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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.
[Neutral Grounds]: Chase has entered at 10:27 am
[ Chase ]: *Nods* Kidman.
[ Chase ]: In here long?
[ Kidman ]: ...
[ Kidman ]: No
[ Kidman ]: so...what other lovely insights would you like to share with the group?
[ Chase ]: How's it going?
[ Chase ]: What group?
[ Kidman ]: True.
[ Kidman ]: So, how was your childhood?
[ Chase ]: *chuckles* I had at least 12 years of it... all decent. Why?
[ Kidman ]: Must be nice...knowing where you came from. No fun surprises lurking back there. Future is wide open.
[ Kidman ]: Never look over your shoulder into some unknown fear that dogs you with every. waking. moment.
[ Chase ]: Can't say I understand completely about being lost.
[ Chase ]: Once had this conversation with Carmen... though, she didn't seem too sad.
[ Kidman ]: Carmen remembers her past.
[ Kidman ]: She knows who, what she is.
[ Kidman ]: There is nothing in that past to fear.
[ Chase ]: I think there's plenty she fears.
[ Kidman ]: Not like what I do.
[ Kidman ]: Would you like to see something?
[ Chase ]: So why are you in VILE?
[ Chase ]: Sure, what do you have to show me.
[ Kidman ]: unbuttons her jacket, then her shirt, to reveal a long scar down her chest.
[ Kidman ]: *whispers* Where did it come from, Chase?
[ Chase ]: *looks at the scar*
[ Kidman ]: I have my theories....
[ Chase ]: You don't remember?
[ Kidman ]: *screams* I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING!
[ Kidman ]: Do you know, what this, what this like?
[ Kidman ]: Too emotional?
[ Chase ]: No.
[ Kidman ]: Death, is so much safer sometimes.
[ Chase ]: Death is the easiest way out.
[ Kidman ]: I fear I'll curse myself for not taken the chance when I had it.
[ Kidman ]: It's...a guilty pleasure.
[ Chase ]: What's a guilty pleasure?
[ Kidman ]: And then Contessa comes along, teases those strings...
[ Kidman ]: It felt so nice...to fall in...
[ Kidman ]: Something that makes you happy that you know shouldn't.
[ Chase ]: Are you saying Death is a guilty pleasure of yours?
[ Kidman ]: Oh yes... I never knew it until yesterday, though.
[ Kidman ]: And then you link my, literally fatal flaw with Carmen's downfall.
[ Kidman ]: Coup de grace
[ Kidman ]: You say you want to know why I joined VILE?
[ Chase ]: I don't know what you're talking about.
[ Kidman ]: To hide.
[ Chase ]: Hide from what? People who gave you the scars?
[ Kidman ]: Yes....
[ Chase ]: And you think Carmen will hide you?
[ Kidman ]: She has been.
[ Kidman ]: There are no record in VILE.
[ Kidman ]: *records
[ Chase ]: ... and what's to stop these people from looking for you still?
[ Kidman ]: I probably shouldn't be telling you any of this...
[ Kidman ]: Nothing, Chase.
[ Kidman ]: Nothing at all.
[ Chase ]: What if they raid VILE?
[ Kidman ]: laughs
[ Kidman ]: 'Raid' VILE?
[ Chase ]: Not everything is predictable.
[ Kidman ]: Thank you for the laugh....
[ Kidman ]: So yes, apparently I'm a liability. If, of, course, Carmen let me be one.
[ Kidman ]: She won't come back for me.
[ Chase ]: She will.
[ Kidman ]: I won't have it.
[ Kidman ]: If whoever it is that started me claims me again, my life is over.
[ Kidman ]: I'd rather give it to someone I admire and love.
[ Chase ]: You're saying you'd die for her?
[ Kidman ]: If I have no other option, yes.
[ Kidman ]: Everyone dies eventually, Mr. Chase.
[ Chase ]: *chuckles*
[ Chase ]: Thanks for that laugh.
[ Kidman ]: nods
[ Kidman ]: Dark humour helps, doesn't it?
[ Chase ]: Probably.
[ Kidman ]: And I suppose my fear of pain translates into the defense of everyone else from it, ACME or VILE.
[ Chase ]: You fear pain?
[ Chase ]: Could have fooled me.
[ Kidman ]: I can't save myself, but others...
[ Kidman ]: I don't fear death, but I do fear intense pain.
[ Kidman ]: Seems logical, yes?
[ Chase ]: Sure.
[ Kidman ]: Your agents are so cavilier.
[ Chase ]: VILE's always been like that.
[ Kidman ]: Like what?
[ Chase ]: This 'every man for himself' practice.
[ Kidman ]: laughs.
[Neutral Grounds]: Scarlet has entered at 10:03 am
[ Chase ]: Nobody joins VILE for Carmen..
[ Chase ]: they join for themselves.
