A visit from PetroChem Ind
Warning: VERY long post!
Sorry for not posting about this before, but I've been laaazy. A few nights ago, while vid and I were chatting in the 'hood, one Debbie LeBlanc linked in. At first I thought she was a newbie, she said that it was her first day in D'Mala and she would like to ask us some questions. Unfortunately, I didn't remember to start a log until after she had asked some rather... disturbing questions, mostly about how the explorers would feel about her "company" stripmining an age or two in return for funding the restoration. We essentially said that depending on the resources they're planning on collecting (i.e collecting solar energy in Teledahn vs. taking the entire clean water supply from Gahreesen), they should expect differences in how the explorers treated them. One of the things I said before I started the chatlog (below) was "Even though the explorers have their differences, our love of the cavern and of the ages is not one of them."
(05/05 02:01:42) Chat.log started...
(05/05 02:02:17) Debbie LeBlanc: Oh yes... I actually kinda found this at the bottom of a dusty old tree, I saw a video play in 3 dimensions describing it, however the technology would be much better suited in a game console so many kids play these days.
(05/05 02:02:37) vid: a video in three dimensions..?
(05/05 02:02:55) Taba: hrm? Please elaborate, I'm not sure I follow you.
(05/05 02:02:56) vid: on an imager somewhere? Or...?
(05/05 02:03:12) To vid: oh. she means Yeesha
(05/05 02:03:29) From vid: ohhh.... but Yeesha never really described Relto that well, did she?(05/05 02:03:32) Debbie LeBlanc: Perhaps we should get back to the job opportunties
(05/05 02:03:44) vid: hm... if you'd like.
(05/05 02:03:51) Debbie LeBlanc: We have many jobs for seasoned explorers of the cavern.(05/05 02:03:57) To vid: she does later on.
(05/05 02:04:08) Taba: do tell.
(05/05 02:04:12) vid nods his head
(05/05 02:04:53) Debbie LeBlanc: We need explorers to show various clients the ages, for strategic assessments.
(05/05 02:05:14) Taba: What do you mean by "strategic assessments"?
(05/05 02:05:26) vid: I'd be more than happy to guide anyone around the ages... but I'm not sure what you mean by "strategic assessments"
(05/05 02:06:18) Debbie LeBlanc: We need detailed strategic information of the ages for prosporus revenue production.
(05/05 02:06:27) vid: hm...
(05/05 02:07:14) vid: I'm not sure how many of us could help with such an assessment.. but I know a lot of people are always willing to show someone around.... help them learn the lessons, take their journeys
(05/05 02:07:29) vid: I'm still not sure I understand exactly what your company produces though
(05/05 02:07:47) From vid: heh... it only just struck me... "LeBlanc" and she's wearing all white...
(05/05 02:08:08) To vid: mmhmm...
(05/05 02:08:48) Debbie LeBlanc: PC Ind. produces high volume resorces for high grossing nations and governments both foreign and domestic
(05/05 02:09:18) Taba: for something like that, you may wish to contact the DRC, since they've already done a detailed analysis of the ages.
(05/05 02:09:57) vid: Debbie... I hope you don't mind me addressing you as such... but anyway.... "resources" doesn't mean much.... "resources" could mean you want to take all the water from Gahreesen... or it could mean you've been collecting what a lot of people drop off their docks in Relto...
(05/05 02:09:59) Taba: what sort of "resources" are you talking about?
(05/05 02:10:26) Debbie LeBlanc: We feel that for personal analysis of the ages that our investors would feel more comfortable with explorers rather than the buerocracy of a Council.
(05/05 02:10:35) From vid: we're picking her apart too much :)
(05/05 02:10:55) vid: ah... so a more personal level. Makes sense... but still might be frowned on by the "higher ups" here
(05/05 02:11:08) To vid: I know.. but is it mean to say that ir's FUN?
(05/05 02:11:16) Debbie LeBlanc: Resources is what we call an umbrella term. It covers alot of different types of resources.
(05/05 02:11:19) From vid: not at all :D
(05/05 02:11:45) vid: well... does "resources" involve harvesting the mushrooms in Teledahn?
(05/05 02:11:50) Taba: Perhaps you could give us some examples?
(05/05 02:12:08) Debbie LeBlanc: PC Ind. has no interest in the mushrooms in Teledahn
(05/05 02:12:09) vid: or the clean water supply of Gahreesen? Or even those... uh.. brain... plant.. things... in Kemo...?
