Session Start: Sat Oct 25 19:49:50 2003 Session Ident: #pvpexaltedrp [19:49] * Now talking in #pvpexaltedrp [19:49] * ChanServ sets mode: +r [19:49] * ChanServ changes topic to 'No game on account of naked homework. Exalted: Everest archery style. Catch the moon, go to hell. (Dark_Regent_Jyn) (GoldenH)' [19:49] -ChanServ- This channel has been registered with ChanServ. [19:49] * ChanServ sets mode: -o GoldenH [19:49] * Retrieving #pvpexaltedrp modes... [19:50] * GoldenH changes topic to '' [19:56] * Disconnected [20:01] * Attempting to rejoin channel #pvpexaltedrp [20:01] * Rejoined channel #pvpexaltedrp [20:01] * ChanServ sets mode: +r [20:01] * ChanServ changes topic to ' (GoldenH)' [20:01] * ChanServ sets mode: +o GoldenH [20:01] * GoldenH is now known as Storyteller [20:04] * Joins: Mayumi (Mayumi@62.79.91.108.adsl.gl.tiscali.dk) [20:04] * Mayumi is now known as Cicada [20:06] * Retrieving #pvpexaltedrp modes... [20:07] [Cicada] I am ready if you are. [20:08] [Storyteller] the etched design on the floor is glowing brightly, now.... the man who is posing as red bloom gives his mockup of Bloom's weapon a few trial swings, marvelling at the glittering contrails of essence that burst forth when he does so. [20:09] [Storyteller] Bloom's hand is on your thigh, and kissing you gently to pass the time [20:10] * Cicada is kissing Bloom back, nervous but safe in his arms. [20:10] [Storyteller] [are you waiting for some kind of signal?] [20:10] [Cicada] "Will... haah... it be much longer..?" [20:11] * Cicada listens to the battle outside. [20:11] [*Bloom*] He moves his mouth imperceptably away from yours... "Soon... they have almost found the entrance to the tower." [20:12] * Cicada nods, looking up at him with worship and need eveident in her eyes. [20:13] [Storyteller] "When they break through the sealed chamber, I want you to go to the other side of the room and wait under the tapestry there." [20:13] [Storyteller] "Once I've dealt with Jynaru, Vanal and Tabius will be no problem." [20:14] * Cicada nods. "Yes master. Whatever you require to be safe." [20:14] [Cicada] "What must I do?" [20:15] [Storyteller] "When Jynaru has fallen, take him away to the chamber on the second floor above this one... he will not awaken once you put him in that bed. Once you have done so, return to me here.. if you wish, I will give you one of the others to do as you will." [20:16] * Cicada faintly remembers Jynaru, something she wanted to do with him. But it is so distant here in the embrace of her love and life. [20:17] [Storyteller] He waits, expectantly. [20:18] * Cicada also recalls Tabius and some sort of need. But that too seems insignifiant here. Here at last she is free from all those outside concerns. [20:18] * Cicada feels a slight tinge down her spine, maybe from his pleasant touch or maybe some instinct waking up. Kissing her master gently she looks deep into his kind and hungry eyes. [20:19] * Cicada also spends 4 motes - Madness Analyzing Stare. [20:19] [Storyteller] Bloom kisses you back, but if there is anything other than vauge interest in his emotion, you are hard pressed to tell... [20:20] [Storyteller] hmm.. madness analyzing stare on bloom? [20:20] [Cicada] (hunger, sure. But for Cicada? Or for victory and his wife?) [20:20] [Cicada] (Yep) [20:21] [Storyteller] roll it! [20:21] [Cicada] (uhh.. lets see... Medicine + Perception, right?) [20:22] [Cicada] !ex 8 +wp [20:22] [Storyteller] Cicada (8), 3, 4, 5, 3, 8, 6, 2, 4, Successes : 2 [20:22] [Cicada] Ah well, enough to spot madness, if not their cause. [20:22] [Storyteller] indeed... [20:22] [Storyteller] well, there are a lot of effects that are *trying* to drive him insane [20:23] [Storyteller] most of them are failing, falling off of him like rain off a old trenchcoat [20:24] [Storyteller] and he's gone more than a little crazy on his own over the years, but it's to be expected when you get locked up all alone for centuries, see your wife murdered by dragon blooded, and have to get annoyed by young weakling dragon blooded in your plots for dominance [20:25] [Storyteller] "What are you looking at?" he asks quietly, his arm slipping up to around your waist [20:25] [Cicada] "A-at you master... I.." [20:26] [Cicada] "I love you. I love you more than life itself!" [20:27] [Storyteller] "I understand your love for me, Cicada, and I will honor you in return.." [20:27] * Cicada knows what she has to do. She must ease her master's pain, ease it to ease all the pain around them, the bloodshed, the war, the murder, all of it is in the pain here. Here is what she must heal. Then he can love her as much as she loves him, or maybe just find peace. Either is good with her. [20:27] * Cicada kisses him again, with more need and passion. [20:28] * Cicada also spends 6 motes and one WP. Bye, bye one insanity or other "influence". Say... the pain of loss of his wife? [20:28] [Storyteller] Storyteller (5), 8, 7, 10, 6, 10, Successes : 6 [20:28] [Storyteller] !ex 5 [20:29] [Storyteller] [rolled essence to simulate anti-mind altering effects] [20:30] [Cicada] (uhh.. no defense) [20:30] [Storyteller] [eh, trying rolling your own essence] [20:30] [Cicada] (unless they be *really* top class, I suppose) [20:30] [Cicada] !ex 3 [20:30] [Storyteller] Cicada (3), 4, 7, 6, Successes : 1 [20:30] [Storyteller] [indeed, he has some kind of charms going on, with all the sid effects and all that must be trying to kill him] [20:31] * *Bloom* pulls away sharply, looking at you with concern... [20:31] [*Bloom*] "What are you doing, Cicada?" [20:31] [Cicada] "Master... please!" [20:32] * Cicada tries to kiss him again. [20:32] [Storyteller] he lets you kiss him, still surprised [20:32] [Cicada] (Another try then) [20:32] [Storyteller] Storyteller (5), 10, 1, 2, 6, 4, Successes : 2 [20:32] [Storyteller] !ex 5 [20:32] [Storyteller] roll your essence [20:32] [Cicada] (1 point of peripheral spent) [20:33] [Cicada] !ex 8 (WP to add Compassion) [20:33] [Storyteller] Cicada (8), 9, 2, 3, 4, 10, 4, 1, 2, Successes : 3 [20:34] [Storyteller] it seems to work... his kissing is more intense, and he turns slightly, and you feel him pushing you up against the cold stone wall [20:35] * Cicada moans slightly, but recalls her purpose, she must save her master, Red Bloom, from the pain that is torturing him. [20:35] * Cicada keeps it up. Crystals of ice forming around the couple and creating rainbow sparkles in the light of the dying sun outside. [20:36] [Cicada] (if it is afternoon - evening, that is) [20:36] [Storyteller] yea, sounds about right. [20:36] [Cicada] (and the imagery is neat too :) [20:36] [Storyteller] yeap :) [20:36] * Storyteller will gie you a +2 stunt on this roll... what are you targeting this time? [20:37] * Cicada tries to ease deeper and deeper. His anger at Creation, at everything that hunts him for only being what he is. [20:38] [Cicada] (please tell if I get WP for Martyr nature. Not that he has begun tearing my heart out yet) [20:38] [Storyteller] hmm, he isn't mad at Creation so much as the Realm for ursuping what is rightfully his. [20:38] [Storyteller] (Well you aren't sacrificing yourself, yet) [20:38] [Cicada] (Cool, the anger is the target anyway) [20:39] [Storyteller] allright... [20:39] [Storyteller] Storyteller (5), 2, 10, 2, 4, 8, Successes : 3 [20:39] [Storyteller] !ex 5 [20:39] [Cicada] !ex 8 (WP for Compassion again) [20:39] [Storyteller] Cicada (8), 4, 4, 3, 1, 3, 1, 5, 5, Successes : 0, Botch [20:39] [Cicada] That is not possible... [20:40] [Cicada] GH, what have you done to your dice roller? [20:40] [Storyteller] uhoh. [20:40] [Storyteller] No, I didn't do anything. [20:40] [Storyteller] anyhow, you get a point for Martyr and fade to black [20:41] [Cicada] Aww... no going berserk and hurting poor Cic for just trying to help, thus getting his own oath curse on himself? :) [20:42] [Storyteller] well, I could have made it be a failure botch, but it's much more fun to be a twisted success. [20:42] [Cicada] Uh oh... [20:42] [Storyteller] you got enough 1's to succeed, and he knows its you and now hes "thanking" you for helping him see the light. [20:43] * Cicada gets any chance to cure more? [20:43] [Storyteller] roll temperence [20:43] [Cicada] !ex 2 [20:43] [Storyteller] Cicada (2), 6, 5, Successes : 0 [20:43] [Cicada] No. [20:44] [Storyteller] oh well, we all have our bad days [20:44] [Cicada] No really... [20:44] * Storyteller gives you a cookie? [20:44] * Storyteller sets mode: -l [20:44] [Cicada] Of all the idiot times to roll badly. [20:44] [Cicada] First damn time too. [20:44] [Storyteller] yea [20:45] [Storyteller] dice finally realized they were being nice to you, I guess. [20:45] [Cicada] Well, at least it was not a Performance roll. [20:45] [Storyteller] heh [20:47] [Storyteller] stupid BM i told him not to run his game during mine [20:48] * Joins: Kiros (~...@AC9B5257.ipt.aol.com) [20:51] [Cicada] Argh! [20:51] [Cicada] I forgot the stunt dice! [20:51] [Cicada] !ex 2 [20:51] [Storyteller] Cicada (2), 9, 1, Successes : 1 [20:51] [Storyteller] heh [20:51] [Storyteller] Storyteller (2), 4, 7, Successes : 1 [20:51] [Storyteller] !ex 2 [20:51] [Storyteller] mmmmm.... [20:51] [Storyteller] so do you want to not have botched? [20:51] [Cicada] But, let me guess, you are not going to accept that, right? [20:51] [Storyteller] eh [20:52] [Storyteller] Storyteller (2), 6, 10, Successes : 2 [20:52] [Storyteller] !ex 2 [20:52] [Storyteller] it seems to be liking you again [20:52] [Storyteller] Storyteller (2), 3, 10, Successes : 2 [20:52] [Storyteller] !ex 2 [20:52] [Storyteller] Storyteller (2), 2, 4, Successes : 0 [20:52] [Storyteller] !ex 2 [20:52] [Cicada] Huh? [20:52] [Storyteller] you can *not* botch [20:52] [Storyteller] but he *will* know exactly what you tried to do. [20:52] [Storyteller] and it will fail [20:52] [Cicada] So? [20:52] [Storyteller] so would you rather that or botch? [20:52] [Cicada] Who said being a Martyr is easy? [20:53] [Storyteller] the cookie monster [20:54] [Cicada] And yes, I will rather have that. Entertaining though I am sure the botch would be, then I like a standard failure better. [20:54] [Storyteller] heh ok [20:55] * Cicada still has the oath curse card to play. [20:55] [Cicada] Even if it kills her. [20:55] * *Bloom* pulls forcefully out of the kiss, a splatter of spit flying through the air as he looks at you openmouthed with surprise [20:55] [*Bloom*] "Stop that!" [20:55] [Cicada] "Wha.. but, my master.. I must." [20:56] [Cicada] "It cannot go on! Please let me. I beg you!" [20:56] [Cicada] "I can save everything. I can save you!" [20:56] [Storyteller] "This has to happen, Cicada. The Realm is corrupt! It is time to end it, here. There is nothing anyone can do to stop it." [20:57] [Cicada] "Yes, my master, it is. But hatred will never cure it. Please let me heal your wounds..." [20:57] * Joins: Tabius (~web-Guest@ip68-108-128-174.lv.lv.cox.net) [20:57] * Joins: Vanal (~ltermac@HSE-QuebecCity-ppp3496826.sympatico.ca) [20:57] [Storyteller] "I will let you heal my wounds when the cancer that caused them has been ripped out and is lying dead on the floor under my heel." [20:58] * Cicada again leans forward to place a desperate kiss on his lips, her eyes desperate with need." [20:59] * *Bloom* spins around, pulling you off the wall as he is framed in the light of the descending sun [20:59] [Storyteller] Storyteller (11), 10, 5, 10, 6, 6, 2, 4, 3, 6, 8, 8, Successes : 6 [20:59] [Storyteller] !ex 11 [20:59] [Storyteller] (Dex + Ma attack!) [20:59] [Storyteller] (he dodges) [21:00] [Cicada] (Huh? I have to attack?) [21:00] [Storyteller] (it's a kiss attack) [21:00] [Cicada] !ex 13 (WP to add Compassion) [21:00] [Storyteller] Cicada (13), 3, 1, 8, 7, 8, 3, 4, 10, 10, 3, 6, 4, 6, Successes : 7 [21:01] * Joins: Jynaru (Fiat@dialup-67.30.254.229.