KK Chat -- 29 May 2022

[DesertRose]

[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [6:58:56 PM EDT] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [6:59:06 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> And there's the lady of the hour...
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [6:59:08 PM EDT] <bynw> i would have to look at Discord for that and I prefer IRC
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [6:59:08 PM EDT] <KK> Hello, all.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [6:59:09 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Hullo kk
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [6:59:11 PM EDT] <bynw> hello KK
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [6:59:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> We're pleased you made it on a nice Memorial Day weekend
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:00:16 PM EDT] * bynw went to Jacksonville early wednesday through early saturday for my gf's granddaughter high school graduation
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:00:46 PM EDT] <bynw> and of course had to have a little time to meet up with DesertRose since i was there
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:00:50 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Did you have a great time?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:00:53 PM EDT] <bynw> https://photos.app.goo.gl/mQyG1v2bmEDxoSXRA
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:00:59 PM EDT] <bynw> yes it was a good time
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:01:59 PM EDT] <KK> Looks like you were happy, and hopefully still are.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:02:09 PM EDT] Join The_Bee (The_Bee@owirc-fss.tb3.61.73.IP) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:02:20 PM EDT] <KK> Hi, Bee.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:02:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Heya Bee
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:02:35 PM EDT] <bynw> yes was happy and it was good to actually physically meet DR after knowing her for nearly 20 years
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:02:37 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hi KK! And Hi everyone!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:02:58 PM EDT] <bynw> hi bee
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:03:06 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Hi! We made it back from Huntsville just a few minutes ago, though I'm still at my folks' house, so I don't think I can stay on very long.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:03:14 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Hi KK
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:03:17 PM EDT] <KK> What a good thing!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:03:21 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> You made it! ␝glomp␝
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:03:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Lovely pic of Bynw and DR
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:03:55 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Chatting from Discord today because Carys and I are having a lazy Sunday. Please forgive me my typos, as she's standing on my chest doing her level best to make biscuits of my left forearm.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:04:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> typos always forgiven, but occasionally commented on if they're funny 🙂
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:04:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> Hi Bynw. Are you back home? Hi Nezz
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:04:43 PM EDT] * The_Bee scritches Carys.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:04:45 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Fair.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:04:53 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Hi DFK
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:04:58 PM EDT] <bynw> been back home for more than 24 hours
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:05:05 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> Hi Bee
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:05:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Carys purrs at any and all who offer scritches.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:05:16 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hi DFK
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:05:18 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> Scritches for Carys
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:05:40 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> I would offer to skritch Carys, but I think that would make Shelley jealous, and she's the one on my lap at the moment...
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:05:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> Hope you had a good trip, Bynw. It was cool that you and DR could meet
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:06:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> And Hi DFK and Evie and Nezz and anyone else present I didn't greet.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:06:13 PM EDT] <KK> Daphne is doing her usual annoyance of sitting between the screen and keyboard.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:06:25 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> That's Gigi's usual spot when I'm home
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:06:28 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hi DPHNE!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:06:45 PM EDT] <bynw> i would like to meet every member of our community at least once in person
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:06:46 PM EDT] <The_Bee> AND hELLO dAPHNE TOO
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:06:48 PM EDT] <KK> Miss D is a sweetie.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:06:51 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Hiya Daphne
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:07:05 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> The price we pay for having lap cats is interrupted/cat-assisted typing.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:07:26 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi folks
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:07:30 PM EDT] <KK> Yep.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:07:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> ␝waves hello␝
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:07:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Hi Daphne (and Gigi, even though Evie's at her parents' place and Gigi is presumably at home.)
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:07:33 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Hi Shiral.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:07:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> We may never get a real chat until Daphne can be convinced that she does not belong in front of the screen. Hi KK
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:07:45 PM EDT] <KK> Hi, Shiral.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:07:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Dmitri doesn't help me type, but he is very fond of my mousepad
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:07:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> Hi Shiral
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:07:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Heya Shiral
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:08:07 PM EDT] <bynw> hi shiral
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:08:13 PM EDT] <KK> I need to clear space to one side, so she can be encouraged to sit there.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:08:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Maybe give her a mock keyboard/monitor so she can mirror with you.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:08:36 PM EDT] <The_Bee> "How can anything possibly be more interesting than us adorable kitties?"
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:08:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Gigi normally has an entire bed to one side, which she won't sit on because she wants to be between me and the laptop I'm paying more attention to. So good luck with that!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:08:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> "What do you mean you want to write a novel? Am I not cute enough for you?"
