00:01 <Cepheid> I can craft decorations, but I cannot acquire the materials to do so. o3o
00:03 * Cepheid sits atop Schism and observes their Switch.
00:11 <Cepheid> Annoying. I can't focus my eyes clearly.
00:13 * Lumindia drags Ali into bed for snugglepony
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00:20 * Schism destroys a Kulu-Ya-Ku. This would be much simpler if Barroth didn't just show up out of nowhere and start throwing mud around.
00:22 <Cepheid> Start collecting that dung.
00:22 * Ali nuu's, not sleepy yet
00:22 * Schism also goes on a brief store run.
00:24 <Schism> Cephy: I know, I know. Dungbombs = ideal.
00:24 <Schism> Of course, the Kulu-Ya-Ku and Barroth fight meant that I was able to collect a fairly good number of parts. UNfortunately, the fight took place on a plateau and half of it I was wirebugging back up.
00:28 <Cepheid> Yep.
00:29 <Cepheid> I hope they abuse that more in future maps, if any.
00:29 <Cepheid> The need to pay attention to your surroundings is fun.
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00:35 <Cepheid> Apparently, the highest HP monster in Rise currently is...
00:35 <Cepheid> Hub 8* Tobi-Kadachi.
00:35 <Cepheid> 19,760 HP solo. 47,424 HP with 4 players.
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00:44 * Cepheid flops onto the floor.
00:44 <Cepheid> Ativan in me, seroquel in me.
00:44 <Cepheid> Walls aren't melting, but my eyes aren't working right.
01:00 <Schism> Yergk.
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01:09 <Schism> cepheid: Hah, qntm going "Hey, I bet there's probably some romance between Emily Pope and Jesse Faden." He then checks AO3, and there's like 78 stories tagged as that.
01:09 <Cepheid> Heh.
01:10 <Schism> It's kinda funny how he's doing that Control/SCP crossover. But can't think of a better author to do it.
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01:49 <Schism> sigh. Warm Pelts needed.
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02:23 * Ali gives Schism slightly damn pelts
02:23 <Ali> Wow, thanks mind
02:23 <Ali> I ment damp
02:24 <Ali> N is nowhere near P you dummy...
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02:44 <Schism> Barroth remains a pain to hunt. ._.
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03:07 * Heartbreak starts booping ... Princess Ali.
03:07 * Ali refuses to be booped by a pony that dun't like her
03:09 * Schism boops the Heartbreak with a skirt.
03:09 <Schism> Warm pelts acquired. Darned Kelbi are always a pain to farm.
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05:10 <Finwe> Rolling Pones.
05:10 <Finwe> Good morning, everypony!
05:11 <Finwe> Mlles Ali and Schism; Messrs Cepheid and Heartbreak.
05:11 * Finwe doffs his hat.
05:11 * Finwe also steals his fox back from Angeline in her absence.
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06:30 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
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06:53 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift.
06:53 <Finwe> o7
06:53 <Finwe> Capt Koopz.
06:53 <Finwe> o7
06:53 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
06:55 <Koopz> RAdm. Finwe o7
06:58 * Shadowed holds up another shiny pidgey.
07:00 <Finwe> Mr Shadowed.
07:00 * Finwe doffs his hat.
07:00 * Shadowed sticks her tongue out at Finwe.
07:00 <Finwe> o3o
07:00 * Shadowed also waves.
07:00 * ConfusionRift lightly pats pidgey.
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07:01 * Shadowed snugs Ali.
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07:22 * ConfusionRift also huggles Ali.
07:22 <Finwe> Mr Golden.
07:22 * Finwe doffs his hat.
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11:26 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2283 [ https://tinyurl.com/yhfzpyww ]
11:32 * Cepheid awakens.
11:32 * Schism does as well. And provides Cepheid with a cup of coffee.
11:34 * Cepheid noms.
11:36 <Schism> Kelbi will never not be a pain to gather.
