Start of #Exalted buffer: Tue Aug 08 20:52:47 2006 [16:32:27] Alright. We pick up again after school, several days later, on friday. Nothing much has happened since Maya broke through the wards and tried to kidnap Hisame, but you find yourself meeting after school in the quad anyways, to discuss goings-on. [16:32:34] And we can start there, I guess. [16:35:28] * Matt_Wright walks up in his track uniform. [16:35:34] Hey guys [16:35:43] * Hisame waves to Matt. [16:39:26] Hello... [16:39:45] How've you guys been? [16:42:13] * Karen_C wanders by. She doesn't look like she's paying much attention to where she's going. Or anything. [16:42:17] ( http://www.chiyochan.net/fate/src/1154577137302.jpg Hahahahaha ) [16:42:47] ( hee hee ) [16:43:40] I have been alright, but concerned... [16:45:02] ( Rewrites of the UBW chant get old after a while, but god, I am the foam of my sword cracks me up ) [16:45:28] Hey Karen [16:46:58] * Karen_C looks up, blinking. "Oh, hi." Her eyes look a bit bleary. [16:47:31] ...you alright? [16:50:01] Yeah, I'm okay. Eyes a little sore, that's all. Trying to research this whole Kitsune thing, it didn't go entirely well. [16:50:23] What did you want to know? [16:50:36] Yeah.. I know a bit about the folk lore... but well.. firebreathing wasn't in it. [16:51:10] ( is it reasonable toa ssume we've started walking towards a more isolated area to talk? ) [16:51:27] I didn't find out much useful that I didn't already know, and 90% of what I found was porn or some cartoon about ninjas. Sometimes both. [16:51:54] (Yeah.) [16:52:31] ... [16:52:36] Yeah, the internet sucks. [16:52:43] (Laffo) [16:52:55] ( I want to see that minisession about teleporters. ) [16:53:22] ( or rather, all those parts of that one session that involved bouncing back and forth between two scenes ) [16:53:51] (It wasn't really a minisession so much as Nova telling me keywords and me typing them into Google and hitting 'I'm feeling lucky'. But it was still really good. [16:54:12] Seriously, you try and figure something out about teleportation and you find some scary cult religion. [16:54:37] "Move your light core through your crown chakra" my ass. [16:58:10] * Hisame seems vaguely confused. "Matt, Milly, and I went to see Maya yesterday... they were interrogating her. There was some kind of... pain wand involved." [16:58:11] * Karen_C just shakes her head. "So what did they do with that woman, exactly?" [16:59:02] Asked her questions and inflicted pain when she wouldn't answer. [16:59:12] WE don't know if she's still there or not [16:59:56] I want to be present when she is released so that I can be sure she has the note. [17:00:25] * Karen_C stares. "They _tortured_ her?" [17:01:08] Yes... [17:01:17] I am not comfortable seeing that. [17:02:15] It's not like.. they beat the crap out of her.. [17:02:24] I think it was magical pain. [17:02:31] I am not certain when they will release her, though. I am not sure what to do. [17:03:09] * Karen_C scowls. "I don't care how thety caused it, that just means they can do more without causing permanent damage." [17:04:10] Mmn [17:04:53] I'm going to have words with Walter. [17:04:57] * Karen_C stalks off. [17:05:05] I was -... ah? [17:05:20] * Hisame follows. "But they did not know we were there. If tehy found out, who knows what they would do?" [17:06:04] * Karen_C stops. "Wait, they didn't know you saw?" [17:06:28] I hid us... Millicent, Matt, and I were there, but not seen or heard. [17:07:48] Yeah.. [17:08:03] * Karen_C considers. "Argh, this is difficult...fine. I'll go talk to Millicent, at least." [17:08:20] * Hisame nods. [17:09:37] * Hisame starts trying to find Milly. [17:10:12] I'll meet you at milly's room after I change, alright? [17:10:18] * Karen_C heads off to find her. "Alright." [17:10:24] * Hisame nods. [17:10:32] * Matt_Wright heads off to the dorms to go change into normal clothes. [17:15:06] ( I'm imagining Matt's head coming off and screwing onto a body with normal clothes. :( ) [17:15:45] ( Yes but you're completely deranged) [17:15:45] * You find Millicent in her room, working on paperwork. She looks up as you near the door. "Afternoon." She takes the half-finished paperwork and puts it aside. [17:15:56] * Hisame bows. "Hello." [17:18:22] Hi, uh, Millicent...I've got a