Session Start: Sun Mar 13 18:54:06 2005
Session Ident: #terranotos
* Now talking in #terranotos
* Topic is 'http://www.geocities.com/elemental_knight1/terranotos/ | Current Status: Love and Revenge | Next Game: Sunday the 13th, unless the plan changes...'
* Set by Typhoon on Thu Mar 10 17:43:59
* ChanServ sets mode: +o ElementalKnight
Nice timing.
hey.
...Aaaand everyone except our favorite Okami is here.
Looks like you won't be able to rub in him being late and you not being late, Moryssa. :P
ah well
it was a thought
and Gale said to start w/out him as usual
Heh.
About what time will he get here? Any idea?
Indeed. Last I remember he had problems iwth his bosses at work.
10ish I think. but I can't remember if it's EST or Central time
*nod*
Joyous. Well, it worked out okay last time.
I have tomorrow off, though, so I'm fine with playing later than usual. So I might actually see him this time!
Whee!
For some reason, "joyous" looks like a typo. But it isn't. Weird
Heck, 'typo' looks like a typo.
Or type.
*of.
* ElementalKnight is hit with Irony (U).
I see "typo" so often when I talk to you I'm used to it by now. >.>
That hurts my keyboard's feelings.
lol
Which I'm okay with, because this is actually my mom's keyboard.
*kick*
* ElementalKnight flails about for ideas. He's got a few, but he's spent most of today playing FFI in Dawn of Souls. And it's too damn easy.
I spent most of today doing absolutely nothing. Well, playing Saga Frontier 2, but I've beat that twice already, so that probably doesn't count
It's a fun game to powerlevel in, even if weapon breaking does kind of limit that
Seeing 6000 damage 4-person combos is satisfying.
Ooh.
I shopped :)
*thinking* And it's 7... You want we should wait for your GMing to be over, Cap'n Pants, or should we just go nuts and let you catch up later?
YAY buying things.
I'd do that if i had money left.
He could open a new IRC window
yes, wait.
I'm spending my parents' money ;)
Okey dokey.
See, my money is from my parents already. Annuity, no job.
$2300 per quarter. It works out nicely.
That's around minimum wage. >.> Mind, you don't have to work for it (I'd assume, anyway), so that's good
Basically, yeah.
hehe
SO it's a bajillion percent better than any other payscale ever, thanks to the magic of divide-by-zero.
almost...
I've got time. School tomorrow, sure, but by "I got time" I mean "I'm using this time to think stuff up and read up on FF1".
Ladeedah.
3 plotstrings at once... oy.
That'd do it.
Do you have an ETE (Estimated Time of Ending the durn thing)?
In about 15-30.
*nod* Okay.
I was reading some of the earlier logs and I don't know how I missed the whole Alan Tercation thing
Neither do I.
But that happens a lot.
If i didn't point everything out to my players in I-DEMON in a fit of OMG I'M A GENIUS, they'd miss 4/5ths of everything, probably.
Who first mentioned Altercations, anyway?
I think I did. >.>
I keep thinking Raza did, but that doesn't fit
You could just CTRL+F "Altercation" in every log, see when it pops up.
I can't find any mention of it on the site, unless it's cleverly hidden, and I'm too lazy to look through the logs
Nah, it's not on the site.
But neither is the Lial Co.
Half of them try to open in txt files, and that doesn
Half of them try to open in txt files, and that doesn't have CTRL+F
yeah, it does that to me too.
Probably a Firefox thing
Um, yeah, it does.
Hmm, really?
Up at the toip, click 'search' and clikc the 'search' that comes down.
It's just not keyboard-shortcut fun.
I knew that.
AYep.
^_^
EK first mentioned it. He said Alan Tercation, but it was before the 2 month break. maybe that's why I didn't catch it
also, back then, Mitzu was a man
Yeah.
* Kulvier has joined #terranotos
Huh.
Gale asked me about it one day and I had to make up my mind.
Gale!!!
How convient. :P
He's been a she ever since.
:D
Nice timing, dude.
You managed not to miss anything, since Serigo's got to finish GMing
We were just talking about how you made Mitzu a woman.
That's cause she and Kul got it on. ;)
Before that, I meant; when you asked Mitzu's gender. ut that too.
* If you haven't already seen the Gaiden, there's lots of released angst and whatnot for your enjoyment.
Kul can get it on but Raza can't. Double standard like...
Yeah...I gave up on LoneStar. They managed to piss me off. I broke three plates and totally bitched out a manager at a full house.
That'd do it.
Congratulations. I think.
KUl: Well, I WAS a virgin. :D
Welcome to the wide, wonderful world of unemployment!
Oh, it is indeed! a congrats.
It's wonderful until you realize you have no money. ;.;
I'm tired of takinmg shit from people. I'm standing up for myself now.
That's when you realize other people have money.
And that pockets can eb easily emptied.
And then you realize they won't give you any. >.>
^_^ Have a new job already
That was fast.
Work at Outback steakhouse.
Someone come into your home and employ you just now?
I'm a cook. ^_~ God save the patrons
*knocknock* Hello, I'm form Acme Inc. I just saw you in your window computing without any pants on, and we need a man like you in our offices!
O.O I fit that position like a glove!
*Winks* Mmmmmm, silk boxers
I wonder how someone came up with boxers.
back, sorry. sexy French neighbor stopped by
Ah, just a note; to bring it out in the open. Thanks to Valefor's guidence, Kulvier is walking away from the path of a DarkKnigh, he's turning into a MagicKnight.