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net) [21:01] [Storyteller] your lips meet his as he comes to a stop, eyes wide as you press against him softly.... [21:02] [Storyteller] now what? [21:03] * Cicada presses her full body weight against Bloom, pinning him against the window behind him. Tears form in her eyes as displays of lightning begins to lift her hair into an angelic halo around her face. She kisses him with an intense, yet gentle, passion to try and lift another ounze of weight from his broad shoulders. [21:03] [Storyteller] no roll... [21:04] [Cicada] (Well, the same as before, I suppose) [21:04] [Cicada] (oh, autofailure or auto success?) [21:04] [Storyteller] autosux [21:04] [Cicada] (Cool) [21:04] [Cicada] (any stunt, for my ever decreasing WP level?) [21:05] [Storyteller] no roll no stunt :p [21:06] [Storyteller] Storyteller (3), 5, 2, 10, Successes : 2 [21:06] [Storyteller] !ex 3 [21:06] [Cicada] (look! I just have to let YOU roll my Essence! Then the world will be saved!) [21:06] [Storyteller] Storyteller (5), 1, 1, 6, 6, 5, Successes : 0, Botch [21:06] [Storyteller] !ex 5 [21:06] [Cicada] (...) [21:06] [Storyteller] do you *really* want that to be your essence roll? [21:07] [Cicada] (The three dice, sure) [21:07] * Cicada has no steeeeenken' 5 in Essence. [21:07] [Storyteller] nahhh, that was his temperence. you woulda had a +2 stunt :) [21:07] [Storyteller] Storyteller (5), 4, 8, 4, 10, 4, Successes : 3 [21:07] [Storyteller] !ex 5 [21:07] [Storyteller] that's his essence [21:08] [Cicada] (my roll now?) [21:08] * *Bloom* relaxes to her ministrations, enjoying the subtle feeling of letting go [21:08] [Storyteller] allright, do you want to move this into private chat? [21:08] [Cicada] Sure. [21:08] [Storyteller] ok [21:09] [Vanal] *hums porn music* [21:09] [Jynaru] Rule one: It's always easier to kill them after someone has stolen all their mojo. [21:10] [Storyteller] Outside the invisible tower, Jynaru, Tabius, and Vanal are standing down the night-caste archer Rapunzel, who is about to leap up to the tower that the twilight sorceress Green Snow Blossom and Tala, Immaculate Monk-Dragon are dueling on. [21:10] * Vanal prods the dead golem with his strider's sword...making sure it's dead [21:10] [Vanal] "I think I got it." [21:10] [Storyteller] the golem is deaded [21:11] [Storyteller] it is cut up into several dozen pieces [21:11] [Storyteller] each one as big as a man [21:11] [Vanal] "Okay, he's down." [21:11] * Vanal stomps up to Jyn [21:11] [Vanal] *thud* [21:11] [Vanal] *thud* [21:11] * Jynaru is resting, counting arrows and trying to regain some precious motes of essence. "What's the score?" [21:11] [Vanal] *thud* [21:11] [Vanal] "One dead giant golem." [21:11] [Vanal] "I'll miss him." [21:11] * Tabius shouts a warning to Tala before the archerer can get there. [21:11] [Vanal] "I'll forever treasure the worm fuzzies that good ol' Stumpy gave me." [21:12] [Jynaru] "One unconscious traitor, one ex-wounded Solar who gets a head start." [21:12] [Vanal] (She just wants to pull the sorceror out and fade...no deadiness) [21:12] [Jynaru] "I think I'm in the lead." [21:12] [Vanal] "we can only hope." [21:12] [Tabius] (*Its still customary to warn ones allies of potential enemies approaching. [21:12] [Vanal] "But the game-winning goal is in that hidden tower." [21:13] [Vanal] "And Eleanor *can't* fit in there." [21:13] [Jynaru] "It's going to be your job to hit the bastard, though." [21:13] [Vanal] "Oh, joy..." [21:13] * Tabius starts concentrating on the air essence that is Cicada's Exalted self. He is close to her, very, having almost [21:13] [Storyteller] She leaps into the air, rings of golden essence trailing behind her in even intervals as she approaches the top of the tower at constant speed [21:13] * Tabius grown up with her in a very magical environment and taught her sorcery. [21:13] [Jynaru] "Hey, it'll be easy." [21:13] [Storyteller] Tabius, roll perception + occult [21:14] [Jynaru] "He'll be trying to turn me into an ex-Dynast at the time." [21:14] [Tabius] !ex 18 [21:14] [Storyteller] Tabius (18), 9, 4, 8, 5, 5, 2, 9, 1, 1, 9, 6, 7, 3, 5, 1, 6, 6, 8, Successes : 6 [21:14] [Vanal] "Right." [21:14] [Storyteller] she's to your left and up several dozen stories, tabius [21:14] [Storyteller] not that you can see anything.. but you're pretty sure she's there [21:15] * Jynaru draws a couple of arrows through the bow, winding up with long, silvery chains attached to them. [21:15] * Vanal cracks his neck in the confines of the armour [21:15] [Vanal] "This sucks..." [21:15] * Tabius Tabius points to where he things Cicada is and says, "The invisible Tower is over there, and so is Cicada. [21:15] [Vanal] "Right...so how do we make it visible ?" [21:16] [Jynaru] "Fifteen different poisons. 3 kinds of heads. Special custom arrows.... and only one punk to use them on... We need the entrance info from the archer bitch." [21:16] [Tabius] "I don't think that we do, but if we hit it enough with catepolts it might fall down?" [21:17] [Jynaru] "With Cicada inside? Willing to risk it?" [21:17] * Vanal sighs [21:17] * Jynaru picks up a fallen arrow, checks the length, and lazily zings it up to where the tower should be. [21:17] [Tabius] "She knew the dangers of going in the first place." [21:17] [Cicada] ("Hit me! Care not for my tiny life! Shoot! DO IT!") [21:17] * Vanal lits up a smoke [21:18] [Vanal] "the catapults need something to target..." [21:18] [Jynaru] "That's not what I worry about." [21:18] [Vanal] "they can't just shoot randomly...there's a lot of sky, and not so much tower." [21:18] [Tabius] "Well I could go shoot them then?" [21:18] [Vanal] "Plus...friendly fire." [21:18] * Jynaru watches the arrow carefully. "There has to be more than just invisibility to contend with." [21:19] [Jynaru] "We know where the fucking thing is, it is not as if seeing it matters. Why bother?" [21:19] [Tabius] "Then lets be off then to rescue the fair, if not virginal, lady." [21:19] [Vanal] "No, definetly not virginal." [21:19] * Vanal pauses for a moment [21:20] [Vanal] "Wait...am I the only guy here who hasn't boffed her ?" [21:20] [Tabius] (*Is the tower still attached to the castle or free floating?" [21:20] * Jynaru dusts himself off, sighing. "I haven't boffed her. The army hasn't boffed her. I think." [21:20] [Storyteller] still attached, you can walk up to it and punch it if you like [21:20] [Jynaru] Did the arrow disappear? [21:20] [Vanal] "Ah, right..." [21:20] [Jynaru] Or is it floating in midair stuck in the tower? [21:20] * Vanal feels his moment of pride disappear [21:20] [Storyteller] it's stuck in the tower! [21:21] [Tabius] "We just have the catepolts aim a little to the left of this wall section and they will hit it, no? [21:21] * Jynaru finds a flare arrow. "Want me to tag the tower two or three times?" [21:21] [Vanal] "Tag it..." [21:21] [Vanal] "And I'll get another strike." [21:22] [Vanal] (Ah, primitive artillery spotters, we rule) [21:22] [Tabius] "Hrmmm, total destruction or dairing rescue raid......so many tough choices." [21:22] * Jynaru gathers them up, sweeping them in an arc across where the tower is, leaving a line of burning green across it. [21:22] [Jynaru] "Knock down one side, damage it. [21:22] [Jynaru] " [21:22] [Storyteller] Everywhere you can see the remains of Bloom's army going into hiding in the depths of the castle [21:22] [Jynaru] "Shortcut the way in, skipping the nasty traps and shit Bloom has at the bottom." [21:22] [Vanal] "Right." [21:23] [Vanal] "LKess debate, more smash." [21:23] [Tabius] "Excellent........" says Tabius as he arches his finger tips to touch one hand to the other. [21:23] [Vanal] "Mark it, and we make like knights in shining armour." [21:23] [Jynaru] (It's marked.) [21:23] * Vanal nods...and gets a runner to tell the arty to shoot at the marked position [21:24] [Jynaru] "You know, I'll miss this when I become a socialite." [21:24] [Jynaru] "As far as I know, if I'm insulted at a party, I cannot hunt the offender down and tear him limb from limb with an army at my back." [21:24] [Tabius] "Socialite, damn man, you wont be able to keep away from the subtle give of flesh under a blade, the sickening sift of tisue as an arrow slices through it. [21:25] [Storyteller] the catapults squeek as the mortals pull them, dragon blooded directing their aim... [21:25] [Vanal] "We might wanna stand clear." [21:25] [Vanal] "and Jyn ?" [21:25] * Tabius gets a fair distance away from the tower before it gets smacked hard. [21:25] [Vanal] "You're as much a socialite as I am a bureaucrat." [21:25] * Vanal backs away [21:25] [Jynaru] me hops up to Vanal's shoulder. [21:26] [Jynaru] "Ok, so I'll be a bad socialite. Maybe it'll give me an excuse to get drunk and beat the fuck out of snobby Mnemons." [21:26] [Storyteller] the catapults strain themselves, waiting for vanals orders.... [21:26] [Vanal] "FIRE !" [21:26] [Vanal] "Oh, do me a favour ?" [21:26] [Vanal] "There's this Sesus guy...Lahor." [21:27] [Vanal] "Kneecap him for me." [21:27] * Jynaru drags a flask out of the quiver, sipping it and whistling a little tune, cleaning fingernails with an arrowhead. "Will do." [21:27] [Vanal] "Rat-bastard was badmouthing the legions, saying that his private house troops were 'real soldiers'" [21:27] [Tabius] "Oh, what did bumbleshmuck do this time?" [21:27] [Vanal] "I left out that little cluster-fuck of an escape he dragged them up to up north." [21:28] [Tabius] "I see, well I could give him a little bit of a neck ache if you like?" [21:28] [Vanal] "You know ? where half of them died from the elements before he finally decided that he was makign an ass of himself ?" [21:28] [Storyteller] there is a sudden wooshing as dozens of boulders fly overhead from all directions, hanging in space for a moment before they shatter midair without warning, a massive rain of rock shards splashing everywhere around you... [21:28] * Tabius waits patiently for the big rocks and stuff to hit the tower. [21:28] [Vanal] "Gehn went up with an observer...aside from the troops dying, he said it was a laugh riot." [21:28] [Jynaru] "Thought so." [21:28] [Storyteller] a massive cloud of smoke obscures everything [21:29] * Vanal coughs [21:29] * Jynaru slaps at the shards idly. "I still don't see why they bothered making it invisible, though. Walk up and smack the thing, would you?" [21:29] * Tabius holds his breath till he can get his cloak over his mouth before taking a few more breaths with a little less dirt in it. [21:29] [Vanal] "The skills of a top-notch fighter...the maturity level of a nine-year-old...his parents must be *so* proud." [21:30] * Vanal hacks a bit [21:30] [Vanal] "Let the smoke clear first, eh ?" [21:30] [Tabius] "Perhaps the Piss Legion is where he belongs, get him whipped into shape?" [21:30] [Storyteller] the dust cloud is going to hang around for a while, but it clears enough so that you can see the tower outlined in chalk... and a few doors at the base you can use to gain entrance into the tower. [21:31] [Vanal] "*Nice*" [21:31] [Tabius] "Perhaps with the anti-boulder defense, the tower is much more resilent that we thought?" [21:31] * Jynaru spits out some dirt, then leaps down, leaving the flask in a cranny on the shoulder of the warstrider. "Should I knock now, or let you get out?" [21:32] [Vanal] "Get Tala's scaly tail down here, we've got an asshole to beat." [21:32] * Vanal begins unstrapping [21:32] [Storyteller] Tala is still fighting the two anathema [21:32] * Vanal scowls [21:33] [Jynaru] "Leave her. We don't have time for this shit." [21:33] [Vanal] "Right." [21:33] * Jynaru wanders over to the door, kicking it once to see how tough it's barred. [21:33] * Vanal unstraps himself and hops down, retrieving his gear from a hatch in the strider's leg and suiting up [21:33] [Jynaru] "Honey? I'm hooooome!" [21:33] * Vanal pauses to blow a kiss at Eleanor "Love ya, babe." [21:33] [Storyteller] the door falls down at your slightest kick.. [21:34] * Vanal blinks [21:34] [Vanal] "Wow...go 3rd Legion artillery brigade." [21:34] [Storyteller] there's no sound from inside [21:34] [Jynaru] "That was unexpected." [21:34] [Vanal] "Those guys are gettign a pay raise." [21:34] [Jynaru] "I hate places like this... remember the old ship?" [21:34] * Tabius heads in with the other two. [21:34] * Jynaru peeks inside, looking for any guards milling about. [21:35] [Vanal] "Hard to forget, goldenrod here dman near gutted me." [21:35] * Vanal unsheathes his blade and shuts up [21:36] * Jynaru shrugs upon finding none, sweeping along lightly and sharpening the blade at the tip of his braided hair. [21:36] [Storyteller] nope... various torches light the way into a large room with a low staircase which goes up to a door in the wall, but the place seems deserted [21:36] * Tabius keeps his jagged backed blade out. [21:37] [Jynaru] "Vanal? Your turn to knock." [21:37] * Vanal advances up the stairs slowly, keeping his eyes open for guards, snipers, traps, the whole lot... [21:37] * Vanal reaches the door [21:37] * Vanal clears his throat..."Housekeeping !" [21:37] * Vanal kicks the door open [21:38] [Storyteller] there is nothing but the sound of your boot as the door flies off his hinges and crashes into a wall, dotting the T intersection and smashing a torch to the stone floor... [21:38] * Vanal blinks [21:39] * Jynaru follows along. "You're up next, Tabius.... Which way do we go?" [21:39] [Vanal] "Go standard-issue steel-toed Legion boots." [21:39] * Tabius uses his much vaunted skills in architecture to get a good incling of which way to go to get to Cicada [21:39] [Storyteller] up... [21:39] [Storyteller] there's several stories of this [21:40] [Storyteller] all of them deserted.... [21:40] [Jynaru] "To the left." [21:40] [Tabius] (*Heh, no really?..... left or right is what I mean. [21:40] [Storyteller] the doors aren't even locked [21:40] [Storyteller] (doesn't matter, the tower is circular) [21:40] [Vanal] "This is scary..." [21:40] [Tabius] "Off we go then, kicking doors down as we go." [21:40] [Jynaru] "Might as well have the advantage of handedness on our side." [21:40] [Vanal] "Lull-into-false-sense-of-security scary." [21:41] [Tabius] "Well everybody must have been committed to the fight, that or butthead the wonder slime is more than able to defend