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04:02:06 Devastator: welp, get to do something the GM didn't expect me to do.
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04:04:06 RC: Just dropping in to ask if any of you want to volunteer to be the 1 person bobby knows in morphgame?
04:04:30 Devastator: I've got no issues with that.
04:04:36 Devastator: Bobby's an adult, right?
04:05:09 RC: If so, we can figure out how and why they'd know each other, since "at school" doesn't work with Bobby.
04:05:20 Devastator: There are weekends.
04:06:03 RC: True, but I don't wanna say "Bobby knows person X from playing tennis with them on weekends" if I don't know if playing tennis is a thing that character would do.
04:06:24 Devastator: Well, the books are very 90s.
04:06:35 Devastator: so Zack probably has a skateboard somewhere.
04:07:14 RC: The game is set in [currentyear] though.
04:07:23 RC: Though I guess skateboarding is still a thing.
04:07:34 RC: But not really something Bobby would do, for example.
04:08:17 Devastator: lemme read over his sheet again.
04:10:17 Devastator: Well, Zack's not stupid, just lazy. Might have had a few interesting conversations.
04:11:50 RC: Maybe it'd fit more easily with one of the other 2 people in here that are in the game?
04:11:53 RC: Then again, probably not
ER's character since she appears to be a hobo lol.
04:12:18 Devastator: Yeah,
ER's char is based off his Pumsy's character who had basically the worse imaginable backstory.
04:12:31 ER: why's you show up and not ping me until now!?
04:12:34 Devastator: imprisoned as a slave.
04:13:17 RC: Because I enjoy your suffering
ER~
04:13:30 Devastator: But nah, lots of ways. His parents are professionals, and could have met Bobby through them or bobby's relatives.
04:13:31 RC: Imprisoned as a slave, oof.
04:14:06 RC: Not sure how she would have ended up in rural 'Murica though. Maybe through a refugee program of sorts?
04:14:19 RC: And that's actually a good angle,
dev.
04:15:16 ER: and man, nobody is going to know Sophia or have any oppurtunity to bump into her again xD
04:15:45 RC: Oh, you mean she's from South America and made her way over?
04:16:22 ER: nah, was probably kept somewhere close to where we are now
04:16:33 Devastator: There are examples.
04:16:56 RC: Ooh, like some sort of religious cult?
04:17:59 RC: Or is regular keeping-people-for-labor slavery still a thing in the US?
04:18:19 RC: Either way, yeah I've been thinking of a way we could all connect to each other, and have a possible idea.
04:18:49 RC: But if she can't read like her bio says, it's gonna be difficult yeah.
04:19:23 RC: Hmm, maybe it would be better then,
ER, to say she and Bobby know each other somehow? So you still have a way to connect to the others?
04:20:40 ER: up to you if you want to associate with the edgy murderhobo
04:21:35 RC: Cause for the others an initial idea I came up with is to spread flyers for a movie night screening "invasion of the body snatchers". Bit on the nose but it's an excuse for players to reconnect.
04:22:56 RC: We'd have to find a plausible story for why they know each other. Maybe say that Bobby helped out in a soup kitchen for a little while and they met there?
04:28:01 RC: Ok then, I'll put that in my action then.
04:29:45 Devastator: Don't think we're watching anything at this moment.
04:30:09 Devastator: we were playing Multiplayer Spelunky, a game called Vagante.
04:34:25 Devastator: we're about 2/3 of the way to winning, more or less.
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04:41:54 MJ: Not bad honestlly I’m going to med school I tell you that?
04:42:09 MJ: Or I should say I’m going to it in like 3 months
04:42:40 MJ: It was a very long day in the lab. As evidenced by the fact that I’m on IRC as I walk back
04:42:41 RC: I -think- it came up at some point in the past maybe, but it's been a while so not sure.
04:42:59 RC: Good on you though! Wow, med school.
04:43:00 MJ: I probably was like applying for it last time we talked
04:43:19 RC: Oof, long lab days, don't get me started. >_>
04:43:25 RC: What're you working on these days?
04:43:30 MJ: But yeah I got in so I’m excited. Doing the dual degree physician scientist program. Because appernetly I hate myself
04:43:51 MJ: Uhh essentialy immune responses to wasp venom
04:44:00 MJ: Specifically parasitoid wasp
04:44:16 MJ: Test how conserved the mechanisms it uses are
04:44:48 MJ: How about yourself? I know your some kind of scientist but I forget what. Something with mice?
