KK Chat Sunday 01/05/03

[Bynw]

[18:12] * Joins: KK
[18:12] <Mistyck> Hi KK
[18:13] <@KK> Hi, guys.
[18:13] <the_Bee> hello KK!
[18:13] <Mistyck> Happy New Year!
[18:13] <Kelos_al-Hazar> It IS a lot of fun, everyone...I must try to
get there next year, no matter the costs...
[18:13] <RainTurtle> hello, KK
[18:13] <DianeK> Hi, KK
[18:13] <@Wrengl> Howdy kk
[18:13] <Kiri`> Hi Katherine! Happy New year ! =)
[18:13] <Kelric> Man, I forgot how depressing the Heirs trilogy was.
[18:13] <@Wrengl> Happy New Year
[18:13] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Greetings, Lady Katherine! :)
[18:13] <Kelric> hi kk.
[18:13] <@RainbowDragon> Hi, Katherine
[18:13] <Corgula> Happy New Year, Lady Katherine
[18:13] <bynw> Hiyas KK
[18:13] <@KK> I hope everyone had a happy new year celebration.
[18:13] <Kelric> oops. forgot I was typing before a deluge of patrons
hit
[18:13] * Joins: VirtualBabe
[18:13] <the_Bee> hi VB
[18:13] <Mistyck> yep, I took your advice and took Ryan to see the Two
Towers
[18:13] <Kiri`> Hi VB!
[18:13] <VirtualBabe> Hi all
[18:13] <Mistyck> hi VB
[18:13] <RainTurtle> hi, VB
[18:14] <@RainbowDragon> Hi, Debbie
[18:14] <@Shiral> Back
[18:14] <@Shiral> Hi VB Hi Katherine
[18:14] <Mistyck> wb Shiral
[18:14] <DianeK> Sat around watching Fellowship for the umpteenth time
[18:14] <the_Bee> Debbie: have you met any cougars lately?
[18:14] <DianeK> Hi, VB
[18:14] <@KK> Cougars?
[18:14] <VirtualBabe> Cougars? not really
[18:14] <@Wrengl> howby VB
[18:14] <@Wrengl> Happy new year
[18:15] <VirtualBabe> thanks Pat
[18:15] <the_Bee> I saw a Nature special about cougars. They appear
in the streets of Vancouver
[18:15] <Mistyck> Katherine: how was your week?
[18:15] <VirtualBabe> Cougars do occasionally come, but it's rare
[18:15] <@KK> Ah, yes, they do come down out of the hills into
populated areas sometimes.
[18:15] <@KK> Good week, given that there were holidays in there.
[18:16] <@Shiral> Hooray
[18:16] <Mistyck> cool!
[18:16] <@KK> But I had a major breakthrough a couple of days ago.
[18:16] * @Shiral pricks up her ears
[18:16] * Mistyck does a happy jig
[18:16] <RainTurtle> :)
[18:16] * VirtualBabe cheers @ the major breakthrough
[18:16] <bynw> whooo hooo
[18:16] <DianeK> :)
[18:16] <the_Bee> can you tell? or secret?
[18:16] <Kiri`> what was this breakthrough?
[18:16] <@RainbowDragon> What kind of breakthrough?
[18:16] <@KK> It meant dropping a character and creating two lesser
ones to cover her functions, but this simplifies things later on. I
now know how it all comes out. :-)
[18:17] <Mistyck> cool!
[18:17] <bynw> neat
[18:17] <@Shiral> Oh good
[18:17] <Kiri`> woo!
[18:17] <Mistyck> woohoo!
[18:17] <VirtualBabe> Yayyyyyy!
[18:17] <@Shiral> Was the one who got the chop anybody we know?
[18:17] <DianeK> yeah!
[18:17] <@KK> So Katherine currently is a Happy Camper.
[18:17] <Kiri`> did you drop her on the floor or down the staircase?
[18:17] <RainTurtle> :)
[18:17] <@Shiral> Or into the moat?
[18:17] <@KK> Well, she didn't exactly get the chop; I just decided
not to use her after all.
[18:17] * Mistyck knows all KK fans love a Happy Katherine :D
[18:17] <DianeK> from a tower?
[18:18] <@KK> The same sort of thing happened when I was writing
Camber of Culdi. Evaine originally had another sister.
[18:18] <@Shiral> Ah
[18:18] <VirtualBabe> Holy defenestration Batman
[18:18] <kirienne> Hi KK, I was busy checking the home mede soup I'm
making :-)
[18:18] <Kiri`> really?
[18:18] <Kiri`> what was her name?
[18:18] <Mistyck> aah...
[18:18] <Kiri`> older or younger?
[18:18] <the_Bee> dead or alive?
[18:18] <@KK> Who, the new one or Evaine's sister?
[18:18] <Mistyck> Evaine turned out better as an only daughter
[18:18] <the_Bee> both
[18:19] <VirtualBabe> we don't want mych do we
[18:19] <Kiri`> evaine's sister.
[18:19] <@KK> Evaine's sister was (I think) Jerusha, who ended up
having already died by the time CC begins.
[18:19] <Mistyck> aah...so you originally had Jerusha alive...
[18:19] <Kiri`> ahhh..
[18:19] <@Shiral> Yes, So really she STILL has a sister, just dead
[18:19] <@KK> And this week I've eliminated Marie.
[18:19] * Joins: Hildulf
[18:19] <RainTurtle> hi
[18:19] <Mistyck> aah!
[18:19] <Andy_Hock> Hi, Hildulf.
[18:19] <Hildulf> Howdy...
[18:19] <Kiri`> hello
[18:20] <@Shiral> No poison, she's just out?
[18:20] <Mistyck> actually, KK, from what you had told us about her,
it makes a lot of sense to eliminate her
[18:20] <Mistyck> Hi Hildulf
[18:20] <@Shiral> Hello Hildulf
[18:20] <Hildulf> Howdy.
[18:20] <@KK> Well, she had to end up dead if I kept her in--and I
realized that it would simplify life if I just didn't have her.
[18:20] <DianeK> Hi
[18:20] <the_Bee> so who eats the poisoned candy?
