00[17:01] <~Mechalomaniac> Ok so HEY FURU ARE YOU HERE
[17:01] <Yuu_Inohara> furu is late in the other sense :(
00[17:02] <~Mechalomaniac> Alas
[17:02] <Umbaglo> Furu is Furuing.
00[17:02] <~Mechalomaniac> Well I'll start and hopefully he shows up before the team questions!
00[17:03] <~Mechalomaniac> (And Lumley will get back from taking care of his business soon too I assume)
00[17:04] <~Mechalomaniac> (It depends on how far he has to move the bodies)
00[17:04] <~Mechalomaniac> The rest of you are all here right?
[17:04] <Kaiterra> Yes
[17:04] <Umbaglo> Hi!
[17:04] <Yuu_Inohara> mostly yeah
[17:04] <Ebbynis> `Oui.
00[17:05] <~Mechalomaniac> Excellent.  You're all set on your playbooks?
[17:05] <Umbaglo> Yeah.
[17:06] <Yuu_Inohara> yep
[17:06] <Umbaglo> I just have a few things that I want to ask about before making the final picks.
[17:06] <Kaiterra> Oui
00[17:06] <~Mechalomaniac> Umb's a beacon, Yuu's a Nova, Ebby's a Legacy and Kait's Protege?
[17:06] <Ebbynis> I think I have basically everything picked out I want, yeah >_>;
[17:06] <Kaiterra> Ja
[17:06] <Yuu_Inohara> and Lumley is DOOOOOOOOOOOOMED
[17:07] <Umbaglo> I think Furu's the one that's actually doomed.
00[17:07] <~Mechalomaniac> Probably :P
00[17:07] <~Mechalomaniac> What'd you want to ask about Umb?
[17:07] <Yuu_Inohara> (I might consume Furu if he does Furu out though :V)
[17:07] <Umbaglo> Uh, so.
00[17:07] <~Mechalomaniac> Yeah given everyone had to shuffle around it'd be impolite of him 
[17:09] <Umbaglo> Beacon specifically calls out Felicity as an example, but none of the "powers" actually applies to her. So I wanted to know if I could pick a deck as one of my powers. Alongside that, I wanted to have a drone as part of my kit for remote viewing, and I wanted to know if you think it would be applicable as a "power", or if it would work better as C'mon Lucky.
00[17:10] <~Mechalomaniac> I'd say the Drone would work as a pet (and that would give it more personality I think).  For what Felicity does I actually would see it most easily used as Straight Up Creepin too, after thinking about it.
[17:11] <Kaiterra> Heehee
[17:11] <Umbaglo> Oh, for sure. I was planning on taking that as one of the options already.
[17:11] <Yuu_Inohara> I'd think it'- yeah
[17:11] <Kaiterra> Straight. Up. Creepin'.
[17:11] <Umbaglo> But, you know. Stealth and Camo is the only Beacon ability that would apply to a... well, essentially a non-direct combatant.
00[17:12] <~Mechalomaniac> Yeah.  So you'd want like...a mini computer basically?
[17:12] <Umbaglo> Yeah.
00[17:12] <~Mechalomaniac> I'd be ok with that.  It would highlight how like...totally unprepared for actual combat you are though.
[17:12] <Umbaglo> (If a drone didn't work better as the pet, I was going to go with Pretty Much a Superhero as my second move, and have it be Juli just loving to brag about her hacking exploits.)
00[17:13] <~Mechalomaniac> If you're ok with that I mean
[17:13] <Umbaglo> Yeah, I'm ok with that, with the way I'm intending her to at least start off.
00[17:13] <~Mechalomaniac> (also is everyone else ok with that?)
[17:14] <Ebbynis> *thumbs*
[17:15] <Yuu_Inohara> Works for me
[17:15] <Kaiterra> ok
00[17:17] <~Mechalomaniac> Ok then.   Did you guys have any questions about names or general looks?  Ebby seemed to have hers pretty fleshed out already at the least.
[17:17] <Kaiterra> I haven't figured out my name or any specifics about my look, though I have the options in my playbook for look picked out.
00[17:18] <~Mechalomaniac> (and I guess going along with that anything you would need to know about the world that would help with that)
[17:18] <Kaiterra> Well I have my civilian look pretty well figured out.
[17:18] <Kaiterra> (Same with my real name)
[17:18] <Ebbynis> So my only power that I had to define more clearly was the Magical Weaponry - my thought was a sword & shield set called Omni, basically following worthiness rules for who gets to use it, ala Mjolnir. Power-wise I wanted to have them be able to change shape and size, anywhere from like small charm - zweihander size, as long as that shape is still functionally a sword / shield respectively.
[17:19] <Umbaglo> I still need to come up with a dumb alias, but that's going to be me mostly sitting and pondering.
[17:19] <Ebbynis> Also the name has to be spoken aloud for them to change form. But yeah, basically an excuse to swap between broadsword/shield and Estoc/Buckler or whatever at will.
00[17:19] <~Mechalomaniac> That works Ebby.
[17:20] <Kaiterra> Oh I had a question about my powers actually I guess. I want my shared ability with my mentor to be telepathy and telekinesis, with my own ability being stealth, with the idea being that it's actually using my telepathy to mask my presence from others' senses.
[17:20] <Ebbynis> Awesome! Then you will usually seen them being worn as earrings. :V
[17:20] <Kaiterra> That cool?
00[17:20] <~Mechalomaniac> That is generally cool Kait.  Though I'd mostly want to know how far it extended.
00[17:21] <~Mechalomaniac> Like would it travel through cameras?
[17:21] <Kaiterra> No
00[17:21] <~Mechalomaniac> Ok
00[17:22] <~Mechalomaniac> It'll be kiiinda funny having two TK people on the team but the X-men do that all the time anyway
[17:22] <Kaiterra> And my focus is more on my telepathy.
00[17:25] <~Mechalomaniac> Ok.  Umb just needs to decide his gamer tag and it must require the letters xXx and 420yolo in there somewhere (no).
00[17:25] <~Mechalomaniac> Yuu got anything?
00[17:25] <~Mechalomaniac> (Also you can totally spitball suggestions to each other too if you have them)
[17:25] <Ebbynis> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XicHIaNEk_w * Sola prepares psychic defenses *
[17:26] <Umbaglo> I mean, I REALLY actually want to have a really stupid looking one just for dumb reading jokes.
[17:26] <Umbaglo> But that's also really dumb, so I need something that's actually kind of a name. Or at least condensable.
[17:27] <Yuu_Inohara> I can't really think of anything right off besides kinda stumbling with a superhero name. I was going to ask about the whole "powers tied to the costume" thing but in most cases that'd probably be handled well enough with conditions
[17:27] <Ebbynis> WhiteHatHero42
[17:27] <Umbaglo> (<Juli> You can call me xXx_yoloswag_xXx. <Umbaglo> Editor's note: She actually does say that out loud.)
