Session XXXIII
From Caelwiki
[19:06] >Ambiance<: An explosion rocks the estate and the smell of smoke in the distance fills your nose. >Ambiance<: There is a low hanging smog over everything and a
smell something like burning garbage hanging on the evening air...
[19:06] * Ness looks around and sniffs the air
[19:06] >Ambiance<: Simultaneously you undergo the odd stomach flippping sensation that signals a transit
[19:08]
[19:09] Granger: Ugh... that is a taste that will take an enternity to clear out of my nose.
[19:09] * Ness looks around "City. Burning garbage. Waste disposaly or a slum, I'd guess."
[19:09] Dale: This again...
[19:10] Granger: I would agree.
[19:10] Granger: Have we met?
[19:10]
>Ambiance<: The environment is an urban wasteland. Many closed
down burned out and abandoned buildings. Graffiti scarred. Broken
windows. Closed metal gates closing what few buildings remain intact.
[19:11] * Ness looks around
[19:11]
>Ambiance<: In the distance larger buildings can be seen which
seem much more intact. Some are very much like skyscrapers. The
buildings closer though are clearly a wasteland. None of them are
larger then 2 stories. There is a very distant sound of traffic but few
vehicles of any sort dot this landscape.
[19:12] Ness: Hm. This seems familiar.
[19:12] Ness: Are we in the same place as last time.
[19:12] >Ambiance<: The exploding sound and the smell you heard in the estate repeats
[19:12] Falerin: <EPIC RESUMES>
[19:12] * Lkeas shakes her head to try to clear her disorientation.
[19:12] * Dale covers his nose, and looks around.
[19:12] * Aaronrules380 regains balance after some disorientation
[19:12] Lkeas: What.. oh. Man, I really have to start packing pain relievers..
[19:12] * Aaronrules380 looks around
[19:13] * Elaith wrinkles his nose.
[19:13] Aaronrules380: Where are we
[19:13] * LordBarrius stands and stretches, then glances around to get his bearings.
[19:13] * Granger throws Lkeas a bottle of gin.
[19:13] * Ness walks over to LordBarrius and whispers to him briefly
[19:13] Granger: That'll do the trick *winks*.
[19:13] * Damsel staggers slightly, appearing slightly disoriented after the trip.
[19:14] * Lkeas waves Granger off. "It's alright, I'll get used to the smog I guess."
[19:14] * Kira shakes his head and suddenly becomes aware of his new souroundings
[19:14] * Granger chuckles.
[19:14] Granger: It was only a joke.
[19:15] * Granger picks up his half empty bottle of gin and takes a swig before replacing it in his pocket.
[19:15] Aaronrules380: So does anyone know where we are?
[19:15] Granger: I'd much rather focus on that explosion.
[19:15] Malice: Appears to be the same place as last.
[19:15] * Damsel gets her bearings and looks about.
[19:15] * Dale nods towards Malice.
[19:15] * Lkeas turns to Aaron. "Well, if it's the same place, I think one of the guys we met called it Redmond?"
[19:16] * Aaronrules380 turns to Lkeas "Got it"
[19:16]
- LordBarrius gives Ness a dismissive flick of his wrist, clearly more
interested in the surroundings and keeping a sharp eye out.
[19:16] Lkeas: Although I'm not sure what realm that's on.. or time..
[19:17] * Elaith shakes his head and focuses on one of the gates to regain his balance quite quickly.
[19:17] * Ness glances around
[19:17] * Lkeas joins LordBarrius in scanning the surroundings for any signs of motion.
[19:17] Lkeas: I don't suppose anybody can pinpoint the source of that explosion?
[19:17] * Malice walks towards the city, going by memory from their last trip.
[19:17] Aaronrules380: No I can't.
[19:17] Damsel: Hmmm... so this seems to be the place mentioned in your records?
[19:17] * Granger notices the other trying to find life and joins the hunt looking to the left for any signs.
[19:17] Malice: Comming?
[19:18] Malice: Standing here won't help us.
[19:18] * Dale shrugs, and follows Malice.
[19:18] Lkeas: Well, do we want to head towards the smaller buildings or the skyskrapers?
[19:18] * Aaronrules380 also looks for signs of life
[19:18] * Granger sees nothing ad agree's to go along with Malice.
[19:18] * Malice points the direction that looks most like the way they went the last time.
[19:18]
>Ambiance<: A figure that looks rather like Falerin only with
wires coming out of his head crosses a nearby alleyway going into a
building marked ARES
[19:19] * Lkeas shakes her head, still standing in place as she notices the figure entering a building.
[19:19] Lkeas: Or we could follow that guy..
[19:19] * Granger raises one eye-brow then follows the strange figure without speaking.
[19:19] Aaronrules380: SHould we follow it
[19:19] * Damsel spots the figure and frowns.
[19:19] * LordBarrius 's gaze eventually falls on the figure and he tilts his head, a bit curious.