[18:20] * Joins: Barticus
[18:20] <Andy_Hock> Hi, Bart.
[18:20] <Mistyck> hi Bart
[18:20] <bynw> hiyas Bart!
[18:20] <the_Bee> hi bart
[18:20] <Barticus> howdy all!
[18:20] <RainTurtle> hi, Bart
[18:20] <DianeK> Hey, Bart
[18:21] <Barticus> howdy KK
[18:21] <@Shiral> hello Bart
[18:21] <@KK> Alyce will now have a human friend at Arc-en-Ciel called
Cerys Morgan, who is the daughter of Sir Kenneth Morgan.
[18:21] <@Wrengl> howdy hildulf
[18:21] * Joins: Mak
[18:21] <@Wrengl> howdy barticus
[18:21] <Andy_Hock> Hi, Mak.
[18:21] <@Wrengl> happy new year
[18:21] <bynw> Hi Mak
[18:21] <@Shiral> ooo, interesting
[18:21] * Barticus waves to all and waves towards Ireland
[18:21] <RainTurtle> hi, Mak
[18:21] <Mak> Hello, All!
[18:21] <@KK> Hi, Barticus and Mak.
[18:21] <Mistyck> hi Mak
[18:21] <@Shiral> So...Kenneth was married before he and Alyce hooked
up
[18:21] <Mistyck> that's what I was gonna ask too, Shiral
[18:21] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Waitasec....if Kenneth Morgan was Human, how
did Alaric become Deryni?
[18:21] <Barticus> isn't that interesting
[18:21] <Mistyck> Alyce, Kelos
[18:22] <@KK> Yes, and he has three older daughters who are all off on
their own, married and some with children.
[18:22] <the_Bee> alyce is Deryni
[18:22] <@Wrengl> howdy mak
[18:22] <Mistyck> wow, so Kenneth is MUCH older than Alyce
[18:22] <@KK> He's regarded as half Deryni.
[18:22] <VirtualBabe> Alycde Is Deryni, and his father has the Haldane
potential
[18:22] <@KK> Kenneth is 40.
[18:22] <bynw> Alaric's mom is Deryni, hence why he has the stigma of
being "half" deryni
[18:22] <Mak> 40 ain't OLD! :)
[18:22] <Barticus> Kenneth is
[18:22] <Barticus> ?
[18:22] <Mistyck> aah...and Alyce is still in her teens?
[18:23] <Kelos_al-Hazar> True, but from the Camberian era, we know
that "half-Deryniness" is a fallacy...right?
[18:23] <@KK> Alyce is 20 when she marries Kenneth.
[18:23] <@KK> Yep, Kelos, it doesn't necessarily matter.
[18:23] <Mistyck> aah, ok...
[18:23] <@Wrengl> so Kenneth is old enough to be her father
[18:23] <@KK> Yep.
[18:23] <Mistyck> and then some
[18:23] <bynw> hehehehe naughty Kenneth
[18:23] <@Wrengl> but that was not unusual in medival times me thinks
[18:23] <@Shiral> Kenneth gets a sweet deal
[18:23] <@KK> Yep. She and Kenneth's youngest are about the same age.
[18:24] <Mistyck> only until he finds out about Donal that is
[18:24] <@KK> And they become dear friends.
[18:24] <Mistyck> cool
[18:24] <bynw> thats good
[18:24] * Kelos_al-Hazar refrains from typing his next comment...just
barely
[18:24] <the_Bee> and Kenneth's having 3 more daughters simplifies
things how?
[18:24] <VirtualBabe> well like i said once, It's natural to hate
those who hate you, and humans, at least those in power did hate
deryni. It makes sense that the council would dislike anyone who had
any human blood
[18:25] <@KK> They do think it's kind of weird when Donal gives
Kenneth Alyce's hand in marriage. After all, ALyce will now be a
stepmother to Cerys.
[18:25] <@Shiral> So Cerys doesn't die of nasty candy?
[18:25] <kirienne> I do like this new develompment Kk
[18:25] <@Shiral> Or do I have the order of events mixed up?
[18:25] <@KK> Bee, they live in fiarly distant places--but this means
that when Alaric's mother dies, Kenneth can call on his daughters to
help raise his children of his second marriage.
[18:26] <Mistyck> KK: will Cerys be prounounced Ser-is or See-res?
[18:26] <the_Bee> but why add Cerys's sisters?
[18:26] <VirtualBabe> so do I, I can't wait for it to come out in book
form
[18:26] <@KK> No more nasty candy at all.
[18:26] <@Shiral> Ah
[18:26] * Kelos_al-Hazar thinks if a full Codex is ever redone, it
will be very, very interesting to compare to the original.
[18:26] <@KK> But Krispin does get tossed head-first down a well.
[18:26] <@Shiral> Poor kid!
[18:26] <Barticus> oh yuck
[18:26] <@KK> Ser-ess.
[18:26] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Umm....that's terrible.
[18:26] <Mak> Not pleasant at all...
[18:27] <Barticus> after the candy incident?
[18:27] <kirienne> eeewwwww
[18:27] <Mistyck> thanks KK
[18:27] <VirtualBabe> but then again, Krispin does have to die so
alaric can show up
[18:27] <bynw> ouch sounds very painful
[18:27] <@Shiral> Well, being in Katherine's world CAN be dangerous or
even life-threatening <G>
[18:27] <the_Bee> not hard c as in Cinhil?
[18:27] <kirienne> yes, we do want Alaric to show up
[18:27] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Terrifying, to say the least.
[18:27] <@Shiral> Indeed
[18:27] <@KK> Nope. And the chap who does it is one Father Septimus
de Nore, younger brother of Bishop Oliver de Nore, who burns a lot of
Deryni during his career.
[18:27] <@Wrengl> yes being in Katherine's world can be bad for one's
health
[18:27] <Kiri`> how.. apt
[18:28] <@KK> No more candy incident.
[18:28] <@Shiral> So actually, Krispin is lucky to get the watery
death
[18:28] <bynw> a very priestly thing to do
[18:28] <@KK> Yep.
[18:28] <RainTurtle> Life is a terminal condition
[18:28] <@Shiral> Won't hurt nearly as much
[18:28] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Who said there was water at the bottom?