problem. [17:18:59] * She nods. "Come in, close the door. This is one of those things we can't let people know about, right?" [17:19:21] * Matt_Wright walks up behind Karen. [17:19:51] * Karen_C nods, entering the room. [17:20:11] * Matt_Wright enters as well. [17:20:21] * Hisame enters quietly. [17:21:37] * Karen_C closes the door. [17:22:05] Matt and Hisame told me that they...tortured that woman. [17:24:09] * Millicent nods, slowly. "That's true. I can't say I expected it." [17:27:13] You said they're interrogating her to strengthen the seals, right? [17:30:04] * "That's what they told me." She shakes her head. "Though, really, all the seals need to be improved is a mind probe or something. Not hours of interrogation." [17:30:13] * Hisame fidgets. [17:30:41] ( Did we catch anythnig odd in the questions the guy was asking yesterday? ) [17:30:51] ( Or whenever the mini was ) [17:31:26] * Karen_C frowns. "What were they asking her, exactly?" [17:32:27] (Nothing that seemed odd at the time. Things about who sent her, where she's from, aspects of the kitsune heirarchy, and the like.) [17:33:49] Just the basics, really. "Who sent you, where are you from." [17:36:54] Do you think we should go again now? Maybe we might learn when she is to be released... [17:39:58] I'm trying to come up with a good reason not to storm into Walter's office and give him the same thing I gave Maya. [17:43:11] Uh.. not to sound like I like the prospect of torture, but you do remember she was our enemy, right Karen? What's being done is to make us safer. [17:43:43] But all they needed was a mind probe to improve the seals.. [17:44:11] Well maybe kistune are resistant to mind probes? I dunno, they are supposed to be crafty, right? [17:44:18] * Karen_C rounds on Matt. "That doesn't justify TORTURE." [17:44:55] * Matt_Wright raises his hands. "I didn't say it did. But you should remember what the bitch did to Alice." [17:45:28] She's not a martyr, she's the enemy. [17:45:45] * Hisame looks increasingly uncomfortable. [17:46:21] She claimed that she only attacked in self defense, but she's the one that caused the freak weather and started displacing the school buildings willy nilly. [17:47:24] * "I think it's 'vixen', Matt." [17:48:00] * Matt_Wright blinks at milly, not sure if she was making a joke or not. [17:48:15] * Karen_C stares at Matt, clenching her hands into fists, then storms out of the room. [17:49:01] * Matt_Wright sighs. [17:49:06] Wait, Karen, we need to talk about the plan... [17:49:14] You want to get her out of there, right? [17:49:14] What plan? [17:50:06] We do not have one. THat is why we are going to talk about it. [17:50:10] * Karen_C ignores Hisame. [17:51:18] * Matt_Wright puts a hand on Hisame's shoulder. [17:51:55] ( http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2003607 Oh dear god EA what the hell are you doing ) [17:52:25] ( D: ) [17:52:25] ( is not a valid number Hisame. [17:52:44] What should we do... [17:52:55] Give her time to cool off. [17:53:08] Then you should talk to her first. [17:53:22] I'm pretty sure she doesn't want to see me for a while. [17:54:58] * Hisame nods... [17:56:15] Millicent, do you feel that we should go and have a second look soon? [17:59:03] * "Personally, I don't think going back will do much good until there's a plan in place. She doesn't deserve this, but watching might not help, either." [17:59:23] Do you have any ideas that may lead to a plan? [18:02:07] Well, if you can keep your illusion up really well, we might be able to just bust the door down, run in and grab her, make her invisible too, and get her off campus that way. [18:02:20] * "There's one." [18:03:52] I don't think confronting Walter or any other administration staff would be wise. [18:03:55] That is possible, but it would make it clear that someone had interfered... I could create a copy, but I do not know how effective it would be. [18:04:23] I mean... they most likely aren't normal people. And they'be been abnormal longer than us. [18:04:38] They've [18:07:23] Milly, you and Peter were there to stop people from going down those tunnels right? [18:07:30] Do you know who's guarding the place now? [18:08:33] * "They put us off that. I think it might be warded now." She shakes her head. "I've been so busy with busywork the