himself..... [21:41] [Jynaru] "Oh, Bloom is more than enough to make up for a lack of fighting useless conscripts along the stairs." [21:41] [Storyteller] there are various floors [21:41] [Vanal] "I know." [21:41] [Storyteller] this tower is obviously meant to be lived in.. [21:42] [Storyteller] here and there are servant quarters and offices and many large central chambers... [21:42] [Storyteller] it is eerie, and you come to the floor where most of the boulders hit, the walls knocked in, the rest of the tower held up by a strong, inner support wall. [21:43] [Vanal] "Nice place." [21:43] [Storyteller] It looks like the tower actually has a jade skeleton, which is why it didn't fall down. [21:43] * Jynaru doesn't even bother kicking down the doors anymore, just brushing them aside and continuing to hum a simple song. [21:43] [Vanal] "Definite fixer-upper, though." [21:43] [Jynaru] "Forget it." [21:43] [Tabius] "Yeah" [21:43] [Jynaru] "Nothing's worth digging the demons out of the foundation." [21:44] [Tabius] "Oh? There are demons in the foundation?" [21:44] * Tabius keeps trugging along after the two front liners. [21:44] [Jynaru] "Seemed like an odd choice to me, too. But eh, Anathema." [21:44] [Jynaru] "Who knows what's in their crazy remnants of minds?" [21:45] [Jynaru] "I just expect the place to fall down around us if we kill Bloom." [21:45] [Tabius] "Yeah, same here." [21:46] [Storyteller] you finally come to a large double door, made of white pine.. Two mortal guards stand on either side, holding pikes steadily before them. [21:46] [Jynaru] "Think I should go around? Try for a window or entrance through the wall?" [21:46] * Tabius points and laughs at the guards. [21:46] [Vanal] "Excuse me, sirs ?" [21:46] [Vanal] "I'm looking for the Lido deck." [21:46] [Storyteller] They blink in union [21:47] [Storyteller] "I'm sorry... I don't understand." [21:47] * Vanal pinches his nose [21:47] [Jynaru] "On behalf of the new owners of the castle, you're fired." [21:47] [Jynaru] "Have a nice day." [21:47] [Vanal] "Guys? I'm giving you a choice here." [21:47] [Vanal] "Look at us for a moment." [21:48] [Vanal] "Note the very large weapons." [21:48] [Storyteller] Hmmm.... the mortal guards edge out of the way [21:48] [Vanal] "A wise choice. Talk to my troops, you'll be well-treated." [21:48] [Tabius] "Scamper along now gents, its about to get nasty. [21:48] * Jynaru takes a moment and finds a window, carefully easing it out, all sneaky-like. [21:48] [Storyteller] They go downstairs [21:48] [Vanal] "Tabius...will you do the honours ?" [21:48] [Storyteller] the window is yours Jynaru! [21:48] [Jynaru] "Might as well take advantage of attacking from behind...." [21:49] * Tabius waits just a moment till Jyn is out the window and then takes a couple of steps back and slams his shoulder into the door ot knock it down. [21:49] * Jynaru skitters out and clings to the wall, digging claws into it as he goes up a little, peering through the window as he waits to break in. [21:50] [Storyteller] The door creaks for a moment, and then something cracks and it opens up down the middle, both sides slowly drifting open to reveal the room.... [21:51] [Storyteller] Red Bloom stands with his back to you, the golden shapechanging daiklaive in his left hand, his other clinched as he waits... a large, glowing occult pattern spans most of the floor of this room, and it is obviously saturated with essence... [21:52] * Vanal exhales deeply "Showtime." [21:52] [Storyteller] various ornaments are in shelves around the edges of the circular room, golden cups, rows of candlesticks [21:52] * Vanal cracks his joints once more for good measure and strides in [21:52] [Vanal] (cautiously, of course) [21:52] * Tabius isn't really into Bloom, but the mystical symbols are something to look at. Perhaps defacing them will reduce the effectven [21:53] * Tabius effectiveness of the castles and perhaps Blooms defenses. [21:53] [Storyteller] there is a door to the right, and a huge, stainedglass window of something too abstract to describe, the sun setting behind it and throwing the room into a myriad of colored hues [21:54] * Jynaru goes over the few sentences of Old Realm he bothered learning for this, amused at insulting a man's wife who hasn't been alive for a thousand or so years. [21:54] * *Red_Bloom* turns to you, daiklaive still held in his left hand [21:54] * Vanal gives him a smile [21:54] [Vanal] "It's been a while." [21:54] * Tabius as does Tabius. [21:55] [Vanal] "I trust you remember me ?" [21:55] [Storyteller] "Of course I do, how could I forget the ones who have caused me so much trouble?" [21:55] [Vanal] "Eh, they say that with old age, the memory's the first to go." [21:55] [Tabius] "Damn, I don't remember that, I thought it was eye sight?" [21:55] [*Red_Bloom*] "Yet mine has only gotten sharper with age...." [21:56] * Vanal shrugs [21:56] [Vanal] "So um...this is it, isn't it ?" [21:56] [Vanal] Either you kill us, or we kill you." [21:57] [Jynaru] (Unconsciousness. We want him ICEd, not dead.) [21:57] [Jynaru] (I am NOT sucking another goddamned solar shard into me.) [21:57] [Vanal] (whatever works) [21:57] [Storyteller] "I can assure you, you won't kill me... but I don't have to kill you." [21:57] [Vanal] "Bloom..." [21:57] * Vanal exhales [21:57] [Storyteller] "Serve me and I will let you rule the realm as you will." [21:58] [Vanal] "Bloomy buddy..." [21:58] [Vanal] "You sent us to that godforsaken rock." [21:58] [Tabius] "Oh wow, Vanal, that sounds like such a gosh darn good deal....." [21:58] [Cicada] (I'll take it) [21:58] * Tabius is still looking around trying to figure out if there is anything that can be done to lessen Blooms [21:58] [Vanal] "While we were there, Shak had a run-in with some not nice people, and she's well...sorta dead now." [21:58] * Tabius power here in what amounts to his sanctum. [21:59] [Tabius] !ex 18 [21:59] [Storyteller] Tabius (18), 9, 9, 5, 6, 6, 4, 4, 2, 5, 9, 7, 2, 9, 9, 4, 5, 8, 4, Successes : 7 [21:59] [Vanal] "So Bloom, mind explaining to me why on Gaia's grene Earth I'd accept an offer from you ?" [21:59] * Jynaru scans the room for any likely hidden panels, wondering where the missing idiot ninja girl went to... [22:00] [Storyteller] "Because if you don't, You and everyone else who have come to this city will die." [22:01] [Vanal] "3 imperial armies being wipe dout ?" [22:01] [Vanal] "You don't think that'll get the Realm's attention ?" [22:01] [Vanal] "We're just the first wave. If we fail, the whole fuckign Realm's gonna close in on you." [22:01] [Storyteller] "Even if it does, I won't be here. Obviously with 3 armies here, I've already fallen to that." [22:01] [Vanal] "Gonna run, are you ?" [22:02] [Vanal] "Where to ?" [22:02] * Vanal begins circling bloom, pacing almost conversationally [22:02] [Storyteller] "I have many places that the Realm would never think to look.. .some right under your own roofs." [22:03] [Storyteller] there are two tapestries hanging from the sides, but other than that there is nothing hanging on the walls,. though she might be hiding off in some other room or maybe up in the rafters, or hiding behind one of the many shelves and cabinets [22:03] [Cicada] (yep. He is welcome in my house :) [22:03] [Vanal] "Been to any mountain resorts recently ?" [22:03] * Tabius starts walking the other way from Vanal so that they are on both sides of Bloom. [22:03] [Storyteller] He shakes his head... [22:03] [Jynaru] (Only after ICEing, right? Because I'd hate to get all shakespearean and kill you before Sanyet kills me...) [22:03] [Vanal] "I hear they're quite nice this time of year." [22:04] [Storyteller] clockwise or counter? [22:04] * Vanal smiles at bloom, his mighty-thewed arms straining under the bright red leather jerkin he wears under his armour... [22:05] [Tabius] (*Counter for me, letting vanal to to the right, but then as Van paces Tabs will keep the oposite side. [22:05] [Storyteller] "Consider what I am offering you... with my guidance the Realm could be returned to the glories of the first age... the Imperial Manse could be used to defend the Realm again, even in the Empress' absence, and even more powerful devices could be made... Lookshy could be brought into the Realm and soon all of creation, not just the Blessed Isle, would be under your personal rule." [22:05] * Vanal 's body language is saying one thing 'give up buddy...you're through.' [22:05] [Storyteller] Bloom does look intimidated. [22:05] * Vanal sighs [22:05] [Storyteller] "And all you have to do is say that I'm dead." [22:05] [Vanal] "You know me pretty well I'd imagine." [22:06] [Vanal] "That's a tempting offer, no mistake." [22:06] [Vanal] "But there's one thing you never seem to grasp abotu Cathak Vanal, Bloom." [22:06] [Storyteller] "And what's that?" [22:06] [Vanal] "I'm a soldier...an honest soldier." [22:06] [Vanal] "I have a duty to the people of the Realm." [22:07] [Vanal] "and you've already done too much harm to them for me to accept that." [22:07] [Vanal] "I swore an oath when I joined, and I'll be damned if I'm going to forsake it." [22:07] * Jynaru stretches, finally completely ready for this as he rears back, arcing his body down and through the window, impact causing colored shards of glass to fly everywhere, sending a short burst of clashing color through the room before they shatter into dust, obliterated by the passing shockwaves flowing off each arrow as he slams them into bloom's back, sliding to complete the triangle. [22:07] * Jynaru "We'll tell them you're dead, all right. Because you will be. You've been living on borrowed time since the ambush, and it's time to collect." [22:08] [Storyteller] roll the attack! [22:09] [Jynaru] Any stunt bonii? [22:09] [Storyteller] +2 [22:09] [Jynaru] !ex 25 [22:09] [Storyteller] Jynaru (25), 6, 5, 9, 1, 5, 7, 2, 9, 10, 2, 5, 1, 10, 1, 9, 7, 6, 3, 2, 2, 5, 8, 4, 2, 4, Successes : 10 [22:09] [Jynaru] !ex 25 [22:09] [Storyteller] Jynaru (25), 2, 4, 9, 10, 5, 2, 1, 5, 2, 1, 7, 2, 3, 9, 7, 6, 9, 9, 4, 1, 6, 9, 3, 9, 1, Successes : 10 [22:09] [Jynaru] !ex 25 [22:09] [Storyteller] Jynaru (25), 8, 3, 6, 4, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 6, 10, 6, 9, 8, 10, 9, 2, 2, 7, 8, 5, 4, 7, 5, 3, Successes : 11 [22:09] [Jynaru] !ex 25 [22:09] [Storyteller] Jynaru (25), 10, 2, 6, 7, 3, 5, 3, 4, 6, 4, 8, 2, 2, 9, 10, 2, 3, 5, 2, 9, 8, 4, 4, 4, 9, Successes : 10 [22:09] [Jynaru] !ex 25 [22:09] [Storyteller] Jynaru (25), 8, 4, 1, 8, 7, 5, 1, 10, 4, 4, 1, 2, 5, 6, 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 1, 3, 7, 10, 4, 7, Successes : 12 [22:09] [Jynaru] !ex 25 [22:09] [Storyteller] Jynaru (25), 6, 2, 6, 3, 5, 1, 3, 4, 10, 5, 4, 10, 1, 10, 9, 2, 6, 8, 7, 6, 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, Successes : 11 [22:09] [Storyteller] Bloom stands there in surprise for a moment, making gaping holes in his flesh, and then falls to the ground into the pool of blood waiting for him..... [22:09] [Jynaru] Must have been Cicada instead. [22:09] * Vanal blinks [22:10] [Vanal] "That...was too easy." [22:10] [Jynaru] "TABIUS! See if it was Cicada!" [22:10] [Storyteller] Suddenly there is a red blur from the tapesty behind Vanal, streaking towards Jynaru... [22:10] [Storyteller] init! [22:10] [Vanal] !roll 1d10+16 [22:10] [Storyteller] Vanal : 1d10+16, 3 , Total: 19 [22:10] [Jynaru] !roll 1d10+16 [22:10] [Storyteller] Jynaru : 1d10+16, 7 , Total: 23 [22:11] [Storyteller] Storyteller : 1d10+25, 2 , Total: 27 [22:11] [Storyteller] !roll 1d10+25 [22:11] * Tabius runs up to see if that was Cicada. [22:11] [Tabius] (*ooops*) [22:11] [Tabius] !roll 1d10+10 [22:11] [Storyteller] Tabius : 1d10+10, 6 , Total: 16 [22:11] [Tabius] (*loves going last*) [22:12] [Vanal] (that's some high init) [22:12] [Storyteller] (yeap, Bloom has *Every* martial arts style.. including VBoS) [22:12] [Vanal] (oh joy) [22:12] [Vanal] (fortunately, only one form can be active at a given time) [22:13] [Storyteller] (Bloom is attacking on the same turn Jynaru attacked, BTW) [22:13] [Storyteller] (unless someone thinks that's not fair..) [22:14] [Jynaru] (Eh, go for it.) [22:14] [Vanal] (I don't see why not) [22:14] [Jynaru] (My parries are nice and reflexive.) [22:16] [Storyteller] As Bloom streaks towards Jynaru a golden light emenates from the circlet around his forehead, trailing behind him as the huge falcon spreads it's wings behind him.... He flicks one hand at Jynaru as he approaches, a single ancient rune flying forth and colliding with jynaru, and then his other fist comes in from behind his back, smashing into Jynaru and sending him flying across the [22:16] [Storyteller] chamber, through several shelves of golden goblets and plates.. [22:17] [Jynaru] What's that mechanically? one ranged, one unarmed? [22:17] [Storyteller] no, one unarmed, and Blow-Concealing Gesture Tech [22:18] [Jynaru] BCGT does what? [22:18] [Storyteller] Blow-Concealing Gesture Tech 2m+WP supple instant if fail Wits + Awe roll at Ess diff, cannot dodge or parry w/o charms that work against unpercieved attacks, if they succeed they can use any reflexive charms. [22:18] [Storyteller] so Wits + Awe at diff 5 [22:18] [Jynaru] !ex 10 [22:18] [Storyteller] Jynaru (10), 8, 4, 2, 8, 9, 4, 8, 7, 9, 2, Successes : 6 [22:18] [Jynaru] Oh, yeah. [22:18] [Storyteller] heh [22:19] * Jynaru jams the bow inot the floor, arcing his body out into the air over the oncoming attack and snapping it back, pinning his arm as he lands, falling to a knee as he wrenches the limb out of the socket, tearing tendons with a horrific sound of grinding bones. [22:20] [Jynaru] You know the parry. [22:22] [Storyteller] Blooms arm is suddenly rock-hard, even as you pull the limb his whole body moves with it, and it is not difficult for him to land on his feet where he should have fallen. As he regains his balance, arms locked with yours, more essence explodes out from him, radiating blues and reds and golds, some in the form of shields, others in the form of weapons and attacks [22:23] [Storyteller] Then, casually, he shakes himself free of his grasp and enters into another stance. [22:23] [*Real_Red_Bloom*] "I See it won't be so easy to defeat you Jynaru, but then, it's always more interesting this way, isn't it?" [22:23] * Jynaru smiles, returning to his own stance and flipping his hair back. "I wouldn't have it any other way..." [22:24] [Storyteller] Unexpectedly Bloom reaches out and punches Jynaru in the face again, causing him to spin around just as the fist hits [22:26] * Jynaru rolls with it, convulsing forward and lashing out with both feet, spearing them towards Bloom's face in a mule-kick and pushing himself away with a trail of fire fluttering down from the air. (Is this something I can counterattack?) [22:26] [Storyteller] [yes] [22:26] [Storyteller] [persistant effects now being used, i'm sure everyone remembers Principle of Motion] [22:27] [Jynaru] (Oh, BUGGRIT. PoM....) [22:27] [Tabius] (*Thats persistant?