(1:44:17 AM) You have just entered room "AND."

(1:44:23 AM) coughingpuppy has entered the room.

(1:44:28 AM) AndrewRogue has entered the room.

AndrewRogue (1:44:32 AM): O_o

coughingpuppy (1:44:43 AM): Yaaaaaaaaay!

coughingpuppy (1:45:10 AM): Kirk is coming.

(1:45:34 AM) Sarcazmo47 has entered the room.

coughingpuppy (1:46:10 AM): Gamegamegamegame! *bounces around*

AndrewRogue (1:46:12 AM): Well then... guess that was an accurate rumor Kirk.

AndrewRogue (1:46:26 AM): *watches Staci... naw, its an overused gag*

coughingpuppy (1:46:40 AM): :-P

SirAlexTheFirst (1:46:50 AM): I have this odd mental picture of Staci bouncing around.

coughingpuppy (1:47:23 AM): There is too much testosterone in this room. And Kirk if you say anything I'll hit you.

Sarcazmo47 (1:47:24 AM): Staci wants to know exactly what you're picturing.

coughingpuppy (1:47:29 AM): No she doesn't.

Sarcazmo47 (1:47:29 AM): In detail.

coughingpuppy (1:47:33 AM): No she doesn't.

SirAlexTheFirst (1:47:34 AM): NOT LIKE THAT

Sarcazmo47 (1:47:37 AM): NAKED detail.

coughingpuppy (1:47:57 AM): Fuck you, dear.

AndrewRogue (1:48:00 AM): *supplies Estrogen, cause he needs to lose some anyway*

Sarcazmo47 (1:48:11 AM): Feel free, dear.

SirAlexTheFirst (1:48:13 AM): I agree with Staci there.

Sarcazmo47 (1:48:23 AM): Not you, Alex.

SirAlexTheFirst (1:48:26 AM): Or... errr.

AndrewRogue (1:48:33 AM): *chuckles*

coughingpuppy (1:48:37 AM): *is amused*

AndrewRogue (1:48:51 AM): *is arou... naw, ain't going to do it*

SirAlexTheFirst (1:49:08 AM): Haven't you ever gotten really hyper in a big room and run around bouncing off the walls with your arms and jumping up and down?

Sarcazmo47 (1:49:17 AM): No.

Sarcazmo47 (1:49:22 AM): No I have not.

AndrewRogue (1:49:23 AM): ...uh, no comment.

Sarcazmo47 (1:49:42 AM): Oh, you said we could ask Nellix for any items we wanted, right?

coughingpuppy (1:49:43 AM): I can't say I have either.

Sarcazmo47 (1:50:02 AM): I want an Axe Of Cabin Making.

Sarcazmo47 (1:50:21 AM): It's like a mundane axe in every way.

Sarcazmo47 (1:50:21 AM): Except...

coughingpuppy (1:50:28 AM): Automatically makes cabins?

Sarcazmo47 (1:50:30 AM): It has a nifty name.

AndrewRogue (1:51:04 AM): Can Nellix give me the power to pass the AP Bio Test Monday? <_<

SirAlexTheFirst (1:51:19 AM): I hate you all.

coughingpuppy (1:51:26 AM): Why do you hate us?

SirAlexTheFirst (1:51:27 AM): ~~~~~~~~~

SirAlexTheFirst (1:51:28 AM): BEGIN

SirAlexTheFirst (1:51:33 AM): ~~~~~~~~~~

AndrewRogue (1:51:39 AM): (Don't hate me, love me!)

coughingpuppy (1:51:55 AM): ((Aurelia was just about to talk to Nellix.))

SirAlexTheFirst (1:52:05 AM): This session will be much with the disconnectedness.]

SirAlexTheFirst (1:52:28 AM): Aurelia up first, then.

coughingpuppy (1:52:31 AM): ((Disconnected as in you're on a dialup, or disconnected as in you'll be slow?))

coughingpuppy (1:52:44 AM): Aurelia goes to wherever Nellix transports her, then. What's it look like?

