[12:06] There's still someone knocking on the door [12:06] "I'll get it." [12:07] Alex is here, right? I'll wait for him to open the door. [12:07] * Chris_Hyle opens the door [12:07] *** NPC is now known as Nick [12:07] ooc or whoever [12:07] *** Nick is now known as Nick_Johnson [12:07] Behind the door is a face familiar to Roland and Early [12:07] *gasp* [12:07] "Where has everyone been?" [12:07] ooc didn't he die or something? [12:07] Though he now wears an eye patch and is thinner than you remember [12:07] "What the . . . Nick?" [12:08] * Roland_Windemeer has a wide eyed look of disbelief on his face. [12:08] "Nick.....?" [12:08] "You know this man?" [12:08] "I don't suppose anyone here has some answers?" [12:08] ooc that was a shock [12:08] "......" [12:08] "Is it really you?" [12:08] * Eric_Macaulay is still speechless [12:08] "Um... Answers?" [12:08] "Yes its really me. Where is the scotch?" [12:09] * Eric_Macaulay looks to Alex [12:09] "God, I wish there were some." [12:09] "We've got water." [12:09] "That will do" [12:09] "How did you . . . I thought you were dead." [12:09] "Well all we did was lose sight of him" [12:09] "That's interesting" [12:09] "Loose sight of me?" [12:09] "In the middle of the ocean!" [12:09] "What?" [12:09] "It would be a long swim to London from where we left him." [12:09] "Wishfull thinking?" [12:09] * Eric_Macaulay shrugs [12:10] "Look I remember getting on a boat, and I woke up in a bed on the canary islands" [12:10] "You don't remember falling off the boat?" [12:10] "Which is unsettling, to say the least" [12:10] "Getting on a boat after you fell off the ship?" [12:10] "What are you talking about?" [12:10] "No Roland, I remember getting on the boat we were all on" [12:11] "And you woke up on the Canary Islands?" [12:11] "Oh. Well that boat came to London." [12:11] "Yes, the canary islands" [12:11] "How did you find this place?" [12:11] "I finally got passage here, only to find the hotel we were supposed to stay at was burnt to a crisp" [12:12] "I found this place through the local police, who I see you've made friends with" [12:12] "oh" [12:12] "We have had bad luck regarding hotels and fire. Fire in general, actually." [12:13] "Bad luck in general, actually." [12:13] "You know that my notebook was burnt up!?" [12:13] "Ok, here's where I ask who this man is and how you know eachother." [12:13] * Eric_Macaulay is still wondering how Nick doesn't remember falling [12:13] "Falling?" [12:13] * Eric_Macaulay didn't know Nick could read minds too [12:13] ooc whoops :) [12:13] ooc heh [12:13] "He works for the magazine. He came over with us for the story, but . . . had an accident . . . on the boat." [12:14] What sort of accident? [12:14] "One he doesn't seem to remember." [12:14] "What accident? I remember that the ship was stopped at sea, but after that things get a little, well, fuzzy" [12:14] "He fell overboard." [12:14] * Nick_Johnson looks quite uncomfortable [12:14] "Ah." [12:14] "I need to sit down" [12:14] "Do you remember the fish monsters?" [12:14] "I'll get you some water." [12:14] "and what happened to your eye?" [12:14] me/ gets Nick some water, and some for himself. [12:14] * Nick_Johnson collapses [12:14] * Early_Hutz does that. [12:15] Collapses? [12:15] ooc - no. gets the water. [12:15] * Eric_Macaulay moves to Nick quickly [12:15] you wrote it [12:15] misplaced my slash [12:15] ooc is Allen still here? [12:15] No [12:15] He's had to depart [12:16] ooc right [12:16] ooc - more of the fire - in real life, unfortunately. [12:16] ooc right I heard about that, but I wasn't sure if he left in game yet [12:16] Yeah, so he's gone on with the business he was in the UK for until he can get back [12:16] That's the easiest way to write him out [12:17] test [12:17] * Roland_Windemeer will try to first aid Nick. [12:17] d. None of the above [12:17] Roland can roll for that [12:17] ooc I keep trying to do /he instead of /me. doh [12:17] d100 [12:17] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Roland_Windemeer (d100) and gets 4. [12:18] ooc woohoo [12:18] Nick does wake up [12:18] :sits up [12:18] * Nick_Johnson sits up [12:18] ooc whoops, still used to webrpg [12:18] "Hey there, are you sick?" [12:18] "Roland?" [12:18] * Nick_Johnson looks around confused [12:19] "Wait a minute. Where am I? Are we at the hotel?" [12:19] "Yes, it is I, Roland." [12:19] "You are in Alexander's apartment. You came just now and fainted." [12:19] "Who? I fainted?" [12:20] "You went to take a seat and then you collapsed" [12:20] "How do you feel? You seem disoriented." [12:20] "Disoriented is one way of putting it" [12:20] "I went to the local police station to ask about you all, and they said they knew where you were" [12:20] "Yes you said they told you to come here." [12:21] "Next thing I know I'm lying on the floor." [12:21] "Wait, what do you mean I said that?" [12:21] * Nick_Johnson struggles to his feet [12:21] * Eric_Macaulay nods [12:21] * Roland_Windemeer tries to remember back to his psyche courses to explain Nick's behavior [12:22] Roland can roll for that, too [12:22] d100 [12:22] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Roland_Windemeer (d100) and gets 89. [12:22] "I think I need to sit down" [12:22] ooc win some lose som [12:22] * Nick_Johnson walks over to an empty chair and seats himself carefully in it [12:22] ooc good thing you won on the more important one [12:23] * Eric_Macaulay wonders if Early has gotten water yet [12:23] "Nick do you still want some water?" [12:23] "Does anyone know what's going on? Like why I remember getting on the ship to london but at one point I woke up in a bed on the canary islands?" [12:23] "We aren't quite sure." [12:23] * Early_Hutz didn't know he had to complete the entrie process. [12:23] "Sure I'd like some wanter" [12:23] * Early_Hutz gives water to Nick. [12:23] * Nick_Johnson sips his water [12:23] "It seems like you have some gaps in your memory. I would suggest keeping a notebook to remind yourself of your exploits." [12:24] * Early_Hutz chugs his water. [12:24] "A notebook. . ." [12:24] "I booked passage to London, but it took a few days. I was hoping someone could explain why I was at the Canary Islands" [12:25] "Yes, if you record your daily activities you could review your notebook when you have trouble recalling things." [12:25] "I went to the hotel, but it was gone." [12:25] "You fell overboard. The next time we saw you was here." [12:25] "Roland have you started a new notebook yet?" [12:26] "I remember being on the boat, but then things get really fuzzy. What I don't understand is why everyone is talking like I've been here awhile" [12:26] "No, I picked one up but I have not begun writing yet." [12:26] ooc wouldn't mind a little memory refresher, who else fell over? was it William or Early? I think it was William [12:26] *** Chris_Hyle has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer (TCP/IP connection broken)_) [12:26] *** Early_Hutz has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer (TCP/IP connection broken)_) [12:26] "Well you came in a little while ago" [12:26] That's bad [12:26] lol [12:27] hmm [12:27] * Keeper wonders if everyone was gotten by his little surprise [12:27] gotten how? [12:27] * Eric_Macaulay definitely was [12:27] Shocked [12:27] Completely and totally unexpected [12:27] * Eric_Macaulay was shocked for sure [12:27] I have a bad memory for names [12:27] I think Early was ;) [12:28] so I couldn't remember who nick was [12:28] lol [12:28] Nick was the one person I could sneak around with [12:28] until I realized he's the one that fell off the boat [12:28] sneak being the operative word [12:28] Early is the lound one [12:28] At least I could get one person with my sneaky diabolical plotting [12:28] was this