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[ 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.
[ Chase ]: I'm almost surprised.
[ Kidman ]: Perfect!
[ Kidman ]: I... need to speak to you.
[ Chase ]: ...
[ Chase ]: Me?
[ Kidman ]: Yes...regarding Master's safety.
[ Kidman ]: is wearing Carmen's hat for courage.
[ Chase ]: ponders the repercussions of this.
[ Chase ]: What makes you think she isn't safe?
[ Kidman ]: This is... very important that you not let this slip.
[ Kidman ]: Lee.
[ Kidman ]: hands Chase a cassette from a wire tap.
[ Kidman ]: http://www.theseventhstarprojects.com/Leetext.rtf
[ Chase ]: studies the tape.
[ Chase ]: Let this slip to who, exactly?
[ Kidman ]: Anyone.
[ Kidman ]: This is for you alone.
[ Chase ]: exhales.
[ Chase ]: You know that this is something Lee's been telling people already... and it's your Lady who thinks this isn't serious.
[ Chase ]: (by telling people, I meant in-chat)
[ Kidman ]: Carmen is aware. I'm not sure how concerned she is, quite possibly because she has put her trust in you.
[ Chase ]: Not that I want to disappoint her, but is she sure she's putting her trust on the right person.
[ Kidman ]: I believe so.
[ Chase ]: If anything, I think she trusted herself more to somehow beat Lee on this.
[ Chase ]: (Lee and I actually have a journal entry we never finished, probably a good time to get that done.)
[ Kidman ]: (would be good to see)
[ Kidman ]: I also thought you might be interested in his plans for you.
[ Chase ]: All I can really do is keep him away from her -- professionally, but I can't always keep tabs on him.
[ Chase ]: His plans for me aren't as solid.
[ Chase ]: Besides, he doesn't know what I know.
[ Kidman ]: Good.
[ Kidman ]: You know, you are held in quite high regard...on our side.
[ Chase ]: (Too bad Chat In-Charcter knowledge doesn't always traslate to RP In-Character... heh, stories would go much faster.)
[ Kidman ]: (When will that start, anyhow?)
[ Chase ]: (hopefully, that's where journal entries come in.)
[ Chase ]: (Carmen's birthday March 1)
[ Kidman ]: (Tomorrow.)
[ Chase ]: nods at Kidman's words
[ Chase ]: Nice to know, we respect your leader too.
[ Chase ]: (Tomorrow, yeah)
[ Kidman ]: smiles.
[ Kidman ]: We are a non-violent group, as she wishes.
[ Chase ]: And that's a feat in itself.
[ Kidman ]: I am not as certain of some on your side... particularly Euge.
[ Kidman ]: I am very concerned about him as well.
[ Chase ]: *chuckles* I wouldn't worry too much.
[ Chase ]: Euge likes to put up an act, he won't purposely hurt anyone unless absolutely necessary.
[ Kidman ]: Why not? What he's been saying....
[ Kidman ]: Oh.
[ Kidman ]: You are...sure?
[ Chase ]: There's a mutual respect for her too.
[ Kidman ]: He said he had a surprise for us, and would not refute that it involved violence.
[ Chase ]: Violence in your terms cover the destruction of only humans or also inanimate objects?
[ Kidman ]: Living things.
[ Chase ]: Then that narrows it.
[ Chase ]: We're broader in our terms.
[ Kidman ]: relaxes a bit
[ Chase ]: Also, as an employee of ACME, we can't talk to you about much.
[ Kidman ]: So more just blowing things up, then?
[ Kidman ]: I understand.
[ Kidman ]: I'm not a thief.
[ Kidman ]: I'm a gaurd.
[ Chase ]: A guard?
[ Kidman ]: The safety of the others is my only concern.
[ Chase ]: looks at Kidman thoroughly.
[ Kidman ]: As best I can be.
[ Chase ]: Are you her guard?
[ Kidman ]: shrinks back instinctivily, despite herself.
[ Kidman ]: Offically no. It's my own path.
[ Chase ]: moves back, understanding.
[ Chase ]: Right, because she wouldn't make a little girl her guard.
[ Kidman ]: As you said, you have public support. Master and the others...
[ Chase ]: Just seems... skewed.
[ Kidman ]: looks a bit sad.
[ Kidman ]: Yes... I know.
[ Kidman ]: Would be much better if I was stronger, yes?
[ Chase ]: Your master has her own public support, the so-called 'fans' of her work.
[ Kidman ]: Bigger...
[ Kidman ]: Master plays a public service, you know.
[ Chase ]: You could always make up for it... in terms of skills.
[ Kidman ]: Skills...
[ Kidman ]: looks even more morose.
[ Chase ]: Or heart.
[ Chase ]: But bravery won't save her if you're limited by other things.
[ Kidman ]: fights the urge to cry.
[ Chase ]: That's probably why you came to me.
[ Kidman ]: I know that!
[ Kidman ]: Yes...
[ Kidman ]: I'm scared of you, what you can do.
[ Chase ]: shifts his stance.
[ Kidman ]: But...
[ Chase ]: Don't cry, all right? It's okay.
[ Chase ]: You did good.
[ Kidman ]: That does not mean you will do so...
[ Kidman ]: There's no room for my fear now.
[ Kidman ]: I'm not crying...
[ Chase ]: Right, yeah, but... your eyes are red.
[ Kidman ]: shakes herself off.
[ Chase ]: is uncomfortable with tears.
[ Chase ]: Better?
[ Kidman ]: It's like being in the passenger seat of a car...
[ Kidman ]: Yes, yes, I'll be fine.
[ Chase ]: You're right to pick your battles, though.
[ Kidman ]: The weight...if gets to me.
[ Chase ]: Find your biggest threats first.
[ Kidman ]: (it)
[ Kidman ]: For me, it would be Euge's influence on you.
[ Chase ]: *chuckles*
[ Chase ]: "influcence"?
[ Chase ]: You've been learning a lot, haven't you?
[ Kidman ]: I assume most of what I say...
[ Kidman ]: You have a gray heart. The shade seems to depend on the shades closest by.
[ Chase ]: Other times I might find that offensive, but today, I'm here to listen.
[ Chase ]: I've heard that more than once... about "influence".
[ Kidman ]: However, I can be quite gullible when it comes to masks. I don't know Euge's true nature.
[ Chase ]: Most of it is from the lady herself.
[ Kidman ]: Perhaps that is where I picked it up.
[ Kidman ]: Perhaps it is an unrealized fear...