[19:19] Ness: Looked like an Analog of Falerin
[19:19] * Elaith cocks his head with curiosity, before deciding to follow it to the building, but doesn't enter.
[19:19] Lkeas: Hmm. Well, I wouldn't be surprised, there's likely an analog of Serian around too.
[19:20] * Granger looks at the door way then hesitates and decides to wait for the others.
[19:20] * Lkeas follows after Elaith to the entrance of the building.
[19:20] Ness: Personally, I'd bank on him being generally unfriendly, but willing to trade favors.
[19:20] * Aaronrules380 follows Lkeas
[19:20] * Granger swallows his fear and enters.
[19:20] * Granger pops his head out.
[19:20] * Ness follows
[19:20] * Malice follows the main troupe.
[19:20] * Kira follows the others into the building
[19:20] Granger: I think it's safe.
[19:20] * Falerin pulls Granger into the building bodily
[19:20] * Damsel trots quietly after the others, looking about the cityscape curiously.
[19:21] * Granger is pulled in and startled.
[19:21] * Lkeas gasps slightly as Granger disappears from sight.
[19:21] Ness: What...
[19:21] Lkeas: Well...
[19:21] * Elaith , upon seeing Granger vanish inside, attempts to head in after.
[19:21] Ness: Should we go in?
[19:21] * LordBarrius follows along with the others, stopping in his tracks and frowning as Granger is pulled into the building.
[19:21] Lkeas: We can't just leave him there can we?
[19:21] Falerin: "Skulking arround Redmond Barrens will get you into serious trouble Chummers. The Halloweeners own the streets"
[19:21] * Lkeas frowns and enters the building. "I suppose that's an invitation.."
[19:22] * Ness follows
[19:22] * Aaronrules380 enters the building
[19:22] * Damsel curses quietly. "Don't much have choice but to follow now, do we?"
[19:22] * Granger nods silently.
[19:22] * Granger then shakes his head.
[19:22] Granger: What? Halloweeners?
[19:22] * Elaith thinks of Seattle upon hearing Redmond Barrens.
[19:22] Falerin: "You do not know who the Weeners are?"
[19:23] * Lkeas shakes her head. "We're not exactly from around here."
[19:23] * Ness shakes his head
[19:23] * LordBarrius follows with the others, slightly behind so as to watch for anyone else.
[19:23] Falerin: "Gods you are going to get yourself dead quick"
[19:23] Kira: "im afraid we are new here"
[19:23] *** Dale has signed off IRC (Ping timeout).
[19:23] Elaith: Are they a gang?
[19:23] Ness: We're frim...out of town.
[19:23] Granger: Well... I'm familiar with other forms of the word but no.
[19:23] Lkeas: No kidding. We almost did last time we were here too.
[19:23] Falerin: "Yes.... they are a gang"
[19:23] Falerin: "One of seattles most notorious gangs"
[19:23] Malice: We are not runners, or even from around here.
[19:24] Lkeas: Ah, Seattle. So we are on Terra... of some sort?
[19:24] Malice: We were subjected to interdimensional travel. We are a bit disoriented and far from home.
[19:24] Falerin: "That claim is highly suspect. If you are not runners... what are you... Corporate?"
[19:24] * Granger is shocked to find himself on yet another alternate world of his own.
[19:24] Falerin: "You do not look Corporate"
[19:24] Malice: We are nothing.
[19:24] * Elaith looks about, hoping someone here is not wearing Black and Orange.
[19:24] Falerin: "Then again... sometimes bought men do not"
[19:24] Granger: We are merely civilians.
[19:24] Malice: We are interlopers into a reality to which we don't belong.
[19:24] Falerin: "
[19:25] Falerin: "No one is merely a civilian"
[19:25] * Damsel shakes her head slowly.
[19:25] Falerin: "Survival means you work for someone"
[19:25] Malice: Then I suspect we are rebels.
[19:25] * Lkeas shrugs helplessly. "Work? The only work we're doing is trying to find answers.."
[19:25] Malice: Nonconformists to your social inhibitions.
[19:25] Falerin: "Wait, did you just say...."
[19:25] Granger: Please pipe down Malice, we don't know exactly if that's a good or bad thing.
[19:25] Falerin: "Interlopers in a "reality" in which you do not belong"
[19:25] Malice: I said we are not affiliated with any known group.
[19:25] Malice: This is not real?
[19:26] * Damsel bites her lower lip, concerned too much might have been said.
[19:26] * Granger sighs, then grabs his bottle and takes a long swig before returning it to his pocket.
[19:26] * Ness sighs
[19:26] Falerin: "Joshua will be most intrigued to learn of that fact"
[19:26] * Malice looks at Granger.
[19:26] * Lkeas frowns. "Who's Joshua?"
[19:26] Aaronrules380: Who's Joshua?
[19:26] Falerin: "The CEO of Seattle Megacorp"
[19:26] Malice: There is nothing we can do to not reveal that to this man.