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:09:40 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Now, I ␝have␝heard of someone using a toy (or maybe a spare?) laptop as a distraction device for their cat, and that actually worked.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:09:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> That's why I suggested a toy keyboard; if Daphne's close to KK and can seem to be doing the same thing, that might make her happy.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:10:04 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Put one of those cat games on it and see how she likes that
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:10:55 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> It's A Thing with cats. There's a super cute story that's made the rounds of the internet about a Muslim family, one child of which convinced the parents to get their cat his own prayer rug so he'd get off theirs during prayers, and it worked. He got on his prayer mat and they got on theirs when it was prayer time.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:11:07 PM EDT] <KK> It's the movement on the screen that interests her.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:11:17 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Cat games, then.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:11:35 PM EDT] <KK> That's sweet, re the prayer mats.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:12:02 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> I'd have to go looking for it, but there's a picture of the cat on his prayer mat next to one of the humans on their rug.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:12:09 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Mohammed once cut the sleeve off his garment to avoid disturbing his cat.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:12:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I'm not as nice as Mohammed. =o) The cat needs to move when I'm ready to move
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:13:23 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Mousie overheard us talking about kitties and came to join us
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:13:31 PM EDT] <bynw> in case you missed it. here is a pic of myself and DesertRose from Wednesday evening when i was in Jacksonville FL ... https://photos.app.goo.gl/mQyG1v2bmEDxoSXRA
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:13:33 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> I'm not sure about a Muslim cat. "What's with that question, 'Who is greater than Allah?' That would be me. [licks fur]"
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:13:35 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> So did Dmitri
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:13:59 PM EDT] <The_Bee> LOL! TMTMTM
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:14:00 PM EDT] <KK> I rather like the meme of the statue of seated Jesus with live cat curled up on His lap, and caption says, "This is why He hasn't come back yet."
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:14:18 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> huh, cat's always think they're god. 😉
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:14:37 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> "The last time I went down there, the end was a little rough, as I recall."
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:14:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> I saw a bumper sticker AGES ago that read, "My dog thinks he's human; my cat thinks he's God."
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:14:54 PM EDT] <KK> Well, they were worshipped as gods, in the past, and cats have never forgotten this.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:15:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Too true.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:15:34 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Mine have noticed there sure aren't any pyramids being built down here any more..
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:15:39 PM EDT] <The_Bee> KK, is the Jesus with Cat online?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:15:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> Well know cats have servants and we are them
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:16:02 PM EDT] <KK> Yes, but I don't remember where. Probably on Facebook.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:16:18 PM EDT] <bynw> all memes are online
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:16:22 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> We are the designated heated, padded food dispensers in their lives
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:16:23 PM EDT] <The_Bee> thanks.  I'll look it up after chat.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:16:37 PM EDT] <bynw> you can google or whatever search engine you prefer to find it
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:16:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> I'm a couch to 2 cats atm
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:17:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I must say, mine aren't contributing much to the household finances, lately
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:17:10 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> Even "chat" is French for "cat", right?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:17:18 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Yep
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:17:20 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> heh, yeah
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:17:21 PM EDT] <KK> Yep.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:17:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> Mostly they they use up household finances
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:18:12 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> I've seen another meme of a statue of seated Buddha with a cat in his lap with some sort of remark about even achieving nirvana doesn't make you immune to being a cat bed.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:18:30 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Yeah, I've notuced that (Cat enhanced spelling, sorry.)
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:19:20 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> ␝snaps fingers and puts out dishes of kibble and sardines for chatroom kittehs␝
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:19:30 PM EDT] <KK> brb
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:21:19 PM EDT] <bynw> here is that meme bee
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:21:20 PM EDT] <bynw> https://i.chzbgr.com/original/9155105536/h86D440E5/cheezburger-image-9155105536
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:21:46 PM EDT] * The_Bee sets out ice tea, lemonade and Arnold Palmers for the humans in chat.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:21:48 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> 😁
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:22:31 PM EDT] <KK> Yep, that's the one.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:22:36 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Awww! Thanks, bynw
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:23:02 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> https://images.app.goo.gl/MwNQccYYT8f4QWCw5
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:23:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2064294-wholesome-memes
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:24:24 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Sorry that took two attempts, but there's the kitty with his own prayer mat.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:24:53 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> Love it. LOL
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:25:29 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> I lost it at "official household activity which requires Feline Supervision." Too, too true!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:26:42 PM EDT] <KK> So, has anyone done anything exciting for Memorial Day, besides Bynw?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:27:05 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> Is there any activity that doesn't require Feline Supervision?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:27:26 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Not so you'd notice at my place
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:27:32 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Well I spent part of today sroring my comic book collection.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:27:38 PM EDT] <The_Bee> storing
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:27:40 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> No, quiet weekend here. It's looking like Mother's Day, Father's Day, my stepdad's birthday, and the Pod-Child's partner's birthday are going to get wrapped up in one celebration around Father's Day proper.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:27:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> Nothing exciting but did enjoy a nearly perfect day.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:28:00 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> (Stepdad's birthday is 15 May, Pod-Child's partner's is 10 June.)
