[Sunday 20:31:54pm] Scantron «All available members of Psi-7, please report to briefing room 2A» #homeimprovement
[Sunday 20:31:57pm] Scantron «All available members of Psi-7, please report to briefing room 2A» #homeimprovement
[Sunday 20:32:00pm] Scantron «All available members of Psi-7, please report to briefing room 2A» #homeimprovement
[Sunday 20:33:29pm] Soulless Gwen arrives with her bag of goodies.
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[Sunday 20:33:59pm] Roget Shawn is in briefing room 2A, as opposed to other places where he is not.
[Sunday 20:34:09pm] Ragz As is shep.
[Sunday 20:34:21pm] Soulless "Hello, Shep."
[Sunday 20:34:30pm] DrSavage Randall enters the rooooom.
[Sunday 20:34:33pm] Soulless She rubs her eyes- probably just woke up. Girl, you was supposed to be sleeping!
[Sunday 20:34:53pm] Nemi Katherine Voss arrives! She has a big ol' duffel bag with her, which probably contains all her mission gear in one convenient place. She's in shorts, off-the-shoulder t-shirt featuring a butterfly design apparently composed out of bullets, and running shoes. So punky and counterculture, gosh.
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[Sunday 20:35:53pm] Roget Shawn is dressed in some generic fatigues, and has his fists wrapped. His hair looks all messy, and he's ripped the sleeves off, probably because they were too tight on his arms.
[Sunday 20:36:17pm] Ragz "Hello Gwen. Sleep well?"
[Sunday 20:36:18pm] Soulless "Hello Dr. Clymer. Hello Miss Voss."
[Sunday 20:36:21pm] Soulless "I slept."
[Sunday 20:36:28pm] Scantron In lieu of an interactive scene where the character are briefed, I'd prefer to summarize what the characters have learned.
[Sunday 20:36:34pm] =-= YOU are now known as ScanGMs
[Sunday 20:36:41pm] Soulless She doesn't recognize Shawn.
[Sunday 20:36:55pm] Roget Shawn looks like he's taken a lot of pucks and fists to the face.
[Sunday 20:36:56pm] Ragz Shep is dressed as always, with the addition of a bullet proof vest under his dress shirt. It's not too terribly noticeable.
[Sunday 20:37:08pm] Nemi "Hello hello."
[Sunday 20:37:21pm] Nemi Summaries are nice! You get to get to the meat faster.
[Sunday 20:37:29pm] Soulless "Hello Mr…?" To Shawn.
[Sunday 20:37:46pm] ScanGMs Yesterday evening, the Foundation received word of the disappearance of a certain Elizabeth Fox in Madison, Wisconsin. Three witnesses report that she was doing laundry in her apartment building's laundry room when, while peering inside the washing machine to fix some problem, there was a flash of light and she was sucked headfirst into the laundry machine, leaving no trace of her or her…
[Sunday 20:37:47pm] ScanGMs …laundry. Psi-7 is being sent in to determine what (if any) anomalous activity is occurring and, if possible, rescue Mrs. Fox.
[Sunday 20:37:47pm] ScanGMs You take a Foundation vehicle out to a commercial airport; your luggage has been taken care of, it seems. You arrive some time later and a Foundation asset already in the city gives you a ride to the apartment building in question. The security guard and front desk manager ask no questions, and you find yourselves in the basement. Police tape has been set up around the laundry machine in question.
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[Sunday 20:38:14pm] ScanGMs It's a medium-sized apartment building, and not too shabby. The five of you fit in there fairly comfortably.
[Sunday 20:38:20pm] Roget At some point during this, Shawn told Gwen what his name was.
[Sunday 20:38:22pm] Roget probably.
[Sunday 20:38:40pm] ScanGMs Yeah, if there's anything important that happened between the meeting room and here, say it now.
[Sunday 20:38:45pm] Ragz Shep probably gave and received names too before now as well.
[Sunday 20:38:47pm] Soulless Gwen gets her flashlight out and waves it around the basement, looking for things.
[Sunday 20:39:13pm] DrSavage Randall would say his hellos, as well as wear his typical outfit.
[Sunday 20:39:14pm] Ragz Shep approaches the machine.
[Sunday 20:39:14pm] ScanGMs The lights are on. You see an unremarkable launrdy room.
[Sunday 20:39:22pm] DrSavage His crown is with him as well.
[Sunday 20:39:27pm] Ragz He looks to see if it's plugged in.
[Sunday 20:39:32pm] Nemi Voss has also introduced herself. Given that they're in a civilized area and she doesn't want to cause a ruckus, she's thrown on her plate carrier and a coat over that. With many pockets. She's not going to be walking around with full hardware, just things that are mostly concealable.
[Sunday 20:39:33pm] ScanGMs It is plugged in.
[Sunday 20:39:53pm] Roget Shawn pokes around. He looks for any loose change to turn the laundry machine on with.
[Sunday 20:40:02pm] ScanGMs Perception, Shawn.
[Sunday 20:40:12pm] Nemi Voss folds her arms and peers at the indicated machine. "So, the witnesses said she looked inside and then was drawn into the machine."
[Sunday 20:40:26pm] Ragz "Lets unplug it and open it up."
[Sunday 20:40:53pm] ScanGMs Eh, screw it. Shawn finds about a buck's worth of loose quarters around the room.
[Sunday 20:41:05pm] Roget "Wait, let's see what happens if we use it, eh?"
[Sunday 20:41:08pm] ScanGMs Or dimes or whatever they used to run washing machines back then.
[Sunday 20:41:13pm] Soulless "I can dismantle it."
[Sunday 20:41:17pm] Roget He heads over with a fistful of quarters.
[Sunday 20:41:18pm] Nemi The tall redhead pauses, nods to Shawn. "Sure. Let's hope we don't get sent to the nega-realm."
[Sunday 20:41:19pm] Soulless Gwen blinks.
[Sunday 20:41:33pm] Nemi "Miss Raverat, you have your toolkit on you?"
[Sunday 20:41:33pm] Ragz "We could look inside it first. Would be safer."
[Sunday 20:41:57pm] Roget Too late! Shawn loads it with quarters and activates the machine.
[Sunday 20:42:01pm] Roget *clinking noises*
[Sunday 20:42:09pm] Nemi Voss steps back a pace or two.
[Sunday 20:42:09pm] Ragz "…well ok."
[Sunday 20:42:17pm] ScanGMs It starts whirring to life.
[Sunday 20:42:19pm] Ragz Shep stands /beside/ the machine.
[Sunday 20:42:43pm] Ragz Away from the bit that opens, assuming it is a front loader and not a top loader.
[Sunday 20:42:52pm] ScanGMs The machine is now unremarkably operational. And empty. And yes, it is a front loader.
[Sunday 20:43:12pm] ScanGMs Whirr.
[Sunday 20:43:21pm] Roget Shawn stands right in front of it. He doesn't seem terribly concerned.
[Sunday 20:43:21pm] Ragz "Someone toss in a sock or something."
[Sunday 20:43:29pm] Roget "I think I used to have a machine like this in Edmonton."
[Sunday 20:43:48pm] Soulless Gwen takes off her sweater and puts it in.
[Sunday 20:43:54pm] ScanGMs Gwen, perception.
[Sunday 20:44:01pm] Soulless 4df+5 perception
[Sunday 20:44:01pm] Glacon Soulless: perception: 3 (4df+5=0, -, 0, -)
[Sunday 20:44:04pm] Soulless wow
[Sunday 20:44:07pm] Soulless glacon jeez
[Sunday 20:44:09pm] ScanGMs The sweater is tossed in.
[Sunday 20:44:22pm] ScanGMs The machine whirrs to a stop as the door is opened mid-cycle, of course.
[Sunday 20:44:38pm] Roget Shawn gets out of Gwen's way.
[Sunday 20:45:18pm] DrSavage "Nothing, hmmm?"
[Sunday 20:45:36pm] Roget "Seems pretty ordinary t'me, eh?"
[Sunday 20:46:01pm] Soulless "…"
[Sunday 20:46:04pm] Soulless Gwen closes the machine.
[Sunday 20:46:06pm] Ragz "Hmm."
[Sunday 20:46:18pm] Roget Shawn gives the machine a little kick.
[Sunday 20:46:22pm] Roget *thunk*
[Sunday 20:46:46pm] ScanGMs Bongggg. It sounds like he'd kicked a bell.
[Sunday 20:46:57pm] DrSavage Randall opens the door again. "There must be something."
[Sunday 20:47:05pm] ScanGMs Perception, Randall.
[Sunday 20:47:37pm] Roget "… I don't think machines are s'posed to sound like that."
[Sunday 20:47:53pm] Nemi Voss folds her arms and furrows her brow. There has to be some trick to it, but she can't imagine what that might be. Could she roll a [Hey! I know about weird crap!] academics check?
[Sunday 20:48:08pm] ScanGMs I can tell you right now that it won't help.
[Sunday 20:48:29pm] DrSavage 4df+7
[Sunday 20:48:30pm] Glacon DrSavage: 5 (4df+7=-, 0, 0, -)
[Sunday 20:48:39pm] Roget "I can pick it up and shake it, see if that makes it do anythin' of interest, eh?"
[Sunday 20:49:33pm] ScanGMs Randall, there's a small red button near the back of the machine's interior. It would be pretty easy to miss.
[Sunday 20:50:03pm] Ragz Shep squirts at the machine, his brow furrowed. He may just be thinking, but if he was doing it to anything but an inanimate object, say, a washing machine, it might look like an attempt at intimidating.
[Sunday 20:50:04pm] DrSavage "There's a button inside."
[Sunday 20:50:15pm] DrSavage "It may be what activated this."
[Sunday 20:50:41pm] ScanGMs The machine is almost certainly shaking in its pants. It might not look it, but I assure you that the machine is TERRIFIED.
[Sunday 20:51:13pm] Roget "Push it or something? Probably a good idea."
[Sunday 20:51:17pm] Soulless "Please try to activate it."
[Sunday 20:51:28pm] Nemi Makes sense. Voss cants her head. "You heard them, doctor."
[Sunday 20:51:41pm] Ragz Shep is pleased with the level of fear he has engendered.
[Sunday 20:51:50pm] DrSavage Randall presses the button.
[Sunday 20:52:30pm] ScanGMs Suddenly, the interior of the machine is flooded with blinding blue light. Randall feels a very strong force trying to suck him into it. He can try to resist it, if he likes.
[Sunday 20:53:21pm] Nemi "And there's our ticket."
[Sunday 20:53:36pm] DrSavage Randall turns to the others. "Shall I allow it to pull me in?"
[Sunday 20:53:42pm] Roget "Ooooh, that's a real beaut, eh?"
[Sunday 20:53:42pm] Soulless "I do not know."
[Sunday 20:53:47pm] Soulless She looks to Voss and Shep.
[Sunday 20:53:48pm] DrSavage He is holding on to the sides to stall his departure.
[Sunday 20:53:57pm] ScanGMs Roll Strength, Randall.
