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[mr.judkins]

[INTERACTION] Mike Russo - Interaction and Information

[onedreamofsleep]

Ok, just got off the phone with Mike....wish I had recorded it, but don't have the tools...

The trip to MKE from KS is particularly difficult-apparently it was sealed off for years due to the Creep and either no one wanted to deal with it or had the resources. It was found when they sent out Worker.....
When traveling up he suggested I stay in a convoy or wait a few months for the rail system, which he mentioned was actually already built....travel during the day, stay at fortified compounds at night and if I encounter the creep I should create light with fire or *repurpose* flare guns to keep it away-I said something to the effect of whatever keeps it happy and away from me and he said he didn't think the creep was ever happy.
Another trip was to travel in a group of no less than 10 people (12 also being ok since it's "more than 10"), and those with an acute power level (I believe that was the phrase) of 15 or 20 would be a good idea to take along .....also said perhaps I should contact the "Mayor's League" or Mars Madison...

And on Worker:
Not much is known about him, he may or may not be a robot, he has been seen eating everything from hot dogs to piles of glass. Cases for him not being a robot are the fact that he blinks and drools. Mike also joked that the hammer scene was shot about 30 times over since that's just how Worker uses a hammer....he is at least at a power level of 20, and when Black Star lets the city use him they purpose him as a catacomb guard as there have been problems with treasure hunters lately....

Also, Joey, like Mike, is sympathetic. They appear to be buddies.

Whew. Long talk, I want more!

[jebreject]

EDIT: Read this threadv first. nm

[lhall]

Mike is at home getting drunk tonight - not because of his work misery, but because he has a lot of alcohol, so might as well put it to use! So he's very talkative. In fact, we spoke for 12 minutes.

(As a side note, I wanted to talk to him because I felt extra dumb after exchanging TWO text messages with him yesterday...both of which contained the phrase "Surely you know to what im referring." Duh...)

I mostly wanted to ask about Mars Madison, to see if he'd give me a hint about how many friends she needs to feel comfortable, so I was like, "Do you have any tips, as a resident of Milwaukee?"

He said her file was sparse, but Mars moved from Wichita (and he kept repeating that so it seems important). In Milwaukee, people don't feel that comfortable unless they can venture out in groups and feel protected - we do live in crazy times, after all. So everyone kind of likes to find or form their own group and stick within that alliance. For example, the Treasure Hunters look after each other, the Rebels do (even though they sometimes fight among themselves), and even Blackstar employees do, though they have factions within the company. So Mars probably just wants one of her own, and needs enough friends to feel like there's something substantial there.

I was wondering about the most recent posts she made in the "Young Professionals" Facebook group, so I asked if she'd try to ally herself with Blackstar, and he said no - she was a freelancer, and she certainly would have had offers from Blackstar, the MTC AND FeBrizzio's, and still was a freelancer so she must have turned them down. Plus she could have gotten a much larger salary from Blackstar.

I also asked about personal power levels, since I knew that Jagoda has a really high one - he said Jagoda is definitely powerful, he can take on even several fragments at once, although there are different types. Mike admires someone who can travel so freely in these trying times (he's in the Big Brass City for a food tour right now) and as a wealthy landowner he's got plenty of privileges and his file is confidential.

Mike is still loyal to the MTC but he was glad people picked up on the nuances of his previous conversation. He got a lot of flak for the leaked and last week was feeling some despair, but he feels hopeful now and like he has a purpose.

Finally, a little more on power levels... he doesn't really check his own out very often, but people tend to not be able to advance theirs much higher than the ones they were born with. But you can increase yours by going to the gym, upgrading armor, learning skills, mastering skills, random encounters...and some other RPG-type things.

For Voltaire, the idea of a power level is really mostly an abstraction. Mike hopes to meet him, and he was instrumental in helping during the 300 Troubles. He's pals with Terry Nanny, and probably sits in on the Mayor's Group (what's the official name?) board meetings, like all the other notables. Also most of the history books draw from the fragmented memories of the time - Voltaire's memory of the 300 troubles is much more accurate than Mike's, for example.

[Volvo244]

M-Rotor

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[kyuurijanaidesu]

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[modernsaints]

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[kyuurijanaidesu]

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[modernsaints]

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[thebruce]

FYI - the ARG Netcast #70 is now online:
http://www.argnetcast.info/archives/548

Go and listen! There's a live call with Mike Russo from about 23 minutes in.
(if you listen to the entire 'cast - and you really should! - apologies to everyone for mis-quoting Mike's home # got mixed up between the fax # and Mike's, so the 2nd call is live; bah!)

Coverage: Canada, sports, cities, etc... and also remember this was recorded on Monday - so the puzzle nomination for p27's grids wasn't solved at the time hehe

[Volvo244]

whoops!

I meant nuclear REACTOR, not disaster

Still, I don't know how an m-rotor could become "unseated". Still, it seems to me that TIMM's technology (after godseed, anyway) is about the same/less than ours, unless we're (I'm) missing something.

[thebruce]

Here's a transcript - bolded parts are big =)

[Molecular]

The weirdest thing just happened. I got a call from the MTC

It only rang for about half a second, unsure what it was I called back and joey picked up the phone. I had absolutely no idea what to say at the time so I just asked if Mike was available at the time (as I did have some questions for mike, not for joey, though) and he just said mike wasn't. When I asked him if he called he said there must've been some malfunction with his phone (Probably hit the redial button by accident or something of the like and didn't know what to say, god bless his soul).

He did mention mike was most likely unreachable at the time, though, but for you frequent callers you're probably already aware of this. I tried to fish some information out of him about wether or not mike was in trouble (mentioning how he was sounding on the phone as of late) and he just said he'd been under a lot of stress since the package was released, so no go there either.

So all in all uh, a useless post, but them calling me kinda spooked me for a second -_-.

[BlessedBlogger]

Regarding Mars, I'm guessing her 'magic' number will be 300 as in the 300 troubles and that the significance of her being from Wichita is that she has access to the oft mentioned but never seen 'Wichita slideshow'. I've already messaged her about the slideshow but no response as of yet.

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