11:36 <Schism> Cephy: You know how there are heritage plaques around important landmarks in Toronto, Kitchener, Ottawa, you name it?
11:37 <Schism> Welllll... https://twitter.com/anotherglassbox/status/1388550396206096385/photo/1
11:41 <Cepheid> Heh.
11:42 <Finwe> Good afternoon, everypony.
11:42 * Finwe doffs his hat and bows to Cepheid and Schism.
11:43 <Cepheid> And yes, Kelbi are a pain to gather from due to their hopping about.
11:43 <Schism> Pronking. o3o
11:43 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/tea_basira/status/1389096173537955842
11:43 <Schism> rAdm. Finwe.
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11:43 * Schism doffs her Warm Pelt.
11:44 <ConfusionRift> Heh. To think getting horns used to be worse.
11:44 <Schism> Horns are easy now! Hit Kelbi, get horn.
11:44 <Cepheid> Finwe, do you have a PhD in mathematics? Or just a masters?
11:44 <Finwe> No PhD yet, although I might have some day.
11:44 <Cepheid> There are people who are legitimately complaining about that part, Schism.
11:45 <Schism> Bah.
11:45 <Schism> Stupid question. How easy is the 3-4* village quest?
11:45 <Schism> The monsters-attacking-the-village one.
11:46 <Cepheid> Relatively easy compared to the later ones.
11:46 <Cepheid> It's used as a tutorial.
11:46 <Schism> I would imagine, yes.
11:46 <Schism> Ah, gotcha.
11:46 <Finwe> Schism: Any idea of who's responsible for the Toronto Recursive History Project of Toronto's Recursive History?
11:46 <Schism> I'm not sure, but whoever they are, they're responsible.
11:46 <Finwe> :3
11:46 <Finwe> Indeed.
11:46 <ConfusionRift> Schism: Back then, you had to knock them down. Not like now, which they would automatically get knocked out. And I think only 3 weapons were able to do that.
11:47 <Cepheid> SnS, hammer, and hunting horn, yeah.
11:47 <Schism> Or in World, you had to specifically target their heads.
11:47 <Schism> Still more than possible even with Dual Blades, but a nuisance.
11:47 <Cepheid> Yeah, the above was in reference to even earlier games.
11:48 * ConfusionRift shrugs, and clusters them. "I have so many."
11:48 <Cepheid> Honestly, that mechanic was a bit of an oddity.
11:48 <ConfusionRift> It sure was, and really annoying.
11:49 * Schism grumbles whenever she gets a white liver instead of a warm pelt.
11:49 <Cepheid> Kelbi being the only small monster in existence having a "breakable" part.
11:49 <Cepheid> Oh gods.
11:49 <Schism> Yea, and Kelbi being necessary for some of the good medications.
11:49 <Cepheid> I swear there's something wrong with the RNG.
11:49 <Cepheid> It kept giving me white livers, despite them being what, 15%?
11:49 * Finwe offers fried salmon, mashed potatoes and oven-baked green asparagus with grated gruyere cheese to Schism.
11:49 <Cepheid> I spent half an hour looking for 2 warm pelts.
11:50 <ConfusionRift> Huh.
11:50 <Schism> At least you got lots of horns! o3o
11:50 <ConfusionRift> I haven't got any white liver.
11:50 <Schism> It's an account item.
11:50 <ConfusionRift> Again, I haven't got any white liver. -_-
11:51 * Schism ohs. ^^; Oh well. She runs off to work, too... bleh.
11:51 <ConfusionRift> In other words... my drops fell in your drop pool, dude!
11:51 <Cepheid> Clearly.
11:51 <Cepheid> Heads up, Rifty.
11:51 <ConfusionRift> Hmmm?
11:52 <Cepheid> When you do the hub 3->4* urgent, make sure you do it with someone else.
11:52 <Cepheid> It's possible to solo, but much harder.
11:52 <ConfusionRift> I have done none of those. I'm trying to do the village stuff first.
11:52 <Cepheid> Fair enough.