[Sunday 20:54:13pm] Nemi "Only one way to see where that goes, no?"
[Sunday 20:54:33pm] Soulless "I understand."
[Sunday 20:54:46pm] DrSavage 4df+3
[Sunday 20:54:46pm] Glacon DrSavage: 1 (4df+3=-, 0, -, 0)
[Sunday 20:54:56pm] Ragz Shep sighs.
[Sunday 20:55:07pm] Roget Shawn hopes he gets to punch something on the other side of that light.
[Sunday 20:55:08pm] Soulless Gwen steps into the blue light with Randall and heads on in.
[Sunday 20:55:17pm] Ragz "Let's go I guess…" He looks about for a rope quickly.
[Sunday 20:55:46pm] Nemi Voss inhales, hefts her duffel bag, "Well, if it's enough for Miss Raverat.." She steps in!
[Sunday 20:55:55pm] ScanGMs Zhoop. Randall's attempts to forestall his departure barely last long enough for him to ask if he should. And Gwen and Voss follows shortly after, I guess. You two find yourselves spinning around weightlessly in a very bright blue light surrounding you, getting pelted with soapy water.
[Sunday 20:56:08pm] ScanGMs On the outside, the light remains, but the door is slowly closing.
[Sunday 20:56:19pm] Roget Can Shawn try to keep it propped open?
[Sunday 20:56:22pm] Ragz Shep heads in!
[Sunday 20:56:23pm] Roget with strength?
[Sunday 20:56:35pm] ScanGMs It's a trivial task. He succeeds at that.
[Sunday 20:56:44pm] ScanGMs He's now alone in the room, after Shep goes in.
[Sunday 20:56:49pm] Roget Shawn heads in then, to not be forever alone.
[Sunday 20:57:02pm] ScanGMs The door slowly swings closed; when it does, the light goes out.
[Sunday 20:57:11pm] ScanGMs Scene description incoming.
[Sunday 20:58:29pm] ScanGMs Feel free to roleplay reactions to being stuck in spinny soapy light land while I write it.
[Sunday 20:59:02pm] Nemi "Oh bloody hell it's like going through a pressure washer- urghf!"
[Sunday 20:59:03pm] Soulless Gwen is unhappy!
[Sunday 20:59:22pm] Soulless She clings to someone.
[Sunday 20:59:30pm] Ragz "Warghblarghlwarghl!"
[Sunday 21:00:02pm] Nemi Any more snide commentary from Voss is lost to her trying to shield her face and eyes from soapy water and aaaagh.
[Sunday 21:00:07pm] Roget Shawn tries not to get soap in his eyes. Other than that, he tries to make himself compact, and reach out for his teammates and/or something hostile to punch to defend his teammates. "Ack!"
[Sunday 21:00:10pm] DrSavage Randall is nonplussed. "At least we'll be clean."
[Sunday 21:00:28pm] Nemi Waterproofed duffel bags! Those help! And they prevent her stuff from being cleaned- I mean, ruined!
[Sunday 21:00:36pm] Soulless 1d4
[Sunday 21:00:37pm] Glacon Soulless: 1 (1d4=1)
[Sunday 21:00:46pm] Soulless Gwen clings to Shep because auugh fuck this.
[Sunday 21:00:54pm] ScanGMs The light goes out and you all fall a few feet onto the ground, prone and drenched in soapy water. You seem to be in the interior of some sort of cavern - from the light given off by what seem to be a few torches spread around the place, perhaps a football field in width and about that high. The floor is warm, smooth, and metallic. On the far wall, there's a red button much like the one…
[Sunday 21:00:54pm] ScanGMs …Randall saw, only about six feet in diameter. There are socks of all sizes, shapes, and colors scattered all over the ground. The interior seems to be barrel-shaped, much like the washing machine they entered.
[Sunday 21:01:15pm] Ragz "Naturally."
[Sunday 21:01:24pm] Soulless She rocks back and forth once she lands.
[Sunday 21:01:25pm] Ragz Shep is on top of gwen.
[Sunday 21:01:28pm] Ragz He's soaked.
[Sunday 21:01:42pm] Soulless Gwen lets Shep go after she lands.
[Sunday 21:01:45pm] Ragz He gets up, and grunts, rubbing his back.
[Sunday 21:01:50pm] Ragz Offers Gwen a hand.
[Sunday 21:01:53pm] Roget Shawn picks himself up, and wipes the soap from his face. "Is everybody okay?"
[Sunday 21:01:56pm] ScanGMs The far wall has a giant, gaping hole. There is a mound of socks piled near it, just tall enough to actually get to the bottom rim of said hole.
[Sunday 21:02:16pm] ScanGMs You are all, of course, spotless.
[Sunday 21:02:18pm] Soulless She takes his hand.
[Sunday 21:02:23pm] Soulless "Yes."
[Sunday 21:02:36pm] Nemi Voss, lugging her heavy bag, is sent sprawling on landing. She snuffles and grumbles as she pushes off to standing and shoulders her bag. ".. oh sod me. We're in the missing sodding sock dimension."
[Sunday 21:02:37pm] Ragz He pulls Gwen to her feet.
[Sunday 21:02:42pm] Soulless She looks around, motions to the gaping hole.
[Sunday 21:02:43pm] Ragz Releases her hand.
[Sunday 21:02:46pm] Soulless She is pulled. "Thank you."
[Sunday 21:03:10pm] Ragz "Welcome…looks like that's our next step."
[Sunday 21:03:56pm] Roget "So it seems, eh? I was expecting worse, like drowning, or a giant bath, or something like that."
[Sunday 21:03:57pm] DrSavage "There's another button in here. Probably the return button."
[Sunday 21:04:04pm] Roget Shawn shakes his head to get the water out of his hair.
[Sunday 21:04:30pm] Nemi Voss shakes her head a few times, getting soapy water cast aside. Ugh. Uuugh. This is the second time she's ended up completely waterlogged this week. "Would be logical. Right! Everyone alright?"
[Sunday 21:04:50pm] Ragz "Mhm."
[Sunday 21:04:52pm] Nemi "Let's get on to that hole, then!" She'll march on toward the sock-lined aperture.
[Sunday 21:04:54pm] Roget "I'm as good as could be expected, eh."
[Sunday 21:05:16pm] ScanGMs No serious injuries.
[Sunday 21:05:30pm] Ragz Shep follows voss.
[Sunday 21:05:51pm] ScanGMs It's a few minutes of a walk, given the size of the place they're in. Their voices echo distantly off of its walls.
[Sunday 21:05:58pm] DrSavage Randall follows of course.
[Sunday 21:06:06pm] Roget Shawn digs through the nearest pile of socks before he follows the others. Is there anything interesting or notable?
[Sunday 21:06:10pm] Roget Maybe that missing woman?
[Sunday 21:06:14pm] ScanGMs Nah, just socks.
[Sunday 21:06:27pm] Roget Shawn catches up to the others, then.
[Sunday 21:06:31pm] Nemi March march march. She's keeping her eyes out for movement, conspicuously people-or-creature shaped sockpiles, possibly stray laundry gnomes.
[Sunday 21:06:43pm] ScanGMs You all pass by one of the torches on the way there; it seems to be burning a few socks and some soap.
[Sunday 21:06:53pm] ScanGMs Voss, Perception.
[Sunday 21:06:57pm] Nemi 4df+4
[Sunday 21:07:05pm] ScanGMs 4df+4
[Sunday 21:07:06pm] Glacon ScanGMs: 6 (4df+4=0, +, +, 0)
[Sunday 21:07:37pm] Ragz Shep removes the bullets from his revolver and uses one of these fires to dry it out.
[Sunday 21:07:37pm] ScanGMs As you approach the sock pile, there /is/ a pile of socks leaning against the mound that /is/ sort of in the shape of a person.
[Sunday 21:07:49pm] ScanGMs Shep, it works.
[Sunday 21:08:07pm] Soulless Gwen is fairly quiet.
[Sunday 21:08:14pm] Soulless She pokes the sock pile person.
[Sunday 21:08:16pm] Ragz He reloads and holsters his gun.
[Sunday 21:08:20pm] Nemi "Hold up- possible contact." Voss gestures to the pile in question.
[Sunday 21:08:24pm] Soulless redact
[Sunday 21:08:27pm] Soulless "Hm?"
[Sunday 21:08:36pm] ScanGMs Now that it's pointed out, it should be pretty easy for the others to spot.
[Sunday 21:08:36pm] Soulless She gets out her flashlight, makes sure it works, shines it on the pilel.
[Sunday 21:08:43pm] Roget "Oh, weird."
[Sunday 21:09:14pm] DrSavage Randall moves close and listens for heartbeat.
[Sunday 21:09:15pm] Ragz Shep looks over.
[Sunday 21:09:19pm] ScanGMs The pile lifts its arm in response to the flashlight, recoiling a bit and shielding its eyes. It snorts in surprise. "Gaah - watch where yer pointing that thing!" Sounds like an older man.
[Sunday 21:09:41pm] Nemi She takes a moment to drop the duffel, zip it open, shed her coat.. and takes a moment or two pulling on her appropriate webbing and gear. And then her shotgun, which she quickly checks for water damage. The duffel's zipped back shut and pulled onto her back like a backpack. She squints at the mobile pile- is it /socks/ moving, or is there someone in there?
[Sunday 21:09:42pm] Soulless "…Hello. We have come to retrieve you."
[Sunday 21:10:01pm] ScanGMs It seems to be made of socks.
[Sunday 21:10:07pm] Roget "I thought we were retrieving the lady who got sucked in here, eh?"
[Sunday 21:10:09pm] ScanGMs "Like hell you have." Irate.
[Sunday 21:10:16pm] Nemi "Miss Raverat, I believe that's a local."
[Sunday 21:10:38pm] ScanGMs "Eh, you could say that." It stands up and appears to scratch its ass. "What's this about a lady?"
[Sunday 21:10:54pm] DrSavage "A woman was pulled in here."
[Sunday 21:11:12pm] Ragz "You could say she was socked in." Remarks shep drily.
[Sunday 21:11:19pm] Roget "Some lady wandered off and we gotta help her out, eh."
[Sunday 21:11:28pm] DrSavage "The local has no heartbeat. It is made of cloth."
[Sunday 21:11:30pm] ScanGMs "Mm. You'll have to talk to the queen about that."
[Sunday 21:11:56pm] ScanGMs It points up through the hole. "Two machines down. Can't miss it. Good luck with an audience, though."
[Sunday 21:12:02pm] Nemi ".. Alright. Where can we find the queen? And is there any particulars on local etiquette we should be aware of- ah."
[Sunday 21:12:03pm] Soulless "I do not understand."
[Sunday 21:12:23pm] Roget Shawn goes off in the direction the nice sock man pointed in. "Thank you."
[Sunday 21:12:27pm] ScanGMs "Etiquette? No sock puns." It looks in Shep's direction.
[Sunday 21:12:38pm] ScanGMs Shawn, it's a climb up a pile of socks about fifteen feet high.
[Sunday 21:12:52pm] Roget Does he need tor oll to climb?
