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Uh-Oh, I Feel The Rage
Sep. 27th, 2022 11:49 pmMore specifically, I've noticed that I'm definitely feeling The Rage whenever something irritates me even a little. . .and it finally clicked in the shower that that time of the month is probably coming up fast. >.< So yes, hi PMS, wanna NOT make me want to kill all the things? *sigh* Well, I've kept it under control before, I can do it now. . .
Besides feeling The Rage, I managed to get some stuff done today:
Work – Another quiet day, focused on obits and duplicates with a few credit card calls for variety. I’ve decided to try and tackle a huge list of duplicates that have been hanging around in the system for a few years now (result of an error where a bunch of donors were matched to the wrong addresses in an update file), simply to pass the time – we’ll see how that goes!
Beanbags – Yes, as it was another lovely fall day, and I had a GREAT game! :D Threw mostly sixes in the first two games and won both, then fell to fours in the third game and came second. Mom didn’t win any games, but she did come second twice, so that’s good! Final scores were me W-W-2; Dad 3-3-W; Mom 2-2-3. *nods* I’ll take it!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – back on the bike, and back with the latest “OX Blades In The Dark” score, “The Cab-Con Caper!” After marveling over the penny-penny and its acrobatic rider, Edvard promptly started drawing up an itinerary of all the booths they had to visit, and all the demonstrations they had to see, and of course they had to fit lunch in there somehow – Kasimir asked if he’d noted “see the goat” anywhere on his list, gently reminding him that this was a job (though he wasn’t OPPOSED to seeing all the sights – if this was Stabcon, the con all about stabbing people, he’d be excited too XD). Edvard decided to go wandering the Cab-Con floor and see what he could see and if there were any clues to where the Clelland Company was (and to take in as much of the experience as possible); while Kasimir decided to go the direct route of trying to find a map somewhere. They both rolled Study –
And both failed! XD Luke had the following happen: Edvard ended up captivated by a strange quivering metal rod, which a nearby spokesperson said was a hydraulic spoke for cab wheels. Edvard was quite impressed – up until the point where the guy mentioned it was an ASTOR “innovention,” at which point he, predictably, exploded. XD The ranting drew quite a bit of attention, including that of a nearby guard, prompting the start of a clock simply titled “Kicked Out” – Luke was nice enough not to fill in a bit right away, but warned they only got six segments before that happened. Edvard, noticing the attention, forced himself to calm down and think about other things – like how best to sabotage this spoke. XD
Kasimir, meanwhile, was looking for his map when, suddenly, the lights dimmed, and an announcement came over the steampunk tannoy, announcing that the Clelland Company would be demonstrating their goat, Bessie, at the top of the hour. This was good information – but the moment the lights went back UP, he found himself face-to-face with Lizette and Andril – you know, the lady and her butler that they robbed (and in the latter case, roughed up) in their very first adventure? Kasimir tried to prowl past, but was easily spotted by the confused Lizette, who thought she recognized him. Kasimir, thinking quickly, claimed to be a servant who had been let go after the fire due to negligence of duty – that is, he didn’t do as much as he could have to save her collection as he could have – and now he was here basically spreading his CV. Lizette, fortunately, accepted that and said that the loss of her collection had been a rather hard blow (especially since the bluecoats seemed quite certain it was arson), and thanked him for at least apologizing that he hadn’t done everything he could to save it. Kasimir very briefly felt a niggle of guilt, but quickly shook it off. XD He managed to escape them without further incident, located his map, and found his way over to the Clelland booth – or, rather, the Clelland STAGE, ready to display their delightful new goat at the top of the hour! The room was already packed, but Kasimir, noticing skirting around the bottom of the stage, pushed himself for a good Prowl and managed to slip through and into the underpinnings of the stage, where he found a lot of supports – and a strange machine, designed to be lifted up onto the stage. Kasimir wanted to Study it, but as he only had one die in that skill, he asked Luke for a Devil’s Bargain, oooh. . .