11:53 <Cepheid> Fortunately for you, you'll still advance through hub with village stuff.
11:53 <ConfusionRift> I mean, aside from the "special assignments".
11:53 <ConfusionRift> Yep, those.
11:53 <ConfusionRift> Now, this one... is gonna be interesting.
11:53 <Cepheid> But it only applies to up to 3* hub.
11:53 * ConfusionRift knows he's gonna be pressed for time.
11:53 <Cepheid> Hmm?
11:54 <Cepheid> Which quest?
11:54 <ConfusionRift> 6* village is looking pretty bad.
11:54 <ConfusionRift> The 6* village, and the second hub jump special assignment.
11:54 <Cepheid> Right.
11:54 <ConfusionRift> There are a lot of monster cluster quests.
11:55 <Cepheid> 6* village isn't that bad, but it's worth noting it doesn't advance the storyline. There are no key quests in it. It ends up blue-checkmarking if you finish it.
11:55 <Cepheid> Meaning there ARE more quests in it, but the conditions for appearing are unknown.
11:56 <ConfusionRift> Hmmm.
11:57 <Cepheid> And given no one in the village says anything, that means the unlock factor is related to the hub.
11:58 <Cepheid> I'm already 4* Hub, but I haven't noticed anything unlock yet, so..
11:58 <Cepheid> Well, a few things did, but not in the village. Mostly more hub quests to unlock new foods and such.
11:58 <ConfusionRift> Oh nooo.
11:59 <Finwe> Oh, there's a retreating beaver in the coat of arms of Toronto.
12:00 <ConfusionRift> I think they left it as pending, or something will open a "final" one after the hub. But it's likely that it's left like, till an update.
12:00 <Finwe> Or "sejant", as the heraldic term is.
12:01 <Cepheid> Interestingly, completing hub quests does progress story in terms of the game.
12:01 <ConfusionRift> YEP! Just like the oooold days.
12:01 <Finwe> In the old coat of arms there was a rampant beaver.
12:01 <Cepheid> There's a cutscene after the 3*->4* urgent.
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12:09 * Cepheid sighs.
12:09 <Cepheid> Spitfire, every morning you do this when I drink a coffee.
12:10 * ConfusionRift flops.
12:11 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/Pl7UWgL ... I want this,
12:13 <AppleDash> RAdm. Finwe. o7
12:13 * ConfusionRift opens the door to Cepheid's room, and it's just filled with bubbles. "F***ing bubbles!!!"
12:14 <Finwe> Mr AppleDash.
12:14 * Finwe doffs his hat.
12:15 <ConfusionRift> Oh no. Those bubbles that are supposed to stick to walls for a long time, and glow in the dark. :P
12:15 <Cepheid> With a pair of cats jumping and hopping around.
12:15 <Cepheid> Or stuck in a corner terrified.
12:15 <ConfusionRift> They will either have a field day, or freak out- yeah, that. :P
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12:18 <Cepheid> Hey ConfusionRift, at the Walmart you work at, do your debit machines work with chip and tap just fine?
12:19 <ConfusionRift> The debit machine, as in the ATM?
12:20 <Cepheid> The machines for paying for stuff at the cash.
12:21 <ConfusionRift> Oh, the self checkouts?
12:22 <ConfusionRift> If it's the self-checkouts, most seem to work with both chip and mag strip just fine. But there are some that don't have a good contact with the chip, and reject your card.
12:22 <Cepheid> Self-checkouts and regular cashier checkouts.
12:23 <Cepheid> I ask 'cause a thread on Twitter implied that it's a toss-up as to whether or not the machines work at all in various places. They either accept the magnetic strip, the chip, the tap, or combinations of the above.
12:23 <Cepheid> Or don't work at all.
12:23 <Cepheid> And this problem is specific to the US, apparently.
12:24 <ConfusionRift> Nah, they all work so far. As I said, the problematic ones are due to weak contact. I already tested it.
12:24 <ConfusionRift> As for tap, I don't know. My card only has the strip and chip.
