I'm very sorry, I got back to town and had to go right to work on my project, and we worked until about an hour ago. I completely forgot about this! I MISSED THE AWESOME! *Sob*
Edit: Now that I've read the awesome I missed, I don't think I would have been able to do much anyway, I would have just bugged Frenchy on the com and talked crazy to Hylian while wandering aimlessly through the dark. Still...
In theory, I was going to shank him from behind, but nooo, you had to run in front of him and get gunned down AFTER I put down my assault rifle so I couldn't be seen.
I forgot about the armor that Malone is wearing... I'll have to check if we get in any fights. And I want to bug Hylian to see if I can talk a tiny bit about what Malone was doing, and hearing/seeing, if that's possible.
I'll just sit in the IRC channel 'cause I am really bad with times. And you just had to make me feel even worse about missing it Hylain. That's just not nice. At least I missed it for a good reason, you know, not failing out of my class is a very good thing, and sadly, just a bit more important than Firefly. BUT! I won't miss the awesome this time, and because I'm still randomly in the ship somewhere, the awesome plan might still work... please?
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Hey, i'm definately in. I have an evening seminar class on mondays that ends this week. I'll try to watch some of the action tonight and then grab a copy and make a character.
* Twitch gets up.
* Twitch coughs.
<Twitch> 'I'm fine now. Really.
* Twitch stumbles and falls.
<Twitch> "Someone make air not hurt."
<Hylianbunny> A couple of wounded or stunned people in the Ariel's lounge, a still missing Malone, and as of yet no idea what happened on the ship; the Malcontent's crew is just left with more difficult decisions and questions every time they try to answer one.
* Twitch coughs.
<Twitch> "Anyone?"
* Breach exhales
* Frenchy drops his derringer and runs over to Twitch
<Frenchy> "You ok?"
<Twitch> "Do you see the stars, Cap? They're like playful fishies."
* Frenchy pulls off Twitch's armor and checks for wounds
<Hylianbunny> Twitch certainly got lucky; looks like that armor of his did its job. It'll take him a bit but he'll probably be able to shrug it off.
<Twitch> "Whee."
<Frenchy> "You'll be fine."
<Twitch> "Can I hit him with a wrench, Cap? The big one?"
* Frenchy steps over to the wounded gunman and picks up and shoulders his gun
<Frenchy> "Just stay down until you get your breath back
<Twitch> "I'm OK."
* Twitch triest to pull his armor back on.
* Frenchy examines the gunman
<Hylianbunny> He looks...well, average. There's not a whole lot to say about him. Looks like he'd been patched up a few times before you got there at all.
<Hylianbunny> Right now, truth told, the blood leaking out of him's more noticeable.
* Frenchy shoulders the gunman, and brings him downstairs
* Twitch wobbles to his feet.
<Frenchy> "Breach, this guy's seen better. Think you can patch him up so we can get some answers."
* Breach wheels over to his doctor's bag back on the Malcontent, keeping his eyes wide for intruders
<Breach> "Yeah, I'll see what I can do. What is it with you guys and all the blood?"
<Frenchy> "Twitch got real lucky up there."
<Breach> "Put him in the medlab, ya?"
* Breach wheels towards the lab.
* Frenchy runs back upstairs and picks up his rifle and derringer
<Hylianbunny> The sound of glass breaking echoes through the ship, from somewhere on the first floor.
<Twitch> "I love the sound of breaking glass."
* Frenchy runs downstairs to check out the sound
<Frenchy> "The fruit punch is wh.."
<Hylianbunny> Malone is present in what looks like the passenger dorms, hand bloody. Apparently he put it through the glass.
<Malone> *Sips the fruit punch on his arm* "This isn't that tasty."
* Frenchy shoulders his rifle and runs toward Malone, checking each window for enemies
<Twitch> "Did a monkey bite you?"
<Hylianbunny> Nothing in any of the windows, save the broken one near Malone; there's another body in there.
<Malone> "Senior Whoosh was being rude, so I punched him. And stole his drink. I think that might have been a bit much."
<Frenchy> "Shit Malone, get yourself back to the ship and cleaned up. Run"
* Frenchy steps cautioutly towards the body and keeps his rifle trained upon it
<Malone> "Why should I run? I should say sorry to Whoosh."
<Frenchy> "Get to the medbay and ask Breach to bandage your hands. They're cut badly"
<Hylianbunny> Whoever was in there ain't moving at all. Looks like the same sort of deal as the one in the medbay.
<Malone> *Sips more of the fruit punch* "It isn't actually that bad."
* Frenchy nudges the body with his foot, checking his body for weapons or any other equipment
<Malone> "There isn't anything shiny in this darkly dim dimly dark dim...."
<Hylianbunny> Tian di wu yohn. Whoever it was is long gone.
* Frenchy pulls out his comm
* Twitch wanders behind Frenchy slighty in a daze.
<Frenchy> "Another dead here, probably killed by that crazy guy. Make sure he's not carrying anything else on him, Breach.
* Breach removes any weapons or drugs from the patient before proceeding
<Frenchy> "The Ariel's empty. Let's salvage anything of value"
<Frenchy> "Twitch, do you think this ship can fly?"
* Malone wanders to talk to Mal about Mr. Whoosh
<Twitch> "Uh..."
* Twitch blinks.
* Twitch looks around.
<Twitch> "I dunno. I gotta go poke around in engineering. Power shouldn't take long to restore, it was just sabotaged."
<Frenchy> "Be careful down there."
<Malone> "My hand feels all tingly and hurty."
<Malone> ".... Jerk"
<Breach> "Malone, over here! Lemme patch up your arm!"
* Frenchy walks up the stairs to the bullet-ridden upstairs room
* Frenchy looks around for anything interesting
<Twitch> "So... you want me to go. Coulda said something."
