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THE POWER OF WISHFUL THINKING

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-- techTranscendent [TT] slipStream [SS] sparrowHawk [SH] and 6 others have been given access to this memo board --

SC: ? ~hitting ~ufferer i~ that everyone ?
SC: ~ zar babe u really gotta ~top adding people to your inner circle ~
SC: ~ it~ becoming le~~ of a circle and more of a dodecahedron ~
HH: WOWEE, DIGGING AROUND IN THE TOY BOX FOR THE BIG WORDS AREN'T WE
WM: Sombra is a very intelligent troll, Reaper. It shouldn't be surprising that she knows a few above second-schoolfed words.
SC: ? am i having an aneuri~m thi~ early in the day ?
SC: ? are you *~iding* w me amelie ?
WM: & yet it still is surprising, for the times she actually chooses that big brain of hers the Bgolybian Comet will have made a full sweep.
SC: ~ aaaand there it i~ ~
SC: ~ wouldnt have it any other way ;0) ~
LS: Dodecahedron 1sn'7 even 7ha7 b1g a word.
LS: 7hough 1f 1 m1gh7 prov1de some fores1gh7, 7r1decagon w1ll be 7he mos7 accura7e descr1p7or.
SS: did-we-come-here-to-get-the-details-for-the-big-assault-on-the-condescension-or-did-we-come-here-to-watch-these-goonies-faff-about? cmon-wheres-zarya-lets-get-this-show-on-the-road!
HH: WAIT HOLD ON
HH: I WANT TO KNOW HOW STRATEGOS MATHED THAT OUT.
PH: I don'7. I wan7 to ge7 our orders and march ou7 of here 6efore the Empress realize we've been sitting out in this asteroid belt with our thumbs up our asses for the past four sweeps.
HH: OF COURSE GENERAL NOOK-ON-THE-LINE, LET'S JUST GO MARCHING UP TO HER FRONT DOOR
BL: beAts sitting here .(
HH: THE FRONT DOOR WITH THE LASERS AND CRAP? THE ONE WITH THE GIANT SPACESHIP THAT'S ABLE TO PREFORM ORIBITAL BOMBARDMANTS THAT CAN RENDER A TYP III PLANET UNINHABITABLE WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS?
HH: THAT'S THS PROVERBIAL BULGE YOU'RE OH SO EAGER TO JUMP ON?
BL: its been sweeps
BL: some of us Arent getting Any younger
SS: youre-plenty-young-ms-captain! barely-look-a-day-over-five-hundred!
BL: i was talking About gAbe
HH: JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW ALL OF MY APENDEGES ARE FLIPPING OFF YOUR GROSS-ASS COBALT SPILLAGE RIGHT NOW
WM: It's true.
WM: We share a respiteblock & I can see him doing it.
WM: Even the strutpods.
BL: overwAtch has been remArkAbly pAtient considering the initial agreement
BL: we were leAd to believe the gAmblignAnt hAd A solid plAn, one thAt could be enActed before our metAllic Allies stArted dying off due to the simple AdvAnce of sweeps
LS: A few p1eces of our s7ra7egy
LS: Fa1led 7o fall 1n7o place. 1n171ally, a7 leas7. Regardless, w17h 7he spare He1ress 1n hand, we can f1nally move forward.
HH: LYNX I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN WTF IS WITH THE THIRTEEN CRAP
LS: Yes 7ha7.
LS: 7ha7 was ano7her foreseen p1ece 7ha7 only now has appeared and agree 7o help.
LS: Funn1ly enough, l1ke 7he He1ress, 7h1s b17 of flo7sam has come 7o us also w17h a mo1ra1l 1n 7ow.
HH: THE RIDDLES
HH: DEAR SUFFERER THE RIDDLES
HH: MAKE IT END
SH: I am starting to see the truth of Sombra's initial assessment. Truly nothing but a "fraxas" xan xome from so many people with xommenting power on one message board. -|===>
TT: (6 have faith my student, sombra is well versed in the of esoteric tech. she knows what she is doing. 9)
SH: Of xourse master, my apologies. -|===>
SC: ~ nah, genji~ right ~
SC: ~ no way ~korge wa~ meant to handle thi~ many people on a ~ubnet trying to fly under the radar of a mainnet on one board ~
SC: ~ thing~ held together with ma~tication gob~ and faery dream~ ~
SC: ~ btw ~
SC: ~ dont have too many typing at once otherwi~e the whole thing might go down ~
SC: charming
SC: ! ~he arrive~ !
WM: Late again, Aspirant.
SC: apologiez. I waz in the middle my workout when I zaw all the hellizh purple azzaulting my zcreen from acrozz the gym floor
WM: Oh dear. What kind of workout?
SC: what do you care?
SC: frond muzcle curlz if you muzt know.
LS: wwlemc.dkljd,
SC: lynx zeventeen what on alternia are you doing to your huzktop
LS: No7h1ng. Absolu7ely no7h1ng. W1dow s1mply sen7 me some7h1ng jus7 now 7ha7 was very funny.
SC: ahem
SC: now that we are all here
HH: (DID SHE REALLY JUST TYPE "AHEM"?)
SC: it'z about time we introduced the key to our upcoming victory
PH: We've already met your new blood sister. She's a cute kid, but until she can psionically rip apart a drone with her mind I don't see how she's an actual tactical advantage.
SC: not her, no.
fixedJavelin [FJ] and siegeAutomaton [SA] responded to memo
FJ: That w0uld be me /_!_\

