Welcome! You have entered [Neutral Grounds] at 4:07 am
[ Kidman ]: Try to always stay in character. (Use parentheses for out-of-character chats.)
[ Gunnar ]: tT costs money...
[ Jade ]: hi Kidman!
[ Gunnar ]: *It
[ Ivy ]: ignores Dan's comment
[ Kidman ]: Hi!
[ Ivy ]: Hey Kid.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Hey Kidman
[ Kidman ]: Wow, that's some lag.
[ Kidman ]: Oh, there it goes
[ Jade ]: I got some burritos if you anybody wants any.
[ Kidman ]: (Wife and I walked downtown for lunch. Without checking the temp. -8C with windchill.)
[ Kidman ]: thaws
[ Kidman ]: Cheers, mate, but I'm good. Did I miss anything?
[ Jade ]: (as she enjoyed a guacamole salad) well at least there's one more Guacamole Salad if anyone wants it.
[ Chase ]: You didn't miss much.
[ Carmen ]: Just Chase's Patty dream.
[ Carmen ]: laughs.
[ Chase ]: Right, that.
[ Kidman ]: Oh, Nevon's gone.:-(
[ Jade ]: ewe!
[ Kidman ]: Patty dream?
[ Chase ]: Funny.
[ DericStorm ]: Patty shot him with a glitter gun
[ Kidman ]: Did it involve-
[ Kidman ]: Ah
[ Kidman ]: Indeed it did involve glitter.
[ DericStorm ]: duh, it's Patty. what lse would it involve/
[ Ivy ]: Ha
[ Chase ]: (I'll gmail you the chatlog)
[ Kidman ]: So then what happened? Did you turn into a Twilight vampire?
[ Kidman ]: Ah. Fabulous.
[ Gunnar ]: ...
[ Chase ]: ...
[ Jade ]: ...
[ DericStorm ]: has a headache
[ Jade ]: Deric, are you alright? Can I get you something to drink?
[ Chase ]: (I look through our Wikia and I want to populate it with pictures...)
[ Chase ]: (heh heh)
[ Carmen ]: You'll have reason to add an image to everything now.
[ Chase ]: Yeah, I think so.
[ Jade ]: (Chase as in 'the Carmen Sandiego Wiki"?)
[ Kidman ]: imagines this
[ Kidman ]: imagines images
[ Kidman ]: (FB VILE is acting up again)
[ Jade ]: (lag alert from Facebook?)
[ Kidman ]: (Nah, the VILE FB page has some wild people on it)
[ Jade ]: (eek!)
[ Kidman ]: locks trapdoor to FB VILE and sits on it.
[ Jade ]: (phew! That was close)
[ Chase ]: Yeah... FB... crazy.
[ DericStorm ]: ...
[ Carmen ]: (One of the many reasons I can't keep up there.)
[ Carmen ]: (My energy is better spent on things like Friday Flash Chats)
[ Chase ]: Heh heh
[ Chase ]: Agreed.
[ Chase ]: And writing posts for us addicts.
[ Kidman ]: checks
[ Kidman ]: No posts since I left.
[ Jade ]: Deric, hang on I'll get a glass of water and an aspirin.(as she gets the glass of water and an aspririn and give it to Deric)
[ Chase ]: That's nice of you, Jade.
[ Jade ]: thank you, Chase!
[ DericStorm ]: i'm fine. leave me alone
[ Kidman ]: Deric said with a snarl.
[ Jade ]: seriously Deric, you've got a headache.
[ Kidman ]: Just put it near him.
[ Jade ]: okay Kidman!
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: How goes it?
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (I'm working on a post for the new RP might be quiet)
[ Chase ]: (Same here, so it's understood.)
[ Carmen ]: I'm glad Ivy did post, she's quite punctual.
[ Chase ]: Yeah
[ Jade ]: I enjoy reading posts.
[ Ivy ]: Thank you, Carmen.
[ Carmen ]: Ah, so you were listening.
[ Kidman ]: I like the scene set up.
[ Chase ]: Thanks Jade, we enjoy writing them too.
