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=^v^= has connected.
Ganaroth has connected.
vonel has connected.
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=^v^=:
think
rioto is goign to come?
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Ganaroth:
Riot
said she would be showing up.
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Riot has connected.
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Ganaroth:
Anything
interesting going on?
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Ganaroth:
Ah,
fuck. Just detected an incoming headache. Gonna take some
ibuprofen and see if I can head it off.
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Ganaroth:
Well,
tell me when you want to start playing, I guess.
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Riot:
Nothing
interesting here, just surviving. And any time!
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=^v^=:
I
ground a ton in city of heroes on some random test server and
found some bugs
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Riot:
Hope
your headache goes away
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=^v^=:
the
oxford comma meme I just posted got a chuckle out of me
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Ganaroth:
It's
not here yet. I'm just starting to feel the beginning twinges, so
I was hoping that I could kill it in the cradle.
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vonel:
I'm
doing okay, and ready to go whenever
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Ganaroth:
Oof,
ok, let's start as quick as we can, because I dunno that this
attempt is gonna be successful.
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Last time. you had a long conversation with one of the Angels of Valor,
in which they agreed to aid you. They also gave you additional
information about their operation, and about their master. They aren't
particularly loyal to them, but have no choice but to do their bidding
thanks to the Gray Angel's control of their necessary Soma. The angel
also claimed that their master was an "Angel of Mercy," and offered an
explanation. That idea leaves a tiny, wriggling splinter in your minds.
It seems almost believeable, but something is just slightly off about
it...
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Ganaroth:
(sorry
about that, left it on background select)
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=^v^=:
(( ach! brain splitners! ))
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Ganaroth:
(Ah,
okay. I guess the map from last time didn't get saved. My previous
overlay is gone, and the Angel's token is dead again, lol)
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vonel:
(( Sever was oddly down when I tired
to log in around noon or so ))
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Angel of Valor 5:
(Ah,
ok. makes sense.)
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Riot is disconnected.
Riot has connected.
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Angel of Valor 5:
(Huh.
Welcome back. I didn't know you were gone!)
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=^v^=:
(( yes I forgot to save and rebooted
the server about thursday and didn't put server back up ))
Riot:
(( yeah got disconnected a few mins
ago ))
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Angel of Valor 5:
(It's
a thing that happens, Akaiku. No worries.)
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Angel of Valor 5:
(So
are people not feeling it tonight, or similar? Or are you waiting
for me to do something? Actual question.)
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Angel of Valor 5:
(I
mean, it's fine. I'm just not sure what I'm supposed to do.)
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Riot:
(( I'm not sure what the plan was from
here ))
Riot:
(( I just remember "The Angels are
cool now" ))
vonel:
(( Kill grey ))
Riot:
(( Is he down below the door we
untrapped? ))
vonel:
(( somewere ))
=^v^=:
(( we were going to wreck up
belowspaces so the angels we weren't beating up had plasuable denyablity
then keep an eye out for the means of production so we can sieze it on
behalf of the oppressed proletariat ))
Riot:
(( lol ))
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Angel of Valor 5:
(I
mean, yeah, basically. I can't remember if I actually said "means
of production," but it's not like that's not essentially what I'm
saying.)
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Angel of Valor 5:
(Proletariat
Angels.)
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Angel of Valor 5 hands over the ring
of keys, and nods its eyeless head. "Go, now. Move swifly, and
step softly. I pray that our next meeting will not be marked with
hostility."
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Eileen takes the keys and nods,
heading over to unlock the door down.
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Angel of Valor 5:
(Dammit,
small delay. The way I was going to describe this doesn't work. I
need to rethink real quick.)
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The steel hatch creaks open, and rather than revealing a ladder or
staircase, a small elevator rises into place with a hissing sound. The
fasteners attached to the rails suggest that it's used for ferrying
heavy articles, such as the Soma barrels, up to the roof. The control
panel, a lever on a bronze stand with a number plate, shines softly. The
plate shows a good thirty floors, but several sections are dark, ranging
from the basement level, to three floor a third of the way up, and the
27th.
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Angel of Valor 5:
(There,
sorry.)
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Itzen:
"Fancy."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Yeah,
is. Though I guess it's practical too. Unless you're an
exceptional individual, lugging those barrels up here from
whereever would be an absolute bitch."
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Eileen:
"Indeed."
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Lucky:
"Fuck
all of that, yeah."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Hey,
uh... angels. These dark floors. Mind telling us?"
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Lucky:
"I
just assumed the elevator wouldn't stop there. Maybe broken, or
somethin'."
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Angel of Valor 5:
"Our
privileges don't allow access to those ones. You'd have to get
Gray's key, or go through the guarded stairwells. The basement
level, where the Soma comes from, is one of those, of course. I
assumed that would be obvious."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"...Ugh.
Yes, fine, it's obvious. You know what wouldn't be obvious? If it
was something other than that." She mutters a bit to herself.
"Don't tell me not to ask questions, ass..."
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Angel of Valor 5 shrugs.
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Itzen:
"Hm,
I suppose we might need to check out those dark basements at some
point."