"Hmm. I'm not wearing enough pairs of pants. I should take another pair of pants and put it on UNDER my pants! GENIUS!"
Lol
Well, I don't want to wear pants today... But just wearing underwear would hurt. I'll take the thinenst pair of pants I can, take out the zipper, and cut them in half! BRILLIANT!
Raza's not gonna be happy
*clink*
Why isn't Raza going to be happy?
Beyond the lack of sex with Jack?
^_^ Hmmm, didn't Mitzu and Kul discuss Jack too?
lol, because she wanted a "Bad boy" and Kul's going soft on her
Mitzu got to see what no one in the party yet saw. Kulvier being intellegent.
Kul still will be raging out
* Typhoon needs to figure out how Estrain's going to chew out Kul for being a bad influence on Raza. >.>
He's an Okami. They're basicly the universal 'bad ass'.
If such a thing exists
Ultimate badass or bad influence on Raza?
The latter, I think you'd be hard pressed to find.
But dont' tempt me.
*Kul grins widely in his sleep holding Mitzu* (thoughts) HA!!!
"...
:P
* Typhoon kicks the ' key being next to Enter.
Damn apostrophies.
Well, needless to say breakfast will be entertaining and interresting to explain. :p
* ElementalKnight gets Idea (4)!
or dinner
Heh.
my first idea was to simply >> straight to a week later, but this breakfast thing...
* Kulvier pops EK idea bubble
Bwahaha.
:D
"...Kul and Mitzu are both missing. The room I'm sharing with Kul is locked. Mitzu isn't in her room. Either Ninja assassins have made a base in my bedroom or they were feeling frisky this afternoon."
I told you I bring interresting events into RPs
"Mmmmmmm, feels nice."
*Sounds from other side of door*
"I need to change. You have five seconds to get decent before I kick the door down. Five. Four."
"Sword is boby-trapping door and Mitzu might kill you. Buzy, come back...mmmm...in the morning?"
"I'll come in through the window, then. Chances are you won't notice, but I'd stay under the sheets anyway."
* Mitzu uses a Draw-Out. Never before has a skill ability sounded so dirty.
Cheater.
You're not supposed to hit me while I'm doing my ninja impersonation.
Sorry, had to.
>.>
*Draw-Out has a very profound and...explosive effect on Kul, who now feels like he needs to smoke a pipe*
:;p
I couldn't bloody resist that comment. :p
And i get a taste of my own medicine. Right then!
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
I feel friggin incredible. Not only did I lay down the law on my former managers, but I got a new job, beat the shit outta some pro WarHammer 40k player the other night and won the store title; but I also just found out my fiance is coming up to visit me for Spring Break. And now? Now I get to enjoy the RP that has me anxious every week with anticipation. God! Life id GOOD!
I'd prefer not to talk to your Id right now, thanks. Not until Mitzu has some pants on. But beyond that: Good on you for kicking ass for 99% of the day, and thanks for the compliment.
Assuming Serigo hurries up, dammit. :P
Now, to underperform whenever Cap'n Pants finishes up! Whoo!
... <.<
"Mitzu...where's my pants? Uhh...and my underpants too?
:p
Mitzu: "Estrain apparently felt vengeful about you blocking the way to his clothes."
>.>
* Mitzu points to the set of burning shorts on the street outside.
almost ready.
Lol! Oddly, I can FULLY see that.
I'm gonna get soem h2o.
NO DON'T!!! I HEAR THAT H2O STUFF IS COOL AND REFRESHING!!! YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TO LIVE FOR!!!
back.
* GM_OFPants is now known as Ladis
Finally.
* ElementalKnight is now known as EK|GM
* Moryssa is now known as Raza
* Kulvier is now known as Missingpants
...
* Missingpants is now known as Kulvier
I need ritalin.
yes
* The Mailmoogle stuffs a pair of jeans into the memory card before plugging it into the Save Point machine.
(Fill me in. What happened?)
(Um... Ask your father.)
(>.>)
* Mailmoogle also pokes Typhoon, choosing File 2, now with one Gaiden-Complete "*" on it. It loads up the Inn's lobby, where a convienient continental breakfast is being served, the day after Raza and Desil's grand tour of the Eastern Tip.
* Typhoon is now known as Estrain
(You decide to play the moment I go "ooh" at something and get distracted, dammit. :P)
(RBDM at work, my friend. RBDM.)
(RBDM?)
(Rat Bastard Dungeon Master. I got it from Identity Crisis.)
(LOL!)
* Jack stumbles down the steps, wiping his eyes and stretching. He hits the breakfast coffee-first.
* Estrain is already seated, beginning to eat.
"Morning, Jack.
(Uh... where am I?)
Mmrph mm. *sip*
Kulvier yawned and sat up, he smiled, looking at Mitzu; who he likely just woke up too. "G'morning Mitzu. Breakfast is being served."
(You just woke up, or you're downstairs. Your choice.)
(At the Inn, I suppose, should you desire. Or wandering about. Call it nigh-on freeform.)
(Just woke up.)
* Estrain looks at Kul a bit coolly. "Something happen yesterday? The door to our room was locked, I noticed."
"Sleeping under the stars is fine, but I like notification that you're going to lock me out of my room..."
