<mgb>: Hello
<Arkbrik>: Woo!
<Arkbrik>: Hello
<Arkbrik>: Lets do this
<Silverdreams>: I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long.
<Arkbrik>: just one minute by my clock
<Arkbrik>: Alright, here's a copy of the scene:
<Arkbrik>: Question - Why was the population of Scade I doomed when they could not produce more Niordium?
<Arkbrik>: Characters - Required: The head of the Niordium mining corporation, and her husband. Banned: Regular mine workers.
<lawmaster>: back on
<Arkbrik>: Setting - The evening of the day when the Niordium exhaustion has become public. A quiet restaurant in the capital of Scade I. The corporation head, her husband, and another person are having dinner together.
<Silverdreams>: Maybe we should change nicks to character names?
<mgb>: Soundeth good
<Arkbrik>: Uh, maybe not
<mgb>: Banned?
<Arkbrik>: You can play several characters sometimes
<mgb>: Wait, nevermind
<Arkbrik>: with secondary characters and whatnot
<mgb>: I missed that you posted them already
<lawmaster>: should I leave or........
<Arkbrik>: Anyway, now we're going to pick characters. We pick in the order silver-mgb-arkbrik (opposite of regular play). The required characters must be picked by someone.
<Silverdreams>: I will pick the husband
<Arkbrik>: Lawmaster, you can stay if you want to watch
<lawmaster>: k
<Arkbrik>: Okay, make a name for him
<mgb>: Can I play the stranger sitting at the other table?
<Silverdreams>: Alai Martel
<Arkbrik>: Sure, what kind of a person is the stranger?
<Arkbrik>: Then the third person at their table is an NPC
<mgb>: He'll probably not be super important until the end of the scene
<Arkbrik>: But you gotta say what he is, real short eg. cop, soldier, unemployed...
<mgb>: He's unemployed, and seems to be keeping to himself at the moment.
<mgb>: He seems a little shady.
<Arkbrik>: Ok, what's his name?
<mgb>: Well call him Ron Anders.
<mgb>: Yeah, that works.
<Silverdreams>: brb getting breakfast
<Silverdreams>: k back
<Arkbrik>: So, then I am the head of the Niordium mine corporation, called Dunya Martel
<Arkbrik>: Now, we are going to reveal what our characters are thinking as the scene begins, in the same orders that the characters were picked. The thoughts aren't allowed to answer the Question.
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<mgb>: So just to be clear...the planet is doomed one way or another, correct? We're just trying to figure out how/why?
<Arkbrik>: Yep. The population is doomed anyhow, the planet itself we don't know.
<Silverdreams>: "We're fucked. I'll be lucky to get out of this system with wifey and a decent amount of credits."
<mgb>: Whatever. Close enough.
<Arkbrik>: Oh just remembered: you should know that my internet is a bit laggy. If I suddenly quit I'll be back in a minute.
<mgb>: "Helen...we may get off of this rock yet. Hang in there, please. Oh god, let her hang in there..."
<Arkbrik>: "Shit shit shit. They revealed the exhaust on planetary television this evening... the workers are going to riot."
<Arkbrik>: And now... we play. You can describe anything your character thinks, does, sees, hears or otherwise perceives, and it happens. If you do something to another player's character they describe the outcome. You can bring in secondary characters, which other players can have their characters do whatever they want to. We play until the Question is answered.
<Silverdreams>: "This is good soup." Alai said breaking the silence.
<Arkbrik>: "Oh, yes", Dunya replied, breaking out of her depressing train of thought.
<Arkbrik>: "Too watery for me", said the third person at their table.
<Arkbrik>: The third person, a woman in her forties with far too many piercings, seemed impatient.
<Silverdreams>: Alai glared at her. The State Moderator had come at a very bad time, and her oft annoying habits were beginning to take their toll.
<Silverdreams>: Although, he had to admit how attractive she was, the last time he and Dunya had made love he had thought of her.
<Silverdreams>: No, infidelity is wrong Alai thought.
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<Arkbrik2>: back.
<Silverdreams>: Do you want me to post the last three lines?
<Arkbrik2>: Yes please.
<Silverdreams>: Alai glared at her. The State Moderator had come at a very bad time, and her oft annoying habits were beginning to take their toll. <Silverdreams>: Although, he had to admit how attractive she was, the last time he and Dunya had made love he had thought of her. <Silverdreams>: No, infidelity is wrong Alai thought.