[18:28] <@Shiral> Nobody gets out of it alive
[18:28] <kirienne> LOL
[18:28] <@KK> There's water.
[18:28] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Mighta been a dry well.
[18:28] <Barticus> this going to be a very interesting book
[18:28] <@Shiral> Even so, nothing hurts more than being burned alive
[18:28] <Kiri`> and here i thought Katherine might have a poisoned
honey pot.. *galnces at shiral*
[18:28] * Barticus can't wait
[18:28] <@Wrengl> lol kiri
[18:29] * Mistyck rubs her hands in glee...can't wait for the release
[18:29] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Poisoned marzipan? Hmm.
[18:29] <@KK> No, I'm saving the honey pot--not a poisoned one--for
the young Alaric.
[18:29] <Mistyck> lol
[18:29] <@Wrengl> lol katherine
[18:29] <VirtualBabe> appropriate
[18:29] <bynw> and how long do we have to wait for the book to be
out??
[18:29] <Kiri`> giggles
[18:29] <@Shiral> Who REALLY has to show up so I can run after him
[18:29] <@Shiral> <G>
[18:29] <@Shiral> That kid....he NEVER picked up his toys!
[18:30] <@KK> No more poisoned marchpane. I'd already changed that to
a ribbon impregnated with poison, with a pearl hanging from it to wear
as a necklace. But that's now dumped too.
[18:30] <@KK> You see how these things develop?
[18:30] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Marzipan (as I recall from handling it once)
is amazingly messy stuff unless it's right nearly frozen.
[18:30] <kirienne> speaking of honeypots, I bought a nice pottery one
at a thrift store yesterday, when I saw it, I laughed hystericall, and
had everyone giving me strange looks
[18:30] <@KK> Next Christmas maybe, Bynw?
[18:30] <@Shiral> Death goes through a lot of different versions,
obviously
[18:30] <Mistyck> OOh, Christmas/Birthday gift from me to me!
[18:30] <@Shiral> Sigh....And I thought I was just going to write an
innocent little story....
[18:30] <bynw> hmmm sounds like a good christmas present to a few
people i know then ...
[18:30] <DianeK> That's not so long....
[18:31] <@Wrengl> no not at all
[18:31] <@KK> It's technically due to be turned in at the end of this
month--though it's going to be a wee bit later than that, I fear.
[18:31] <@Wrengl> not considering how long some of us have waited
[18:31] <@Shiral> Not in fannish terms at all
[18:31] <Mistyck> not at all, Shiral
[18:31] <Mak> A year goes by frighteningly fast...
[18:31] <@KK> But it will go quickly now, since I've finally got the
rest of the action sorted.
[18:31] <Mistyck> yhep
[18:31] <@Shiral> Both too quickly and too slowly
[18:32] <Mistyck> cool, KK...let us know when you dot the final i
[18:32] <Kiri`> Katherine - i rather liked the poison concept..
perhaps at a later point?
[18:32] <Kelric> just remember that every day that it's late it's half
a letter grade off the final grade... :)
[18:32] * Kelos_al-Hazar wonders what a 10000 year old Elf would think
of the speed of a year's passage?
[18:32] <@Shiral> So is the priest who does Krispin in the one that
Donal kills himself?
[18:32] <@KK> I rather like the poisoned ribbon; you'll probably see
it in a later incarnation.
[18:32] <Mistyck> Katherine: are you going to expand the Bethane
episode later on?
[18:32] * Joins: hygilac
[18:32] <DianeK> The older I get, the faster it goes...
[18:32] <@KK> Yes, Shiral. Has him hanged.
[18:32] <@Wrengl> wb linda
[18:32] <hygilac> HI Katherine
[18:32] <Kiri`> re hygilac!
[18:32] <@Shiral> WB, Linda
[18:33] <the_Bee> wb linda
[18:33] <bynw> hiyas linda
[18:33] <Mistyck> wb Linda
[18:33] <Mak> Hi Linda
[18:33] <VirtualBabe> Hi Lind
[18:33] <@Shiral> A richly deserved fate!
[18:33] <Barticus> howdy LInda!
[18:33] <VirtualBabe> a
[18:33] <@KK> Probably, Mistyck.
[18:33] <Kiri`> Katherine - interesting death methods..
[18:33] <RainTurtle> hi, Linda
[18:33] <DianeK> Hi Linda
[18:33] <Mistyck> cool, that'd be really neat
[18:33] * bynw digs out his deryni questions sack and begins going
through it
[18:33] <hygilac> Hi everyone I didn't see earlier
[18:33] <Kiri`> make that.. It's interesting to read about unusual
deaths.
[18:33] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Why in the world are Haldane Kings so
seemingly hooked on hanging non-noble traitors? Heh.
[18:33] * Joins: MongoosePaul
[18:33] <RainTurtle> hi
[18:33] <Andy_Hock> Hi, MongoosePaul.
[18:33] <Mistyck> hi Paul
[18:33] <@Shiral> And here we think she seems so sweet and wholesome
<G> But she's busily inventing ways to off her characters <G>
[18:33] <MongoosePaul> Evening
[18:33] <kirienne> hi mongoospaul
[18:33] <@Shiral> Hello Mongoosepaul
[18:33] <@KK> That was the usual ignoble execution method in those
days, Kelos.
[18:33] <Barticus> howdy Mongoose Paul
[18:34] <Mak> Hi MongoosePaul
[18:34] <@Wrengl> howdy mongoosepaul
[18:34] <Mistyck> shiral: that's the Jatherine in her coming out
[18:34] <bynw> it's what you do to non-noble traitors Kelos
[18:34] <@RainbowDragon> 23 people in DD!
[18:34] * VirtualBabe blushes
[18:34] <@Shiral> And the murderers of children, evidently
[18:34] * Kelos_al-Hazar sits, well-corrected
[18:34] <hygilac> who are you hanging now, katherine?
[18:34] * Joins: Ryan
[18:34] <Mistyck> hi Ryan
[18:34] <RainTurtle> hi, Ryan
[18:34] <@KK> Father Septimus, who kills Krispin.