[ Kidman ]: (It inspired me to write today.;-))
[ Chase ]: Nice, right?
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Yeah, I saw ACME walking out in a super cool way.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Like bosses.
[ Jade ]: seriously it is!
[ Carmen ]: Very well done.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: And then loled when Ivy said, "you've already met Deric"
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: I could see Vic having flashbacks of being thrown off a plane
[ Gunnar ]: appreciates his current RP anonymity.
[ Chase ]: Nice to be able to bring these things into perspective.
[ Carmen ]: Yes, I agree.
[ Jade ]: same here.
[ Kidman ]: hopes to talk to as many ACMEs as possible
[ DericStorm ]: smiles at the memory of throwing Vic out of a plane
[ Ivy ]: Glad you liked it. I figured that would bring back some good memories for Vic.
[ DericStorm ]: maybe next time, i can throw one in the volcano
[ Jade ]: Wouldn't go that far, Deric!
[ Chase ]: Didn't Vic tandem with you?
[ Kidman ]: Ha ha.
[ Carmen ]: Volcanoes, frozen oceans, we've plenty of sky-diving obstacles here.
[ DericStorm ]: only because if he had tandemed with Cali, he probably would have done or said something that made me pound him
[ Carmen ]: And thus, I may have one less employee.
[ Ivy ]: Good call then.
[ Jade ]: LIke you did to Lee Jordan, Deric (hitaus)?
[ Chase ]: What, you don't like Vic?
[ Carmen ]: I love Vic.
[ Carmen ]: But I also know he won't last very long when it comes to chatting up women with boyfriends.
[ Gunnar ]: I hate Vic.
[ Jade ]: and some women don't have any boyfriends.
[ Carmen ]: Some women don't need any, dear.
[ Ivy ]: I'm sure both sides will be civil at Lenino.
[ Chase ]: chuckles.
[ Ivy ]: huh...
[ Ivy ]: looks outside
[ Kidman ]: Heh
[ Ivy ]: Is Lenino, Neutral Grounds?
[ Chase ]: ...
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: ...!
[ DericStorm ]: ha
[ Kidman ]: You mean Gunnar has been in Russia THIS WHOLE TIME?
[ Gunnar ]: ...
[ Carmen ]: Your idillic Neutral Grounds is in the wilds of a frozen peninsula?
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (LOL)
[ Chase ]: ...
[ Gunnar ]: Sjutton också!
[ Ivy ]: Ha!
[ Kidman ]: LOL
[ Chase ]: Run, Swede...
[ Gunnar ]: (Kid, I was just about to do something with that. Nice jumping at that one. ;) )
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (This is hilarious!)
[ Kidman ]: (:-))
[ Jade ]: like me, who doesn't have a boyfriend at all (fudge I wish Lee would've been mine...but too late).
[ Kidman ]: Dude, you don't want him.
[ Gunnar ]: Jo. You don't want him.
[ Gunnar ]: looks around for Russians.
[ Chase ]: It's ok, Gunnar, natives of Kamchatka look Japanese.
[ Ivy ]: (lol @Gunnar)
[ Gunnar ]: ...Is it supposed to make me feel better, Boss?
[ Carmen ]: By that, I should add "Don't shoot the Japanese".
[ Chase ]: heh heh
[ DericStorm ]: ...
[ Jade ]: When in Japan do as the Japanese do.
[ Chase ]: ...
[ Chase ]: Actually, no.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: What about when in Russia?
[ Chase ]: When in Japan, under no circumstances should you do what the Japanese do.
[ DericStorm ]: we're in Russia
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: ...
[ Kidman ]: I sense a story.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Yeah, I hear they have strange vending machines.
[ Jade ]: oh well when in Russia do as the Russians do.
[ DericStorm ]: ...
[ Chase ]: In Russia... you never yell, even if the Russians yell at you.
[ Chase ]: Except for when you're driving.
[ Gunnar ]: Never do which the Russians do in private. But it is no privacy in Russia, so do as the Russians.
