You have just entered room "blandlytitled."
Der DWSage has entered the room.
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: Stand by. Food and pre-GM thingies.
CGNakibe has entered the room.
Arch mage144 has left the room.
Der DWSage: *Hums*
Der DWSage: *I mean, hums*
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
Arch mage144: (Thanks)
Arch mage144: (Here we go)
Der DWSage: (*Hums*)
Der DWSage: (*HUMS LIKE THE DICKENS*)
Arch mage144: (Shaun's AFK doing stuff.)
Der DWSage: (I'd guessed. The fucker quoted me, too.)
Lithaladhwen: (Whenever he gets back I'm pretty much good to go, or at least to start doing things.)
Der DWSage: (Kayo.)
NYClark2 has entered the room.
Female Pretense has entered the room.
MajorGeneralTso has entered the room.
CGNakibe: (RAR.)
Lithaladhwen: (Wow. A lot of people are interested in watching a plot that, like... none of you were here to see set up.)
Lithaladhwen: (That's kind of neat.)
Der DWSage: (T'is.)
Der DWSage: (Makes me wonder if I should sell copies of the letter Sorune got.)
Lithaladhwen: (You should. It's actually a pretty damn good summary.)
CGNakibe: (Tis. Very informative.)
Arch mage144 has left the room.
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: (For the record, I think that Sage and I are going to RP something and then timelapse to the present when I'll be coming to retrieve all of you. That okay?)
Lithaladhwen: (We didn't get a chance to RP Sorune getting Zea's letter, and he's expressed interest in doing so.)
Lithaladhwen: (We can do that whenever Sage is ready. *poke*)
Der DWSage: (Specifically, his reaction to getting the letter.)
Lithaladhwen: (Yes.)
Der DWSage: (ANYHOW.)
Lithaladhwen: (It would just be delivered by normal post to his house.)
Der DWSage: *And our Druidic friend reads the letter...and then re-reads it...and then swears. Loudly.*
Female Pretense: Micha does stuff
Female Pretense: like this
Lithaladhwen: *( )
Der DWSage: *This is followed by him nailing a large sign on the door that says 'Personal matters' and sets off to Zea's house with an elderly lion in tow*
Female Pretense: (FUCK)
Female Pretense: (>_<)
Lithaladhwen: (Wrong window?)
Der DWSage: (Wrong window DiaDia. :{ )
Der DWSage: (*Patpats DiaDia*)
Lithaladhwen: *Sorune totally finds it, as he's been there before. It's more or less as he remembers it.*
Female Pretense: (:[ yeah)
Female Pretense: (I feel like an RP newb again! :D)
Der DWSage: *Knocking commences!*
Lithaladhwen: *The door opens, but only so much as the chain holding it shut allows.*
Der DWSage: *Holds up the letter!* It's me, Zea.
Lithaladhwen: *Zea peeks out, sees that it's Sorune, and closes the door so she can unlatch it. As she opens it, Sorune can see that she's answered the door with her axe in one hand.*
Lithaladhwen: Hey, Sorune. Thought I'd be seeing you here. How you been?
Der DWSage: Good start, that. And aside from a minor heart attack, fine.
CGNakibe: (Zea needs a new door sign.)
CGNakibe: (Tresspassers will feed flowers.)
Lithaladhwen: (Heee!)
Lithaladhwen: Minor heart attack? Oh, right. The thing. It's not so bad. It worked out pretty well in the short term.
Der DWSage: Mm. Yes, well, you're fortunate to have me. o.o
Der DWSage: I've had to protect people from assassins before.
Lithaladhwen: Uh huh.
Lithaladhwen: Good work on that. I don't need to be protected from "assassins." I'm just being watched right now.
Lithaladhwen: *waves him inside* So come in where we won't be?
Der DWSage: *Does enter!*
Der DWSage: <_< Willing to bet your life on it?
Lithaladhwen: *shuts and latches the door* Okay. I knew you'd freak out about this.
Lithaladhwen: Solis thought I should tell you though, at least for when I'm working in the market.
Lithaladhwen: I thought that was fair.
Der DWSage: *Nod* And congratulations on finding your father. I think.
Lithaladhwen: *smiles* Yeah.
Lithaladhwen: I was glad to have met him.
Lithaladhwen: Anyway. I would appreciate it if you'd hang around at least some of the time when I'm out in public or whatever, but I think it's better in this case if I keep to my routine.
Der DWSage: Actually, I'd thought about that...
Der DWSage: *Gives a small whistle...and two mice and a small lizard pop out of his shirt* These three agreed to keep an eye on you.
Der DWSage: They owe me favors. <_<
Lithaladhwen: ... Sorune? They aren't safe here. They know that, right?
Lithaladhwen: I don't think they could even survive being in my lab.
Der DWSage: Why do you think they've been hiding in my shirt?
Der DWSage: *Yeah, they zip back in*
Lithaladhwen: Tell them I don't need them to risk poisoning themselves with death energy just to keep an eye on me.
Der DWSage: *Nods* They're going to keep an eye on you from the outside. They've lived in the city for a long while.
Der DWSage: Sher's also waiting outside.
Lithaladhwen: Okay. Let's suppose for a moment that they can do that. What good are they if someth-- wait, Sher's here? He can't stay here.
Lithaladhwen: You don't understand what goes on around here while I'm experimenting. I will not be responsible for anyone's safety but my own.
Der DWSage: Well aware. Sher refused to come in, actually.
Lithaladhwen: *shrug* Then what's he doing here?
Der DWSage: <_<; Well, amongst other things, I promised him another trip to the bookstore.
CGNakibe: (Waiting for a slow-moving lunch.)
Lithaladhwen: Ah. ....okay.
Der DWSage: He's hooked on an author called Wakeem Noris. A Nekojin, probably.
Lithaladhwen: But seriously. Fine. They can stay outside if they want. Whatever animals you've got around here, that's fine. What good are they if something happens? They just supposed to come get you and warn you?
Der DWSage: Can't stand his work myself...I'm getting off-track.
Der DWSage: *Nods* Warn me, follow you, and generally get help.
Papa Tymisonn has entered the room.
Papa Tymisonn: (Holy shite, I'm late.)
Papa Tymisonn: (Someone hit me with a painstik.)
Der DWSage: (That reminds me. Lex should be in here. >: )
Lithaladhwen: *nods* Fine. I consent to that.
Lithaladhwen: (She should.)
CGNakibe: (*drops a Pain Battleship on Cha*)
Papa Tymisonn: (*crunch* Thank you...)
Lithaladhwen: But yeah, I don't plan on going to work until tomorrow, so you can just meet me there and help out or whatever. If you're going to be stalking me I might as well get some shop labor out of you. *grin*
Der DWSage: Me? Stalk you? Never.
Der DWSage: I was just planning on helping the security of your home a bit. <_<
Lithaladhwen: Well, I have very small sentries running about now. That's something, I guess.
LovelyJester has entered the room.
Der DWSage: There's also the door.
Der DWSage: *Looks at it! Is it wooden?
Lithaladhwen: (Hey. RPing something out with Sage at the moment, and that will be a minute.)
Der DWSage: **
Lithaladhwen: *Yes!*
Lithaladhwen: What's wrong with my door? It's a good door.
Der DWSage: Going to have to replace that chain with something a bit more heavy duty...hold on a minute while I work.
Lithaladhwen: ...*stares at Sorune like the hemispheres of his brain are two dogs stuck together*
Lithaladhwen: ...Right. Okay.
Lithaladhwen: You do that.
Der DWSage: *The first thing he does? Raises a section of the floor as a sort of triangle...to cover the entire bottom of the door.*
Lithaladhwen: ...Whoa, what the hell?
Der DWSage: Makes it a lot harder to break the door down. It'll go down if you step on it.
Der DWSage: *Steps on it lightly! The triangle drops*
Lithaladhwen: ...Okay, fine. Whatever. Anything else you want to do to renovate my house while you're here? I could use a new skylight.
Der DWSage: >.> You call me paranoid, I call it safe. To-mae-to, to-mah-to.
Lithaladhwen: *shrug* Whatever makes you feel better.
Lithaladhwen: What else? I don't mean to be curt, but I have something curing downstairs.
Der DWSage: *Next on the inspection list are the windows!* Windows, whatever thin walls you have, securing the door to a safe room...preferably the basement...