* Twitch grumbles.
<Malone> "Break! I found some fruit punch! It tastes funny, like Mr.Whoosh"
* Twitch wanders off towards engineering.
<Breach> "Yeah... lemme see that arm"
<Malone> "I have pointies in my arm..."
* Breach begins patching up Malone's arm quickly before getting back to the gunman.
<Malone> "I've got one paper arm, and one normal one now. Maybe Mal will like the new look."
<Hylianbunny> Breach manages to at least patch him up to a stable condition for the moment.
* Malone runs up the steps shouting some thing about cake.
* Twitch clicks on his comm.
<Hylianbunny> Malone does indeed see Twitch working away at the door to engineering, then.
<Twitch> "Uh, door won't open. <a CLANG is heard over the comm> My wrench won't open it."
* Malone runs up behind Twitch and aims Mrs. Boom at the door "She'll get it open."
* Twitch shouts...
<Twitch> "ARE YOU INSANE?"
<Twitch> "YOU'LL KILL US ALL!"
* Breach mutters, "I think that question was answered ages ago, Twitch."
<Hylianbunny> Twitch's wrench bangs off of the metal door ineffectively before Malone levels Mrs. Boom and fires. Barely scrambling out of the way, the silence afterwards is slightly deafening...but a couple of moments after, both can hear someone shouting. "Da shiong la se la chwohn tian! Be careful, gorram it!"
<Malone> "I'M SORRY MRS. WHOOSH! I hurt your son as well... and stole his punch."
<Frenchy> "The hell is going on down there?"
<Twitch> "Malone is trying to kill us, it's okay."
* Twitch bends down to look for a lock or an override.
<Malone> "I hurt Mrs. Whoosh!" *Sobs*
<Breach> "Frenchy. I need a medical opinion that isn't biased. If I start to understand Malone's crazy talk, does that mean that I'm also crazy?"
* Malone shouts "YES!"
<Breach> "I SAID UNBIASED"
<Malone> "I'm Mal, not Biased, so that means I'm unbiased."
<Frenchy> "Sometimes there's a small kernel of truth in his nonsense"
* Frenchy looks around the lounge
<Malone> "Is there pop corn?"
<Hylianbunny> Takes a few minutes of fiddling, but Twitch is able to pop open Engineering just fine. Couple of people are stuck in there, looking dishevelled and tired; probably what's left of the crew. They're certainly happy to see you, though.
<Twitch> "AHHH REAVERS! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!"
<Malone> "GO MRS. BOOM!"
* Frenchy turns around and levels his rifle at the people inside the engine room.
* Twitch jumps into Malone's arms.
<Frenchy> "Don't make any sudden moves. What's going on here?"
<Hylianbunny> They raise their hands immediately. "Mi tian gohn, don't shoot! We've been stuck here the last few days; gorram captain turned on us!"
* Malone points Mrs. Boom at the Reaving people, thus not catching the Twitchy man
* Twitch grabs onto Malone's chest.
<Frenchy> "Alright, let's get you guys some food and water. I take it your captain was the crazy one with the gun.
* Frenchy motions the crew out of the engine room and into the lounge
<Malone> "THEY ARE GOING TO EAT MY BRAINS!"
* Frenchy pulls out his comm. "Breach, what's the status of the prisoner"
<Breach> "Rather unconscious, cap."
<Hylianbunny> The man who shouted when Malone shot at the door nods, almost giddy about having been found. "Don't know much what happened; he sabotaged the place and left us in there to die. Name's Huan Jiang; I'm the pilot."
<Frenchy> "Grab some food for yourself. We found two others, both dead, unfortunately."
<Frenchy> "You're captain's uncontious and has taken a few wounds. Not sure he'll wake up yet."
<Frenchy> "What happened?"
* Twitch mutters.
<Twitch> "He shot me."
<Malone> "I DIDN"T!"
<Hylianbunny> The three crewmembers that were stuck in the engine room were ravenous; it must have been at least a few days since they ate. Jiang quickly scrambles through some of the drawers. "Captain left with the ship he joined after turning on us, the chwee ni duh. We had a crew of seven...you only found three others?"
<Frenchy> "Two, on in the medbay, and one in one of the passenger quarters."
<Malone> "They are ignoring us, Mrs. Boom."
<Frenchy> "and the captain of course"
<Breach> "You're forgetting the few by the stairs, cap."
<Malone> "Why are you counting the naping people?"
<Hylianbunny> Jiang shakes his head. "I'm tellin' you, captain left when he turned traitor. There was Jem, the hired gun..." He points to a tall, bald man, "...and Liza, one of our passengers..." he points again to the woman in the room, with her dark hair tied back, "...but I don't know what happened to the rest."
* Twitch shakes himself off.
<Frenchy> "So wait, that wasn't the captain with the gun, it was someone else."
<Hylianbunny> "Hell if I know. Why don't we get off this ship, or at least get her running? We can identify the bodies after."
<Frenchy> Twitch, see what you can do to get this ship running"
<Twitch> "Oh. Hey."
* Twitch wanders over to the engines.
* Malone dances ballroom style with Mrs. Boom* "You are a great dancer, unlike Mal."
<Hylianbunny> Jiang frowns, and leans closer to whisper to Frenchy.
<Hylianbunny> He nods at last, looking around. "Cap'n took damn near everything when he left, I reckon..."
* Twitch starts examining the engine and its assorted fittings.
<Frenchy> "Hey Malone, go back to the ship and check our heading. No telling what could be going on."
<Malone> "Once this song is over."
<Breach> "Frenchy, can you check on our patient over on the Malcontent? Also, you know, have a look around?"
* Twitch halfheartedly throws a mei-mei at Malone.
* Malone points Mrs. Boom at Twitch "After... this... song..."
