Welcome! You have entered [Neutral Grounds] at 8:59 am
[ 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]: Chase has entered at 10:30 am
[ Chase ]: goes to sit in his chair
[ Kidman ]: It's the old grey mare.
[ Chase ]: 'mare'?
[ Chase ]: *chuckles once*
[ Chase ]: Just here waiting?
[ Kidman ]: (you never answered my friend request.:-()
[ Kidman ]: (I'm collecting)
[ Chase ]: (really? guess I haven't checked)
[ Chase ]: (there, done)
[ Kidman ]: Yeay!
[Neutral Grounds]: Carmen has entered at 10:35 am
[ Kidman ]: CARMEN!
[ Kidman ]: You live!
[ Chase ]: Carmen
[ Kidman ]: :heart:
[ Carmen ]: Live? Were there rumours otherwise?
[ Carmen ]: How do you fare, dear?
[ Kidman ]: I always get nervous when you disappear, especially with these people lurking around.
[ Chase ]: 'These people'... nice label.
[ Kidman ]: Better today, you?
[ Carmen ]: I'm not terrible. I see Paradigm is progressing slowly.
[ Chase ]: It's going...
[ Chase ]: I'm good too, thanks for asking.
[Neutral Grounds]: AlexHolmes has entered at 10:38 am
[ Kidman ]: The man of orange.
[ Chase ]: Holmes, come in.
[ Kidman ]: Deric hit me last night.
[ AlexHolmes ]: salutes Chase
[ AlexHolmes ]: Sir...
[ Chase ]: Deric Storm?
[ Kidman ]: Yup.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Wow, Kidman. What did you do?
[ Chase ]: Right, do you have a chat log to prove this? Or are you just kidding?
[ Kidman ]: (it was wicked funny. Hold on)
[ Kidman ]: http://www.theseventhstarprojects.com/funwithderic.htm
[ Carmen ]: Kidman, I'm going to remind you of the gravity of this accusation.
[Neutral Grounds]: SwedishFish has entered at 10:41 am
[ Kidman ]: I can't lie, you know.
[ Carmen ]: If Deric did not actually hit you, no one may believe your claims again.
[ SwedishFish ]: Godhet! Alex!
[ Kidman ]: And that is why I saved the chat log.:-)
[ Chase ]: Can't... lie?
[ Chase ]: Sounds like you were being dramatic in here.
[ Kidman ]: Nope.
[ Kidman ]: It was good fun.
[ Kidman ]: Obviously I wasn't really a zombie.
[ AlexHolmes ]: ...Hold up! Zombie?
[ Kidman ]: I can say stuff like that. No one is going to believe I was a zombie. I don't really count that as a lie.
[ SwedishFish ]: ...
[ Carmen ]: Mm, Deric did "bop" her head.
[ Kidman ]: First I was a ghost, then a zombie.
[ Chase ]: Yeah, he shouldn't have done that.
[ Chase ]: Physical contact like those should be off limits.
[ Chase ]: Or he should have written it in a way that allowed her to dodge or be hit.
[ Kidman ]: It didn't hurt, but I was surprised.
[ Chase ]: "Deric moves to bop Kidman on the head" would have been more acceptible in this setting.
[ AlexHolmes ]: I thought we were actually put down a hit.
[ AlexHolmes ]: like he drop his shoulder and put her thru the wall hit.
[ Chase ]: Not understanding your question, Holmes, come again?
[ Kidman ]: No...I wouldn't joke about that....
[ Chase ]: Oh, no, did you read the chat log?
[ Kidman ]: Probably wouldn't be here, neither.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Nope...
[ Chase ]: Read the link Kidman posted.
[ SwedishFish ]: goes to fetch the mable syrup.
[ Kidman ]: Yelling at them didn't work, so I've switched to being creepy and annoying.
[ Chase ]: Gunnar, Sophie threw the last of that out.
[ SwedishFish ]: Bomber och granater.
[ Chase ]: Sorry, I think Anja tried to stop her.
