Start of #Mage buffer: Sat Sep 26 21:37:02 2009 [18:33:51] * Charles (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) has joined #Mage [18:33:56] * Cheeseball (mahamari@adsl-71-138-135-199.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net) has joined #Mage [18:33:56] * Yon (dlarmour@wnpgmb1303w-ad03-42-185.dynamic.mts.net) has joined #Mage [18:36:02] Alright, I'm gonna grab dinner then we'll start [18:36:23] Maha: it's official, CV's moving to Thursday [18:37:14] CV? [18:38:08] Woot. [18:38:24] Cha> Another game Dem and I are in on another server. [18:38:47] It was originally a game played by my law school friends and me, but we've gone online. [18:40:25] Does this mean Youkai is going to friday for sure then? [18:41:01] I'm not sure. [18:41:11] I know Adyen nromally doesn't do fridays [18:41:24] Magic cards [18:41:58] What's happening to Youkai then? :( [18:42:34] Any chance of alternating games? [18:42:48] Emmy could fall down a hole [18:42:52] Hahaha. [18:42:57] I'm not sure. [18:43:03] We all know how Kentaro feels about her, haha. [18:44:05] Could we move Mage to Friday and do Youkai on Saturdays? [18:44:38] Get IC, we'll start when I finish eating [18:45:01] * Yon is now known as Natalya [18:45:21] * Cheeseball is now known as EriA [18:46:23] What about professor whatever? [18:46:45] Professor Whatever? [18:47:12] Adyen's Mage character [18:47:58] * Demota is now known as Lily [18:48:28] Well, he kinda never made any effort to interact with the PCs anyways [18:48:36] And his mentor told him to lie low [18:48:44] So maybe he's just sitting this one out in his apartment [18:49:39] I meant if we moved Mage to Friday [18:49:58] I can't usually make Fridays, anyways :( [18:50:11] How about... Tuesday? [18:50:34] Tuesday could potentially be okay, as long as I keep my gaming to two nights a week, max. ^^;; [18:50:45] I'm really sorry for the limiting schedule. ;.; [18:53:27] It's cool. Do you guys wanna start now and work out scheduling in #Exalted? [18:54:31] Sure. [18:55:38] Sure sure. [18:55:52] * When last we left our heroes, Lily and Eri had just met on the street, a block away from the crime scene, and recognized each other as awakened. [18:56:25] * Meanwhile, the police presence in Harvard Square continues to increase. [18:56:29] [Session start] [18:56:43] You too, huh? Any idea what's going on? [18:56:50] * EriA starts moving away from the crime scene as she talks. [18:57:20] * For the record, the last few lines were: [18:57:21] * EriA nods. "Are you locals?" [18:57:21] My family's about an hour out of Boston, I'm living on campus. [18:57:21] Sort of close [18:57:21] Oh. I'm sort of new around here. Haven't really met a lot of people yet. [18:57:29] * EriA shakes her head. "I dunno if I know enough to say anything about it. I just know it's not normal." [18:57:54] * EriA pronounces the word -normal- in a way that implies air quotes around the word. [19:03:10] * Natalya frowns, thinking. "It's just so...over the top. Like someone's trying to send a message, but god knows what it is." [19:03:36] * EriA nods and makes a face. "Makes me glad the message probably isn't for me." [19:04:00] Yeah... [19:04:03] What would the point be? [19:10:28] * EriA keeps an eye on their surroundings in her peripheral vision. "Probably best not to talk about this in public, though." [19:11:45] .. yeah. [19:11:50] I'm gonna head back to the partment. Follow me. [19:13:19] * EriA hesitates a bit, then follows. "Thanks for the invitation, I think." [19:13:50] * Lily heads along [19:13:51] * Natalya raises an eyebrow. "Well...okay. Sure." [19:16:51] * Lily returns to the apartment. "Hi Rose." [19:17:23] * Lily leads the others back to her apartment. Inside, things are still pretty much a mess. Rose has put away the frying pan, and is layed out on the couch, watching Nickelodeon and picking at a bowl of fried rice with her fingers. As the door opens, she scrambles to sit upright, and