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:28:08 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> I just got back with my Mom from meeting with the Alabama Dimash Dears group. (Fan group for Kazakh singer Dimash Qudaibergen.) We met at a Eurasian restaurant in Huntsville.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:28:19 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> We just got home a few minutes before chat started.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:28:27 PM EDT] <KK> Nope. I did manage to change out the cat box, and sort and put away some sewing supplies that I'd brought over from the old house. Some progress.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:29:25 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> I'm on a new medication which the doctor calls "legal speed," and it's helping me have the stamina to move around a little more than I'e been able to for the past 2 years. I'm very pleased about that.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:29:41 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Oh, that's good, Nezz!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:29:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Have a little road trip planned for the end of June
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:29:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Road trip to where?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:29:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> I hope that works well for you, Nezz
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:29:59 PM EDT] <KK> Sounds good, Nezz.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:30:06 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Down to Santa Barbara.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:30:11 PM EDT] <KK> And where are you going, Shiral?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:30:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> thanks. I may attempt to tidy up a small corner of the house tomorrow. 🙂
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:30:11 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Good for you!, Nezz!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:30:13 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> Good for you Nezz
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:30:34 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Glad you got some meds from the doctor, Nezz
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:30:39 PM EDT] <KK> And whaat's in Santa Barbara of interest?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:31:17 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> It's a pretty place on the coast. I'm a beach person. It's also an easy day's drive, nice places to eat and shop.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:31:28 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Taking my art supplies down.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:31:36 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi Everyone!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:31:41 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:31:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Hi Jerusha!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:31:45 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Hey Jerusha
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:31:46 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hi Jerusha!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:31:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:31:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:32:00 PM EDT] <KK> Hi, Jerusha.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:32:05 PM EDT] <bynw> hi jerusha
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:32:53 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Better to be late than never
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:33:01 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Indeed
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:33:19 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Going to take a whale watching boat trip one day. I'll figure it out as I go along. But I won't be rushing around trying to cram in every possible activity as can happen when I travel with Mom
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:33:58 PM EDT] <KK> Sounds like a fun trip.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:34:02 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Oh, has anyone asked KK the Transfer Portal question yet? If not, I figure I'll ask before I go, since I'm curious too.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:34:21 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> It's good to take time to smell the flowers. Or the surf.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:34:21 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> I was just thinking about asking it, so go ahead
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:34:32 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I have a rental about two blocks from the beach with a kitchen, so I can prepare some breakfasts and lunches.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:34:44 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Let me find the thread so I can be sure I remember correctly.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:34:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Shiral, sounds like heaven!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:34:50 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> I asked the Portal question, but didn't want to butt in.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:34:52 PM EDT] <KK> That sounds like a winner.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:35:04 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Do you need anyone to carry your luggage, Shiral?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:35:22 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> It's literally the purpose of the chat, @TMTMTM, aside from just bonding with each other. 🙂
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:35:30 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I think I can manage, Jerusha
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:35:37 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Drat
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:35:57 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> Uploaded file: https://uploads.kiwiirc.com/files/67005d562a4610e854f54f6723a17747/pasted.txt
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:36:00 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Ask away, TMTMTMTM
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:36:04 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> TEXT DUMP!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:36:09 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> 😄
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:36:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Just be aware that Discord can take whole paragraphs, but if you're on IRC, there is a line limit, so you might have to copy/paste in sections.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:36:55 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> I should have TLDRed. What happens if there's stuff on a transfer portal when you try to portal in?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:37:01 PM EDT] <KK> Tee-hee!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:37:07 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> What if you arrive at a portal that has a 5-foot spear mounted on a base sitting in the middle of it?  Like a rug, do you appear standing on it ... in which case the sharp point means that you slip off the tip and (1/2 a t2) half a second later, you've just received a Torenthi enema.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:37:23 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> BWAHAHAHAHAHA
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:37:25 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Owie
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:37:38 PM EDT] <KK> I think intent would keep one from materializing in the middle of a lethal situation. I hope.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:37:41 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> ␝curls into fetal ball␝
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:37:53 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Sorry, I'm sure the experience would be deeply unpleasant but the phrasing . . .