[ Chase ]: Then you can yell... but under no circumstances should you honk your horn.
[ DericStorm ]: huh?
[ Jade ]: sorry for that expression, Chase
[ Kidman ]: can't decide which Chase story to pursue
[ Jade ]: (to Kidman) think before you write.
[ Carmen ]: (I was recently in Moscow, and it's very true about the no-honking policy.)
[ Kidman ]: What happens when you do?
[ Kidman ]: Maybe I shouldn't ask that.
[ Carmen ]: (I was told a story by my guide, that a man was crossing the road, when a car nearly hits him.)
[ Carmen ]: (As the driver pasted the man, he also honked.)
[ Jade ]: ooo...that's call a almost runover.
[ Carmen ]: (The car stopped at a red light.)
[ Carmen ]: (This man, proceeded to call forth his neighbors, and they each began to tear apart this car.)
[ Jade ]: good.
[ Jade ]: ugh!
[ DericStorm ]: how is that good, Jade/
[ Kidman ]: !?
[ Chase ]: Tear apart... I've heard similar stories.
[ Ivy ]: Tear apart?
[ Kidman ]: Because he honked, or because he almost killed the guy?
[ Carmen ]: (Yes, they break the rear view mirrors, they shatter the glass, removed the bumpers...)
[ Chase ]: Because he honked.
[ Carmen ]: (Mm, because he honked.)
[ Kidman ]: Is there a reason for this?
[ Jade ]: the car stops at the red light which is good.....(8s ugh!)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: ...
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Remind me to be really quiet if I ever visit Russia
[ Chase ]: Reason?
[ Chase ]: Reason?
[ Chase ]: This is Russia!
[ Carmen ]: laughs.
[ Kidman ]: LOL!!!
[ Gunnar ]: Heh
[ Jade ]: da(yes!)
[ Kidman ]: You ever honk at anyone there, Chase?
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: That should be a dare.
[ Chase ]: I never drove there, I was only driven around by this factory owner.))
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Go to Russia. Honk a horn.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Run.
[ Kidman ]: Lol
[ Jade ]: (Jade put her hand on her forehead)
[ Chase ]: In Saint Petersburg, it's ok.
[ Chase ]: Just not in Moscow.
[ Kidman ]: makes note of this.
[ Chase ]: There's even a dress code for the sleeziest clubs in Moscow.
[ Carmen ]: I won't presume you've been there.
[ Chase ]: Heh heh
[ Chase ]: My Russian business partner rented out a club the night after I signed the contract.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: sleezy clubs?
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: what?
[ Chase ]: He took me there... and there was a band, some waitresses, me, him, and another guy (another friend)... just the three of us, in a place with maybe 15 tables.
[ Kidman ]: ...creepy.
[ Chase ]: The band started playing, and my friend asked me "You play music?"
[ Chase ]: I said... "A bit."
[ Chase ]: He said "You play guitar?"
[ Jade ]: yeah I remember watching Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations/Moscow where he and his friend Zamir Gotta has gone to a club that requires a dress code.
[ Chase ]: I said... "Some, but not as good as that guy." And I pointed to the band.
[ Chase ]: Then he said, "You play! You play!"
[ Chase ]: He gets the guy on stage to come down and give me the guitar.
[ Chase ]: I was... really uncomfortable.
[ Chase ]: But I think they were really drunk.
[ Jade ]: stage fright.
[ Chase ]: And honestly, I was probably drunk too.
[ Jade ]: Vodka, Chase?
[ Chase ]: So there I was... in a Moscow bar... playing the guitar, for 3-4 Russians.
[ Chase ]: I don't even remember what I played.
[ Jade ]: ugh!
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: LOL
[ Chase ]: But they all clapped.
[ Gunnar ]: Heheh
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: That sounds like Gunnar's worse nightmare.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Go on stage for a bunch of Russians.
[ Kidman ]: I love these so much.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: No gun, just a guitar.
[ Chase ]: That was the weirdest day I've ever spent in Moscow...
[ Gunnar ]: ...