12:25 <ConfusionRift> And I'm not looking forward to the point the bank moves to RFID.
12:25 <Cepheid> It's been implemented here in Canada for some time. It works. As for security, I can't really comment on it, as I don't know how it's implemented, but it should be possible to secure it.
12:26 <ConfusionRift> And the Walmart app is dodgy at best.
12:26 <ConfusionRift> But it has always been.
12:26 <Cepheid> https://i.imgur.com/Tl7jp5Z.mp4 Posting only because I saw this, so you have to as well.
12:26 <ConfusionRift> Why must you curse my eyes? :P
12:27 <Cepheid> Because mine were too.
12:32 <ConfusionRift> I really don't know. Haven't heard about this before, aside from the whole card app problem. But that has always been an issue, hence why I don't use any of that. Especially since I don't need more ways for people to get into my accounts.
12:34 <Cepheid> ... Falcom, you guys are incredibly sneaky bastards.
12:34 <ConfusionRift> Ys?
12:36 <Cepheid> No.
12:36 <Cepheid> A friend of mine is rooting through art resources for a Sky game.
12:36 <Cepheid> He came across battle portraits, but the images are weird.
12:36 <ConfusionRift> o_0
12:37 <Cepheid> The previews randomly seem to depict some random image related to the portrait. An alpha mask, the actual character portrait, and an glow outline.
12:37 <Cepheid> But when you open the image, it shows only the glow outline.
12:37 <Cepheid> Through a slight blip in my connection, I caught what's going on, though.
12:38 <Cepheid> There's multiple images stored in the PNG.
12:38 <Cepheid> They used the staggered loading feature of PNGs, wherein you get successively higher and higher resolution images as the image is downloaded, to store different images in one file.
12:42 <ConfusionRift> ...huh? I thought PNG couldn't store more than one file or layer.
12:44 <Cepheid> Normally, that's the case.
12:44 <Cepheid> But if you're smart, you can hide images within images.
12:45 <Cepheid> Which is what I think is done here.
12:46 <ConfusionRift> Because I know one can hide an image in a text file, or encode an image. And apparently, there is a PNG variant that does allow for multiple layers to use for animation, but could also be used as additional image storage.
12:47 <AppleDash> Also if it's your own game you can store whatever you want in your files
12:48 <ConfusionRift> Yeah, but those fall on their own format.
12:48 <Cepheid> In this case, what I think they did was modified the data that shows in successive steps as the image is being loaded.
12:48 <Cepheid> Because as the image loads slowly, I see different images altogether.
12:48 <Cepheid> But extracting those individual images would be a task in itself.
12:49 <AppleDash> Makes sense
12:49 <ConfusionRift> Do you have the image in question?
12:49 <ConfusionRift> Or a link of it?
12:50 <AppleDash> I'd be interested too
12:52 <Cepheid> https://mega.nz/folder/OsF2Ub5S#xvaFj8Zy1J5iO1aYT-xKlA/folder/fttQBJrZ Only the link said friend provided me, which is an mega.nz file that contains all the relevant data files. This one links automatically to the folder in question with the images in question. As you can see, the previews are a mix of edge glows, alpha masks, and color images. And if you preview(right click, select preview) any of them, the image that
12:52 <Cepheid> shows up does not match the small previews.
12:52 <AppleDash> Ooh
12:52 <AppleDash> Very cool
12:53 <AppleDash> Yeah, I am seeing that
12:53 <AppleDash> I'd love to ask one of my friends what he thinks is going on... But he's asleep
12:53 * ConfusionRift doesn't see it.
12:53 <Cepheid> I know that PNG supports a mode in which when downloading, it'll show successively higher resolution images as the data comes in.
12:54 <Cepheid> In one case where my connection blipped, I saw this effect happen with one of the images.
12:54 <Cepheid> And I saw different images over time.
12:55 <ConfusionRift> ...heh?
12:56 <Cepheid> Basically leading me to conclude they used a mechanism of the PNG file format to store multiple images.