in the module? [12:28] Was William the one who fell as well? [12:29] William fell in but was recovered [12:29] right [12:29] Wolfhounds back [12:29] And there's ImLawBoy [12:29] *** Early_Hutz has joined #MainGame [12:30] Was I the only one who lost my connection? [12:30] wolfhound did [12:30] No, Wolfhound did too [12:30] He'll be back in a few minutes [12:30] So I've got to ask you then, were you surprised by the return of Nick? [12:31] I bet if you had used an anagram of nick johnson I would have got it sooner [12:31] Yes, but I had asked him about the possibility this week, so it was on my mind. [12:31] Nuts [12:31] he asked me before I mentioned it to you, Joel [12:31] It's so hard to be an evil GM [12:31] interestingly enough. . . [12:32] hold on a secv [12:32] brb [12:32] .... [12:32] * Eric_Macaulay scratches his head [12:32] Okay [12:32] I'd have a hard time comming up with a clever anagram [12:32] I expected it to be as another character, though. [12:32] I'll give Wolfhound a few more minutes [12:32] So Peacedog is back? [12:32] So did I, but then details were hammered out [12:32] Yes I am ;) [12:32] I was expecting Nick's long lost brother. [12:32] * Eric_Macaulay is sorry, he's a little slow [12:33] * Nick_Johnson pats eric on the head [12:33] I had planned on dropping Nick back into the campaign later anyways [12:33] don't be so hard on yourself [12:33] So are you back for good? [12:33] as an NPC at least [12:33] Yuppers [12:33] oh whoops [12:33] oh [12:33] * Eric_Macaulay cheers [12:34] Hmmmm [12:34] b [12:35] Okay, I guess Chris will be back in the room when he gets back [12:35] So, let's continue [12:35] oh, I am surprised that Peacedog is actually playing again [12:35] same [12:35] did you sort everything out that stopped you from playing? [12:35] ooc I just got yelled at for running the dishwasher.... women [12:35] Yeah - the Bulldogs sucked. [12:35] Well, there weren't any big life issues that stopped me from playing [12:36] just college football; I go to many UGA games [12:36] ah [12:36] but, on with the show [12:37] Okay, Nick was still disorientated [12:37] * Eric_Macaulay was thrown off by the whole npc thing [12:37] "ok, I am pretty confused" [12:37] And people were still surprised [12:37] * Keeper is evil that way [12:37] "....." [12:37] ooc NPC worked like a charm [12:37] I was fooled [12:38] We were talking about my notebook [12:38] "I got to london, and went to the police because our hotel was burnt down" [12:38] Nick didn't happen to find my notebook in the canary islands did he? [12:38] * Eric_Macaulay chuckles [12:38] ooc that and a copy of the necrinomocon ;) [12:39] heh [12:39] You guys already have one [12:39] * Keeper was joking [12:39] "But they said they knew where to find you guys, and that's the last thing I remember before waking up on the floor here" [12:39] "We talked for a couple of minutes before you fainted." [12:39] "you say I feinted, eric?" [12:39] "We had a conversation? Ugh, I don't remember a thing." [12:40] "What were we talking about? Do you know why I passed out?" [12:40] "Yeah well you just collapsed and Roland revived you" [12:40] "You went to sit down" [12:40] "You said you were thirsty and then you collapsed. Could you be dehyrdrated?" [12:40] *** Chris_Hyle has joined #MainGame [12:41] "When you fell overboard, do you remember what was in the water?" [12:41] * Nick_Johnson collapses and falls out of his chair [12:41] "That's what I thought. Let's not mention the sea monsters. It's causing the reactions. [12:41] "Oh boy." [12:42] * Eric_Macaulay agrees, we should stop talking about what happened at sea [12:42] * Roland_Windemeer tries to revive him again. [12:43] Go ahead and roll Roland [12:43] d100 [12:43] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Roland_Windemeer (d100) and gets 27. [12:43] * Nick_Johnson looks up [12:43] "What the. . ." [12:43] "Roland, Early?" [12:43] "Where am I?" [12:43] "how much do you remember now?" [12:43] ooc "Fish monster!" [12:43] ooc lol [12:43] lol [12:44] * Roland_Windemeer helps nick back into his chair. [12:44] "This is getting wierder and wierder." [12:44] "I'm glad I, uh, found you guys." [12:44] "Our hotel burned to the ground." [12:44] "Some might argue, curiouser and curiouser." [12:44] * Nick_Johnson thanks Roland [12:45] "You've been here for a little bit, but you're having some fainting spells." [12:45] "What happened? Why did I wake up on one of the canary islands?" [12:45] "I've been here? What?" [12:45] "I think you'll be OK now" [12:45] * Eric_Macaulay wonders if he can ask about the eye patch [12:45] "The last thing I remember is going to visit the local police station, after discovering our hotel was gone." [12:46] "Our hotel? You haven't been with us." [12:46] "The police said they knew where to find you, but that's the last thing I Remember?" [12:46] * Nick_Johnson looks around the room [12:46] "They directed you here, as most police like to keep an eye on us." [12:46] "The hotel we were supposed to stay at. The one that is a smoldering ruin right now." [12:46] "We chatted, you fainted and had a memory loss." [12:46] "We chatted? About what?" [12:46] * Nick_Johnson sighs [12:47] "If we talk about it, you might very well faint again." [12:47] "Look, I remember us getting on a boat to come to london. And then things start to get hazy. I can't remember a lot of the trip. And I woke up in some strange bed, where they told me I had washed up on the beech." [12:47] ooc he shouldn't know about the hotel because we didn't decide where we would stay until we met Alex in London [12:47] *** Chris_Hyle has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer (TCP/IP connection broken)_) [12:48] ooc unless he has soem mystical knowledge [12:48] ooc I have tons of mystical knowledge ;) [12:48] ooc apparently he can read minds like me ;) [12:48] ooc I thought our hotel had been arranged ahead of time; keeper said I knew where we were supposed to stay but its not a huge deal [12:49] ooc Okay. Well, I just wanted to know if it was a mistake or a clue, like Nick was a ghost shadowing us or something [12:49] "It took me a few days, but I was able to get to London and I was hoping to find you guys, which apparently I did. . ." [12:49] "So the police brought me over here? And I feinted?" [12:50] "I think you brought yourself here. I think the cops gave you directions." [12:50] "I think you came of your own accord. You seem to be passing out when we mention a certain topic." [12:50] "How long have I been here?" [12:50] * Eric_Macaulay checks his watch [12:50] *** Chris_Hyle has joined #MainGame [12:51] It's 10pm at night [12:51] When did nick get here? [12:51] * Eric_Macaulay was actually wondering how long Nick has been here [12:52] Maybe half an hour before this [12:52] "You have been here nearly a half hour. You have passed out twice." [12:53] "TWICE?" [12:53] * Nick_Johnson looks around the apartment [12:53] "Yes, it seems that when we mention a certain topic you pass out." [12:53] "So what happened? Why didn't I arrive in London like everyone else?" [12:54] "We cannot tell you that." [12:54] "Er . . . that could lead to you passing out again." [12:54] "Really?" [12:54] "Then we'd have to go through this whole conversation again." [12:54] "That is our hypothesis." [12:55] "This is all terribly confusing" [12:55] "For us as well" [12:55] "Where are we?" [12:56] "We are in Alexander St. James' apartment. He is an associate of Exotic Oddities based in London." [12:56] "We're in Alex's flat. Alex is our man here in London. You should remember the name." [12:56] ooc brb [12:56] * Nick_Johnson shakes his head [12:56] "So you think that something we talked about is making me pass out? That's bizzare." [12:57] Everyone in the room roll [12:57] d100 [12:57] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Nick_Johnson (d100) and gets 16. [12:57] d100 [12:57] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Chris_Hyle (d100) and gets 30. [12:57] "We surmise that the experience was traumatic." [12:57] d100 [12:57] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Roland_Windemeer (d100) and gets 51. [12:57] * Nick_Johnson nods at Roland [12:57] d100 [12:57] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Early_Hutz (d100) and gets 4. [12:58] "I was hoping I could get some answers, but apparently there are other issues here." [12:58] * Nick_Johnson looks around the room warily [12:58] * Early_Hutz looks at the window. [12:59] Is the curtain drawn? [12:59] Not at the moment [12:59] "We have been through a lot since we last saw you. Did I mention my notebook got burned?" [12:59] * Early_Hutz closes the curtains. [12:59] "That's terrible news, Roland." [12:59] "Does anyone smell that?" [12:59] "smell what?" [12:59] "I don't know . . . a musty smell" [12:59] * Chris_Hyle sniffs lightly [13:00] * Early_Hutz sniffs at Nick. [13:00] "I've lost all my things, too. My guns, clothes, flashlight. . ." [13:00] "All of my records of the entire journey were lost." [13:00] "I can remember you scribbling in that journal all the time." [13:01] "We have also become embroiled in another cult [13:01] 's business" [13:01] "A different cult?" [13:01] * Nick_Johnson shakes his head in disbelief [13:01] "As if Silas weren't enough. . ." [13:02] "Silas?" [13:02] "Who are you?" [13:02] * Chris_Hyle offers his hand [13:02] "Are we sure it's a different cult?" [13:02] "I thought they were connected." [13:02] "Chris Hyle, sir. Pleased to meet you." [13:02] * Nick_Johnson looks at his hand, and takes it carefully [13:02] "Well, they may be related to the cult in New York, but their membership is certainly different. Upper class white Englishmen rather then negros." [13:02] "Nick Johnson, apparently. Same to ya" [13:03] "Silas was a cult leader in New York" [13:03] "I fell in with your friends sort of by accident. It's a long story." [13:03] "He was up to, well, some bizzare activities." [13:03] "And he had several of our associates murdered." [13:04] * Early_Hutz walks around trying to locate the smell. [13:04] * Chris_Hyle shakes his head. "What is it with you guys and running from cults?" [13:04] "I could use a glass of water? [13:04] ooc err, ignore the question mark [13:05] * Roland_Windemeer gets Nick his third glass of water. [13:05] "Thanks Roland" [13:05] * Nick_Johnson sips his water and then rests his head in his hands and sighs loudly [13:05] ooc back [13:06] "Well, Nick, tell us about the Canary Islands. What happened there?" [13:06] "I woke up in bed where I was being tended to. I was told I washed up on shore the day before." [13:07] "Were you suspicious of the people there?" [13:07] "They found me like this, and bandaged the eye. I was hopping you could tell me what happened, but I can only assume its related to whatever you don't want to talk about." [13:07] "At the Canary Islands? Not really." [13:07] "I stayed a day, and then booked passage to London to look for everyone." [13:08] "Something must be wrong if Nick's not suspicious of someone." [13:08] ooc heh [13:08] "Truth be told I was very disoriented when I came to, and the whole experience seems pretty surreal" [13:08] That's odd [13:08] Shipwreck joined and then left [13:08] "I got out of there as soon as I could book passage." [13:08] And then joined again [13:08] ooc maybe he could make it [13:09] ooc I never saw him leave [13:09] ooc oh shipwreck is someone else... neverminf [13:09] ooc he musta logged onto the server but not entered the channel [13:09] Now he's connected to the server but not the channel [13:09] WE'RE IN HERE! [13:09] ooc PD have you read up on the logs so you know what's happened since you left? [13:09] lol [13:09] *** WilliamHollis has joined #MainGame [13:09] Hello [13:09] SHIPWRECK! :) [13:10] ooc I do know a decent amoung, though I haven't seen recent logs. Nick, obviously, is clueless ;) [13:10] It's the soon-to-be expatriate! [13:10] ooh...man am i out of it...sorry for being so late. [13:10] * Nick_Johnson coughs [13:10] * Eric_Macaulay waits [13:11] * Eric_Macaulay nudges William [13:11] * Early_Hutz whistles. [13:11] * Keeper thinks William must really be out of it [13:11] * Roland_Windemeer pulls out his pipe and lights it. [13:12] Oh well [13:12] I am...i have no clue what i'm doing right now. [13:12] * Eric_Macaulay just chuckles [13:12] * Nick_Johnson coughs louder [13:12] You went for food and just got back to find... [13:12] * Early_Hutz suggests looking at the players. [13:12] * Roland_Windemeer looks at Nick Johnson and wonders how he managed to survive falling off the ship and being eaten by fish monsters. [13:13] lol - nice subtelty [13:13] ooc giggle [13:13] subtlety [13:13] i'm sure he has a nice explanation [13:13] * Roland_Windemeer thinks it is very strange that Nick showed up at the door to Alex's flat half an hour ago. [13:13] ooc so did William just walk into the room? [13:13] Yes [13:14] "Ah William, look who's here!" [13:14] "William. You . . . um . . . remember Nick?" [13:14] "William" [13:14] ooc No one tell William... This could be funny [13:14] ooc lol [13:14] oh, yes, he's the one i pushed...i mean fell in the water... [13:14] * Eric_Macaulay nods and tries to suppress a laugh [13:15] * Nick_Johnson looks around at everyone puzzled [13:15] * Keeper is waiting for the inevitable [13:15] so...is anyone going to tell me how Nick is still alive? [13:15] "William your looking, well. . ." [13:15] "We're not entirely sure." [13:16] "We are not yet certain what happened." [13:16] "You could ask him" [13:16] ooc hahaha [13:16] "yes, and you are looking better than i last saw you Nick, just how did you survive?" [13:16] "Uh, well. . ." [13:16] "No one will tell me." [13:17] "Oh, right! Yes, we decided not to talk about it." [13:17] * Nick_Johnson is sitting in a chair, looking fairly haggard. You notice he is wearing an eye patch [13:17] * Eric_Macaulay cringes and says, "What happened to your eye." [13:17] * Keeper demonstrates dice for William [13:17] ooc Suddenly I have this picture of John Cleese as Roland, Eric Idle as William, Graham Chapman as Nick, etc... [13:17] d100 [13:17] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d100) and gets 4. [13:18] * Keeper diabolically uses up a critical success [13:18] * Nick_Johnson slumps back in his chair [13:18] ooc hey you stole a critical success! [13:18] ooc whoops [13:19] * Nick_Johnson falls out of the chair and onto the floor. . .again [13:19] * Eric_Macaulay motions to Roland, "You've had the best luck so far." [13:19] * Roland_Windemeer tries to revive Nick. [13:19] Roll for it Roland [13:19] ooc with a swift kick to the kidnets [13:19] d100 [13:19] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Roland_Windemeer (d100) and gets 31. [13:19] ooc lol [13:20] * Nick_Johnson looks around at everyone with a blank look on his face [13:20] "What the hell? Where am I?" [13:20] "Hey Nick" [13:20] "This is getting silly." [13:20] "What is getting silly?" [13:20] * Roland_Windemeer writes down the critical information on a sheet of paper and gives it to Nick." [13:21] "How did I get here?" [13:21] "here, read this. And hold onto it." [13:21] * Nick_Johnson look's at Rolands paper [13:21] "Let's tattoo it on his back." [13:21] * WilliamHollis takes a look at the critical info on the paper [13:21] ooc AND REMEMBER, DON'T TRUST EARLY! [13:21] lol [13:21] ooc lol [13:21] He's got memory problems, he's not stupid [13:21] ooc it was a PST reference [13:22] I know [13:22] * Nick_Johnson looks at the paper confused [13:22] okay [13:22] "This doesn't make sense." [13:23] "What doesn't? We can explain the rest." [13:23] "It hasn't made much sense to us, either." [13:24] "So how many times have I passed out, allegedly?" [13:24] * WilliamHollis pours himself a few shots of rum [13:24] "there's rum?" [13:24] "yes, i just found it, and it's all mine" [13:24] * Roland_Windemeer tries to blow smoke rings. [13:24] * Nick_Johnson looks at the table next to the chair "Whose water is this?" [13:24] He probably picked it up while he was out [13:25] * Nick_Johnson picks up the glass and drinks water [13:25] * Nick_Johnson pushes his chair over against the wall, near the window, and sits down in it. [13:26] "So you can't tell me why I woke up in the Canary Islands instead of comming to London with you, but you do know the answer, or at least part of it?" [13:26] "You got it. [13:26] "Pretty much." [13:26] "And I've passed out 3 times?" [13:26] "Since you've been here." [13:26] "And you think you know why, but you can't say." [13:26] "Because then you'll pass out again." [13:26] "Could you please stop making me pass out?" [13:27] * Nick_Johnson glances nervously at the window [13:27] "And you forget everything after you pass out, and we're getting tired of retelling it, only to have you pass out again." [13:27] "It was William that did it last time!" [13:27] "sure, blame me..." [13:27] "So William didn't think twice was enough?" [13:27] * Roland_Windemeer whispers to William "Lets not mention the eye patch or the monsters again." [13:27] * Eric_Macaulay slowly puts his hand up [13:28] "Eric?" [13:28] "Yes Mr. Macaulay? What is it?" [13:28] * Eric_Macaulay says sheepishly "it was me" [13:28] "You made me pass out again?" [13:28] * Eric_Macaulay nods [13:29] "Don't worry it won't happen again" [13:29] * Nick_Johnson mutters something about this being worse than the episode with the Head [13:29] "Well at least not on purpose." [13:29] ooc well for Nick maybe [13:29] * Nick_Johnson turns to the window, draws the shade aside, and glaces outside [13:29] Nick notices many people milling about in front of the building [13:30] "Are you worried about something outside, Nick?" [13:30] * Early_Hutz looks out also. [13:30] * Nick_Johnson turns back to Roland [13:30] "It's awfully late for so many people to be out, don't you think?" [13:30] There's a crowd of at least twenty [13:30] "Well, I don't know exactly." [13:30] Several motor cars that are still running also line the street there [13:30] * Roland_Windemeer looks out at the people. [13:30] "Uh, what's going on?" [13:30] * Eric_Macaulay looks as well [13:30] * Chris_Hyle looks outside [13:30] Everyone roll [13:30] * WilliamHollis looks to see what is going on [13:31] What kind of people are they? All men, upper class, lower class? [13:31] d100 [13:31] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Chris_Hyle (d100) and gets 15. [13:31] d100 [13:31] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Early_Hutz (d100) and gets 16. [13:31] d100 [13:31] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Eric_Macaulay (d100) and gets 84. [13:31] d100 [13:31] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Nick_Johnson (d100) and gets 97. [13:31] d100 [13:31] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against WilliamHollis (d100) and gets 76. [13:31] ooc d'oh [13:31] ooc Nick falls out the window [13:31] d100 [13:31] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Roland_Windemeer (d100) and gets 26. [13:31] * Nick_Johnson walks over to Chris [13:31] "Hello, I am Nick. Who are you exactly?" [13:31] * Eric_Macaulay walks towards Roland [13:32] "Uhhh...we were introduced just a moment ago...I'm Chris Hyle, remember?" [13:32] * Roland_Windemeer looks at Eric. [13:32] "Uhhh, no. Sorry about that." [13:32] * Nick_Johnson sighs [13:32] "It's the whole memory thing. Just reintroduce yourself." [13:32] "Do you recognize anybody out there?" [13:33] "No need for alarm. But I think there are people up the street watching me." [13:33] "Sorry. I'm Chris Hyle, and I'm along with your friends due to chance circumstance." [13:33] * Roland_Windemeer looks closely at the people outside to see if he recognizes anyone. [13:33] "I've been a bit uncomfortable for a while." [13:33] * Nick_Johnson smiles and nods [13:33] * Chris_Hyle is getting slightly jumpy. [13:33] "Those people are armed!" [13:33] "Well, one thing we do is chance circumstances" [13:33] "who is armed?" [13:33] "Armed?" [13:33] "And their watching the building." [13:33] "The crowd" [13:33] "The ones after me?" [13:33] "what?" [13:34] " [13:34] "Damn, I wish I had my guns." [13:34] So do I not recognize anyone? [13:34] * Nick_Johnson walks over to the door and locks it [13:34] ooc right it was Nick who carried 2 guns [13:34] ooc I had 3 on the trip ;) [13:34] Nick, as you lock the door you notice it feels hot [13:34] ooc 3? [13:34] ooc geez [13:34] "This door feels hot, what the heck is going on?" [13:35] ooc where did I put my asbestos suit? [13:35] * Eric_Macaulay walks to the door and feels the handle [13:35] * Early_Hutz smells for smoke [13:35] It is hot [13:35] * Eric_Macaulay lets go [13:35] And Early can smell smoke somewhere [13:35] * Roland_Windemeer uses the phone to call the police. [13:35] "Not another fire." [13:35] The line is dead [13:35] "Is there any other way out of this place?" [13:35] "Do you think those people out there will shoot us if we try to run?" [13:35] what floor are we on? [13:35] "Probably." [13:35] Third [13:36] * WilliamHollis looks out the window again [13:36] Is Alex here? [13:36] Two floors above [13:36] Yes [13:36] "Do we have a choice?" [13:36] "Not likely." [13:36] "The phone line is dead." [13:36] Is there a fire escape? [13:36] "I think those people on the street are after me. Perhaps we can create a diversion, but first we have to get out of here." [13:36] Not on this face of the building [13:37] There is one on the rear [13:37] "they've probably got it covered anyways" [13:37] "Anyone want to open that door?" [13:37] "Do you think that is wise, Chris?" [13:37] "Nick, they could very well be after us as well. We are persona non grata with many of the locals now." [13:37] "Why are they after you, Nick?" [13:37] "Not really. But I'm out of ideas already." [13:37] * Eric_Macaulay hopes it isn't green fire [13:37] "You asking the guy who can't remember anything to explain stuff?" [13:37] * Nick_Johnson shruggs [13:38] "I was just checking to see if this was rational, or just your general paranoia. It's good to have you back." [13:38] * Nick_Johnson begins walking through the apartment, looking for a window with a fire escape [13:38] "Thank you Early" [13:38] "Alex, how can we get out of here?" [13:39] This apartment does not have one, you'd have to exit to the hall and then get on the fire escape from there [13:39] "I don't doubt that you've all gotten yourselves into hot water here, but I suspect I might have been followed on the boat from the Island" [13:39] no choice but the door then [13:39] "Followed by whom?" [13:39] * Eric_Macaulay nods [13:39] * Chris_Hyle runs off to look for towels to soak [13:39] * Nick_Johnson shrugs [13:40] You can loot Alex's linen closet, but he lives alone so there's only a half dozen towels in there [13:40] * Nick_Johnson starts looking for blankets in closets [13:40] * Nick_Johnson or for blankets on beds [13:40] * Eric_Macaulay helps [13:40] "Are we going to whip them with wet towels?" [13:40] * Chris_Hyle takes the towles and runs them quickly under cold water [13:40] "No, we'll cover ourselves as best we can when we go out into the hall" [13:40] "We have to open the door and get down the prsumably smoky hallway, don't we?" [13:40] "Chris, I think we do" [13:40] You can find three blankets [13:41] "Is