[21:39] <Chamelaeon> <<ATC SESSION THIRTY-THREE, FLIGHT B, TAKEOFF! PART ONE OF
THE GREAT BEAN MASHING BEGINS!>>
[21:40] <Tim> ( Wai! Yu mash puny humans! )
[21:41] <Chamelaeon> <<(The) Present day, April 7th. Present time, 1100 hours, 5
hours after the strike team left. They've accomplished their mission and are
calling for pickup.>> 
[21:43] <Tim> Well. We'd better go give 'em a lift. What craft are we taking?
[21:43] <Chamelaeon> (Silly tim, let me finish the exposition. >_<)
[21:43] <Vernon> (*buzzer sounds*)
[21:44] <Isis> (The Brick. Its lack of maneuverability, defenses, or a sane crew
will lull them into a fully justified sense of security.)
[21:44] <Tim> ( Good idea! )
[21:46] <Chamelaeon> <<So right now you're about three feet off the ground, in
one of ATC's troop transports, called skimmers for obvious reasons. The "time to
destination" clock says you've got about ten minutes until you hit the space
where Charlie and Isis will be for their pickup. There are quite a few of the
skimmers, a good fifteen or so, and then higher in the sky are larger
spaceplanes, carrying the bulk of the troops.>>
[21:48] <Chamelaeon> <<The pilot for this skimmer is Kookaburra, who has been
singing Irish drinking songs in his Russian accent. Lenin has thankfully been
left behind today. All of you sit in the back, waiting and presumably discussing
strategy. [/END EXPOSITION]>>
[21:49] * Tim sits in the back, enjoying freedom from That Hideous Thing, Lenin.
[21:50] * Vernon is sitting and pondering.
[21:51] <Isis> ( WHY is he flying the skimmer? WHY WHY WHY? *sbo* )
[21:51] * Chako chuckles. "I always loved these things. Safest damn pickups
ever, as long as you can get level ground." She taps her finger on the wall
idly.
[21:53] * Tim nods. "Safe is good."
[21:53] <Vernon> Very.
[21:55] * Chako smirks. "Yeah, but it won't last, now that we're lookin' at
combat."
[21:56] <Tim> True. Although I still feel safer than I did back at the base, for
some reason.
[21:57] *** Zegone is now known as Zegon
[21:58] * Chako snickers. "That definitely won't last." She stretches, and says
mostly to herself, "Now, do we hit Blackie, hit Red from the back, or Red from
the front after fortifying?"
[21:59] <Tim> Red may be difficult to hit from the back, considering. Although I
can't really be sure.
[22:00] <Vernon> 2d6
[22:00] * Atom rolls for Vernon (2d6) and gets 9.
[22:01] <Chako> Could be. The whole psychic thing kinda throws it all for a
loop.
[22:01] <Chamelaeon> <<Tim hears Lenin's laugh..... but abruptly notices it's
Vernon sucking very badly at ventriloquism.>>
[22:02] <Tim> That's not nearly as funny as you think it is, Vernon.
[22:03] * Vernon smiles, but only slightly. "Sorry. I needed the practice."
[22:04] <Chamelaeon> <<The clock clicks over to five minutes remaining.>>
[22:04] * Tim chuckles. "Heh. Okay, then, do... Isis."
[22:05] * Chako frowns. "You're damn weird, boy."
[22:05] <Vernon> 2d6
[22:05] * Atom rolls for Vernon (2d6) and gets 7.
[22:06] <Chamelaeon> <<Vernon comes very close, but in the middle of "I like
swords" his voice cracks.>>
[22:07] * Tim laughs.
[22:07] <Isis> ( Big Brother is watching, nerd boy. )
[22:07] <Vernon> Damn. Anyway, I'd probably say that we attack Red first, since
he seems like more of a challenge.
[22:08] <Tim> Well, he does have more troops with him, I think.
[22:08] <Chako> I'd say more of an unknown, but yeah. At least Black's normal,
if a fuckin' supertank.
[22:09] *** Chamelaeon sets mode: +v Isis
[22:10] <Chako> And even if Red can see us comin', his troops won't for a few
seconds. If we hit them fast from behind, it could still be worth it.
[22:10] <Tim> Right. Black Bean's... predictable, I guess. You go to fight him
with guns and armor, and he'll fight back with guns and armor.
[22:10] <Tim> And that's a good point, actually.
[22:10] * Vernon nods.
[22:11] <Chamelaeon> <<As the clock hits about 1:00 to go, the skimmer doors
open and the plane slows down a little. Kookaburra talks from the pilot's
seat.>> "Ve vill hope de are dere to jump on, da?"
[22:12] * Chako yells back, "Yeah. I'm sure they'll be runnin."
[22:13] <Chamelaeon> <<Charlie and Isis, the convoy comes up on your sensors.>>
[22:13] * Isis shields her eyes with her hand out of habit. "It's about time."
[22:14] * Tim chuckles.
[22:16] <Chamelaeon> <<You hit the target zone and slow down to 40 kph, so Isis
and Charlie and the Grunts can leap on to various skimmers.>>
[22:17] <Charlie> Allright! Time to get outta here.. 