* Raza waks down the steps feeling refreshed. She had a nice long bath and was ready to eat. After stocking her plate with ruit and pastries, she took a seat next to Jack.
* Ladis goes out looking for an item shop.
* Jack waves half-heartedly, scootching over for Raza to have a seat.
()Est, Kul's in his room. :P)
(Is there a place I can get an echo screen?)
(Ah, sorry)
(Thought you were downstairs.)
(Sure, actually. If you wanan go shopping, feel free to open up a private window with me... it'll help me keep track of what's what.)
(Just woke up.)
(What I get for starting typing the moment I saw you write. :P)
"Sleep well Jack? You still look tired."
* Redardless of where Kul might be, Mitzu clunks down the stairs, the blueprints to the giant mech-spider under one arm and her plate armor in the other. "Mornin'."
Kul was up and getting dressed. He was feeling particularly good this morning. In fact, he'd not felt this good befor. He looked over at Mitzu and grinned. "I'll go down first, maybe I'll be down befor everyone else is. It'll cut out the questions."
(It appears that the God of TIming When To Type has cursed the game tonight.)
(Apparently.)
* Ladis heads over to wherever everyone else is.
* A minute or two before, Mitzu had noted that evryone else was either already awake, or on their way down anyhow...
Kul looked at his armor for a moment and shrugged. Why hide behind darkened plate armor. He didn't feel like hiding himself from everyone else anymore. He still put on his armor, but held the helment under his arm. "G'morning everyone."
"Morning."
"Morning, Kul..."
* Mitzu hits the food, rather oblivious to anything else. Jack, meanwhile, finally begins to wake up. "Oh, hey Raza." *sip*
"The stars were rather nice last night. As I noticed, mainly because you locked me out of my room, Kul..."
"Smells good. Heya Ladis." Kul sat himself in an open seat and began to help himself to whatever he could lay his hands on; especially any meat.
"I don't mind sleeping outside, but can you TELL me next time?
* Ladis holds back from going berserk on the food like before, and has a pastry and eggs.
Kul's face turned a shade red. "I was...uh...busy. I was reviewing those blueprints."
"Really."
* Raza takes a sip of her cranberry juice. "Why would you be embarassed about that?"
Kul tried vainly to save face. "I'm the muscle, but I'm not totally stupid."
"And you needed a locked room and company to do this, apparently."
* Ladis isn't getting the innuendo.
We had a lot of ideas.
Kul took offense at that comment. "At least Mitzu appreciates the value of tactial study for advantacious application, thief!"
"My JOB is tactics, boy."
"You stab things. I make sure things don't stab our important people."
"Advantagious applica--" Raza's jaw dropped. "You didn't..."
"Oh really? You've seemed to be doing BANG-UP job of it!"
* Mitzu blinks. "Didn't...?"
"....wha?"
"Mind explaining why you're going postal on me, all of a sudden?"
"Yes, Raza, there is a brain inside this skull."
"Mood swings do not a stable man make."
* Raza looks at Kul and then Mitzu. "There goes my appetite."
Kil looked at Estrain. "Sinse when have I ever been stable? I'm sorry...I took your comments wrongly."
"....so, uh, what's the plan today?"
"I'd, personally, like to persue this line of event. If they're making any more of those...mechs...we need to stop it."
* Mitzu shrugs. "Not a lot we *can* do until Raza's father writes back. The ball's in his pocket now."
* Raza doesn't look at Ladis. "We're going to discuss why it's okay for Mitzu and Kul to be 'tactical' but why Jack and I can't."
"...tactical? You say that in an odd way..."
"Raza, drop it. You've been 'tactical' more times with more people that I want to think of. Well...if the warning your father gave me was true."
Didn't know you were into tactics, Raza. Ever play Go?
* Ladis slowly understands.
"Oh."
* Estrain sighs and considers drowning in his bowl of cereal.
"Would you like to teach me?"
* Jack shrugs. "Sure, I guess... just need a good place to play an' a buncha pretty stones."
"And an answer to your rhetorical question, Raza. Because he's asked me to keep an eye on you. Plus, Jack isn't ready. Let him figure it out in due time."
* Ladis takes a slow sip of whatever juice other than tomato is at hand.
"And who I've been tactical with is none of your business."
I feel like I shoudl say something smart back, but I'm not in the mood for a fight at breakfast...
"It's not my business Raza, you're right. But i'm not going to let you make a mistake that you may very well regret for the rest of your life."
"Shut up, both of you."
"Neither of you have room to talk."
"Don-," sheglares at Estrain. "You stay out of it! I'm tired of having to put up with this 'Your Daddy told me so' BS!"
"ENOUGH!"
"Then get another job."
* Ladis stands up.
"Sit down or I will hurt you."
"Get a hold of yourselves!"
"You're hurting the situation more than you're helping it."
* Mitzu moves next to Kul. "Didn't expect this..."
"and... YOU'RE helping?"
* Ladis sits back, incredulous.
"We're at each others throats."
Kul got up. He looked at Estrain. "Oh, I'll shut up alright. I'm leaving. If you want me, I'll be at the Temple." He looked at Raza, the look wasn't angry. "My contract was very detailed. I'm sorry if you don't like it." Kul looked at Mitzu. "I'm sorry Mitzu, I didn't expect this to happen."
"No, I'm not. But I'm not helping in a better way than you're not helping, because I'm quieter."