(05/05 02:12:19) Taba: The trooms.
(05/05 02:12:28) vid: well... what DOES PC Ind want?
(05/05 02:12:34) Debbie LeBlanc: PC Ind. has no interest in the water of Gahreesen
(05/05 02:12:34) vid: also.. is it Ind or Inc?
(05/05 02:12:47) Debbie LeBlanc: Ind.
(05/05 02:12:57) vid: *raises eyebrow*
(05/05 02:13:43) From vid: I sure hope these guys have better employees than their Survey Squad here...
(05/05 02:13:57) To vid: *giggles evily* me too...
(05/05 02:14:01) Debbie LeBlanc: PC Industries wants a lucrative relationship with the various ages, as well as a receptive relationship with the caverns inhabitants.
(05/05 02:14:19) vid: Debbie, all you're giving me there is generic PR talk
(05/05 02:14:47) vid: you're not going to get much help here unless you make it clear exactly what you hope to achieve... not "feel good" blanket statements
(05/05 02:16:01) Debbie LeBlanc: Far reaching goals for any ages or cavern have not been set, however our short term goals include building public relations.
(05/05 02:16:06) From vid: *sigh* I think we've exhausted her entertainment for now.....
(05/05 02:16:17) To vid: I think you splodyed her brain, vid.
(05/05 02:16:32) vid: Public relations won't make profits for anyone until they lead into the true objective though.
(05/05 02:17:06) vid: I can walk around and tell everyone how good their behind smells today and get good PR... but it doesn't really help either party.
(05/05 02:17:35) From vid: I was really hoping it was going somewhere too :(
(05/05 02:17:43) Taba: And public relations with a group like ours, the explorers, who tend to pick things apart... you won't get much of a warm reception until you explain to the explorers exactly what you want.
(05/05 02:17:45) From vid: I want Moke or someone to link in right now...
(05/05 02:18:02) To vid: me too...
(05/05 02:18:05) Debbie LeBlanc: Soon a package will be put together to answer some of your questions about my company.
(05/05 02:18:15) vid: heck.. think about what you had to do just to get to your Relto book
(05/05 02:18:28) vid: it involved some research... some problem solving... some searching...
(05/05 02:18:50) Debbie LeBlanc: Yes.... it took along time..... anyway, so you say you give tours or something?
(05/05 02:19:09) Taba: And you can't get to the cavern unless you have the skills and the patience for that.. so pretty PR talk won't work with us.
(05/05 02:19:21) vid: mmm... I wouldn't say "tours" but if you want to show anyone around the ages, I'd be happy to do so sometime in the future
(05/05 02:20:23) Taba: As would I... I'm quite knowledgeable of Yeesha's teachings in each age, and would be happy to explain them.
(05/05 02:20:23) vid: there's a lot of beauty to see, and a lot of lessons to learn... and everyone who gets to experience either or both of those is a step forward.
(05/05 02:20:44) Taba: However, Kadish Tolesa is my personal favorite. :)
(05/05 02:21:13) From vid: now see... if I were her, I would have already commented on how irresponsible it is that two people who love this place so much are sitting in a fountain mucking up the water
(05/05 02:21:27) From vid: but she doesn't seem to mind or care...
(05/05 02:21:30) Debbie LeBlanc: Kadish Im not familar with.
(05/05 02:21:32) To vid: (minor jab) yanno.. Kadish was also greedy...
(05/05 02:21:48) From vid: ..we could lock'em in the vault...
(05/05 02:21:53) To vid: LOL
(05/05 02:22:10) vid: Kadish Tolesa is an age built inside of what's pretty much a giant tree
(05/05 02:22:27) Taba: It's a beautiful age, very serene and very peaceful.
(05/05 02:22:38) vid: the man who wrote it though was very clever...... he put a lot of securities in place. It was a very private place.
(05/05 02:22:57) To vid: perhaps once her "clients" see what happens to greedy people...
(05/05 02:23:20) Debbie LeBlanc: A giant tree?
(05/05 02:23:31) To vid: oh, and you're right about the fountain.
(05/05 02:23:59) vid: actually, come to think about it.. the really accessible areas of most of the ages probably wouldn't make for the best places to get resources anyway. A lot of them we've only been capable of seeing a few miles of, because of their design.
