Welcome! You have entered [Neutral Grounds] at 9:01 pm
[ Kidman ]: -- Welcome! Please stay in character while in chat, (use parenthesis for Out Of Character messages). Also remember, this is the Internet, DO NOT give out personal information.
[Neutral Grounds]: DericStorm has entered at 9:31 pm
[ Kidman ]: Yo.
[ DericStorm ]: hey
[ Kidman ]: Did you know Bran and Connie are the same person?
[ DericStorm ]: yeah
[ DericStorm ]: kinda like how gunnar and abby are also anja and astrid
[ Kidman ]: and that Splam guy
[ DericStorm ]: yep
[ Kidman ]: I didn't know about Bran/Connie. Was waiting up for Bran and mentioned it to Connie.
[ DericStorm ]: kinda awkward
[ Kidman ]: Yeah and he...or she didn't say anything.;-p
[ Kidman ]: Tanya told me later on
[ DericStorm ]: she
[ Kidman ]: Another mystery solved.
[ DericStorm ]: well, i am a detective...
[ Kidman ]: Oh yeah! That's something I wanted to ask. Does ACME ever have detecting classes? I always hear about military training.
[ DericStorm ]: yes we do
[ DericStorm ]: their main goal is to make us :zzz:
[ Kidman ]: Here at Thieftopia we learn many skills.
[ Kidman ]: I'm pretty good at locks
[ DericStorm ]: i know how to pick a lock
[ DericStorm ]: we're trained in interrogation, protocol
[ Kidman ]: Do they teach that at ACME?
[ DericStorm ]: it's how i was trained at ACME
[ Kidman ]: I'd like to take a few courses. Do you have open houses?
[ DericStorm ]: for entry into the Academy, i think
[ DericStorm ]: we also do joint-training with other law enforcement agencies
[ Kidman ]: How neat would it be if we had an exchange program?
[ DericStorm ]: seems we do, just one way
[ DericStorm ]: Lee and Philo used to work for you guys
[ Kidman ]: Well Master used to work for you guys, and really, Lee doesn't count.
[ DericStorm ]: :rolleyes:
[ Kidman ]: He doesn't! Do you really think he's with ACME?
[ DericStorm ]: not at all
[ DericStorm ]: my thoughts on and disdain for Lee are not what you would call a state secret
[ Kidman ]: Actually, better you than us.;-)
[Neutral Grounds]: Bran_Ap_Brychan has entered at 10:42 pm
[ Kidman ]: Legend has it he once had a thing for Master, but she wasn't interested.
[ Kidman ]: Branflakes is here!
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Hello, Mr. Storm
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Kidman..
[ DericStorm ]: Bran
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Where did the Branflakes come from?
[ Kidman ]: Wales.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Right... I see now
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: It's not a terrible name
[ Kidman ]: Poor guy forgot where he's from...
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: How have you been, Mr. Storm?
[ Kidman ]: So what fun, :cash: filled adventures did you have today?
[ DericStorm ]: Not bad
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: I have been resting at my San Francisco condominium
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: I decided I could take a break from the fast track for the weekend
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: But to answer your question, no adventures have come my way.
[ Kidman ]: Well, not much on my end. Fracking head hurts. I think an alien is going to bust through my skull any minute now.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: That might be fairly likely...
[ Kidman ]: I shall give it a choice. I'm sure it will decide to serve me for whatever reason.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Hmmm
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: eyes Kidman suspiciously.
[ Kidman ]: watches as Bran strains to grasp her sarcasm.
[ DericStorm ]: :rolleyes:
[ DericStorm ]: if the alien starts doing the Michigan J. Frog routine, I'm leaving
[ Kidman ]: What was that from? That was from something.
[ DericStorm ]: Spaceballs
[ Kidman ]: Thank you. That would have pissed me off all night.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Kidman, you should really come to Min y Coed Manor for dinner sometime.
[ Kidman ]: Stormy, check this; http://www.cracked.com/article_19693_5-amazing-performances-from-actors-who-werent-acting.html
[ Kidman ]: Why is that, Branflakes?
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: I could give you a tour...
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Maybe Mr. Storm would care to come as well.