"The temple... sounds good. May I come?"
Kul sighed and shook his head. "You're choice Ladis. I need to pray. I...need guidence."
"I have you get hit by a wagon on your way out!" Raza stands up. "Come on Jack!"
(hope, not have)
* Ladis looks back at Raza's vicious comment, then leaves.
* Jack looks up. "But I-" He suddenly notices the tension in the room. "...Nevermind." *skedaddling*
* Estrain continues eating his cereal in relative peace once everyone else leaves. He seems quite unruffled.
* Mitzu leans against the far wall, thinking. Jack follows Raza away from the tension.
"Maybe I will Raza." Kul looks back at Mutzu and smiles, in a attempt to reassure her, then leaves to go to the temple.
* Raza looks at Jack as they leave the room. "It's time you teach me how to play 'GO' and I'll teach you a few games I know."
* Ladis shakes his head. "...who needs enemies...?"
"Ah, tempests, hurricanes, and tornados. Fairly tame occurances compared to when we decide to have our tri-weekly shouting match."
* Estrain follows this bit of 'wisdom' by eating a piece of toast. At least there's plenty left to eat.
(and I get puled in three directions. Boy, but this'll be interesting.)
"Ladis...in my experience, EVERYONE is the enemy. When they reveil it is the only difference. But...I felt I could set that behind me recently. I guess I was wrong."
"...everyone?"
(Hmm. This might be problematic)
* Jack follows Raza as best as he can, remaining coffee in hand. "What got you so mad back there? Heck, what got *everyone* mad back there?"
"I'm a DarkKnight. I'm not supposed to trust anyone. Even now I feel pain because I trust Estrain and Raza. Yet...I'm not sure they trust me..."
* Mitzu continues leaning against the Inn lobby's wall. She speaks up a few moments later. "I didn't think... That it'd devolve into this. I suppose i didn't htink at all, really."
"...Is the Dark Knight's path the one you think is best?"
"Mmm."
"I admit, I feel responsible."
(Indeed... If things get too hectic, I might make two other rooms to handle it.)
"I'll show you in a few minutes." She pulls her keys out of her purse and unlocks her door. "Come on in."
"Sniping at him probably lead to that."
* Jack shrugs, happy to be away from the shouting and whatnot, and follows.
Why? If it's anyone's fault, it's mine or Kul's.
Kul shook his head. "No. Being a Dark Knight is wrong. It's what I feel in my heart, but...I have no other path. I want to leave my path. I don't like the constant conflict of bitterness."
"Blaming others is foolish."
"It leads to nothing but self-pity, and self-pity just digs ruts."
"...I know of a story... of such a dark knight."
"The Dark Knight Cecil?"
After closing and locking the door, Raza throws Jack ontop of her bed and follows suit. "Ready to learn the rules of my game?"
Agreed...
"Yes... you have heard it?"
"Mind, that doesn't excuse others."
"Heard it and understood it. He lost everything and changed to save everything. So the legend goes."
* Jack blinks, his coffee now spilt on the edge of the bed. "Um... Isn't it awful hard to play a game like this?"
"You've got to keep a balance between personal responsibility and blaming yourself for everything."
* Raza smiles seductively. "Darling, this game was meant to be hard. If you get my drift."
N-not really, can't sya I do...
"I'd keep a leash on your relationship with Kul, though. He's not emotionally stable enough to stay in anything lasting right now."
"He needs to find himself before he tries to find others, you know what I mean?"
Agreed again. I'm not particularly stable myself, but... Kul's got a fractured soul.
Sighing, the heiress climbs on top of Jack. "Have you ever kissed a woman before?"
"Then why not do the same?"
"Forsake the darkness, turn to another path."
"Then, frankly, you screwed up pretty badly." Estrains says this bluntly, looking directly at her. "That lead to further emotional complications he doesn't need."
"But...I can't see how he did it. I can't... Recently I've been trying to find my way to change as he did. I want to change. Maybe....maybe the Paladins can help me. I didn't want to say it back there, with the others, but...I need to talk with them."
Um, once or twice... just like I kiss my momma, y'know, on the cheek. W-why?
"Work things out with yourself, and then talk to him. He won't listen to me or Raza."
"They could. I hear they are more than willing to take in those who show distaste for the darkness."
"Those who turn away from the dark path, I heard, make the mightiest paladins.
* Mitzu nods. "Again, you're right. He presented, but I followed through. It felt right at the time, but most things do, don't they?"
"If anything good came of that, there's the fact that he's certain to listen to her."
"Yes...but...Paladin KILL Dark Knights. To them, I am a heretic and a being of darkness, enslaved to dark masters."
(*to you)
(Gah)
"I'm not talking about that kind of kiss. If you're going to play my game, you have to have certain skills. Kissing is the first one. Want me to teach you? It's easy once you get the hang of it."
"At least, until he decides that you're against him. That might not happen, though. Let's hope it doesn't."
(yeah, things are a bit hard to follow, But I'm on my toes and the edge of my seat. onder if I can get a partial refund for the rest of my seat...)
"I'll try and reason with them. Remember, I have as much to lose as you: I killed a Paladin. An errant one, but a Paladin nonetheless."
W-well... I guess it's fair.
* Estrain stretches, yawning, before looking at Mitzu. "Feel like some training in about five minutes? I need to get up and moving, and I've had no sparring partner for a while."
* Mitzu smiles a bit. "Violence would be nice, yes."