[22:17] * Tim waves to Isis and Charlie, provided that they board the same
skimmer.
[22:19] * Charlie hops on when the plane goes by!
[22:19] * Isis does also!
[22:20] <Tim> Hey. How's things?
[22:20] <Chamelaeon> <<Charlie and Isis end up with the rest of the group, and
the Karnov Grunts end up somewhere else.>>
[22:20] <Chamelaeon> <<The doors close and the skimmers speed up again>>
[22:21] <Charlie> Yo.
[22:21] * Vernon waves.
[22:21] * Chako grins, and says, "Hey. Damn good job."
[22:21] <Charlie> I think we got 'em good. Isis has the details though.
[22:21] * Tim nods emphatically to that.
[22:21] * Vernon nodnods.
[22:21] <Tim> I can't wait to hear it. ^_^
[22:22] * Isis leans back in her seat. "Let's just say that Black Bean is off to
find God. I take it our little ploy worked?"
[22:23] <Chako> Yeah. Sattelites say s'about a third with Black Bean and the
other two-thirds stuck with Red.
[22:24] <Tim> Oh, well. Quite a search he's got ahead of him.
[22:24] * Vernon grins.
[22:24] * Isis raises an eyebrow. "We must really have spooked him."
[22:25] <Tim> Seems like it. 
[22:26] <Charlie> Nice goin', Isis. *thumbs-up*
[22:27] * Tim nods in agreement. "This'll make things much easier. Probably."
[22:27] * Isis grins. "I couldn't have done it without you. And a handful of
faceless minions."
[22:28] <Charlie> Yeah, Too bad we lost what's-his-face.
[22:28] * Isis nods. "He was a good man. If he was a man. Maybe he was a good
woman."
[22:29] <Tim> ( *cracks up* )
[22:29] * Chako shakes her head, and hits a button. A pretty picture pops up,
showing the split of the hippie forces and our current position. "No rest,
though. We're coming up on the main front, and I'm thinkin' we just drop all the
troops on the ground and hit Red from the back."
[22:32] <Chamelaeon> <<The clock changes to fifteen minutes till drop point.
You're going very fast.>>
[22:33] * Tim looks to Charlie and Isis to see if they have thoughts about the
plan of attack, then goes back to studying the cieling when they say... nothing!
[22:33] * Isis mms thoughtfully. "It won't take long for Black Bean to realize
it's a trick." She considers this. "Or for someone else to tell him it's a
trick. We'll have to hit them really hard and really fast."
[22:35] * Chako looks like she's trying to remember somethin', then nods. "Yeah,
but it's about a 4-5 minute drop, and then we'll be right on top of them." She
grins. "Fast enough, ya think?"
[22:36] * Isis grins. "Well, it's the best we can do."
[22:37] * Tim smirks. "We'll just have to make do with it, I guess."
[22:38] * Vernon smiles.
[22:38] * Chako makes a 'bah'ing noise. "Yeah, well. Those of us on the skimmers
land first, so if anyone's gotta get in the game, they better find it in the
next ten or fifteen minutes."
[22:38] <Chamelaeon> <<Ten minutes to drop point.>>
[22:39] <Chamelaeon> (Want to FF?)
[22:39] <Vernon> (Sure.)
[22:39] <Tim> ( Sure. )
[22:40] <Isis> (Sure.)
[22:40] <Chako> (.eruS)
[22:41] <Charlie> (yes!.. eh then, eh?)
[22:42] <Chamelaeon> <<You arrive at the drop point... the doors slide open and
the skimmers slow down. You're about a mile behind RB's forces... and they've
noticed you for sure. The "formation", if you can call it that, is wheeling
around in a haphazard manner, and very poorly. You can see RB floating about a
hundred feet off the ground in the front of his forces. He's occasionally waving
at parts of his forces that are too slow - and then they explode.>>
[22:42] <Vernon> (...hi?)
[22:43] <Chamelaeon> <<Kookaburra shouts,>> "Good luk, da! Am seeink you later!"
[22:43] * Isis raises an eyebrow. "They have no tactics whatsoever. It's like a
war movie."
[22:44] <Chamelaeon> (At least it's not a bad spyflick.)
[22:44] <Tim> But without the people hoping to win Oscars. 
[22:44] * Chako eyes the explosions, and mutters, "Fuckin' hell, we better
occupy 'im fast. Let's go!" She tenses and jumps.
[22:46] * Vernon jumps.
[22:46] * Isis nods. "The quicker the better." She also jumps.
[22:46] <Chamelaeon> <<Above you, the transport planes are hovering lower and
lower.>>
[22:46] * Tim gets ready, checks his gear one last time, and then jumps!
[22:46] * Charlie jumps!
[22:48] <Chamelaeon> <<The skimmers lift higher into the sky, and starting
pulling back. The transport planes actually settle on the ground, and the
hatches start to open.>> 
[22:49] <Chamelaeon> <<Your troops pull into a semicircle facing the oncoming
NeoHippy army, numbering about 4500 troops. They're already firing blasts,
despite having no hope of hitting you at a mile range.>>
[22:49] <Isis> ( Lalala, not Attack of the Clones, actually an ice cream
maker... )
[22:49] <Chamelaeon> (It's not AotC, cause there wasn't a morale meter in AotC.)