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Angel of Valor 5:
"We'll
wait for you as long as we can, but eventually we'll be asked for.
Good luck."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Might
need to, yeah. Gotta make sure our buddy gets his existence-juice."
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Io:
"Shall
we go?"
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Lucky:
"Might
oughta. Standin' here's wastin' time."
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Ra'ven hops on the elevator
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Lilium get's on as well
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Lucky steps on the elevator, too.
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Io:
(What
floor would you like to go to?)
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Riot:
(( So does Pell obvs ))
=^v^=:
(( anyone against the one closest to
the basement? ))
Riot:
(( Sounds good to me ))
The lift clanks to life, and then sinks down into the building with
another hissing sound. The light from the panel dimly illuminates the
dusty elevator shaft as you travel past several metal folding doors; the
exits to each floor that you pass. After a couple of minutes, the
elevator slides, then lurches to a halt. You can hear some muffled
conversation, and a bit of music on the other side of the metal door out
of the shaft.
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Eileen:
"Backdoor
to the main party area maybe?"
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Ra'ven:
"You'd
think behind the bar, maybe a cook area?"
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Riot:
(( I keep forgetting this place is
basically a club ))
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Ra'ven:
"I
mean it's basically drink, so you'd wanna hide it's movement to
customers right?"
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Kaylen Fisher:
"That
sounds right to me. Which means... this is probably the rich
fucks' section, right? I can't imagine that the other crowd gets
access to the finer things."
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Lucky:
"Seems
like no matter where we go, we gotta deal with rich fucks."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"I
mean, I'm still hoping to be rich at some point, but I'm also
hoping to not be a fuck. I just don't meet a lot of those."
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Eileen:
"DO
we try and mingle or try a differnt floor?"
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Itzen:
"Really,
I have not ran across one, perhaps if it's just someone who moves
money..."
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Io:
"We're
on the other side of the gates, so there are only a few ways to
proceed now. From what we know, the only place that the Gray Angel
is sure to be is with the wealthiest set when it conducts the
"shared dream" that's been mentioned. Assuming it has the keycard
on it, we'll need to either come into contact with it there, look
for it, or lure it to a location where we could ambush it. Have I
missed an option?"
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Itzen:
"I
do suppose the priors had their cards on them, perhaps they are
supposed to?"
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Io:
"I
assume so, since they are keys to a secure facility."
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Eileen nods
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Itzen:
"I
wish we knew it's reletive willingless to do things itself, for if
we could draw it into a brawl below."
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Lucky perks up at the mention of a
brawl
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Dunno.
But if we wreck enough stuff, I can't imagine it wouldn't
eventually show up. The difficulty is who else it would show up
with. It's a good idea if it rushes down there by itself or with a
small group. It's a less good idea if gathers up thirty or fourty
of its employees before going downstairs to deal with us."
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Pell:
"Smaller
numbers would definitely be better."
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Itzen hmms, "Perhaps it is good then
to attack the thing that makes the soma directly? As the rank and
file do not know how it works nor are allowed to go there, it
really
couldn't
get away with bringing anything but closest
trusted avisors or beings I guess it's willing to kill afterwards?"
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Riot:
(( Isn't that on a floor we can't
access yet? ))
=^v^=:
(( with the elevator yes, but they
said something about secured checkpoint stairs etc, Itzen it taking
that's a thing you can cut through ))
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Kaylen Fisher:
((The
basement is inaccessible by elevator, but there might be stairs
down that you could find. As Akaiku says.))
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Eileen:
"Drawing
it to us is probably the best option. Finding it alone or with a
small group on what ever floor it normally hangs out on would be
the best, but we don't have the time."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Yeah...
if there's a shift change while we're still looking, we're pretty
cooked."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Well...
I suppose that if we want to take the shortest distance between
two points, we could always attack the checkpoint, and rush
downstairs as fast as we can. That would immediately let it know
what we're supposedly here for, right? However it produces the
Soma, it's gotta be the most valuable thing down there."
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Pell:
"Could
work."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"It
goes down with its handpicked crew, and then we mess them up."
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Io:
"It
still has the weakness of not truly knowing what it will do... but
I have a feeling that will be a feature of all our options."
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Itzen:
"Yes,
but i would assume that the source of its authority over its ilk
is at least, well,
important
to it's goals?"
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Itzen:
"if
we simply free these angels from the yolk placed upon them and the
Grey just leaves... I mean, we have other targets if it comes to
that and now we have a greatful.. is it a Choir?"
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Io:
"I
meant that we do not know if it values secrecy or security more.
The idea that secrecy is paramount is what keeps it from bringing
all of its angels with it at once. If it instead decides that it
is worth exposing its methods to its employees if it means that we
will be prevented from causing more damage, then its response will
be different. In some ways, I suppose how much trouble it would be
to replace is the key question." Io nods to Itzen. "At least with
the celestials I knew, they referred to themselves as choirs. The
ones above mentioned much the same."
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Ra'ven:
"I
mean we are supposed to wreck up somewhere down here after all and
I'm rather curious what sorta god they have locked in the
basement."
