From tbutler@birch.net Fri Oct  5 18:57:08 2001
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 16:19:52 -0500
From: Travis Butler <tbutler@birch.net>
To: Philip J. Moyer <pmoyer@jurai.net>
Subject: [UnS] Gaby/Jacqui, Merc in Peanut Gallery

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Corrine says, "Good morning, Jacqui.  I'm about to go see Gabrielle
now."

Jacqueline says, "would you prefer to do so alone, or shall I accompany
you?"

Corrine says, "I think I had best talk to her alone, mother to daughter,
first.  I can trump you and bring you through to talk to her after we
finish our talk."

Jacqueline nods.  "Whenever you need the sword, just trump me and I'll
hand it over."

Corrine says, "If you could pass it to me right now, I'd appreciate it,
so I won't need to break off in mid-conversation with her."

Jacqueline hands the sword over.

Corrine says, "Thank you. I'll call you back in a little while."

She then drops the connection.

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John says, "OOC Howdy, Alan of Alans."

Frito says, "Yah. I'm used to Lyra being my Arden puppet. :("

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Three hours pass.

Finally, Corrine calls you back.  She passes Justice to you.  "Well,
that wasn't much fun."  She sighs.  "Want me to pull you through?"

Jacqueline asks, "did she agree?"

Corrine says, "She won't do it again.  It took me forever to get her to
agree to it and swear, but being a mother has its advantages.

She continues, "Gabrielle's not in a very good mood right now, but I
don't know if you're caring about that too much."

Jacqueline replies flatly, "I don't care if she's in a good mood or a
bad mood, as long as she understands that she's hurt a lot of people by
doing this and may have jeapordized the relations between Amber and
Chaos that Uncle Miki and Motoko have worked so hard to build.  If she
repented only to stop being yelled at, she hasn't learned a thing."

Corrine says, "Unfortunately, I think we're mainly dealing with the
latter case."

Jacqueline replies, calmly, "In that case, I'll be right over."

Jacqueline says, "pull me through, please."

Corrine holds out her hand and pulls you through into a hallway
somewhere in the castle.

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Jacqueline asks, "may I have Justice back?"

Jacqueline says, "I promise not to swing it at anybody here."

John points to where Corrine already gave it back to you.

Damasq says, "OOC:  'unless the act like a punk-ass bitch'."

Jacqueline says, "OOCLy DOH"

Jacqueline says, "OOCly erasing from continuity....."

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Corrine points to the door.  "Gabby's in there, in her bedroom,
sulking."

Jacqueline asks, "which way to Aunt Gabby?"

Jacqueline nods

Jacqueline, with an eerie sort of calm and lack of emotion, walks
towards Gabby's room.

The door, which is closed, hangs out being closed three feet away from
you.

Jacqueline knocks on the door.

Gabrielle says, "Come in."

Jacqueline enters quietly, looking rather emotionless.

Gabrielle sits on her bed, holding her guitar, looking rather petulant.

Jacqueline says simply, "Hello."

Jacqueline simply watches Gabby.

Gabrielle watches you back, strumming her guitar.

Jacqueline waits.

You both wait for quite a while.

Jacqueline asks, "Why?"

Gabrielle says, "I was desperate.  I almost had him, but Moonshade
buggered it up for me, and then he had me all over the place, and I
couldn't think of anything else."

Jacqueline listens to this, nods, then remains silent for a bit longer.

Jacqueline asks, "exactly how did my sister bugger it up?"

Gabrielle says, "She started yelling at me to avenge you, and about how
Thoric and Mutsumi were probably much better in bed than it was, and it
just sort of lost it completely.  Oh, and Ramon was better too,
according to her."

Jacqueline facepalms.

Jacqueline takes a moment to absorb all this, looking far more calm than
her family expected her to be, which means she's looking very irritated.

Jacqueline asks, "and what are you going to do to fix all this?"

Gabrielle says, "The Logrus hates me, and the Logrus will always hate
me. It's in our nature not to get along.  Order versus Chaos and all
that.  Not much I can do to change that.  Frankly, considering the
thousands of people who died the last time the Logrus came on my turf,
and that no one died because of this or because of my visit to Gainax,
I'm not inclined to feel very guilty about anything I do to it.  It sits
back and lets people use its powers for evil.  Why should I feel any
pity?"

She pauses in her strumming.  "It used you for sex to make itself feel
better because it was jealous of the Serpent.  It didn't do anything
when Aunt Wakaba was used by Chaosians as a breeding tool.  It didn't do
anything when Annadil used its powers to nearly destroy all of
creation."