[ Kidman ]: No, actually Master isn't too happy about my view of things.
[ Kidman ]: (hullo!)
[ Kidman ]: Hullo, Doctor...
[ Scarlet ]: Mm, one ACME, one VILE.
[ Chase ]: *Nods* Sophie, water?
[ Kidman ]: That's what hurt about what you said.
[ Scarlet ]: Good evening, Director, Miss Kidman.
[ Kidman ]: I fear pulling her into my own mess.
[ Scarlet ]: circles around the two and heads for the water jug...
[ Scarlet ]: turns up the dial on the radiator...
[ Chase ]: Yeah, you have to wonder... what she gets for protecting you.
[ Kidman ]: nods.
[ Kidman ]: When she called on me, it was a nightmare.
[ Kidman ]: I just wanted to be a grunt, cannon fodder, as Deric put it.
[ Kidman ]: I didn't want her to know me.
[ Chase ]: You should have thought of that a long time ago.
[ Kidman ]: Perhaps...but then again, this is Carmen.
[ Kidman ]: No doubt, she has plans for me.
[ Chase ]: If something piques her curiosity, it doesn't end, until someone stops it.
[ Kidman ]: I'm not an artifact or a painting, Mr. Chase.
[ Kidman ]: I can remove myself if I feel it nessecary.
[ Kidman ]: In the bizarre chance you are right, I will.
[ Chase ]: With your track record, maybe you won't know what's coming until it hits you.
[ Kidman ]: Would you like me to just do it now, then?
[ Kidman ]: I could get Lee to. We could solve two problems at once.
[ Chase ]: That's not my decision to make.
[ Chase ]: And Lee won't leave, he needs his parasitic role.
[ Kidman ]: ...
[ Kidman ]: cracks wayward smile.
[ Kidman ]: I like you.
[ Kidman ]: I like your priorities, rather.
[ Kidman ]: Don't ever change, Mr. Chase.
[ Chase ]: *Nods* Wish I could say the same about your priorities.
[ Kidman ]: I have them. I just not in as good a position as you.
[ Kidman ]: You put all your problems in a box in your mind.
[ Kidman ]: That must be nice.
[ Chase ]: Probably better than not knowing my problems and living in fear of them.
[ Kidman ]: I know, yes?
[ Kidman ]: Can you imagine how terrible that would be if you couldn't?
[ Kidman ]: Seeing what you've seen, who would you even function?
[ Kidman ]: *how
[ Chase ]: Contants.
[ Kidman ]: And your feelings for Carmen would just be all over everything.
[ Chase ]: My feelings for her don't work the way you think they do.
[ Kidman ]: If you survived one day, then I would let you comment on my 'weakness'.
[ Chase ]: *chuckles* If I survived?
[ Kidman ]: Yes. Just have the box fall apart and go about your day with every feeling and fear run around the office like so many little destructive toddlers.
[ Kidman ]: I think I fair pretty well, considering.
[ Chase ]: You have funny ideals. There are no boxes to keep memory in.
[ Kidman ]: shrugs.
[ Kidman ]: It all goes in a box for me if someone is in danger.
[ Kidman ]: I just wish I could keep it there.
[ Kidman ]: Although...
[ Kidman ]: It was before she called me...more or less...
[ Chase ]: That's hardly boxing anything... that's pushing it aside.
[ Chase ]: People do it when they have priorities.
[ Kidman ]: Then it just got so crowded...
[ Chase ]: With your state... I don't think you would help her, honestly.... I don't think you can.
[ Kidman ]: I'm hoping it will change once she gives me a task. The waiting is horrible.
[ Chase ]: You might want to... I'll give you that, better than Flag's MO.
[ Kidman ]: I don't think Flag has an MO.
[ Kidman ]: Have you ever met him?
[ Chase ]: No.
[ Chase ]: Maybe.
[ Kidman ]: laughs
[ Chase ]: Then there's the latest addition to your house of horrors.
[ Kidman ]: ...yes. I'm not sure what to make of that.
[ Kidman ]: Again, hard as it is for me, I have to hope Carmen knows more than we do.
[ Kidman ]: I find a vague degree of hope in that.
[ Kidman ]: She called on me for a reason and she's not stupid.
[ Chase ]: You know one version of her... I know another.
[ Chase ]: She's not stupid, but she's also someone else...
[ Kidman ]: I'm attempting to believe in the version shown, but the one you know is the one I see.
[ Kidman ]: I would like to think it's because I'm a pessimist.
[ Kidman ]: Would be much easier to believe in the wonder woman version.
[ Kidman ]: Just like how Nevon sees you.
[ Chase ]: You have to believe in that version, it's the woman she wants you to see.
[ Kidman ]: That would be irresponsible.
[ Chase ]: Why not? If it pleases her.
[ Chase ]: You're not in any position to protect her anyway.
