You have just entered room "DoaA Lag Test."
Sarcazmo47: Lag testy goodness yes?
AndrewRogue: Check?
AndrewRogue: Check?
coughingpuppy: But Gorth is away.
AndrewRogue: Check?
Sarcazmo47: Yeh.
coughingpuppy: Bad lag.
Sarcazmo47: It's a lag check.
Sarcazmo47: Mrr.
Sarcazmo47: I guess it'll have to wait for the other chat to end.
coughingpuppy: Mrrrp.
AndrewRogue: Hrmm
Chromeus18 has entered the room.
Chromeus18: lesbians, 1, 2 3
Chromeus18: lesbians lesbians
Sarcazmo47: Yes no maybe?
Sarcazmo47: Lesbians detected!
Chromeus18: i detect no lesbians
Sarcazmo47: Fuck!
Sarcazmo47: no.
Sarcazmo47: Good.
Sarcazmo47: Me either.
Sarcazmo47: GOoooooood.
Chromeus18: where are the lesbians!
coughingpuppy: I think I might still be lagging...
Chromeus18: i have none
coughingpuppy: No. Good.
Dark Japheth has entered the room.
Dark Japheth: Test three.
Chromeus18: whoa, there's one
Chromeus18: t-rex lesbians detected! abort!
Sarcazmo47: Shit!
Sarcazmo47: Escape vector delta!
Sarcazmo47: No lesbians here.
Dark Japheth: As heartfelt and warming as this is
Dark Japheth: My brother in law to be is here
Sarcazmo47: Shush.
Dark Japheth: and needs help stuffing envelopes.
coughingpuppy: *pouts*
Sarcazmo47: No one gave you leave to speak.
Dark Japheth: lag is also not good.
Sarcazmo47: We appear to be lagless.
Chromeus18: lesbians?
Chromeus18: gone!
Chromeus18: and wtf brother-in-law to be?
Dark Japheth: Then I can't begin the session.
Dark Japheth: And therefore, my presence is moot.
Dark Japheth: My older sister is getting married.
Chromeus18: ahh, didn't know that
Dark Japheth: I didn't until I came back home, either
Dark Japheth: That is why I am going to New York in october.
Sarcazmo47: Sounds like fun.
Chromeus18: i'm going to missouri in october
Sarcazmo47: Stuff those envelopes, guy!
Chromeus18: wait, that's november
Dark Japheth: I can't until they are finished. They won't let me help yet.
coughingpuppy: We could play in the meantime. :-D
Dark Japheth: It makes me sad. I am to help them at an indeterminate time for an undefinable amount of time, and said endeavor will not result in me getting paid.
Sarcazmo47: HAH
Sarcazmo47: You're not qualified to stuff out envelopes!
Dark Japheth: Of course you can.
Dark Japheth: And I am regrettably not.
Dark Japheth: AND NOW I AM CALLED TO DUTY
Dark Japheth: if you'd like
Dark Japheth: roleplay amongst yourselves
Dark Japheth: penalty of 500 XP to anyone who manages to roleplay shoddily.
AndrewRogue: ;_;
Sarcazmo47: Yes commander.
Sarcazmo47: Lag?
Sarcazmo47: No!
Sarcazmo47: Good.
Sarcazmo47: Good good good good good good good good.
AndrewRogue: Check
Dark Japheth: .....
Dark Japheth: What.
Dark Japheth: The.
Dark Japheth: Crap.
Dark Japheth: Ok.
Dark Japheth: You have two hours, roughly.
Dark Japheth: ~-~-~BEGIN~-~-~
Dark Japheth: WHat does everyone decide to do? Since it wasn't discussed in character, do so NOW.
AndrewRogue: (Ahh, dizzy...)
Dark Japheth: Goddamnit. I'm back, the lag is gone.
AndrewRogue: "Eh heh... maybe we should go visit that jailer in Pescobnet boss."
Dark Japheth: (Penobscot.)
AndrewRogue: (...wow. I suck)
Dark Japheth: (I have no opposition to that spelling, but Popi does.)
Dark Japheth: Come on, people. You hogtied me to run this game.
Dark Japheth: You damn well BETTER start. :P
Sarcazmo47: Question.
Sarcazmo47: Is there public mass teleportation?
Dark Japheth: Not public.
Dark Japheth: Or even mass.
Dark Japheth: And oddly, my biggest lag is after you speak.
Dark Japheth: *twitches*
AndrewRogue: (Grr... mislead <_<)
Sarcazmo47: Probably because God hates you.
Dark Japheth: I believe that.
Chromeus18: whoa, forgot about chat
Dark Japheth: GOOD JOB CHROME
Dark Japheth: YOU FAILE AT LIFE
Chromeus18: *FAILES*
Sarcazmo47: Okay.
Chromeus18: *ready*
Sarcazmo47: So it's the next morning after social dinner.
Chromeus18: we stayin at the same inn?
coughingpuppy: Right. Ria isn't very happy about being kept in the city for two days. She's literally getting noticeably fidgety.
Sarcazmo47: There're all sitting at an outdoor coffee/morning drink bar at a table, under one of those umbrella affairs.
Sarcazmo47: Skocion is tapping the table with his fingers and obviously trying to figure out what to do next.
coughingpuppy: Riannon is swirling her juice around in a glass. "Where to today, Skocion? Just please say it's out of here."
Chromeus18: *sits at the table, drinking a glass of water*
Sarcazmo47: He stops drumming. "I'm not sure. We
Sarcazmo47: 've a few weeks until our next collection, and it will take me some time to set thing sin motion in the royal courts here."
coughingpuppy: "Maybe there's something outside the city we could look into, huh?"
Sarcazmo47: "There is that small group of poachers and loggers that we heard about, but I'd rather wait until they attract more attention..."
Sarcazmo47: He nods slowly.
Sarcazmo47: "I suppose we could go see about the head jailor, out in Penobscot."
AndrewRogue: "Eh heh, that's not a bad idea their boss."
Sarcazmo47: Does Amaryllis require dispatch papers or passports or anything of the sort?
Chromeus18: "That isn't slated for another two weeks."
coughingpuppy: "I wouldn't mind traveling. Only if he decides to leave while we're on our way out there it'd be a pretty dumb trip."
Dark Japheth: Nope.
Dark Japheth: Passports are necessary for one country.
Dark Japheth: Rivas Kul.
AndrewRogue: "Eh heh heh heh... I'm sure we could find something to do their Rii. Hire mercenaries, what not..."
coughingpuppy: "We do fine without a bunch of moneygrubbers cutting in."
Sarcazmo47: He nods again. "I'm inclined to agree with Riannon..."
Chromeus18: Krist's throat expands.
AndrewRogue: "Just a suggestion boss."
Sarcazmo47: "Allright. I think what might be best is if we all do what we're best at. Riannon, you and Krist head out and scour the woods for anything new in our territory."
Chromeus18: and he takes a sip of water.
coughingpuppy: "Got it. Want us to come back here later?"
Sarcazmo47: "If you find anything big, come back and let me know. I'll be staying here and working on getting our deal with Shale worked out."
coughingpuppy: ((My eyes are swelling up. I'll be back in a few minutes.))
Sarcazmo47: "Unless something comes up, we'll meet here again in two weeks time."
Dark Japheth: Heh
Sarcazmo47: "Landus...do you have a place you need to go? You never seemed to be terribly fond of the woods."
Chromeus18: "We should be in Penobscot in two weeks time, correct?"
Sarcazmo47: "You should be able to get there and back again."
Sarcazmo47: "But I think we'll wait here for the scheduled meeting, instead."
AndrewRogue: "There is something I need to do in Pecosbnot. Yes..."
Sarcazmo47: "That will give me time to do what I can about Shale's buisness."
Sarcazmo47: "Ah."
Dark Japheth: (How interesting. I wonder where Pecosbnot is.)