[ Chase ]: She has some real trust issues.
[ Chase ]: And, 'unrealized' is the word... if she has any fears, she doesn't know them.
[ Kidman ]: If you caught Master, how long would you have her imprisoned?
[ Chase ]: That depends on the court ruling.
[ Chase ]: She's pending charges for a lot of crimes
[ Chase ]: Some of them already reached their statute of limitation...
[ Kidman ]: smiles softly.
[ Kidman ]: *but it soon fades*
[ Kidman ]: They could lock her away forever...
[ Chase ]: They will.
[ Chase ]: If all her crimes are accounted for, it could result in multiple life sentences.
[ Chase ]: Theft of more than $50,000 USD already constitute for life imprisonment.
[ Kidman ]: Then why do murders get less?
[ Chase ]: I guess sometimes, life is worth less than property.
[ Chase ]: The ACME board would want full sentence. The won't back down.
[ Chase ]: Especially after she took the tower.
[ Kidman ]: balls hands into fists and looks at the floor.
[ Kidman ]: While rapists and child molesters go free...
[ Chase ]: But I don't think you have to worry about Carmen.
[ Kidman ]: Is that justice?
[ Kidman ]: ...
[ Kidman ]: Why not?
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has entered at 10:32 am
[Neutral Grounds]: Scarlet has entered at 10:32 am
[ Chase ]: Nice, a double entry.
[ Scarlet ]: Good... day, everyone.
[ Chase ]: Sit down, ladies.
[ Ivy ]: Hello Scarlet, Chase, Kidman.
[ Chase ]: Kidman and I were just discussing the complexities of blind justice.
[ Ivy ]: Ha, we did enter at the same time.
[ Scarlet ]: Mm, it must be our hair. ( ;) )
[ Kidman ]: Oh, hullo...
[ Kidman ]: shifts uncomfortably
[ Ivy ]: A natural connection that red heads have? Very possible.
[ Scarlet ]: Ah, Miss Kidman. Mr. Darsha did indeed bring in more orange juice while we were gone. Do you want a glass?
[ Scarlet ]: Do you know why justice is blind?
[ Chase ]: Natanya Oranges, they have to be.
[ Kidman ]: I...no...not at the moment, thank you.
[ Chase ]: His father owns an orange grove.
[ Chase ]: In the middle of the desert, not bad for hydro technology... right?
[ Scarlet ]: Very well, does anyone wish for a glass? Mr. Darsha brings in the best juice, I must say. The twins love it - especially Anja.
[ Scarlet ]: Not bad. That technology would be much needed as the climate shifts and agricultural fields move...
[ Chase ]: When Israel first formed, they needed to feed a lot of peole, with very little farmland.
[ Chase ]: They had to invent all sorts of quick ways to survive.
[ Scarlet ]: And their land is quite arid.
[ Ivy ]: I'll take a glass.
[ Chase ]: Exactly
[ Ivy ]: You've all sold it so well
[ Chase ]: A lot of ingenuity comes from need.
[ Chase ]: Yeah, I'll take a glass, why not?
[ Scarlet ]: pours out a glass for Ivy.
[ Scarlet ]: That is true...
[ Ivy ]: takes a sip.
[ Ivy ]: Thanks Scarlet.
[ Scarlet ]: pours another glass for Chase.
[ Ivy ]: (I mean Sophie.)
[ Chase ]: *to Kidman* You sure you don't want a glass?
[ Scarlet ]: My pleasure.
[ Kidman ]: tugs at the brim of her hat....
[ Kidman ]: Maybe later...
[ Chase ]: You want something to eat instead?
[ Kidman ]: I'm sorry. I...just don't feel well at the moment, is all.
[Neutral Grounds]: Carmen has entered at 10:42 am
[ Ivy ]: My, is that your new Carmen-hat?
[ Scarlet ]: Hm... I have a feeling you might feel better now, Miss Kidman.
[ Carmen ]: My hat?
[ Carmen ]: Ah, yes.
[ Kidman ]: Carmen...
[ Scarlet ]: Good day, Miss Sandiego.
[ Carmen ]: She wears it well, n'est pas?
[ Ivy ]: Hello Carmen.
[ Kidman ]: solemnly sits near Carmen, lost in thought.
[ Chase ]: *chuckles* not a bad look.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, I hope ACME hasn't drained you today.
[ Chase ]: "drained"? not vampires here.
[ Kidman ]: The justice system doesn't make sense....
[ Chase ]: Right, we're still on that topic.
[ Kidman ]: How can you serve such an arbitary system that affects so much?
[ Chase ]: Because it serves the masses.
[ Chase ]: Everybody needs rules and regulations.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, and those who don't agree are 'out laws' by default.
[ Chase ]: Right.
[ Carmen ]: Which, retrospectively, is why I'm here, and Chase... is there.
[ Kidman ]: But the punishments don't make sense.
[ Ivy ]: How do the punishments not make sense?
[ Carmen ]: Is there really a reason to argue?
[ Kidman ]: There's no logic to it. How can you have a law system, a system that is supposed to supply a logical grid of conduct, without logic?
[ Carmen ]: The law system conflicts with itself within nearly every single governing body.
[ Kidman ]: Master would be put in prison forever, but child molesters get out of prison all the time.
[ Chase ]: That's true, only if you adhere to laws in the States.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, and that would only depend upon which state.
[ Kidman ]: Is it more sensible elsewhere?
[ Chase ]: Not really, stealing a window in Russia gets ou 7 years... killing a man with a corpse is 2 years... without is 3.
[ Kidman ]: *sighs*
[ Carmen ]: Oh, that's been reduced, murder is only 18 months now.
[ Chase ]: Right, Moscow.
[ Kidman ]: I don't know how any of you can try to arrest Carmen in good conscience.
[ Chase ]: We're doing our jobs.
[ Kidman ]: Following orders.
[ Chase ]: Carmen might be your law, lucky for you, you have the same beliefs she does.
[ Chase ]: We follow a set of laws too.
[ Kidman ]: I joined Master for that reason.
[ Kidman ]: I'm not lucky.
[ Carmen ]: Chase isn't very good at following orders conscience-free.
[ Chase ]: ...
[ Kidman ]: By your logic, you work for ACME because you have the same ideals, ie: you agree Carmen should be in prision forever and while child molesters get out.
[ Chase ]: It's not all black and white..
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: http://www.theseventhstarprojects.com/chase2.htm
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Here, Master.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: For what use you can make of it.