last few days I haven't thought to check." [18:09:50] * Matt_Wright nods. "Do you know how it was warded?" [18:10:14] I'm not sure if "warded" means like.. a force field or something.. [18:13:02] * "The fact that I hadn't thought about it until now makes me think they wanted me to forget." [18:13:22] (I don't supposed I'll be able to come up with a pretty decent plan factoring in all I know about the situation with a Military Sciences check?) [18:13:23] * Hisame frowns. [18:14:22] (Given how little you know about the situation, I don't know how well that plan would hold up to anything." [18:16:50] We need to learn more... [18:17:30] (Okay) [18:17:57] Yeah... there's too many unknowns here. What the ward does, who's watching, if they even moved the prisoner or not.. [18:20:58] We could go look at it, I suppose.. [18:22:23] Sneaking in there blind is a bad idea. [18:22:36] What else can we do? [18:22:39] It's a catch 22. [18:23:00] I'm not sure. [18:23:05] * Hisame blinks a few times. [18:25:16] ( I'm really out of ideas. I've got nothing to go on except "Let's take another look there" ) [18:27:32] ( What about you? ) [18:32:05] (I feel the same as Matt does. Going back wouldn't be smart for the same reason we need a plan in the first place.) [18:32:19] ( Yon, you have any ideas? ) [18:32:37] ( No, cause I'm elsewhere. ) [18:35:03] Maybe we could take a look at the ward and see what it is like... ? [18:35:40] Alright yeah.. [18:35:56] We should probably think of a lie to tell if we're caught snooping around there. [18:36:07] Milly, what offices are near there? [18:36:46] * "There's Walter's. And the bursar's, and, uh, the forign language department chair's." [18:37:15] I could make us invisible, but I do not know if we should become over-reliant on that... [18:39:58] Hmm. [18:40:33] Thats okay. I just got an email saying my financial aid didn't go through and my housing for next year is on hold. [18:40:53] But I have no idea where the bursar's is. We might get lost. [18:41:22] (The school's tuition is free, Nova.) [18:42:02] (Then why is there a bursar? I figured tuition might be free but dorms werent) [18:42:40] (Good question.) [18:43:04] (heh) [18:43:28] (You usually have to pay for boarding schools, don't you?) [18:45:07] (Usually boarding schools aren't filled with magical fuckery, so 'usually' doesn't quite apply) [18:45:21] (I cite Hogwarts and the Xavier Academy :V) [18:46:09] (Hahaha, duely noted) [18:53:47] ( I guess we're out of ideas. We'll probably have to wait for Karen to come back or find her or something. ) [18:53:52] ( We haven't said a word in 7 minutes. ) [19:01:03] ( ... should we go find her? ) [19:05:31] (I guess) [19:05:40] Maybe we should find Karen now. [19:05:50] (http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-aaaaa.gif This emoticon terrifies me) [19:06:12] Yeah... well. I think I'll stand back. I don't want her to tele-punch me in the nads. [19:06:24] * Hisame nods, and moves along. [19:12:19] * Matt_Wright waves goodbye to Milly and leaves her room. [19:13:02] * Millicent nods and gets back to the paperwork. "Later, kids." [19:13:11] Thank you. [19:13:18] Later Milly [19:13:34] * Hisame finds Karen at the bus stop, coming back from Gillchrist. [19:13:47] * Hisame waves to Karen. [19:14:50] * Matt_Wright told Hisame to come to his room after talking with Karen, not wanting to confront her when she might still be angry with him. [19:15:22] Ah... hello [19:16:41] Hi. [19:16:59] Ah... I was wondering if you were feeling better now... [19:17:10] * Karen_C walks up to Hisame, and says quietly "What happened after I left? Did you find anything out?" [19:17:35] There were some wards placed, and we do not know what they do... [19:17:56] I think we should go to investigate. We could use all the information we can get... [19:18:06] And I do not think it is safe to waste too much time. [19:19:37] * Karen_C nods. "Agreed. We can't do anything without information." [19:20:49] Do you think investigating the wards would be useful? Do you know any other students that might be able to help? Elena seemed to know a lot about magic and rituals and wards. [19:21:19] ( WHy yes, Hisame IS seriously suggesting we ask Elena for help. ) [19:21:38] (You've DOOMED us ALL) [19:22:26] * Karen_C actually considers, with