Session Start: Fri Nov 05 16:09:29 2004
Session Ident: #terranotos
* Now talking in #terranotos
* Topic is 'Terranotos Campaign:
http://www.geocities.com/elemental_knight1/terranotos/ | Current Status: Back on
track and Headin' East! | Next game: November 5, barring any changes.'
* Set by Typhoon on Sun Oct 31 15:29:09
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So. Are you two alive tonight?
* Ryan is now known as Kulvier
Yeah
EK's working on monsters, because he was too lazy to make them before.
:P
o_o The dead CAN talk. :p
How are ya Ty
Pretty good
Not much happening. You?
Just saw The Grudge.
Not bad
It scary?
No more than the ring.
A little more so than the Ring, but whenever Japanese movie is brought
over to the US it gets hacked up.
As in, it was BOO! scary? The kind of "leap out of a closet and grab
you" scary?
The Ring's horror is really just catching you off guard, from what I
remember
Howdy.
LITERALLY leap out of closet deal. :D
^_^ v.. Hola EK
Like that?
>.>
It's not that I was lazy, it's that i Just came up with
tonight's idea a few hours ago.
As in, one and a half, maybe.
Er, two and a half (food = time, too.)
* Kulvier is listen to techno
e_e; I'd set the damn house ablaze and not fail at it... Stupid
American chick...
Eh. Horror movie people are always idiots. :P
...To the 10th degree
^_^; What bloody time is it? O think I forget to set my watch back an
hour
6:40 on EST
Nope tis right
Right. Of this second monster, I haven't calculated the
EXP/Agt values, but it should be plentiful enough. Is it okay with you all if I
wait on calculating it's worth?
As in, you might get it five minutes after session's end or
something, if you actually fight it.
I'll wait.
Tjat
Gah
That'll be fine
Awesome.
I mean, why should we care mid-session? :P
Point.
I doubt we'll be able to buy stuff, and we won't level up until after
Yeah. That'll just be a rum-break. :p
* ElementalKnight hates it when a character levels-up mid session, but it
doesn't 'take hold' until afterwards. But whatever.
That's hwen I'm a PC. When the GM, I'm okay with it. Less
hassle = good.
You know, if I could drink legally, I'd suggest a session where we all
play/GM DRUNK. Just because. >.>
^_^ Lol. Unless you'd WANT to stop mid-game just to take care of a
lvl-up.
Curse you, US drinking limit! >.>
*Raises hand* I'm legal!!! I could get hammered and GM for a night
hammered to see what happens. ^_^
* ElementalKnight notes that it's almost seven. Is Mory coming?
...What sort of deranged mind remixes the Sonic 2 "Drowning" music?
Someone who hates you very, very much.
Into a TECHNO song, no less?
With turntables...
And lots of abrupt pauses
* Moryssa has joined #terranotos
hey
yay!
had to do some shopping
give me a sec
* ElementalKnight is only slightly suprised, but meh.
* Kulvier is blasting DDR music.
Sup Mory. ^_^
Hey, Moryssa.
I got a pair of blue suade Monolo boots, I pair of stilettos from
Prada, a dress from Dolce & Gobana and two blouses from United Colors of Beniton
:D
o_o I've never heard of ANY of those stores
That's why God made Google.
But YAY clothes.
yay!
Clothes are over rated.
* Kulvier strips down to undies and a t-shirt
Yes, but their effects on women are not.
hehe
Case in point.
did you get my updated Raza?
* ElementalKnight checks his PM box.
Yeah. I have Raza, Desil at Lv. 3 in my Pm box, and they all
look to be Lv. 3 on the site. Ty had a concern or three, though.
Did I forget to add a stat point?
I think it had to do with the inventory.
Yeah
Items, inventory spaces
The items should be good with the new sheets. The inventory SPACES
won't
Inventory = STR * 2 spaces.
I know.
But Kul'Vier and Estrain are short by 2 spaces
Because they leveled up Strength
^_^
*nod*
...Silence.
>.>
Yeah.
* Kulvier eats a cricket
I think we're waiting for your O.K. :P
...Oh.
