Welcome! You have entered [Neutral Grounds] at 3:23 am
[ Kidman ]: Try to always stay in character. (Use parentheses for out-of-character chats.)
[ Kidman ]: Test
[ Kidman ]: Ah, very good.
[Neutral Grounds]: has left at 3:24 am
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has entered at 3:25 am
[ Ivy ]: Hey!
[ Kidman ]: Look! A Carmen!
[ Ivy ]: I noticed!
[ Ivy ]: Hello!
[ Kidman ]: Also, seems that Flag has taken up being Klye's baddie, so long as it's placed in the past.
[ Kidman ]: Kyle
[ Kidman ]: Which sounds awesome
[ Ivy ]: Nice
[ Ivy ]: So Kyle's story will be before the events of Auld Lang Syne?
[Neutral Grounds]: Philo has entered at 3:29 am
[ Philo ]: Hey
[ Kidman ]: Hi!
[ Ivy ]: Hey Philo
[ Kidman ]: I think so. She just posted in sandbox
[ Ivy ]: Nice
[ Philo ]: (Sorry I been away because I made that move to Denver.)
[ Carmen ]: Hello Philo.
[ Carmen ]: (How is Denver?)
[ Ivy ]: (You're in Denver now, and I'm in Texas.(
[ Philo ]: (You're probably still not in El Paso.)
[ Kidman ]: (Where were you before?)
[ Philo ]: (It's been a lot of fun one of the first things I did was go to a steampunk fair. Met a lot of creative writers. Started work on a novel.)
[ Philo ]: (I was in El Paso, TX, Kidman.)
[ Kidman ]: (Sweet!)
[ Ivy ]: (a novel? sounds cool.)
[ Kidman ]: (What's it about?)
[ Philo ]: (A typical satirical bit about your hero bereft of any actual heroic qualities saving the day anyway.)
[ Philo ]: (Like Don Quixote or Discworld.)
[ Kidman ]: (DISCWORLD FOREVER!)
[ Carmen ]: (That sounds like the basis for any good story.)
[ Philo ]: (Written in the middle english, like I said, to please the steampunk types.)
[ Carmen ]: (Middle English?)
[ Ivy ]: (wow. sounds complex.)
[ Philo ]: (Middle english historical period. Very, very late pre0industrial)
[ Philo ]: (Where you have things like washboards and trains but no real technology.)
[ Ivy ]: (That's been really popular recently.)
[ Philo ]: (exactly)
[ Kidman ]: (I always considered the steam era to be the birth of industrail?)
[ Carmen ]: (American Middle English or Oxford Middle English?)
[ Kidman ]: industrial
[ Philo ]: (I'm doing a mix. I see it in my mind as being american, but it's showing itself in writing to be more eriudite than that.)
[ Philo ]: (A part of me wants to say it's like Popeye. It's kinda self contained in its culture.)
[ Carmen ]: (Popeye, ah.)
[ Philo ]: (I've made a lot of religious references. The main character was raised by nuns in a convent, and the city is famous for curing ham, and is predominantly christian, since no other religion could stand the smell.)
[ Kidman ]: (Ha!)
[ Carmen ]: (That sounds delightfully cheeky)
[ Kidman ]: (And boiled cabbage, good god)
[ Philo ]: (I actually DID throw in boiled cabbage.)
[ Kidman ]: (Someone in my building cooks it, and it comes in through the vents. There is no escape...)
[ Carmen ]: (The eternal struggle of living in a building.)
[Neutral Grounds]: Ky1e has entered at 3:50 am
[ Ivy ]: Hey Kyle.
[ Philo ]: Hey..
[ Ky1e ]: Hi.
[ Carmen ]: Hello Kyle.
[ Kidman ]: Hi!
[ Carmen ]: (You should have received a message from Flag?)
[ Kidman ]: Behold! The Carmen!
[ Ky1e ]: How did you get a hold of this chat room?! Who are you? (role-plying now.)
[ Ivy ]: Welcome to Neutral Grounds Kyle... it's the only place where VILE and ACME really talk.
[ Ky1e ]: (playing, I mean!)