<Arkbrik2>: Dunya saw her husband's glaring and hoped that the Moderator wouldn't notice.
<Arkbrik2>: She gave him a gentle nudge with her foot under the table. This woman was their best chance to get off this planet.
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<Arkbrik2>: (still here)
<Silverdreams>: Alai stopped staring at her, and quickly tried to engage in small talk.
<Silverdreams>: "So, I don't believe you've told me where you're from."
<Arkbrik2>: "Moccur VI", she replied. "That's where most of the Quantum Church administration work takes place."
<Arkbrik2>: "I'm leaving for the Moccur system tonight, actually. A moderator is always busy."
<Silverdreams>: "Ah interesting. You look great by the way, as if you're doing that dress a favour".
<Silverdreams>: The dress was a work of pink and green vomit that wouldn't be suitable for the common homeless.
<Silverdreams>: Yet, it did compliment her figure quite nicely.
<Arkbrik2>: The Moderator giggled a little, the rings in her upper lip jingling against each other. "Why thank you."
<Arkbrik2>: Dunya smiled inwardsly; her husband had the skill for smooth talking. Some of that and it wouldn't be too hard to convince her to take them along with some excuse.
<Arkbrik2>: The Moderator waved her finger at him playfully. "But don't think you'll influence my report with that, I've already finished it."
<Arkbrik2>: "But just between you and me, I can say my tour yesterday gave a very good impression of your business."
<Silverdreams>: "Well that would be fantastic."
<Silverdreams>: Alai tried to steer the conversation back to her shuttle.
<Silverdreams>: "I haven't been to Moccur VI since I was just a boy, yet I still remember the twin sunset like it was yesterday."
<Silverdreams>: An airy and desperate attempt, but hopefully it would work.
<Arkbrik2>: "That sounds lovely", Dunya said.
<Arkbrik2>: "You've been to Moccur VI before?" the Moderator said. "What brought you there?"
<Silverdreams>: My Dad was a Quantum Church Deacon.
<Silverdreams>: "He visited there to get some paperwork done while the FBI and I made a vacation out of it."
<Arkbrik2>: "Yes, Moccur VI is a very pleasant place... sometimes I feel it's a little wasted on just administrative business."
<Silverdreams>: "Speaking of getting wasted" Alai said as a waiter came with a bottle of wine.
<Silverdreams>: "Why not celebrate your last night here with the finest wine on this colony?"
<Arkbrik2>: "Why not indeed... it doesn't count as bribery anymore!"
<mgb>: With sophisticated tone, the waiter said, "Vignetti 2436, sir. A fine choice with any meal."
<Arkbrik2>: Dunya laughed at the moderator's joke, maybe a little more than it deserved.
<Silverdreams>: Alai also forced a chuckle, perhaps a second later than he should have.
<Arkbrik2>: "That looks excellent", the moderator said eagerly.
<Silverdreams>: Alai said with a smug look on his face "Here, allow me"
<Silverdreams>: He poured the Moderator a first glass, a very full first glass, then pouring some for his wife and then himself.
<Arkbrik2>: "Thank you", the moderator said, raising her glass. "To the bright future of your business, and all of Scade I!"
<Silverdreams>: Alai raised his glass with a nervous smile, "How oblivious is she?" he thought to himself.
<Arkbrik2>: Dunya raised her glass in return, with one of the most forced smiles she had ever made.
<Arkbrik2>: "Oh good", Dunya thought, "then she haven't watched the news tonight."
<mgb>: The man in at the corner table seemed to snort faintly at the statement.
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<mgb>: You get that last line?
<Arkbrik3>: (back, recap from the snort please)
<mgb>: Said nothing after the snort.
<mgb>: "Calm down, Ron," he thought to himself. "Remember why you're here."
<Silverdreams>: Alai glanced at the man, and his rubbish jacket.
<Silverdreams>: It seemed a little low class, even for this restaurant.
<Arkbrik3>: Dunya gave the man a nervous glance. The last thing she wanted was for some nobody to come up and start blabbering to the Moderator about death and disaster... He didn't look like a mine worker at least. That was a relief.
<Silverdreams>: Alai sensed his wife's distress and quickly patted her on the leg, giving her a look that said "Everything is going to be alright".
<Arkbrik3>: "Anyway", said the Moderator, "I hope you can find the time to visit Moccur VI together some time. It's wonderful. And because of its... dry reputation there's not that many other tourists."
