Session Start: Mon Dec 03 17:14:51 2007 Session Ident: #VCB [19:04:22] * Vice City Blues. [19:05:07] * It's afternoonish of the third day of the trio's visit to the city of unlimited vices. [19:06:28] * ... but the vices are gone, the hunt exposed, and a way out being sought. [19:07:15] * While not a way out, they found the Core, the intelligence behind this place, for just a moment. Then the Man In Green found them, and all hell broke loose. [19:08:47] * Currently, Noah and Tetsuko are next to a barrier of solid greyscale stone, the tram they were on is stopped less than 15 feet from it, the Man in Green is transcended, being covered by the tram, and the Woman in Black is still inside the tram. [19:11:59] * Resume. 06[19:12:46] * Tetsuko runs back onto the trap, making her way to Petronella [19:13:36] * She's way at the far end of the tram, lying on the ground, obviously in pain. 06[19:14:46] * Tetsuko tries to pick her up and looks for an exit to take her out of if possible 06[19:16:54] * Tetsuko leaves with her in tow through the rear emergency exit. "Noah, I have her." 06[19:24:25] * ManInGreen shimmers for a bit, and seems less.... Green. 06[19:27:13] * Navi concentrates and flies over to the wristband. "Hold still Noah!" She concentrates for a moment and the Man in Green shimmers a bit, seeming less... green than before. 06[19:27:28] * Navi sighs and grins. "That should take him down a notch." 06[19:28:16] * Noah reaches out and touches the wall with his armletted hand. The wall shimmers and vanishes. "Take her through. I'll hold him off." Noah shakilly assumes a football defensive lineman's stance, waiting for the Green Man to come out. 06[19:31:55] * Noah angles over to the entrance of the cabin. "The Core is down here, you know, if you want to get it. It's hiding from you. It felt you coming." 06[19:33:24] * ManInGreen says, with that deeply powerful voice, "You're quite wrong." 06[19:33:43] * Noah shrugs. "Enlighten me." [19:34:27] It summoned me to destroy you. 06[19:34:50] * Navi yawns. 06[19:35:12] * Noah glowers at Navi, since she's STILL HERE. 06[19:35:37] * Navi can't go given it's not her turn. 06[19:36:01] * ManInGreen leaps out at Noah from the tram, unimpeded by it's material presence, swinging the bleeding, arcing green blade at Noah again. 06[19:38:49] * Tetsuko takes Petronella through the vanished wall. "Acting as ordered." 06[19:38:58] * Noah - having been once hit by that thing - definitely will not be hit again, and falls backwards, doing a full sommersault and back to his feet to avoid it. "So, what friend gave their life for you?" he asks the green man. [19:39:46] * Tetsuko, with Petronella in tow, makes it to the black-and-white, pristine world of the modern subways. [19:43:11] You don't make any sense. [19:44:37] That's what Petronella said it takes to empower the armlet completely. So, who gave their life for yours? [19:45:20] If you're referring to the one you have? It's lifeless. [19:46:36] I know. Yours is not. 06[19:49:47] * ManInGreen suddenly drops out of his transcended state, and the blade emanating from the armlet drops. 06[19:50:46] * ManInGreen 's face starts to turn into a minor frown, his corners of his mouth curling. 06[19:51:16] * Navi grins as she finishes concentrating. "So. Who's the big dog now?" [19:51:36] You should not be able to do that. [19:53:26] But it does mean I can tackle you! *LUNGES! at the guy!...and goddammit, he misses. And goes rolling* 06[19:54:57] * Noah now, however, seems to be sporting an armlet on each arm. "Navi, let it go, please?" he asks, grinning beatifically. [19:55:15] What do you want it to do? [19:56:20] Can it put him in a cage? We need to get some answers. ...and I could use a bit of a pick-me-up, if it can undo harm it's done. *grin wavers a bit* 06[20:01:41] * ManInGreen steps smoothly forward, his face dropping back an expressionless nuetral, and a smooth, powerful looking fist, just.... refuses to connect to Noah, who's attempt to get out of the way which shouldn't, causes him to stumble just