[ Kidman ]: I'm just saying...even though you know Master won't recieve a fair punishment, you continue to hunt her anyway.
[ Chase ]: There are a lot of people who recieve worse than her.
[ Chase ]: I'm also hunting a group of human traffickers, a few drug lords, and some king pins of organized crime...
[ Kidman ]: Worse than life? Where , in TX?
[ Scarlet ]: By your logic, Miss Kidman, we should not catch felons because the system is unfair.
[ Scarlet ]: Now, would that not be unfair for the non-felons then?
[ Kidman ]: No. What I mean is, perhaps the system needs to be changed.
[ Scarlet ]: How do propose we go about that then?
[ Scarlet ]: (*do you)
[ Chase ]: We can't change the system, it'll take forever... more than one lifetime.
[ Chase ]: What we can do is work with what we have now, and make it better later.
[ Kidman ]: ...
[ Kidman ]: Just keep it in mind, then...
[ Kidman ]: That arresting Carmen does not really equal justice.
[ Chase ]: To you, it doesn't, to some, it might.
[ Carmen ]: I must agree, perspective varies.
[ Kidman ]: shrugs apathetically.
[ Carmen ]: But thank you, of course, for destroying the tower for me.
[ Carmen ]: That would hardly hold up in any court.
[ Chase ]: I weighed that option in my head... figured it had to be done.
[ Kidman ]: Why?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Carmen...why...why did you steal the tower?
[Neutral Grounds]: Anja_Larsdotter has entered at 11:14 am
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Hei hei all!
[ Scarlet ]: Hello there, Miss Larsdotter.
[ Scarlet ]: :)
[ Chase ]: Anja, hello.
[ Scarlet ]: You have new socks, I see.
[ Kidman ]: Hullo
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I didn't tell you, dear? I wanted the C-5 gone.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Jaja! New morosocks!
[ Scarlet ]: They certainly are colourful. Yes, very "moro" indeed.
[ Scarlet ]: Would you like some orange juice, my dear? Mr. Darsha just brought in some new bottles.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Then why not just... did the whole tower need to go?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: This is going to make everything so much harder.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: They're really mad.
[ Carmen ]: Mikal Darsha?
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Ja! Orangejuice!
[ Carmen ]: Mm, from Natanya no doubt.
[ Chase ]: Right, Natanya.
[ Scarlet ]: pours a glass for Anja.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Natanya?
[ Scarlet ]: And, once again, it's for you, yes. Not for your computer.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Mm, they are, aren't they?
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Why can my computer have none? Even if I share it?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: But don't worry about me, everything will be all right.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Minus a few set-backs, of course.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: They're going to blow up all our bases.
[ Scarlet ]: No, dear. This is very special orange juice. It is meant only for you.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: All those machines, transports...lost.
[ Carmen ]: Might someone remind Mikal to bring in fresh oranges next time he stops by?
[ Scarlet ]: (I'm convinced Sophie will steal Anja away from Carmen is she could. LOL)
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: examines the 'special' orangejuice.
[ Scarlet ]: (*is = if)
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Which is special in it?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: *Smiles* I won't let it get to that.
[ Chase ]: is not really liking Carmen's reference to Mikal and Natanya.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: (Sophie had better be prepared to steal Astrid along with her if she tries. :P )
[ Carmen ]: doesn't care what Chase thinks.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: In the chat with Chase this morning, he clarified that the violnce that Euge spoke of was not aimed at living things.
[ Scarlet ]: It is special, Miss Larsdotter, because it was made in a very special place, delivered by an especially astute soldier, and poured specially for you.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Thus affirming that violence is planned.
[ Chase ]: raises his eyebrows.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: But only for things.
[ Chase ]: "Astute" heh.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: I wondered which that word meant also, Mr. Chase.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: (Yes, they're truly only allowed that in this RP.)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Combine that with 'marking their bases'...
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Mm, then we've only things to worry of.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: (What do you mean?)
[ Scarlet ]: Ah, you only need to look at the Directeur to know what it means.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: (physical violence against an unwilling character is not allowed)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: (Also, if you don't want to be arrested, you simply say so.)
[ Carmen ]: laughs at Sophie's reference.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: (Ah. Well, we'll see how the story goes.)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: (Quite fair, no?)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: *discards the parentheses*
[ Chase ]: half smiles.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: smiles vivaciously and gulps down her special orangejuice.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: (I suppose it only fair, though it does lose some of the suspense.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: (Only some, the game still relies on other elements.)
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has left at 11:28 am
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Has Miss Ivy gone in the closet?
[ Chase ]: There she goes...
[ Chase ]: She stepped out a while back, probably a phone call.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Getting caught is the endgame for Kidman as far as she's concerned, although Lee did put her at ease with that.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: The fun here will be bringing her to the edge of that, and then not having her caught.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'm sure ACME will enjoy figuring out how that works.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Fabulous.:-)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Is Ken U Believit still in the picture?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: The two of them could be paranoid together.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'm not sure, we've been out of touch with him since he began hosting his own you tube chanel.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: UFOs and such?
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Miss Sophie, have you any more juice which is not special?
[ Scarlet ]: Hm, I will bring a carton the next time I am here.
[ Chase ]: Don't like Natanya oranges?
[ Kidman ]: (Eeeeee! I'm published! Eeeeee!)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: A comic review, I believe.
[ Kidman ]: (couldn't resist)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Fits.
[ Chase ]: (Hey, congrats!)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Did you read the transcript? ACME moves tomorrow.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: For your birthday.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Chase is in touch with him, I believe.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Yes, he told me earlier this morning (your night) I was on briefly.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Adorable, aren't they?
[ Scarlet ]: (Published?)
[ Chase ]: (what kind of book?)
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: (Oh, right. Not on the site.)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I was going to hold out publishing so to have it coincide, but tought leap year would be far more...eccentric.
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has entered at 11:38 am
[ Kidman ]: ( https://www.createspace.com/3772344 )
[ Scarlet ]: Welcome back, Miss Monaghan. :)
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Hallo hei!
[ Ivy ]: Hey everyone.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Also, couldn't wait any longer.
[ Scarlet ]: (That is your book? Eccentricity?)
[ Chase ]: (Very nice.)
[ Scarlet ]: (I do love that it is published on Leap Day.)
[ Kidman ]: (yep. Nine years of my life....)
[ Scarlet ]: (Congratulations. And this is very important for people who work with austistic people, too.)