[ Chase ]: The way they talked, I keep thinking I was going to get shot.
[ Carmen ]: laughs.
[ Carmen ]: These are the same people who crossed out your name?
[ Chase ]: Yeah, the same.
[ Jade ]: oh Caviar!
[ Kidman ]: Were they speaking in English?
[ Chase ]: Yeah, they have to.
[ Chase ]: I don't understand enough Russian.
[ Chase ]: I remember passing by a crime scene...
[ Chase ]: This body, just plopped in the middle of some sidewalk.
[ Chase ]: I thought the guy was a bum sleeping... but my Business partner turned to me and said "Don't look, don't look, just keep walking, the street cleaners will come soon."
[ Jade ]: I got a pharsebook about Russian.
[ Gunnar ]: ..
[ Carmen ]: laughs.
[ Carmen ]: That's morbid.
[ Ivy ]: Ha!
[ Jade ]: gee-whiz!
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: LOL
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Russia...
[ Carmen ]: You're sure it's a dead body?
[ Chase ]: Oh yeah.
[Neutral Grounds]: DetectiveAwesome has left at 5:06 am
[ Gunnar ]: !
[ Ivy ]: They got Dan!
[ Kidman ]: So wait, what were they saying that made you think you were going to get shot?
[ Kidman ]: Daaaaaaaan!
[ Jade ]: just don't kick'em in the Borscht.
[ Gunnar ]: SVR...
[Neutral Grounds]: DetectiveAwesome has entered at 5:07 am
[ Chase ]: Nothing much, just that they'd say things like "Play! Play!" like if I didn't... they were going to kill me.
[ Kidman ]: He escaped!
[ Carmen ]: laughs.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Got pulled away by ninjas.
[ Carmen ]: Hello Mr. Ainsworth.
[ Gunnar ]: You showed them you rbombvest, ja?
[ Jade ]: flash trouble, Danny?
[ Chase ]: Heh heh
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: My roomba?
[ Kidman ]: lol!
[ Jade ]: robot vacuum cleaner?
[ Gunnar ]: (*your bombvest. Rats.)
[ Carmen ]: (This chat has been truly worth my while. I'm sorry to leave, but I must.)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Bye Carmen
[ Chase ]: (Leave, see if we care.)
[ Jade ]: bye, Carmen!
[ Ivy ]: Later Carmen
[ Kidman ]: Bye Carmen!:-)
[ Gunnar ]: Vi ses, Miss Sandiego.
[ Carmen ]: Is this Chase, pouting?
[ Chase ]: Is not.
[ Gunnar ]: (LOL)
[ Chase ]: (heh heh)
[ Jade ]: I've better go as well, bye everybody ttyal!
[ Chase ]: (Take care.)
[ Carmen ]: laughs
[ Jade ]: I will.
[ Kidman ]: Bye Jade!
[ Carmen ]: Be well.
[Neutral Grounds]: Jade has left at 5:11 am
[Neutral Grounds]: Carmen has left at 5:11 am
[ Chase ]: Moscow, it's great.
[ Chase ]: I thought Bangkok was crazy... I was never more wrong.
[ Chase ]: Though, Bangkok's the only city that I was offered drugs in my first 5 minutes.
[ Kidman ]: Moscow is weirder than Bangkok??
[ Gunnar ]: ...
[ Chase ]: Moscow is definitely weirder than Bangkok.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: I like your Bangkok stories
[ Chase ]: I think some of the best ones were during the riot...
[ Chase ]: My passport was overdue... and the riots started.
[ Chase ]: Pru was saying "I think you should get out of Thailand"
[ Kidman ]: settles in for more Chase Tales
[ Chase ]: and I foolishly said "Relax, the killing hasn't started yet."
[ Gunnar ]: Ha!
[ Chase ]: But actually, I wasn't leaving because my passport was expired for about 3 years.
[ Chase ]: And I was illegally staying in the country without a visa.
[ Chase ]: And then... my photographer friend was out in the field.
[ Chase ]: He was next to some burning tyres, when he tripped over some, and almost broke his camera.