[22:50] * Chako looks nervous as everyone gets with the landing. "Alright. We're
the lucky ones. Tie up Red Bean and pray he doesn't rip up our troops. They'll
handle themselves, the squad leaders know what they're doin'." She grins.
[22:51] <Chamelaeon> <<The hatches open and troops start to pour out.>>
[22:51] * Isis glances at the opposing army. "That, and the enemy is full of
idiots."
[22:51] <Tim> Lucky for us.
[22:52] <Chamelaeon> <<Anyone with Long Range, you can take some shots now.>>
[22:52] * Tim keeps a look out for Red Bean. Find the bean, find the bean.
[22:52] <Charlie> Got that right.. (Charlie's camo is "Mars-colored".. it was on
the monday session too.)
[22:53] * Chako mutters, and starts shimmering slightly, as her suit's spine
shifts up and around. "Tim? Vernon? Make sure those shields are up."
[22:53] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean's floating above the troops, vaguely in front.
He's almost going faster than they are.>>
[22:53] <Vernon> Right.
[22:53] * Charlie kneels down. "Let's get 'em!" He lines up for a shot.
[22:53] <Tim> Right.
[22:53] * Vernon does so, and aims at Red Bean.
[22:53] * Tim twists his torso, aiming ar the Red Bean.
[22:54] <Tim> ( Go ahead and roll attack? )
[22:54] <Chamelaeon> (yup.)
[22:54] <Tim> 2d6-5
[22:54] * Atom rolls for Tim (2d6-5) and gets 6.
[22:54] <Vernon> 2d6-3
[22:54] * Atom rolls for Vernon (2d6-3) and gets 4.
[22:54] <Vernon> (Mekkara Biiiiimu!)
[22:54] <Tim> ( Bah, barely. )
[22:54] * Isis draws her sword, and turns on nifty things like sensor stealth
and other fun stuff. "If you see anything like a communications line, cut it.
The longer we can delay Black Bean, the better."
[22:54] <Charlie> (I'll have to wait 'till next round)
[22:55] * Chako 's other shoulder is also swinging up, a launcher coming into
view as she fires with a bright red laser beam.
[22:55] <Chako> 2d6-4
[22:55] * Atom rolls for Chako (2d6-4) and gets 4.
[22:55] <Chako> (Hooray.)
[22:56] * Vernon appears to fire a blue energy beam from his eyes. Showy.
[22:57] <Isis> ( Gotta AFK just a bit. I'll try to make it fast. )
[22:57] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean pauses and Chako's energy blast splashes off a
forcefield or something. Tim's gauss round strikes and cants directly downwards,
doing a great job at destroying forces. Vernon's beam dissipates before it even
gets there.>>
[22:58] <Chamelaeon> <<Behind you, the transports have unloaded and are taking
off. Red Bean and the front edge of his forces have reached Normal Range, and
it's time for you to roll Initiative.>>
[22:58] <Tim> Tell me that's not TK he's using.
[22:58] <Tim> d6+9
[22:59] * Atom rolls for Tim (d6+9) and gets 15.
[22:59] <Tim> ( Woo! )
[22:59] * Chako grins. "Maybe after we kill him!"
[22:59] <Vernon> d6+8
[22:59] * Atom rolls for Vernon (d6+8) and gets 13.
[22:59] <Chako> d6+8
[22:59] * Atom rolls for Chako (d6+8) and gets 12.
[22:59] <Chamelaeon> d6+12
[22:59] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (d6+12) and gets 17.
[22:59] <Tim> ( Aw, bloody 'ell. )
[23:00] <Charlie> d6+9
[23:00] * Atom rolls for Charlie (d6+9) and gets 12.
[23:02] <Chamelaeon> (I will note that Grunt Warfare will take place on a morale
system - the better you do, the better your troops do, and vice versa.)
[23:02] <Tim> ( Righto. )
[23:04] <Isis> d6+9
[23:04] * Atom rolls for Isis (d6+9) and gets 14.
[23:04] <Isis> ( Sorry. x.x )
[23:05] <Chamelaeon> <<Battle order: Red Bean, Tim, Isis, Vernon, ChakoCharlie>>
[23:05] <Tim> ( <Chako,Charlie> Fu~sion ha! )
[23:06] <Charlie> ( We'd have some naaasty attacks, I bet. )
[23:06] <Tim> ( Hell yes, you would. 75 damage long range crap. )
[23:07] <Vernon> (Bah. TimVernonZord power!)
[23:07] <Chako> (Only 75? ^_~)
[23:07] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean cackles at you.>> "Once again, we play a Game!
Are you ready for this to truly begin? Hee hee heeeeeeeeFORCE WAVE!" <<He
screams and slashes his arm across your front line, and a wave of force ERUPTS
in front of you!>>
[23:07] <Chamelaeon> 2d6-3
[23:07] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (2d6-3) and gets 7.
