[22:00] <> [22:01] <> [22:02] <> [22:03] * Tim wakes up. "Wow. I feel a *hell* of a lot better." [22:03] <> [22:05] * Tim shuffles into the bedroom to get cleaned up. [22:06] * Vernon stretches. [22:06] * Chako is sitting on her bed, looking very bored. "''Bout damn time." [22:06] * Charlie nods. [22:08] * Charlie says so Tim can hear, "You two may want to have the wall make some new clothes for ya." [22:09] They're not the best, but we can look for a tailor later. [22:14] <> [22:14] * Tim heads into the, uh, bedroom, taking soap and towels with him. [22:14] ( *eyes Mirc* ) [22:14] ( I sent, like, two things to this channel and... they... apparently neverhappened. ) [22:14] (Eee. @_@) [22:14] (Ack.) [22:15] * Isis has been doing stretching in the 'common' room for... a good long while. She's got the really forceful tai chi of someone who's working out aggression. [22:16] * Chako is tapping her gun in the palm of her hand idly. [22:17] * Vernon is sitting around, a bit glumly, as he doubts that he'll be able to get to his e-mail from here. [22:19] <> [22:19] (As I don't think anyone's commented on this.) Prag9... Why can we understand them.. and you.. now? *he's gazing at the floor, off into space really* [22:19] * Isis says, in a highly irritated tone, "I'm sure some sort of nanodevice..." *PUNCH* "...is involved." *KICK* [22:19] * Vernon blinks. "Uh...huh, I hadn't noticed. Interesting..." [22:21] [Translators built into the ceiling, actually. These rooms are designed for ambassadors from other species.] < Ahh... [22:21] ( I just realized I'm doing high-G training. Maybe later I can go super Saiyan. ) [22:22] mmm... alright. I was hoping they hadn't put something into us without asking. [22:22] Better than having to wear our suits all the time, that's for sure. [22:23] * Vernon nods. [22:23] [I'm afraid you'll have to when you leave the room - they can't modify the whole city like that.] [22:24] Understandable [22:25] * Isis stops doing the katas and sighs, wiping her brow. "Hard work... worth it, probably. I wish I'd brought something other than the suit's sword, but I didn't know we'd be having an extended stay." [22:25] * Tim comes out, sporting a stylish one-piece jumpsuit from Frederick's of Non-Dimensional Space. [22:27] * Chako stretches, and leans back against the wall. "I'm just glad it's easier to haul around a gun." [22:27] * Isis has been wearing one, for the record. She's an early riser. [22:29] <> [You guys said you wanted to see a tailor, right? The Egg managed to find one that's open this late.] [22:29] * Isis raises an eyebrow. "The 'Egg'?" [22:30] The whatnow? [22:31] [Yeah, the main AI for the Sleythin. It's either very bored or pretty interested in helping you guys.] [22:32] Great. How we gonna get the tailor to fit us if we're wearin' our suits? [22:32] [Well, the wall measured you, right? I could maybe try to get the data off that.] [22:33] hmm, this late? I suppose we should try and synchronize clocks, in a way.. or at least be able to translate periods of time. [22:33] * Isis snorts. "Don't be offended, Pragmatic, but somehow the AI around here seem much more interested in our actual welfare than the living beings." [22:35] [Thanks, I think.] <> [The sleythin day is (translated to Earth units: 30 hours long). It's (25.3 hours) now.] [22:35] Maybe Prag can time our seconds and translate from there. *he seems to be talking to nobody in particular* ... Well, that works. [22:35] ( Prime time! I wonder what's on Sleythin "MUst see TV". ) [22:35] * Vernon beams. "That's my ideal day length." [22:37] Well, I'm ready to find that tailor. These suits are rather warm. (I'm assuming) [22:37] <> [22:39] <> [Well, get ready.] [22:40] * Isis stretches her arms over her head. "I'm presuming the gravity in said tailor's shop will be adjusted. Or something of the sort." [22:40] * Chako rocks up onto her feet. [22:40] * Charlie looks at his suit. "I'm tempted to just take my helmet.. Any thoughts, cap'n?" [22:41] * Vernon stands up straight. [22:41] [No. Only this room is adjusted. The rest of the city is normal sleythin