reaches for the remote. [19:17:36] * EriA gives Rose a slight nod. "Hi." [19:17:58] * RoseW (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) has joined #Mage [19:18:12] Oh, hey! What's the good news on the whole, uh, brutal murder situation? [19:19:24] Nothing good, and nothing that makes much sense. [19:20:50] * RoseW nods. "Welcome to dealing with magic, Nat. You're probably not gonna like it here." [19:21:45] Oh, hey, this is another person that's kinda like me. [19:22:06] * EriA smiles slightly and sticks out her hand. "I'm Eri." [19:22:45] * RoseW waves. "Rose. Nice to meet you." [19:24:10] Likewise. [19:24:11] * Natalya grimaces. "Yeah. I know." [19:24:29] So, it's safe to talk here, I guess? [19:24:36] Yeah. [19:26:08] * EriA gives the room a once-over. "Nice place. Just moved in?" [19:26:24] * Lily scratches her head. "Yeah, pretty much." [19:27:46] * Dmitrii (senranda@74.12.134.243) has joined #Mage [19:29:30] * EriA nods toward the window. "You've got a good view of the crime scene. Did you see anything?" [19:30:12] * Natalya shakes her head. "Didn't know what was going on until it came on the news." [19:30:26] What about afterwards? [19:31:07] * EriA looks out the window. [19:32:16] Well, I got a decent look from here, but nothing you can't see now, I guess. [19:34:13] But I mean, did you -see- anything, you know, unusual? [19:36:31] You mean other than a seriously messed up crime scene? No. [19:37:22] Well... time was kind of compressed. [19:38:29] Hm. I'm not too familiar with what that means. [19:39:14] There was a spot where time was running faster than it did in the outside world. If there was a witness standing outside, it would have looked like it was happening in fast-forward [19:39:38] Any idea what could cause that? [19:40:35] * Lily frowns. "No idea." [19:40:51] * EriA purses her lips. "I think I saw a ghost. An aura detached from the body. And the body itself had no blood at all. All of it was on the ground, sprayed in a four-lobed design. No blood on the corpse at all. It was pretty weird." [19:42:08] I have no idea how that relates to the time thing, though. [19:42:34] * EriA looks from Lily to Natalya, to Rose. [19:43:31] * RoseW shrugs. "Could just be that the time magic was just part of the murder weapon and not the intent, you know?" [19:43:32] I don't know what to do. [19:43:48] Just... wait for the morning and go on? [19:43:53] * Natalya shrugs. "I really don't know much about any of thing." [19:44:11] * EriA drags her fingers through her choppy hair. "Um. Do you guys take lessons from any more experienced mages, by any chance?" [19:44:50] Well... there's one, yeah. [19:45:15] Could you ask him...or her? Might be important. [19:45:25] I think I will. [19:45:55] * Lily takes out her phone and dials. "Hey, it's Lily. Listen, I saw something weird. I was wondering if we could maybe talk about it." [19:48:37] * The sound of a man with a British accent comes through Lily's phone. "Is the weird thing you're thinking of the same weird thing I'm thinking of?" [19:48:42] * EriA looks like she just realized something and fishes a crinkled up piece of paper from her pants pocket - a random advertisement flyer, it looks like - and scribbles her contact information onto it. She turns to Natalya. "Hey, uh, sorry - I gotta go, but here's my number and e-mail. Let me know if you guys find out anything, and I'll do the same. Maybe we can study together sometime, too." [19:49:32] The thing on TV? Yeah. [19:50:25] * Natalya nods. "Yeah, sure." [19:50:28] * EriA waves to the three girls with a smile and ducks out of the apartment. [19:50:47] * He laughs, not entirely with humor. "I'm up past my eyes with that. What do you want to know about it?" [19:51:00] * EriA heads home in a hurry, with every intention of getting in touch with Simmonds as soon as she gets there. [19:55:33] * Natalya sighs and sits down to watch TV with Rose. [19:56:26] I saw some