<Frenchy> "Yeah, be there in a second"
* Frenchy leaves the crew to their food and takes Malone by the arm
<Frenchy> "Let's get back to the ship"
<Malone> "The dance wasn't over!"
<Twitch> "Can't, working."
<Frenchy> "Come on Malone, let's get back to the ship."
* Frenchy leads malone by the arm downstairs and to the ship
<Malone> "Alright, but stop grabbing my paper arm!"
<Malone> "It's going to tear!"
<Frenchy> "Hurry up and get back to the cockpit"
<Malone> "My Paper arm is tingly.
<Hylianbunny> As far as raiding for supplies and moving the prisoner, ain't that hard. Looks like Mal's medbay is quickly becoming a temporary brig.
* Frenchy makes a sweep on the Malcontent, checking for anything out of the ordinary
* Malone flys the ships and makes the lasers go pew pew.
<Hylianbunny> Looks like you're all clear. Ariel's in alright, if not fantastic, condition.
* Frenchy turns to Breach's freqency
<Frenchy> "Everything seems all shiny"
<Frenchy> "This just a paranoid hunch, or real feeling you got?"
<Breach> "Still not pleased, cap. Something's itchy."
<Frenchy> "Well ok, keep your eyes open."
<Malone> "My paper arm is itchy."
<Frenchy> "Well, I'd like to talk to the crewmembers a bit more and find out what's going on"
<Hylianbunny> With the mystery of the Ariel seemingly resolved, Malcontent works its way back to the planet Ariel, ship following closely behind. Something still feels odd, though, to Breach...just a nagging feeling. Whatever it is, it'll be attended to...in our next episode of Into the Black.
<Hylianbunny> --
<Hylianbunny> And thus, we are ended for the day. A bit shorter today, but I didn't expect we'd go the full time what with Thanksgiving coming for y'all.
I'll be tossing up an IC thread to deal with the trip back to Ariel, so next Monday we can jump straight into the planet. I'll link it in here when it's up.
Also, for anyone that pops their head in, or anyone that you can talk to that's interested in joining; feel free to pop in on Monday, when we're playing.
Our crazyness while Hylian was away. Quite fun anyway, but still no progress.
06[19:57] * Breach cracks a beer, and sits at the dinner table. Sitting being the only position he really knows.
01[19:57] <@Malone> "Why are you always drinking the goofy juice?"
[19:58] <Breach> "Keeps my head from exploding"
01[19:58] <@Malone> "Really!?"
01[19:58] <@Malone> "Can I try?"
03[19:58] * Frenchy (~gkclarkso@cloak-B84C3B44.oc.oc.cox.net) has joined #IntoTheBlack
[19:58] <Frenchy> IC!
[19:58] <Breach> "Yeah... I don't think cap would appreciate me giving you beer."
[19:58] <Breach> "So that's a no"
01[19:58] <@Malone> "But I don't want my head to explode either."
[19:59] <Breach> "You're not in danger, really. Just me." Breach grabs a fork and begins eating.
01[19:59] <@Malone> "But why are the gremlings trying to break your head?"
[19:59] <Breach> "Raw spite, Malone. It's what powers the universe."
06[20:00] * Frenchy munches on his chopsticks and reads the recent news off the cortex
01[20:00] <@Malone> "Noooo, the universe is powered by ...." *Stares off into the distance*
[20:00] <Breach> "Spite, Malone. Why else wouldn't people be able to see what you can see, hear what you hear?"
01[20:01] <@Malone> "
01[20:01] <@Malone> "But they do. This is how things are, and everyone sees them... don't they?" *Walks to the fridge and looks for some fun juice*
01[20:02] <@Malone> "Where did you hide it?"
[20:02] <Frenchy> "That's funny. News of some wierd rebel group on Osiris"
[20:02] <Breach> "Can't tell you."
[20:02] <Breach> "Osiris? Where'sat?"
01[20:02] <@Malone> "Which question can't you tell me, Mr. Breaky?"
[20:03] <Breach> "Can't tell you where the beer is unless Cap wants you to have one..." Breach looks over at Frenchy, quirking an eyebrow.
[20:03] <Frenchy> "Give him one. Just one though"
01[20:03] <@Malone> "Yay!"
[20:04] <Breach> "Ha ha this'll be a riot... or a disaster." Breach pulls a beer out from under his wheelchair and tosses it to Malone.
06[20:04] * @Malone catches it and holds it up infront of him. "How do I get the juice out of it's prison?"
[20:05] <Breach> "I'd explain it but I know that you will somehow misinterpret, and I will end up with a concussion."
06[20:06] * Breach makes a tab-pulling motion while looking at Malone. He then half-cringes, waiting for an explosion.
01[20:06] <@Malone> "Where would the con's cushion come from?"
[20:06] <Breach> "What are the rebels up to, Cap'n?"
01[20:06] <@Malone> "Is it going to fall on you? Is that why you are scared?"
[20:07] <Breach> "No no, not afraid of cushions... uh... you see the metal tab thing on the top? Pull that... slowly."
06[20:08] * @Malone Sets the can down on the table infront of him on the table and stares at it* "What was that Hcaerb? The can was talking to me."
06[20:09] * Breach eats more food while looking at Malone sideways.
01[20:11] <@Malone> "He is sad that his families brain's have been eaten by the evil giant who lives above them.
[20:12] <Breach> "Giant? Never met him." Breach grins and chuggs the rest of the beer.
01[20:13] <@Malone> "OH GOD WHY!?" *Covers his ears with his hands* "THE SCREAMING WON'T STOP!"
[20:14] <Breach> "Why won't you just let me enjoy this?"
01[20:16] <@Malone> *Sobs* "That was his mother..."
[20:17] <Breach> "It's me or them, Malone. Survival of the fittest. My head or theirs. They lost. That's all."