[19:26] Falerin: "My Employer... at times"
[19:26] Malice: And he is obviously corperate.
[19:27] Malice: Which I am beginning to suspect is the opposite of a runner.
[19:27] Granger: Are you sometype of a mercenary?
[19:27] Malice: Or are gangs also outside of this?
[19:27] Falerin: "I am a Runner"
[19:27] * Malice looks at the Falerin-thing.
[19:27] Ness: What is it you Run, then?
[19:27] Falerin: "I am a decker"
[19:27] Malice: It's a term.
[19:27] Falerin: "I run the Matrix"
[19:27] Lkeas: The entire thing by yourself?
[19:27] Malice: No.
[19:28] Falerin: "Not run as in.... Operate"
[19:28] * Ness steps back and whispers to Lkeas quickly
[19:28] Malice: He doesn't run the matrix, he runs the matrix. Don't you ever listen?
[19:28] Falerin: "Run as in skulk arround"
[19:28] Granger: As in avoid?
[19:28] * Malice lets out a low growl.
[19:28] Granger: Ah.
[19:28] * Lkeas sighs. "You apparently know more about this than I do, Malice."
[19:28] Malice: Logic is as logic does.
[19:28] * Aaronrules380 is confused
[19:28] * Granger looks to the man.
[19:28] Granger: Well I'm sorry may I ask your name sir?
[19:29] * Lkeas shrugs and holds out a hand. "Well, logic doesn't always forego manners. I'm Lkeas."
[19:29] Falerin: "Well you clearly are not void wraiths"
[19:29] Malice: True.
[19:29] Falerin: "Meaning you are from an alternate prime or primes"
[19:29] * Malice bows to the indiginous lifeform.
[19:30] * Elaith rubs his ears, scratching an itch.
[19:30] Malice: We would request a name of this location.
[19:30] Falerin: "Which is highly irregular...."
[19:30] * Ness shifts uncomfortably at Falerin's words
[19:30] * LordBarrius continues to observe the surroundings idly, though his gaze often returns to Falerin as he listens.
[19:30] Falerin: "Not unheard of... but highly irregular"
[19:30] Falerin: "Rosen Bridges are not generally stable"
[19:30] * Granger watches the man and nods with his words, having no idea their meanings.
[19:30] Falerin: "In fact Joshua is the only person I know of in all of the UCAS that has ever made such a thing"
[19:30] Granger: I must say though I am ignorant to your terms sir.
[19:31] Falerin: "Or in fact in any country or citystate"
[19:31] * Damsel frowns. "Does this Joshua have a sirname?"
[19:31] Elaith: United Canadian and American States?
[19:31] Malice: Excuse me followers, they are additionally daft today.
[19:31] * Malice turns to the group.
[19:31] Falerin: "Certain Shamans have played with reality transfer of course. They rarely ever return alive"
[19:31] Malice: A rosen bridge must refer to travel out of this reality.
[19:31] Malice: Or to.
[19:32] * Ness turns to the group "I would say we should meet this Joshua. We are rarely taken anywhere for no reason."
[19:32] * Granger pulls Malice to the side.
[19:32] * Falerin looks at Elaith
[19:32] Falerin: "The same"
[19:32] * Lkeas nods. "Yes, we know it's a strange and dangerous sort of method of travel. We aren't exactly in control of it."
[19:32] Falerin: "Just guessing or actuall familiarity?"
[19:32] Granger: Will you PLEASE refrain from attempts at leadership?
[19:32] Malice: I am not leading.
[19:32] Malice: But you're not thinking either.
[19:32] Elaith: Just a guess I suppose, but it feels familiar.
[19:32] Malice: You start usig your brain, I shut up.
[19:33] Malice: Because mine would be redundant.
[19:33] * Granger sighs and takes a third swig then rejoins the conversation.
[19:33] *** Dale has joined #epic.
[19:33] Falerin: "Wise man once said. Ugly can be fixed. Stupid is forever"
[19:33] * Malice turns to the Falerin.
[19:33] *** Mode change "+v Dale" for channel #epic by Falerin.
[19:33] * Damsel laughs a bit.
[19:33] * LordBarrius grins slightly at the comment.
[19:33] * Elaith smiles at the comment.
[19:33] * Aaronrules380 is in a state of thought
[19:34] Falerin: "Did 'I' send you?"
[19:34] * Ness turns to Falerin "I, for one, would like to meet this Joshua. I can't speak for the rest of the group."
[19:34] Malice: I doubt so.
[19:34] Granger: No, we came here, on terms we aren't sure of.
[19:34] Malice: However uncertain I am of your term of 'I'.
[19:34] Granger: Or at least I am not.
[19:34] * Damsel 's head jerks around to look at Falerin.
[19:34] Ness: He probably means his analog
[19:34] Granger: I take it you mean your alternate?
[19:34] * Lkeas nods in agreement with Malice. "Yes, what would make you think that 'you' sent us?"
