I'm still in, perhaps Kagetenshi's laptop is still in the shop?

He needs a new Deckmeister.

I was so-o-o looking forward to it too...

yeah.. me too !

I got my laptop back recently, but I decided to wait on restarting the game until I was finished dashing to and fro across the Northeast US. Expect things to start soon.

~J

:dance of joy- naked edition:

I could kiss you mate, though I won't. Grr... Rugged, manly man. Manly man shows appreciation through punching and grunting...

Naked, except for his liederhosen and accordion, Hans the troll shaman joins in the dance of joy

<edit>assuming the dance is a polka, that is</edit>

Get... get it out... get those images OUT.. out of my head...

I was just reading over the IC thread again... is there anything in particular you're all waiting for me for? At this point I'd normally post a bit more filler description of the area while waiting for player actions, but since I've been out of the loop for so long I thought I'd ask if I was missing anything first.

~J

Kara was waiting for the team's arrival, while trying to get a feel for the crowd and a handle on how the hostage takers were defending the place.

Unless you've got some way to be seeing into the building (windows all tinted as is the fashion), you have no feel for the defenses. Crowd seems like normal gawkers.

~J

In the time she's been there, has there been any interplay between the negotiators and the hostage takers?

Not that you've seen.

~J

Is this still alive?

That depends on you people. I'm still waiting for an action and very tempted to declare that night has fallen while you sat around outside the building for eight hours.

~J

I just got promoted at work (yay!), which means that I'm going to start becoming much busier and won't have as much time to game (boo!). Unfortunately, I'm going to have to drop from this game. Feel free to NPC my character until he/she can be removed cleanly or keep using them as an NPC as long as you like. I'm sorry to do this, but life calls...

Let's see some Perception rolls from the projecting crew.

~J

And some double-posts from the GM.

~J

1 2 4 4 7 9

I'm one percieving fool:
14 13 05 03 01 #D:5 HR:14

Anything important on the top floor?

Short answer: nothing particular jumps out at you from the top floor.

Long answer will wait until my last final ends, which is tomorrow at 9:00 PM EST or so.

~J

Kage, what's up? More computer trouble?

This is the part at which I beg your forgiveness. Not computer trouble, stupid GM trouble

~J

How many floors is this building again? Also, Bearclaw, does Hans have his own close combat skill for use in astral combat, or does he use sorcery to substitute?

Unless I stated otherwise earlier, it's five floors high. Perception for the fourth floor?

~J

Oh yeah. 1 1 2 3 4 5 There any basement levels?

Would you have any way of knowing about basement levels? (Pardon my disorganization)

~J

Didn't we look a a blueprint?

Hans uses his sorcery skill. It's much better than his combat skills.

PS, so are we really going again? I hope so

I hope so too

~J

Okay, that's cool, I have unarmed 6. Kage, I put all 14 of my dice into spell defense to protect me and Hans. Bear, if we get in a fight, you hang back and fling spells, and I'll go for melee combat.

Let's have some perception rolls for that mic, BoR.

~J

4 5 5 7 I also have cyberears with rating 5 sound filter, damper, and hearing amplification, if that helps.

Just occured to me that they might have some way of using the awakened plant as an astral alarm. I move back to the fifth floor and assense it.
Intelligence: 1 1 2 3 4 5 Aura Reading: 1 1 2 3 4 4 Three successes.
I use my talismongering knowledge skill of 6 to identify the plant: 2 3 3 5 5 5

Alright, I descend to the third floor. Perception: 1 1 2 2 4 9 If the plant is dual-natured, does that mean it is astrally perceiving?

To the extent that plants perceive, yes.

~J

Okay, I'm fairly certain that the plant is just an expensive office decoration, and not a makeshift astral alarm system. Maybe I'll "confiscate" it after me subdue the hostage takers.

I count the people in the room, and how many of them are armed.

You count ten people in the room. Do you have any way of assessing armament level?

~J

Other than looking to see if they have guns in their hands or visible holstered or slung over their shoulders, no.

Two of them have what seem to be either shotguns or assault rifles slung over their shoulders; there's another similar weapon leaning against the wall nearby. Other than that, you can't tell without further inspection.

~J

I assense all 10 of them. I need you to roll that for me, because it's nighttime and the lights arent working.

Is this one dead then?

I’d actually been thinking about resurrecting this one. I’d be willing if others were up for it.

~J

I'm actually wishing I hadn't been such a flake...

I would still be up for it ... but will it ever last ?

No clue, but I've become slightly more… er… consistent since it died.

That and I now have a backup computer.

~J

I would be up for it, but I don't think it's going to happen. Odds are heavily against getting everyone back. You could try restarting the campaign with whoever is left, and add a couple new faces, though. I would be up for that.

Restart (may as well, we didn't manage much more than driving to the scene) and I will sign back on...

Worth a shot. I'll put out the word shortly.

~J

Do you still have my character sheet? I know I was the rigger, but thats about it. I think I was still using Grey back then.