*) [22:27] [Storyteller] (the actions last until they are used, no matter when the charm was activated) [22:27] [Jynaru] (I won't break anything, since I'm not likely to hit with my counter.) [22:28] [Tabius] (*Heh, oh, you mean delayed ;-) *) [22:28] [Vanal] (PoM ?) [22:28] [Storyteller] (exalted,p 292) [22:28] [Jynaru] !ex 18 [22:28] [Storyteller] Jynaru (18), 9, 5, 7, 7, 9, 7, 8, 10, 9, 4, 1, 4, 7, 6, 7, 2, 8, 1, Successes : 12 [22:28] [Jynaru] countah! [22:28] [Storyteller] Storyteller (12), 7, 2, 4, 4, 7, 9, 1, 7, 5, 10, 10, 4, Successes : 8 [22:28] [Storyteller] !ex 12 [22:28] [Tabius] (*Spirit charm, you get to roll something and you get extra attacks that last until you use them*) [22:28] [Storyteller] Storyteller (10), 1, 7, 2, 5, 7, 6, 9, 4, 5, 6, Successes : 3 [22:28] [Storyteller] !ex 10 [22:28] [Storyteller] Storyteller (10), 5, 10, 2, 5, 9, 1, 7, 1, 4, 8, Successes : 5 [22:28] [Storyteller] !ex 10 [22:29] [Storyteller] stupid betraying dice! I not trust you silly dices... [22:29] [Storyteller] 2x parry, dodge [22:29] [Storyteller] all reflexive. [22:29] [Storyteller] Storyteller (24), 3, 5, 3, 8, 8, 4, 10, 1, 1, 9, 5, 2, 2, 6, 2, 2, 4, 7, 10, 4, 3, 6, 10, 8, Successes : 11 [22:29] [Storyteller] !ex 24 [22:29] [Jynaru] Can I tell which were charm effects? [22:30] [Storyteller] they were all persistant charm effects [22:30] [Storyteller] 5FBS [22:30] [Storyteller] the dodge one [22:30] [Jynaru] I break 5fold with my last bit of WP. [22:30] [Storyteller] some martial arts scenelong parry. [22:30] [Storyteller] ok [22:30] [Jynaru] I'm broken... AGAIN. [22:30] [Jynaru] But hey, at least I get a WP when the turn ends. [22:30] [Storyteller] you have a parry/dodge against 11 sux [22:30] [Tabius] (*must stunt for more WP ;-) *) [22:31] [Jynaru] !ex 23 (parry) [22:31] [Storyteller] Jynaru (23), 5, 7, 5, 4, 2, 1, 2, 7, 5, 4, 2, 2, 8, 8, 5, 7, 8, 6, 10, 2, 10, 9, 4, Successes : 11 [22:31] [Storyteller] nooo.. more parry! [22:31] [Jynaru] (And superbeast kicks up...) [22:31] [Storyteller] Storyteller (24), 6, 4, 8, 10, 10, 8, 2, 9, 7, 3, 4, 4, 2, 9, 4, 6, 4, 1, 1, 5, 7, 6, 9, 8, Successes : 12 [22:31] [Storyteller] !ex 24 [22:32] [Jynaru] Parry again? [22:32] [Storyteller] that's another attack [22:32] [Storyteller] Bloom follows in the trail of fire, his speed somehow mystically enhanced as his blow tries to crush Jynaru under his fist to the floor [22:33] * Jynaru twists, slamming the tip of the bow into his wrist and riding it down into the floor, hoping to trap bloom's hand in the stone as he desperately tries to avoid using any more of his last essence. [22:34] [Storyteller] +1 stunt [22:34] [Jynaru] !ex 22 [22:34] [Storyteller] Jynaru (22), 7, 2, 10, 9, 6, 7, 10, 2, 5, 8, 2, 7, 10, 2, 8, 9, 8, 4, 10, 10, 1, 2, Successes : 18 [22:35] [Jynaru] I do believe that's a wee bit more than 12. How about a 6 sux hold applied by the floor? ^_^ [22:35] [Storyteller] you want to put Bloom in a hold? ^_^ [22:35] * Quits: Kiros (~...@AC9B5257.ipt.aol.com) (Quit: One golden shot means another poor victim, has come to a glittering end. For a price, he'll erase anyone, the man with the golden gun.) [22:36] [Jynaru] No, I want to get his arm stuck in the floor. [22:36] [Storyteller] naw, won't help anyhow. Water dragon mastery, remember? [22:36] [Storyteller] Jynaru (22), 7, 2, 10, 9, 6, 7, 10, 2, 5, 8, 2, 7, 10, 2, 8, 9, 8, 4, 10, 10, 1, 2, Successes : 18 [22:36] [Storyteller] [Jynaru] I do believe that's a wee bit more than 12. How about a 6 sux hold applied by the floor? ^_^ [22:36] [Storyteller] [Storyteller] you want to put Bloom in a hold? ^_^ [22:36] [Storyteller] * Quits: Kiros (~...@AC9B5257.ipt.aol.com) (Quit: One golden shot means another poor victim, has come to a glittering end. For a price, he'll erase anyone, the man with the golden gun.) [22:36] [Storyteller] [Jynaru] No, I want to get his arm stuck in the floor. [22:36] [Storyteller] r [22:37] [Storyteller] Bloom's hand flows out from under the bow and then kicks, his leg sweeping over Jynaru in an perfect arc, and then comes crashing behind his reflexive momvements to nail him in the head, spilling the foolish dragon blood across the floor... [22:37] [Storyteller] Storyteller (30), 6, 2, 5, 6, 5, 8, 4, 8, 6, 4, 9, 3, 3, 1, 4, 2, 7, 1, 1, 9, 4, 6, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 10, 2, Successes : 7 [22:37] [Storyteller] !ex 30 [22:37] [Vanal] ...can we go now? or will two just keep jet li-ing each other ? [22:37] * Storyteller has.. two more actions [22:37] [Jynaru] He's burning his principle of motion. [22:38] [Storyteller] then vanal, then tabius [22:39] [Vanal] just making sure [22:39] * Jynaru slaps the ankle above him, slamming a palm into the back of Bloom's knee as he drives a finger through the achilles tendon, ripping it out as he shoves out, sending Bloom flipping across the floor in a tumble of flying arms and legs. [22:39] [Storyteller] +1 [22:39] [Jynaru] !ex 21 [22:39] [Storyteller] Jynaru (21), 10, 3, 7, 2, 4, 7, 2, 8, 4, 8, 10, 5, 2, 1, 9, 3, 8, 3, 2, 7, 10, Successes : 13 [22:42] [Storyteller] As Bloom flies over Jynaru's head he makes one more strike, downwards from above, a weak attack, something that can't possibly intend to hit.. just one finger slides across the top of Jynaru's forehead, and the falcon in Bloom's aura gives a silent cry as it arches back over him, shaking the room... [22:42] [Storyteller] Storyteller (25), 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 2, 10, 9, 9, 6, 9, 7, 10, 7, 4, 5, 2, 10, 2, 3, 4, 8, 1, 10, 8, Successes : 16 [22:42] [Storyteller] !ex 25 [22:42] [Jynaru] (Rule Five: The Jury's sleepless, I've found your weakness, and it's right outside your door. NOW TESTIFY! Oh, and rule 6 is that I am invincible so long as I'm alive.) [22:43] * Jynaru arches his back, bridging downwards onto the back of his neck and flings out his feet at Bloom, wrapping them around the wrist and bringing him slamming down into the floor, impact sending a mosiac of broken stone spreading around them. [22:43] [Storyteller] +2 stunt [22:43] [Jynaru] !ex 21 [22:43] [Storyteller] Jynaru (21), 9, 10, 2, 8, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 1, 5, 1, 10, 4, 2, 7, 10, 7, 2, Successes : 10 [22:44] [Jynaru] Awwww.... [22:44] [Jynaru] I guess I get a counterattack, then? [22:44] [Storyteller] yes [22:44] [Jynaru] !ex 18 [22:44] [Storyteller] Jynaru (18), 4, 4, 2, 7, 4, 9, 2, 3, 2, 2, 9, 7, 2, 4, 10, 2, 6, 3, Successes : 6 [22:44] [Storyteller] it hits! Bloom's anima glows even more fiercly and explodes into golden motes, absorbing themselves into Jynaru's anima, causing it to shake and weave..... [22:44] [Storyteller] Storyteller (10), 1, 8, 2, 9, 6, 6, 6, 2, 10, 5, Successes : 4 [22:44] [Storyteller] !ex 10 (parry) [22:44] [Storyteller] Storyteller (10), 3, 10, 7, 7, 6, 4, 1, 10, 1, 3, Successes : 6 [22:44] [Storyteller] !ex 10 (dodge) [22:44] [Jynaru] I break the farking parry. [22:45] [Storyteller] ok [22:45] [Storyteller] and your martial arts is now... 1 [Scourge] [22:45] [Storyteller] Vanal! You're turn [22:47] * Vanal glows with essence as he scrapes his blade across the floor, kicking up sparks and leaving a thin burning trail behind him as he lunges at bloom, his motions becoming blurred as the tip of his daiklaives catches flame. The tiny pilot light flickers around him in a dizzying arc of loops twists and turns as he rains a staggering amount of blows upon Bloom's form [22:48] [Vanal] (stoking bonfire style, and a dodge action) [22:48] [Storyteller] hmm.. +3 [22:48] [Vanal] !ex 11 [22:48] [Storyteller] Vanal (11), 5, 8, 2, 4, 7, 1, 9, 6, 6, 2, 8, Successes : 4 [22:48] [Vanal] 4 attacks [22:48] [Vanal] !ex 23 [22:48] [Storyteller] Vanal (23), 5, 4, 1, 5, 7, 9, 1, 2, 6, 8, 2, 4, 10, 7, 10, 6, 6, 1, 3, 7, 3, 3, 4, Successes : 9 [22:48] [Vanal] !ex 23 [22:48] [Storyteller] Vanal (23), 6, 6, 4, 9, 4, 6, 3, 2, 3, 4, 9, 7, 1, 9, 1, 2, 5, 1, 4, 4, 9, 7, 9, Successes : 7 [22:48] [Vanal] !ex 23 [22:48] [Storyteller] Vanal (23), 10, 4, 9, 9, 9, 5, 6, 9, 10, 10, 7, 6, 8, 2, 6, 4, 4, 7, 9, 2, 6, 7, 7, Successes : 16 [22:48] [Vanal] !ex 23 [22:48] [Storyteller] Vanal (23), 1, 4, 9, 5, 7, 2, 2, 10, 4, 6, 4, 5, 8, 1, 10, 7, 3, 7, 10, 6, 7, 5, 10, Successes : 14 [22:49] [Storyteller] flames bear Bloom up amidst the shattered rock, while Jynaru's anima flares strangely, Bloom returns to his defensive position as Vanal attacks... suddenly the firey part of the sorcery surrounding Bloom lights up, erecting itself as a shield before the wrath of Vanal's attacks... [Virtuous Guardian of Flame] [22:49] [Storyteller] Storyteller (10), 9, 5, 1, 4, 6, 1, 2, 6, 6, 5, Successes : 1 [22:49] [Storyteller] !ex 10 [22:49] [Storyteller] Storyteller (12), 4, 4, 6, 1, 7, 8, 1, 7, 10, 6, 3, 2, Successes : 5 [22:49] [Storyteller] !ex 12 [22:49] [Storyteller] Storyteller (22), 5, 2, 1, 10, 8, 2, 8, 3, 5, 4, 2, 8, 10, 5, 4, 8, 1, 2, 10, 5, 4, 4, Successes : 10 [22:49] [Storyteller] !ex 22 [22:49] [Storyteller] Storyteller (22), 7, 4, 2, 3, 1, 5, 9, 9, 10, 2, 8, 3, 5, 2, 5, 5, 3, 3, 10, 4, 9, 7, Successes : 10 [22:49] [Storyteller] !ex 22 [22:49] [Storyteller] Storyteller (22), 1, 4, 9, 7, 1, 9, 10, 10, 3, 4, 5, 4, 2, 9, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 10, 9, 3, Successes : 11 [22:49] [Storyteller] !ex 22 [22:49] [Vanal] so um... [22:49] [Storyteller] 6, 10,10, 11 vs 9, 7, 16,14 [22:50] [Storyteller] so three hits at 3, 6, and 3 [22:50] [Vanal] 3 hits ! [22:50] [Vanal] soak ? [22:50] [Storyteller] vs soak... [22:50] [Storyteller] 5DF! [22:50] [Storyteller] so how much damage? [22:50] [Storyteller] soak is... 12 [22:50] [Vanal] 20, 23, and 20 [22:50] [Vanal] oh [22:50] [Vanal] wait [22:51] [Vanal] 8, 11, and 8 [22:51] [Vanal] !exm 8 [22:51] [Storyteller] Vanal (8), 2, 7, 2, 6, 9, 10, 10, 2, Successes : 4 [22:51] [Vanal] !exm 11 [22:51] [Storyteller] Vanal (11), 7, 1, 7, 8, 4, 3, 6, 4, 3, 6, 4, Successes : 3 [22:51] [Vanal] !exm 8 [22:51] [Storyteller] Vanal (8), 8, 3, 4, 10, 5, 4, 5, 10, Successes : 3 [22:51] [Storyteller] wait, 5DF [22:51] [Storyteller] you do 4L [22:51] [Vanal] Well, I hurt him [22:51] [Storyteller] yeap! [22:51] [Jynaru] Good enough for me. [22:52] [Storyteller] Bloom glares and as he holds his arm, his daiklaive seems to grow in length until you realize it has actually become a serpent-staff, striking back at you... [22:52] [Storyteller] 4 counterattacks [22:52] [Storyteller] Storyteller (12), 4, 3, 3, 4, 2, 5, 8, 8, 2, 7, 8, 7, Successes : 5 [22:52] [Storyteller] !ex 12 [22:52] [Storyteller] Storyteller (12), 7, 7, 1, 1, 5, 8, 6, 2, 3, 6, 5, 2, Successes : 3 [22:52] [Storyteller] !ex 12 [22:52] [Storyteller] Storyteller (12), 3, 4, 2, 5, 4, 2, 7, 6, 4, 7, 2, 7, Successes : 3 [22:52] [Storyteller] !ex 12 [22:52] [Storyteller] Storyteller (12), 3, 8, 10, 9, 10, 4, 6, 3, 6, 1, 2, 2, Successes : 6 [22:52] [Storyteller] !ex 12 [22:52] [Vanal] (good thing I saved my normal action for a dodge !) [22:52] [Vanal] and dif 3 to hit [22:53] [Storyteller] so 3, 1, 1, 4 [22:53] [Vanal] !ex 11 [22:53] [Storyteller] Vanal (11), 5, 6, 6, 8, 1, 6, 4, 1, 8, 2, 6, Successes : 2 [22:53] [Vanal] !ex 10 [22:53] [Storyteller] Vanal (10), 4, 10, 10, 9, 3, 10, 6, 2, 8, 8, Successes : 9 [22:53] [Vanal] !ex 19 [22:53] [Storyteller] Vanal (19), 6, 3, 4, 4, 9, 3, 1, 7, 8, 5, 8, 8, 6, 6, 10, 3, 3, 10, 4, Successes : 9 [22:53] [Vanal] err [22:53] [Vanal] !ex 9 [22:53] [Storyteller] Vanal (9), 4, 9, 1, 9, 4, 10, 9, 4, 7, Successes : 6 [22:53] [Vanal] !ex 8 [22:53] [Storyteller] Vanal (8), 5, 2, 5, 10, 3, 7, 5, 1, Successes : 3 [22:53] [Storyteller] 1, 0 , 0, 1 [22:53] [Vanal] crap [22:53] [Vanal] soak is....15l [22:53] [Tabius] (*Son of a gun the dice rolls of sucky doom!