[18:34] <the_Bee> hi ryan
[18:34] <@Wrengl> howdy ryan
[18:34] <Mak> Hi Ryan
[18:34] <Kiri`> hello
[18:34] <Barticus> howdy Ryan
[18:34] <kirienne> hi Ryan
[18:35] * Joins: Olympia
[18:35] <@Shiral> Hi Ryan
[18:35] <DianeK> hi!
[18:35] <@Shiral> Hello Nancy
[18:35] <@Wrengl> howdy olympia
[18:35] <the_Bee> hi Nancy
[18:35] <RainTurtle> hi, Olympia
[18:35] <kirienne> hi Olympia
[18:35] <@KK> Hi, Nanners!
[18:35] <@RainbowDragon> 24 people! Woo Hoo!
[18:35] <Mak> Hi Olympia
[18:35] <Mistyck> Nancy!
[18:35] <@Shiral> Oops sorry, Olympia
[18:35] <hygilac> Hi Olympia
[18:35] <Ryan> hey Mistyck, RainTurtle, the_Bee, Wrengl, Mak,
kirienne, Shiral etc....etc.....
[18:35] <Barticus> howdy Olympia
[18:35] <bynw> hiya Nancy
[18:35] <Ryan> :)
[18:35] * Kiri` waves
[18:35] <Olympia> Whoa! Hello everyone! Hi, Katherine!! (Carol of
Bellatrix sends her love)
[18:35] * Kelos_al-Hazar likes the idea of a rider (evil, of course!)
having a horse balk at a jump, and going headfirst down a TALL
cliff...
[18:35] <Olympia> 12th Night is over! yeah!!!! :)
[18:35] <@Shiral> I was beginning to think you weren't coming!
[18:35] <@KK> Ooooh, how was Twelfth Night?
[18:35] <@RainbowDragon> Bynw: have we hit the record?
[18:35] <Mistyck> nope, that was 27
[18:36] <@Shiral> We HAVE 27 people in here now
[18:36] <hygilac> ooh, RD, glad I figured out what that count
was--thought you were toting up peopole to be executed
[18:36] * Samuel wakes up nearly long enough to say "hello Everyo
[18:36] <Barticus> what is the record
[18:36] <Olympia> Loooooong, very long. I sat at the Reservation
Check-in from 9am to about 4:15 pm
[18:36] <bynw> it is currently tied RD
[18:36] <Kiri`> no we have 25 plus 2 bots
[18:36] <@RainbowDragon> okay
[18:36] <@Shiral> Oops sorry
[18:36] <Olympia> They fed 254 people.
[18:36] <bynw> the bots are counted in the record
[18:36] <@KK> 254?!
[18:36] <Mistyck> wow, Nancy...that's a lot!
[18:36] <Mak> Wow! That's a crowd
[18:36] <Andy_Hock> Bots counted in the old record . . .
[18:36] <@Shiral> Did you get to eat anything after that, Nancy
[18:36] <@KK> Did they feed them well?
[18:36] <Mistyck> so we've matched the record
[18:36] <Olympia> We did a very silly play but my SCA brother got cut
up during the play (thanks to Charles of Dublin) and ended up in the
ER.
[18:36] <Olympia> The feast was interesting...
[18:37] <Olympia> But.. how is everyone?
[18:37] <VirtualBabe> ouch!
[18:37] * Ryan is now known as Ry|BRB
[18:37] <@KK> Oh, no! Who got cut?
[18:37] <Mistyck> good here, Nancy
[18:37] <@Shiral> Okay here
[18:37] <hygilac> what a feast, Nancy!
[18:37] <Mak> Quite well, Olympia, thanks--- and you?
[18:37] <@KK> What did you eat?
[18:37] <Olympia> My SCA brother, Lord Gideon, got cut in the play
because one of the other actors used live steel. :(
[18:37] <VirtualBabe> what was served at the feast?
[18:37] <@Shiral> OWIE
[18:37] <Mistyck> ouch!
[18:38] <Mak> Oh, my
[18:38] <Barticus> ow!
[18:38] <Olympia> Yeah - stitches and possible cut tendon. :(
[18:38] <Kiri`> oh no..
[18:38] <Mistyck> yikes!
[18:38] <@KK> Yike, who choreographed /that/?
[18:38] <hygilac> not very sporting
[18:38] * VirtualBabe sends healing woodgies to him
[18:38] <Mak> Not nice
[18:38] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Eeep.
[18:38] <@KK> Where was he hit?
[18:38] <@Shiral> Not good to get cut on 12th Night
[18:38] <the_Bee> or any other night
[18:38] <@Shiral> Definitely
[18:39] <Olympia> Welll, they HAD used rattan during the few
rehearsals but you know Charles. Thankfully the cut is on the right
hand and Gideon is left-handed.
[18:39] * VirtualBabe has a picture of the live steel crooning a'la
the bugs bunny cartoon
[18:39] <hygilac> I'll bet the ER people loved the explanation "I was
in a swordfight"
[18:39] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Still not god.
[18:39] <@Shiral> Yes....but still
[18:39] <Mistyck> geez, was the other fellow at least sorry about the
incident?
[18:39] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Good, even.
[18:39] <DianeK> small consolation
[18:39] * kirienne hopes his cut will heal quickly
[18:39] <Olympia> He doesn't know the extent of the damage yet...
[18:39] <@Shiral> And cleanly
[18:39] <Olympia> Fortunately, the star of the play was also an EMT.
[18:39] <@KK> What /did/ the folks in the ER say?
[18:39] <@Shiral> Good
[18:40] <Mistyck> yes, thank goodness
[18:40] <Olympia> I don't know, he went to Santa Monica Hospital -- in
his costume!
[18:40] <Mistyck> ooh, THAT must have been interesting
[18:40] <@Shiral> Well, that must have perked up their routine, a bit
[18:40] <VirtualBabe> bedt that turned a few heads
[18:40] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Oh, no! That probably means the costume's
toast... :(
[18:40] <hygilac> someone needed live video of that
[18:40] <kirienne> probably broke up the momotony for the er staff
[18:40] <Olympia> Katherine, I ended up in the play myself at the very
very last minute (thursday night) because Troy had to go to Atlanta,
so I was co-narrator with Morven.