* ElementalKnight isn't really used to that sort of power. RIght then!
* ElementalKnight is now known as EK|GM
* Typhoon is now known as Estrain
...
* EK|GM pokes Mory.
* Estrain pokes Kul.
Nice as those blue suede shoes might be, you can wear them *and* game at
the same time.
:P
* Moryssa is now known as Raza
Awesome.
* Kulvier is busy finding and eating the crickets making noise.
* Estrain Elemental Reels: Fire Group and smokes the crickets out.
HEY!!! MY DINNER!!!! ;_;
No, I didn't kill them. :P
I just made them get out of the grass REALLY FAST
Battle order: Raza:14 Desil:10 Kul'Vier:10
Yes...but...they go away!
cool.
* Mailmoogle runs on-screen, pops the PS2 Memory Card (tm) int othe Save
Point, and loads up File 1 - Lv. 4.
* Kulvier pokes the mail moogle with a stick
* Mailmoogle then hops atop the now-reloaded Kul's head and enjoys the
ride.
Git offa me!!!! *Swats at moogle*
* Mailmoogle goes flying dow nthe path.
(Isn't it level 3?)
Anyhow, when we last left our two parties plus moogle, they had just
fought off two Celesti, and (I thought it was Lv. 4? *checks sheet* Ah, right.)
(*The mailmoogle swears with a muttered "Kupo" and goes to Load.)
* Mailmoogle quickly loads File 3 - Lv 3.
Apparently, File 2 is after tonight, and File 3 before. NOW anyhow!
When we last left our party + party + moogle, they had just fought off
two Celesti and solved (sorta) an argument between four of them.
(By beating the shit out of them when all else failed. Isn't modern
diplomacy great? :P)
The sun had begun to set, IIRC, and the coasts of Terranotos were slowly
coming into view to the north.
* Raza looks at Kulvier and Desil. "Do you think I did the right thing? Letting
Sylph go?"
(Damn straight it is.)
"...I'm not cooking, don't ask." Kul grunted as he trudged along,
holding his helment and rubbing his pounding head* "Raza, I think you made the
best choice ou could have."
"Sylph could have been a useful ally... But if she was unwilling, she
wouldn't be much help."
"Don't know how much Ifrit will cooperate, but he has to concede that
he lost."
* Somewhere in the ether, Ifrit grunts unhappily.
"One day, you'll be able to call them all, I think. I mean, you want
to be a Summoner, right? ...Ifrit..." Kul seethed with rage at the mention of
the Celesti's name.
To the north, out at sea, you can see a ship heading in the same
direction you all are; that is, mostly east. From atop it's crow's nest, a light
glows.
* Estrain grinned. "Well, Kul'Vier, if it makes you feel better, you're now one
of his bosses..."
In fact, that ship is awful close to the coastline... But ships do that.
"Through the lady, but still."
Still, he might be... grumpy.
* Estrain flips a coin. "Tails... Geez, lady luck, good omens."
"See you're as cheerful as ever when it comes to me..."
Shouts come from the ship; it's light dissapears in the coming gloom.
* Raza gestures in the ship's direction. "That can't be good."
* Estrain looks up. "Oh, fun."
"Come on, let's go."
"Well, that's true. But he ruined my youth. Where was he when I
prayed? I mean...back then...I did." Kul winced. "Nope...they'll run aground."
"If they need help, we can provide it better over there."
A moment later, the ship comes to a screechign halt, the sound of
shattering wood and a few shouts accompanying. It halts dead in the water,
listing a little to the side.
Lifeboats are quickly lowered, and the small white dingies row to the
rocky shore in only a few minutes.
"Hey! What happened?" Estrain yells to the lifeboats as soon as
they're in hearing range.
Kul wasc standing on the shore, waist deep in water, stripped over all
his armor except his pants, waiting to help pull life boats onto the beach.
"What the hell happened?" he called out.
* Raza is standing a bit in the distance.
* From the rocks comes a yell. "Hit a rock, had to abandon ship! And who
th' hey're you to be asking?"
"We're from the Lial Company! We're on a trip to the East Tip!"