And that’s where Part II of the caper picked up! Luke’s bargain was pretty simple – an extra die for getting so covered in grease that Kasimir was going to find it rather hard to be inconspicuous going forward. Johnny’s blasé attitude to this almost made him rethink that. XD But no, Kasimir merely got ridiculously dirty, and his extra die scored him a six on the roll, so he was able to glean the purpose of the machine pretty easily – it was a treadmill for goats! Apparently for demonstrating Bessie’s speed – and judging by the size of it, Bessie was a BIG GIRL. Kasimir took all of this in, then – after establishing that the cabbies generally had their goats wear a sort of nappy to stop their droppings getting all over the place as they trotted about – asked if the treadmill had a poo-holder of some kind. Luke allowed that it did, then rolled a single die to see if there were any “leavings” still in it or not. Fortunately(-ish), he rolled that there were, so Kasimir – deciding in for a penny, in for a pound when it came to his ruined jacket – scooped up what he could and dumped it in his pockets so it could be analyzed later to see what they were feeding it.
With that, time rewound back to the announcement, and Edvard glaring at the piston – thanks to a good Tinker roll, he was able to use the dimmed lights to his advantage to rub some of one of his more explosive compounds on the ends of the piston, right where he figured the friction was worst. The stuff is activated by heat, you see, and he wanted the whole thing to go “bloooie” right as everyone was preparing to go. . . With THAT sorted, he wandered around some more, grabbed as much merch as he could carry (t-shirt, hat, tote bag full of free samples, build-it-yourself papercraft model of the building. . .), before making his way over to the Clelland stage just as the demonstration started! Bessie was introduced, and her running speed compared to that of a regular goat on the treadmill. Bessie very much won. XD Edvard got very into it, along with the rest of the crowd, but did squint to see if he could figure out anything about this amazing goat just from looking at her. A good Study roll didn’t point out anything about the GOAT – but Edvard did spot her handler wiping off what looked like a syringe of some kind. Oooooh. . .that’s noteworthy! Once Bessie was put away, he wandered toward the stage, wondering how he was going to find Kasimir again and tell him about this development. . .
And wondering why this place suddenly stank of goat shit. XD Luke had Edvard notice Kasimir’s cane pop out briefly from under the skirting as Kasimir prepared to continue moving under the stage, and he told Edvard that his plan was to sneak backstage and have a look around, and if he was caught, claim to be a mechanic or something that noticed odd droppings and ask directly what they were feeding Bessie. Plan C was to start hitting people. XD Edvard praised his ingenuity in taking the droppings and told him about the syringe and that yeah, backstage was definitely the place to go – Kasimir told him there was plenty of room underneath, and he could grab his own share of the droppings, which Edvard only consented to because he’d taken off his nice coat in favor of the Cab-Con t-shirt. (And he got one for Kasimir too, aww.) Next time, we see if the boys get backstage, and how it goes back there!
2. Continue writing “As Long As You Love Me”: Check – having convinced the girls that, no, he cannot be talked out of this plan, Victor has said his heartfelt goodbyes to Victoria and Emily, saying they were the best part of living in Hill Valley. Emily rightfully pointed out all the drama surrounding their brief stint at his girlfriends, and Victor was like “still!” XD So he’s off to see if he can catch up to Alice – though there’s one last niggle of doubt on all ends that needs to be taken care of first. . .
3. Keep up with YouTube Subs: Check plus – got TWO bonus videos watched along with today’s upload –
A) First up, a pair of OXBoxtra lists sitting in the Watch Later:
I. “7 Best Ways To Destroy All Humans in Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed (Sponsored Content)” – Andy, Mike, and Jane are paid to talk about their favorite ways to destroy humans in the new Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed! Methods range from overloading noticers minds with love (and the awesome tunes of the late 1960s) so they don’t notice you going about your business; to using the Dislocator gun to bounce them all around the scenery; to just straight up being snarky as all hell, because if there is one thing Crypto is good at beyond destroying humans, it’s sarcasm. XD Options for all sorts of death here – if you like causing chaos as an alien, this should be an easy sell. :P
II. “7 Times Videogame Comics Went Off the Deep End” – Luke and Andy talk about video game comics that – well. See the title. This included such things as the official Elden Ring manga deciding it didn’t like the depressing tone of the games and instead going for a gag comic about an amnesiac guy who unfortunately picked the “Wretch” starting class (club and underwear build) and gets his own healing flasks stuck to his ass for a while; the Super Sonic Special which features Sonic in a mirror verse accidentally killing his own father by ripping a chunk of Chaos Emerald out of him; and the Resident Evil comic that spoiled the twist about Wesker. ...Yes, Wesker being evil and working for Umbrella was supposed to be a twist in the first game. Wonder if anyone can can get Linkara to review any of these? He needs a new series for Halloween soon, right?