the fire escape to the left or the right?" [13:41] * Nick_Johnson begins wetting the blankes in a shower [13:41] "Do we have enough for everyone?" [13:41] Alex informs you it's to the left, past four more apartments, two on each side [13:41] * Chris_Hyle stands ready at the door with a soaking towel on his face and one in his hands to open the door. [13:41] "It shouldn't be too bad" [13:41] "Just say when, guys." [13:41] The door is starting to char [13:42] * Nick_Johnson covers himself with a blanket, and hands the other two off [13:42] Does the door open in or out? [13:42] * Eric_Macaulay grabs one [13:42] In [13:42] * WilliamHollis grabs a soaked blanket from Nick [13:42] * Nick_Johnson stands away from the door [13:42] harder to bash it then [13:42] * Eric_Macaulay covers himself [13:42] * Roland_Windemeer goes into another room. [13:42] * Chris_Hyle covers up exposed skin with towels and gets ready to open the door [13:43] Did I get a towel? [13:43] * WilliamHollis covers himself with the blanket [13:43] Yes, there was one towel for everyone unless someone is hoarding them [13:43] ooc lol [13:43] "Out of the way of the door! Get in the corners of the room or something, this might get ugly." [13:43] * Early_Hutz backs off [13:43] * Eric_Macaulay does the same [13:44] "Ok, everyone ready? Then we go on 3." [13:44] * Nick_Johnson is in a corner of the room [13:44] "Ready" [13:44] * Eric_Macaulay nods [13:44] * Chris_Hyle nods. "One...." [13:44] "Two..." [13:44] "Three!" [13:44] Flames rush into the room as the door is openned catching the furnature on fire [13:44] * Roland_Windemeer is still not in the room. [13:45] Outside in the hall you see that the the flames there are of a green-yellow color unlike the other ones [13:45] ooc which other ones? [13:45] That patch of oddly colored flames moved into the doorway [13:45] oh [13:45] Your typical Yellow-orange-white [13:46] "What the hell?" [13:46] what is the thing in the doorway doing? [13:46] * Roland_Windemeer peeks around the corner to see what is happening. [13:46] "Chris, GET BACK" [13:46] * Chris_Hyle hurries away from the door [13:46] "Not again." [13:46] At the moment that's where the flame patch has stopped [13:46] "Again?" [13:46] * Chris_Hyle shrieks "WHAT THE HELL is this" [13:46] "Can we fill something with water and throw it on the whatever?" [13:47] 2d6 [13:47] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (2d6) and gets 7. [13:47] * Roland_Windemeer looks out the other windows in the apartment to see if there's another way down, a pipe or something along the wall. [13:47] Chris roll [13:47] d100 [13:47] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Chris_Hyle (d100) and gets 54. [13:47] * Nick_Johnson sprints into another room to find a bucket or pot he can fill with water [13:47] "Roland, what the hell is that thing?" [13:47] Chris recoils under a wave of heat and the green-yellow patch in the doorframe seems to dim for a moment [13:48] Roland can see a drainpipe that is in full view of the now cheering crowd [13:48] "Anything Roland? [13:48] Nick can find a sauce pan [13:48] * Nick_Johnson fills the sauce pan [13:48] it will have to do [13:48] * Chris_Hyle huffs. "What was that??" [13:49] "Men, there's a drain pipe we could go down but its in view of the mob." [13:49] * Nick_Johnson reenters the main room when the sauce pan is full of water [13:49] "I don't think that's a very good idea" [13:49] "Not a pleasing prosepect. Either the Mob or the flame might want us dead." [13:49] Have the police shown up yet? [13:49] what is the green flame doing now? [13:49] Maybe one person could throw things at them while the others climb down. [13:49] 2d6 [13:49] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (2d6) and gets 9. [13:49] Early, roll [13:49] "Maybe one person could throw things at them while the others climb down." [13:49] d100 [13:49] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Early_Hutz (d100) and gets 28. [13:50] "We've got alcohol...we could huck molotovs? I don't know." [13:50] * Nick_Johnson throws the water at the flame [13:50] Early feels the room get even hotter for a moment and then it goes away [13:50] Roll Nick [13:50] d100 [13:50] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Nick_Johnson (d100) and gets 32. [13:50] "Chris, good idea! Do it!" [13:50] d3 [13:50] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d3) and gets 1. [13:50] throw molotovs at a fire? [13:50] "no at the people outside" [13:50] ooc lol [13:50] The green patch is noticably smaller and it retreats back into he hallway [13:51] "I'm not sure we want to attack the mob." [13:51] * Nick_Johnson runs back into the kitchen and refills the pan [13:51] "Keep going with water!" [13:51] "I made the flame retreat!" [13:51] * Chris_Hyle collects alcohol and tears rags off his shirt, dousing them with the contents of one bottle and stuffing them in the necks of the others [13:51] "they are armed after all" [13:51] * Eric_Macaulay runs to help Nick [13:51] That's alcohol that's starting to boil so you better act fast [13:51] "Even if we can get rid of the green ball the place is still on fire." [13:51] "Someone else look for something sizeable to put water in" [13:51] * Eric_Macaulay looks for something [13:51] "Hurry up! In a minute these bombs will be useless! Are we going door or drainpipe?" [13:52] There's only enough alchohol to make three moltov cocktails; you drank the rest earlier [13:52] "I say the window. Start throwing the bombs!" [13:52] As soon as they start throwing bombs I will try to climb down. [13:52] Eric locates a bucket under the sink which is already half full of water since it was catching a leak [13:52] * Chris_Hyle runs to the window and gets ready to hurl one bomb outside at the crowd. "Someone, climb down now." [13:52] * Nick_Johnson re-enters the main room with his saucepan full [13:52] * Eric_Macaulay fills the rest of it up in the shower [13:53] * Chris_Hyle forgot something. "A lighter! I need a lighter!" [13:53] * Eric_Macaulay re-enters the main room when full [13:53] * Nick_Johnson looks for the green flame [13:53] "Use the fire!" [13:53] That's something you don't need at this point [13:53] "Use the couch.: [13:53] * Roland_Windemeer will start to climb. [13:53] * Nick_Johnson yells "The place is on fire, you don't need a lighter!" [13:53] It's still in the hallway [13:53] 2d6 [13:53] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (2d6) and gets 2. [13:53] * Chris_Hyle lights the bottles on the couch. [13:53] roll Nick [13:53] d100 [13:53] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Nick_Johnson (d100) and gets 43. [13:53] * Chris_Hyle throws bottle #1 at the crowd [13:54] Nick coughs a bit and then recovers [13:54] Roll Chris [13:54] d100 [13:54] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Chris_Hyle (d100) and gets 68. [13:54] ooc keeper, is there a chance I can hit it with water from here? [13:54] * Eric_Macaulay stands beside Nick [13:54] Yes, it's not that far [13:54] Just outside the door [13:54] "We should throw at the same time" [13:54] * Nick_Johnson throws his water at the flame [13:54] * Nick_Johnson waits for eirc [13:54] * Eric_Macaulay does the same [13:54] Chris roll again [13:54] d100 [13:54] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Chris_Hyle (d100) and gets 50. [13:54] * Nick_Johnson jointly throws his water at the flame [13:54] * Eric_Macaulay throws when Nick throws [13:55] ooc heh [13:55] Chris's first bomb completely misses his target but it does impact in front of the crowd making them back up a bit [13:55] Nick and Eric roll [13:55] d100 [13:55] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Nick_Johnson (d100) and gets 31. [13:55] d100 [13:55] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Eric_Macaulay (d100) and gets 34. [13:55] ooc How far have I got down? [13:56] * Chris_Hyle waits until the crowd starts paying attention to Roland until he throws again [13:56] You could only slide on the pipe so with cut hands from the stuff you've hit the bottom [13:56] d3 [13:56] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d3) and gets 1. [13:56] d6 [13:56] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d6) and gets 5. [13:56] * Roland_Windemeer runs away from the crowd. [13:56] ooc Eric has the BFG bucket [13:56] The green flames shudder, then waver, and then change to a more normal yellow color [13:57] * Nick_Johnson yells "I think we killed it"\ [13:57] ooc woo! [13:57] * Nick_Johnson runs to grab his blanket from the floor [13:57] ooc how much fire is in the halls? [13:57] "alright, now let's get out of here..." [13:57] * Keeper is disappointed at the end of the burning building era [13:57] * Eric_Macaulay nods [13:57] * Eric_Macaulay grabs his blanket and covers himself [13:57] * Nick_Johnson covers himself [13:57] The hall is on fire, but the flames are more contained then they were befor [13:58] Does the path to the fire escape look ok? [13:58] The crowd is too busy shooting at the window (which no one is looking out of at the moment) to worry about Roland [13:58] Yes [13:58] "Should we try the fire escape?" [13:58] * Early_Hutz stays away from the window. [13:58] "Yes" [13:58] "Let's do it." [13:58] "EVERYONE COME ON" [13:58] * WilliamHollis wraps the blanket around himself and dashes to the fire escape [13:58] * Eric_Macaulay makes a move for the fire escape [13:58] * Roland_Windemeer tries to get out of their site, around a corner or something. [13:58] "Early and Chris, get in here!" [13:58] * Early_Hutz covers self and heads to fire escape. [13:59] * Chris_Hyle will blindly toss the bottles out the window without exposing himself then make for the fire escape [13:59] * Nick_Johnson heads for the fire escape [13:59] Chris's other two bottles don't impact anywhere near the crowd but it makes them angry [14:00] everyone getting to the fire escape ok? [14:00] Everyone makes it to the fire escape fine [14:01] * Nick_Johnson starts down the fire escape [14:01] d100 [14:01] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d100) and gets 15. [14:01] * Eric_Macaulay follows [14:01] That's bad guys [14:01] * Early_Hutz follows [14:01] how bad? [14:01] "Uh faster guys" [14:01] * Chris_Hyle goes down the escape in turn. [14:01] The crowd has noticed you trying to slip around the side [14:01] "Crap" [14:01] * Nick_Johnson hustles as fast as he can down the escape [14:01] "Damn!" [14:01] Roland is already safely away [14:01] * Eric_Macaulay starts jumping steps and such [14:02] * Chris_Hyle moves as fast as he can [14:02] picking metal splinters out of his hands, but safe [14:02] * WilliamHollis follows the others [14:02] * Early_Hutz keeps going. [14:02] d100 [14:02] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d100) and gets 72. [14:02] Someone opens fire and the shot strikes the fire escape next to Early's head [14:02] ooc hahaha... gotta love running away [14:02] brb [14:02] how close am I to the bottom? [14:02] "Hey! I need that head!" [14:02] Or anyone for that matter? [14:03] Eric hits the ground first [14:03] Chris is still just starting down the fire escape [14:03] * Eric_Macaulay runs away from the crowd [14:03] "Faster!" [14:03] * Eric_Macaulay searches for something to hide behind [14:03] Is Chris the last person to go down the escape? [14:03] Yes [14:04] when I find something, I'll lay down some cover fire [14:04] okdokey [14:04] He stayed in the apartment longer to get rid of the bottles [14:04] * Chris_Hyle appreciates the fire support [14:04] There's trash cans (or rubbish bins if you like) in the alley [14:04] do i still have my equipment with me? [14:04] b [14:04] * Eric_Macaulay shoots when he gets the chance [14:04] William's on the ground next [14:04] Yes, you do [14:04] Roll Eric [14:04] d100 [14:04] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Eric_Macaulay (d100) and gets 31. [14:04] * WilliamHollis finds some cover and gets out his gun [14:04] Since Eric's firing into a crowd he does manage to hit someone [14:05] Half the mob has broken off and the other half is following you down the alley [14:05] Nick's down [14:05] d100 [14:05] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d100) and gets 50. [14:05] d100 [14:05] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d100) and gets 82. [14:05] d100 [14:05] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d100) and gets 50. [14:05] d100 [14:05] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d100) and gets 34. [14:05] * WilliamHollis takes a shot at the mob trying not to hit them [14:05] d100 [14:05] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d100) and gets 14. [14:05] * Nick_Johnson begins running away from the crows [14:05] err crowd that is [14:06] Roll William [14:06] d100 [14:06] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against WilliamHollis (d100) and gets 70. [14:06] William fails to not hit the crowd. ;) [14:06] how far away are them? [14:06] err they [14:06] * Roland_Windemeer is going to try to find a cab once he's safely away. Destinate: Police station [14:06] They're twenty feet and have stopped to open fire [14:06] er, Destination [14:06] * WilliamHollis ducks behind a trash bin [14:06] Chris is on the ground next [14:06] * Nick_Johnson looks for something to duck behind, down the alley [14:06] * Eric_Macaulay ducks [14:06] * Chris_Hyle runs like his butt is on fire [14:07] *** Chris_Hyle has quit IRC (Chris_Hyle_) [14:07] There are sirens in the distance and the mob flees back to their vehicals [14:07] *** Chris_Hyle has joined #MainGame [14:07] "Lets get the hell out of here" [14:08] "Guns away, gents! Here comes the cavalry." [14:08] Can I hear the sirens? If so I won't try to go to the police, [14:08] "Where are we going?" [14:08] * Eric_Macaulay holsters his gun [14:08] Yes [14:08] * Chris_Hyle brings his weapon to holster [14:08] * Nick_Johnson follows the others [14:08] * WilliamHollis puts his weapon away [14:08] * Roland_Windemeer will stop where he is and hide in the shadows and wait to see what happens. [14:09] Alex's apartment building is now burning quite a bit and you all feel a bit bad since you promised this wouldn't happen this time [14:09] ooc heh [14:09] ooc lol [14:09] What happened to Alex? [14:09] Alas, he tried to save his record collection [14:10] No, he made it out. :) [14:10] It was a good collection . . . . [14:10] They didn't have records in the 20 [14:10] s [14:10] did they? [14:10] They most certainly did [14:10] Phonographs go back to 1890's [14:11] And there were limitted releases of wax cylinder recordings slightly before that [14:11] Coc: fun AND educational [14:11] ok [14:12] jeez why did it tape so long to make tapes? Tapes were only around like ten years before CDs... [14:12] The sirens belong to the fire department who are now hard at work [14:12] Tapes were around quite a bit longer than that. [14:12] Louie Armstrong began recording on reel-to-reel ones in the 40's [14:13] I mean commercial at home tapes [14:13] Right, they were limitted in number, but they existed [14:13] In the seventies someone came up with the idea of making it a self-contained package and you got 8-tracks and the cassettes we know [14:14] okay... well I guess thats enough media talk [14:14] So where is the group headed? [14:14] * Roland_Windemeer is still hiding. [14:14] So, they're working at putting out the fires that you started [14:14] * Nick_Johnson coughs [14:15] you mean the fires the green flame thingy started! [14:15] ooc "Fish monster!" [14:15] "I