101513 sami preentry

gearworkTender [GM]: Your name is SAMI HESTON. You fancy yourself a MAD ARTIST, but despite your love of THE ARTS you're BARELY ABOVE AVERAGE at them. Your room is covered in stains from paint and charcoal, and discarded bits of clay from previous failed experiments. You describe yourself as a film lover, but truth be told you pretty much ONLY WATCH CARTOONS. You're REALLY INTO MAGIC, even though you know it's just fake. But sometimes you like to pretend like it's not. Which is why you have CHEAP FAKE OCCULT SUPPLIES and REALLY AWFUL FANTASY LITERATURE secreted in various places around your room. You bought most of it from a SHADY CHARACTER who promised things of them that you knew from the start were all lies, but you couldn't bring yourself to say no to him because you're A HUGE POLLYANNA and didn't want him to think you didn't trust him. Even though no one in their right mind would have trusted him. The so-called "athame" is made of plastic for the love of Pete!You're really bad at PLANNING AHEAD and MANAGING YOUR TIME, which would explain the number of unfinished projects that litter your room. You never technically gave up on them, but it's been more than a year since you last worked on some of them. Other things come up and you forget entirely about the things you had been working on. Your dad keeps bugging you to throw them out, but that would be admitting you had given up on them, and you're not ready to do that. Your Pesterchum Handle is arcaneArtisan, and in chat you fuckin' use curse words way too fuckin' much. gearworkTender [GM]: And today is a very important day. Today is the day your beta test disks arrive for a new game you and your VARIOUS ONLINE CHUMS have been invited to play together. Unfortunatly, you know for a fact that if you father get the mail first he will hold it for MANDITORY SEDITIOUS MATERIAL INSPECTION whatever that is. gearworkTender [GM]: (You can do so of course...just type the prompt that you begin pestering her) Doir: > Doir: Pester the cussful girl. Doir: -- galactoidArrival [GA] => GA began pestering arcaneArtisan [AA] => AA at 00:25 -- gearworkTender [GM]: (No you can give them with the /me command like normal. Just remember I will usually have something to say about it if it's not utterly mundane) Doir: oh ** Doir > Doir: Pester the cussful girl. ** gearworkTender [GM]: Sam Heston, you are being pestered by one of your chums from your computer (up to you if it's a laptop or desktop) Doir: GA: hey Doir: GA: youre sami, right? ** Sami checks her laptop to see who's pestering her. ** Sami: The one and fuckin' only! Who's this? Doir: GA: this is doir Doir: <font color='#37892e'>GA: beau told me to talk to you Doir: <font color='#37892e'>we're on the human team Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Oh, you're one of my teammates then! Sami: <font color="#6495ed">That's cool! Doir: <font color='#37892e'>have you gotten the game yet? Doir: <font color='#37892e'>ive been itching to play it for like a month Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Not yet. I was just trying to figure out how to get to the mail before the Colonel, actually. Doir: <font color='#37892e'>oh Doir: <font color='#37892e'>i already put in the disks Doir: <font color='#37892e'>wasnt very difficult Doir: <font color='#37892e'>\ Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Yeah, it probably shouldn't be! But the Colonel can be really fuckin' ornery about SEDITIOUS MATERIAL INSPECTION. Doir: <font color='#37892e'>maybe if you run really fast and get there first you can get it Doir: <font color='#37892e'>unless he already has it  Doir: <font color='#37892e'>in which case, uh  Doir: <font color='#37892e'>ask nicely? Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Urrrrgh. He's probably got a fuckin' obstacle course set up out there by now. Doir: <font color='#37892e'>whats so bad about obstacle courses Doir: <font color='#37892e'>just slice through it, dont have to do any jumping and ninja moves Sami: <font color="#6495ed">The Colonel doesn't fuck around with his obstacle courses! Sami: <font color="#6495ed">But I guess I'll just have to bite the fuckin' bullet and give try. I have friends depending on me to play this game with them! Doir: <font color='#37892e'>really? Doir: <font color='#37892e'>everyone i asked was just like 'hey we dont have it yet' Doir: <font color='#37892e'>'its coming in the mail like tomorrow' Doir: <font color='#37892e'>'im busy' Doir: <font color='#37892e'>'i wasnt selected for beta testing' Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Yeah, but who knows how long SEDITIOUS MATERIAL INSPECTION could take! And Beau was certainly pretty fuckin' into it. Something about that creep that was fuckin' with her over pesterchum. Doir: <font color='#37892e'>oh yeah that guy Doir: <font color='#37892e'>hes a troll Doir: <font color='#37892e'>we're competing with them Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Yeah. Fuck that guy. Doir: <font color='#37892e'>and by troll i mean alien Doir: <font color='#37892e'>on another team Doir: <font color='#37892e'>in space Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Oh, geez, not you too. Doir: <font color='#37892e'>what Sami: <font color="#6495ed">I mean if these guys want to pretend they're aliens, I guess whatever. Sami: <font color="#6495ed">But c'mon. It's so fuckin' silly. Doir: <font color='#37892e'>well yeah Doir: <font color='#37892e'>i mean i barely believe it Doir: <font color='#37892e'>but they could just be having fun Doir: <font color='#37892e'>another team of beta testers Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Yeah, I guess you're right. And if that's how they want to play it, who the fuck are we to judge, right? Doir: <font color='#37892e'>yeah Doir: <font color='#37892e'>though they must be really into it Doir: <font color='#37892e'>they got a whole lot of stuff together Doir: <font color='#37892e'>we crosschecked facts and they all seem to be saying the same things Doir: <font color='#37892e'>quadrants and culture and stuff Sami: <font color="#6495ed">So what, you think they're some kind of LARP troop or something? Like those weird guys at the park? Doir: <font color='#37892e'>maybe Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Hmm. That could be bad! It might mean that they actually ARE friends, instead of a bunch of people who hate each other! gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlSwpBeeMMI">{S}</a> The compound is split by the sound of a PIERCING MILITARY REVERIE. It seems the Colonel is lurking about somewhere. Doir: <font color='#37892e'>well they do sort of seem to actually hate each other Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Oh shit. The Colonel is up to something. <font color="#008000">** calamitousClotho <font color='#008000'>blows a kiss to GeTe. ** Doir: <font color='#37892e'>oh no  Sami: <font color="#6495ed">I gotta go. I don't want to let him get to the mail before I do. Doir: <font color='#37892e'>okay Doir: <font color='#37892e'>cya then Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Later. <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">listens at her door to hear if the Colonel is in the hall. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Roll notice please Sami: <font color="#6495ed">[4dF] => [-1,-1,1,-1] = (-2) gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Sami your ears are still ringing from that blasted buggle playing...and that's not even to accound for the TACTICAL SOUND DAMPENING DOILS he deploys to great effect gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">*account <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">cracks the door a little and peers out. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">You open the door just a crack...and your nostiles are assaulted by the scent of apple pie filling and gunpowder...he's been here and recently too. But he is nowhere in sight gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">*nostrils gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">(My spelling is going to mega fail all night apparently, bear with me) <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">opens the door and sneaks her way toward the front door. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Opening the door reveals a layer of Tactical Sound Dampening Dollies has been applied to the surface, in addition there is a HAND WRITTEN NOTE pinned to the door. gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">*doillies <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">winces at the sight of the tacky and tactical doilies, and checks the note. ** No Name: <font color='#000080'>agh it crashed No Name: <font color='#000080'>sorry gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">The note is labeled "Today's Basic Training" and includes a checklist (25 Dumbell Curtsey Squats, 1.5 kilometer ballroom sprint, Bayonett Ettitquette Drill and Obsetcle Course" <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">lets out the mightiest sigh and performs the rolliest of eyerolls. **  gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Your gesture is profound and heart wrenching. A blind poet would be brought to tears by your inflected plight...a pity there was no one around to see it.  <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">feels pretty good about it anyway, and continutes moving as stealthily as possible toward the front door. SOUND DAMPENING DOILIES work both ways, COLONEL! **  gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Are you taking the note or doillies with you?  <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">takes the note and the doilies. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Sami adds the Note to her Sylledex...it's charecter sheet states it has the "Patriarchial Tone" and "Pretty straightforward" aspects...The Doilies have +1 stealth and the aspect of "Silent but Tacky" gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">They join her OWN CHARECTER SHEET in her inventory <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">tries wrapping her shoes in the doilies. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">What the hell do you think you are DOING young lady? Combining Items willy-nilly with no reguards to GAME CONSTRUCTS! How Scandelous! gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">It looks like you do NOT HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO COMBINE ITEMS ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN ADDED TO YOUR INVENTORY <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">sighs. No time for proper crafting, either. We'll have to do this the hard way. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Roll stealth to approach the front door unnoticed Sami: <font color="#6495ed">[4dF] => [-1,-1,-1,1] = (-2) gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Sami the odds really don't favor you today...you stomp your way down the stairs a little to fast, not really stealthy. A pity you couldn't use those doilies. <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">wonders what the problem is. What have I been using my skills for up to now? ** <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">examines Character Sheet. ** <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">checks to see if the Colonel noticed her stomping, first. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">The front door to the compound is currently ajar...the broad back of COLONEL HESTON is visable from the doorway, his appron tied with a perfect bow over his starched military jacket. He walks towards the mail box with a deliberate pace <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">widens her eyes in surprise. Oh no! No time to check my character sheet now! Gotta distract the Colonel somehow! ** <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">looks around for a distraction. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">In the antechamber of the Heston Compound one could find a table with a vase on a Tasteless Lace Runner. Photos of WAR HEROES and MARTHA STEWART decorate the walls along with FAMILY PHOTOS. The Colonels LEE ENFIELD is in the umbrella rack nestled amongst the FRILLY PARASOLS <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">takes a second to glower at the photo of Martha Stewart before continuing. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">What is sami doing? gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">(Also remember you have fate points) gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Deploying the Diorama you made for your SIXTH GRADE SCIENCE PROJECT takes but a moment...you're glad to be rid of the thing. To many bad memories...apparently your lack of HISTORICAL REALISM was penalized despite the deep pathos your project invoked...also probably the fire. The volcano erupts in a giant cloud of sooth and ashe as rainbow or sparks fly everywhere....The Colonel draws his COMBAT ROLLINGPIN and spins around looking for the source of the disturbance <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">hides and prepares to run for the mailbox once the Colonel starts trying to deal with the diorama. ** <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">deploys the Stealth Doilies and stands on them as she hides. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Roll stealth with a +1 please Sami: <font color="#6495ed">[4dF+1] => [0,1,1,0,1] = (3) gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Sami hides carefully as the colonel stalks back into the house, brandishing his rolling pin menecingly...he doesn't seem to have noticed you <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">sees the rolling pin and wishes she had remembered to allocate something to her Strife Specibus. Hopefully it won't come down to a strife before she can allocate anything. ** <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">runs for the mailbox once the Colonel is sufficiently distracted. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">(hang on a moment guys) gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Back gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Sami rushs to the mailbox, discovering within a single bubble mailer envelop labeled with an odd house like logo and a magazine. Colonel heston attempts to fan away the smoke <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">checks the envelope to make sure it's for her (The Colonel would certainly have her hide if she VIOLATED FEDERAL LAW by opening a letter not addressed to her!) and takes it if so. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">It is indeed addressed to her from the SKAIANET FOUNDATION <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">makes a gesture of victory then takes the envelope and runs back toward the house. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">There is indeed Sami. What kind of compound doesn't have an ESCAPE ROUTE <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">makes for the entrance that the Colonel isn't currently occupying. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Sami runs around to the back of the compound...to her dismay she discovers that the Colonel had choosen the back exit to the compound as the location to lay his HEINOUS OBSTECLE COURSE...  <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">sighs mightily. ** Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Fuck it! You're not gonna beat me! <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">attempts to make it through the obstacle course using the direct approach ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Alright...the course will be in three stages using Athletics, then pysique and then will...it'll be pretty hard, let's say difficulty 3 to run through each step gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Failure means a slow down...a dramatic failure probably means getting trapped Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Athletics: [4dF+1] => [-1,1,0,1,1] = (2) Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Physique: [4dF+1] => [-1,1,1,1,1] = (3) Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Will: [4dF+3] => [-1,-1,1,-1,3] = (1) gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Sami attemps to traverse the slippery BALANCE BEAM over a pit full of CORDLESS STEAM IRONS...The rising steam gets in her eyes and she slips, barely catching herself..as she makes it to the CLIMBING WALL. She scales the wall, avoiding his cleverly placed "GINGERBREAD CRUMBLE POINTS"...And then the final test...the BURNT BAKED GOODS SMOKE SCREEN...will you use your fate point to man your way through the rancid fumes? gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Sami rushes through the fumes...making it through the door just as Colonel Heston rounds the corner to view the obstecle course...you appear to have lost him for now...you are currently in the Kitchen. A freshly baked cake is cooling on the table next to a box. Keys hang from a hook near the door. A feeling of strange dread creeps over you, something from a deeply repressed childhood memory perhaps <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">wonders why she's feeling so uneasy, and examines the box. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">The box is a gift addressed to her...it says From Mom <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">takes the box. Wonder what it could be! ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">You place the box in your inventory. It's charecter sheet says "Aura of forboading" and "Impossible Oddity" gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">As aspects <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">is terribly intrigued now, but should really get up to her room before the Colonel comes after her... ** Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Oh well, he'll have to make it through the Obstacle Course himself if he wants to come in that door! <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">opens the box, a little worried but too curious not to see what's inside. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8r4xJTia9g">{S}</a> Within the box is a horrid monstrosity...a hand knit sweater in various gaudy and tacky colors mixed as a plaid with beige with the image of a Pommerian dog front and center ins Aplicque. It's tiny black eyes seem to stare straight into your soul. Sami: <font color="#6495ed">Oh man. It's....hypnotic. <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">shudders. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">For some reason, even looking at it makes the hairs on the back of your head rise. <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">takes the sweater: I can't see it if it's in my sylladex. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Sami takes the item into her Inventory. It's charecter sheet grants a -1 to every skill when equiped. It has the aspects of "SMILEDOG" "SMILEDOG" "SMILEDOG" "SMILEDOG" and "SMILEDOG" <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">tries to put the memory of the thing out of her mind, and return to her room. ** gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">Sami climbs the stairs to her room, slowly shaking off the feeling of abject horror gearworkTender [GM]: <font color="#000000">You have returned to your safe ARTISTS HAVEN <font color="#008000">** Sami <font color="#008000">is hit by a stray thought and wonders if her mother is secretly the devil. **