B) Then it was over to the Subs for GrayStillPlays and “Impossible real life fails in GTA 5!” Alex had created a series of boards featuring challenges that people were SUPPOSED to fail for Gray, and Gray gritted his teeth and did them until he succeeded! These included using a concrete fence to pop a wheelie on a motorcycle and managing to fly it into the top level of a parking garage (color-coded for your convenience – naturally, the best score was pink); leaping off a high platform into a speedboat, and then commandeering that speedboat to catch an NPC leaping off a bridge (Alex was sure Gray would be good at this one because he’s Floridian XD); chasing a ramp car and a flatbed truck in a super-car, ramping off the first so he landed on the bed of the latter (this one probably took the most time for Gray to do, especially since the flatbed had an interesting habit of jerking out of the way when Gray ramped); having to speed off a road suspended in the air and then slide under a parking garage barricade without damaging it (Gray ended up doing this TWICE because the first time he managed it he was in first person and he wanted everyone to properly appreciate the awesome slide); and finally ramping a motorcycle off another floating road to steer it through a thumbnail hole in a helicopter (took surprisingly fewer tries than you might have thought!). There was a lot of blood, sweat, and tears on Gray’s end, but he completed all challenges and looked cool doing it, w000. :D
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – four-part Chill Save update in the queue for Victor Luvs Alice; one ask reply in the queue for Valice Multiverse. Nothing too strenuous!
*nods* That's all right then. And now I have to hit the sheets, as per usual. Tomorrow, the people are coming to FINALLY install the cabinets, so we'll see how that goes -- they're arriving just I'm leaving for work. Fun. Fingers crossed this isn't a total pain in the ass for all of us! Night all!
Besides feeling The Rage, I managed to get some stuff done today:
Work – Another quiet day, focused on obits and duplicates with a few credit card calls for variety. I’ve decided to try and tackle a huge list of duplicates that have been hanging around in the system for a few years now (result of an error where a bunch of donors were matched to the wrong addresses in an update file), simply to pass the time – we’ll see how that goes!
Beanbags – Yes, as it was another lovely fall day, and I had a GREAT game! :D Threw mostly sixes in the first two games and won both, then fell to fours in the third game and came second. Mom didn’t win any games, but she did come second twice, so that’s good! Final scores were me W-W-2; Dad 3-3-W; Mom 2-2-3. *nods* I’ll take it!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – back on the bike, and back with the latest “OX Blades In The Dark” score, “The Cab-Con Caper!” After marveling over the penny-penny and its acrobatic rider, Edvard promptly started drawing up an itinerary of all the booths they had to visit, and all the demonstrations they had to see, and of course they had to fit lunch in there somehow – Kasimir asked if he’d noted “see the goat” anywhere on his list, gently reminding him that this was a job (though he wasn’t OPPOSED to seeing all the sights – if this was Stabcon, the con all about stabbing people, he’d be excited too XD). Edvard decided to go wandering the Cab-Con floor and see what he could see and if there were any clues to where the Clelland Company was (and to take in as much of the experience as possible); while Kasimir decided to go the direct route of trying to find a map somewhere. They both rolled Study –
And both failed! XD Luke had the following happen: Edvard ended up captivated by a strange quivering metal rod, which a nearby spokesperson said was a hydraulic spoke for cab wheels. Edvard was quite impressed – up until the point where the guy mentioned it was an ASTOR “innovention,” at which point he, predictably, exploded. XD The ranting drew quite a bit of attention, including that of a nearby guard, prompting the start of a clock simply titled “Kicked Out” – Luke was nice enough not to fill in a bit right away, but warned they only got six segments before that happened. Edvard, noticing the attention, forced himself to calm down and think about other things – like how best to sabotage this spoke. XD