--Board ~ the big kahuna ~ is no longer available. --

SC: ~ oh youve really done it now ~
SC: ~ i told you people not to type all at once ~
SC: ~ gaahhh let me try rebooting ~

-- Board ~ the big kahuna ~ is rebooting. Please stand by. --

SC: ! aaaaand were live !
SC: ~ plea~e dont mob her thi~ time ~
SC: ~ if purely ju~t for practical rea~on~ ~
FJ: 0h deaR…1 d1d n0t mean t0 cau5e 50 much tR0uble /_!_\
FJ: 1 am qu1te new at th15 /_!_\
HH: YOU'RE NOT USING A LIME TEXT COLOR JUST FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES, ARE YOU
FJ: 1 am n0t, n0 /_!_\
HH: FUCK
HH: FUCK MAN
HH: I KNOW IT'S HARD TO TELL WITH THE QUIRK BUT THAT WAS AN AWE-FILLED AND DISBILEIVING FUCK
SH: fuck…
HH: YEAH LIKE THAT
SH: My sensei is equally disturbed by the news, it appears. He's left our bloxk, & I think it is best if I went after him. -|===>
HH: DON'T BLAME HIM
HH: GOOD LUCK HOTSHOT
sparrowHawk [SH] ceased responding to memo
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SS: anyone-know-what-the-jade-is-saying?
FJ: That 15 my deaR Ba5t10n. They aRe meRely 5ay1ng that they aRe happy t0 be heRe /_!_\
FJ: And they, l1kew15e, aRe heRe t0 help /_!_\
FJ: ^u^
HH: TO HELP HUH
FJ: 0f c0uR5e /_!_\
HH: GOOD TO KNOW THE DEAD CASTE OUT OF TIME IS ON OUR SIDE.
FJ: That 15 alm05t exactly what 1 am /_!_\
FJ: Ba5t10n and 1 have tRavelled u51ng what, fR0m y0uR peR5pect1ve, w0uld be a t1me cap5ule /_!_\
FJ: The l0tu5 dep051ted u5 heRe, t0 c0RRect the t1mel1ne and help y0u 1n y0uR f1ght aga1n5t the batteRw1tch /_!_\
bastLives [BL] ceased responding to memo
PH: Crap.
paterHelios [PH] ceased responding to memo
SC: ~ yee~h ~
SC: ~ dropping like buzzchitter~ ~
WM: I don't blame them this is all a bit
WM: Much.
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FJ: 1ndeed /_!_\
FJ: Ab0ve all the puR1ty 0f the t1mel1ne mu5t be pRe5eRved, a5 15 the w1ll 0f PaRad0x 5pace /_!_\
SC: ~ hey whatever divine power i~ on our ~ide ill take it ~
SC: we'll need it
LS: 7ha7 we w1ll
WM: This is what you were so excited about, Sombra?
SC: ~ i think thi~ i~ it amilie ~
SC: ~ thi~ i~ our ticket out of here ~
HH: WELL WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT
WM: How can we turn down help from such
WM: Adorable
WM: Harbingers of the end times?
HH: HEY
HH: NO HARBINGERS
HH: THAT'S GIMICK INFRIGNEMENT
FJ: 1 w0uld't dReam /_!_\
SC: then, if thoze in the chat are ztill on board?
SS: ig
LS: 7hen le7's beg1n s7ra7eg1z1ng.
SC: then let'z begin ztrategizing
LS: J1nx, 7en, you owe me a 7roll Coke™.
SC: zufferer do i wizh there waz a way to communicate how hard i am zighing right now
SC: ~ oh that~ ea~y ~
SC: ~ it~ ~
SC: ~ ~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggghhhhhhhhhhh ~
SC: well there we go. zombra haz zuccezzfully communicated it for me
FJ: Ba5t10n and 1 aRe Ready /_!_\
HH: GAME
WM: With you ever step of the way, Aspirant.
SC: there iz no one elze i'd rather have by my zide
SC: now
SC: letz fork thiz bitch