AndrewRogue (1:52:45 AM): (*kicks back*)

SirAlexTheFirst (1:52:50 AM): Disconnected as in you're all three talking to Nellix in different places

SirAlexTheFirst (1:52:57 AM): So it's really like 3 IM sessions

Sarcazmo47 (1:53:02 AM): That's okay

Sarcazmo47 (1:53:06 AM): We watch Aurelia first.

SirAlexTheFirst (1:54:19 AM): Aurelia finds herself sitting at a small table under a gazebo. Around her is a serene and beautiful garden bathed in sunlight.

Sarcazmo47 (1:54:50 AM): ....

Sarcazmo47 (1:54:54 AM): The Dread Gazebo?

SirAlexTheFirst (1:55:34 AM): There are various pastries and beverage fixings on the table, and Nellix reclines in the chair across from her, in a loose grey robe with no visible weapons anymore.

coughingpuppy (1:56:06 AM): She takes a look around and decides to block out the setting as best she can and focus on Nellix. It seems a bit like home almost, and any nostalgia would be at this point unwelcome.

SirAlexTheFirst (1:56:46 AM): Focusing on Nellix makes your senses scream "IT'S GOING TO GROW TEETH AND EAT YOU", but he makes no move to do such. Yet.

SirAlexTheFirst (1:58:04 AM): A peaceful silence falls.

coughingpuppy (1:58:16 AM): Aurelia fixes her eyes on him, doing her best to ignore it, or at least keep in mind that attacking this man would be very stupid. "So. You brought me here...why? You wanted to know my reasons for opposing you?"

SirAlexTheFirst (1:59:45 AM): Nellix nods. "Indeed, madam. And your goals, and your plans, and your hopes. And how you acquired your most unusual abilities."

coughingpuppy (2:01:46 AM): "And I should give that over to you just because you ask it? Would you sit down and discuss your hopes with an enemy of yours?"

SirAlexTheFirst (2:03:10 AM): The corner of his mouth twitches. (TEETH! EAT!) "Begin with that, then. Are you my enemy? And if so, why?"

coughingpuppy (2:05:12 AM): "I am your enemy because I oppose all gods. I've yet to hear of one that treats his followers as beings instead of tools, who doesn't use and discard them simply because he can."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:07:35 AM): "And what is a god?"

coughingpuppy (2:10:36 AM): That actually seems to catch her off guard. "A being recognized as such...who is worshiped by followers and grants them abilities." She might rattle off a more precise definition Staci doesn't know, having been a cleric.

SirAlexTheFirst (2:12:12 AM): "A magical cow, in other words, that gives milk in exchange for flattery?"

coughingpuppy (2:15:09 AM): She frowns. "You're twisting my words. I was a follower of a god myself, I know that they grant other things. Or seem to. I saw mine as a protector and creator."

Sarcazmo47 (2:15:33 AM): Yes, sematics is the way to win her over. :-P

SirAlexTheFirst (2:16:41 AM): "A protector? Did you not just say all 'gods' (the ironic emphasis on the word is easily heard) are manipulators who use and discard their followers idly?"

coughingpuppy (2:18:11 AM): "Did I not just imply that I saw him as a protector at one time?" There's a bit of irritation in her voice. "Obviously that's changed, or I would hope you could at least draw that conclusion."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:19:14 AM): "Well, then. Do the gods actually grant these other things? Or not?"

coughingpuppy (2:19:29 AM): "Protection? Not in my experience."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:20:24 AM): "And so you have decided to be the enemy of all gods? Just for that?"

coughingpuppy (2:24:15 AM): "Just for what? That they don't do what they say they will?" The elf just shakes her head then. "No, that's hardly my full rationale. But for you, it should be enough that I want to bring you out of power. (cont)

coughingpuppy (2:25:02 AM): "Though I can't imagine that that's all that unusual. I would think that gods get all sorts of dissent all the time, which is why I'm not sure why you take a particular interest in me."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:26:34 AM): Nellix leans back a bit further, and chuckles. "You are assuming that I am, in fact, a god, for starters."

coughingpuppy (2:27:00 AM): "Aren't you?"