[23:07] <Charlie> ( long range, super acurate, area damage, 75 damage.. how's
that? )
[23:07] <Chamelaeon> <<Chako, Isis, Tim, roll to dodge ranged.>>
[23:07] <Tim> ( Shit. We really DO need TimVernonZord power! )
[23:07] <Charlie> ( Oh, and auto )
[23:08] <Tim> 2d6-4
[23:08] * Atom rolls for Tim (2d6-4) and gets 0.
[23:08] <Isis> 2d6-2
[23:08] * Atom rolls for Isis (2d6-2) and gets 5.
[23:08] <Isis> ( Huzzah, success. )
[23:08] <Chako> 2d6-3
[23:08] * Atom rolls for Chako (2d6-3) and gets 5.
[23:08] <Chako> (Barely! I love you, suit.)
[23:08] <Chamelaeon> <<You all leap back as the ground erupts in front of you.
Red Bean snarls! Tim?>>
[23:09] <Isis> ( Hah, I should really be applying suit bonuses too. o_o )
[23:09] <Isis> ( And yay, it's nice to know Block bullets isn't as allpowerful
as I feared it would be. )
[23:09] * Tim starts ahead again once the eruption subsides and takes another
shot at the Bean.
[23:09] <Tim> 2d6-5
[23:09] * Atom rolls for Tim (2d6-5) and gets -1.
[23:10] <Chamelaeon> (Tim, make me a combat sheet or I will kill you before next
session.)
[23:10] <Tim> ( I *have* a combat sheet. Sort of. At the bottom of the normal
sheet? )
[23:11] <Chamelaeon> (That's not damage, etc.)
[23:11] <Chamelaeon> <<The shot thuds off something and heads downwards a few
feet in front of Red Bean. His troops cheer!>>
[23:11] <Chamelaeon> <<Isis?>>
[23:12] * Isis frowns. "Well, let's test this shield of yours, then." She holds
up her sword, then activates something on her suit and swings the blade in a
vertical arc, firing off a shockwave at the Bean.
[23:12] <Isis> 2d6-2
[23:12] * Atom rolls for Isis (2d6-2) and gets 7.
[23:12] <Isis> ( *hop* Hurray hurray, success. )
[23:15] *** Tim (stdwrs15@AC8141F9.ipt.aol.com) Quit (Read error: Connection
reset by peer)
[23:15] <Chamelaeon> <<The energy hits the shield... and abrubtly shoots through
to Red Bean. His face registers shock in his /msg window in your HUD until the
energy hits him. Then he relaxes and laughs.>> "Is that it?"
[23:16] <Chamelaeon> <<Vernon?>>
[23:16] <Vernon> (Shields up and full defense, in view of current events.)
[23:16] *** Tim (stdwrs15@AC9BB07F.ipt.aol.com) has joined #ATC
[23:16] <Tim> ( x_x )
[23:17] <Chamelaeon> <<Vernon takes the Wuss Action. Your forces stumble a
little. Chako/Charlie?>>
[23:17] <Zegon> (Don't do that! You gotta kick ass. That way your forces will
kick ass. :P)
[23:18] * Isis grins. "Nerds. Absolutely no poker face."
[23:18] <Charlie> heh. Try this on for size.. *Fire the big guns!.. ok, gun*
[23:19] * Chako ignores Vernon's cowardice for now, brings her arm up, and
growls as both an LRM and and her green right arm laser strike out towards him.
[23:19] <Charlie> 2d6-5
[23:19] * Atom rolls for Charlie (2d6-5) and gets -2.
[23:19] <Chako> 2d6-3
[23:19] * Atom rolls for Chako (2d6-3) and gets 2.
[23:19] <Chako> 2d6-3
[23:19] * Atom rolls for Chako (2d6-3) and gets 5.
[23:19] <Chako> (Hits on both.)
[23:22] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean giggles, and abrubtly becomes transparent,
shouting,>> "PHASE FORM!" <<Chako and Charlie's shots fly right through him,
though the missile does quite a bit of bad to the enemy forces.>>
[23:22] <Chamelaeon> <<He's still visible, just ... clear.>>
[23:23] * Chako grumbles loudly, "What the fuck is that?"
[23:24] <Charlie> Hoooly..
[23:24] <Tim> A cheap, dirty trick. I say we take it out on his forces. 
[23:24] <Vernon> Agreed.
[23:24] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean then dashes forwards and down towards Chako ,
and then holds out a hand. He shouts,>> "MENTAL SUCK!"
[23:25] <Tim> ...okay, how lame is *that* attack phrase?
[23:25] <Zegon> (Man, that sucks!)
[23:25] <Chamelaeon> 2d6-3
[23:25] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (2d6-3) and gets 0.
[23:25] <Chamelaeon> <<Chako can dodge, or try.>>
[23:25] <Chamelaeon> <<Melee.>>
[23:25] <Chako> 2d6-2
[23:25] * Atom rolls for Chako (2d6-2) and gets 4.
