[21:23] <> [21:25] <<(The) Present Day: April 9th. Present Time: 1100 hours. Present Location: the Annual Fruitcake (Your base in Red Tokyo, remember.)>> [21:28] <> [21:29] <> [21:29] (Huh. Go figure.) [21:29] (Yeah, really. <.<) [21:31] <> [21:32] <> [21:34] * Tim sits on a chair. He seems terribly relaxed. [21:36] * Vernon is sitting down, too, and reading some obscure manual. [21:37] * Chako does not seem relaxed. She has been... for lack of a better word, flitting around doing all sorts of random admin junk. Right now she's resting from running around. [21:38] *** Atom (EDeangelus@pool-141-151-91-93.phil.east.verizon.net) has joined #ATC [21:38] <> [21:39] * Taluun`tzo is 'sitting' in one of the chairs designed to suit his... awkward body. He's flipping thru some files on his palm computer, and is not in his exosuit. [21:40] * Charlie has a small datapad and is playing solitaire on it. [21:40] (s/palm/wrist) [21:41] * Tim looks over and up and up at Taluun'tzo. "Oh, hey. You must be new here." [21:41] * Taluun`tzo looks down at Tim. "Yes?" [21:42] * Tim holds his hand out to shake. "Tim Larson. Nicetameetcha." [21:43] * Taluun`tzo puts his hand out to Tim and shakes it. "May your water be clear. Taluun'tzo." [21:44] Clear water. Yeah, that's always nice. [21:44] * Taluun`tzo looks around. "Wouldn't make sense to you, would it?" [21:46] Given what I know about Sleythin it does. And as for me as a human, I'd prefer not to drink murky water, really. [21:47] * Charlie tosses the datapad over his shoulder. "Stuck again.." He leans back in his chair. [21:47] * Chako makes a hrming noise, and looks over at Charlie, and waves her pad at him. "Perfect. Yo, Charlie? Wanna take the base off my hands for a day?" [21:47] Almost had it though. *he grins* [21:48] Murky water can be unplesent. [21:48] * Vernon looks up, then goes back to reading. [21:48] What's that? .. Well, I'm not busy. [21:48] Where ya goin? [21:50] * Chako chuckles. "I figured I should go back and see Krissy before she tracks me down off the news and kills me for leaving her to take care of the apartment alone." [21:51] And since the ATC people don't want us around, I figured now would be the only time before things get bad again. [21:51] * Charlie smiles "Alright. I s'pose I could do that." [21:52] <> [21:52] ( Oh, God. Not now. ;_; ) [21:52] 2d6 [21:52] (Bethany riding Lenin in!) [21:53] (*hums the Bonanza theme*) [21:53] (MAIN ATOM TURN ON) [21:53] ( ...we are diceless. ) [21:53] (ITS YOU) [21:53] (Do it in #BESM.) [21:54] ( I'm not in there. >.> <.< Kevin could send in Dice? ) [21:54] (Sure.) [21:54] (Just /invite Dicesuke) [21:55] -herring.sandwich.net:@#atc- Chamelaeon invited Dicesuke into channel #atc. [21:55] *** Dicesuke (dice@12-213-43-67.client.attbi.com) has joined #atc [21:55] 2d6 [21:55] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tim (2d6) and gets 7. [21:55] (Hiiiii!)\ [21:55] ( Made it. XD ) [21:56] (Roll 1d2.) [21:56] 1d2 [21:56] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tim (1d2) and gets 2. [21:56] (Roll all dice! For great justice!) [21:56] * Chako grins. "Awesome. I knew I could count on ya." [21:58] * Tim suddenly isn't relaxed anymore. "Oh, shit." [21:58] * Charlie glances over at Tim [21:58] * Vernon looks up. "Erm?" [21:58] * Chako hrms, and leans back. "I wish I knew what they were going to do with us... oh?" She perks up and looks around. [21:59] What is wrong now? [21:59] * Tim points to a chair near one of the entrances and says "Lenin" as if he were naming the devil himself. [21:59] (dramatic chord) [21:59] <> [22:00] * Charlie shakes his head. "Anyway, you go ahead Chako. I'll be here." [22:01] <> [22:02] * Taluun`tzo looks around for the direction of the laughter. "Who's 'Lenin'?" [22:02] * Vernon blinks. [22:02] Hey, Taluun, y'gottaWHOOPH. [22:03] "Hiiii!",Bethany chirps. [22:03] Lenin's our pilot's pet bird. It likes to