gravity.] [22:41] Ah. We'll want our suits, then, unless we want a workout? [22:42] * Chako shakes her head, and starts getting in suit. "I don't want that much of a workout, thanks. We were barely able to move last time, with boosted muscles." [22:42] * Vernon suits up. [22:43] Right.. gravity. Ah well.. *he suits up* [22:43] (Taking helmets or no?) [22:44] (FYI, remember the comm systems slide out of the helmet.) [22:44] (I figured it would be either only helmets or all) [22:44] (Which includes the translator.) [22:44] (since we need the translators) [22:44] * Tim suits up! [22:45] * Isis does so also. [22:47] <> [22:47] (Yup.) [22:49] <> [22:50] So, where's this place? [22:51] * Tim tromps along after Pragmatic, failing to enjoy the beauty of the cave at 'night'. [22:51] * Vernon follows, enjoying the scenery. [22:52] <> [22:52] * Chako looks around. "All the attention's makin' me jumpy." [22:52] It's making me more than a little upset. Or maybe xenophobic. I want them to go away. [22:53] * Charlie to the group: ~try not to shoot anything that's not tryin' to kill ya though, eh Chako?~ [22:53] [The tailor's not far. Just a little ways down this street.] <> [22:53] * Charlie winks as he says that [22:54] * Chako chuckles. "Yeah, don't worry 'bout that." [22:55] * Charlie hmms.. "Do they have bots like you anymore Prag?" [22:55] *** Atom is now known as Atom[SEED] [22:56] <> [22:57] <> [22:57] [No, not really. The Egg says almost everything's nanonic nowadays, from the tiny repair nanites floating around to the wall devices.] [22:58] I bet you're an oddity too. Maybe they think we made you? [22:59] [I don't know. I hope they'd remember.] [22:59] Hmmm... [22:59] If they don't, it's their loss. [23:00] I'm surprised, really...I can't see the role of traditional robotics going away. [23:00] Nah, they were talking about how he was a relic or somethin', member? That Gyor.. something. The general. [23:00] * Isis gives Vernon an acidic look, then glances at Prag. "If they get uppity, remind them that without your help twice over, we wouldn't be here." [23:00] * Chako mutters, "I hate sleythin names." [23:00] [Heh, I'll try.] [23:02] * Charlie stares down a Slaythin that seems to be glaring at the group. [23:04] * Tim lets himself gawk, 'cause he's good at it. [23:04] <> [Interlopers.] <> [23:05] * Vernon blinks. [23:05] * Tim blinks. "What was that all about?" [23:05] * Chako arches an eyebrow. "Guess the military's a little territorial. Can't blame 'em." [23:06] [I, uh... I don't know.] <> [But this is it.] [23:06] * Isis shrugs. "Let them fight their own damn aliens, then." She glances around. "I'd be happy to save a species that's glad to see me... but right now, I'm only in this to save the human race, nothing more." [23:06] hmm, yeah. We can only try not to tick them off. [23:08] [After you guys.] [23:08] * Charlie nods and heads in. [23:09] * Chako looks at the manequins, and walks in the door. "I just hope they got somethin' to go on. And that people get their asses in gear before it's too late back there." [23:09] * Tim nods and walks in. [23:09] * Vernon heads on it. [23:09] (in.) [23:10] It'd prolly be best if we worked together on this. If the Sleythin could handle this on their own, they prolly would've, already. (To the team only.) [23:11] * Isis shakes her head. "I'm willing to work with someone who extends their hand to me... call me selfish." [23:11] <> [Ah! To my store... I'm so honored!] [23:11] ~hmm.. hopefully not all the military is like that.