[18:40] <@KK> Amazing. On the other hand, I remember going to a
hospital from a tourney in San Diego to give blood. The ER staff were
amazed.
[18:40] <Kelos_al-Hazar> No doubt.
[18:41] <Olympia> The costume only had a little blood <grin>
[18:41] <Mistyck> I wonder if they thought it was a Highlander shoot
and looked around for the cameras
[18:41] <@RainbowDragon> Hopefully he stayed "in character" and spoke
Elizabethan english :-)
[18:41] <@Shiral> Zounds, Sirrah -- sew me up!"
[18:41] <kirienne> LOL Mistyck
[18:41] <@Shiral> Although I'm just as glad he had modern rather than
Elizabethan medicine available to him
[18:41] <Mistyck> it IS southern Cali after all
[18:42] <Olympia> Heh! Naw, he is a very down-to-earth fellow. I
loaned him a book (nothing worse than sitting in the ER without a
book) - it was "Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor"
[18:42] <@KK> I trust he came back tot he feast after he'd been
repaired.
[18:42] <Olympia> The play was after the feast (well after the feast -
we uh ran a little late) so he didn't get to the ER until around
midnight - got home at 4:30am, apparently
[18:42] <@KK> Jeez!
[18:42] <@Shiral> I wouldn't feel like partying after that, myself
[18:42] <Mak> Typical ER timing....
[18:43] <hygilac> sounds about normal for an ER visit
[18:43] <kirienne> well, he won''t forget that play
[18:43] <Olympia> Yeah - the feast started late, ran long. Surprise,
surprise.
[18:43] <@Shiral> I'm shocked, a major event running LONG and LATE???
<G>
[18:43] <@KK> What else is new?
[18:43] <hygilac> Keira
[18:43] <Mak> I've never heard of such a thing, Shiral! :)
[18:43] <Barticus> sounds like a military thing
[18:44] <Mak> Is that the name you picked, Linda?
[18:44] <@Shiral> Estimated Time is always optimistic
[18:44] <Olympia> We were actually fine until about 4:00... then it
sorta fell apart...
[18:44] <bynw> LOL Bart ... Hurry up and wait :-)
[18:44] <hygilac> yep
[18:44] <Olympia> Keira - great name!
[18:44] <hygilac> great kitten
[18:44] <Barticus> exactly
[18:44] <Olympia> Oh for the black kitten?
[18:44] <Mak> Oh, good- I like it!
[18:44] <@KK> Describe!
[18:44] <Mistyck> I like it too
[18:44] <@Shiral> Really cute little cat-girl <G>
[18:44] <hygilac> solid black, KK
[18:44] <@Shiral> All big green eyes
[18:44] <bynw> Bart, do you have snow in your part of the cornfield?
[18:44] <@KK> Awwwww.
[18:44] <hygilac> 5 months old, and VERY lively
[18:44] <DianeK> That's my middle daughter's name
[18:44] <Barticus> not a whole lot
[18:45] * Joins: Kosty
[18:45] <@KK> Hee-hee-hee!
[18:45] <Olympia> well given the state of my abode, I'm glad I don't
have a kitten or I wouldn't be able to find her!
[18:45] * bynw finds a deryni question in the sack ....
[18:45] <kirienne> hi kosty
[18:45] <the_Bee> hi kosty
[18:45] <@Shiral> And how did the Holybrooke cats weather New Years?
[18:45] <Mak> Hi Kosty
[18:45] <@Shiral> Hi Kostsy
[18:45] <@Wrengl> howdy Kosty
[18:45] <@Shiral> Oops Kosty
[18:45] <bynw> hiyas Kosty
[18:45] <RainTurtle> hi, Kosty
[18:45] <hygilac> it's Irish for "black haired"
[18:45] <Olympia> I have a Deryni question, actually.
[18:45] <Barticus> I was disappointed when I didn't get any on
birthday:-(
[18:45] <bynw> me too me too
[18:45] <Mistyck> Hi Kosty
[18:45] <Olympia> Oh, and I sorta talked up the whole RPG thing at the
event yesterday <grin>
[18:45] <Barticus> howdy kosty
[18:45] <@Shiral> We've actually had a LOT of deryni questions today.
Are we slipping?
[18:45] <bynw> good for you Nancy!
[18:45] <@Shiral> <G>
[18:46] <Mak> I got the call from the vet on Firday to say Fudge's
ashes are back
[18:46] <DianeK> Kiera is Irish
[18:46] <@Shiral> Ask ask!
[18:46] <Kiri`> I have one!
[18:46] * bynw gives nancy a star for spreading the Deryni RPG info
around
[18:46] * Olympia gives Mak a big hug
[18:46] <@KK> Aw, who was Fudge?
[18:46] <@Wrengl> indeed bynw
[18:46] <Mak> My Siamese
[18:46] <@RainbowDragon> Ask the Deryni questions!
[18:46] * @Wrengl huggles mak
[18:46] <@KK> Ow, how sad!
[18:46] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new record of
28.
[18:46] <@Shiral> Huggles Mak! =o(
[18:46] * kirienne gives mak a hug
[18:46] <Kiri`> oh mak.. *hug* sorry
[18:46] * hygilac hyuggles Mak
[18:46] <bynw> btw, we just set a new channel record of 28 users
(including bots)
[18:46] * Corgula licks mak in sympathy
[18:46] <Olympia> I'm so sorry, Mak - Siamese are my favorite.
[18:46] * Barticus knows how MAK feel s he lost his Siamese in 2000
[18:47] <kirienne> woooo hoooo a new record
[18:47] * Kiri` doesn't think we should count the bots.. ;)
[18:47] * the_Bee sends huggles to mak
[18:47] <@Wrengl> indeed
[18:47] <@KK> I've never had a Siamese.
[18:47] <DianeK> Keira is Old English from German Kaiser, hence the
name means queenly in one of my books
[18:47] <Barticus> I'm sorry to hear aboutFudge MAK
[18:47] <Mak> They are wonderful cats
[18:47] <Olympia> The first three books - we have a complete digital
version of which one(s)?
[18:47] <@Wrengl> see bynw, you wanted to break the record!
