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How many times do I have to say the same thing before it sinks through that THICK skull of yours? My character went into it under the impression that Lauren was BLIND. BLIND, unable to see. Without vision. She could SEE. She was not BLIND.
THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS!!!!!!
Whatever other skills were used by anyone are BESIDE THE POINT!!!!!!!!
LAUREN WAS NOT BLIND!!!!!!!!!! She could SEE!!!!!!!
WHATEVER OTHER SKILLS USED ARE COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT!!!!!!!!
He had the impression that she was unable to see. She could see. Therefore, that's lying by omission. I CLEARLY STATED to her right up front that I was practicing a sightless skill. Point me to the part where she makes a similar declaration to him.
Found it yet? No? Oh maybe that's because IT ISN'T THERE!!!!!!!!!!!
She NEVER STATED that she could SEE!!!!!!!!
She NEVER STATED what skill she was using in the dark PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEREFORE SHE LIED BY OMISSION!!!!!!!!!!
HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY THIS BEFORE IT SINKS IN?????????????????????????????????????
I think he is justified in his anger over it, and your PATHETIC ATTEMPTS to justify her behavior only serve to show that you haven't paid a lick of attention to ANYTHING I'VE SAID!!!!!!!!!!
My character went into it under the impression that Lauren was BLIND.
And she didn't know that.
She assumed that if you were practicing a skill to help you fight in the dark, that you wouldn't mind if she used a skill to fight in the dark, too. (You're about to say that your blindfighting and her nightvision are not the same at all, completely different, etc., but she doesn't think that way and she didn't know that you think that way.)
You assumed that Lauren would not be able to see in the dark - that Lauren would know that you wanted to fight blind against someone who was also blind without you telling her that. She can read minds, but she wasn't reading yours right then; you assumed she would know what you wanted just from what you said.
You both made assumptions, and you were both wrong in your assumptions. No one lied, even by omission. You just both failed to communicate properly, resulting in a misunderstanding.
On your Midol comment, she leaves in a huff.
--M. J. Young
Talking to myself:
"No sense of humor...."
However, I gotta set that right. Go to the bakery and arrange to have a box of cinnamon rolls sent to her room. A letter saying:
"Thanks for your help. Hope to hear from you soon."
Amuse myself for the remainder of the day. What day are we on, anyway? I think it was day 16. When I wake up, it will be day 17.
On day 17, use the scriff sense to locate and "Accidentally" run into Lauren in public.
"Did you get the cinnamon rolls?"
See what happens.
The ironic thing of it is that, at this moment, my character and I have exactly the same feeling. Complete and total idiocy. I hate that feeling, don't you? When am I going to learn not to do that?
Today was Day 16; she was teaching you Intensify Senses when you insulted her. I don't recall whether you attempted to learn it or not.
--M. J. Young
Yes, I have intensify senses. 1@2
For tomorrow's post, just go to the previous.
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NOTES:
Invent a staff fighting technique around your boxing style. Staff fighting and boxing use many similar arm movements. Just you're attacking with a staff instead of your hand. DO IT!!!!!!
(Doing Therapy)
You manage to sort out Derek's direction because he is in central computing (he is sometimes wandering around the station tracing faults or making repairs to terminals or lines), and so follow the other draw to an upper section of TerraNova you've not previously visited.
It appears to be an educational area. Lauren is lecturing on primitive cultures and her experiences on such planets. She answers a number of questions, and then the class ends after about forty minutes.
I am assuming that you are quietly slipping into the back and waiting for the class to end, not making a scene or disrupting things. Correct me if I'm mistaken.
--M. J. Young
I am assuming that you are quietly slipping into the back and waiting for the class to end, not making a scene or disrupting things. Correct me if I'm mistaken.
Yeah, you're mistaken, I'm not even sticking around. When I said "In public" I meant exactly that. This is a little too close to stalking. I think I'll leave and put myself on a path that would put me in the general area between here and her apartment, and wait for her to come back down. I want it to look like an accidental meeting, not that I am pursuing her actively. Actually, that sounds much closer to stalking, doesn't it? Still, what Lauren doesn't know won't hurt her. And neither will I.... Hopefully, she isn't relaxed enough to scriff sense me.
(Doing Therapy)
It happens that Lauren has become accustomed to using her scriff sense to find her way to camp--or in this case, her apartment. However, today she is distracted by a student tagging along asking her questions about the people by the lake to whom she introduced pottery and from whom she learned about stick weaving. She thus happens upon you unaware, and doesn't even notice as you fall into step alongside her.