Dark Japheth: (:P)
AndrewRogue: (I'll get it one of these times -_-)
Chromeus18: (next he'll call it Penissnot)
Sarcazmo47: He nods to Landus. "Then do so. I trust you'll be able to see if there's anybody there interested in the security we provide."
Sarcazmo47: "if you find something interesting, find me here."
AndrewRogue: "Eh heh... I might know some people."
Sarcazmo47: "Otherwise, we'll meet in two weeks."
coughingpuppy: Riannon just nods and leans back in her chair. She's not going to complain about getting to spend two weeks in the woods.
Chromeus18: with a monstrous FROG
Dark Japheth: Awesome.
Dark Japheth: Alright.
Dark Japheth: Now you've split up into three groups.
AndrewRogue: (GROUP SPLITS MAKE ME CRRRRY!)
Sarcazmo47: I KNOW
Dark Japheth: Ultimate question of pain.
Sarcazmo47: BUT IT'S THE SMARTEST THING TO DO
Dark Japheth: Do I fast forward?
Sarcazmo47: That is up to you.
Sarcazmo47: Does Landus find things of interest?
Dark Japheth: And allow you chance to roleplay what occurred later? Or just say "Man, those were an amazing two weeks."
coughingpuppy: Right. If there isn't anything for us to do, then yes.
Sarcazmo47: Do Riannon and Krist find stuff out?
Dark Japheth: Fast forward.
Sarcazmo47: Okay.
Sarcazmo47: Fast Forwarded!
Chromeus18: ZIP
AndrewRogue: Ah! It ate the tape!
Dark Japheth: Two weeks later.
Sarcazmo47: Damnit!
Chromeus18: *meets back up in town*
coughingpuppy: Riannon goes with Krist back to town.
coughingpuppy: As they walk, "Can you use this sword?"
Chromeus18: "I can, although it's not my weapon of choice."
coughingpuppy: "Hm. I guess maybe we ought to see if Landus or Skocion wants it."
coughingpuppy: "It looks pretty nice."
Chromeus18: "Indeed. How about this collar?"
coughingpuppy: She picks it up and frowns at it. "I kind of want to see what the thing does before we decide to give it to anybody, you know?"
coughingpuppy: ((An evil group that shares. *wipes a tear*))
Chromeus18: (we're quasi-evil)
Chromeus18: "One wonders why the wagon was abandoned though... Robbers would likely have looted it completely."
coughingpuppy: "Yeah, probably. Might have been animals or something." She says this quite cheerfully, mind you.
Chromeus18: "Possibly. I suppose it's of no concern. The original owners obviously weren't around to claim them."
coughingpuppy: "Apparently not." They arrive in front of the inn and wait for Skocion and Landus.
Chromeus18: (Krist randomly licks his eyeball)
coughingpuppy: Riannon seems unperturbed.
Sarcazmo47: Skocion eventually comes back. He looks....tired.
Sarcazmo47: Satisfied, but a little annoyed.
coughingpuppy: Riannon waves to him.
Sarcazmo47: He comes over, leading with his blind-person stick.
coughingpuppy: "Afternoon, Skocion. How'd things go around here?"
Sarcazmo47: Skocion wipes his brow in a semi-exaggerated motion.
Chromeus18: Krist croaks in salutation.
Sarcazmo47: "Master Gigliot is........shrewd."
Sarcazmo47: "Very, very shrewd."
coughingpuppy: "Yeah? I take it you couldn't wring much out of the guy?"
Sarcazmo47: He shakes his head. "We got what we wanted."
Sarcazmo47: "It just cost us a little more than I'd hoped."
coughingpuppy: She shrugs. "You make money to use it."
Sarcazmo47: He nods.
Sarcazmo47: "How was your journey?"
AndrewRogue: *at about this point Landus flaps on in*
coughingpuppy: "Relaxing. Not much happened. We did find some stuff, though." She nods at Landus.
AndrewRogue: "Eh heh. Looks like I'm a touch late."
Dark Japheth: At this point, a relatively nondescript man is approaching your table.
AndrewRogue: "You all do all right?"
Sarcazmo47: Skocion smiles. "It's just as well, Landus. We're all fine, if a touch tired...."
Sarcazmo47: He turns and looks directly at the man in question.
Dark Japheth: The man is dressed in robes, and bears a glass ring on each hand, tying his middle and ring fingers together on each hand.
coughingpuppy: "Yeah. Didn't find anything, though, other than a sword and this collar thing." She nods up at the guy approaching, too.
Dark Japheth: The robes are fine in construction. He has a bit of facial hair, a slight goatee, and sparkling blue eyes. His head is completely shaved.
Dark Japheth: This man is Shale.
coughingpuppy: "Guess we aren't done with you, huh?"
Dark Japheth: "Interesting to see you here, Baron."
Dark Japheth: He chortles. "No, I am here for breakfast. What were you able to do about the royal injunction?"
Sarcazmo47: Skocion smiles at him. "I've been busier than I expected. Your injunction has been lifted."
Sarcazmo47: He gestures for Shale to sit.
Chromeus18: *moves aside to make room for Shale*
Dark Japheth: The man sits down, smiling. "Somehow, I knew you would be able to do it."
Sarcazmo47: "I try."
Sarcazmo47: "It will, however, run for another 2.5 percent of your gross."
Dark Japheth: He waves his hand, as if its hardly important. "The injunction is lifted. My gross will, in all likelihood, triple or quadruple, now that I can sell my rarer skins to the masses."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion nods slowly.
coughingpuppy: "Where do you get those things, anyway?"
Dark Japheth: "Didn't I already tell you? Sithicus."
Sarcazmo47: "Beyond that....I expect to have your dwarven assitance in the next day or two. Barring unforseen circumstances."
Dark Japheth: "Where magic is rare, and psionic talent is as common as magic is to a resident of gele... Aydindril."
Dark Japheth: "Ah. I would actually like to take back that offer, in retrospect."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion blinks.
Sarcazmo47: "Oh?"
Dark Japheth: "I require a market in Rivas Kul. I have thought about it quite clearly, and while it is true that my biggest competitor is in Avernus..."
Dark Japheth: "Rivas Kul is the leading naval nation."
coughingpuppy: "Huh. You sure you want to go back on a deal?"
Dark Japheth: "Of course not."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion has a reaction to Shale mentioning Rivas Kul.
Sarcazmo47: It's abrupt and gone quickly.
Sarcazmo47: He just sort of blanks for a second.
Sarcazmo47: Then he's smiling again.
Dark Japheth: Shale grins. "I will continue to pay you. You have lifted the injunction."
AndrewRogue: *looks to say something, then opts to wait*
Dark Japheth: "But I am prepared to offer you... modest compensation if you were to do something in Rivas Kul for me."
Sarcazmo47: "I go to the table for the final time with his Royal Majesty where the numbers will be finalized, Shale. What is it, precisely, you want from us after that?"
Chromeus18: Krist grimaces.
Dark Japheth: "I have something I wish you to tell the lady Bloodarch."
Dark Japheth: "And her daughters, Zabon and Zabok."
Dark Japheth: "I am prepared to pay you in trade, if you should wish, or I can pay you monetarily."
Sarcazmo47: "Is this something you really wish to bring up out here?"
Sarcazmo47: Sense motive!
Sarcazmo47: Is he trying to set us up?
*OnlineHost*: Sarcazmo47 rolled 1 20-sided die: 16
Sarcazmo47: 21.
*OnlineHost*: coughingpuppy rolled 1 20-sided die: 19
AndrewRogue: Sense motive here as well
coughingpuppy: 21.
*OnlineHost*: AndrewRogue rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
AndrewRogue: Uh... a lot.
Dark Japheth: Holy sweet jesus.
*OnlineHost*: Dark Japheth rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
AndrewRogue: Wnat's your rule on Natural 20's?
Dark Japheth: Yeah, he's concealing something.
Dark Japheth: It counts as a 30.