00[17:29] <~Mechalomaniac> Yeah if you want your powers tied to your costume it'd be a mix of conditions and things that go wrong when you miss a roll basically.
00[17:29] <~Mechalomaniac> (and then Alex was naked)
[17:29] <Yuu_Inohara> he runs on the ghouls and ghosts health system
00[17:29] <~Mechalomaniac> Oh, then he's totally fine
[17:30] <Yuu_Inohara> (I was joking but)
00[17:30] <~Mechalomaniac> His power actually comes from his heart deco boxers.
[17:31] <Yuu_Inohara> but yeah the idea was basically "he knows magic theory really well but has no real ability on the channeling front so he designed his costume to act as a focus to actually let him shape spells rather than JUST making random explosions"
00[17:32] <~Mechalomaniac> That works.
[17:32] <Lumley> I'm here now. My apologies for being so late.
00[17:32] <~Mechalomaniac> That's ok!
00[17:32] <~Mechalomaniac> You're still less late than Furu 
[17:32] <Yuu_Inohara> which means you only mark one doom sign (no)
00[17:32] <~Mechalomaniac> Haw
[17:33] <Lumley> I somehow feel "less late than Furu" is not a high bar.
00[17:33] <~Mechalomaniac> Eh
00[17:33] <~Mechalomaniac> So were you still thinking you were going to do a Dooooomed?
[17:34] <Lumley> Yeah.
[17:34] <Lumley> Let me read the backlogs for a minute to see what all has happened.
00[17:34] <~Mechalomaniac> Ok.  It was mostly me babily going around and asking questions of everyone.
[17:38] <Umbaglo> I guess also one question I was wanting to ask everyone was about what age they were planning to be, so I could place Juli appropriately.
[17:39] <Kaiterra> 16 
[17:39] <Ebbynis> I have Sola at 16, yeah
[17:39] <Lumley> 13.
[17:40] <Ebbynis> doomkid
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00[17:40] <~Mechalomaniac> HI FURU
[17:40] <Yuu_Inohara> see, he really was late in that sense
[17:41] <Yuu_Inohara> also I have Alex at 16
00[17:43] <~Mechalomaniac> Furu you were still going for Outsider and not-Warlock?
[17:44] <Lumley> I've caught up now, by the way.
00[17:45] <~Mechalomaniac> Ok!
00[17:45] <~Mechalomaniac> Did you have any questions or anything about your powers or general stuff like that?
[17:47] <Lumley> Not especially; my fundamental concept is that his powers are extremely clumsy, but strong and get progressively less clumsy (but stronger) the more of the PSY CHEMICALS he injects. Except he also kind of needs those to live at all, and when they are gone, either he goes back to THE EVIL ORGANIZATION, or he dies.
[17:48] <Kaiterra> This sounds like an awesome manga
[17:48] <Lumley> Someone probably did it already, yeah.
00[17:48] <~Mechalomaniac> He needs DRUUUUGZ
[17:49] <Yuu_Inohara> sounds like several 80s anime
[17:49] <Yuu_Inohara> and also 80s anime videogames
[17:49] <Lumley> But basically, he can shoot waves of projected force, can BARRIER himself, and can hyperpressurize an area he looks at. He can also pick a couple things up at once almost regardless of weight... as long as they aren't moving; it's too hard if they are moving.
[17:50] <Franky> <Mechalomaniac> Furu you were still going for Outsider and not-Warlock? <-- yup!
[17:50] <Franky> Still not sure on a name since Probe is kind of a lame superhero name
[17:50] <Yuu_Inohara> I mean
[17:50] <Yuu_Inohara> Deadpool and Cable exist
[17:51] <Lumley> I was going to pick "Infinite Powers" as the first doomsign; he can basically do ANYTHING as long as he injects enough drugz but that advances his doom track because it's being used up. 
[17:51] <Yuu_Inohara> so basically my crazy science lady from DH's Fate game
[17:51] <Lumley> (And yeah, it sounds like 80's anime because Akira was totally a big part of my original concept.)
00[17:52] <~Mechalomaniac> UNNNNLIMITED POWER
[17:52] <Yuu_Inohara> (like her whole gimmick was "I have a ton of knowledge skill, and then I round everything else up by shooting up with monster DNA"
[17:52] <Yuu_Inohara> and she was well on her way to making a serum using the two goddesses of the setting (she already had a tear from the sun one)
[17:52] <Kaiterra> Cable is the city where the Birkebeiner cross country skiing event is held
[17:53] <Kaiterra> I fucking hate cross country skiing
00[17:53] <~Mechalomaniac> So Furu do you know what powers you know you're going for?
[17:58] <Umbaglo> Hm, explaining what basic moves a quad would help with is a little challenging. Assess, obviously, but any others are... stretching a bit.
[18:00] <Umbaglo> Given the context, I probably have to have it work with Unleash Powers.
00[18:00] <~Mechalomaniac> Defend someone maybe
00[18:00] <~Mechalomaniac> Or Provoke someone if you can talk through it
[18:00] <Ebbynis> Attack Directly if you give it tiny missiles
00[18:00] <~Mechalomaniac> yeah
[18:00] <Umbaglo> Yeah, I wanted to ask you about Defend Someone or Provoke. Defend is... possible? I mean, the idea is playing Overwatch, but the descriptions on Defend, even if it includes not actually being a meat wall, REALLY ASSUMES you're being a meat wall.
[18:01] <Franky> <Mechalomaniac> So Furu do you know what powers you know you're going for? <-- HMM
[18:01] <Umbaglo> Provoke, though, would work.
00[18:01] <~Mechalomaniac> So the next thing would be your backstory questions.  I won't go through them one by one but if you have questions about it go ahead and ask me.
00[18:01] <~Mechalomaniac> (Or ask anyone else)
[18:01] <Kaiterra> I don't have a good answer for who outside the team knows about my training
[18:02] <Franky> probably alien weaponry and just like
[18:02] <Franky> flighting and punching hard
00[18:02] <~Mechalomaniac> Assumedly your mentor KAit
00[18:02] <~Mechalomaniac> Do you have a family or anything?
[18:02] <Franky> maybe technopathy?
[18:02] <Kaiterra> Yeah I was thinking it might be a younger sister.
[18:02] <Ebbynis> I'm assuming you guys are going to know that I identify as the Cobalt Raven, but Golden Hawk is pretty non-essential to the modern world so it's likely you might not know Sola is her, too
[18:03] <Ebbynis> Not sure if Established Superheroes like that are on a registry or what
00[18:04] <~Mechalomaniac> Not a public one
[18:05] <Ebbynis> Ah, okay then. So yeah, you guys would know about the duality and sometimes she shows up as one or the other but she's never quite the same in the Golden Hawk suit
[18:06] <Franky> actualkly do we have another shapeshifter because if not I'll go with weapons and that and basically just be the warlockest
[18:06] <Kaiterra> No
00[18:06] <~Mechalomaniac> No
00[18:06] <~Mechalomaniac> Umb is a hacker.  Kait has Telepathy and TK, Lumely has SUPER TK, Yuu and Ebby have various forms of Magick
[18:07] <Kaiterra> Two tech heroes, two psychic heroes, two magic heroes
[18:08] <Ebbynis> Sola mostly just has like...super speed, a magic sword, and can hide in shadows. She's mostly a frontliner? A Rogue in the Tank slot.