[20:17] <Breach> "Frenchy, do you realize I'm having a conversation about murdering beer cans?"
01[20:18] <@Malone> "But... but...." *Sighs and opens the can infront of him* "I'm sorry"
06[20:20] * @Malone sips the brains of the can. "It's me or you buddy."
[20:25] <Breach> "That's how it's done. Just... not too fast now."
06[20:25] * Breach hypocritically reaches for another beer.
01[20:27] <@Malone> "Brains are actually very tasty!"
03[20:27] * Twitch (~Twitch@cloak-A1547AA.wdc2.dsl.speakeasy.net) has joined #IntoTheBlack
[20:28] <Breach> "Hey Twitch, Malone's having a beer. Want one?" Breach finishes shoveling dinner into his mouth and opens the second beer.
06[20:29] * Twitch shakes his head.
01[20:29] <@Malone> *Sobs a little when the beer is opened* "Why do they need to scream so loudly?"
[20:29] <Twitch> "No. I'm OK."
06[20:29] * Twitch removes a flask from his jacket, and takes a swig.
[20:29] <Breach> "It's their tears that keep my head from exploding, Malone."
01[20:30] <@Malone> "Their tears cure spite?"
[20:31] <Breach> "Vicious cycle."
[20:34] <Twitch> "You know what cures tears? Scrapeware and a mechanic's kit."
[20:34] <Twitch> "...and a mechanic."
[20:35] <Breach> "I... fail to see the reasoning."
[20:37] <Twitch> "Easy way to lose some time. Time cures all wounds."
[20:38] <Breach> "And if I'm not of the mechanical persuasion?"
01[20:38] <@Malone> "Then couldn't you wait out your head exploding thing Hcaerb?"
[20:38] <Twitch> "Dunno. What do you do to un-think?"
06[20:39] * Breach raises his beer.
01[20:39] <@Malone> "I do exactly that."
06[20:41] * Breach drinks.
[20:43] <Twitch> "Just drink? Too slow. Also damages important internal components. Like crippling a ship by reducing fissable material in the core."
[20:44] <Breach> "Eliminates a whole spate of other irritating mental processes, too"
01[20:45] <@Malone> "So I'm drinking Brains and Tears? It's a yummy combination... but why is everyone spinning?"
[20:45] <Twitch> "It's not us, remember. It's you that's spinning."
06[20:45] * Twitch sits down on the floor, right below where he was standing.
[20:46] <Twitch> "Hey, doc. If I were to tell you I sometime am covered in frogs, what would you say?"
[20:47] <Breach> "I would say you're probably not describing your symptoms right."
06[20:48] * Twitch stares off into space, a slight frown creeping over his features.
01[20:48] <@Malone> "But there are frogs on him right now, can't you fix that at least?"
[20:48] <Twitch> "It isn't always frogs, and they come and go, but they're always there whether I can see them or not. I don't think it's always been this way, but I can't remember anything else, so how could that be?"
06[20:49] * Twitch takes another swig.
[20:49] <Twitch> "It's like bits of... nevermind."
06[20:49] * Twitch stands up, and walks towards engineering.
06[20:50] * @Malone finishes drinking the can's brains and tears and holds the can up to his eye* "He's all out of knowledge..."
[20:50] <Breach> "Sounds like someone hit your head with a hammer or a knife. Got any funny scars upstairs?"
06[20:50] * Twitch stops.
[20:50] <Twitch> "No. But I paid them to be discrete."
[20:51] <Breach> "They missed something. Or hit something. Your brain is about the size of your fist and under that protective layer it's got the consistency of warm butter. Playing 'Operation' up there's never as precise as you'd imagine it to be."
06[20:51] * Twitch looks at his fist.
[20:52] <Twitch> "But my head's so big."
[20:52] <Breach> "Lots of muscle and bone, buddy"
[20:54] <Twitch> "Doesn't matter. They did good enough."
[20:55] <Breach> "Hope so."
06[20:55] * Twitch shrugs.
[20:55] <Twitch> "I don't remember anything beforehand. 'cept for the lack of frogs."
[20:55] <Breach> "You remember how to be a mechanic or did you learn that afterwards?"
06[20:56] * Twitch thinks about this.
[20:56] <Twitch> "I think I always knew how to be a mechanic."
06[20:56] * @Malone has been twirling around and signing random show tunes while their conversation has been going on*
06[20:57] * Twitch mutters...
[20:57] <Twitch> "...where does he learn all those songs?"
[20:58] <Breach> "There are things that go on inside that man's head that scare the everliving shit out of me. And I've seen some scary shit."
01[20:59] <@Malone> "You mean the man standing behind you Hcabre?"
02[20:59] * Frenchy (~gkclarkso@cloak-B84C3B44.oc.oc.cox.net) Quit (Quit: )
[20:59] <Twitch> "Hmm?"
06[21:00] * Breach glares at Malone. "No. He's a chump."
01[21:00] <@Malone> "But he's got a knife..."
[21:01] <Breach> "Then he's got the drop on me and there's nothing I can do."
06[21:01] * Breach points to his ears, "I have superb hearing. I'd've heard someone that operates on my level of existence."
[21:01] <Twitch> "Hit him with your wrench."
01[21:02] <@Malone> "I throw my +9 Dagger!"
01[21:03] <@Malone> "Where did it go?" *Spins around in a circle very quickly trying to look into his back pocket*
06[21:07] * @Malone falls flat on his face and doesn't move*
06[21:07] * Twitch laughs.
06[21:08] * Twitch wanders off to engineering
[21:09] <Breach> "Gotta do my rounds." Breach wheels off to fix the injured again.
03[21:10] * Breach (~Vandal@cloak-F98DBAA0.hsd1.or.comcast.net) has left #IntoTheBlack
06[21:17] * @Malone clicks on the Com "*Ahem* Bananas, that is all."