[ Kidman ]: ( http://www.theseventhstarprojects.com/eccentricity.html )
[ Kidman ]: It's also online for free
[ Kidman ]: Opps
[ Kidman ]: (parenthesis)
[ Scarlet ]: (A lot of healthcare has shifted its focus to a person's experience, moving beyond the one-dimensional view of the medical model.)
[ Scarlet ]: (Very brave. I do applaud you.)
[ Kidman ]: (I saw a void that I needed to fill. It is my life's work and purpose)
[ Scarlet ]: (Your life is hardly over. I'm sure you will achieve far more.)
[ Kidman ]: (Yes, but I feel far less pressure now)
[ Ivy ]: (It's very good.)
[ Kidman ]: (Cheers, Ivy)
[ Scarlet ]: (I'm very happy to see this.)
[ Scarlet ]: (More people need to be able to write books like these about their lives and experiences.)
[ Kidman ]: (I had to self publish because I was setting a precedent. Publishers don't like anything they aren't sure will make money, and new things are unknown things)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'm exceedingly proud of you.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: :roll:
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: And I know that may seem small from someone who has only known you a short time.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Yet, I find this quite thrilling.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I've been wearing my plastic king's crown for the day.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: It means quite a bit, love.
[ Chase ]: (I was in Thailand during the Dec 26 Tsunami)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: As you've been about the writing world a while.
[ Kidman ]: (...did you see it?)
[ Kidman ]: (I still have this mangled hole in my mind)
[ Chase ]: (I got to see it after it happened. I was in Bangkok, and that morning, I rushed down to help a few friends.)
[ Chase ]: (Stayed in Phuket for about a week, then more time on and off.)
[ Kidman ]: (Did you lose anyone...?)
[ Chase ]: (No, I didn't, but I did see some pretty sad things.)
[ Kidman ]: (*nods*...)
[ Chase ]: (There's a lighter story to that eventful day... about a guy who really wanted to go to Phuket for a family vacation, but just couldn't get out of the house. First his son was sick, then while he was leaving despite that kid's fever, his door fell on him.)
[ Chase ]: (Hobbling, he told his family he paid for that hotel, and they were all going to Phuket)
[ Chase ]: (They got into a cab, sick kid, hurt husband, worried wife...)
[ Chase ]: (And missed the plane to Phuket.)
[ Kidman ]: (Damn.....)
[ Chase ]: (That night, the tsunami hit... the hotel they were to stay at... was at the forefront of the waves.)
[ Scarlet ]: (Fate works in amazing ways.)
[ Chase ]: (This guy... used to complain about everything. And he gave his wife some verbal grief for missing the plane.)
[ Kidman ]: (Wasn't it during the day?)
[ Scarlet ]: (I've heard similar stories from 9/11.)
[ Scarlet ]: (Sorry, Chase. Do continue.)
[ Chase ]: (For Thailand, it came I think later in the day)
[ Ivy ]: (Amazing!)
[ Kidman ]: (Ah)
[Neutral Grounds]: DericStorm has entered at 11:56 am
[ Chase ]: (At night, it was still shaky)
[ Chase ]: (Anyway... I met them at an Indian restaurant some time later...)
[ DericStorm ]: wow, girls' night
[ Kidman ]: (shh)
[ Kidman ]: (hi!)
[ Scarlet ]: (Hush, Soap.)
[ Chase ]: (And the guy ordered some kind of fish he liked... when the waiter came in and said, "sir, there's no xxx fish"... he didn't make a scene like he might have.)
[ Ivy ]: Girl's night with Chase leading story-time.
[ DericStorm ]: ah
[ Chase ]: (He just said "that's fine, bring me something else". I looked at his wife, and she said "He's been like that since the Tsunami. So easy to please!")
[ Kidman ]: (That and no one ate fish there for a while...)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Yes, it does.
[ Chase ]: (heh heh)
[ Chase ]: Right, story over. Hey to Deric.
[ Ivy ]: (the universe works in mysterious ways)
[ Scarlet ]: (Hm, I do believe you've told me this story before. But it's always nice to hear it again - always nice to know that people can change.)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Many dream to be in your shoes, I'm sure.
[ Scarlet ]: Good afternoon, Mr. Storm.
[ DericStorm ]: hello all
[ Carmen ]: (Mm, yes, always a good story to relay.)
[ DericStorm ]: I do believe i'm now terribly confused
[ Carmen ]: Mr. Storm, welcome.
[ DericStorm ]: but that's nothing new
[ Kidman ]: (As for 9/11... yeah...I was in way too deep with that...)
[ Kidman ]: (skip to the Missions chapt for that life lesson...)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Where it goes is fine with me. It exists. It will find its way.
[ Chase ]: I was just re-telling a story about a guy who couldn't make it to Phuket... then the tsunami hit.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I'm hoping via word of mouth. That is the best way.
[ Chase ]: Changed his life.
[ DericStorm ]: ah, that would do it
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Undoubtedly.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Do you already have a following for your talents?
[ Chase ]: Right?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Fairly. A little. I've crossed many paths on this journey that I have to go back and alert.
[ Chase ]: (Also, it came as an afterthought -- Kidman's book just got published.)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Mm, yes, please do that as well.
[ DericStorm ]: (congrats)
[ Kidman ]: (cheers, mate. Less time chained to the machine at night to be sure.)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: There are a lot of people that have been waiting on this. I hope they are still interested.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'm certain they are.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Who wouldn't be?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Did I tell you I rushed Dr. Sacks at a book signing?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I can technically say Dr. Oliver Sacks has my book.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: One of my many failed plots to get noticed.
[ Ivy ]: (nine years, you say?)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Has he returned to you on it?
[ Carmen ]: (Quite a feat, isn't it?)
[ Ivy ]: (amazing.)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: No... that was a year ago. He's a rather absent-minded of that which isn't his immediate obsession it seemed. then again, I've only met him once, and was late, and he's somewhat of a recluse.
[ Kidman ]: (Yep.... I started it in college. I switch to a BFA so I could have the semester to do it. It had always been on my mind)
[ Chase ]: (Send the link to Deric, if you haven't already)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Mm, I wonder if I know anyone who knows of him.
[ Kidman->DericStorm ]: Hey love; Chase wishes me to send this;
[ Kidman->DericStorm ]: https://www.createspace.com/3772344
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'm sure he lectured at Oxford, mm, at least once.
[ Kidman->DericStorm ]: http://www.theseventhstarprojects.com/eccentricity.html
[ DericStorm->Kidman ]: cool. thank you
[ Kidman->DericStorm ]: The second link goes to the free version online.
