Pulp 002

December 11, 2020

[7:12 PM] Osu: So when last we met you guys were invited to an exclusive party after the 'celestial phenomenon' appeared in the sky. You did some exploring which showed that the building you were in did not seem to obey any physical laws that made sense, and on exploration, you found a room full of cultists and armed guards.

[7:13 PM] Osu: Specifically three cultists, chanting, and two guards, who seem surprised by your presence.

[7:14 PM] Sandy: ((We didn't get frisked coming into the party, right?))

[7:14 PM] Osu: ((nope.))

[7:17 PM] Sandy: "...wrong door?"

[7:18 PM] Blackwell: Excuse me, but would you care to explain exactly what you're doing here?

[7:19 PM] Osu: They point their weapons at you!

[7:19 PM] Blackwell: puts his hands up.

[7:19 PM] Sandy: will duck around the doorway.

[7:19 PM] Osu: Their sidearms are not guns. Well, they are, but they are of a strange design.

[7:21 PM] Sandy: will reach for the gun she tucked down the back of her overalls.

[7:21 PM] Blackwell: stays in the room.

[7:21 PM] Blackwell: There seems to be some sort of toxic gas in the lower floors, perhaps you ought to be evacuating the building.

[7:22 PM] Osu: Let's do initiative rolls here to determine the order of events. So roll Wits+Dex+Intuitive.

[7:22 PM] Osu: Count the number of success you get since this is a contested roll.

[7:22 PM] Blackwell: ((What's a success again?))

[7:22 PM] Sandy: ((Where's Intuitive?))

[7:22 PM] Osu: ((7 or higher.)

[7:23 PM] Osu: ((INtuitive inspiration.))

[7:23 PM] Blackwell: ((6 successes, including 2 10s.))

[7:23 PM] Sandy: ((Intuitive facet?))

[7:23 PM] Blackwell: ((Yep!))

[7:24 PM] Sandy: ((3 successes))

[7:24 PM] Sandy: ((One of which is a 10))

[7:24 PM] Osu: ((Yeah, your intuitive facet is 3.))

[7:24 PM] Ke: ((3 successes 2 of which are 10))

[7:26 PM] Osu: ((10s don't matter normally.))

[7:26 PM] Osu: So Joe is very first.

[7:28 PM] Blackwell: Now, now, now, let's not be hasty. Slide your guns into the hallway and sit down and we can talk about this like reasonable people.

[7:32 PM] Sandy: "...I think they know about the gas, Joe."

[7:34 PM] Osu: They look at each other confused for a moment, then they level their guns again! The cult guys continue chanting and seem oblivious to your presence. There's a weird sense that they're not really there.

[7:34 PM] Osu: Sandy?

[7:35 PM] Sandy: will pull her gun and shoot at the ritual, try to disrupt it.

[7:35 PM] Osu: What are you shooting at?

[7:36 PM] Sandy: ((Is it just the cultists chanting in a circle?))

[7:36 PM] Osu: Yeah.

[7:36 PM] Sandy: will try to shoot one of the cultists in the shoulder. Try for a non-fatal shot.

[7:37 PM] Osu: Dex+Firearms. You need two successes for a called shot like that.

[7:38 PM] Sandy: ((No successes))

[7:38 PM] Osu: ((Also remember that if you roll no success and also a 1, let me know.))

[7:38 PM] Sandy: ((There is no 1, just...no win))

[7:39 PM] Sandy: ((WAIT!))

[7:39 PM] Sandy: ((No, I am wrong. Sorry. I don't know how to read the thing.))

[7:39 PM] Sandy: ((One success))

[7:39 PM] Sandy: ((4,6,6,7))

[7:40 PM] Osu: Okay, roll a d10 and tell me the number.

[7:40 PM] Sandy: ((1))

[7:43 PM] Osu: Okay! Your shot goes a little off and hits  the cult guy in the midsection -- it's hard to make a called shot with their robes. But it definitely connects, as he stops his chanting for a moment and the house shudders around you until he picks it up.

