Captain Dane Casey

Commander Edward Castillo

Captain Jack McNeal

The Lone Gunmen

#141 Transcript

The following online game took place on the night of 7/10/03. I was in my bedroom signed on to AOL. Aaron was in his room on AOL Messenger. Ben and Kaye needed to share the same computer at their place, but as you’ll see in the text, we tried to get them to use either a “C” for Kaye (should have been a “K”, but I was thinking of her screen name) or a “B” for Ben when either of them took over.

So, in case you’re new to this, “OconnellMD” is me (Michael O’Connell, GM), “PSBAaron” is Aaron Storck (Dyna Girl), and “Cincoflex” is both Kaye Bellot (Tinker) and Ben Bellot (Moonspider).

Please note that there are entries from me discussing have missed capturing portions of the game. Turns out Aaron had copied the entire thing where I screwed up, so this is, in fact, all of it.

What follows is the transcript of the gaming session, starting from when Aaron entered the room (where Kaye and I were already chatting). I was thinking of going through and correcting any typos, but decided on leaving them to capture the original flavor. Enjoy.

You have just entered room "Forte 2000."
OconnellMD: Yeah! We're live!
Cincoflex: chances of actually SEEING them are going to be practically nil
OconnellMD: I love this!
PSBAaron: what's up kids?
OconnellMD: We should try this more often
Cincoflex: a threeway
PSBAaron: I'm bold-text guy now
Cincoflex: scary!
OconnellMD: That's a bold move
PSBAaron: I'm only in if Ben is...
PSBAaron: I prefer a 4 way...
PSBAaron: :-)
Cincoflex: would it help if I went to a different font as well?
OconnellMD: Aaron...since you're in the next room, I can turn up the volume and try the Griffin move on you (caw!!)
OconnellMD: (Warcraft II joke)
PSBAaron: nah.. I'm seeing 3 diff fonts
OconnellMD: Let me try one...
Cincoflex: I'm going Tahoma here
PSBAaron: stop me if you've heard this one.. a priest a leper and a jagoff go into a cave...
Cincoflex: snerk
OconnellMD: Does mine look any different?
Cincoflex: could anyone actually stop you?
PSBAaron: yeah.. and a bit tough to read...
OconnellMD: I'd better come up with one easier to read
Cincoflex: like all men I know, I just want to be bigger
OconnellMD: How about good ol' Times New Roman? That'a a good GM font
Cincoflex: Hmmmmm
PSBAaron: I'm putting Mike on iggy... he bores me...
OconnellMD: Watch it! I'll eject you! Beeyatch!
PSBAaron: hold on a sec...
OconnellMD: So is Ben in the room?
Cincoflex: Ben is watching Cartoon network, but I can fetch him
OconnellMD: Fetch him!
PSBAaron: lol... with or w/o the kids?
OconnellMD: He's gotta get his game on!
OconnellMD: We're going to TiVo Teen Titans and see if it's any good
Cincoflex: we have to bed the boys down in half an hour
PSBAaron: how are you guys changing fonts?
Cincoflex: the little tab here in the chatroom
OconnellMD: There's a drop-down for it in AOL. I don't know how it is in Messenger
PSBAaron: I guess i don't have that option in AOL MESS...
Cincoflex: sand is interesting
OconnellMD: DON'T YOU LOVE PEOPLE IN CHAT ROOMS WHO USE ALL CAPS AND LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SHOUTING?
PSBAaron: anyway... tell Ben to quit playing with Brak..
Cincoflex: he can plaay with his Brak if he wants
OconnellMD: Is that what he calls it?
PSBAaron: pervs!
Cincoflex: sci fi font!
OconnellMD: I prefer "shaking hands with Pepe"
Cincoflex: ugh!
OconnellMD: (a little more espanol flavor)
PSBAaron: not seeing Sci Fi style
Cincoflex: firing the surgeon General?
OconnellMD: Nope. We must not have that font
PSBAaron: It's all Arial to me Kaye...
Cincoflex: no biggie--literally--ummm shall we just start?
OconnellMD: (rim shot)
OconnellMD: Well, he we are. Our first online gaming experience.
PSBAaron: yo... let's do this thing
OconnellMD: Let's set a couple of rules
OconnellMD: One...when your character is saying something, put it in quotes
Cincoflex: that takes time, Mike
PSBAaron: <I'm scheming... this is my scheming face>
OconnellMD: And how about something to show if it's Ben or Kaye talking? Like starting each line with a C: or a B:
Cincoflex: SIIIIGH okay
OconnellMD: (or just using a B: if it switches to Ben, C: if you switch back)
OconnellMD: So you don't have to do it every line
Cincoflex: right
OconnellMD: Okay.
PSBAaron: I'll leave that one alone
OconnellMD: Game on
OconnellMD: PREVIOUSLY ON FORTE 2000
PSBAaron: "Crist.. here come's the novel"
PSBAaron: in quotes... with misspelling
OconnellMD: As you might recall (or you might not...it WAS back in October), you hero types were down at the waterfront
PSBAaron: and we laid down a mighty beat down...
OconnellMD: In short (we'll leave out the details for now), circumstances surrounding a jailbreak by a guy named "Vanish" from SISRS led to word of a big thing going down at a warehouse by the waterfront
Cincoflex: without Terry Malloy
OconnellMD: Vanish was taken over by a guy named "Gepetto", who got into the mind of a prison guard and found out about a big thing going down. She was actually a plant by the super-bad agent guys Mandate
PSBAaron: who I'm sure Moonspider (the rat!) will represent very well
OconnellMD: Seems that Mandate wanted some item of rumored great power. Finding out about the time/date/location, Gepetto got some villains together to get it first
Cincoflex: B: if he pays my "rat" fees
OconnellMD: But it wasn't in the warehouse. But Forte 2000 was! And there was a beatdown!!
