Session Start: Sat Jun 07 20:49:10 2003 Session Ident: #pvpexaltedrp [20:49] * Now talking in #pvpexaltedrp [20:49] * Topic is 'Exalted: It seems to be crying, the moonlight. Since I cannot telephone past midnight. I do not know what to do with the love of you. My heart is a kaleidoscope. (May) Fighting soldiers from the sky, fearless men who jump and die.' [20:49] * Set by FiatVictrix on Sat Jun 07 21:12:08 [20:49] * FiatVictrix (Fiat@dialup-67.30.192.110.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net) Quit (Ping timeout) [21:00] * Fiat is now known as Jynaru [21:01] * GoldenH is now known as Storyteller [21:01] * Tabius (~web-Guest@ip68-108-128-145.lv.lv.cox.net) has joined #pvpexaltedrp [21:01] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Storyteller [21:02] * DarthTom is now known as Vanal [21:06] Ok, just to clarify. [21:06] Last game ended on count of two out of five. [21:06] Jynaru is in the river standing on bandits. [21:06] Vanal is on one of the triremes. [21:06] Counting to 5 [21:06] he's at 2 [21:06] Tabius is... where? On the ship that was being attacked? [21:07] With Cicada and Tala? [21:07] Jyn is to shoot the man who takes the longest to answer Vanal's question [21:07] (*Had picked up Cicada in the cloud and was on his way to pick up Tala and Vanal. [21:07] if no one answers, shoot 3 [21:07] hmm [21:07] * Jynaru sees. [21:07] Tabius is in a cloud.... [21:08] (*Cloud Traspezious) [21:08] lesse if it worked [21:08] !ex 2 [21:08] * *Storyteller (2)* 3, 8, Successes : 1 [21:08] !roll 2d5 [21:08] * *Storyteller* 2d5, 4, 3 , Total: 7 [21:08] good, good.. [21:08] now just put on some good music.... [21:09] * Jynaru has this sudden flashback to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid... [21:10] allrightythen [21:11] shall we begin ? [21:11] the distant thunder of falling water fills the air as the group of five walk fowards towards the river's beach, the bandit army giving them plenty of room. At the count of "3" they come to a stop on the shore, looking expectantly at the collected DBs. [21:12] "FOUR !" [21:12] * Jynaru counts, relieved in his ability to shoot all damn five if need be. [21:13] One of them raises his hand to you; his shortly cropped-black hair waving slightly in the breeze from the waterfall. [21:13] <*Bandit*> "Hold your tounge, Dragon Blood. We are the ones you seek." [21:13] * Vanal 's eyes narrow "You are, are you ?" [21:14] * Jynaru ponders shooting him somewhere un-necessary for the insult. Like the groin. [21:15] <*Bandit*> "It is we who have lead these companions to this river for our mutual profit. If you have quarrel, it is with us, not them." [21:15] * Tabius pilots the cloud over to Tala's ship to pick her, up trying not to notice the mass of unconcious or dead bodies. [21:15] "And who are you ?" [21:16] <*Bandit*> "My name is not important; my title is. I am the Speaker for Those who have Fallen... and the acting leader of this unit. Who are you?" [21:16] * Jynaru raises an eyebrow at the title. [21:16] "Cathak Hennig Vanal." [21:17] the bandit bows, the silk-wrapped case on his back doing an adaquate job replacing a cape. [21:17] "Rather showy title for a simple thug, isn't it ?" [21:18] <*Speaker*> "Lord Vanal, your reputation proceeds you. Forgive one so low as me as to trouble your journey." [21:18] "Were you responsable for the wreck further downriver ?" [21:19] <*Speaker*> "Yes, that was our doing. Amazing that you should find it; we felt our tracks expertly concealed." [21:20] "The mast was showing." [21:20] "And our ship drifted into it." [21:20] <*Speaker*> "How unusual." he grins broadly. "Perhaps it was another ship." [21:21] "Now, mind explaining the people strapped to it ?" [21:21] "Would someone mind explaining why we're explaining our actions to him instead of, oh, I don't know, introducing his skull to a few sharpy pointy objects?" [21:21] * Retrieving #pvpexaltedrp info... [21:21] * *Speaker* laughs. [21:22] <*Speaker*> "A fire would have been seen... besides, their ghosts do more to disrupt traffic along these rivers than our force could ever hope to achive." [21:23] "You and I may be up to taking out a hundred men each...but I doubt are companions are." [21:23] *our [21:23] "And give us one reason we shouldn't cut you down right now ?" [21:23] <*Speaker*> "Do you really have the time to track down 500 men in the middle of nowhere?" [21:24] "I don't have to track down 500 men, I just have to cut the head off this little operation." [21:25] <*Speaker*> "Perhaps. But you've tried that before. I can remember it. I don't know how, but I've know you Vanal.... and I know the bite of the blade you carry in your sheathe." [21:26] "Somehow, I doubt that very much. I've killed everyone who this blade has bit deeply into." [21:26] * Kraken (The_Kraken@pc1023.wilm.man.ac.uk) has joined #pvpexaltedrp [21:27] <*Speaker*> "Cut off my head.. maybe you can. But much like how the hydra cannot be slain so easily, I think you would fail to utterly defeat the power which I have inherited." [21:28] <*Speaker*> "Therefore, I offer you a challenge, Prince of the Earth." [21:28] "Oh ?" [21:30] <*Speaker*> "I challenge you to a duel on these conditions; defeat me in single combat, and my men will go with you into the full custody of law, and I will not seek to free them. If I defeat you, however, I and my men will go free, and you will not pursue us." [21:30] *mutter* "Why is it always a duel ?" [21:32] "allow me a moment." [21:33] * Tabius starts thinking of some stupid nasty stuff to help Vanal out with. [21:33] * Vanal waves Jyn over [21:33] * Jynaru wanders over to talk to Vanal, bemused. [21:33] (and tabs) [21:33] "What? It's just one living dead boy." [21:33] *whisper* "Is this joker what I think he is ?" [21:34] "And the other 4, I believe." [21:34] "That one's probably either the leader or the warrior of the group." [21:34] * Tabius flies the Cloud over to the ship, with Cicada and Tala, that Vanal is on. [21:34] * *Speaker* waits patiently, his companions gathered around him. [21:34] "*fuck* *me*" [21:34] * Tabius pulls down so that they can all converse without having to drop the spell and looks over at the speaker with his mystic senses. [21:35] * Vanal scartches his chin [21:35] "I beleive you already have an edge over us, sir !" [21:35] "You have witnessed my companions and I in battle, we have no similar privilege." [21:36] <*Vanal*> "You know me, Vanal, or what I am. Surely what you did to me and my closest friends cannot be common for even one such as you." [21:37] "Times change, people change." [21:37] * Jynaru raises a hand. "I've killed 15 of you. I'm fairly average. You'll have to be a little more specific, sir." [21:37] * *Speaker* closes his eyes and slowly nods his head downwards as if concentrating. [21:38] <*Speaker*> "There is a dream," his voice sounds different, perhaps a little older, perhaps a little rougher. "A dream of a vast wall, of magics the likes of with I cannot even imagine. Omany heros, Dragon Blood [21:39] <*Speaker*> "One of which looked like you. And a certain part of the story I have heard leads me to believe it was you." [21:42] "Very charming. This what to do with the matter at hand ?" [21:42] <*Speaker*> "You've faught me, or at least, what I am now, before and won." [21:43] * Vanal scowls [21:43] "Fine, whatever. I accept." [21:43] the bandit armor breathes a collective sigh of relief, and then, slow realization. [21:44] * Tabius whispers to Vanal, "Would you like a dose of Luna's Blessing or shall you do this without sorcerous help> [21:45] Speaker for Those who have Fallen converses shortly with his companions, and then they back away, leaving the sandy beachhead empty for your use. [21:45] "The blessing...and the bronze." [21:45] * Jynaru smiles. "Remember that the Anathema are arrogant. They believe their defenses will save them. Often they do. But under prolonged assault, they will always fail at least once. Once should be all you need." [21:45] "Jyn. You're my insuranc epolicy." [21:46] * Tabius one or the other, I am not made of essence Vanal. [21:47] * Disconnected [21:48] * Attempting to rejoin channel #pvpexaltedrp [21:48] * Rejoined channel #pvpexaltedrp [21:48] * Topic is 'Exalted: It seems to be crying, the moonlight. Since I cannot telephone past midnight. I do not know what to do with the love of you. My heart is a kaleidoscope. (May) Fighting soldiers from the sky, fearless men who jump and die.' [21:48] * Set by FiatVictrix on Sat Jun 07 21:12:08 [21:48] * Tabius one or the other, I am not made of essence