enough to do so. [20:02:05] Wah! [20:02:09] Hey! [20:02:33] * The Woman in Black nudges Tetsuko, and gets on her feet. 06[20:02:42] * Tetsuko sets her down. [20:03:11] * The Woman in Black frowns, but stays where she's at. 06[20:04:20] * Tetsuko heads over to the man in Green 03[20:04:35] * WomanInBlack (HeWhoHunts@68-118-60-90.dhcp.csby.or.charter.com) has joined #VCB 06[20:05:50] * Tetsuko rushes forward and tries to grab him and hold him still 06[20:09:03] * ManInGreen doesn't notice the robot rushing him, and it's far too late for him once she gets her arms on him. 06[20:10:04] * Tetsuko grabs his wrist, spins him around, and forces him against the ground, grabbing his other hand as she does so. Navi is probably aware of an instinctive and very automated wireless message ~Enemy Combatant Captured~. 06[20:10:45] * Noah is utterly unaware of that message, but he gets the sneaking suspicion that that may well be the case anyway. 01[20:11:59] We have him. What will we do with him? [20:12:11] I can kill him. [20:12:36] ...do we have to? Petronella, can he be of use to us? 06[20:14:09] * WomanInBlack justs stares for a moment, looking confounded. [20:14:25] Can I kill him? [20:14:29] Pleeeeaaaaase? 06[20:14:33] * ManInGreen is still trying to get out from Tetsuko's grip, unsuccessfully. 01[20:14:37] He may be valuable. But difficult to take with us. Even if he did not act against us, he would make our plans much more difficult. 01[20:14:57] Still, I understand that humans tend to place an inherent value on life. 06[20:15:12] * Navi fehs. [20:15:17] ...I wonder. *holds the new armlet up at a real wall, and tries to make it turn into a jail cell door to a cell embedded in the wall* [20:15:41] * Nothing happens, this side of the curtain. [20:16:37] If we do not, we will have to contain him. [20:16:45] Well, one more thing to try... *touches the train car* 06[20:17:18] * WomanInBlack pauses. "That will be considerably more difficult once we're back in it's domain." 01[20:18:26] We could create a containment area for him. Leave him with plenty of food and drink. Maybe companions to fulfill social needs that humans need so much. Then return for him when the Core is dealt with. 06[20:19:02] * Noah ...becomes very Green. But that's all that happens. "...rats. Too confined." [20:19:21] I'd hoped I could make the train car get this way, too. 06[20:20:03] * ManInGreen continues his desperate, silent struggle against Tetsuko's grip. [20:20:37] What is your name, Mr. Green? *turns to Tetsuko and her prisoner, still overwhelmingly Green* [20:20:57] I have no name. [20:21:32] Petronella, was he here when you got here? [20:21:42] I am an Enforcer, no more, no less. 06[20:22:21] * WomanInBlack frowns. "We were all .... " Pause. "Created at the same time." [20:22:52] So you remember his name no more than does he. [20:23:01] Correct. [20:23:11] Why do you wish to escape, and he does not? 06[20:23:46] * WomanInBlack frowns. "I wish for you to escape." [20:23:55] Why doesn't HE? [20:24:42] The boy corrupted her, and she turned against us. 01[20:25:39] The boy? 06[20:25:39] * ManInGreen stops trying to break free for the moment, conserving his strength. 06[20:26:28] * Noah blinks. [20:26:35] She likes ya. [20:26:46] There was a boy before you. 01[20:27:03] She said she was in hiding weeks before... [20:27:07] A psychic, who saw through the city. 06[20:27:09] * Noah blinks again. "...oh." It's unclear if he's relieved or disappointed. [20:27:17] Oh oh oh. [20:27:39] When I destroyed him, he changed something in me. [20:28:09] ... [20:28:12] That is when I scribed the book, and tried to take on the Core. 01[20:28:50] You wrote all those names in there? [20:29:19] All but yours. 