[ Chase ]: The Rioter that was standing next to him, before he tripped, was then shot in the face.
[ Gunnar ]: Usch...
[ Chase ]: He took his camera and was about to take a picture...
[ Kidman ]: F!
[ Chase ]: but decided against it.
[ Chase ]: So he grabbed his Nikon and ran.
[ Chase ]: As soon as he told me the story, I went to US embassy.
[ Chase ]: "Hello," I said to the consulate, "I've lost my passport."
[ Chase ]: And they issued me a new one without question.
[ Chase ]: I spent the next few days in Singapore.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: LOL
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: wow
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: of course they would issue one without question
[ Kidman ]: Huh. That ended up working to your advantage
[ Chase ]: So that was how I never went to jail in Thailand for overstaying my visa.
[ Gunnar ]: Heheh
[ Gunnar ]: writes this down.
[ Kidman ]: Gunnar writes "Wait for riots"
[ Ivy ]: Ha
[ Kidman ]: Sounds like a plan.
[ Chase ]: Usually, you need to file a police report the moment you lose your passport... and you have to present your current papers... plane tickets, etc.
[ Chase ]: I just went there in my sandals, t-shirt, and jeans... looking really confused.
[ Chase ]: I think they sympathized.
[ Kidman ]: You played the 'confused tourist' card?
[ Kidman ]: Brilliant!
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Heheh
[ Kidman ]: writes this down
[ Chase ]: It was completely possible that I was robbed or I lost everything.
[ Chase ]: At least 3-4 other tourists were there with the same problem.
[ Kidman ]: Chase used 'stampede
[ Chase ]: I know... taking advantage of the situation was bad... but it was either that or spend 3 years in a Thai prison.
[ Kidman ]: It was very effective
[ Gunnar ]: thinks this will make things cheaper for him to stay in SF.
[ Kidman ]: Nah dude.
[ Kidman ]: I'd probably do it too
[ Chase ]: Heh heh
[ Chase ]: Gunnar, how?
[ Gunnar ]: ...What?
[ Gunnar ]: Oh.
[ Gunnar ]: I can... live without to pay for the visa.
[ Kidman ]: I don't SF will riot any time soon.
[ Ivy ]: Gunnar, I keep having to remind you that you're in law enforcement...
[ Gunnar ]: ...
[ Gunnar ]: (LOL)
[ Chase ]: Heh heh
[ Chase ]: It's ok, Gunnar, ACME pays for all foreign agents' visas.
[ Gunnar ]: takes a bite from his sandwich.
[ Chase ]: That's why it's called a 'work permit'.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: What about Gudrun?
[ Gunnar ]: But... I don't want any to know where I am.
[ Kidman ]: I doubt any will know at the moment.
[ Chase ]: I don't think there's much you can do about that.
[ Gunnar ]: None knows where I live now.
[ Kidman ]: ...
[ Kidman ]: realizes that they are both hiding from Russians.
[ Gunnar ]: I rent a room in some other's apartment.
[ Kidman ]: Can I meet Gunnar and Dan?
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Can I meet Kidman?
[ Kidman ]: Sure!
[ Ivy ]: Yes! Meet. Exchange snacks.
[ Chase ]: What do you mean "Can you"?
[ Gunnar ]: Wait... None said anything about giving away snacks...
[ Chase ]: You're already there.
[ Chase ]: You can't avoid each other even if you try.
[ Chase ]: If you run, Ivy's been given permission to shoot.
[ Gunnar ]: I can avoid many people.
[ Kidman ]: Not sure how much time we'll be given for these posts
[ Gunnar ]: Watch me.
[ Kidman ]: Why would you even give that order?
[ Ivy ]: You'll all be given ample time to meet.
[ Kidman ]: Where or why would anyone run?
[ Gunnar ]: I want to go, shoot, and come back.
[ Kidman ]: I wouldn't go too fast, or Ivy will shoot you
[ Gunnar ]: raises an eyebrow.
[ Kidman ]: points to sign.
[ Kidman ]: If you run, Ivy's been given permission to shoot.