[23:26] <Chamelaeon> <<Chako drops to the ground and Red Bean goes over... and
THROUGH her. Creepy! Tim?>>
[23:29] * Tim eyes Red Bean, but decides now's not the time to take a shot,
since it wouldn't, y'know, connect. So instead, he fires one of his new guns at
the enemy troops!
[23:30] <Tim> 2d6-3
[23:30] * Atom rolls for Tim (2d6-3) and gets 6.
[23:30] <Chamelaeon> <<The troops gape, and SCATTER. Except for the lots of them
that die.>>
[23:31] <Chamelaeon> <<Isis?>>
[23:31] <Isis> ( Hmm. )
[23:31] <Charlie> (what kinda shot was that, Tim?)
[23:31] * Tim nods to himself. Let's have a round of applause for plasma
weaponry, shall we?
[23:32] <Zegon> (<Mychar> Plasma weaponry you say? I'll see about getting some
of that...)
[23:32] <Tim> ( "The weaker of my new weapons. I calls it 'Thumper', cause it...
uh, goes 'thump'." )
[23:33] <Isis> ( Please forgive, discussing with GM. )
[23:33] <Tim> ( "Well, more of a 'Thoomp', really, but that'd sound even lamer
as a name." )
[23:33] <Charlie> ( *nod* )
[23:33] * Isis frowns. "Well, this will probably be for naught, but here goes
nothing." And then she's gone.
[23:34] <Isis> And there she is again! Right above Red Bean.
[23:34] <Isis> 2 2d6-4
[23:34] * Atom rolls for Isis (2 2d6-4) and gets 1 4.
[23:34] <Isis> ( Successtastic. )
[23:34] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean flickers back just before Isis' sword strike. He
turns, gapes upwards, and shrieks as he tries to roll out of the way.>>
[23:34] <Chamelaeon> 2d6-4
[23:34] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (2d6-4) and gets 1.
[23:35] <Isis> ( he doesn't get his melee defense skill. ^_^ Unless there's a
special reason for it, which is fine. )
[23:35] <Chamelaeon> (Right, forgot.)
[23:35] <Isis> ( But it's easy to forget in that morass of stuff I paid CP for.
:P )
[23:36] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean tries to roll out of the way, but rolls first
into the first attack and then into the other. Some nice scores appear in his
suit. He starts gibbering.>> "But, but, no! This cannot happen! I was promised I
would win!>>
[23:37] <Chamelaeon> <<Vernon?>>
[23:37] <Chamelaeon> <<As an aside, your troops surge forward.>>
[23:37] * Vernon smiles pleasantly and takes a slash at Red Bean with his short
sword.
[23:37] <Vernon> 2d6-2
[23:37] * Atom rolls for Vernon (2d6-2) and gets 3.
[23:37] <Vernon> (Oh yes.)
[23:38] <Zegon> (* The grunts grunt the grunt of surging forward.)
[23:38] * Isis lands. "My advice? True victory is found through a personal
relationship with Jesus." She stands and grins, falling into a fighting stance
again. "Praise the Lord."
[23:38] <Vernon> Amen!
[23:38] * Chako mutters, "Space fuckin' jesus."
[23:38] <Chamelaeon> 2d6-3
[23:38] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (2d6-3) and gets 2.
[23:38] <Tim> Can I get an ay-men, bruthuhs an' sistahs? Why, yes, I believe I
can.
[23:39] <Zegon> (<Grunts> Ay-men!)
[23:39] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean dances out of the way of the wakazashi.>> "Your
god cannot help you now! Not even your Cube." <<CharlieChako?>>
[23:41] * Chako grins, and brings her open right palm up, along with her left
arm. "I never liked the Cube anyway." A blinding blue light flies from her left
arm, and crackling electricity from her right.
[23:41] * Isis blinks once, then frowns, switching to a secure channel. ~ I hope
that doesn't mean what I think it means, in terms of the 'Game'. ~
[23:42] <Chako> 2d6-2
[23:42] * Atom rolls for Chako (2d6-2) and gets 2.
[23:42] <Chako> 2d6-3
[23:42] * Atom rolls for Chako (2d6-3) and gets 6.
[23:42] <Tim> ~ It means they're cheating, probably. Or else he's been picking
through our minds and said that just to spook us. ~
[23:42] * Charlie jumps up from where he was kneeling and fires his auto.
[23:42] <Chako> (Both.)
[23:42] <Charlie> 2d6-3
[23:42] * Atom rolls for Charlie (2d6-3) and gets 3.
[23:43] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean soaks the blue light and tries to dodge the
electricity. He ignores Vernon's shots.>>
[23:43] <Chamelaeon> 2d6-2
[23:43] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (2d6-2) and gets 2.
[23:43] <Charlie> (yep on mine)
[23:43] <Isis> ~ Or that this 'game' is a competition between semi-sentient AIs,
and the bugs are as much a tool as we are. Think about it. ~
[23:44] <Charlie> (where is that.. Oh, 4 hits)
[23:44] <Zegon> (Ding ding ding!)