[18:47] <Mak> And she was my baby...
[18:47] <@KK> DR
[18:47] <Olympia> OK, full version of DR and partial of...?
[18:47] * @Shiral hasn't scanned any of the other two....
[18:48] <@DeryniBot> that's bot discrimination Kiri` ... what are we
chopped liver? fine ... we will just leave then :P
[18:48] <@Shiral> yet.....
[18:48] * Parts: Hildulf
[18:48] <VirtualBabe> well you'd better get at it shiral :-)
[18:48] <Mak> It's ok, DB- the rest of us love you and want you to
count! :)
[18:48] <RainTurtle> Hi, DeryniBot
[18:48] <bynw> Deryni Magic was digitalized as well
[18:48] <Kiri`> Katheirne - if you had to choose just one feamle and
one male character from your Deryni series as favorites.. who would
they be?
[18:48] <@KK> Wrengl mentioned a site where there are supposedly
bootlegged, illegal copies of some of the titles, but I couldn't get
in.
[18:49] <@KK> I know the Russians pirate material all the time--or
did.
[18:49] <Olympia> Ok, Shiral my dear, what is the status of the
scanning?
[18:49] <@Shiral> I have run into a problem with my OCR program
[18:49] <Kiri`> what is the problem?
[18:49] <@Shiral> AND....well, I can work on the Atlas, or I can scan
[18:49] <@KK> For females--probably Evaine. For males--woo, that's a
hard one. Can I pick one from each timeframe?
[18:49] <Olympia> ATLAS
[18:49] <Mistyck> KK: I think there's a site on mIRC called #Bookz
that has a copy of DR
[18:50] <VirtualBabe> That's one site I don't want to see. I'd
rather read your books legally
[18:50] <@Shiral> MS word and my OCR program are refusing to speak to
one another
[18:50] <Olympia> Oh, Katherine - two folks at the banquet yesterday -
gotta tell you their SCA names...>>
[18:50] <@KK> Yes?
[18:50] <Kiri`> Kathiner - if you must.. but I think it'd be more
intersting to choose just one =)
[18:50] <@KK> Camber, I think.
[18:50] <Kiri`> ok.. and from kelson's era? ;)
[18:51] <Mistyck> yes, Camber is verra interesting...all around
[18:51] <@KK> I love the Kelson-era characters too, but there was
something about the Camberian ones.
[18:51] <@Shiral> I don't know WHY OCR and MS word are being so
prickly, they just are, and I'm not sure where the trouble lies
[18:51] <the_Bee> Olympia: we're waiting....
[18:51] <@Shiral> But my focus and my concentration have been on the
ATLAS
[18:51] <Ry|BRB> cause they are microsoft products :)
[18:51] <Kiri`> it lies with MS..
[18:51] <VirtualBabe> well they did go through munc more tribulations
then the Krelson era characters
[18:51] <Ry|BRB> they are made to be that way
[18:51] <bynw> Deryni Related Question: All of the Wards Cubes we've
seen through out the books have been old, handed down in Deryni
families for years .... Who actualy MAKES Ward Cubes?
[18:51] * Ry|BRB is now known as Ryan
[18:52] <Olympia> Hang on - checking the list
[18:52] <@KK> There must be "technicians" who make Ward Cubes.
[18:52] <Mistyck> good Q
[18:52] * Parts: Ryan
[18:52] <Olympia> Davin MacAlister of Drake's Height and Elspeth
Charissa aus Reinwold :)
[18:52] <@Shiral> Might Alaric have inherited his Wards from Alyce?
[18:52] <Mistyck> something like Healers who make their own drugs?
[18:53] <Olympia> and Jarucha Delamare
[18:53] <Kiri`> where do ythey come from? cube-smiths? a religious
order?
[18:53] <Mistyck> ooh, neato, Olympia
[18:53] <Olympia> I asked Elspeth and she said "Oh yes, I was reading
those books when I first found the SCA."
[18:53] <Barticus> oh cool names
[18:53] <@KK> Definitely Deryni fans, Olympia.
[18:53] <Olympia> Yep :)
[18:53] <Olympia> I told them about the RPG ... they were thrilled.
[18:53] <@Shiral> Making the physical cubes wouldn't be too hard, but
then giving them the power that makes them ward cubes might be
difficult
[18:54] <@RainbowDragon> What type of technicians, KK? Deryni priests?
[18:54] <VirtualBabe> Did you casually mention that you actually Knew
katherine nancy?
[18:54] <@KK> Some cubes might be made by religious technicians, but
some would be secular craftsmen as well.
[18:54] <RainTurtle> KK: are the whereabouts of the shiral the Evaine
gave to Cinhil known in/for Kelson's era?
[18:54] <@Wrengl> We found a VA con, actually two, that are small and
heavily into gaming.
[18:54] <Olympia> Nope, VB, I was totally swamped with check-ins :(
[18:54] <@KK> Don't know, Turtle.
[18:54] <Olympia> Katherine, which of the three original books do you
need next?
[18:54] <hygilac> rather like the Deryni jeweler who hamde Sidana's
ring?
[18:54] <RainTurtle> alright, thanks
[18:54] <@KK> Probably, Linda.
[18:54] <Andy_Hock> Are the cubes still being made in the Kelsonian
era, or has the secret been lost?
[18:55] <Kiri`> So, how do they become imbued? or are they like
shirals and react?
[18:55] <@KK> Checkmate.
[18:55] <Mistyck> I'd think they have to be imbued with
power/potential
[18:55] <@KK> They still make them in Torenth and points south, I'm
sure.
[18:55] <@KK> They'd have to be activated magically.
[18:55] <Mistyck> would Azim have brought Richenda and Alaric a new
set?
[18:55] <Olympia> OK - DC is next - I'll take responsibility for that.
[18:56] <Barticus> hey all I need to vamoose, y'all have safe week
[18:56] <Barticus> bye
[18:56] * Kelos_al-Hazar is on a site where literally thousands of
books are listed...most of them likely illegally OCR'ed.
[18:56] <@KK> They're different from shiral crystals in that respect.
(Cubes can be made of different materials.)