06[18:08] * Ebbynis is taking the "I TANK THE HIT. >:|" move
[18:08] <Franky> yeah technopathy would step on HACKIIIING
[18:08] <Franky> so warlock time
[18:09] <Franky> also I'm taking kirby-craft as a move
[18:09] <Franky> spoilers I am the craft
[18:10] <Franky> though I probably won't turn into air force one
[18:10] <Yuu_Inohara> Ebby> and then I tank the hit of you tanking the hit?!
00[18:10] <~Mechalomaniac> Maybe you will
[18:10] <Kaiterra> Mroe like Air Force Fun
[18:10] <Franky> (everyone read new avengers)
[18:11] <Ebbynis> Oh so one of my Relationships is with this lady, Sola's agent/bodyguard, who'd I really love to have around as a Badass Normal, mostly for banter and injection of badass black lady: https://twitter.com/calamitousj/status/791733108647133186
[18:11] <Ebbynis> But she could be our Coulson, like she works less with the Corporate Golden Hawk brand and more with the organization of Supers
[18:11] <Ebbynis> Your call on that, obviously.
00[18:12] <~Mechalomaniac> Yeah I'll have her around.  Though the relationships you fill out on your sheet are other players
[18:12] <Ebbynis> right
[18:14] <Lumley> I think I'll just take notes as we do this rather than trying to fill out a wiki page right now since I'm terribad at formatting.
[18:14] <Lumley> And have been going painfully slowly at it =P
00[18:14] <~Mechalomaniac> Ok.  
00[18:15] <~Mechalomaniac> [18:02] <Kaiterra> Yeah I was thinking it might be a younger sister. <--- Also sorry I missed this.  That could totally work.
00[18:15] <~Mechalomaniac> Like you can totally have families that I promise not to murder
[18:17] <Lumley> Lies.
[18:17] <Ebbynis> I also noted a Lives-Out-Of-Town-And-Is-Never-Seen Mother and Asshole-wheelchair'd-Sensei father
00[18:17] <~Mechalomaniac> Were there any other backstory questions any of you were having trouble with?
[18:18] <Kaiterra> Well
[18:18] <Kaiterra> Pretty much no
[18:18] <Kaiterra> Anything I can think of I think the answer is a safe assumption the way I want it to be
[18:19] <Kaiterra> Or is something I want to leave open ended.
00[18:19] <~Mechalomaniac> I mean also Kait I think 'no one' is a valid answer to that question too if you'd rather do that
[18:19] <Kaiterra> Ahh.
[18:19] <Kaiterra> That might be my actual answer.
[18:19] <Franky> Don't tell mecha your character has family or loved ones he'll do the austin walker "Huh, that's interesting"
[18:19] <Kaiterra> Or at least that nobody knows specifically what is going on.
00[18:19] <~Mechalomaniac> Then it becomes a thing of having to keep that a secret
[18:20] <Kaiterra> My character has a family and they're important to his backstory
[18:20] <Kaiterra> But they are going to be pretty heavily inspired by Emma Frost and Hellion's families :P
[18:20] <Umbaglo> Yeah, that's related to a question I was having a hard time coming up with a satisfying answer to.
00[18:20] <~Mechalomaniac> Huh, that's interesting.
[18:20] <Umbaglo> (Who, outside of the team, thinks you shouldn’t be a superhero?)
[18:20] <Lumley> The only thing that bugs me is "Who, outside the team, thinks better of you than you do?" since my character really hasn't had much interaction with random peoples who weren't part of an EVIL ORGANIZATION.
[18:21] <Umbaglo> The boss of your research division, because clearly he/she wants you back.
00[18:21] <~Mechalomaniac> My immedite thought with Umb's is like..some sort of hacker friend who thinks getting involved with superheroics is stupid
[18:21] <Yuu_Inohara> Lumley is secretly Alex Mack
[18:21] <Ebbynis> Could be a weird doctor that experimented on you and has a weird mother complex about you now
[18:21] <Kaiterra> Maybe it's like Unleashed/Danny the Dog and you got a Morgan Freeman to your Jet Li 
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00[18:21] <~Mechalomaniac> and with Lumely I was actually thinking what Kait or Ebby said.  
00[18:22] <~Mechalomaniac> Or like Sydney from The Pretender
[18:22] <Kaiterra> Ha
[18:22] <Kaiterra> The Pretender was cool
[18:22] <Umbaglo> Yeah, that's not a bad idea. I was leaning towards someone relatively close who, while may not be aware of the heroics, is still thinking that getting into hacking is going to get me in trouble.
[18:22] <Lumley> (It's also complicated because my character has the SMUGS... except for an alarming lack of any real education beyond bizarre amounts of medical knowledge due to being raised by superscience doctors.)
00[18:23] <~Mechalomaniac> It'd give the organization some more depth if there were people within it that actually genuinely cared and were just stuck in a bad situation
[18:23] <Ebbynis> I have to mention that Sola's relation to her legacy is "No. 3 on the Buzzfeed List of Worst Superhero Successors"
[18:23] <Lumley> I'll probably go with something like that, yeah. Probably someone who helped regarding the escape.
00[18:23] <~Mechalomaniac> Or Lumely, another one of the experiments in the organization
00[18:23] <~Mechalomaniac> Like the Ouka to your Arado/Seolla
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[18:24] <Lumley> Mecha> That works. The main catalyst for him leaving is discovering that most of the other kids who weren't turning out/had disabilities were actually disposed of.
00[18:25] <~Mechalomaniac> [18:22] <Umbaglo> Yeah, that's not a bad idea. I was leaning towards someone relatively close who, while may not be aware of the heroics, is still thinking that getting into hacking is going to get me in trouble.<--- Yeah that's one that could work too.  Or maybe a teacher or something
[18:25] <Lumley> It turning out that they aren't all dead is a pretty common thing to work with.
[18:25] <Franky> AS I WAS SAYING
[18:25] <Franky> Don't tell mecha your character has family or loved ones he'll do the austin walker "Huh, that's interesting"
[18:25] <Umbaglo> Oh, that would work better.
00[18:25] <~Mechalomaniac> Furu disconnected before I said "Huh, that's interesting" in response to kait talking about his family.