PSBAaron: told you
Cincoflex: well good for you
Cincoflex: ladeeda
PSBAaron: and then....
OconnellMD: Turns out, because of the dock strike, the crate they were looking for was still on the ship...and a little sub with Mandate people, and a magical villain named Erebus, were there to find it
OconnellMD: More beatdown
PSBAaron: and an injured Vortex, correct?
Cincoflex: C Si I think so
OconnellMD: They were beat, and you guys find a big sarcophagus
PSBAaron: um.. you'r Tinker, dear.. not Cinco
Cincoflex: C Bite me--I'm multilingual
OconnellMD: You guys headed back to UNCLE HQ with the thing (while Nightsable t-ported the injuted Vortex to the hospital, since he got slashed open)
PSBAaron: so's Uncle Max.. :-)
OconnellMD: (At least he's bi-lingual)
OconnellMD: (rim shot)
PSBAaron: LMAO!
PSBAaron: sorry.. anyway...
OconnellMD: You gals took some digital photos of the thing, while posing with it comically, and e-mailed them to Ranier's Questpad (TM)
OconnellMD: Rainier was, at the time, in a plane headed for South America with Jonny Quest and Max
PSBAaron: "We did our BEST Vanna White poses"
OconnellMD: Upon receiving the photos, he freaked out and radioed in, telling you guys to send Nightsable right away!
OconnellMD: BACK TO THE PRESENT
OconnellMD: You guys are at UNCLE. It's late at night now.
OconnellMD: You guys are beat down and tired.
Cincoflex: B: Rainer gets an email of two girls posing with a thing...my kind of spam
PSBAaron: LMAO!!!
OconnellMD: Unconscious villains, bound, are being brought in...supervised by Captain Jack McNeal of UNCLE's STRIKE team
Cincoflex: C you should--you were one of them
PSBAaron: "He's kinda hot, Lucy..."
OconnellMD: "Welcome campers," he says as they're brought in (though they don't hear him). "Your cabins are this way"
OconnellMD: He walked over to you guys
OconnellMD: "Nice work. That's quite a catch."
Cincoflex: B" "Moonspider places his company's card on the unconscious villians"
PSBAaron: "So.. do we win a prize or something?"
Cincoflex: C "Ummm Yeah. Yeah, I Noticed. "
OconnellMD: (Right now "you guys" is Dyna Girl, Moonspider and Tinker"
PSBAaron: "Biggest trout?"
Cincoflex: C "I wonder about the lure."
OconnellMD: He looks at the very large Onyx being brough it. "I think that one's over the legal limit. There might be a fine involved"
PSBAaron: MIKE... if you have important typing to do.. I reccomend you type PAUSE... just so we pay it proper due...
OconnellMD: Good thinking
OconnellMD: But keep free flowing. It's cool
Cincoflex: C "A fine? I think we deserve a photo op!"
PSBAaron: "Can I get my picture taken with it.. it'll look good on the mantle?"
PSBAaron: <GRINS at Luce and Spider>
OconnellMD: Commander Edward Castillo sort of appears, like he always does, and makes everyone jump
OconnellMD: "Good work."
Cincoflex: CJump
Cincoflex: C"He's--Um--"
OconnellMD: "Do we know what's happening?"
PSBAaron: "Uh.. thanks... any word from those teams posted on the Mandate mail drops?"
OconnellMD: "We won't know until daylight. But teams will be ready on stakeouts. Good work on that, too."
Cincoflex: CTinker gives the business card a dirty look
PSBAaron: Wait.. time out...
PSBAaron: do we know that Moonspider placed the cards?
OconnellMD: Um, can we assume Moonspider DIDN'T just blow his secret ID?
PSBAaron: thus telling us he's James "The Rat Avalon?
PSBAaron: k
OconnellMD: (I thought it was "The Snake")
Cincoflex: B: No, I would do it descretely
OconnellMD: That's what I figured he was doing
PSBAaron: sly devil...
Cincoflex: C strike Tinker's look then
OconnellMD: Ben's been at this high school for six and half year's. He's no dummy.
OconnellMD: SUDDENLY
OconnellMD: A portal opens in the middle of the room
Cincoflex: B: That's why I haven't been talking
PSBAaron: I know you can talk.. just can't spell.. or write.. lol
OconnellMD: Rainier, big and rocky as all get out, practically comes running out. Nightsable steps out behind him
PSBAaron: redneck
OconnellMD: He makes a bee line right for the sarcophagus
PSBAaron: "That's our Ranier"
OconnellMD: "Oh, my God," he says. "This is amazing. This is incredible."
Cincoflex: B: Has Moonspider met Rainer?
OconnellMD: He's pouring over the thing very carefully, looking over every detail
OconnellMD: Moonspider has not
Cincoflex: C"Hi to you too"
PSBAaron: "What? can it tell who's going to win the SuperBowl?"
OconnellMD: "Hi, guys," Nightsable says. She looks a little anxious to be elsewhere
OconnellMD: Rainier cuts her off with:
Cincoflex: C is that portal still open?
PSBAaron: "Hey you... thought you were headed out of town."
OconnellMD: "Don't you understand? This is pre-dynastic Egyptian.:
OconnellMD: (pause)
OconnellMD: "Possible the lower Paleolithic period"
OconnellMD: (possibly)
OconnellMD: "Look at these glyphs!"
PSBAaron: "and that means........?"
OconnellMD: "Some of them I don't even recognize. Some I recognize from recent, very ancient digs"
OconnellMD: "Look at this one"
Cincoflex: B: "It looks like a set piece from Wormhole Xtreme...and who are you?"
PSBAaron: "Oh.. and by the way.. this is Moonspider... he helped us get the pre-dyna... whatever..."
OconnellMD: He points to one feature prominantly, a hawk-headed figure with eyes made of the sun and the moon
PSBAaron: nice Ben...