01[20:29:35] I see. 01[20:29:49] How did he change something in yoU? [20:29:57] I do not know. [20:30:24] ...I'm no psychic, but I did see through it, too, sometimes. Can I use his armlet to change the same thing in him? *pointing at greenboy* [20:30:52] I do not know. 06[20:31:01] * WomanInBlack shakes her head. [20:32:43] Is that how your armlet broke? [20:32:48] No. 06[20:32:51] * Noah is oddly indecisive, and sighs, turning back to just normal amounts of Real. And losing the Greenness. "I'm not terribly fond of green, anyway." [20:33:22] The core disabled it, when I confronted it. [20:34:45] Presumably, it will do the same with Mr. Green's if I confront it. [20:34:54] ...would you like his, or yours back, Petronella? 06[20:35:18] * WomanInBlack gestures to Tetsuko. [20:36:26] Perhaps you should give it to her. 01[20:37:03] How many other Enforcers are there? 06[20:37:14] * Noah nods. "You want the green one or the black one, Tetsuko?" 01[20:38:11] I would prefer if you and Petronella kept them. I mean no disrespect, but I am capable of far more than either of you when you do not have them. [20:38:51] Can we just kill the green guy already? The more we talk the bigger a chance he's gonna break lose and make things worse! 06[20:38:54] * ManInGreen lets out a ROAR, and with a sudden surge, manages to throw Tetsuko off, grab her, and sling her into the nearby wall. He breaks for the veil. 06[20:39:12] * Noah gestures at the veil, and wills the wall back into existance! 06[20:41:07] * Tetsuko is struck against the wall with Green's throw. It's not a pleasant sound or sight. 06[20:44:07] * ManInGreen turns from green to yellow as he breifly imitates a thunderbolt; though, keeps going. 06[20:44:44] * Navi puts her arm back as a bow made of electricity froms in her hand and she pulls the string back. On release a *huge* clash of thunder and lightning flies forward and hits the Man in Green square in the back. "GET BACK HERE!" 06[20:47:10] * Noah rushes over to Tetsuko. "Are you okay?" [20:47:30] Geeze, stop him! [20:47:46] He can't go through the wall, can he? 06[20:47:53] * Noah looks that way. [20:47:54] Not as-is! 06[20:49:23] * Noah points his left wrist at Mr. Green, and a green lance of sickly energy shoots at him! 06[20:49:29] * Tetsuko is on her back. She doesn't seem to be nearly as hurt as any human would have been, but with her clothes, it's hard to see where she might have been injured. "I am functional." [20:49:45] But are you damaged? 06[20:50:41] * ManInGreen stops.... and falters for a moment, after the green energy passes through him. He looks at the sudden wall, considers the pixie, the teenager, robot, and the depowered Enforcer, then goes after the last one. 06[20:52:58] * WomanInBlack goes flying, after a smooth fist hits her with a resounding thwack, then blurring for a moment, and jumping after the flying ex-enforcer, smashing her into the ground at the apex of his pursuant jump, with an even louder crunch. [20:53:48] PETRONELLA! [20:58:29] Oh you're going DOWN! 06[20:59:07] * Navi charges up with electricity, the air around her cackling with o-zone as she puts her hands forward and a surge of electricity arcs from her into the Man In Green, staying constant for a few seconds before letting off. 06[21:00:04] * Noah rushes over to Petronella to see if she's still alive. "Petronella? Are you...?" 06[21:00:09] * ManInGreen is quite obviously dead, as his still-twitching corpse lands on what may or may not be the Woman in Blacks corpse. 03[21:00:21] * ManInGreen (HeWhoHunts@68-118-60-90.dhcp.csby.or.charter.com) has left #VCB [21:00:38] Tetsuko, please help me move him without hurting Petronella...any more. 06[21:01:03] * Navi hmphs. "Next time I won't hold back." [21:01:29] I'm so sorry... 06[21:01:42] * Tetsuko obeys. And goes to move him. She checks Petronella. [21:01:43] I should have let you. I'm so sorry. Please, Petronella, don't be dead. Don't die. 06[21:01:58] * WomanInBlack doesn't say anything. She's face-down in the pavement and not moving. 06[21:02:07] * Navi flexes momentarily and small blue sparks fly from her in all directions with an audible 'snap'. 06[21:02:23] * Tetsuko turns Petronella over 06[21:02:35] * Navi flies over to the Woman in Black. "Hey Petronella, wake up, okay?" She check Petro's pulse. [21:02:47] * There's a pulse. Barely. 