[18:26] <Kaiterra> My character is basically a closeted gay boy from an upper class family who is hiding both his orientation and his psychic powers because thanks to his telepathy he knows how everyone around him would hate or fear him if he was open about it. Then he meets a new teacher and she is also a telepath who secretly mentors him and is the only one he can be totally open with. But she's a 
[18:26] <Kaiterra> supervillain and secretly grooming him/using him as part of a sinister plot.
[18:26] <Lumley> I'll PROBABLY go with a doctor for this, though; usually in stories like this, if it turns out any other experiments survived then they become rivals at least initially.
[18:27] <Franky> DAMNIT
[18:28] <Kaiterra> His family is kind of shitty so :P
00[18:28] <~Mechalomaniac> Yeah it sounds like that kind of thing where they're jerks
00[18:28] <~Mechalomaniac> Like Athrun Zala's problems
[18:29] <Kaiterra> Go read the Emma Frost solo book about her teen/college years from the early aughts.
[18:29] <Umbaglo> Huh. Relationships being specifically with other teammates makes the second Beacon one feel... weird? But that one's probably just because of what I'm trying to do with my character.
00[18:29] <~Mechalomaniac> complete with the closeted gay thing
00[18:29] <~Mechalomaniac> Yeah.  We'll do the relationship things after the When Our Team First Came Together so that might help it.  
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[18:30] <Ebbynis> There's 2
00[18:30] <~Mechalomaniac> I just kind of wanted everyone to have a good grasp on their characters before that
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00[18:30] <~Mechalomaniac> Which would be easier of Furu would stop trying to download all the porn
[18:30] <Umbaglo> "I've got to prove myself to another character that's also trying to prove themselves before I feel like a hero." doesn't feel like something that is... like, easy to answer for what Juli is doing. Though yeah, once we start talking about how everyone gets together, that'll probably work itself out.
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[18:31] <Guest18834> My internet is again being a massive sack of shit
[18:31] <Guest18834> so it's
[18:31] <Guest18834> kind of hard!
00[18:31] <~Mechalomaniac> yeah
00[18:32] <~Mechalomaniac> So Furu do you have a decent grasp of your dude's backstory or do you have any questions you want to ask.
00[18:32] <~Mechalomaniac> Same question to Yuu who's also been a bit quiet
[18:32] <Umbaglo> "<Blank> is awesome and I want to hang out with them." is TOTALLY easy to answer once we start doing the gelling.
[18:32] <Yuu_Inohara> kind of hard! <- have you tried stool softener?
[18:34] <Guest18834> I know they came to earth as an exploratory probe and encountered superhero culture, which inspired them to try to do it themselves. Probes are incredibly curious and impresionnable, especially when they're a version 16 like they are (ie. the next to "latest" version, so a teenager in computer years)
00[18:35] <~Mechalomaniac> Why do your people want you to come home?
[18:35] <Guest18834> SIGH.
[18:36] <Guest18834> INTERNET.
[18:36] <Guest18834> PLEASE.
00[18:36] <~Mechalomaniac> we hear you furu
[18:37] <Yuu_Inohara> Same question to Yuu who's also been a bit quiet <- I have a fair grasp, though on the questions there's one that I just can't come up with an answer for since I kinda intended them to be self taught on a lot of this >.>
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00[18:37] <~Mechalomaniac> The "Who, outside the team, helps you control your powers?" one?
[18:38] <Guest18834> AS
[18:38] <Guest18834> I WAS SAYING
[18:38] <Guest18834> > I know they came to earth as an exploratory probe and encountered superhero culture, which inspired them to try to do it themselves. Probes are incredibly curious and impresionnable, especially when they're a version 16 like they are (ie. the next to "latest" version, so a teenager in computer years)
[18:38] <Kaiterra> <~Mechalomaniac> The "Who, outside the team, helps you control your powers?" one? <- An intelligent, flesh-bound For Dummies book
[18:38] <Yuu_Inohara> Mecha> yeah
00[18:39] <~Mechalomaniac> Who helped make their costume?  Or did they do that themselves?
00[18:39] <~Mechalomaniac> Or did they find it
[18:39] <Kaiterra> This dark chocolate chex mix is entirely too much chex and not enough mix
[18:40] <Guest18834> oh my god did I seriously disconnect again
[18:40] <Umbaglo> Yes
[18:41] <Kaiterra> I think the things we say might not be going through
00[18:41] <~Mechalomaniac> Yeah that's irritating
[18:41] <Yuu_Inohara> Or did they do that themselves? <- This
[18:42] <Yuu_Inohara> (they're totally going to show up in a goofy chuuni outfit for their first appearance or something)
00[18:43] <~Mechalomaniac> What gave them the idea and ability to make a costume to control their powers?
00[18:43] <~Mechalomaniac> (Also I know I've asked this before but what does chuuni mean)
[18:44] <Yuu_Inohara> you know those kids in middleschool that act like vampires or other dark edgy nonsense?
[18:45] <Yuu_Inohara> Chuuni is where you don't grow out of that
00[18:45] <~Mechalomaniac> So a goth
[18:45] <Yuu_Inohara> well those are a subset
[18:45] <Guest18834> oh my god I think I'm still connected
[18:45] <Guest18834> aaaaaa
[18:45] <Yuu_Inohara> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1SxXB87v4Y
00[18:46] <~Mechalomaniac> Oh the dude from Akibaranger ok
[18:46] <Kaiterra> Yeah
00[18:46] <~Mechalomaniac> Anyway yeah, did something inspire him to use the costume to control his powers?
[18:46] <Kaiterra> Also the guy Hiyama voices in OreGairu
[18:47] <Yuu_Inohara> (I was actually typing that when you asked about the chuuni thing)
00[18:47] <~Mechalomaniac> (Oh, sorry)
[18:48] <Yuu_Inohara> and whoops wikisplode while looking up names
[18:48] <Yuu_Inohara> Umb must be migrating
[18:48] <Yuu_Inohara> (who was the big proponent of magic science stuff?)
[18:49] <Guest18834> Ithink I've stablized at the moment
00[18:49] <~Mechalomaniac> Ashley Esburn was the CEO of the company.
[18:49] <Umbaglo> What's annoying is that the PHP settings I had before seem to have been dumped entirely, so now I need to see if I can figure out what I did to make that cache type work.
00[18:50] <~Mechalomaniac> Though they employ other magic users too
[18:50] <Umbaglo> Though maybe it just needs a little bit more time to get XCache back up.
[18:53] <Yuu_Inohara> So the basic gist of their backstory (roughly in order) was: They were inspired early on (around 12 but they didn't really start reading into stuff at that point) Ashley Esburn's stuff, kinda latched onto the idea of using magic as kids tend to do but quickly found he couldn't really "do" it, taking a couple years just to get any sort of reaction which ended up blowing up in his face and...
[18:53] <Yuu_Inohara> ...knocking out the power to his house, which prompted him to actually start doing research on his own (in secret since yeah) both to prove that he was just as capable as anyone else despite his setbacks and to sort of live up to his idol's accomplishments.