OconnellMD: ...riding atop two crocadiles (sp?)
OconnellMD: "This is the aspect of Horus. I recognize it"
PSBAaron: "um.. Kama Sutra speak and Spell?"
OconnellMD: "And this one near it...it's a derivation, but it may be the symbol for Osiris. And this one might be Isis"
OconnellMD: He momentary looks up and notices Moonspider
OconnellMD: "Oh, hi. I'm Rainier."
PSBAaron: LMAO!
OconnellMD: "Sorry. You're Moonspider. Heard of you around town."
PSBAaron: such a Danny Jackson ripoff!
PSBAaron: love it!
OconnellMD: "Nice to meet you."
Cincoflex: B: "Egyptology is not my strong point. All you are saying is that this thing is really old."
OconnellMD: "Really old, yes. Beyond old. This may well be the oldest Egyptian relic ever found. The condition is unbelievable. Where did you guys find this?"
PSBAaron: "you mean older than Phantasm, old?"
Cincoflex: ouch
PSBAaron: "sorry..." <rebuked look> "go on"
OconnellMD: If someone makes a REALLY good perception roll, they might notice Castillo almost crack a grin at that remark. But it goes away quickly, so it may have just been your imaginations...
OconnellMD: "Where is it from? Where did it come from?" Rainier asks the group
PSBAaron: "a ship..."
PSBAaron: "in the harbor"
Cincoflex: B: can I make an imaginary roll?
PSBAaron: (or sound???)
PSBAaron: I say Ben roled an imaginary 3
OconnellMD: Sure. You made your roll! You stud!
OconnellMD: (got to get that Champions Dice software I keep hearing about...)
PSBAaron: "um it was on a cargo ship from Egypt"
PSBAaron: and some guy was guarding it.. with a bunch of loser henchmen"
PSBAaron: did we get his name Mike?
Cincoflex: C"VERY loser."
OconnellMD: Ben's amazing roll (beyond whatever he was shooting for) tells him the ship was the Star of Khufu out of Egypt
OconnellMD: It was tied up in the harbor for weeks like a lot of other ships, due to the strike
Cincoflex: C Star of Khufu? Isn't that Maria Carey?
PSBAaron: "I was going to say that..." <to Moonspider> "brownnoser"
PSBAaron: no she was the star of Glitter, hun...
OconnellMD: Ignoring the pop culture references, Rainier goes back to pouring over the thing
PSBAaron: heard it was big in Khufu, though"
Cincoflex: C"You go girl--knock him on his spinnerettes
OconnellMD: "We're working on who the crate was going to," Castillo says
PSBAaron: "so it was NOT intended for Mandate, then?"
Cincoflex: B: "What was big in Khufu...and please don't say Glitter."
OconnellMD: "No. That was clearly a theft. On the part of both groups"
OconnellMD: "Got it," a voice says.
OconnellMD: Captain Dane Casey, your official Parker Lewis Forte team laiason comes up with a slip of paper.
Cincoflex: B: jump
OconnellMD: "Hi guys. Nice work."
PSBAaron: "Hey Dan-O" <my new nick for Dane Casey>
Cincoflex: C Tinker sighs a little. "Whatcha got?"
OconnellMD: "Looks like it was going to the Anuket Import/Export Group."
OconnellMD: "That was the only shipment they were expecting. Just the one crate."
Cincoflex: C: Heehee! I KNOW about her!
OconnellMD: "Hey, Dyna." He looks a little uncomfortable, based on your last exchange
PSBAaron: "the ANKLET import export group? What? Are the y into classless jewlery?"
Cincoflex: C: Tinker shoots her a LOOK
PSBAaron: "shutting up now"
OconnellMD: "We can look into in the morning," Castillo says. "I'll put my people on it, get some background for you. We're working this, but it's clearly Forte jurisdiction."
OconnellMD: Captain McNeal walks back up. "Campers are all put to bed, sir."
Cincoflex: C:"Cool--we have rep now!! Uh, good rep that is."
PSBAaron: "nice to know we have jurisdiction... So.. who want's coffee?"
OconnellMD: An agents jumps up from his seat and runs off to get coffee
OconnellMD: McNeal shakes his head. "New kids."
OconnellMD: Rainier interrupts again...
Cincoflex: C TInker looks crumpled. "Kids?"
OconnellMD: (but first)
OconnellMD: "Rookies. You know. Greenies. Probies. Snotnoses." McNeal says
PSBAaron: "Just your type Tinker" <grin>
Cincoflex: C"Ohhhh. I thought you meant us--ahhhhh---
PSBAaron: "I mean... someone's gotta show 'em what's up"
OconnellMD: "Naw, you guys have been around for a while. I get the idea you know what you're doing."
Cincoflex: C Tinker blushes a bit, checks her nails
OconnellMD: Dane Casey leans on a table. "So, what do we have here?"
PSBAaron: "You do.. really???"
OconnellMD: Rainier speaks (in Danny Jackson style)
PSBAaron: <<To Lucy ":Glad someone believes in us"
OconnellMD: "So you said this was supposed to be an item of great power?"
PSBAaron: "UM.. no... WE didn't say that..."
PSBAaron: "We just SUPPOSED that..."
OconnellMD: "I said that," Nightsable says. "I kind of caught him up on what's been happening."
PSBAaron: "too many guns, thugs, and spandex running around the thing"
OconnellMD: "Just told him what Erebus was saying about us not knowing what we're dealing with, yada yada..."
OconnellMD: "It could be dangerous." Castillo intones
PSBAaron: "Oh yeah... 'creepy Scream mask face guy'... he said that"
Cincoflex: C: "It's a BOX--How dangerous is that on it's own?"
OconnellMD: "Depends on who or what is in it," Dane says.
PSBAaron: "it's not until we open it.. so .. LET'S DON'T!"