(05/05 02:24:04) Taba: Actually a series of them, I think, however it's difficult to distinguish, since they've grown together.
(05/05 02:24:20) From vid: and... she's cone surfing... o.O
(05/05 02:24:42) To vid: yeaaaaah... "newbie" I think not.
(05/05 02:24:49) vid: very nice balance, Debbie
(05/05 02:24:59) vid: we love our cones too....
(05/05 02:25:13) Debbie LeBlanc: Thank you, my father used to make road cones.
(05/05 02:25:21) vid: I think when the restoration is over, we'll still have cones just for Slider
(05/05 02:25:48) Debbie LeBlanc laughs
(05/05 02:25:51) Taba: hehehe... if he shows up at the convention... I'm going to liberate one just for him.
(05/05 02:25:57) vid: he's our resident cone expert :)
(05/05 02:26:04) vid: oh! Debbie..
(05/05 02:26:20) vid: there's a yearly gathering for fans of the goings on down here..
(05/05 02:26:28) vid: your company might do well to look into that
(05/05 02:27:02) vid: it's a surface gathering, I mean... so if they're uncomfortable with linking and the like...
(05/05 02:27:19) vid: can't say I blame them... scared the willies out of me at first
(05/05 02:28:11) Taba: Same here... the idea of going to an unknown place with no sure way of getting back..
(05/05 02:28:14) From vid: *waits for the inevitable*
(05/05 02:28:24) To vid: hrm?
(05/05 02:28:31) From vid: want her to ask about the floating...
(05/05 02:28:41) To vid: hehehe... I doubt she will.
(05/05 02:28:51) From vid: yeah... :(
(05/05 02:29:06) From vid: oooooh.... countered!
(05/05 02:29:20) To vid: hmmm..
(05/05 02:29:55) vid claps his hands
(05/05 02:30:00) From vid: I'm out of ideas >_>
(05/05 02:30:26) To vid: same here... and it's getting late, but this is just too interesting to pull myself away from.
(05/05 02:30:26) Debbie LeBlanc: yes well Im lucky in that we had several test subjects before I had to link
(05/05 02:30:55) To vid: SO tempted to take the bait.
(05/05 02:30:56) vid: Heh. So you sent someone through and waited to see how long it'd take them to get back?
(05/05 02:31:07) Taba: Test subjects?
(05/05 02:31:33) Debbie LeBlanc: No... we wouldn't use humans, we aren't monsters
(05/05 02:31:44) Taba: that's odd.. what happened when they linked in, taking the Relto book with them?
(05/05 02:31:52) vid: then how do you know the link succeeded?
(05/05 02:32:09) From vid: if she was holding the book.. or someone else was... it wouldn't have gone through though...
(05/05 02:32:30) Taba: I'm assuming that your Relto book is the first linking book you found, from what you've previously mentioned.
(05/05 02:32:36) To vid: damn.
(05/05 02:33:07) Taba: So if you sent a lab rat or something through.. how would you know that it was a safe link?
(05/05 02:33:16) Debbie LeBlanc: Yes... um... Another opportunity you could have at PC ind. is an ordinance handeler
(05/05 02:33:36) To vid: *violent subject change*
(05/05 02:33:50) vid: if you sent through an animal that can't report back.... how do you know it's just just a "vaporize whatever touches this part" device?
(05/05 02:34:06) vid: if you're vaporizing random animals, that seems pretty cruel
(05/05 02:34:21) Taba: Or the mythical prison books?
(05/05 02:34:27) vid: and we've already had plenty of animal cruelty down here... *shudders*
(05/05 02:34:42) Debbie LeBlanc: PC ind doesn't harm animals, that is our policy
(05/05 02:34:46) Taba: oh, yes... *shudders*
(05/05 02:34:55) vid: so you didn't send a person... but didn't send an animal...
(05/05 02:35:00) vid: so what made the first link?
(05/05 02:35:07) Debbie LeBlanc: No comment.
(05/05 02:35:13) vid: ....
(05/05 02:35:15) Taba: I'm curious, now.. what form of "test subjects" did you use, then?
(05/05 02:35:36) vid: You STOLE fizzy lifting drinks...
(05/05 02:35:40) Taba: After all, your ideas may help the DRC open new ages quicker.
(05/05 02:35:48) vid: you bumped into the ceiling which now has to be cleaned and sterilized....
