bob_Grant> so... they... are both the same?

<Bob_Grant> ... why?

<Rev_Jones> I think Lord Whitefield needs to decide what to do, or we need to call in the law.

<Lord_Whitefield> Which one is my wife ?

<Rev_Jones> The one who arrived with us, your lordship.

<Lord_Whitefield> And the other one ?

<Rev_Jones> (what's his actual first name? Maxwell?)

David_P mumbles: I'd take the other one

<Lord_Whitefield> (Maxwell, yes)

<Lord_Whitefield> (He's Lord Maxwell)

<Rev_Jones> I think the one who was with you is in virtually every way the same woman.

<Lady_Samantha> (like Agent 86 of CONTROL... yup)

<Rev_Jones> Three small differences though:

<Rev_Jones> 1) She was created only a few months or years ago.

<Rev_Jones> 2) She may not have a soul.

Rhiannon_D sighs @ #2

<Rev_Jones> 3) Someone or something likely created her for a reason. I doubt that reason has been accomplished yet.

<Bob_Grant> you and your souls..

<Rev_Jones> While I would like to think better of human nature -sigh- I believe that Himiko's theory about Rhiannon's resting place must be discounted.

<Nathan_Raiser> so then she was... a spy?

<Himiko> And what is your theory about her being created ?

<Himiko> Shouldn't that leave any signs ?

<Nathan_Raiser> and while I am sorry to say this now, your lordship

<Nathan_Raiser> what do we do with her?

<Himiko> If I remember correctly clones are genetically the age of the original, but physically they have to go through every stage of growing up.

Lord_Whitefield frowns

<Rev_Jones> I know nothing of the nature of clones, although I would like to believe I know something of souls.

Rhiannon_D smiles.

<Lord_Whitefield> Tampering of that sort could be detected, if she's a clone that has rapidly aged, then there are signs.. she should have a severe calcium deficit and her bones should be quite britle.

<Bob_Grant> but... she fell down the stairs when... our Sam shot her...

<Bob_Grant> she walked away from that...

<Lord_Whitefield> Exactly.

<Lord_Whitefield> Which unless I

<Lord_Whitefield> 'm severely behind in the field of cloning be... enough proof that she isn't a clone.

Lord_Whitefield sighs

<Nathan_Raiser> hmmm

<Rev_Jones> Then we are left with parellel dimensions, but that does not explain the difference in physical condition.

<Nathan_Raiser> Okay...

<Nathan_Raiser> I don't think this is something that I should be talking about...

<Nathan_Raiser> but I can attest that you can make a exact replica of someone...

<Nathan_Raiser> and their bones won't break...

<Nathan_Raiser> but I saw it only once..

<Lord_Whitefield> then again, there is the possibillity of it being another person masked as another. There's plants that can do this, I found an excellent specimen of it while journeying the depths of Dark Africa.

<Nathan_Raiser> and it took almost a year according to my superiors...

<Rhiannon_D> fascinating.. if somewhat unnerving as well./

<Rev_Jones> So our question to you, Maxwell, is what do you want to do with this person.

<Rev_Jones> I see three options:

<Rev_Jones> keeping her prisoner until we find a solution;

<Rev_Jones> letting her go;

<Rev_Jones> or handing her over to the authorities.

<Nathan_Raiser> what authorities?

<Rev_Jones> The police. We have them in Britain.

<Nathan_Raiser> we are not exactly talkign abotu somethign that judges or lawyewrs deal with...

<Lady_Samantha> (hmm)

<Nathan_Raiser> oh sir this woman is a clone could you arrest her?

<Nathan_Raiser> yeah, right

<Lord_Whitefield> What does she think ?

<Lord_Whitefield> Perhaps we should tell them.

<Nathan_Raiser> do we tell them before we decide?

<David_P> mmm

<David_P> we should decide first

<Lord_Whitefield> We should.

<Rev_Jones> I am no expert on the law, but I under normal circumstances I do choose to obey the law of the land.

<Nathan_Raiser> i'm not big on executions...

<Nathan_Raiser> but they are the same

<Nathan_Raiser> we concluded they weren't only based on the habits...

<Himiko> Even though I don't like them very much I think we should tell them..