12:57 <ConfusionRift> Okay, now I see the thing.
12:57 <Cepheid> I'm curious now. I want to see a high-resolution screenshot of one of these portraits being used in the game.
12:57 <Cepheid> As for the effect I'm describing, some would call it mipmapping.
12:57 <Cepheid> Because the premise is basically the same.
12:58 <Cepheid> Basically, though not exactly the same.
12:59 <Cepheid> Mipmapping is a technique in which a GPU holds multiple versions of a texture in memory. The full-sized texture, then the texture at half the size, then the texture at half the size of the half-sized texture, and so on, down to 1x1 pixels.
13:01 <Cepheid> The purpose of such a setup, despite it taking up more memory(Unless you like, use compression), is that it improves performance and visual quality for rendering distant textured objects.
13:02 <AppleDash> I've never had it explained so usefully to me, and I'd guess that's what the "mipmap levels" slider means in Minecraft - how many copies it stores.
13:02 <Cepheid> Can also be used to create funky effects.
13:04 <Cepheid> The exact reason it improves performance is tricky for me to understand. Visually, in my mind, I can see the how and why.
13:04 <Cepheid> But expressing it in English terms is a problem for me.
13:04 <Cepheid> Er, tricky for me to express*
13:04 <Cepheid> I understand it, I just can't express it.
13:08 <Cepheid> In any case, if you're ever curious as to why all textures have powers-of-two dimensions, it's because 3D hardware generally performs better with it. On top of that, it's better for mipmapping.
13:08 <Cepheid> There are exceptions to the rule, though.
13:09 <Cepheid> Framebuffers for example, the things that images are drawn onto, are not powers-of-two, for example.
13:09 <Cepheid> 3840x2160. Neither dimension is a power of 2. o3o
13:09 <Cepheid> Closest powers of 2 that fit would be 4096x4096.
13:10 <Cepheid> And last I checked, we don't use perfectly square monitors.
13:11 <Cepheid> Sometimes wonder how such a monitor would fare in this day and age.
13:11 <Cepheid> Would it have better performance because everything is now perfectly aligned to match VRAM?
13:13 <Cepheid> Man though, I really wish we'd cut it out with these multiples of 60 refresh rates.
13:13 <Cepheid> The timing involved is a pain in the arse.
13:25 <Cepheid> Man, is there a reason my space platform has over 400,000 glass plates on it?
13:37 * ConfusionRift removes that integer loop on the glass kiln press. "Whoops. Forgot to set a loop break."
13:39 <Cepheid> I wonder if it's a power issue. Platform's consuming a lot of power now.
13:40 <Cepheid> And if the power dies, well the wireless circuit signal dies, and the rockets will launch as a result of one of the conditions suddenly being met.
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15:17 <LibrarianofHope> derp
15:26 <Cyan_Spark> !plot
15:26 <DerpyBot> *wigglewiggle*
15:26 <Cyan_Spark> *wigglewiggle*
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16:10 <Cepheid> Ye know, what are you supposed to do when a book you want is no longer being sold? How are you supposed to get your hands on that book?
16:15 <uni> pirate it!
16:15 * uni dons the whole eyepatch tricorne pegleg ensemble
16:15 <uni> yohoho~
16:17 <Cepheid> Heh.
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16:51 <LibrarianofHope> owo
16:52 <LibrarianofHope> warhammer fest is on
16:54 <uni> ooh!
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17:29 <Cyan_Spark> uni up late
17:35 <LibrarianofHope> new god of destructiin for sigmar
17:35 <LibrarianofHope> owo
17:35 <LibrarianofHope> we got warhamer tirek
17:40 <LibrarianofHope> it is essentialy t irek
17:40 <LibrarianofHope> dont wanna ping the hell out of him owo
17:41 <LibrarianofHope> enourmos destructive centaur
17:41 <LibrarianofHope> that got beaten by an aztec frog mummy
17:41 <LibrarianofHope> makes the twilight fight seem logical
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17:59 <Schism> TIL Pinkie Pie and Tifa Lockhart were each born on May 3rd. o3o
17:59 <Schism> Happy Pinkie Day, folks.