Kasimir, meanwhile, was looking for his map when, suddenly, the lights dimmed, and an announcement came over the steampunk tannoy, announcing that the Clelland Company would be demonstrating their goat, Bessie, at the top of the hour. This was good information – but the moment the lights went back UP, he found himself face-to-face with Lizette and Andril – you know, the lady and her butler that they robbed (and in the latter case, roughed up) in their very first adventure? Kasimir tried to prowl past, but was easily spotted by the confused Lizette, who thought she recognized him. Kasimir, thinking quickly, claimed to be a servant who had been let go after the fire due to negligence of duty – that is, he didn’t do as much as he could have to save her collection as he could have – and now he was here basically spreading his CV. Lizette, fortunately, accepted that and said that the loss of her collection had been a rather hard blow (especially since the bluecoats seemed quite certain it was arson), and thanked him for at least apologizing that he hadn’t done everything he could to save it. Kasimir very briefly felt a niggle of guilt, but quickly shook it off. XD He managed to escape them without further incident, located his map, and found his way over to the Clelland booth – or, rather, the Clelland STAGE, ready to display their delightful new goat at the top of the hour! The room was already packed, but Kasimir, noticing skirting around the bottom of the stage, pushed himself for a good Prowl and managed to slip through and into the underpinnings of the stage, where he found a lot of supports – and a strange machine, designed to be lifted up onto the stage. Kasimir wanted to Study it, but as he only had one die in that skill, he asked Luke for a Devil’s Bargain, oooh. . .
And that’s where Part II of the caper picked up! Luke’s bargain was pretty simple – an extra die for getting so covered in grease that Kasimir was going to find it rather hard to be inconspicuous going forward. Johnny’s blasé attitude to this almost made him rethink that. XD But no, Kasimir merely got ridiculously dirty, and his extra die scored him a six on the roll, so he was able to glean the purpose of the machine pretty easily – it was a treadmill for goats! Apparently for demonstrating Bessie’s speed – and judging by the size of it, Bessie was a BIG GIRL. Kasimir took all of this in, then – after establishing that the cabbies generally had their goats wear a sort of nappy to stop their droppings getting all over the place as they trotted about – asked if the treadmill had a poo-holder of some kind. Luke allowed that it did, then rolled a single die to see if there were any “leavings” still in it or not. Fortunately(-ish), he rolled that there were, so Kasimir – deciding in for a penny, in for a pound when it came to his ruined jacket – scooped up what he could and dumped it in his pockets so it could be analyzed later to see what they were feeding it.
With that, time rewound back to the announcement, and Edvard glaring at the piston – thanks to a good Tinker roll, he was able to use the dimmed lights to his advantage to rub some of one of his more explosive compounds on the ends of the piston, right where he figured the friction was worst. The stuff is activated by heat, you see, and he wanted the whole thing to go “bloooie” right as everyone was preparing to go. . . With THAT sorted, he wandered around some more, grabbed as much merch as he could carry (t-shirt, hat, tote bag full of free samples, build-it-yourself papercraft model of the building. . .), before making his way over to the Clelland stage just as the demonstration started! Bessie was introduced, and her running speed compared to that of a regular goat on the treadmill. Bessie very much won. XD Edvard got very into it, along with the rest of the crowd, but did squint to see if he could figure out anything about this amazing goat just from looking at her. A good Study roll didn’t point out anything about the GOAT – but Edvard did spot her handler wiping off what looked like a syringe of some kind. Oooooh. . .that’s noteworthy! Once Bessie was put away, he wandered toward the stage, wondering how he was going to find Kasimir again and tell him about this development. . .
