The house of Dracos

[Ginrai]

"Funny you should ask.  Last night I got a warning on IRC from Shade that someone's after me and that I shouldn't break a circle or it would mean a wolf being released as well as doom.  Well, soon after reading that, someone tried to break into my house.  I was already out in my backyard, which strangely enough had a circle, by that point and trying to find a way to get to Boston.  Thing is, I got the feeling that there was no way to escape from whatever was chasing me unless I jumped into the circle, which seemed to be the only safe spot.

Now, here's where things got really weird.  As I started to jump, all the lights went out.  The next thing I know, I was within the circle and right next to a huge, transparent wolf!  Within the span of a few seconds, it leaps into the house, takes care of whatever danger was in it and then disappears.  After that everything seemed to be more or less normal and I left for Boston."

After a moment of silence, Ginrai adds, "But not to worry, for I didn't break the circle!"

[Dracos]

Dracos takes a moment to snicker at the weirdness of it all, "Gin, you need a beer.  Maybe a couple.  Then you can tell us how we are all going to die from your screwup and where you learned ESP."

Dracos pulled into the restarant parking lot and parked, shutting off the car and getting out.

Dracos

[Rezantis]

Rez blinked.

Then blinked again.

"I didn't understand any of that, except that there was some weird wolf in your backyard.  Remind me to bug you for an explanation later.  Geez, and I thought I'd had a weird few days."

[Ginrai]

Curious, Ginrai asks, "Oh?  And what's happened to you lately, Rez?"

[Rezantis]

"Downloaded an AI, who promptly got itself caught hacking something, then my bank accounts got cancelled and I almost got arrested at the airport 'cause there was something wrong with my passport.  Basically."

[Ginrai]

"So that's why you decided to come over here....  Looks like there are a few things we probably should explain later on after we get back from lunch."

Ginrai looks towards Dracos.  "And anything strange happen to you lately or have you heard anything from Bjorn?"

[Dracos]

"I'd say you both are impressive in your incompetence, but I haven't had lunch yet, now let's skittle on in.  Oh, by the way, your Ayame sent me some messages this mornin', Rez."

Dracos leads the way into the buffet style restaurant.  Paying the fee for himself, he lead the way towards the buffet bar.

Dracos

[Ginrai]

Ginrai pays for himself and follows Dracos to the buffet bar.

[Dracos]

Dracos gets himself two plates worth of honey chicken and a couple of ribs and goes and sits down.  Then, in his standard habit, he gets up and gets a cup of water before sitting down again and beginning ta eat!

Dracos

[Rezantis]

Rez is left going through his pockets for his wallet, which he -does- eventually find (how one loses a wallet in only three pockets is not a question you want the answer to), and eventually pays for the buffet and goes to get some food.

Sitting down opposite Dracos, he points a fork at him, mock threateningly.

"You got a message from Ayame?  Details.  Now."

[Dracos]

"Apparently someone is tracking my mac nic address.  I'm tempted to just swap out modems and send my current one to a random neighbor or something, despite her suggestion to just leave it normal.  Oh, and she dropped an email which I'll show you when we get back as I bloody hate remembering random email accounts."

Dracos

[Rezantis]

"Figures.  Nice to have some contact details, though," Rez nodded.

"That reminds me, got any way to get access to (A) a really fast computer, or (B) a -lot- of computers?"

[Dracos]

"Yes, yes, and yes.  I'm a game designer/programmer.  What do you think I do with my spare cash?"

Dracos

[Rezantis]

"Good.  I've got some brute forcing that needs to be done, and it could take weeks with only my laptop."

[Dracos]

"Ah, that you can use the home network for.  Might be able to swipe a few company cycles but you know how that goes."

Dracos