[Sunday 21:13:00pm] ScanGMs Not unless he's in terrible shape.
[Sunday 21:13:03pm] Ragz "Anything the queen is particularly fond of? Something we could give her to get an audience?"
[Sunday 21:13:17pm] Roget Shawn scampers up, then.
[Sunday 21:13:24pm] Nemi "Much obliged. Ta much. Sorry for disturbing you." Voss turns to peer at the enormous pile of socks. Unstable, unsteady.. should be fun. She waits near Shep, in case the local has any helpful things to say before they go.
[Sunday 21:13:26pm] ScanGMs "Don't know much about her, I dunno. She's new. Friendly, from what I hear, but busy."
[Sunday 21:13:34pm] Roget Being in excellent shape for a fortysomething guy, he gets up without trouble.
[Sunday 21:13:38pm] ScanGMs "I'm serious about the sock puns, though!"
[Sunday 21:13:40pm] Soulless Gwen follows the others, confused.
[Sunday 21:13:43pm] Roget "Come on, eh!"
[Sunday 21:13:47pm] ScanGMs "I'm letting you off this time because I'm nice."
[Sunday 21:13:48pm] Roget "No time to waste."
[Sunday 21:13:53pm] Ragz "I bet I know who the queen is…and alright, alright."
[Sunday 21:14:02pm] Soulless "I do not understand." She repeats herself.
[Sunday 21:14:15pm] DrSavage Randall follows the others, quiet.
[Sunday 21:14:20pm] Ragz Shep follows the others.
[Sunday 21:14:28pm] ScanGMs "We get it, everything's made of socks, every sock pun has been made a million times, we're all sick of it."
[Sunday 21:14:43pm] Ragz "Sock of it."
[Sunday 21:14:46pm] ScanGMs "Informal rule that you get your ass kicked for it."
[Sunday 21:14:47pm] Nemi ".. Good to know. Ta, chum." Voss shall scale Sock Mountain, shotgun over one shoulder to keep it out of the way. Time to follow Shawn out!
[Sunday 21:14:55pm] ScanGMs He grumbles. "… if I wasn't so tired, I oughtta…"
[Sunday 21:14:57pm] Roget Shawn heads through the hole. Presumably he's now up front, since he's the first to climb the pile.
[Sunday 21:15:09pm] Ragz Shep continues climbing.
[Sunday 21:15:13pm] Nemi "Mister Pardeux, please don't upset the locals. Ta."
[Sunday 21:15:18pm] Roget he might actually be a bit too far ahead for his own good but hey he's having fun here.
[Sunday 21:15:19pm] DrSavage Randall follows and climbs.
[Sunday 21:15:28pm] ScanGMs Shawn reaches the top of the mound. Description incoming.
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[Sunday 21:19:56pm] ScanGMs What they see is another washing machine interior, at least three times bigger than the last one in each direction. The drop down is about 45 feet, the mound of socks that would let them down is about that big too. Here, there seems to be knotted ropes of socks serving as scaffolding going up to the ceiling (it's not clear what they're ultimately attached to), from which there seems to be…
[Sunday 21:19:56pm] ScanGMs …some sock ropes hanging down and apparently carrying torches. From their vantage point, they see that there are several dozen sock-rope structures scattered around the place, with numerous other sock-people milling about. The very far wall is another massive chasm; on the other side, there seems to be some light, but it's hard to make out what it is from here.
[Sunday 21:20:33pm] Soulless "…I do not understand. Gwen repeats herself for the third time."
[Sunday 21:21:06pm] Roget Would it be possible to use one of the hanging ropes as a rope swing to go swashbuckler-style to the light source?
[Sunday 21:21:11pm] ScanGMs No.
[Sunday 21:21:15pm] DrSavage "You're not meant to, Gwen." Randall looks to the sock people.
[Sunday 21:21:28pm] ScanGMs They don't seem to have noticed you yet.
[Sunday 21:21:46pm] Nemi "We appear to be in the dimension of missing socks. Well, remember what he said- two machines down."
[Sunday 21:21:54pm] Soulless "Okay."
[Sunday 21:21:58pm] Ragz Shep nods, looking around.
[Sunday 21:22:20pm] ScanGMs Is he looking for anything in particular?
[Sunday 21:22:31pm] Soulless Gwen looks for where they're supposed to go.
[Sunday 21:22:33pm] Roget Can they access any of the sock scaffolding to get across to the light?
[Sunday 21:22:34pm] Nemi Voss has a gander as best she can from that elevated vantage. Second machine, huh. Should have asked more specifically…
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[Sunday 21:22:45pm] Ragz A structure that doesn't t a key them straight up.
[Sunday 21:22:51pm] Ragz *take them
[Sunday 21:23:13pm] ScanGMs Not unless they want to cling to sock ropes and climb around the inside of a washing machine for about nine hundred feet.
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[Sunday 21:23:34pm] ScanGMs There is a mound of socks on the far end that would, if they walked through the valley, get them across to the washing machine past this one.
[Sunday 21:23:54pm] Roget Can Shawn slide down the mound to head that way?
[Sunday 21:24:07pm] ScanGMs Yeah.
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[Sunday 21:24:22pm] ScanGMs Walking carefully or sliding down does seem to be the only way to get across.
[Sunday 21:24:22pm] Nemi "There. Let's go. No sock puns, please, mister Pardeux." Voss will also through caution to the wind and slide on down after Shawn.
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[Sunday 21:24:35pm] Roget Shawn slides down!
[Sunday 21:24:41pm] Roget "Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!"
[Sunday 21:24:42pm] ScanGMs Whee! It's fun.
[Sunday 21:24:44pm] DrSavage Randall follows Voss.
[Sunday 21:24:48pm] Roget he's having far too much fun to be at work.
[Sunday 21:25:31pm] Nemi Woop! This is the kind of stuff Voss signed on for! Exciting business in weird places without the constant fear that your associates are going to try to murder you!
[Sunday 21:25:42pm] Ragz Shep sighs.
[Sunday 21:25:45pm] Ragz Follows.
[Sunday 21:25:47pm] Soulless Gwen follows. She'll probably sketch this soon.
[Sunday 21:27:00pm] ScanGMs As they all slide down, Shawn's cries of pleasure seem to have attracted the attention of a few nearby locals. I should have mentioned this earlier, but the muted echoes of the sock people resonate through the chamber, giving a low murmur as background noise.
[Sunday 21:27:20pm] Roget Shawn don't care. He continues to squeal with delight.
[Sunday 21:28:11pm] DrSavage Randall smiles faintly.
[Sunday 21:28:52pm] Soulless Gwen does not say anything.
[Sunday 21:29:03pm] Roget Do they ever reach the bottom?
[Sunday 21:29:06pm] ScanGMs They do.
[Sunday 21:29:17pm] Nemi Voss is grinning but not squealing. If there were cats, maybe. But no cats means she's just content to slip and slide on down and try to ignore the cloying soapy wetness of her everything.
[Sunday 21:29:23pm] ScanGMs Two locals seem to mutter something to each other briefly and approach together. Anyone here particularly versed in body language?
[Sunday 21:30:06pm] Roget Shawn would be able to tell if they wanted to fight
[Sunday 21:30:11pm] ScanGMs They don't.
[Sunday 21:30:11pm] Ragz Shep is!
[Sunday 21:30:20pm] Soulless Gwen is about as versed in body language as the average worm.
[Sunday 21:30:32pm] ScanGMs Shep, they seem a bit nervous to you. To the rest, they've just approached and stood there quietly.
[Sunday 21:30:55pm] Roget Shawn brushes himself off. "That was fun!"
[Sunday 21:31:00pm] Ragz "Evening friends. Anything we could help you with?"
[Sunday 21:31:03pm] Nemi Voss is very up on her kinesics. Not so much with sock people, though…
[Sunday 21:31:08pm] Ragz Shep sounds friendly!
[Sunday 21:31:48pm] DrSavage Randall stands quietly.
[Sunday 21:31:49pm] Nemi She'll land neatly, straighten, and peer at the nervous sockfolks. Oh. That vague shrinking of the self to be less threatening. Okay. Nerves.
[Sunday 21:31:57pm] Roget "We're looking for a lady, have you seen any around?"
[Sunday 21:32:17pm] Soulless Gwen landds, then hides behind Voss.
[Sunday 21:32:17pm] ScanGMs they look at each other briefly, and one steps forward, addressing Shep. "Er, hello. We are the, um, welcoming committee, and we are glad to welcome you to, uh." It looks at its partner, which shrugs. "Well, we don't know what this place is called. But welcome, nonetheless."
[Sunday 21:32:57pm] ScanGMs The other one pipes up: "The queen said we should do, um, something with visitors looking for a lady. Do you remember what it does?" The first: "Well she didn't exactly write it down."
[Sunday 21:33:10pm] ScanGMs *what it was
[Sunday 21:33:27pm] Ragz "I imagine the queen would want to greet visitors personally.0
[Sunday 21:33:29pm] Ragz "
[Sunday 21:33:40pm] Ragz "She's a kind ruler, I'm sure."
[Sunday 21:33:41pm] DrSavage "Yes, indeed."
[Sunday 21:33:50pm] Nemi Shep, seemingly the voice for the group, seems to have the right idea. Voss nods emphatically along with him.
[Sunday 21:34:23pm] Soulless Gwen mimicks Voss's nodding.
[Sunday 21:34:32pm] ScanGMs Thing 1: "Er, something like that, was it?" Thing 2: "Yeah, that sounds right. But she's busy, I remember her saying that she is busy. Only has time for, um, nice people was it?" "Thing 1: "Probably something like that."
[Sunday 21:34:47pm] Ragz 4df+4 persuasion if you want it
[Sunday 21:34:47pm] Glacon Ragz: persuasion if you want it: 5 (4df+4=+, +, -, 0)
[Sunday 21:34:53pm] ScanGMs 4df+1
[Sunday 21:34:54pm] Glacon ScanGMs: -1 (4df+1=-, -, -, +)
[Sunday 21:35:06pm] ScanGMs Hold on, I messed that one up.
[Sunday 21:35:09pm] ScanGMs 4df+3
[Sunday 21:35:10pm] Ragz "We're very nice people. Travelling samaritans, all of us."
[Sunday 21:35:11pm] Glacon ScanGMs: 2 (4df+3=0, +, -, -)
[Sunday 21:35:15pm] DrSavage Randall looks significantly different than everyone else in his group. Tallest, for one. By far.
[Sunday 21:35:41pm] ScanGMs 4df+4
[Sunday 21:35:42pm] Glacon ScanGMs: 6 (4df+4=+, -, +, +)
[Sunday 21:36:11pm] ScanGMs Thing 1: "That's very nice to hear, and I'm sure she'll be glad to speak with you." Thing 2: "Can we take them at their word for it, though?" It tilts its head. "I mean, no offense, I'm sure you're wonderful."
[Sunday 21:36:27pm] Nemi Voss is a tall redhead with a mix of summertime casualwear and military-style webbing and vest. Her shotgun is held under an arm by the pump, clearly not in immediate likelihood of use.