a distateful expression. "You know, she might. But...I really don't trust her." [19:25:06] * Hisame nods.. [19:25:16] She's just too strange, and she strikes me as the sort of person who does things just to surprise people. I'm too worried she'd turn us in. [19:25:19] I am not sure we have any other openings, though... [19:27:23] Let us discuss this with Matt. [19:28:19] * Karen_C sighs. "I guess you're right." [19:29:16] * So you go up to Matt's room. [19:29:25] (Is Vincent there?) [19:29:27] * Hisame knocks on the door [19:29:42] * Matt_Wright opens up. [19:29:53] Hey... come in. [19:30:01] * Matt_Wright steps aside to let them in. [19:31:01] * Hisame steps in [19:31:35] (Vincent's there, yeah.) [19:32:03] * Karen_C enters. She glances over at Vince's side of the room, then back to Matt. "Ah..." [19:32:35] Uh.. Vincent? Would you mind giving us some privacy? Just for a second or two.. [19:32:47] I'd really appreciate it. [19:33:10] * Vincent calls out from behind his curtain. "How much?" [19:33:59] I can create privacy if it would be too much of a trouble for you to do otherwise. [19:34:30] You want me to pay you? [19:34:39] * Matt_Wright stares at Vincent. [19:34:46] ( I think he means "How much privacy ) [19:35:02] (I thought he meant "how much would you appreciate it") [19:35:38] * "It's my room, too, and I don't ask you to leave when I bring girls in. It's why I have my curtain. So how much would you appreciate it?" [19:35:53] * Karen_C rolls her eyes. [19:36:09] ... [19:36:19] We're not going to do anything, just have a private conversation. [19:36:37] Ah.. wait.. you've brought girls in here? [19:38:13] * Vincent laughs. "It's sleight of hand, chienne. I'll head out for twenty. Ten if you stop talking for the rest of today." [19:38:39] I will provide privacy. [19:39:00] * Karen_C tries to contain her laughter. [19:39:14] * Hisame waves her hand slightly, and focuses. [19:39:18] He should neither hear us nor see us. [19:41:03] ... [19:41:11] Really? [19:41:22] * Matt_Wright turns at Vincent. [19:41:24] Ask him. [19:41:36] I fucked your mother. [19:43:09] I'm not entirely sure he'd care. [19:43:33] * Hisame doesn't seem to totally get it. "We are thinking of asking Elena for help." [19:43:50] When she was holding the meeting for the Arcadia society, she had some ritual plans drawn... [19:43:52] Just making sure. He'd probably make some sort of remark if he heard, probably about how I couldn't please her. [19:44:01] Oh? [19:44:21] I dunno, she has her own conspiracy thing going on.. [19:44:32] Well, she might know something about the wards. [19:44:41] This is the only help I can think of. [19:45:02] I just don't think she's trustworthy, to say the least. [19:50:33] Like, she'd help us then turns us in just for kicks. [19:53:57] What do you think, Matt? [19:55:59] I dunno, I don't have as much experience with her as Karen does. [19:56:03] I trust Karen's judgement. [19:57:08] * Hisame nods... [19:57:25] * Karen_C looks momentarily surprised, then says "Well, we need another way to find out about the wards, unless you want to try the direct approach." [19:57:48] Well I was thinking we could snoop around, but have an excuse to be there. [20:00:11] What do you think? [20:00:27] We should act quickly, once we have decided upon a plan. [20:03:42] You have something specific in mind, Matt? [20:05:13] Not really, no.. [20:05:48] Milly said the foreign language department chair's office is near there. [20:05:56] Anyone here take a foreign language class this semester? [20:06:04] * Hisame shakes her head. [20:06:24] Nope. [20:06:46] Hmm. Me neither. [20:07:05] We could always try to trip the wards by 'accident'. Though I have no idea how much the staff knows, so I'm not sure how believable that would be. [20:07:22] Yeah, thats why I figured we'd need an alibi [20:08:37] I could also hide us. [20:08:59] Do you believe we might need Elena's help? [20:09:39] We don't know the extent of the wards, though. We could still trip them while hidden, and then we'd have no chance of averting suspicion. [20:09:57] * Hisame nods... [20:11:47] Yeah.. [20:12:06] Well it's the administrative building... we could just be really lost [20:12:09] Well... we should act. I am inclined towards asking Elena. [20:12:19] Looking for.. I dunno, the