LovelyJester: (*YAAAAAAWN* word up honkies.)
Lithaladhwen: The windows are more or less all boarded up. This place was condemned, and I never smashed them open. The walls are walls. The basement door is pretty damn safe, I assure you.
LovelyJester: (And other various people, with differing slurs.)
Lithaladhwen: I've used it mostly to keep things downstairs, but it's just as good for keeping them up here.
Der DWSage: (Kay-o.)
Der DWSage: *Nods, and after a few moments of inspecting the boards all hardcore like, he makes with the Druidry to make them...well, thicker.*
Lithaladhwen: (Noted.)
Papa Tymisonn: (... I'm here, Alexis.)
Lithaladhwen: ...Okay. *glances to the basement door* Seriously, I really need to get back to that. Unless you want to hold it down for me while I work...
Der DWSage: I can do that.
Lithaladhwen: ...Are you sure? I mean, don't you want to know what it is first?
Der DWSage: Will it try to eat me?
Lithaladhwen: Um. Well, it shouldn't be able to eat. I don't know if it'll try, but it wouldn't do a very good job. Probably a lot of useless biting or tearing. No actual consumption of any part of you. Theoretically.
Der DWSage: ....>.> You go back to your work. I can reinforce things on my own.
Lithaladhwen: I guess if there's one thing I can trust you to do, it's lock up when you go. I'll be downstairs, and I'm locking the door. 'kay?
Der DWSage: *Nods* Have fun.
Lithaladhwen: *goes downstairs*
Lithaladhwen: (Safe to assume Sorune does more reinforcing before he goes?)
Der DWSage: (Much more. Let's just say that Alcatraz has nothing on him.)
Der DWSage: (Ever watched 'To Catch a Thief'? He'll effectively be doing everything from that show, ever.)
Lithaladhwen: (Okay. Noted. When's he leaving? He's free to stay until evening. I'm just brooming because I have a plot that also would like to happen.)
Lithaladhwen: (Good movie, btw.)
Der DWSage: (*Nods* Thought we were still waiting on Shaun. But yeah, he'll pretty much be working on things until he's either told to go home or he collapses.)
Der DWSage: (Or he's dragged out by Sher, which would be a few hours.)
CGNakibe: (Waiting on Godot? Not a good idea.)
CGNakibe: (I hear he never comes. >:{)
Lithaladhwen: ('kay. He should also feel free to meet her at her stand every day for work if he wants.)
Der DWSage: (That he will. And vermin will be watching her.)
Lithaladhwen: ('kay.)
Lithaladhwen: *Timelapsing us forward about another two weeks. Zea's been keeping to her routine and Sorune has been hanging around whenever Zea is out and about by herself.*
Lithaladhwen: (Roll call, just to make sure other people are still awake. Shaun? Brian?)
Arch mage144: (you know I'm here.)
CGNakibe: (Yo!)
Lithaladhwen: (GM font, go.)
Lithaladhwen: *Zea generally shows up at the stand a minute or two late, but she always gets there around the same time. Today, Zea is due to show up in about ten minutes, assuming Sorune is there to meet her.*
Der DWSage: *Of course he is. Without feline companion, this time*
LovelyJester: (ZOMGS)
LovelyJester: (I may exit shortly. I am feeling very ill.)
Lithaladhwen: *Before the stand is open, a rather dapper-looking fellow arrives with closely-groomed black hair, black dress slacks and a white button-up shirt rolled back at the sleeves.*
CGNakibe: *walks over to where Zea's stand is* Oh.
Lithaladhwen: *He looks a bit like a bartender from a 20's gangster movie.*
Lithaladhwen: (Hey, Shaun.)
CGNakibe: (Mew.)
CGNakibe: (?)
Lithaladhwen: (I need to IM you.)
Der DWSage: <_<
Lithaladhwen: (Solis at the stand, then?)
CGNakibe: *he is now, yes*
Lithaladhwen: *The man approaches with a nod to both Solis and Sorune, as if more or less familiar with both of them.*
Lithaladhwen: *Solis feels something in his pocket.*
Der DWSage: IM:*Mentally going over exactly how many cobblestones he can slam into the man's groin if he needs to*
CGNakibe: *eyebrow raise* IM: ... someone I've seen befo... *checks pocket*
Lithaladhwen: *He finds a small pencil with a piece of paper rolled around it.*
Lithaladhwen: *It's not his, nor did he put it there.*
CGNakibe: *pulls out the paper and looks it over* Hm.
AngeloState606 has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: *As soon as he pulls it out of his pocket, hef inds that, seemingly without his consent, his fingers spread the paper open, pick up the pencil and draw some sort of symbol on it. (cont.)*
Lithaladhwen: (An out-of-character note: It's the same symbol Shaun saw at the end of Zea's letter.)
Lithaladhwen: (Solis has never seen it before, though.)
CGNakibe: ... what the...?
Lithaladhwen: Random guy: Excuse me. *As he speaks his voice has a nice warmth to it, but expression is totally blank. He seems to barely move his mouth when he talks.*
CGNakibe: *looks for the strange person that was just here, hoping for explanation*
Lithaladhwen: Master Darylshield and... Mister Yohlm, I presume? Is Zea here?
Der DWSage: *Woah, it's a distraction! Lookit the Druid raise an eyebrow* How'd you know my name?
Lithaladhwen: *as if it explains everything* You're a friend of Zea's.
CGNakibe: ... I'm not entirely familiar with you, sir. o.o And I'm not sure where she is at the present.
Lithaladhwen: So you don't know?
CGNakibe: ... I assume you've been watching her movements for a while, then.
Lithaladhwen: Mister Yohlm? You don't know either?
Der DWSage: No, but if there were danger, I'd know.
Lithaladhwen: *faintest little smile, as though he were making a point to give an expression* A pity.
Lithaladhwen: ...I do.
Der DWSage: >_>
Lithaladhwen: *The man literally blinks out of existence.*
Lithaladhwen: *It's not as if he teleported or moved too fast to be seen.*
Der DWSage: Oh HELL no.
Der DWSage: He must've been an illusion.
Lithaladhwen: *It's as if the molecules holding him together decided to stop doing so.*
Lithaladhwen: (Meanwhile! Scene change!)
Lithaladhwen: *James Silvar occasionally has been known to alleviate his boredom by punishing the guards with it. Today, they seem to be doing a slightly better job of ignoring him.*
Arch mage144: *pokes a guard* What? Are you ignoring me?
Lithaladhwen: *He overhears a conversation about some disturbance in the slums.*
CGNakibe: GODDAMNIT. >.<
CGNakibe: (Whoops! ;.;-)
Lithaladhwen: Guard: *turns to James* Yes, because I have a job to do. Anyway.
Lithaladhwen: (Now we take care of James.)
Lithaladhwen: (Because poor Brian's computer hasn't turned off in a while. I feel like tempting it.)
Lithaladhwen: (Somehow it can tell when he's RPing.)
CGNakibe: (... do not tempt the lion.)
Der DWSage: (For you are crunchy, and your blood doubles as ketchup?)
CGNakibe: (Quite true, Sage. Quite true.)
Lithaladhwen: (Brian's in the loo. He'll presumably be back soon.)
Arch mage144: I can have you fired.
Der DWSage: (Guard:So what? James:I meant from a cannon.)
Lithaladhwen: You can. I'm sure that's the best thing you have to do with your time. Unfortunately, I have more to worry about than getting fired by a kid.
Lithaladhwen: *The guard returns to his conversation. While he was being annoyed with James, the conversation has become speculation as to what the bizarre sounds and apparent flux of death energy could be caused by.*
Arch mage144: Not really, no. *keen hearing picks up a the rumor* In fact, I may have just found something better.
Arch mage144: *steps outside and listens*
Arch mage144: IM: Weird sounds? Death energy?
Lithaladhwen: *That's about it. No one's checked it yet, so the theories range from the summoning of dark gods to magical experimentation and attacks by demonic forces. The point is, they don't know because they've not sent anyone to check.*
Lithaladhwen: *Not yet.*
Lithaladhwen: *Apparently it happened late last night.*
Arch mage144: IM: Magical experimentation in the slums...hey, maybe it's Zea!
Arch mage144: IM: I should go see what she's up to.
Arch mage144: IM: We totally bonded. When I was dead, that is.