"Besides. Exhaustion does wonders for emotional issues."
* Raza smiles. "Good, now just let me take the lead." She leans down and pecks him softly on the lips. "Now, you try it on me."
"He was wrong. They'll find you innocent, if judged. Me? I've killed many...I will be dealt with harshly." Kul stopped and took a deep breath, as he stared at the huge doors of the Cathedral. He reached out and pushed it out, announcing loudly. "FORGIVE ME, FOR I LIVE IN THE SHADOWS! HELP ME TO FREE MYSELF OF THE BURDEN!"
* Ladis walks in as well.
* THe peopel at the temple all stare at Kul as he yells.
* Jack blinks, stutters; takes a deep breath, and clumsily returns the favor.
Within the holy temple, Kulvier could feel the aura of darkness around himself. He knew this was going to either be painful or emotional. He wasn't ever sure he was ready. But he had to try. He stared at the Paladins and Priests. "I...need help. I...can't follow this path anymore. I can no longer bear the burden of a Dark Knight."
"Not bad. Now, try it like this." She leans in and kisses his top lip and then his bottom lip. "You're turn."
* Estrain goes and changes. He's glad his room's unlocked now.
* Ladis stands next to Kulvier, making sure his ally is not attacked.
* Jack's really f'n nervous, but he tries it anyway.
Dressed in light, functional clothing (instead of the somewhat showy clothes he had worn to the opening), Estrain walked outside. "Coming along, Mitzu?"
* The priests all continue to stare This is new - a DK coming in and basically ranting about his sins and all.
* Raza chuckles. "Relax and take your time with it. Try it again."
* Mitzu nods. "Already have my blade with me." She puts her plate armor on, follows Desil, and puts a hand on her blade. "Ready when you are."
* Estrain stretches, then flips out his boomerangs and goes through old, practiced motions. When he's done warming up, he flips a coin.
* Ladis looks at one of the priests. "Do you not preach to save those in the darkness? This one comes to you for forgiveness."
!roll 1d2
Estrain - 1d2: 2 ( Total: 2 )
"Hmm. Tails."
* Jack takes a nervous gulp, several deep breaths, and does it again.
Kul knew he'd, basicly, just openly announced himself to be a walking perversion of goodness in the eyes of the temple. He knew that is was very real that the Paladins could kill him. Drawing his sword he let his clatter to the floor in front of him. "...Please...help me."
"Right. You start, then, Mitzu."
Never did understand that. Magic from coins?
"Basically?"
"They're a link to what normal people call luck."
"When you know what to do, you can use that link to change around the rules a bit."
"That's the entire foundation of what good gamblers do."
* One of the priests - a young male Mithra - walks over to him. "...Help. I never thought I'd see someone with an aura with your darkness ask for it...
"Now you have."
"In other words, they cheat." Estrain grins.
* Raza places one of Jack's hands on the small of her back and the other on the back of her head. "Ok, now we'll keep doing this for a little while, but now we'll add a little tongue. This is called an Elvaan Kiss." She leans down and goes for it.
"I've fiddled with my boomerangs a bit - they won't blind you right now like they usually do. Kind of an unfair advantage, even if my fighting style IS based on cheating..."
"Dark Knights aren't completely lost to the Darkness... They embrace it first...they think it'll make the pain go away. I know it to be wrong...I seek to free myself of it." Kul looked at the Priests and Paladins.
* Mitzu grins. "Cheating's fair. Let me show you mine, then." She quickly draws her blade, several ghosts flying forth and forming a strange rune in the air, which hits Desil - causing no pain at all.
* Estrain flips his boomerangs, checking for anything strange.
* Jack just mindlessly follows along. His mind's basically shot, thanks.
Magic Break. You're fine, but any magic you pull out of your coins won't work quite as well - I release the blade and it fights for me. Or, well, its spirit does.
"Heh."
Kiss, kiss. Slurp, slurp. Smack, smack. Raza flips Jack over so that he's on top and keeps up the action.
* Estrain flips a coin. "Shame I don't use a magic-based style, then. This just imbues my attacks with elementals."
* The priest bends down, staring Kul in the face. "Very few Dark Knights seek redemption. Of those, far fewer manage to grasp it. You may, you may not. But evryone gets a chance."
* Estrain catches the coin and puts it away. "Now, if you're ready?"
"...a chance...?"
* Mitzu nods. "I am."
* Jack continues, unaware of existence and anything therein, including himself. Again, mind = shot.
Kul pulled out the feather Valefor gave him. "I am guided, I believe. Valefor spoke to me...told me I can seek a new path. I must try... I...can't stand the darkness anymore. It's slowly destroying me...and my........friends."
"Your move."
...Valefor? That *is* interesting... How did you receive Valefor's guidance?
* Raza sighs and pushes Jack off of her and off the bed. "I can't do this..."
* Mitzu slowly circles Estrain, and at some point a few moments later, moves in with a few quick steps and a faster draw of her blade, blunt-side-first.
* Jack stares at the ceiling wide-eyed.
"I...simply asked for it. I...prayed at an abondoned and crumbling temple. For a while now, I've been having doubts. I've been running my entire life."
* Estrain flips a boomerang, aiming to catch the blade on the edge of one and swipe at her with the other.
* Raza leans over the edge of the bed and looks apologetically at the dense-man. "I'm sorry...It's just not right for me to do this to you. I shouldn't take my anger out on you when you've been nothing but kind, if not a bit naive, to me."