[ Ivy ]: No arrests. And what happens here, usually stays here.
[ Kidman ]: Neutral grounds, love.
[ Kidman ]: Usually
[ Ivy ]: Well...
[ Carmen ]: (It's the virtual 'green room', I suppose.)
[ Ivy ]: there have been times when things spill over.
[ Kidman ]: We have a bar.
[ Ky1e ]: This is crazy. I shouldn't even be online!
[ Kidman ]: Don't worry, I didn't believe it either at first, but I haven't been arrested here yet.
[ Kidman ]: used to hide under a chair
[ Ky1e ]: This coming from a group of people who has my professor hostage!
[ Ivy ]: You also happened to come in at a tme with even numbers of VILE and ACME agents.
[ Ky1e ]: What have you done to him!
[ Carmen ]: Don't be paranoid, Mr. Blackwood.
[ Kidman ]: decides to let Carmen field that one.
[ Carmen ]: (We will need to change your story, somewhat.)
[ Carmen ]: (Have you Role Played before?)
[ Ky1e ]: (Yes, I have.)
[ Carmen ]: (In the present universe, I don't support kidnapping or extortion.)
[ Carmen ]: (Hence, who ever has taken your professor is either not V.I.L.E. or has done it without my knowledge.)
[ Ky1e ]: Ivy, what do you think?
[ Carmen ]: (We'll build this story with those interested in building it with you, I believe Flag has already written to you?)
[ Kidman ]: VILE is the good guys here.
[ Kidman ]: I say ACME took him.
[ Carmen ]: (I'd rather not be called "the good guys")
[ Kidman ]: is biased and will remain so
[ Ky1e ]: (Are you Rp-ing or talking out-of-game, Carmen?)
[ Carmen ]: (OOC, Mr. Blackwood, I'm writing in parentheses.)
[ Ky1e ]: (Ok)
[ Carmen ]: (Any story you develop with V.I.L.E. will have to involve V.I.L.E. members as well.)
[ Philo ]: (If you've ever seen "Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego" you know the drill. ACME chases Carmen, but Carmen isn't a bad guy as much as she is a rival to the organization, and there are often worse criminals in the city.)
[ Ivy ]: (Though I think it's fair to say he can still believe VILE and/or Carmen is behind the kidnapping.)
[ Carmen ]: (Yes, I think that's very fair to say.)
[ Ky1e ]: (Kyle almost walked into a situation where he overheard the captor mention VILE and interrogated Prof. Chavez about the book.)
[ Carmen ]: (As a matter of fact, he should believe V.I.L.E. is involved.)
[ Carmen ]: (Flag has a backstory involving a book and research in Egypt)
[ Carmen ]: (Your story coincidentally matches.)
[ Carmen ]: (Flag also has a history of doing things without Carmen's permission.)
[ Ky1e ]: (Should he have the whole book or should I have been the only one able to translate it?)
[ Kidman ]: (There's an understatement)
[ Philo ]: (Have you read the blog?)
[ Philo ]: (Shoot, I don't mean the blog, I mean the Wiki)
[ Ky1e ]: I have.
[ Philo ]: (The ACME and VILE pages are good for knowing how either organization operates.)
[ Ivy ]: (I think Flag fits very well into Kyle's story.)
[ Carmen ]: (Heather (Flag's narrator) just informed me she messaged you on this, Kyle.)
[ Carmen ]: (I think you should talk to her and work out how Kyle and Flag fit storywise.)
[ Ky1e ]: (Ok.)
[ Carmen ]: (Brilliant, I look forward to developments.)
[ Kidman ]: (This is too awesome! Flag was itching to get Flag-y again!)
[ Kidman ]: does a cartwheel
[ Ivy ]: (Other than that, I'm sending ACME agents Daniel Ainsworth and Gunnar Svensson your way.)
[ Ivy ]: (And Derringer, of course.)
[ Kidman ]: (also, is you want to do an action like I just did, type /me first)
[ Ky1e ]: (Thanks, Ivy.
[ Ivy ]: Right.
[ Ivy ]: gets a beer from the bar
[ Ivy ]: Who wants a drink?