[19:35] Falerin: "Alternate..."
[19:35] Falerin: "No..."
[19:35] Falerin: "Not my Analog... as it were...."
[19:35] * Malice looks quizzically at Falerin.
[19:35] Falerin: "My... superior"
[19:35] Lkeas: Wait... you're an Avatar?
[19:35] Elaith: Is Joshua a Decker also?
[19:35] Falerin: "That term has been used for what I am"
[19:35] Lkeas: That makes sense then.
[19:35] Falerin: "I represent... interests not local"
[19:35] Malice: No. Your superior did not send us. However, we are aware of his presence.
[19:36] Granger: Ah, that makes things clearer.
[19:36] Falerin: "However I am native to this world"
[19:36] Lkeas: What are your interests in this realm and time?
[19:36] Falerin: "Not a... whats the term"
[19:36] Falerin: "Plant"
[19:36] * Malice smiles at Falerin.
[19:36] Falerin: "No. Joshua has no cyberware at all"
[19:36] Granger: Ah, I understand.
[19:36] * Lkeas nods. "Yes, we've interacted with both kinds."
[19:36] Falerin: "His humanity is pure 10"
[19:36] * Damsel nods in understanding
[19:37] * Malice looks at Falerin.
[19:37] Falerin: "Corporate presidents rarely are so.. altered"
[19:37] Malice: Why would one not want cybernetic enhancements?
[19:37] Falerin: "They hire deckers. They do not become them"
[19:37] Malice: And more importantly, how did he instigate a rosen bridge without?
[19:37] Elaith: So we would also be called pure 10s... well, some of us, but we would be considered "plants" at the same time?
[19:38] Falerin: Machinery
[19:38] Granger: What is your scale amount then sir?
[19:38] Falerin: One need not have machinery in ones skull to operate machinery
[19:38] * Ness frowns "Hey, uh, does the name Louis Zephyr ring any bells?"
[19:38] * Malice looks puzzled.
[19:39] Lkeas: Why did Joshua wish to create a Rosen Bridge?
[19:39] * Dale decides it best to remain silent.
[19:39] Aaronrules380: What does this cyberware do exactly?
[19:39] Falerin: The same reason he built a teleporter to Mars
[19:39] Falerin: Because he could
[19:39] Falerin: and because he was working on colonization
[19:39] Malice: As most people in power reasons.
[19:40] Malice: You don't question people in power, their devicings are usually arcane in nature.
[19:40] Lkeas: I see.
[19:40] Falerin: No.... nothing Arcane about Joshua either
[19:40] Falerin: he hires mages too
[19:40] Malice: Mages?
[19:40] Falerin: He does not become one
[19:40] Malice: Excuse the term then.
[19:40] Ness: So...what keeps him in power?
[19:40] Falerin: Shamans. Street Magi
[19:40] Malice: I did not mean magical.
[19:40] Falerin: The lot
[19:40] Malice: I meant extremely complicated.
[19:40] Falerin: I know what you meant
[19:41] Ness: If he isn't a powerful mage or a skilled decker
[19:41] Falerin: The fact stands.....
[19:41] Ness: What keeps him in power?
[19:41] * Malice nods.
[19:41] Falerin: Joshua is relatively mundane
[19:41] Kira: money
[19:41] Malice: His powr keeps him in power.
[19:41] Falerin: Precisely
[19:41] * LordBarrius raises an eyebrow. "Interesting. So he essentially hires what he needs rather than become what he needs."
[19:41] * Ness nods
[19:41] * Lkeas tugs at a lock of her hair idly. "How did you come to work for him?"
[19:41] Falerin: And brilliant buisness Acumen
[19:42] Falerin: Megacorp has recently shored its market share. It currently outstrips Renraku
[19:42] Falerin: And for a private corproration
[19:42] Falerin: That is saying an awful lot
[19:42] Falerin: Nuyen Talk Chummers
[19:42] Falerin: They say volumes
[19:43] Malice: Nuyen is money, yes?
[19:43]
Ness: Alright, so, if there is anything we need in this realm, or
anything we need to know, Joshua probably has or knows it
[19:43] * Lkeas frowns. "Why do you assume the man in power would have the informaiton we need?"
[19:43] Falerin: I would not want a Credstick charged with anything else
[19:43] Falerin: Ah...
[19:43] Malice: Don't be a Dwight. The CEO of megacorp would not, or at least should not, care for us.
[19:43] Falerin: Well information is NuYen
[19:43] Falerin: NuYen is information
[19:43] Falerin: As any Decker can tell you
[19:43] Ness: Men in power make it their business to know everything.
[19:44] Malice: Decker, is that occupation, race or otherwise?
[19:44] Falerin: And... Joshua would care....
[19:44] Falerin: The former.
[19:44] Falerin: I am an elf
[19:44] Ness: As for caring for us, he wouldn't care for us. He would care about where we come from.