"But we're all professional adventurers, and if you need help, we're
willing to provide it!"
"I'm the one who's helping you pull your life boats ashore! HE grabbed
the closest one and began hauling it onto the sand. "Is anybody hurt?"
* A figure - wait, two - come clambering up the rocks to see these
yellers face-to-face.
"No injuries of note, some scrapes and scratches as far as the doctor
can tell. The cargo's pretty much lost, though..."
* Says the second figure. The first one, probably the captain by his
uniform, says, "Stuff was hanuted. Didn't htink we should've taken it on, but
the money was too good..."
* Estrain looks to the others. "How valuable was this cargo?
"Because if you're gonna go bankrupt for it..."
"Haunted? I'm a Dark Knight and I lived in the Depth my whol;e like.
Tell me about the cargo and what's been going on. I might be able to shed
light."
Not bankrupt, but deep in th' hole. That stuff was weaponry for
some store and ancient artefacts from th' Hole, headed for the tip.
"What store?"
* Estrain perks up. "Hey, Raza. We may be able to study that..."
"...You think this was Lial cargo?"
Just... blobs of darkness came outta the barrels from the
Hole, and started messing wit hthe crew, with the rudder... Made us hit the
rock.
I'd have to check the registry to see what company. That's still
in my cabin, too... Damn!
"It might be. Raza. If thias has something to do with your father's
company, we're within rights to search and investigate. Hell...we might get a
bonus for the good publisity."
* The Cap'n begins cursing about the insurance companies, and how
they'll raise a fuss and a half.
"Well, then. It's our job to retrieve it - it might be our stuff. Do
you agree, Raza?"
"It'd probably be an affiliate."
"So I say we go for it."
"Alright."
* Estrain begins to remove excess clothing, as well as his boots.
"Lighten up. I'm not much of a swimmer, but I know that if we have to
go deep, light is good."
If you wanna try and grab our things, then you're welcome
to try. Just note that the Intercontinental Trading Corporation takes no
responsibility for your safety or wellbeing.
"Hey, Kul'Vier. Give me your sword."
Hell, Mack, we'll give 'em a boat. WHy the hell would you make
them *swim* for our cargo?
Kul finished hauling a lifeboat single handedly and collected his
gear. "Look...you let us take a life boat, we'll call it even. We can handle
ourselves. Trust us on that." Kul tossed his sword to Estrain. "here."
* Estrain retracts one leg from his pants, sighing. "I really don't want to do
this..."
What're they gonna do, carry it back in their teeth?
* Estrain shears off the legs of his pants, making make-shift shorts. "Not much
fashion-wise, but I have other clothes..."
But the lifeboats themselves're wor-
* Raza shakes her head as Estrain strips. "You should excercise your legs a bit
more. They're kinda skinny."
Then if they sink, they went down with the ship. Big
whoop-de-fork-do.
Down to a tunic and his new shorts, Estrain shakes his head and
fastens his boomerangs. "Let's go."
* Estrain hands Kul'Vier back his sword.
* Jack leaves the 'bos to Mitzu and starts looking at the crewmembers
who're injured; Mitzu starts questioning the Captain.
*Kul was loading his stuff in the lifeboat and looked at Est. "You
know...we're taking a boat, not swimming...that was wholely unnessicary."
"I'm not counting out having to swim."
G'luck, ma'am!
"Always forecast the worse, I say."
* Raza waves at Jack. "Think of me Jack!"
"Jack! If anything attacks the beach or the crew. You're in charge of
defending them. I know you can handle things."
"We hope," muttered Estrain, under his breath.
* Jack waves, and Mitzu raises an eyebrow. "Hope his first leadership
experience doesn't go too sour on him..."
*Kul hopped out of the boat, waiting for Raza and Est to get in then
started pushing it out into the water. Kulvier's strenth had it's uses.
She then makes her way onto the boat. "I really hope this isn't going to
take too long."
* The scene of the three hopping on the boat fades, and the Mailmoogle
walks onto the dark screen.
Kupo! Want to know about Time-Limited Events?
Yep.