[ Kidman ]: [ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Ha ha...ha ha ha...AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: ?
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: ah
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Scary
[ Kidman ]: That's some crazy evil laugh you got there.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Yes, I'm quite proud of it.
[ DericStorm ]: if i'm going to the british isles, I'll be visiting the home country
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Of course, Mr. Storm
[ Kidman ]: Then how will he make you a zombie?
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: I don't need to make Mr. Storm into a zombie....
[ DericStorm ]: *mutters* what is it with her and zombies?
[Neutral Grounds]: Lee-Jordan has entered at 11:19 pm
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Jordan
[ Lee-Jordan ]: Do I know you?
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Let me think...
[ Kidman ]: Hey sexy.
[ Lee-Jordan ]: steps in and heads to the bar.
[ Lee-Jordan ]: I was half expecting to see Chase.
[ Lee-Jordan ]: Or that boss of yours, Dolly.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: What a disapointment...
[ DericStorm ]: i think i need a brillo pad for my brain after that entrance
[ Kidman ]: Did he flash you, Stormy?
[ DericStorm ]: no, how you greeted him
[ Lee-Jordan ]: grabs a beer.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Beer?
[ Kidman ]: ...?
[ Lee-Jordan ]: *Points to Deric* Yeah, I know right?
[ Kidman ]: Poor Stormy is easily traumatized...
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: grabs his 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam
[ DericStorm ]: no, it was the intention that skeeved me out
[ Lee-Jordan ]: *To Bran* Beer, show-off.
[ Kidman ]: notices that Bran always has his 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam with him. Always.
[ Lee-Jordan ]: Wine's for wusses and shoddy collectors.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: No doubt
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: pours himself a glass of 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam
[ Lee-Jordan ]: laughs.
[ Kidman ]: Look what I made for you, Branflakes!
[ Kidman ]: http://www.theseventhstarprojects.com/bran.JPG
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: gives Lee a dark look.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Lovely
[ DericStorm ]: :weird:
[Neutral Grounds]: Chase has entered at 11:31 pm
[ Chase ]: *Looks around*
[ Chase ]: Different.
[ DericStorm ]: This time it was Lee with the Chase-signal
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Chase, good evening
[ Chase ]: Evening, Bran.
[ Kidman ]: Chase, I made a picture of Branflakes!
[ Chase ]: ...?
[ Kidman ]: http://www.theseventhstarprojects.com/bran.JPG
[ Chase ]: Not bad, almost artistic.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: returns to drinking his 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam
[ Chase ]: That's bordeaux wine.
[ Kidman ]: 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam
[ Lee-Jordan ]: You want a beer, boss?
[ Chase ]: No, it's too early to drink where I am.
[ Kidman ]: I think Chan might have a 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam. Chan, do you have any 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam?
[Neutral Grounds]: Chase has left at 11:37 pm
[ Lee-Jordan ]: What's bordeaux wine?
[Neutral Grounds]: Chase has entered at 11:37 pm
[ Chase ]: (RIght, sorry -- disconnected)
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: No, Kidman. I finished it.
[ Kidman ]: Well that was mean of you, seeing as you gave that to Stormy for his birthday.
[ Chase ]: Either way, the age for wine from Bordeaux is 50 years. That 1945 bottle would have had to be decantered for a few hours before drinking.
[ Lee-Jordan ]: Does wine die after 50?
[ DericStorm ]: no
[ Chase ]: Depends on the storage type. After 20 years, it could start to taste like the cork that caps it.
[ Chase ]: Bordeaux wine has an age limit of 50 years.
[ Chase ]: Some are still 'drinkable' after 120 years, but any time after that, it'll taste mostly like yeast.
[ Kidman ]: gives Chase a star.
[ DericStorm ]: or vinegar
[ Chase ]: Exactly, or vinegar.
[ Chase ]: (I work for Moet et Chandon... they grill you on these things.)
[ Kidman ]: But with a name like 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam, it has to be good!
[ Chase ]: The 1945 Jeroboam is famous for it's "V" for victory after WWII.
[ Kidman ]: It sounds so expensive!