04:45:46 ER: man, physician plus scientist?
04:46:13 RC: Dual degree sounds like a doozy. :o
04:46:36 MJ: It’s gonna be a lot. 7 year program not counting residency.
04:46:59 RC: And that actually sounds pretty neat! Conserved across which species, if I may ask?
04:47:07 MJ: Damnit I keep walking through spider webs.
04:47:29 RC: I'm working in cardiology, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy to be precise.
04:47:48 RC: And yeah we have a mouse model we are working with (2 actually).
04:48:11 RC: Validating and characterizing the model right now, basically.
04:48:38 ER: thanks go out to you fleshtechs for being willing to work with the most frustrating machines in the universe
04:49:00 MJ: Oh neat. And sure, it’s drosophila melonogaster (fruit flies) response to lepotneria boludari and Venturi a cansecens venoms.
04:49:23 MJ: And yes
ER, I’ve spent the past week being outsmarted by bacteria.
04:50:00 MJ: Indeed. Ecoli is a traitor who will turn on you in a second.
04:50:23 MJ: And just straight up die instead of making protein like a good bacteria
04:51:00 Devastator: oh, got a live character in Crawl tonight,
MJ.
04:52:15 Devastator: Same as last time, spriggan fire elementalist.
04:52:31 Devastator: xl 10 and I'm staring at a really dangerous looking mini-vault thing.
04:53:37 MJ: And
RC that sounds really cool so are you guys testing drugs or like implants for cardiology?
04:54:47 RC: E.coli is the worst and anyone who disagrees has never tried to do cloning. This is a hill I will die on.
04:55:03 Devastator: lemme fire it up. It's easier to see.
04:55:06 MJ: I will join you on that hill.
04:55:38 MJ: Can’t watch just yet
dev, phone doesn’t like keeping IRC open in the background for whatever reason
04:56:11 Devastator: well, it's got an acid dragon, two two-headed ogres, a orc priest, a troll..
04:56:24 Devastator: no insanely dangerous enemies, but it's just being in a small room with them all.
04:56:43 Devastator: oh, and a death knight.
04:56:47 Devastator: and an oklob plant.
04:57:11 Devastator: no, haven't even found lair.
04:57:21 RC: Yeah, the idea is that if we can validate these models then we'll be using them as a testbed for new therapies, specifically WT gene overexpression through AAV delivery or straight up fixing shit with prime editing (an evolution of crispr-cas).
04:57:24 Devastator: on the plus side, I have Metabolic Englaciation, or the area slow spell.
04:57:49 RC: But of course for all that to work the little buggers need to actually, you know, develop the disease phenotype, which so far they seem to refuse to do.
04:58:06 ER: I don't know what any of that means but it sounds *very impressive*
04:58:09 Devastator: ahh, evolution, she is a harsh mistress.
04:58:18 MJ: Ah I’ve heard stories of mice being dicks.
04:58:49 MJ: But thankfully I only need to deal with them if it turns out the venom is really conserved
04:59:20 MJ: Or I should clarify the venoms pathways
04:59:37 RC:
ER, imagine a disease caused by a certain mutation in a certain gene. You then make some mice with the same mutation in the same gene, int he hope that they will now also get the disease. Sometimes this works, but sometimes it doesn't, cause mice aren't humans.
04:59:47 MJ: So are you a PhD
RC? I thought you were for some reason.
05:00:37 MJ: Ah one of the PhDs in the lab I’m working in is about to graduate. So it does happen :P
05:01:30 RC: I, for one, am still convinced they are just gonna look at my project, go "naaaah" and chuck it in the nearest recycling bin.
05:01:35 MJ: God damnit I swear I’ve walked through 4 fucking spider webs on their walk
05:02:01 MJ: I’m not even in the woods I’m just walking through campus
05:02:01 RC: Was your response to them conserved
MJ?
05:02:13 ER: why must you keep smashing spider homes
mj
05:02:35 MJ: Very
RC, I cursed violently and flailed my arms. As is tradition.
05:02:37 RC: Draw me the signaling cascade of your sorrow.
05:03:13 MJ: Having to draw novel signaling cascades is my sorrow
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05:05:29 MidJag: And free of the damn spider wbes
05:05:37 Devastator: lemme know when you're around.