[ DericStorm ]: (link recieved)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I managed to catch him at the MoMA. He had done a study on a colour-blind population on an island.
[ Chase ]: (I have a business dinner... if I don't go, someone will be embarrassed.)
[ Chase ]: (heh, thanks for the chat, everybody.)
[ Scarlet ]: Good evening, Mr. Devineaux.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: (Have a good one, Chase! :))
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Hei da, Mr. Chase!
[ Carmen ]: Be well, dear.
[ Kidman ]: Thank you... for before.
[ Kidman ]: (Cheers!)
[ Chase ]: (take care)
[Neutral Grounds]: Chase has left at 12:19 pm
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: The man is *obsessed* with cycads.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Aw! I could not poke him this time!
[ Carmen ]: I'm sure he was expecting it.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: *laughs*
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Men with obsessions are rarely cured.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Just an odd one to have.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Actually, I can probably set up a discount code for the bookstores.
[ Scarlet ]: Mm, how were you planning to "poke" him?
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: I would poke him like usual!
[ Scarlet ]: Oh, and how is "usual"?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: AGRX4QYH
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: I creep to him and poke him at the shoulder or at the back.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: That shoulf drop $30 US off.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: It is because he not likes hugs...
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: should
[ Carmen ]: But, Anja, hugs are much nicer than pokes.
[ Scarlet ]: Ah, you should always hug him then.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Oh, dear, that could be too much.
[ Scarlet ]: Frequent exposure to something beneficial someone doesn't like might help that person become accustomed to it.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'm sure the book stores will expect less of a discount for this.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Keep the code for now, I will have the contact you directly, or your supplying agent.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: As you can see, I'm not so good on the buisness end.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: (have them, excuse me)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: *Laughs* You're lovely.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Business is hardly necessary for expression of creativity.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: The old folk in the building have to jam money into my hand because I won't take it.
[ Scarlet ]: Who knows, Miss Larsdotter? He might come to realise that hugs are not so bad after all.
[ Scarlet ]: Wouldn't that be nice?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I prefer to be paid in food.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Ja!
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Got the BEST salmon crochettes yesterday.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Especiall BIG squeezes!
[ Carmen ]: Mm, after all, he pushes his fists into the bark of a tree to toughen it. He should learn to take hugs.
[ Kidman ]: feels oddly better now that Chase left.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Oh that sounds delicious.
[ DericStorm ]: I think the earth would rotate off its axis if Chase liked hugs
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: The best. I just spend the money on food anyway, and I'm generally too weak to cook, so I prefer it this way.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Mr. Chase pushes his fists in trees?
[ Carmen ]: *Laughs* Now I'm tempted to find out about the axis...
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: The Axis is not good, Miss Carmen!
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: They attacked in Norge! :(
[ Carmen ]: Mm, yes. It's a training regime, I believe, to create dullness to pain.
[ DericStorm ]: also, beacuse he's not a conservationalist
[ Kidman ]: Hmmm....
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Does your condition also affect you physically?
[ Kidman ]: If one had chronic pain due to other things, would that regime dull it?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Oh yes...
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I'm not sure what belongs with what, but my muscular endurance is terrible. I shake, and my muscles don't hold my joints as well as they should in some places.
[ Carmen ]: I'm sure that depends on the cause of the chronic pain.
[ Ivy ]: I think it might cuase more pain in the long run.
[ Ivy ]: Although you might have to ask Suhara.
[ Carmen ]: That regime would only strenghten bone and skin.
[ Ivy ]: I've seen that guy break concrete with his pinky.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I tire easily, I'm very sensitive to the sun on my skin, bad back, poor dept perception, neuralgia on one side of my head muscle spasms, panic disorder, which is it's own little thing, over sensitivy to heat...ect
[ Carmen ]: Ah, yes, but only his right small finger, not his left.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Nothing that can kill me, though.
[ Ivy ]: I never noticed that.
[ DericStorm ]: why am i picturing Chase in a Bruce Lee outfit right now?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: So it doesn't matter.
[ Ivy ]: The jumpsuit or just the pants?
[ DericStorm ]: jumpsuit
[ Kidman ]: Oh, well muscles is where the trouble is, so nevermind. You're safe for now, tree.
[ Kidman ]: A yellow one. With a stripe.
[ Carmen ]: *Laughs*
[ Ivy ]: can't go wrong with Bruce Lee, the guy's a master.
[ Scarlet ]: (Gone too soon.)
[ DericStorm ]: The only man who could defeat Chuck Norris
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: *eats crochette* Damn these things are good...
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Does it hinder your creativity?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: You live with your wife, I presume?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Not at all.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, not surprising.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Oh yes. I can't live alone.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: We're an unusal couple, a boston marriage, as it were.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: The wife is straight, but not interested in dating.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: The mental illness is what kills my creativity. All my energy went to survival. There was nothing left over for anything else.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I would hate to see you in that state.
[ Kidman ]: Chuck Norris is a strange guy...
[ DericStorm ]: his "facts" are hysterica;
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: There is nothing more nightmarish than the loss of your own mind. You have nothing to fight with.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Truth is, I lost that fight. The wife had to step in and keep me from killing myself while I waited for medication.
[ Ivy ]: If only we could get him on ACME's side.
[ Kidman ]: I do love those.
[ Kidman ]: Yes, that's what ACME needs. More physical violence.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Why would he not to be with VILE?
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Everyone loves Miss Carmen!
[ Kidman ]: This is true.
[ Kidman ]: hugs her hat.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Even Mr. Chase loves Miss Carmen!
[ Carmen ]: Mm, but I doubt Mr. Norris would aid ACME much.
[ Scarlet ]: :)
[ Ivy ]: Well... not during his walker texas ranger days...
[ Kidman ]: Batman and Catwoman.
[ Carmen ]: considers correcting Anja but realises the Nordic accent hints jest.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: It must be terrible.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: is not jesting.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Was. :-)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Better living through chemstry.
[ Kidman ]: wonders why Carmen doesn't want people to know how kind she is.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Do you need to change medication frequently, or are they often stable?
[ DericStorm ]: A roundhouse kick can be effective as a gun
[ Ivy ]: That is true.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, I agree.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Does kicks kill folk?
[ DericStorm ]: *glances at Ivy* maybe...
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I'm lucky in that mine have continued to work smashingly for the past 11 years. The dose has been upped over that time and other things added, but nothing has changed in the past year or so.