[7:43 PM] Sandy: "Whoa!"

[7:45 PM] Osu: Ke!

[7:45 PM] Osu: (yes.)

[7:46 PM] Ke: (( If I can reach them Can I use martial arts to try and disarm one of the gunmen?))

[7:47 PM] Osu: ((Yeah, you can try to disarm one of them. You can try to disarm both, but then we get into some fiddly multiple action rules. Up to you.))

[7:48 PM] Ke: ((I will try for both then unless it is too complicated))

[7:49 PM] Osu: The way this works is that for each action, you start subtracting dice for the number of actions you're taking. So what's your Dex+Martial Arts?

[7:49 PM] Ke: ((8))

[7:50 PM] Osu: So because you're talking 2 actions, it would be -2 on the first roll, and then -3 on the second. So 6 dice and 5 dice. And disarming will take a couple of successes.

[7:51 PM] Ke: ((first roll 3 successes second roll 2 Successes))

[7:52 PM] Osu: Okay, you knock the weapons out of their hands, and clattering to the floor in an impressive flurry of blows.

[7:52 PM] Sandy: "...whoa."

[7:53 PM] Blackwell: ... nicely done.

[7:53 PM] Sandy: "If you're not bad guys, I'm sorry.  But this seemed like a real...bad guy set up."

[7:57 PM] Blackwell: I think we're past that point.

[7:57 PM] Sandy: "I was aiming for a shoulder."

[7:58 PM] Ke: You should work on your aim then.

[7:58 PM] Osu: Ive done this wrong, actually. But in the interest of keeping things moving, I'll just go with it. One of them goes at Ke with a baton.

[8:03 PM] Osu: He connects, and the baton lights up with electricity. For damage I rolled 4 successes, so we subtract your Stamina from that, which causes 1 level of Bashing damage. If you look at your health levels on your character sheet, that should put you at Bruised. The other one also attacks Ke since she's right there with a similar baton,  and this one ends up doing 2 levels, so that should put you at Wounded. Which gives you a -2 to your dice pools until you've recovered. You got stunned a bit with electricity.

[8:04 PM] Osu: Now we're back to Joseph.

[8:05 PM] Blackwell: STOP CHANTING.

[8:07 PM] Osu: The cultists... stop chanting. The house around you all shudders and lurches.

[8:07 PM] Osu: Everyone give me a Dex+Acrobatics roll. Just Dex if you don't have it.

[8:07 PM] Osu: Err, Athletics, I mean.

[8:08 PM] Sandy: (5,9,9)

[8:08 PM] Blackwell: ((8, 3, 6, 8.))

[8:08 PM] Ke: ((1,5,6,6,7))

[8:09 PM] Osu: You guys all stay on your feet. One of the guards falls. So do two of the cultists, who are looking around confused.

[8:09 PM] Osu: Sandy.

[8:09 PM] Sandy: will hold the gun up to the last guard "DROP IT!"

[8:10 PM] Sandy: ((Appearance+Intimidation?))

[8:10 PM] Osu: ((Or Charisma + Command, whichever is higher.))

[8:10 PM] Sandy: ((Def intimidation, then.))

[8:11 PM] Sandy: ((Three successes, 2 of which are 10s.))

[8:12 PM] Osu: He drops his baton.

[8:12 PM] Osu: Ke?

[8:13 PM] Ke: will go grab the guns that got knocked away

[8:13 PM] Osu: Easy enough, they're weird guns.

[8:13 PM] Osu: IS that it?

[8:14 PM] Ke: will hold the guns on whoever looks the most threatening.

[8:15 PM] Osu: Give me a.... hmm. Intelligence+Engineering.

[8:16 PM] Ke: ((I can’t roll))

[8:16 PM] Osu: If you don't have Engineering just roll INt.

[8:16 PM] Ke: ((I would normally have 2 there but I am at minus 2))

[8:16 PM] Blackwell: ((Did the fire girl come up with us?))

[8:17 PM] Ke: ((My int pool is 2 ))

[8:17 PM] Osu: ((Okay.)

