A Dark And Quiet Room

Dirty Secrets makes a brief appearance on the Game Master Show. I’m mentioned at 20:04, and then Dirty Secrets is briefly discussed at 55:03.

I had the opportunity to discuss how Dirty Secrets treats racism on Judd’s blog. (Yes, that’s Judd of the Sons of Kryos.)

This is cross-posted to the Forge. You may find the discussion there interesting.

…tracking signal…
…re-establishing link…

…static…

Yeah…projectiles…metastasize…target….all directions. Nasty!

On the Home Front

After the mission, we jumped to interlude actions. I explained to Crystal and Gabrielle that this is the basic pattern of the game. Actually, I think the quote went like this: “In mission actions, we fight the aliens. Then, in interlude actions, we whine about how nobody understands how hard it is.” We all got a good laugh out of that.

So, after the mission, Jude and Leah had a brief interlude. Leah had been forced to use the panic button to get Jude out of the dream world, since she was beginning to lose control. She was really upset by this and hurried over to help Jude out of the tank, clean the goo off him, and the like. They never actually made eye contact, though, both being very embarrassed by the sudden close proximity. Then Jude made an excuse and bolted for the door. Off to see Rachel. I called it an Intimacy Building scene, because of their physical contact and working together on a shared project (cleaning up Jude).

Marcus and Beth had their own interlude. Here’s the background. Their relationship had picked up some stress during the battle, and they had had a brief debate about Beth’s using the panic button to get Marcus out of the dream world. Marcus convinced her to let him wake up naturally, which had been disappointing to Beth.

So, as their interlude, they were having a picnic dinner on top of one of the tall buildings downtown, watching the sunset. At this point, Marcus brings up the panic button again, asking Beth if she would please refrain from using it if it isn’t necessary. This turned into a big fight, as Beth started blaming Marcus for abandoning her with Renee at night. Beth claimed that she was doing all the work of raising their child, especially at night, when Marcus doesn’t wake up to take care of the baby. So yeah, if she can’t wake him up at night, then at least she’ll get the pleasure of jolting him out of “sleep” at the end of a mission. Beth was really fierce and emotional during this fight; she even started crying at one point. Marcus fumbled around a bit and eventually settled on trying to placate Beth, saying that he would stay up with the baby that night. I called this Stress Relief.

…break…
…re-establishing communication…