Lauren notices you because her student is staring at you. She turns to look.
"Hello, John. Have you been waiting for me?"
--M. J. Young
"I was just wondering if you got the cinnamon rolls I sent."
After her reply (yes/no)
"I used to be psychotic. I think it comes back sometimes. I used to have this thing called Angry Mania. I would get furiously angry suddenly and for no reason. I think that might have happened the other day. Just an explanation, not an excuse."
(OOC And to anyone following, I think that's why I blew up like that a few posts ago. Sorry about that)
Just trying to start a dialog
(Doing Therapy)
"Oh, those were from you. Well, thank you. They arrived in time for my morning coffee, and I expect I'll have another for dessert tonight. That was very thoughtful."
"Well, I must remember that I need to forgive, so consider the matter forgiven. I believe we are supposed to meet for more blacksmithing lessons this afternoon, so let me get changed and I'll meet you there."
--M. J. Young
"Wise man say, 'Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza.' Michelangelo, the Ninja Turtle. Cool, I'll meet you at the shop for blacksmithing."
What day are we on? Day 17 I think.
What's the psionics lesson?
It is day 17, and Lauren successfully projects into your mind a pattern for a skill that adapts your body against cold. It reroutes fat supplies and blood vessels in your extremities and skin so that your core temperature is protected and you are padded against frostbite. Says she originally learned it trying to go spear fishing in a lake that was flooded from melt from a nearby mountain just after the ice cleared from the waters. You can still feel the cold, but you aren't so much damaged by it.
--M. J. Young
Yes, I want that skill.
(Doing Therapy)
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At the gun store, have I seen/can I order anything resembling an armored trench coat? Steel lined, Kevlar, maybe some radical new polymer or something? Stopping bullets at least would be good, but if it offers protection from high-tech weapons, I won't turn my nose up at it. I figure I'm probably going to encounter bullets more often than any other ranged weapon.
(Doing Therapy)
Three Posts, 2 days after last.
MJ, I know you say not to worry about it until it actually comes up in game, but I can (and I think I will) use faking a doctor-convincing psychotic episode as a distraction for Lauren at some point. I could easily imagine that scenario unfolding. I will not accept less than an expert score at it. (And if you think that's demanding, I was considering saying "No less than 3@10") What should I look up? Body skills? (Acting skill perhaps?) I think if I were the referee, this is the one I would choose. Just giving my two cents on it, ya know.
It would break down something like
3@something, acting, faking doctor-convincing psychotic episode.
2@10 acting like a doctor-convincing crazy person. (That's my normal)
1@10 acting like a normal person. (Which would be an actor, to me) This should never come up in game. He isn't psychotic anymore, so he's just constantly practicing a high-amateur skill.
My character probably oscillates between the two completely at random. This isn't just acting crazy to scare people, this is my normal. Not kidding.
It was just a thought, that's all.
I could also imagine Psionic (Faking a brain injury?) I think I saw one listed as Mag, although, for the life of me, I can't see how. Just curious.
I'll look it up, but you just tell me where to look. When I'm finished, I'll let you look them over, and we can talk about it. Cool?
(Doing Therapy)
I can't see it coming up, but my bet is that it's a P8@0 Posturing variant.
You learn the new skill easily.
I think if you want such a coat, you'll have to play out looking for it. You saw clothing for explorations, but did not ever look at what was there.
--M. J. Young
I can't see it coming up, but my bet is that it's a P8@0 Posturing variant.
You're just not thinking fourth dimensionally.
Forget the coat. That's too much weight.
"So Lauren, what do we do now?"
"I," she says, "have a date. I'll see you tomorrow."
--M. J. Young
Did I give her a metalworking lesson? That's why I said 'What do we do now?' I wasn't certain if she wanted her metalworking lesson, or if she got it.
"Who's the lucky guy?"
Just asking conversationally.
Day 17, guns come in on day 22. Go check and see if the guns came in early.
"Hey shopkeeper type person (OOC and yes, I would say exactly that) Did the guns come in early by chance?
"Also, do you have anything in the way of body armor? Specifically bullet proof vests? Of course, if it stops more than bullets, I won't turn my nose up at it."
A trench coat would be perfect.
(Doing Therapy)
Usually you have the blacksmithing before the psionics; I assumed you did it that way. Computer lessons follow psionics, and you're not interested in those, so Lauren is going to learn something from Derek and then go on her date.
She smiles at you when you ask who, but doesn't answer.
