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Well, for the time being, Vote: Peter Robbins (KingoftheZempk) seems like the obvious choice.

Well, I was attempting to mimic the structure of the quote for emphasis at first.. I deviated a -wee- bit. As for helpful suggestions, well, I'm not really aware of any, but that doesn't justify making a bunch of unhelpful suggestions, either.

Responsibility? Oh sheesh, I didn't sign up for this! "Sorry Knifk, but I'm gonna ask you to take a hit from someone this round. If we could work it so that the (regular) Interrogator gets a free hit, that'd be even better, but this should be fine as is.." Order: Knifk Thormanil Arasmyth Ad-hoh Elgar Actions: (Lines with ** denote my input/decision) **Thormanil attacks Lead Interrogator from front row. consumes a Smelling Salts, followed by a Nostrum. *Ad-hoh attacks Akkaba Mage from back row with darkness. *Elgar attacks Akkaba Paladin from back row with crossbow **Knifk attacks Lead Interrogator from the back row **Arasmyth attacks Zealot from back row with a wind spell OoC: Really, though, if -anyone- has a problem with this order/action list, please speak up. I know we want to keep the game rolling, but I don't want to feel like the one responsible when we end up face-down in the sewers, haha.

I could try again, perhaps with a bit less blathering.. Ensign Mandel is making unhelpful suggestions to try and appear helpful. He keeps doing it. I find it suspicious. Better?

As of right now, Dakar A Ensign Mandel has only shown up a few times. Although I may be in an even worse space raft than him, I still feel as though he has been just as unhelpful as I have been He's already "confirmed" both the existence of a loyalist kill role and additional factions. Despite his "confirmations" seeming to be based entirely off of others' thoughts, I appreciate the helpful recaps of "facts" . He moves from one 'helpful' idea to the next as each is suggested to not necessarily be true. His latest idea was to look at those of us who hadn't made it to the bridge yet, though he didn't really commit to that suggestion, either, suggesting that we're just lazy, not necessarily scummy. And to continue with the unhelpful ideas, Just like we simply know that there MAY be a blasterproof, double-voting, one-eyed purple people-eater on the ship, just waiting for one of us to meander down a dark corridor. I may have to take back my previous statement--the Ensign may have proven to be more helpful than I'd originally thought. The way I see it, he's making a bunch of unhelpful 'helpful' suggestions. But maybe I'm just reading into it too much (I did just get off the graveyard shift, after all. Someone's got to keep an eye on the security cams! ...Wait, there's a dead body? And it happened overnight? Uhh, musta happened while I was on break!)

Thormanil attacks the Lead Interrogator from the front row.

"Shoulda known that wouldn't work, ain't no blood fer me to do a proper ritual! My, uh, my bad, Mr Bones!" "Hm, how about we split up, one of us approaches, the rest of us take steps away from the table, see if we can't confuse the thing."

Thormanil spends two ether, one to heal Knifk, and another to attempt to heal the orc-skeleton-thingy.

If it's as killer as you say, then I'll deliver it to Commander Cammy mehself!

Lt. George Harper, CSO, ready to crack skulls if anyone starts any trouble! 'Course, there's not been trouble aboard this ship for long as I can remember, so my boys and I usually end up playin' cards a lot. But we're gettin' paid to do it, so ya won't hear us complainin'!

(EB) Mafia History: Cirque Du Freaque, Yakuza, and Jedi Temple. I think I played well enough in CDF, wasn't proud of my Yakuza performance, and my head rolled out of the Temple far too early for me to do much (guess that's what you get when you confide in the godfatherlord of the sith, heh). 2) What is space (in your own words) A vast expanse of resources (and other life, but I'm not concerned with that here). So much to discover, and so very much to be mined out for industrial/development purposes once we discover it "Earth First! (We can mine the other planets later)" is a favorite slogan of mine. 3) What is 2 + 2? Dang it, I'm posting too late to have one of the first witty answers. If I even try, everyone will just shrug, roll their eyes and mutter "Psh, he's trying too hard to be funny like that Shadows guy!" It's five. 2 + 2 = 5. Edit: Double dang it, I wasn't even the first one for "five". Oh well, just more support for that being the true answer, I suppose. Depends what you're taking the derivatives in respect to. Safe to assume Fxx here, but hey, never know. Calc is a cruel mistress.