[ Kidman ]: I thought Anja saved it?
[ SwedishFish ]: Anja was here?
[ SwedishFish ]: It has been a long time since I saw her.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Gunnar...really? Maple syrup? At least try Apple-honey.
[ SwedishFish ]: (:D)
[ Kidman ]: Why would you keep that here? You know Sophie's just going to throw it out.
[ SwedishFish ]: It is not mine, for riktigt.
[ SwedishFish ]: I only borrow it when I am here.
[ Chase ]: Then I guess it's thanks to you we don't have any more maple syrup.
[ SwedishFish ]: ...
[ Chase ]: Kidman, never mind Storm, he's probably not going to risk another dramatic episode with you.
[ SwedishFish ]: Which is it that I have walked into here?
[ AlexHolmes ]: Gunnar, if I gave up the 'sauce', you can give up the syrup.
[ SwedishFish ]: Which 'sauce'?
[ Kidman ]: It was my own fault in a way.
[ Kidman ]: I wasn't wearing my majick Carmen hat.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Alcohol...
[ SwedishFish ]: Ha. I never had to give that up.
[ SwedishFish ]: I never was started with that.
[ Kidman ]: http://www.theseventhstarprojects.com/majickhat.htm
[ Kidman ]: It worked the last time.
[ Chase ]: What did happen to the hats?
[Neutral Grounds]: Chase has left at 10:52 am
[ Kidman ]: I have them back at camp.
[Neutral Grounds]: Chase has entered at 10:53 am
[ Kidman ]: Hmmmm....even mentioning the hats can do it.
[ Chase ]: (Sorry, computer problem)
[ Carmen ]: We're all right?
[ SwedishFish ]: (We'll forgive you.)
[ Chase ]: Peachy
[ SwedishFish ]: (This time.)
[ AlexHolmes ]: (Ya good man)
[ Kidman ]: Did you see the profile picture I made for Storm?
[ Chase ]: No, the new one on his profile?
[ SwedishFish ]: You made that?
[ Kidman ]: http://www.theseventhstarprojects.com/storm.JPG
[ Kidman ]: No, I made this!
[ Chase ]: Oh heh
[ Chase ]: funny... I get it.
[ AlexHolmes ]: haha
[Neutral Grounds]: AlexHolmes has left at 10:55 am
[Neutral Grounds]: AlexHolmes has entered at 10:55 am
[ Kidman ]: Hey, he liked it.
[ SwedishFish ]: brace himself to fall out next.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: How are you?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'm relaxing.
[ Kidman ]: Who are we waiting on for Paradigm?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: How are you, dear?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Did you get my mail?
[ Chase ]: Sophie Conrad has a post coming.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Ah, I did. Mm, and I thought I'd responded.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: [ Carmen->Kidman ]: But of course, there's a new one.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: [ Kidman->Carmen ]: Yes, I got very sick on Monday.
[ Carmen ]: Is the doctor in the RP? I thought she made it clear she won't be joining?
[ Chase ]: It's just to wrap up her position.
[ Carmen ]: Ah, all right.
[ Kidman ]: Hmmm...why wouldn't she want to?
[ AlexHolmes ]: Well, I just started classes and waiting on the next post.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Yes, I read now.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Thank you for the chat log as well.
[ Chase ]: She needs some time for Sophie to go for a vacation... holidays.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Spent much of the rest of that day on the floor.
[ Chase ]: And she'll get engaged then.
[ SwedishFish ]: How liked you Deric scrapping the manual, Alex?
[ AlexHolmes ]: I love it!
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Oh darling, that sounds pitiful.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Is it only indigestion?
[ SwedishFish ]: Heh. The same.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: They call it Irritable bowel, but that's just a catch-all.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Just like 'headache'
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I once wrenched my back out and had to go to the hospital.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Completely immobile.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I know while I was pregnant, there was a point where I became intolerant of lactose.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: It came, and then went.
[ AlexHolmes ]: I knew I wasn't alone!