The guns have arrived, just now; he hasn't even taken them out of the crate, but he'll get them for you.
He also shows you a line of protective clothing, a tight weave polymer that is extremely difficult to pierce with any type of pointed, piercing, or slicing kinetic that is not sonic, overlaying a shock absorbing layer that spreads blunt force over a wide area and reduces vibration from sonic attacks. It's also highly polished, so it reflects lasers across a broad spectrum including infrareds and ultraviolets, and has some benefit against other energy attacks. It comes in long and short sleeved shirts, long and short pants, and long and short coats, as well as accessories including gloves, hats, scarves, and socks, all of which are in stock. It's also very light weight for what it does--the long pants are about a pound, the coats a bit more and the shirts a bit less.
--M. J. Young
Now I feel like even more of an idiot. You didn't happen to write down what all I ordered did you? It was a 9mm carbine rifle, ten 30 round magazines, a single shot shotgun, and some magazine holders and holsters I think. Do you have it written down?
"Hey thanks shopkeeper type person. How much do the trench coats cost?"
Or I guess what I should be asking is Do I have enough money for one?
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What I want to get is a shirt and a trench coat. Perhaps several shirts if I can reasonably afford it.
Take the shirts down to the shooting range. Hit them with everything I have. Crossbow, 9mm pistols and carbine, MAK 90, 357 magnum, and all 4 types of shotgun shells. I could imagine they might not want you shooting shredders in there. What's the policy?
See how these shirts stand up to the abuse. Preferably, get one shirt per type of ammo. So that's 8 shirts, if they're not too expensive.
Would shooting shredders be a new use on the shotgun skill?
(Doing Therapy)
I do not have a copy of what you ordered, but it must be in the thread somewhere....
He quotes prices. You certainly can afford several of the coats and additional accessories if you like.
--M. J. Young
I think I remember what I bought. The 9mm carbine, ten 30 round magazines, the shotgun, and some magazine holders.
Get 8 shirts, and one trench coat. Take the 8 shirts to the shooting range, and hit them with everything I've got, as described in the above post. One shirt per bullet caliber. I want to see how effective they are. Would shooting the flares and shredders out of the shotgun be a new use? I've never shot ammo like that before.
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How much does the trench coat weigh? The rest of the shirts I'm probably going to disown, once I find out how much abuse they can take. The trench coat though is probably going into the VSP.
I got that down to about 70 pounds, so that, with my clothes, should be under the requisite 76 pound maximum.
The long coat being the largest single item, it weighs two pounds and folds into something about eight inches square and three inches thick.
Obviously you're not planning to hold the shirts in one hand and shoot them with the other. How are you positioning them, on what kind of targets, and at what distances?
--M. J. Young
First off, does the shooting range have any rules against shooting the flares and shredders?
Secondly, do they have any stationary target stands, or are holograms the only targets they have? If they have stationary target stands, I would put the shirts on the stands, and shoot them. See what kind of damage is done to the shirt, and also to the target behind it.
If worse comes to worse, get some scrap something or other from my work to hang the shirts on. Preferably something that the bullets would normally damage. See what the impact does to the material after the shirt stops the bullets. Styrofoam or equivalent would be ideal. Weight it down if it is that lightweight.
Crossbow first. I would actually expect this to do more damage than the bullets. (Kevlar won't stop arrows, of course, this isn't Kevlar) distance, 20 feet total of 6 arrows.
Different shirt, Two 9mm pistols, one in each hand, and just open up on them with two 15 round clips. distance, 50 feet
Same shirt, 9mm carbine, 30 round clip, set on triburst. With a loud cry of "Die you commie son of a bitch!!!!" empty the magazine at it. (I've never shot a rifle on triburst, new use?) distance, 50 feet
Different shirt, MAK 90, 30 round clip. Open fire like a lunatic from Vietnam. distance, 50 feet
Different shirt, 357. Fire 50 rounds at it. distance, 50 feet
Different shirt, 12 gauge bird shot, 5 rounds distance, 50 feet
Different shirt, 12 gauge 00 buckshot 5 rounds distance, 50 feet
Different shirt, 12 gauge flares 1 round (Dude said these flew for a mile, 100 yard distance.)
I'm using the single shot 12 gauge I just got. I want to familiarize myself with it.
Different shirt, 12 gauge shredders. 1 round 100 yard distance
(I don't expect the shirts to survive the latter two....)
I don't expect I'd need to test them against the 22 if they stop 9mm and 357 bullets.