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:38:12 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> Laurna wrote, There is a book named Deryni Adventure Games, published by Grey Ghosts Games, and written by several of our forum members and approved by KK. On page 30 there is an entire page dedicated to Portals. Portals are Trans locators and not Transporters like in Star Trek. You portal as a whole person, therefore you can not meld into objects
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:38:12 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> or walls. You can not loose an arm in a wall.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:38:26 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> I was thinking probably the Portal would just materialize you to one side of the spear, though the idea of planting a spear in a TP to catch an enemy unaware does have a sort of diabolical charm.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:38:38 PM EDT] <The_Bee> That's taking a trap portal too far.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:38:51 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> Evie, don't you DARE put that in the Balance of Power sequel!!!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:38:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I get your point
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:39:04 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Argh, Jerusha!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:39:04 PM EDT] <KK> And there ARE Trap Portals.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:39:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> Ouch!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:39:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Then.....how would the owner not get hurt, if they ever forgot about their own trapped portal?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:39:26 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> A magic trap might be detected by the incoming person. If the rug is sitting on a stick that's connected to a loaded crossbow pointed 4 feet above the portal ...
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:39:34 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> They wouldn't be trapped in their own portal, I wouldn't imagine. It would recognize their psychic signature.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:39:51 PM EDT] <KK> I suspect that the person setting the Trap could not be restrained by it.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:39:52 PM EDT] <bynw> you could set several spears just a few inches away in the form of a body that would prevent the person coming into the portal from moving more than a few inches
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:40:00 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Do the trap portals do anything other than keep one in the portal space?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:40:13 PM EDT] <KK> Not that I've intended.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:40:25 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Ooh, yeah, if a pressure pad was on the portal, like a carpet, but landing on that would cause a weapon to fire.... 😄
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:40:32 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I thought the risk with a trap portal was starving to death while waiting for the owner to free you.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:40:45 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> But if you can't leave of your own accord because the owner is away, your goose is cooked
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:40:47 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> I think it was stated in the Camber trilogy that a trap might keep you from getting out of the space, but might also keep you from portalling out -- would anyone here know offhand?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:40:49 PM EDT] <KK> That was my thought.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:40:50 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> That's correct, Bee
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:40:59 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> I thought Camber said something about Trap Portals that would keep you from returning the way you'd come and that being a possible problem if you'd had to destroy the one you'd used and didn't know any others.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:41:34 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> And I think the Michaeline portal had a buttload of rock so you couldn't break through into their place.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:41:53 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> It seems like a fair number of the Trap Portals in canon are just . . . you can't go any further into the building, like in the Michaeline sanctuary in Camber of Culdi.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:42:36 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> "Vicar general, the new portal we're building will be safeguarded with a buttload of rock to minimize any danger from unexpected visitors..."
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:42:43 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> LOL!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:42:50 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> But with the Michaeline sanctuary Portal, you ␝could␝ Portal somewhere else if you had another safe Portal in range.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:42:59 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> "A wine cask?"
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:43:17 PM EDT] <KK> And some Portals couldn't be accessed unless you were authorized. You'd just try to make the jump and nothing would happen.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:43:25 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> I would think that the portal spell would be refined by scholars until there was no chance of insta-die when portalling in.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:43:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> That would be inconvenient, if you needed to leave the place you were quickly
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:43:43 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> So not so much a Trap Portal as a locked Portal.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:44:05 PM EDT] <KK> Yes, DR.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:44:08 PM EDT] <bynw> "What do you mean, 'traps' and 'can't get back'?" Javan asked in
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:44:08 PM EDT] <bynw> amazement.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:44:08 PM EDT] <bynw> Tavis sighed. "Well, you can Transfer into them, but then you can't
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:44:08 PM EDT] <bynw> leave, even to go back where you came from, unless someone at that end
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:44:08 PM EDT] <bynw> releases you. I've also heard stories of other things that can be done to
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:44:08 PM EDT] <bynw> Portals so that you – never come back anywhere. No one knows where
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:44:08 PM EDT] <bynw> those unlucky souls go." (Camber the Heretic 418)+
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:44:09 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> KK I'm sorry, Rhys, I can't allow you to do that. Why don't you do a calming spell?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:44:29 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> Thank you, ~bynw!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:21 PM EDT] <KK> But if they just go away, no one knows where, maybe they just aren't anymore, i.e., they're dead.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:26 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Wow, I need to reread CtH... it's been a long time and I don't remember that
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:29 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> I think I'll take the train....