(05/05 02:35:55) vid: you leave with NOTHING.
(05/05 02:36:00) vid: you LOSE. GOOD DAY SIR.
(05/05 02:36:02) vid points
(05/05 02:36:47) Debbie LeBlanc: Is mental illness a common thing amoung inhabitants of the cavern?
(05/05 02:36:51) From vid: well I'M thoroughly entertained
(05/05 02:37:04) vid: Bingo.. and you just answered my ultimate question
(05/05 02:37:05) To vid: me too.. this is too rich
(05/05 02:37:30) vid: If you believe I have a mental illness... well... your group has no chance of survival here.
(05/05 02:37:39) Taba: Indeed.
(05/05 02:37:46) vid: But if you want to come down..... minus the business.... you're always welcome
(05/05 02:37:53) Debbie LeBlanc: It was just a question.
(05/05 02:37:57) vid: the ages are for everyone.
(05/05 02:38:04) Debbie LeBlanc: surely.
(05/05 02:38:14) Taba: Not for profit, not for personal gain.
(05/05 02:38:43) Debbie LeBlanc: right.... So have any of you ever been members of the communist party?
(05/05 02:38:49) vid: and mental illness or not... everyone here is part of a family. Some people have made best friends here... or met people they view almost like parents.... or even fallen in love... because it's such a wonderful community.
(05/05 02:39:00) To vid: I'm laughing so hard I'm crying now...
(05/05 02:39:24) vid: so please.... tread carefully if you seek to profit from these worlds. The cones and barricades are for your own safety.
(05/05 02:39:38) From vid: comere
(05/05 02:39:39) Taba: As you've said before, Debbie... "no comment".
After that, we locked ourselves in the linking room (thank you Cyan for that bugfix!!!) and continued our previously interrupted conversation in PMs until she left. I'm wondering if this person was attempting to start up another fan-based storyline, i.e. the DRC vs. the Evil Corporation, or was just a troll looking for a giggle, or what. From some of her last comments, about mental illness and the communist party, I have no doubt whatsoever that this is not a Cyan approved storyline, since I seriously doubt that they would resort to childish namecalling to advance the story.
Sorry for not posting about this before, but I've been laaazy. A few nights ago, while vid and I were chatting in the 'hood, one Debbie LeBlanc linked in. At first I thought she was a newbie, she said that it was her first day in D'Mala and she would like to ask us some questions. Unfortunately, I didn't remember to start a log until after she had asked some rather... disturbing questions, mostly about how the explorers would feel about her "company" stripmining an age or two in return for funding the restoration. We essentially said that depending on the resources they're planning on collecting (i.e collecting solar energy in Teledahn vs. taking the entire clean water supply from Gahreesen), they should expect differences in how the explorers treated them. One of the things I said before I started the chatlog (below) was "Even though the explorers have their differences, our love of the cavern and of the ages is not one of them."
(05/05 02:01:42) Chat.log started...
(05/05 02:02:17) Debbie LeBlanc: Oh yes... I actually kinda found this at the bottom of a dusty old tree, I saw a video play in 3 dimensions describing it, however the technology would be much better suited in a game console so many kids play these days.
(05/05 02:02:37) vid: a video in three dimensions..?
(05/05 02:02:55) Taba: hrm? Please elaborate, I'm not sure I follow you.
(05/05 02:02:56) vid: on an imager somewhere? Or...?
(05/05 02:03:12) To vid: oh. she means Yeesha
(05/05 02:03:29) From vid: ohhh.... but Yeesha never really described Relto that well, did she?(05/05 02:03:32) Debbie LeBlanc: Perhaps we should get back to the job opportunties
(05/05 02:03:44) vid: hm... if you'd like.
(05/05 02:03:51) Debbie LeBlanc: We have many jobs for seasoned explorers of the cavern.(05/05 02:03:57) To vid: she does later on.
(05/05 02:04:08) Taba: do tell.
(05/05 02:04:12) vid nods his head
(05/05 02:04:53) Debbie LeBlanc: We need explorers to show various clients the ages, for strategic assessments.
(05/05 02:05:14) Taba: What do you mean by "strategic assessments"?
(05/05 02:05:26) vid: I'd be more than happy to guide anyone around the ages... but I'm not sure what you mean by "strategic assessments"
(05/05 02:06:18) Debbie LeBlanc: We need detailed strategic information of the ages for prosporus revenue production.