[18:56] <VirtualBabe> nighters Bart
[18:56] <the_Bee> nighters bart
[18:56] <hygilac> bye Bart
[18:56] <Mak> Nite Bart
[18:56] <Mistyck> nite Bart
[18:56] <kirienne> bye bart, have a good week youeself
[18:56] <Kiri`> night bart
[18:56] <@Shiral> Susan and I did talk about Wards and Warding in our
last Zipper SIster Colunmn
[18:56] <Kiri`> Kelos - where/
[18:56] * Barticus waves to all as he disappears into the crop circles
of IOwa
[18:56] <@Shiral> BYe Bart
[18:56] <bynw> cya bart
[18:56] <@KK> Bye, Bart!
[18:56] <@Shiral> Column, rather
[18:57] <VirtualBabe> Don't worry shiral,I read typo
[18:57] <Mistyck> I just got a call from the DATING GAME...geez!
[18:57] <@Shiral> Good
[18:57] <Olympia> Rita, you are kidding, right?
[18:57] <@KK> But I won't actually need it until after I've written
the /second/ Childe book!
[18:57] <Mak> I think we all do, VB- so we can read our OWN typos! :)
[18:57] <hygilac> for reeal, Rita?
[18:57] <VirtualBabe> is that still on, or a newversion?
[18:58] <Mistyck> I hung up on them
[18:58] <Olympia> That's ok - It will take me a bit even at 125
words/min <grin>
[18:58] <Kiri`> KAtherine - doe sanyone in particular have to to the
imbuing of ward cubes.. or is it something any deryni coulsd do?
[18:58] * Mistyck does not need a date that badly
[18:58] * Kiri` is wondering if it's a religious blessing in some
manner
[18:58] <@KK> It would require some specialized training. It's an
aartisan sort of skill.
[18:58] <@KK> artisan
[18:59] <Mistyck> yeah, Linda for real
[18:59] <@Shiral> Definitely
[18:59] <hygilac> good grief
[18:59] <@Shiral> Hopefully, the skill of creating ward cubes is not a
dead art in Gwyneed
[18:59] <@Shiral> Gwynedd
[18:59] * @Shiral slaps her rental fingers
[18:59] <@KK> It's like, anybody can make noises on a violin, and even
play a basic ti=une that would be recognizable. But you'd have to
have training and a share of inherent talent to actually be a good
player.
[18:59] <Mistyck> however, now that I think about it, I may call them
back if they pay me to get on the show
[19:00] * kirienne is having trouble with her rental fingers today too
[19:00] <Kelos_al-Hazar> Even an autoharp takes skill to play
well...as I know from firsthand experience.
[19:00] <hygilac> lol, Mist
[19:00] <Mistyck> Shiral, Kirienne, that's because you didn't rent
them from Charissa's
[19:00] <DianeK> me, too, Kelos
[19:00] <@Shiral> Playing anything more complicated than a Kazoo takes
time
[19:00] <@KK> Me three.
[19:00] <@Shiral> Why would Charissa's finger rental be a good idea?
[19:00] <kirienne> nope, I think mine came from a wee shop derry set
up in the back of a tavern
[19:00] <Mistyck> that's why Olympia and I don't have any problems
[19:00] <Olympia> Katherine, I remember you playing the autoharp. :)
[19:01] <@KK> Multi ani fa.
[19:01] <@Shiral> Your fingers might get into all SORTS of nasty ideas
if you didn't watch them closely!
[19:01] <@KK> anni, I suppose it would be.
[19:01] <Olympia> Yep, anni it is... or was :)
[19:01] <the_Bee> anni who?
[19:01] <Mistyck> Anni came lately?
[19:01] <VirtualBabe> many years ago?
[19:01] <hygilac> ooh, and what aobut Ariella's fiingers
[19:02] <Mistyck> did you rent from her, Linda?
[19:02] <@Shiral> Even worse, Linda
[19:02] * Mak does not want anything to do with Ariella's fingers! :)
[19:02] <Mistyck> Charissa is just misunderstood
[19:02] <Olympia> Heh, Mak! (inside voice) I agree, Rita
[19:02] <@Shiral> I suspect Imre's fingers might be a little less
dangerous as he was so bad at everything
[19:02] <Olympia> And Ariella kept bad company
[19:02] <hygilac> yep, rented a rather pruny set--weatneer magic, you
know
[19:03] <VirtualBabe> yeah but with imre's fingers you couldn't tell
where they might have been
[19:03] <RainTurtle> blech
[19:03] <Mistyck> verra true, Debbie
[19:03] <Olympia> Hee hee, oh yes we could, VB <evil grin>
[19:03] <@Shiral> Yuck, yes
[19:03] <Mak> "Put those things down! You don't know where they've
been!"
[19:03] * VirtualBabe grins back evilly
[19:04] <Olympia> Ok, I just had an AWFUL thought which I am NOT going
to share but if we ever uncover Imre's private diaries...
[19:04] <@RainbowDragon> Could a deryni be harmed if s/he tried to
give the initial charge to a defective set of ward cubes?
[19:04] <Kiri`> ewwww
[19:04] <@Shiral> Now after all that, you HAVE to share!
[19:04] <Mistyck> yep
[19:04] <Olympia> No I don't...
[19:04] <Mistyck> yes you do
[19:04] <hygilac> Imre could write?
[19:04] * @Shiral tickles Olympia
[19:04] <Mak> Absolutely Olympia= tell!!!!!
[19:04] <Kiri`> giggle sat hygilac
[19:05] <Olympia> He had people who wrote for him... sorry, Shiral
dear, not ticklish.
[19:05] <Mistyck> tell all!!!!
[19:05] <Kiri`> ok now i'd like to hear this.. do tell
[19:05] * @Shiral makes a sad pleading whimper
[19:05] <Olympia> Naw, I haven't finished translating them yet - he
wrote them in a secret code.
[19:05] <DianeK> out with it!
[19:05] * Kiri` waves chocolate fudge mousse
[19:05] <@KK> It could be uncomfortable, Dragon. Stay with the violin
analogy. If the instrument's out of tune, a master can still play it
well, by compensating, but a beginner will be lost.