Gabrielle takes a deep breath.  "But I'm sorry I used your body as a
tool for my own victory without asking you.  I wouldn't be happy if you
ran around turned into me to do things, so I'm sorry I did that."

Jacqueline listens thoughtfully for a moment, then says, "the past is,
as ugly as it may be,  the past, but right now both Chaos and Amber need
unity in order to face the coming invasion by Hel.   Until your
wrestling match, everything was going along fine.   In addition to that,
you had no right to use me like that.  You have no idea what's going on
between me and the Logrus, and your insensitivity was astounding.  I'm
tempted to rant on about that, but I'm sure you've heard enough about
that from Aunt Corrine."

Jacqueline says, "as unlikely as it may seem, the Logrus is actually
hurting because we broke up.  Go ahead and see her reaction after you
won the match if you don't believe me.  And knowing the Logrus, payback
isn't far behind, and when it happens, not just you, but Ember itself
might suffer for it."

Jacqueline says, "I'm not asking you to give the Logrus a hug and forget
the past.  I'm asking you to fix the mess you made."

Gabrielle says, "Do what?  If I go near it to try to apologize, it would
just attack me.  And if it came after me with real intent to kill, the
resulting battle would probably annhilate everything in sight, making
matters worse."

Jacqueline narrows her eyes.  "I can try to talk to the Logrus, but
right now given we just broke up, that might make things worse.   You've
got years of experience on me, you figure something out."

Jacqueline leaves for the door.  "I'm sure you'll figure something out."

Gabrielle says, "Bull shit.  If you have no idea how to fix the
situation, then you have no right to complain if other people have no
idea either.  So, when are you going to do something about all those
people in House Alars you killed?"

She continues, "As you and Morgy have done a lot more to cause a war
between Chaos and Amber than I have."

Jacqueline stops in her tracks.

Jacqueline says, "I've been trying to make things better."

Jacqueline says, "and I see that you're still pulling out cheap shots."

Jacqueline says, "my mistakes have been on accident, more than I can say
for yours."

Gabrielle says, "You haven't done jack shit to make things better. 
Moriya and Motoko have been doing all the work, while you go off
screwing the Logrus and your relatives."

Jacqueline sighs and crosses her arms.

Jacqueline says, "Aunt Gabby, you've proven yourself far more human than
me."

Jacqueline says, "because a robot couldn't be as mean and heartless as
you."

Jacqueline says, "as I said, please try to clean your mess."

Jacqueline leaves.

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Akio wakes up.

Bishou jumps on Merc and nuzzles his face.

Akio exclaims, "Ah! Get it off! It's sucking my will to live!"

Akio blinks. "Jacqueline talked to Gabrielle?"

Jacqueline says, "yep.  not to worry, john added in some extra pettiness
and spite in the end of the convo to make her IC :)"

Akio exclaims, "God Dammit!"

Jacqueline says, "what?  you're retired from her anyway.  leave us to
fix the damage"

Akio asks, "-semi- retired. Was NOBODY listening to the multiple times
I said I'd still play her if people sought her out for important
things?"

Akio says, "Now everything is RUINED."

Jacqueline says, "now you know how we feel ^_^"

Ninjin asks, "Mmm, no, it was already ruined."

Bishou says, "Probably not, as I don't think listening to your wishes
regarding Gabrielle was big on anyone's agenda of late, and the big
'I've done my thing, now I quit' statement resonated far more strongly."

Akio exclaims, "Dammit, I was planning to be conciliatory!"

Theresa says, "Dude, you told me you pretty much weren't going to do
much with Gabby any more."

Bishou says, "Particularly, in this case, since John didn't feel like
stopping Rod for two hours and waiting for you to arrive."

Theresa says, "That too.  "

Akio says, "Yes, with the qualification that if people sought her out
for stuff I'd still want to control her."

Arawn says, "To cause more trouble? :)"

Akio says, "I don't suppose the fact that Gabrielle had no idea that
Jacqueline had dumped the Logrus when she did that ever came up? >.<;"

Ninjin says, "They had no idea Gabrielle knew that they were dating to
begin with. So, when she pulled that stunt, it wasn't much of a
question."

Akio says, "The POINT was that she thought she was just distracting the
Logrus by changing into it's girlfriend, not driving a giant emotional
stake through it's heart. I was -planning- on having her feel really
guilty about that. >.<;"

Jacqueline says, "well, then, hey.  you can suggest to john what gabby
can do at this point to clean up her mess, as those were the last words
jaqui left with her."

Theresa says, "Well, if you have an idea for something she can do to
make it up to the Logrus, I'm open to hearing it.  "

Akio asks, "Does anyone have a log of this conversation?"

Frito sighs.

Akio takes that as a 'no.'