Vanal. [21:48] (*THat was the last thing said [21:49] * Storyteller (GoldenH@fo39.owc.net) Quit (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Pants_Ninja))) [21:49] * Pants_Ninja is now known as Storyteller [21:49] "Bronze me." [21:50] "FUCK, I wish I had Eleanor right here." [21:50] actually.... [21:50] ... [21:50] atop the waterfall. [21:50] * Vanal grins maliciously [21:50] * Jynaru hops over to the beach-head and crouches down. "Don't mind me. Just here to make sure nobody tries to interfere." [21:51] "I'll be using my PROPER suit if armor for this fight." [21:51] Two of his buddies flank you [21:51] they don't seem particularly malicious [21:52] * Jynaru sighs. "Did I mention fifteen? Can't you at least get the number of guard right?" [21:52] "Or do I have to crack one or two open for a ring-side snack?" [21:53] * Tabius picks up Vanal with the cloud and leaves Cicada and Tala on the ship to provide support in case of a cross over. [21:53] * Tabius takes Vanal up to get Eleanor and casts ISoB on him on the way up. [21:54] they seem to think Jynaru is missing the point, but say little to each other [21:54] Speaker, btw, is the only man. [21:54] (gimme a coupla minute,s lost my char sheet) [21:55] "So, Speaker. Surely you didn't do all this just to draw Vanal here for a duel." [21:55] * *Speaker* seems to be meditating, and is not inclined to chat idlely [21:55] (not, my hard copy one) [21:56] (ah) [21:56] one of the other four "Where is he going?" [21:57] she looks up with some worry, her brownish-black hair tied in a kind of forward braid, hanging on the left side and down to about the middle of her cheek [21:57] * Jynaru shrugs. "Likely to get his proper suit of armor. We did that *waves to the river* sort of sloppily." [21:58] "Such an important challenge clearly calls for adequate preperation." [21:59] "Tabs...I'm scared shitless here." [21:59] she sighs and nods to the two not guarding you, who run off like a blur into the woods... you find it hard for your eye to even track their movements, and then, they are gone. [21:59] "Besides, it's nice to psych yourself up for your first solo kill." [22:00] * Tabius in the Cloud on the way up, "Your not the only one, after this I wont have any essence." [22:00] "You love to hear yourself talk, don't you?" [22:00] the cloud hovers around the bend in the river, where the boat is already on it's way down the detour. [22:01] "Oftentimes, it's the only way to get any intelligent conversation." [22:01] * Vanal unsehathe shis blde and looks at it, if only for a fleeting moment seeing the relfection of shakel in it. *Love...give me strength for this.* [22:01] "At least I don't give myself a pretentious title." [22:01] "She will and actually, if you succeed in this endeaver you might be able to spend some quality time with her. [22:02] shakel seems to glow warm in your hands as you look at the blade, Vanal, and you think you can see her image in it for a moment... [22:02] * Retrieving #pvpexaltedrp info... [22:03] * Vanal inhales deeply as he steps off the cloud next to the BIG lady in his life [22:03] "At least he doesn't... argh." [22:03] "It's a crying shame I can't swing you aroudn riding in her." [22:03] -you don't need to swing me- [22:04] -I can fight at your side, you know I can- [22:05] "Why not?" [22:05] "She's a little *small*, Tabs." [22:05] * Vanal smirks [22:05] So she is a dagger instead of a diaklave? [22:05] "Very true, my love. It's time we gave you a bit of a walk." [22:05] (Dude, striders cannot use mortal-sized weapons) [22:05] "I know you can...and I want you to. Today. Now." [22:05] * Vanal focuses his essence...imbuing himself with Aura of Invulnerability...and imbuing the blade with essence of its own... [22:06] * Vanal staggers back slightly, as if sucker-punched [22:06] Shakel's Fury floats face down in front of you [22:07] "Fight well, lover, I know you will." [22:07] -I will, my love- [22:07] "Let's get this show on the road. Tabius, do your thing." [22:08] elanor responds to your hearthstone by humming slightly. It will take a few moments for her to be fully active, but you are strong enough to move her onto the cloud in the meantime. [22:08] * Vanal moves the strider forward, cautiously [22:09] * Tabius lets the strider sink a few inches into the cloud floor and then cautiously and with great concentration manuevers dow to the beatch [22:09] the strider creaks, essence slowly flowing through it after the long silence. [22:10] Tabius' cloud arrives on the beach [22:11] * Jynaru smiles. "Nice, isn't it? A little gaudy, but eh." [22:11] * Vanal walks off the cloud, all 15 feet fo jade and orichalcum clanking and gleaming in the sun [22:11] the bandits all back off while Eleanor comes fully to life with a nice, steady whine. [22:11] "Meet Eleanor." [22:11] <*Speaker*> opens his eyes, and blinks, then shakes his head once quickly. [22:12] <*Speaker*> "I guess I should have thought a little before I made the challenge." [22:12] <*Speaker*> "What are the terms? Until first blow? yield?" [22:12] "Yield." [22:14] * *Speaker* nods, and reaches down to the package, opened on the beach, and picks up a long, glittering, white jade daiklaive. Several odd projections sprout off of it, like rings around the main blade, and the whole thing acts like a prisim on the sun's rays, shining rainbows onto the ground in front of you [22:14] [roll per + lore] [22:14] !ex 7 [22:15] * *Vanal (7)* 6, 9, 7, 3, 3, 2, 10, Successes : 4 [22:15] * Nika (manxcat@wv-mltn-ubr-c-024-159-089-167.charterwv.net) has joined #pvpexaltedrp [22:15] Dibs on it. Need to stick something new in the basement anyway. ^_~ [22:16] -> -Vanal- The Blade is the Eternal Stone of Sleeping Beauty, the signature blade of Nellens Kisone, a legendary fighter... long dead, and much revered amongst the dragon blooded [22:16] everyone roll it [22:16] * Tabius lifts the cloud back off the ground and goes and does circles around the merchant vessel, slowely. [22:16] per + lore [22:16] "Sweet Mela. Where did you get that ?" [22:17] !ex 5 [22:17] * *Jynaru (5)* 2, 8, 9, 6, 9, Successes : 3 [22:17] -> -Jynaru- The Blade is the Eternal Stone of Sleeping Beauty but you don't remember it's legend. [22:18] <*Speaker*> "Raids. You'd be amazed at what you find hidden amongst the rice from villagers. [22:18] "Yes, you would." [22:18] "Shall we ?" [22:18] * *Speaker* hefts the blade behind him, the blade leaving shadowy afterimages as it moves through the air [-1 dice to parries] [22:19] * Jynaru rolls his eyes, tired with the theatrics, and begins a jerky cadence of insults pulled half from memory and half made up on the spot, mixing words and phrases with abandon. [22:19] <*Speaker*> "Very well. Do you wish to take the first strike or shall I?" [22:19] "Indulge a humble blooded. I shall." [22:19] !ex 3 [22:19] * *Storyteller (3)* 1, 4, 7, Successes : 1 [22:19] * *Speaker* nods and holds himself back [22:20] !ex 13 [22:20] * *Tabius (13)* 3, 4, 7, 2, 8, 2, 5, 3, 9, 6, 7, 9, 6, Successes : 5 [22:21] !ex 6 +WP [22:21] * *Jynaru (6+1)* 8, 10, 10, 4, 9, 9, Successes : 8 [22:21] woooo! [22:21] He don't notice the taunt. [22:21] Well, the Taunt. [22:22] /me surges forward, Shakel and him moving in unison, bringing his blade back and crashing it down on the anathema, carving a vast furrow in the earth with the sheer power of the war machine, using the momentum of the swing to twist his body and swat the anathema like a fly, batting him into the air which a third sword-swing from above slams him down into, clean into the furrow that the previous st [22:22] rike gouged [22:22] (3 attacks) [22:23] -> -Tabius- The Blade is the Eternal Stone of Sleeping Beauty, the signature blade of Nellens Kisone, a legendary fighter... long dead, and much revered amongst the dragon blooded. It's powers include that phantom effect, making it hard to see and defend against [-1 dice on parries], creating solid barriers of solid rainbows, and putting those it would kill into an eternal sleep that they cannot be woken from without a kiss from a pure maiden. [22:23] +2 stunt [22:24] !ex 12 [22:24] !ex 11 [22:24] !ex 10 [22:24] * *Vanal (12)* 2, 1, 7, 5, 5, 6, 10, 1, 5, 10, 9, 6, Successes : 6 [22:24] * *Vanal (11)* 8, 6, 9, 7, 4, 8, 5, 9, 8, 2, 8, Successes : 7 [22:24] * *Vanal (10)* 2, 1, 3, 7, 6, 7, 7, 8, 6, 4, Successes : 4 [22:26] Speaker aborts to dodge, essence flying around him as the blade weaves with the blows, the blade making halting, short swinging motions, not at all similar to your flowing moves. He is driven back around the sandy beach, his