PSBAaron: "can we get the Singh's in on this?"
Cincoflex: B: "Are you saying that someone or something is living inside of it?"
OconnellMD: "I'm going to agree with Dyna Girl," Rainier says, still studying it, squinting at the glyphs. "I need to study it more. I've got some reference material I need to get."
PSBAaron: "maybe someone ELSE.. "
OconnellMD: "Oh, I doubt somone living," Rainier answers. "But likely a body. Maybe some of the riches that were buried with him or her for the journey, assuming they were following that ritual as far back as this."
PSBAaron: <whisper to Lucy... "wanna call Steven and Sydney?"
Cincoflex: C:"So--maybe we ough to move it to a safer locale?"
PSBAaron: "how about Cleveland?"
Cincoflex: C"T\Steven might know the lowdown--"
OconnellMD: Castillo broods in thought. "We have a safe room here. We should keep it on premises. It's evidence. And the people who were waiting for it will probably be looking for it."
PSBAaron: "like I said... Cleveland..."
OconnellMD: "I can study it here," Rainier says. "I just needs some space, and my laptop, and some books..."
Cincoflex: B: Has anyone tried to claim it yet?"
PSBAaron: "and how many lattes Ranier?"
OconnellMD: "I can run you home real quick," Nightsable tells him. "But I need to do it soon. I really want to get back to the hospital and check on Pa...on Vortex."
PSBAaron: "now that's a question..."
PSBAaron: "good idea, hun..."
OconnellMD: "No one has yet," Castillo says. "But soon word will get out that it's here. Chances are they'll come to us."
PSBAaron: <wink>
PSBAaron: "oh.. that's reassuring..."
OconnellMD: Nightsable throws Dyna a look that says "Stop it!"
Cincoflex: C: "Sooo, guard duty anyone?"
PSBAaron: "so... it's a pajama party... you in Moonspider?"
OconnellMD: "We've got a whole regiment here," Dane offers. "It should be safe."
Cincoflex: C: "Not that I had big plans for the evening anyway--"
OconnellMD: "My people can handle that," McNeal says.
PSBAaron: <ignoring Casey and Mc Neal> "who gets first watch"
Cincoflex: C:"Um yeah, right--sorry, didn't mean to --"
Cincoflex: B: "I'll
OconnellMD: "And I'll be here," Rainier says. "It's okay. You guys should probably get some sleep. You look exhausted."
Cincoflex: B: "I'll have to go home and get my Spiderman underoos"
PSBAaron: <laughs>
Cincoflex: C"Tighty Spideys"
PSBAaron: LMAO!
PSBAaron: <loses it>
PSBAaron: "okay 'Spider... it's all yours"
OconnellMD: Nightsable says, "I thought those WERE your Spiderman Underoos"
PSBAaron: "after all... we have jurisdiction" <GRIN!>
Cincoflex: C: Tinker elbows her, "Cool it, not in front of HIM!"
PSBAaron: whispers to Lucy... "sorry hun"
OconnellMD: "Okay, so how do we do this?" Nightsable asks.
OconnellMD: "Shifts? Whole group?"
PSBAaron: "Um 2 hour shifts...?"
PSBAaron: Ranier (like we could pull him away) plus one"
Cincoflex: C:"well I have to go feed the dog, but I'm open all night--er, I mean, I can take any shift--"
PSBAaron: "bunks for the rest"
OconnellMD: "Okay. Why don't I run Rainier to his books and come back. Then I'll head to the hospital. Lucy can head home. And anyone else if they need to."
PSBAaron: "Tinker... I'll need you here to back me up"
PSBAaron: ""after the dog"
Cincoflex: C"Sure--"
OconnellMD: "So it's 2:00 a.m. now."
OconnellMD: "A 4:00 and 6:00 shift?"
PSBAaron: "gotta make a quick call, myself. Nightsable.. you are on leave.. so.. leave!"
OconnellMD: "After the 2:00?"
PSBAaron: "just get Ranier his books first"
Cincoflex: B: "I can take the first shift."
OconnellMD: SO GM STEPS IN
OconnellMD: So it's Rainier and Moonspider
PSBAaron: then Ranier and Tinker
PSBAaron: then Ranier and Dyna
OconnellMD: I see how this works.
OconnellMD: And Nightsable can come in later in the morning.
PSBAaron: and Nightsable is out of action...
OconnellMD: She's still in action. She didn't end up taking off like she planned.
OconnellMD: She's on the clock
PSBAaron: or getting some action.. whatever...
OconnellMD: Okay...a little jumping here...
OconnellMD: Nightsable ports Rainier home and is back a few minutes later
PSBAaron: anyway... Dyna calls Ken to have him make sure Frank is fed
OconnellMD: (Cool)
Cincoflex: B: "I insist that we have the area with the "box" monitored at all times and a group of Uncle guards on standby in case something pops out of the "box" and tells us to worship it as a god."
OconnellMD: "Agreed," Castillo says.
PSBAaron: "can you point me to a room and a bunk?"
PSBAaron: I got 4 hours of nap time ahead
OconnellMD: Dane shows you the way
PSBAaron: "Thanks Dan-O"
OconnellMD: Nightsable teleports off to the hospital to check on Vortex
OconnellMD: Moonspider gets to hang out with Rainier. And get really bored hearing him think out loud...
OconnellMD: LUCY INTERLUDE!!!
Cincoflex: B: "Can I have a deck of cards to help kill the time?"
OconnellMD: Hey, Tinker!
OconnellMD: You're headed home to take care of the dog.
PSBAaron: how about a deck of cards to kill Ranier???
OconnellMD: You're almost home when your little pager goes of. It's not really a pager. Well, it is, but it does a lot of other things, too.
PSBAaron: Julienne Fries???
Cincoflex: C What else goes off?