[ Gunnar ]: ..?
[ DericStorm ]: don't shoot my team
[ DericStorm ]: that's my job
[ Chase ]: Did you expect less of Russia?
[ Chase ]: This place changes people...
[ Kidman ]: ?
[ Chase ]: Right, Deric can shoot his team members too.
[ Gunnar ]: This was never in the contract.
[ Kidman ]: ??
[ Chase ]: And anybody can shoot VILE.
[ Ivy ]: It's not Ivy shooting people you know, it's just perimeter guards.
[ DericStorm ]: plus, i'm a better shot than Ivy
[ Gunnar ]: Watch me shoot everyone.
[ Kidman ]: In fact, lets just shoot ourselves and get it over with.
[ Chase ]: You crazy kids go work this out.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: all this talk of shooting!
[ Ivy ]: (ha)
[ Chase ]: Survivors come see me for extraction.
[ Kidman ]: Why did you and Mikal break off? Isn't that sort of more dangerous than it should be?
[ Gunnar ]: How if you don't survive?
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Someone has to send in information.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: And Chase has been doing this since we were in the cribs.
[ Kidman ]: Ha. True
[ Kidman ]: If you don't survive, I assume you become a landmark
[ Chase ]: By the way, it's against Nepalese laws to leave dead bodies on Everest.
[ Gunnar ]: ...
[ Chase ]: The 'landmark' comment in that post wasn't entirely true.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: ...
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Wait, so you break the law if you die?
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Gosh darn.
[ Chase ]: As soon as a body is found, it's either brought down to be identified or it's 'burried' away from the trail.
[ Kidman ]: I don't think it's something people want to do.
[ Gunnar ]: (But I worked so hard to have a clean record!)
[ Chase ]: Only those that are too hard to get to are left.
[ Chase ]: Everest kills about 1 out of every 4 climbers.
[ Kidman ]: Wow. That's way higher than I thought.
[ Gunnar ]: Those odds aren't frightening to anyone?
[ Chase ]: Worst way to die is probably hypothemia... considering you can still feel pain when your body is being stabbed by microscopic shards of ice...
[ Kidman ]: I thought 1:20 or 1:15
[ DericStorm ]: you know the risks when you agree to climb it
[ Kidman ]: Don't you fall asleep first?
[ Chase ]: It costs about $25,000 USD for a license... each.
[ Chase ]: And about $40,000 USD for an experienced guide... also per climber.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Woah
[ Chase ]: Kidman, you don't ever really fall asleep... you wake up at intervals.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Expensive and stupid
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: and painful...
[ Chase ]: Yeah, grueling training to climb... painful experience while you're up there.
[ Chase ]: Of the 1000+ people to climb everest so far... roughly 250 lost their lives.
[ Chase ]: Anyway, Kamchatka's ok this time of year, I heard...
[ Kidman ]: ....In January?
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: is it?
[ DericStorm ]: it's near ana ctive volcano
[ Chase ]: Heh heh
[ Kidman ]: What time of year is it not okay, then?
[ Chase ]: Probably Feb.
[ DericStorm ]: when you see lava flowing
[ Kidman ]: What group is Vic and Joe in?
[ Ivy ]: VILE
[ Kidman ]: And Patty?
[ Kidman ]: Ah.
[ Gunnar ]: needs to go visit Gudrun.
[ Kidman ]: So Roux and I are the only VILEs with you guys?
[ Gunnar ]: (Have a good one, peoples.)
[ Kidman ]: (Night mate!)
[ Kidman ]: dubs her group 'Mixed Nuts'
[ Chase ]: Bye Gunnar.
[ Gunnar ]: (Don't stay up too late.)
[ Chase ]: Say hi to Gudrun for us.
[ Gunnar ]: Ah, sure.
[ Gunnar ]: Vi ses.
[Neutral Grounds]: Gunnar has left at 6:02 am
[ Kidman ]: Me, Sophie, Roux, and maybe Connie?
[ Chase ]: Yeah
[ Kidman ]: Maybe 'MedCo'