footprints filling quickly with water as the waves crash over the perfectly-smooth sand. [22:26] !ex 16 [22:26] !ex 15 [22:26] !ex 14 [22:26] * *Storyteller (16)* 5, 5, 5, 3, 9, 8, 10, 6, 7, 8, 1, 8, 4, 5, 6, 8, Successes : 8 [22:26] * *Storyteller (15)* 7, 9, 3, 4, 9, 3, 9, 6, 7, 1, 8, 8, 3, 6, 6, Successes : 7 [22:26] * *Storyteller (14)* 9, 5, 3, 6, 10, 4, 8, 3, 1, 4, 1, 10, 10, 8, Successes : 9 [22:27] barely defending himself, he stands calm ahead of you, blade relaxed in his hands, calmly looking up at the massive helmet that obscurs your eyes [22:27] init! [22:27] !roll 1d10+10 [22:27] * *Storyteller* 1d10+10, 2 , Total: 12 [22:27] !roll 1d10+8 [22:27] * *Vanal* 1d10+8, 10 , Total: 18 [22:27] ... [22:27] MOJO ! [22:27] :O [22:28] !roll 1d10+10 (shak) [22:28] * *Vanal* 1d10+10 (shak), 5 , Total: 15 [22:28] clearly, Vanal side first. [22:30] /me 's anima flares, smoke and flame pouring from the vents in his armor as the massive warstrider blade glows red-hot, moving with the speed and ferocity of a forest fire, slamming into the abyssal's side, sending him flying, before quite deliberately stomping over and unloading a set of blows on the puny man in front of him...the same technique that decimated the bone lion months before (8 motes [22:30] , rigning anvil) [22:30] +3 stunt [22:31] !ex 10 [22:31] * *Vanal (10)* 8, 5, 8, 5, 3, 8, 9, 1, 1, 4, Successes : 4 [22:31] 5 attacks [22:31] !ex 13 [22:31] !ex 13 [22:31] !ex 13 [22:31] !ex 13 [22:31] !ex 13 [22:31] * *Vanal (13)* 8, 7, 10, 7, 5, 10, 2, 10, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, Successes : 9 [22:31] * *Vanal (13)* 5, 8, 1, 8, 8, 4, 10, 10, 2, 10, 4, 8, 5, Successes : 10 [22:31] * *Vanal (13)* 7, 2, 4, 9, 1, 3, 3, 4, 7, 7, 10, 2, 3, Successes : 6 [22:31] * *Vanal (13)* 9, 10, 2, 9, 9, 7, 7, 4, 1, 1, 2, 5, 4, Successes : 7 [22:31] * *Vanal (13)* 9, 5, 2, 6, 5, 7, 2, 1, 6, 9, 1, 6, 7, Successes : 4 [22:35] (does he deke, or take it on the chin ?) [22:35] [type] [22:35] (ah) [22:36] His teeth grit as he sees the essence flowing around you, and a distinctive flare of essence surrounds him as you attack; with each attack you make, he leaps back, and then leaps forward, a glittering rainbow trailing from the blade as it first strikes Shakel's Fury and then sparks against Vanal's armor, flames running around the rings of the blade as it plunges and rises in time with the beat [22:36] of your own essence [22:36] flows [22:37] [aborts to full dodge and activates the Singing Cradle Defense Combo] [22:37] [dude...what is the combo ?] [22:37] [you don't know exactly, but it seems to provide a parry and a counterattack [22:37] [hold it...how can he do both ?] [22:38] * Vanal (Shakel) weaves forwward imperceptibly, the daiklaive in he rimmaterial hands weaving and impossible pattern before her, fire trailing from the blade, almost impossible to predict due to her invisible state. A ducking, darting weaing patter and bites deep into the abyssal’s side with a quartet of stinging blows. [22:38] [its a combo, it has a parry charm and a counterattack charm] [22:38] [I...see] [22:39] !ex 15 [22:39] !ex 14 [22:39] !ex 13 [22:39] !ex 12 [22:39] !ex 11 [22:39] * *Storyteller (15)* 9, 8, 9, 6, 3, 4, 10, 4, 10, 4, 6, 7, 5, 9, 10, Successes : 11 [22:39] * *Storyteller (14)* 5, 9, 3, 10, 1, 2, 1, 7, 6, 9, 7, 6, 9, 4, Successes : 7 [22:39] * *Storyteller (13)* 6, 5, 1, 3, 6, 5, 3, 9, 9, 4, 10, 10, 5, Successes : 6 [22:39] * *Storyteller (12)* 2, 8, 7, 4, 1, 5, 3, 7, 9, 10, 1, 3, Successes : 6 [22:39] * *Storyteller (11)* 8, 8, 3, 8, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6, 4, 4, Successes : 3 [22:40] so um...do I hit ? [22:40] !ex 9 (shak 1) [22:40] 3, 1, 1 extra sux [22:40] * *Vanal (9)* 3, 7, 6, 1, 9, 6, 4, 1, 2, Successes : 2 [22:40] !ex 8 (shak 2) [22:40] * *Vanal (8)* 3, 2, 9, 1, 8, 2, 10, 9, Successes : 5 [22:40] !ex 7 (shak 3) [22:40] !ex 6 (shak 4) [22:40] * *Vanal (7)* 8, 3, 9, 9, 5, 7, 4, Successes : 4 [22:40] soak ? [22:40] * *Vanal (6)* 8, 6, 6, 6, 3, 4, Successes : 1 [22:41] soak against your opponents is a mystery, as always. [22:41] !exm 23 [22:41] !exm 21 [22:41] !exm 21 [22:42] * *Vanal (23)* 10, 2, 1, 4, 9, 10, 3, 8, 8, 9, 4, 6, 9, 3, 5, 8, 6, 3, 8, 1, 2, 8, 1, Successes : 10 [22:42] he seems to be wearing some kind of simple breastplate, probably not magical in nature, under his bandito garb [22:42] * *Vanal (21)* 10, 1, 4, 1, 6, 5, 10, 10, 6, 2, 8, 10, 2, 7, 3, 10, 2, 10, 1, 4, 3, Successes : 8 [22:42] * *Vanal (21)* 6, 6, 9, 2, 4, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 8, 5, 4, 3, 5, 7, 3, 10, 7, 6, 2, Successes : 7 [22:42] ouchies. [22:42] erk [22:42] indeed... [22:42] 25 HL total. [22:42] we shall see how soak modifies that. In the meantime... [22:42] !ex 10 [22:42] !ex 9 [22:42] * *Storyteller (10)* 4, 3, 6, 3, 4, 10, 7, 9, 1, 6, Successes : 4 [22:42] !ex 8 [22:42] !ex 7 [22:42] * *Storyteller (9)* 10, 10, 9, 1, 6, 9, 6, 3, 4, Successes : 6 [22:42] * *Storyteller (8)* 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 1, 1, 4, Successes : 0 , Botch [22:42] * *Storyteller (7)* 9, 7, 6, 1, 2, 8, 4, Successes : 3 [22:44] roll one damage for Shakel, 4 extra sux. [22:44] !exm 19 [22:44] * *Vanal (19)* 6, 4, 9, 2, 7, 8, 10, 6, 5, 8, 2, 2, 8, 4, 3, 3, 10, 9, 10, Successes : 9 [22:45] well, counterattack time. [22:45] Are you going to defend? [22:45] sure, why not ? [22:45] -1 to parry, I know [22:45] no reason, really. chose dodge or parry. [22:45] parry [22:46] hmm, ok.. you need a reflexive charm you know, since you have already used your charm and action this turn [22:46] !ex 9 [22:46] !ex 9 [22:46] !ex 9 [22:46] !ex 9 [22:46] !ex 9 [22:46] !ex 9 [22:46] * *Storyteller (9)* 7, 9, 8, 10, 7, 8, 7, 2, 1, Successes : 8 [22:47] * *Storyteller (9)* 6, 4, 1, 7, 6, 1, 10, 7, 3, Successes : 4 [22:47] oh [22:47] * *Storyteller (9)* 1, 6, 5, 5, 4, 2, 5, 6, 3, Successes : 0 , Botch [22:47] * *Storyteller (9)* 6, 7, 2, 2, 9, 2, 1, 2, 7, Successes : 3 [22:47] * *Storyteller (9)* 2, 4, 7, 10, 2, 10, 9, 9, 1, Successes : 7 [22:47] * *Storyteller (9)* 2, 5, 3, 9, 10, 7, 1, 4, 2, Successes : 4 [22:47] !ex 9 [22:47] * *Storyteller (9)* 9, 5, 6, 9, 7, 4, 8, 4, 3, Successes : 4 [22:47] the last two are against himself, so... [22:47] 8, 4, and 3 sux attacks. [22:47] 4 attacks ? [22:48] 3 [22:48] hmm [22:48] okay, 6 motes tokign bonfire style [22:48] waity [22:48] no reflexive parries, and I can't use those to defend since I've already used my actions [22:48] allright [22:48] I'll have to chance it [22:48] lethal soak is 29 [22:48] * Storyteller shrugs, your soak is what, bazillion? [22:49] and anything below 26, I ignore utterly [22:49] (26 inclusive) [22:49] guess what? He doesn't have the 26L attack! [22:49] mwahahaha [22:50] * Jynaru takes a careful look, never breaking from the almost random spewing of insults and rude gestures to gauge how much longer the anathema can hold out. [22:50] regardless, the fury of your blows has reduced the poor guy to sludge before you even get to see his anima. [22:50] * Vanal blinks [22:51] there's some blood on his sword.. [22:51] * Jynaru sighs. "I take it sludge counts as yielding?" [22:51] * Jynaru wanders over and takes a look at the sword. [22:51] * Vanal 's eyes zoom RIGHT in on the sword..."Mela...please don't let it be..." *SHAK ! CAN YOU HEAR ME!