<Silverdreams>: "Hey, Dunya and I will have some time off, perhaps we can go with you and keep this group together."
<Arkbrik3>: "That's a great idea!" Dunya said.
<Arkbrik3>: "Oh, right away?" the Moderator said.
<Arkbrik3>: "Yes,why not?"
<Arkbrik3>: Dunya said.
<Silverdreams>: "I'd love to see the famous landscapes again, and it would be <a href='http://tinyurl.com/y42zurt'>alot</a> cheaper than renting our own shuttle."
<Silverdreams>: Alai probably shouldn't have said that last part, he now felt somewhat foolish.
<Arkbrik3>: "Well, I do have the extra space on my shuttle... so if you are free right now, then I don't see why not."
<Arkbrik3>: "YES!" Dunya thought.
<Silverdreams>: Alai breathed a sigh of relief, he was safe, his wife was safe, and they would never have to see this rock again.
<mgb>: "Excuse me, perhaps you would you lend a stranger a seat, if you're leaving for Moccur VI?"
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<Arkbrik4>: (back, sigh of relief)
<mgb>: What was the last line you caught?
<mgb>: And why not just be Arkbrik again, instead of Arkbrik4?
<Arkbrik4>: Alai breathed a sigh of relief
<mgb>: "Excuse me, perhaps you would you lend a stranger a seat, if you're leaving for Moccur VI?"
<Arkbrik4>: The moderator turned to the unkempt strange man. "Uh... and who are you?"
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<Silverdreams>: Alai couldn't help but feel threatened by this man, thinking that he would ruin everything.
<mgb>: "You may call me William Pike. I make it a goal to meet new people every day, you see."
<Silverdreams>: "Say, Dunya, I can't say I've ever seen this man in my life"
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<mgb>: "And I don't believe I've met you before either. Pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr....?"
<Arkbrik>: back, last line "...thinking he would ruin everything"
<Silverdreams>: Though Alai's body was made to be more aesthetically pleasing than physically imposing, he had decided to fight this stranger if it would come down to it.
<mgb>: "You may call me William Pike. I make it a goal to meet new people every day, you see."
<Silverdreams>: <Silverdreams>: "Say, Dunya, I can't say I've ever seen this man in my life"
<Silverdreams>: <mgb>: "And I don't believe I've met you before either. Pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr....?
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<Silverdreams>: <Silverdreams>: Though Alai's body was made to be more aesthetically pleasing than physically imposing, he had decided to fight this stranger if it would come down to it.
<mgb>: "I've been meaning to visit Moccur VI for a long time, and my girlfriend...she's...I hoped I could get her there before...to propose. And I couldn't help but overhear that you're going there. So perhaps you'd be so kind as to give a man a lift?"
<mgb>: "I'll pay, if need be."
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<mgb>: you know if you type ?nick (insert name here) you can change your name without leaving?
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<mgb>: */nick
<Arkbrik3>: Arkbrik/nick
<Arkbrik3>: */Arkbrik
<Arkbrik3>: ?
<Silverdreams>: Without asterix
<Silverdreams>: For example /nick arkbrik
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*** nickname is now known as mgb
<Arkbrik>: aah
<Silverdreams>: So how caught up are you?
<Arkbrik>: "I don't run a charter"
<Silverdreams>: "Say William, you're making my wife nervous. Could you please leave?"
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<Arkbrik>: Dunya did her best to look nervous.
<mgb>: "Please. I beg you."
<Arkbrik>: "Why is it so important to you?" the Moderator asked. "I've seen plenty of nice places on this worlds. The mines by sunset..."
<mgb>: But he interrupted.
<mgb>: "She's dying."
<mgb>: His sincerity was inherent and clear.
<Silverdreams>: Alai didn't want to help this man, he wanted to leave with people he trusted, but he couldn't help but feel sympathetic to his plight. Alai didn't know what to do.
<mgb>: "And she's always wanted to go somewhere special, somewhere different."
<Silverdreams>: Alai moved his mouth open to say something, but no words came out.
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<Arkbrik2>: last sentence "This guy might just be such a loser..."
<mgb>: where was that?
<Arkbrik2>: Dunya thought that this guy might just be such a loser that he hadn't heard about the mines. That made him a lot less dangerous...
<Arkbrik2>: maybe it didnt get through
<Silverdreams>: Nope.
<Arkbrik2>: then "and she always wanted to go"
<Silverdreams>: Alai moved his mouth open to say something, but no words came out.