stalk Tim. [22:03] * Chako laughs loudly. "They're teaming up on you! Your days are numbered, Tim." [22:03] * Tim grins. "Oh, Hiya, Bethany." Demon-bird? What demon-bird? [22:05] "I just finished dismantling Chako's suit, and I thought I'd take a few minute break to see what you guys were up to." She waves to the rest of the team, still laying on top of Tim. "Hii! Whatcha doing?" [22:05] <> [22:06] * Taluun`tzo looks strangely (and downwards) at the human girl. "Talking... I think." [22:06] Yeah, talking. How was work? [22:06] * Chako eyes Bethany suspiciously. Ugh. [22:08] <> "It was HARD! She had boobytraps on parts, and she welded a lot of parts together that weren't supposed to be! And then she had all the weapons into one trigger and I almost tripped it!" [22:08] <> [22:09] Would that trigger even work after the last battle? [22:09] You don't wanna trip that switch.. [22:09] * Taluun`tzo notices Lenin, eyeing the bird and bearing his very sharp teeth at it. [22:09] Don't worry, it's harmless. ...to everyone but Tim. [22:10] I thought it'd hold up. It's not like the switch is doing anything. [22:10] * Vernon looks over at the others. "Oh, sorry. The bird, not the weaponry." [22:11] Actually, did any of the weapons survive? [22:11] * Taluun`tzo directs his attention back to the conversation at hand. [22:11] <> "Oh, yeah. Nothing quite wrong with any of it, really, just a little overstressed from heat damage." [22:13] * Taluun`tzo STARES back at Lenin. [22:13] Well I'll be. [22:13] <> [22:14] * Tim rubs Bethany's hair. "So, you hear anything about the new suits we're supposed to be getting?" [22:14] * Chako hmphs, opens her mouth as if to respond, and then murmurs something about, "Lost to the world." [22:15] <> "Yeah! They're sleythin design, modified heavily for human use! Nanite based, but equipped with heavyt weaponry and advanced plate armor!" [22:15] * Vernon ...looks up. *_* [22:15] * Tim grins wide. "Sweeeeeeeeet. You know when they're coming in? We could go check 'em out! And we'll need to get stickers." [22:16] * Taluun`tzo keeps stairing at the bird and bears his fangs. [22:16] * Charlie nods at Chako if she looks this way. [22:17] <> [22:17] * Tim blinks. "Bethie, is there a bird on my head?" [22:18] <> "Uh-huh." <> [22:18] *** Mecha (Mecha@15.indianapolis-16rh15rt.in.dial-access.att.net) has joined #atc [22:18] (Life is awesome. c.c;) [22:19] * Taluun`tzo glances at Vernon. "Is he always crowded like this?" [22:19] *** Chako (Mecha@16.indianapolis-16rh15rt.in.dial-access.att.net) Quit (Ping timeout) [22:19] *** Mecha is now known as Chako [22:19] * Vernon grins. "Nah, not always." [22:19] *** Chamelaeon sets mode: +v Chako [22:20] <> [22:21] * Tim accepts the snuggling and decides to ignore Lenin for now. [22:21] * Vernon blinks, gets up, and heads over to the computer. [22:21] * Chako frowns. "Yanno, as good as their...er, your suits are, mine had better be at least as powerful as... aw, fuck." [22:21] That had better not be for me. [22:24] Oh, SHIT. [22:24] You think we can't build a suit? [22:25] Bugs in Red Beijing. [22:26] *** Chako (Mecha@15.indianapolis-16rh15rt.in.dial-access.att.net) Quit (Ping timeout) [22:26] (pause) [22:28] *** Chako (Mecha@143.indianapolis-16rh16rt.in.dial-access.att.net) has joined #atc [22:28] (Sigh.) [22:28] *** Chamelaeon sets mode: +v Chako [22:28] (Unpause) [22:28] * Vernon scrolls down. "They're out of the area, and we haven't been able to track them, but I infer they left some corpses behind." [22:29] How far away is Red Beijing? [22:29] <> [22:30] * Tim is suddenly snapped out of HappyTimLand. "Hey, Bethie, what say w--wha, wait, bugs where?" [22:30] Our suits are out of commision, aren't they? What do they want us to do? [22:30] Red Beijing, Tim. [22:31] Oh, fantastic. [22:31] *** Chako (Mecha@143.indianapolis-16rh16rt.in.dial-access.att.