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18:21 <Cepheid> "Twitch isn't overwhelmed by far-right extremists, but it does have a misinformation problem." ... You... don't say.
18:22 <Cepheid> Gee, I could have told you that just by using Youtube as an example.
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18:29 <LibrarianofHope> twiitter is just a pñace of a bit intense dialogue, not a demeted cesspool
18:29 <LibrarianofHope> gunpowder is just a smol boom
18:29 <LibrarianofHope> ali is not cute
18:29 <Cepheid> Twitter is useful, if you know how to USE it right.
18:29 <Cepheid> That is, how to block out all the soapboxers.
18:31 <LibrarianofHope> dinamite is also usefull,but you still have a point
18:33 <Cepheid> See, the problem is that there are people who legitimately have a problem they want the others to know about, there are also people who do nothing but stir shit for the sake of stirring shit because they like seeing others get riled up. You need to learn to identify the people who fall into either group, and... deal with them in a manner suitable for yourself.
18:34 <LibrarianofHope> not for me, i have anxiety problems as it is
18:34 <LibrarianofHope> but if its usefull to others
18:35 <Cepheid> What remains are decent people to follow. Or the people who haven't yet expressed being part of the problem.
18:35 * Cepheid follows artists, nothing but artists.
18:35 <Cepheid> My timeline is art of all sorts.
19:17 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Jar Glove [ https://tinyurl.com/yz5pk6mc ]
19:25 <Ali> Oh boy its the yearly EA sports game sales, where they hope to dupe everyone into buying last years game and dumping tons of money to catch up, only to then have the next game come out and make the old game useless.
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19:50 * Schism supposes she counts as an artist. Sorta.
19:51 <LibrarianofHope> i count
19:51 <LibrarianofHope> 1,2,3
19:51 <LibrarianofHope> ahaha
19:51 <Schism> So.
19:52 <Schism> I've learned that I am not, unfortunately, in a high risk area for COVID, and therefore ineligible for a vaccine unless I possibly jump through some hoops.
19:52 <LibrarianofHope> so?
19:52 <Schism> The graveyard 20 meters from my apartment building, however, is a high-risk area, and therefore all its residents are eligible for vaccination. (Most are already old enough to qualify, though.)
19:53 <Cepheid> I'm not high risk either.
19:53 <Schism> I walk to the store in the high risk area every day. My doctor's office is high-risk. The EVERYTHING AROUND ME IS HIGH RISK EXCEPT THIS BUILDING, HOW.
19:53 <Schism> s/building/set of buildings/
19:53 <Cepheid> So I have to wait until roughly mid-May before I can even register.
19:54 <Cepheid> Despite ye know, a Shoppers Drugmart in college square across the city from me is just handing out shots to walk-ins despite the fact that they are not supposed to be doing that.
19:54 <Schism> Tempted?
19:54 <Cepheid> Likely been shut down by now.
19:54 <Schism> Eh, nothing gold can stay.
19:55 <Cepheid> Like I said, they are not supposed to be doing that.
19:55 <Schism> I know, but there are many possible reasons why they were.
19:55 <Cepheid> The most probable being common sense.
19:55 <Cepheid> Given how the vaccine distribution in this province has been utter garbage.
19:56 <Cepheid> Delays keep cropping up because every group of people and its grandmother that ends up on the local news gets added to the head of the line.
19:58 <Schism> Anyone who hosts or attends a party during lockdown should be pushed to the end of the line.
19:58 <Cepheid> I'm surprised though. Being type 1 diabetic I would have expected you to get expedited.
20:00 <Schism> Nope, type 1 diabetes is not a high risk assessment point.
20:00 <Schism> YOUR issues, however, are.
20:00 <Schism> Anyway, be back in an hour and whatever.