[Sunday 21:36:28pm] ScanGMs Thing 1: "They seem nice enough?" Thing 2: "But we don't know them."
[Sunday 21:37:10pm] Soulless Gwen just stays silent and lets other people do the talking.
[Sunday 21:37:41pm] Ragz "Is there anything we could do to showcase how nice we are? We'd hate to come off as pushy or unhelpful."
[Sunday 21:37:46pm] Roget "We promise not to bite." Shawn smiles a crooked-toothed smile.
[Sunday 21:38:17pm] ScanGMs Thing 2 steps forward, brushing Thing 1 aside gently. Thing 2: "Yes, that would seem to be right. What do you say, Jim?" Thing 2 looks to Thing 1. Jim: "Yeah, I guess that's fine."
[Sunday 21:39:12pm] ScanGMs Thing 1: "If you can, er, show us that you're decent people, we'll put in a good word for you with the queen."
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[Sunday 21:40:09pm] Roget "I'm Canadian, eh. The world's most polite nationality."
[Sunday 21:40:10pm] Nemi "Sounds fair enough. Anything you have in mind what might impress you?"
[Sunday 21:40:28pm] Nemi Voss turns to look at Shawn and.. can't help but laugh. "Well, you lot /are/ popular."
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[Sunday 21:41:14pm] ScanGMs Jim: "Well, we can ask around, I'm sure someone's got some things you can do for them."
[Sunday 21:41:35pm] ScanGMs Jim, to Thing 2: "Would they, James?" James: "I dunno, worth a shot."
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[Sunday 21:42:28pm] Soulless "I am a nurse. I can nurse."
[Sunday 21:42:53pm] Soulless Nurse socks ok
[Sunday 21:43:29pm] Nemi "Well. A'ight then. So, you want us to stroll around and help fix local issues? And then you'll take us to your queen? Just confirmation on what we're doing here."
[Sunday 21:43:30pm] ScanGMs James turns around back to face the cavern in general. His face stirs up a bit, with some socks forming a large cone in place of his face. In a startingly loud voice that echoes throughout the whole cavern: "OY, SOME FLESHY STRANGERS CAME AND THEY SAID THEY'D DO US FAVORS. GET OVER HERE IF THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE DONE."
[Sunday 21:43:53pm] Nemi ".. Right, well, that'll make it easier. No strolling needed."
[Sunday 21:44:09pm] ScanGMs After this outburst, James's face reforms back to a human approximation. Jim: "Anyways, yeah, that sounds fair."
[Sunday 21:44:58pm] Soulless "!!"
[Sunday 21:45:02pm] Roget Shawn raises his eyebrows. "Wow."
[Sunday 21:45:06pm] Ragz Shep waits.
[Sunday 21:45:11pm] Soulless Gwen sketches!
[Sunday 21:46:10pm] ScanGMs The echoes somehow don't interfere too much with the announcement's coherence. Most of the sock people in view look up from what they're doing and shortly go back to what they're doing; however, about a half dozen start making their way over from where they are.
[Sunday 21:46:30pm] Nemi Miss Voss is pretty darn composed in the face of this weirdness! Then again, when it's your job.. She glances back to Gwen, grins, then back to the approaching sockpeople!
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[Sunday 21:46:46pm] Soulless Gwen is sketching every single sockperson best she can.
[Sunday 21:47:07pm] Roget Shawn seems pretty nonplussed as well, but he's just enjoying himself too much to really think about things too deeply.
[Sunday 21:47:08pm] ScanGMs There's some variety to them, in the particular arrangements of their socks and the patterns that the various colors make on their faces.
[Sunday 21:47:43pm] Soulless Sketch sketch.
[Sunday 21:47:57pm] ScanGMs Most of the ones that are coming are a good distance away, so they're still walking. James: "So uh, while they're heading over here, how about you, uh, what was I gonna ask?" Jim: "Names?" James: "Eh, probably. What're all your names?"
[Sunday 21:48:14pm] Ragz "Shep."
[Sunday 21:48:31pm] DrSavage "Randall."
[Sunday 21:48:49pm] ScanGMs @ my non-Origins audience: Welcome, I trust you'll all behave yourself, I can't guarantee that this run is operated similarly to runs that are typical of Origins, but I hope you like what you see and consider joining.
[Sunday 21:49:16pm] Nemi "Katherine."
[Sunday 21:49:18pm] Roget "Shawn!"
[Sunday 21:49:47pm] Soulless "I am Gwendolyn Raverat. I am a nurse."
[Sunday 21:50:03pm] Soulless She curtseys.
[Sunday 21:50:21pm] ScanGMs Jim and James look at each other briefly, then back at you. Jim: "Yeah, sorry, we're never going to remember all those." James: "Do you think you could all just pick one?"
[Sunday 21:50:50pm] Soulless "We are collectively referred to as the team called Psi-7."
[Sunday 21:50:56pm] Roget Shawn almost discloses what he does for a living, but decides that "fighting people" probably won't make a good impression.
[Sunday 21:50:59pm] Nemi "So that'll work."
[Sunday 21:51:09pm] Nemi "Hi, James and James variants. We're Psi-7."
[Sunday 21:51:28pm] ScanGMs Jim: "Sice Evan. That's fair."
[Sunday 21:52:16pm] ScanGMs The first sock person has come up to Psi-7. Thing 3: "Hey, I'm John, who's this lot?" It gestures at Psi-7.
[Sunday 21:52:28pm] ScanGMs Its accent is British.
[Sunday 21:52:59pm] Roget Shawn waves to this new sock friend.
[Sunday 21:53:05pm] Nemi "Hi. We're Psi-Seven. Have any troubles you need solved?"
[Sunday 21:54:16pm] ScanGMs John: "Yeah, can you kick my lad Joe's arse?"
[Sunday 21:54:39pm] ScanGMs "Needs some sense kicked into him."
[Sunday 21:54:48pm] Ragz Shep looks at the others.
[Sunday 21:54:49pm] ScanGMs *beat into him
[Sunday 21:55:02pm] Roget Shawn raises his hand
[Sunday 21:55:12pm] Roget "I fight people for a living for a game. I can help you."
[Sunday 21:55:24pm] Roget *fight people in a game for a living.
[Sunday 21:55:32pm] Ragz "What's he done? We don't want to just beat someone up for no reason."
[Sunday 21:55:50pm] Ragz "And would intimidating him be enough, you think?"
[Sunday 21:56:09pm] ScanGMs Jim: "Kicking 'arses' isn't nice." James, to John: "Is Joe a prick?" John: "Hell yeah he's a prick." James, to Shep: "John says Joe's a prick."
[Sunday 21:56:21pm] ScanGMs "Sounds good enough to me."
[Sunday 21:56:21pm] Roget "Speak for yourself, eh. A little thrashing builds character."
[Sunday 21:56:36pm] Nemi "That works, then! Where's this Joe of yours?"
[Sunday 21:56:36pm] Ragz Shep exhaled.
[Sunday 21:57:00pm] Ragz "Well, if it's a community approved arse kicking…"
[Sunday 21:57:22pm] Soulless "…"
[Sunday 21:57:23pm] ScanGMs John points at a second sock figure approaching. "Told 'im to come meet me, lad doesn't know what he's in for."
[Sunday 21:57:37pm] DrSavage "Ah."
[Sunday 21:57:46pm] Soulless "I will attempt to help his wounds after he has had his arse kicked."
[Sunday 21:57:55pm] Ragz Does the sock figure look young?
[Sunday 21:58:14pm] ScanGMs 'Joe' seems to be a pretty burly sock-guy, about Shawn's height and size. It's impossible to say how 'young' he looks. He's made of socks.
[Sunday 21:58:42pm] ScanGMs Joe: "Hey, what's going on here?" Not British.
[Sunday 21:59:00pm] Roget Shawn tightens his fist wraps, and assumes fightan' position. He waits for some kind of signal to begin teachin' mannerisms in the boy.
[Sunday 21:59:10pm] Roget or for Joe to throw the first punch
[Sunday 21:59:15pm] Roget whichever comes first
[Sunday 21:59:26pm] ScanGMs Joe blinks at him. "Uh."
[Sunday 21:59:29pm] Nemi "Well, my Colonial friend, I think this is your show."
[Sunday 21:59:42pm] Ragz Shep exhales.
[Sunday 22:00:06pm] ScanGMs John: "Hey Joe, this guy's gonna kick your ass, 'cause yer a prick." Joe: "… yeah, whatever." Mimics Shawn's stance.
[Sunday 22:00:18pm] Roget 4df+6 Shawn punches him in the head.
[Sunday 22:00:18pm] Glacon Roget: Shawn punches him in the head.: 6 (4df+6=-, +, 0, 0)
[Sunday 22:00:20pm] Soulless "…"
[Sunday 22:00:27pm] ScanGMs 4df+5 Dodge!
[Sunday 22:00:28pm] Glacon ScanGMs: Dodge!: 6 (4df+5=-, 0, +, +)
[Sunday 22:00:33pm] Soulless Gwen sketches ths fighting.
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[Sunday 22:01:07pm] Roget Shawn grins as his foe dodges.
[Sunday 22:01:26pm] ScanGMs The narrowest of misses! A fist springs out of Joe's chest, headed straight for Shawn's chest. Agility or Pdef, depending on whether you want to dodge it or try and take the hit.
[Sunday 22:01:31pm] Ragz /That sock can hop./ Thinks shep.
[Sunday 22:01:47pm] Roget 4df+6 Shawn can take it
[Sunday 22:01:48pm] Glacon Roget: Shawn can take it: 4 (4df+6=0, -, 0, -)
[Sunday 22:02:01pm] ScanGMs 4df+5 beatan
[Sunday 22:02:02pm] Glacon ScanGMs: beatan: 7 (4df+5=+, +, 0, 0)
[Sunday 22:02:03pm] Nemi Voss observes with interest! She's measuring both Shawn's abilities- his muscle movements, reaction times, so on- and the sock-man's. Very unconventional fighting style on that Joe. Very unconventional. She likes it.
[Sunday 22:02:42pm] ScanGMs He can't take it as well as he expected - it goes right to the gut, and hard. Gimme a moment to refresh my memory on damage mechanics.
[Sunday 22:02:57pm] Soulless "Please be careful."
[Sunday 22:03:05pm] Nemi [ half the difference between damage and pdef in health damage ]
[Sunday 22:03:36pm] ScanGMs It compresses something important-feeling. -2 health, it seems. [Apparently we round up.]
[Sunday 22:04:01pm] Roget Shawn staggers back a bit, coughs for air, and then stands back in fighting position. "You're a bit tasty in a fight, son, I'll give you that. But you're going to have to be better than that."
[Sunday 22:04:22pm] ScanGMs Joe's chest-fist dissipates a bit, before coiling up again into a hard-packed ball of sock.
[Sunday 22:04:23pm] Roget 4df+12 tagging Power Play, Shawn charges in close, fists swinging. He ain't fucking around anymore.
