Greenhorns in Seattle, The Out of Character Thread Options

[Mickle5125]

Imperialus, did you get my reply to your PM?

Hope you had fun on your trip...aside from the sunburn part... how bad a sunburn?

[imperialus]

Imperialus, did you get my reply to your PM?

Hope you had fun on your trip...aside from the sunburn part... how bad a sunburn?

Yes, I did. I'm shuffling it off to the back burner for now. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about it though. I'm just going to focus on the main story for a bit.

Yes, the trip was good. The sunburn wasn't too bad, I just missed a spot on my back when I was putting sunscreen on. I must admit one of the nice things about having a vacation hotspot at the same latitude as Moscow* is that the sun never gets too intense.

*I kid you not, there was a big stink back in the 70's when the US wanted to test cruise missile guidance systems at the Cold Lake Airforce base weapons range because it was a really good stand in for Moscow. The weapons range is less than 20 KM away from my property. Sometimes when they're doing live fire you can hear the bombs going off. It's pretty cool.

Anyhow. The next IC post is up, and the driveby of the Partyzone is ready to go. I'll post it right away, but feel free to interject comments either to Icelady or each other. Just timestamp it so it's a bit more coherent.

[imperialus]

As for other questions.

Joel Post 505: Yes, Sybercat can figure out if Edward drives to work. Unfortunatly to divert the car she would need to hack the whole Gridguide system which is beyond her capabilities. Edward works as a Thaumaturgical analyst, not a hacker.

Mickle Post 506: 1. Padre remembered that his Armourer friend mentioned the Yaks' previously. 2. The Dogs of War look cool. Run with it.

In general: You're probably on the right track in trying to meet with Usaka before messing with Edward. The Yak Oyuben tend to operate quite independently from each other, indeed most the time they hate each other. However, they are very... finicky when it comes to 'honor' and doing things 'properly'. If you come in and make a really good case you might be able to get Usaka's support in working against Kat, or at least his OK. That could end up being a big deal if you have to take any sort of direct action against her, especially in the retaliation department. If you go in guns blazing on the other hand the Oyuben would be more likely to close ranks against you.

Basically what I'm trying to say is that if you manage to convince Usaka that you can be of help to him in his power struggles with Kat he could be a valuable ally. However, if you pop up on his radar without clearing things with him first, he'd be more likely to join the other Oyuban in smacking you down.

Dusty Post 522: Generally speaking Sybercat is in agreement with you guys. She doesn't know much about the Yak's but she knows they tend to be big fans of 'open secrets'. Imagine a game of Clue, where everyone knows who did it, but no one is willing to say so because... well because that would ruin the game.

Oh, and there are a few hours of downtime before anything will be going on at the Partyzone so you might want to use the opportunity to set up a meet with Usaka.

[Mickle5125]

Imp,

You seem to be missing the bottom portion of your latest IC post.

[imperialus]

whoops! Fixed it. Wasn't supposed to be there.

[JoelHalpern]

Okay, so we have gone to where the band is.
Who is supposed to be taking the lead at this point?

Thanks,
Joel / Mack

[imperialus]

It's up to you guys... If you want I can FF it to where you find the band... Honestly I probably should have done it as a single post anyhow.

[Mickle5125]

At the moment, I think we need to figure out who's still around... posting has definitely been alot more sporadic lately...

[Nigel]

I am, but lately there's really been no call for Loki. So I've been reading the IC/OOC threads, but not much interaction.

[Dusty Ghost]

I'm in, had relatives over. So been a bit random.

Talking wise, Loki is best man for this stage I think.

[Nigel]

He has no ties with the Yaks, and only has Japanese Culture 1. While he has high Charisma, he is also an elf. I really doubt he'd be very effective.

[Dusty Ghost]

we're not talking to the yaks yet. We're trying to find the band. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

As Loki is the Face I figured he's be better received on an Etiquette test.

[Mickle5125]

Loki or Padre could lead the meeting with the Yaks... We have some basic ideas about ettiquette (Oh wait, that's a social skill) that we can use, and we can be polite enough. So Loki'll still be very useful for the Yak meeting.

As for meeting the band...*shrugs* we'll all be useful. Padre and Loki can politely suggest playing nice, and we have big guys to demonstrate the negative consequences of not playing nice.

[Dusty Ghost]

Sorry again guys. Been trying to get my IC up all day and keep getting interruptions. I'll post up ASAP. May have to be the morning now. Sorry.

And yeah, I might have been over relying on Loki to help us find the band members. Mickle is right. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Mickle5125]

well, damn. I think we're going to be going somewhere private for a talk. 7 freaking hits. ^__^

[Nigel]

I'd post, but honestly I think you have it under control. I can't think of what I'd add...

"Yeah, listen to the troll. Really." - doesn't quite cut it, I think.

[Dusty Ghost]

BTW, if Sweep's lack of tact and cheekiness starts to get on anyones nerves, let me know.

He's just one of those people who likes to wind up people. Sometimes with affection, like when he calls Mack "Haystacks", other times it's to mock and gain a reaction to get people talking, like these band members.

[imperialus]

Sweeps. I'm going to need an ettiquette (street) roll from you. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Dusty Ghost]

Woops! Forgot that rolling now...

Sorry guys, bad roll. I should have just kept Sweeps silent. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

I'm sorry guys, I mean that. I think my over enthusiasm for Sweeps is meaning I'm making bad decisions. I'll tame him back now.

I apologise if I'm making this game difficult for you all. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

[Mickle5125]

I suspect you're staying in character, so it's all good. Our characters might disagree, but we'll sort that out IC.

just out of curiosity... did you try spending edge to re-roll the non successes?

[Dusty Ghost]

NO! OH CAN I DO THAT!?

Ahhh what I noob I am! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

LOL, OK, let me look at the BBB and figure out what I can do.

[imperialus]

Just as well Dumpshock wasn't working for me last night and I didn't get a response up.

[Dusty Ghost]

Yeah it's been down all .... er .... day here.... night there.......

[JoelHalpern]

Apparently, judging from network diagnostics, the hosting site html.com had a routing loop.
I haven't seen a note anywhere about the problem.

Joel

[Dusty Ghost]

Ok spent another point of edge, only got 1 hit!
So spent another to try and make sure.
As I read the BBB rules, page 67, it says:

Note that a characters Edge attribute never actually changes, even when Edge points are spent,

So I assume that I get to spend another point of edge but still roll at my full 3 points of edge rating??? Am I right?