[ DericStorm ]: depends on where you kick them and how hard
[ Ivy ]: Ha.
[ Carmen ]: Some strategically placed kicks may fatally injure a person.
[ Kidman ]: stares at Ivy but says nothing because Master is there.
[ Ivy ]: For the record Anja, it's actually very hard to kill someone with a single kick.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, extremely so.
[ Carmen ]: The person being kicked would almost have to pose in a certain position.
[ Kidman ]: Couldn't a broken rib puncture a lung?
[ Scarlet ]: Technicall, you can.
[ Scarlet ]: Not by a rib puncturing a lung, though.
[ Scarlet ]: (*Technically)
[ Scarlet ]: If you aim a kick at the person's sternum, with enough force, the shock can cause the person's heart to stop.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: is very uneasy.
[ Scarlet ]: Nothing needs to be broken.
[ Kidman ]: How about a concussion?
[ Carmen ]: The rib splinters differently, the force that will cause it to puncture a lung may require additional aid... other than the one kick.
[ Scarlet ]: Why are we having this discussion?
[ Ivy ]: Chuck Norris.
[ Scarlet ]: (The sternal kick stopping a heart - has happened.)
[ Carmen ]: Yes, Doctor, as stated, the person would have to leave his sternum exposed. Which rarely happens in a fight.
[ Scarlet ]: That is true.
[ Scarlet ]: That is why it is instinctual to curl up and protect the chest and abdomen.
[ Carmen ]: Also, a tall, thin person is more prone to complications from a kick to the chest.
[ Scarlet ]: Watch anyone react to a beating and you will witness that protective reflex built into all of us.
[ Ivy ]: Ah... agreed.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, precisely.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: is very frightened about this talk.
[ Scarlet ]: A tall, thin person is susceptible to many harms, really.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'm glad your medication is working regularly.
[ Kidman ]: inches just a little closer to her tall, thin Master.
[ Scarlet ]: Evolutionary-wise, thin people were not created to survive.
[ DericStorm ]: but, they're "wiry"
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: looks fearfully at Sophie about a 'tall, thin person'.
[ Carmen ]: *Laughs*
[ Scarlet ]: But the advent of agriculture has changed that phenomenally.
[ DericStorm ]: well, thankfully, I'm only half of that equation
[ Scarlet ]: laughs.
[ DericStorm ]: becuase of agriculture
[ Ivy ]: Good old agriculture...
[ Ivy ]: goes straight to the gut.
[ DericStorm ]: "farmer strong"
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: As am I, love. I'm hoping to help remove the stigma of medication for mental illness.
[ DericStorm ]: flexs
[ Scarlet ]: (Oh, you people... LOL )
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: backs away from everyone.
[ Scarlet ]: Is something the matter, Miss Larsdotter?
[ Kidman ]: commotio cordis!
[ Kidman ]: That was driving me crazy.
[ Kidman ]: I knew I knew that word.
[ Carmen ]: Yes, Kidman, very good.
[ Kidman ]: is happy.
[ Kidman ]: I couldn't remember the second word.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: May I continue to share my chat findings with Vic?
[ Ivy ]: *sips orange juice*
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Ah yes, please do.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: And Sarah Nade, should we find her?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Her grandmother is ill at the moment.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Oh.... I'm so sorry.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'm not sure if she would be open to RPing.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: But, I'll message her, of course.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: You frighten me!
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: It's only fair that she's told of our plans.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: And she may decide on her own if she has the time.
[ Ivy ]: who? me?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I sent her a message this morning, not knowing.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Jaja! All of you!
[ Ivy ]: ...I was just sipping orange juice.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Mm, please don't worry, dear.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Do let me know if she responds.
[ Kidman ]: Me?
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Speaking of killing tall, thin folk!
[Neutral Grounds]: EarlJr has entered at 1:07 pm
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: With kicking the ribs!
[ Scarlet ]: My dear, you are hardly thin.
[ Carmen ]: Hello, Mr. Grovington.
[ Carmen ]: Welcome to the fray.
[ Kidman ]: I'm a small, thin folk.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: is startled by Eugene entering.
[ Scarlet ]: Greetings, Mr. Grovington.
[ EarlJr ]: I don't like the idea of being kicked in the ribs
[ Ivy ]: We're not kicking anyone in ribs at random, Anja.
[ Kidman ]: Ah, here's someone to be afraid of.
[ Ivy ]: Hello Euge.
[ Scarlet ]: Ah, come and sit by me, Miss Larsdotter.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: And stopping hearts!
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Of course.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I got to speak to Vic yesterday. He's splendid.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: hesitantly goes to sit by her friend.
[ Scarlet ]: Good.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Is he not?
[ Scarlet ]: Have you another lampshade to give me?
[ Ivy ]: ...It used to be the other way around. *sigh*
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: He adds so much to Carmen, I believe.
[ EarlJr ]: must you insist on perpetuating that notion Kidman?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Kidman feels better knowing there is someone else as dedicated to her safety
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Carmen's
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: His perspectives are brilliant.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Would you want a lampshade?
[ DericStorm ]: Anja, you can stop your heart with a kick
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: I have morosocks, also.
[ DericStorm ]: You need the five finger death punch
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: cringes.
[ Scarlet ]: Ignore them. Yes, I would like another lampshade.
[ Kidman ]: glares at Mr. Storm.
[ DericStorm ]: Jeez, I'm joking around
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Which color would you want?
[ Ivy ]: Ah, don't go talking dim mak.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Ah, Kid! I have a lampshade you wanted!
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: With tassles on!
[ Scarlet ]: Mm, do you have one in cream?
[ Carmen ]: It seems the topic has become "The personalities of ACME, and the girls who fear them."
[ Kidman ]: With tassels?
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: ...You...wanted tassels, ja?
[ Ivy ]: I can't say that ACME is doing too well on the nice and friendly department.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: I have one in cream, ja!
[ Kidman ]: Well, you are the villians.
[ Scarlet ]: That would be lovely, thank you.
[ DericStorm ]: I'm nice and friendly. I just have a warped sense of humor
[ EarlJr ]: do enlighten me
[ Scarlet ]: My mother came to visit and she has decided that she must have a lampshade from the famous Norwegian twins, too!
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: gives Sophie a cream-colored lampshade.
[ Carmen ]: One we've all learned to either love or ignore, Mr. Storm.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: *gasp* Would she want an autograf?!
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He told the room how you met, what with the stolen car and such.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Did you write that out?
[ Scarlet ]: Ah, even better! With your sister's too?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Ah, no, sadly.