<Rhiannon_D> Yes we should..

<Himiko> Perhaps the mental shock will break... stuff... and as a doctor they should understand the research results..

Bob_Grant looks at the door and stands agep and crosses his arms...

<Rhiannon_D> A construct deserves to know its status..

<_Lady_SAmantha_> Tell who what?

_Lady_SAmantha_ has walked down from her room, she seems to have slept up until lrecently...

<Himiko> Your a .....

<Himiko> Drumroll anyone ?

<Himiko> Clone.

Bob_Grant looks at Himiko, then at Smantha and then at the floor

<David_P> budum-tish

Lady_Samantha enters

<_Lady_SAmantha_> That is prepostrous...

_Lady_SAmantha_ smiles...

<_Lady_SAmantha_> you concluded the other one was...

<Himiko> And the other one, is...

<Himiko> Drumroll.

<Himiko> A drug addict, but the real one...

<Himiko> And we have good scientific proof.

Lady_Samantha looks around in amazement (and admits a chemical dependence problram ;))

<_Lady_SAmantha_> But...

<_Lady_SAmantha_> why?

<_Lady_SAmantha_> how?

<_Lady_SAmantha_> I am me...

<_Lady_SAmantha_> you won't let her take Max... and my life from me!

<Rev_Jones> Someone "made" you very well.

<Lady_Samantha> (/me sings "I am I ...")

<_Lady_SAmantha_> Max... say something!

<Rhiannon_D> Well, yes, you are, and so is the other Sam..

Lord_Whitefield is standing there quietly.

Rhiannon_D sighs.

Lady_Samantha walks to Max and kisses him gentlely on the cheek

Lady_Samantha stands near

Lord_Whitefield sighs

<David_P> \

<David_P> (oops)

<Lady_Samantha> thats may Miracle Max

<David_P> (sorry)

<Lady_Samantha> err my

<Himiko> Please.... leave me be.. I need to think about this..

Himiko turns around and walks away.

<Himiko> (EAJLDSSHLUSJULJSDLSUKJSK)

<Lord_Whitefield> Please.... leave me be.. I need to think about this..

Lord_Whitefield turns around and walks away.

<Rev_Jones> (thought so...)

Rhiannon_D looks down on the floor a little bit, then to Sam, and to Himiko.

<Rev_Jones> (ST can we skip time again?)

<Lady_Samantha> Rhi: whats wrong?

<_Lady_SAmantha_> How can you be so sure?

<David_P> (ST: handle stuff)

<_Lady_SAmantha_> what are you goign to do to me?

<_Lady_SAmantha_> Maxwell please tell them...

<Lord_Whitefield> (I walked away)

<Lady_Samantha> (he left)

_Lady_SAmantha_ is talking to you walking away )that's the point even with you not in the room)

<_Lady_SAmantha_> ...

<_Lady_SAmantha_> what... now?

<Lady_Samantha> that is a good question

Lord_Whitefield sighs

Lord_Whitefield turns around

<Rev_Jones> (I've got it! *Sam, I am your -father-*)

<Rhiannon_D> (*snicker*)

<Lady_Samantha> (*giggles*)

<Lord_Whitefield> You can stay. But leave me alone for now.

Lord_Whitefield turns around and walks away.

<_Lady_Samantha_> I...

_Lady_Samantha_ just sits down and turns away from the others...

<Rhiannon_D> Samantha.. (#2)

<Rhiannon_D> For what it's worth, I'm sorry for this... It's not our fault, it's definitely not your fault, but we need you to help us find whoever is responsible for creating you..

<_Lady_Samantha_> noone created me...

<_Lady_Samantha_> I was born, you sadistic... thing!

<Rev_Jones> Unfortunately that is a lie, although not of your own making.

David_P nods in the direction of Rev_Jones's bottle

<Rev_Jones> There is no reason for you to lose anything except the lie, and we know that will be painful.

<Rhiannon_D> Samantha, denial is predictable with a 89% margin of certainty in anger and anxiety provoking circumstances..

Rev_Jones passes the bottle round.