AndrewRogue: 38 then
coughingpuppy: "So what sort of something are we going to be telling them? I mean, Rivas Kul doesn't sound like the kind of place you want to go into bringing bad news."
Dark Japheth: "Of course it isn't. The message is simple."
AndrewRogue: "Eh heh... is it?" *grins*
Dark Japheth: Shale's eyes close, and he whispers....
Dark Japheth: suspense while gorth finds files
Dark Japheth has left the room.
Chromeus18: oh noes
Sarcazmo47: He errored out.
Sarcazmo47: He'll be back.
Dark Japheth has entered the room.
Dark Japheth: FUCKING
Dark Japheth: GAME
Dark Japheth: Anyway
Dark Japheth: "Order burns to clear his path, balance fears the Dragon's wrath..."
Dark Japheth: "Changes comes to ever stay, time itself will kneel and pray."
Dark Japheth: "With the sword wilt he cause pain, and bind the Light in darkest chain. And he will his enemies defeat to rule the world in highest seat."
Chromeus18: *writes that down on a napkin or something handy*
Dark Japheth: Shale grins, and puts a rolled tobacco paper to his lips, lighting it with some moderate flame from a tindertwig.
coughingpuppy: Riannon frowns. "For the love of trees. More poetry?"
Dark Japheth: "Not poetry, my dear... Prophecy."
AndrewRogue: *Landus sits up and shudders, sweat running down his brow*
Dark Japheth: "She, too, can See as one gifted with that sight. She will know the meaning of my words." He drags.
Sarcazmo47: "I'm curious, Shale. Why do you want us to deliver this message?"
coughingpuppy: "Good, 'cause I don't."
Chromeus18: "That is quite cryptic..."
AndrewRogue: "Eh hehehehehehe... that's not a message we should deliver."
Dark Japheth: "Of course it isn't. It isn't one I care to deliver, either."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion smiles. "I thought not. Shale, you wouldn't be trying to put aside your new partners, would you?"
Dark Japheth: "Melanie, you see, is a traitor. Those words will only prove to her something will happen that she does not want to happen."
Dark Japheth: "Nor do most of the sane."
Dark Japheth: "Of course I am not."
Dark Japheth: "I am trying, merely, to expand my own power base."
Sarcazmo47: "Then why ask us to take this message for you? You could hire a courier."
Dark Japheth: "If this is done, you may admittedly gain enemies. But if you keep proper respect for Sakhmet, Melanie can't touch you."
Dark Japheth: "She will believe it, Skocion. Do I need to explain why she will believe it from you?"
Sarcazmo47: Skocion quirks an eyebrow at that.
AndrewRogue: *Landus just listens, looking like someone stepped over his grave*
Sarcazmo47: "........fifty percent."
Dark Japheth: "Fifty percent of what?"
coughingpuppy: Riannon seems slightly uncomfortable, too. There's just something creepy about visiting a worshipper of Sakhmet.
Sarcazmo47: Skocion grins at him.
Dark Japheth: (Semi random- Sakhmet, Nellix, and Gabriel are the three gods who actively like and claim to like druids.)
Dark Japheth: (Sakhmet, naturally, pretends to, and thus, most normal druids who encounter her worshippers find them too haughty. Same with Gabriel.)
Sarcazmo47: Skocion is obviously asking for fifty percent of Shale's buisness.
Dark Japheth: Noted.
coughingpuppy: ((Are they? Hm. Nevermind that, then. I'm still trying to get familiar with the gods.))
Dark Japheth: "...I can hardly .... be even asked to give that information up."
Dark Japheth: (Of course, your opinion is your own. Sakhmets clerics are rarely trusted, even by the wicked. Even by other followers of Sakhmet)
coughingpuppy: ((Okay, that's the impression I got.))
Sarcazmo47: Skocion doesn't even bother to answer right away. He just lets his demand stand.
Chromeus18: Krist watches with curiosity.
Dark Japheth: "I don't seem to have a choice, do I? If I want you to do it."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion keeps grinning.
Dark Japheth: "I can always find another blind diplomat of the courts to do it."
Dark Japheth: "Twenty percent."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion nods. "You surely can. But forty-five is the least I'm willing to take. On top of the ten I already have."
Dark Japheth: "Thirty, and I'll throw in newer skins when I get them."
Sarcazmo47: "Thirty, on top of the ten percent. And first pick of the skins as you get them."
Sarcazmo47: "Or find another blind diplomat of the court to do it."
Dark Japheth: He grins. "Deal, then?" He offers his hand out to shake with Skocion.
Sarcazmo47: Skocion watches him for a moment.
Sarcazmo47: "Who will I say the mesage comes from?"
Dark Japheth: "Me, of course."
Chromeus18: Krist shifts a bit in his seat.
Dark Japheth: "Shale Fireguard, once of the elite masters who aided Jarek in Sithicus."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion sighs, then reaches over and shakes his hand. "Very well, Shale. I'll see your message delivered."
Dark Japheth: Who is wearing skins of the hero?
Dark Japheth: And Will save, Skocion.
*OnlineHost*: Sarcazmo47 rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
Chromeus18: Krist's eyes squint shut, and he lowers his head.
Sarcazmo47: I am, and 23, and is this a compulsion effect?
coughingpuppy: Riannon frowns at Krist. He doesn't look well all of a sudden.
coughingpuppy: "You okay, there? I can help you outside if you want."
Dark Japheth: After about ten seconds, Shale lets go of Skocions hand.
AndrewRogue: *watches all this curiously*
Chromeus18: "F..Fine... I'm fine."
AndrewRogue: *observes SHale closely*
Dark Japheth: "It needs to be there in about... a week. If longer, I'll lower the pay by five percent each day you are late."
Dark Japheth: "If you cannot deliver the message, do not return."
Dark Japheth: A wave of palpable terror seems to crush your throat. Terror, no, that isn't right.
Dark Japheth: More like.. apathy. Why bother not doing what you are told? In general, it seems.
Dark Japheth: Eventually, someone powerful will force you into it. Its despair.
Chromeus18: (all of us?)
Dark Japheth: Everyone.
coughingpuppy: Riannon turns her scowl over to Shale. Who the hell does he think he is, anyway? This is just giving her more reservations about carrying the message.
Dark Japheth: ESPECIALLY Kirk
Sarcazmo47: Grr.
AndrewRogue: "Eh heeeeeeh..."
Chromeus18: Krist hasn't opened his eyes yet, and he clutches his blanket around him even tighter.
Sarcazmo47: Skocion leans back slowly. "Ah. Good. We'll take half in advance."
Dark Japheth: "Are you ok, sir?" SHale looks to the frogman, and offers his hand out.
coughingpuppy: "He's okay, he just needs to go outside for a little bit, I think." She'll gently but rather firmly prod Krist out of his seat before Shale can touch him.
Dark Japheth: "In advance?" He looks into your eyes, Skocion. "I am afraid that cannot be arranged. I can give you one fourth of it in advance."
Chromeus18: "I'm.. fine. excuse me" *stands*
AndrewRogue: *stands up and moves a bit close to Skocion in that guard sorta way. He doesn't like Shale much*
Sarcazmo47: Skocion shrugs. "Then find a different blind diplomat."
Chromeus18: and assuming we're outside, heads inside*
coughingpuppy: She leads Krist inside, or outside, wherever they're going, looking like she's watching to make sure he doesn't fall or something. Once they're out of earshot, "I don't like this."
Dark Japheth: He scowls, and pulls out a bag of coins, and sets it on the table.
Dark Japheth: He pulls out stacks of coins, and begins counting them.
Sarcazmo47: Skocion stops him. "I'll take your word for it, Shale. After all, what are friends for?"
Dark Japheth: "Five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty five..." And he continues, until he has arrived at 300 pieces of a shiny metal. Platinum.
Sarcazmo47: He grins.
Sarcazmo47: And makes the coins disappear very quickly when Shale is done counting.