06[21:02:49] * Tetsuko pulls something out of a pocket. She slides it into something up her sleeve. [21:03:21] ...if... is she alive? 01[21:03:25] Skill module loading... Session Start: Mon Dec 03 21:04:22 2007 Session Ident: #VCB 03[21:04:22] * Rina (demota@c-69-181-56-75.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) has joined #VCB 03[21:04:22] * Now talking in #VCB 03[21:04:22] * Topic is 'Possibly off due to intermittent power outages. We'll see.' 03[21:04:22] * Set by sbpr on Mon Dec 03 17:49:31 Session Close: Mon Dec 03 21:04:33 2007 02[21:04:33] * Tetsuko (demota@c-69-181-56-75.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: ) 03[21:04:35] * Rina is now known as Tetsuko 01[21:06:57] ... module loading complete. Diagnosing. 06[21:07:23] * Tetsuko examines Petronella. 06[21:10:05] * Navi helps. "She seems... fine to me. As well as anyone can be in her situation, anyways." [21:11:02] Do you see anything wrong, Tetsuko? [21:11:05] Can we move her? I think I can make a hospital with all the equipment that we might need if we get her back on the other side. 01[21:11:55] Her ribs are cracked. She may be suffering from a concussion. Her left shoulder is misaligned. However, she is stable. 01[21:12:15] We could treat her, given proper equipment. [21:13:10] Alright. I'll make some. *nods, shaken, and turns towards the wall, which vanishes again* 06[21:13:34] * Noah steps over, and the area just beyond the veil becomes the best hospital room Noah can envision. 06[21:15:02] * Tetsuko continues to look over Petronella. "Navi, how much electricity are you usually able to generate?" [21:17:08] * As soon as Noah steps past the veil, the arm with the functional, fully empowered armlet worn, suddenly *EXPLODES*, knocking him back into the unillusioned side, leaving his arm burnt, and a smoking, charred husk that's now identical to how the other armlet was, once he first got it. [21:17:50] ACH! DAMMIT. 01[21:18:28] Noah, are you alright? 06[21:18:37] * Noah angrilly gestures at the illusioned side with his right arm, trying to force it to be that hospital. "I'm -FINE-." 06[21:19:44] * Navi sighs. "I guess I should fix that one too." 01[21:19:57] How will you fix it? [21:20:12] * The hospital manifests itself with but a whim. 06[21:20:27] * Tetsuko takes Petronella to the hospital room. Carefully. [21:22:42] The same way I fixed the other one before. 06[21:24:34] * Tetsuko immediately gets to work. [21:24:54] ...I'm so sorry. 06[21:30:18] * Tetsuko works. "There was nothing that could have been done unless we had killed him without even considering taking him as a prisoner." 01[21:31:02] It will be some time before she wakes. She needs to rest. [21:31:18] Geeze, this is why I was saying we should have killed him. [21:31:40] * Expert medical programming and sub-real, if effective, modern medical technology make short work of stabilizing the Woman in Black, and putting bones back where they need to be. The ex-enforcer is sleeping much more peacefully, and smoothly, after the process. 01[21:31:51] Or... perhaps we should have given Petronella the fully powered armlet. 01[21:32:00] She would have been able to defend herself. [21:32:43] ... [21:32:54] If it were still fully functional, I'd give it to her. [21:33:03] Thank you, Tetsuko. 01[21:33:59] We have learned from this. The armlets are prone to explosion if not handled according to certain unknown guidelines [21:34:31] Noah, can you make a workbench so I can 'fix' the other one? [21:34:43] I just need some raw materials. 01[21:35:20] You made the best decisions you could under your mindset and knowledge of the situation. 06[21:35:32] * Noah nods, and gestures, creating a workbench with pealing paint and weathered wood, covered in a mess of old but still very useable tools. 06[21:35:40] * Tetsuko finishes up the process. "We need only wait now, for the most part." [21:35:58] And I need the armlet too. [21:35:58] I should have listened to Navi and killed Mr. Green. He died anyway, and Petronella wouldn't be... 01[21:36:29] You know that in retrospect. [21:36:32] Oh, right. *takes off the one on his left wrist, wincing in pain as it peels a layer of burnt skin off with it* [21:36:33] Oh. 01[21:36:49] Would you have been fine killing him without considering taking him captive? 