*) [22:53] [Storyteller] they'll just ping [22:53] [Storyteller] Storyteller (1), 8, Successes : 1 [22:53] [Storyteller] !exm 1 [22:53] [Storyteller] Storyteller (1), 5, Successes : 0 [22:53] [Storyteller] !exm 1 [22:54] [Storyteller] 1L, and Sta+Res for poison [22:54] [Vanal] 1 damage [22:54] [Vanal] !ex 8 [22:54] [Storyteller] Vanal (8), 10, 2, 2, 2, 6, 6, 9, 10, Successes : 5 [22:54] [Vanal] I'd say I'm okay [22:54] [Storyteller] take 2B, it will fade in 5 minutes [22:55] [Storyteller] any witty banter while Tabius decides his action? [22:55] [Storyteller] :) [22:55] * Vanal snickers [22:55] [Vanal] "You hit like a schoolgirl, punk." [22:55] * Tabius brings up his hands, one with a blade, and does a whirling motion with them into a kata strike in Bloms direction and out comes forth Sapphire Countermagic. [22:56] [Storyteller] "Yea but look at Jynaru..." [22:56] [Vanal] "He's still alive, isn't he ?" [22:56] [Storyteller] you haven't seen any of Bloom's spells besides VGoF, do you want to target that or a random other celestial spell [22:56] [Storyteller] "In a few minutes he's going to wish he isn't." [22:56] [Tabius] (*Counter Spell hits everything thats not on me in a 250 yard radius, no?*) [22:56] [Storyteller] no, it only hits one spell at a time [22:57] [Vanal] "keep dreaming." [22:57] [Tabius] (*Is wondering how the ST stopped FG and countered Mirror of Bending Light with the same spell when we fought Blomm the first time.*_) [22:58] [Storyteller] (Didn't, there were like 5 sorceresr there remembeR) [22:58] [Storyteller] (one got one, one got the other) [22:58] * Jynaru tries to focus, ignoring the strange weakness flowing through his limbs and grabs tighter on the bow, nocking an adamant arrow and breathing deeply, drawing strength from the final remnants of his trip to the island.) [22:58] [Tabius] (*Never mind, super munchkin Solars are far to cool for we little pissant DB's*) [22:59] [Storyteller] (not cool, just munchkin) [23:00] [Jynaru] (Break random celestial spell.) [23:00] [Jynaru] (It'll explode on him and we can cackle with glee.) [23:00] [Tabius] (*Yeah, the wording of the spell in the book is crap, in one section is says A and in the next paragraph is stays spells torn assumder [23:01] [Tabius] (*It uses both singular and Plural*) [23:01] [Storyteller] (That's WW for you. Anyhow, countermagic is superpowerful already, i say it only attacks one spell at a time) [23:01] [Tabius] (*Punks whatever spell the Countermagic hits first, since he doesn't know about all of them) [23:01] [Storyteller] ok [23:01] [Jynaru] (I think Sapph can break multiple terrestrial level spells, and solar can break multiple celestial.) [23:01] [Storyteller] Storyteller : 1d5, 4 , Total: 4 [23:01] [Storyteller] !roll 1d5 [23:01] [Jynaru] (That's the way I've always treated the wording.) [23:01] [Storyteller] d'oh [23:02] [Storyteller] the bluish celestial spell is dispersed! [23:02] [Storyteller] roll init! [23:02] [Tabius] (*Its Celestial vs Celestial, flash burns coming up*) [23:02] [Jynaru] !roll 1d10+16 [23:02] [Storyteller] Jynaru : 1d10+16, 5 , Total: 21 [23:03] [Storyteller] (flash burns only on botch, other things happen on countermagic...) [23:03] [Vanal] !roll 1d10+16 [23:03] [Storyteller] Vanal : 1d10+16, 7 , Total: 23 [23:03] [Vanal] and bloom wins init again [23:03] * Vanal dohs [23:03] [Vanal] GH ? [23:03] [Storyteller] Storyteller : 1d10+15, 7 , Total: 22 [23:03] [Storyteller] !roll 1d10+15 [23:03] [Storyteller] Vanal wins init [23:03] [Tabius] !roll 1d10+12 [23:03] [Storyteller] Tabius : 1d10+12, 6 , Total: 18 [23:03] * Vanal blinks [23:03] [Jynaru] bluish spell added init. [23:03] [Vanal] cool [23:04] [Storyteller] no, VBoS first charm only applies on first turn [23:04] [Vanal] Ahhhh [23:04] [Storyteller] doubles dex + wits [23:04] [Jynaru] Awww... sdness. [23:04] [Vanal] "A few minutes, eh ?" [23:04] [Storyteller] "That's all it takes." [23:04] [Vanal] "More than enough time." [23:04] * Vanal smiles cruely [23:05] [Storyteller] As Tabius' spell crashes into Bloom the blue shards start to dissipate and latch onto everyone, growing into their anima and becoming a vortex of power around you... [23:05] [Storyteller] (Don't worry what it does, I'll handle that) [23:05] [Storyteller] "So are you going to hit me or just stand there, glowing?" [23:06] [Storyteller] (Mention if yo're trying to hit Bloom with your anima banner, and i'll roll the ping die) [23:08] * Vanal 's banner roars like a burnign building as he presses the attack on Bloom. His first strike is high at bloom's head, aiming to be dodged...which bloom obliges, letting the daiklaive cut a straight narrow line in the wall behind him as Vanal presses on, the daiklaive cutting in straight, linear strikes...text-book sword blows, with no cinfusion, no deception, just straight, hard and [23:08] * Vanal fast strikes [23:08] [Vanal] (3 attacks, 3 parries) [23:09] [Storyteller] +3 stunt [23:09] [Vanal] !ex 17 [23:09] [Storyteller] Vanal (17), 1, 10, 6, 7, 3, 9, 2, 8, 4, 9, 7, 6, 9, 2, 4, 7, 5, Successes : 9 [23:09] [Vanal] !ex 16 [23:09] [Storyteller] Vanal (16), 3, 9, 10, 10, 7, 3, 7, 3, 9, 3, 2, 6, 3, 3, 5, 1, Successes : 8 [23:09] [Vanal] !ex 15 [23:09] [Storyteller] Vanal (15), 2, 6, 5, 6, 6, 10, 4, 1, 4, 6, 6, 3, 10, 9, 2, Successes : 5 [23:09] [Storyteller] Bloom steps back as Vanal attacks, re-activating 5FBS [23:09] [Vanal] is it reflexive ? [23:09] [Storyteller] yes [23:10] [Vanal] just checking [23:10] [Storyteller] Storyteller (12), 6, 4, 1, 6, 2, 5, 8, 4, 8, 5, 5, 7, Successes : 3 [23:10] [Storyteller] !ex 12 [23:10] [Storyteller] Storyteller (10), 5, 3, 10, 9, 3, 10, 10, 7, 7, 5, Successes : 9 [23:10] [Storyteller] !ex 10 [23:10] [Storyteller] Storyteller (10), 8, 5, 9, 7, 8, 7, 2, 6, 1, 3, Successes : 5 [23:10] [Storyteller] !ex 10 [23:10] [Storyteller] Storyteller (34), 2, 6, 9, 8, 5, 3, 2, 4, 1, 10, 3, 4, 5, 2, 4, 4, 4, 7, 1, 1, 4, 2, 9, 3, 3, 9, 7, 6, 2, 2, 7, 9, 7, 6, Successes : 11 [23:10] [Storyteller] !ex 34 [23:10] [Storyteller] Storyteller (34), 8, 2, 7, 3, 9, 8, 7, 9, 10, 4, 2, 8, 1, 7, 3, 7, 2, 2, 6, 7, 1, 2, 8, 6, 2, 1, 8, 10, 10, 8, 9, 10, 2, 6, Successes : 22 [23:10] [Storyteller] !ex 34 [23:10] [Storyteller] counterattacks... [23:11] [Storyteller] Storyteller (12), 8, 7, 1, 8, 9, 4, 3, 6, 3, 6, 2, 2, Successes : 4 [23:11] [Storyteller] !ex 12 [23:11] [Storyteller] Storyteller (12), 1, 6, 8, 8, 10, 8, 4, 5, 4, 2, 3, 2, Successes : 5 [23:11] [Storyteller] !ex 12 [23:11] [Storyteller] Storyteller (12), 4, 4, 5, 1, 8, 2, 4, 1, 7, 10, 3, 1, Successes : 4 [23:11] [Storyteller] !ex 12 [23:11] [Vanal] !ex 118 [23:11] [Storyteller] 50 dice or less. example: !ex 5 [23:11] [Vanal] er [23:11] [Vanal] !ex 18 [23:11] [Storyteller] Vanal (18), 5, 6, 10, 4, 5, 8, 4, 2, 6, 6, 3, 4, 7, 3, 8, 1, 7, 1, Successes : 6 [23:11] [Vanal] !ex 17 [23:11] [Storyteller] Vanal (17), 7, 1, 2, 9, 6, 10, 3, 10, 7, 3, 3, 6, 4, 4, 2, 8, 2, Successes : 8 [23:11] [Vanal] !ex 16 [23:11] [Storyteller] Vanal (16), 2, 2, 2, 1, 10, 10, 4, 3, 8, 1, 2, 8, 3, 10, 2, 6, Successes : 8 [23:11] [Vanal] bink, bink, bink [23:11] [Storyteller] yay, no hits [23:12] [Jynaru] Whose turn now? [23:12] [Storyteller] its bloom's turn now [23:12] [Vanal] take a wild guess [23:12] [Storyteller] then jynaru's then tabius' [23:12] [Jynaru] Aie! [23:12] [Jynaru] Evil Bloom.... at least he's out of charms. [23:12] [Storyteller] Bloom..... holds his action! [23:12] [Vanal] *phew* [23:13] [Storyteller] Jynaru go. [23:13] * Jynaru jackknifes to his feet, bracing himself and going back to his oldest trick, that of shooting a fuckton of arrows into people, kissing the first of the arrows for good luck as he sneds it spearing out, alternating pulls from his paired quivers as they streak through the air faster than even the gods can see, hammering into him as chains seemingly sprout from gaping holes in his chest. [23:13] * Jynaru Jynaru smiles and snaps a hand out, still fast enough to make lightning look slow, and hauls on one of the chains, dragging it back as the striped dragon rears above him, roaring a challenge to Bloom. [23:13] [Vanal] (Would that be a metric or an imperial fuckton) [23:13] [Vanal] ? [23:13] [Jynaru] (Imperial.) [23:13] [Vanal] (right) [23:13] [Storyteller] unfortunately for bloom, the spell that tabius hit was the anti-arrow charm... [23:14] [Jynaru] 3 chained arrows, 3 adamant. [23:14] [Storyteller] Storyteller (12), 1, 9, 8, 4, 8, 5, 4, 10, 3, 5, 8, 6, Successes : 6 [23:14] [Storyteller] !ex 12 [23:14] [Storyteller] Storyteller (10), 6, 3, 3, 10, 9, 2, 1, 5, 1, 8, Successes : 4 [23:14] [Storyteller] !ex 10 [23:14] [Jynaru] all target point and poison. [23:14] [Storyteller] abort to dodge [23:14] [Storyteller] Storyteller (20), 5, 8, 5, 5, 7, 7, 2, 6, 4, 10, 1, 2, 9, 9, 4, 2, 10, 2, 10, 7, Successes : 12 [23:14] [Storyteller] !ex 20 [23:14] [Jynaru] Stunt bonus? [23:15] [Storyteller] +2 [23:15] [Jynaru] yay! I get a WP! [23:15] [Jynaru] !ex 25 [23:15] [Storyteller] Jynaru (25), 2, 9, 1, 9, 6, 8, 4, 8, 7, 2, 8, 1, 5, 2, 1, 8, 5, 4, 10, 8, 9, 7, 5, 4, 4, Successes : 12 [23:15] [Jynaru] !ex 25 [23:15] [Storyteller] Jynaru (25), 4, 3, 4, 9, 7, 6, 8, 4, 9, 5, 8, 5, 10, 4, 10, 9, 8, 8, 2, 4, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, Successes : 16 [23:15] [Jynaru] !ex 25 [23:15] [Storyteller] Jynaru (25), 2, 1, 2, 5, 2, 4, 8, 1, 7, 8, 9, 4, 8, 4, 6, 1, 9, 1, 1, 6, 5, 9, 8, 9, 7, Successes : 10 [23:15] [Jynaru] !ex 25 [23:15] [Storyteller] Jynaru (25), 4, 4, 2, 3, 4, 10, 7, 3, 2, 3, 6, 8, 3, 7, 6, 6, 2, 5, 5, 4, 5, 6, 4, 8, 5, Successes : 6 [23:15] [Jynaru] !ex 25 [23:15] [Storyteller] Jynaru (25), 7, 10, 1, 4, 9, 10, 8, 7, 4, 5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 5, 2, 8, 4, 5, 9, 2, 10, 7, 10, 2, Successes : 15 [23:15] [Jynaru] !ex 25 [23:15] [Storyteller] Jynaru (25), 5, 9, 3, 1, 2, 8, 10, 7, 9, 9, 7, 7, 3, 5, 1, 7, 3, 5, 9, 10, 7, 5, 1, 10, 10, Successes : 18 [23:15] [Storyteller] 12,16,10,6,15,18 [23:15] [Jynaru] tell me when 5fold comes up and it dies. [23:15] [Storyteller] 22 [23:15] [Storyteller] first time, it dies [23:15] [Storyteller] Storyteller (30), 9, 3, 8, 2, 7, 8, 5, 8, 2, 2, 9, 6, 2, 2, 4, 3, 1, 4, 1, 3, 8, 9, 5, 7, 5, 9, 1, 4, 1, 6, Successes : 10 [23:15] [Storyteller] !ex 30 [23:16] [Storyteller] 6 [23:16] [Storyteller] Storyteller (30), 4, 7, 2, 4, 7, 6, 4, 3, 1, 7, 7, 4, 1, 3, 5, 3, 1, 3, 5, 4, 3, 3, 10, 8, 6, 7, 2, 1, 6, 6, Successes : 8 [23:16] [Storyteller] !ex 30 [23:16] [Storyteller] Storyteller (30), 5, 2, 5, 9, 3, 10, 3, 6, 5, 10, 5, 4, 5, 4, 1, 3, 2, 6, 2, 8, 1, 8, 4, 8, 6, 6, 2, 2, 7, 8, Successes : 10 [23:16] [Storyteller] !ex 30 [23:16] [Storyteller] Storyteller (30), 4, 4, 2, 1, 1, 9, 10, 8, 6, 9, 5, 4, 7, 2, 10, 8, 8, 3, 10, 9, 8, 6, 6, 8, 9, 5, 3, 4, 9, 9, Successes : 18 [23:16] [Storyteller] !ex 30 [23:16] [Storyteller] Storyteller (30), 2, 8, 4, 4, 4, 2, 9, 8, 7, 9, 8, 7, 9, 5, 4, 8, 10, 8, 5, 6, 5, 3, 4, 4, 6, 1, 8, 2, 4, 3, Successes : 13 [23:16] [Storyteller] !ex 30 [23:16] [Storyteller] 8,10,18,13 [23:16] [Storyteller] 10,8,10,18,13 [23:16] [Storyteller] 16,10,6,15,18 10,8,10,18,13 6,2,4,3,0 [23:17] [Storyteller] so 4 of them hit [23:17] [Storyteller] pretty well actually [23:17] [Jynaru] yay. How much each? [23:17] [Storyteller] 6,2,4,3 [23:17] [Jynaru] Soak? [23:17] [Jynaru] Half agg soak, BTW. [23:17] [Storyteller] so.. 7 agg [23:18] [Jynaru] Don't forget the poison rolls after this. [23:18] [Jynaru] !exm 7 [23:18] [Storyteller] Jynaru (7), 5, 3, 4, 4, 6, 4, 1, Successes : 0, Botch [23:18] [Jynaru] !exm 3 [23:18] [Storyteller] Jynaru (3), 4, 9, 10, Successes : 2 [23:18] [Jynaru] !exm 5 [23:18] [Storyteller] Jynaru (5), 4, 4, 1, 5, 9, Successes : 1 [23:18] [Jynaru] !exm 3 [23:18] [Storyteller] Jynaru (3), 7, 2, 1, Successes : 1 [23:18] [Storyteller] so... 4 agg [23:19] [Storyteller] and immune to poison [23:19] [Jynaru] Figured. [23:19] [Vanal] he's down 8 hl ! [23:19] [Storyteller] yeap! [23:19] [Storyteller] Bloom grumbles something about bad luck.. Tabius? [23:19] * Jynaru weaves a little under the influence of the scourge. "Tell me you have more than that... killing your little slut of a wife was harder than this." [23:20] [Storyteller] "That's because.. she was.. a Dawn... Bastard!" [23:20] [Storyteller] Bloom pulls out one of the adamant arrows and throws it to the floor, shattering it... [23:20] [Tabius] (*Explain did Bloom Parry any of those arrows?*) [23:21] [Storyteller] (no, but he dodged 2) [23:21] [Tabius] (*No parries at all :-P?) [23:21] [Storyteller] (he parried but they failed) [23:21] [Tabius] (*AH and still got 30 dice?