[23:44] <Chamelaeon> <<He snarls again.>> "MEME ATTACK!" <<He lunges at Chako.>>
[23:44] <Chamelaeon> 2d6-3
[23:44] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (2d6-3) and gets 4.
[23:44] <Chamelaeon> <<Chance to dodge, melee.>>
[23:44] <Chako> 2d6-2
[23:44] * Atom rolls for Chako (2d6-2) and gets 6.
[23:44] <Charlie> (By "Vernon" I assume you mean me?)
[23:44] <Chako> (Uh-uh.)
[23:45] <Chamelaeon> (Yeah, I meant Charlie. sorry. ^^)
[23:45] <Tim> ~ Or that. We'll deal with those later, tho. ~
[23:46] <Chamelaeon> <<He slams his hand onto Chako's helmet and she feels
BLINDING pain shoot through her head!>>
[23:47] * Chako 's suit twitches and sparks violently, and you hear quite an
angry scream. The shimmer dissapears.
[23:48] <Chamelaeon> <<Tim?>>
[23:49] * Tim scowls and runs up to Red Bean, aiming a boxy thing on his right
forearm at Red Bean at as close a distance as he can manage.
[23:50] <Tim> 2d6-4
[23:50] * Atom rolls for Tim (2d6-4) and gets -1.
[23:50] <Tim> ( Succeeded by... 7? 8? )
[23:50] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean jerks to the side in an attempt to dodge.>>
[23:50] <Chamelaeon> 2d6-4
[23:50] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (2d6-4) and gets 7.
[23:52] <Chamelaeon> <<The shots slam into Red Bean, denting his torso very very
badly.>>
[23:53] <Chamelaeon> <<Isis?>>
[23:53] <Isis> ( Is he still, like, 'on' Chako or did the dodge put some
distance between 'em? )
[23:53] <Chamelaeon> <<He's about four or five feet away.>>
[23:54] * Isis frowns and leaps at the Bean. "Buddy, you need to back off."
[23:54] <Chamelaeon> <<Your troops charge! They break through the line!>>
[23:54] <Isis> 2d6-2
[23:54] * Atom rolls for Isis (2d6-2) and gets 4.
[23:54] <Isis> ( Knocked back, unless he defends. )
[23:54] <Chamelaeon> 2d6-3
[23:54] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (2d6-3) and gets 6.
[23:55] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean holds up his arm and Isis' strike glances along
it.>>
[23:56] <Chamelaeon> <<He fails to budge, but he's looking REALLY BAD.>>
[23:56] <Chamelaeon> <<Vernon?>>
[23:56] * Vernon growls and takes another slash.
[23:57] <Vernon> 2d6-2
[23:57] * Atom rolls for Vernon (2d6-2) and gets 7.
[23:57] <Vernon> (Missed by 1.)
[23:57] * Isis grits her teeth as she lands. "You're no warrior. You're just a
toy-crazed otaku who knows nothing about combat. Go home."
[23:57] * Vernon raises an eyebrow at Isis.
[23:58] <Isis> ( I meant him, you paranoid dork. )
[23:58] <Vernon> (I know, it's IC. Vernon speaks Japanese, and knows how strong
the term is.)
[23:58] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean roll out of the way.>> "I may know nothing about
combat, but you know nothing of what's really going on! You know the Egg, you
know the Cube, but not the Pyramid, not yet, and by far not the Cloud."
[23:58] * Isis eyes Vernon. "I meant him."
[23:58] * Vernon grins at that. "I know."
[23:59] <Chamelaeon> <<CharlieChako!>>
[23:59] <Chamelaeon> <<FINISH HIM.>>
[23:59] <Zegon> (Hah!)
[23:59] <Tim> That's fine, too. 
[00:00] <Charlie> ~Nothin' of mine's hittin'. This is tickin' me off~ *He runs
up to the Bean and hits him with his left hand!*
[00:00] <Chamelaeon> 2d6-3
[00:00] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (2d6-3) and gets 4.
[00:00] <Charlie> 2d6-2
[00:00] * Atom rolls for Charlie (2d6-2) and gets 8.
[00:00] * Isis chuckles and adjusts her grip. "What he said." She grins nastily.
"Cube, pyramid, trapezoid, rhombus, don't care. If it gets in my way, I'll cut
it down. That's something our commander taught me."
[00:00] * Chako grumbles a, "Shut up," and fires two lasers from her arms at the
same time.
[00:01] <Charlie> ( *cry* )
[00:01] <Zegon> (You forgot Dodecahedran.)
[00:01] <Isis> ( Chako needs a Graser. She really does. )
[00:01] * Tim nods sagely at Isis' remark.
[00:02] <Isis> ( Then she can talk to it like Clone Yuri does to the Lovely
Angel. "What's the output on your gamma ray laser, girl? That many gigajoules?
Super!" )
[00:02] <Chako> 2d6-2
[00:02] * Atom rolls for Chako (2d6-2) and gets 1.
[00:02] <Charlie> *a bright flash of light comes from Charlie's palm as he just
misses hitting the Bean with it.*
[00:02] <Chako> 2d6-3
[00:02] * Atom rolls for Chako (2d6-3) and gets 7.