20:01 <Cepheid> I'm not sure type 2 diabetes makes me any more or less vulnerable than you. And my breathing troubles don't seem like enough of an issue.
20:08 <Cepheid> I just drank two litres of water, some soup, and a cup of tea. My bladder will hate me later.
20:17 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3683 [ https://tinyurl.com/yzyoc678 ]
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20:57 <LibrarianofHope> https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/eaTtN7NJw1SBgzAE.jpg
20:57 <LibrarianofHope> tirek
20:58 <LibrarianofHope> look at that, it tir ek
20:58 * Ali flops over Shadowed
20:58 * Shadowed goes squish.
20:58 * LibrarianofHope gathers the porcine bois
20:58 <LibrarianofHope> gonna hunt a ti rek
20:59 * LibrarianofHope rides off on a boar
21:03 <Finwe> Good evening, everypony.
21:04 <Finwe> Mlles Ali and Schism; Messrs Cepheid, LibrarianofHope and Shadowed.
21:04 * Finwe doffs his hat.
21:04 * Shadowed sticks her tongue out at Finwe again. Skirt go spinny.
21:05 * Finwe noms on Shadowed.
21:06 * Shadowed acks!
21:20 * Lumindia feeds Shadowed some pocky
21:21 * Shadowed nom nom nom.
21:22 * Lumindia lays on Shadowed, "Henlo"
21:22 * Shadowed le squish again.
21:22 <Lumindia> ♥
21:39 * LibrarianofHope illuminates Shadows
21:39 <LibrarianofHope> Shadowed
21:39 <LibrarianofHope> owo
21:39 * Shadowed hisses at the light!
21:40 <LibrarianofHope> the power of bulbs compels you
21:40 * LibrarianofHope does the light interrogation
21:40 * Shadowed flees!
21:41 <LibrarianofHope> where were you the night of september the first 2017
21:41 <LibrarianofHope> where is the money!
21:41 * LibrarianofHope plops on shadowed
21:42 <Shadowed> I was at work! like every friday!
21:44 <LibrarianofHope> i dont believe
21:45 <LibrarianofHope> we have clearly doctored footage of you in bahamas
21:45 <LibrarianofHope> which is weird
21:45 * Shadowed doesn't even have a passport!
21:46 <LibrarianofHope> fake passport
21:46 <LibrarianofHope> its from the republic of Ali
21:46 <LibrarianofHope> its a cute country
21:48 <Schism> Do you remember the 21st night of September?
21:49 <LibrarianofHope> Verily
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21:53 <PinkieShy> OwO I'm here!!! :D
21:53 * PinkieShy teleports all over the room
21:53 <LibrarianofHope> thats where the teleporter when
21:53 <LibrarianofHope> went
21:53 <LibrarianofHope> its too hot i cant think
21:54 <Schism> Pink ponies have teleportation. Pink changelings too, but it's more frightening from ponies.
21:54 * PinkieShy Teleports up to LibrarianofHope and begins to nomf on the ears
21:54 * LibrarianofHope dances chunky
21:57 * Shadowed doesn't even remember last tuesday.
22:02 <LibrarianofHope> where is dappled?
22:02 <LibrarianofHope> can you confirm the whereabouts of dappled in the last 27 hours
22:04 <LibrarianofHope> can you confirm that Ali is in fact Cute
22:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Comic: Lyrafield / Needles / Save the Harmony 2:7 / nEvermore 35 /Friendship 46 / Unexpected 25 / Future 66 / Signing Off 80 [ https://tinyurl.com/yk6qfevs ]
22:08 <LibrarianofHope> you have the right to an attorney, your attorney is schism
22:08 <LibrarianofHope> she is smart
22:15 <PinkieShy> Idk if i am going to be home tomorrow this time at all
22:15 <PinkieShy> Going out of town to be there for my Nephew when he has surgery on his feet.
22:16 * Shadowed is not the Dappled Keeper.