...That... is unusual. But Valefor never does things randomly... Whatever path shu-he starts, is a path worth examining...
* Jack blinks, coming back to his senses. "I... wha..."
Kul looked up into the priest's eyes. "There was a legend...one I nearly forgot, if not for my friend Ladis to remind me. Decil became a Paladin...he was a Dark Knight. I know I will never be a Paladin...but...what is there left for me?"
"A lot."
"You just need to look."
I don't know. Valefore doesn't know. And you certainly don't. But- yes, actually, but I was trying to be more mysterious and sage-like about it. Only way to see where you end up is to go there.
"I feel bad," she lays on her back, staring at the ceiling. "But you don't have to make things worse by not talking to me. Say *something* at least. Even if it is that I'm despicable."
* Jack continues to blink, and shakes his head to regain his senses. "You're not. Just... I didn't know about... um... *this*."
"Tell priest...is becoming a Paladin out of my reach? I've known only Dark Knight as my profession. I don't know of any other paths. Advice me... tell me who I must seek."
* The Priest sits on the groudn next to Kul, cross-legged. "Nothing is out of your reach. You've tasted power as a Dark Knight. You can use such power, and you can turn your back on it. Between those two points is everything achievable by Man.
"Why should you have? It was spur of the moment and I shouldn't have taken advantage of your innocence just to get back at Kul and Desil." She turns to her side, facing away from Jack's position on the floor. "*I'm* the one who should get hit by a runaway wagon."
((brb))
(same here, actually. I really gotta hit the bathroom.)
(My last thing was up with the last green text, if you missed it. I know you're kinda busy, but making sure you didn't miss.)
(back. green text?)
(You text color sceme is different, eh Est?)
(Ah, the MItzu fight thing, right. For me, that's purple.)
(RPing a sparring match kinda went on the back burner... s'ry. where was I...)
* Mitzu continues to spar with Desil; rolling as her blade is caught in his 'rangs and coming up smoothly, the blade frshly freed.
((back))
(Oh yeah, I sometimes forget people use other colors. :P)
It's just... Th' way I've grown up, you don't do stuff with gals. It's just, y'know, wrong.
(_-_)
(What? My scheme's so awesome it's hard to believe people do it differently. :P)
"Then...what should I do? Where should I go?"
* Estrain kicks Mitzu, pushing her backwards, before he jumps back and throws a boomerang.
"Then how do you know if you like someone? How do you know if you want to be with someone if you've never actually been there?"
You seek the means to an end. When you seek only a way, its end will come in due time... Seekign an end, you'll never find the path.
I dunno. Never thought about it like that.
* Mitzu rolls under the 'rang, aiming for Desil's knees.
"I seek a new beginning, not an end. I've come to the end of this experience. You're a Priest, look at me? What would I be good at."
* Raza sighs. "Do you like me, Jack?"
* The priest stares at Kul for a moment. "You could be a lot of things. At this point, you've potential for almost anything. Paladin-hood... Is a lofty goal; probably the loftiest one you can imagine, considering where you are now. But even so... it's something to aim for.
* Jack thinks a moment. He sits up, stares at Raza's face. "I don't know what it's like to, uh, like someone. But if'n I had to guess... I think you'd be at the top of the list."
"What about a Magic Knight? Or Knight? Who would I need to seek for such paths?"
The duel continues, eventually evolving into a stalemate. Estrain holds a hand up. "Alright, I think I'm done."
(Figured doing it all out would take too long, and there's actual plot to focus on)
Indeed, you can aim for those, too. But there's no one person who can set you on the path you seek. There is only yourself, your aim, and the path you blaze.
* Mitzu nods. She's happy to let the GM do his thing elsewhere.
* Raza traces her nails softly across Jack's face for a moment. "I'm glad I met you Jack. You bring something out of me that's not just hormones. You're not like the other guys I've known. Not just because you're poor, but because you're a sweetheart."
* Jack turns red, and laughs a bit. "Heh, thanks..."
Kulvier nodded to the Priest. "Then I vow this day to achive a new path. I shatter my bindings to the Dark Knight ways and follow the path to Magic Knight... Valefor, watch over me."
You're... more, uh, demanding than th' other gals I've seen around but you ain't so bad yourself.
* Ladis smiles to himself.
* Ladis then remembers something...
"Priest... if I may ask of thee something."
* The Priest nods. "THen I've nothing more to teach you, as I never have. Celesti willing, you'll pull through."
* THe priest *was* about to head off dramatically, but he halts. "Yes?"
(I love that priest)
(Thanks; I try. ^_^)
"...I...lost my family... 4 years ago, in a bizarre incident that I cannot explain."
((Can I keep him? Put him in a little glass box and show him to all of my friends?))
(And name him Moriarty and have him take over the ship? Sure, what the hey.)
"My town... it vanished off the face of the earth... know you of any disturbances that may of caused such a thing?"
((Thanks :D))
Many things could remove a village from existence... Did the town simply vanish? Was a crater left? Were there sighns of violence?
* Raza smiles at Jack. "I've decided I want to take things slow with you. I want you to court me. Would you mind?"
"The town... it was like... and I beg you not think me a liar... it was like it was never built at all. Just a clearing where houses where."
* Jack blinks. "Um... what's courting?"