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: They asked me 1-10, is what pain is this. I said 5.
[ Chase ]: Don't get too used to it.
[ Chase ]: You'll still have to remember the manual for your detective exams.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: The stomach thing...that's a 9.
[ SwedishFish ]: Detective exams...
[ Carmen ]: Always the enforcer of rules, are we not?
[ AlexHolmes ]: Oh yeah Chase...Can I hand my custom bike over to ACME?
[ Chase ]: You want to donate your bike to ACME, or you just want ACME to register the plate?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: That must have been terrible.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I've passed out from it...almost did on Monday. Haven't had one that bad in a while...
[ AlexHolmes ]: Registar...and if you want the blueprints as well, I will gladly hand them over. The tech on it is a must have.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Not must have for Ms. Carmen, but a solid must have for us.
[ Chase ]: We can do a technology exchange, but if ACME register the license for you, and you're still technically riding the bike, Accounting will still want a fee from you.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Deal.
[ Chase ]: I think it's $15 a month, not much -- they do the paper work, and you get it fixed at the ACME garage in case of emergency.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Really, I have a lot of stupid little problems with this body, but that one, the OCD, and the thankfully rare times my knee pops out, those are the killers.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Sweet.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Dislocated knee is a 10.
[ AlexHolmes ]: I bet our mechanics would love to get their hands on it.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I would rather set myself on fire than have a stomach thing.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Anyway.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Mm, I've fallen off a motorcycle once and dislocated a shoulder.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Did you pop it back in?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I can somewhat imagine the knee incident.
[ SwedishFish ]: Who are our mechanics?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I popped the knee, then passed out.
[ SwedishFish ]: I know a bit of auto mechanics.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I couldn't do it alone, thankfully, I had a friend with me and he took me to the hospital.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Sort of stupid, in retrospect.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I can imagine that would be a nightmare.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Is that bit enough for my bike? Probably not.
[ Kidman ]: Philo?
[ Chase ]: Philo works the garage, and we have a few mechanics here and there that work on all sorts of vehicles.
[ SwedishFish ]: ...Tack, Alex.
[ Carmen ]: How is Philo?
[ Chase ]: Quiet.
[ Chase ]: But I haven't seen him recently.
[ AlexHolmes ]: ...Tack not allow when it comes to my 'Kiva'.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Did you ride again after that?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Ah, it was... quite daunting, but I rarely learn from falling.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Yes, I was back on the motorcycle the next day.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: It wasn't too terrible an injury.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: ;-)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Although at the time it happened, I felt frustratingly powerless.
[ Chase ]: Tack?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Because you wanted to pop it yourself?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I think that's what drove me to do it.
[ SwedishFish ]: Are you mocking me?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Yes, I did. But I couldn't see it, so it was very difficult.
[ Chase ]: Not sure we're talking about the same tack here.
[ Chase ]: How did you two end up room mates?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Just the idea of it...
[ SwedishFish ]: I needed a roommate to pay part of the bill.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: You popped your knee back in?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Anyway, so I was afraid something happened to you too, as you are usually on.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Yes.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: It.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Hurt.
[ SwedishFish ]: And he was new, as me.
[ SwedishFish ]: It worked.
[ Chase ]: Makes perfect sense.
[ Chase ]: Now find a reason to get along.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Ah, I don't doubt.
[ SwedishFish ]: Ja visst.
[ AlexHolmes ]: We do get along.
[ Kidman ]: Split a keg of syrup.
[ SwedishFish ]: ...
[ AlexHolmes ]: ...like brothers - seven year old brothers none the less.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Hearing of it makes me cringe a slight.
[ SwedishFish ]: Seven years?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: It would dislocate in my sleep. My knees were really bad years ago.
[ SwedishFish ]: Why seven years?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: How have they been fixed?
[ AlexHolmes ]: Old enough to keep away from each other, but young enough to scrap like dogs.
[ Chase ]: Like kids, you mean?
[ Chase ]: I can tell by your flags that you were at least on the same page... displaying nationalism.