01[21:36:55] ... I hsould treat your wounds as well. [21:37:20] Hey Tetsuko, check if Petrona has a similar scar to Noah's injury. [21:37:28] Where her armlet was worn. 06[21:37:33] * Navi goes to work fixing up the other armlet. [21:37:37] I took too long making the decision. I'm sorry. ...and it'll be fine. *it's not bleeding, but it is kind of oozing* 06[21:37:43] * Tetsuko checks. 06[21:39:02] * Tetsuko checks Petronella's wrist 06[21:39:22] * WomanInBlack doesn't have a burn mark there, or any kind of marks, just the impression that something was worn there a lot. 01[21:39:36] She has no injury there. 06[21:39:45] * Tetsuko get sto work on treating Noah's burn. [21:40:31] Hmmm. [21:40:55] * The stinging is constant while Tetsuko works on it, but it's quickly bandaged and treated as best as it can be, while still being usable. 01[21:41:02] She will regain consciousness within one to three hours, but will take two or so days to recover completely. [21:41:30] As nice as staying here would be, the longer we stay the more at risk we are, we should move as soon as possible. 06[21:41:32] * Noah lets her without complaint. [21:41:36] Yeah. [21:42:04] ...Tetsuko? Can I have a hug? 01[21:42:16] Certainly. 06[21:42:51] * Tetsuko wraps her arms around Noah. It probably brings back memories of the last time she hugged him. She had something else wrapped around him that time too. 06[21:43:21] * Noah hugs back, and it quickly becomes a full-fledged cling. He's not crying, but he is shaking a bit. 01[21:43:53] Things will be better. 06[21:44:47] * Tetsuko holds him tightly. Or as tightly as is comfortable. [21:45:07] Thanks. *risks a quick kiss before releasing her and stepping back, a bit red, but doing better* Sorry. 06[21:45:49] * Navi flashes as the armlet is now fixed. "All that and not even a thank you?" [21:46:38] Huh? Oh, no, thank you very much, too, Navi. I'm... I'm so glad for both of you. Sorry, I'm a bit shaken up. 06[21:47:13] * Tetsuko accepts the kiss. [21:47:54] So, um, after fixing two of these, do you know how they work? [21:48:12] I can channel my abilities through one to have it affect the other world. [21:48:30] That's how I gained control and nullified the green dude's. [21:48:57] Awesome! So we have a way to give us back the advantage if we face chained masked guy or the other one. 06[21:49:14] * Navi smiles. "Even if it's not supposed to be possible, it happened. Kick reason to the curb and do the impossable." 06[21:50:10] * Noah looks around, trying to get a feel for where the remaining Enforcers are, and whether they're aware of this little makeshift hospital. 01[21:50:11] Noah, you and Petronella should each keep one on you. 06[21:50:28] * Noah nods. "I'll give her whichever one she wants, when she wakes up." [21:53:49] * It's a bit of a wait, before the Woman in Black waits up. But she does, with a low, tired groan. [21:53:55] Nnnnnggggh. 06[21:54:14] * Noah jerks awake out of a light doze. "Petronella? How do you feel?" [21:54:27] Like I got hit with a tram. 01[21:54:28] The one in green has been neutralized. 01[21:54:44] His armlet, unfortunately, was damaged. 06[21:55:08] * WomanInBlack frowns, but doesn't get up yet. "I see." [21:55:26] Do you want his, or yours back? His...exploded...when I crossed back into here, but Navi fixed it. She's incredible. [21:55:36] I do not want either. [21:55:41] ...why not? [21:56:01] Becuase I know how many people they've destroyed, by my hands and others. [21:57:02] Do you know how they are oringinally powered? [21:57:09] I do not. 06[21:57:23] * Navi nods. "Okay." 06[21:57:51] * WomanInBlack leans up, with a grimace. 