OconnellMD: It's beeping in a way you recognize. This is the device that goes off when you're alerted that the alarm at your Hanger/Home has been bypassed
Cincoflex: C "Damn! I get on the radio to Dyna
OconnellMD: (your Tinker ringtone goes off, Dyna)
PSBAaron: "What's up, Tinker?"
OconnellMD: (perhaps David Bowie's "China Girl"?)
PSBAaron: <<<< not that lame!
Cincoflex: C"I think I have company at home, and it's NOT the Avon lady"
PSBAaron: actually it's Toy Soldiers by Martika!
OconnellMD: Nice one.
Cincoflex: C"I'm worried about Beast--"
OconnellMD: (and the various stray cats, too)
PSBAaron: "where are you?"
OconnellMD: (she's about a 1/4 mile from home)
OconnellMD: (just trying to help...)
PSBAaron: "give me five.. hold tight!"
Cincoflex: C"A street over from the warehouse."
OconnellMD: Dyna can fly there really fast.
PSBAaron: out the door, down the hall, into the outdoors
PSBAaron: and to quote Russ "BOOM!"
Cincoflex: C not boomboom?
PSBAaron: <on the radio> "Luce, try and get a closer look"
OconnellMD: Darn it! I didn't realize there was a limited buffer for that chat room. I didn't get to get a lot of the stuff. Grrrr.
Cincoflex: C:I'd get out my nighgoggles I guess
PSBAaron: "stay low"
Cincoflex: C"Is that another short Joke? Geez--"
OconnellMD: Okay, you got your night goggles on
OconnellMD: Your place it dark
OconnellMD: And quiet. Almost...too quiet.
OconnellMD: (someone had to say it)
Cincoflex: C and do I see anything?
OconnellMD: Not from the outside
Cincoflex: C Besides Dog and cats living together?
OconnellMD: Mass hysteria!!
OconnellMD: Does she venture in?
Cincoflex: what mass? it's two AM?
PSBAaron: MIKE I got it all from "stay low"
PSBAaron: copied to wordpad in RTF
OconnellMD: Cool. I'm trying to keep up, too. Backup never hurts. Rats. We missed some good stuff. Well, live and learn
OconnellMD: So, what's the scoop, Lucy?
Cincoflex: missed what? I got it all
Cincoflex: Where's the mass hysteria? All I see is what you tell me, Mike
OconnellMD: I'm saying a missed cutting and pasting of the whole chat, Kaye. The early part all went away.
Cincoflex: ooohhh.
OconnellMD: No, the mass hysteria was a joke. A follow-up to your dogs and cats remark. Sorry.
PSBAaron: since I came in.. I got al that...
OconnellMD: No, it's quiet and dark. Do you head in...wait for Dyna?
Cincoflex: C I do not venture in--I am waiting for Dyna baby
OconnellMD: Cool. She gets there real fast-like.
OconnellMD: She's fast girl (so they say...)
Cincoflex: heehee
PSBAaron: "and that was NOT a short joke, hun"
PSBAaron: "what's up Luce?"
Cincoflex: C "Jesus don't pop up on me like THAT
Cincoflex: C My alarm was tripped--someone's been in the place
PSBAaron: are you guys frozen?
PSBAaron: Mike has to reboot
OconnellMD: I'm cool now
OconnellMD: So you're both outside the warehouse
Cincoflex: I can wait--
PSBAaron: how do you want to do this, Luce?
Cincoflex: humm a little, dream of MacNeal
PSBAaron: typical!
Cincoflex: Um--one in the front, one in the back maybe?
Cincoflex: of the house that is!
PSBAaron: "me thru the skylight, you thru the door?"
OconnellMD: What are you guys, liquor and poker?
PSBAaron: perv!
Cincoflex: "Good enough"
OconnellMD: Okay
OconnellMD: Dyna head up top
OconnellMD: Lucy, you creep in the front door
PSBAaron: okay.. lucy thru the door.. stealth like.. Dyna thru the skylight.. stealth like
Cincoflex: Creep, creeep
OconnellMD: It's fairly quiet, but you hear something in the kitchen
OconnellMD: You here voices, more than one
OconnellMD: (hear)
Cincoflex: Oh God, will someone be in the kitchen with Dyna?
Cincoflex: snerk
PSBAaron: LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PSBAaron: damn you Kaye.. I've been saving that joke!
Cincoflex: what can I say? I'm slick
PSBAaron: you me mike.. only one's who'll get it...
Cincoflex: voices--do I recognize any?
OconnellMD: They're too low at the moment, but they do sound kind of conversational and casual
PSBAaron: yes.. one says.. I'm the Dread Pirate Rpoberts and I'm here to steal your SOUL!!!!
OconnellMD: Dyna, looking down, you can see some figures lit only by the open fridge door
OconnellMD: Does Lucy venture around the corner?
PSBAaron: BASTARDS!!! Assault a dog.. raid the fridge!
Cincoflex: MIKE, quick note--Ben sezs all he's got is the Forte Art Reference
OconnellMD: No Forte index? Red cover? I left it in your kitchen
Cincoflex: I'll force him to look harder, but so far, no go--he has the blue cover ref
Cincoflex: Tinker turns the corner
OconnellMD: Please look harder. Thanks!
Cincoflex: will do, mildew
OconnellMD: Three men are standing there, and they jump. Beast is sitting in the middle of them, just hanging out, wagging his tail.
PSBAaron: useless...
Cincoflex: C" Great Guard dog YOU are!"
OconnellMD: A guy with long blonde stringy hair is at the fridge, and spits out some leftover Chinese food you have in there from Uncle Max's
PSBAaron: Dyna pops thru the roof.. but not causingdamage!
OconnellMD: "Geez, Lucy!" Langly says.
PSBAaron: OMG!
Cincoflex: C" Guys!"
Cincoflex: C Lucy hugs everyone happily
PSBAaron: Daddy needs a new Sword of Wounding!