[18:54] <Yuu_Inohara> (and why he care's about the team uh... I still need to see other people's stuff for that bit)
[18:54] <Yuu_Inohara> also I need to pick three people to give influence to
[18:54] <Ebbynis> You all have influence over Sola. Congrats!
[18:55] <Kaiterra> Yay
00[18:55] <~Mechalomaniac> So in a roundabout way you could just put Ashley as the person who helps you.  It doesn't have to be direct.
[18:56] <Yuu_Inohara> possibly
[18:56] <Yuu_Inohara> I wasn't sure how direct it has to be was the thing :P
[18:56] <Lumley> Well, we're supposed to do more formal introduction things before influence gets handed out.
00[18:56] <~Mechalomaniac> I guess the real deciding factor would be if like...it really came down to it if he'd go there for help.
[18:57] <Yuu_Inohara> probably
00[18:57] <~Mechalomaniac> (Also this is when Alex gets horribly disappointed when Ashley turns out to be this game's Lex Luthor (no) (maybe))
[18:57] <Yuu_Inohara> it'd probably take a lot because you know, stubborn teen being "NAW I CAN DO THIS WATCH" but
00[18:58] <~Mechalomaniac> But yeah that can work as an answer
[18:58] <Yuu_Inohara> also the best way I can describe the thing with the costume is uh
[18:58] <Yuu_Inohara> you know the whole elaborate ritual magic circle thing for casting big spells?
00[18:58] <~Mechalomaniac> Yes
[18:59] <Yuu_Inohara> he basically worked that into the designs of his costume along with stuff like weaving gold wire into the hems of stuff and all that
[19:00] <Yuu_Inohara> like it's still mostly "shit you can get at a craft shop that just happens to work if you know what to do with it" rather than fancy rare components but... It uh means he doesn't explode 100% of the time so that's something
00[19:00] <~Mechalomaniac> That makes sense
00[19:00] <~Mechalomaniac> So do you all (save Furu's exploding internet), feel comfortable doing a basic introduction for your character?
[19:01] <Ebbynis> Definitely.
[19:01] <Umbaglo> Yeah, mostly.
[19:02] <Umbaglo> I think I've got a name I'm going to go with.
[19:03] <Yuu_Inohara> I could probably, still need to futz out a code name (maybe, Alex could also be a dingus and just go by his normal name)
[19:04] <Kaiterra> I got what I need
[19:04] <Kaiterra> Figured out my name, answered my questions
[19:04] <Guest18834> SORRY THAT MY INTERNET IS RUINING PART OF THIS
00[19:04] <~Mechalomaniac> Eh nothing you can do to help it
[19:04] <Guest18834> also one of my relationship questions is having a crush so that's gonna be great
00[19:05] <~Mechalomaniac> I have the answer in my mind that I hope is true but I'll leave that to you
06[19:05] * Guest18834 steeples fingers
[19:05] <Guest18834> anyway we're not starting next week are we? because dr. strange
00[19:06] <~Mechalomaniac> No.  That is in fact why we're not starting next week >.>
[19:06] <Kaiterra> :D
00[19:06] <~Mechalomaniac> Ok, so Ebby do you want to go first?
[19:06] <Ebbynis> Sure!
[19:06] <Ebbynis> [s]"Osu, I'm Goku!"[/s] >_>
[19:07] <Yuu_Inohara> << be right back gonna get some water and also start tea going >>
[19:08] <Ebbynis> Anyway, so Sola is not terrible to look at. She's a chubby girl, around 5'6, mixed Greek/Egyptian heritage granting her a pleasant medium-dark caramel tone to her skin and jet black hair in a constant battle between the forces of Curly and Straight.
[19:08] <Guest18834> I'm gonna go lay down and think about stuff and hopefully my internet will be less garbo when I get back
00[19:08] <~Mechalomaniac> Ok Furu
00[19:08] <~Mechalomaniac> I'll throw a log for you to read up later
[19:09] <Guest18834> THANK YOU
[19:09] <Guest18834> also: NEED TO THINK OF A NON SHITTY SUPERHERO NAME
[19:09] <Ebbynis> <Sola> "Straight would be the last thing you could call me, though, but we can talk about that some other time. I'm, uh, usually called the Cobalt Raven, though I also make the occassional mandated public appearance as...*muffled*the golden hawk. Who I'm sure you've heard of."
[19:11] <Ebbynis> <Sola> "Honestly though, I'm here because there's work to be done, and I've been chosen to do it, even if the costume barely fits and my handlers insist on interfering with most of the actual heroism I try to get done."
[19:12] <Ebbynis> "I uh, practice fencing in my spare time? And my favorite food in Chile Rellenos. Is that enough? Is this being recorded?"
00[19:12] <~Mechalomaniac> hehe
00[19:13] <~Mechalomaniac> (Anyone have any questions for Sola?)
[19:13] <Lumley> How well known is your legacy? Also, are you a SECRET MEMBER?
[19:15] <Ebbynis> <Sola> "Oh, the Golden Hawk's supposedly been around since the Greek Gods, according to my dad, anyway. The name's only really been in use since my Great Grandfather used it back it the Golden Era. My father held the title too until his...accident last year. Which is why I had to start before I had even finished high school." There's a definite bitter tone to the last sentence.
[19:15] <Ebbynis> "I'm Registered, though, like everyone else who wears the feathers. And Omni chose me, of course, so it's not like anyone else can claim the title."
[19:16] <Ebbynis> "In more modern days, Golden Hawk is a definite C-lister, though. I don't even get invited to the major teamups."
[19:16] <Umbaglo> 4[ 7 If Sola is partly/mostly under the control of the legacy's handlers, does that mean the bulk of the team's backing and/or resources is also based on the legacy? 4 ]
[19:17] <Yuu_Inohara> << Sola is our Harrier >>
[19:17] <Ebbynis> 4<< 13 I never really saw them as being influential over the rest of you, for what it's worth. More that sometimes actual work gets interrupted because Golden Hawk has to cut the ribbon on an overpass. 4>>
[19:17] <Lumley> << It's actually probably the protege who gives us most of our backing, since picking out what your mentor gives the entire team is a big part of their sheet. >>
[19:18] <Kaiterra> 12«13« Yes that was the plan. 13»12»
[19:18] <Kaiterra> 12«13« My mentor will be providing a headquarters, security system and communicators. 13»12»
00[19:18] <~Mechalomaniac> 11< 4 I guess the other thing to ask would be whether or not the handlers know or approve of Sola working with the rest of the team  11>
[19:18] <Yuu_Inohara> << and then use it against us when he turns on us?! >>
[19:20] <Ebbynis> <Sola> "My agent, Marcia." * Nods to an imposing black lady, lurking in a shadow somewhere. * "She's responsible for coordinating my activities between the more important duties I have with you all and my...responsibilities to the Golden Hawk brand. She's mostly kept them in the dark about the Raven."