[19:44] Ness: And THAT is leverage.
[19:44] * Elaith shakes his head, the word Michael in his head, but says nothing.
[19:44] Malice: That makes sense.
[19:44] Malice: And may I then inquire what ARES is?
[19:44]
- Lkeas pulls her credit card out of her pocket and looks at it
disappointedly. "Credstick? Guess this is useless here then."
[19:44] Falerin: A corporation
[19:45] Falerin: They are a major weapons manufacturer
[19:45] Granger: Figures, the name suites them well.
[19:45] Malice: Are we keeping you from a run?
[19:45] Falerin: I came in to get ammo for my predator
[19:45] Aaronrules380: Ok so is this plas dangerous then?
[19:45] Malice: Oh, great then.
[19:45] Elaith: They bought NASA.
[19:45] Malice: They bought NASA?
[19:45] Falerin: NASA has long been irrelevant
[19:45] * Malice looks bemusedly at Elaith.
[19:46] Falerin: Rocket based space travel is outmoded
[19:46] Granger: Teleportation is now the mode?
[19:46] Falerin: Interplanetary Mass Transit is the mode of the future
[19:46] Falerin: Particular travel at the speed of EM
[19:46] * Ness shudders
[19:46] Granger: EM sir?
[19:46] Ness: Particular travel
[19:46] Ness: I could never...
[19:47] Elaith: Who runs ARES?
[19:47] Falerin: Well thats acutally a misnomer....
[19:47] Kira: It does sound a bit unpleasent
[19:47] Falerin: Particles do not travel
[19:47] Ness: Actually, I'm not sure if I COULD. Literally.
[19:47] * Ness shrugs
[19:47] Falerin: A massive em signal carrying the blueprint for your reassembly does
[19:47] Aaronrules380: ok I know where we are, but could someone tell me when we are?
[19:47] * Ness nods
[19:47] Ness: Sound like I couldn't use that mode.
[19:47] Ness: Literally.
[19:47] Falerin: You are broken down into matter which goes into the recycler
[19:47] Falerin: Your blueprint is sent to the destination
[19:47] Falerin: Matter is taken from the recylcer
[19:47] Malice: Uhm.
[19:47] Falerin: you are reconstructed
[19:47] Malice: Ow.
[19:48] * Ness nods
[19:48] Ness: I understand.
[19:48] Falerin: the process is painless
[19:48]
- Lkeas jabs Damsel lightly with her elbow and smirks. "How much you
wanna bet we're gonna travel by particle recycler by the time this leg
of the trip is done?"
[19:48] Falerin: However it has not been without... issue
[19:48] Malice: For those who feels pain as normal living beings.
[19:48] Elaith: I'm just curious... but what year is this?
[19:48] * Ness shrugs "I hope not, I would get left behind I suspect."
[19:48] Falerin: Just ask Jack Cage
[19:48] * Damsel groans softly. "I'd rather not..."
[19:48] * LordBarrius shudders a bit. "Painless maybe, but it doesn't sound too pleasant."
[19:48] Malice: Uh.
[19:49] Malice: Jack Cage?
[19:49] Falerin: A street detective
[19:49] Ness: Reassembled wrong?
[19:49] Kira: Im guessing some one who had an issue with it?
[19:49] Falerin: Nope
[19:49] Ness: Or not at all?
[19:49] Falerin: He was reassembled quite correctly
[19:49] Falerin: about 20 times
[19:49] * Ness can't hep but grin
[19:49] * Malice smiles.
[19:50] Ness: Well, I still hope we don't have to.
[19:50] * Damsel shakes her head
[19:50] * Granger agrees.
[19:51] Aaronrules380: I'm guessing it can affect the mind?
[19:51] Falerin: I am not sure how many Jack Cages actually are arround anymore
[19:51] Ness: For the simple fact that I have no clue what would happen to me.
[19:51] Falerin: there were several
[19:51] * Lkeas shrugs at Ness. "We don't even know why we're here."
[19:51] Lkeas: Until we figure that out, we probably won't be transporting anywhere..
[19:52] Malice: He is why we are here.
[19:52] * Malice points to Falerin.
[19:52] * Ness nods to Lkeas
[19:52] Malice: What we need to glean, or obtain is unknown to me.
[19:52] Malice: But this person has the key to proceed.
[19:52]
- Lkeas frowns and turns back to Falerin. "Well I don't suppose you'd
have any inkling of why we might have ended up here?"
[19:52] Falerin: I have a key do I
[19:53] Malice: Metaphoricly speaking.
[19:53] Falerin: I wonder if McCalister would agree
[19:53] Malice: Was that Serian McCalister?
[19:54] * Falerin looks at Malice curiously
[19:54] Falerin: The same....
[19:54] Falerin: Joshua's street mage
[19:54] Falerin: At least generally
[19:54] Falerin: Strictly speaking McCalister is a Runner too
[19:54] Lkeas: Now is he an avatar or an analog?