* [22:51] "Nice job, Van. Told you multiple attacks was the way." [22:51] it's a pretty nice sword. [22:52] It's a very pretty sword, yes. [22:52] -> -Vanal- -I'm fine, my love- [22:52] Is it the sort that deserves the vault? [22:52] * Vanal exhales deeply [22:52] "Thank mela." [22:52] more like to be returned to it's rightful owner's grave. [22:52] "Definetly *not*, Jynaru." [22:53] "And sweet mela, it's hot in here." [22:53] * Tabius heads back with the cloud, hovering just off shore with it. [22:53] * Vanal turns to the bandits [22:53] * Jynaru sighs, pulling on a white cotton glove and hefting the sword up. "So, all you banditos." [22:53] "Guess what ?" [22:53] the four women look in shock at the pulversied companion. [22:53] "You fought the law." [22:53] "And the law won." [22:54] there is an uneasy mumbling from the crowd. Really, how are you going to deal with 1000+ bandits? [22:54] there is talk of betrayal... [22:54] "You've got two choices." [22:54] "You can honor the deal made by speaker." [22:54] "One, you come along with us." [22:55] "Err...what shorty down there said." [22:55] "Or, we can let our pissed off parents tear you into tiny pieces for the next hour." [22:55] "My dad's a general, you know." [22:55] "So am I, come to think of it." [22:55] "I'd go with the first. They're not happy about this, and they make us look like pansies." [22:55] (Says the guy swinging around an unattuned daiklave like it's a golf club.) [22:55] the ones closer to you seem to think that surrender is the better option but those far away seem less obviously inclined to honor the agreement as time goes on, as the arguing becomes more and more vehement. [22:56] * Vanal pulls his armor full up [22:56] "ENOUGH !" [22:56] Finally, the four anathema speak up. [22:56] "What honor do you offer us for our surrender?" [22:57] * Vanal scratches his chin [22:57] "Well, for your men...there's always the red-piss legion." [22:58] "I think they'd fit in well there." [22:58] "Goatfucking hell. You want terms of surrender? Did you see what he did? Should he demonstrate on a few more? What gives you the bloody right to dictate terms of surrender?!" [22:58] "Jyn, calm down. They have as much right to an honorable surrender as anyone." [23:00] One of the men seems to not believe it. "Our unit was disbanded by the Deliberative! They couldn't afford to support us." shouts of agreement come from the crowds, but it's obvious you have their attention, for now. [23:00] * Tabius (~web-Guest@ip68-108-128-145.lv.lv.cox.net) Quit (Ping timeout) [23:00] "They're bandits! they attacked an unarmed vessel! Sank that ship with all hands! If I was in charge, I'd tear them limb from limb myself!" [23:00] "And that's MERCIFUL." [23:00] "But you aren't in charge, are you ? Besides, the Realm cna use men like this...misguided as they are." [23:00] * Tabius (~web-Guest@ip68-108-128-145.lv.lv.cox.net) has joined #pvpexaltedrp [23:00] "Unit ?" [23:00] * Vanal pops the hatch. [23:00] "What unit ?" [23:01] * Vanal 's bronze skin (*shudder*) gleams in the sunlight [23:01] "Who said that? Come forward and explain, or by the dragons I will get in there and drag you out!" [23:01] the one walks forward "The Fifteen Day March, sir, We were part of the 47th Legion, before we were abandoned by the regent." [23:01] roll int + lore [23:02] !ex 6 [23:02] * *Vanal (6)* 9, 1, 6, 4, 6, 7, Successes : 2 [23:02] !ex 4 [23:02] * *Jynaru (4)* 5, 7, 9, 5, Successes : 2 [23:02] That unit did exist, but you know nothing more than that he is probably telling the truth about being a member of that unit, or at least that the unit did actuall exist. [23:03] "Can you give me some proof of this ?" [23:03] "So, what? You decide to commit acts of war against the Realm instead of becoming sell-swords?" [23:04] "Sir, the realm has left me is the scars on my body and my skills with the sword. My Commander was Lt. Ledaal Rastwell, he would speak for me if I was still here." [23:04] "Jyn, let the man speak." [23:04] !ex 8 [23:05] * Vanal looks at the man [23:05] "We did not even recieve enough pay for voyage across the inner sea!" comes another shout. It roars in agreement, and someone else yells out, "How else can we support our families?" [23:05] * *Tabius (8)* 4, 7, 5, 3, 1, 8, 2, 9, Successes : 3 [23:05] "What was your rank ?" [23:05] * Vanal hunts his memory for such a commander [23:05] Jynaru, roll int + lore [23:05] "No rank sir, just a common soldier." [23:06] !ex 4 [23:06] * Vanal nods [23:06] * *Jynaru (4)* 1, 3, 8, 6, Successes : 1 [23:06] Name sounds familiar, Jynaru. [23:06] * Vanal looks at them [23:06] "Sounds right..." [23:06] * Vanal scowls [23:06] "It figures." [23:06] "Well then, today *is* your lucky day...sort of." [23:06] Tabius, your knowledge is not as focused as Vanal and Jynaru, you don't know any more than they do. [23:07] "Want to support your families ?" [23:07] "Want to fight as proud members of the legions again ?" [23:07] general murmurs of agreement comes from the gathered bandits [23:07] * Vanal smiles [23:08] "I am lord cathak Hennig Vanal, commander of the 3rd legion. And we need more men." [23:09] "Want to try house Cathak on for a while, ladies and gentlemen ?" [23:09] the bandits debate amongst themselves, a process that will obviously take many hours [23:10] "I'd advise you to take him up on it. I happen to be Ledaal Jynaru, and if I had to pick anybody, it'd be him." [23:10] * Vanal starts climbing out of the strider [23:10] * Tabius does a low flyby chanting a Cathak Battle Hyme! [23:10] * Vanal slides down the strider's outstretched sword, much like a skateboarder [23:11] * Vanal comes to a stop before the assembled quartet of anathema [23:11] * Jynaru shrugs. "You can't hire them, Vanal." [23:11] "I know this." [23:11] "It's bad luck." [23:11] "And what of us?" asks one of the anathema, uncertainly. [23:11] "He's right, you know" the other woman says. [23:12] "You took care of these men. That counts for at least something." [23:12] "I can't take you on, of course. But I can at least let you all go." [23:12] * Tabius gets Cicada and Tala and lands on the beach with them and disengages the spell. [23:12] * Jynaru blinks. "Whoa. Don't get too hasty." [23:12] "You're going to just let them go?" [23:13] * Jynaru glances at the 4. [23:13] "What do you propose I do, Jyn ? Kill them ?" [23:13] <*Tala*> "They can't go. They are anathema." [23:13] "What kind of Anathema are you?" [23:13] * Jynaru ponders. 19... only 7 more. [23:13] <*Tala*> "Better that then let them become corrupted by the foul powers that have overtaken them." [23:14] They don't really know... it's not like they are well-versed in the specifics of anathemas [23:14] "Spend a mote on your anima powers please" [23:14] they look amongst each other uncertainly. [23:14] "I can't believe I'm thinking this..." [23:15] * Jynaru runs a hand through his hair. "Throw them at Bloom? If they survive, let them go?" [23:15] "Look at me, I am covered in flame, I am a fire aspect dragon blooded. Are you solar, lunar, abyssal, whta? [23:15] "Exactly my thoughts Jynaru, let them redeem themselves of the curse." [23:15] "It's sort of a greenish light" says one. [23:16] "I can live with that." [23:16] * Jynaru blinks. [23:16] "Say WHAT?" [23:16] "Greenish...light. That's wonderuflly vague. " [23:16] "Vanal, can I have these 4?" [23:16] "Have? " [23:16] * Jynaru shrugs. "I'll take the responsibility." [23:16] "Anybody else?" [23:16] "Go ahead." [23:17] "It is ledaal dominion lands." [23:17] "Just no killing, please." [23:17] * Jynaru looks at the 4. "Mind following me just a minute? I promise not to kill you if at all possible." [23:17] * Nika is circeling overhead close enough to hear [23:17] "He's good for his word." [23:17] they look at jynaru uncertainly [23:17] "I swear upon my lover's life." [23:18] ....... [23:18] "Come on now, lets move boys and girls." [23:18] * Jynaru sighs. "I swear upon my life and my blood that I won't kill you unless you try to escape or kill me. How's that?" [23:18] "I *mean* it, Jyn." [23:18] slowly they turn to jynaru and nod. [23:18] * Tabius starts shooing them off to the side and following Jynaru. [23:18] "And sorry, shak." [23:18] * Vanal picks up the blade and looks into its relfection "You did great out there." [23:19] -> -Vanal- :D [23:19] * Jynaru heads them off a short ways and disbelievingly explains the basics of charms, and for them to demonstrate any little tricks they picked up. [23:19] well, yea, they can do simple charms. [23:20] You discover .. well.. their anathemaic animas are in fact, very greenish... and in fact, you've seen the exact animas once before. [23:20] Do I remember where? [23:20] *crosses fingers not infernal* [23:20] * Tabius is standing a very small ways behind the anathema listening and watching. [23:20] Once before.. they are some of the anathemas that were at the battle for the pass.. yes, they are infernal. [23:21] Aw, bollocks [23:21] * Tabius gives a mental DAMN! [23:22] * Jynaru sighs. "Bad luck, ladies." [23:22] * Tabius silently pulls out his Adimant and regular blades. [23:22] "I realize the idea is that you redeem yourself. But we have a minor problem." [23:23] "What?" [23:23] one of them eyes Tabius uncertainly. [23:23] "Your little greenish glows? Marks of servants of the Yozis." [23:23] "YOZIS ?!" [23:23] * Vanal 's hand goes for the hilt of his blade [23:23] "But... we never..." [23:24] "So, here's the deal. Quick death. Help for your family." [23:24] "I'd love to see you redeem yourself, but having seen what the taint can do firsthand?" [23:24] "We realize, you have been duped." [23:25] "Into something that can not be reversed." [23:25] "Look.. I know what the texts say about the anathema.. but we didn't make any deals!" [23:25] "Aw, Hell." [23:25] "Isn't there another way?" [23:25] * Jynaru shakes his head. "It's