OconnellMD: "I think I crapped my pants," Frohike says. He spots Dyna and looks up. "Well, hello there..."
PSBAaron: "Um.. hey"
Cincoflex: C"
Cincoflex: Out of your league, Frohikie--TRUST me"
OconnellMD: Byers is getting his breath back.
OconnellMD: "Hey, my Kung Fu is the best, baby," Frohike notes.
Cincoflex: C "Yeah, but her
PSBAaron: "and you say you never meet nice men, Lucy..."
Cincoflex: 's is lethal--"
OconnellMD: Byers: "Lucy. I'm sorry, us just coming in like this..."
Cincoflex: C'Um these aren't men--they're the Lone Gunman
OconnellMD: "It was Langly's idea," Frohike says, pointing at him with a drumstick from a KFC bucket.
PSBAaron: LMAO!
Cincoflex: C"Yeah, yeah, it's ALWAYS his idea--what are you guys DOING here?"
OconnellMD: "Hey, you never know who's watching us," Langly says defensively. "What, are we just supposed to stand around out there like targets?"
Cincoflex: C"YES!"
PSBAaron: "I'll just take Beast for his walk... c'mon puppy"
OconnellMD: "Well," Byers says, "we were just in the area, following up on some things. We needed to get some information to you, so we thought we'd just..."
Cincoflex: C"FINE--I repeat--what are you three DOING here? AT this hour no less?
OconnellMD: "Break and enter," Frohike says, watching Dyna walk away.
Cincoflex: Tinker sits at the table and glares at them
OconnellMD: "We got some news for you," Langly says, closing the fridge. "About your boy Parker."
Cincoflex: C"Loser?"
PSBAaron: LOL
OconnellMD: "Yeah, your newspaper editor pal."
Cincoflex: C"What about him?"
OconnellMD: Frohike: "He's made a lot of enemies with that new book of his."
Cincoflex: Tinker shrugs
OconnellMD: (And of course EVERYONE knows from the pre-game e-mail MONTHS ago that Jack Parker's new best-seller is called "Foreign and Domestic", and expose on the U.S. government's involvement with major terror groups over the years
OconnellMD: (and villains, and super-agents, and such)
PSBAaron: <<I heard he's part of the "vast right wing conspiracy...
OconnellMD: (blew the lid off CHESS and other organizations)
OconnellMD: Outed some politicians, showing evidence of possible duplicity)
Cincoflex: C "Yes, but I thought the furor was dying down--a bit--"
Cincoflex: Tinker gets a bottle of rootbeer and offers one to Dyna
OconnellMD: "These kind of enemies don't forget," Langly says. "Word has it there's a grudge out there. Nothing specific. Probably nothing immediate. But we just thought you might want to know."
OconnellMD: "Since you and he are friends and all," Byers offers.
Cincoflex: C" Okay--I appreciate it, guys, and I'll make sure he's aware of it."
PSBAaron: DG is not there.. she's cleaning dog poop off the runway.. my comments were "out of character"
Cincoflex: now THAT'S a pal!
OconnellMD: "Okay. There's that, and...um..." Byers says
Cincoflex: C "Ummm?"
OconnellMD: The boys look a little uncharacteristically sheepish
OconnellMD: Frohike says...."We, uh...got you something."
Cincoflex: c" Come on, spit it out--"
PSBAaron: LMAO!
Cincoflex: tinker brightens
Cincoflex: "Something techy and cool?
OconnellMD: "It's...well, it's right in here," Byers says, walking toward the main hanger
Cincoflex: "Something explosive?"
Cincoflex: "Something that goes with my red dress? Errrr"
Cincoflex: "What?"
OconnellMD: You're led to your hanger, and there's something under a tarp
OconnellMD: "Well, go ahead," Langly says
Cincoflex: C"Okaaay--" tink yanks it off
OconnellMD: It's an engine.
OconnellMD: A very, very cool engine...
Cincoflex: "Guys, you shouldn't have--"
Cincoflex: Tinker hops up and down
OconnellMD: "State of the art hydrogen engine," Langly says proudly. Latest technology. Got it on its way to some Yemini guy that shouldn't have had it."
OconnellMD: "Very delicate tech. Shouldn't be in the wrong hands."
OconnellMD: "Which is why it's not longer in U.S. government hands, either," Frohiki adds
Cincoflex: "Oh man--check out the manifold! And of course there's always the intake--"
OconnellMD: Byers smiles meekly. "Happy birthday, Lucy."
OconnellMD: "Yeah, well, we're a few days early for it, but thought you'd like it," Frohike says
Cincoflex: Tinker hugs them all again, even letting Frohike get in his grope before hurrying back to the engine
OconnellMD: (yes, your GM knows your character birthdays, and where they fall in current campaign time. MY Kung Fu is the best)
Cincoflex: "You guys are the BEST, you really are! this is a seriously cool prototype, and with a little work and modificaion--"
OconnellMD: "Reverse engineering is a girl's best friend," Langly says.
PSBAaron: "Um.. Luce... need a FEW more plastic bags here"
OconnellMD: "Good God!" Frohike says. "How toxic IS that mutt?"
PSBAaron: "Wanna smell?"
Cincoflex: "it's the eggrolls--he loves them but they don't love HIM--"
PSBAaron: <snide look>
Cincoflex: "Get in here you have to see my ENGINE!!!"
OconnellMD: AND the GM is looking to cut the scene there if there are no objection...
Cincoflex: go for it
OconnellMD: END TINKER INTERLUDE
PSBAaron: "Um.. sure Luce..." as Dyna heads straight for the sink...
Cincoflex: Aaron, I cannot remember Dyna's name, not for the life of me
PSBAaron: Holly
Cincoflex: it's embarrassing as hell
PSBAaron: Wood...
PSBAaron: Jackass..