Chromeus18: "Shale was doing something in my mind, I could feel .. We shouldn't be dealing with him.."
Dark Japheth: "If you fail, I will turn you inside out, and make you beg that your father had never looked at your mother THAT way."
Dark Japheth: "Are we understood?"
coughingpuppy: "Yeah." Riannon frowns. "I mean, I'm normally not somebody who likes to back out of her deals or anything, but it seems to me like right now we ought to take his money and get the hell out of here.
coughingpuppy: I mean, if he's gonna threaten us anyway..."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion smiles. "Now, Shale. We're all friends here. But you can be at ease. I do not fail."
AndrewRogue: *remains stoic*
Dark Japheth: "You had better pray to the deity you worship that you don't. Even he won't be able to save you."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion lifts an eyebrow at him again.
Chromeus18: "I care nothing for his ill-fated money. I'd rather be alive."
Dark Japheth: "Go then. You have a week."
coughingpuppy: "Gotta agree with you there. Maybe we ought to tell Skocion to call it off."
Dark Japheth: Shale stands up, and walks away, looking back at the people who have put his balls on the rack.
Chromeus18: can we still see outside?
Sarcazmo47: One moment.
Chromeus18: "I think we're too late."
coughingpuppy: "Damn. Well, hey, Skocion can usually talk his way around anything..."
Dark Japheth: Shale's fingers move almost like lightning, as he gestures to Skocion.
Dark Japheth: And then he is gonee.
Dark Japheth: gone.
Dark Japheth: NOW.
Chromeus18: "Did the details involve directly telling this.. Melanie the message? Maybe a written note will suffice."
Dark Japheth: RP. Enjoy. Without me.
Dark Japheth: As I must smoke.
Sarcazmo47: Skocion stands and blind-man sticks his way over.
AndrewRogue: "Eh heh heh heh..." *he's breathing hard* "Boss... you okay?"
coughingpuppy: "Yeah, maybe we could do that. Hey, it looks like Shale left..." With that, she makes her way back over to Skocion.
Chromeus18: *follows*
Sarcazmo47: Skocion waits for everyone to be together again.
Sarcazmo47: He looks....vaguely disturbed, but not nearly as put off as the rest of you. More, just a bit more....grim.
coughingpuppy: "You sure this is a good idea, Skocion? Krist said maybe we ought to just write something up. I think it's a good idea."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion nods. "Unfortunately.....this is a message I have to deliver. I've never gone back on a deal yet."
coughingpuppy: "Well, it's not like I LIKE doing it, but it doesn't really seem...smart, you know?"
AndrewRogue: "She's not going to like this message boss... its the same as that dream I had."
Chromeus18: "Does it have to be done in person though? This seems extraorinarily dangerous."
Chromeus18: (uh.. Krist's Nagukorian dialect slips through, yeah. orinarily)
Sarcazmo47: Skocion laughs.
Sarcazmo47: "It's not smart. And it is dangerous."
coughingpuppy: "I just...eh. Money doesn't really seem worth it."
Sarcazmo47: "It's allright if you choose not to come along."
Sarcazmo47: "In this case....I almost agree with you, Ria. But I am....under other obligations."
AndrewRogue: "What?"
coughingpuppy: "You are?"
Sarcazmo47: He smiles. "Diplomacy isn't a game I always win, Ria."
coughingpuppy: "Could've fooled me. But hey, we'll come with you. I figure we'll regret it if we don't."
Sarcazmo47: He smiles. "Then we'd best gear up for the journey ahead. I'll get us passports. If any of you need anything, tell me- the advance I negotiated should allow us to be well-provisioned."
Sarcazmo47: "Ah!"
Sarcazmo47: He dips into his pocket and produces 24 platinum pieces and hands them to Krist.
Sarcazmo47: "Your pay, sir."
Chromeus18: Krist blinks. He looks at the coins. Then takes them. "You've heard us, and decided. So I guess this is where we go."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion smiles....it might even be gratefully.
Chromeus18: "Did anyone else feel that voice in their head?"
coughingpuppy: "I didn't. But he was pretty creepy anyway."
Dark Japheth: (And I got my phone call.)
Dark Japheth: (XP- 200 to all of you.)
Chromeus18: (whee)
Dark Japheth: (I'll be back to officially end this session at the first lull in the conversation. Continue RPing if you wish.)
Sarcazmo47: Question!
Chromeus18: "I wonder if it was related to Shale..."
Dark Japheth: (Some of you will be getting IM RP sessions later, like Andrew, Staci, Chrome, and Kirk. >.>)
Sarcazmo47: Some of you.
AndrewRogue: Heh
Dark Japheth: (Hence the >.>)
coughingpuppy: "Either him or what he gave you guys."
Dark Japheth: (BRB)
Sarcazmo47: Skocion shakes his head. "I am going to have some breakfast. The rest of you....I'd reccomend you do the same. And decide what it is you need from the market."
coughingpuppy: "I think we ought to get new weapons. We might need them."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion nods. "Tell me about them." And gestures everyone back to a table, and food.
coughingpuppy: Riannon goes to eat.
Sarcazmo47: "Did you find anything of note in the wilds?"
Chromeus18: "New weapons will help, but I can't escape the feeling that it won't be enough."
coughingpuppy: "Nope. Not other than an abandoned wagon that had some stuff in it. We don't know why it was abandoned, though, actually. But there was a good sword and this collar thing."
Sarcazmo47: "Collar?"
Chromeus18: "Quite nice, made of onyx."
coughingpuppy: "We don't know what it does."
Sarcazmo47: "I presume it goes around the neck."
coughingpuppy: She grins. "Well, that's what collar usually means."
Sarcazmo47: "And you, Landus?"
Sarcazmo47: "Your buisness was sucessful?"
AndrewRogue: "I... er, right. Yeah boss." *his nod is... off*
Chromeus18: "I believe I'll go find better equipment." *heads off to market* BRB
Sarcazmo47: "Did you find anything else of interest, Landus?"
Chromeus18: oh yeah *logs* just in case.
AndrewRogue: "Eh heh... ah... not really. But boss, you ever hear of an illness that twists your bones? Makes spurs in your body? That sorta thing?"
Sarcazmo47: He blinks.
Sarcazmo47: "I'm no chiurgon..."
coughingpuppy: "Haven't heard of that thing either, myself..."
Sarcazmo47: "I have some friends I might ask."
Sarcazmo47: "Do you mind if I ask why?"
Dark Japheth: Heal check, or Herbalism, or hell, even Knowledge: Anatomy might come in handy.
Sarcazmo47: Nope, nope, and fuck no.
Dark Japheth: *points to the dude with a million useless skills*
Dark Japheth: Oh well.
Dark Japheth: Looks like you be screwed.
coughingpuppy: ((What about Knowledge: Nature check?))
Dark Japheth: Hmm
Sarcazmo47: No, my drug dealer character concept is the one that comes after this one.
Dark Japheth: Sure, why not.
*OnlineHost*: coughingpuppy rolled 1 20-sided die: 1
coughingpuppy: ((Ha.))
Dark Japheth: Nope
Sarcazmo47: Anyhoo!
Sarcazmo47: Do Landus or Ria come up with items they think they might like to have?
AndrewRogue: *Landus looks distinctly uncomfortable* "Its a... my sister."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion tilts his head to the side.
Sarcazmo47: "...I see."
coughingpuppy: "Huh. You haven't been able to find somebody who could do something about it?"
AndrewRogue: "Fucking clerics are useless..." *shakes his head* "Eh heh... I mean no. Not yet."
Sarcazmo47: "....I'll ask my friends. Both of you, relax. We'll shop tonight, clean ourselves, and set out on the morrow with the right paperwork."
AndrewRogue: "Thank you for that boss. Best man I ever worked with."
coughingpuppy: "Well...keep looking. But sometimes you've just got to let nature run its course and accept it. Lot easier said than done, I know."
Sarcazmo47: "Actually, Landus, I have someone I think it might profit you to meet."