Arch mage144: IM: ...then again, it's better than poking guards, no matter what it is. To the slums!
Arch mage144: *James heads to the slummy part of the city*
Lithaladhwen: *The guards watch James go with definite relief and go back to their speculations.*
CGNakibe: (... there's a certain funny bit in that "TO THE SLUMS!")
Lithaladhwen: (I'm going to leave him en route for the moment...)
Lithaladhwen: (There is!)
Arch mage144: (I just realized...James and Laharl have a lot in common.)
Lithaladhwen: (Back at Zea's stand, Sorune and Solis are left on their own by the strange vanishing man.)
CGNakibe: (Day 5371: Still no space monsters...)
Lithaladhwen: (Space monster Flan!)
CGNakibe: .... HELL. Why would they meet us here, especially NOW?
Der DWSage: ...Eh?
Der DWSage: <_< And what's that paper?
CGNakibe: No idea.
CGNakibe: Its got this weird symbol on it.
Lithaladhwen: (Lost Brian.)
Lithaladhwen: (He's still watching, though.)
Lithaladhwen: (We're good.)
Der DWSage: Let me see. It'll give me something to do while I wait for the mice, though knowing my luck, she was teleported.
Arch mage144 has left the room.
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
CGNakibe: ... Wonderful.
CGNakibe: *hands it to him*
Der DWSage: *Looks at it! Is this the symbol Sage doesn't know ICly or OOCly?*
Arch mage144 has left the room.
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: (Sage knows it. Solis didn't because Solis didn't actually receive that letter.)
Lithaladhwen: (*Sorune)
AngeloState606 has left the room.
Lithaladhwen: (Sorune saw it used as Zea's signature.)
Der DWSage: 6.6 This...is Zea's signature.
Der DWSage: How the hell did you get this?
CGNakibe: Apparently someone put it in my pocket.
Der DWSage: ...Bugger.
Der DWSage: *Absentmindedly pats his moneypouch, just in case*
Lithaladhwen: *Nothing unusual in there.*
CGNakibe: .... and...
CGNakibe: ... made me draw it ON the paper. o.o
Der DWSage: ...
Der DWSage: Oh fuck.
CGNakibe: FUCK. >.<
Der DWSage: So we're either dealing with psychics or kinetic mages.
Lithaladhwen: *On his way to the slums, James passes the stand where everyone is swearing loudly.*
Der DWSage: *Taps foot impatiently, so definitely waiting for the mice to come and get him...he'll wait all of ten minutes before blowing off elsewhere*
Arch mage144: ......
Arch mage144: *looks*
CGNakibe: *digs in pocket for that pencil*
Der DWSage: *It's 1x pissed Sorune! Older, yes, but not by as much as most people*
Lithaladhwen: *Solis still has it!*
Arch mage144: Solis!
Arch mage144: What the hell are you so pissed off about?
CGNakibe: James, we've got a problem.
Arch mage144: Really? What is it?
Der DWSage: Eh? Oh, morning.
Lithaladhwen: (XD)
Der DWSage: Zea's been kidnapped. Know who that is?
Arch mage144: WHAT?
Der DWSage: Yep, guessing you do.
CGNakibe: *hands the pencil to Sorune* Could you look at this? Just in case.
Arch mage144: Yes, I know Zea. I'm amazed someone could kidnap her.
Der DWSage: *Also looks at the pencil!* Well, unless she was just teleported, I don't think there's much chance we lost her for good.
CGNakibe: -.- *fidgets a good bit, and FINALLY pulls out his cards*
Lithaladhwen: *The pencil is entirely nonmagical in nature. Sharpened almost down to nothing, but still usable.*
Der DWSage: If she was teleported, then there's a chance that information can come to me anyway. Lizards are good at hiding on people.
Female Pretense has left the room.
CGNakibe: You used lizards? Chameleons? o.o
Arch mage144: Wait. What?
Arch mage144: You need to explain what the hell lizards have to do with anything.
Der DWSage: I'm a Druid. I talk with animals.
NYClark2: ( It's a Druid thing. )
Arch mage144: Okay, that doesn't explain what lizards have to do with anything.
Der DWSage: I have two mice and a lizard keeping a fulltime eye on Zea.
Arch mage144: *looks at Sorune like he has an ear on his forehead*
Der DWSage: >_>
CGNakibe: ... either way, are they sending you anything?
Der DWSage: They come and fetch me if anything happens.
Der DWSage: Or rather, one of the mice does. The other stays with Zea and follows as best she can.
Arch mage144: I see.
Arch mage144: That makes a bit more sense.
Der DWSage: If you were to kidnap someone, would you really think to check completely non-magical vermin as spies?
Arch mage144: There is a logic to your deranged plans involving lizards.
Der DWSage: IM:*Gears turn*
Arch mage144: I don't think I would, no.
Der DWSage: Right, the mouse'd know I'd be here. Zea must've been taken either from her home this morning, and recently, or I already would've gotten a message.
Der DWSage: *Heads off to Zea's home!*
CGNakibe: *follows*
Arch mage144: *follows as well*
Der DWSage: *Rethinks this, and runs*
Der DWSage: IM:I HATE that I can't do my mound trick in cities...
Lithaladhwen: (That's weird anyway.)
Lithaladhwen: (Cool, but really weird.)
CGNakibe: You know, someone's headed for a SERIOUS streak of bad luck. e.e
Der DWSage: (Name one thing about Sorune that's normal. Or typical.)
CGNakibe: Either that or a summer storm.
Arch mage144: *...takes off after Sorune since the druid has decided to be an idiot and run*
Der DWSage: Less talk more haste.
Arch mage144: Can't cast that!
CGNakibe: Can-do. *pulls out the Chariot card*
CGNakibe: *chants almost under his breath, and the card glows*
Der DWSage: *And Sorune blindly rushes ahead!*
CGNakibe: ... so how'd you find out about this, James?
Arch mage144: Guards.
CGNakibe: Rumor mill works fast. >.>;;;
Lithaladhwen: (Lost Brian.)
CGNakibe: TOO fast.
Arch mage144 has left the room.
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: *They arrive on her block, and Sorune, having spent so much time making an intimate acquaintance with Zea's house, can see that something is wrong. (cont) *
Der DWSage: That sounds like Zea fighting back...
Arch mage144: They were talking about lots of death energy and some sort of disturbance.
CGNakibe: I was hoping we'd be EARLY. >.<
Lithaladhwen: *It still looks the same in that no parts of it have been demolished or anything. It just looks a little bit teetery, like it's on its last legs. Their first clue as to why comes when they pass her mailbox on the corner.*
Der DWSage: I KNEW I should've sprung for the surveillance runes...
Lithaladhwen: *Parts of it have collapsed, and it looks like they did so because each and every nail and screw in the thing has worked itself out where it does a much less effective job of holding things together.*
Arch mage144: ...
Lithaladhwen: *The hinges and latch on her gate are the same.*
NYClark2: ( The only thing holding up the place was the paint and dark energies. )
CGNakibe: -.- I should've tried to give her a charm or something. SOMETHING to have helped her.
Lithaladhwen: *In her front yard are more unsettling things.*
Lithaladhwen: (Lost Brian.)
Lithaladhwen: *It looks like a cartload full of people were attempting to crawl up out of her garden and get in the house. However, many of them didn't even make it up out of the ground.*
Lithaladhwen: *They seem to have just... stopped.*
Der DWSage: >_>
Arch mage144 has left the room.
CGNakibe: ...
CGNakibe: -.- e.e
CGNakibe: *takes a peek at the astral, hoping for SOME clues*
Der DWSage: (Pause for Brian?)
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
CGNakibe: (Mrow.)
Arch mage144: (Just continue without me if I vanish knowing that I'll be right back)
Der DWSage: (kay then.)
Der DWSage: And that would be security...
Lithaladhwen: *The place looks pretty damn saturated with death energy. Most of which seems to emanate, not from her basement, but from the ground floor.*
Arch mage144: Either she went crazy trying to fight someone off...
CGNakibe: *shudders visibly*
Der DWSage: IM:Y'know, that mouse should have found me by now...the poor things probably got killed by the death energy around here.
Der DWSage: IM:Or they ran off scared witless.
Der DWSage: IM:That sounds more like them, really.