[ Kidman ]: ... Just... look, I've been in storage for years, maybe even a decade. It all blurs together. I wasn't ready to leave. I don't think I ever would have, but I don't know that.
[ Kidman ]: You've had your whole life. I'm trying to recalibrate on the fly.
[ Chase ]: She makes mistakes too, she could have made one here.
[ Chase ]: Don't compare yourself with me.. doesn't make a difference. We all work with the cards we're dealt.
[ Kidman ]: I appreciate what you're doing here, though.
[ Chase ]: No need to appreciate any of this... I could be making a huge mistake here too.
[ Kidman ]: shrugs.
[ Kidman ]: No one can say until the last day ends. And even then people will argue over it.
[ Chase ]: History's written by the victor.
[ Kidman ]: That's changing with the times.
[ Chase ]: Sure.
[ Chase ]: History's written by reporters.
[ Kidman ]: History is written by witnesses with blogs and iphone cameras.
[ Kidman ]: I know you cops hate that.
[ Chase ]: No, we like it here at ACME.
[ Chase ]: Public's mostly on our side.
[ Kidman ]: Good for movie nights.
[Neutral Grounds]: DrRoux has entered at 10:58 am
[ DrRoux ]: Bonjour, mon amis.
[ Kidman ]: laughs.
[ Kidman ]: Hello, Doctor Roux.
[ DrRoux ]: *rs rs*
[ DrRoux ]: Why are we laughing?
[ Scarlet ]: Bonjour, M. Roux. :)
[ Chase ]: Roux, come in.
[ Kidman ]: I just thought of something funny, is all.
[ DrRoux ]: Ah! Mme. Sophie, c'est bon, tu vas bien?
[ DrRoux ]: This is good, I make the numbers for VILE, non?
[ Chase ]: That you do.
[ DrRoux ]: You are looking pale, M. le Directeur.
[ DrRoux ]: moves closer to Chase for observation.
[ Kidman ]: sits back and watches the show.
[ Scarlet ]: Ah, ca va bien, merci. Comment vas-tu?
[ Chase ]: *moves back* Just stay where you are.
[ DrRoux ]: pauses.
[ DrRoux ]: Ah, bon.
[ Scarlet ]: Ah, M. Roux - ne touchez pas le directeur, oui...
[ Scarlet ]: Have a seat, please.
[ DrRoux ]: reluctantly sits.
[ Kidman ]: Did you meet the new VILE, DrRoux?
[ DrRoux ]: A oui, this afternoon, I had a conversation with la Comtesse.
[ DrRoux ]: Elle... she is very interesting.
[ Kidman ]: Oh if only I had been there....
[ DrRoux ]: She asked of my researche.
[ DrRoux ]: I have not a good reply for her.
[ DrRoux ]: It is quite intimidating to have your secret researche known by others.
[ Scarlet ]: You can no longer call it "secret"...
[ Kidman ]: Well I didn't tell her.
[ Scarlet ]: It is known now, yes?
[ DrRoux ]: Has M. le Directeur spoken with la Comtesse aussi?
[ Chase ]: Yeah.
[ DrRoux ]: Ah, ah, that is why you are pale today, non? It has made you exhausted.
[ Chase ]: Why don't you keep your comments to yourself, Roux?
[ Scarlet ]: looks more carefully at the Field Director.
[ Kidman ]: Or maybe he exhausted himself playing mind games with me this morning.
[ Kidman ]: evening.
[ Chase ]: *Chuckles* Right.
[ DrRoux ]: I don't imagine M. Devineaux to be susceptible to mind games.
[ Kidman ]: Yes, probably was more fun than exhausting.
[ DrRoux ]: Non, I doubt we see him weak in the thinking area.
[ Chase ]: That sounds like a compliment.... but I don't like the way you're saying it.
[ Scarlet ]: smiles to herself and moves off the open the refridgerator...
[ Kidman ]: So Dr. Roux, what did you think of her?
[ DrRoux ]: Of Madame le Docteur?
[ DrRoux ]: Oh, she is lovely.
[ DrRoux ]: I do not believe she is very American although she works for an American company.
[ DrRoux ]: Le Directeur should find her quite trustworthy, non?
[ DrRoux ]: She must be an essential part of ACME.
[ Kidman ]: Eh? No, I meant Contessa.
[ DrRoux ]: Ah! Ah-ah.
[ Scarlet ]: I believe Miss Kidman enquired afte la Comtesse, monsieur...
[ DrRoux ]: *chuckles under his mask*
[ Scarlet ]: (*after)
[ DrRoux ]: She is a very asserting and wild woman.
[ Scarlet ]: smiles at Dr Roux.
[ DrRoux ]: Non, non, I fear to speak much to her for she is likely to take things personally.
[ Chase ]: Not a bad observation.
[ Kidman ]: thinks the two doctors should date.
[ Scarlet ]: pours out four glasses of orange juice, and puts a straw in them all.