~ [23:12] <> [23:12] *** Atom[SEED] (EDeangelus@pool-141-151-23-138.phil.east.verizon.net) Quit (Ping timeout) [23:12] ( ...did you just give us into the flippers of a gay bulbasaur? ) [23:12] (I've been referencing all the sleythin like that. It's very hard to tell the males from females.) [23:12] ( *falls over* ) [23:13] ( It's a tailor. I had to ask. ) [23:13] *** Atom[SEED] (EDeangelus@pool-151-197-126-153.phil.east.verizon.net) has joined #ATC [23:13] * Chako grins a little nervously, "Uh... hey." [23:15] [Welcome, welcome. But ... I must ask, what exactly do you want from me?] [23:15] Clothes that fit better? [23:15] * Tim glances at his teammates to see if that's the general consensus. [23:16] * Vernon nods. [23:16] * Isis nods. "If you please. Wearing PVC piping chafes, faintly." [23:17] [Clothes? I... I'd have no idea where to begin. I mean, I'd need sizes, I don't know your shapes, or how many limbs you have under there... or in fact if you are wearing exosuits at all.] <> [23:18] We are.. We can help you figure out what we need.. I think this bot here has some sizing data too. [23:18] * Charlie waves towards Prag [23:19] * Tim nods. [23:20] <> [I've got it.] <> [Well.... now, this will certainly help. But what would you like them made of?] <> [23:21] <> [23:22] * Charlie goes to look at the fabrics. [23:22] * Isis sighs at the expensive kind. "Is it wrong to blithely spend the money of an alien race, if you're going to help save them from an alien menace?" [23:22] * Vernon looks at them. [23:23] <> [23:23] * Tim frowns. How much is the denim? [23:24] <> [23:24] * Chako shrugs. "Hey, they gave us the money." She looks at the stuff. [23:25] [You like that one? I can get it for you sirs... madams... and have them done in a day.] [23:25] *** Atom[SEED] is now known as Atom [23:25] I'm not even really sure if this is even a lot of money. I mean, even the expensive stuff could be pocket change when compared to a good meal or something. [23:26] <> [The account is basically limitless. It'd take years to spend it all on a normal budget.] [23:27] That works. [23:27] * Vernon nods. "That's very nice." [23:28] * Isis points to herself. "Madam." Chako. "Also madam. The rest are sir." [23:28] * Tim turns to the nice Sleythin. "I like this, yeah. Some of the others prolly have different tastes, tho. Does it, uh, come in other colors? Or is earth-tone just the top fashion these days?" [23:29] [Ah, I see.] <> [Alas, these are all I have in.] [23:30] (how rough are the fabrics?) [23:30] * Tim nods. "That's okay. I'm not really picky anyway." He steps out of the way so the others can get to the fabrics, too. [23:30] <> [23:30] * Isis breathes out. "I never thought I'd miss cotton so much." [23:31] * Chako keeps looking at the fabrics, and chuckles. "Wonder why they can't just make that sorta stuff. Seems like they can make anything else." [23:31] * Vernon hmms. "These are pretty nice..." [23:32] <> [23:32] People prolly prefer the hand-made stuff to nanoreplicated. ...or maybe Isis and I aren't the only ones with nanite allergies. [23:34] * Charlie looks at some that's about as heavy as cotton in weight. "This is almost like cotton.. not quite." [23:34] * Chako huhs. "That seems like denim... are we gettin' anything but bodysuits here? What kinda clothes do... uh..." Chako pauses. "Y'all wear?" [23:35] <> [Most clothes are one pieces or robes. Anything else will take a great deal longer.] [23:36] * Isis shakes her head. "Robes will be too flowing for the inside of these suits, so bodysuits will have to do." [23:36] * Chako nods. "Bodysuits it is, I guess. Might as well go with that stuff." She points at a dark-blue colored thing that is of that type really close to ATC suit material. [23:37] <> [I truly thank you. This will be fantastic for business.>> [23:38] (Whenever you're ready, move on.) [23:38] (Well, I dunno if anyone else wants different stuff. ^^;) [23:39] * Charlie chuckles. "You may want to keep an extra set of the clothes you make for us to show off. That's bound to bring people in." [23:39] (I don't know, I'm not the rest of you.) [23:40] * Charlie turns to the group. "It's amusing being a showpiece." [23:40] * Vernon chooses the ATCish material, too. [23:40] [23:40] * Tim goes with the denim. [23:41] Well, you have to admit it'd be hard not to look if a couple of Sleythin in suits went strolling along through our city. ...might cause property damage, too. [23:42] * Charlie goes with the denim type stuff as well.. Light brown colored though. [23:43] (Okay, we're moving along.) [23:44] * Tim picks the dark blue color. Woo! [23:44] <> [23:45] * Isis takes silk in dark