SirAlexTheFirst (2:27:55 AM): "Where do gods come from?" he shoots back, somewhat edgier than previously.

coughingpuppy (2:29:19 AM): "Some gods - my former one for example - are too old to understand that. But mortals have ascended to godhood before." She shrugs. "Though it may operate differently here, for all I know."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:32:09 AM): "Well. An answer for you, then. Hundreds of years ago, there were more beings in this world who called themselves gods. They took it upon themselves to destroy the world and remake it in their image."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:32:48 AM): "One such of them was of a calibur that made your Arryx look like a gentle flower."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:34:43 AM): Nellix leans forward, looking quite serious, and (to you) like a horrible thing about to pounce. "I was a mortal, back then. I absorbed the powers of a group of gods, and killed the one I spoke of with my bare hands."

Sarcazmo47 (2:35:04 AM): And, you know, some hardcore spells.

SirAlexTheFirst (2:36:16 AM): "I had help, of course," he continues, "but it fell to me to inherit this mantle which you call godhood - even though I was not the greatest of those who fought."

coughingpuppy (2:36:59 AM): She gives him a small smile. "You can spare the humility. I won't think any differently of you either way."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:38:54 AM): "Be that as it may. You will hate me, then, for simply taking this up? Regardless of what I have or have not done with the power, regardless of how I treat my followers or this world?"

AndrewRogue (2:39:12 AM): (Be back in, like, five minutes...)

coughingpuppy (2:39:52 AM): She shrugs. "I spoke with Verity recently about wishing to learn more of the gods here. I can't imagine you are any different...but even if you are, it's not as though I can pick and choose whose power to steal.

coughingpuppy (2:40:36 AM): And if you propose that I serve you...I'm finished with that. I have no reason to take up service in the name of another god."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:41:06 AM): "You cannot imagine I am different from what?"

coughingpuppy (2:41:20 AM): "The gods I'm more familiar with."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:43:06 AM): "You have also said that you cannot imagine why I am taking such an interest in you personally. The gods you are familiar with, then, normally assist their followers in person in times of need?"

coughingpuppy (2:46:34 AM): The smile she gives him this time is rather humorless. "If they do, I wasn't one of the followers they chose to help. And if you mean yourself, allow me to point out that I am not your follower. You appeared and for some

coughingpuppy (2:46:37 AM): reason did what we asked."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:48:23 AM): Nellix is not amused by your lack of humor. "I was there to oversee the trapping and disposal of yourself and Verity, called by my friends there and by Brother Bandon - who is not even in my service."

AndrewRogue (2:49:21 AM): (Back'd)

coughingpuppy (2:49:27 AM): She glances around. "So is this part of your 'trapping and disposal,' then?"

SirAlexTheFirst (2:50:30 AM): "The disposal part, yes. I have to decide what to do with you - or what to let you do."

Sarcazmo47 (2:51:12 AM): Oooooooooooh.

coughingpuppy (2:51:46 AM): "So you'll let me have an illusion of choice. I'm assuming that if you don't like what I choose that I'll be disposed of, as you put it."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:53:21 AM): "That depends," he murmers. "Tell me again why you are my enemy."

coughingpuppy (2:53:47 AM): "For a god you seem to have a remarkably short memory."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:54:28 AM): "I would like to make sure I am not twisting your words. As I currently understand it...

SirAlexTheFirst (2:55:36 AM): .... you hate me because I am a 'god', and you think all gods are callous and do not care about their followers, and you cannot understand my actions in taking concern in mortals such as yourself."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:56:03 AM): "Correct me if I am wrong, but there does seem to be a contradictory circle in that thought."

coughingpuppy (2:57:22 AM): "Perhaps you're different. Your interference here proves that. But if you are different, then I can only assume until I've seen more of this world that you're the exception."

SirAlexTheFirst (2:58:48 AM): "And? The question is why you are my enemy."

coughingpuppy (3:00:17 AM): "Perhaps I'm not, if you're unlike other gods. But if you stand in the way of what I hope to do, then you do become an enemy regardless."

SirAlexTheFirst (3:02:03 AM): "Ah, to the next part, then. What DO you hope to do?"

coughingpuppy (3:02:53 AM): "I steal power from gods until I gain enough of my own to remove them from power...either through deicide or other means."

Sarcazmo47 (3:03:33 AM): I thought that was a misspelling, but no, it's just Staci being smarter than I am.