[8:17 PM] Osu: ((And she's wandered off because I completely forgot her, so she's snooping around elsewhere for now.))

[8:18 PM] Osu: The guard who got knocked down who still has his baton jabs at your legs, Ke. He misses, though.

[8:19 PM] Sandy: "Seriously?!?"

[8:27 PM] Osu: One of the cultists speaks up. "Ahhh, Blessed Ones!  Our apologies for these.... crude necessities.  There were so many of you manifesting this time that we had to resort to this... unseemly deception.  With the invitations and whatnot.  Sandy, Ke, you're both finding that you can't really... move.  Or do anything but listen attentively -- you both find yourselves relaxing.(edited)

[8:28 PM] Sandy: blinks a bit.

[8:31 PM] Sandy: "...what's happening?"

[8:31 PM] Osu: Lead Cultist: I promise you that all will be revealed. I had hoped that all of you Blessed Ones would be sound asleep, as the trip is quite taxing to the conscious.

[8:31 PM] Osu: Lead Cultist:  Sleep sounds very good, doesn't it?

[8:32 PM] Blackwell: He's hypnotizing you! Damnation!

[8:34 PM] Osu: You do have to admit that you're getting very sleepy.

[8:35 PM] Sandy: will fight to stay awake, if she can.

[8:35 PM] Osu: Buuuuuut, thanks to Joe, if you want to spend a Willpower point you guys can rouse yourselves.(edited)

[8:35 PM] Sandy: will

[8:35 PM] Osu: Sandy is able to shake it off.

[8:36 PM] Ke: will

[8:36 PM] Ke: ((how does that work?))

[8:38 PM] Osu: Ke also shakes it off.

[8:39 PM] Sandy: will shuffle over to one of the alien guns and look at it, while trying to keep her pistol trained on the head cultist.

[8:39 PM] Osu: They're not alien. But go ahead and roll engineering+int.

[8:41 PM] Osu: Sandy, this is a gas gun.

[8:42 PM] Osu: Doesn't fire bullets, but it projects a spray of pressurized gas from an internalized cannister.

[8:42 PM] Osu: Thus their gasmasks, probably.

[8:42 PM] Sandy: "Ok, your mind tricks and gas guns failed...can you now just tell us what's going on?"

[8:43 PM] Osu: Head Cultist:  Well, because of your interference, this vessel is going to crash unless you let us get it under control.

[8:44 PM] Blackwell: Vessel?

[8:44 PM] Sandy: "...IT IS A SPACESHIP!"(edited)

[8:46 PM] Blackwell: ... get us back. Now.

[8:47 PM] Osu: Head Cultist:  It travels. Call it what you wish.

[8:47 PM] Ke: Where is it going?

[8:47 PM] Osu: Head Cultist:  Yuggoth.

[8:47 PM] Osu: Head Cultist:  Planet X.

[8:48 PM] Osu: Head Cultist:  Ultima Thule.

[8:48 PM] Osu: Head Cultist:  Wherever you want to call it.

[8:48 PM] Blackwell: ... bring us back, or we will shoot you.

[8:48 PM] Sandy: "...I'm willing to let you keep us going."

[8:49 PM] Blackwell: Are you mad, they tried to mind-control us!

[8:49 PM] Ke: will go pick up the baton that got dropped

[8:49 PM] Sandy: "Planet X.  That has to be what we saw.  Where we got all our powers and stuff from.  Don't you want to see it?"

[8:49 PM] Ke: No

[8:50 PM] Osu: Head Cultist:  Kill us and we will be adrift forever.

[8:50 PM] Blackwell: Not if they're proposing to to feed us to their god or enslave us or whatever other nonsense they have in mind.

[8:50 PM] Sandy: "...can you read their mind and find out?"

[8:51 PM] Blackwell: They'll resist.

[8:52 PM] Osu: I mean, you can all roll to determine how full of crap this guy might be.

[8:52 PM] Blackwell: ((What do we roll?))

[8:53 PM] Blackwell: ((Rapport?))