05:05:55 Devastator: oh, it's twitch.tv/kofiman21,
RC.
05:06:06 Devastator: if you want to hear the dulcet tones of an incredibly heavily accented local. ;-p
05:06:09 RC: Thanks, but probably time for me to call it a day as well tbh.
05:06:22 MidJag: Alright
RC, good to see you.
05:06:25 ER: anyways, still hoping that Sophia gets better luck and doesn't get killed in the first scene
05:06:33 RC: Long day tomorrow, and still gotta do some laundry and get dinner.
05:06:55 MidJag: Hopeuflly I'll see you again before we both have doctorates
05:07:21 MidJag: Yeah
dev that looks tought
05:07:31 MidJag: I'd just try going down one more floor.
05:07:36 RC: Alright guys, have a good one.
MJ, was nice chatting again, if you ever want to talk shop/vent about how everything is on fire and nothing works, you know where to find me!
05:07:45 ER: what'll that be? another couple decades? ;p
05:08:27 MidJag: You joke, but your not eniterly wrong :P
05:08:41 MidJag: Oh man melialas are bad news
05:08:59 MidJag: and fly as fast as killer bees
05:09:52 Devastator: The fun factor of the spell is simply amazing.
05:10:03 Devastator: "I'm gonna cast a spell which makes you explode when you die."
05:10:13 Devastator: and take extra damage whenever something hits you.
05:10:44 MidJag: I expect orc mine will be very fun
05:12:41 MidJag: Ring of fire is really good for you
05:12:49 MidJag: It makes your fire spells strong
05:13:00 MidJag: And gives you fire resistance
05:13:08 MidJag: But you also get cold vulneruability
05:13:23 MidJag: Oh sorrry
ER, I was adding
er to the end of strong
05:14:55 MidJag: I don't think I've ever used evlyion
05:15:02 MidJag: She's like the pacifisct god right?
05:16:19 MidJag: Well kind of a shame, the pacfisit thing always struck me as intresting if horribly underpowered in a game entierlly built around killing shit
05:16:54 MidJag: That is just terrible luck
05:19:57 MidJag: You neeed a specific item to unlock them
05:20:01 MidJag: And they are super dangerous
05:20:24 MidJag: That's actually pretty cheap
05:21:06 MidJag: But yeah
dev I would go explore lair now your getting pretty deep
05:21:47 MidJag: Lair is a pain but typically if I can survive lair I'll be okay
05:22:04 MidJag: Also wow, you just schooled that hyrda
05:22:13 MidJag: Althought it can probably one shot you if it hits you
05:26:48 MidJag: You need like airstrike
05:27:05 MidJag: It's a smite target high damage spell
05:27:12 MidJag: would go well with inner flame
05:31:52 MidJag: I always forget that the size of inner flame explosion is determined by the size of the creature
05:33:09 MidJag: It's like a panic summons
05:40:55 MidJag: Also I will be back in like 30 mintues, I just realized that all I've eaten today was a bagel.
06:11:18 MidJag: But if you kill all of them in one go that'll be impressive
06:23:41 MidJag: This is quite the vault
06:24:36 MidJag: I would summon your beast
06:25:02 MidJag: Oh when it dies it turns into a zombie
06:26:31 MidJag: Nah because the chunks the explosions generated would have done you fine
06:28:07 MidJag: I've not seen shadow dragon armor
06:29:11 MidJag: OKay if you survive this. I thikn I might go to bed
06:29:55 MidJag: but I unfortunatly need to go to bed
06:32:33 MidJag: And ally spamm to get close?
06:33:26 MidJag: Then that's not super useful
06:33:46 MidJag: acid summon spam is probably your best bet
06:40:03 MidJag: If you beat orc save it yeah
06:40:05 Devastator: and the shadow statue ATE IT.
06:40:15 Devastator: always nice killing a statue.
06:40:52 Devastator: welp, time to boost armour user. ;-p
06:41:30 Devastator: evocations is also fun.
06:43:17 Devastator: hah, found a +6 ring of strength just now.
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07:01:55 syv: That conversation between
RC and
MJ was amusing.
07:02:31 syv: "What do you do?" "Oh, I'm studying mice to try and develop a gene therapy for heart arhythmia"
07:03:16 syv: "And you?" "Studying the conservation of an immune-blocking wasp venom to try and invent a new medical treatment."