[Neutral Grounds]: SpringHeeledJack has entered at 4:08 am
[ Carmen ]: crosses her legs.
[ Carmen ]: Have we water?
[ Ivy ]: passes Carmen a bottle of water.
[ Philo ]: Where would we be without water?
[ Ivy ]: Welcome to Neutral Grounds, Jack.
[ Kidman ]: Oh it just keeps getting better and better in here
[ Kidman ]: (Grab yourself a text colour, mate!)
[ Philo ]: Where would we be without new guys.
[ Carmen ]: Welcome to Friday Flash Chat, Mr. Nimble.
[ Carmen ]: Thank you for the water, Ivy.
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: Thank you very much, Ms. Monaghan, Ms. Sandiego, everyone.
[Neutral Grounds]: DetectiveAwesome has entered at 4:11 am
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Yo!
[ Ivy ]: Hey Dan.
[ Carmen ]: Welcome, Daniel.
[ Kidman ]: Look! New people!!!!
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Hey, Mr. Blackwood. We'll be seeing you soon. Just make sure you have a good description of the guys.
[ Kidman ]: :roll:
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: eyes SpringHeeledJack suspiciously
[ Ky1e ]: Thank you, sir.
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: returns his gaze evenly.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: So Jack... are you looking to join VILE or you a lone wolf?
[ Philo ]: grabs a cola.
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: For the moment, I'm a lone wolf, but I most certainly would not mind getting the attention of VILE or its illustrious leader.
[ Carmen ]: smiles.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Oh, a Carmen groupie...
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Those are dangerous.
[ Kidman ]: I'm not dangerous!
[ Ivy ]: That they are.
[ Carmen ]: I'm sure that's purely perspective.
[ Ivy ]: looks at Kidman
[ Ivy ]: Okay, maybe not Kidman.
[ Kidman ]: :-)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: She's dangerous... just wait for the danger to spring out.
[ Carmen ]: laughs.
[ Kidman ]: You better hope not. I'm your medic.;-)
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: grins. "I wouldn't call myself a groupie. Merely an admirer, one urban legend to another."
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Heh... only until we're done with Torun Zamok. (OOC: I plan to get injured soon, be ready.)
[ Kidman ]: (I will rescue you!)
[ Ivy ]: I prefer these kind of urban ledgends behind bars.
[ Ky1e ]: (Guys? I'm just reading up on what Flag suggested to me. I'll be here if anyone wants to have a chat with me.)
[ Carmen ]: (Do take your time, Kyle)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (cool, take your time.)
[ Carmen ]: (Who else is planning to get injured in Torun Zamok?)
[ Kidman ]: (Are we going to you?)
[ Ivy ]: (Possibly Eugene.)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (If we get injured we'll go to you.)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (Woah, Mr. G getting hurt? It's getting that High Energy Liquid Laser thing, right.?)
[ Carmen ]: (Possibly Eugene?)
[ Carmen ]: (Has anyone heard from Chase and Mikal?)
[ Ivy ]: (I think they're working on something, but I haven't seen Chase in a few days.)
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: (By the way, speaking of this, I love the shear number of heaven/hell acronym puns you all have put in the RP lately.)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (Me and Gunnar have something, Nevon's been quiet but we can move without him for now.)
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: (sheer*)
[ Carmen ]: (If he's splitting paths with Mikal, I may meet up with Mikal.)
[ Ivy ]: (Thanks Jack, the acronyms are mostly from Chase.)
[ Carmen ]: (The acronyms are from Chase, mostly. He wants to stay true to the genre.)
[ Carmen ]: (Ivy, shall we call that an official jinx?)
[ Ivy ]: nods
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Achievement unlocked for Ivy then.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: I mean, Commander Monaghan.
[ Carmen ]: C'est bon.
[ Kidman ]: is working on one for medco
[ Ivy ]: (Medical held up by Roux?)
[ Kidman ]: How about High Emergancy Assistance eVactuatioN?
[ Carmen ]: I'm sure he'll show up soon.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, the 'eVacuatioN' is a stretch...