not pretty. I think you'd prefer a more clean and honorable death than slowly degenerating into madness." [23:25] * Vanal sits down on eleanor's foot [23:25] "There has to be another way, guys." [23:25] * Tabius looks at them and their glowing anima's more closely to discern what exactly they are if there were no dels. [23:25] * Jynaru sighs. "INFERNALS. These are probably Fallen Tongue issue." [23:26] (*Deals) [23:26] deals? [23:26] they're all forsakens [23:26] "Unless you want me to slap essence-binding collars on them for the rest of their lives, it's not gonna happen." [23:27] (Barbarian) "Can't we just chuck them at Bloom ?" [23:27] "Give them some CHANCE at SOME redemption ?" [23:27] (Barbarian) "Tainted. Even less trustworthy than normal. Might not even have a choice at turning on us." [23:28] "Do you want to wake up in the night with 4 infernals at your throat?" [23:28] * Tabius waves a second with a blade, "They seem to be forsakens, erm Dawn Castes." [23:28] (Barbarian) "Why do they have to accompany us ?" [23:28] "I am not sure what he green stuff is though" [23:28] "You'd let them loose in the realm outside our purview?" [23:28] "Point." [23:29] * Tabius sheeths both blades and goes and pokes and prods at one to keep them distracted. [23:29] * Tabius tries to figure out what the green anima effect is, and if they really are infernal, since one said that they didn;t make any deals. [23:29] "I can do the collar thing and have Cicada monitor them until then. It'd still be better to kill them one by one and drop the crystalline encasement, though." [23:30] it just looks like their animas have been put through a green-filter [23:30] * Tabius is wondering what would cause that, being that Solar tend to have SUNlight looking Anima's. [23:30] (Barb) "I jsut can't see the infernals on the island doing the same thing that these did." [23:31] "Those were hardcore infernals, long and practiced in their degeneration. These have the same potential, but it is not yet realized." [23:31] "Think, man. There is an entire island of those things that has been loosed." [23:31] "We can't let them form up and keep re-incarnating." [23:32] "I know, I know." [23:32] * Vanal pounds his fist into eleanor's armor plated foot [23:32] "DAMMIT !" [23:32] * Jynaru swaps back into Realm. [23:32] "We can bind your essence down for a time." [23:33] "You will have to be monitored very carefully." [23:33] "What then? If the Order finds out what you are doing..." [23:33] "I saw a monk with you earlier." [23:33] "Then I have a plausible explanation." [23:34] "How do you think we keep the order from finding out?" [23:34] "They themselves have done experimentation on Anathema." [23:34] * Tabius heads off to talk to Tala. [23:34] [Unless Werlynn gets here Tala will never agree to it] [23:34] (*Basicly going to tell Tala that we are going to keep the Anathema bound and stuff till we can encase them and put them somewhere safe for the rest of eternity [23:35] [well that's better] [23:35] "Honestly, it is likely preferable for you to die here and now. You possess the shards of anathema who spend hundreds of years in service to the yozis." [23:35] "But if you are hell-bound... pardon the word choice... on trying to stave off madness, that's your choice." [23:37] "I'm not going to sit around and wait to die!" yells one furiously, seeing where this is going. "Don't try to convince us to kill ourselves with your fancy words! It won't work!" [23:37] * Jynaru shrugs. "I'd do it myself if it had happened to me." [23:37] "Would you really?" [23:38] [btw, the words have been circulating around random anathema, it doesn't matter who, just so you realize that it isn't just one of them talking?" [23:38] "Yes. If it was a choice between that and slowly turning into a monster, I'd take the death." [23:39] "You only have a choice between deaths. Even the other Anathema hunt those such as yourselves. And you would have to escape the Realm first. This way, you not only stand a chance at personal redemption, but sealing off the tainted shard." [23:39] * Tabius comes back and smiles at the group, "I think I might have a solution if anybody is interested?" [23:40] "Yes ! Please !" [23:40] * Jynaru looks to tabius, hoping he won't have to chase these 4 down. [23:40] "Well I know of a method in which we can freeze time for you four as it were so that you don't go mad. [23:40] "While we get into position for you to redeem yourselves." [23:41] "Sound good enough for you?" [23:41] "What do you mean by "Redeem" ourselves? You can remove the taint?" [23:42] "If a way exists, we'll find it." [23:43] "I am a master of the Occult, yes I think there might be a way, we just have to set it up, which could take a long time, but we can't have you go crazy on anybody during the mean time [23:43] "For how long?" [23:44] "We have families too, you know," another says, crossing her arms around her. [23:44] "That depends on how long it takes to set it up, it can't be that long we have a mission to complete" [23:45] "And they will be taken care of. Or would you rather have them hear of your taint or go home to them and slaughter them in their sleep?" [23:45] She sighs, and leans back. [23:45] "And our men?" [23:45] "We are not unsympathetic to your plight you see, we have seen one of our own eaten by demons before.: [23:46] "Unfortunately then I didn't have the ability to do back then what I can for you know." [23:46] "Your men, *I* will provide for." [23:46] Her eyes narrow, uncertainly as she watches Tabius. The others seem resigned to it, but she doesn't... [23:47] "I don't pretend to know much of the occult, but the military, that I *do* know...and I have the pull to make SURE they're taken care of." [23:47] * Jynaru shrugs. "Lady? Take this offer. It's a possibility. A rare one, but possible." [23:47] * Tabius looks at the Infermal woman and pulls her surface thoughts/fears/arguments open so he can work it out with her. [23:47] everyone roll presence + social (your choice) [23:47] "I had one of the infernals try to graft an infernal shard into me. If it can be put in, it can be taken out. You just have to live that long." [23:47] roll it tabius [23:48] !ex 11 [23:48] * *Tabius (11)* 5, 8, 1, 9, 8, 4, 7, 6, 5, 7, 8, Successes : 6 [23:48] !ex 6 [23:48] (Cha or man or what.... or just presence or just Socalize? [23:48] * *Jynaru (6)* 5, 3, 5, 1, 5, 9, Successes : 1 [23:48] !ex 4 [23:48] * *Nika (4)* 4, 6, 8, 10, Successes : 3 [23:48] cha/man/app [23:49] you can use presence or socialize [23:49] !ex 8 [23:49] !ex 9 [23:49] * *Vanal (8)* 2, 2, 7, 1, 8, 3, 10, 4, Successes : 4 [23:49] * *Tabius (9)* 5, 3, 3, 8, 3, 3, 2, 5, 5, Successes : 1 [23:49] (*Damn I want my exa back..... :-P [23:49] !ex 6 [23:49] !ex 6 [23:49] !ex 6 [23:49] !ex 8 [23:49] * *Storyteller (6)* 8, 9, 10, 1, 4, 10, Successes : 6 [23:49] * *Storyteller (6)* 8, 8, 10, 4, 4, 7, Successes : 5 [23:49] * *Storyteller (6)* 7, 10, 4, 3, 8, 6, Successes : 4 [23:49] * Tabius points at the woman, "You seem to think that Tongue was something special? [23:49] * *Storyteller (8)* 10, 6, 4, 1, 7, 8, 9, 6, Successes : 5 [23:50] She frowns suddenly. [23:50] "What?" [23:50] "I can tell you from my many years of studies that one is like them all." [23:50] * Jynaru tenses slightly. [23:50] "Everything is different." [23:50] * Vanal stands up [23:51] "And the illusions that you might have that it was a pleasant or nice experience have been planted there. [23:51] "Its the way they work. Tei, my good friend was taken in just that way. You must fight those thoughts." [23:51] "Fight them with everything you have or you will betray anything and everything that you hold dear." [23:52] "What makes it any less real than anything you say?" She frowns suddenly, something pulling lower on her features, her entire face seeming to sag downwards [23:53] "Nothing, you have to trust us. Look, we behaved honorably, we are taking in and taking care of the men. We have not killed you. [23:53] "The Dragons help us we are HELPING ANATHEMA!" [23:53] "Why in the world would we do something like that unless we cared, unless what we had to say was REAL>" [23:54] "THAT is part of what makes your story so unbelievable.... I think what you'll do is wait until you've cast your spell on us.. and then kill us while we're so enchanted." [23:54] The rest of them seem as if they'll take your bargin.. [23:54] "We could kill you now, we could have killed you earlier, we want to help you, to thwart the demons." [23:54] "It freezes you in time. You can't be hurt like that." [23:55] * Tabius looks