The Found Arcana – Chapter 6 [OOC], Continuation of www.rpgplayroom.net/forums/topic/the-found-arc Options

[Jack_Spade]

Cybercombat is used for crash program, data spike and brute force. It's pretty neglible for someone not out to linklock or cause massive matrix damage.

Doesn't hurt to have one or two points for a non-dedicated decker like you.

[Tecumseh]

Alright, I spent my knowledge skill points. I boosted like 14 different things so I won't list them all out here.

As for the last chapter, I will say that I thought the large cast of characters was more invigorating than overwhelming. From a whodunit perspective, I felt like it could have been anyone so we didn't know who to trust.

I'm very much impressed with all the detail that Jack put together on the other guests (summarized here). I found myself referring to it often. I also find myself wanting to incorporate some of them into my own stories, like Jenny Marshall and Harabia.

[Jack_Spade]

Feel free to do so (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Gilga]

I'll be glad if someone else takes the glove this time. As if Covid was not enough, it feels like a new war. We had a difficult night with tens of rockets exploding over our heads and trying to keep two little kids happy and secure. It drains all kinds of energy and no idea when it'll stop. The closest explosion was like 200 meters from us, luckily intercepted. Needless to say no school or anything, we'll try to fix playdates in the security of homes and such to keep some sense of normality within this mess.
A trip to the grocery store is now planned like a military operation, studying the building and its safe places in case of another attack. Reality just sometimes feels as dystopian as fantasy.

That says, thank you for granting me the best escapism (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Jack_Spade]

Yeah, I had to think of you when I saw the video of the Iron Dome defense system in action.

Keep safe. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Gilga]

The Iron Dome is amazing and saves a lot of lives. It does not prevent hearing the explosion and feeling the shockwaves on your windows. The house was ready and we have an armored room for rocket attacks. I did not feel that handling these things was difficult until I had children to take care of. Then I see the effects on them, and so my main concern is to try and maintain some routine that would be safe and enjoyable and would keep their emotional well-being. I hope it will be over soon, but the plan is to find something that works for us even if it drags for over a month. Covid made us closely knit so it was good preparation for war, but it is draining a lot of energy.

As for physical danger between shelters, and Iron Dome not many people are hurt, but as the number of rockets is very large few of them hit, no system is 100%, and there is the question of capacity can they put enough rockets in parallel so that the dome is saturated. The good news is that the lessons from this conflict would probably make new technology and solutions, but the bad news is that we are unwilling participants in a big weapon test.

[Beta]

I was thinking of you and your family when I was listening to the news this morning Gilga. Wishing you the best under the circumstances. The stress of the everyday there/now is hard for me to imagine, but happy to help provide some escapism.

[Tecumseh]

Gilga, that's intense! I was reading the BBC this morning and it was saying all the same things you were about the experience. (In fact, if you want to get interviewed, the BBC put an open call out for people in the affected areas to contact them.)

I thought about you a couple days ago when the attacks first started. But I was under the impression that your home was more rural than urban and thus wouldn't be in the line of fire. Looks like I was wrong about that.

I have a 5-year-old and so I've been reflecting a lot on the challenges of the last year. In a way, the masks weren't that tough because a 5-year-old hardly knows any better. Their frame of reference is too short to know how odd this is.

(Separate but related, when I was 2 years old my parents adopted my sister. My recollection of it was, "Ok cool, this is fine." For all I knew at age 2, parents showed up with new kids all the time. There wasn't enough context to know that it was uncommon.)

What's been more challenging have been the race and policing discussions in the United States. We live in a highly progressive, highly urban area, and tensions last summer were very high. We live three blocks from a police station that was the focal point of the local protests, with weeks of helicopters hovering over us and flashbang grenades going off at midnight and 1 in the morning. Those are tricky, slippery discussions to have, how to be fair and accurate and balanced and respectful.

But of course all that pales in comparison to being targeted with rockets and hearing them explode overhead. That must slash at your psyche every time it happens.

[Jack_Spade]

In any case, all the best to all of you.
It's Father's Day here in Germany today, so I wish all of you a great day of rest and relaxation (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Tecumseh]

As you have likely seen, the next Interlude is up.

Hope you're staying safe, Gilga.

[Gilga]

Hi Thanx, insane day. Had an alarm like every 30 min until 4 am. Very difficult night, hopefully, tomorrow is better. Kids slept the entire time but I feel difficult to fall asleep like that.

@jack thanks.

[Jack_Spade]

Before I go on a spendin spree with Bobby:

How much debt does AM still have? Bobby would help her pay off another chunk, so she'll get her financial freedom a bit quicker again.

[Gilga]

----AM has 11K of debt to leg-breakers left.--

Edit: AM has 12k of debts, 4k to Jhonney, and 8k to Mafia.

[Jack_Spade]

Cool, so Bobby can lend her 10k in addition to the 4000 he lent her already.

With her own share, she should be able to pay the debt off completely then.

[Gilga]

Oh wow. In that case, I will edit the post. Finishing debt requires a whole new post.

[Gilga]

I updated AM's sheet to reflect the loss of debt, I gave up the vehicle mask to have the karma to reduce the negative quality to 0. She now owes Bobby 12k, an 8k increase from the previous chapter. No more debt to Mafia!