[19:54] Falerin: But he has been on Megacorp payroll and acted as cheif of security for about 10 years
[19:54] * Falerin frowns
[19:54] Falerin: "An avatar or an analog of whom?"
[19:54] Ness: Hm...
[19:55] Ness: Know any Mariels?
[19:55] * Lkeas shrugs. "Er.. nevermind, I guess."
[19:55] * Malice shakes his head.
[19:55] Falerin: "I fear I really am quite unfamiliar with my "overseers" coeterie"
[19:55] Malice: Let's not go there, unless you feel it's really necessary.
[19:55] Malice: Yes, and likely for the better.
[19:55] Malice: If you were to know, I doubt not that you would've been told.
[19:55] Falerin: "In fact I have not communicated with him in.. some 15 years"
[19:55] Lkeas: True.
[19:56] Granger: Do you suppose you could do so now?
[19:56] Lkeas: 15 years? Have you not heard then, what he has been up to?
[19:56] Granger: I think this warrants for reason.
[19:56] Falerin: "I do not communicate with him"
[19:56] Falerin: "He communicates with me"
[19:56] Malice: I was about to say.
[19:56] * Dale chuckles.
[19:56] Malice: It usually works that way with people in power too.
[19:56] Falerin: "Generally rudely and not voluntarily and at horribly inopertune times"
[19:56] Granger: ah, then we are not in best hands as I thought.
[19:56] * Lkeas grins. "That sounds like him."
[19:57] * Damsel nods agreement. "That it does."
[19:57] Malice: I doubt anyone but his most trusted advisors communicate to Joshua too.
[19:57] Falerin: "I do know a Plastic Man"
[19:57] Falerin: "He is a rigger"
[19:57] Falerin: "Bizzare ass... His humanity is below 2"
[19:57] Falerin: "Strange things happen then"
[19:57] Elaith: What are some examples of the strange things?
[19:57] Kira: I can immagine
[19:57] Aaronrules380: below 2? What is that?
[19:58] Falerin: "Nevermind"
[19:58] Lkeas: So what were Falerin's last orders to you before you lost contact?
[19:58] Ness: Probably means he is mostly machine
[19:58] Falerin: "There was a really odd scene in the Wilderness tho..."
[19:59] Granger: Trouble with his equipment downstairs I suppose?
[19:59] * LordBarrius frowns. "Oh? What was odd about it?"
[19:59] *** Takun is now known as Takun[foodstuffs].
[20:00] Falerin: "Ask serian someday"
[20:00] Falerin: "Well then you want to meet Joshua"
[20:00] Falerin: "Lets go"
[20:01] * Lkeas sighs. "That's assuming we'll stick around long enough to meet Serian."
[20:01] * LordBarrius nods at Falerin. "Hm. I'll remember that, then."
[20:01] Malice: We may not want to meet Joshua.
[20:01] * Falerin exits the shop with a box in hand and heads toward the larger city center.... boarding a street car
[20:01] Granger: Hm... very well, though this Joshua doesn't sound too welcoming.
[20:01] * Elaith follows along
[20:01] Lkeas: You want to stick around in the building Malice?
[20:01] * Ness follows
[20:01] * Malice exits the building.
[20:01] * Granger follows Falerin, and boards along with him.
[20:01] * Aaronrules380 follows Falrein
[20:01] Malice: No.
[20:01] * LordBarrius follows.
[20:02] Malice: And I want to follow the entourage.
[20:02] * Dale follows as well, staying near Lkeas.
[20:02] * Kira decides he does not want to stick around in the barrens and follows
[20:02] * Lkeas tags along after the others, making sure to stick close to Falerin.
[20:02] * Damsel looks at at Malice as they follow and nods. "I have some worries about this meeting too."
[20:02] Malice: I am just not keen on meeting the most powerful man of this reality.
[20:02] Malice: It is unfit for such a man to want to meet random rackpack from the streets.
[20:02] Malice: So we are either extraordinary in our presence, or otherwise.
[20:03] Lkeas: Well, likely he'll want to gain information... perhaps if we're lucky he'd be willing to exchange..
[20:03]
Kira: I doubt he is the most powerful, but still overtake something
called a megacorp with a private company is impressive
[20:03]
Lkeas: Although I'm unsure what kind of information we'd want from him,
and what sort we could give him that might not be dangerous.
[20:03] >Ambiance<: The street car pulls to a stop a short distance from the Space Needle
[20:04] *** Legault has joined #epic.
[20:04] * Falerin disembarks and heads toward a large skyscraper
[20:04] * Lkeas hops off and follows.
[20:04] * Aaronrules380 gets off and follows
[20:04] * Elaith follows closely to Falerin.
[20:04] * Granger continues on without speaking.
[20:04] * Ness follows
[20:04] * Dale gets off, and follows.
[20:04] * Granger keeps a keen eye out for halloweeners.
[20:05] * Malice sighs.