to Jynaru and points at the three that are willing with his eyes for him to take them away to the ship. [23:55] "If Vanal jumped on you with a warstrider, nothing would happen. No time passes, nothing changes." [23:55] "And for what it's worth. I won't be stomping on you with eleanor." [23:55] * Vanal pats the strider's foot affectionetly [23:55] they look at each other, and then at you all [23:55] !ex 7 [23:55] !ex 7 [23:55] !ex 7 [23:55] !ex 7 [23:56] * *Storyteller (7)* 5, 7, 6, 10, 1, 6, 7, Successes : 4 [23:56] * *Storyteller (7)* 10, 1, 10, 8, 4, 4, 7, Successes : 6 [23:56] * *Storyteller (7)* 2, 9, 1, 8, 5, 3, 3, Successes : 2 [23:56] * *Storyteller (7)* 1, 4, 3, 7, 1, 10, 10, Successes : 5 [23:57] "Fine.... you'd better hurry, though. I don't like the way that monk looked at me...." the angry one says, still leaining unhelpfully against the tree [23:58] "And for what it's worth...I'm sorry." [23:58] * *Annoyed_Anathema* looks away [23:58] "It will take a day or so to get everything ready. We will commonder the merchant for the enchantment." [23:59] and so you do.. [00:00] two weeks of boating and one week of marching later you arrive from the southeast. [00:02] Off in the distance, there is a shimmering building that seems almost as if it is floating, mists from the waterfall partially obscuring your view. [00:03] They swirl about it in an endless dance, and those with keen eyes notice how the rainbows not only spread from there but within the manse, leaving shimmering towers of glass illuminated. [00:04] (*Mr ST, could you allow Vanal to spend some time with Shack in the Spirit Sanctuary, Tabs would catch up to the boat with the Cloud?*) [00:04] sure.... [00:04] * Vanal shoves his hands in his coat pockets...the dark gray leather coat he obtaine don the island...which he has developped a very bizarre appreciation of [00:04] (Spirit...Sanctuary ?) [00:04] (*WOOOOT*) [00:04] (*Will explain OOC) [00:05] the mysterious statues are in the caravan, covered with tarps and surrounded by inconspicuous barrels of water. [00:05] * Jynaru smiles, and indicates the building. "That's home, gentlemen. Sadly, it only looks like it flies from here. That's why we went this way." [00:05] * Nika 's eyes gleam like a childs on empire day as he envisions darting and soaring through the billowing mists, and diving straight down parrelel to a rushing waterfall [00:06] In time, the caravan pulls into a kind of courtyard near the manse, as close as any sane man would dare to get without being forcebily coerced by hostile magics [00:07] * Jynaru smiles. "Now, you're probably going to need a map." [00:08] "Almost all of the corridors are either mirrored in or glassed, and with the layut of the manse, it's fairly confusing." [00:08] * Jynaru produces said maps and hands them out. [00:09] "Luckily, the personal rooms avoid that sort of treatment, so you won't be going too insane in them." [00:09] * Vanal nods ans chuckles [00:09] * Tabius gladly takes a map and starts studying the layout of the manse so he can figure it all out geomanticly [00:10] roll int + lore tabius! [00:10] !ex 8 +wp [00:10] * *Tabius (8+1)* 3, 8, 2, 4, 4, 7, 5, 3, Successes : 3 [00:10] * Nika crowds in to do the same [00:10] you too nika [00:10] (*Whines whines whines........ but where is my EXA! [00:11] !ex 7 [00:11] * *Nika (7)* 9, 6, 6, 5, 5, 6, 6, Successes : 1 [00:11] * Jynaru grabs one of the servants there to meet them and explains about the special cargo, hefting a particular box out of the wagon before nodding for them to lead them off. [00:11] neither of you manage to figure anything out. The manse is a mystery... best to just stick to your rooms. [00:12] "Basically, it's meant to replicate wind whistling through the trees. Personal rooms indicate the solid, non-airy parts, and thus aren't reflective/clear." [00:13] "The height duplicates the fact the wind at the top is often more intense than at the bottom, and the swirling mists just look nice." [00:13] Jynaru's rambling seems almost possessive, well you realize that he is, and it seems to continue on glowingly for several hours [00:14] * Jynaru leads them into the manse, hardly noticing the endless duplicates of the party and bizarre stretching of the corridors. [00:14] (Trick: have SOMETHING else to do. using your full attention just gets you lost.) [00:15] "Beyond showing off the mirrored maze training room, one last thing." [00:15] * Jynaru turns abruptly to the right, disappearing into a wall. [00:15] "'da HELL ?!" [00:15] * Tabius wonders how he gets himself into things like this. [00:16] * Jynaru waves an arm out, which seems odd floating in space. "Well, come on. The next part is sane." [00:16] "Riiiight." [00:16] * Vanal follows him in [00:16] Upon entering the particular hidden area, he's partly right. No insane optical effects. [00:16] the mirror is just an optical illusion... you feel a little disoriented but that is all as you appear in the next room. [00:16] "Well, beyond the vault." [00:17] "This is trippy. No one you smoked so much hashish" [00:17] "Two rules. Don't touch anything. And for Jylis's sake, don't touch anything." [00:17] "And other stuff." [00:17] "Wasn't planning on it." [00:18] "I must say, this is ingenius. Not even my home manse is this impressive, and it gave me the wonderous stone I carry upon my forehead." [00:18] * Jynaru wanders down the stairs, setting the sword aside and HAULING on a door, sheathed clearly in lead, which creaks. [00:20] "Yes impressive" [00:20] * Vanal looks at Nik "Oh...so they're to blame for that fashion crime, because *damn*...." [00:20] "I like it. Excellent way to learn to ignore sight." [00:20] Tala follow around in the midst of the party, arms folded in her robes, apparently already beginning to acclimate herself to the uncertainty. [00:20] * Jynaru finally gets it open, and heads inside the cramped area. Bizarre artifacts are stacked carefully, none touching any other, and the essence flows are snarled and tangled. Spending too much time examining them makes you slightly motion-sick. [00:21] * Vanal shoves his hands in his coat pockets again [00:21] roll WP! (don't botch) [00:21] everybody except jyn [00:21] !ex 7 [00:21] * *Vanal (7)* 7, 1, 9, 9, 7, 2, 6, Successes : 4 [00:22] * Jynaru brushes the dust off a shelf and sets the white jade blade down. "Basically, anything too strange or dangerous to be used gets put here until it can be dealt with. Like that suit of armor over there. Sentient, has a thing for fire elementals. That'd be nice, if it didn't like to romance them with you in it." [00:22] !ex 8 [00:22] * *Tabius (8)* 4, 3, 6, 4, 5, 3, 7, 9, Successes : 2 [00:22] !ex 8 [00:22] * *Nika (8)* 6, 2, 3, 8, 10, 9, 9, 7, Successes : 6 [00:22] "Lovely." [00:22] "Actually sounds fun." [00:23] "Haven't tried it myself. Sword over there has this thing about never healing wounds, still don't know what the fuck that flute is made of." [00:24] * Jynaru runs through a mental catalogue, and seems satisfied everything is in place. [00:24] "NEVER healing wounds....that is BAD." [00:24] "Why hasn't the worst of this stuff been destroyed ? [00:24] "Unless you never get wounded." [00:24] "They either don't know how, or the item is unstable." [00:24] "Tabius...all it takes would be one slip-up." [00:24] "Some of it is being prepared for re-issue." [00:25] "Evne *I* slip-up with a sword." [00:25] * Jynaru nods to the armor. "Beyond the sentience being a problem, it's perfectly good armor. Why waste it?" [00:25] "is there a written catalog, would make it easier to research them without actually spending time with them." [00:26] * Jynaru shrugs. "You'd have to clear it with the House. Most of it has been researched in one way or another, so getting access to the notes is hard." [00:26] * Jynaru leaps up and grabs a small binder off a shelf. [00:26] "My own personal notations are here, however. Basic catalog." [00:27] "I'd like to look them over, if you don't mind." [00:27] * Jynaru hands it to Nika. [00:27] "This is insane..." [00:27] it's even more insane when you see the twisted mural in the corner. It looks new. [00:28] * Nika leafs through the binder. skimming it for the most intiresting morsels [00:28] * Vanal peeks over Nika's shoulder, taking not eof what's in there too [00:29] * Jynaru takes a look at the mural for a moment, carefully setting it into view. [00:30] "I rather like this one." [00:30] "It exists in creation, the Wyld, and Elsewhere all at once. Makes the dimensions rather interesting." [00:30] [[oops.. one moment]] [00:30] "Dear god...I'm getting