[ Carmen ]: Ivy, I'm sure your PR must be notified?
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Ja! It is autograffed with both!
[ Scarlet ]: You are wonderful, my dear.
[ Kidman ]: Master, I heard you like house music. Is this true?
[ Scarlet ]: gives Anja a kiss on the cheek.
[ Ivy ]: Who Tanya? Knowing her she's on top of it.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: smiles widely.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I wonder what they're planning for tomorrow...
[ Ivy ]: Deric could use some better PR his way.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I need to write some training logs.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: I play house music!
[ Ivy ]: Maybe get photographed with some puppies.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: And techno and trance and jazz!
[ DericStorm ]: why do you think I'm grounded, Princess?
[ Scarlet ]: (Puppies and kittens.)
[ Kidman ]: I have much of that! We should spin together!
[ DericStorm ]: Because after I slugged Lee, I was deemed "Doesn't play well with others"
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Really does Astrid play the jazz.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: She plays piano so much better than me.
[ DericStorm ]: I already have a dog, thank you very much
[ DericStorm ]: A siberian husky named "Ghost"
[ Carmen ]: Kidman, where did you hear I liked house music?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'm sure the first post won't reveal much to us.
[ Kidman ]: ....somewhere...?
[ Ivy ]: (Is that a game of thrones reference?)
[ DericStorm ]: (very good, Ivy)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: True... or perhaps they might drop an inadvertant clue.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Well thought out, dear.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: You should meet Leif, Mr. Detective.
[ DericStorm ]: (The North Remembers)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I do hope it's worth waiting for.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Chase did so this morning. I'm sure he will again.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: He avoided your question, didn't he?
[ DericStorm ]: Leif? as in Garret?
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Nei nei! As Leif Ericsson!
[ Carmen ]: Mm, of course.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: He is Herr Lundqvist's dog!
[ Ivy ]: *laughs*
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He tried, but he still confirmed they intend to use 'violence' when he said it would only pertain to things.
[ DericStorm ]: I was almost VERY confused there
[ Scarlet ]: Yes, the dog that walks Anja, apparently.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: He said: "But I don't think you have to worry about Carmen."
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: And when you asked "Why not?"
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Yes... we got cut off...
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: He walks me so fast!
[ DericStorm ]: what breed?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: The topic was dropped as well.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Newfoundland.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He only talks when he is alone.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: It is BIG!
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I didn't want to make him aware of that.
[ DericStorm ]: yeah, that's a decent sized dog
[ Kidman ]: Those are like bears!
[ Kidman ]: They sound like bears too.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Brilliant observation.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Although there's a strange pattern.
[ Ivy ]: I like dogs that are proper dogs.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: After I arrived, we spoke of the tower.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Hm?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: He also said something along the line of weighing the option in his head about destroying it, yes?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: When you asked why, that was also dropped.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Yes.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I slipped
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: That was my fault.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Don't blame yourself, dear, it's situational.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I shouldn't have asked in public.
[ Scarlet ]: There are improper dogs?
[ DericStorm ]: Ghost as a puppy: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Luna-Lunera1.jpg
[ DericStorm ]: I think she's talking about the "handbag dogs"
[ Scarlet ]: Ah, Miss Larsdotter - that reminds me. This is Pirate.
[ Carmen ]: I prefer dogs as well.
[ Ivy ]: I would have taken you for a cat person, Carmen.
[ Scarlet ]: takes out her phone and retrieves a photo...
[ Ivy ]: Puppies! Adorable.
[ EarlJr ]: I'm afraid of dogs
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Although I am inclined to ask why you/Carmen were/was so surprised by the act.
[ Kidman ]: ..................?
[ Ivy ]: He has a good set of eyes on him.
[ Ivy ]: Euge?
[ Carmen ]: One might think, but I'm independant. I prefer pets that give me their full attention.
[ Ivy ]: (Carmen, that makes so much sense.)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Was I surprised?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Mm, I don't suppose I could hide that for long.
[ Kidman ]: feels an odd sensation at that statement but says nothing.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: There have been whispers when you are absent from the room.
[ Carmen ]: (independent, I'm certainly typing too fast for my own eyes today)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Yes, I did expect them to keep the tower in one form or another.
[ DericStorm ]: I see you more as a cat person, Carmen
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: It seemed so... utterly pointless to destroy it.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: *gasp* Pirate is so sweet so!
[ Carmen ]: I'm sure you do, Mr. Storm.
[ Scarlet ]: smiles.
[ Scarlet ]: Perhaps we shouldn't segregate people into dog or cat persons.
[ Carmen ]: Did I hear correctly, Eugene?
[ Scarlet ]: We should each be able to choose who and what we want to love.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: The thought it that he sought to make a statement.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, and also, I lack the ability to sustain a pet. I travel too often. Business, as it were.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: That's my thought as well... but if that statement was directed to me, the connotations are...
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Hm.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: I could take care with it, Miss Carmen!
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: You stole something that would have cowed ACME.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He removed it's value
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: its
[ EarlJr ]: hear what correctly, Carmen?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Your impact
[ DericStorm ]: you're afraid of dogs
[ Ivy ]: yeah, I heard it too.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He slapped you back, as it were.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, yes, Cynophobia?
[ Kidman ]: So we just need to keep a dog with us to keep him away?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: *draws a breath*
[ Kidman ]: pents fingers.
[ Kidman ]: Smithers, release the hounds.
[ Carmen ]: Let's not play on phobias, darling, that's hardly fair.
[ EarlJr ]: I don't think that's going to prompt a desirable reaction Kidman.
[ Kidman ]: I'm sorry... I couldn't resist after all the times he's teased me.
[ Ivy ]: Well.. as much as I'm looking forward to finding out why Euge doesn't like canines, I have ACME paper work to fill out.
[ Ivy ]: Take care, everyone!
[ Carmen ]: Enjoy your day, Ivy.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Hei da, Miss Ivy!
[ Kidman ]: You use paper?
[ Carmen ]: Thank you, and be well.
[ EarlJr ]: later Ives
[ Kidman ]: Bye!
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has left at 1:41 pm
[ Carmen ]: Anja, the last time Patty addopted a pug, she hardly took care of it. I can't have another animal around places of operations.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Aw!
[ DericStorm ]: did it leave a "present" in your shoe, Carmen?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Master... why did you do it? You knew it would shame him.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, if it did, I wouldn't mind. But it was alone often. I had to give it to one of Vic's many family members.