[00:02] <Chako> (Graser?)
[00:02] <Chamelaeon> 2d6-3
[00:02] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (2d6-3) and gets 3.
[00:02] <Chamelaeon> 2d6-2
[00:02] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (2d6-2) and gets 3.
[00:03] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean jumps aside again... out of the way of both
Chako and Charlie's blasts.>>
[00:04] <Chamelaeon> <<He snarls, bleeding from the mouth.>> "You can't possibly
understand, not yet. Your insistence on remaining unfettered will only get you
killed in the end! PSYCHIC SHEATH!" <<A flame erupts around him, coating his
body.>>
[00:05] <Isis> ( Boy's got a lot of defensive actions. @_@ )
[00:05] <Chamelaeon> <<Tim?>>
[00:05] <Tim> Blah, blah, blah. You really can shut up now, y'know.
[00:06] * Tim fires the thumper at Red Bean while the thing on his arm begins
letting off clouds of steam.
[00:06] <Tim> 2d6-3
[00:06] * Atom rolls for Tim (2d6-3) and gets 3.
[00:07] <Chamelaeon> <<Your forces have separated the NeoHippies into clumps and
are working on cutting them off!>>
[00:07] <Chamelaeon> 2d6-4
[00:07] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (2d6-4) and gets 5.
[00:07] <Vernon> (HippieBits! The new breakfast cereal from ATC Foods!)
[00:07] <Tim> ( Woo! )
[00:08] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean slips away from the Thumper's attack. Isis?>>
[00:08] * Isis slips into a defensive stance. "Alrighty. Come at me."
[00:09] <Isis> 2d6-4
[00:09] * Atom rolls for Isis (2d6-4) and gets 3.
[00:09] <Isis> ( Autododge/counter thingy. )
[00:09] <Chamelaeon> <<Vernon?>>
[00:09] * Vernon eyes Red Bean. Literally. "Mekkara Biimu!"
[00:09] <Vernon> 2d6-3
[00:09] * Atom rolls for Vernon (2d6-3) and gets 7.
[00:09] <Vernon> (Missed by 1. ;_;)
[00:10] <Chamelaeon> <<The shot goes awry, and nearly hits Chako.
CharlieChako?>>
[00:10] * Isis just... eyes Vernon, out of her periphery. "Don't encourage him,
damnit."
[00:10] <Vernon> Damn! Sorry.
[00:11] * Charlie swings at him again.
[00:11] <Charlie> 2d6-2
[00:11] * Atom rolls for Charlie (2d6-2) and gets 8.
[00:11] <Charlie> (nope)
[00:11] * Chako is finally standing again, and fires her pair of shots.
[00:11] <Chako> 2d6-2
[00:11] * Atom rolls for Chako (2d6-2) and gets 5.
[00:11] <Chako> 2d6-3
[00:11] * Atom rolls for Chako (2d6-3) and gets 3.
[00:11] <Chamelaeon> 2d6-3
[00:11] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (2d6-3) and gets 5.
[00:11] <Chamelaeon> 2d6-2
[00:11] * Atom rolls for Chamelaeon (2d6-2) and gets 7.
[00:12] <Chamelaeon> <<He sidesteps Charlie's attack, and then both of
Chako's.>> "You see how your lack of conviction hurts you?"
[00:13] <Zegon> (Man, you guys just got BURNED.)
[00:13] <Chamelaeon> <<He rushes Isis.>> "You cannot change the universe if you
do not know the Game! MEME ATTACK!"
[00:13] <Zegon> (Shouldn't he be getting a penalty to dodge since he's being
attacked so much?)
[00:13] <Chako> (Quiet, you. >.>)
[00:13] <Chamelaeon> (He is getting a penalty.)
[00:13] <Tim> We lack conviction? Man, you're just lackin' a clue.
[00:13] <Isis> ( This is a melee attack? )
[00:13] <Chamelaeon> (It is.)
[00:14] * Isis chuckles, steps deftly aside, and rams her sword into his back as
he passes. "Sorry, sir. You'll have to do better than that."
[00:14] <Chamelaeon> (How much damage?)
[00:15] <Chamelaeon> (Normal 32?)
[00:15] <Isis> (*nod*)
[00:16] <Chamelaeon> <<The sword strike spears RIGHT through the back of his
suit. He coughs up blood, and falls forward to his knees. He starts laughing.>>
"I... I was wondering how long it would take you.... hehehe HEEHEEHEEHEEHEEE!!
To kill me, you see? Set me free." <<He falls onto his face.>>
[00:17] <Tim> ...Okay, that's just sad.
[00:17] * Isis raises an eyebrow. "God, you'd think if they're going to give him
the nifty suit, they'd provide better stock dialogue." He glances at Chako. "You
okay?"
[00:18] <Tim> Guy was helpless to figure out his own damn course to freedom.
..ah, well. Vern, y'wanna see how much of his systems we can salvage?
[00:18] * Chako fully stands, and her suit wobbles. She says with gritted teeth.
"Yeah. That's a new one on me, though. Still functional."