[19:21] <Kaiterra> So the Raven is the secret identity you use to superhero without being chafed by the mantle of your legacy.
[19:22] <Ebbynis> "Sounds about right."
[19:22] <Ebbynis> "Well, that, and...."
[19:22] <Ebbynis> * Sola moves into a shadowy corner of the room. Within a few moments, she has become part of the darkness, basically invisible. *
[19:22] <Ebbynis> "This isn't exactly part of the normal power set."
[19:23] <Ebbynis> * She reappears from seemingly nowhere. *
00[19:24] <~Mechalomaniac> 11< 4 She's got the devil in her!  11>
[19:25] <Kaiterra> Were you born with your powers?
[19:26] <Ebbynis> "Just the Speed. That's genetic, and was supposed to come with some strength I seem to have missed out on. I had to lift weights like everyone else. Omni chose me last year, like I said. The...shadow thing is pretty recent, too. Not sure what's up with that."
[19:27] <Kaiterra> Are you afraid of it?
[19:27] <Ebbynis> "No. Honestly it's kind of exciting."
00[19:29] <~Mechalomaniac> Cool.  Kait, you wanna go next?
[19:29] <Kaiterra> Am I next?
00[19:29] <~Mechalomaniac> You're next in the chat list since Furu isn't here
[19:29] <Kaiterra> Oh
00[19:29] <~Mechalomaniac> (The introductions are just whatever order so I'm going top to bottom)
[19:30] <Kaiterra> Okay. Should I be doing this in character?
00[19:30] <~Mechalomaniac> Up to you
[19:31] <Lumley> Believe in your own justice.
[19:34] <Kaiterra> Ethan Zenner is a 16 year old white boy with side swept black hair and distant blue eyes. In his civilian guise, he wears the uniform of the private school his wealthy family sends him to. He's about six feet of lean muscle, but the effort he puts into athletics and staying in shape is undermined by his slouching posture and guarded body language. 
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[19:37] <Kaiterra> In his superhero guise as Psyche, he wears a black mask with big white eyes (like Spider-Man), with a third eye with a pupil printed on the forehead and his hair peeking out through the top. He also wears a black bodysuit with dark blue protective pads and a half-length blue jacket.
[19:38] <Kaiterra> He keeps his secret identity a closely guarded secret from his teammates, embracing superheroics and the costumed life as a way he can actually be himself without it tying back to his personal life, having a much more outgoing personality.
[19:40] <Kaiterra> He keeps details about his mentor scarce from his teammates because she is actually the villainous Red Queen, a psychic with ties to an underground organization. Though he met his mentor in her civilian identity, he's aware of her villainous mantle, but he is loyal to her regardless.
00[19:42] <~Mechalomaniac> How does he feel about her being a villain
[19:44] <Kaiterra> He's uneasy about it, but she's the only person he's felt that he can truly relate to, and she's helped him learn a lot about accepting his powers and who he is. They have an agreement to keep each other's secrets; though this is fairly one sided in execution, she has still earned enough of his trust and admiration for him to ignore or entirely not notice flaws like that.
[19:45] <Kaiterra> And even though a lot of the advice she gives him is not exactly heroic, it makes sense to Ethan.
[19:45] <Kaiterra> Without the right influence, he could easily become her villainous heir.
00[19:47] <~Mechalomaniac> What kind of ambitions does she have?  Money, power, complete world domination?
[19:47] <Lumley> Is she knowingly supporting the team, or is Psyche just supplying the team with stuff she has already given him? Also, if she is supporting the team, does Ethan have any idea what her endgame on the project is?
00[19:47] <~Mechalomaniac> (Or do you not care)
[19:49] <Kaiterra> She wants power. She's a manipulator, perhaps working against other factions or the leader of her organization. She is knowingly supporting the team, but he doesn't have an idea of what her aims are. He's mostly convinced himself that she genuinely wants to support him because she sees a younger version of herself in him.
[19:51] <Ebbynis> does she date younger girls
[19:52] <Yuu_Inohara> << Sola stop hitting on the villain :( >>
00[19:52] <~Mechalomaniac> Stautory rape is the most embarrassing way for a villain to go to jail >.>
[19:52] <Lumley> << Don't hit on the villain before the game starts. >>
[19:53] <Ebbynis> 4<< 13Just as planned 4>>
[19:53] <Kaiterra> No. She's a woman of class and sophistication (or who likes to present that front as much as possible, at least, not having been born into money) who bends men to her whims with her natural charisma or her psychic powers. 
[19:55] <Yuu_Inohara> << So she's a gold digger. >>
[19:55] <Kaiterra> Well she's earned everything she now has, if you ask her.
00[19:57] <~Mechalomaniac> Hehe.
00[19:57] <~Mechalomaniac> Anything else?
[19:57] <Umbaglo> 4[ 7 "Earned" 4 ]
[19:58] <Kaiterra> I think that's all I have to provide other than what I said earlier or answers to questions.
[19:59] <Lumley> Does Psyche see himself as team leader given what he provides to the team and if so, what does he see as the team's primary goal?
[19:59] <Lumley> (As compared to the established "adult" superhero league, I mean.)
[19:59] <Kaiterra> Psyche does not see himself as the leader. He would probably take cues from Raven if he knows about her legacy.
[20:00] <Kaiterra> He doesn't have the confidence to fulfill that role.
[20:01] <Lumley> Oh, does the team know that they have a shadow backer who's identity remains unknown, or has Psyche avoided this topic/tried to imply he's just super rich or something?
[20:01] <Ebbynis> 4<< 13Sola is definitely a self-starter, it feels pretty natural to her to lead. 4>>
[20:02] <Kaiterra> Psyche is definitely not always upfront with the team. He has let slip that he has a mentor, but not revealed their identity, and he has implied that he is the one providing their backing himself.
00[20:04] <~Mechalomaniac> 11< 4 SECRETS  11>
[20:05] <Umbaglo> Would the equipment that we make use of have any links that a hacker could use to identify the source, or is Red Queen or the organization cognizant enough to mask it>
[20:05] <Umbaglo> Even a few steps removed would be sufficient to make it "unknown".
[20:06] <Kaiterra> It's more of an indepdendent system that Red Queen has a backdoor into.
00[20:08] <~Mechalomaniac> Ok.  Lumley, you ready?
00[20:10] <~Mechalomaniac> (I just realized the time and kind of want to speed things up since I know it's super late where Umb and Yuu are)
[20:10] <Lumley> Sure.