Arch mage144: ...actually, I'm not sure what the hell happened here.
CGNakibe: I can't see anything through all this death energy.
Der DWSage: She went completely berserk fighting someone off.
Arch mage144: Clearly.
Lithaladhwen: (Anyone going to take a closer look?)
Der DWSage: IM:Dammit, why didn't she run into the basement?
Der DWSage: IM:I made that door several inches thick for just that purpose.
CGNakibe: *walks towards the door* What kind of security was on this door?
Der DWSage: *Sighs, and goes to see if he can find any trail of where she went...* A lot.
Arch mage144: *attempts to open the door*
Der DWSage: *Stops James!* A moment...
Der DWSage: *Stops James via hand on the arm, that is*
Arch mage144: ...what?
Der DWSage: >_> I worked on the security of this house.
Arch mage144: If anything in there is moving I'll make it stop.
Arch mage144: Unless it's Zea.
CGNakibe: ... you don't understand. *shakes his head*
Der DWSage: Yeah, but I know how to open that door without causing an unholy racket.
Arch mage144: Okay, fine.
CGNakibe: Mister Sorune here worked on the security for this stuff not too long ago.
Der DWSage: Actually, I was still working on it last night...
Der DWSage: *Goes to door...can he manage his druidry through all this death energy?*
Lithaladhwen: *A little, yes.*
Lithaladhwen: *Depends on what he's trying to do.*
Der DWSage: *He'd be opening the door from inside and lowering the doorstop, then*
Lithaladhwen: *Hrm. Yes. That's fine. But, a word from the GM that Sorune would notice things.*
Lithaladhwen: *Sorune finds that the hinges on the front door have gone the way of the screws in the mailbox and the nails in the gate. They pulled themselves out.*
Der DWSage: *Well bugger*
Der DWSage: *He does it that way then* Or I could find out that I should've used wooden screws.
Arch mage144: Someone had a hidden agenda against nails.
Lithaladhwen: *The nails in the floorboards inside have exhibited similar behavior. The floor is still in place, but the nails are all sticking up as if in defiance of their lot in life.*
CGNakibe: ... actually its efficient.
CGNakibe: .... metal. o.o
Der DWSage: IM:Bugger, bugger, BUGGER. If I'd used only wood, the entire place probably would've just burnt down instead...
Lithaladhwen: (They going inside?)
Der DWSage: Yes, metal. If it'd been my home, they would've gone through it like swiss cheese...
CGNakibe: No no.
Arch mage144: She was obviously kidnapped by evil carpenters that have suffered many years of hammer duty.
Der DWSage: *Sorune enters!*
CGNakibe: The nails and screws.
Arch mage144: *goes inside*
Der DWSage: No, she was kidnapped by people that know magnets very well.
Lithaladhwen: *Sorune notes a couple of things that everyone else sees as soon as they get in as well.*
CGNakibe: ... maybe we're dealing with an electricity mage, then. o.o
CGNakibe: *walks in*
Der DWSage: 'Sword' mage to use the neo-Vane term.
Arch mage144: What? "Sword?" That's a weird way to describe being able to control metal.
CGNakibe: Yeah, it is.
Lithaladhwen: *One: The basement door is open. Two. All of the little baskets of herbs, brick dust, chalk, and dirt have been broken and strewn all over the damn place. The centers of the floors are covered in piles of brick dust. (cont)*
Lithaladhwen: **Three. The source of the death energy seems to be her living room, which is at the end of the hall and around a corner.*
Der DWSage: Well, it was used to describe people that control kinetic energy and magnetism.
Arch mage144: I see.
Der DWSage: *Groans a bit...and heads into the source*
Der DWSage: *He doesn't like it a bit, but he's probably built up something of a tolerance from being in her house all the time*
Arch mage144: Mmm.
CGNakibe: *instinctively, his hands clench at all this death magic. Just because he's been around it doesn't mean he's too comfortable with it.*
Arch mage144: This is kind of nice. It's like taking a warm bath.
Lithaladhwen: (*giggles*)
Der DWSage: IM:I swear, I'm probably going to end up breaking his jaw.
CGNakibe: *looks at James like he has a third arm growing from his forehead*
CGNakibe: ... oh. Right. Succubus.
Arch mage144: Incubus, thank you.
Der DWSage: *Doesn't even look. Just trudges in*
Arch mage144: I'm not a woman.
Der DWSage: Leccubus, if you're unsure of the gender.
CGNakibe: *follows, so VERY tempted to let loose some Holy magic through here*
CGNakibe: Leccubus? o.o Never heard that term. Sorry, James. Incubus.
CGNakibe: Can't exactly say I like it in here.
Lithaladhwen: *They enter, and as soon as they turn the corner, the first thing they see is black. In fact, everything they see is black. The furniture, where it's been shoved against the wall, is black. (cont)*
Arch mage144: Leccubus? What the hell, man? I've never heard that before.
Arch mage144: IM: I like the furniture. Must be because undead stain things.
Lithaladhwen: *The tables and lamp that have been knocked over... are black. The books, occasional articles of clothing thrown into corners... black. All of it.*
Lithaladhwen: *Everything's been tainted that color except for an extremely elaborate ritual circle drawn in the center of the floor.*
Der DWSage: 6.6
Lithaladhwen: *One side of it is badly smudged, which probably happened after it was used. It's the center of all this bullshitty energy and darkness and whatnot.*
Der DWSage: *Shudders*
CGNakibe: *Solis is SERIOUSLY fighting the urge to drop some serious holy energy on this place.*
CGNakibe: IM: ... remember, this is your FRIEND ZEA'S house...
Der DWSage: IM:Okay, every ounce of my body is screaming at me to get out of here.
CGNakibe: IM: ... doesn't make it any LESS FUCKING CREEPY. >.<
Arch mage144: I have a feeling that she was doing an experiment and misplaced a decimal point
CGNakibe: More like an exponent. >.>
Arch mage144: You'd be amazed how important decimal points are.
Arch mage144: You're looking at powers of ten, there. Anyway.
Der DWSage: *Shakes his head* Less joking, more finding.
Lithaladhwen: *As the group moves into the room, they notice that just about everything in there has been shoved aside to make room for the circle.*
Der DWSage: I'd prefer to know what happened.
CGNakibe: *w to Sorune* I'd prefer to get the hell out of here as soon as we find out what happened.
CGNakibe: ... so.
Lithaladhwen: *smooth voice from the doorway* Good man.
CGNakibe: She was trying... something in here.
CGNakibe: <.<
CGNakibe: *TURNS*
Der DWSage: *Turn, looks for something stick-like to use as a weapon*
Arch mage144: *looks*
Lithaladhwen: *Behind them in the doorway to the living room is that same fellow from the market.*
Der DWSage: Alright, where's Zea.
Arch mage144: Who are you, and what the hell are you doing in here?
Lithaladhwen: *Still no facial expression, still nicely dressed.*
CGNakibe: I want some answers, if you don't mind.
CGNakibe: ... or even if you do.
Der DWSage: You're either going to give us terms or you're going to gloat, so skip the cleverdick bit if you don't mind.
Arch mage144: Talk, or die. Pick one, and make it snappy.
Lithaladhwen: *nods and.... flickers a bit*
CGNakibe: *peers astrally at their visitor*
Lithaladhwen: *For a moment he was translucent...you could swear it.*
CGNakibe: *Nevermind that he could probably go blind from all the death energy, he has to try*
Der DWSage: IM:Ghost, or illusion.
CGNakibe: T to Sorune: Illusion? Some sort of ghost maybe?
Lithaladhwen: *Solis notices that this guy's aura doesn't feel like a living person's. It feels like the ghost that showed up in Zea's house back when they last visited.*
Der DWSage: IM:You read my mind. Stop that.
Lithaladhwen: *Doesn't look like him, but that's the vibe.*
CGNakibe: ....
CGNakibe: You're dead.
CGNakibe: T: Eh? Oh. No. Just my guess. ^^;;
Lithaladhwen: *gracious little bow* Correct. For quite a long time now.
CGNakibe: You were sent to find us.
CGNakibe: By Zea.
Der DWSage: IM:Well, at least it's not an illusion...a Mage that could get through this death energy would be damn powerful.
Arch mage144: I guess my threat comes a little late, then, eh?