[Sunday 22:04:24pm] Glacon Roget: tagging Power Play, Shawn charges in close, fists swinging. He ain't fucking around anymore.: 15 (4df+12=+, +, +, 0)
[Sunday 22:04:35pm] ScanGMs 4df+5 That's a dodge.
[Sunday 22:04:36pm] Glacon ScanGMs: That's a dodge.: 5 (4df+5=+, -, +, -)
[Sunday 22:05:56pm] Nemi Voss is actually briefly taken aback by the ferocity of Shawn's onslaught. Clearly that hockey jersey is /earned/!
[Sunday 22:06:34pm] ScanGMs Joe takes five damage. Tightly coiled ropes of sock spring off of him, splaying out as if pressure was released as Shawn's fists collide with either side of Joe's chest. Joe seems to be coming apart at the seams, and he lets out a yelp to let that be known. He's just barely remaining in humanoid form.
[Sunday 22:06:34pm] ScanGMs Shawn, roll agility.
[Sunday 22:06:57pm] Roget 4df+8 tagging breakaway
[Sunday 22:06:57pm] Glacon Roget: tagging breakaway: 7 (4df+8=0, 0, 0, -)
[Sunday 22:07:23pm] ScanGMs 4df+8 tentacles
[Sunday 22:07:24pm] Glacon ScanGMs: tentacles: 8 (4df+8=0, -, 0, +)
[Sunday 22:07:47pm] Soulless "Please do not kill the sockman."
[Sunday 22:08:08pm] Ragz Ease off the guy, man. He's done, and we're trying to be /nice/."
[Sunday 22:08:14pm] Ragz *"
[Sunday 22:08:38pm] DrSavage Randall steps in, eyes narrowed. "ENOUGH." Booming voice.
[Sunday 22:08:44pm] ScanGMs Ropes of socks wrap around Shawn's ankles, yanking them up and out to either wide. This seems to be Joe's final form, albeit apparently wheezing a bit. Shawn is lifted into the air, upside down. Joe's head seems to be reforming into more of a blunt hammer shape as he drags Shawn closer.
[Sunday 22:08:55pm] ScanGMs Randall, you want to roll Intimidation for that?
[Sunday 22:09:01pm] Nemi "Woah-kay then- no I think he's got a bit of guts left in him-"
[Sunday 22:09:10pm] Roget "Shut up! This is my job!"
[Sunday 22:09:18pm] Roget Shawn's trying to concentrate on fightan'
[Sunday 22:09:37pm] Roget Can Shawn roll to counterattack?
[Sunday 22:10:03pm] Soulless "…"
[Sunday 22:10:16pm] ScanGMs He can roll strength to try and break free of the tentacles, or he can roll melee at a -3 penalty to attack Joe directly from this position.
[Sunday 22:10:17pm] DrSavage Yes
[Sunday 22:10:44pm] DrSavage Can he add his tentacles to the roll?
[Sunday 22:10:59pm] Roget 4df+9 direct attack! Tagging power play again!
[Sunday 22:11:00pm] Glacon Roget: direct attack! Tagging power play again!: 9 (4df+9=0, -, +, 0)
[Sunday 22:11:01pm] ScanGMs No. He doesn't have anything that Joe doesn't, in that department.
[Sunday 22:11:27pm] ScanGMs 4df+8 Agility, in this state, is heightened.
[Sunday 22:11:29pm] Glacon ScanGMs: Agility, in this state, is heightened.: 8 (4df+8=+, -, +, -)
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[Sunday 22:12:05pm] DrSavage 4df+4 "NOW."
[Sunday 22:12:05pm] Glacon DrSavage: "NOW.": 4 (4df+4=0, +, -, 0)
[Sunday 22:12:39pm] Nemi "I suppose.. someone with no actual vital organs has something of an advantage in fisticuffs. Not with the human sledgehammer here, but good to remember."
[Sunday 22:13:31pm] ScanGMs But not enough to dodge a swinging punch from Shawn, right to Joe's chest as he drags Shawn towards him. It doesn't help that Joe is distracted by Randall's display of anger. In any case, the kick drags all the tension out of the ropes, except for the hard lump of socks which is its head. Shawn is dropped on his head, and Joe's head falls onto his crotch. No damage from that, but I hope…
[Sunday 22:13:31pm] ScanGMs …Shawn is wearing a cup.
[Sunday 22:14:17pm] ScanGMs Joe: "Ow. Dammit. Alright." The socks that were Joe's body rattle a bit and start reforming into a humanoid figure. For the moment, though, Joe is prone.
[Sunday 22:14:36pm] Roget Shawn stands up, and brushes himself off. He shoots Randall an annoyed look. "Are we done, eh?"
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[Sunday 22:14:38pm] Nemi "Sound thrashing, love. Nicely done."
[Sunday 22:15:29pm] ScanGMs John, to Joe: "So will ya stop being a prick now?" Joe, sighing: "Yeah, I guess."
[Sunday 22:15:55pm] Soulless "…"
[Sunday 22:16:00pm] Soulless Gwen sketches furiously.
[Sunday 22:16:18pm] Ragz Shep just watches with a neutral expression.
[Sunday 22:16:23pm] Roget Shawn reaches a hand out to Joe for a shake. "Good fightan' there, guy. Really good."
[Sunday 22:16:34pm] Nemi "Right then, gents. What next to prove our niceness?"
[Sunday 22:17:08pm] ScanGMs John chuckles. "Absolute banter." As Joe reforms, John offers him a hand, which Joe takes. He shakes Shawn's hand. "Yeah, I suppose. Good thing I can't die, I guess." John and Joe walks off.
[Sunday 22:17:41pm] Roget Shawn walks back over to the group, and flops on his ass. He's panting, and drenched in sweat. "Damn, that kid can fight."
[Sunday 22:17:49pm] Soulless "Are you alright?"
[Sunday 22:17:52pm] Soulless To Shawn.
[Sunday 22:18:08pm] DrSavage Randall mad. "No more of that."
[Sunday 22:18:13pm] Roget "He got a pretty good hit in, but nothing I can't walk off."
[Sunday 22:18:19pm] Roget Shawn ignores Randall.
[Sunday 22:18:39pm] Roget He touches where he got punches and winces. "That'll hurt in the morning, eh…"
[Sunday 22:19:30pm] Nemi "But it doesn't hurt now, so let's keep at it while we can!"
[Sunday 22:19:31pm] ScanGMs In the time it's taken for the fight to take place, the other four sock people have been waiting at the sidelines patiently. Jim, to Voss: "Uh, Jake here was having some problems with his house… what were they again?" Jake waves. Jake: "It keeps falling apart, was wondering if someone could take a look at it."
[Sunday 22:19:54pm] Nemi "Alrighty. Sounds fair to me. Lead on?"
[Sunday 22:20:43pm] ScanGMs "Over this way." Jake heads off in a particular direction. The rest of the sock people (Jim, James, and three others) follow.
[Sunday 22:20:55pm] Nemi Voss follows along dutifully!
[Sunday 22:20:59pm] DrSavage Randall follows.
[Sunday 22:21:01pm] Ragz Shep strolls along after.
[Sunday 22:21:37pm] Roget Shawn gets up, and stumbles along, trailing behind them and still trying to catch his breath. By the time they get there, he's a bit less tired out though.
[Sunday 22:22:38pm] Soulless Gwen follows, sketching.
[Sunday 22:22:45pm] Soulless she helps support Shawn as he stumbles.
[Sunday 22:23:23pm] Roget SHawn waves her off. "Don't worry 'bout me, eh, I'm fine."
[Sunday 22:24:20pm] ScanGMs Eventually, they reach a structure over by the wall. Like the other structures, it's a bunch of socks tied together and to both the scaffolding on the walls and to some ropes headed to the ceiling, ultimately suspended from the air. This one, however, is lopsided and shrunken, and has some holes in it.
[Sunday 22:24:40pm] ScanGMs Jake: "It's been like this since I got it. I don't think I got the good socks."
[Sunday 22:24:43pm] Soulless Gwen looks at it.
[Sunday 22:24:57pm] Soulless Can she roll engineering to figure out the architecture?
[Sunday 22:25:15pm] Nemi "Lessee here." Voss also has a gander! She's not too keen on her engineering skills, but she can definitely see if she can figure out what caused all the holes.
[Sunday 22:25:50pm] ScanGMs Voss, it seems like there should be more knots tied up. Gwen, you can roll Engineering.
[Sunday 22:26:15pm] Roget "When I was a boy, I had a dog who chewed up all my socks. Left 'em all holey. Do you have dogs here?"
[Sunday 22:26:33pm] Soulless 4df+7 (A bit of a nerd)
[Sunday 22:26:34pm] Glacon Soulless: (A bit of a nerd): 7 (4df+7=-, +, -, +)
[Sunday 22:27:22pm] Nemi "Well, right off I can say there's not enough knots. 's where all the holes are from."
[Sunday 22:27:31pm] ScanGMs Jake: "What's a dog?"
[Sunday 22:27:38pm] =-= KingPenguin is now known as SleepPenguin
[Sunday 22:28:21pm] Roget "It's a thing that eats my socks."
[Sunday 22:28:59pm] ScanGMs Gwen, knots need to be tied, and with some of the thicker socks than the ones already there. And you know just the right knots for this kind of thing. Specifically, if it wants to have any sort of longevity, you need to be able to spread out the bottom some, and cut down on the tension between these two ropes… yeah, you should be able to do this, but it would be tedious.
[Sunday 22:29:08pm] ScanGMs Jake: "What's eating?"
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[Sunday 22:29:20pm] Soulless "…"
[Sunday 22:29:29pm] Soulless Gwen sketches a blueprint thingy.
[Sunday 22:29:57pm] Soulless Details the knots, details what needs to be done, step by step.
[Sunday 22:30:15pm] Soulless This takes a little bit, but she eventually hands it to the sockpersons.
[Sunday 22:30:24pm] Soulless "This should solve the issue."
[Sunday 22:30:37pm] Nemi "Jake, 'eating' is .. it's taking in matter and breaking it down for fuel for yourself.. ah! Fine work, miss Raverat!"
[Sunday 22:30:49pm] Roget "Eating is puttin' stuff in your face."
[Sunday 22:30:50pm] Soulless "Thank you, but I am quite plain."
[Sunday 22:31:11pm] ScanGMs Jake takes the paper in his 'hand'. Accidentally crushes it. "What is this, some kind of flat sock?"
[Sunday 22:31:50pm] ScanGMs Well, crumples it. It's not beyond usability.
[Sunday 22:31:55pm] ScanGMs He looks at it.
[Sunday 22:32:21pm] Nemi ".. they don't have eyes. Not sure they can read it, miss Raverat. Lessee those plans.. I think I could at least do some knotting."
[Sunday 22:32:35pm] ScanGMs Jake hands it over to Voss. "Do I put it on the house somewhere?"
[Sunday 22:32:39pm] DrSavage "I can assist as well."
[Sunday 22:32:56pm] ScanGMs Gwen's blueprints are, of course, entirely human-readable.