[8:54 PM] Osu: ((Rapport, Interrogation, there are a few ways to do it.))

[8:54 PM] Blackwell: ((4 successes on Rapport.))

[8:55 PM] Sandy: ((0 successes in interrogation.))

[8:56 PM] Ke: ((I can’t roll so skip))

[8:57 PM] Blackwell: ... he's lying. We don't need them.

[8:58 PM] Ke: So what do we do

[8:58 PM] Blackwell: eyes that cultist. "Whatever your intentions are, you do think this is necessary, but I want you to know that you're wrong. At this point your only chance is to explain everything truthfully."

[9:03 PM] Osu: The cultist sighs. "We represent certain parties interested in seeing you reach your full potential.  The plan was simply to bring you home so that things could be explained to you properly.   Secrecy was important."

[9:03 PM] Sandy: "Why?"

[9:05 PM] Blackwell: What parties?

[9:05 PM] Osu: Cultist:  Because people react in unpredictable ways.

[9:07 PM] Blackwell: Who are these parties that want us to reach our full potential, and why?

[9:08 PM] Blackwell: ...

[9:08 PM] Blackwell: stares at him.

[9:08 PM] Blackwell: Sandy, Qi. We need to get out of here. Now.

[9:08 PM] Sandy: "What did you see?"

[9:09 PM] Ke: How do we do that?

[9:09 PM] Blackwell: They're Germans. That's what he didn't want to tell us. Nazis.

[9:09 PM] Osu: Roll Awareness+Perception everyone.

[9:09 PM] Sandy: ((Failure and a 1))

[9:10 PM] Blackwell: ((2 successes.))

[9:10 PM] Ke: ((With rolling one die I got a success))

[9:10 PM] Osu: HEad Cultist:  We are with the Thule Society. Our own affiliation with the party is rather tenuous, we go our way,they go theirs.

[9:10 PM] Sandy: "Nazi adjacent isn't much better."

[9:11 PM] Osu: Ke and Joe, you both notice the windows are back in the house.

[9:11 PM] Blackwell: looks out the window.

[9:11 PM] Ke: will grab a baton and break open the nearest window

[9:12 PM] Blackwell: That's a distinction without a bloody difference and you know it.

[9:13 PM] Osu: Sandy, you step on the baton that got dropped and get electrocuted a little for 1 level of bashing damage.

[9:13 PM] Blackwell: Do you really think your radical racial hygienist friends are going to be content to let people like us live among them as equals?

[9:13 PM] Osu: Head Cultist:  We're using them.

[9:13 PM] Blackwell: Oh, that worked beautifully for the conservatives in the Weimar Republic, did it?

[9:13 PM] Osu: Joe and Ke, the house seems to be where it was.

[9:14 PM] Ke: So we still planning on leaving immediately?

[9:14 PM] Osu: Head Cultist:  Doesn't matter now. You'l never see it.

[9:14 PM] Blackwell: Yes. We need to evacuate this place.

[9:14 PM] Sandy: will pick up one of the batons and the gas gun.

[9:15 PM] Osu: Give me another awareness roll, everyone.

[9:15 PM] Sandy: ((1 success))

[9:15 PM] Blackwell: ((0 successes.))

[9:15 PM] Sandy: ((Real world dice, still better than roll20. ))

[9:15 PM] Ke: ((1 success))

[9:16 PM] Osu: Ke and Sandy, you start hearing gunfire outside the house. Joe 's got the blood in his ears.

[9:17 PM] Sandy: "Well, that sounds like a cue to leave.  You were disappointing hosts."

[9:17 PM] Blackwell: ...and if you want to shoot them, I won't stop you.

[9:17 PM] Sandy: "Better idea."

[9:17 PM] Ke: Who would be attacking your group?

[9:18 PM] Sandy: will shoot out one of those windows.

[9:18 PM] Osu: (Ke already broke one.)

[9:18 PM] Ke: will jump out the broken window

[9:18 PM] Sandy: follows Ke.

[9:18 PM] Osu: This was on the third floor.