[ DrRoux ]: has no desire for a relationship.
[ Scarlet ]: is not telepathic.
[ Scarlet ]: Orange juice, gentlemen, Miss Kidman?
[ DrRoux ]: The Comtesse is an easy woman to unravel, non?
[ Kidman ]: (lol)
[ DrRoux ]: A oui, juice please.
[ Kidman ]: Oh, yes please.
[ DrRoux ]: You should give one to le Directeur he needs the sugar.
[ DrRoux ]: Even if he protests.
[ Scarlet ]: Ah yes, he will be more keen to drink if we do, too, yes?
[ Scarlet ]: distributes the glasses.
[ Scarlet ]: But, do tell, M. Roux - how is your research going?
[ Chase ]: huh?
[ Chase ]: Right, thanks.
[ Scarlet ]: Did you read about the research of the man I introduced you to?
[ Chase ]: takes a glass.
[ DrRoux ]: A oui, genetics.
[ DrRoux ]: Yet I am more interested in the affects of what comes after, non?
[ DrRoux ]: His researche shall come useful for some things, perchance.
[ Scarlet ]: I believe it might.
[ DrRoux ]: Merci beaucoup
[ DrRoux ]: It is nice to know that I have outside help aussi.
[ Chase ]: What are you helping him with?
[ DrRoux ]: Ah! He is awake.
[ Chase ]: ...
[ Chase ]: I wasn't out.
[ Kidman ]: VILE and ACME together, working for you!
[ Scarlet ]: laughs.
[ DrRoux ]: Sometimes, you can be out and not know it.
[ Scarlet ]: I am researcher, too. One day, M. Roux, your research could help mine in ways you cannot yet imagine.
[ Chase ]: wait, what?
[ DrRoux ]: Do not think too much, M. Devineaux.
[ Kidman ]: Well, neither are actually with a team.
[ DrRoux ]: Ah, Mme Sophie, what kind of research do you do?
[ Kidman ]: laughs
[ Scarlet ]: smiles.
[ Scarlet ]: Currently?
[ Chase ]: drinks his juice.
[ Scarlet ]: UCSF is doing a project on nanotechnology and malignancy.
[ Kidman ]: suddenly extremely interested.
[ DrRoux ]: a oui?
[ Scarlet ]: But these things take a lot of time, you must know.
[ DrRoux ]: they do, much time
[ Scarlet ]: We must wait for many years for the results to qualify themselves, yes?
[ Scarlet ]: sits down on a chair and drinks her orange juice.
[ DrRoux ]: I too await many years.
[ DrRoux ]: Each of my subject require extensive funding aussi
[ DrRoux ]: Without the funds, I am not able to do much.
[ Scarlet ]: eyes Dr. Roux from behind her glass...
[ Scarlet ]: I've no doubt...
[ DrRoux ]: Tell me, as you are all in here more often than I, does Carmen often imbibe anything while she is in the Neutral Grounds?
[ Chase ]: ...
[ Chase ]: Nothing that's uncapped.
[ DrRoux ]: A oui, of course.
[ DrRoux ]: Merci.
[ Chase ]: Don't go asking questions like that.
[ Chase ]: Gives me more reason to act on impulse.
[ DrRoux ]: But we know you are not a violent man, M. Devineaux.
[ Kidman ]: Oh Dr. Roux...
[ DrRoux ]: a oui?
[ Kidman ]: She's not going to drink that here.
[ DrRoux ]: ah... *looks around under his goggles* what does that imply Mlle Kidman?
[ Chase ]: ignores the banter.
[ Chase ]: You only do research, Roux?
[ DrRoux ]: a oui
[ DrRoux ]: That is my job
[ Chase ]: How do you travel?
[ DrRoux ]: With personal transport.
[ Kidman ]: is thinking about things.
[ DrRoux ]: You are thinking I can travel commercial with this mask all the time?
[ Chase ]: Just wondering.
[ DrRoux ]: This mask requires dedication, non?
[ DrRoux ]: It is not as finely trained as your mask, M. Devineaux.
[ Chase ]: Don't throw this back at me.
[ DrRoux ]: I have observed much, and although I am not here for long, I have seen the man you are.
[ Chase ]: More theories, Roux?
[ DrRoux ]: A oui, I am a researcher, I must acquire theories.
[ Kidman ]: Chase is a good man. Let him be.
[ DrRoux ]: I have no doubt he is a good man.
[ Kidman ]: *says quietly*
[ Kidman ]: I like his priorities.
[ Chase ]: Are you getting to a point, Roux?
[ DrRoux ]: A, non, I am saying much more than I intend already.
[ DrRoux ]: You should overcome this grave weakness you have, non?
[ Chase ]: ...?
[ DrRoux ]: Les filles.
[ Kidman ]: :weird:
[ Chase ]: leans back and chuckles.