22:17 <PinkieShy> I am a bit worried about him though
22:17 <PinkieShy> Hoping everything goes okay and such as Surgery is scary
22:17 * Shadowed sticks her tongue out at PinkieShy and LibrarianofHope. She's in Girl Mode right now.
22:19 * Lumindia boops Shadowed's snoot
22:19 <Lumindia> surprise snoot boop!
22:19 * Shadowed falls over again.
22:19 * Lumindia lays next to
22:19 * Lumindia eeee's quietly at
22:20 * Shadowed rolls.
22:22 <Cepheid> First, we had dual tempered Bazelgeuses. Next, all we need is dual Apex Bazelgeuses.
22:22 <Shadowed> Dual Tempered Apex Bazelgeueses with a side of cream cheese.
22:22 <Cepheid> Heh.
22:23 <Cepheid> I like the way you think!
22:24 <Cepheid> Mind all Tempered meant is "faster and more health."
22:24 <Shadowed> I do like the aesthic changes for Apex. I'm just a bit annoyed that by the time we got to hunt them solo, I'm good enough to slaughter them fast.
22:25 <Cepheid> Heh.
22:25 <Cepheid> That'll change in the future probably.
22:25 * Shadowed is not good enough for Kushala yet though.
22:26 <PinkieShy> oh dang xD
22:26 <PinkieShy> Somebody in VRC told me it was like -5 this morning for her city..
22:26 <PinkieShy> Meanwhile here its going to be 90 tomorrow.
22:28 <Cepheid> I'm currently slowed by random events myself. Only up to 4* hub.
22:35 * LibrarianofHope plops
22:35 <LibrarianofHope> its hot
22:35 <LibrarianofHope> it plop
22:38 * Lumindia rolls after Shadowed
22:51 <Schism> I do not know, at all...
22:51 <Schism> Why I thought that playing through the START of a Studio Ghibli game would in any way, shape or form make me less depressed.
23:00 <LibrarianofHope> thats either ni no kuni 1 or 2
23:00 <LibrarianofHope> ni no kuni 1 was fun
23:01 <Cepheid> Betting 1, since it sounds like their first Ghibli game.
23:02 <LibrarianofHope> it follows the usual method of storytelling, so first part can be sad
23:02 <LibrarianofHope> but it gets better
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23:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pony Plushie Compilation #479 [ https://tinyurl.com/yh8pdk6j ]
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23:30 <Schism> Ni no Kuni 1, yes, Wrath of the White Witch.
23:31 <Schism> I also do not blame the game. I blame myself for thinking that it would be at all positive to start.
23:33 <Schism> *looks in fridge. Looks in freezer. Snags chocolate ice cream*
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23:36 * Ali noms on the Schism tail
23:37 * Schism ain't feeling it. She just flumps and nibbles on small spoonfuls of chocolate.
23:37 * Lumindia noms on Ali's tail
23:37 <Schism> Worst part of the call with my grandfather... second worst was not knowing what to say.
23:38 * Ali boops Lumindia snoot
23:40 * Lumindia noms Ali hoof
23:40 * Lumindia offers Schism some pocky
23:41 * Schism passes for now. And doesn't want any dango, either. She just... sighs.
23:42 <LibrarianofHope> want a grape?
23:43 <LibrarianofHope> got any grapes?
23:43 <Schism> Wouldn't mind a time machine...
23:44 <Schism> My talk with my grandpa reinforced the knowledge that he'll go his grave only knowing me as... well, my old self.
23:45 <LibrarianofHope> i could tell you something nice sounding, but in truth i dont know how you are beginning to feel
23:45 <LibrarianofHope> in time you will be better
23:45 <LibrarianofHope> that much i know
23:45 <Schism> We know that time, at least, scars over most wounds.
23:45 <LibrarianofHope> we can try to light your spirits, that is more honest
23:46 * LibrarianofHope boops ali
23:46 * Ali squeaks
23:46 <Schism> It's alright. I'm going to curl up under some blankets and try to sleep.
23:47 <LibrarianofHope> try a comfort movie
23:47 <LibrarianofHope> as background noise
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