[ Ivy ]: Almost an acronym, Kidman.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Heheh
[ Kidman ]: Aye... I need something for V and N
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Protip: If you want to change your chat icon, go to options then 'Effects'
[ Carmen ]: I'm enjoying your bio, Mr. Nimble.
[ Carmen ]: You've covered everything except for perhaps your vices.
[ Ivy ]: It was an extremely detailed dossier. (Well written.)
[ Carmen ]: Agreed, well worth reading.
[ Kidman ]: I thought it was pretty awesome
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: My thanks. I'm still somewhat hesitant to put absolutely everything out there. (Came up with him at work, still ironing out the details. ;) )
[ Ivy ]: (You can also put a full bio on the TECS wiki: tecs.wikia.com)
[ Carmen ]: (You can summarise this, and put a longer version of him in the wiki.)
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: (Will do, once I finish getting the picture too. Trying to use HeroMachine, but I'm not happy with the results I'm getting.)
[ Carmen ]: I wish I could help, but my portrait came from our resident artist.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (awsome, love your profile so far man.)
[ Kidman ]: looks up HeroMachine
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (and I grew up with stories of Spring Heeled Jack.)
[ Kidman ]: (so cool!)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (Yeah, I never saw hero machine before.)
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: ( I'm glad. I tried to come up with something authentic but original enough to make my own. HeroMachine has helped me with character concepts for a bunch of games before, mostly tabletops actually.)
[ Kidman ]: is now distracted
[ Philo ]: attempts to bring Kidman back using a hairy pom-pom on a fishing line
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Heheh
[ Kidman ]: Dang it, my person is way too tall
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: (The pieces are resizable. Check the transform tab.)
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: (If you're using HM 3)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (also if any of you Kyle or Jack have gmail we also do gChat nearly every day. My address for this account is acastromarino@gmail.com)
[ Ivy ]: (ivymonaghan@gmail.com - that's easy.)
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: (Not sure if I have one, may have to make one.)
[ Kidman ]: (agent200309@gmail.com)
[ Carmen ]: Are we now giving off our email addresses?
[ Carmen ]: If you add any of the above, I'm sure we'll be connected soon.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (Yeah, 'cause it's easier for me to find all of you in gChat. We can talk whenever we're online.)
[ Ky1e ]: (malory.delacroix@gmail.com)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (But Flash Chat is awesome too, gets more people together.)
[ Carmen ]: (An important gmail to add is likely ChaseDevineaux@gmail.com)
[ Kidman ]: (Ah, the Grey Man)
[ Kidman ]: sends gchat request to Kyle
[ Kidman ]: (Dang, Flag is on but can't get into FC)
[ Carmen ]: (Yes, we spoke of that recently.)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (Flag usually can't get into FC.)
[ Kidman ]: saves chat log for Flag
[ Kidman ]: (Flag says 'hi' :-))
[ Ivy ]: waves to Flag
[ Philo ]: uhhh...
[ Philo ]: Are we still here or did we move to g?
[ Carmen ]: This chat has been lovely, but I need to leave.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Still here
[ Carmen ]: Shall we do this again soon?
[ Philo ]: Ohkay, so long Carmen
[ Philo ]: Every friday, I guess..
[ Carmen ]: My thanks for your time, as always.
[ Carmen ]: Be well.
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: (requests sent, except to Chase, figured I'd wait until I talk to him first)
[ Ivy ]: Later Carmen
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: Farewell, Carmen.
[ Kidman ]: Bye Carmen!
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Bye Carmen! Until next Crime...?
[ Carmen ]: laughs.
[ Carmen ]: Until then, Mr. Ainsworth.
[Neutral Grounds]: Carmen has left at 4:54 am
[ Kidman ]: Who is slomotoml@gmail.com?
[ Ivy ]: Philo
[ Philo ]: Yep.
[ Kidman ]: Okay, Flag was wondering
[ Kidman ]: adds SHJ
[ Kidman ]: So hey!
[ Kidman ]: Going to hiest with us?
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: This is cool.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (You should think of using some of the old concept drawings of Spring Heel Jack, where he looks a bit like Batman.)