Chromeus18: back, and whoamg gorth's back
AndrewRogue: "Really boss?"
Sarcazmo47: He nods.
AndrewRogue: "If you think so. Better than sitting around here thinking about our next job."
coughingpuppy: "I don't want to think about this next job any more than I have to."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion stands.
AndrewRogue: *he stands up, stretching his wings out, nodding* "Can understand that Rii. That part of the poem sounded a lot worse when he said it."
Sarcazmo47: "You two stay here and think about what you need. I'm going to get our passports started so we can be out of here by sunset. When I come back, I'll take you to see my friend Alexander, Landus."
Dark Japheth: Fast forward?
coughingpuppy: "Great. How much do we each have to spend, Skocion?"
AndrewRogue: "Sure you don't need a hand boss?"
Sarcazmo47: "We have....about twenty-five hundred, all told."
Sarcazmo47: He waves. "I'll be fine."
AndrewRogue: "Gotcha then."
Sarcazmo47: And then, sure, fast forward to Alexander's shop.
Dark Japheth: Alexander doesn't even have his own shop- so few people come to him that he has only the money to afford a small kiosk, with wheels.
Sarcazmo47: Skocion bows to him when they get close.
Dark Japheth: Its about the length of a coffin, and Skocion mentally notes that he sleeps there, peddling his wares during the day. Various herbs, and talimans hang from the roof.
Sarcazmo47: "Alexander, my friend."
Dark Japheth: "Ah, Baron Skocion."
Dark Japheth: "I've upgraded. My kiosk has wheels now, thanks to your funding."
Sarcazmo47: "I hope you've been well."
Sarcazmo47: He smiles.
Sarcazmo47: "Anytime, Alexander."
Sarcazmo47: "Just let me know if you need anything."
Dark Japheth: "I've been well. Still, my lack of regular customers is quite a kink. To think, some people don't know of some simple herbs!"
Dark Japheth: "And talismans. They don't understand the power of names.'
Sarcazmo47: "You should advertise, Alexander."
Dark Japheth: He smiles, a crooked smile with yellowed teeth and black patches where teeth should be. You think immediately that this is why he has no customers.
Dark Japheth: "I try, but I can't lie to these people. Some of these talismans have little power in them, and others have much power, but it is a dark power none would want."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion smiles.
Dark Japheth: "And some of these herbs are... well... not healthy for a healthy person to consume."
Sarcazmo47: "My friend here, Landus, has need of your lore, my friend."
Sarcazmo47: Gak.
Sarcazmo47: *"My friend here, Landus, has need of your lore."
Dark Japheth: "Hmm?" He squints, and adjusts his glasses. Realizing they don't need to be adjusted, but cleaned, he wipes them on a grimy apron. "How can I help you, winged one?"
AndrewRogue: *looks up from his examination of the kiosk* "Eh heh. Diseases. Ones that twist your bones and make spurs under your skin."
Dark Japheth: He looks at you. "What? Speak up a little bit."
AndrewRogue: "I need a cure for a disease like that."
Dark Japheth: "Hmm." He opens a small compartment on his kiosk, and gets out his book.
Dark Japheth: "You said painful bone spurs, and lowered strength?"
Dark Japheth: "Possible continual nausea?"
AndrewRogue: *nods quickly* "Yes."
Dark Japheth: "Hmm." He scans it. "Nope. I don't seem to have one."
Sarcazmo47: "What do you know about it?"
Dark Japheth: "There isn't a cure. How long has she had it? If its only been a while, there are incenses that can be burned to reverse the effects."
Dark Japheth: "Its known as Spinal Spikes. It used to be a curse, inflicted upon the righteous by the church of the fallen god."
Dark Japheth: "But when he perished, it ceased being entirely magical, and is now communicable through certain taintings of the spirit."
AndrewRogue: *tightly* "Fourteen years near as I can tell."
Dark Japheth: "According to this, its fatal. Unless one happens to awaken sorcerous blood, in which case, it is merely horrifically painful, and it will twist and warp their...."
Dark Japheth: He chokes for a moment.
Dark Japheth: "Fourteen years? It normally takes 10 to kill a fully grown man. A fully grown ogre, at that."
Dark Japheth: "You must have taken good care of her. She probably hasn't much time left, though, you might want to make sure this last bit of time is spent having fun."
Dark Japheth: "And she should enjoy her life. To the fullest extent that she can."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion reaches across the table and takes Alexander's hand tightly.
Dark Japheth: Alexander looks to you. "I'm afraid I can't help the lad, Skocion."
Sarcazmo47: "Alexander...this is very important to my friend. Now, if you can't tell me that you know of a cure, then you can tell me who might know more than you do."
AndrewRogue: *listens very closely*
Dark Japheth: "Hmm..... hmm hmm hmm. I was apprenticed to Lord Jarek, of Sithicus, before he became a psion and a mayor.."
Dark Japheth: "He might, but I doubt it, the man could hardly tell his Chrysanthemum's from Rhododendrons!"
Dark Japheth: He chokes back a laugh. But the joke isn't funny unless you have at least two ranks in Herbalism.
Sarcazmo47: *snort*
AndrewRogue: (Its not dunny)
AndrewRogue: *funny
Sarcazmo47: "Do you have any elixers or talismans that might help postpone the illness?"
Dark Japheth: "Here, laddy. When the pain gets to her too bad, have her bite down on this." He hands you a small wooden stick, with a strip of leather wrapped around it.
AndrewRogue: "Anything?" *his face is painfully bare*
Dark Japheth: "No. I can only ease the symptoms. I do know of ways to accelerate it, but they are forbidden, and I will not assist in that."
Sarcazmo47: Skocion nods. "Thank you, Alexander." He presses a platinum piece into the man's hand.
Dark Japheth: "That is a medicinal stick, supposedly from Nagukor. It is made from Birch, and the leather is cured from the skin of a bull. It was then soaked in the sap of Ash."
Dark Japheth: "It should help."
AndrewRogue: *grits his teeth for a moment before his whole body relaxes in a helpless sort of way* "Thank you. You are more helpful than anyone I have approached."
Dark Japheth: He smiles. "Thank you, Skocion. But can I ask that this platinum..." which he hands back to you* "Be spent in donation to the herbalists in Rivas-Kul?"
Dark Japheth: "They've made great advancements, and I want to support them."
Dark Japheth: "Its not a problem, lad. Any friend of Skocion's is a friend of mine." He smiles, radiating good cheer and yellowed teeth. Darn you, negative charisma modifier.
Sarcazmo47: "Keep it, Alexander. I'll make sure they get one, too."
Dark Japheth: "You are too kind, old friend." He makes as if to hug you.
Dark Japheth: Do you allow the smelly, dirty old man to hug you?
Dark Japheth: Or should I roll it as a grapple?
Sarcazmo47: Skocion allows the old man to hug him. Of course. He does so in such a way as to keep his clothes unmussed, too.
Dark Japheth: Ok.
AndrewRogue: *folds his wings as he tucks the stick into a pocket*
Sarcazmo47: Skocion turns and walks away.
Sarcazmo47: "I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help, Landus."
Dark Japheth: He continues pushing his cart down the street, periodically rubbing an amulet with a Sickle surrounding the full moon.
AndrewRogue: *actually bows to Alexander as he turns to follow Skocion* "Its... not a problem boss."
AndrewRogue: "Thank you for trying though. Anything helps really."
Sarcazmo47: "We'll see about this...Lord Jarek....later."
AndrewRogue: (Its an RPG! Its bold so its important!)
Dark Japheth: Say his name three times and he'll come by to haunt your home
Sarcazmo47: It's now in your dialogue options screen.
Dark Japheth: SHADOWRUN
coughingpuppy: ((Nerds.))
Dark Japheth: Kirk gets 50 bonus XP
Chromeus18: (can we talk to random townsfolk who comment on the weather?)