*) [23:21] [Storyteller] (yes) [23:22] [Vanal] (that's one fucking bigass pool) [23:22] [Vanal] (he's what ?Essence 12 ?) [23:22] [Storyteller] (5) [23:22] [Vanal] (...how the hell cna he have that big a pool ?) [23:22] [Jynaru] (Artifacts.) [23:22] [Vanal] (ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh) [23:22] [Storyteller] (multiple persistant defense charms, artifacts, sorcery) [23:23] [Tabius] (*Is debating on keeping essence for a combo or CMing another spell*) [23:23] [Storyteller] ok, it's your turn [23:23] [Storyteller] "Lets see how well you do..." [23:23] [Storyteller] "Against what happens next..." [23:24] [Tabius] (*Suggestions, cause 30 dice in defense is like 10 more dice than I could possibly hope to get off, even with a stupidly cool stunt*) [23:24] [Storyteller] (Well, i roll badly sometimes? ^_^) [23:25] [Storyteller] (it's less this time though, fortunately for you.) [23:25] [Jynaru] (I'd toss something he can't counterattack at him.) [23:25] [Storyteller] (Ran out of aborting to dodge) [23:25] [Jynaru] (Beyond that, CM a spell.) [23:25] * Tabius begins casting a Terrestrial spell. [23:25] [Storyteller] ok [23:25] [Storyteller] init! [23:26] [Storyteller] Storyteller : 1d10+20, 3 , Total: 23 [23:26] [Storyteller] !roll 1d10+20 [23:26] [Jynaru] !roll 1d10+16 [23:26] [Storyteller] Jynaru : 1d10+16, 9 , Total: 25 [23:26] [Tabius] !roll 1d10+12 [23:26] [Storyteller] Tabius : 1d10+12, 3 , Total: 15 [23:26] [Vanal] !roll 1d10+16 [23:26] [Storyteller] Vanal : 1d10+16, 4 , Total: 20 [23:26] [Vanal] Jyn ? kick his *ass* [23:28] [Storyteller] Bloom stands absolutely, perfectly still [23:28] [Vanal] this is not good [23:28] * Jynaru never stopped moving, drawing the needed arrows out of the air and sending them literally screaming at Bloom as he keeps the pressure up, praying to the Dragons he has enough essence left in the tank to do this just one more time as he sends the sextet of arrows out into space. He throws the bow up into the air, seizing another chain and hurling himself backwards, sending bloom [23:28] * Jynaru speeding torwards into the waiting formation of arrows. [23:29] [Jynaru] Ah, wyld-tainted arrows. Got to love them. [23:30] [Jynaru] (waiting on counterstunt and bonus number for the maths.) [23:31] [Storyteller] Bloom stands there, closing his eyes and concentrating. The Falcon behind him roars silently again, and the envolps Bloom protectively in its' wings... just as the first arrow pentrates the red translucent feathers, the air around Bloom is transformed into a bubbling mess, as water enovlops him seemingly from nowhere. As each of the arrows are about to hit him they are grabbed by the [23:31] [Storyteller] vorticies and pulled towards him, dissapearing after they sink into his flesh [23:32] [Storyteller] [Bottomless Depths Defense Combo] [23:32] [Jynaru] (Aw, SHIT.) [23:33] [Jynaru] I take motes, then. [23:33] [Tabius] (*That sucks for me*) [23:33] [Jynaru] (Hold action, maybe?) [23:33] [Storyteller] [hes casting a spell] [23:34] [Vanal] ohfuck [23:34] [Jynaru] Vanal? [23:34] [Vanal] Right [23:34] [Jynaru] Parries. Parriesparriesparries. [23:34] [Tabius] (*Ah, I feel the munchkin bullshit hitting the fan yet again*) [23:34] [Vanal] (right...first off, ping damage) [23:34] [Storyteller] [It's a first age solar, seriously :)] [23:35] [Tabius] (*its sorcery, no combo's, SERIOUSLY*) [23:35] [Vanal] yeah, arne't combos full-turn actions ? [23:35] [Storyteller] [he's not doing sorcery and actions at the same time] [23:35] [Storyteller] not unless they contain a simple or extra action type charm [23:35] [Vanal] Ahhhh [23:36] [Tabius] (*He is using Charm and Sorcery in the same turn and is not a DB who gets Reflexive charms for free*) [23:36] [Storyteller] sorcery can provide persistant effects [23:36] [Storyteller] and he has an artifact that allows him to combo any one normally uncomboable charm in per turn [23:37] [Tabius] so your saying that the Bottomless Depths Defense is a spell that he just activated reflexively. [23:37] [Jynaru] BDD is an immaculate charm. [23:37] [Storyteller] no, Bottomless Depths Defense is a martial arts charm [23:37] [Jynaru] Water, to be precise. [23:37] [Tabius] whatever, get the bullshit over with. [23:37] [Jynaru] Tala uses it occaisionally. [23:37] * Vanal 's sword begins glowing a dull red as he strikes in for the attack. It spins around him in a totally organic, seemingly haphazard way, the blade licking out at random intervals to strike at some exposed portion of bloom's form, lancing out again and again as he whittles the old bastard down to nothing [23:38] [Tabius] (*he is spending at least 3 WP with this alone, so its all good*0 [23:38] [Vanal] (Stoking bonfire and ringing anvil ) [23:38] [Jynaru] (3 WP and an HL for the charm.) [23:38] [Storyteller] bloom beat vanal on init [23:38] [Vanal] but he's casting a spell [23:38] [Storyteller] no he's not [23:38] [Vanal] you jsut said he was [23:38] [Storyteller] no he's not using any spell effects this turn [23:39] * Vanal pounds his head into a wall [23:39] [Jynaru] DT? [23:39] [Jynaru] The "he's casting a spell" is in response to my query of hold action in regards to Tabius. [23:39] [Vanal] oh [23:39] [Vanal] my bad [23:39] [Jynaru] Meaning that Tabius is stuck tossing the guillotine this turn. [23:39] [Tabius] mine also [23:39] * Vanal 's mistake [23:39] [Storyteller] "Sometimes, making a deal with demons isn't so bad..." [23:39] [Storyteller] Bloom walks through the hail of arrows towards Jynaru, and unleashes a fury of attacks upon him, each one pulling the darkness of the room into each punch [23:40] [Storyteller] the shadows seem to pass through Jynaru's blocks as he attacks... [23:40] [Jynaru] eheheheh... shit. Mind giving me a hand here, Vanal? [23:40] [Vanal] errr... [23:40] [Storyteller] [6 unblockable attacks] [23:40] [Vanal] smoke0obscuring effect ! [23:40] [Storyteller] mmm, smoke obscuring effect [23:40] [Jynaru] dodge it is! [23:41] [Vanal] maxing it out [23:41] [Vanal] 2 motes, plus....3 [23:41] * Jynaru throws himself out of the way, not caring where he lands as he simply tries to get away from the onrushing attacks, anima darting here and there across the room as he charges, flares of fire kicking out at each footfall as he blurs his way to the window. [23:42] [Storyteller] Storyteller (16), 5, 1, 2, 10, 4, 2, 6, 7, 9, 2, 9, 2, 5, 7, 5, 7, Successes : 7 [23:42] [Storyteller] !ex 22-6 [23:42] [Vanal] you each get 6 bonii [23:42] [Storyteller] +3 stunt [23:42] [Vanal] 5, more likely [23:42] [Tabius] (*Or whatever our Ability is if we don't have specialties ;-) *) [23:42] [Jynaru] !ex 24 [23:42] [Storyteller] Jynaru (24), 6, 2, 6, 1, 9, 8, 9, 5, 1, 7, 1, 6, 9, 10, 1, 7, 8, 9, 6, 6, 1, 6, 10, 9, Successes : 13 [23:42] [Jynaru] HFE! [23:43] [Storyteller] eh, he lets you get away, holding the rest of his attacks for anyone who gets in his way.... [23:43] [Jynaru] (Don't get in his way this turn.. ^_^ ) [23:43] [Vanal] "Hey ! Asshole !" [23:43] [Vanal] "*CATCH !*" [23:44] [Tabius] !ex 18 [23:44] [Storyteller] Tabius (18), 2, 9, 8, 2, 9, 7, 9, 6, 4, 2, 6, 8, 6, 3, 2, 9, 9, 10, Successes : 10 [23:44] [Tabius] !ex 12 [23:44] [Storyteller] Tabius (12), 9, 2, 8, 1, 4, 1, 10, 2, 4, 6, 1, 4, Successes : 4 [23:45] * Vanal tosses his daiklaive straight up and unseahtes his straight sword from the hidden sheath in his thunderbolt shield winding back and hurling it with minute precision right *AT* the son of a bitch's weapon, tearing it from his hands and sending it skittering across the floor, before reaching out and catching Shakel, and raising her into a defensive position [23:45] [Vanal] WP for valour [23:46] [Storyteller] mm, +2 stunt [23:46] [Storyteller] disarm? [23:46] [Vanal] *Hell* yes [23:46] [Storyteller] disarm, how many parries [23:47] [Vanal] how many attacks does he have ? [23:47] [Storyteller] 5 left [23:47] [Vanal] 5, then [23:47] [Storyteller] they are unparriable though [23:47] [Vanal] oh [23:47] [Vanal] ...errr [23:47] [Jynaru] just disarm and stay out of range. [23:47] [Vanal] better idea ! [23:48] [Vanal] same stunt...but with Elemental bolt attack and a john-woo backwards dive [23:48] [Storyteller] hmm, elemental bolt attack parry? badass [23:48] [Tabius] (*ew.....COOL!*) [23:48] [Storyteller] describe it for stunt [23:48] [Vanal] not parry...disarm [23:48] [Storyteller] right, silly me [23:51] * Vanal grunts in fury as he sprints and takes to the air...time slowing around him as his senses become hyper-extended. He finds himself clearly able to read the script on his daiklaive, picking up every hair on his arm, on bloom's arm, on anyone's arm. He is in the zone...in control, able to take in and process as much information as creation sees fit to hurl at him. He is aware of the [23:51] * Vanal tingleing sensation of essence building up on his arm and he goes with it, sucking in a deep breath and lettign rip with a tremendous jet of flame that roars across the hall in slow-motion, smashing into the shapeshifting weapon and tearing it from his grip, sending it skittering across the floor as Vanal lands and slides a good 20 feet away from Bloom...out of range [23:52] [Vanal] full moteage...4 motes [23:52] [Vanal] and of course, wp for valour [23:53] [Storyteller] hmnm.. +3 [23:53] [Storyteller] roll something else.. like... something so that bloom doesn't relize it's a disarm attack? [23:54] [Vanal] Cha+perf ? [23:54] [Storyteller] that'll work [23:54] [Vanal] !ex 9 [23:54] [Storyteller] Vanal (9), 2, 3, 9, 8, 3, 6, 2, 3, 10, Successes : 4 [23:54] [Storyteller] Storyteller (10), 10, 8, 5, 9, 4, 8, 1, 10, 4, 4, Successes : 7 [23:54] [Storyteller] !ex 10 [23:54] [Vanal] !ex 16 [23:54] [Storyteller] Vanal (16), 3, 4, 2, 10, 5, 5, 10, 7, 5, 3, 9, 4, 10, 10, 1, 1, Successes : 10 [23:54] [Storyteller] Storyteller (20), 8, 4, 5, 1, 5, 3, 6, 2, 7, 5, 4, 7, 4, 9, 5, 6, 5, 2, 2, 1, Successes : 4 [23:54] [Storyteller] !ex 20 [23:54] [Storyteller] the sword is ripped from his hands and smashed into the stone wall, out of reach... [23:55] [Vanal] *YES* [23:55] [Storyteller] Bloom stares at you incrediously... [23:55] * Vanal smirks back, his hand smoking [23:55] [Storyteller] init! [23:55] [Tabius] (*VERY NICE VANAL!*) [23:55] [Storyteller] Storyteller : 1d10+20, 8 , Total: 28 [23:55] [Storyteller] !roll 1d10+20 [23:56] [Jynaru] !roll 1d10+16 [23:56] [Storyteller] Jynaru : 1d10+16, 8 , Total: 24 [23:56] [Tabius] !roll 1d10+12 [23:56] [Storyteller] Tabius : 1d10+12, 8 , Total: 20 [23:56] [Vanal] err...he gets a HIGHER init without his weapon ? [23:56] [Storyteller] Tabius goes first [23:56] [Vanal] !roll 1d10+16 [23:56] [Storyteller] Vanal : 1d10+16, 8 , Total: 24 [23:56] [Storyteller] different charm effects [23:56] [Vanal] ah [23:56] [Storyteller] some things can't be used with weapons. [23:56] [Storyteller] less damage [23:56] [Storyteller] less acc [23:56] [Storyteller] less def [23:56] [Vanal] Ah [23:56] [Storyteller] tabius want to stunt your roll? [23:56] * Tabius is beat red in the face as he has held off this spell till Blooms effect disappated, but finaly it turns pale as he releases the [23:57] * Tabius Flying Guilotine bouncing it off the ceiling, then a wall, to come in from behind Bloom and rap around his neck. [23:57] [Storyteller] hm... +2 [23:57] [Tabius] (*Adding in Temperence*) [23:57] [Tabius] !ex 25 [23:57] [Storyteller] Tabius (25), 5, 6, 10, 7, 9, 2, 7, 7, 7, 5, 3, 8, 7, 2, 10, 6, 5, 6, 9, 2, 6, 2, 10, 7, 4, Successes : 15 [23:57] [Storyteller] Storyteller (20), 5, 7, 7, 5, 3, 3, 9, 2, 5, 3, 9, 4, 10, 10, 7, 6, 3, 9, 2, 1, Successes : 10 [23:57] [Storyteller] !ex 15+5 (add conviction) [23:58] [Storyteller] damange with 5 extra sux! [23:58] [Tabius] (*Add 5 Auto Success's to that so 20 to hit) [23:58] [Storyteller] ow, 10 extra sux to damage... [23:58] [Storyteller] 12L soak [23:58] [Vanal] ow [23:58] [Tabius] (*So thats 28-12 = 16) [23:58] [Jynaru] yessss~! rip his freaking head off! [23:58] [Vanal] ... [23:58] [Vanal] good night gracie [23:58] [Tabius] (*its em right? [23:58] [Jynaru] that's correct. [23:59] [Tabius] (*Ad WP for damage +1*) [23:59] [Tabius] !ex 16 [23:59] [Storyteller] Tabius (16), 3, 4, 2, 6, 1, 4, 4, 2, 6, 2, 4, 2, 6, 5, 1, 4, Successes : 0, Botch [23:59] [Storyteller] er... [23:59] [Jynaru] use EXM, Tabis. [23:59] [Vanal] um [23:59] [Vanal] yes [23:59] [Tabius] ERm sorry [23:59] [Vanal] exm [23:59] [Tabius] !exm 16 [23:59] [Storyteller] Tabius (16), 3, 8, 6, 8, 4, 8, 3, 7, 10, 5, 2, 8, 8, 8, 6, 10, Successes : 9 [23:59] [Vanal] *ow* [23:59] [Tabius] (*10 total!) [23:59] [Jynaru] bang! [23:59] * Storyteller counts on his little sheet of pain [23:59] [Jynaru] That's more than myself and Van put together... Session Close: Sun Oct 26 00:00:01 2003 Session Start: Sun Oct 26 00:00:01 2003 Session Ident: #pvpexaltedrp [00:00] [Tabius] (*First time that spell has actually made it into combat for any effect after the fight at the Farm*) [00:00] [Storyteller] 18 HL so far, right? [00:00] [Jynaru] 19 total. [00:00] [Tabius] (*Yes*) [00:00] [Storyteller] 19, right.. [00:00] * Storyteller