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KNIFE KNIFE KNIFE.
You be there next time, ya?
Planeswalker
Will of the Council - Starting with you, each player votes for death goblin.
:P
Truly saddens me.
Yes, we're on for tomorrow (I don't see any reason we wouldn't be, but I might just be missing something?)
Planeswalker
Will of the Council - Starting with you, each player votes for death goblin.
I am so sorry guys.
)=
Planeswalker
Will of the Council - Starting with you, each player votes for death goblin.
Just FYI
I'll be there tonight.
Yo.
6:30 PST? ya?
Planeswalker
Will of the Council - Starting with you, each player votes for death goblin.
We've been waiting for you.
* Twitch coughs.
<Twitch> 'I'm fine now. Really.
* Twitch stumbles and falls.
<Twitch> "Someone make air not hurt."
<Hylianbunny> A couple of wounded or stunned people in the Ariel's lounge, a still missing Malone, and as of yet no idea what happened on the ship; the Malcontent's crew is just left with more difficult decisions and questions every time they try to answer one.
* Twitch coughs.
<Twitch> "Anyone?"
* Breach exhales
* Frenchy drops his derringer and runs over to Twitch
<Frenchy> "You ok?"
<Twitch> "Do you see the stars, Cap? They're like playful fishies."
* Frenchy pulls off Twitch's armor and checks for wounds
<Hylianbunny> Twitch certainly got lucky; looks like that armor of his did its job. It'll take him a bit but he'll probably be able to shrug it off.
<Twitch> "Whee."
<Frenchy> "You'll be fine."
<Twitch> "Can I hit him with a wrench, Cap? The big one?"
* Frenchy steps over to the wounded gunman and picks up and shoulders his gun
<Frenchy> "Just stay down until you get your breath back
<Twitch> "I'm OK."
* Twitch triest to pull his armor back on.
* Frenchy examines the gunman
<Hylianbunny> He looks...well, average. There's not a whole lot to say about him. Looks like he'd been patched up a few times before you got there at all.
<Hylianbunny> Right now, truth told, the blood leaking out of him's more noticeable.
* Frenchy shoulders the gunman, and brings him downstairs
* Twitch wobbles to his feet.
<Frenchy> "Breach, this guy's seen better. Think you can patch him up so we can get some answers."
* Breach wheels over to his doctor's bag back on the Malcontent, keeping his eyes wide for intruders
<Breach> "Yeah, I'll see what I can do. What is it with you guys and all the blood?"
<Frenchy> "Twitch got real lucky up there."
<Breach> "Put him in the medlab, ya?"
* Breach wheels towards the lab.
* Frenchy runs back upstairs and picks up his rifle and derringer
<Hylianbunny> The sound of glass breaking echoes through the ship, from somewhere on the first floor.
<Twitch> "I love the sound of breaking glass."
* Frenchy runs downstairs to check out the sound
<Frenchy> "The fruit punch is wh.."
<Hylianbunny> Malone is present in what looks like the passenger dorms, hand bloody. Apparently he put it through the glass.
<Malone> *Sips the fruit punch on his arm* "This isn't that tasty."
* Frenchy shoulders his rifle and runs toward Malone, checking each window for enemies
<Twitch> "Did a monkey bite you?"
<Hylianbunny> Nothing in any of the windows, save the broken one near Malone; there's another body in there.
<Malone> "Senior Whoosh was being rude, so I punched him. And stole his drink. I think that might have been a bit much."
<Frenchy> "Shit Malone, get yourself back to the ship and cleaned up. Run"
* Frenchy steps cautioutly towards the body and keeps his rifle trained upon it
<Malone> "Why should I run? I should say sorry to Whoosh."
<Frenchy> "Get to the medbay and ask Breach to bandage your hands. They're cut badly"
<Hylianbunny> Whoever was in there ain't moving at all. Looks like the same sort of deal as the one in the medbay.
<Malone> *Sips more of the fruit punch* "It isn't actually that bad."
* Frenchy nudges the body with his foot, checking his body for weapons or any other equipment
<Malone> "There isn't anything shiny in this darkly dim dimly dark dim...."
<Hylianbunny> Tian di wu yohn. Whoever it was is long gone.
* Frenchy pulls out his comm
* Twitch wanders behind Frenchy slighty in a daze.
<Frenchy> "Another dead here, probably killed by that crazy guy. Make sure he's not carrying anything else on him, Breach.
* Breach removes any weapons or drugs from the patient before proceeding
<Frenchy> "The Ariel's empty. Let's salvage anything of value"
<Frenchy> "Twitch, do you think this ship can fly?"
* Malone wanders to talk to Mal about Mr. Whoosh
<Twitch> "Uh..."
* Twitch blinks.
* Twitch looks around.
<Twitch> "I dunno. I gotta go poke around in engineering. Power shouldn't take long to restore, it was just sabotaged."
<Frenchy> "Be careful down there."
<Malone> "My hand feels all tingly and hurty."
<Malone> ".... Jerk"
<Breach> "Malone, over here! Lemme patch up your arm!"
* Frenchy walks up the stairs to the bullet-ridden upstairs room
* Frenchy looks around for anything interesting
<Twitch> "So... you want me to go. Coulda said something."
* Twitch grumbles.
<Malone> "Break! I found some fruit punch! It tastes funny, like Mr.Whoosh"
* Twitch wanders off towards engineering.
<Breach> "Yeah... lemme see that arm"
<Malone> "I have pointies in my arm..."
* Breach begins patching up Malone's arm quickly before getting back to the gunman.
<Malone> "I've got one paper arm, and one normal one now. Maybe Mal will like the new look."
<Hylianbunny> Breach manages to at least patch him up to a stable condition for the moment.