And wondering why this place suddenly stank of goat shit. XD Luke had Edvard notice Kasimir’s cane pop out briefly from under the skirting as Kasimir prepared to continue moving under the stage, and he told Edvard that his plan was to sneak backstage and have a look around, and if he was caught, claim to be a mechanic or something that noticed odd droppings and ask directly what they were feeding Bessie. Plan C was to start hitting people. XD Edvard praised his ingenuity in taking the droppings and told him about the syringe and that yeah, backstage was definitely the place to go – Kasimir told him there was plenty of room underneath, and he could grab his own share of the droppings, which Edvard only consented to because he’d taken off his nice coat in favor of the Cab-Con t-shirt. (And he got one for Kasimir too, aww.) Next time, we see if the boys get backstage, and how it goes back there!
2. Continue writing “As Long As You Love Me”: Check – having convinced the girls that, no, he cannot be talked out of this plan, Victor has said his heartfelt goodbyes to Victoria and Emily, saying they were the best part of living in Hill Valley. Emily rightfully pointed out all the drama surrounding their brief stint at his girlfriends, and Victor was like “still!” XD So he’s off to see if he can catch up to Alice – though there’s one last niggle of doubt on all ends that needs to be taken care of first. . .
3. Keep up with YouTube Subs: Check plus – got TWO bonus videos watched along with today’s upload –
A) First up, a pair of OXBoxtra lists sitting in the Watch Later:
I. “7 Best Ways To Destroy All Humans in Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed (Sponsored Content)” – Andy, Mike, and Jane are paid to talk about their favorite ways to destroy humans in the new Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed! Methods range from overloading noticers minds with love (and the awesome tunes of the late 1960s) so they don’t notice you going about your business; to using the Dislocator gun to bounce them all around the scenery; to just straight up being snarky as all hell, because if there is one thing Crypto is good at beyond destroying humans, it’s sarcasm. XD Options for all sorts of death here – if you like causing chaos as an alien, this should be an easy sell. :P
II. “7 Times Videogame Comics Went Off the Deep End” – Luke and Andy talk about video game comics that – well. See the title. This included such things as the official Elden Ring manga deciding it didn’t like the depressing tone of the games and instead going for a gag comic about an amnesiac guy who unfortunately picked the “Wretch” starting class (club and underwear build) and gets his own healing flasks stuck to his ass for a while; the Super Sonic Special which features Sonic in a mirror verse accidentally killing his own father by ripping a chunk of Chaos Emerald out of him; and the Resident Evil comic that spoiled the twist about Wesker. ...Yes, Wesker being evil and working for Umbrella was supposed to be a twist in the first game. Wonder if anyone can can get Linkara to review any of these? He needs a new series for Halloween soon, right?
B) Then it was over to the Subs for GrayStillPlays and “Impossible real life fails in GTA 5!” Alex had created a series of boards featuring challenges that people were SUPPOSED to fail for Gray, and Gray gritted his teeth and did them until he succeeded! These included using a concrete fence to pop a wheelie on a motorcycle and managing to fly it into the top level of a parking garage (color-coded for your convenience – naturally, the best score was pink); leaping off a high platform into a speedboat, and then commandeering that speedboat to catch an NPC leaping off a bridge (Alex was sure Gray would be good at this one because he’s Floridian XD); chasing a ramp car and a flatbed truck in a super-car, ramping off the first so he landed on the bed of the latter (this one probably took the most time for Gray to do, especially since the flatbed had an interesting habit of jerking out of the way when Gray ramped); having to speed off a road suspended in the air and then slide under a parking garage barricade without damaging it (Gray ended up doing this TWICE because the first time he managed it he was in first person and he wanted everyone to properly appreciate the awesome slide); and finally ramping a motorcycle off another floating road to steer it through a thumbnail hole in a helicopter (took surprisingly fewer tries than you might have thought!). There was a lot of blood, sweat, and tears on Gray’s end, but he completed all challenges and looked cool doing it, w000. :D
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – four-part Chill Save update in the queue for Victor Luvs Alice; one ask reply in the queue for Valice Multiverse. Nothing too strenuous!
*nods* That's all right then. And now I have to hit the sheets, as per usual. Tomorrow, the people are coming to FINALLY install the cabinets, so we'll see how that goes -- they're arriving just I'm leaving for work. Fun. Fingers crossed this isn't a total pain in the ass for all of us! Night all!