[ Chase ]: Most collectors buy it only for that label.
[ Kidman ]: No Chase, not 1945 Jeroboam, 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam.
[ Chase ]: Uncorking and drinking is actually a huge risk.
[ Kidman ]: is loving this so hard it hurts.
[ Chase ]: You don't have to type it's full name to understand it. It's a famous wine.
[ Chase ]: Like the 1775 Sherry... which is undrinkable, but famous for the glass.
[ Kidman ]: Yes, Chase, but if you don't say 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam, how will we know if you are Rich and Cultured?
[ Kidman ]: Are you some kind of peasant?
[ Chase ]: That's okay, I don't need to be either rich or cultured. As long as I can tell you a 1945 Bordeaux wine is over-due for drinking.
[ Kidman ]: just throws stars at Chase.
[ Kidman ]: I think you broke Bran...
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Hmmm. What's going on?
[ Kidman ]: Can you get food poisoning from old wine?
[ Chase ]: It's mostly yeast that make up wine... so unless you take huge quantities, you should be okay.
[ Kidman ]: Good news for Chan!
[ DericStorm ]: (I want to make an "infection" joke)
[ Chase ]: Besides, that 1945 bottle was probably sealed nicely. It's not too far past due. I'd keep the bottle though, great for history.
[ Kidman ]: (me too)
[ Lee-Jordan ]: (Where do you get to learn about wine, mate?)
[ Kidman ]: I like the fact that he gave it to Storm for his birthday, then drank it all.
[ Chase ]: (Diageo Moet and Hennessy -- I work marketing for them... if I don't know this, I'd be screwed.)
[ Lee-Jordan ]: (Do they send you places?)
[ Kidman ]: (Somehow I'm Pru knows all this just because.)
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Wait. I gave Mr. Storm a different bottle....
[ Kidman ]: *sure
[ Chase ]: (No, I only know the theory... Pru's a travel writer, so she knows the practice. She's taken tours of bordeaux where they taste different wine and figure out which type of soil each grape is grown on.)
[ Kidman ]: How many bottles of 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam do you have on you?
[ Kidman ]: (Of course.)
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: I actually gave him a different brand...
[ Kidman ]: Nope.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Let me remember what it was....
[ Lee-Jordan ]: (I can't even get aussie wine, mate)
[ Kidman ]: I was there.
[ Kidman ]: giving him this http://www.theseventhstarprojects.com/cake.jpg
[ Chase ]: (Australian wine is harder to understand since it's still new -- it's mostly Shiraz and red wine types. I'd go with Penfold's as the primary label.)
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: You sure it was the same brand?
[ DericStorm ]: shudders
[ Kidman ]: Quite.
[ Kidman ]: I think "1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam" should be your motto.
[ Chase ]: If anything, the bottle for that label is beautiful.
[ Lee-Jordan ]: But not drinkable mate?
[ Lee-Jordan ]: *()
[ Kidman ]: Well Bran didn't eat the bottle, so happy birthday, Stormy!
[ Kidman ]: hands Storm empty bottle.
[ Chase ]: For a collector, the bottle and origin means more than the wine.
[ Kidman ]: Bran even emptied for you!
[ Kidman ]: But lets get down to business.
[ Lee-Jordan ]: Beer?
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: ignores Kidman
[ Kidman ]: Did you know that people break into Chan's house?
[ Chase ]: What do you have against Bran, Kidman?
[ Kidman ]: Follow me and you'll see! <3
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Here we go...
[ Kidman ]: So yes, did you know people break into Chan's house?
[ Kidman ]: What do you do when you catch them, Chan?
[ Kidman ]: :roll:
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: *Sigh* I give them a choice
[ Kidman ]: Yeeeasssssss????
[ DericStorm ]: :rolleyes:
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: And that choice is a SECRET
[ Kidman ]: :biggrin:
[ Kidman ]: It's a secret, Chase.
[ Chase ]: That's viable. A choice to either utilize their talent or live a life of crime -- It's how ACME usually recruits.
[ Chase ]: Whatever option Bran gives his people is his business.
[ Lee-Jordan ]: Did any ACME recruit ever say no?