[ DrRoux ]: You would be doomed on an island of Amazonian women.
[ Chase ]: Like that will happen.
[ Scarlet ]: Are you antagonising the Director on purpose, M. Roux? It is rather unkind of you.
[ DrRoux ]: You bare the guilt of having wronged a woman in your past, non?
[ DrRoux ]: Perhaps more than one woman.
[ Kidman ]: I think Chip is going to the isle of one amazonian woman....
[ DrRoux ]: Ahh, non, Mme. Sophie, I am hardly antagonising M. le Directeur.
[ Scarlet ]: Mm, but you are asking him questions he would rather not answer before other women, yes?
[ DrRoux ]: I did not think of that, Mme Sophie, but you are in the right.
[ DrRoux ]: I apologise, M. le Directeur.
[ Chase ]: ...right.
[ Scarlet ]: Have you been back to Paris recently, M. Roux?
[ DrRoux ]: Ah, non, not since I have worked on this reserche in the mediterranean.
[ DrRoux ]: I am yet going to go to Paris later this year
[ Scarlet ]: Ah.
[ Chase ]: To clean out your mask?
[ DrRoux ]: Nonsense, my mask has a filter.
[ DrRoux ]: I change the filter and it is clean, a oui?
[ Chase ]: Decent design.
[Neutral Grounds]: Carmen has entered at 11:56 am
[ Carmen ]: Evening (or morning/afternoon)
[ Scarlet ]: Good evening, Miss Sandiego.
[ Kidman ]: Thank you, god...
[ DrRoux ]: Ahh! Mme Carmen!
[ Chase ]: Carmen, come in.
[ Kidman ]: Hullo, Carmen
[ Scarlet ]: pours out another glass of orange juice and puts in a red-coloured straw.
[ Carmen ]: I see you've found your favourite chair, Chase.
[ Carmen ]: *Laughs* Thank you, Sophie.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Morning, love.
[ DrRoux ]: notes the red coloured straw.
[ Chase ]: I did... dark grey leather... not bad, huh?
[ Chase ]: pats new armchair.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, emphatically. You should write your name on it.
[ Chase ]: I'll bring in a sharpie next time.
[ DrRoux ]: Ah, no wonder you look pale, M. le Directeur, the chair is also grey.
[ Carmen ]: Pale? He seems normal from this angle.
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has entered at 12:01 pm
[ Scarlet ]: Yes, Dr. Roux has been fretting about the Directeur's colour since he's arrived.
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has left at 12:01 pm
[ DrRoux ]: Ahh, Ivy, bonjour!
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has entered at 12:01 pm
[ Scarlet ]: Good evening, Miss Monaghan - are you with us?
[ Ivy ]: Greets!
[ Ivy ]: *shakes off the rain*
[ DrRoux ]: I am only being the observing docteur, Mme. Conrad.
[ Scarlet ]: Ah, good. I suppose we'll need another glass of orange juice.
[ DrRoux ]: If a man is pale, I must say it.
[ Ivy ]: Storming out there.
[ Scarlet ]: Or would you prefer something warmer?
[ Ivy ]: We wouldn't have any tea would we?
[ DrRoux ]: Mme Ivy, do you think M. le Directeur looks pale?
[ Kidman ]: Hullo, Ivy
[ Ivy ]: *gives Chase a once over*
[ Chase ]: Note... I'm in my new dark grey armchair.
[ Scarlet ]: My dear Dr. Roux - I never look at people searching for something wrong with them. I always presume they are well until they tell me otherwise.
[ Ivy ]: He looks fine.
[ Scarlet ]: puts on the kettle...
[ Ivy ]: A bit lethragic, but fine.
[ Ivy ]: Hello Kidman.
[ Ivy ]: Where did you get this armchair?
[ Chase ]: Like it? I just bought it in today...
[ Chase ]: Reclines a bit too.
[ Chase ]: *pushes the chair back*
[ Ivy ]: Becareful... Carmen might take it.
[ Scarlet ]: My, you do look lethargic now, Director. Don't get stuck.
[ Carmen ]: I do have an eye for dark grey things.
[ Chase ]: *pushes chair upright*
[ Scarlet ]: Miss Monaghan, will Earl Grey be all right?
[ Chase ]: Your sarcasm... so endearing.
[ Ivy ]: Sounds great. Thanks doc.
[ DrRoux ]: Mlle Kidman, you are still lost in thoughts?
[ Kidman ]: Yes. Much to think about.
[ Carmen ]: *looks at Kidman* More thinking?
[ DrRoux ]: observes how small Kidman seems next to Carmen.
[ Chase ]: She's been thinking all the time she's been in here.
[ Kidman ]: Yes...I had a therapy session with Mr. Chase this morning.
[ Kidman ]: He does good work.
[ Carmen ]: Hm, what has he been telling you?