[20:12] <Yuu_Inohara> << I mean "late" relatively >>
[20:12] <Yuu_Inohara> << since I tend to go to bed at like 3 >.> >>
[20:12] <Umbaglo> 4[ 7 It is late for me, though, especially since I still have work in the morning. 4 ]
00[20:13] <~Mechalomaniac> 11< 4 Yeah, sorry Umb :(  11>
[20:14] <Umbaglo> 4[ 7 It's ok~ 4 ]
[20:15] <Yuu_Inohara> << Could always do Lumley and then finish up next thursday and hope Furu lives >>
[20:16] <Umbaglo> 4[ 7 Mecha's gonna be out to see Dr Strange next Thurs, is the thing. 4 ]
[20:16] <Lumley> My character is 13 years old and caucasian, though a bit uncommonly pale. He stands at 5'1'' with dark green eyes and extremely short brown hair (as it just recently started growing out.) He spent most of his life in what amounted to a science lab with numerous doctors and other experiments and is at his most comfortable wearing a medical gown; he has no real costume. Similarly, he doesn't actually have a name yet; he was always just "88" and ha
[20:16] <Lumley> s only recently started to realize how awkward that is.
[20:16] <Yuu_Inohara> << ah right >>
00[20:16] <~Mechalomaniac> 11< 4 Yeah I'll just go through these introductions a bit more quickly and then save any questions for later on  11>
[20:18] <Lumley> He's quite open regarding his history as an experimental subject and actually talks quite happily about project SNIPER until someone reminds him that it was actually designed for world domination, as he and most of the scientists were led to believe it was... not.
[20:18] <Kaiterra> 12«13« Lumley is going to take us to the Upside-Down 13»12»
00[20:19] <~Mechalomaniac> 11< 4 Whoops you were TRICKED  11>
[20:19] <Umbaglo> 4[ 7 Lumley is going to take us to a world of assassination 4 ]
00[20:20] <~Mechalomaniac> 11< 4 So he escaped and they want him back?  11>
[20:20] <Lumley> In general, he's broadly confident whenever it comes to matters regarding his powers, medicine, or biology, but becomes extremely nervous and defensive when people point out his flaws (such as complete computer illiteracy and the fact that his TK powers are bizarrely inaccurate.)
[20:20] <Lumley> << Yes. He also took the machine he's supposed to hook into for the project. Or at least as much as he could pry out of the ground; it's not in the most functional of states right now.)
[20:20] <Kaiterra> 12«13« Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure assassination~ 13»12»
00[20:22] <~Mechalomaniac> Ok.  Anything else?
[20:23] <Umbaglo> Does he at least wear something UNDER the gown?
[20:23] <Lumley> Only because everyone made a big deal about it.
[20:23] <Yuu_Inohara> << he actually wears two gowns front to back, clearly >>
00[20:24] <~Mechalomaniac> 11< 4 pffft  11>
00[20:24] <~Mechalomaniac> Umb, you're up.
[20:24] <Lumley> When out in public, he tends to like wearing casual clothes that are a size too large.
[20:24] <Ebbynis> 4<< 13Sola keeps pestering him to go shopping for clothes with her, and is increasingly sad when he says 'No.' 4>>
[20:26] <Lumley> Also, randomly mentioning this; if he learns that he was perhaps duped into working in another organization run by a supervillain, he would probably feel INCONSOLABLY BETRAYED>
[20:26] <Lumley> That will surely not be an issue, though.
00[20:26] <~Mechalomaniac> Not at all
00[20:26] <~Mechalomaniac> No Supervillains here.
[20:30] <Umbaglo> Juli Shortt is 16, and is quite short. She doesn't like this getting brought up, and is likely to make your phone do something embarrassing if you try to comment on it. She's got brownish-red hair done up in twin-tails, silver-blue eyes, and mostly wears pretty normal teen girl clothes because she still isn't used to "field" work, content to stay back somewhere else and use the local 
[20:30] <Umbaglo> cameras or her quad-copter to get eyes-on. She's exceptionally good at computers for her age, already making some splashes in the activist hacker scene as the usernames Black_Hat and White_Hat (which one she uses commonly depends on what the goal of the hack job is, though generally White_Hat is actually the name of the quad, which sports a cute little white hat on top of it's custom 
[20:30] <Umbaglo> sensor suite).
[20:32] <Umbaglo> Her connection to the team is probably running into at least some of the members while they were on some mission that coincided with a job she was on, and she decided to tag along and help them because it was more interesting then exposing some dumb millionaire's dirty secrets.
00[20:33] <~Mechalomaniac> Does she ever meet the team in person or is she strictly a voice in the eart
00[20:34] <~Mechalomaniac> ear.
[20:35] <Umbaglo> I want to say that she's a voice in the ear, but I also don't know how well that would work in terms of the game working. At the very least, she would have started off distant, and some event would have resulted in her finally coming down to the base.
00[20:35] <~Mechalomaniac> Ok
[20:35] <Umbaglo> (This could be related to How The Team Came Together)
00[20:35] <~Mechalomaniac> yeah
00[20:36] <~Mechalomaniac> And finally Yuu
[20:43] <Yuu_Inohara> Alex is 16, a little on the short side (5'4") with short, straight, but wild brown hair and light-olive skin. He became fascinated with the idea of magic and casting spells at a young age, largely inspired by Ashley Esburn, though it took him some time to actually manage to get anything to work... If one could call "causing an explosive electrical surge that sends you to the hospital with...
[20:43] <Yuu_Inohara> ...minor burns and knocks out power to your home" getting something to work. Still, being the stubborn sort of kid he is he didn't give up there and instead decided to do research in secret, getting a handle on magical theory and formulae surprisingly quick, even if his attempts at actually casting anything failed miserably until he eventually came up with the idea of melding various magical...
[20:43] <Yuu_Inohara> ...designs into his clothing, taking up sewing and making his own costumes as he worked towards his goals of mastering the art of magic. He decided to become a hero to make a name for himself and in a way to prove that despite his shortcomings he was just as capable as anyone as a mage, and of course show that magic can be a force for good.
[20:45] <Ebbynis> 4<< 13team smol4 >>
[20:45] <Kaiterra> 12«13« Jeez I am towering over you folk 13»12»
[20:45] <Yuu_Inohara> << like a villain in training should! >>
00[20:46] <~Mechalomaniac> 11< 4 I imagine Furu can at least appear tall since he's a shapeshanger  11>
[20:47] <Yuu_Inohara> << I mean, Lumley's character at least has the excuse of being 13 :P >>
00[20:47] <~Mechalomaniac> 11< 4 Hehe  11>
[20:47] <Lumley> << 81 isn't that short! He's just young! And it's probably because of his genetics! So... so it doesn't matter anyway, since psychic powers don't care about height. And he'll be taller than everyone else someday, you'll see. >>
[20:47] <Lumley> << /IC >>
00[20:48] <~Mechalomaniac> Ok.  Do you all want to stop here and handle When Our Team Came Together at the start of the first session since at the very least it's late for Umb 
[20:49] <Lumley> We also need to finish handing out the influences, though that's all kind of complicated by a lack of Furu backstory stuffs.