say we get out of here." [14:15] ooc *Nick implodes* [14:15] * Nick_Johnson nods [14:15] The green flame thingy wasn't throwing moltov cocktails [14:15] ooc we can go burn down Chris' flat! [14:15] ooc now if I ever want him to stop doing something I know how to do it [14:15] The green flame thingy *was* a molotov cocktail [14:15] What is with our obsession with Molotovs? [14:16] it was only one other time [14:16] There easy to make with houshold items and quite effective [14:16] It's a waste of perfectly good booze! [14:16] aznd you didn't even throw them that time [14:16] Only because he wouldn't let me [14:17] * Nick_Johnson follows the group to whereever they are going [14:17] "I'll need to get a gun at some point. . ." [14:18] "I don't think London is the best place to get it at the moment" [14:18] If you're planning on fleeing the scene of the crime you should know that you'll be found shortly hiding behind the garbage cans next to the burning building [14:18] "We could try to spend the night at Gavigan's place. He won't be needing it . . . . " [14:18] exit stage left, then [14:18] "Let's get going" [14:18] "Lets get out of here [14:18] * Nick_Johnson nods [14:18] "I'm going back to my place, unless you guys have another idea." [14:18] "Let's get to a restaurant or a bar." [14:18] "Chris, that may not be wise" [14:18] ooc I'm telling you Chris' got a flat that needs burning [14:18] "Do you want to risk a fire?" [14:19] "Hmm. Maybe not, then." [14:19] * Early_Hutz starts walking to a nearby street to hail a cab. [14:19] "We'll probably be followed no matter where we go." [14:19] * Eric_Macaulay follows Early [14:19] "That think was pretty scarey. Not quite as bed as Eddie, but still deadly" [14:19] * Nick_Johnson shudders [14:19] * Nick_Johnson follows Early [14:19] * Chris_Hyle joins the cab-hailers [14:19] "I'll have to tell you about a dream Roland and I had about Eddie." [14:19] * WilliamHollis helps look for a cab [14:20] * Nick_Johnson looks at Early eyes wide open [14:20] "I wouldn't mind hearing that story" [14:20] "Wow, you dreamed about him, I mean it." [14:20] * Roland_Windemeer coincidentally decides to go to Chris' place and hails a cab. [14:20] Isn't Roland with us now? I thought he came out of hiding when the mob left. [14:20] ooc I thought we weren't going to Chris' [14:21] He was close enough to see you leave the alley the back way [14:21] Oh okay I'm with them now [14:21] "I agree that we should go to some pub somewhere" [14:21] "Yes. We can plan our next step there." [14:21] "That was another close call." [14:21] * Nick_Johnson nods [14:21] "Of course, we should be used to those by now" [14:21] You manage to hail a cab. The driver apologizes for the smell, but his last rider got ill in it [14:22] * Nick_Johnson mutters something about loopy cultists [14:22] "Lovely. Do you know of a good, relatively quiet pub?" [14:22] Asking the driver, that is. [14:22] * Nick_Johnson gets in [14:22] * Eric_Macaulay gets in [14:23] * Roland_Windemeer pats Alexander on the back. "Sorry about your apartment, old chap." [14:23] * WilliamHollis enters the cab [14:23] All of you cram into the cab which is now overloaded with people [14:23] "Yeah, I know a place" [14:23] "What's it called?" [14:24] (making sure we don't end up at the Blue Pyramid, you know ;) [14:24] "Filmore's Tavern" [14:24] "Shall we, gentlemen?" [14:24] "yes" [14:24] "Let's away." [14:24] "Sounds great. Let's go." [14:25] After the most uncomfortable cab ride of your lives you're dropped off in front of a small building that is a store front. [14:25] "The tavern's downstairs." [14:25] "Thanks." [14:25] * Early_Hutz pays driver. [14:26] There are a set of stairs that lead down below the street level and to a small door [14:26] There's a rather tiny sign painted above it saying "Filmore's Tavern" [14:26] * Early_Hutz looks to see if anyone followed us. [14:26] ooc I hate telemarketers [14:27] * Nick_Johnson follows Early down the stairs [14:27] Roll early [14:27] d100 [14:27] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Early_Hutz (d100) and gets 37. [14:27] * Eric_Macaulay follows as well [14:27] * Chris_Hyle enters [14:27] Everyone's following me, and I haven't moved! [14:28] * Nick_Johnson goes down the steps and enters the tavern [14:28] * WilliamHollis follows Nick [14:28] * Early_Hutz heads down to the tavern. [14:28] * Roland_Windemeer follows everyone [14:28] The interior of the tavernern is better than what you would expect from the outside [14:28] It is a tiny place, there's barely eight stools at the bar and a mere six tables [14:28] how many people are inside [14:28] Any open tables? [14:29] The place is slowing down for the evening with the six remaining patrons getting themselves pleasently drunk [14:29] Two of them are attempting to play darts without much success [14:29] Any other doors besides the one we came in through? [14:29] * Early_Hutz looks for the most secluded table (realizing that they probably won't get too secluded here) [14:29] There's a far door behind the bar and another one that isn't behind the bar but is on the same side and that's it [14:30] There really aren't any that are out of the way in here [14:30] * Nick_Johnson takes a seat at a table as far from the door as possible [14:30] * Early_Hutz orders a scotch and a glass of water from the barkeep. [14:30] * Nick_Johnson sits so he is facing the entrance [14:31] "Do you serve any food?" [14:31] * Roland_Windemeer sits [14:31] "We serve it earlier in the evening, but not at this hour." [14:31] "Oh, well." [14:32] * Early_Hutz sits with the others. [14:32] Early gets his glass of scotch and water; "What will the rest of ya be havin'?" [14:32] * Eric_Macaulay sits [14:32] "Beer, please." [14:32] * Roland_Windemeer orders beer. [14:32] "scotch is fine with me" [14:32] "Just a glass of water for me, please." [14:33] "Beer as well [14:33] The barkeep glares at Chris. He quickly pours the beers for Roland, Nick, and Eric and serves them. Then he digs out the scotch again and pours a glass for William. [14:34] * Chris_Hyle can't help it if he doesn't feel like alcohol. [14:34] There's always room for booze! [14:35] * Nick_Johnson looks at Chris' water "Stick with us long enough, and you'll need more to take the edge off." [14:35] Chris eventually gets a glass of room temperture water [14:35] * Nick_Johnson says to Roland in a low voice "So you've seen that green flame thingy before?" [14:35] "Well, they were almost certainly cultists." [14:35] "It's what burnt down our hotels." [14:36] * Keeper is saddenned that he doesn't get to burn down any more buildings [14:36] ooc rofl [14:36] We can still burn them down on our own! Like Gavigan's estate. [14:36] "That green thing was definitely at one of the hotels." [14:36] "How did you get involved with this cult?" [14:37] "Have we established the name of the cult?" [14:37] "We were researching the expedition at the Penhew foundation." [14:37] "What did we find? Anything interesting?" [14:37] "And it turns out that the current head of the foundataion, a guy named Gavigan, was the big cheese." [14:37] "Of the cult, you mean?" [14:37] "Well, it seems I somehow offended him." [14:38] "Yes, of the cult." [14:38] "They are the worshipers on the Black Pharoah." [14:38] "Interesting." [14:38] "And he apparently didn't care for us breaking into the foundation and ruining their temple." [14:38] "Right, William got us involved as I recall." and snickers [14:38] "They kidnapped Roland, and he met Chris at the estate." [14:38] "So now they are chasing us around London, seeking revenge?" [14:38] "yep, that's right, blame everything on me" [14:38] * Nick_Johnson looks at Chris [14:39] "How were you at the estate?" [14:39] "James saved Roland and