* Malone runs up the steps shouting some thing about cake.
* Twitch clicks on his comm.
<Hylianbunny> Malone does indeed see Twitch working away at the door to engineering, then.
<Twitch> "Uh, door won't open. <a CLANG is heard over the comm> My wrench won't open it."
* Malone runs up behind Twitch and aims Mrs. Boom at the door "She'll get it open."
* Twitch shouts...
<Twitch> "ARE YOU INSANE?"
<Twitch> "YOU'LL KILL US ALL!"
* Breach mutters, "I think that question was answered ages ago, Twitch."
<Hylianbunny> Twitch's wrench bangs off of the metal door ineffectively before Malone levels Mrs. Boom and fires. Barely scrambling out of the way, the silence afterwards is slightly deafening...but a couple of moments after, both can hear someone shouting. "Da shiong la se la chwohn tian! Be careful, gorram it!"
<Malone> "I'M SORRY MRS. WHOOSH! I hurt your son as well... and stole his punch."
<Frenchy> "The hell is going on down there?"
<Twitch> "Malone is trying to kill us, it's okay."
* Twitch bends down to look for a lock or an override.
<Malone> "I hurt Mrs. Whoosh!" *Sobs*
<Breach> "Frenchy. I need a medical opinion that isn't biased. If I start to understand Malone's crazy talk, does that mean that I'm also crazy?"
* Malone shouts "YES!"
<Breach> "I SAID UNBIASED"
<Malone> "I'm Mal, not Biased, so that means I'm unbiased."
<Frenchy> "Sometimes there's a small kernel of truth in his nonsense"
* Frenchy looks around the lounge
<Malone> "Is there pop corn?"
<Hylianbunny> Takes a few minutes of fiddling, but Twitch is able to pop open Engineering just fine. Couple of people are stuck in there, looking dishevelled and tired; probably what's left of the crew. They're certainly happy to see you, though.
<Twitch> "AHHH REAVERS! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!"
<Malone> "GO MRS. BOOM!"
* Frenchy turns around and levels his rifle at the people inside the engine room.
* Twitch jumps into Malone's arms.
<Frenchy> "Don't make any sudden moves. What's going on here?"
<Hylianbunny> They raise their hands immediately. "Mi tian gohn, don't shoot! We've been stuck here the last few days; gorram captain turned on us!"
* Malone points Mrs. Boom at the Reaving people, thus not catching the Twitchy man
* Twitch grabs onto Malone's chest.
<Frenchy> "Alright, let's get you guys some food and water. I take it your captain was the crazy one with the gun.
* Frenchy motions the crew out of the engine room and into the lounge
<Malone> "THEY ARE GOING TO EAT MY BRAINS!"
* Frenchy pulls out his comm. "Breach, what's the status of the prisoner"
<Breach> "Rather unconscious, cap."
<Hylianbunny> The man who shouted when Malone shot at the door nods, almost giddy about having been found. "Don't know much what happened; he sabotaged the place and left us in there to die. Name's Huan Jiang; I'm the pilot."
<Frenchy> "Grab some food for yourself. We found two others, both dead, unfortunately."
<Frenchy> "You're captain's uncontious and has taken a few wounds. Not sure he'll wake up yet."
<Frenchy> "What happened?"
* Twitch mutters.
<Twitch> "He shot me."
<Malone> "I DIDN"T!"
<Hylianbunny> The three crewmembers that were stuck in the engine room were ravenous; it must have been at least a few days since they ate. Jiang quickly scrambles through some of the drawers. "Captain left with the ship he joined after turning on us, the chwee ni duh. We had a crew of seven...you only found three others?"
<Frenchy> "Two, on in the medbay, and one in one of the passenger quarters."
<Malone> "They are ignoring us, Mrs. Boom."
<Frenchy> "and the captain of course"
<Breach> "You're forgetting the few by the stairs, cap."
<Malone> "Why are you counting the naping people?"
<Hylianbunny> Jiang shakes his head. "I'm tellin' you, captain left when he turned traitor. There was Jem, the hired gun..." He points to a tall, bald man, "...and Liza, one of our passengers..." he points again to the woman in the room, with her dark hair tied back, "...but I don't know what happened to the rest."
* Twitch shakes himself off.
<Frenchy> "So wait, that wasn't the captain with the gun, it was someone else."
<Hylianbunny> "Hell if I know. Why don't we get off this ship, or at least get her running? We can identify the bodies after."
<Frenchy> Twitch, see what you can do to get this ship running"
<Twitch> "Oh. Hey."
* Twitch wanders over to the engines.
* Malone dances ballroom style with Mrs. Boom* "You are a great dancer, unlike Mal."
<Hylianbunny> Jiang frowns, and leans closer to whisper to Frenchy.
<Hylianbunny> He nods at last, looking around. "Cap'n took damn near everything when he left, I reckon..."
* Twitch starts examining the engine and its assorted fittings.
<Frenchy> "Hey Malone, go back to the ship and check our heading. No telling what could be going on."
<Malone> "Once this song is over."
<Breach> "Frenchy, can you check on our patient over on the Malcontent? Also, you know, have a look around?"
* Twitch halfheartedly throws a mei-mei at Malone.
* Malone points Mrs. Boom at Twitch "After... this... song..."
<Frenchy> "Yeah, be there in a second"
* Frenchy leaves the crew to their food and takes Malone by the arm
<Frenchy> "Let's get back to the ship"
<Malone> "The dance wasn't over!"
<Twitch> "Can't, working."
<Frenchy> "Come on Malone, let's get back to the ship."
* Frenchy leads malone by the arm downstairs and to the ship
<Malone> "Alright, but stop grabbing my paper arm!"
<Malone> "It's going to tear!"
<Frenchy> "Hurry up and get back to the cockpit"
<Malone> "My Paper arm is tingly.
