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Voting closed: April 07, 2013, 10:34:35 am

[Knight Otu]

((Well, it did vaporize the rifle first. Perhaps it is some sort of security device? Or a storage device requiring a specific sequence of button presses to open correctly. Which then leads to the question... what needs to be sealed away in such a fashion?))

[piecewise]

"Excellent. My plan is working?"

Don the goggles once more, and close my eyes. Observe the Doc. Will the goggles allow me to see the layers of another human?

((MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.))

You allow the goggles to continue focusing your strange new vision, the level of detail you can see slowly increasing, new layers coming into view. You begin being able to see the vague innards of the doctor's mask, as well as something else, even stranger. There appears to be some sort of...field or bubble around the doctor; it's a dark purple, thick and slowly vibrating, encompassing him very tightly like a second skin.

"May I ask what you're staring at?" The Doctor says as you continue to glare at him.'

Yeah, as I said, I know that using the field manipulator with mind is pretty much what an amp does, I'd just prefer to run the calculations consciously if that were possible. Or, well, just anything to speed up their use. Maurice smiled apologetically. And also, I'm sorry, what amp would you recommend as a secondary weapon? Just the microwave one as the most basic/cheapest/etc., or perhaps there is something with a unique set of applications, unmatched by any field manipulator - as it happens to be with the kinetic shunt and the amps, I presume?

Well then, Steve, if you insist... Two tok- ahem. Just like that time.I'd like to reconsider the implications for a moment or two, if you don't mind a small delay.
And no, I'm nowhere near thinking about replacing you, it's just... I think I'd like to try creating a small AI myself. We are not forbidden to do that, are we?
Continue talking.

"Best we could do is rig something up that let you do the calculations hands free and projected the readout from the FM on your faceplate. We can't alter the FM's themselves so it would all just have to be independent systems the FM slots into. As per amps, any of the ones that manipulate organic chemistry are always unique, you don't get that sort of thing with FM's, at least no where near as easily."

>No, but to create one you'd need a good deal of brain matter. You got a teammate you don't like?

((wha? Oh. Spelling error.))
Try to learn from the book. Again.

(sorry, couldn't resist.)

The next chapter is called "The Book of Water" and mostly deals with specific sorts of cutting techniques for the sword, as well as continuing to espouse the importance of remaining fluid, unpredictable and versatile in any situation.

Get out of the mode. Go to the AM and ask some tips about amps and weaponry.

Can you give any tips about amps in general? How much time we need to rest after excessive usage? Is there a way to use a dead body's brain to create a simple robot that uses amps to be controlled by me?

((@PW: I know one of the bonuses was from my chance of +1 to Exotic, but how about the other one? Was it because Renen is getting used to switching the mode on?))

Renen
+1 to all katana combat rolls
1/3 Dex,char,will,exotic
-1 handi, con, med
MK II
Unnamed Katana
4 token


"Depends on how much willpower you have really. The more you have, the greater your reserves, and the longer it takes for them to completely refill. And I don't think something like that would be possible without altering the functionality of the Amp, which is of course completely illegal in very large and dangerous ways. You may want to do some research into "Ghost Ships" though. They don't make them anymore but they were something like that."

"Okay, I know chances are slim to meet these guys, but it seems a bit counterproductive to basically make it up when. Might as well go for completely random in that case. Oh, well, another time maybe."

Exit VR, watch TV a bit. Light a normal cig as well.

You sit down on the couch after setting it and the tv back up, light up a cigarette and watch the first thing that comes on. It's a history channel show about how Aliens are controlling the UWM with the help of some guy named hitler. It's called Modren Aliens.

You suddenly become very depressed for some reason.

((Well, it did vaporize the rifle first. Perhaps it is some sort of security device? Or a storage device requiring a specific sequence of button presses to open correctly. Which then leads to the question... what needs to be sealed away in such a fashion?))

If you remember, you pressed nearly the same button sequence both times. Only the first button press was different. You pressed those different first buttons followed by the same, and last, button.

[Tavik Toth]

((I really don't want to find out.unless it's useful goodies.))
Read on!. Also remember anything useful. Quickly mention a bit of info about hitler to whoever is watching the tv.

"Hitler? Really? He has been dead since the 1940s. So I seriously doubt its him." Jack then sighs in disbelief and goes back to reading the book.