weird time distortion there. Do you know anything about it other than that? [19:56:53] * RoseW is still watching a cartoon, remote in her hand. "Oh, do you want to watch the news or something?" [19:57:53] * Natalya shrugs. "Nah. Pretty hard to top the news going on right outside, right now." [19:57:55] * "Only that some pretty important people are starting to get freaked out. The fact that this happened on the Seers doorstep isn't doing much to keep the Shadow Chorus calm." [20:04:05] * "The SMG sent me an email just ten minutes ago saying that Februs had sent a vision into the Fortress, warning them to stay away from Harvard. I wouldn't be suprised if we some of the Diamond mages got those, too." [20:05:15] * Lily frowns. [20:05:20] So what now? [20:10:15] We just stay away from Harvard? [20:10:18] * "How do you feel about sleeping in tomorrow? I think we're rather obligated to deal with this, and if we can get the jump on it before the Nemean calls an emergency meeting of the Consilium, it'll help make the Free Council look good in this town. And God knows we need that." [20:11:22] * Dmitrii (senranda@74.12.134.243) Quit (Read error: Operation timed out) [20:13:47] * "If you're feeling up to Manray's, we could go there in the evening, see what the good word is outside our little circle." [20:14:45] * There's a pause. "Well, YOU could go there. I don't feel it'd be ethical if I went with you. Regardless, it's just about the only place you're going to meet any mages from off-campus until the Nemean gets around to noticing what just happened." [20:16:00] Alright. [20:18:18] * Dmitrii (senranda@74.12.134.243) has joined #Mage [20:20:15] * "Okay, well, if anything gets weirder, I'll be in touch. Oh, and I gave you phone number to Eleggua in the SMG, so, uh..." He lists off a Boston-area phone number. "I would have said 'Don't get freaked out if you get strange calls', but you should probably put that number in your phone book and continue getting freaked out if you get strange calls." [20:21:31] Gotcha [20:22:33] * Natalya gives Lily a questioning look. [20:23:00] * Lily's phone clicks, indicating that her mentor's hung up his phone. [20:23:52] * Lily puts it away. [20:23:55] We're going to a bar tonight. [20:24:30] Manray's. Someone might know a little about this. [20:26:37] * Natalya blinks. "Okay." [20:26:41] * RoseW frowns. "A few years ago, one of my old roommates went to Manray's and the next day, she couldn't remember what happened the night before, and she was really dizzy. Watch yourself out there, Lilly." [20:27:10] * Lily nods. [20:27:24] Yeah, I'd advise avoiding that place unless... you'r elike, special. [20:30:17] Nah, humans go there. It's just, you know, don't order a drink and go to the bathroom, and don't talk to strange dudes, you know? Basic party safety." [20:30:45] ...Sounds like a nice place. [20:31:59] * Lily stretches. [20:31:59] * RoseW shrugs. "It's usually pretty okay. But, you know, you can't be too careful." [20:33:18] * Dmitrii just scratches his head and takes out a pocket notebook, writing something down. "So, should we meet up first or something or just go there ourselves?" [20:35:46] * Dmitrii is actually in his appartment studying the scene of the crime with his own resources. [20:38:50] Anything you can think of that we should get taken care of before we head there? [20:42:26] Well, uh, Rose might want a fake ID. [20:43:01] But that might not be too hard, since all you white people just kinda look alike anyways. You could maybe just pick one up on the way? [20:44:37] Uh.... [20:44:55] * She, of course, actually said Nat. [20:46:02] * Natalya shrugs. "I guess it's worth a shot." [20:54:27] * Later, at Manray's, the girls get in without much effort. The bar is fairly packed, and it seems to be gay bar night, judging by the images flashing on the TVs set into the walls of the club, and significant parts of the crowd. Still, the normal clientele