[ SwedishFish ]: Heh. I have one over my bed.
[ SwedishFish ]: He has...posters...
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I'm not sure. It only happened twice. I've had it start to slip since, but not all the way.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Yep.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: They may be stronger, perhaps.
[ SwedishFish ]: I like posters, ja.
[ SwedishFish ]: But mine are better.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, seven indeed.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Half of them are nude...At least mines have tact.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Possibly. They still click when I ride a bike.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: *shudder*
[ SwedishFish ]: !
[ SwedishFish ]: None of mine are nude!
[ AlexHolmes ]: Then you need to check cause someone put some nude pics all over our wall...
[ Chase ]: Okay, guys, don't make up stuff about your room mates. (It's illegal game playing)
[ SwedishFish ]: One is a Europeisk Championships poster from 2006.
[ AlexHolmes ]: (sorry)
[ Chase ]: (unless you ask first, then it's fine)
[ Kidman ]: Yeah, I think Candy would have a sexy picture of the Aunt Jemima syrup bottle.
[ SwedishFish ]: The others are Ulf Samuelsson, from when I was seven years.
[ SwedishFish ]: ...
[ SwedishFish ]: And Fireflight.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Mines is just the typical video game, rock, and movie posters - especially my Blue Brothers one.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I once dislocated a finger as well, perhaps as a child.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: But today, I can always click it without much pressure.
[ Kidman ]: http://tinyurl.com/73bp6bj
[ SwedishFish ]: ( My Euro Champs poster: http://www.flickr.com/photos/big5world/3035644345/in/set-72157611233441471/ )
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Like knuckle popping?
[ Chase ]: You don't use anything permanent to pin those pictures, right?
[ SwedishFish ]: I framed mine and hung them proper.
[ AlexHolmes ]: So are mines.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Similar, yes, but I can pop it with only one hand.
[ Kidman ]: (Nice picture!)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: *more shuddering*
[ Chase ]: Right, because remember that when you move out, your deposit is deducted by the amount of damage to the room.
[ SwedishFish ]: (Heheh)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: We once had a guy who said he could pop every joint in his body at the same time.
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has entered at 11:26 am
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Then this was this nauseating popping.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: The sound must have been odd.
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has left at 11:26 am
[ Chase ]: Short lived.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Okay...
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Turns out he had hidden plastic drink cups under his armpits and crushed them.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Does rules have anything against arcade machines being in the room?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: *Laughs* Oh dear.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: The disposable sort.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Had me going though.
[ Chase ]: No rules against anything unless the noise is too loud.... or it's a gun.
[ Kidman ]: How big are these rooms??
[ SwedishFish ]: Or...it is a gun?
[ Kidman ]: Oh no, candy. No guns!
[ SwedishFish ]: How is an arcade machine a gun?
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has entered at 11:28 am
[ Kidman ]: Who will protect the children now?
[ Chase ]: Danny has a floor plan somewhere in the "Nevon needs a roomie" thread.
[ Ivy ]: Whew...
[ SwedishFish ]: ...
[ SwedishFish ]: Hejsan, Ivy.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Well, it's like a classic Super Street Fighter II Turbo machine
[ Ivy ]: Hey everyone.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Greetings, Ivy.
[ Chase ]: No guns allowed on campus except for carrying officer.
[ Chase ]: *officers
[ Kidman ]: He means nothing too loud or guns
[ Chase ]: Ivy, come in.
[ SwedishFish ]: Ah. OK.
[ Kidman ]: And guns are loud.
[ Chase ]: Water or beer?
[ Kidman ]: Hello Ivy
[ Ivy ]: We still have beer?
[ Chase ]: Go check.
[ Ivy ]: I'll just grab a water. *checks fridge*
[ SwedishFish ]: goes to fetch a couple waters.
[ Carmen ]: Ah, is alcohol no longer banned then?
[ SwedishFish ]: When was it ever banned?
[ Chase ]: Light alcohol isn't... but people still have to drink their (fake) alcohol responsibly.