[ Kidman ]: really likes her hat.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: It wasn't Chase I was looking to stir.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: *is her turn to be surprised*
[ Carmen ]: Also, it discovered an odd attachment to one of Sir Vile's legs.
[ Kidman ]: HAH!
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Sir VILE?
[ Carmen ]: I learned quite a bit about pugs at the time.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Then...who else? Who or what would have been worth such a risk?
[ Scarlet ]: I'm sorry to interrupt but I must leave now. Have a good night, everyone.
[ Scarlet ]: Thank you for the lovely company.
[ DericStorm ]: bye
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Hei da, Miss Sophie!
[ Kidman ]: Night, doctor.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Vi snakkes snart!
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I have to admit, the idea of walking into his office and taking the tower from under his nose was more than I could ignore.
[Neutral Grounds]: Scarlet has left at 1:49 pm
[ EarlJr ]: bye doc
[ Kidman ]: wonders if those are really real words.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: But I didn't take the tower because I wanted to provoke Chase.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: is uneasy now that Sophie is not sitting by her.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: It was... simply... collateral damage.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: (They are real words, Kidman. ;-))
[ Carmen ]: notices Anja's reaction.
[ Kidman ]: You can always sit by me. Master has a five foot radius of protection around her.
[ Carmen ]: I've a seat open to my left, Anja.
[ EarlJr ]: ...
[ DericStorm ]: ...
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Then... Was is ACME itself?
[ Carmen ]: *Laughs*
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: rushes next to Kidman and Carmen.
[ Kidman ]: Can you feel it?
[ Kidman ]: (:-))
[ Carmen ]: I really don't know where that idea comes from.
[ DericStorm ]: holds his tongue
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Feel which?
[ EarlJr ]: has no comment
[ Kidman ]: The majick protection!
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Is it magic?
[ Kidman ]: Yes.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: checks under her rump for prank devices.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Mm, one can certainly say that.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Nei. No magic, here.
[ Kidman ]: :weird:
[ EarlJr ]: wonders who was taking what manner of crazy pills
[ Kidman ]: Majick isn't in your butt.....
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Or the memory thereof?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: *pauses*
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: I checked for joke magic tricks in my seat.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Such like buzzers.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: A mean boy set a buzzer in my chair at school one time...
[ Kidman ]: No, this is real majick.
[ EarlJr ]: heh
[ EarlJr ]: real magic...
[ Carmen ]: Mm, boys.
[ Kidman ]: How do you think Master gets away with so much?
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Most boys in Florø were not so nice with me.
[ EarlJr ]: wonders if he should get a field strength meter in order to quantify this 'magic'
[ DericStorm ]: thinks EJ should back and let the crazy people have their ufn
[ Kidman ]: Ufn
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: *thinking* Girls were not so nice with me, either...
[ Kidman ]: hugs Anja
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: hugs back.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: You are so søt so!
[ Kidman ]: ?
[ Kidman ]: Que?
[ DericStorm ]: she thinks you're nice
[ Kidman ]: Oh! Good. You are søt too.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Aw. Takk.
[ Kidman ]: bets Euge would get a reading.
[ Carmen ]: *Laughs*
[ EarlJr ]: reading?
[ EarlJr ]: I can already read, thank you
[ Carmen ]: highly doubts Kidman's imagination is quantifyable.
[ DericStorm ]: she meant your field strength meter would "ding"
[ Carmen ]: Quite the translator today, Mr. Storm.
[ Kidman ]: has to look up 'quantifyable'.
[ Carmen ]: You're starting to sound like your Field Director in one of his snarky moods.
[ DericStorm ]: who? me or the flyboy?
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: What is a snark?
[ Carmen ]: You, of course.
[ Carmen ]: Mr. Grovington has his own brand of sarcasm.
[ DericStorm ]: it's kinda like a grumpkin, Anja
[ Kidman ]: Master would probably hide her majick so it wouldn't show up.
[ EarlJr ]: facepalms
[ Kidman ]: What with the government and all...
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Which is that?
[ DericStorm ]: (I have "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" playing in my head right now)
[ Kidman ]: They take people away for that sort of thing.
[ EarlJr ]: those invisible pink unicorns trip up us sciency folk every time
[ Kidman ]: For tests....
[ Carmen ]: But of course.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: *sighs sadly*
[ Carmen ]: It's the Fluffy Unicorn Paradigm.
[ EarlJr ]: (looks like it's time for me to get moving. It's been surreal as usual.)
[ Carmen ]: As always, thank you, and be well, Mr. Grovington.
[Neutral Grounds]: EarlJr has left at 2:07 pm
[ Kidman ]: Bye?
[ DericStorm ]: ("but the loveliest of all was the unicorn...")
[ Kidman ]: (eh?)
[ Kidman ]: Master, can we have a rave?
[ DericStorm ]: (an old song I used to hear on St. Patrick's Day)
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: *whispers to Kidman* It is more VILE than Derics in here!
[ Kidman ]: :yeah:
[ DericStorm ]: Would more than "one" of me really be a good thing?
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Derics are fine if they not speak abou killing.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: *about
[ Kidman ]: You would probably beat each other up.
[ Carmen ]: A rave? Mm, off-site, of course.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: gets up to poke Deric.
[ DericStorm ]: no, we probably sit around telling funny stories
[ Kidman ]: Yessssssssssssss.
[ Kidman ]: :shock:
[ Carmen ]: (Ah, supper time for me. Thank you for our time, everyone.)
[ DericStorm ]: (bye Pru)
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Aww! Hei da Miss Carmen!
[ Kidman ]: Aww....bye Carmen
[ Carmen ]: Yes, please be well.
[Neutral Grounds]: Carmen has left at 2:13 pm
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: jumps up
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Now is it time to play videogames!
[ DericStorm ]: (actually, I have to go to. Meeting. See you later)
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Hei da, Mr. Detective!
[ Kidman ]: The protection is gone!
[Neutral Grounds]: DericStorm has left at 2:14 pm
[ Kidman ]: Oh, well, bye love
[ Kidman ]: Hmmm....
[ Kidman ]: Well then I'll go take a nap
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Ah. OK.
[ Kidman ]: All this reconn is exhausting.
[ Kidman ]: Will you be okay?
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: Maybe should I go to cut some pie for Astrid.
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: ...And me. :D
[ Kidman ]: :-)
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: I shall be so good, ja.
[ Kidman ]: Cheers, love
[ Anja_Larsdotter ]: hugs Kidman.