counts [00:00] [Jynaru] ten from the guillo, 4 from me, 4 from van, and one from activating BDD. [00:00] [Storyteller] damn, damn close. [00:00] [Vanal] Hehehe [00:00] [Jynaru] Bum rush the fucker. [00:01] [Vanal] has it been 5 minutes yet ? [00:01] [Storyteller] Bloom staggers, gushing blood badly from his neck... and dissapears [00:01] [Jynaru] Let's play how many.... aw, hell no. [00:01] [Storyteller] dematerialize. it's why he didn't use a charm to defend. [00:01] [Jynaru] ... if he follows this up with possession? [00:01] [Storyteller] ^_^ [00:01] [Jynaru] I am going to harm you most thoroughly. [00:02] [Storyteller] SOMEBODY here can dosomething about immaterial things, right? [00:02] [Vanal] that would be *TALA* [00:02] [Storyteller] mm, tala... [00:02] [Jynaru] yeah... but not much. [00:02] [Storyteller] Well, blooms gone... [00:02] [Vanal] err [00:02] [Vanal] nope [00:02] [Jynaru] I can shoot... two arrows at him! [00:02] [Jynaru] wow. [00:02] [Storyteller] you might could kil him off [00:02] [Jynaru] Right. I guess that's the plan, then. [00:03] [Vanal] ... [00:03] [Vanal] dear God [00:03] [Storyteller] Storyteller (6), 3, 9, 5, 9, 5, 2, Successes : 2 [00:03] [Storyteller] !ex 6 [00:03] [Storyteller] he's on his last 2 HL [00:03] [Storyteller] -4 and INC [00:03] * Vanal crosses his fingers [00:04] [Storyteller] next turn then [00:05] [Storyteller] oh, jynaru hasn't acted this turn.. [00:05] [Storyteller] so Jynaru, you can get hiiimi! [00:05] [Vanal] he's stunting [00:05] [Vanal] and I'm leafing through the DB book [00:05] [Storyteller] heh [00:05] [Tabius] (*Same here) [00:05] [Vanal] do weapons of the 5mm affect dematerialized beings ? [00:05] [Storyteller] has to be special 5mm weapon [00:05] * Jynaru drags out a couple of arrows, eyeing the last one, the one that took Bloom out before, imbuing it with the nature of the death of anathema as he nocks it, arcing it back and focusing, deadly serious as he scans the room and lets it loose, hymns of prayer from the fallen defenders of the Realm echoing through the room at the twang of the bow. Jynaru has nothing left, falling back, far far [00:05] [Storyteller] or you can use ghost-fire blade [00:05] * Jynaru away from the shot as it seemingly reaches out into the sky, slamming into the form of Bloom and sending a shocking scream through the song as it slams him into materialization, sending him through the remnants of the window with a crescendo of praise. [00:06] [Jynaru] one shot. [00:06] [Vanal] I don't have gohst-fire blade [00:06] [Jynaru] I use my talisman arrow. [00:06] [Storyteller] then you need a special weapon [00:06] [Storyteller] ew [00:06] [Storyteller] talisman arrow... [00:06] [Jynaru] I shall be rerolling if it fails. [00:06] [Jynaru] 4 times. [00:06] [Vanal] errr...you know that ability for shakel's fury we never got around to discussing ? [00:06] [Jynaru] oh, and sutnt bonii? [00:06] [Storyteller] damn, and the base damage on that is... [00:06] [Storyteller] heh [00:06] [Vanal] guess what [00:06] [Jynaru] something like 12L? [00:06] [Vanal] well, we'll wait for jyn, first [00:07] [Storyteller] +2 stunt but it's -2 for a blind shot [00:07] [Jynaru] !ex 23 [00:07] [Storyteller] Jynaru (23), 9, 4, 4, 9, 6, 3, 9, 4, 5, 9, 2, 8, 9, 6, 5, 5, 4, 1, 4, 6, 10, 5, 8, Successes : 9 [00:07] [Jynaru] Reroll it. [00:07] [Jynaru] !ex 23 [00:07] [Storyteller] Jynaru (23), 3, 3, 8, 5, 9, 5, 8, 1, 9, 4, 7, 8, 4, 2, 6, 8, 4, 6, 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, Successes : 7 [00:07] [Jynaru] Reroll it. [00:07] [Jynaru] !ex 23 [00:07] [Storyteller] Jynaru (23), 6, 1, 1, 6, 1, 4, 1, 5, 5, 3, 9, 7, 10, 3, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 2, 8, 7, 5, Successes : 6 [00:07] [Jynaru] .... this is not funny. [00:07] [Jynaru] !ex 23 [00:07] [Storyteller] Jynaru (23), 3, 10, 2, 5, 5, 4, 9, 9, 2, 4, 2, 7, 9, 6, 10, 8, 2, 7, 5, 7, 8, 4, 9, Successes : 13 [00:07] [Jynaru] Should I sit on 13? [00:07] [Tabius] (*YEAH!*) [00:07] [Jynaru] I have one reroll of the talisman left... [00:07] [Tabius] (*Yes..... its over half*) [00:08] [Vanal] yeah, over half... [00:08] [Jynaru] I'll keep it. I'm rolling just to see what might have been, alright? [00:08] [Jynaru] !ex 23 [00:08] [Storyteller] Jynaru (23), 7, 3, 8, 2, 2, 1, 4, 10, 4, 5, 4, 5, 10, 5, 4, 2, 7, 1, 2, 8, 2, 9, 10, Successes : 11 [00:08] [Vanal] *phew* [00:08] [Jynaru] unlucky thirteen! [00:08] [Storyteller] wait! [00:08] [Jynaru] hmmm? [00:09] [Vanal] wait!? [00:09] [Jynaru] I didn't use the charm more than once. [00:09] [Storyteller] there was someone hiding behind the other curtain! [00:09] [Vanal] ... [00:09] [Vanal] I swear to God, GH...if this is the real bloom, you are going to die [00:10] [Vanal] *isn't [00:10] [Storyteller] c'mon, no fake bloom can fight like that [00:10] [Jynaru] If it isn't the scarlet empress, or Ejava, or somebody NOT going to kick our ass, I will help him kill you. [00:10] [Storyteller] It's... [00:10] [Vanal] Kejak ? [00:10] [Storyteller] no... [00:10] [Vanal] Ghada ? [00:10] [Jynaru] the abyssal from waaay back when? [00:10] [Storyteller] no.... [00:10] [Vanal] Diethelm ? [00:11] [Vanal] Ressar ? [00:11] [Storyteller] no, not diethelm [00:11] [Storyteller] or any of your characters [00:11] [Jynaru] Just tell us! [00:11] [Vanal] Your mom ? [00:11] [Storyteller] it's.. that's just not fair [00:11] [Storyteller] it's... [00:11] * Cicada leaps from her cover behind the tapestry, screaming wordlessly as she tears the ancient fabric in two with her sai and then flies past the place where Red Bloom stood. Straight into the path of Jynaru's oncoming missiles. With a series of dull thuds she takes each and every one straight to the chest, the force of their impacts stopping her dead on the spot. [00:11] [Vanal] *FUCK* [00:11] [Vanal] *YOU* [00:11] [Jynaru] There is only one arrow. [00:11] [Cicada] Then only one thud. [00:12] [Jynaru] Alright. [00:12] [Jynaru] Roll them. [00:12] [Tabius] (*HOLD I Can do something reflexively!!!!*) [00:12] [Jynaru] Let's see what you've got. [00:12] [Vanal] Tabs...let's see [00:13] [Jynaru] (Knock cicada out of the way and SAE it onto bloom.) [00:14] * Tabius knowing Cicada oh so well he relizes what she is doing and jumps in right next to her to push her out of the way of the arrow ciming and and bounces off her in the other direction letting it take its path clear of anybody . [00:14] [Tabius] (*EXACTLY JYN!*) [00:14] [Storyteller] ok, I think there is a dodge roll for VND and a roll for SAE [00:14] [Storyteller] make both of them at your full pool. [00:15] [Tabius] !ex 17 [00:15] [Storyteller] Tabius (17), 1, 3, 2, 7, 4, 3, 2, 9, 9, 7, 4, 4, 4, 8, 7, 9, 7, Successes : 8 [00:15] [Storyteller] Cicada make your dodge roll [00:15] [Jynaru] Did you forget the smoke obscuring effect? [00:15] [Storyteller] SOE doesn't work on the person who activates it [00:15] [Cicada] (stunt?) [00:15] [Storyteller] sure [00:15] [Jynaru] That was Vanal. [00:15] [Tabius] (*No thats with the 5 extra dice from that*) [00:15] [Storyteller] Tabius +1 stunt [00:15] [Vanal] I activated it, GH [00:15] [Storyteller] ok [00:15] [Storyteller] add SOE then and +1 stunt [00:15] [Storyteller] you can reroll the 17 if you want [00:15] [Jynaru] just roll a die.... [00:16] [Jynaru] 8 isn't bad. [00:16] [Tabius] !ex 1 [00:16] [Storyteller] Tabius (1), 1, Successes : 0, Botch [00:16] [Storyteller] ok, lets see... [00:16] [Tabius] (*its a roll to get in and dodge the person out of the blow and your the new target. Then I safty among enemies for a second roll. [00:16] [Storyteller] yea [00:17] [Tabius] (*Second roll for SOE this time*) [00:17] [Tabius] !ex 18 [00:17] [Storyteller] Tabius (18), 1, 5, 4, 6, 2, 4, 8, 4, 4, 7, 10, 5, 1, 5, 2, 10, 8, 8, Successes : 8 [00:17] [Tabius] (*More than 4, take it to him Jyn*) [00:17] [Jynaru] (Ballad of a fallen angel has been playing during this... I am amused.) [00:17] [Tabius] (*And my Ace Up the Sleave is officialy out ;-)*) [00:18] [Jynaru] I await confirmation of damage rolling. [00:18] [Storyteller] ok, it will hit Tabius now, unless Cicada makes some kind of strange stunt [00:18] [Jynaru] he SAEd it. [00:18] [Jynaru] That's the second roll. [00:18] [Storyteller] i dont' think it should work though, since he blocked her and then SAEd it [00:18] [Jynaru] That was the entire point of it. [00:19] [Vanal] it's an inventive use of a charm [00:19] * Vanal doesn't see the need to penalize that [00:19] [Storyteller] I know that tAbius' thing works [00:19] [Storyteller] I'm just wondering what cicada is trying to do [00:19] [Cicada] I can? Apart from counting as an enemy? [00:19] [Storyteller] I don't think you can do anything [00:20] [Tabius] (*It wasn't a Block, it was a Knock her to the side.....*0 [00:21] [Storyteller] ok [00:21] [Storyteller] Roll your SAE roll Tabius [00:21] [Tabius] (*Virtues Guardian Defense puts you in their place. Once there Tabs is the target, and then he used a charm to make Bloom the target*) [00:21] [Tabius] !ex 18 [00:21] [Storyteller] Tabius (18), 2, 8, 4, 2, 8, 10, 2, 7, 8, 6, 8, 1, 5, 2, 4, 3, 7, 6, Successes : 8 [00:21] [Storyteller] allright...... [00:21] [Storyteller] that took.. [00:21] [Storyteller] Jynaru your attack is now at 5 extra sux [00:22] [Jynaru] His halved soak? [00:22] [Storyteller] 6 [00:22] [Jynaru] !exm 11 [00:22] [Storyteller] Jynaru (11), 1, 1, 8, 8, 10, 3, 2, 6, 4, 10, 4, Successes : 4 [00:22] [Tabius] (*YEAH!*) [00:22] [Vanal] good *night* [00:22] [Storyteller] Bloom is dying! [00:22] [Jynaru] ICE his ass! [00:22] [Vanal] "TABS ! SEal him up !" [00:22] [Storyteller] his blood is soaking into the ground... [00:22] [Tabius] (*LMAO!!!!*) [00:23] [Storyteller] then his body appears. [00:23] [Storyteller] the arrow is in his heart [00:23] [Vanal] "I told you bloom..." [00:23] * Cicada 's eyes follow the arrow with terror in them! "Noo! I musn't die!" [00:23] [Vanal] "I told we'd find you..." [00:23] [Cicada] (he musn't die!) [00:23] [Storyteller] "I'll be back..." [00:23] [Storyteller] "You can't.. stop me.." [00:23] [Vanal] "Not in our lifetimes." [00:23] [Tabius] (*Can tabs heal him 2 levels so he doesn't die?*) [00:23] [Jynaru] (Ice gets him before he dies.) [00:23] [Storyteller] (Not enough time to cast the spell) [00:23] [Vanal] freeze him BEFORE he dies ! [00:24] [Storyteller] he dies in 2 turns [00:24] [Tabius] (*DAMN*) [00:24] [Jynaru] Heal him just a tiny bit. [00:24] [Cicada] (did the body not disappear?) [00:24] [Storyteller] it reappeared [00:24] [Storyteller] because it was part of jyns' stunt [00:24] [Cicada] (ah) [00:24] [Tabius] (*Nobody has any cool salve that stops 2 wound levels eh*) [00:24] [Cicada] (oh, and stunt for my leap in the path of the arrow?) [00:24] [Storyteller] yea, that worked, but tabius' stunt.. so complex.. awsome [00:24] [Vanal] Do I have any cool legion medical supplies ? [00:25] [Storyteller] he dies in two turns, remember that ICE is a long effect. [00:25] [Cicada] (bonus for the stunt... please?) [00:25] [Tabius] but if we can heal him 2 levels he will be INC'd and we can get him with the spell..... [00:25] [Storyteller] hmm.. Vanal, you have a hearthstone thing that makes people not die... his daiklaive is sitting over there.... [00:25] [Vanal] I do ? [00:25] [Tabius] Hrmmmm [00:25] * Vanal does ! [00:25] [Storyteller] remember, tabius' gift... [00:25] [Cicada] (he lacks attunement) [00:25] * Vanal gets the klaive ! [00:25] [Storyteller] nah it's still attuned. [00:26] * Vanal doens't but anyways... [00:26] [Storyteller] just give bloom the klaive... :) [00:26] [Tabius] (*We all do, and he is attuned to his own shit ;-) *) [00:26] [Cicada] (is Bloom attuned?) [00:26] * Vanal plunks the stone in the klaive and gives it to bloom [00:26] [Storyteller] yes [00:26] [Storyteller] Bloom stares at the klaive [00:26] [Vanal] "Tabius...hit him...*fast*" [00:26] [Storyteller] (each stone only asts one turn, better heal him to incap before you run out of stones) [00:26] [Tabius] (*Hit him with WHAT?