stick just looking at it." [00:31] "Nah. Check this out." [00:31] As jynaru approaches the mural an illusion shatters; he realizes in horror this is not the mural he thought it was! [00:32] * Jynaru shakes his head. "DAMMIT! I tell them every single time to drop the illusions or at least list them." [00:33] it's a scene of five dragons, one each of the elements, fighting each other over a scene of intense decadence and plunder. Each of the dragons seem to have a human face, which you cannot see.. however, only one of the faces, that of the fire aspected one can be seen. [00:33] the image seems to slowly be changing, almost imperceptably so, and you're not really sure how. [00:33] * Tabius looks at Vanal and then at the face on the mural. [00:34] "Of course, I always wondered how you'd illusionify that one..." [00:34] roll per + awe [00:34] !ex 7 [00:34] * *Vanal (7)* 5, 9, 4, 8, 9, 5, 1, Successes : 3 [00:34] tabius? [00:34] !ex 11 [00:34] * *Tabius (11)* 8, 8, 4, 8, 7, 3, 4, 6, 5, 2, 7, Successes : 5 [00:35] !ex 6 [00:35] none of you have ever seen that person before.. however, it's clearly a woman. [00:35] * *Jynaru (6)* 5, 5, 4, 9, 9, 2, Successes : 2 [00:36] "Nika? Can you sketch that?" [00:36] "Should be some pages left in the back." [00:36] * Tabius commits it to memory right here and now. [00:36] * Jynaru mutters to himself, running through a quick description and list of features to commit it to memory. [00:37] * Nika does so [00:37] * Jynaru nods and turns around. "Shall we go before anything else unexpected happens?" [00:38] "I'd like to show Nika and Tabius the final results of our program." [00:39] "Go right ahead." [00:39] "OK" [00:39] * Jynaru ushers them out, managing to slam the door. "Basically, it's been found you can combine artifacts." [00:39] * Jynaru leads them off, whereupon I'll ignore travel time. [00:40] "As in melded to become a new one with increased benefits or copies of the same benefits from individual items? [00:41] "Melded. That's part of the purpose. Many of those items have flaws so strong as to be unuseable." [00:42] * Jynaru opens a door, where a very large bow sits. It's of an odd design, a twisted quadruple helix in continous motion, strands of respectively white and black jade formed of dragons forever eating the nexts tail, with a core of moonsilver. [00:42] "With the proper construction, even things like the portable Wyld Zone attached to the moonsilver bow in the center can be dealt with." [00:43] "My normal powerbow has a very small within it, as it's the prototype." [00:43] (small artifact.) [00:44] "Anyway, beyond having to attune that monstrosity soon, I'm done with show and tell." [00:45] The moonsilver bow is currently imbedded in a frame of phoenix feathers; also there is a very big sign in old realm nearby that basically says DO NOT TOUCH! [00:45] "an intiresting and unusual place, but then you should see grandmamas basement." [00:45] * Jynaru laughs. "Maybe I'll get the chance sometime." [00:46] * Tabius just walks around looking at the bow from a few different angles and taking some mental notes. [00:46] the bow is very mysterious.. but there really isn't much to do with it right now. [00:48] "I figure taking that into battle with bloom should tilt the odds in our favor." [00:48] "If nothing else, I can break it and throw it at him." [00:48] "Maybe you will. It's only fare you see my manse, now that you've shown this one." [00:49] "Now, to the garden, if you don't mind?" [00:49] "They'll set you up with rooms and whatever other things you might need. [00:49] * Tabius mutters something about "Exceptional" and then doesn't bother with it anymore. [00:51] When you arrive at the garden a simple woman in a white shift is pouring tea into several cups around a polished mahagony round table from an elaborate china teakettle, smiling gently and bowing to jynaru as you enter, then slowly walking out the side door. [00:53] * Jynaru nods back, mind halfway elsewhere. [00:53] the garden is full of mysterious plants; you wonder if it needs a huge "Do not breathe the pollen" sign. [00:54] "Don't worry too much about these. They're just first age issue. No extinct almost everywhere else." [00:54] "Taste bad, and attract some odd bugs, but nothing poisonous." [00:55] "Odd bugs?" [00:55] "tastes bad?" [00:55] "Yeah. A couple produce fruit. And bees really shouldn't be purple and orange." [00:57] * Jynaru takes a seat and leans back, surveying the plants. "Though I've got to admit the one that produces the spiky fruit has some great side effects. Stay awake for days." [00:57] * Vanal (~ltermac@HSE-QuebecCity-ppp3496593.sympatico.ca) Quit (Quit: "I'm pissed so you don't have to be. I'm your Anger Shaman."- Henry Rollins) [00:57] * Tabius takes a seat and finaly tries to relax a little bit after months of having to be on his toes. [00:58] "The tea, however, is good old fashioned normal tea. A little bit of sugar to sweeten it is all." [00:58] the now NPC'd PCs take Jynaru's example and sit down at the table, siping tastefully at the tea. Cicada nods simply and the rest join in. [00:58] "Hmmm, I once had an orange tree in the garden that suddenly started sprouting rubies the size of my fist, only problem was they exploded a random number of minutes after they were picked. We're not sure WHAT happened that week, but the labs and ritual chamber was exorcised, just in case." [00:59] * Jynaru laughs. "Sounds entertaining. Have to replace the tree?" [01:00] "No, but it's fruit still tastes funny from time to time." [01:00] "Facinating. The only interesting things that happen to me is when I am with you guys.: [01:01] "Luckily, this is something less attributable to wild essence. Beyond the vault, everything here is fairly standard. The mirrors and glass are mildly magical, to keep clean." [01:01] "The plants are just old. I found some seeds sealed away in a tomb I chased an anathema into." [01:01] "our manse is nothing so grandiose. at least on the surface." [01:02] As jynaru starts to explain in detail, you suddenly feel like you are being watched. Turning to look, you see a familiar woman standing just inside the arch that gives entrance to the garden behind you. [01:02] * Tabius sits and chats for hours before retiring to his room and sleeping for a day straight. [01:02] * Jynaru wonders what the familiarity is, and tries to place her... [01:02] She smiles gently and nods to all of you; you recognize her as one of the topswoman from the ship [01:03] "Jynaru, are you free?" [01:03] * Nika launches into a brief description of the manse that I will type up and post somewhere else some other time [01:03] "Of course." [01:03] * Tabius (~web-Guest@ip68-108-128-145.lv.lv.cox.net) Quit (Quit: Leaving) [01:03] * Jynaru smiles regretfully and bows to the group. "I'll see you tomorrow." [01:04] She smiles gently and leads Jynaru off further into the manse.... [01:04] * Jynaru has been abducted by sidereals! Run, run for your lives! [01:05] Or don't. You'll just be tired when they get you. *sobs* [01:06] * Jynaru speaks to her softly, using the echoes of this particular passage to cover his words. "Well? What could be so important as to get me now?" [01:07] You are lead through the maze of mirrors and the hallway of crying ghosts to the chamber of secrets, where you are certain your doom awaits for you. The door opens, and you see your formal mentor there, alongside several others whom you realize that, until now, you have only known by name. Innocent Cub Sister smiles as she ignores your question and waks in ahead of you, holding the door open to on [01:07] e side for you to en [01:07] te [01:07] * Jynaru doesn't like the looks of this, but enters anyway. [01:08] as you approach the center of the room, you hear another arrival behind you. The sidereals look aside from you, to behind you....! somebody has averted your doom! [01:08] * Jynaru blinks, feeling the weight shift off his shoulders and daring to see who might be the new target of the doom. [01:09] <*Sanyet*> "Who are you, and what the hell do you think you're doing." [01:10] * Jynaru experiences the uncomfortable feelng of wishing to strangle Sanyet, Cicada, and imself all at the same time. [01:11] <*Nightengale_Cries_At_Noon*> "You're not supposed to be here, Yesterday-Dreaming Pensole, you're not ready to join us yet." [01:11] <*Sanyet*> "I'm sick of your games." [01:11] <*Sanyet*> "It's off. I'm not working with you anymore." [01:12] * Jynaru shakes his head. "Sanyet? Do you realize how bad of an idea it is to say that sort of thing when they're