[ DrRoux ]: A session? non, that does not sound so right.
[ Kidman ]: .....
[ DrRoux ]: M. Chase is not a qualified psychologist.
[ Chase ]: I'm qualified enough, I have an armchair.
[ Kidman ]: (lol)
[ Ivy ]: *laughs*
[ Carmen ]: Chase, you haven't been feeding thoughts to my agents, have you?
[ Ivy ]: Anything I can do to help with the tea, Doc?
[ Chase ]: I feed a lot to your agents... this one just likes thoughts.
[ Scarlet ]: looks at the teapot steeping before Ivy.
[ Carmen ]: Honestly.
[ Scarlet ]: You could drink it, perhaps, Miss Monaghan?
[ DrRoux ]: Mlle kidman informs me that M. Chase is a good man.
[ Scarlet ]: It might be a little too thick now... There is enough water in the kettle for a change of water.
[ Scarlet ]: And then some...
[ DrRoux ]: I would like tea, if you have a straw, a oui?
[ Scarlet ]: How are the training sessions going, Miss Monaghan?
[ Scarlet ]: I hear you are running one in tandem with Mr. Storm?
[ Scarlet ]: Certainly, M. Roux...
[ Scarlet ]: takes out another tea cup and cuts a straw in half so that it fits nicely...
[ Chase ]: I am a good man, that's been said more than once.
[ Ivy ]: I don't mind, I like strong tea.
[ Ivy ]: Training is fine. I'm thinking of taking a semester break.
[ Scarlet ]: Do be careful, M. Roux. The water is hot.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, also a rather humble man, I see.
[ Scarlet ]: To travel? (Ivy)
[ Chase ]: That's why I get an armchair.
[ DrRoux ]: Merci beaucoup!
[ DrRoux ]: *sips slowly the tea under his mask*
[ Ivy ]: Seeing all the agents go around, I miss field work.
[ Kidman ]: (that never stops being funny to me for some reason)
[ DrRoux ]: Ah yes, it is quite hot.
[ Ivy ]: *looks at Roux and chuckles softly*
[ Scarlet ]: Ah, you want to do some field work again...
[ Chase ]: Ivy, I offered field, you took trainer...
[ Chase ]: And yes, Carmen, humility is one of my best qualities.
[ Carmen ]: kicks the handle to Chase's chair.
[ Scarlet ]: laughs.
[ Ivy ]: I think you've hit a nerve with Carmen.
[ Chase ]: What the--
[ Chase ]: *moves chair back up right*
[ DrRoux ]: chuckles unhibitedly under his mask*
[ Kidman ]: laughs out loud despite herself.
[ Ivy ]: And Chase, I don't think I'm going to head out into the field just yet.
[ Ivy ]: Doesn't mean I can't be nostalgic.
[ Chase ]: It usually starts wit nostalgia.
[ Chase ]: *with
[ Kidman ]: .
[ DrRoux ]: most things do, non?
[Neutral Grounds]: Chase has left at 12:23 pm
[Neutral Grounds]: Carmen has left at 12:23 pm
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has left at 12:23 pm
[Neutral Grounds]: Scarlet has left at 12:23 pm
[ Kidman ]: ...
[ DrRoux ]: a non
[Neutral Grounds]: Chase has entered at 12:24 pm
[Neutral Grounds]: Carmen has entered at 12:24 pm
[Neutral Grounds]: Scarlet has entered at 12:24 pm
[ Chase ]: Everybody okay?
[ Kidman ]: That was odd
[ DrRoux ]: You were all gone, no?
[ Scarlet ]: Hm...
[ Scarlet ]: dusts herself off...
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has entered at 12:25 pm
[ Carmen ]: It happens from time to time...
[ Kidman ]: Temporal disturbances again
[ Chase ]: yeah, happens less often, but still does.
[ Chase ]: *sits back in his chair.*
[ Scarlet ]: Welcome back, everyone.
[ DrRoux ]: A oui, welcome back
[ Scarlet ]: We were speaking of nostalgia, I believe...
[ Carmen ]: I do like nostalgia, in all forms.
[ Ivy ]: it wasn't just me?
[ Carmen ]: Although I'm rarely able to keep anything physical.
[ Scarlet ]: (Ah, no. Everyone got the boot.)
[ Chase ]: I hear it's a mental disorder.
[ DrRoux ]: Unable to deal with emotions is also a mental disorder, M. Devineaux.
[ Chase ]: ...So is wearing a mask all the time.
[ Chase ]: Sounds familiar?
[ Ivy ]: *laughs*
[ Ivy ]: You know, Euge used to wear a mask all the time too.
[ Kidman ]: ...
[ Ivy ]: I think he's slowly breaking out of that shell.
[ Ivy ]: Maybe Roux could take pointers.
[ Kidman ]: Emotions are part of life.
[ DrRoux ]: Mlle Ivy, I wear this mask not to hide.