[ Kidman ]: :beer:
[ AlexHolmes ]: Then I have a keg I need to sell....
[ Ivy ]: It was banned
[ SwedishFish ]: takes the beer away from Kidman.
[ Chase ]: Being drunk isn't an excuse in here.
[ SwedishFish ]: You are under-age.
[ Ivy ]: But just temporarily... someone got a little out of control with it.
[ Kidman ]: That's a root beer!
[ AlexHolmes ]: It wasn't me...
[ SwedishFish ]: Jaså?
[ Kidman ]: And if I don't know how old I am, you certainly don't.
[ Kidman ]: :-p
[ SwedishFish ]: hands it back to Kidman and looks for the root beer.
[ Kidman ]: I don't always drink beer, but when I do, it is root beer.
[ SwedishFish ]: Tjaa, we must always assume you are under-age.
[ Kidman ]: Stay thirsty, my friends.
[ Chase ]: She's small.
[ SwedishFish ]: ...
[ Kidman ]: That there is discrimination.
[ Ivy ]: Well no one knows how old Kidman is
[ Ivy ]: Herself included.
[ Kidman ]: Leprechauns are small and they drink.
[ Chase ]: Not like it's important to keep scores.
[ SwedishFish ]: pats Kidman's head.
[ Kidman ]: :luck:
[ SwedishFish ]: We can all not be so tall, as Alex.
[ Chase ]: ... nobody's even going to discount the fact that leprechauns are imaginary?
[ SwedishFish ]: Not until Deric arrives.
[ Kidman ]: Can you prove that, Chase?
[ Carmen ]: Little green men or not, Kidman, I doubt alcohol does your body any good.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Besides, I don't celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
[ Kidman ]: Hence, root beer.
[ Chase ]: Listen to your master.
[ SwedishFish ]: *s ***** s* "Master"...
[ Kidman ]: sighs
[ Chase ]: Stop arguing with the Swede.
[ SwedishFish ]: (Right. Let me rephrase that.)
[ Kidman ]: ROOT. BEER.
[ SwedishFish ]: *snickers*
[ Chase ]: And really, Gunnar, leave her alone.
[ Kidman ]: Why does no one understand this?
[ SwedishFish ]: Never argue with a Swede.
[ AlexHolmes ]: ..at least this one.
[ SwedishFish ]: ...
[ Kidman ]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_beer
[ Chase ]: We know it's rootbeer, but don't bring up the fact that leprechauns drink... only supports argument.
[ AlexHolmes ]: Oh, I ment it in a good way.
[ Kidman ]: I mean to say that should I want to drink a beer, I will.
[ SwedishFish ]: A good way?
[ Kidman ]: Small or not.
[ Kidman ]: But tastes nasty.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: What did you think of that chat...?
[ AlexHolmes ]: Yes as in - You are a highly intellengent person. Therefore, for the opposing sides sake, they should not hold a debate they will lose.
[ SwedishFish ]: Beer is all too expensive to be worth.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Which one, dear?
[ SwedishFish ]: Tack, Alex. Tack really.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: The one with Chase.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Ah, I'm not sure what to think of it yet.
[ SwedishFish ]: Are you thirsty, Alex?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: That one was...wow.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: He makes some assumptions despite not 'wanting to'.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: What did you think of it, more importantly.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: So many theories verified.
[ AlexHolmes ]: I'll take a root beer.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Your personal theories?
[ SwedishFish ]: tosses Alex a bottle of root beer.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Yes, such as where his mind is at.
[ Ivy ]: Neutral ground's beverages are getting more varied.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: He sounds... perplexed.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: How he is about Carmen, how he is about his relation to her now, how he sees Kidman in the equation.
[ Chase ]: We need a bigger fridge.
[ AlexHolmes ]: catches the root beer
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Trying to find a way to string so many pieces together.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Often conflicting ones.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Elaborate to me what you've gathered from it?
[ Ivy ]: Don't go throwing bottles of root beer.