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: I would definitely enjoy that, Kidman.
[ Kidman ]: At the moment Carmen is saving the world, but it should go back to the usual after that.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Heh
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: (I'm going off the old descriptions of well-dressed semi-victorian, small cape. It's tying it all together that's proving difficult. It keeps looking too eclectic)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Looking forward to arresting you all again soon.
[ Kidman ]: You're welcome;-p
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: I've heard the rumors (read the RPs) of that. Gives me plenty of distraction for my first solo caper.
[ Kidman ]: Go for it, mate!
[ Kidman ]: Just remember, Carmen perfers as nonviolent as possible.
[ Kidman ]: It's what seperates us from the ACMEs
[ Kidman ]: ;-)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Hey! We're non violent!
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: So... a few of the guys like their assult rifles.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Not like they use them on cases...
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: Oh absolutely. Everyone has the right to life and work. It's just possessions that they don't have the right to...
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: I'm not really sure what that means, but I don't like the way he said it.
[ Kidman ]: Heh
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: chuckles quietly.
[ Ivy ]: checks her communicator
[ Ivy ]: Damn, gotta go. New case.
[ Ivy ]: Later everyone.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Later Commander!
[ Kidman ]: Bye!
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: Goodbye, Ivy.
[ Kidman ]: is still playing wth HeroMachine
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has left at 5:10 am
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (I was too clumsy for hero machine)
[ Kidman ]: (I can't seem to get the blue grey I want)
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: (I keep thinking it won't work for a good face shot either.)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (could always try Deviant Art)
[ Kidman ]: (But ask the person first)
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: (Yeah. It'd be so much easier if I could do more than stick figures...)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: heh
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (We luckily have a few artists on site.)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (Most of the art on the Elusive Carmen Sandiego is original.)
[ Kidman ]: (Aye. Want I should take a crack at it?)
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (Flag, Kidman, and Chase are all great artists.)
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: (If you want to. I'm very picky, and I don't even know what I'm looking for, heh.)
[ Kidman ]: (Getting Chase to do it is hard, but Flag and I can try. Awww, thanks, Dan.:-))
[ Kidman ]: (If you find some pictures that look close, send them over.:-))
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: (Philo is actually pretty good too, he did a lot of avatars: Ken and El Halcon.)
[ Philo ]: (I'm a bit more cartoony though)
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: (...think you could do a split-pic? Like half Jack, half Johnathan?)
[Neutral Grounds]: DericStorm has entered at 5:24 am
[ Kidman ]: (I can do _anything_)
[ Kidman ]: Hey Roc!
[Neutral Grounds]: Philo has left at 5:24 am
[ DericStorm ]: hello all
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Yo Deric!
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Have you met Jack?
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: is glad that there's another ACME in here
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: Greetings, Mr. Storm.
[ DericStorm ]: I thought i taught you to stand up on your own, Danno
[ DericStorm ]: hello
[ Kidman ]: Tada!
[ Kidman ]: http://www.theseventhstarprojects.com/superkidman.jpg
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: woah...
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Is that a jet pack?
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: Nice...
[Neutral Grounds]: Philo has entered at 5:27 am
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: welcome back, Phi-guy
[ Kidman ]: I shall post again, for Philo
[ Kidman ]: http://www.theseventhstarprojects.com/superkidman.jpg
[ Kidman ]: I was trying to make me, but I veered off just a bit
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: a bit?
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Looks a bit tall
[ Philo ]: (I used to play the Hero tabletop game.)
[ Kidman ]: Yeah, wasn't using the version that can make short people I think
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Man I gotta run.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Bye everyone!
[ SpringHeeledJack ]: Farewell.
[ DetectiveAwesome ]: Hopefully we'll continue with weekend FLash chat
[Neutral Grounds]: DericStorm has left at 5:31 am
[Neutral Grounds]: DetectiveAwesome has left at 5:31 am
[ Kidman ]: Awww... missed them
[ Kidman ]: This is usually around the time everyone leaves. It's known as 'the drop off'
[ Ky1e ]: Guys, have to go. Gotta run again.