Lithaladhwen: Zea does not know that I am here, though I have known her since she was a young child.
CGNakibe: Hm.
CGNakibe: Any idea where she is now, then mister Ghost-person?
Lithaladhwen: My name, as she gave it to me, is John. High John the Conquerer, if you want it in its full glory.
Der DWSage: <_< I've been trying to send that message, by the by.
CGNakibe: IM: Ghostface. Sounds like something Ayra would think of.
Arch mage144: As a dead person, or as a living one? You must be seriously powerful in order to manifest yourself as semi-corporeal.
Arch mage144: We can see you, and that's unusual, if I'm correct.
Lithaladhwen: *swipes his arm through the wall* Not corporeal at all. But yes, you can see me. I'm glad you noticed.
Arch mage144: Yeah, uh. Thank you.
Der DWSage: *It is the same ghost he saw the last time, yes? Or is it a different one?*
Arch mage144: So. Where is she?
Lithaladhwen: (Not the same. Another guy.)
Der DWSage: *Shakes head* No, sorry. Mistook you for the other ghost around here.
CGNakibe: And any idea who took her?
CGNakibe: And while I'm thinking about it... what was she doing in here?
Lithaladhwen: I know, yes. The same ones who were seeking her before. Nagesh is dead, but of course another has taken his place.
Der DWSage: Most importantly, can we talk about this in another room?
Lithaladhwen: Would you prefer the basement?
Arch mage144: Sure, would you?
Der DWSage: Yes, actually.
Lithaladhwen: *disappears*
CGNakibe: .... Its actually LESS bad for me than here.
Arch mage144: *goes downstairs, barring things like doors, which he will open first*
Der DWSage: Be somewhat better than here, yes...
Lithaladhwen: *James doesn't have to. They've all been de-hinged.*
CGNakibe: You don't know HOW badly I want to just let Holy energy loose in here. >.<;;;
CGNakibe: *follows quickly*
Lithaladhwen: *On the stairs to the basement, it looks like a lot of horrible shit was trying to climb up all at once.*
Der DWSage: *Goes with* Until I can be sure we can find Zea without messing things up here, please don't.
CGNakibe: ... this is bad.
Arch mage144: Zombies trying to escape?
CGNakibe: VERY bad. o.o
CGNakibe: No no.
CGNakibe: ZOmbies trying to DEFEND.
Der DWSage: Worse.
Der DWSage: *Nod*
Arch mage144: Hmm.
Lithaladhwen: *Solis and Sorune's friend the flowerpot is at the top of the stairs, and something at the bottom is a mess of human and animal parts. They all only got just so far before stopping.*
CGNakibe: Even BEFORE Sorune came here, this was the most secure place in the house.
Arch mage144: *looks down* Damn.
Arch mage144: I knew she was a necromancer. But this is just fucking weird.
Der DWSage: I made that door roughly seven inches thick, reinforced it with steel bands on the other side, and got the best damn locksmith in the city...
Arch mage144: You'd get expelled from Gunnir for shit like this.
CGNakibe: Not to mention.
CGNakibe: This is her GARDEN.
CGNakibe: She's a plant mage as well.
Der DWSage: In hindsight, I should've thought that through a little more.
CGNakibe: ... in hindsight, we probably could use this as foresight now.
Arch mage144: Oh, I knew that, too. It's still weird.
CGNakibe: Just pointing out.
Lithaladhwen: *If they pass by the horrible experimental pseudo-life forms, they can see that all of her flowers have withered and died, except for the bloodvines in the back, and the carrots along the left wall.*
CGNakibe: If I'd be safe ANYWHERE if I was Zea, it'd be among my plants.
Arch mage144: Speaking of hindsight, can we get off the stairs so I don't have to stand here staring at your ass?
Der DWSage: *Shudders* Where's that ghost?
NYClark2: ( Aren't you going downstairs? )
Lithaladhwen: *There are more zombie things of every shape and size, some as small as cats and dogs that all seemed to have been heading to the stairs.*
Der DWSage: (And James was in front.)
Lithaladhwen: *John appears in the corner by the bloodvines and nods to the party.*
CGNakibe: Hey.
Arch mage144: (Quiet. It's funnier this way.)
Lithaladhwen: Better?
CGNakibe: ... IM: ... wait, why is he looking at our asses again?
Lithaladhwen: *He still doesn't really move his lips as he talks. Maybe it's hard.*
Arch mage144: You know, I've never been here before.
Der DWSage: Somewhat.
CGNakibe: IM: ... then again, nevermind. >.>
Der DWSage: More familiar, at least.
Arch mage144: I imagine she doesn't usually give tours.
Arch mage144: So tell us what you know.
Lithaladhwen: In another part of town, whose location I could probably describe to you with little trouble, is Nagesh Jayaram's group. Master Darylshield and Mister Yohlm are familiar with them peripherally.
Lithaladhwen: Master Silvar is probably not.
Der DWSage: Zea mentioned them in her letter...
Arch mage144: Not really, no.
Lithaladhwen: They are the same group that hired her father, and Nagesh's death was a setback but not a lethal blow.
CGNakibe: They were the people who hired Zeke. e.e
Lithaladhwen: *nods to Solis* Correct.
CGNakibe: ... wait, he killed that Nagesh guy?
Der DWSage: IM:Bugger.
CGNakibe: ... wow.
Arch mage144: Wait. Zeke? Zeke Mazuo?
Der DWSage: Yeah.
Der DWSage: Apparently, he's her father.
CGNakibe: That's him.
Arch mage144: Huh. I...WHAT!?
Lithaladhwen: Oh.... that's right...... you didn't know... Hm.
Der DWSage: >_>
Arch mage144: So THAT explains it!
Arch mage144: ...she got all weird when I mentioned him.
Lithaladhwen: *waits patiently*
Der DWSage: Mm. Anyway...
Arch mage144: Whatever, go on.
Der DWSage: Please, continue. We need details, not gossip.
CGNakibe: Moving right along...
Arch mage144: What're these people doing?
CGNakibe: Any idea how many there are?
Arch mage144: IM: ...that's...that's weird. It's like dating a cousin. Only not.
Lithaladhwen: Their property is in another part of town. Master Darylshield. *Solis finds himself writing weird shit on that paper again. It's an address.*
Lithaladhwen: I want you to go there.
Arch mage144: Whoa, he's possessing you!
Arch mage144: That's kinda cool.
CGNakibe: .... O.o;;;
Der DWSage: >_>
CGNakibe: Hey, STOP that.
Der DWSage: It'd be simpler to just tell him.
Arch mage144: No way, this is so much more dramatic!
CGNakibe: *tries to flare up with life-giving energies* >.<
Lithaladhwen: I would write it for you. But that would require an ability to manipulate solid objects.
Lithaladhwen: My current state is rather limited in that regard.
CGNakibe: ... You could just tell me the address, like he said. Save some of the energy that MUST take.
Lithaladhwen: *another tiny smile before he vanishes again*
Der DWSage: ...I suppose he likes his fun.
CGNakibe: >.<
Arch mage144: If you were dead, you'd get bored, too. I think.
CGNakibe: Could he NOT have fun with me?
Arch mage144: Especially if you were stuck here.
CGNakibe: I mean, its bad ENOUGH to be so magically sensitive.
Der DWSage: How about we see about this place on the other side of town, shall we?
Der DWSage: Away from here?
CGNakibe: ... agreed.
Der DWSage: I love Zea and all, but I don't want to be here for a good, long time.
Arch mage144: Sure, sure.
CGNakibe: I think I need a couple dozen showers now. ;_;
Arch mage144: IM: I feel like I'm taking one. ^_^
Der DWSage: Ethereal bleach, for me.
Der DWSage: *Heads on out, posthaste!*
CGNakibe: James, maybe we could give you the same feeling by locking you in my room. >.>
Lithaladhwen: *They totally suceed in leaving.*
CGNakibe: *Totally left*
Lithaladhwen: (I wish to be right back after overthrowing my bladder.)
Arch mage144: What's in your room?
Der DWSage: Holy energy in spades, I'm guessing.
CGNakibe: Walls reinforced to withstand impact from light energies.
CGNakibe: *said perfectly seriously*
Arch mage144: I haven't got anything against holy energy, you know. It doesn't hurt me any more than anyone else.
Lithaladhwen: (Back.)