Dark Japheth: Alrighty. Do you all sleep in the inn?
Sarcazmo47: No, but you can put on some sunglasses so the morticians don't recognize you.
Sarcazmo47: Wait!
Sarcazmo47: We have to go shopping!
Dark Japheth: Righty-o.
Dark Japheth: For your shopping pleasure
Sarcazmo47: The collar they found....
Dark Japheth: Use the PHB. Subtract two GP from any weapon made mostly from non-metal objects. Double the price of armor. For all else, use normal.
Dark Japheth: You can purchase Nagukorian items, from Oriental Adventures, for four times their standard price.
Dark Japheth: I will not shop in character.
Sarcazmo47: Sounds fine.
AndrewRogue: *Landus eventually slips back into his normal, gangster-ish attitude*
Sarcazmo47: The collar.
coughingpuppy: Riannon trails behind them.
Dark Japheth: Or allow any of you to. Sorry, this isn't Mary Kate and Ashleys Malls and Discounts, its DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
Sarcazmo47: Skocion will get one of his friends to determine if it's magical, and if so, in what way.
AndrewRogue: Can we kill the keepers at the store?
Chromeus18: *gets a MW scythe, cuz MW is neat initials*
coughingpuppy: ((How much extra does a MW item cost?))
coughingpuppy: ((Or is that arbitrary?))
Chromeus18: (300 + weapon cost)
Dark Japheth: (-2! Its mostly made of wood!)
Sarcazmo47: Skocion gets the collar sold.
Chromeus18: chaching! 316 less. that leaves me with 3 PP, 12 GP
Sarcazmo47: How much will a MW Scimitar run me if I offer an MW Longsword as part of the bargain?
coughingpuppy: I'm saving my money for a pariapt.
Dark Japheth: The price of a masterwork scimitar, minus the cost of a masterwork longsword.
Dark Japheth: :P
Sarcazmo47: *looks*
Chromeus18: same price
Chromeus18: even trade!
Dark Japheth: Yep!
Sarcazmo47: Yep!
Dark Japheth: So. What happens now?
Dark Japheth: :P
AndrewRogue: I should get a sling while I'm here.
AndrewRogue: *buys MW sling*
Dark Japheth: Ok.
AndrewRogue: Now I can mock the frog and attack him <_<
Chromeus18: Krist returns to X point, with a shiny new scythe strapped to his back.
Sarcazmo47: Okay.
Sarcazmo47: So how much did Riannon and Landus spend?
coughingpuppy: Riannon didn't spend anything because she's saving money.
Chromeus18: (you make me cry, Andy)
Dark Japheth: Riannon spent nothing, Andrew spent 300, and chrome spent 298 + scythe cost
AndrewRogue: Er... I spent 101 gold. But I took that out of my pocket there.
AndrewRogue: Er... whoops. Bad counting.
Dark Japheth: Masterwork slings are only 100?
Dark Japheth: Woah
Sarcazmo47: Oh.
Dark Japheth: *rereads PHB*
AndrewRogue: I'm wrong.
Dark Japheth: Oh, ok
AndrewRogue: Sorry. Thinking MW is +100 for some reason
Sarcazmo47: You guys don't ask Skocion to pay?
Dark Japheth: I knew when I thought I was wrong that I was incorrect in presuming I might be wrong.
Chromeus18: Krist doesn't
Sarcazmo47: Kirst has a weekly paychek.
AndrewRogue: It should be 301, in which case, yes, Landus asks for an advance or something.
Sarcazmo47: *paycheck.
AndrewRogue: Because I can't pay that <_<
Sarcazmo47: Skocion pays for Landus's sling.
Dark Japheth: Fast forward to your dream sequences?
AndrewRogue: Sure. ^_^
coughingpuppy: Sure.
Dark Japheth: >.>
Dark Japheth: I do them publicly.
Dark Japheth: For these.
Dark Japheth: Because... I'm freaking bored, and I know the OOC comments on them will be quite hilarious.
AndrewRogue: I'd like a bathroom break though. Someone else first.
Sarcazmo47: Riannon goes first!
coughingpuppy: Okay.
Dark Japheth: We'll start with Riannon, indeed.
Dark Japheth: Alright.
Dark Japheth: You are in a dark field. Trees grow all around you. Dark trees.
coughingpuppy: She's not uncomfortable.
Dark Japheth: You sniff with your nose. They smell tainted, from the inside.
Dark Japheth: But.
Dark Japheth: It is a healthy tree disease. These will die, and make way for the new.
Sarcazmo47: (You're also surrounded by rabbits. Dark rabbits.)
Dark Japheth: Such is the way of the universe.
Dark Japheth: You skulk, leaping literally from tree trunk to tree trunk, and you never once look down to discover why until the end of said dream sequence. Why? I'm cruel.
Dark Japheth: Your claws sink in to the trees, to keep you steady and balanced.
Dark Japheth: Where they cut into the bark, you hear screams.
Sarcazmo47: (You are a squirrel. A dire squirrel.)
Dark Japheth: And blood pours out, over your front paws. Where the blood hits, your skin seems to turn transparent, but your fur does not.
Chromeus18: (eating dire nuts from a dire tree in a dire park)
Dark Japheth: Licking the blood off your paws, you sigh. Such is not a good hunt. But it will suffice.
Dark Japheth: And in a parody of standard child rearing, you drink from the tree as a baby suckles. Almost. But not quite, as you know that with each sip you take, the tree gets closer to dying.
Dark Japheth: You leap, finally, to the last tree.
Dark Japheth: It is tall, tall beyond belief. An oak, it is also thick around. Perhaps a mile. Its roots are capable of motion, and so are its branches. It grabs you around your midsection, and you claw and bite to crush it.
Dark Japheth: But you find that its bark is tougher than normal wood, and although you dent it, you don't seem to hurt it.
Dark Japheth: It laughs. "I am not so easily defeated, Ceredryn. Your vaunted powers, granted by my sister, are nothing! I brought her back, and nothing she does or creates can ever stop me."
Dark Japheth: It tilts you down, to look at the forest floor beneath you.
Dark Japheth: You see that maggots crawl about the floor, constantly, chewing at the root structure of other trees.
Dark Japheth: They are crawling from holes in this tree's skin.
Dark Japheth: "Come now. YOu couldn't think to..."
Dark Japheth: And you are awakened by a blood curdling scream.
Dark Japheth: Who's next?
Dark Japheth: >.>
Dark Japheth: (I so did not have that pretyped. I swear.)
Sarcazmo47: Landus!
Dark Japheth: No, Landus goes last.
Dark Japheth: I have a reason.
Dark Japheth: Next other than Landus?
Sarcazmo47: Krist!
Chromeus18: I'll go
Dark Japheth: Krist, then!
Dark Japheth: You... are cold.
Dark Japheth: Monstrously cold.
Chromeus18: figures..
Dark Japheth: Swimming in a lake of ice, the frozen bodies around you scream in continual torment.
Dark Japheth: "Free us! Free us!"
Dark Japheth: "We have done nothing!" And as they speak, you know them to be liars.
Dark Japheth: Evil, evil fucking liars. Thats why they are here, after all. All traitors come here, eventually.
Chromeus18: indeed!
Dark Japheth: And... then you feel warm. Warmth again, like blood just began pumping through your body.
Dark Japheth: A hand reaches down and grabs your wrist, and pulls you up. The man...
Dark Japheth: Is a half orc. Huge in size. Probably larger than the largest ogre you've ever seen.
Dark Japheth: His axe is covered in ice chips, what he used to pull you out.
Chromeus18: (i was about to say GREEEEL)
AndrewRogue: (Odd fact... I'm reading Dante's inferno at this moment <_< Go Cycotus!)
Dark Japheth: He says nothing, only embraces you, and smiles. "I forgive you, father."
Dark Japheth: (This particular soul is in the Traitor to Benefactors section!)
AndrewRogue: (Et tu Brtuis?)