[20:05] * Damsel bites her lower lip nerviously as the follow.
[20:05] * Falerin takes out a keycard and keys the door
[20:05] Malice: What is to be expected of this meeting?
[20:05]
- LordBarrius follows along, still glancing around to view the scenery,
though a bit more out of idle curiousity than of worry.
[20:05] >Ambiance<: A burly troll stops Falerin
[20:05] * Kira takes a quick glance skyward before following
[20:05] * Lkeas shrugs. "Meeting? We haven't been scheduled have we?"
[20:05] * Granger eyes the troll curiously.
[20:05] Granger: What seems to be the problem?
[20:06]
Troll: Falerin. The boss wants to see you immediately should you
[20:06] Falerin: They Arcology? Has he been hitting the stim patches?
[20:06] Falerin: Whatever. The boss is who I am here to see anyway
[20:06] * Aaronrules380 is confused
[20:06] *** Kazuma has joined #epic.
[20:07] Falerin: Given the shutdown
[23:07:33] <Falerin> I do not particularly want to battle my way in
[23:07:49] * Falerin walks over to a large circular platform and stands in the center
[23:07:54] <Falerin> "Coming along are we?"
[23:08:05] * Granger nods and follows yet again.
[23:08:06] * LordBarrius nods and follows.
[23:08:14] * Damsel quietly joins him on the platform.
[23:08:20] * Dale shrugs, following silently.
[23:08:22] * Granger stands on the platform.
[23:10:18] * Legault is now known as Steven
[23:10:24] * Kira moves onto the platform
[23:10:32] <Falerin> I do not think staying downstairs is an option chums
[23:10:43] <Falerin> You will be evicted from the facility if you are not in the presence of staff
[20:17] * Lkeas steps onto the platform quickly. "Sorry, got distracted there for a minute."
[20:17] * Ness follows
[20:18] * Elaith steps on the platform, collecting his wandering mind.
[20:18] * Aaronrules380 gets with them quickly
[20:18] Aaronrules380: sorry about that
[20:18] >Ambiance<: There is a woosh of light and suddenly you stand on identical platform in a different place
[20:19] * Granger feels a bit dizzy but excited.
[20:19] *** Daniel has left #epic.
[20:19] * Lkeas blinks, trying to adjust her eyes. "Did we just..?"
[20:19] Dale: Well, that's convinent.
[20:19] >Ambiance<: Figure stands with his back to you pouring a drink
[20:19] * Damsel looks about slightly surprised.
[20:19] Falerin: "Ah Yes Falerin I have been expecting you....."
[20:20] * Elaith looks on with his usual interest.
[20:20] Figure: Mocking me iis a bad habit
[20:20] Falerin: Kidding Kidding. You can take a joke I am sure Josh
[20:20] Falerin: We go way back after all
[20:20] Falerin: I can take away many things including your 5000 NuYen a week allowance
[20:21] * LordBarrius tilts his head at the figure called 'Josh' in silent observation.
[20:21] Figure: You really are pushing it
[20:21] Figure: You are fortunate I like you
[20:21] * Granger chuckles slightly.
[20:21] * Aaronrules380 looks at figure and listens
[20:21] Falerin: I have brought some... others
[20:21] Figure: So I detected.....
[20:22] * Lkeas cocks an eyebrow and watches the exchange curiously.
[20:22] * Ness nods
[20:22] * Figure Turns arround revealing the rather familiar figure of Dr. Louis M. Zephyr
[20:22] * LordBarrius 's eyes go wide.
[20:22] Ness: I thought as much.
[20:22] Dale: Surprise Surprise.
[20:22] * Granger stares in shick at the doctor, but keeps his facial expression undetectable.
[20:22] Falerin: "Welcome to Seattle Megacorp"
[20:22] * Damsel nods to the figure.
[20:23] * Aaronrules380 is confused at what everyone is staring about?
[20:23] Joshua: Indeed welcome to seattle Megacorp
[20:23] * Lkeas nods in greeting. "We apologize for the inconvenience of an unexpected arrival."
[20:23] Joshua: "I am Joshua"
[20:23] Joshua: "I run this little corporation"
[20:23] Elaith: I'm Elaith. It's a pleasure to meet you.
[20:23] Joshua: "However.... you already know that..."
[20:24] Joshua: "You already know many things don't you"
[20:24] * Lkeas looks at Ness and Dale. "However did you guess..."
[20:25] Ness: We were yanked here just like before and Falerin said Joshua was playing with inter realm travel.
[20:25] Ness: With machines.
[20:25] Joshua: "As the Light bringer for this little corner of the multiverse... I welcome you"
[20:25] Joshua: "That is the key of course"
[20:25] Joshua: "Or did you miss that"
[20:26] Joshua: "Eyes often miss what they are not trained to see"
[20:26] Malice: Eh.
[20:26] *** Takun[foodstuffs] is now known as Takun.