[ DrRoux ]: I wear it as a reminder that I will not again plot to kill.
[ Chase ]: Nice decision on your own punishment.
[ DrRoux ]: a oui, until I can be more like Mme. Carmen, I shall not remove this mask.
[ Chase ]: More like her?
[ Carmen ]: Let's try to remain neutral.
[ DrRoux ]: A oui, that, her neutrality, and her love for life.
[ DrRoux ]: All life, not only her own.
[ Chase ]: Right, because I thought you were going to say female thief in red trench coat.
[ Chase ]: *holds on to the handle of his chair*
[ Kidman ]: laughs again.
[ Kidman ]: *is startled by the sound.*
[ Carmen ]: Sometimes, you're awkwardly uncalled for.
[ Chase ]: *lets go of the handle*
[ Chase ]: No, I get it... bigger person shows emotions, people say so without thinking.
[ Chase ]: How many times have you walked by a person in tears and say... oh, gee, they're definitely strong and brave.
[ Ivy ]: (Chase and Carmen banter - I love it.)
[ Carmen ]: Mm, brave perhaps.
[ Kidman ]: watches with great interest.
[ DrRoux ]: (J'aime aussi)
[ Chase ]: It's knowing when to show emotions that counts.
[ Carmen ]: On that, I agree.
[ Carmen ]: Nothing embodies calmness quite like the mastery of oneself.
[ Chase ]: In other words, people who know what's going on, don't panic.
[ Chase ]: Ever seen a fireman panic in front of a fire? -- No, because he knows what's going on.
[ Carmen ]: He's been trained to handle that very thing.
[ Kidman ]: chuckles softly.
[ Chase ]: If he panics, what hope is there for everybody else?
[ Carmen ]: Understandable.
[ Chase ]: In a case... you tell your people exactly what they need to know, the way they need to know it.
[ Chase ]: Because when they know, they don't panic.
[ Chase ]: Last thing you need is a bunch of agents running around like chickens with their heads cut off.
[ Carmen ]: Of course not.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I see you are not on gmail. Would you like to be left alone today?
[ Ivy ]: and that's why you are the director of operations.
[ Ivy ]: ...hello?
[ Scarlet ]: Yes?
[ Kidman ]: (did this thing die again?)
[ Ivy ]: yeah
[ Ivy ]: 6 people... completely blank
[Neutral Grounds]: Carmen has left at 12:58 pm
[ Scarlet ]: Hm...
[ Kidman ]: That's...odd
[ Chase ]: Oh no...
[ Chase ]: What happened?
[Neutral Grounds]: Carmen has entered at 1:00 pm
[ Ivy ]: Carmen dropped out
[ Ivy ]: and hey.. she's back in!
[ Carmen ]: Mm, hiccup?
[ Scarlet ]: Welcome back.
[ Kidman ]: test
[Neutral Grounds]: DrRoux has left at 1:03 pm
[ Kidman ]: Well...I have to go.
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has left at 1:04 pm
[ Chase ]: Chat must be malfunctioning.
[ Carmen ]: Mm, it would seem.
[ Kidman ]: want to go to gchat?
[ Carmen ]: Shame as well, we were having quite a conversation.
[ Chase ]: Picking at brains...
[ Chase ]: Right, I'm on gmail...
[Neutral Grounds]: DrRoux has entered at 1:05 pm
[ Carmen ]: Are we all well?
[ DrRoux ]: a oui
[ DrRoux ]: there was a long pause for me.
[ DrRoux ]: I was also intently listening to Chase and Carmen.
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has entered at 1:07 pm
[ Ivy ]: back
[ Ivy ]: ...hello?
[ Kidman ]: Hey
[ Ivy ]: Chat is being weird today
[ Carmen ]: Yes, it is.
[ Carmen ]: (I also cannot seem to get into gmail.)
[ Chase ]: (Can't go into gmail?)
[ Chase ]: (We can try stay here for a few more)
[ DrRoux ]: A oui, I am fine.
[ Kidman ]: (oh...okay, I was getting a little worried...)
[ DrRoux ]: What part of the Carmen and Chase conversation did I miss?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Can you see this?
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Ah, yes I can.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: How are you, dear?
[ Chase ]: Not much.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Okay...so you aren't mad at me...?
[ Chase ]: It's nice we got decent talking going.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Mad? Oh no, did I give that impression?
[ Carmen ]: We rarely converse.
[ Carmen ]: Lack of topics to agree on, of course.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I couldn't seem to hail you here or in gmail, so of course I jumped to conclusions.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Chase took Kidman apart this morning.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Ah, that explains much, I haven't been able to log into my gmail today.
[ Ivy ]: I'm a bit worn down from the last chat session
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Chase took Kidman apart?
[ Kidman ]: I have to leave soon too.
[ Chase ]: Hangover from the drinking, Ivy?