<Hylianbunny> As far as raiding for supplies and moving the prisoner, ain't that hard. Looks like Mal's medbay is quickly becoming a temporary brig.
* Frenchy makes a sweep on the Malcontent, checking for anything out of the ordinary
* Malone flys the ships and makes the lasers go pew pew.
<Hylianbunny> Looks like you're all clear. Ariel's in alright, if not fantastic, condition.
* Frenchy turns to Breach's freqency
<Frenchy> "Everything seems all shiny"
<Frenchy> "This just a paranoid hunch, or real feeling you got?"
<Breach> "Still not pleased, cap. Something's itchy."
<Frenchy> "Well ok, keep your eyes open."
<Malone> "My paper arm is itchy."
<Frenchy> "Well, I'd like to talk to the crewmembers a bit more and find out what's going on"
<Hylianbunny> With the mystery of the Ariel seemingly resolved, Malcontent works its way back to the planet Ariel, ship following closely behind. Something still feels odd, though, to Breach...just a nagging feeling. Whatever it is, it'll be attended to...in our next episode of Into the Black.
<Hylianbunny> --
<Hylianbunny> And thus, we are ended for the day. A bit shorter today, but I didn't expect we'd go the full time what with Thanksgiving coming for y'all.
Planeswalker
Will of the Council - Starting with you, each player votes for death goblin.
"<Hylianbunny> so long as people show, yes. Mind editing that into your post? I'm too lazy to post >_> <_<"
I'll be tossing up an IC thread to deal with the trip back to Ariel, so next Monday we can jump straight into the planet. I'll link it in here when it's up.
Wow
IC thread is here. Maek poast for plot points (I'll hand them out at the beginning of next session).
Also, for anyone that pops their head in, or anyone that you can talk to that's interested in joining; feel free to pop in on Monday, when we're playing.
I WILL CUT YOU.
I WAS TRYING TO GRADUATE.
LOOK I DID IT SO LONG AS I DIDN'T FAIL EITHER CLASS.
Planeswalker
Will of the Council - Starting with you, each player votes for death goblin.
I'LL FIND OUT IN LIKE A WEEK. OR TWO. I WILL DRUNK FOR THE MAJORITY OF THIS TIME.
Planeswalker
Will of the Council - Starting with you, each player votes for death goblin.
01[19:57] <@Malone> "Why are you always drinking the goofy juice?"
[19:58] <Breach> "Keeps my head from exploding"
01[19:58] <@Malone> "Really!?"
01[19:58] <@Malone> "Can I try?"
03[19:58] * Frenchy (~gkclarkso@cloak-B84C3B44.oc.oc.cox.net) has joined #IntoTheBlack
[19:58] <Frenchy> IC!
[19:58] <Breach> "Yeah... I don't think cap would appreciate me giving you beer."
[19:58] <Breach> "So that's a no"
01[19:58] <@Malone> "But I don't want my head to explode either."
[19:59] <Breach> "You're not in danger, really. Just me." Breach grabs a fork and begins eating.
01[19:59] <@Malone> "But why are the gremlings trying to break your head?"
[19:59] <Breach> "Raw spite, Malone. It's what powers the universe."
06[20:00] * Frenchy munches on his chopsticks and reads the recent news off the cortex
01[20:00] <@Malone> "Noooo, the universe is powered by ...." *Stares off into the distance*
[20:00] <Breach> "Spite, Malone. Why else wouldn't people be able to see what you can see, hear what you hear?"
01[20:01] <@Malone> "
01[20:01] <@Malone> "But they do. This is how things are, and everyone sees them... don't they?" *Walks to the fridge and looks for some fun juice*
01[20:02] <@Malone> "Where did you hide it?"
[20:02] <Frenchy> "That's funny. News of some wierd rebel group on Osiris"
[20:02] <Breach> "Can't tell you."
[20:02] <Breach> "Osiris? Where'sat?"
01[20:02] <@Malone> "Which question can't you tell me, Mr. Breaky?"
[20:03] <Breach> "Can't tell you where the beer is unless Cap wants you to have one..." Breach looks over at Frenchy, quirking an eyebrow.
[20:03] <Frenchy> "Give him one. Just one though"
01[20:03] <@Malone> "Yay!"
[20:04] <Breach> "Ha ha this'll be a riot... or a disaster." Breach pulls a beer out from under his wheelchair and tosses it to Malone.
06[20:04] * @Malone catches it and holds it up infront of him. "How do I get the juice out of it's prison?"
[20:05] <Breach> "I'd explain it but I know that you will somehow misinterpret, and I will end up with a concussion."
06[20:06] * Breach makes a tab-pulling motion while looking at Malone. He then half-cringes, waiting for an explosion.
01[20:06] <@Malone> "Where would the con's cushion come from?"
[20:06] <Breach> "What are the rebels up to, Cap'n?"
01[20:06] <@Malone> "Is it going to fall on you? Is that why you are scared?"
[20:07] <Breach> "No no, not afraid of cushions... uh... you see the metal tab thing on the top? Pull that... slowly."
06[20:08] * @Malone Sets the can down on the table infront of him on the table and stares at it* "What was that Hcaerb? The can was talking to me."
06[20:09] * Breach eats more food while looking at Malone sideways.
01[20:11] <@Malone> "He is sad that his families brain's have been eaten by the evil giant who lives above them.
[20:12] <Breach> "Giant? Never met him." Breach grins and chuggs the rest of the beer.
01[20:13] <@Malone> "OH GOD WHY!?" *Covers his ears with his hands* "THE SCREAMING WON'T STOP!"
[20:14] <Breach> "Why won't you just let me enjoy this?"
01[20:16] <@Malone> *Sobs* "That was his mother..."