[Caellath]

((@kisame: I'm surprised in a way. I thought Doc and AM would, by now, simply kill anyone staring at them with strange goggles and the like, since that is very suspicious and both of them have something to hide, even if the "something" is different.

So, I still think you are pushing your luck.))

[Parsely]

Simulate a room filled with giant tarantulas.

[Nikitian]

((@Caellath The same thought here. Guess the Doctor didn't want to jump to conslusions just yet, for whatever reason. I mean, Morul is standing there with his eyes closed, 'staring' at the Doctor - what if he's simply fallen asleep all of a sudden? Those little unlikely, but possible variants/explanations consitute the major part of Morul's odds of surviving the next few turns in my predictions. Or perhaps he'd lie so utterly convincingly that even the Doctor would be swayed?..

@Kisame12794 Go go team lethal experiments! I really hope you'd get somehow out of that situation

Also, just a guess - what if, per that GM's comment about 'us/me not knowing their nature', that 'something' they are hiding isn't really different? Only the AM has done a better job convincing other people it is more about her pride and reputation than something else (or, well, maintaining her reputation and shifting our focus to it). ))

[Toaster]

((Well, we know the AM has a kinetic shunt, but we have no idea what the doctor has.  It's entirely possible he has one too (especially given he's a close combat expert) and that's what you're seeing.  IIRC, no one has played around with a shunt to see how it works.

Also, the Doctor's curiosity is enough for him to ask first and shoot later.))

[PyroDesu]

((Also, the Doctor's curiosity is enough for him to ask first and shoot later perform horrific experiments on offenders anyways.))

[Toaster]

((Po-TAY-to, po-TAH-to.))

[Nikitian]

perform horrific experiments on offenders anyways.))

(( May: "Oh, what a little cutie we have here! Does he have a name? What tricks does he know?"
Doctor: "I call him Morul. He sees things." ))

I see. Well, thank you! Maurice smiled to the Armory Master and, having taken the datapad and the book, went for the exit.
Oh, hi! Seeing the old sparring partner, Maurice greeted him cheerfully but briefly, careful not to disrupt Renen's own dialogue with the Armory Master, and slipped out of the armory.
Ghost Ships, huh?
Go to the briefing room and take a seat there. Begin reading the book I've been given.
Well, I do have a couple of convicts I'd be slightly hesitant to administer aid to, but I was more thinking along the lines of acquiring the brain matter the usual way - for tokens. Or perhaps disecting a fallen human enemy on mission to acquire the organ in question, though I'm not entirely sure I have the moral flexibility required to do so... Or maybe I do. By any chance, are any human adversaries expected on the current mission? Do we really have no contact with the team in that case, not even just sending one-way messages?

Also, by the way, Steve, who's Nyars? Another recruit?
Talk to Steve while walking and (later) reading.

[kisame12794]

"Nothing. I have my eyes closed behind these goggles. Why? You worried I'm plotting to kill you or something?"

Remove goggles, open eyes, and wink the goggle eye at Doc. Try and remember as much detail as I can, then leave.

((Bah. Morul's smart enough to realism that the Doc is not someone to be fucked with. Though he is curious enough to skirt the line.))

[Toaster]

((There are probably several people on this mission who would gladly fetch you a brain for a token.  Too bad you can't get in contact with them.))

[SeriousConcentrate]

(Seriously, ask Steve if he can put you in contact with Jim. I will gladly get you all the diseased deceased brains you want for a token apiece. )

[Nikitian]

(( Well, if you insist...
Also, I'm sure that the Doctor would be willing to pay tokens make monstrosities/upgrades for those who bring him body parts. I mean, a few of you know that, right?

Though my main problem with using other peoples' brains is that the resulting AI may possibly be influenced by the 'previous owners' of those brain bits. That's why, for example, even if I knew about Mesk's ability to grow body parts I'd rather not use his brain for my experiments. I wouldn't want an AI with an existential crisis from not being able to kick people due to the lack of legs, would I?
Still, the civilian brain matter should probably be safe and perfectly good. Editing the original post. 'A man can dream', right? ))

[PyroDesu]

((I wonder what the Doc would pay for that data chip I got if said chip contains info on this plague...))