[19:05] * Mistyck whines just like Chance the doggie...wah wah waaah
[19:05] <hygilac> what a job description: Royal pornographer
[19:06] * Mak stamps her foot at Olympia
[19:06] <Kiri`> Ghost Porn Author for the King..
[19:06] <kirienne> LOL
[19:06] <Olympia> Katherine, wouldn't backlash from defective cubes be
reduced if one's innate power were high enough?
[19:06] <@Shiral> Imre's favorite late night reading
[19:06] * Mistyck waves the aromatic smell of fresh homemade Indian
cooking in front of Olympia
[19:06] <@KK> There's a great story about a master violinist--might
mave been Perlman--playing a performance when he lost a string. He
continued playing by compensating, and hardly anyone could tell
there'd been a problem.
[19:06] <Harvey> You gonna eat that?
[19:07] <Mistyck> you too, Harvey? Another lover of Curry?
[19:07] <@KK> Innate power and ability. It would be a tricky
balancing act. I wouldn't want to try it. Just like I'd be leery of
a Portal set by someone whose competence I wasn't sure of.
[19:07] * hygilac does not live curry, because it does not love her
[19:07] <@Shiral> So, someone like Camber would be able to compensate
for faulty magical tools
[19:07] <@RainbowDragon> Good question, Olympia
[19:08] <Harvey> Sure.
[19:08] <Mistyck> ok, I guess next Darkover it's time to treat you
guys to some homemade Indian food
[19:08] <@KK> Yes, Shiral. It wouldn't be optimal, but an artist can
work with crap and still turn out art.
[19:08] <the_Bee> camber should be able to sense the defect before he
began the working
[19:08] <bynw> Darkover? we have GenCon in July Mistyck :-)
[19:09] <@KK> Yes. And remember that most magical "tools" are more
like handles to hand knowledge on.
[19:09] <VirtualBabe> that just gives me another reason to want to
make the next darkover Mistyck
[19:09] <@Shiral> Or at least, could just do the job he set out to do
without endangering himself or his family
[19:09] <Mistyck> ok, GenCon too, Bynw
[19:09] * Joins: jp
[19:09] <Mistyck> hi JP
[19:09] <@Shiral> Hello JP
[19:09] <bynw> hiyas jp
[19:09] <Mak> Hi jp
[19:09] <hygilac> hi JP
[19:09] <RainTurtle> hi, JP
[19:09] <@Wrengl> howdy jp
[19:09] <Mistyck> actually GenCon will prolly be easier since I'll be
driving up
[19:09] * kirienne wishes she could go to the con's and taset
mistyck's home mede indian food
[19:09] <@KK> A good magician should be able to work high magic naked
in the middle of the desert with only a few simple symbols. Of
course, it's easier if one has the right accoutrements.
[19:10] <RainTurtle> I'd think it'd be easier to cast the force-bubble
without the cubes than to compensate for faulty ones...
[19:10] <@Shiral> And some sunscreen
[19:10] <@Shiral> <G>
[19:10] <Olympia> Gencon - hee hee me 'n my roomie <grin>
[19:10] <bynw> RT, you are probably right on that account
[19:10] <Olympia> OMIGOD! The 3rd Musketeer movie that was never
released is on TV!
[19:10] <Mistyck> cool!
[19:10] <jp> Hi All
[19:10] <kirienne> hi jp
[19:10] <Mistyck> Happy New Year, JP
[19:11] <Mak> I am FINALLY going to get to watch HP1 tonite :)
[19:11] <Olympia> Hi, jP
[19:11] <hygilac> Oliver Reed, Olympia?
[19:11] <@KK> Yep, wards can be cast without cubes, as we know. War
cubes just make it a little easier.
[19:11] <jp> Is it new year already?
[19:11] <the_Bee> or peace cubes
[19:11] <Kiri`> i just need to learn how to make Palak Paneer and
Saag.
[19:11] <Kiri`> hi Jp!
[19:11] <RainTurtle> *wasn't sure if the same was true of the Deryni*
[19:11] <Olympia> Depends on your calendar, JP - not until Feb 1 for
Chinese
[19:11] <Mistyck> Kiri: there's good recipes on the net for it
[19:12] <Mistyck> in India, new year was back in Nov
[19:12] <@KK> Gang, it's been great, but it's after midnight and I
need to write tomorrow. Like I said, I'm on a roll!
[19:12] <@Shiral> Night, Katherine
[19:12] <RainTurtle> be well, KAtherine
[19:12] <@Shiral> WRITE LOTS in the coming week!
[19:12] <bynw> take the pen and run then KK
[19:12] <hygilac> niight KK--keep on rolling!
[19:12] <kirienne> night Kathrine, huggles and good writing'
[19:12] <@Shiral> Thanks for coming to talk to us
[19:12] <Kiri`> NIght Katherine!
[19:12] <the_Bee> roll merrily along, KK
[19:12] <Mak> NIte KK
[19:12] <@RainbowDragon> Have a good night, Katherine
[19:12] <Mistyck> ok, we'll let you go for that reason only,
KK....write write write!
[19:12] <VirtualBabe> Sleep sweet Katherine, and have a great week
writing
[19:12] <jp> Darn those cheep hybernation pills! Night KK
[19:12] <@Shiral> Keep those words rolling
[19:12] <DianeK> Happy writing, KK
[19:12] <@KK> Should be able to report great progress next week.
[19:12] <Mistyck> nite KK and have a great day tomorrow
[19:12] <Mak> ANd I have to go, too- phone call!
[19:13] <@Shiral> Hugs, and sleep well
[19:13] <bynw> have a good night and write write write
[19:13] <kirienne> bye mak, huggles to you too
[19:13] * @KK steps onto her Portal, blowing kisses to all, and
disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[19:13] <@Shiral> Too late
[19:13] <Kiri`> wanted to ask how your nye went
[19:13] <@Shiral> Write Woman, Write!
[19:13] <Mistyck> bye Mak
[19:13] <Olympia> Bye, Katherine!
[19:13] <Mistyck> nite and sweet dreams KK
[19:13] * VirtualBabe catches onde of katherinew's kisses for her very
own
[19:13] * @KK is writing

KK parted after that