Far be it for me to make suggestions of the good doctor, but since T'Var is either being very tactful or is at a loss for questions, she might ask whether there are any limitations on who is allowed to take treatment? Any medical reasons one might be disqualified? Are there minimum or maximum age limits? (Maximum doesn't seem to be a problem, but I'm just wondering if kids would be allowed here too.)
Sorry if any of these were already asked/answered and I've just forgotten.
Dammit Kylah!Stop steppi... oops - this is the set up thread. my bad.
I figure it's okay for us to give each other tips, what with Kylah and T'Var apparently being lovers.
Ow harsh!Originally posted by choie
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Well, if she were less wary and more able to laugh at herself, she probably wouldn't have seemed like such an easy target.
I also figured that considering the most notable characteristic that people would've heard about Elasian women involves their alleged intoxicating sexuality, the first Elasian girl these boys met would certainly receive some notice, and not all of it positive.
Heh you're trolling for XP from EH
But speaking of trolling for XP she should tell Graham this story, he'll want names so he can use Starfleet records to track the little shits down
Spoken by a guy whose character can't order french fries without angsting about his past.
French fries, Graham thinks grimly, staring at the tray and the hot, steaming spuds lying there like the dozens of cancer sticks he used to suck down and toss in his metal ashtray after a particularly bad night on the beat. Jane wanted French fries that last night. God forbid I'd've listened to her and picked some up on my way home from the dive I was getting sloshed in. Instead I left her to fend for herself. Everyone knows dames can't do that! Damn I was a lousy husband then and I'm a lousy orderer now.
He suddenly slams his fist into the plate of fries, which mash beneath his meaty hand like the face of that would-be Orion snitch. He lifts his head, eyes glinting and diamond-hard--no, not diamonds, don't think about how I slipped that diamond ring on her finger thinking it'd be forever--and glares at the chinless wonder across from him at the Mess hall.
"D-didn't you want those, sir?" the mess hall helper asks.
"No. No, I don't want them. Give me..." He swallows back his rage, as hard to take as the rotgut whiskey he keeps in a boot back in his quarters. "Anything you got."
"Well... we've got these...."
Graham winces when he follows the kid's gesture. Well, what the hell. Dignity's a hard thing to maintain when you're hard-bitten enough so that everything's a reminder of some tragic mistake. But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, he thinks hard-bittenly. "Fine," he says through gritted teeth. "Tator tots it is."
Actually I'd imagine Kylah's getting maxed out on role-playing XP. Perhaps when she and Graham start trusting each other (assuming they ever do) they'll have some bonding revelations like that. It'd be a fascinating murder case, actually: suddenly a bunch of Starfleet ensigns, all from the same graduating class, end up dead. The only thing in common? They all shared a class with Kylah. She ends up getting taken in for questioning and refuses to give Graham up, knowing he killed 'em for her. Touching, really.
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O.M.G.
This is freakin' hilarious.
Although this sentence "Dignity's a hard thing to maintain when you're hard-bitten enough so that everything's a reminder of some tragic mistake. But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do..." is a pretty accurate description of real life on my father's side of the family, so still pretty damn funny but a little less hardy har har...
FTW! Thanks. Good stuff.
Here's a little Sunday night Grahamspiration (a gentle soul, who struggles with how to respond to the evil in this world...)
Video sent along in context to give due honor to the deceased:
http://lafiga.firedoglake.com/2013/1...laughlin-dead/
And after the Fastolfe incident we can't neglect this beautiful moment:
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Graham takes his eyes off his colleagues for a moment, then, out of the corner of his eye, notices Kylah reaching toward a building with her delicate, bare hand. No! Splinters! he thinks, but before he can warn her, he realizes he's too late. Again. Dammit, he can see the moment from almost twenty years as if it were yesterday. Elizabeth was playing in a sunny, idyllic field back on Earth, as happy as only a child with unshaken confidence that her parents would never let anything hurt her could be. Graham had let himself be distracted for only a moment, but it was enough for her to brush her tiny finger against a old dry fencepost. Her cry still hunts his dreams, as do her her big, teary eyes as she looked up at him as if to say "Daddy, why did you let the wood hurt me?" Later, Jane had said nothing--but she didn't need to. Graham could imagine what she would have said if she weren't kinder to him than he deserved: if that fence had been an Orion pirate, our daughter would be dead. And he knew she'd have been right.
Man. Does Graham have some issues, or what?
Ha! That's perfect, general.Well played
Umm EH, Rangin is asking Dr Halsey.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
before Collins answers Kylah, where is Delaney? With T'Var and Rangin, or with the rest of us
I'm pretty sure he's with us. Originally T'Var was the only one to stay behind in the hospital, but then Rangin (in a retcon) decided to hang back too.
Whoa Nellie. Before when we were talking about exploring separately, Collins earlier split us up as T'Var/Rangin, Graham/Kylah and herself/Delaney. (And you snickered in here that you did that just to avoid any Rangin/Kylah goo-goo eyes, for which I don't blame you!
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Yes. Yes I did.
(why is there no evil or devil smilie?)
Heh. I've noticed its absence many a time as well.
Right you are. I'll fix it.Umm EH, Rangin is asking Dr Halsey.