Dark Japheth: And then, you sink down. And the continual torments are nothing, for you know that you have done one good thing in this world, even if you intended it as evil.
Dark Japheth: Next would naturally be Skocion.
Chromeus18: whoo
Dark Japheth: Oh, by the way, you are ALSO awakened by the bloodcurdling shriek.
Sarcazmo47: Yippie for Skocion!
Chromeus18: *eyes bolt open*
Dark Japheth: You are pulled from your body. You feel it. You are pulled, literally, to the sky.
Dark Japheth: Tormented souls scream all around you. "CAN YOU NOT SEE YOUR OWN PATH?"
Dark Japheth: "YOU WILL BE WORSE OFF THAN WE"
Dark Japheth: "WE FAILED IN LIFE, AND WE FAIL IN DEATH, AND NOW ONLY SAMINGA CAN SET US FREE."
Dark Japheth: "TURN BACK FROM THY PATH, SKOCION. FORGIVE, NOT SLAUGHTER!"
Dark Japheth: But... they are drowned out easily by the visions which come.
AndrewRogue: (Its the ghost of Marley!)
Dark Japheth: A woman, clad in black....
Dark Japheth: Screaming in pain. And other voices, screaming with life.
Dark Japheth: And then, finally, her screaming stops, and she holds something in her arms.
Dark Japheth: But you know immediately that it is dead. It screams not with life, but sits contemplatively, as though it knew it were dead, and was considering the options available to it.
Dark Japheth: Such as die.
Dark Japheth: It bleeds from its eye sockets, and then begins screaming.
Dark Japheth: "I AM ALL. ALL IS ME. I CONSUME. I HUNGER. I LIVE. AGAIN."
Dark Japheth: "I AM... NOT... ENTIRE..."
Dark Japheth: "Not... all.."
Dark Japheth: The child thing twitches, and the mother gasps in fear.
Dark Japheth: You hear the chittering of insects, and your vision fades to black.
Dark Japheth: You return to a relatively normal dream, of midnight liasons with barwenches, and random women you've never met. But this time...
Dark Japheth: All is dead.
Dark Japheth: All is rotten.
Dark Japheth: You see the bed, crawling with maggots. Looking into a woman's eyes, you see that she is beautiful, but every time she speaks, vermin crawl from her mouth, and beetles eat her eyes from inside..
Dark Japheth: and begin pouring out en masse.
Dark Japheth: You lean in to kiss her, when you are awakened by the bloodcurdling screech.
Sarcazmo47: Kinda kills the mood, doesn't it?
Dark Japheth: Damn bloodcurdling screeches.
Dark Japheth: Andrew, you ready?
AndrewRogue: I hath taken care of stuff, yes.
Dark Japheth: Wonnderful.
Dark Japheth: You dream... you see your sister. Lying there in her bed of pain.
Dark Japheth: You know in your heart that she will live another twenty years, at least, in consistent and neverending pain, so tremendous that even Throkk the Mighty or Chrome the Resilient would beg to die.
Dark Japheth: You look into her eyes, and though the pain is too much for her to speak, you know the look in her eyes.
Dark Japheth: And a pillow comes into your hand... and you push it over her head.
Dark Japheth: Her body thrashes, involuntarily, and then eventually ceases.
Dark Japheth: But... you are awakened at this point, immediately, by a gentle poke in your side.
Dark Japheth: Getting up, ignoring it, or what?
Dark Japheth: :P
AndrewRogue: Oh, this requires input?
AndrewRogue: You didn't tell me CG movies ended!
AndrewRogue: ;_;
Dark Japheth: Ok.
Dark Japheth: CG movie is over.
Dark Japheth: You got an interactive, lucky you.
AndrewRogue: *snaps awake, drenched by a cold sweat*
Dark Japheth: "Excuse me." *poke*
AndrewRogue: *turns sharply* "What?"
Dark Japheth: Before you... you see...
Dark Japheth: Well. Allow me to describe her in.. human... terms. I suppose.
Dark Japheth: From her back, jet wings jut out. They look like crow, or perhaps raven. But smoother than that. Perhaps dove, but black. Its impossible to tell.
Chromeus18: (the harpyslut you ordered from Dial-A-Birdwhore)
Dark Japheth: This is the only clue you have to her harpy heritage. Her skin is darker than a pale Amaryllian, making her slightly tanned.
Dark Japheth: Her dark brown hair goes down to the top of her breasts, which are currently pushed up thanks to the bodice she is wearing.
AndrewRogue: (Good guess Chrome)
Dark Japheth: It, too, is black, but the schmis under it is white. Giving great contrast.
Dark Japheth: Her skirts are a deep dark green, and some maroons are there as well.
Dark Japheth: "Sorry for waking you." SHe says. Her voice is almost angelic, like... like she could easily perform in a choir. Like many harpies, she could pull bard levels, easy.
Dark Japheth: If she doesn't already have them.
Dark Japheth: "But I needed to ask you something.
Dark Japheth: In human terms, she looks like she is roughly sixteen years of age. Which, in this country at least, is the legal age one has to be to be married without parental permission. And thus, these girls are exceptionally lusted after.
Dark Japheth: Most piercing, though, are her eyes. They are grey. Not merely grey, but almost... bright. Although its grey, its not the best word to use.
Dark Japheth: Overly long description scene over.
Dark Japheth: :P
Chromeus18: (Landus gets a chick, conveniently delivered to his room. at least she's not an orcpie)
AndrewRogue: *raises an eyebrow, quite intrigued by this* "I'd like to ask you something too. But could you hand me my headband first?"
Dark Japheth: *looks around* "What? Which headband? Why? It doesn't improve your mental skills, does it?" SHe produces it, though, and hands it to you, after looking for a moment.
AndrewRogue: "Eh heh. Thank you. It does this..." *wipes his brow with it before tying ot below his hair*
Dark Japheth: She laughs. Its more like a giggle, an infectious giggle.
AndrewRogue: *and Landus does indeed smile*
Dark Japheth: "Anyway. Ask your question." She smiles, revealing white teeth.
AndrewRogue: "I'm not objecting to it, eh heh, definitely not. Just curious why you're in my room."
Dark Japheth: "I told you already, I needed to ask you something." She puts her fists on her hips.
Dark Japheth: You notice how tight her bodice is. Its probably too tight, how the hell she breathes, only the gods know.
Chromeus18: (zombieharpy!)
Dark Japheth: "Why do you love her?"
AndrewRogue: "Love who?"
Dark Japheth: "Your sister."
Dark Japheth: "Jeanne."
AndrewRogue: *he shifts his position so he's crouched on the bed, looking at her curiously* "And how do you know about such things?"
Dark Japheth: "Doesn't matter. I'm curious."
AndrewRogue: Eh, sense motive the dream!
*OnlineHost*: AndrewRogue rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
Dark Japheth: "Ok, we'll play a little game. You asked a question. I get to ask a question. Then you can ask a question. And I will ask a question."
Dark Japheth: She ain't lying, it doesn't seem like.
AndrewRogue: "All right then. We'll play."
Dark Japheth: "You asked first. I asked second. You answer my question before you get to ask another."
AndrewRogue: "I love her because she's my sister, and she's all I've got left."
Dark Japheth: "All you've got left of what?"
AndrewRogue: "Eh heh, my question darling."
Dark Japheth: "Bah. Go ahead."
Dark Japheth: She pouts.
AndrewRogue: "Can you actually breathe with that on?" *gesturing at her prominently displayed chest w/ bodice*
Dark Japheth: "Yes."
Dark Japheth: "Dumb question."
Dark Japheth: "My turn. All you've got left of what?" She sighs heavily.
AndrewRogue: *he smiles* "People who even care I exist."
Dark Japheth: She looks at you thoughtfully, her head tilted to the side. "People don't care you exist? For some reason, I doubt that, Landus."
Dark Japheth: "But regardless. Your question."
Dark Japheth: "Take your time, make it a good question." She breathes.