CGNakibe: Death energies don't hurt US either.
Der DWSage: Indeed.
Der DWSage: Just...that much of it...ugh.
CGNakibe: They just oppose half the magics we use and are familiar with.
Arch mage144: Eh, whatever.
Lithaladhwen: *They find the address. They arrive at a rather unremarkable building with a few magical or religious symbols above the door.*
Lithaladhwen: *Think Freemason halls and the stuff they use. Not ostentatious, but noticeable. They also match some of the symbols in that huge circle in Zea's house.*
Arch mage144: ...hmm.
Der DWSage: IM:Okay...hm.
CGNakibe: ... well.
CGNakibe: Rather nondescript place...
Der DWSage: *Looks around! Any vermin nearby? Vermin are always handy in Doma...*
Lithaladhwen: *There's a squirrel on the roof.*
Der DWSage: 9.9
Der DWSage: =Hello there little one. Mind if I ask you something?=
Lithaladhwen: =Nope.=
Der DWSage: =Do you know if there's a woman that looks like *Describes Zea, totally* and is probably radiating death energy is?=
Lithaladhwen: =Lotta females. Lotta males.=
Lithaladhwen: =Dunno yours.=
Arch mage144: Are you talking to a squirrel?
Der DWSage: Hush. And yes.
CGNakibe: Druid thing.
CGNakibe: He'll probably get a good answer, too.
Arch mage144: ...what the hell do squirrels know?
Der DWSage: =Hm...how many people, would you say?=
Der DWSage: More than you. Now hush and let the adults talk, kiddo.
CGNakibe: *chuckles*
Lithaladhwen: =Lot. Big scurry.=
Lithaladhwen: =They go in they come out.=
Arch mage144: Whatever.
Der DWSage: =Hm...a lot of commotion in there recently?=
Arch mage144: I imagine you have found the fucking squirrel genius. Maybe he's a theoretical physicist. Perhaps he's planning to invent the nutcracker sometime soon.
Lithaladhwen: =Inside? Maybe. Not inside.=
Der DWSage: Actually, he said something about stock investments in the squirrel mercenary company. Now hush, I'm trying to talk.
Der DWSage: *Y'know, Sorune moves away from the door and windows. So he doesn't seem like a completely nutter in full view of the building and everyone in it*
Lithaladhwen: *Sorune makes his "be bipedal" check and moves!*
Der DWSage: =Hrm. If the three of us were to try to get in...would you know any place where bipeds wouldn't be that often?=
CGNakibe: Anything at all?
Lithaladhwen: =People go in door. People come out door. You go in door, you be inside. You see commotion if commotion to see?=
Der DWSage: IM:Bugger.
Arch mage144: ...
Der DWSage: =No other doors, then the one down here, then? Bugger.=
Arch mage144: IM: I know this is an incredibly stupid idea.
Arch mage144: IM: The druid does not.
Arch mage144: IM: This is because the druid talks to squirrels.
Der DWSage: (Squirrel:*describes, in detail, how to create a nuclear weapon from a tree. Sorune takes notes*)
Arch mage144: IM: I'm sure that if you spend all your time talking to squirrels the most brilliant plan in the world starts to seem like "find nuts and bury them!" after a while...
CGNakibe: (The squirrels take over the world.)
Lithaladhwen: *The guys hear voices from inside. One man in particular, speaking in a bombastic preachy voice.*
Der DWSage: *Is there cover to hide behind?*
Lithaladhwen: *He's delivering some form of oration, but yes. There are bushes should you choose to flee and hide.*
Lithaladhwen: *If they go closer to the door, it's propped open a little, as if to make it clear that, you know. The doors are open.*
Arch mage144: *finds a suitable place to hide and listen*
CGNakibe: Huh. *listens. Isn't exactly the hiding sort*
Der DWSage: *Ducks behind bush. Tries to make it seem he's being casual just in case he's caught*
NYClark2: ( When you've got a preacher going, it's nice to give the room a little air circulation. )
CGNakibe: ( Heh.)
Lithaladhwen: (You have no idea.)
CGNakibe: *tries to see if there's some minds worth reading inside*
Lithaladhwen: Voice: No man can walk the land without witnessing the glory of creation. The darkest depths of the ocean which still sustain and nurture life.
Lithaladhwen: The coldest reaches of our highest mountains, glittering in the sun as a blinding testament to the greatness of the gods. The underside of every leaf and every cloud covering every star in the sky...
Der DWSage: IM:...Oh HELL.
Der DWSage: IM:We're going to be dealing with a church.
NYClark2: ( I haven't heard any bad news yet. )
Der DWSage: IM:Which means they'll automatically view Zea as evil.
Lithaladhwen: all of these are a testament to the majesty of creation.
NYClark2: ( Oh. )
Lithaladhwen: However, I maintain that we have lost something in all this. The current gods who are the stewards of creation have forgotten their place.
Arch mage144: IM: What the hell?
Der DWSage: IM:And they're going to either destroy her or try to purify her, which will be exactly the same thing.
Lithaladhwen: I maintain that the rule of our gods is not the only rule. More importantly, it is not the first rule.
Lithaladhwen: They are our gods because they are the only gods we have left.
Lithaladhwen: It has been said that those who die are not dead. The old gods have died, but I can tell you they are not dead!
Lithaladhwen: I have heard the voice of one who has passed beyond our realm. He spoke to Nagesh before he spoke to me.
CGNakibe: T to Sorune: Of all things, a CHURCH.
Arch mage144: IM: No seriously. What the fuck?
Der DWSage: IM:Oh, even wors.e
Lithaladhwen: I have heard his words and I believe that what we have lost is not gone forever.
Der DWSage: IM:Zea's going to be used as a guinea pig slash ceremonial sacrifice to revive a church.
Der DWSage: *Stands!*
Lithaladhwen: What would the Ancients say to our new steward-gods? What would the Ancients say to us?
Lithaladhwen: I will tell you what the Ancients have to say.
Der DWSage: IM:Right then. Solis, you still there?
Lithaladhwen: The time has come to return to our origins. The time has come to remind the stewards of those whom they serve.
CGNakibe: T2Sorune: Yeah.
Lithaladhwen: It is not beyond the power of mortals. The only limits to moral power is the mortal will. It is the will of the steward gods that we forget!
Lithaladhwen: (I love deluging you with theological bullshit.)
CGNakibe: T2Sorune: Crazy undead god worshippers.
CGNakibe: T2Sorune: the perfect end to the perfect day. e.e
Lithaladhwen: They want this world for themselves, but we do not have to let them take it!
Der DWSage: IM:Keep in touch with me. I want you and James to find another entrance if you can...the squirrel didn't notice any, but they're not exactly great with details.
Lithaladhwen: The hands of the Ancients are the hands of a mortal. The eyes of the Ancients are the eyes of a mortal.
Der DWSage: IM:I'm going in the front...if you hear a lot of crashing, that'll be me using the church as a weapon.
CGNakibe: T2Sorune: Can Do.
NYClark2: ( "Tier Pargon Pargon Aretak Pargon Pargon Pargon Ulyoth Pargon" )
Lithaladhwen: It is for mortals to restore the vitality of godhood.
Lithaladhwen: (Need more pargon.)
Lithaladhwen: It is for mortals to restore the Ancients and teach the stewards the error of usurping their kings!
NYClark2: ( I think that's about the circle Pious uses. )
Lithaladhwen: *There's some enthusiastic cheering and whatnot from in there.*
Lithaladhwen: (Lost Brian.)
Der DWSage: *Removes his cloak, bundles it neatly, and puts it in a little square behind the bush...and then he simply walks in*
Arch mage144 has left the room.
Lithaladhwen: (I'm holding for Brian at the moment.)
Der DWSage: (Can do.)
CGNakibe: (Hold I shall)
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
CGNakibe: (WB)
Der DWSage: (Huzzah!)
Lithaladhwen: (Whoa. Lost him again.)
Der DWSage: (...Woe.)
CGNakibe: (... his comp needs a good stabbing.)
Der DWSage: (No.)
Der DWSage: (Shovel.)
Der DWSage: (Everything can be solved with a shovel.)
CGNakibe: (You sure that isn't a lead pipe?)
Der DWSage: (Shovel. >: )
Arch mage144 has left the room.
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
CGNakibe: (WB.)