[ Chase ]: A few, some don't know what they actually want... and make up their minds later.
[ Kidman ]: Yes, what happens if they don't want to be Chan's servant forever?
[ Lee-Jordan ]: (Gotta run mates! talk soon)
[ Kidman ]: (awwww)
[ Chase ]: Take care, Jordan.
[ Kidman ]: Bye Lee. :-(
[Neutral Grounds]: Lee-Jordan has left at 12:06 am
[ DericStorm ]: bye
[Neutral Grounds]: EarlJr has entered at 12:06 am
[ Chase ]: Euge, come in.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Hello, Eugene
[ EarlJr ]: rogues, bandits, cutthroats.
[ Kidman ]: Hey Euge.
[ EarlJr ]: looks like the gang's all here
[ Kidman ]: Lee just left
[ Kidman ]: like, five seconds before you came in
[ Chase ]: Yeah, Jordan left, but no big loss.
[ Kidman ]: Nah, the real action is with Branflakes.
[ EarlJr ]: (and it looks like I have to leave again)
[ Chase ]: Thanks for dropping by.
[ Chase ]: Take care, Euge.
[ Kidman ]: (curses!)
[ Kidman ]: Bye man
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Bye
[ EarlJr ]: (before I depart, I like the post Chase. Consider this my stamp of approval.)
[Neutral Grounds]: EarlJr has left at 12:09 am
[ Kidman ]: (you posted?)
[ DericStorm ]: (what post?)
[ Kidman ]: (oh, probably in edit still)
[ Kidman ]: Anyway, the question remains;
[ Kidman ]: What happens if they don't want to be Chan's servant forever?
[ Chase ]: (Not yet, pre-post review.)
[ Kidman ]: Yeah, that's right, Chan! You better run!
[ Kidman ]: Chase, do you do background checks on these people?
[ Kidman ]: He's got some creepy Contessa-esque thing going on.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Lovely day
[ Kidman ]: waits for Bran to check his nails
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: pulls out his phone
[ Chase ]: Bran's fine, he's on this side.
[ Kidman ]: Oh that's right.
[ Chase ]: Like I'm willing to bet Carmen is taking her own precautions to keep Adrianna in check.
[ Kidman ]: I feel better now.
[ Chase ]: Right.
[ Kidman ]: Here at Masterco, we take our actions seriously. I don't think she'd allow us to keep slaves.
[ Chase ]: Remember, we're being scrutinized all the time as ACME -- since the news reporters can more easily get to us.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Darn... My stocks aren't doing well today...
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Down for the third day
[ Kidman ]: Which is why I don't understand why you let stuff like this go on.
[ Chase ]: What VILE does isn't always reported.
[ Chase ]: It's not as serious as you think. That's why there isn't any uproar.
[ Kidman ]: We're supposed to be the bad guys.
[ Chase ]: ACME's decently boring if you do a search into our history.
[ Chase ]: You're not the bad guys, Kidman.
[ Chase ]: You're one of them.
[ Chase ]: VILE is a small part of what ACME does.
[ Chase ]: Or... what ACME regulates.
[ Chase ]: ACME Moskova almost take no VILE cases now. They've got their hands full on illegal arms and human traficking.
[ Kidman ]: I just don't like the perception that we are less ethical then ACME.
[ Kidman ]: I'd say it's about the same.
[ Chase ]: And ACME in South Korea is busy with peace talks and disarming warheads.
[ Chase ]: I don't know where you get the idea that you're less ethical than ACME.
[ Chase ]: VILE is probably one of the best places to work, if you don't mind being on that side of the law.
[ Kidman ]: ....?
[ Chase ]: Why does that surprise you?
[ Kidman ]: I didn't think you noticed....
[ Chase ]: What Carmen does is wring in the undercurrents.
[ Chase ]: She keeps parts of the thieving community in check... and also does it non violently -- that's a bonus.
[ Chase ]: But she's doing it illegally, so that's something we won't be able to look past.
[ Kidman ]: I always thought you looked down on her, us.
[ Kidman ]: It's not a job one can do legally.
[ Chase ]: Understandable, but illegal is illegal.