doesn't seem overly distressed by the theme, and you notice an assortment of people from various ages and backgrounds on the dancefloor, along the bar, and in booths along the walls. [20:56:55] * The clubgoers are largely human, somewhat unsuprisingly, but there are also a few mages at the club, as well as auras that you find difficult to place. [21:00:35] * Natalya seems a little subdued, clearly worried that she's still going to get found out. [21:01:02] * Lily sits somewhere where she's likely to overhear stuff. [21:01:22] * In one corner booth, a trio of Awakened, a short, somewhat hawkish woman. another woman, slightly taller and more rounded, and a thin man, sit. On the floor, a man of Indian extraction is talking to a young man with broad features, as they laugh together. The broad-featured man is Awake. Finally, a pair of women in business clothing sit at the bar [21:03:49] So, uh, you see anything? Hell, I don't know what I'm even doing here. [21:07:32] * Dmitrii was sitting off to the side, chatting with a few people about what happened earlier. He frowned and said a few words to them, and the men sitting by him shook their head and left the table, leaving with the young mage alone with his drink. [21:09:35] * Lily looks to Dmitrii [21:10:03] * Lily overhears some stuff, certainly, but largely inconsequential conversation. Her attention, however, is drawn to an awakened man sitting alone [21:11:31] * Dmitrii takes out a pocket notebook and starts writting something in it, before putting it away and looking around him. [21:12:17] * Natalya follows Lily's gaze. "Lily?" [21:14:37] That guy's been talking about the crime scene... [21:14:41] * Lily heads over. "Uh... hey." [21:16:04] You've been looking into... like, that incident, right? [21:16:07] Do you know anyhting about it? [21:16:24] * Dmitrii turns his head to look at the person approching him and blinked. "Uh... hey! It's ummm... been a long time?" He says uncertainly. He then rushes, "I'm sorry, but my memory is horrible, where did we meet?" He pauses when she says something completely unexpected. [21:17:28] * Natalya blinks. "Wait, Lily, do you know this guy?" [21:18:24] N... nope. [21:18:28] We met. Like... right now [21:19:14] "oh. Well, aren't I embarrassed." Dmitrii says with an embarassed laugh. "Sorry, but my memory is often spotty, so I don't remember people unless we've known each other for a long time." [21:20:18] * EriA pushes through the doors of the bar at that moment and scans the room for Lily, Rose, and/or Natalya. [21:21:02] I, uh, see. Sorry to hear that. [21:21:36] * Dmitrii gestures to the side of the back seats that he wasn't sitting on and said, "Please, have a seat. Now, what was it that you were... talking about?" [21:22:47] * EriA spots the group and heads over, taking her time and appearing alert but relaxed. [21:23:04] The weird scene thatwas on the TV. [21:23:36] * EriA says "hey" as soon as she's within earshot. [21:25:11] * Dmitrii lifted an eyebrow at Lily and says, "Oh, you mean that... So, who are you with that you'd want to know?" Clearly he can tell she's a mage, but... [21:25:31] Someone without a clue. [21:27:21] * Dmitrii leans forwards and asks, "And why would I know anything that I'd share?" [21:27:43] * EriA eyes the fellow Lily's speaking to and chooses to listen quietly. [21:28:10] * Lily frowns. "I dunno. It's a mystery to everyone, so..." [21:29:08] * Natalya takes a step back from the conversation, frowning. [21:30:06] * Lily steps away from Dmitrii, trying her luck elsewhere [21:30:15] * Dmitrii glances at Lily and then the peopel with her and shrugs. "Well, I don't see what's wrong about sharing some information." [21:33:08] * Lily blinks, then picks up her phone. She mumbles. "meet me outside, discordia... ?" [21:33:11] I guess that's a lead. [21:34:17] [[Session End] End of #Mage buffer Sat Sep 26 21:37:02 2009 5 Experience gained 2 Arcane Experience gained