[ SwedishFish ]: Ah?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: That would take time to truly distil.
[ Ivy ]: Sure fire way to get fizz
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: distill
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: From my side, see a man who shouldn't be so emotionally involved... justifying his involvement.
[ Kidman ]: Root beer is the worst with that.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: (I see a man..., forgive me)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Shouldn't
[ Chase ]: Open it carefully.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: But he is human.
[ Chase ]: And don't get any on my chair.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: It would be impossible for him not to be.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I've always throught he was more objective.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: (thought)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: The greatest misconception of humanity.
[ Carmen ]: You're much too attached to that chair.
[Neutral Grounds]: AlexHolmes has left at 11:47 am
[ Chase ]: *taps chair twice* Good chair.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I went on a quest to remove all that I felt blocked rationality.
[ SwedishFish ]: Which is special with the chair?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: It was a disastor
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: (cripes, can't spell)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: explain 'blocked'?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Every last person is emotional.
[ Ivy ]: Hey, you did take his piano.
[ Ivy ]: The chair is all he has.
[ Carmen ]: *Laughs*
[ Chase ]: It's my chair... also reclines.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: But people try to build walls anyway. I thought I was training myself out of such things as fear and anger.
[ Chase ]: It's not special... there are many like it, but this one's mine.
[ SwedishFish ]: I need a chair...
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Truth was my depression was consuming me.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: And I was aiding it.
[ Ivy ]: Plenty of chairs here Gunnar.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I have no doubt Chase suppresses emotions...
[ SwedishFish ]: Jo. But I mean that I need one special.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: But they are still there.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: But that doesn't matter much to me.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Have you risen from your depression?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I have medication, love.:-)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: My descent was almost purely physically based.
[ Carmen ]: Darling, we can't all be Chase.
[ Kidman ]: Sit on a hurdle
[ Carmen ]: Besides, having a chair of his calibre means you have to be effectively anti-social.
[ SwedishFish ]: ...
[ Kidman ]: HA!
[ Chase ]: *nods*
[ Chase ]: Listen to that, she's right about some things.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Chase may fool everyone else, but not Kidman.
[ SwedishFish ]: Gingerbread, I have a nice hard dumbbell for you.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Kidman's transparency is her strength.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Absolutely.
[ Ivy ]: dumbell?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I wield it as well.
[ SwedishFish ]: Ja. As a weight?
[ Kidman ]: Everyone is so violent at me.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Chase's mask is also part of his strength.
[ SwedishFish ]: Violent? I meant for a seat for you, since you suggested a hurdle.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I imagine that to be a good match.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Perhpas, but he was trained against other masks.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He has no real defense agaisnt Kidman.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: cripes my spelling!
[ SwedishFish ]: I am not a violent person, Ginger.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Unless he actually figures out what she's doing.
[ Chase ]: Plenty of places to sit, put the dumbbell next to the door, we might use it sometime in here.
[ Kidman ]: *suspicious*
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: And seeing as Kidman's only half aware of it herself...
[ SwedishFish ]: It is my dumbbell.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He definately pulled one on her with that other chat.
[ SwedishFish ]: I would not leave it in here.
[ SwedishFish ]: The clown might steal it.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Even if he's divulging false information, one must wonder why he would reveal such information is of curiosity.
[ Kidman ]: But you leave your syrup here.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He wants to.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: (and it seems I can't quite spell either)
[ SwedishFish ]: None else drinks it.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Humans need to confide in someone.
[ Kidman ]: But it gets thrown away.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: But someone from VILE?
[ Chase ]: Gunnar, you might as well keep the syrup in your backpack.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Someone he percieves would actually understand.
[ Chase ]: Bring it in with you.
[ SwedishFish ]: Food is not allowed in my classes.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: No one else in ACME would get this.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: And certainly no one at VILE
[ Chase ]: Don't take it out to class, leave it in your locker.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Besides, Kidman's safe.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Still, be careful with him.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Painfully so.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Oh yes...I know. He back hacked her nicely the other day.