[Sunday 22:32:58pm] Roget "I can provide moral support."
[Sunday 22:33:14pm] Nemi "No, hold on. We've got this. Doc, you're tall and stretchy, you can get the higher up knots. Rest of you, let's get to the bottom ones."
[Sunday 22:33:20pm] ScanGMs Jim: "Moral support's the best kind of support." James: "What about emotional?" Jim: "Close second."
[Sunday 22:34:14pm] ScanGMs James: "Yeah, there should be a pile of good socks, uh… somewhere around here." He looks around.
[Sunday 22:35:22pm] Soulless "…"
[Sunday 22:35:26pm] Nemi shall provide directions reading from Gwen's note! Which she's.. very carefully holding in one hand, given that she's a pack on her back, a shotgun under an arm, and is still soaked with soapy water. Really doing what she can here.
[Sunday 22:35:33pm] Nemi Voss shall, that is. What a blunder.
[Sunday 22:36:03pm] ScanGMs She's probably dried off a bit by now.
[Sunday 22:36:06pm] Soulless She lets Voss order people around. She looks down and shuffles her feet.
[Sunday 22:36:24pm] ScanGMs James: "Found it!" He points at some strong-looking socks over in the corner.
[Sunday 22:36:27pm] ScanGMs Should be enough of them.
[Sunday 22:36:40pm] Roget Shawn continues providing moral support by siting on the ground watching them work.
[Sunday 22:37:25pm] Ragz Shep helps out however he can.
[Sunday 22:37:29pm] ScanGMs Voss, want to roll Persuasion for coordinating the work efficiently? It'll get done either way, but it's a matter of time.
[Sunday 22:37:57pm] Nemi She'll give it a go!
[Sunday 22:38:24pm] Nemi 4df+6 (2+4 Born Elite. She's good at giving orders!)
[Sunday 22:38:25pm] Glacon Nemi: (2+4 Born Elite. She's good at giving orders!): 6 (4df+6=0, +, 0, -)
[Sunday 22:38:53pm] DrSavage Randall will do as instructed.
[Sunday 22:39:49pm] ScanGMs She might not be too much of a sweet-talker, but she knows how to give orders. If people do as they're instructed, the dwelling should be in tip-top shape without too much delay.
[Sunday 22:40:20pm] Ragz Shep hops to.
[Sunday 22:40:39pm] Roget Shawn follows all orders that involve sitting on the ground and providing indirect and intangible moral support.
[Sunday 22:41:12pm] ScanGMs Does Voss issue any such orders?
[Sunday 22:43:29pm] ScanGMs Also, what's Melanie up to?
[Sunday 22:44:31pm] Nemi is only giving orders to get this sockhaus in tip-top shape. But she also knows that Shawn got it bad to the guts, so she's not too hard on him.
[Sunday 22:44:37pm] Nemi Voss is. Argh.
[Sunday 22:46:03pm] Soulless Gwen? Gwen just does as she is instructed by Voss, or otherwise shuffles her feet and rocks back and forth.
[Sunday 22:46:11pm] Soulless She is perfectly happy letting Voss take the lead.
[Sunday 22:46:27pm] ScanGMs In any case, in not too long, the house is just as good as, if not better than, the others hanging around there. Jake: "Wow, this is great! Thank you so much!"
[Sunday 22:47:17pm] Nemi Voss fires off a lazy two-finger salute to Jake. "Thank her," She gestures to Gwen. "She's the one who got the plans together. Right then! Who needs help next?"
[Sunday 22:48:31pm] Soulless "…"
[Sunday 22:48:40pm] Soulless "You are all always welcome."
[Sunday 22:48:59pm] Roget Shawn gives the group a thumbs up. "Looks good, eh!"
[Sunday 22:50:42pm] DrSavage "Of course."
[Sunday 22:51:27pm] Soulless "Can we move on?"
[Sunday 22:51:32pm] ScanGMs Jake goes into his house. The remaining three step forward. One of them: "Hi, I'm Stephanie. My friends and I found some some weird socks that we were wondering if you could take a look at."
[Sunday 22:51:40pm] =-= Prior is now known as Priorzzzz
[Sunday 22:51:49pm] Ragz "Certainly."
[Sunday 22:52:23pm] Nemi "Can do. Point the way."
[Sunday 22:53:41pm] ScanGMs One of Stephanie's friends steps forward and holds out a Hawaiian t-shirt, about size XL. There seems to be a large bloodstain on it.
[Sunday 22:54:01pm] Roget Shawn blinks. "Yikes."
[Sunday 22:54:10pm] Ragz Shep winces.
[Sunday 22:54:13pm] Soulless "This is not a sock."
[Sunday 22:54:20pm] Soulless "This is something called a shirt."
[Sunday 22:55:17pm] ScanGMs Stephanie's friend: "Oh. What makes it a shirt?"
[Sunday 22:55:34pm] ScanGMs "And what's the red stuff on it?"
[Sunday 22:55:42pm] DrSavage "Blood."
[Sunday 22:55:49pm] ScanGMs Stephanie: "Does 'blood' turn a sock into a shirt?"
[Sunday 22:56:10pm] Nemi Voss looks to Gwen and Randall to explain what it means- she looks bemused. Well. Let's see if the others can talk their way out of a sock.
[Sunday 22:56:12pm] Nemi …
[Sunday 22:56:14pm] Nemi That was awful.
[Sunday 22:57:14pm] Ragz "It's a thing flesh people have inside them. Whoever had this shirt was probably injured."
[Sunday 22:57:14pm] DrSavage "Blood is a liquid, a force that keeps our people alive."
[Sunday 22:57:19pm] Roget "Blood is what's in our guts. Somebody probably got murdered in that shirt, eh. But it's made of the same stuff as socks, so that's not important fer you."
[Sunday 22:57:47pm] DrSavage "We need blood to survive. Losing blood or having it not inside of us is not good."
[Sunday 22:58:18pm] ScanGMs They all nod slowly. Stephanie's other friend: "Oh… well, that's bad." Stephanie: "You should find out who it belonged to."
[Sunday 23:00:27pm] Nemi "You can help with that by telling us where you found the shirt. Maybe there's other clues."
[Sunday 23:00:35pm] DrSavage "Exactly."
[Sunday 23:00:42pm] Ragz Shep takes the shirt and looks at the tag. Also if it has a pocket of any kind.
[Sunday 23:01:00pm] Nemi "That said.. Doc? You've got those wiggly meditentacles, right? Think you could take a look at the blood?"
[Sunday 23:01:14pm] Roget Shawn looks at it. ~Yup. That's blood alright.~
[Sunday 23:01:51pm] Soulless "…"
[Sunday 23:01:52pm] ScanGMs Stephanie points in the direction of the hole-in-the-wall that they haven't visited. "We found it near the top of the pile there."
[Sunday 23:02:08pm] ScanGMs Stephanie's friend proffers the shirt to Randall.
[Sunday 23:03:07pm] Nemi "Just watch it actually be catsup or something equally innocent."
[Sunday 23:03:36pm] Soulless "That would be amusing."
[Sunday 23:04:56pm] =-= ProcyonPing is now known as ProcyonLotor
[Sunday 23:05:46pm] DrSavage 4df+9 Tentacle Medical
[Sunday 23:05:46pm] Glacon DrSavage: Tentacle Medical: 6 (4df+9=-, 0, -, -)
[Sunday 23:06:06pm] DrSavage Redact
[Sunday 23:06:18pm] DrSavage 4df+14
[Sunday 23:06:19pm] Glacon DrSavage: 16 (4df+14=+, 0, 0, +)
[Sunday 23:06:44pm] ScanGMs Hella. Describe what exactly his powers look like when they activate, for those of us not in the know?
[Sunday 23:06:48pm] DrSavage Being Medical Mastery+Medical+Tentegumentary System
[Sunday 23:07:51pm] DrSavage Randall's tentacles emerge from his wrists and palms, the 6-inch red and white appendages scanning over and analayzing the bloodstain and the shirt, a very focused, thousand yard stare on Randall's face as he examines this.
[Sunday 23:08:21pm] Nemi "Not just amusing, love, it'd be a relief."
[Sunday 23:08:50pm] Soulless "I understand. It would be reliving."
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[Sunday 23:11:06pm] Ragz Shep is following.
[Sunday 23:11:08pm] ScanGMs Well, it is blood. Whoever it was is showing the early signs of some sort of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma - that is, cancer of the lymph nodes.
[Sunday 23:11:15pm] DrSavage Randall's eyes don't glow or anything, but all of his movements, especially the tentacles, focus on moving around the shirt and xamining the blood.
[Sunday 23:11:24pm] DrSavage *examining
[Sunday 23:12:14pm] DrSavage "Hmmmm…"
[Sunday 23:12:17pm] ScanGMs Type O-, as well.
[Sunday 23:12:57pm] DrSavage "O Minus bloodtype. They had cancer of the lymph nodes."
[Sunday 23:13:23pm] Nemi "Not exactly a common bloodtype, isn't that?"
[Sunday 23:13:29pm] ScanGMs It should be noted that the amount of blood spilled on this is enough that someone could certainly survive.
[Sunday 23:14:12pm] Nemi "Right.. Stephanie, thank you for pointing out where you found it." A sudden thought hits her. "Doc, can you check the tag, see if this is a men's shirt or a women's?"
[Sunday 23:14:38pm] DrSavage Randall checks quietly.
[Sunday 23:14:44pm] ScanGMs He'll need some more light, probably.
[Sunday 23:15:05pm] Soulless Gwen has her flashlight.
[Sunday 23:16:12pm] Nemi Voss also has a flashlight! But not enough hands to retrieve it. She gently folds Gwen's plans one-handed and proffers them back to her. "Here. You done good."
[Sunday 23:16:45pm] ScanGMs Stephanie's friend: "Should I know what those things are?"
[Sunday 23:16:57pm] Soulless "Thank you." She takes them.
[Sunday 23:16:59pm] Soulless "No."
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[Sunday 23:17:08pm] Nemi "It's a meat people thing. Don't worry too much about it."
[Sunday 23:17:27pm] ScanGMs Stephanie: "Okay."
[Sunday 23:17:32pm] ScanGMs "Thank you, though!"
[Sunday 23:18:06pm] Nemi "And thank /you/ much for bringing it to our attention."
[Sunday 23:18:27pm] ScanGMs "No problem! We'll see you around." Stephanie and her friends wander off. Jim: "Well, uh, I know we were gonna do something if they proved they were nice, right?" James: "… yeah, do any of you know what it was?"
[Sunday 23:18:43pm] Nemi "You were going to take us to your queen?"
[Sunday 23:18:46pm] DrSavage "Take us to the Queen."
[Sunday 23:18:55pm] DrSavage What was the gender on the shirt?
[Sunday 23:18:59pm] ScanGMs Male shirt.
[Sunday 23:19:44pm] ScanGMs James: "Yeah, that sounds about right, right?" Jim shrugs. James: "I suppose so. We'll put a good word in for you, how 'bout that?"