OoC: Definitely didn't mean to offend, and I'm very sorry if I came off as such You've been doing a great job thus far! Kes has definitely seemed whimsical and a bit ditsy, but given that we went the first six tries or so without hearing it, despite it being in the description (and, none of us asked about it/for that information in that time, either), well, it certainly could have slipped my mind if I'd been in your shoes. My color-matching idea came up from the singing and the colors on the tiles in the first picture -almost- matching some of the potential solutions I'm looking at. And if it really was as easy as Kes told us it was, I'd be quite embarrassed for having put so much work into it, heh. I'll edit this in a minute or five with another combination. "Err, heh heh, whoopsie! Sorry 'bout that!" He dusts some ashes off of Arasmyth's shoulder, before healing him. "Here, stand on 7 for me. Rest of ya, step on 2, 6, 8. I'll try to cross. Good news is there aint many wrong options left, hah!" Edit 2: It's 1 am. I just figured it out (and the combo I posted earlier stands). Megablocks. Well played, Jeb, well played.

The main quest'll always be there -- gotta go for that 100% completion! Anyone can stop the moon from falling, but only a true heroof time can fix a marriage, unzombify a zombie, and chase off alien cownappers before worrying about that big ol' moon!

Namely, pursuing all the fluff that was added for flavor, while ignoring the actual quest at hand?

"Don't worry Arasmyth, I've gotcher back if ya fall! Which may or may not happen here.. But at least if ya fall, I can heal ya, and ya won't be goin' blind! I'll have this all figgered out before then!" "Now, let's get switches 2, 4 and 6 pressed, and I'll keep sittin' here on 7. Hold yer breath, Arasmyth!" OoC: To be honest, giving us the sections that materialized each time would make this a wee bit easy. For reference though, here's your post, in case Kes' memory is linked to your own :P. Also, if this turns out to be a color-match puzzle instead of a guess/check, well then...

"Why, right there, m'dear scientific apparition! And while I'm quite interested in what happens when Ad-hoh attempts to create a bridge of vines (I can't imagine it goin' too well), I'd also like to test a quick little theory..." He shoves Arasmyth towards the bridge, who stumbles forward. Thormanil steps onto Switch #7 just before Arasmyth steps onto section A. Time itself slows to a crawl as Thormanil waits to see whether or not Arasmyth falls through.

"Well, now, hang on a second. I got hasty and should have listed option ©, where neither of my predicted outcomes worked out, in which case I'd take a step back and rethink it.. But ah well, there's no fun if ya don't get yer hands dirty!" He heals himself while he thinks about the trap's results so far. "If you give me another try or two, I'm sure I can get this. " Edit: "Actually, Kes, didn't you say you'd tell us which sections had materialized after we'd gone for a toasty bath, even if we didn't reach that section?"

"Heh heh, sorry Elgar, had to test my theory . Alright, I'll be the test dummy for all both tries, while the rest of the group should stand on: 3, 4, 5, 6. If I (a)fall at section four, try 3, 4, 5, 8, but if I (b)fall at section three, try 3, 4, 6, 7."

"A harlot, eh? Well, it aint easy bein' easy, so the girl musta had some good looks about her. I'll take that as a compliment, aha! Now, hrm.. If I'm seeing this right, I do believe Elgar is going to go for a swim at the second section, but it's no fun if we don't try it anyway."

"Finally, someone with a proper head on his shoulders, heh heh! If we had concerns about guards at the gate, rushin' to the Prison district seems about as counterproductive as possible. Y'know how they keep prisoners locked up, dontcha? With guards, ha! Mages though, they're squishy. I'd bet my last few coins that we can get 'em to talk. Speakin' of coins, how's about that little welcoming gift the paladin and his friends left us, Arasmyth? My wallet aint as jingly as it usually is, if y'know what I mean." OoC: Going to be gone til tomorrow most likely, so if I'm not around and something comes up today, Kadabra can act for me.

"I'm not getting anywhere near enough opportunities to bash people! Can't you all take less damage? It's like you never learned how to dodge a wrench!" he exclaims, as he again turns his efforts towards healing (Elgar & Arasmyth, from the back row)

The party in mostly good health, Thormanil moves to the front row to attack the Paladin twice.

"AWWYEAHGOKNIFKGO!" Thormanil (rapidly) shouts. His attention turns to the ranger and the hound: Heal Elgar from the back row Heal Maa'ri Hound from the back row

Ah, alas! But no worries, thanks for the effort. I'll be swinging by Fred's later today, maybe they'll have a (cheap) set with some appropriate parts.