green. [23:45] Nice. [23:45] Pretty... [23:45] * Chako says, "Prag? Why is everyone so pumped about us being here? Well, almost everyone." [23:46] <> [23:47] [Well, they've been waiting a long time for you. Or someone like you. And you're finally here.] [23:47] Oh. Sorry we kept 'em waiting, then. [23:48] Heh. Yeah [23:49] * Vernon nods. [23:50] * Isis shakes her head. "They're going to be disappointed. It's going to end badly." [23:50] Not like we knew they were waiting. *he smirks* [23:51] <> [I hate to do this to you, but the Egg has instructed for the Ambassadors to eat here tonight. I'm truly sorry for the inconvenience.] [23:51] * Chako blinks. [23:52] I'm startin' to feel bad about this. [23:52] <> [23:53] Oh, my... [23:54] It's like being a movie star! *he seems pleased* [23:54] Er, yeah. [23:55] * Tim follows PRagmatic, waving and muttering apologies to the nice sleythin. [23:55] * Vernon is apologizing as well. [23:55] * Isis looks displeased. This doesn't seem too different from normal. [23:55] * Chako follows. [23:56] <> [23:56] Well, to each his own. *he seems a little less pleased, since nobody else is enjoying this.* [23:57] * Chako looks around. "Hey, now I feel a little more comfortable." She looks at the fish. "S'a weird place anyway." [23:58] Wow. [23:58] * Vernon is just looking around, enraptured. [23:59] <> [23:59] <> [00:00] (It's a Sleythin Red Lobster.) [00:00] ( Uhg. ) [00:00] <> [00:00] * Chako goes that way, muttering. [00:01] * Charlie follows, admiring the scenery. [00:01] * Vernon follows. [00:04] <> [00:04] * Isis sighs. "Night or not, I don't like all this waiting. I feel *guilty*." [00:05] <> [00:05] * Chako looks at the silverware. "Like ya should be doin' something?" [00:05] Well, the wheels of diplomacy, and all that... [00:06] The wheels of diplomacy are going to be greased with blood if we wait much longer, Vernon. [00:06] True enough. [00:06] Besides, are you looking forward to enjoying fine dining wearing an exosuit? [00:06] ... [00:06] * Vernon winces. "You have a point." [00:06] "Excuse me, waiter. The gravity's a little high at our table." [00:07] ( this character wasn't a bitch when I made her. Really. ) [00:07] <> [00:08] * Chako snickers, and pops her helmet. She tries taking out the comm system thingy. "Won't be fun to eat through metal, after all." [00:08] <> [00:08] * Chako blinks. "Wow. Painless. Chalk another one up to the geeks." She puts it on. [00:08] * Tim does likewise, and eyes the menu. [00:08] * Vernon does as well. [00:09] * Charlie does the same. "I hope most of this stuff is edible for us." [00:11] * Isis hmms. "I somehow have the oddest craving for frog legs." [00:11] ( Luckily, I brought a knife. "Is this catch-your-own?" "Not with the waitstaff, ma'am." ) [00:11] * Chako snickers, and then uhs at the menu. "Well... they can't make deadly pasta, can they?" [00:12] I haven't has seafood in a looong time. [00:12] Pasta is always a good bet. [00:12] <> [Well, it should be. The Egg says that he's looked at the data and nothing in there is toxic in small quantities.] [00:12] * Isis raises an eyebrow. "I know *humans* that can make deadly pasta. It depends on the chef." [00:12] (Even I can cook pasta. And the HazMat team had to be called out the last time I tried to make an omelette.) [00:12] <> [00:13] ( Ew. No. It'd be like... [00:13] ( Well, it'd be like eating a large, amphibious millipede. [00:13] ( ...WHAT is with my right paren key? ) [00:14] Well, hell. I ain't got nothin' against fish. Does the Egg got any recommendations? [00:14] <> [00:15] ( You're dead to me. ) [00:15] * Vernon shows every indication of enjoying the music. [00:15] ( And, as soon as my background check goes through, everybody else. ) [00:16] [Uh... the reviews indicate that the Sea Cow pasta dish is excellent.] [00:16] What, scientifically, is a Sea Cow? [00:17] * Isis says, totally on reflex, "A manatee." [00:17] [It's a fish bigger than most sleythin... a what the fu.. er, what the heck?] [00:17] * Isis pauses, then coughs. "Sorry. My sister's hobby is biopaleontology. She liked sea