(05/05 02:06:27) vid: hm...
(05/05 02:07:14) vid: I'm not sure how many of us could help with such an assessment.. but I know a lot of people are always willing to show someone around.... help them learn the lessons, take their journeys
(05/05 02:07:29) vid: I'm still not sure I understand exactly what your company produces though
(05/05 02:07:47) From vid: heh... it only just struck me... "LeBlanc" and she's wearing all white...
(05/05 02:08:08) To vid: mmhmm...
(05/05 02:08:48) Debbie LeBlanc: PC Ind. produces high volume resorces for high grossing nations and governments both foreign and domestic
(05/05 02:09:18) Taba: for something like that, you may wish to contact the DRC, since they've already done a detailed analysis of the ages.
(05/05 02:09:57) vid: Debbie... I hope you don't mind me addressing you as such... but anyway.... "resources" doesn't mean much.... "resources" could mean you want to take all the water from Gahreesen... or it could mean you've been collecting what a lot of people drop off their docks in Relto...
(05/05 02:09:59) Taba: what sort of "resources" are you talking about?
(05/05 02:10:26) Debbie LeBlanc: We feel that for personal analysis of the ages that our investors would feel more comfortable with explorers rather than the buerocracy of a Council.
(05/05 02:10:35) From vid: we're picking her apart too much :)
(05/05 02:10:55) vid: ah... so a more personal level. Makes sense... but still might be frowned on by the "higher ups" here
(05/05 02:11:08) To vid: I know.. but is it mean to say that ir's FUN?
(05/05 02:11:16) Debbie LeBlanc: Resources is what we call an umbrella term. It covers alot of different types of resources.
(05/05 02:11:19) From vid: not at all :D
(05/05 02:11:45) vid: well... does "resources" involve harvesting the mushrooms in Teledahn?
(05/05 02:11:50) Taba: Perhaps you could give us some examples?
(05/05 02:12:08) Debbie LeBlanc: PC Ind. has no interest in the mushrooms in Teledahn
(05/05 02:12:09) vid: or the clean water supply of Gahreesen? Or even those... uh.. brain... plant.. things... in Kemo...?
(05/05 02:12:19) Taba: The trooms.
(05/05 02:12:28) vid: well... what DOES PC Ind want?
(05/05 02:12:34) Debbie LeBlanc: PC Ind. has no interest in the water of Gahreesen
(05/05 02:12:34) vid: also.. is it Ind or Inc?
(05/05 02:12:47) Debbie LeBlanc: Ind.
(05/05 02:12:57) vid: *raises eyebrow*
(05/05 02:13:43) From vid: I sure hope these guys have better employees than their Survey Squad here...
(05/05 02:13:57) To vid: *giggles evily* me too...
(05/05 02:14:01) Debbie LeBlanc: PC Industries wants a lucrative relationship with the various ages, as well as a receptive relationship with the caverns inhabitants.
(05/05 02:14:19) vid: Debbie, all you're giving me there is generic PR talk
(05/05 02:14:47) vid: you're not going to get much help here unless you make it clear exactly what you hope to achieve... not "feel good" blanket statements
(05/05 02:16:01) Debbie LeBlanc: Far reaching goals for any ages or cavern have not been set, however our short term goals include building public relations.
(05/05 02:16:06) From vid: *sigh* I think we've exhausted her entertainment for now.....
(05/05 02:16:17) To vid: I think you splodyed her brain, vid.
(05/05 02:16:32) vid: Public relations won't make profits for anyone until they lead into the true objective though.
(05/05 02:17:06) vid: I can walk around and tell everyone how good their behind smells today and get good PR... but it doesn't really help either party.
(05/05 02:17:35) From vid: I was really hoping it was going somewhere too :(
(05/05 02:17:43) Taba: And public relations with a group like ours, the explorers, who tend to pick things apart... you won't get much of a warm reception until you explain to the explorers exactly what you want.
(05/05 02:17:45) From vid: I want Moke or someone to link in right now...
(05/05 02:18:02) To vid: me too...
(05/05 02:18:05) Debbie LeBlanc: Soon a package will be put together to answer some of your questions about my company.
(05/05 02:18:15) vid: heck.. think about what you had to do just to get to your Relto book
(05/05 02:18:28) vid: it involved some research... some problem solving... some searching...