Chris. They then left James to die." [14:39] "I was kidnapped when I tried to stop them from beating up some poor sod." [14:39] "Chance thing, like I said." [14:39] "You left James to die?" [14:39] "The rest of us rescued James, although he has since taken off." [14:39] "Oh, well at least he didn't die." [14:39] "Under the circumstances, you understand, it was the only choice." [14:40] "He was probably smart to run off, I guess. The cult will doubtless find him somewhere, though." [14:40] "During the rescue, we met a creature from beyond, burned down the estate, and were almost lynched by some villagers." [14:40] "So we've taken quite a liking to fire, then." [14:40] "That about covers it, I think." [14:40] * Eric_Macaulay puts up his hand, "me expecially" [14:40] "Creature from beyond? That sounds pleasant." [14:40] * Nick_Johnson continues to sip his beer [14:41] * Early_Hutz chugs his water, then drinks his Scotch. [14:41] "So now what? Find penhew and beat him up, and then find Brady?" [14:41] * Eric_Macaulay shrugs [14:41] "Who is Brady?" [14:41] "I don't know either." [14:41] Carlyle's bodyguard. [14:41] Brady is Roger Carlyle's bodyguard [14:41] "He was spotted in Singapore, remember?" [14:41] ooc oh yeah, forgot [14:41] "We need to find out what Shipley's mother knows about Penhew." [14:41] * Nick_Johnson nods [14:41] "I remember now." [14:41] I thought it was china [14:42] "Who is Shipley?" [14:42] but maybe I'm wrong [14:42] "Shipley is an artist who creates . . . unpleasant images." [14:42] eric, I think it was singapore [14:42] "Where does he live?" [14:42] k [14:42] Well, he could have been spotted in Cairo or Egypt as well. :P [14:42] "Nearby. We have visited him." [14:42] "How was he?" [14:42] "Wacko." [14:42] "Figures." [14:43] "And his mom doesn't seem to be . . . exactly . . . human. [14:43] "How strange are his images? Did you recognize anything?" [14:43] "I'm sorry, his mom isn't human?" [14:43] "He painted the scene of Gavigan's estate" [14:43] "Well, he painted an image of the estate burning down with the creature from beyond - before it actually happened." [14:43] "You mean the burning/lynching?" [14:43] "She seemed human to me." [14:43] "Wow, that's eerie." [14:43] "We're not sure on the mom not being human part, but she's definitely weird." [14:44] "Then what is so wierd about his mom?" [14:44] "Penhew commisioned that picture. I think that Shipley [14:44] "Penhew commisioned that picture. I think that Shipley's art may be some kind of supernatural focus." [14:44] "Her shadows don't match up to her form." [14:44] * Nick_Johnson nods [14:44] "So we need to go talk to her, tomorrow then?" [14:45] "Hey! She hasn't met Nick yet! We have a fresh face." [14:45] "I take it the previous meeting didn't go well?" [14:45] "We still need to discover the significance of the man and the wabe. [14:45] ooc - anyone else who was there? I wasn't there that week, so I'm guessing here. [14:46] "The man and the wabe?" [14:46] "Oh, that." [14:46] lol I'm not to familiar with that either [14:46] "We had a "Through the Looking Glass" experience with a mysterious sundial and an even more mysterious older version of Chris." [14:47] "Goodness." [14:47] "Evilness, more like it." [14:47] * Nick_Johnson nods at Early [14:48] "When we came into Alexander's apartment there was a man standing by a sundial. He seemed to have some magical significance. He eventually disappeared." [14:48] * Nick_Johnson nods [14:49] "So where are we going to stay tonight?" [14:49] "That's likely associated to the fact that I was attacked by the original Alice at an asylum recently." [14:50] "The original Alice?" [14:50] "Uhhh...I can't really remember the explanation. Roland?" [14:50] test [14:50] "You can tell it later, if you like" [14:51] That was odd [14:51] hmm? [14:51] what happened? [14:51] Nothing serious [14:52] Is everyone getting messages from me? [14:52] yes [14:52] in the maingame? yes [14:52] Not in a while [14:52] Yes in the maingame that is [14:52] Well, I haven't had much to say [14:52] Yes [14:52] yep [14:53] I think we might be having a technical problem [14:53] oh dear [14:53] -> [Roland_Windemeer] PING [14:53] *** RBarnes has joined #MainGame [14:53] *** Roland_Windemeer has quit IRC (Ping timeout_) [14:53] We lost Roland but things are going weird [14:54] Lost my internet connection [14:54] *** RBarnes is now known as Roland_Windemeer [14:54] test [14:54] Did I miss anything? [14:54] Hmm [14:55] I just got a date with a supermodel. [14:55] My Keeper mIRC seems to ahve locked up [14:55] cool [14:55] wierd [14:55] yeah [14:55] I'm going to drop it, but because I run a seperate server you should be okay [14:55] *** Disconnected Session Close: Sat Dec 09 14:55:29 2000 Session Start: Sat Dec 09 14:55:53 2000 [14:55] *** Now talking in #MainGame [14:56] Thank God. . . he's back. [14:56] I was so worried [14:56] And that wasn't nearly as painful as teh WebRPG tech problems, was it [14:56] Those must have been something nasty [14:56] They forced 15 minute downtimes for everyone to be able to log back on. [14:56] ugh [14:57] I love having it as a local server now [14:57] And a few times we couldn't get on at all [14:57] Anyhow, you were trying to figure out where you were going to spend the night [14:57] Yes [14:57] "Do we risk another hotel? Do we risk Chris' place?" [14:58] "I'd say no to Chris's place. It is likely watched." [14:58] "Do we think the green fire is gone for good?" [14:58] * Nick_Johnson shrugs [14:58] "Did anyone ever put it out before?" [14:58] "It may not matter, perhaps they can summon another." [14:58] "I always ran from it." [14:59] "I don't think so, but I was always out breaking the law when it came." [14:59] "Well, maybe it won't bother us." [14:59] "Should we try a hotel? I can ask the bartender for a recommendation." [15:00] "Why not." [15:00] "might as well" [15:00] "i think the hotel is a good idea" [15:00] "It's an idea, anyway." [15:00] * Early_Hutz asks the bartender, "Are there any decent, economical hotels nearby?" [15:00] ooc how much money do we have left? [15:00] "Do you want to pay by the hour...?" [15:01] "Er . . . by the night is probably fine." [15:01] Nick has brought along a fresh infusion of cash since he's been taken care of by the shipping line [15:01] They were afraid I'd sue ;) [15:01] ah [15:01] Once again, the threat of lawyers saves the day! [15:02] He speaks in a low voice; "Head two doors down from here and step into the alley. Knock twice." [15:02] "So how did the shipping lanes explain the fish... uh, that they made us eat on that trip?" [15:02] lol [15:03] "Um. . . thanks." [15:03] * Eric_Macaulay wonders how many catch phrases they can make up that can stop Nick [15:03] * Nick_Johnson plugs his ears [15:03] * Early_Hutz goes back to table [15:04] "well...?" [15:04] "OK. The bartender says we should go two doors down, step into the alley, and knock twice." [15:04] "I'm a little skeptical." [15:04] * Eric_Macaulay looks at Early strangely [15:04] "Are you serious?" [15:04] "First he asked if we wanted to pay by the hour." [15:04] ooc We could make an act out of it, like a dunk tank. Kids pay a shilling a peice to say "Fish Monster!" to Nick who then collapses. The the kid gets to kick him until he wakes up and says, "What happened?" [15:05] ooc geez that's cruel ;) [15:05] Yeah, that's way over priced [15:05] If we run out of settlement money, we'll have to try that. [15:05] A ha'pence should do it [15:06] I'm a circus freak ;) [15:06] ooc Guys, I have to go [15:06] At that point Chris spontaniously combusts [15:06] "So, we can go to this frightening hotel, or we can try to find another." [15:06] Are the flames green? [15:06] "Lets go to the shady one." [15:06] "There seem to be plenty in this city."