[ SwedishFish ]: I trusted you wanted me not to drink it longer?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: He could very well be testing her.
[ SwedishFish ]: *chuckles* Now you give me advice to take it with me?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Her honesty is her strength and weakness.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Could be.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: She's transparent, he isn't.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: But Kidman never said she would not relay this all back to you.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Then he must know this will be relayed.
[ Kidman ]: Cripes, do you want it or not?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Probably.
[ Chase ]: Drink it responsibly, all I ask.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Crafty
[ Chase ]: You're old enough to know what you should and shouldn't be pushing down your throat.
[ Ivy ]: Drink syrup responsibly?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: However, I don't know what he stands to gain from you knowing this.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I wouldn't trust anything solid he gave me.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: If I preceive him weak, I may let my guard down.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He isn't weak.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Or he's likely still fishing for information on the tower heist.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I would not have gathered such from that conversation.
[ Chase ]: Drink anything esponsibly.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: That he is, and I always deny him.
[ Ivy ]: When was the last time Chase did something irresponsible?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I may know little, but what little I do, I leave out.
[ Kidman ]: Dated to women at once.
[ Kidman ]: two
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: You do well to keep him at a fair distance.
[ Chase ]: *chuckles*
[ SwedishFish ]: Boss dated someone? 8s
[ Chase ]: (I see somebody passed along that chat log)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I plan to. That last tango yielded what I was looking for.
[ SwedishFish ]: (Right. That was Anja.)
[ Kidman ]: (But of course! You think I'd miss that?)
[ SwedishFish ]: (Kidman forced her to. :P )
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: What was that, precisely?
[ Kidman ]: (Wha...?)
[ Carmen ]: *Laughs*
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Hmm...I can't quite explain...
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: But when I can, I'll send you a line.
[ Chase ]: (heh)
[ Ivy ]: was it just two?
[ Ivy ]: You see, that was never confirmed.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: please do, I know him a certain way, hence I'm biased.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Your insight would help.
[ Kidman ]: (Besides, Deric sent it to me)
[ Carmen ]: I don't think Chase has ever been without a woman... here or there.
[ SwedishFish ]: (Why'd you make the poor 'girl' go through all that, then? :D)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Don't forget, people evolve. :-)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: They do, and he has.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Even if Kidman does little more than aggregate his emotional depths, it will mostly have some effect.
[ Chase ]: Would appreciate that not being talked about... if you don't mind, ladies.
[ Kidman ]: (I told you that! Twice! :heart:)
[ SwedishFish ]: ('She' might have lost connection when you did.)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Hence, Kidman's new motto;
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: "Saying stuff that you'd never say out loud since 1995."
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: *Laughs*
[ Kidman ]: (Took me forever to understand the scoring)
[ Ivy ]: Yeah never have I ever is the hardest to keep track of
[ Chase ]: Patty's complicated that way
[ Ivy ]: I think Danny used to keep score. He was much better at it.
[ Kidman ]: Can we play now?
[ SwedishFish ]: (This scare anyone? http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/14/us-flag-depicting-president-obama-removed-from-floridas-lake-county-democratic/ )
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: It was odd how defensive he got when you spoke of the fear in his eyes.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Eh...? No love, he was speaking about the fear in yours...
[ Kidman ]: Now why the hell...?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: No, yes.. of course.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Mm, I mistyped.
[ Kidman ]: (facepalm)
[ Carmen ]: That's odd, even for Americans.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I would have pursued it, but violent illness and all...:-(
[ Carmen ]: (Mm, missed the brackets)
[ Kidman ]: (Sort of thing I expect from the right)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Hit me midsentance.
[ SwedishFish ]: (The right?)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: like a truck.
[ Chase ]: (right wing)
[ SwedishFish ]: (Wait... What did the right wing do?)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I don't know if I'll be opening that conversation up again anytime soon.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'm glad you got what you did, no need to force it.
[ Kidman ]: (Usually they do stuff like this)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Kidman almost walked off when he insinuated killing Carmen.