[20:26] * Aaronrules380 is confused
[20:26] Joshua: "A homophone. Lou Zephyr"
[20:26] Joshua: "Lucifer"
[20:26] Joshua: "The morning star."
[20:26] Joshua: "The Light bringer"
[20:26] Granger: Little horn.
[20:27] * Granger blurts accidently.
[20:27] Joshua: "Right out of JudeoChristian Mythology. Of course it has much older antecedants"
[20:27] * Lkeas grins. "You are certainly very knowledgeable yourself."
[20:27] Joshua: "Prometheus for one"
[20:27] * Dale chuckles once more, clapping lightly. "Clever."
[20:28] Malice: I know not of what you speak.
[20:28] Joshua: "I expected you"
[20:28] Joshua: "I have had limited contact with my Analog"
[20:28] Lkeas: Ah, has he been here then, and informed you of our plight?
[20:28] Joshua: "And I have also monitored several previous incursions into my world caused by his machinery"
[20:28] *** Ness has signed off IRC (Interred: Zzzz).
[20:29] Joshua: "He is the cause of your presence here I presume"
[20:29] Lkeas: Hmm.
[20:29] Joshua: "You are not the first"
[20:29] Lkeas: We, uh.. aren't entirely sure.
[20:29] Joshua: "Several of his students arrived here... previously"
[20:29] Aaronrules380: WHo are you talking about?
[20:29] Granger: Is that so?
[20:29] Joshua: "From that Academy of his"
[20:29] Granger: Ah, them.
[20:29] *** Aaronrules380 has signed off IRC (Vanished: Web IRC Disconnected).
[20:29] * Damsel nods sadly.
[20:29] Joshua: "And their analogs from a world known as The Third City"
[20:29] Joshua: "Or something like that"
[20:30] Granger: Hm... odd coincidence.
[20:30] *** Steven has signed off IRC (Interred: Be back later.).
[20:30] Joshua: "My interests... in the matter of interdimensional travel were sparked by those events"
[20:30] Damsel: I don't think coincidence has anything to do with any of this.
[20:30] Joshua: "Prior to them occuring. I was cheifly interested in extraterrestrial colonization"
[20:31] * LordBarrius nods slightly in agreement with Damsel.
[20:31] Joshua: "Of course I still am... I already operate the only human colony on Mars"
[20:31] Lkeas: Mmm. But now that you know of other realms, you'd prefer to colonize those instead? Or in addition?
[20:31] Joshua: "Most other realities.... are presumably already inhabited Miss.... ? what is your name?"
[20:32] Lkeas: Oh, pardon. You can call me Lkeas.
[20:32] Malice: I don't have any single name.
[20:32] Joshua: "No. What do you take me for. Lkeas. I have no interest in forcibly colonizing a place already inhabited"
[20:32] Joshua: "However a lucrative trade industry might evolve"
[20:32] Joshua: "We have technologies in our version of Terra for instance that others do not"
[20:33] Lkeas: Ah, that would be beneficial, I see.
[20:33] Joshua: "Likewise the pandemic that unleashed metahumanity never occured on some of these other worlds"
[20:33] Joshua: "They have other resources"
[20:33] Joshua: "Unfortunately... my own ability to realize such a portal in a stable fashion has been limited"
[20:33] Joshua: "I have however had signs"
[20:33] Joshua: "Signs that point to the Shamans, and to Renraku"
[20:33] *** Takun is now known as Takun[blah].
[20:34] Joshua: "Signs that point to the Shoreline of what used to be Oregon to the south of here"
[22:34] <Joshua> "If I am correct. We can be of use to each other...."
[20:35] * LordBarrius shrugs slightly. "Perhaps so."
[20:35] Joshua: "While you remain in Seattle, I can provide nearly limitless resource"
[20:36] Joshua: "What I value most is information, and those who can wheedle it from others"
[20:36] Joshua: "Be that via trade, manipulation, or singular gifts... such as the ability to see through the mirror darkly"
[20:37] *** Mode change "+vv Kazuma Lkeas" for channel #epic by Falerin.
[20:37] * Damsel frowns slightly, crossing her arms. "I'm not sure how much we may be able to tell you."
[20:38] Joshua: It is not information you already have I value
[20:38] Kira: So you provide us your resources and in return you want us to gather information for you?
[20:38] Joshua: It is information you may procure for me during your stay here...
[20:38] Joshua: You see...
[20:38] * Lkeas scratches her head. "You want us to work for you?"
[20:39] Joshua: While I cannot actually effect reliable travel between realites
[20:39] Joshua: I can measure it
[20:39] Joshua: I can predict apetures to a degree
[20:39] Joshua: And I happen to know something about the apeture that brought you here
[20:39] Lkeas: Hmm.
[20:39] Joshua: If you wanted to stay put for a while you will get your wish
[20:39] Joshua: Another reality interchange will not occur without outside intervention for nearly 3 months
[20:40] Joshua: <End of Session>