fossils." [00:18] [Oh... uh, okay.] [00:18] Hmm, interesting. [00:19] * Chako huhs, then waves her hand. "Guess that means Sea Cow pasta..." she pushes the pad for food! [00:19] [ A manatee is called a "sea cow", Cham. They live off the coast of Florida and are endangered because people drive speedboats over them. ) [00:19] * Vernon decides to try it as well. [00:19] (I know that.) [00:19] * Isis gets something vegetarian. [00:19] (That was Prag9 talking.) [00:19] ( Oh, right. ) [00:20] * Tim tries the pasta, too. "I hope the dish doesn't include the whole sea cow. I'd need a doggy bag after that." [00:20] ([{ So many brackets. }]) [00:20] Any other suggestions, Prag? [00:21] * Charlie points at something that looks deep fried. "What's this?" [00:22] <> [00:22] [Uh... that's turtle, I think.] [00:23] * Chako leans forward on the table. [00:23] * Tim blinks. [00:23] * Isis eyes the stage. She says nothing, but her left eyebrow is looking a bit twitchy. [00:24] <> [00:24] (Crumhorn?) [00:24] (Gill Harp.) [00:24] (Fun!) [00:24] Maybe it's not fried.. *he pokes something else, grilled looking* Don't think I'll ask what this is. [00:26] <> [00:28] * Tim has some. Is it tasty? [00:28] <> [00:28] * Tim has some more, then. :9 [00:29] * Vernon has some, as well. [00:29] (If the other dishes turn out to be tempura and herring, Cham...) [00:29] * Chako grabs a piece, since it's there, and gnaws. [00:30] * Charlie eats. [00:32] <> [So... the High Council's gonna want to know what you guys intend to do.] <> [What ... ARE you going to do?] [00:33] * Isis shrugs. "Aren't they the ones with the answers? Aren't they the ones with the plan, just waiting for us brave warriors to execute it?" SHe sighs. "This is why it's bad that we're being treated this way. They're in for a rude awakening.' [00:33] * Tim has some salad and says, when his mouth isn't full, "Save the universe, I guess." [00:34] * Chako picks at the salad. "No kidding. If all they're gonna do is send us off and say, 'Go to it.'... well, hell." [00:34] * Vernon chews on the salad. [00:34] [I dunno. The Egg says the've been mostly sitting here waiting for people like you. But it's.. laughing while it says it, is the best way to put it.] [00:35] ...laughing with us or at us? [00:35] * Chako chuckles darkly. "Sounds about right. They coulda done something. Hell, if they've got five people in their army, they're better off than they were waiting for us. Jesus." [00:36] I suppose we'd need more information on what we're facing... If we could tell the rest of our race what is coming.. [00:36] They wouldn't believe us. [00:36] [I don't know. The Egg's different than any AI I've ever met before. I can't tell what it's thinking.] [00:37] That's why I said if. We'd need a lot of proof. [00:37] One of the ships was sitting outside that asteroid when he got the Key. How do we know we're not about to return to smoking wreckage? [00:38] We don't. Shit, I hope they got their act together. What the hell was ATC thinking? [00:38] * Isis sighs. "They were thinking being the saviors of humanity would be excellent for profit margins." [00:38] Ugh... [00:39] This is why we need to tell everyone we can.. Not just one corp. [00:39] People are probably too wrapped up in business to care anyway.. [00:40] * Chako snickers. "Yeah, and we'll do that how? I'll appear on SuitTV and tell it to everyone? Take over comm sats on multiple planets?" [00:40] I could just as well stay here. It's not like I have much of anything to go back to now.. *he trails off and gets lost in thought* [00:42] <> [00:42] * Charlie doesn't respond to Chako's comments. [00:43] * Chako shakes her head. "Bleh. Boring salad." [00:44] <> [00:44] * Tim eats. :9 [00:44] * Vernon as well. :9 [00:45] * Chako digs in to the cow. Moo? [00:46] * Charlie snaps out of his haze when the food comes. He looked rather angry, but lightens up when he tastes the food.. "Not bad.. Not bad at all." [00:46] * Isis eats vegetables, but she is basically just picking at whatever it is. [00:46] <> [About tomorrow's schedule... the Egg says you're going to spend... fifteen (minutes)? That