00[20:49] <~Mechalomaniac> Yeah
[20:49] <Kaiterra> Yeah we can do Furu intro and When Our Team Came Together next time.
[20:50] <Guest18834> SORRY.
[20:50] <Umbaglo> Yeah, I'm ok with that. Sorry :(((((((
00[20:50] <~Mechalomaniac> I mean we could quickly do Furu's intro now if he's stable
[20:50] <Yuu_Inohara> internet wise anyway
[20:51] <Lumley> Furu has already vibrated through the floor. Maybe.
00[20:54] <~Mechalomaniac> Yeah I guess so!  
00[20:54] <~Mechalomaniac> Anyway we can do that next time.  Sorry it took longer than I thought but hopefully it helped
[20:55] <Umbaglo> I know it helped me. I was able to organize my thoughts, and also settle on some things based on what everyone else was doing.
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[20:55] <Guest18834> I was getting a pizza HOW ABOUT WE DO IT NEXT WEEK AFTER DOCTOR STRANGE
[20:55] <Kaiterra> I wanna doctor some strange
06[20:55] * Yuu_Inohara doctors Furu in a strange manner
[20:56] <Lumley> Well, honestly, it should help if only because that's the whole point of the introduction stuffs!
00[20:56] <~Mechalomaniac> [20:55] <Guest18834> I was getting a pizza HOW ABOUT WE DO IT NEXT WEEK AFTER DOCTOR STRANGE <--- 1) This will be like 1 AM for Umb and 2) I'll have to work after that
[20:56] <Yuu_Inohara> It helped a bit though I still need to futz with if I'm giving Alex a hero name or not
[20:56] <Yuu_Inohara> on the one hand he's the kind of dingus that would use his name as big "LOOK WHAT I CAN DO" statement
[20:56] <Lumley> (Giving influence and relationships is kind of hard to do blind.)
[20:56] <Yuu_Inohara> on the other hand showing up on TV blowing up badguys with magic might get him grounded
[20:57] <Yuu_Inohara> Lumley> which is why they tell you to set those aside until after?
[20:57] <Lumley> Sent to the elemental plane of grounding.
[20:57] <Kaiterra> I like that I was like
[20:57] <Kaiterra> Sitting at work all week with my notebook open
[20:57] <Kaiterra> Staring at it and not really thinking of anything
[20:57] <Kaiterra> Then in half an hour before this intro session and while talking things out I thought up pretty much all of it.
[20:58] <Yuu_Inohara> sometimes you need that "oh shit I have a thing due like right now" panic to get you going
[20:58] <Kaiterra> That is absolutely how I roll
00[20:58] <~Mechalomaniac> It also helps seeing what other people have
[20:58] <Kaiterra> That is also how I run my game sometimes lol
[20:58] <Yuu_Inohara> like I know I have a hard time doing large projects all the way unless I have a hard deadline
00[20:58] <~Mechalomaniac> I basically improved my entire Kamen Rider game :P
00[20:58] <~Mechalomaniac> improv'd rather
[20:59] <Lumley> Honestly, I feel like I had most of the stuff that I put up down already; the main hitches for me are still the same. I still am not 100% happy with my acronym; that said, I'm pretty settled on what it is so it's just a matter of dictionarying around to find if there are words I like more that fit it.
[20:59] <Ebbynis> Yeah my games tend to mostly be that
[20:59] <Yuu_Inohara> clearly, Mecha
[20:59] <Yuu_Inohara> you should run another with this
[20:59] <Yuu_Inohara> and an all Janus party
06[20:59] * Yuu_Inohara nod
00[20:59] <~Mechalomaniac> Yes
00[20:59] <~Mechalomaniac> Clearly
[21:00] <Lumley> CoC is kind of a pain to run, since you REALLY can't improv a game about investigation at all since you need to decide most of the clues beforehand.
[21:00] <Lumley> Well, unless you're just running SPOOKY CoC rather than SPOOKY DETECTIVE CoC.
[21:00] <Lumley> (Trail of Cthulhu, notably, STRONGLY SUGGESTS that the entire game be pretty much on rails unless you are an experienced GM; this is also a problem with a lot of published CoC stuffs, to be honest.)
[21:01] <Guest18834> <Mechalomaniac> [20:55] <Guest18834> I was getting a pizza HOW ABOUT WE DO IT NEXT WEEK AFTER DOCTOR STRANGE <--- 1) This will be like 1 AM for Umb and 2) I'll have to work after that <-- shoot uhhhhh
[21:01] <Guest18834> tuesday night I'll be free?
[21:01] <Guest18834> I've got halloween stuff going tomorrow saturday sunday and monday
00[21:01] <~Mechalomaniac> FURUWEEN
00[21:01] <~Mechalomaniac> Nah it's fine.  We'll figure out a time to do that
[21:02] <Guest18834> heck yeah
[21:02] <Guest18834> welll
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00[21:02] <~Mechalomaniac> Shouldn't it be Frankenween
[21:02] <Yuu_Inohara> Lumley> I would think putting the game on rails would be easy
[21:02] <Yuu_Inohara> as stepping off the rails would get you eaten by a shogoth
[21:02] <Yuu_Inohara> or molested by Yidhra
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[21:09] <Frankenween> SO MUCH FOR STABILITY
[21:13] <Lumley> Yuu> Mostly, you just set up the investigation so that it super logically flows from one place to another and don't really have stuff for PCs to do other than talk to NPCs a bit if they go elsewhere.
[21:13] <Lumley> Since, uh, you didn't put clues anywhere else!
[21:14] <Yuu_Inohara> nah see
[21:14] <Yuu_Inohara> what you do is you put fake clues and books in those areas
[21:21] <Lumley> Noe
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[21:32] <Silkroad> hi
[21:33] <Frankenween> HI
[21:33] <Frankenween> mecha are you still gonna put up a log
[21:33] <Silkroad> Kaiterra and I were talking and is it possible for me to join
[21:35] <Frankenween> :O
[21:39] <Frankenween> please add  the silk
[21:45] <Silkroad> I mean if there's room
[21:45] <Frankenween> I dont see why not though that's up to big m
[21:46] <Kaiterra> I don't know if Mecha is actually still here, I think he might have to go to work :P
[21:46] <Kaiterra> Or maybe that starts next week
[21:46] <Lumley> The biggest issue is that there are very few playbooks left open, assuming Mecha wants to open another slot/banish the least popular person.
[21:46] <Kaiterra> Yeah I told him what was left
[21:47] <Silkroad> I was thinking I could play a bull.
00[21:54] <~Mechalomaniac> That starts next week.  My main concern at this point would be that there's already 6 players
00[21:54] <~Mechalomaniac> [21:33] <Frankenween> mecha are you still gonna put up a log <--- And yeah Furu, gimme a sec