Theresa says, "Unless Rod does, no one does, far as I know."

Bishou says, "I can pull it from my backscroll if you care to see it."

Akio would, yes.

Bishou says, "Right, lemme pull and edit."

Akio says, "Oiram."

Bishou says, "Sent, Merc."

Arawn asks, "I'm curious ... send me a copy too, Al?"

Bishou says, "Sura."

Arawn says, "Thankee."

Akio twitches.

Theresa asks, "Moo?"

Akio says, "Okay, this is way, way worse than I'd hoped it'd go. >.<;"

Akio wonders how Gabrielle has any idea Jacqui has been sleeping with
Thoric and Mutsumi.

Theresa asks, "Could it have to do with Moonshade shouting about it at
the match loud enough for both of you to hear, hmm?"

Akio asks, "You mean when she shouted about thoric and Mustumi being
better in bed than the Logrus? Implying that she had firsthand knowledge
of it?"

Akio asks, "And thus making the most logical inference that MOONSHADE
slept with them?"

Bishou says, "This is also, I think, how Gabrielle is assumed to know
that things soured between Jacqui and the Logrus."

Bishou says, "Sure, if you remove the quote from context, as you have."

Akio says, "No, she didn't. She just knew they were dating, because she
was capable of getting that from Morgensterns video record."

Bishou says, "However, as it was said within the context of Moonshade
taunting the Logrus over Jacqueline, the most logical inference is that
they were better in bed with Jacqui than the Logrus was."

Bishou says, "This, you see, is why removing quotes from their context
is a no-no."

Akio asks, "Uh-huh. So, by that logic, shouldn't I also think she's been
sleeping with Ramon?"

Theresa says, "No, because Moonshade is known to have a personal Ramon
obsession."

Akio sighs and hopes he can somehow salvage the situation when Kanna
comes to talk to him.

Bishou says, "The Logrus would also have had no reason to enragedly
shout at Moonshade not to remind it of Jacqui if things had still been
kosher between it and Jacqui."

Akio says, "Mmm. It's a lot to infer from a number of grandstanded
comments tossed around before a fight."

Bishou says, "And Moonshade would presumably have not been taunting the
Logrus about Jacqui if she hadn't known it would hit the Logrus hard,
etc.  And I could go on, but, basically, the sophistry does not seem to
be working for anyone but you."

Jacqueline says, "Okay, where was we"

Bishou says, "Inferring that things were No Longer Okay between
Jacqueline and the Logrus is hardly a lot to infer from Moonshade's
taunts and the Logrus's response, even if you didn't get the specifics."

Tobias must concur with Alan there.

Jacqueline asks, "you ready, alan?"

Bishou says, "Yeah, just typing my considered response."

Theresa says, "Also importantly, Corrine had just spent 3 hours berating
Gabrielle about this, including bringing up most of the information that
you're saying Gabby couldn't have."

Akio says, "Oh, she had? Well, that's different, then."

Akio says, "Not sealed away. Edited out."

Bishou says, "Err... they had to have been merely sealed away, since
Rinbu was able to access them eventually."

Theresa says, "Rinbu did his 'I have vast Cosmic Power and can cheat'
thing."

Bishou says, "He's a cool boyfriend because of stuff like that."

Akio says, "Oh? I was told edited out, and Anthy concurred."

Akio says, "Ah."

Theresa says, "As he basically reached up Jacqui's personal timeline,
scried the times which corresponded to some of the missing memories, and
then yanked them out."

Akio says, "Sort of like a turbocharged Temporal Scry. Nifty trick."

Bishou says, "And I thought finding out about Jacqui and Space Juri was
going to be the extent of Motoko's prying into her mind."

Akio says, "It was a Loewnish experience, that mindshare was."

Bishou says, "Well, not quite Loewenish, since I'd known about most of
the details OOC for quite some time."

Akio says, "True."

Akio reads some of the old Phil-Logs he has. "Man, Jacqueline and
Gabrielle have really had a pendulum-like relationship."

Jacqueline says, "it could have gone worse.  but jaqui's a little too
overloaded to throw a proper tantrum at gabby right now."

Bishou says, "I loved her parting shot."

Jacqueline says, "that, and a fear that giving in to anger will let
Taylor re-emerge."

Bishou says, "'You must be human.  A robot couldn't be this cruel.'"

Akio says, "Well, in general, I mean. She started off liking you an
awful awful lot, but then you flung her daughter to Chaos and looked
like you had a psychotic alternate personality, but then the Unicorn
said you were cool, so she really liked you again. And now YOU'RE mad at
HER."

Akio says, "Sort of like full circle."

Jacqueline says, "yepa"