can't be right... but it is. Fifteen minutes with the High Council and then the Egg wants you to himself for several hours.] [00:47] Soundsh like Isis ish right... *chew* Egg gives a damn, and the Council don't... [00:47] ...weird. [00:47] * Isis raises an eyebrow. "That's a little suspicious... but it seems like the sleythin long ago left themselves in the care of their AIs." [00:48] * Vernon nods. [00:48] Huh. Maybe that's why the soldiers are so irritated. [00:49] [No, it's reversed. They hardly ever consult the Egg anymore, though they used to a lot. And it's the Egg that's setting the schedule with the Council - apparently one of them tried to request more and was flatly denied.] [00:49] * Vernon raises an eyebrow. [00:49] Now that's weird. [00:50] Yeah it is. [00:50] (*I'm* the one who runs the Paranoia campaigns, Cham. >_>) [00:51] [It's totally beyond protocol. I'm as confused as you are.] [00:51] (^_^) [00:51] Prag... who created the Egg? And when? [00:51] What's supposed to happen then? [00:52] [Hm? The Sleythin did, in 6534, about 2200 years ago.] [00:53] [And the schedule says that after you meet with the Egg, you have lunch, and then talk with someone from the Army in Absentia.] [00:53] * Isis smiles. "The Egg is from your era then, isn't it?" [00:54] [Before it. I wasn't created till 7731.] [00:55] Huh. [00:56] * Chako continues eating. [00:57] [Why do you ask?] [00:59] <> [01:01] * Isis sighs and sets her fork down. "Eating in a suit is something I never plan to do again." [01:03] <> [It's been amusing watching. I've taken care of the bill, so you guys can go back and relax if you'd like. Maybe get some more sleep, if you want to try to be on this sleep schedule.] [01:03] Ah, thanks. [01:05] * Chako shakes her head. "Don't wanna get sleep, but hell, what else do they have to do around here?" [01:05] Deffinately better than rations, if a little cumbersome to eat like this. [01:06] * Isis thinks about this briefly. "A museum, or something like it... remember what you showed me in the city? Is there something like that here?" [01:07] <> [Uhm, yes.] <> [01:08] Guess that's the best I can hope for. [01:08] * Chako snickers. "I doubt they've got firing ranges or nothin'." [01:09] * Isis shakes her head. "I'm interested in the type of history they have recorded here, compared to the 'pre-cataclysm' type outside." [01:09] Hmm, that would be interesting. [01:10] [Oh. I suppose that would be kind of useful.] [01:10] * Tim nods. "Sounds good to me." [01:11] ("Do you have the history of the planet in easy-to-swallow, chewable tablets?") [01:11] <> [It's kind of small, but it's not that far.] [01:13] (They're cherryflavored!) [01:14] Works for me. [01:14] * Charlie reassembles his helmet and puts it on. "I'm ready to go whenever." [01:14] * Tim puts helmet on, follows Prag! [01:15] * Chako nods. "Yeah, no reason to stick around here." She puts the helmet under her arm. "Music just ain't my style." [01:15] * Isis nods and puts her helmet back on. "Agreed." [01:16] * Vernon puts his helmet on. [01:16] <> [01:17] ( Alien freaks? At this time of night? Goodness, what is the neighborhood *coming* to? ) [01:18] (My word.) [01:18] (Before they send us / To the grave / Alien beasts use / Burma Shave. [4]) [01:19] <> [01:19] * Tim follows! Although he cannot bob, the poor guy. [01:19] * Vernon follows. [01:20] ( I have to say... 3 and a half hours is probably my limit on ATCing. ^_^ ) [01:20] * Chako follow follow follows! "This is a museum?" [01:20] (We went longer last time. ^_~ But you're right. I'm kinda tired.) [01:21] ( Well, I guess this isn't goin to sound good, but there's other things I want to do before bed too, and I put them off while we were playing. :P ) [01:21] [Yeah, but nobody comes here that often. Sleythin are big on oral history. These are here almost as a formality.] [01:22] * Isis huhs softly. "I'd never have pegged such technofetishists for oral history." [01:22] (That sounds pretty good to me. Beats doing things during the game. ^_~ But anyhoo. The rest of the museum will occur next week.) [01:23] <>