*Kul looks up at Raza, one yellow eye shut to the sea breeze.
"Shouldn't take long."
*Clicks the yes that pops up above his head*
Of course.
For Time-Limited Events, the party has a set amount of time
- measured in real-time minutes, usually - to perform a set task or group of
tasks. In this situation, their task is to retrieve whatever cargo they can from
the sinking ship.
^_^; Yay?
Only inventory limits what we can carry, right?
During battles, fights, and encounters, time progresses
normally, just like when you're just wandering around. So be careful, and don't
dawdle in combat!
Or are there other things?
Correct, kupo! You can only carry as much as you normally
could, including key items. You cna always 'drop' an item in a location and
carry it somewhere else later. Don't forget where you drop your stuff, kupo!
((FUN!!!!))
(Keep your MP up for Lakshimi, Raza. We want to be able to dump
Tonics.)
Rowing your lifeboat to or from the ship will cost about
five minutes of time, but don't be afraid to make multiple trips, if you think
you can bring back more things that way.
Does the Lifeboat have it's own Inventory?
Like, can we drop items there?
(I have 10 MP and 1 Tincture.)
Also, during Time-Limited Events, certain things may have a
hidden timer for them, so that they happen only after a set amoutn of time has
passed during the TLE.
(I would think a life boat and weight limit would be like 10 big
things or 30 little things
(Didn't we restore HP/MP between this and last session?)
The Lifeboat has enough room for the three of you full-up,
and not much else. If you want to just have one person row it back, it'll take
more time, but the boat will be able to carry what the other two members could
anyhow.
For the sake of easing the load on the cartridge's CPU,
each character is restored to full HP, MP and status.
(How about Kul and Estrain climb out of the boat?)
(Then can it carry stuff?)
(We could push it back, if we really need to
(Actually. What about a rope system?
Yes, the boat can carry items. But each person not on the
boat adds a minute of lost time rowing in one way. If only one person rows it,
it will take seven minutes to reach shore, and seven to come back.
We find and load and Jack's team pulls it back, via rope, and
unloads?)
Unless you find a Ropes-R-Us store, you probably won't have
that much rope.
(Unless we impliment the rope system on a loop type deal and the crew
on the shore helps pull. ^_^; Well, on the first trip it can be set up by
scavaging the rigging.)
(Can Shiva freeze a path to shore so we can slide the items over?)
(Ship rigging was like 12 miles worth of rope.)
Shiva's ability to freeze is limited, but can create a
small enough 'ice island' to cut the time between shore and ship by a minute.
(Do you have titan?)
Said islands would be unstable and might float away wit hthe
current, however.
(Nope)
(Damn. Well. the most productive would be the rope/pully system. But
that would need the Bo's, the other team, and the crew to make it worth while.)
Did you understand all of the TLE's conditions?
Yerp
(How much time do we have?
(Then we just send one person back each time)
I'm assuming that's a 'yes'.
Yes
(After you answer that, yes. :P)
Yerp is more like a Yes interrupted by a burp
You have about... Seventyfive minutes before the ship fully
sinks.
(Lower level first. Valuable cargo is always in lower hull)
Good luck, then, kupo! I'll just wait on shore and organize
the loot.
(*nod* And that'll be harder to get to later)
(Bingo Est)
(Use your Tonics on the Ghosts)
(Good idea)
(Bottom up, progress with the sinking.)
* Mailmoogle walks off the darkened screen, and the scene of Raza, Desil
and Kul on the boat next to the ship appears. In the corner, a timer reading
490:00 appears.
(Alright.)
"Come on, let's go. We should go to the bottom of the ship first."
*Kul hops in and grabs a paddle and starts rowing with strong strokes*
* Estrain rows as well.
(I think we're already there)
* The ship's deck is mostly empty; the mast stands, the sails furled and
windless, silence pervading the ship.
Yep, you're there. I'm not gonna waste rowing minutes on getting you
there the first time.
(Good. :P)
Kul was re-equiping his armor. "...Ghost ship indeed..."
* Estrain looks for the lower decks.
(As in - stairs down)