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [22:31] (...bleh. I might cut this session short.) [22:31] * Vernon starts typing rapidly, looking for camera feeds from other cities. [22:32] <> [22:33] Uhm. Crap. Beth, when do the suits get in, again? [22:33] Red Beijing's pretty far, Taluun.. Do we know which way they were headed? [22:33] <> "Not for a few days, at the very earliest." [22:33] *** Chako (Mecha@143.indianapolis-16rh16rt.in.dial-access.att.net) has joined #atc [22:34] (See, this is why I have Chako plan to leave. Sigh.) [22:34] And the bugs are how slow? [22:35] Damn. Damndamndamn. [22:35] No idea where they're headed. [22:36] The attack lasted 15 minutes, and nothing saw them coming or going. [22:36] * Taluun`tzo nods. "I think we should 'own' them, then." [22:37] * Chako eyes Taluun. "Well, you're the only one that's combat capable, right now, I think." [22:37] What happened with your suits? [22:38] Er, we just finished dismantling them, remember? [22:38] Oh. Oh yeah. [22:38] I suppose we could try to cover you from the Brick, but it only has the one gun for this. [22:39] * Vernon blinks. "We have ATC's supplies now. How quickly do you think we could get another one fitted?" [22:40] Let's find out. We've got some basic suits, but they're nowhere near what we were using. [22:40] <> "Requisitioning, assembly... days." [22:40] Screw that. [22:40] * Chako starts padding, and mutters, "Fragging figures." [22:40] * Vernon winces. [22:40] Sounds like you'll need to wait for your suits. [22:40] Fuck requisitioning, hon. How long if we, y'know, 'borrow' the parts? [22:41] * Vernon grins. "And if we adapt the nanites to assembly?" [22:41] *** Atom (EDeangelus@pool-141-151-91-93.phil.east.verizon.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [22:42] * Tim grins also. "That should cut things down a bit." [22:42] * Chako rubs her head. "Have I mentioned I hate that rotten bucket of computer chips? I do." She stands and walks over to the phone, and hits 1-800-CUBE-GUY. [22:43] <> "Even then, we'd have to go get the parts ourselves, and that could take about as much time." [22:44] Wait, we don't have any here? [22:44] "Nothing that wouldn't go on those default suits." [22:44] * Chako eyes the telephone, and says angrily, "Don't worry about it? You'd better have a good reason not to worry about it." [22:45] * Chako frowns. "... Dimensional hit and run? Why the hell would they do that?" [22:46] * Vernon blinks, and looks over at Chako. [22:46] Scare tactics? [22:47] Eh? [22:48] ... Right. The Pyramid. Do you all name yourselves after simple shapes? Eh, screw it. Anything else? [22:50] * Chako looks at the phone for a split second, then slams it down hard. "Pyramid. The Pyramid! Did they all pick a three year old to name them?" She walks back over to the chair. "It was a hit and run. Apparently the 'Pyramid' was just saying hi." [22:51] Well, good for it. [22:51] Oh, wonderful. So we have a bit of a rivalry going with the Bugs' AI? [22:51] Well, yeah. [22:51] And the Bug's AI can apparently teleport things without a recieving gate. [22:51] How would anybody but "the cube" know it was "the pyramid"? [22:51] ... [22:52] That's bad. [22:52] That's the idea, I think. [22:53] (Okay. Wrap up!) [22:53] Oh, that is *very* bad. [22:53] * Chako growls, and says, "It's not like it's really saying hi to us. It's telling the Cube... and probably the Egg, since they're all chummy and shit, 'Hi! Going to kill you now!', or whatever." [22:53] I think it's more of a 'Lookit me! I can hit you whenever I want!'. [22:54] * Vernon mutters. "Pyramid plus nanovirus equals no more problem." [22:54] * Vernon sighs. "So, nothing we can do right now." [22:54] Pretty much. I like 'AI plus nanovirus equals no more problem.', but what the fuck ever. Whatever it is, I'm going home, and I'll be back in a few days. [22:55] * Charlie grumbles and goes to pick up the datapad he tossed earlier. [22:55] <>