[9:18 PM] Sandy: ((Oh, shit, I forgot that bit. ))

[9:19 PM] Osu: Do you still jump out?

[9:19 PM] Blackwell: runs out of the room to see if the others are still in the building.

[9:19 PM] Sandy: does not. She'll follow Joe.

[9:20 PM] Ke: will follow the others

[9:30 PM] Osu: You guys run downstairs and there's some chaos as people are starting to wake up and freak out a bit. The woman you met earlier catches up to you all. "I phoned the police.

[9:31 PM] Osu: ...but I don't think that's who's shooting.

[9:31 PM] Sandy: "Might be Nazis.  Turns out this was a Nazi thing."

[9:31 PM] Sandy: "How good are you with those fires?"

[9:32 PM] Osu: Woman:  .... I've never set anyone on fire, if that's what you're asking.

[9:32 PM] Osu: Woman:  Have you?

[9:32 PM] Blackwell: Good.

[9:32 PM] Sandy: "Not intentionally."

[9:32 PM] Blackwell: raises his voice. "THERE IS A SMALL FIRE UPSTAIRS. THERE IS TIME, BUT PLEASE EVACUATE THE BUILDING. NOW."

[9:33 PM] Blackwell: ((4 successes on Command for that.))

[9:34 PM] Osu: Those that are conscious seem to start listening to you.

[9:34 PM] Blackwell: HELP THE OTHERS WHO ARE UNCONSCIOUS!

[9:34 PM] Osu: There seems to be gunfire still outside the house.

[9:34 PM] Blackwell: GO OUT THE BACK!

[9:35 PM] Sandy: "...note to self, need to add a call feature to my bike."

[9:35 PM] Blackwell: then heads downstairs and to the front door.

[9:36 PM] Sandy: "What are you doing?"

[9:37 PM] Blackwell: Someone's shooting out there, they might need help!

[9:37 PM] Sandy: "...and you called me mad."

[9:37 PM] Sandy: follows

[9:37 PM] Ke: does as well

[9:38 PM] Ke: We have helped enough we could worry about getting out of here ourselves

[9:38 PM] Blackwell: Never said I wasn't!

[9:38 PM] Sandy: "...my bike's out front, anyway."

[9:39 PM] Osu: You go outside, and there are three guys out there with guns drawn. They're all dressed in civilian clothing, and there are a couple of people dead outside the front door, including the doorman who gave Ke the stinkeye. They take aim at the three of you and say something in german when there's three gunshots and they all drop.

[9:40 PM] Osu: A souped up hotrod pulls up and the door opens and a guy that looks like a more distinguished Jeremy Irons says 'Get in."

[9:41 PM] Sandy: "....oh no..."

[9:41 PM] Sandy: gets in. "Come on."

[9:41 PM] Ke: will grab one of the germans guns and get in the car

[9:41 PM] Blackwell: ... out of the frying pan, I suppose.

[9:41 PM] Blackwell: hops in as well.

[9:41 PM] Osu: There's a guy in the back, too, a young guy with dusky skin who's reloading a revolver.

[9:42 PM] Osu: Guy:  Hey, Sandy. How was the party?

[9:42 PM] Sandy: "You called Al?!?"

[9:42 PM] Osu: Guy:  He called me.

[9:42 PM] Sandy: "Where's the bike?"

[9:43 PM] Blackwell: You know these people?

[9:43 PM] Osu: Two more german guys come around the corner with guns drawn and August shoots them both -- barely glancing at them.

[9:43 PM] Sandy: "This is August.  He's a good frie--SHIT!"

[9:43 PM] Blackwell: ducks down in the car.

[9:43 PM] Sandy: "...nice shot."

[9:44 PM] Osu: Al:  Are their more inside?

[9:44 PM] Sandy: "A few.  Three seem to have some occult capabilities.  Two other were armed, but we managed to deal with that."

[9:44 PM] Blackwell: There were, I told them to evacuate out the back.

[9:44 PM] Sandy: throws him the batons and gas guns.