*) [00:26] [Vanal] (ICE !) [00:26] [Storyteller] (ICE is a ritual) [00:26] [Tabius] (*ICe takes a FULL DAY!) [00:26] [Vanal] (oh...then what do we *do* ?) [00:27] [Storyteller] (heal him to incap) [00:27] [Tabius] (*Heal him to INCAP*) [00:27] [Storyteller] the stone shatters! [00:27] [Vanal] "HEAL HIM !" [00:27] * Jynaru drags himself up to his feet, staring. "If he gets up, I'm going to tear his fucking head off and throw it so far the Lookshy bastards will think it's a meteor." [00:27] [Storyteller] "Ugh... You found.. my manse..." [00:27] * Cicada pushes Tabius out of the way and cradles Red Bloom in her arms. "No! Please don't die! I beg you! Please don't!" [00:27] [Vanal] "*FAST*" [00:27] * Tabius runs over and puts his hands on the demon spawn and unattunes his armor and sword to heal the man 2 levels with healing flames in a show of raw essnce. [00:27] [Storyteller] "I don't.. have enough.. essence..." [00:27] [Storyteller] gurk... [00:28] * *Red* Bloom stops bleeding and falls limply in Cicada's arms [00:28] * Jynaru wanders over, staring at Cicada and half considering throwing her off the tower. [00:28] * Cicada cries, her tears falling on the Anathema. "Don't do this to me after all I... after all we promised! Let me heal you!" [00:28] [Tabius] "Jyn take her somewhere, NOW!" [00:28] * Cicada fires up her healing charm. (that is what I needed that WP for) [00:29] * Jynaru hauls her up, hurling her off. [00:29] [Storyteller] init! [00:29] [Vanal] !roll 1d10+16 [00:29] [Storyteller] Vanal : 1d10+16, 8 , Total: 24 [00:29] [Jynaru] !roll 1d10+16 [00:29] [Storyteller] Jynaru : 1d10+16, 2 , Total: 18 [00:29] [Jynaru] ewwwwww. [00:30] [Cicada] (uhh... Cicada getting to use her instant charm before or after this?) [00:30] [Storyteller] you gotta beat him on init to use the charm [00:30] [Cicada] (no contest. I lose) [00:30] * Vanal bodily hauls Cic off of Bloom [00:31] * Vanal hurls her halfway across the hall [00:31] [Storyteller] Bloom lies there, deaded [00:31] [Vanal] Tabs ! [00:31] [Cicada] "Let go! I can keep him alive! I can heal him!" [00:31] [Jynaru] Not deaded, Incapped. [00:31] * Tabius mentaly summons his remaining 3 minions to the top of the tower as fast as they can get there. [00:31] [Storyteller] he looks dead to me... [00:31] [Storyteller] The minions climb up the tower... [00:32] [Vanal] "Tabs...the spell !" [00:32] [Tabius] (*Cast spell already, no?*) [00:32] [Storyteller] the war grinds to a halt outside as the mystic symbol begins to glow stronger under yourfeet [00:32] [Storyteller] (You did, healing flames was cast) [00:32] * Vanal slaps Cic soundly across the face [00:32] [Vanal] "Shut." [00:32] [Vanal] "Up." [00:32] [Cicada] (thought the charms was faster than the spell. Oh well)¨ [00:32] [Tabius] "We need our of this tower, NOW!: [00:32] [Tabius] (*Out*) [00:33] [Vanal] "You nearly cost us everything we spent the last 2 years fight-...WHAT ?!" [00:33] [Storyteller] there are two people here! [00:33] [Jynaru] "We are assuming the magic symbol is a trap." [00:33] * Jynaru snaps towards them, bow drawn. [00:33] [Storyteller] you didn't see them come in, they're standing either side of the doors [00:33] [Tabius] "No its going to blow us up I think." [00:33] [Jynaru] "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?" [00:33] * Vanal wheels, pulling out his blade [00:33] [Storyteller] they're both women with white skin and black hair... you wonder where you've seen them before... [00:34] [Cicada] (oh gods... them...) [00:34] [Storyteller] You recognize the one on the left from the topmast [00:34] [Storyteller] back on Juniper's boat.. [00:34] [Jynaru] Hey, Sids. [00:34] [Storyteller] the one that ICS was watching, Jynaru [00:34] * Tabius draws his Adimant Blade and puts it to whats left of Blooms neck. [00:34] [Storyteller] Bloom isn't moving, he looks dead [00:34] [Tabius] (*not cutting, but the threat is there*) [00:35] * Vanal looks at the arrivals [00:35] [Vanal] "Tell me for Mela's sake you two aren't looking for a fight." [00:35] [Tabius] (*Say something general ;-) *) [00:35] * Jynaru shudders. "Godfuckingdammit, unless you're here to seal him, I will kill you and feed what's left to the demons in the fucking foundation." [00:35] [Storyteller] the one on the left.. "No, We are not here to fight... We are merely here to confirm that he is dead.." [00:36] [Jynaru] "I am running out of goddamned cursewords, and am tired as hell of this shit." [00:36] [Vanal] "Well, take a sodding look." [00:36] [Vanal] "He's an Ex-Exalt...happy now ?" [00:36] [Tabius] "Then confirm it or we will ECE him as soon as we can." [00:36] [Storyteller] The one on the right nods and draws a dagger from her sleeve. [00:37] [Tabius] (*Has no idea even as a player who these two broads are*) [00:37] [Vanal] (me neither) [00:37] * Vanal rubs his temples [00:37] [Cicada] (Arianna's bodyguards) [00:38] [Storyteller] She walks fowards with the knife in her hand... as she does so a annoying buzzing sound resonantes in all of your minds... [00:38] * Vanal winces [00:38] [Vanal] "Goddammit, that thing's giving me a headache." [00:38] * Jynaru halfway starts to release the shot at her. [00:39] [Storyteller] she kneels down by bloom, the dagger half-raised over his body... [00:39] [Vanal] (er, should we be stopping them ? I'm confused) [00:39] [Tabius] (*Actually I think its better he is dead and not ECE'd. He has to start over again......*) [00:39] [Storyteller] (They're confusing ... what do you think?) [00:39] [Tabius] (*He can't come back as an all powerful solar this time, he has to spend another couple of thousand years*) [00:40] [Jynaru] (I wouldn't bother.) [00:40] [Tabius] (*Getting back....where if he is ECE'd he can be rescued at his current stupidly high powerlevel*) [00:40] [Vanal] (stopping them ?) [00:40] [Jynaru] (They're likely nasty, and we've just spent a hell of a lot of effort dropping Bloom.) [00:40] [Vanal] "Ma'am ?" [00:40] [Vanal] "Allow me." [00:40] [Storyteller] She looks up [00:40] [Jynaru] (Nah. Magic dagger.) [00:40] [Jynaru] (Does something fucked up.) [00:41] * Vanal indicates his own weapon [00:41] [Vanal] "Unless yours will keep him from coming back ?" [00:41] [Storyteller] "No..." [00:41] [Storyteller] "You do not wish him dead?" [00:41] [Vanal] "Then may I ? I promsied him I'd be the one to do it." [00:41] [Cicada] "No! Don't touch him anymore! Carry him out! He must be sealed!" [00:42] [Vanal] (Waaaaayyy bakc on the boat) [00:42] [Storyteller] She smiles and steps away. [00:42] [Storyteller] "Be my guest." [00:42] * Vanal nods and walks up, Shakel at the ready [00:42] [Storyteller] She slips the dagger back into it's case [00:42] [Jynaru] "Hold it." [00:42] * Vanal stops [00:42] [Vanal] "What is it *now* ?!" [00:42] [Jynaru] "If you use that, what does it do?" [00:43] [Storyteller] "It kills him." [00:43] * Cicada looks imploringly at Jynaru. "Make them see sense... Don't let them..." [00:43] [Jynaru] "Beyond scream annoyingly in my head." [00:43] [Storyteller] She throws you the dagger [00:43] [Storyteller] it's just a normal dagger.. [00:43] [Storyteller] she smiles happily.. "In your head? I don't understand." [00:44] * Jynaru shrugs, tosses it back. "We'll ECE the corpse. Because he is a corpse." [00:44] * Tabius pouring through the window that Jynaru used to initially attack Bloom come 3 black skinned eyeless creations carrying some huge contraption of a weapon. [00:44] * Vanal shrugs, sighs and sheathes his blade [00:44] [Storyteller] "Surely you don't think yourself able to do what the spirits could not...." [00:44] [Vanal] "We're not spirits." [00:45] * Tabius motions for his minions to bring him the weapon. [00:45] [Storyteller] She smiles. [00:45] [Storyteller] "And you have somewhere to put the body?" [00:45] [Vanal] "We're dragonblooded...haven't you learned? Piss us off, and we'll move heaven and earth to see you undone." [00:45] [Jynaru] "Indeed.' [00:45] [Jynaru] "Elsewhere." [00:45] [Storyteller] she closes her mouth, covering her smile with a hand and turns away, walking back to her "sister" [00:47] [Storyteller] "Good luck with that." [00:47] [Storyteller] They leave! [00:47] [Storyteller] as they withdraw the buzzing dissipates [00:47] [Tabius] "Like I said, could somebody take Cicada somewhere while I do what is necessary. [00:47] [Cicada] "Tabius... Please let me help. I have to end it." [00:48] [Vanal] "Oh for Mela's..." [00:48] [Tabius] "End what?" [00:49] [Vanal] "Cic, listen to me..." [00:49] [Vanal] "That stutn you jsut pulled almost threw everythign we have fought, suffered and struggled for away." [00:50] [Vanal] "*ALL* of it." [00:50] * Jynaru wanders over to her, sagging under the strain of the huge battle. "There's always an ending... fuck, who used to say that to me? But there's always a beginning, too." He unties the braid, tossing the spike that tips it aside. "16 Anathema... I win. Let her stay. I'll be taking a goddamned nap." [00:50] * Jynaru gives her a smile and starts down the stairs. [00:50] [Jynaru] "tooooo old for this shit." [00:50] * Vanal gives Cic one last glare and follows Jyn [00:51] [Vanal] "Wanna grab a drink, buddy ?" [00:51] * Tabius stands waiting for Cicada to explain what has to end, still wielding the Adimant blade at Blooms throuat [00:51] [Jynaru] "That would be lovely. But you get to carry me if I collapse..." [00:52] * Cicada bows to Tabius, tears still streaking her cheeks. "Father, let me assist in the spell, please. As my final goodbye to a man I loved." [00:52] [Vanal] "I'll leave that toi one of my underlings...perks of being a general." [00:52] * Vanal exhales [00:53] [Tabius] "Unless you to have mastered the arts of Celestial Sorcery I am dumbfounded as to how you can assist? [00:53] [Vanal] "2 years of constant battle..." [00:53] [Vanal] "It's over." [00:53] [Vanal] "I can *rest* for a bit." [00:53] [Cicada] "I... I'm sorry." [00:53] [Jynaru] "Oh, I'm sure something else will start tomorrow. But I'll let someone else handle it for a change." [00:53] * Vanal chuckles "A-men." [00:53] [Cicada] "I understand... can I at least stay and watch?" [00:53] [Tabius] "If you wish to stand watch, that is fine with me." [00:54] [Vanal] "Old soldiers never die, Jyn." [00:54] [Vanal] "We jsut fade away." [00:54] * Cicada nods, a tiny smile showing on her face. [00:54] * Vanal lights up a cigar [00:54] * Tabius starts the ritual with a bit of a flurry being uninjured and having done little in the battle but cast a few spells. [00:54] [Vanal] "And frankly, i'll let the Mnemon handle the next crisis." [00:54] * Cicada kneels by RB, arrenging him to look proper. Then holds his hand in goodbye, never taking her eyes from his. [00:55] [Storyteller] his hands are cold.. so cold... but slowly the weaves of Tabius' spell envelop him... [00:55] [Jynaru] "Yeah, I imagine having an Earth immaculate to lead them would help." [00:55] * Vanal sighs [00:55] [Storyteller] and thus ends the story of red bloom! [00:56] [Vanal] *roll credits* [00:56] [Jynaru] Hey.... wait! [00:56] [Jynaru] If it's his story... [00:56] [Jynaru] I'm the villain! [00:56] [Tabius] LMAO!!!! [00:56] [Storyteller] :) [00:56] [Storyteller] the tragedy of red bloom... [00:56] [Vanal] In the roles of... [00:56] [Cicada] Heh. [00:56] [Vanal] Cathak Vanal.....Adama Baldwin [00:56] [Vanal] *Adam [00:57] [Vanal] Ledaal Jynaru....Viggo Mortennson [00:57] [Jynaru] I didn't do anything villainy! Just backhand the pregnant woman, kill him twice, taunt him about sleeping with his wife before I killed her, and that stuff... [00:57] [Cicada] (hmmm... no wonder I fell for him...) [00:57] [Storyteller] Villiany Jynaru! [00:57] * Vanal has no clue about the rest of the cast [00:58] * Vanal is now known as DarthTom [00:58] [DarthTom] ...it's over [00:58] [Cicada] Bah, the pregnant woman deserved it - if memory serves me right. [00:58] [Storyteller] wheeee\ [00:58] [Jynaru] Except for the shakel stuff, and a couple of other scenes. [00:58] [Storyteller] Shakel stuff will happen during the timeline of next game [00:58] [DarthTom] Yay ! [00:58] [Jynaru] I somehow escaped the game... [00:58] * Jynaru is now known as Fiat [00:59] * Storyteller is now known as GoldenH [00:59] [Tabius] and Tabius Cathek - Alec Newman (also known as Paul Atradies from Frank H's DUNE) [00:59] [GoldenH] that's a good fit, actually [00:59] [GoldenH] but not bronze enough [00:59] [DarthTom] it is. [00:59] [Fiat] Without getting killed by Kylara because of Cicada. [00:59] [DarthTom] Sable Cicada....Lucy Liu ? (I dunno) [00:59] [Tabius] (*heh, the bronze is an "effect" Tabs was just as white as that guy was normaly ;-) *) [00:59] [DarthTom] Red Bloom....Christopher Walken [01:00] [Fiat] ... oh, fuck. [01:00] [GoldenH] heh, that fits [01:00] [GoldenH] bald walken? [01:00] [Fiat] It just keeps getting worse... [01:00] [Cicada] You really think Cicada will not make sure Kylara spends a day outside camp on a scouting trip? [01:00] [GoldenH] ^_^ [01:00] * Cicada then has a long talk with Jynaru. [01:00] [Fiat] Furious angels kicks up, and then it turns into a Lucifer vs. Gabriel remathc. [01:00] [Fiat] rematch, even. [01:00] [Tabius] I always pictured Cic as the girl with the cool ass sword guys sword in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon [01:00] [DarthTom] Zhiang Zi Yang ? [01:01] [DarthTom] that's a better fit [01:01] * Fiat is sooooooo the villain now.... [01:01] [GoldenH] you're totally the villian [01:01] [DarthTom] Peleps Tei- Jet Li [01:01] [GoldenH] and you never figured out who the abyssals were :P [01:01] [Fiat] Because I am evil! [01:01] [DarthTom] err [01:01] [DarthTom] sorry [01:01] [Fiat] Indeeeeed. [01:01] [DarthTom] Tei- Jet Li [01:01] [DarthTom] Peleps Tala- Michelle Yeoh [01:01] [DarthTom] We bumped into abbies ? [01:02] [GoldenH] yeap [01:02] [Cicada] The two girls. [01:02] [Tabius] Yeah, and survived. [01:02] [DarthTom] Huh [01:02] [Cicada] They served RB by contract with the Deathlords. [01:03] [GoldenH] how he knew hungry ghost style [01:03] [Cicada] Acted as messengers and spec forces. [01:06] [GoldenH] wheeee [01:06] [GoldenH] channel is all dead now Session Close: Sun Oct 26 01:06:15 2003