[ SwedishFish ]: (Like what? Obama is left-wing.)
[ Chase ]: (let's not get into American politics... we have a Brit here who shouldn't be dragged into it.)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: She forced on, but was not happy.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Did he insinuated that?
[ Kidman ]: (What's wrong with that?)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Yes!!!
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: That was the crux of the madness of that chat!
[ SwedishFish ]: (Right. Just thinking, if your British flag had the silhouette of the queen, that would be just as disrespectful.)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Where?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: " [ Chase ]: Humanity? Just to know that the fear in her eyes is me... already does a decent job. "?
[ Kidman ]: I'm not sure, but if yo had one with Brown I would think so.
[ Carmen ]: (We're not as keen with our flag, it did adorn platform boots and created "union jack fashion")
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: What I hate most is knowing how to end it. [ Kidman ]: ... You...don't intend to...No, of course you wouldn't. [ Chase ]: But I should.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Ah, that.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I believe he meant he knew how to arrest me.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: 'but I should' is problematic.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: no.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: That isn't it.
[ SwedishFish ]: Which game would you play, Ginger?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: [ Chase ]: Lee wants to hear her scream. I dread it.
[ Chase ]: (The 60s for you really rocked.)
[ Kidman ]: The never ever game from yesterday
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: One has to read between the lines, but read it slowly.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Take in the feel of the conversation.
[ Carmen ]: "Never have I ever?"
[ Ivy ]: Why don't we play it without scoring?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: But I don't understand. Why would he even...
[ SwedishFish ]: That might be best with a small crownd.
[ SwedishFish ]: *crowd
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'm not saying you're wrong, dear.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Because stealing that tower but him in a terrible position. You proved that you would keep upping game.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: put
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: His job is to protect people, especially HIS people.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: But if you're right... then he's not the man I know.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He is.
[ Chase ]: Right, let's do it.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: This isn't what he wants.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: But he fears you're pushing him into that corner.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He wants Kidman to stop you.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: [ Kidman ]: Is it worth it? [ Chase ]: What's worth it? [ Kidman ]: Playing with me? [ Chase ]: If I change your life somehow, it's worth it. If I in turn change what I think is coming... then even better.
[ Chase ]: Alphabetical order...
[ Chase ]: Carmen starts.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: That's presumptuous of him. Predicting the future like that.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: You are leaving a pattern, you know.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Both of you know it.
[Neutral Grounds]: Scarlet has entered at 12:32 pm
[ SwedishFish ]: Doctor Conrad.
[ Chase ]: Great, doc, come in.
[ Scarlet ]: Good evening, everyone. :)
[ Chase ]: We're about to play a little friendly round of never have I ever.
[ Scarlet ]: Can I sit by the fire again? It's cold.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: *Breathes slowly* This only seems like a pattern.
[ Scarlet ]: Ah, please proceed.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: He needs to be much more patient than this.
[ Chase ]: Alphabetical order, so Carmen's up.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Carmen... he doesn't work for you. He works for the law.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He's being a patient as he can.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He is hoping against hope that you don't take this further.
[ Ivy ]: Hey doc!
[ Carmen ]: Mm, never have I ever... knitted a scarf.
[ Kidman ]: Oh hey!
[ Ivy ]: *takes shot of orange juice*
[ Kidman ]: 0
[ Chase ]: Great, +1
[ SwedishFish ]: I have never knitted one...
[ Kidman ]: I knit many things.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I've already gone as far as I need to.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He doesn't know that.
[ Ivy ]: Next is Chase's turn
[ Scarlet ]: +1
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I know you want him to trust you...but how can he?
[ SwedishFish ]: Ivy, you never answered.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He hates that he can't trust you.
[ Chase ]: She did, she took a swig of orange juice
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He hates that you have to fear him.
[ Ivy ]: Right, that's +1
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: And he really hates that you made it this way.
[ SwedishFish ]: Ah. And we get a point if we have not?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Patience, darling, if this works out... his worries would be in vain.