Magic and technology [ OPEN ]

[prorenataa]

Who: Ingress nerds, coffee gods and OMG please help [ OPEN! ]
When: ICly this lasts across multiple days in the beginning of November
Where: The Ingress Room and Section U but also where ever your mingle takes you.
What: Trying to unwrap the puzzle of the Ingress and Ploitoas
Warnings: Language probably. If a thread requires a warning please place it on the comment line!

NOTES: This is a multi-part log for This Ingress Journal Plot. Since most folks were up for threading interactions! You DO NOT need to have signed up to participate in the first part of the log. Anything from noodling on the journals to blowing spitballs at the nerds.

For reference here is the IC announcement about this plot. Again you DO NOT have to have responded to them to come around and investigate what's going on.



OOC: This log is going to be split into three sections with a fourth spot for results to be posted as the characters work things through.

If at any time you have questions please do not hesitate to hit the OOC Post, PM prorenataa and nudge me on plurk at
Laekhund. My plurk is set up to accept p!Plurks from any users.

Some details:

1) ICly this log will cover just the beginning of November.
2) The mods have a plot kicking off on the 15th of November. Elements of this player plot lead into that plot.
3) These are the key IC events that lead up to this.

• This event introduced the Ingress Journals
  
• This IC call for help set off searches for one of the missing journal, leading to the discovery of the second.
  
• This is what one journal looks like and This is the other.

Go for it guys!

Comments

i. nerd circle is a go

[caelus]

[ While Jim is still a bit uncertain about just what he's going to do when the time comes to go home, it doesn't mean that he isn't going to refuse in helping everyone else. He's not sure what he can do, this late in the game, but he isn't going to pass up the opportunity.

He's damn good in a pinch, and while he may not be Uhura, he's a pretty good linguist when he wants to be. If he's not working on that, he's taking whatever papers Tony is pushing in his direction (or plucking from his fingers unless Jim decides to take a swipe at his hand for that) to look at, and getting them more coffee. He's also probably leaning over the other man's shoulder to get a better look at what he's inputting into one of the laptops, and commenting on it.

He's sifting through a handful of papers, and then looking down at the ones in his lap. No, not there either. He looks over, makes a huff of a noise, and sits up to lean over and liberate a paper from one of Tony's stacks. ]

I told you I needed this one too. [ Another look around. ] Where'd you put my coffee cup?

[arcreact]

[ Tony alternates between being helpful and being obnoxious, which isn't unexpected. Half the time he's shoving papers Jim's way or else willfully yielding them when requested, but other times he's too absorbed in whatever he's doing to even notice the request.

Sort of like right now.

He looks up and quirks an eyebrow when Jim plucks the paper off of pile #125545, then shrugs. ]

It's my coffee cup now.

[ He takes a long sip from it, to prove his point. What you gonna do about it. ]

[caelus]

[ Oh, trust him, Jim has noticed, but it's kind of adorable, even when the other guy is showing his ass. He keeps up with him for the most part, taking papers as they are thrust at him, checking over things, offering another solution or scribbling something on it, and then pushing it back in Tony's direction.

He lowers the paper he's reading to his lap, mouth pursing into a frown of challenge when Tony says that the coffee cup is his now. Uh huh. Sure. ]

You think you drinking out of it makes it yours? You wish.

[ He reaches out to grab at the bottom to pull it away. Relinquish the mug or wear its contents, Stark. ]

[arcreact]

[ Tony hooks one finger in the mug's handle, refusing to relinquish his hold on it. He raises a challenging eyebrow. You think you can wage a war without casualties, Kirk? ]

And here I expected you to be a little more squeamish about sharing germs.

[ (He didn't, but it's the principle of the matter.) ]

[caelus]

[ If it is a war over his coffee cup, there may be casualties, but Jim still expects to win. He might be a Master Tactician, but he's not above fighting dirty. Brawls and bar fights were a staple of his teenage years. ]

That's what my CMO and hypos are for. Your germs don't scare me.

[ He's already died once. Not a lot actually scares him outside of failing his family and crew these days. ]

[arcreact]

I dunno if I should be disappointed or flattered.

[ Still, fighting dirty? That's Tony's M.O. He releases his grip on the handle with no warning, which may or may not end up covering both of them in coffee, depending on how impressive Jim's reflexes are. ]

[caelus]

What's wrong with both?

[ Oh, is it now? Look, man, if he's going down, so are you. Which is why, even though his reflexes aren't that bad, he doesn't manage to not keep it from sloshing close enough to splash.

But it isn't just him that's going to be wearing coffee, and if it isn't Tony, then some papers are going to take the brunt of the caffeinated onslaught. ]

[arcreact]

[ Coffee: 1
Jim, Tony, and various notes and papers: 0

There's a long pause, where Tony assess the coffee-splattered damage. Yeah, so, he probably earned this. Doesn't mean he isn't gonna be a shit about it. ]

...

I should have you arrested.

[ By the space police, or whatever. ]

[caelus]

[ Yeah, that's---definitely no points in their favors. To be fair, though, Tony should have a few deducted for unsportsmanlike conduct to start. He started it, after all.

He scoffs lowly at the comment from the other man, and rolls his eyes. ]

Wouldn't be my first time.

[ At least attempt to come up with a more intimidating threat. That's insulting otherwise. ]

[arcreact]

[ The incredible acting talent Tony has to possess to school his expression at times like this could've earned him several Oscars. In his opinion, anyway.

He starts wringing coffee out of his shirt, giving Jim a Look. ]

What? Upstanding guy like you, coffee delinquency aside? In trouble with the law? Impossible.

[caelus]

[ He might need to get a second opinion, if that's the case. Just sayin'.

Oh come on, it wasn't that bad. Baby. ]

Impossible? Yeah, right. I was the only genius level repeat offender in the Midwest, I'll have you know.