[Sunday 23:20:15pm] Nemi "Works. We know where to meet her at least. Ciao-ciao, lovelies."
[Sunday 23:20:21pm] Ragz "We appreciate it."
[Sunday 23:22:06pm] Soulless "Thank you."
[Sunday 23:22:21pm] ScanGMs James's mouth forms into a cone again as he faces the place they're supposed to be heading: "WE'RE SENDING SOME FLESHY PEOPLE YOUR WAY, I THINK THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING. AND THEY'RE REALLY NICE, THEY BEAT UP A PRICK, FIXED A HOUSE, AND LOOKED AT A WEIRD SOCK. JUST A HEADS-UP."
[Sunday 23:22:34pm] ScanGMs Again with that booming megaphone voice.
[Sunday 23:23:14pm] Nemi "Much obliged, Jim- er. Or were you James?"
[Sunday 23:23:40pm] DrSavage "James."
[Sunday 23:23:50pm] Nemi "Ta much, Doc."
[Sunday 23:24:04pm] Roget "So, we can see the queen or something now?"
[Sunday 23:24:47pm] Nemi "Suppose so. Let's see to it, shall we?"
[Sunday 23:25:10pm] ScanGMs Jim: "Yeah, she's just through there. Good luck, and thanks for all you've done!"
[Sunday 23:25:10pm] =-= DiePotato is now known as SlepPotato
[Sunday 23:25:11pm] Nemi Voss sets off to the SECOND MACHINE.
[Sunday 23:25:20pm] Nemi "Anytime!"
[Sunday 23:25:43pm] Soulless Gwen heads off.
[Sunday 23:25:52pm] Soulless "You are all always welcome."
[Sunday 23:26:14pm] DrSavage Randall nods to Jim and James and heads off with the others.
[Sunday 23:26:45pm] Roget Shawn follows off to see the -wizard- queen.
[Sunday 23:27:20pm] Ragz Shep follows.
[Sunday 23:28:18pm] ScanGMs The mound of socks over to this side is also about 45 feet high. Because of the nature of it, I'm gonna require a Strength check from each of you as you go up it.
[Sunday 23:28:29pm] ScanGMs It's a matter of endurance and climbing, basically.
[Sunday 23:28:38pm] Roget 4df+6 CANADA STRONK
[Sunday 23:28:39pm] Glacon Roget: CANADA STRONK: 8 (4df+6=0, +, 0, +)
[Sunday 23:29:04pm] Nemi Endurance.. Well, this is a bit sedate for Voss, so no specialty bonuses apply as she scrabbles up the heap of socks.
[Sunday 23:29:07pm] Nemi 4df+4
[Sunday 23:29:07pm] Glacon Nemi: 5 (4df+4=-, +, +, 0)
[Sunday 23:29:08pm] Roget Can shawn also roll to help those around him climb up, or can that be part of his original roll?
[Sunday 23:29:12pm] Ragz 4df+1 hahahaha dump stat
[Sunday 23:29:13pm] Glacon Ragz: hahahaha dump stat: 1 (4df+1=0, 0, -, +)
[Sunday 23:29:18pm] ScanGMs He can donate his roll to one other person.
[Sunday 23:29:32pm] ScanGMs Or, rather, he can split it with them.
[Sunday 23:29:40pm] Soulless 4df+3 Gwen nursin
[Sunday 23:29:40pm] Glacon Soulless: Gwen nursin: 2 (4df+3=-, 0, +, -)
[Sunday 23:30:06pm] ScanGMs DrSavage, Strength check.
[Sunday 23:30:37pm] DrSavage df
[Sunday 23:30:37pm] Glacon DrSavage: 1 (df=+)
[Sunday 23:30:43pm] DrSavage 4df+3
[Sunday 23:30:44pm] Glacon DrSavage: 3 (4df+3=-, +, -, +)
[Sunday 23:31:14pm] Roget If anyone's struggling, Shawn can split his roll with them, he has more than enough stronkness to go around.
[Sunday 23:32:57pm] ScanGMs Shawn, Randall, and Voss get up fine. Shawn can help Shep (or Gwen) get up just fine, but if he wants to extend the offer to Gwen (or Shep), he'll have to roll Strength again at -2.
[Sunday 23:34:16pm] ScanGMs Actually, eh, fuck it. Shawn's able to help Gwen and Shep up.
[Sunday 23:34:39pm] ScanGMs At the top of the mound, you find a few other articles of bloodstained clothing.
[Sunday 23:35:00pm] Roget Shawn helps Gwen and Shep up!
[Sunday 23:35:16pm] Ragz "Thanks Shawn."
[Sunday 23:35:25pm] Soulless "Thank you."
[Sunday 23:35:49pm] Nemi Voss pauses a moment to consider the clothes. Any united features to the lot?
[Sunday 23:35:50pm] ScanGMs These articles are mostly socks, though there is one pair of women's underwear.
[Sunday 23:36:00pm] ScanGMs The socks, based on their positioning, just seem to have been there.
[Sunday 23:36:24pm] ScanGMs Their blood droplets are contiguous, that is.
[Sunday 23:37:11pm] Ragz Shep coughs and looks away.
[Sunday 23:37:44pm] Roget "I hope that's not from the lass we're lookin' for."
[Sunday 23:37:46pm] Soulless "…blood."
[Sunday 23:37:59pm] DrSavage Randall looks it over, eyes narrowing.
[Sunday 23:38:07pm] Nemi ".. hmn. Let's proceed. Be prepared for anything."
[Sunday 23:38:12pm] Nemi Voss shall continue on upwards!
[Sunday 23:38:28pm] ScanGMs Scene description incoming.
[Sunday 23:39:19pm] Ragz Shep heads on as well.
[Sunday 23:40:34pm] Roget Shawn comes along
[Sunday 23:42:38pm] ScanGMs You come across a third washing machine, smaller than the first two - maybe seventy-five feet across in each dimension. Most of it, however, is taken up by a gigantic tent-like structure made out of, you guessed it, socks. There are so many, in fact, that you can't see inside at all. In lieu of another hole to some other washing machine, there's a bright yellow light surrounding what seems…
[Sunday 23:42:39pm] ScanGMs …to be a portal. From this vantage point, you can't quite tell what's on the other side. The third defining feature of the room is the thing in front of the entrance to the structure. Similar in build to the sock people, and indeed mostly made out of socks, it is about eleven feet tall and carrying a very thick braided rope of some sort. It seems to be augmented by a number of non-sock…
[Sunday 23:42:39pm] ScanGMs …clothing items of various sizes. It is a deep red.
[Sunday 23:43:15pm] ScanGMs The drop from here to the floor is only about four feet.
[Sunday 23:43:59pm] Nemi Shall shall lead the way, hopping down from the ledge onto the floor. Her shotgun is still tucked under an arm, at easy access if needed, though she's uncertain what to make of the enormous cloth-person.
[Sunday 23:44:48pm] Roget Shawn follows behind Voss, keeping his eyes peeled for trouble.
[Sunday 23:45:04pm] ScanGMs It looks at them. "You're the nice people?" Its voice is gravelly and artificial-sounding.
[Sunday 23:45:12pm] Soulless Gwen keeps her flashlight shining.
[Sunday 23:45:15pm] ScanGMs Unlike the other sock people, who sounded more or less like muffled humans.
[Sunday 23:45:17pm] Soulless "Yes."
[Sunday 23:45:25pm] DrSavage "Yes."
[Sunday 23:45:29pm] Ragz Shep makes the drop, then walks along as well, looking up at the sock behemoth.
[Sunday 23:45:30pm] Nemi "That we are, your majesty."
[Sunday 23:45:43pm] ScanGMs "I am not her majesty. I am her bodyguard."
[Sunday 23:45:47pm] ScanGMs It smells like blood.
[Sunday 23:45:51pm] Nemi "My apologies, then."
[Sunday 23:45:52pm] ScanGMs As you get closer, that is.
[Sunday 23:46:04pm] ScanGMs It steps aside, revealing a darkened entrance to the structure.
[Sunday 23:46:13pm] Nemi "Royal guardian, may we meet Her Majest- thank you."
[Sunday 23:46:20pm] Nemi Voss inhales and starts on to the megatent.
[Sunday 23:46:31pm] Ragz Shep holds his breath as he follows.
[Sunday 23:47:10pm] Roget Shawn stands up straight as they head over.
[Sunday 23:47:30pm] Soulless Gwen folllows~!
[Sunday 23:49:26pm] ScanGMs The tent is… well, nondescript. There are a lot of socks flung and hung around haphazardly. There seems to be some socks filled up with water that are hung up, seeing as how they're leaking the stuff. The last thing of note in it is a human woman http://i.imgur.com/z5tpX0K.jpg sitting atop a pile of socks, with a torch burning overhead. There are a few lacerations on her arms and neck -…
[Sunday 23:49:26pm] ScanGMs …nothing fatal-looking, but absolutely in need of medical attention.
[Sunday 23:50:17pm] ScanGMs She puts on a warm smile as the group enters; the bodyguard enters the tent after the whole team is inside, keeping a watch over the proceedings. The woman: "I'm so glad to see you!" She looks like the file photo they were given of Elizabeth Fox.
[Sunday 23:50:31pm] Soulless "you require treatment."
[Sunday 23:50:39pm] Nemi "Your majesty." The tall redhead bows. "You're injured."
[Sunday 23:51:20pm] DrSavage "What did this to you?" Randall makes no formal moves, only walking toward her briskly.
[Sunday 23:51:33pm] Roget "Do you need help?"
[Sunday 23:52:08pm] Ragz Shep looks over his shoulder at the bodyguard briefly. "Perhaps her majesty would enjoy a walk while we help her…"
[Sunday 23:52:12pm] ScanGMs "Er, one at a time, please. And you can call me Betty."
[Sunday 23:52:27pm] ScanGMs The bodyguard shakes its head at Shep.
[Sunday 23:52:38pm] Nemi Voss quiets, looks to the two MEDICAL FOLKS.
[Sunday 23:52:55pm] Soulless "…Please allow me to nurse you."
[Sunday 23:53:38pm] ScanGMs Betty looks at the bodyguard. The bodyguard nods. She steps down from her throne and walks over to Gwen.
[Sunday 23:54:21pm] ScanGMs She whispers very quietly in Gwen's ear: "Get. Me. Out of here."
[Sunday 23:56:57pm] DrSavage Betty?
[Sunday 23:57:05pm] Soulless She nods.
[Sunday 23:57:23pm] Soulless "This woman requires medical assistance back home."
[Sunday 23:57:48pm] Soulless She says this very firmly- though anyone who knows Gwen realizes that she could patch her up here and now and leave her here, even if it won't be perfect.
[Sunday 23:58:21pm] Ragz Shep turns to look at the guard square in the eyesock. He exudes confidence. "We're a delegation of extremely kind citizens from a nearby dryer. Your queen has been invited as an honored guest, and gladly accepted."
[Sunday 23:58:37pm] ScanGMs Roll Bluff.
[Sunday 23:58:40pm] Ragz "Have you prepared an honor guard? We are behind schedule as is."