SirAlexTheFirst (3:03:39 AM): "Really. And I would suppose the reason you do this is the reason you hate gods?"

coughingpuppy (3:04:12 AM): "Would I try to kill them if I didn't hate them?"

SirAlexTheFirst (3:06:02 AM): Nellix shrugs, and leans back again. "You never know. Have some lunch - and consider that, again, if your reason for hating the gods proves false, should you still try to kill them?"

coughingpuppy (3:07:36 AM): "No. And if you could prove to me that my reasons are false, I would abandon them."

SirAlexTheFirst (3:09:21 AM): "Well, then. I must submit myself as the first proof of this."

coughingpuppy (3:11:02 AM): "All you've proven to me is that I shouldn't work against you. Even then I only have this one example. I don't know how you treat your followers, I don't know whether you use them, and I don't know whether you would

coughingpuppy (3:11:05 AM): use me."

SirAlexTheFirst (3:11:54 AM): "Oh? So using people is what you truly despise?"

coughingpuppy (3:13:25 AM): "I don't want to be a god's tool. I don't want to be offered the illusion of being able to make my own choices and being part of a plan already laid down."

coughingpuppy (3:13:55 AM): She leans back for a second, still watching him. "And the reason I'm so loathe to tell you any of this is that no matter what I tell you, you are going to say anything to prove me wrong."

SirAlexTheFirst (3:15:55 AM): Nellix responds quite mildly to this. "If I am in fact proving you wrong... then you are in fact wrong, and I am right to do so. I do wonder how you can make these sweeping judgements, though."

coughingpuppy (3:19:46 AM): She shrugs. "Sweeping judgements can be correct. Though I notice you have little to say in regard to what I said about choice."

SirAlexTheFirst (3:21:16 AM): "Which goes against your judgement of me, I might note. There is nothing that can be said against it. I have plans laid down, and everything and everyone fits into them. With the odd exception of people who randomly

SirAlexTheFirst (3:21:53 AM): appear from other worlds. Choice lies in how you will fit in - and it is entirely up to you what you will do."

coughingpuppy (3:22:18 AM): "I choose not to become another pawn for you to place as you will."

SirAlexTheFirst (3:23:07 AM): "In other words, you choose choosing your fate as your fate. That means nothing."

coughingpuppy (3:24:02 AM): "Am I to give up and accept it, then?"

SirAlexTheFirst (3:25:00 AM): "Accept what?"

coughingpuppy (3:27:10 AM): "That I have no choice and that I am your pawn whether or not I decide to be."

SirAlexTheFirst (3:28:37 AM): "I just said you are quite free to choose what you will do. In fact, I have enquired as to it."

coughingpuppy (3:29:18 AM): "But no matter what I do, I'm fitting into your plans in some way. Whatever choice I make is the one I'm fated to make, as you just said a few moments ago."

SirAlexTheFirst (3:31:15 AM): Nellix shrugs. "I have plans for whatever you choose to do. One of the few perks of being what you call a god is the ability to comprehend and make such plans. If that is what you call being a pawn, then call it such....

SirAlexTheFirst (3:31:33 AM): ... though I do not see any place where I am moving you, so to speak."

coughingpuppy (3:33:11 AM): Aurelia doesn't answer. She looks somewhere between frustrated and despairing.

SirAlexTheFirst (3:34:48 AM): -+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++-

SirAlexTheFirst (3:34:59 AM): dya

coughingpuppy (3:35:03 AM): ((What?))

SirAlexTheFirst (3:35:05 AM): ignore that

SirAlexTheFirst (3:35:17 AM): Tressie barked suddenly and the keyboard fell

coughingpuppy (3:35:25 AM): ((Oh, okay.))

SirAlexTheFirst (3:36:30 AM): Brent is going to install a new motherboard

SirAlexTheFirst (3:36:39 AM): Thus I will be back in a while

coughingpuppy (3:36:44 AM): ((Um, okay.))

AndrewRogue (3:37:11 AM): Well then.

SirAlexTheFirst (3:37:29 AM): Until then... Nellix leans forward again, smiling (terribly, as he's about to finally kill you) and asks, "What do you want, Aurelia?"