(05/05 02:18:50) Debbie LeBlanc: Yes.... it took along time..... anyway, so you say you give tours or something?
(05/05 02:19:09) Taba: And you can't get to the cavern unless you have the skills and the patience for that.. so pretty PR talk won't work with us.
(05/05 02:19:21) vid: mmm... I wouldn't say "tours" but if you want to show anyone around the ages, I'd be happy to do so sometime in the future
(05/05 02:20:23) Taba: As would I... I'm quite knowledgeable of Yeesha's teachings in each age, and would be happy to explain them.
(05/05 02:20:23) vid: there's a lot of beauty to see, and a lot of lessons to learn... and everyone who gets to experience either or both of those is a step forward.
(05/05 02:20:44) Taba: However, Kadish Tolesa is my personal favorite. :)
(05/05 02:21:13) From vid: now see... if I were her, I would have already commented on how irresponsible it is that two people who love this place so much are sitting in a fountain mucking up the water
(05/05 02:21:27) From vid: but she doesn't seem to mind or care...
(05/05 02:21:30) Debbie LeBlanc: Kadish Im not familar with.
(05/05 02:21:32) To vid: (minor jab) yanno.. Kadish was also greedy...
(05/05 02:21:48) From vid: ..we could lock'em in the vault...
(05/05 02:21:53) To vid: LOL
(05/05 02:22:10) vid: Kadish Tolesa is an age built inside of what's pretty much a giant tree
(05/05 02:22:27) Taba: It's a beautiful age, very serene and very peaceful.
(05/05 02:22:38) vid: the man who wrote it though was very clever...... he put a lot of securities in place. It was a very private place.
(05/05 02:22:57) To vid: perhaps once her "clients" see what happens to greedy people...
(05/05 02:23:20) Debbie LeBlanc: A giant tree?
(05/05 02:23:31) To vid: oh, and you're right about the fountain.
(05/05 02:23:59) vid: actually, come to think about it.. the really accessible areas of most of the ages probably wouldn't make for the best places to get resources anyway. A lot of them we've only been capable of seeing a few miles of, because of their design.
(05/05 02:24:04) Taba: Actually a series of them, I think, however it's difficult to distinguish, since they've grown together.
(05/05 02:24:20) From vid: and... she's cone surfing... o.O
(05/05 02:24:42) To vid: yeaaaaah... "newbie" I think not.
(05/05 02:24:49) vid: very nice balance, Debbie
(05/05 02:24:59) vid: we love our cones too....
(05/05 02:25:13) Debbie LeBlanc: Thank you, my father used to make road cones.
(05/05 02:25:21) vid: I think when the restoration is over, we'll still have cones just for Slider
(05/05 02:25:48) Debbie LeBlanc laughs
(05/05 02:25:51) Taba: hehehe... if he shows up at the convention... I'm going to liberate one just for him.
(05/05 02:25:57) vid: he's our resident cone expert :)
(05/05 02:26:04) vid: oh! Debbie..
(05/05 02:26:20) vid: there's a yearly gathering for fans of the goings on down here..
(05/05 02:26:28) vid: your company might do well to look into that
(05/05 02:27:02) vid: it's a surface gathering, I mean... so if they're uncomfortable with linking and the like...
(05/05 02:27:19) vid: can't say I blame them... scared the willies out of me at first
(05/05 02:28:11) Taba: Same here... the idea of going to an unknown place with no sure way of getting back..
(05/05 02:28:14) From vid: *waits for the inevitable*
(05/05 02:28:24) To vid: hrm?
(05/05 02:28:31) From vid: want her to ask about the floating...
(05/05 02:28:41) To vid: hehehe... I doubt she will.
(05/05 02:28:51) From vid: yeah... :(
(05/05 02:29:06) From vid: oooooh.... countered!
(05/05 02:29:20) To vid: hmmm..
(05/05 02:29:55) vid claps his hands
(05/05 02:30:00) From vid: I'm out of ideas >_>
(05/05 02:30:26) To vid: same here... and it's getting late, but this is just too interesting to pull myself away from.
(05/05 02:30:26) Debbie LeBlanc: yes well Im lucky in that we had several test subjects before I had to link
(05/05 02:30:55) To vid: SO tempted to take the bait.