<Bill_Irvine> Would be great if we could see her ealriest memories... She must have gotten into this world and place sometime and from somewhere

<Rhiannon_D> And while I'd be glad if you didn't refer to me as a thing, and certainly not as sadistic, do whatever makes you feel better.. but listen to me.

<Himiko> Hmm

Himiko thinks: "Darn, I lik her already."

Lady_Samantha walks to Rhi

<Rhiannon_D> If you want to be angry with someone, as you prolly will, considering that you're still human, even if engineered, regardless of what our reverend here believes about souls...

<Rhiannon_D> Be angry with the person that created you, knowing that something like that could happen.

<_Lady_Samantha_> I don't care about anything you have to say...

<_Lady_Samantha_> leave me be

<Rhiannon_D> It is his total disrespect to your emotions, feelings and life that have led to this, not our intervention..

<_Lady_Samantha_> I said LEAVE ME BE!

<Bill_Irvine> (Anyone got my hint further up?)

Bob_Grant exits the room

<Rhiannon_D> I will Samantha.. but know this.. we're not against you, because you're not the enemy.. You're just being played.. and it's time to choose sides.

<Nathan_Raiser> I don't see what i'm supposed to to do here and I really don't need anyone else on my coscience... i'll be at warp...

<Nathan_Raiser> when you deal with this we are off...

<Lady_Samantha> Bill: As I undertand it, she and I have the same memories up to creation

<Nathan_Raiser> i'm not staying here a moment longer then necessary

Nathan_Raiser walks out gently letting go of Himiko

Rhiannon_D nods to Nathan.

Himiko frowns

<Bill_Irvine> I don't think everything she has seen could be wiped out completely... Just from her conscious mind... How should one erase complete memories?

<Himiko> Anyways, I have a present for the two Samantha's

<Lady_Samantha> Sam2: Rhi has a point -- who you are is who you choose to be now

<Rhiannon_D> I can attempt to recover information as soon as I'm fully operational again.. but it's not an easy, nor a safe task.

<Rev_Jones> I have an idea about where we can take our second Sam, if anyone is interested.

Nathan_Raiser walks out and pats Bob who is sitting outside the hosue nad then simply leans on Warp

<Himiko> Girls, I have a present for you two.. something to keep you apart ?

<Rhiannon_D> I'll have to shut down many safeguards in the process.

<Lady_Samantha> yes?

<Lady_Samantha> (listens to Himiko)

<_Lady_Samantha_> I am not interested in your help

Himiko hads Samantha a big broche with red rubies.

Himiko hands the other sam a big broche with pearls.

Himiko smiles

<Himiko> The rubies is the original, the pearls is the copy...

<Lady_Samantha> assuming no one minds I'd like nmy equipment back, please

_Lady_Samantha_ grabs it and throws it at the wall

<_Lady_Samantha_> I told yo uto LEAVE ME BE!

<Rev_Jones> Sam [2], right now you are in no fit state to decide your own course of action.

<Himiko> hey....

<_Lady_Samantha_> I want NOTHING from you!

Himiko runs over to the broche and picks up the pieces..

Himiko quickly pockets them.

<Rev_Jones> Therefore we will decide for you until you are.

Lady_Samantha starts to take her stuff from the table

Rev_Jones walks out, quickly catching up with Nathan.

Lady_Samantha pins the broach on her lab coat

Lady_Samantha redresses herself

<Rev_Jones> Nathan, I think we need to get out spare Sam away from here, and I have the perfect place.

Lady_Samantha wonders how Helga's repairs are going

<Rev_Jones> She will be looked after and guarded at the same time.

<Nathan_Raiser> I'm not sure if it is actually our problem...

<John_Jones> No it is not.

<John_Jones> But I cannot in good conscience leave her free in this state.

Lord_Whitefield is pretty pissed and is walking through his garden doing some minor work there fixing stuff..

<John_Jones> Nor can I in good concience leave her locked up.

<Nathan_Raiser> so what are we supposed to do?

<John_Jones> If you would perhaps let us use SkyWarp again to take her to my home, my flock will look after her.

Rhiannon_D is still inside the room, looking from one Sam to the other..

<Lady_Samantha> what is it Rhi?

<Himiko> Clonegirl ?