Interesting... Top of my head, I know of nothign that would be able to *erase* a town. Destroy it, yes, or lift it from the earth... But to removei t entirely, no signs at all? That's troubling...
I can look into it. Do you have an address where I can reach you should i find anything?
"...I... just recently joined up with Kulvier here and his allies..."
* Ladis looks to Kulvier.
"Did Raza mention such a thing? An... "ad-dress?"
"You take me to romantic places. Buy me pretty things. You'd like me a lot more. Maybe even love me in time."
"We're with the the Heiress Raza. Her father would be easier to contact.
"Yes."
* Ladis bows to the priest.
"I thank you for your time.
Raza... Lial? Yes, that will be more than easy enough. I'll write if I find anything, but I may not find much at all...
"...don't worry... I've been at it... 4 years now... and nothing."
* The Priest nods. "Very well... I wish you both luck. Both of your journies are worth following through."
Kulvier looked at the Priest. "Thank you." He looked at Ladis and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Answers come whe they are ready. Perhaps I need to listen to my own advice."
"Thank thee. Shall we return, Kulvier?"
"Aye, let's head back." Kul turned and walked from the Temple.
* Ladis follows.
* Jack never did have his question answered...
((yes he did))
(Oh.)
((right after Ladis asks about the address))
(lemme scroll up then. my bad.)
(Ah..)
"You're not bad at swordplay. Kul's equal, at least," Estrain says, back inside the inn.
* Jack blinks. "I guess I could do that... But I don't have your kinda money. I think *this* is a nice place. You probably wanna go somewhere all golden and shiny an' everything. I can't do that.
* Mitzu nods. "Your boomerangs are interesting, at least. It's something new to fight. And thanks."
"Yeah, they're mainly support. I don't go up against other people alone often."
"I'm used to having at least someone at my back or an ace up my sleeve."
"I think I could make the exception for you."
Kul made his way back to the inn with Ladis and sighed. "I suppose the Priest was right, I have a long road ahead of me...but I need to do this. We'll find answers to your village too."
Well, I'll give it a shot, then. *shrug*
"...I hope so."
* Mitzu nods again. "Good. The best thing to do is not engage in combat at all... and when you do, make them play by the rules and break the rules yourself."
"...well, Kulvier?"
* Raza smiles. "Well, since you're courting me now, and we just had a heart-to-heart, I think this is an excellent time for you to kiss me."
"Heh. Admittedly, I'm in a bad line of work for that philosophy. Few bodyguards stay out of fights often, especially with someone like the heiress to guard..."
"Well what Ladis?" Kul looked at him a bit confused, or lost in his thoughts,
"Most thieves or assassins aren't really interested in fair play."
* Jack blinks again. "I... Well..." Jack thinks for a moment, leans in, and kisses Raza's forehead.
So neither should you.
"Aren't you going to try it out?"
"Your new power."
"Gambler, remember? If I believed in fair play I'd live by a vow of poverty."
* Mitzu chuckles.
"What new power? I don't feel too different."
* Raza shakes her head and kisses Jack on the cheek before sitting up. "I guess we should go back downstairs." She opens her room door and holds her hand out for Jack to grab.
* Jack takes it and follows.
"You could try... Valefor guided you here... I doubt he'd strand you now that you forsook the dark ways."
"I hear most magic knights can call on one elemental force and one sealing force."
* Estrain flips a coin and catches it. It's a practiced, easy motion, and he goes through the motions without paying attention to the process.
(And this almost seems like a good point to begin bringing everyone back together... Just random GM note.)
"Well...I know my first element would be darkness, simply because of use of it as a Dark Knight."
"Not necessarilly..."
"Afternoon, Raza and Jack," Estrain says. He doesn't need to see them to hear their footsteps.
"If you wish to conquer the darkness... call upon the light that brought you here."
* Jack blushes a bit. "Howdy."
"Elemental Holy is a potent force against undead, too. Should we come across any such aberrations."
"Glad to see you two either work quickly or you managed to keep it in your pants."
"But in any case, we should get back... just in case we need to break up another shouting match."
* Ladis smiles.
(...quickly?)
"Haha. Jack's my boyfriend now."
I'mawhatzit?
"Oh, good. Feel free to tell Lial that."
"I'm sure he'll be overjoyed."
"I've no problem with Jack."
"But Lial might, and he is your boss."
"Well, you're right. I should try." Kul stopped outside the inn, lifted his sword and tried to feel out the opposite of his element, searching for the light, trying to center it through his sword.
"I'll worry about Daddy later."
"Focus..."
"The light that sears the darkness and reveals your path..."
"Glad to see you're resolved, then." Estrain grins. "It means you're actually fairly serious, for once."
"What is that supposed to mean?!"
* Jack plans on worrying about Daddy plenty, but for now his mind is still recovering. So worrying later, yes.
Kul shut out the world around him. Feeling out the darkness was easy, but he was seeking a warm, brighter, emelent. He called out in his mind. (Valefor, guide me.)
"Exactly what it sounds like, Raza," Estrains says, cheerfully.
(-s)
(GM: Can Kul gain Holy Strike for his Magic Knight element?)
* A rainbow of concepts, ideas, thougths, and eventually elements rushes through Kul's mind. HIs blade changes quickly, from a sheen of ice to a flaming brand to darkness to light to dripping blood to grainy sand and whirling air...
(All Elemental Strikes are accessale at Lv. 1, yes...)