01[21:57:56] Can you properly defend yourself without one? [21:58:18] Can you? 06[21:58:47] * Noah steps closer and gently places a hand on Petronella's shoulder, offering her support and trying to avoid her injuries. "If you do not want one, we won't force you to take it. I promise, I won't let anything like this happen to you again. Or to any of you," he says, looking from Petronella to Tetsuko and Navi. [21:59:57] I.... did not think it could be done. You defeated the Enforcer, for the moment? [22:00:30] He's dead. I'm sorry I didn't do it sooner. You wouldn't have been hurt, if I had. 06[22:01:13] * WomanInBlack gets up. "Do not worry about me. Beleive me when I say getting someone out of here is more important than any of our survival." 01[22:01:20] Noah used your armlet to take his. 01[22:01:36] However, it exploded when he tried to walk into the other section. 06[22:01:58] * Noah shakes his head. "Navi did something, or I couldn't have taken it." 06[22:02:01] * WomanInBlack frowns. "The City disempowered it." [22:02:09] Much like how it disempowered yours. [22:03:23] I can still sense the core.... [22:03:56] Alright. Can you move? 06[22:04:17] * WomanInBlack stands up, and flexes a bit, if stiffly. "Yes." 01[22:04:40] I used a skill module to treat your injuries. [22:05:20] Good. We'll all get out, Petronella. I promise. But we need to move. This was a dead-end; let's find another exit. 06[22:05:25] * WomanInBlack looks around, pauses, then smiles, thinly, at Tetsuko. "Thank you." 01[22:05:41] If you require any other services, please let me know. [22:05:51] There is not an exit down here. [22:06:02] Is the core down here? [22:06:04] I ... was wrong. This is where the Core lives. [22:06:12] Let's blow it up then. [22:06:18] It fled. Is it vulnerable down here? [22:06:22] Star Wars style. [22:06:37] It will be guarded. [22:06:48] The remaining Enforcers? [22:07:02] The green one, too. [22:07:22] If you defeated it, it will create another. 01[22:07:35] How many are there? 01[22:07:41] Has it replaced you? [22:07:55] How long until it makes another? [22:08:25] Then we will have to hunt them down and take their armlets. If it cannot make new ones while the others remain, we will imprison them. 06[22:08:41] * Noah still sounds less than sure, but he is trying. [22:08:46] Black. *she gestures to herself* Green, who you fought. Red, the silenced one. And the Head Enforcer. 01[22:09:10] I see. [22:09:11] And I will not be replaced, for I have been marked. [22:09:38] What will it do if it destroys you? Simply remain down one Enforcer? 06[22:09:58] * WomanInBlack pauses. "I cannot say for sure, but I beleive so." [22:10:12] ...I wonder why... 01[22:10:24] I wonder if it can be forced to mark others. [22:10:39] It's because it hasn't destroyed you and can't make a new one until you're gone. [22:10:50] REgardless, let's move. They'll come after us, so we may as well just try to get out. If we make it out, then we don't need to worry about defeating teh core. [22:10:55] If it makes a replacement of me, it's still me. [22:10:55] Otherwise it'll run into a logical colission error. [22:11:18] ...can it remake the boy that...changed you? 06[22:11:47] * WomanInBlack shakes her head. "He was destroyed." 06[22:12:07] * WomanInBlack looks quietly at Noah, "As you almost were." 06[22:12:54] * Noah shivers, and rubs where the sword hit him. [22:13:19] So if I must kill them, do it with their own weapons. Gotcha. 06[22:13:27] * Noah looks around. "Which way?" 06[22:13:30] * WomanInBlack stands. "The core is down here.... but no exit. I know not where another exit may be." [22:14:24] Is the gate by which we entered no longer there? Can we create a plane to fly over the walls? [22:15:47] No, and it will .... cease to be, if tried. 01[22:15:50] It cannot be harmed by anything created by the armlet, riht? [22:16:13] It can be harmed by an empowered armlet. [22:16:16] But we can...well, Tetsuko can survive the fall, probably. [22:16:28] It can destroy an empowered armet. *eyes his left wrist* [22:17:03] ... for now, let's get the tram moving again. We can talk as we go. 01[22:17:08] Right. 06[22:17:11] * Tetsuko boards the tram. [22:17:16] * End. Session Close: Tue Dec 04 00:00:00 2007