Lady_Samantha thought Himiko's idea was a good one

Bill_Irvine eyes the two Sams and wonders how to fly his plane with his hand fucked up

<Rhiannon_D> Nothing.. just that this is quite sad.

<Lady_Samantha> perhaps we can have yopu treated at my hospital

<Rhiannon_D> No, it's not about me.. I'll heal.

<Lady_Samantha> (to Bill)

<Lady_Samantha> I myself don;t quite no what to do about Sam2

<Lady_Samantha> after all she is me too

<Bill_Irvine> And I still bet somewhere deep down there must be memories of how she got here...

Lady_Samantha offers the still injured folks treatment at her hospital

<Bill_Irvine> First we have to figure out what to do with her... At least those who are not in dire need of help

<Nathan_Raiser> All right... we will take her... what about the Lord?

<Nathan_Raiser> he told us she should stay...

Himiko walks over to Sam2...

<Lady_Samantha> I think everyone is stabilized medically

<Himiko> Hey Clonegirl ?

_Lady_Samantha_ gets up and slaps you realyl hard over the face

<John_Jones> I will talk to him.

_Lady_Samantha_ storms out of the room

<Nathan_Raiser> Okay...

<Nathan_Raiser> what about her?

Rhiannon_D tries not to snicker.

Rhiannon_D cleans her throat

<John_Jones> I fear force is our best course at this moment. Gentle force - perhaps a sedative.

<David_P> subtle

Himiko sighs

<Nathan_Raiser> ...

<Rhiannon_D> Well, that was a collected reaction to your rather cruel demeanor, Anna.

<Lady_Samantha> Max can mix somethig

Himiko walks after Lady Sam (2)

<Rhiannon_D> I'd recommend you gave her a break.

<Nathan_Raiser> (ahemmm... Sam you are not with us)

<John_Jones> (remember we are outside folks)

Rhiannon_D sighs. "She did lose everything in a moment.."

Himiko smiles to Rhiannon and winks, then leaves the room following "Clonegirl"

<Lady_Samantha> (I;m lost then I thought other than Max and now Sanm2 everyone was in the parlor)

<John_Jones> (people I want to get to bed. Will anyone resist taking Sam2 to be cared for in Wales?)

<_Lady_Samantha_> (Bob, Nate, Max and the Rev walekd out eaons ago)

Lady_Samantha looks around the room, who is here

<Bill_Irvine> (I'm tired, too)

<David_P> (no, let her be taken care off)

<Lord_Whitefield> (in character, yes.)

<Lady_Samantha> (I agree - look after her safely)

David_P is visible in the room

<Himiko> (in character, yes.)

<Nathan_Raiser> (okay I will go into story mode as soo nas ding ofinished what he wants to do)

<Himiko> Clone... Samantha ??

<_Lady_Samantha_> What... do you... wnat...

<_Lady_Samantha_> I want to be left alone...

<_Lady_Samantha_> everthign was okay before you and ... her showed up...

<Himiko> And what does that change ?

<_Lady_Samantha_> just leave me alone

<Himiko> YOu are still you aren't you ?

<_Lady_Samantha_> do you want something?

<Himiko> Your situation is better than mine...

<_Lady_Samantha_> I don't need any scondolances from any of you

<Himiko> at least you have a life that is a lie..

<_Lady_Samantha_> and you have a blank slate...

<Himiko> I just have a few months of memories and some flashes..

<_Lady_Samantha_> you are in better condition...

_Lady_Samantha_ turns away and enters the bathroom lockign herself in

Himiko stands outside

<Himiko> Am I ?

<Himiko> I freeze up around blood, and I don't know why...

<Himiko> I have enemies I don't know.

_Lady_Samantha_ turns on the water so that everythign is drowned out in the bathroom

<Himiko> I don't even know what things I have done that drove me to remove stuff from my brain.

<Himiko> Hey Samantha, you still there !!!

John_Jones is off talking to Lord Whitefield (off camera).

Lady_Samantha sits with Rhi

Himiko knocks some..

David_P fiddles with clunk

<Lady_Samantha> finshing geting her equipment back in place

Himiko waits for about 90 seconds, then removes the back from the pearl brooch and sticks it to the doorknob.