Just out of curiosity, how are you going to do the rolls? There's over 100 rounds being fired. Since I want to see what kind of damage is done, I'd expect just count it as practice shooting, and just tell me what kind of damage was sustained. Just my two cents.
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In case you haven't figured it out, this is what inspired my post on Throwing Lead. That's what I would be doing here, rapid shooting, but they would all be aimed, as described in that post. Given my experience rapid shooting, I know I'd hit these solidly on at least 25 out of 30 shots, so I don't think a GE roll would be appropriate. On the other hand, I don't think hundreds of dice rolls for aimed shots would be appropriate either. I'm wondering if there is an appropriate middle ground to go to. I'm rapid shooting because I want to test these under worst-case scenario conditions. I can think of no worse scenario than someone coming up on me with an assault rifle and letting loose with a full magazine.
All right, we can keep this simple.
None of your projectiles pierced the outer layer of the cloth.
The plastic scraps you set up for backing took some dents from the more potent bullets, and you can tell they would have hurt and probably injured you, but not near so badly as would have happened otherwise. You can fire a bullet or a bolt right through this plastic, but there was only one place where there was a hole in the plastic, where the shirt was pushed through it by a shot from the .357 (which I take to be the most damaging on single projectiles).
The flares do not damage the shirt, but they did melt the plastic a bit, which suggests it does not protect as well against fire.
Refresh my memory on the shredders. Are these explosive rounds? What kind of damage do they do?
--M. J. Young
there was only one place where there was a hole in the plastic, where the shirt was pushed through it by a shot from the .357 (which I take to be the most damaging on single projectiles).
Actually it would be the MAK 90. The 357 is the most powerful handgun. The MAK 90 is a rifle. The 357 is more powerful than the 9mm carbine, but the MAK 90 would blow both of them away.
Shredders dangerous blast with a damaging fragments rider within 10 yards, damaging blast with annoying fragments in the next ten, and annoying blast in the next ten.
Yes, they're explosives. That was what you told me about them when I bought them. The SWAT team uses these to blow doors open. It effectively turns your shotgun into a grenade launcher.
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Is there an inside pocket on that bulletproof trench coat which would be large enough to hold my single shot shotgun? If not, I intend to put one in it.
Lots-O-Posts
Do I get a new use on the large explosive driven slug thrower skill for shooting the 9mm carbine on triburst? If you gotta roll dice, roll em.
And John STOP POSTING!!!!!!!!!
(Doing Therapy)
No, the whole thing is like practice, shooting at targets on the shooting gallery. There's no new use involved. New use is really for figuring out that you can do something you've never done before and didn't know you could do, and so improving your understanding. You've always known you could set this for triburst, you've just never done it. Yes, using it that way as part of practice means that you're getting better--as part of practice.
The exploding shredders dent the plastic badly, but do not penetrate the fabric weave.
--M. J. Young
Oh (added)--There is a pocket in the coat, but it's only about ten to twelve inches deep.
How do you propose to add a pocket to a coat whose fabric you can't penetrate with an explosive?
--M. J. Young
How do you propose to add a pocket to a coat whose fabric you can't penetrate with an explosive?
With superglue. But not right now.
Amuse myself for the remainder of the day, and start day 18 when I awaken from my slumber, unless you have something else in mind.
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Ten to twelve inches deep I can live with. Get some superglue, or epoxy, or some kind of incredibly strong glue. Take a piece from one of the bedsheets that I bought, and glue it overlapping the existing pocket, to make it longer. The shotgun is 18 inches folded, 12 inch barrel, opens to 30 inches. So I would glue 6-8 inches of material overlapping the existing pocket, to make it long enough to hold the shotgun. A little bit sticking out the top so I can grab the gun, and overlapping the existing pocket enough to be really sturdy.
1@3 use glue, I guess, if you're intending to roll for it. It's not something I did much after Kindergarten, ya know?
The shotgun holds a single shell when folded. It would be loaded with a single 00 buckshot round, with 10 shells rubber-banded or otherwise secured to the stock. Four 00 buckshot, four shredders and two flares.
This is on day 17, BTW.
(Doing Therapy)
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If the pocket in the coat is 12 inches deep and the shotgun is 18 inches folded, why do I have to enlarge the pocket at all? Well, I guess that's your call.
(Doing Therapy)
I do not appear to have the details of the shotgun handy, but my recollection is that it folded up into something of a flat rectangle. My concern, then, is whether it is narrow enough to fit in the pocket.
Have you got that description?
--M. J. Young