FROM: Pele's Tears <noreply-transcript@pelestears.net> Hello Bryce Barren, PELE'S TEARS TRANSCRIPT WITH USER TR *** (5:21 PM) INTO THE WEST CHAT ROOM USER TR HAS LOGGED ON USER GM HAS LOGGED ON <GM 17:21> Checking in. USER TR HAS LEFT THE CHAT USER GM HAS LEFT THE CHAT
SENT: Thursday, May 20, 5:20 PM
TO: Bryce Barren
SUBJECT: Your Pele's Tears Transcript
<TR 17:21> I'm here.
<GM 17:21> Okay so what do you want to do today. We're just trying to tie up loose ends and you were coming home from the swap.
<TR 17:22> Yeah I wanted to ask you about that.
<TR 17:22> Do we have to play a session?
<TR 17:23> Or can we just talk?
<GM 17:23> Lay down on my virtual leather couch.
<TR 17:24> ?
<GM 17:24> Like a psychotrist's office. Forget it. We can do whatever you want.
<TR 17:25> I'm trying to figure out what I would do next. Can you tell me more?
<GM 17:25> About?
<TR 17:25> I mean like OOG tell me what's going on
<GM 17:26> About what?
<TR 17:26> the whole thing, man
<TR 17:26> like what's with Carlo Reyes and the MPD?
<TR 17:27> I mean I know I'm supposed to be in the dark but...
<GM 17:27> Oh THAT
<TR 17:27> I'm like REALLY in the dark.
<TR 17:27> No clue what's going on
<GM 17:28> Hmmm
<TR 17:28> It's the last session so it's not like it's going to ruin anything
<TR 17:29> I just want to know what clues I missed
<GM 17:29> LOL you didn't miss anything
<GM 17:29> I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed in the answer
<GM 17:30> That's the only reason I hesitate to answer
<TR 17:30> Then tell me
<TR 17:31> It's been driving me crazy since Sat
<TR 17:31> I even broke OOG rules and asked Eric what he knew
<TR 17:32> But he knew less than I did!
<GM 17:32> Naughty tsk tsk shame
<GM 17:33> See it's like this...
<GM 17:34> There's no big secret at all
<GM 17:34> It's all petty politics. Reyes felt like things were happening behind his back...
<TR 17:35> Were there?
<GM 17:35> so he put together his own paramilitary force to hound the MPD special ops
<GM 17:35> Were there what?
<TR 17:36> I have no idea what is going on with MPD politics
<GM 17:36> LOL NO ONE DOES! Not even Trent or me.
<TR 17:38> So why was Carlo Reyes attacking the MPD who were attacking random scavengers?
<GM 17:39> Um... a big misunderstanding?
<GM 17:39> Seriously, you're acting like there's a big conspiracy to unravel. There isnt'/
<GM 17:40> Not really at least...
<GM 17:42> There was a small plan to use jack in the Whitefish water supply to calm people down, so the Reichmans and Johnsons wanted to find more of the drug. That's sort of the long and short of it.
<GM 17:43> Reyes caught wind that something was going on and hired mercenaries to kill the MPD special ops.
<TR 17:45> So why was Barrett sending me all over Rivertown to collect intel?
<GM 17:46> Because he didn't know anything either.
<GM 17:46> you were his eyes and ears
<TR 17:47> So HE'S willing to risk MY life sending me on a wild goose chase?
<TR 17:47> Some father in law
<GM 17:47> More or less
<GM 17:48> HA HA
<TR 17:48> What a dick.
<TR 17:49> I'm like seriously mad now.
<GM 17:49> In-laws are always trouble
<TR 17:51> The whole thing was really just some stupid charade?
<TR 17:51> And all those people at the swap got killed for nothing
<GM 17:53> In a word, yes.
<TR 17:55> No scavenger uprising?
<GM 17:57> LOL no! That's some idea Ellen came up with in like the second session and we just went with it. Maybe helped her see that where it didn't exist. We didn't lie extactly, we just didn't correct her misconceptions.
<TR 17:59> So going to Concord was pointless?
<GM 17:59> You got a hot bath out of it
<TR 18:00> ROFLMAO
<TR 18:01> Not sure it was worth it.
<TR 18:01> How dangerous was it going through Rivertown that many times?
<GM 18:04> PRetty dangerous. I told you before. I think it's like a 20% chance you have an encounter, which isn't high (1 in 5). But the options you get aren't good. The times you did get encounters they were small. You can run into like a pack of 12 bloodthirsty dogs or up to 8 heavily armed scavengers. Either would have torn Terrence to shreds.
<TR 18:06> LOL and you would have let them?
<GM 18:06> Absolutely. Trent had two dogs kill Emily's character on the first session.
<TR 18:06> What a dick
<GM 18:07> She was being reckless and he rolled well, she didn't
<TR 18:07> ;)
<GM 18:07> LOL!
<GM 18:07> I'll tell him you said that!
<TR 18:08> Please do
<TR 18:08> 0_0
<GM 18:10> Other questions? That help?
<TR 18:11> No more questions, and yes
<TR 18:12> I just can't believe it was all just stupid politics
<TR 18:13> Terrence would be so pissed
<GM 18:14> Well, yeah!
<GM 18:14> Use that in your final piece
<GM 18:14> I mean none of the specifics, but just that sense of wrongness
<TR 18:15> I'm going to
<TR 18:15> Or can I go kill Barrett Lukowski?
<GM 18:16> LOL you could try but your wife might not appreciate that
<TR 18:16> oh yeah, I keep forgetting that part
<TR 18:18> Okay, I'm good. I've got an idea now. I 'm going to go write
<GM 18:19> YOu go!
<TR 18:20> Thanks for being an awesome GM. We have to do this again sometime.
<GM 18:21> Thanks and I had fun with you as a player. We should!
<GM 18:21> KEep in touch. We do want to try this again.
<TR 18:22> Will do. Hopefully see you in the 8th Note next semester. TTFN