07:03:32 syv: "Cool, cool. I watch the clouds and play elden ring at work."
07:22:18 Devastator: It's almost like education has purpose. ;-p
07:23:20 ER: I'm gonna move matter from one place to another
07:23:41 syv: It was required for cloud watching
07:24:01 Devastator: Did Rem ever end up asking you about guns?
07:24:11 Devastator: Also, fuck the orc finale. Won, but goddamn it was a room and a half.
07:24:21 syv: I did do research on getting around California's gun laws.
07:24:31 syv: The P90 is actually fantastic.
07:24:36 Devastator: actually, the assault weapons ban got repealed.
07:24:52 Devastator: by the supposedly ultra-liberal circuit.
07:25:07 Devastator: Like four months ago.
07:25:47 Devastator: and 'repealed' is the wrong word, and I didn't dive for the details there.
07:26:02 Devastator: gotta write extinction.
07:26:10 syv: I was looking at *current* listing for CA legal guns, but if they suddenly just stopped enforcing a bunch of rules there'd still be a lot of old-compliant guns.
07:26:43 syv: Anyways, it's actually pretty trivial to make even the worst CA-compliant PS90 into a full auto, concealable, 50-round military P90.
07:27:22 syv: Found a nice youtube video shot with some guy's phone on his couch, showing the modifications you need to make to the trigger pack to make it auto.
07:27:39 syv: Pretty sure I could do it myself in a day...
07:29:32 syv: They also apparently have legal AR pistols. Just, they have weird insane mechanisms to make it mildly annoying to reload. And the 30-round mags are blocked to 10... but if you get the right ones it's easy to just break the block.
07:30:16 syv: Big issues are the 10 day delay, and the mandatory reporting and registration of legal purchases.
07:30:38 syv: So if you go and buy six P90s for an entire team, real chance of someone popping in and asking what you're doing.
07:31:59 syv: "Ah, I understand! But you see, I am also a space alien. You are now under arrest."
07:32:00 Devastator: "I need them for fighting space aliens, and I can transform into an elephant."
07:33:10 Devastator:
Syv, you think Sessha would invest the two plain potions to bring the kids back to max HP asap?
07:33:41 Devastator: Wasted, but.. yeah.
07:34:05 syv: I wouldn't. But I'm not a mom, or concerned about gameovers.
07:35:48 Devastator: you also have 11 of them.
07:38:09 syv: Are they still effectively free to replenish when adventuring?
07:38:40 Devastator: At your level? Pretty much.
07:44:10 Devastator: She is also burning a mana potion. It's only noon, after all.
07:44:29 Devastator: Yes, battle aura is being used to make it count triple.
07:44:51 syv: Kevin was just chasing his tail or something, and fell off the table
07:45:05 syv: Burning a mana potion hurts ;-;
07:45:11 Devastator: "I meant to do that!"
07:45:26 Devastator: although from how you described Kevin, he might be too derpy to fake it.
07:46:47 syv: He did then run to the other side of the room, jump on the counter, and start to lick his paws like nothing happened.
07:47:58 syv: In this case it's less "I meant to do that", more that he recovers quickly because he's used to falling off thinga
07:48:23 syv: He is a very big cat. But he thinks he's a very small one. And he has the balance of a small one, too.
07:49:06 Devastator: bad balance or good balance?
07:50:01 Devastator: does he get stuck places too?
07:50:28 syv: The most common one is getting a claw stuck in something.
07:50:58 syv: And then hanging there, or laying down facing away with his leg stretched back at an awkward angle.
07:51:14 syv: While he quietly cries. Or sometimes just sits there like everything is normal.
07:52:32 syv: I worry about having to do another fight while Trence and Willis have double knockouts v.v
07:52:48 Devastator: Yeah, well, shit happens.
07:53:02 Devastator: 3rd ko isn't dead, it's 'you're down for the day'
07:54:28 Devastator: for the record, Uncle's been inside the citadel this whole time.
07:56:15 syv: Still able to get more information while Sessha's running through the streets
07:56:27 syv: But yes, I assumed he wasn't here earlier, hence the excitement
07:58:22 Devastator: yeah, he woulda gotten mulched in the fighting.
08:00:04 Devastator: (and yeah, he should have some info.)
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