(05/05 02:30:56) vid: Heh. So you sent someone through and waited to see how long it'd take them to get back?
(05/05 02:31:07) Taba: Test subjects?
(05/05 02:31:33) Debbie LeBlanc: No... we wouldn't use humans, we aren't monsters
(05/05 02:31:44) Taba: that's odd.. what happened when they linked in, taking the Relto book with them?
(05/05 02:31:52) vid: then how do you know the link succeeded?
(05/05 02:32:09) From vid: if she was holding the book.. or someone else was... it wouldn't have gone through though...
(05/05 02:32:30) Taba: I'm assuming that your Relto book is the first linking book you found, from what you've previously mentioned.
(05/05 02:32:36) To vid: damn.
(05/05 02:33:07) Taba: So if you sent a lab rat or something through.. how would you know that it was a safe link?
(05/05 02:33:16) Debbie LeBlanc: Yes... um... Another opportunity you could have at PC ind. is an ordinance handeler
(05/05 02:33:36) To vid: *violent subject change*
(05/05 02:33:50) vid: if you sent through an animal that can't report back.... how do you know it's just just a "vaporize whatever touches this part" device?
(05/05 02:34:06) vid: if you're vaporizing random animals, that seems pretty cruel
(05/05 02:34:21) Taba: Or the mythical prison books?
(05/05 02:34:27) vid: and we've already had plenty of animal cruelty down here... *shudders*
(05/05 02:34:42) Debbie LeBlanc: PC ind doesn't harm animals, that is our policy
(05/05 02:34:46) Taba: oh, yes... *shudders*
(05/05 02:34:55) vid: so you didn't send a person... but didn't send an animal...
(05/05 02:35:00) vid: so what made the first link?
(05/05 02:35:07) Debbie LeBlanc: No comment.
(05/05 02:35:13) vid: ....
(05/05 02:35:15) Taba: I'm curious, now.. what form of "test subjects" did you use, then?
(05/05 02:35:36) vid: You STOLE fizzy lifting drinks...
(05/05 02:35:40) Taba: After all, your ideas may help the DRC open new ages quicker.
(05/05 02:35:48) vid: you bumped into the ceiling which now has to be cleaned and sterilized....
(05/05 02:35:55) vid: you leave with NOTHING.
(05/05 02:36:00) vid: you LOSE. GOOD DAY SIR.
(05/05 02:36:02) vid points
(05/05 02:36:47) Debbie LeBlanc: Is mental illness a common thing amoung inhabitants of the cavern?
(05/05 02:36:51) From vid: well I'M thoroughly entertained
(05/05 02:37:04) vid: Bingo.. and you just answered my ultimate question
(05/05 02:37:05) To vid: me too.. this is too rich
(05/05 02:37:30) vid: If you believe I have a mental illness... well... your group has no chance of survival here.
(05/05 02:37:39) Taba: Indeed.
(05/05 02:37:46) vid: But if you want to come down..... minus the business.... you're always welcome
(05/05 02:37:53) Debbie LeBlanc: It was just a question.
(05/05 02:37:57) vid: the ages are for everyone.
(05/05 02:38:04) Debbie LeBlanc: surely.
(05/05 02:38:14) Taba: Not for profit, not for personal gain.
(05/05 02:38:43) Debbie LeBlanc: right.... So have any of you ever been members of the communist party?
(05/05 02:38:49) vid: and mental illness or not... everyone here is part of a family. Some people have made best friends here... or met people they view almost like parents.... or even fallen in love... because it's such a wonderful community.
(05/05 02:39:00) To vid: I'm laughing so hard I'm crying now...
(05/05 02:39:24) vid: so please.... tread carefully if you seek to profit from these worlds. The cones and barricades are for your own safety.
(05/05 02:39:38) From vid: comere
(05/05 02:39:39) Taba: As you've said before, Debbie... "no comment".
After that, we locked ourselves in the linking room (thank you Cyan for that bugfix!!!) and continued our previously interrupted conversation in PMs until she left. I'm wondering if this person was attempting to start up another fan-based storyline, i.e. the DRC vs. the Evil Corporation, or was just a troll looking for a giggle, or what. From some of her last comments, about mental illness and the communist party, I have no doubt whatsoever that this is not a Cyan approved storyline, since I seriously doubt that they would resort to childish namecalling to advance the story.
posted by Taba at 10:53 AM
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