T'Var and Rangin are in the resort's hospital with Dr. Halsey; everyone else, including Delaney, is with Mrs. Hsu in the wooden house.
But Miss Scarlett is in the library with the candlestick. (Naughty minx!)
Ask and ye shall receive.Yes. Yes I did.
(why is there no evil or devil smilie?)
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Me likey!
Sweet, thank you, CIAS!
EH -- it's only late afternoon and people are getting dressed for dinner? Where is this resort, Del Boca Vista, Florida?
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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This is a well-heeled crowd. Some of 'em like to get dressed up....EH -- it's only late afternoon and people are getting dressed for dinner? Where is this resort, Del Boca Vista, Florida?
Neat. Now I'm also imagining this all taking place in the 1800s, where it would take multiple hours to get dressed up for dinner: Corsets, petticoats, stockings, maids creating elaborate hair styles with curling tongs heated by a fire, the whole magilla!
Yeah, Collins ain't about all dat.
^ Heh.
Okay now I'm just confused. (In other shocking news, today is Thursday.)
Collins put Graham and Delaney together, right? And she's with Kylah? So why is Graham hitting Maxime's? Is she reverting to the old pairings now? Surely the guys can go to separate places from the Kylah/Collins team.
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No, Graham asked about a gift shop when they first arrived. He has to buy a trinket for his sweetie.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Bach. I mean, gotcha. Thanks!
As an aside I suppose I should wait for Delaney to show Kylah the connection thingy before posting. I don't want to assume too much, just in case our GM plans on having Delaney get hit on the head by a falling piece of wood in this old house.
Glad you like the new smilie -
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
You wouldn't happen to know someone high up the admin ladder over on the 'Dope? Because that devil smilie would come in handy there, too.
Nope, sorry, and I doubt they would add any new ones either.
But if you do ask one of them, I can give them the gif easily enough. Its one of the better ones tbh.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
I can assure you no one will be getting hit on the head by a falling piece of wood for at least the next, say, three days.
After that, no promises.
Given anyrose's post 941 in the game thread, I'm willing to give the plot a bit more of a nudge, if you all would like. The Yorktown landing party has already learned about as much about the resort today, in game time, as will be helpful to them for now.
Oh bummer, so Kylah doesn't get to shop and have a date with a guy who's staying in The Shining room? So much for living vicariously.
As if Collins doesn't have enough to answer for...
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Oh, let Kylah have her date. I want to see Rangin jealous
Might be a good idea, Rangin is beginning to wonder what all the fuss is about.
...oh yeah, that's what all the fuss is about
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
OTOH if it is a portent but time still needs to pass, then maybe it can be postponed until whatever's supposed to happen is almost about to happen? I dunno, just vamping. Meanwhile since I'm busy making suggestions, there are things you guys can do during off-hours, using different pairings.
1) Collins and Graham can go harass Fastolfe and see if he's still as big an asshat even with the treatment. In fact he's pretty much a great case study to see how the spores affect someone who's both a putz and violent. How much has he changed?
2) Graham and Rangin can have a heart-to-heart about The Wimmins.
3) Collins and T'Var can have a heart-to-heart about certain medical issues that Collins is having.
4) Rangin and T'Var are both sciency types, so maybe they could go see Fastolfe and note the results in a far more objective way than C&G. Or, better yet, if C&G are busy checking on Fastolfe, it makes sense for T'Var and Rangin to check on Admiral Hardin and Ebling.
5) Graham and T'Var can finally have the heart-to-heart about T'Var's romance with Kylah, which is a conversation that I think all of us want to see.
6) Cannot think of what Collins and Rangin might do together during #5 above. Unless, Graham, T'Var, Collins and Rangin are all at dinner when Graham springs his question about T'Var/Kylah, which is an even funnier prospect.
I dunno, just suggestions here. I think there are a lot of roleplaying interactions between the PCs that can occur that maybe we can all take advantage of -- get some of the relationships mixed up a little and see how people bond, or not, with one another. Of course, if even EH is bored, then move on we shall and must.
Edited to add: Oh, and Delaney can go to bed early or something. Or maybe hook up with Mrs. Hsu and cause a scandal by both being an adulterer and also unethical. It'd be kinda hilarious to have an NPC having this major storyline that's happening almost completely offscreen.
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I vote #6
That's funny 'cause I came up with an alternate #6 for C&R -- if C has watched K buy some sexy dress, C -- who, let's face it, has been in a real pissy mood* -- could go to dinner with Rangin and totally deflate the hell out of the poor guy while also sabotaging Kylah. A real twofer for Collins if she's feeling particularly bitchtastic.
* Um... pissier than usual on this mission, that is
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Sheesh, no pressure or anything...
Hey you're the one who gave Graham the lesbian fetish!
What was that line - "...everything's a reminder of some tragic mistake..."?Hey you're the one who gave Graham the lesbian fetish!
Oh wait, that was me, not Graham...
Hmm. There does not appear to be a consensus for me to move things along more quickly, so we'll keep going as is. I'm mindful of the benefits of good pacing, but I also don't want to hurry anyone unnecessarily, or to cut off lines of inquiry too soon. If, at any point hereafter, on this mission or any other, any player PMs me to ask me to move things along a bit more briskly, and I get several such PMs from different players, I'll take the hint.
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