[ Kidman ]: And ACME has it's own share of illegality.
[ Kidman ]: its
[ Kidman ]: It's hipocrisy.
[ Chase ]: I respect what she does, because I don't think anyone could have spent that much time mining the underworld and come out with hands clean.
[ Chase ]: ACME is a law enforcer. We don't make the rules, we only follow them.
[ Chase ]: Carmen had the need to rewrite the rules, but by doing so, she breaks them.
[ Kidman ]: That 'following orders' excuse doesn't fly with me.
[ Kidman ]: And it doesn't work for Carmen'
[ Chase ]: It's not an excuse, it's a way of life.
[ Chase ]: Like I said, I'm not arguing with you.
[ Chase ]: The woman's a saint to a lot of people.
[ DericStorm ]: i'd say, to some, she's a little higher than that
[ Kidman ]: But you'd imprison her.
[ Kidman ]: Because of orders.
[ Chase ]: My job isn't to exonorate her.
[ Kidman ]: You know she's good for the world, but you would remove her from it.
[ Kidman ]: She doesn't need to be exonorated.
[ Chase ]: I don't know if she's good for the world, I only need to know she broke laws that were my job to keep.
[ Chase ]: If we were to switch places, Kidman, she would extend me exactly the same.
[ Kidman ]: It must be nice and safe in that black and white world you hide in....
[ Kidman ]: That's just it, Chase.
[ Kidman ]: She couldn't be in your place anymore.
[ Kidman ]: She left because she couldn't stay in the black and white.
[ Kidman ]: Master left to hold up the rainbow.
[ Kidman ]: To make the rainbow...
[ Chase ]: *Scoffs* rainbow.
[ Chase ]: (Right, been fun, I have breakfast to run to -- have a great night Deric, Bran, Kidman.)
[ Kidman ]: Yes?
[ Kidman ]: (night!)
[ Chase ]: (sorry to cut it short.)
[Neutral Grounds]: Chase has left at 12:39 am
[ DericStorm ]: (night)
[ Kidman ]: I'd say I won.
[ Kidman ]: dances.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: glances up from his phone
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: shakes his head and then returns to his phone
[ DericStorm ]: i'd say you're crazy
[ Kidman ]: Don't be haten'
[ DericStorm ]: not hatin, just observatin
[ Kidman ]: does the moonwalk
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Mr. Storm, are you second generation American Irish?
[ DericStorm ]: no, more like sixth generation
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: I see
[ Kidman ]: notices that Bran's letters are orange.
[ Kidman ]: Hmm...
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: What's wrong with my colour?
[ Kidman ]: This was a good night. Made a picture of Bran, beat Chase in philosophy, AND watched Chase take Chan to school.
[ Kidman ]: lol pink
[ Kidman ]: To school and back!
[ Kidman ]: Awwwwwwwwww yeaaaahhhhh
[ Kidman ]: :roll:
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: looks at his bottle of 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild Jeroboam
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Now that he mentions it, this wine doesn't taste that great.
[ Kidman ]: :p
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: pours the rest of the bottle down the sink
[ Kidman ]: You already finished it.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: I must go wine shopping tomorrow
[ Kidman ]: Bring Chase with you, Mr. Money.
[ DericStorm ]: why are you obsessed with his money?
[ Kidman ]: Make sure to give him a choice, though.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Envious
[ Kidman ]: The whole, 'I make a huge carbon footprint for Royale with cheese' sort of got me.
[ Kidman ]: I mean, dude.
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Well, if it makes you happy, Min y Coed Mannor doesn't have electricity.... thus it doesn't have an impact on the environment.
[ Kidman ]: You realize he didn't get that I was screwing around the other day until a half hour later, right?
[ Kidman ]: Lies.
[ Kidman ]: I call baulderdash.
[ Kidman ]: I will argue further on the morrow, as it is late.
[ Kidman ]: Prepare yourself until then!
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Later....
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: Be careful out there....
[ Kidman ]: Night!:-)
[ Bran_Ap_Brychan ]: (Night! Thanks for the chat!)
[ DericStorm ]: bye
[ Kidman ]: (Same here! :-))