OconnellMD: So the Gunmen hang arond for a little while, but have to get moving, too
Cincoflex: sigh----
OconnellMD: Does Dyna hang around, or head back?
OconnellMD: During that time?
PSBAaron: she offers to trade Lucy for Watch time and take her shift
Cincoflex: while Tink is revving her engine all alone, heehee
PSBAaron: let her play with her engine
Cincoflex: the only pistons Lucy's going to be seeing for a while, sigh
OconnellMD: DYNA INTERLUDE
PSBAaron: actually... Holly will pull a double shift.. as long as Lucy brings muffins in the AM...
OconnellMD: Some along the way, HOLLY will check her voice mail at home
OconnellMD: There are a couple of messages
Cincoflex: s he will--
OconnellMD: One is from Dad
OconnellMD: (That's Forte's Electro Man for those of you not in the know....who, again, is played by a certain General Hammond)
PSBAaron: I love Don S. Davis!
Cincoflex: carnally?
Cincoflex: snicker
PSBAaron: perv!
Cincoflex: always, baby
Cincoflex: Don rocks though, your're right
PSBAaron: seriously Kaye.. I have to bring the video of the first Gatecon I attended...
PSBAaron: in Brit Columbia
OconnellMD: "Hi, Darlin'. It's Dad. Hope you're doing okay. I just wanted to remind you that I'll be meeting up with some Forte people here in town tomorrow. The old Forte, not your Forte (chuckles). The interview intervals are starting...
Cincoflex: do it!
PSBAaron: I made him get all redfaced.. it's on the official vid!
Cincoflex: the boxers briefs thing?
PSBAaron: yup!
PSBAaron: interview intervals?
Cincoflex: snort--I knew Anderson was boxers from his macGyver days
OconnellMD: ....with Mr's Hanks and Spielberg for the Forte HBO mini-series. Looks like they're starting with Vanguard, Tommarsuk, Lightsedge and Anvil. We're going to be meeting up at the old Forte base first, then heading over to the...
PSBAaron: yes dear...
Cincoflex: part of my relentless stalking that I claim is just fannish enthusiasm
PSBAaron: and.. how are they letting Tom and Steven into the base? blindfolded I'm sure
OconnellMD: Museum for the interviews and photo ops. I was hoping you'd be able to stop by if you're not too busy. I know your friend from Armor will be there, too. Anyway, give me a call when you can, sweetheart. I'll talk to you soon.."
OconnellMD: "Bye bye"
OconnellMD: (voice mail voice): "Message...two..."
PSBAaron: as long as VM two is not "It's made of People!!!!" I'm cool
OconnellMD: "Hey, Holly, it's Grav. I was hoping to catch you. Just a reminder that The Voice will be in town, doing security for the whole Hanks/Spielberg thing. I know you guys didn't get to meet last time were there. Thought you might
OconnellMD: drop by and meet him. He's a real nice guy. Good addition. You'll like him. Just don't let him pull his hypno-singing thing on you. If he starts looking too good to you or you start doing something you normally wouldn't? Just
Cincoflex: say no
OconnellMD: punch him. Nah, I'm just kidding. Anyway, he's on the standard Armor frequency, so maybe have him a call or drop by the museum or something, all right? Give me a call sometime. Hope you're well. See ya."
Cincoflex: Grav--what a heine biter
OconnellMD: "You...have...no...more...messages. To...send...a...message..."
OconnellMD: END DYNALUDE
OconnellMD: FYI...
PSBAaron: sorry.. was cpying and pasting...
Cincoflex: doing ludes now are we?
OconnellMD: The "interview intervals" means that they're interviewing all members of Forte, both for background info and for on-camera interviews to be used in the opening of the episodes of the mini-series (ala Band of Brothers)
Cincoflex: gotcha
OconnellMD: Since not all Forte people can make it at once, they're bringing in a few people at a time at different dates
OconnellMD: They won't be at the base...it'll happen at the museum
Cincoflex: sounds like a realistic plan
OconnellMD: Good luck making sense of the Vanguard interview...
OconnellMD: "Oh, well, I remember when I first found out Phantasm was really John Clayton. You know, from BRAND?"
PSBAaron: Grav.. btw.. is STILL trying to overcome that whole Cincoflex "hey... woman" thing... lol
OconnellMD: Thanks, Vanguard!!
OconnellMD: Anyway....
OconnellMD: MOONSPIDER INTERLUDE!!!
PSBAaron: LMAO!
OconnellMD: Is Ben inna house?
Cincoflex: ben is--hang on
OconnellMD: And groove is in the heart....
OconnellMD: (EXTRA INFO: That guy The Voice I mentioned is Martin's character...in case you didn't know)
Cincoflex: B: has shifted from slashing his own wrist with the playing cards to possibly sawing Rainer's neck with the whole deck
OconnellMD: Curse his rocky skin!
OconnellMD: Anyway...you finish your shift. In between his obsessive mumbling, you get to know Rainier a little. Very smart guy for being so big and rocky
Cincoflex: B: I know. Have already thought of "Village" Voice references
PSBAaron: that's my Ben!
OconnellMD: Everyone kind of decides along the way (Nightsables idea...she drops back in after a bit and lets everyone know that Vortex has some recovery to do, but he'll be okay)
PSBAaron: THANKS Nightsable!!!
OconnellMD: ...to meet back en mass at UNCLE at 10:00 a.m. to regroup and discuss what's going on.
Cincoflex: What time is it now
PSBAaron: what do you care.. you are playing with your engine???
OconnellMD: YOU, Mr. Spider, actually get a chance to go home and get a little sleep. You do actually have to go into the office for a little bit before meeting with these guys
OconnellMD: It's after 4 a.m.
OconnellMD: I'm seeing him as more of a condo guy...am I wrong?