(But only one.)
* ...and the blade finally holds on a dull white shine... Holy. Not the brightest, not the cleanest, not the best, but Holy.
"....It worked!"
Kul opened his eyes and stared at the blade. "HOLY HELL!!!"
"So, any plans beside 'lounge around the inn' for today, oh mighty heiress?"
* Raza was about to say something to Estrain but she heard Kul's yelling. "What is he up to?"
"Damn straight!"
Sounds painful.
"Hell if I know."
"Let's wait. Judging by the noise, he'll probably be happy enough to tell us."
* Mitzu goes to check. "Kul, what was th-" She sees the blade. She stares at Kul. "...Holy?"
Kul ran inside the inn and looked at everyone with a mildly terrified look. "I...tried to call up a Holy Elemental! AND IT WORKED!!!" Shows off his sword
* Mitzu turns and watches the speeding Kul, a smile on her face.
"That's nice," Estrain says, eyebrow raised.
* Ladis dashes in after him.
* Raza nods. "Maybe he found a new flea and ti-" she moves back from the sword he's brandishing. "Don't tell me you're a paladin now. That wasn't part of the contract."
"The darkness wasn't your problem, Kul. It was the fact you were trying to go fifty different ways at once, each in the wrong way."
"No. A Magic Knight."
"Just keep steady and you'll be fine, light or no light."
"You're going soft on us Kul?"
"No. A magic knight can be twice as deadly as Dark Knights."
"The darkness was my problem. I wollowed in darkness. I wanted to get out of it. I found a new path."
"The darkness in your sword was completely different from the darkness you carried around in your head."
"Don't get them confused."
"But I almost *liked* you wallowing in darkness. You appealed to all the angsty goth kids and horny teenage girls with nosense of style and class."
"You lost the former, but not necessarily the latter..."
"Critisize me all you want. But I stopped running and listened. I let Valefor guide me and I trust that guidence."
"And his sword got shiney!"
"Polish can do that," Raza pouts.
"...joke. That was a joke."
"Now he appeals to people who need to be handy in any situation... speaking of which, I have a design for you, Miss Raza..."
So... Happy, Kul?
* Raza raises an eyebrow. "Oh?"
Kul let the holy element leave his sword. He stared at his sword and looked up at Mitzu with a wide smile. He walked over to Mitzu and kissed her. "Yes, Mitzu, I'm very happy."
"Think of this... a tunic, pants and shirt, with short sleeves and short legs, reaching to the elbows and knees..."
"Glad to hear it."
* Mitzu blinks, kisses back, smiles. "Good. Just don't wave that around too much..."
"We were discussing plans for later?"
Kul smirked. "Depends on what you're talk about."
"But small holes... about eight or so, in the end of the arms and legs."
"Plans that include you having your pants on."
* Mitzu nods and, for the heck of it, winks.
* Raza thinks about it. "It's a bit retro, but could work. I'll go over it later and see what I can come up with."
Then, we have the leggings and armbands, that cover the rest of the leg and forearm, and can be attached to the main pants and shirt by tying them to the holes, maybe with a matching string or small rope."
((of course she says that after he's finished))
"That way, it's both handy in hot and cold weather. Sleevless and legless for the summers, and legs and arms for the cooler months."
"That's too impractical."
"It's get in your way, unless you did it really well.
(...Hm. I'm willing to begin wrapping things up, since we seem to have hit a good stopping point, but the decision is y'alls. Meanwhile, BRB - h2o and bathroom.)
(It'd)
"...just an idea."
"I'm a Lial. Of course I'd do it well."
Combat next session?
*(Ok ya'll I'm cutttin out now. I gotta go.)
* Kulvier has quit IRC (Quit: )
"Maybe velcro."
(back.)
((wb))
(adios.)
"Velcro would be even worse."
* Ladis has quit IRC (Quit: )
"Why would you say that?"
"I doubt it'd stick well enough, and even if it did, it'd be sort of annoying."
"You can't really make small Velcro things.
"I'm going to figure this out."
(..hmm. Seems half of the players've alreayd stepped out for the night. Ty/Mory, shall we close it up?)
(Not much we can do with 2 people now that there's 4)
* EK|GM is now known as ElementalKnight
Right-o then.
* Estrain is now known as Typhoon
I will say, though, that tonight was *fun*. WIth a capital Holy F'n.
Yeah
hehe
* Raza is now known as Moryssa
Though I think Kul went Magic Knight too quickly.
me too
4 character levels... isn't much to allow for development
Yeah, I know.
If he changed his mind that quickly, he'd already be a Paladin by now.
*nod*
Well, A) he's an insistent bugger, and B) it's been... 2/3rds of a year now.
ish.
Meh.
You've got to keep things in perspective as your character is.
true. we've been RPing longer than the in game time suggests
It's been about 2 weeks in-game. Real-time doesn't change that
Yeah. That's a problem in all my campaigns...
well, we're gonna skip ahead next week, correct?
I-DEMON; almost two years now and it's only been two weeks. Point Infinity; a month and a half and only 36 hours...
*nod*
It's a problem in campaigns in general, unless you meet EVERY DAY or something.
Get right tot he letter.
That would be kind of cool, though
Meet and RP about an hour every day
But horribly annoying... Although...
I can imagine living in a house with a bunc hof peopel and simply being in-character randomly. It'd be like Big Brother, but with swords.
lol

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