[00:18] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean starts talking again, quietly.>> "I must tell
you... my part of the Game. You must seek the Pyramid, to know the lie of the
land. You cannot tell which square is black or which is white if you *COUGH
COUGH COUGH HACK* cannot know which way the board is turned." <<He vomits blood,
and finishes in a raspy voice.>> "But beware the Cloud...." <<And then he is
silent. And quite dead.>> 
[00:19] <Tim> ...okay, there's the better dialogue. 
[00:19] <Chako> Still sounds like shit to me.
[00:19] * Chako eyes the battlefield.
[00:19] <Vernon> The plot thickens.
[00:20] <Tim> Yup.
[00:20] <Chamelaeon> <<Chako's unit have ROUTED Red Bean's unit!>>
[00:20] * Charlie hmpfs
[00:20] <Tim> Some one must've added corn starch to it.
[00:20] * Isis eyes Tim. "Don't *you* start."
[00:20] * Tim chuckles. "Sorry, sorry."
[00:21] * Chako grins faintly, and kneels down by Red Bean. She looks like she's
trying to pop the helmet.
[00:21] <Chamelaeon> <<Seriously, your troops are basically mopping up. Looks to
be about an 11% loss of life.>>
[00:21] <Chamelaeon> <<Visual roll, Chako.>>
[00:21] <Zegon> (On thier side!_
[00:21] <Tim> ( Quiet, you. )
[00:22] * Isis looks down at Red Bean's corpse. Well, what's holding the corpse.
"Pyramid, Cube, whatever... I think immersion is what brought this dork a sad
end, not understanding."
[00:22] <Chako> 2d6-2
[00:22] * Atom rolls for Chako (2d6-2) and gets 5.
[00:22] <Chamelaeon> <<The helmet's not moving, Chako.. but those little numbers
by the neck are.>>
[00:23] * Chako curses. "Fuck! Well, that's one way to make sure he's dead." She
hefts the suit. "Fuckin' scramble!"
[00:23] <Tim> Could be. He's right in that we don't know nearly as much as we'd
like to. But he was wrong to think that'd stop u... what?
[00:23] <Tim> Oh, shit.
[00:23] * Tim runs AWAY from the red bean.
[00:23] * Vernon flees!
[00:23] * Charlie books outta there.
[00:24] * Chako tries to throw the suit into as unpopulated an area as she can
see.
[00:24] * Isis makes with the French strategy.
[00:24] <Chako> (When in France... ^_~)
[00:24] <Chako> 2d6-8
[00:24] * Atom rolls for Chako (2d6-8) and gets 3.
[00:28] <Chamelaeon> <<Red Bean goes flying, even though he's dead! He lands
against a rock, and a few seconds afterwards, somewhere inside the suit, a
particle or two of matter meets a particle or two of antimatter.... and there's
suddenly a new crater on Mars. The ground SHAKES at least 6.7 on the Richter,
and a blast wave of immense proportions strikes you.>>
[00:28] <Chamelaeon> <<A lot of your grunts fall down. Where Red Bean was is now
a really damn cool fireball expanding upwards in a mushroom cloud.>>
[00:28] * Isis crosses her arms in front of her. "What the HELL was that?"
[00:28] <Tim> ...niiiiice.
[00:28] <Vernon> Holy shit.
[00:29] <Tim> That was an uncontrolled anti-matter reaction. 
[00:29] * Chako huffs as if very tired. "Fuckin'... failsafes..."
[00:29] <Tim> ...I... don't think we're gonna be able to salvage anything off
him, now.
[00:29] * Isis puts her arms down. "Good god. I hope Black Bean doesn't form a
localized singularity or something. At least we'll be prepared."
[00:30] <Vernon> No use looking for the flight recorder, huh?
[00:31] <Chamelaeon> <<There is quite literally nothing left of the suit larger
than the size of a nickel.>>
[00:31] <Tim> Well, we could *try*. But if I were an evil AI making pawns out of
these guys, i'd put the explosive *inside* the flight recorder.
[00:31] <Charlie> ( A washer falls down from the sky and hits Tim on the head! )
[00:31] * Chako shakes her neck, and flexes her arms. "I'm glad that worked."
She eyes the troops again. "Damn good job all around. One down."
[00:32] <Tim> ( ;_; )
[00:32] <Chamelaeon> <<The troops cheer.>>
[00:32] <Chamelaeon> (Okay, Moogle needs to sleep, wrap it up.)
[00:32] <Tim> Yup. Now to the other one. I've got a shot waiting for him, too.
[00:32] <Tim> ( I'm as good as wrapped, yo. )
[00:33] * Vernon nods.
[00:33] * Tim pats the thing on his right arm. ^_^
[00:33] * Chako grins faintly. "By the way. I heard that thing about the
commander, Isis. I'm fuckin' honored."
[00:35] <Charlie> ( Moogle is wrapped up and already asleep! .. mentaly z.z )
[00:35] <Chamelaeon> <<SESSION THIRTY-THREE, FLIGHT B, LANDED! HALFWAY TO
CHILI!>>