<_Lady_Samantha_> ---Pause---

Himiko steps a few feet back, takes out a small emitter, and presses a button marked clone.

Bill_Irvine asks for some treatment for his hand from the real Sam (off camera? To proceed faster?)

_Lady_Samantha_ furiosly drigs through a closet untill she finds a small long balck thing and attaches I to her ear...

<_Lady_Samantha_> Sirs...

<_Lady_Samantha_> they verified it

<_Lady_Samantha_> they don't want to hurt me though...

<_Lady_Samantha_> what should I do?

<_Voice_> Nothing... you not only supplied us the information on Whitfield's work and his associates bu you also ensured the actual plan would move forward...

<_Voice_> you are to be commended

<_Lady_Samantha_> Thank you sir

<_Voice_> Oh don't thank me... you are expandable now...

<_Lady_Samantha_> ...

<_Lady_Samantha_> but

<_Voice_> The Roses in summer truly are your flair

_Lady_Samantha_ teitches and drops to her knees screaming as Himiko hits the activation button of the small explosive on the door

<Shaped_Charge> *BOOM*

<Himiko> what the fuck..

<Storytortillo> You enter the bathroom... all the water in the place is running...

<Storytortillo> There... on the floor you see Samantha lying down...

<John_Jones> (I knew there was something wrong with Clunk.)

<Himiko> NAAAAAAAATHHAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!

Himiko runs over to Sam and pulls the headset from her..

_Lady_Samantha_ is lying down, her mouth is so opened that at the corners of her lips the flesh has teared, that her eyes are seeping blood and most of the rigth side of her ear and mouth is seared ny some sort of a device...

<_Lady_Samantha_> (no device anymore it's gone)

Himiko then proceeds to give CPR..

<Himiko> SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM.....

<Storytortillo> As you press on the body you suddenly feel a sickening crunch as your hand actualyl crushes her chest like it was a pile of twigs and your hands are all bloody

Lady_Samantha hears and coming running

<John_Jones> (That is what I call built in obsolescence!)

John_Jones runs with Lord Maxwell presumably in tow.

Himiko freezes

Lady_Samantha arrives

Nathan_Raiser runs from the reverend and runs into the hosue running up where he heard her scream...

Himiko is looking at her bloodied hands.

<Rhiannon_D> What the hell happened?

Lady_Samantha studies the scene

Rhiannon_D tries to walk towards the others.

Bill_Irvine runs up too the room

<Lady_Samantha> (forcesics)

<Lady_Samantha> (err forensics)

<John_Jones> (Sam: a blood mess)

<David_P> (you can just _ask_ himiko)

<Storytortillo> Water starts to seep out of the tub and polls of blood mix with the seeping water...

<Rhiannon_D> What the hell was that blast? What did you do to Samantha Anna??

Lady_Samantha takes her tri-corder and scans the body

Nathan_Raiser sees the bathroom and looks in shock...

Himiko is just staring at her bloodied hands.

John_Jones is too tired to push for information, and just slumps in a chair while everyone fusses around.

Rhiannon_D notices the reddish water before entering the room, and slowly kneels to touch it, then taste it.

Nathan_Raiser just enters and gently hugs Himiko dragging her out of there...

<Storytortillo> As you all are there Bill came back to his plane...

Himiko is still staring at her hands..

<Storytortillo> There he found the comm system has recorded a message...

Lady_Samantha thinks that sam2 was triggered -- it looks like Anna tried to do CPR but was too late to help

<Storytortillo> He plays it not knowing what happened in the manor

<Rhiannon_D> Damn it..

<Storytortillo> Suddenly a familair voice booms over the voice ina thick accent...

<_Voice_> You need to get your ass here boy, you wouldn't believe what sort of crap I found...

<_Voice_> Noone could have pulled this off...

<_Voice_> And yet they did... I need you to come

<Storytortillo> Suddenyl there is a loud banging sound and a shattering of something

<_Voice_> Oh no!

<_Voice_> Son Get your arse here and get your papa ouuuuuuuuuu.....rrgh

<_Voice_> ......

<Storytortillo> And thus we finish the Clone Sam Arc, and start a new chapter in the lives of Etherites GO...

-- To be continued --

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