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> "I'm aware of a few dozen [Portals], but they're not all accessible
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> to me. For security reasons, some are attuned to the use of selected
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> individuals, or they have special warding at the other end to keep a user
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> from leaving the immediate vicinity of the Portal until the owner
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> authorizes it. And then there are Trap Portals that will prevent an intruder
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> from jumping back out of an unauthorized Portal until the owner releases
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> him. That may not sound particularly dangerous, but suppose the one in
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> this room were trapped, and we'd come into it while Duncan was on
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> campaign lag summer? A person could starve. "
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> "Good Lord, can you tell, before you jump, whether Portal is
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> trapped?" Conall asked, aghast.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> "Sometimes. Sometimes not. It depends on the skill of trapper and
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> the trappee - which I hope will give you pause before trying any of this on
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> your own, if you should find Portals on your journey. As I said earlier, I
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> don't recommend Transfer Portals for recreational purposes. " (The Quest
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:34 PM EDT] <bynw> for Saint Camber 129-130)
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:38 PM EDT] <KK> I like trains.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:45:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Wise idea, Jerusha
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:46:01 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> LOL!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:46:26 PM EDT] <bynw> so many fun ideas with Portals
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:46:40 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> OK, like with don't cross the streams, "important safety tip".
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:46:52 PM EDT] <bynw> exactly it would be bad
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:47:10 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> So a portal might have defences to keep you from rampaging at the target, but a Trap Portal keeps you from portalling out.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:47:24 PM EDT] * bynw notes that the above text was all snagged from Deryni Magic, a very handy tome indeed
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:47:35 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Yeah. Now I'm kind of liking the idea of a pressure pad releasing a spring loaded weapon when one lands on it. How would a Portal spell distinguish that from a regular carpet?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:48:14 PM EDT] <KK> That would be one nasty Deryni, to set up a boobytrap like that.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:48:17 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> That would be a nasty surprise to the visitor. But if Teymuraz dropped in unannounced, you'd be grateful
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:48:28 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Granted, unless there was some way to deactivate that, it would render the portal useless for the owner to use it to return there.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:49:29 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> A whoopie cushion would be an easy pressure pad doable with medieval technology, so for extra style "to hell with you" points, the last thing an intruder hears is "pfffffff twang THUNK".
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:49:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> It would be a nasty surprise to find someone you cared for tried to use that portal.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:50:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> ␝snork␝
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:50:41 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> It would be a "all is lost" type or exit.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:50:41 PM EDT] <KK> True, Shiraal.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:50:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> of, not or
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:51:44 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> Put a mental warning on the portal. Or tell your loved one "always crouch down when using this portal".
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:52:01 PM EDT] <bynw> well you could make the trigger point magical instead of physical. like the alarms on some portals when there is a visitor. combine that with the Evaine methold of closing a portal to all but blood relatives. the trigger doesn't go off when family (or purhaps other authorized users appear) but anyone else gets the old spear or arrow through the automatic murder hole
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:52:19 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> "place your head between your knees"
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:52:22 PM EDT] <Eris> <DesertRose (she/her)> And we know warnings are possible, from the one Dom Emrys left when he closed the St. Neot's Portal.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:52:37 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> Or fired from below for a Torenthikabob!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:52:40 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Sort of like the Library Annex. If it's someone without this specific family signature, then shoot them.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:52:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> "Beam me up, Scotty. They're pretty rough on visitors, down here!"
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:53:07 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> I think I prefer Trains
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:53:18 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> "Oh, did you ever plan on having a family?"
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:53:21 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> I'm still waiting on that portal to Fiji...