AndrewRogue: *he grins in an odd manner* "I suppose I won't waste this one. Who are you?"
Dark Japheth: She bites her lip. "Do I have to answer truthfully, or can I lie? We never really established that part of the game."
Dark Japheth: She smiles, obviously joking. Obviously. "My name is Niniel."
Dark Japheth: Speak elven, or no?
AndrewRogue: Nope.
Chromeus18: (Marvel crossover!)
Dark Japheth: (Quiet, chrome.)
Dark Japheth: (I reuse names. Not concepts... too often)
AndrewRogue: (Heh) "Pretty name, pretty girl."
Dark Japheth: "It means Tear Maiden. Thank you." She blushes.
Dark Japheth: "Hmm... My question..."
Dark Japheth: As she's pondering this...
Dark Japheth: A bloodcurdling scream echoes.
Dark Japheth: It almost tears you inside out. Niniel looks at the door. "What was that?"
Dark Japheth: ANd
Dark Japheth: To end with suspense...
Dark Japheth: ~-~-~END~-~-~
Dark Japheth: Any questions?
AndrewRogue: Suspense must die.
coughingpuppy: I liked the dream sequences muchly.
AndrewRogue: Yes! Gorth dreams = Awesome!
Chromeus18: SUSPENSE
Dark Japheth: Suspense means you guys get to be pissed off if I get a date tomorrow.
Dark Japheth: Naaaah
AndrewRogue: Squirrel Rii!
Chromeus18: suspense rapes my brain
AndrewRogue: Krist the traitor!
Dark Japheth: Actually, for that, I imagined more like a jaguar.
AndrewRogue: Blind Necophiliac Skocion!
Dark Japheth: A stealthy and slinky panther, almost.
Dark Japheth: lol
AndrewRogue: And... uh...
Dark Japheth: Alrighty, and as standard for this hour of the night. Any questions, OOC, that someone wants answered in a bitter and sarcastic way that doesn't answer anything at all?
Chromeus18: my my my. twas much fun
Dark Japheth: MURDERER LANDUS
Dark Japheth: Dr Landus Kevorkian
AndrewRogue: Excuse me. Awesome Paladin Landus thank you.
AndrewRogue: Sadly I doubt any of you catch the joke <_<
Dark Japheth: I personally do not.
Chromeus18: Landus Fried up by the Colonel
Dark Japheth: But thats ok.
AndrewRogue: http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread. php?s=&threadid=286116
Dark Japheth: Because I just introduced the mandatory gorth NPC.
Sarcazmo47: The mandatory Gorth NPC?
Dark Japheth: Yes.
AndrewRogue: There is the explanation for my random joke. And OOOOH, mandatory Gorth NPC!
Sarcazmo47: What is that?
Dark Japheth: Knows too much...
Dark Japheth: doesn't offer much reason for knowing as much as it does
Chromeus18: is likely gonna kill us at some point
Dark Japheth: Irritatingly and achingly beautiful, patterned off someone I know in real life, but with an obvious fantasy trait.
Dark Japheth: Such as Melissa, who was Melissa I knew IRL but pale and vampirelike!
Dark Japheth: Shale, who is based slightly off how I looked when I had shaved my head but not the Goatee. Imagine... Anton LaVey.
Dark Japheth: Nasty lookin dude, but still... striking.
AndrewRogue: Anton LaVey?
coughingpuppy: I'm heading out, guys. 'Night!
AndrewRogue: G'night!
coughingpuppy has left the room.
Dark Japheth: Anton LaVey is the man who founded Satanism.
Dark Japheth: Or rather, modernized it and made it not anti-christian, but anti-establishment.
Chromeus18: he's also my sister
AndrewRogue: Ah. The one that is based basically around self-power, right?
Dark Japheth: Yep
Dark Japheth: ...chrome.
Dark Japheth: Introduce us.
Chromeus18: ok
Chromeus18: she's married to my brother though
Dark Japheth: omg.
Dark Japheth: sexier
Dark Japheth: Any other nifty questions?
AndrewRogue: Mmm... I don't have many at the moment. SUspense must be resolved first!
Sarcazmo47: How fucked are we gonna be by this job?
Dark Japheth: Not particularly.
Dark Japheth: although
Dark Japheth: I must ask
Chromeus18: we'll all be turned into halflings
Dark Japheth: How attached are you to Skocion?
Dark Japheth: >.>
Dark Japheth: NO.
Sarcazmo47: I am very attached to Skocion.
Dark Japheth: NO NO NO. I'm a sadistic GM, not THAT fucking evil
Sarcazmo47: I have a backup plan.
Dark Japheth: what the fuck is your damage, Chrome. Thats not even funny.
Dark Japheth: heh
Dark Japheth: You are delivering vague prophecy to a mad priestess of Sakhmet, the high priestess.
Chromeus18: my damage?
Dark Japheth: I'm also an eeevil GM
Dark Japheth: I felt SO bad when I had you smother your sister.
Chromeus18: i thought that was funny
Chromeus18: RED RUM RED RUM
AndrewRogue: Its... unusual.
Chromeus18: *smother*
AndrewRogue: I figure there are nicer ways to kill someone who wants it though <_<
Chromeus18: Landus becomes the Coolest Paladin Ever!
Dark Japheth: lol
AndrewRogue: Heh
Dark Japheth: Remember, my rule on dream analysis- if you figure out the exact symbolism for everything in the dream, or what I intended to show you by giving you that dream...
Dark Japheth: You get 200 free XP.
Dark Japheth: *smiles* Anyone up to try?
AndrewRogue: I didn't know you had a cool rule like that.
Dark Japheth: Its not cool, I just like arbitrarily giving out XP for things that have nothing to do with the game.
Dark Japheth: helps keep me in that power hungry mindset.
Sarcazmo47: Because you is a whore.
Dark Japheth: I also know nobody will ever get it.
Sarcazmo47: Skocion needs to be less good at what he does.
Dark Japheth: Sure? :P
Dark Japheth: I can fix that, you know.
Sarcazmo47: Nono.
Sarcazmo47: He just needs to talk much.
Dark Japheth: I noted that you guys haven't had combat yet.
Dark Japheth: This amuses me greatly.
Dark Japheth: Because it means I get to go completely overboard with the first combat I throw against yah.
AndrewRogue: Oh dear.
Chromeus18: i'd try, but i'd probably faile. and i'm gettin sleepy anyways
Sarcazmo47: Combat?
Sarcazmo47: We did too!
Sarcazmo47: First thing!
Dark Japheth: :P
Dark Japheth: Dude.
Dark Japheth: You stabbed an unarmed woman defending her child
Dark Japheth: a level 1 commoner.
Dark Japheth: thats not combat, thats wanton slaughter.
Sarcazmo47: I rolled an attack roll, dammit.
Chromeus18: combat schmombat
Dark Japheth: It'd be like if level 20 Paladins of Slaughter came by and just laid waste to sheep. WOuld you call it combat?
Chromeus18: anyways, i'm outtie folks. good game gorth. (for future reference.... GGG)
Sarcazmo47: Later hoss.
Chromeus18: later
Chromeus18 has left the room.
Dark Japheth: I'm also going to go to sleep. Any last questions before I go pass out in my bed wishing I hadn't stayed up this late?
AndrewRogue: Nope. I gotta get up too. So I should go to bed as well. Thank you for prevailing over lag for game.
Sarcazmo47: Indeed.
Sarcazmo47: Me too.
Sarcazmo47 has left the room.
Dark Japheth: Thank Kirk for continually MAKING ME FUCKING JOIN THE CHAT
Dark Japheth: ARGHLE GODDAMNIT
Dark Japheth: By teh way, you have the most complete log
Dark Japheth: as I've been booted multiple times.
Dark Japheth: please log, and send it to me by email.
Dark Japheth: avatarofsoul@hotmail.com
Dark Japheth: and gooooooood night!
Dark Japheth has left the room.