Der DWSage: (You can't get rid of the evidence afterwards with a pipe.)
CGNakibe: (... Sage is a fan of The Shoveller.)
Arch mage144: IM: This reminds me of a book I read.
CGNakibe: (Not that I can blame him.)
CGNakibe: T: James? James!
Arch mage144: IM: Everlasting Shadow.
Arch mage144: IM: WHAT!?
Arch mage144: IM: I can't use your fucking mind-magic!
Der DWSage: *Oh, hey, he's heading into that open door! He intends to just listen to the sermon unless something obvious comes up*
CGNakibe: T: I know, but I can read minds, which is fine for me. >:P
CGNakibe: T: Sorune's going in, we need another way into this church thing.
Arch mage144: IM: Fine. Do we go in with Sorune? Or find a window? Or blow up a wall? What?
Lithaladhwen: *Sorune walks in to find a crowd of people milling about. He hears the words "fundraiser" and something about a problem with caterers.*
Lithaladhwen: *One man seems to have much of the crowd swirling about him, and as Sorune enters he gives a nod of greeting and begins to make his way over.*
CGNakibe: T: Wall would be too obvious. Not to mention it'd disrupt the sermon. YOU feel like running from crazed church goers today?
Der DWSage: IM:Oh, goody. I intended to simply slip in...
Der DWSage: IM:Hey, Solis? Just a guess. Try and find if there's any death magic in the place?
Lithaladhwen: *The man approaches with a smile and offers a hand to shake* Good afternoon. Were you here for the service?
CGNakibe: T2Sorune: I'll try.
Arch mage144: IM: No. Not really. Fine, no walking in the front door, either. What do we do?
Arch mage144: IM: I don't have a plan at the moment.
CGNakibe: T: Hold on. Sorune wants me to check for death energies.
CGNakibe: *checks out the place astrally for any death magics*
Der DWSage: *Nods and shakes* I'd heard about this place from a friend of mine...I thought that I might as well give a listen. Sorune, at your service.
Lithaladhwen: *There's some, but it's limited. There's a little coming from the back, but it's nothing like Zea's house on a normal day, let alone today.*
Der DWSage: Well, I say friend...more like a friend of a friend. Either way, you have an impressive orator giving the sermon...
Lithaladhwen: *looks terribly pleased* Ah! *blushes* Well, thank you. I try.
Lithaladhwen: Well, we're about done for today, unfortunately. Except for some planning of upcoming events.
CGNakibe: T2James: Crap. No clues.
Der DWSage: IM:Better. Better...
CGNakibe: T2Sorune: No luck.
Der DWSage: IM:None at all? Blast.
Arch mage144: IM: Fantastic. Sorune just walked in. I am willing to suggest that we do the same if only because if he gets his ass in trouble we'll have to bail him out.
Der DWSage: Such as? I might stick around nonetheless...
CGNakibe: T2Sorune: Oh, there's something, but not much. MAY be her or not.
CGNakibe: T2James: Best I've got is to look for a back entrance.
Lithaladhwen: Oh, well. We have a fundraiser in a couple of days, and it's a bit of a scramble at this point! Our caterers backed out on us, so we're pulling together what we can.
Der DWSage: IM:...This is a church. Unless they have secret demon-raising ceremonies, I have a wild guess that they're inhibiting her magic. Not like she'll be trying to fight it while in a cell.
Arch mage144: IM: Fine. Let's go around the back.
Arch mage144: IM: I'm willing to bet they want to resurrect some dark god that everyone's forgotten about.
Der DWSage: Huh. Pity I didn't bring Celine with me...all I know how to cook is a few fruit dishes.
CGNakibe: *gets up, and starts walking around the church.*
Lithaladhwen: Oh, that's all right. We'll sort ourselves out.
CGNakibe: T2James: Sure sounds like it, doesn't it?
Arch mage144: IM: Something crazy like that. Did you hear him? It reminded me of this book. It was all about places worse than hell and creatures more terrifying than the most aberrant of demons.
Arch mage144: IM: Lots of things are worse than demons, but hey.
Lithaladhwen: We're actually trying to raise some funds to pay off a ritual space we've recently constructed for our use. The funds raised there will be matched with donations by local philanthropists to various causes around Doma.
Lithaladhwen: We've been planning it for months! I think it should go quite well.
CGNakibe: T2James: Really? What were you reading it for, huh?
Der DWSage: *Nods* Always a good thing to do. I've gone through quite a few fundraisers myself...
Arch mage144: IM: Fun.
Arch mage144: IM: I think it was fiction. But hey, you can never know.
Lithaladhwen: Ah! Well, you're certainly invited if you're interested in participating. The more the merrier.
Lithaladhwen: There will be food, hopefully, as well as music and a silent auction, not to mention a bit of low-key gambling. *wink* It should be great fun, and for a good cause.
Der DWSage: *Nods* If you don't mind, and if you've a little free time...I'd like to hear a bit about the old gods. I'm a former holy man myself...a long time ago, anyway.
CGNakibe: T2James: Right about now fiction would be best.
Arch mage144: IM: We don't need "old gods." We already have gods. If there are gods that aren't around anymore that's their problem.
Arch mage144: IM: So we definitely don't need old new gods.
Arch mage144: IM: ...did that make any sense at all?
Lithaladhwen: *There's a back entrance, but it's got some big guy standing there sweeping the street. He looks awfully built to be a custodian, and there's a prison tattoo peeking out from under his shirtsleeve.*
CGNakibe: T2James: .... not really, no. But I think of another thing.
Lithaladhwen: *He doesn't notice any creeping lurky people, though.*
CGNakibe: T2James: Dead gods would vaguely be like Dead people, right? With lots and LOTS of power.
CGNakibe: T2James: Needless to say they'd be angry as all hell.
NYClark2: ( And they wouldn't have to take it anymore, either. )
Arch mage144: IM: That guy is not your standard janitor.
Arch mage144: IM: Let's kick his ass and go in.
Der DWSage: (Janitor:*Really is your standard janitor, only he used to be your standard 90-lb. weakling until he discovered MAGI-GRO!*)
Lithaladhwen: (*snort*)
CGNakibe: T: You want to FIGHT that guy? HEAD ON?
NYClark2: ( With press on, soap washable, prison tattoo! Impress your friends! )
CGNakibe: (HAH.)
Der DWSage: (*That's right, MAGI-GRO will be sure to solve your woman problems in no time! You'll be sure to be able to curl your girlfriend with only one arm with MAGI-GRO!)
Der DWSage: (*Side-effects include excess body hair and testosterone, bloating, cramps, death, loss of head hair, gender-changing, and gas.)
Lithaladhwen: Ah, well! Excellent. I'm afraid now isn't the most opportune time for me, but I assure you that at the fundraiser I'll be totally free.
Lithaladhwen: If you'd like to come, I'm sure we could talk while the philanthropists busy themselves talking about how generous they are. They won't even notice I'm gone. *grin*
Arch mage144: IM: No.
CGNakibe: IM: .... right about now, I wish Big Bro had taught me something... ANYTHING.
Arch mage144: IM: You don't know anything, do you?
CGNakibe: T: Good. For a minute I thought you were crazy. >.>
Der DWSage: They're like that, aren't they. I managed to replace myself with a straw dummy at one of those events...
Lithaladhwen: *laughs*
Arch mage144: IM: I'm not just going to run up and attack him, he's bigger than I am.
Der DWSage: Had a nice, long nap.
Lithaladhwen: I'll keep it in mind!
Arch mage144: IM: I'll put him to sleep and cut his throat.
Der DWSage: *Chuckles himself* Do you mind if I look around, then? Talk with people, get to know the community as well/
Der DWSage: ?*
CGNakibe: T2James: Hm.
Lithaladhwen: Feel free. At any rate, I must be going. It was an absolute pleasure to meet you, Sorune. Name's Gregor Vincent, but certainly call me Gregor.
Lithaladhwen: *blends back into the crowd of needy people who want attention from him*
CGNakibe: T2James: If you can put him to sleep, what's the point of cutting his throat right now? .... nevermind. I'd just rather not think about that.
Der DWSage: IM:Hey, Solis?
CGNakibe: T2Sorune: Yeah? We aren't quite in yet. A small problem.
Arch mage144: IM: He won't be sleeping that long. He'll wake up and know something is wrong.