[20:17] <Breach> "It's me or them, Malone. Survival of the fittest. My head or theirs. They lost. That's all."
[20:17] <Breach> "Frenchy, do you realize I'm having a conversation about murdering beer cans?"
01[20:18] <@Malone> "But... but...." *Sighs and opens the can infront of him* "I'm sorry"
06[20:20] * @Malone sips the brains of the can. "It's me or you buddy."
[20:25] <Breach> "That's how it's done. Just... not too fast now."
06[20:25] * Breach hypocritically reaches for another beer.
01[20:27] <@Malone> "Brains are actually very tasty!"
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[20:28] <Breach> "Hey Twitch, Malone's having a beer. Want one?" Breach finishes shoveling dinner into his mouth and opens the second beer.
06[20:29] * Twitch shakes his head.
01[20:29] <@Malone> *Sobs a little when the beer is opened* "Why do they need to scream so loudly?"
[20:29] <Twitch> "No. I'm OK."
06[20:29] * Twitch removes a flask from his jacket, and takes a swig.
[20:29] <Breach> "It's their tears that keep my head from exploding, Malone."
01[20:30] <@Malone> "Their tears cure spite?"
[20:31] <Breach> "Vicious cycle."
[20:34] <Twitch> "You know what cures tears? Scrapeware and a mechanic's kit."
[20:34] <Twitch> "...and a mechanic."
[20:35] <Breach> "I... fail to see the reasoning."
[20:37] <Twitch> "Easy way to lose some time. Time cures all wounds."
[20:38] <Breach> "And if I'm not of the mechanical persuasion?"
01[20:38] <@Malone> "Then couldn't you wait out your head exploding thing Hcaerb?"
[20:38] <Twitch> "Dunno. What do you do to un-think?"
06[20:39] * Breach raises his beer.
01[20:39] <@Malone> "I do exactly that."
06[20:41] * Breach drinks.
[20:43] <Twitch> "Just drink? Too slow. Also damages important internal components. Like crippling a ship by reducing fissable material in the core."
[20:44] <Breach> "Eliminates a whole spate of other irritating mental processes, too"
01[20:45] <@Malone> "So I'm drinking Brains and Tears? It's a yummy combination... but why is everyone spinning?"
[20:45] <Twitch> "It's not us, remember. It's you that's spinning."
06[20:45] * Twitch sits down on the floor, right below where he was standing.
[20:46] <Twitch> "Hey, doc. If I were to tell you I sometime am covered in frogs, what would you say?"
[20:47] <Breach> "I would say you're probably not describing your symptoms right."
06[20:48] * Twitch stares off into space, a slight frown creeping over his features.
01[20:48] <@Malone> "But there are frogs on him right now, can't you fix that at least?"
[20:48] <Twitch> "It isn't always frogs, and they come and go, but they're always there whether I can see them or not. I don't think it's always been this way, but I can't remember anything else, so how could that be?"
06[20:49] * Twitch takes another swig.
[20:49] <Twitch> "It's like bits of... nevermind."
06[20:49] * Twitch stands up, and walks towards engineering.
06[20:50] * @Malone finishes drinking the can's brains and tears and holds the can up to his eye* "He's all out of knowledge..."
[20:50] <Breach> "Sounds like someone hit your head with a hammer or a knife. Got any funny scars upstairs?"
06[20:50] * Twitch stops.
[20:50] <Twitch> "No. But I paid them to be discrete."
[20:51] <Breach> "They missed something. Or hit something. Your brain is about the size of your fist and under that protective layer it's got the consistency of warm butter. Playing 'Operation' up there's never as precise as you'd imagine it to be."
06[20:51] * Twitch looks at his fist.
[20:52] <Twitch> "But my head's so big."
[20:52] <Breach> "Lots of muscle and bone, buddy"
[20:54] <Twitch> "Doesn't matter. They did good enough."
[20:55] <Breach> "Hope so."
06[20:55] * Twitch shrugs.
[20:55] <Twitch> "I don't remember anything beforehand. 'cept for the lack of frogs."
[20:55] <Breach> "You remember how to be a mechanic or did you learn that afterwards?"
06[20:56] * Twitch thinks about this.
[20:56] <Twitch> "I think I always knew how to be a mechanic."
06[20:56] * @Malone has been twirling around and signing random show tunes while their conversation has been going on*
06[20:57] * Twitch mutters...
[20:57] <Twitch> "...where does he learn all those songs?"
[20:58] <Breach> "There are things that go on inside that man's head that scare the everliving shit out of me. And I've seen some scary shit."
01[20:59] <@Malone> "You mean the man standing behind you Hcabre?"
02[20:59] * Frenchy (~gkclarkso@cloak-B84C3B44.oc.oc.cox.net) Quit (Quit: )
[20:59] <Twitch> "Hmm?"
06[21:00] * Breach glares at Malone. "No. He's a chump."
01[21:00] <@Malone> "But he's got a knife..."
[21:01] <Breach> "Then he's got the drop on me and there's nothing I can do."
06[21:01] * Breach points to his ears, "I have superb hearing. I'd've heard someone that operates on my level of existence."
[21:01] <Twitch> "Hit him with your wrench."
01[21:02] <@Malone> "I throw my +9 Dagger!"
01[21:03] <@Malone> "Where did it go?" *Spins around in a circle very quickly trying to look into his back pocket*
06[21:07] * @Malone falls flat on his face and doesn't move*
06[21:07] * Twitch laughs.
06[21:08] * Twitch wanders off to engineering
[21:09] <Breach> "Gotta do my rounds." Breach wheels off to fix the injured again.
03[21:10] * Breach (~Vandal@cloak-F98DBAA0.hsd1.or.comcast.net) has left #IntoTheBlack
06[21:17] * @Malone clicks on the Com "*Ahem* Bananas, that is all."