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Lucky:
"Wouldn't
be the first god I've freed."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"I'm
personally gonna agree with the instructor. This kind of authority
HAS to be important. And that's why I don't think it would let
more than it's most loyal down there. If the other ones found out,
they'd be able to find who knows how many others who would risk
doing this kind of thing."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Vague
explanations work for us, because we're already here doing this.
If they wanted to get people down here to SPECIFICALLY mess up
their boss's stuff, they'd probably have to give a lot more
details about what they'd be running into."
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Io:
"I
would want to see what is captive in its basement as well. As
quickly as possible, please."
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Ra'ven:
"See?
Who could say no to a face like that?" she says gesturing to Io
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Io gazes up at the other party members
with large, pleading eyes.
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Riot:
(( lmao ))
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Io:
(It's
funny when I remember that Io is really the size of a large dog,
so they'd be always looking up at y'all)
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Io:
(ugh.
This patreon pirate site updates from some patreons a couple of
times per week, but others go forever without a change, even when
I know for a fact that the patreons themselves are still updating.
I've been waiting on an update to FIC for weeks and weeks. The
free version is almost caught up to what's available via piracy
now. (cries) Uh...I'm not crying because I can't do additional
crime. Shush.)
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Riot:
(( more crimes for the crime god ))
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Io:
(Hmm...
what for the what throne should accompany that?)
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Io:
(Just
a status reminder, the party is currently bunched up inside the
elevator shaft, standing on the platform. The folding door,
essentially made from sheet metal, is still closed in front of
you, letting through the sounds of muffled conversation and music.)
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=^v^=:
(( large burlap sacks with dollar
signs on it for the sack throne? ))
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Io:
(I
could live with that, actually.)
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Ra'ven peeks out of the folding door
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As soon as you move the door, you realize the problem. A squeal of
unlubricated metal sounds out. Luckily you hadn't tried to open the door
completely, and the sound isn't nearly as bad as it could have been. You
don't see anyone on the other side, but you immediately hear the
conversation pause, followed by a low "what was that?" and a couple of
other words that aren't quite as easy to hear.
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Um,
so... now what?"
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Ra'ven:
"This
seems like it's going to be hilariously loud... I ... um don't
carry stuff that makes metal quiet?"
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Ra'ven:
"Suppose
I could just teleport us out of that gap..."
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Ra'ven:
"Might
take a little bit..."
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Ra'ven hms, "Brimstone might not
really carry in here though."
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Lilium tries to peak out over Ra's
shoulder to get a look at the room beyond.
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The room on the other side appears to be a kind of storeroom for food
and drink, or possible a preparation room attached to a kitchen. You
can't see anyone there, only a large number of barrels, sacks of food,
and bricks of various colors of powders.
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Ra'ven tries to use her telporty
shenanas to escape the elevator to sneakly see if there is space
to extract the rest of them
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Riot:
(( bricks of various colors of powders
makes me think we could turn this into a Holi celebration lol ))
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Io shifts slightly. You get the
feeling that they are hesitant before speaking. "I could... I
could pretend to be a pet who has escaped its owner. I would
clearly be the posession of someone a wealth, so they would...
attempt to return me to my owner, no? You could sneak out while
they attempt this, and claim me. Potentially. If nobody has a
better idea." The reason for the hesitance in their voice is now
obvious. There is plenty of space, actually. Once outside, you can
see that although the stores are clearly full, plenty of space is
left over for working with what is stored there, including tables
intended for mixing, complete with alchemical equipment of dubious
provenance.
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Io:
Dammit!
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Io:
(Fuck
me.)
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Io:
(I
tried to be clever and do multiple things at once, and
accidentally ended up sending that whole io bit.)
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=^v^=:
(( lol ))
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Io:
(I'm
annoyed now.)
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Riot:
(( pretty clever idea ))
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Io:
(Thanks.
I didn't actually want to say it unless people seemed stumped,
though, and we hadn't quite gotten there yet.)
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Ra'ven uses telport shenanas to put
everone in the plenty of space not in the elevator bit
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Io:
(If I
am too ready to express ideas like that, I'd just take all your
agency, which would be lame. You folks might feel like I'm telling
you "this is the way I want you to do it."
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Ra'ven easily teleports everyone out.
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Io:
((Folks,
the headache I mentioned is getting a little worse. Would it
perhaps be possible to do another session this week intead of the
last hour and a half of this one?))
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Riot:
(( Yeah that's fine! Go do what you
need to feel better ))
=^v^=:
(( I would be okay with calling it
now, can't say if people are onboard with other day this week though as
that's proven a bit tricky usually ))
vonel:
(( sure ))
=^v^=:
(( myself I'm a bit finding it hard
to think/spacy right now ))
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Io:
(It's
okay, Akaiku. Let's have you people mention which days could
conceivably work in discord, kay? I'm sorry about this. I'm just
starting to see spots, which means tonight is going to be fun.))
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Io:
(Migraines
are bullshit. It's also why the ibuprofen didn't help, because
they're neurological rather than muscular....)
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Riot:
(( oof. Go lay down, we'll figure the
rest out later ))
Riot is disconnected.
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Io:
Thanks.
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Ganaroth is disconnected.
=^v^= is disconnected.
vonel is disconnected.