<mgb>: "And she's always wanted to go somewhere special, somewhere different."
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<Arkbrik2>: "Well... I see..." the moderator said. "Fine. But don't expect any luxury on my shuttle when we're ten people, counting my crew. And don't bring any friends."
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<Silverdreams>: "William Pike? My name is Alai, Alai
<mgb>: "No friends. All I want is space for me and my girlfriend."
<Silverdreams>: Martel, and this is my lovely wife Dunya. Very pleased to meet you."
<Arkbrik>: "Pleasure", Dunya said, holding out her hand to shale his.
<Arkbrik>: *shake
<Silverdreams>: Alai shook the man's hand with vigour, feeling his calloused fingers.
<mgb>: "Pleasure to meet you." His words seemed slightly forced, and for the briefest of moments he seemed to be tensing up. But he relaxed , as if he was simply providing a firmer handshake.
<mgb>: You disconnect?
<Arkbrik>: "Well", the moderator said, finishing her wine, "it's getting late. Maybe we should get going. Do you need to pack anything?"
<Silverdreams>: "Maybe some spending money and a few changes of clothes"
<Silverdreams>: Alai and Dunya had in fact packed weeks in advance
<mgb>: "No, I've already got my thing together. Where can I meet you?"
<Arkbrik>: "Yes, it'll be quick..." Dunya said... and then felt just the slightest shake in the floor below her. Fuck. It was beginning already.
<Silverdreams>: "Well, we should really get going. Thank you for such a lovely evening."
<Silverdreams>: Damn this world
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<Arkbrik2>: "My shuttle is landed on the sandfield to the west of town. Just a short distance from the mines." the Moderator said. She didn't seem to have noticed the shake.
<Silverdreams>: 's dependance on Niodium he though.
<Silverdreams>: *thought
<Arkbrik2>: (what did you say before that?)
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<Silverdreams>: Damn this world
<Silverdreams>: 's dependence...
<Arkbrik>: "Okay!" Dunya said, a little too high-pitched. "We'll go and get our things then! See you soon!"
<mgb>: "We'll make it, Helen. We'll get you out of here, and everything will be okay. We'll find you a doctor."
<mgb>: He thought, with relief.
<Arkbrik>: "See you", the Moderator said, and got up to leave, as did Dunya.
<Silverdreams>: Alai quickly left with his wife, grabbing her hand.
<mgb>: "Very well. Pleasure to meet you. Alai, Dunya."
<mgb>: Ron turned to leave as well.
<mgb>: If we need to skip ahead in time to when they leave, can we do that?
<Arkbrik>: I want to keep going here for a bit...
<mgb>: Ok, be my guest.
<Arkbrik>: "Thank the Uncertainty!" Dunya exclaimed when she and Alai were a safe distance away from the Moderator, hurrying home through the streets.
<Arkbrik>: "I never thought she of all people would be so charitable..."
<Silverdreams>: Alai simply nodded in agreement.
<mgb>: A voice recently made familiar spoke out, "You know, she told you every step of the way, Dunya."
<mgb>: Ron stood behind them.
<Silverdreams>: "William?"
<Arkbrik>: Dunya turned around. "What?"
<mgb>: "Helen, that is. She told you every step of the way, and you wrote her off every time."
<mgb>: "Helen. That name mean anything to you?"
<Silverdreams>: Alai turned around and stood beside his wife, watching this man speak.
<Arkbrik>: Dunya recognized the name instantly. The crazy environmentalist woman, with her insane forecasts of the planet's collapse if they kept mining Niordium... "No".
<Arkbrik>: Course, turned out that she was right after all.
<mgb>: Ron scowled. "Then my first impression of you was wrong. I thought you had some degree of conscience, despite my long standing preconceptions to the contrary.
<Arkbrik>: I think we might just have answered the Question... do you agree?
<Silverdreams>: Yes
<mgb>: Yes, but we could stand to keep going.
<mgb>: I also totally predicted that that would be the answer we would come up with
<Arkbrik>: Nope, it's the rules. If we want to see more here someone will have to make another Scene.
<Silverdreams>: I thought it would have to do with the economy, but this works too.
<Arkbrik>: Yeah, I thought the Niordium Mafia would hit them
<mgb>: Ok, whose turn is it to come up with a scene?
<Arkbrik>: Well, first can someone copy the chatlog and post it in a spoiler in the forum thread, so it's preserved?