Cincoflex: B: House in the hills
OconnellMD: House in the hills it is
PSBAaron: I'm seeing him as more of a shady lawyer from the bad side of town who is snorting his profits and looking for his next fix....
OconnellMD: And a nice one, too. James makes some serious money
PSBAaron: sorry.. been watching too many Miami Vice reruns...
OconnellMD: Just reference that bottom picture of "James" at the bottom of the Moonspider pages on the Forte 2K site....
Cincoflex: really, would have caught those references.
OconnellMD: So you get home. You let yourself in. You start to feel some of the pain of villain fighting creeping in
OconnellMD: It's been a long day, sir
Cincoflex: Kaye wants to know if she can go to bed?
OconnellMD: That's the Kaye I know...
OconnellMD: Yeah, she can. It's cool. :)
OconnellMD: We're almost done
Cincoflex: Kaye: thanks
OconnellMD: Her part is done
OconnellMD: Cool! Thanks to you! It was great!
PSBAaron: so says the GM.. etcetera.. etcetera etcetera...
PSBAaron: Thanks Kaye!!!! way fun!
OconnellMD: Or Ben and Aaron and I can stay up all night doing erotic roleplaying moments. There's always that option
Cincoflex: B: James checks his phone messages
PSBAaron: okay.. can Aaron go to bed now???
OconnellMD: "Dyna starts to find Moonspider very attractive all of a sudden...." :P
PSBAaron: GOOD NIGHT NOW!
PSBAaron: lol
OconnellMD: Yep. Ben and I can finish up real quick
PSBAaron: was kidding.. channelling inner voyeur... go on...
Cincoflex: B; you go to bed, Mike abd Ben will finish up
PSBAaron: and my stomach turns
Cincoflex: abd+and
OconnellMD: So, just general messages from the firm. Upcoming meetings, some new client possibilities, nothing earth-shattering. Nothing that will keep you up.
PSBAaron: please continue... "that Moonspider is so mysterious and dreamy!"
OconnellMD: Stuff you can follow up with at the office tomorrow
OconnellMD: Your e-mail is about the same. Boring office biz and porn spam
Cincoflex: B: anything from Constance?
OconnellMD: Just her telling you she has a file waiting for you on your new client, "Outlaw", that you took on when you were at the prison
OconnellMD: *
OconnellMD: (see Forte 2000 #140)
OconnellMD: It'll be waiting on your desk. Full history, rap sheet, prison record from his current incarceration, etc
Cincoflex: B: "When is his next parole meeting?"
OconnellMD: Not for 6 months
OconnellMD: He was last seen taking shots at Tinker in Forte 2000: The Storm (fiction plug)
Cincoflex: Mark that I my calender, and send reminder to Outlaw in 5 months time
OconnellMD: Cool. You do your Microsoft Outlook thing, arrange your schedule for tomorrow, etc.
OconnellMD: Is James the type to have a drink after a long day?
OconnellMD: Just curious. Has no bearing or anything.
OconnellMD: Getting to Knoooow yooooouuu
Cincoflex: Try to argue self defense at his parole. Forte is known to be very destructive
OconnellMD: Amen!
OconnellMD: Especially that Dyna Whore! Dirty girl! Dirty girl!
OconnellMD: (sorry)
PSBAaron: whatever!
Cincoflex: Yes. He would definitely have a night cap before bed
OconnellMD: So you do. You wind down quickly, watch the news a little to catch the footage on the big fight tonight
OconnellMD: And you finally head back into your bedroom
Cincoflex: ok
OconnellMD: And you notice something a little different
Cincoflex: I roll a 3, what do I notice
OconnellMD: It might be the knife embedded in the wall above your headboard, stuck through a note
OconnellMD: Or maybe it's that you forgot to dust...I don't know...
Cincoflex: damn clients.
OconnellMD: The note's written in dripping red. Might be real blood, might not. Hard to tell
OconnellMD: It says...
Cincoflex: Anything special about the knife?
OconnellMD: Yeah, it's your knife. From your kitchen.
Cincoflex: must be the cleaning lady.
OconnellMD: It says, "You won't know when. You won't know where. But your time is coming."
PSBAaron: creepy!
PSBAaron: do you pay her on time?
Cincoflex: obvious not
PSBAaron: and... does she look like Glenn Close???
OconnellMD: You know, this is why tipping is always a good idea...
OconnellMD: END MOONSPIDER INTERLUDE!!!
OconnellMD: Sorry. Have to start winding down.
PSBAaron: and why "Tipping" in not a city in China
OconnellMD: But a cliffhanger's always nice, isn't it?
PSBAaron: off to bed, lads.. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo
OconnellMD: Oh, just in case you're wondering, there are no bodies in your house or anything.
Cincoflex: "I get a plastic storage bag and deposit the note inside"
OconnellMD: Yellow and blue make green. You've got it
Cincoflex: got it
OconnellMD: And that's about it
OconnellMD: Looks like Aaron has left us
Cincoflex: any of the locks or windows broken?
OconnellMD: Wow. That was kind of fun.
OconnellMD: (nope)
OconnellMD: (clean entry)
Cincoflex: ewww
OconnellMD: Our first online gaming
OconnellMD: Would have worked out much better if I'd cut and pasted more, darnit. I lost most of the beginning
Cincoflex: I was fun. Kaye was wondering if we could do thsi type of gaming more often
OconnellMD: I'm thinking we should. Not as good as the real thing, but much less drive time involved
OconnellMD: I'd still like to see us get more regular with the live Forte 2000 gaming though after the Con
OconnellMD: Got to get this thing going more than twice a year
OconnellMD: We're holding up the Forte timeline. It's frozen in October 2002!
Cincoflex: I did this will another Champions group through AOL. It even included a program for rolling 3 dice
Cincoflex: will = with
OconnellMD: Sweet. Got the program?

(And the transcript ends here…stopped because we’d left the game portion of the chat).

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