english chair's office. [20:13:21] I think it should only be one person, to be less suspicious. [20:13:34] (I'm finding it really hard to stay awake. You guys can keep going until you want to finish, but I need to go to bed. Sorry, guys) [20:14:07] ( Alright. Sorry for taking solong about this. I really did want to get something of substance done. I just hope she's still savable next session. :/ ) [20:14:40] ( ....it's not like next session can't pick up where we left off, Dem.) [20:14:51] ( ... that is true. ) [20:15:06] (Yeah. I sort of figure this session is 'make plan' and the next session is 'immediately execute plan'.) [20:15:18] ( Gotcha. ^^; [20:15:26] One person to look at the wards? [20:15:57] I'll go if no one minds. [20:16:01] (And it's no problem that you guys took a while. Maybe we can get in another session before next tuesday if you guys are all good. I'm busy wednesday and friday. Maybe you can work it out after the session) [20:16:40] Yeah, I don't mind. [20:17:21] ( I should be fine. the whole time ) [20:17:31] That would be alright. [20:18:39] (I'm not sure how free I'm going to be the next few days, my grandparents are coming to visit this week so I'm probably going to be very busy.) [20:22:01] They wouldn't be _dangerous_ to students, and you can just play dumb when they alert the staff, and we'll have a start at knowing what we're up against. Maybe Hisame can figure out some way to slip past them. [20:22:31] * Hisame nods. [20:22:42] * Darkheart (spirit1229@c-68-35-210-247.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: You need to know. You are not him. This fight's not yours. YOU CANNOT WIN.) [20:24:31] Should we do anything to deflect attention from Matt? [20:24:59] Hm. [20:25:24] I don't think that would be wise.. if the diversion involves the staff getting to know your faces better. [20:26:15] Hm... that would be right. [20:28:20] * Karen_C frowns. "I don't think a diversion is a good idea. If the staff pays as much attention as I'm sure they have to in a school like this, they've probably noticed us together a lot. At the very least, we were the only ones beside the RAs who got involved with Maya. If one of us is attracting attention while Matt is checking out the wards, it'd be too easy to put it all together." [20:29:20] this is true. [20:32:18] Honestly, I'm worried about how much they know. They're clearly not infallible, but they're also very ruthless. Who knows how they're keeping tabs on us. [20:32:24] * Karen_C scowls. [20:32:26] * Hisame nods... [20:32:30] It worries me greatly. [20:35:13] ...yeah.. [20:35:50] I trust Milly. [20:38:35] Can you think of anyone else? [20:39:15] I _think_ I trust her enough not to turn us in, but I don't think she'll help. And I'm not sure that if she outright knew we were going to spring Maya she wouldn't stop us. [20:42:05] Honestly, I think we're probably in this alone. [20:42:52] Also, if we get caught, I'll try to take responsibility. I might be able to fast talk us out of it, plus my knocking Maya out might count for something. [20:43:25] Mm. [20:43:46] Yeah, Milly said word was buzzing about your one-hitting her. [20:43:59] So.. maybe you should go then? [20:44:18] It'll be hard for you to take responsibility if I'm the only one there.. [20:44:51] * Hisame nods... [20:47:39] I was thinking more about if we got caught when we actually try to do something, but you've got a point. Though if word is buzzing it might be too obvious if I'm snooping around. [20:48:25] I can probably pass it off as innocent curiousity, but... [20:48:32] ...you could mask it off as innocently wondering how she's doing cause you were guilty about hiting her so hard. [20:48:56] * Karen_C shakes her head. "Too much over anazlyzing. We'll never get anything done if I think this to death. I'll go." [20:49:47] Will you be alright? [20:51:08] Yeah, I'll be okay. I've got a good out, nobody but Millicent and you guys know that we know about the torture, and I'm probably most qualified to figure out anything about the wards. [20:52:05] Okay. [20:52:06] (also, I really need to go, pretty much right now. Later guys.) [20:52:09] ( Night ) [20:52:11] * Karen_C is now known as yongon [20:52:15] ( I guess we'll call it here. ) End of #Exalted buffer Tue Aug 08 20:52:47 2006