[9:45 PM] Sandy: "For the record, I had it under control."

[9:45 PM] Blackwell: Had what under control?

[9:46 PM] Osu: Alan:  Good man. I'm Alan Swan, it's a pleasure.

[9:46 PM] Osu: August:  We're clear.

[9:46 PM] Osu: August:  No more Nazis. And stop  shredding the clutch like that.

[9:47 PM] Sandy: "...how'd you know about the Nazis?"

[9:48 PM] Osu: Alan:  We've known for a bit that the Thule had a cell in Boston.

[9:48 PM] Osu: Alan:  This is the first time they've done anything this.... overt.

[9:48 PM] Blackwell: ... Alan Swan? Any relation to the Alan Swan who claimed to have found a lost city of diamonds in Africa?

[9:48 PM] Osu: August:  .... don't ask me, he just said 'Sandy's probably been kidnapped by Nazis'.

[9:49 PM] Blackwell: He who? And has anybody got an aspirin? ... failing that, whiskey?

[9:49 PM] Sandy: "Kidnapped?!?"

[9:49 PM] Osu: August pulls out a flask and hands it to Joe.

[9:49 PM] Ke: So where are we going?

[9:49 PM] Sandy: "I was not kidnapped!"

[9:50 PM] Blackwell: takes a slug of it, gratefully.

[9:50 PM] Blackwell: then hands it back.(edited)

[9:50 PM] Osu: Alan:  That city wasn't made of diamonds.

[9:50 PM] Blackwell: Didn't say it was, and neither did Alan. Just that it had a lot of diamonds in it.

[9:50 PM] Osu: It is not whiskey, it is something very strong and likely homemade.

[9:51 PM] Blackwell: does not object, as beggars cannot be choosers.

[9:51 PM] Sandy: "Alan Swan, this is Joseph Blackwell and Ke."

[9:52 PM] Blackwell: Lovely to meet you, and thanks for the lift.

[9:52 PM] Osu: Alan:  Charmed. We're heading up to my estate.

[9:52 PM] Ke: Is that optional?

[9:53 PM] Osu: Alan:  You're being hunted by Nazi spies, do you really want to be alone right now?

[9:53 PM] Blackwell: laughs.

[9:53 PM] Sandy: "I have the apartment rigged up.  August and I should be fine."

[9:54 PM] Blackwell: They claimed they were only using the Nazis.

[9:54 PM] Osu: Alan Swan:  I guess if you're not curious about what's going on I could just leave you on the side of the road.

[9:55 PM] Sandy: crosses her arms but says nothing.

[9:55 PM] Osu: Alan:  I say who you associate with tells me everything I need to know about you, especially when they're Nazis.

[9:55 PM] Osu: Alan:  Would you agree, Mr. Blackwell?

[9:56 PM] Blackwell: It says enough.

[9:57 PM] Sandy: "...did you already know about Planet X?"

[9:57 PM] Osu: Alan:  It's not the first time it's shown up.

[9:57 PM] Ke: You don’t alwAys get to choose who you associate with

[9:58 PM] Osu: Alan:  Anyone who claims to be 'using' the Nazis does.

[9:58 PM] Blackwell: They did at first.

[9:59 PM] Blackwell: That time is gone.

[9:59 PM] Sandy: "...did you see it?  Before...did it...touch you?"

[10:00 PM] Blackwell: ((Who is she asking?))

[10:01 PM] Sandy: ((Alan))

[10:01 PM] Sandy: "...all those stories...all this time I thought you were mostly full of shit."

[10:01 PM] Osu: Alan:  Don't make it sound so religious, girl. A celestial event occurred that exposed people to aetheric energies which had a transformative effect.

[10:02 PM] Osu: Alan:  Yes, well. I intended to tell you more, but you left, and then things started moving rather quickly.

[10:03 PM] Sandy: "You still didn't answer my first question, old man."

[10:03 PM] Sandy: "Did you undergo a transformative effect?"

[10:04 PM] Osu: Alan:  Of course I did.