RIGHT THERE?" [01:13] <*Ubiquitous_Flying_Squirrel*> "You have no choice in the matter, either join us, or join lethe." [01:13] * *Innocent_Cub_Sister* silences Jynaru with but a glance, right after, "bad of an idea" [01:13] * Jynaru loosens up, seemingly resigned to this. [01:14] <*Sanyet*> "I don't believe you will. I've done what you ask. If you kill me now, you only risk dealing with my next incarnation sooner." [01:15] <*Rapracious_Discoverer_of_Knowledge*> "Perhaps. But this is not the time, place, or wa..." [01:15] <*Sanyet*> "Screw your ways, It's all off. Leave me alone. I want no place in your plans for the Empress." [01:16] <*Innocent_Cub_Sister*> "Sanyet... go back to Cicada. We won't bother you any more." [01:17] * *Sanyet* laughs and turns back to the garden. Innocent Cub Sister closes the door behind you, with a click, and a snap of a lock following soon after. [01:17] there's an empty chair to your right [01:18] * Jynaru quirks an eyebrow as he sits, basically asking WTF. [01:19] Nightengale_Cries_At_Noon, superficially at least the most senior of the group, steeples his fingers at you, giving you the "Gods, he still doesn't know his place" look. It takes a moment to realize it's directed at you. [01:20] * Jynaru is rather less worried than he once was about this. [01:20] * Nika (manxcat@wv-mltn-ubr-c-024-159-089-167.charterwv.net) Quit (Quit: ) [01:21] <*Ubiquitous_Flying_Squirrel*> "Three months after you dissapeared, one of Innocent Cub Sister's doubles was abducted by Red Bloom, tortured, interrogated, and is now currently happily bearing his child inside this very manse." [01:21] * Jynaru winces. [01:22] "Sort of expected that was his idea." [01:23] <*Rhapsody_Of_The_Black_Doves*> looks at you expectantly, her reddish-brown skin gleaming by the light of the several fireplaces in each corner of the room. [01:24] "I had hoped he'd either walk into a trap or fail, but apparently my bliss-addled mind didn't confuse the name enough." [01:24] <*Rhapsody_Of_The_Black_Doves*> "Are you aware of what happened to Islesi Romera?" [01:25] "I'm aware he got killed. Wasn't sure of the particulars." [01:25] "Being in the river for so long made it hard to identify any exact cause of death." [01:26] <*Rapracious_Discoverer_of_Knowledge*> "You've made a very dangerous enemy, Jynaru, and there is nothing we will do about it." [01:27] * Jynaru shrugs. "To be expected." [01:28] * *Innocent* Cub Sister looks at you longingly, then looks away shyly. [01:28] <*ICS*> "We want to help you, Jynaru, but it's too late for that." [01:29] "Too late? We haven't even found him again." [01:29] "We being the brotherhood." [01:30] <*Howling_Great_Owl*> "The events on the Island did not go as expected." [01:30] "There was a fetich there. They seem to complicate things." [01:31] <*Rhapsody_Of_The_Black_Doves*> "That was not the cause of the error. A impossibility occured. There was an outside influence, besides that of the Fetich. [01:32] "Impossibility?" [01:32] <*Innocent_Cub_Sister*> "Something went wrong, Jynaru. Something we can't see; not of death, life, demons... something else entirely." [01:33] "That can't be good." [01:33] <*Ubiquitous_Flying_Squirrel*> "Tell us about the Tepet." [01:33] * Jynaru blinks. "Tepet?" [01:34] *unblinking staring* [01:34] "There wasn't any Tepet on the island." [01:34] the sidereals are not fooled! [01:35] "What about her?" [01:35] <*Ubiquitous_Flying_Squirrel*> "You, Tell us." [01:36] * Jynaru shrugs uncomfortably. "Well, she got a bunch of outdated intelligence information. I made her a vase. Uh...." [01:36] "Had some sort of sense-altering charm." [01:37] "Still doesn't like boats." [01:37] * Storyteller Nightengale_Cries_At_Noon "That is not important now." [01:38] <*Innocent_Cub_Sister*> "Stand up." [01:38] * Jynaru does so. [01:39] * *Rhapsody_Of_The_Black_Doves* stands up and walks over to Jynaru, putting her hand inside his shirt. [01:39] * Jynaru tries not to move. [01:40] You don't feel anything... but when she is done, she holds a small, starmetal ring in her hand. with a single, fluid motion she throws it into one of the fireplaces. [01:40] * Jynaru is now less sure than ever. [01:41] A sudden explosion rocks the room, as the flames spout wildly up the chimney with an eerie green, golden, and blue glow. [01:41] * Jynaru blinks, and speaks mildly. "Would someone please explain to me what the hell is going on?" [01:41] <*Storyteller*> Nightengale_Cries_At_Noon "The Prophecy has changed" he says resignedly to the rest of the group, they all nod. [01:42] * *Innocent_Cub_Sister* swings the door behind you open with a loud creak. [01:42] "Oh, no. No, you are NOT." [01:42] * *Rhapsody_Of_The_Black_Doves* turns and sits back in her chair, all staring at you blankly. [01:43] "I have been walking blindly through dragonscursed hell for you people." [01:44] "I fought a freaking First Age Solar, Infernals, found out I had a damn shard, tried to deal with Sanyet. I even drug that bloody ring all the way back from the island." [01:45] "Now, I'm told I'm not going to get help, and I don't even know WHY the bastard has such a hate on for me, or how I managed to kill his wife, I know almost nothing it didn't before." [01:45] "15 confirmed solo kills. Thrice that number in concerted action. What the hell does it take to get answers?" [01:47] the sidereals remain silent. [01:47] * Jynaru glares at them. [01:48] "You know what? I'm confused as hell. As far as I can see, you're doing even less than the damned solar rulers on the island." [01:50] they do a lot less than that, to your eyes. [01:50] * L_Jynaru (Fiat@dialup-67.30.192.72.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net) has joined #pvpexaltedrp [01:50] [02:48] "You know what? I'm confused as hell. As far as I can see, you're doing even less than the damned solar rulers on the island." [01:50] [02:48] "I so want to believe as much as I used to you were always right. But you're giving me fucking nothing and asking me to turn it into something." [01:51] "You know what? I'm confused as hell. As far as I can see, you're doing even less than the damned solar rulers on the island." [01:51] they do a lot less than that, to your eyes. [01:52] "Wait, it's less. I've been doing what I'm told to the best of my abilities, and it's bringing me hell. I don't know why I'm doing these things, I don't know who I'm doing it for anymore, not Cub, not Kylara, not the brotherhood, not the empress, I can't trust a damn thing anymore." [01:52] * Jynaru (Fiat@dialup-209.246.187.64.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net) Quit (Ping timeout) [01:52] the confidence of ages is against you [01:52] "And by SEXTES it's time for some answers. I have more than had it with the silent treatment." [01:53] * L_Jynaru begins to seriously consider just throwing the chair at one of them to see them react. [01:54] "Oh, don't worry. I can wait." [01:54] "I've got all the time in the world." [01:55] * *Innocent_Cub_Sister* walks foward behind you and lies her head consolingly on your shoulder [01:58] * L_Jynaru closes his eyes. [01:58] "Just one. Just one question. Give me something to believe in." [01:58] "Please." [02:01] * L_Jynaru waits a while, hardly daring to move. [02:01] "You stopped looking at the stars, jynaru. Now you're stuck, down to earth... And we are not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to make you understand." [02:03] * L_Jynaru laughs bitterly. "I'm not one of you. I never can be. And the longer I tried, the more it tore me apart. What did you expect?" [02:05] "We expect you to play your role in creation. Without understanding. Without foreknowledge. Without garuntees." [02:05] * L_Jynaru smiles sadly. "The one thing I can't do anymore." [02:10] "Then goodbye." [02:11] * L_Jynaru turns to go. "Oh, I'll be back. If there's one thing all this has taught me, it's to believe in second chances." [02:12] the fire, at least, sputters and crackles [02:13] * L_Jynaru steps out into the hallway, trying not to look. [02:13] <*Innocent_Cub_Sister*> "Jynaru..." [02:14] * L_Jynaru flinches. Dammit, why. why her? [02:14] "Yes?" [02:15] "Cherak. Go to Cherak. Three miles southeast, among a hill and sheep and a lamb giving birth." [02:16] * L_Jynaru commits that line to memory. [02:17] you leave, but you'll be damned if you can find your way back. [02:18] * Storyteller ends it there. [02:18] * L_Jynaru checks to see if the others are put up properly, and collapses into bed. [02:19] * Storyteller is now known as GoldenH Session Close: Sun Jun 08 02:23:26 2003