[Sunday 23:58:44pm] Ragz one second
[Sunday 23:59:11pm] ScanGMs You too, Gwen, if you wanna stick to saying that.
[Sunday 23:59:36pm] Ragz 4df+4+6 bluff plus lip service
[Sunday 23:59:36pm] Glacon Ragz: bluff plus lip service: 10 (4df+4+6=0, +, 0, -)
[Sunday 23:59:44pm] Nemi folds her hands before her, letting her shotgun rest across her chest and against her shoulder. Voss opts to remain silent, trusting in Shep's slick words.
[Sunday 23:59:48pm] Roget Can Shawn roll intimidation to generally look tough and make the guards not want to fuck around?
[Monday 00:00:09am] Nemi Gol danit. Voss does that.
[Monday 00:00:32am] ScanGMs 4df+6 I am sharp, but I'll need everything I can get here.
[Monday 00:00:33am] Glacon ScanGMs: I am sharp, but I'll need everything I can get here.: 4 (4df+6=+, -, -, -)
[Monday 00:00:58am] ScanGMs Shep sounds very sincere. Shawn, you can indeed roll intimidation.
[Monday 00:01:27am] Roget 4df+3 Shawn looks tough
[Monday 00:01:27am] Glacon Roget: Shawn looks tough: 3 (4df+3=+, -, +, -)
[Monday 00:01:38am] ScanGMs 4df+5 no he doesn't
[Monday 00:01:40am] Glacon ScanGMs: no he doesn't: 4 (4df+5=-, -, 0, +)
[Monday 00:02:27am] ScanGMs The bodyguard doesn't pay any mind to Shawn, but it does scratch its chin almost pensively as it looks at Shep. "She is busy. My apologies."
[Monday 00:02:48am] ScanGMs It bows a bit.
[Monday 00:03:04am] ScanGMs Betty looks between Gwen, the bodyguard, and Shep.
[Monday 00:03:23am] Soulless "This woman requires medical assistance back home." Gwen repeats herself.
[Monday 00:03:30am] Ragz "We can proceed as is then. Let's be on our way."
[Monday 00:03:34am] ScanGMs The bodyguard: "Explain."
[Monday 00:03:53am] Soulless "Her biology will not make any sense to you."
[Monday 00:03:59am] Ragz Shep flaps his hands. "There really is no time, we must go now…"
[Monday 00:04:09am] Ragz "Come /along/ everyone."
[Monday 00:04:15am] Soulless She begins to help the lady up and tries to follow Shep.
[Monday 00:04:23am] Ragz Shep starts walking.
[Monday 00:04:49am] DrSavage Randall walks between the guardian and the Queen. "We are her kind. We know what she needs. You will remain here."
[Monday 00:05:09am] ScanGMs Betty tentatively gets up and follows after Gwen. The bodyguard lets Shep and Gwen go by without incident, but puts a hand on Betty's shoulder. "If she leaves?"
[Monday 00:05:14am] ScanGMs Redact that line.
[Monday 00:05:23am] ScanGMs Betty tentatively gets up and follows after Gwen. The bodyguard lets Shep and Gwen go by without incident, but puts a hand on Betty's shoulder. "And if she stays?"
[Monday 00:05:27am] ScanGMs "Explain to me."
[Monday 00:05:54am] Roget Shawn looks around to make sure there aren't any other dudes to fight if this goes south.
[Monday 00:05:58am] DrSavage "She will become sick. Or she will suffer and die. And be Queen no longer."
[Monday 00:06:18am] ScanGMs It looks Randall in the eye. "You are sure?"
[Monday 00:06:32am] Nemi Voss remains in the room where she had stopped, not comfortable with leaving until Betty has as well.
[Monday 00:06:37am] Soulless "If she stays, she will suffer."
[Monday 00:06:39am] Ragz Shep looks over his shoulder.
[Monday 00:06:48am] DrSavage Randall looks right at the "face". "I am sure. Do. You. Understand?"
[Monday 00:07:12am] DrSavage There is no wavering. No fear.
[Monday 00:07:14am] ScanGMs "… yes." It removes its hand from Betty's shoulder and steps aside. "Return her. SOON."
[Monday 00:07:50am] ScanGMs Betty looks a bit fearfully at the bodyguard and hurries out of the tent.
[Monday 00:07:55am] Ragz "Quickly, quickly. The sooner we go the sooner we return."
[Monday 00:08:08am] Nemi Voss makes up the rearguard!
[Monday 00:08:19am] DrSavage "She will return when she can. You may need patience. Understood?" Randall looks to the bodyguard.
[Monday 00:08:23am] Ragz Shep sticks near the front.
[Monday 00:08:32am] Roget Shawn is the middle child
[Monday 00:08:36am] Soulless Gwen helps Betty! Walk walk walk.
[Monday 00:08:53am] ScanGMs Bodyguard, to Randall: "Yes." It retreats into the palace.
[Monday 00:09:16am] DrSavage Randall moves along with the others at a steady, unhurried pace.
[Monday 00:09:30am] ScanGMs Outside of the tent, Betty looks to Gwen. Still in a lowered voice, "It stole my blood and was holding me captive, making me be their… queen. Please don't make me come back."
[Monday 00:10:43am] DrSavage "We need to check the other portal."
[Monday 00:10:48am] DrSavage "We can't leave yet."
[Monday 00:11:12am] Ragz "Our objective is right here. We can and should leave."
[Monday 00:11:23am] Roget "Let's some of us take Betty, and the rest, check the portal, eh?"
[Monday 00:11:36am] Soulless Gwen nods again to Betty.
[Monday 00:11:40am] Soulless "Never again."
[Monday 00:12:02am] ScanGMs Betty hugs Gwen. "Thank you. All of you."
[Monday 00:12:05am] ScanGMs "… who are you?"
[Monday 00:13:01am] Ragz "Just consider us good samaritans. It'll be simpler for now."
[Monday 00:13:20am] Nemi "We're friends. We'll explain later. Let's focus on getting you out of here. Shawn's got the right idea. I'll help bring her out."
[Monday 00:13:52am] Roget Shawn walks towards the portal. "I'll check the glowy what-have-you."
[Monday 00:13:52am] Ragz "Take Ms. Raverat as well."
[Monday 00:14:34am] Nemi "Got it. Betty, miss Raverat, let's go." She'll lead the way back up the lil' ramp of socks into the main hall proper!
[Monday 00:14:34am] ScanGMs Betty nods to Shep. "Please."
[Monday 00:14:42am] ScanGMs Betty follows Voss!
[Monday 00:15:23am] DrSavage Randall will follow Shawn.
[Monday 00:15:26am] Nemi And slowly and carefully down the 45-foot high mountain of socks.. Aiming to cross the great hall, then to climb back to the first machine they entered… That giant button should do the trick.
[Monday 00:15:57am] ScanGMs And before they press that just yet, let's wait to see what that portal is.
[Monday 00:16:07am] Ragz Shep follows voss.
[Monday 00:16:18am] Soulless Gwen just helps Betty along.
[Monday 00:17:23am] Nemi Let's indeed!
[Monday 00:17:52am] ScanGMs My apologies, I spaced out for a second.
[Monday 00:17:53am] Roget Shawn walks up to the glow. He looks back to Randall. "Any idea what this is, eh?"
[Monday 00:18:40am] ScanGMs It seems to be a giant glowy ring; beyond it, you can see what looks like a fishbowl's view of a library. People and some other things seem to be moving through it.
[Monday 00:20:45am] Soulless "…Library."
[Monday 00:20:49am] Soulless She blinks, and is confused.
[Monday 00:21:13am] Roget "… I don't get it."
[Monday 00:21:24am] Roget Shawn tries to walk through it.
[Monday 00:21:45am] ScanGMs Boop. A light force pushes back at him when he tries.
[Monday 00:21:48am] ScanGMs No dice.
[Monday 00:22:34am] Roget "… Guess it's an invite only deal, eh?"
[Monday 00:23:07am] DrSavage "The Library…"
[Monday 00:23:09am] Soulless "…"
[Monday 00:23:17am] Soulless "The?"
[Monday 00:23:21am] Soulless Gwen looks to Betty.
[Monday 00:23:29am] Soulless She goes to pat the light force!
[Monday 00:23:57am] ScanGMs I thought Betty, Voss, and Gwen had gone back to the entrance hall.
[Monday 00:24:03am] DrSavage Randall looks to see if there's movement on the other side.
[Monday 00:24:21am] ScanGMs A bit. People and other things are doing library stuff.
[Monday 00:24:28am] ScanGMs Reading books, looking through shelves, stuff like that.
[Monday 00:25:01am] DrSavage Randall looks for any creatures like what took the Admin.
[Monday 00:25:38am] ScanGMs None.
[Monday 00:26:43am] DrSavage Randall attempts touching the portal, just barely.
[Monday 00:27:12am] ScanGMs A slight, but noticeable, force pushes him back.
[Monday 00:27:21am] Soulless redact!
[Monday 00:27:28am] Soulless Gwen is with Voss and Betty hurr durr
[Monday 00:28:25am] ScanGMs There doesn't seem to be much more to do here.
[Monday 00:28:59am] Roget Shawn turns to Randall. "We can report this when we return, eh?"
[Monday 00:31:17am] ScanGMs Presumably Randall and Shawn and whatnot all return to meet up with Gwen and Voss and Betty in the entrance area. The old man there is sleeping.
[Monday 00:31:52am] DrSavage "Yes."
[Monday 00:32:46am] Nemi "Let's let the gent sleep. Let's see.. Shawn, you're strong. Help me with this gigantic red button, would you?"
[Monday 00:33:08am] ScanGMs I'm typing up a conclusion thing. Gimme a moment.
[Monday 00:35:25am] ScanGMs After pressing the button (it takes some muscle power which i'm sure Shawn is more than willing to provide), they experience that familiar spinning and drenching before finding themselves all spilled out onto the laundry room carpet. The Foundation asset, who was waiting in the laundry room this entire time, consults with you briefly before suggesting that he debrief (and later amnesticize)…
[Monday 00:35:25am] ScanGMs …Mrs. Fox (mostly to let her know that she has cancer and give her some less anomalous reasons she could have found out about it and gotten those injuries as well) while Psi-7 flies back to Site-19 (one has to wonder how much the Foundation spent to get flexible-return-time plane tickets) for their own debriefing. The team arrives numerous hours later, after which they are collectively…
[Monday 00:35:25am] ScanGMs …interviewed briefly before being discharged to do as they please, albeit with the caveat of having paperwork to fill out.
[Monday 00:35:36am] ScanGMs Does anything important happen in this time, do you think?
[Monday 00:35:57am] Nemi Doubtful!
[Monday 00:36:48am] Soulless Gwen finally treats the lady.
[Monday 00:36:55am] ScanGMs Indeed she does.
[Monday 00:37:05am] Ragz Shep heads off!
[Monday 00:37:12am] ScanGMs Unless there's anything else people feel the need to highlight, you're all free to return to the IC rooms.