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:53:26 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Those poor Torenthi! I'm sure they prefer their kebabs on their trenchers rather than as an enema
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:53:33 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> The Library Annex: that was just a barrier on the veil on the door, right? The portal is public access?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:53:44 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Ewww
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:53:56 PM EDT] <bynw> i believe so TMTMTM
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:54:03 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Yes, technically the barrier was at the entrance
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:54:04 PM EDT] <bynw> but it could be modified of course
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:54:22 PM EDT] * bynw looks around at a few people in chat and just smiles
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:54:43 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> bynw, be nice!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:54:48 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> Don't freak out your players
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:54:55 PM EDT] <KK> I think the Veil was just to obscure the location. The Portal would have been accessible to any Deryni.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:55:00 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Are you plotting. Bynw?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:55:04 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> After all it is a holiday
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:55:09 PM EDT] <bynw> i don't have any active players right now anyway
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:55:17 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> He is always plotting
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:55:24 PM EDT] <bynw> but if i can freak them out. it's all the better
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:55:28 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Some of us are still recovering
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:55:35 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> Come to think of it, is there a window in the Library Annex? Not a lot of point having a veil on the door if you can rappel out the window ...
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:55:45 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Actually, I think I'd just let the portal be a regular portal (or a regular trap portal), but have the room set up so you have to step on specific flagstones in order to get out the door without mishap, and if you don't happen to know that specific stone pattern to step on...oh, well.... 😄
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:55:48 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Well, yes although Kelson set it up so that the Camberian Council could use the library annexe, but had to use the transfer portal to come an go, because they weren't allowed byeond that room
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:55:51 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> rappell? whatever
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:56:07 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> beyond. Cat assisted typing again
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:56:19 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> I think there is a window. Wasn't that where Barrett was asleep when Jehana met him?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:56:31 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> "you have to step on specific flagstones in order to get out the door without mishap"  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, right?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:56:33 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Or where he'd just awakened from nodding off, that is
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:56:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Yes, there's a window
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:56:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> I might be a little influenced by pop culture, yeah. 😉
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:57:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> ␝had a silly image of Indiana Jones in the Rhemuth royal library␝
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:57:35 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> TMTMTM, are you writing fanfic?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:57:51 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> Perhaps narrow windows like arrow slits. Still could do nasty things like portal in some barrels of oil, then set a massive fire. Almost nobody could get in to fight it.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:58:43 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> No, no, not writing fanfic ... well, not really. Just wondering whether someone without spell experience could trap or block a portal.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:58:45 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Kelson would be most displeased if you wrecked his library that way!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:58:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> You are one devious individual!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:58:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Depending on what the window overlooks, that might not be the most feasible plan ever. Assuming you could cobble together proper rapelling equipment, you'd likely either be overlooking a courtyard where you'd be more likely to be spotted, or you might be hundreds of feet above a moat and/or a high bluff and the Eirian River below.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:59:25 PM EDT] <KK> Yeah, Kelson would not be pleased if someone wrecked his library.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:59:46 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> Shiral, since Rhemuth Castle could burn down and fires tended to spread in medieval cities, the library isn't the big problem!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:59:51 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Or the rest of his castle
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [7:59:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Some of his scrolls could not be replaced
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:00:06 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Ummmm....fortunately Kelson has been dead for over 900 years when...um...I might have at least singed it a little bit. And by little, I mean a lot. LOL!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:00:27 PM EDT] <KK> Okay, I gotta go, folks. I have an urgent zoom meeting about having to cancel the osm retreat scheduled for July. Circumstances have intervened. Deryni zoom next week, Bynw?
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:00:34 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> If the portal signature gets out, the Library Annex because a Little Lending Library whether you like it or not. "Take a scroll, leave a scroll"
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:00:39 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Oh, picky picky picky. I recall you blew up the whole castle, Evie
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:00:44 PM EDT] <bynw> yes Deryni Zoom next week
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:00:49 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Night, KK
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:00:50 PM EDT] <Eris> <Nezz> take care KK, have a great week
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:00:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Have a good week.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:00:56 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Well, mostly just the Apartments block, but yeah.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:00:58 PM EDT] <TMTMTM> I'll ask about ARc en Ciel a later time
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:01:06 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Nighters, KK
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:01:07 PM EDT] <KK> Okay, please send me the line beforehand. Nighters, all.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:01:21 PM EDT] <Eris> <DFK> Nite KK. Have a good week
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:01:21 PM EDT] <bynw> night KK
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:01:22 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Have a good week, KK.  Thanks for coming.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:01:30 PM EDT] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:01:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> See you next Sunday
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:01:40 PM EDT] <KK> Nighters!
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:01:44 PM EDT] <Eris> <Evie the Verbose> Someday I should send KK a copy of BoP so she can see what I did with her character's distant descendents. 😄
[Sunday, May 29, 2022] [8:01:47 PM EDT] Quit KK (49ab39c5@owirc-khp3ee.mibbit.com) has left this server.