[ Chase ]: Contessa and all...
[ Ivy ]: Ha.
[ DrRoux ]: *Muffled laughter*
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Yeah...I'll, let me get the log. I save them all for inspiration.
[ DrRoux ]: She is quite the show!
[ Ivy ]: It's always exciting to see new characters.
[ DrRoux ]: Rarely does a woman exhibit so much interest from me.
[ Chase ]: Nice to know Roux isn't dead inside.
[ Ivy ]: She does have a charm about her.
[ Scarlet ]: I have come to notice that men who often appear "dead" on the outside are most alive "inside".
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: http://www.theseventhstarprojects.com/chaseangst.htm
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: This should be interesting.
[ Ivy ]: Well in that case, Chase must be a hoot.
[ Ivy ]: ...on the inside.
[ Scarlet ]: A hoot?
[ Carmen ]: I... tend to disagree.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I don't know if he was trying to protect Carmen by building Kidman up or taking her down, or if he was trying to hurt Carmen by taking her down.
[ Chase ]: I am a hoot... not in the party sense... more like the owl.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I don't know if he knows.
[ Carmen ]: *Laughs*
[ Ivy ]: dry... so dry, this humor.
[ Carmen ]: See? He's hardly 'dead on the outside."
[ Scarlet ]: The Countess does sound interesting in chat. I would like to see her in the threads soon.
[ Scarlet ]: Will she be in Paradigm Shift?
[ Ivy ]: I sure hope so.
[ Carmen ]: She will have a role in Paradigm Shift, yes.
[ DrRoux ]: A oui!!?
[ Chase ]: ...
[ Scarlet ]: Good.
[ Chase ]: Lots of exclamation marks for you, Roux.
[ DrRoux ]: I apologise, I am oddly excited yet frightened by this prospect.
[ Ivy ]: *laughs*
[ Chase ]: ...
[ Carmen ]: *Laughs lightly*
[ Carmen ]: That's quite a reaction.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Of course, Kidman started it.
[ DrRoux ]: (Who writes Contessa, if I can ask?)
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Never did get over the chat yesterday.
[ Chase ]: (One of Al's friends.)
[ Scarlet ]: Oh, dear... M. Roux. You are amusing.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Chase's 'voice' is so odd in this log.
[ Ivy ]: (should I be writing an enterance into Paradigm?)
[ Kidman ]: The term is 'ambivalence'
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Oddly emotional.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Oddly cruel.
[ Chase ]: (I have Scarlet writing something to move the story for now, so Ivy, you can write something just for yourself.)
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Yes... It's... odd.
[ Ivy ]: (ah just for myself... *forever alone*)
[ Chase ]: Heh
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He does open up to her in odd ways...
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has left at 1:24 pm
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has entered at 1:24 pm
[ Kidman ]: (:kiss:)
[ Scarlet ]: I can always do a post later, Ivy...
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: He was referencing this conversation in the one he had with you.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: He does open her up oddly, doesn't he?
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has left at 1:26 pm
[ Chase ]: ...
[ Chase ]: Poor Ivy
[Neutral Grounds]: Ivy has entered at 1:26 pm
[ DrRoux ]: A oui
[ Ivy ]: test
[ Ivy ]: ah finally!
[ Ivy ]: I could see your words but couldn't talk back...
[ Ivy ]: it was like a terrible dream.
[ Scarlet ]: Hm...
[ Scarlet ]: Chat is really cruel this evening...
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Will you be on long? The wife is making me get groceries in three minutes. I had to barter for this time.;-p
[ Kidman ]: In more ways than one.
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I may need to go for supper, but we will meet again soon, if not today. :)
[ Ivy ]: (and don't worry about the post Scarlet, I'm just anxious to get the RP moving)
[ Scarlet ]: (We are of the same mind. :) )
[ DrRoux ]: I am also very excited about Paradigm Shift
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: Kidman is so odd with Chase, I'm almost baffled.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Should you ever make it into gmail, I sent you the account I wrote on the Tilda escapade. I was wondering if it had scared you, though I couldn't see why.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Do write your thoughs on the Chase/Kidman thing?
[ Scarlet ]: laughs.
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: I'm curious as to your take, but I must leave.
[ Scarlet ]: What are you more excited about now, M. Roux?
[ Scarlet ]: Will you still be meeting Miss Sandiego?
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: Cheers!
[ Kidman ]: Bye loves!
[ Carmen->Kidman ]: I'll have to read the chat log again, it's almost not the voice I'm used to from Chase.
[ Ivy ]: Later Kidman
[ Carmen ]: Be well, dear.
[ Scarlet ]: Goodbye...
[ Kidman->Carmen ]: <3
[ DrRoux ]: I would like to meet Mme Sandiego in the RP, oui
[ Chase ]: Take care, Kidman.
[ DrRoux ]: A bien tot!