[10:05 PM] Blackwell: ... I invited you to lunch next week, Mr. Swan. I wonder if the invitation is still in the mail.

[10:05 PM] Osu: Alan:  .... could be. I'm a bit behind on my correspondence to be honest.

[10:05 PM] Sandy: "How long exactly are you planning us all to hole up at Swan Lake?"

[10:06 PM] Osu: Alan:  Long enough to tell you the score. I owe you that much. And I owe Mr. Valley a tank of gas.

[10:07 PM] Osu: August:  I'm just sad I didn't get invited to the fancy Nazi party.

[10:07 PM] Blackwell: It was entertaining.

[10:08 PM] Ke: One word for it

[10:08 PM] Sandy: "Eh.  It was ok."

[10:08 PM] Sandy: "Kind of limited."

[10:08 PM] Sandy: "You ok, August?"

[10:08 PM] Osu: August:  I just found I out I had superpowers, I'm fantastic.

[10:09 PM] Blackwell: They murdered the doorman.

[10:09 PM] Ke: How secure is your estate?

[10:09 PM] Osu: Alan:  They weren't there to kill the invitees.

[10:09 PM] Sandy: "Wait, you've got superpowers?  What can you do?"

[10:10 PM] Sandy: "The estate is extremely secure.  A series of fences around the perimeter, electrified panels all over the house, hidden turrets in the shrubs.  Fort Knox wishes they had what Swan has."

[10:10 PM] Sandy: "...and he may have added some additional security when I turned 13."

[10:12 PM] Blackwell: ... did either of you see the waitress? Or the girl who set fires? Did they get out?

[10:13 PM] Ke: Not sure I was to focused on getting out

10:13 PM] Sandy: "I noticed fire girl make for the exit.  Didn't see if she left."

[10:14 PM] Osu: Alan:  Don't worry, they'll be all right, some friends of mine should be there by now.

[10:14 PM] Sandy: "...you knew about all this ahead of time."

[10:15 PM] Sandy: "....did you know about my invite?"

[10:16 PM] Osu: Alan:  No. I knew they were being sent out by I didn't know you were invited until August mentioned you had been invited to a weird party.

[10:16 PM] Sandy: nods.

[10:17 PM] Blackwell: Who are these friends of yours?

[10:18 PM] Osu: Alan:  The Aeon Society. A gathering of people ... like us, I suppose.

[10:18 PM] Blackwell: Raconteurs?

[10:19 PM] Osu: Alan:  Scholars. Adventurers. Raconteurs too, I suppose.

[10:20 PM] Blackwell: And I wasn't invited before? I shall have to have words with your manager.

[10:20 PM] Sandy: "Your drinking buddies?"

[10:23 PM] Osu: Alan:  Yes. And you're like us, now. I knew it was only a matter of time.

[10:23 PM] Sandy: "Swell."

[10:24 PM] Blackwell: I feel snubbed.

[10:24 PM] Sandy: "You're one of them now, too."

[10:24 PM] Sandy: "...I assume."

[10:25 PM] Osu: Alan:  Indeed. Better late than never, eh? We prefer to keep our existence as an organization somewhat discreet.

[10:25 PM] Ke: Lots of groups like that floating around

[10:25 PM] Blackwell: I am ever the soul of discretion.

[10:27 PM] Sandy: "...has anyone ever made it there?  Planet X?"

[10:27 PM] Osu: Alan:  Not unless you're invited by the masters of that place, and you don't want to be.

[10:28 PM] Sandy: "...August, what powers did you get?"

[10:29 PM] Osu: August:   Not all sure yet, but I"m a hell of a shot now.

[10:29 PM] Sandy: "Yeah, noticed that.  That was awesome."

[10:29 PM] Blackwell: Does this place have a swimming pool, by any chance?

[10:30 PM] Osu: Alan:  Of course.

[10:30 PM] Blackwell: Good, good.

[10:31 PM] Osu: You're driving out of town! Toward the Swan estate, Swan Lake. And there we leave it for tonight. You all have 5 xp, so make a note of that.

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