CGNakibe: T2Sorune: about 200 pounds of problem.
Arch mage144: IM: ...unless he's dead.
Arch mage144: IM: Bah, he's not a problem. I bet his aura is as flimsy as toilet paper.
Der DWSage: IM:We have a name to put to the new leader of the church. Apparently, Zeke killed their minister and managed to get him replaced with this guy named Gregor Vincent.
Der DWSage: IM:As for that...bash him on the head? Unless he's a zombie, he'll go down with a good halfbrick to the brain.
CGNakibe: T2both: So their new leader is this Gregor Vincent guy?
Arch mage144: (Yeah, I was going to say, let's just assume he's talking to both of them so my last line makes sense =P)
Der DWSage: IM:Yep.
CGNakibe: (Solis becomes the Gaeran version of conference calling.)
Arch mage144: (Can he project Sorune's thoughts to James and vice versa?)
Der DWSage: IM:He was the one preaching that we could hear through the door. I'm going to take a look around...
CGNakibe: T2both: Explains how the one guy getting killed changes nothing.
CGNakibe: (Not entirely, but he could try to sort of "share" impressions between the two. He's going to have a massive headache later.)
Der DWSage: *Walking around, taking his time, casually strolling. And trying to keep a mental map of the place*
Arch mage144: IM: Okay, so basically, one guy died, they replaced him. Can we go inside now? I'm getting edgy.
CGNakibe: T: Sure, fine. Whatever.
Lithaladhwen: *Sorune sees John standing in a corner very casually. He almost looks like he's leaning on the wall.*
Der DWSage: >_>
Lithaladhwen: *Oddly enough, he's watching the others and not Sorune himself.*
Der DWSage: *Walks on over to John! Many people around?*
CGNakibe: *rummages in his tarot bag for the Emperor card, just in case this deal goes bad*
Arch mage144: *sizes up the janitor*
Lithaladhwen: (Nope.)
Lithaladhwen: (James notices that he's not a mage. Probably just some strongarm they hired to keep an eye out.)
CGNakibe: T: Luck, Lightning Bolt, something much heavier?
Der DWSage: So, any particular reason you're here?
Lithaladhwen: What did you think of Gregor? Nicer than Nagesh, but just as crazy.
Lithaladhwen: In my opinion, at least.
Arch mage144: *mutters briefly under his breath* Spirits from the deepest nightmares, draw my foes into your realm! Sleep!
Der DWSage: It's always the quiet ones. So, you know where she is?
Der DWSage: Or do you have some brilliant master plan you were saving up until now?
Lithaladhwen: *The guard fellow leans on the end of his broom, then quickly slumps down the wall into a lovely nap.*
CGNakibe: *walks out into view finally, now that things are taken care of*
Lithaladhwen: *ignores the questions* You see, the Revival of the Ancients is a very small group, doomed to failure in my opinion.
Lithaladhwen: Charismatic, though.
Arch mage144: *walks over to the guard and griiiiins*
Der DWSage: Gotta give 'im that.
Der DWSage: Firm handshake too.
Arch mage144: *tears out the sleeping guard's jugular vein--with his teeth*
Lithaladhwen: *It's messy and probably very satisfying.*
CGNakibe: Just in case... *chants* Emperor of destiny, I call to thee, do entreaty/Your protection and divine insight/guide us to the future light.
Arch mage144: *stands up, mutters something about stains, waves his hands a little and cleans his clothing with a cantrip*
CGNakibe: >.>;; *twitch*
Lithaladhwen: Gregor, like Nagesh, has been... influenced by one who is clearly not a god.
Arch mage144: *cracks his neck* Lowlife scum. Shall we? *points to the door*
CGNakibe: *James can probably feel an odd twinge from Solis' spell. However he might feel his luck being a little bit better.*
CGNakibe: Lets shall.
CGNakibe: *walks past, with a second glance at the person who was in the wrong place at the wrong time*
Lithaladhwen: I have known him nearly as long as I have known Zea. You could call him another suitor for the girl's attentions.
Lithaladhwen: He has been a thorn in my side for many years.
Der DWSage: Oh, bugger.
Der DWSage: <_<
Arch mage144: IM: Man, that felt good. Been so long since I was able to express my instinctual side.
CGNakibe: T2Sorune: We're in.
Arch mage144: IM: Couldn't do shit like that with the minotaur around.
Lithaladhwen: As you can imagine, they have Zea.
Der DWSage: IM:Good. I found our resident ghost...
Lithaladhwen: So.
CGNakibe: *looks around for the source of the Death energy*
Arch mage144: IM: Have to look like a gentleman when there are savages present.
Lithaladhwen: I want you to go to the fundraiser.
Der DWSage: I figured.
Der DWSage: You realize the other two are around back.
Lithaladhwen: *Solis finds a back room that's emanating a bit of shadow energy. Again, not a whole lot.*
CGNakibe: ... here. *stops*
Lithaladhwen: Of course.
CGNakibe: *looks at the door to said room*
Arch mage144: *looking around* Here?
Der DWSage: *Sighs* So, at the fundraiser...
Lithaladhwen: *It's a door. Locked, of course.*
Arch mage144: *listens at the door*
Der DWSage: Do I want to know what's being sold? Because I have some guesses.
CGNakibe: Locked door.
Lithaladhwen: *Nada, nada, nada to hear.*
CGNakibe: *looks at the lock. What type is it?*
Arch mage144: I can solve that problem.
Der DWSage: They don't center around cookies and cakes.
Lithaladhwen: Oh, nothing so unsettling.
CGNakibe: So can I, for that matter.
Lithaladhwen: More cookies and cakes than you'd imagine.
Arch mage144: Good to know a little lock won't keep us out.
Lithaladhwen: I want you to go.
CGNakibe: If it could I'd be embarassed.
Lithaladhwen: Bring money. They like that.
Arch mage144: Ditto.
Der DWSage: *Sighs* I do have my money pouch...
Lithaladhwen: You'll need it. *disappears*
Der DWSage: IM:You know, I'm REALLY beginning to dislike that ghost.
Arch mage144: I've got it.
CGNakibe: *concentrates just a moment, and brings electrical energy into his hand.* >.> You sure?
Arch mage144: *puts a finger to the lock and channels shadow magic* Dark forces, break down matter! Decay!
CGNakibe: ... I could've just asked it to open, you know.
Der DWSage: IM:I know that the afterlife is boring, but do you have to piss people off that much for your jollies?
Lithaladhwen: *Yup. It works an the door pops open. Standing past the far edge of an even larger ritual circle than the one at Zea's... is John.*
Der DWSage: *Asks a random person where the fundraiser is going to be held!*
CGNakibe: ....
Lithaladhwen: *raises a hand in greeting*
Arch mage144: ...hi there.
CGNakibe: Why. Am I not surprised?
Lithaladhwen: *Here. In two days.*
Der DWSage: *Nods!*
Arch mage144: *walks in* What the hell are you doing here, and why is there not something more useful in here?
Lithaladhwen: This is useful. But not to you.
Der DWSage: *Gives a nice thanking and goes off towards the back of the building*
CGNakibe: *looks at the ritual circle a bit* >.>
NYClark2: ( Cookies in the shape of unholy sigils. Bon eatin, folks! )
CGNakibe: (YAY!)
Lithaladhwen: *It's engraved into the black stone of the floor, inlaid with silver and very very intricate.*
CGNakibe: (At least they aren't summoning Fernex demons into Toasters.)
Arch mage144: It might be if I stand in the center and start chanting the right incantation. And if I attract a few followers. That wouldn't hurt.
Arch mage144: AZON METRIAS ZINTHOS!!!
Arch mage144: ...that actually wouldn't do shit.
Arch mage144: I'm making shit up.
CGNakibe: ... Nope, probably not.
Lithaladhwen: You are indeed.
Der DWSage: ("And now, we're giving this lovely Cthulhu cake to the holder of the ticket labelled Hastur Hastur Hastur Hastur Hastur!")
Arch mage144: I do know real magic.
CGNakibe: (From the makers of Azerath and Metrion come.... Zinthos.)
CGNakibe: So, what brings you here now, John?
Arch mage144: (There was this sequence featuring a Lovecraftian spelling bee on G4 the other week)
Arch mage144: (It was fucking hilarious)
Lithaladhwen: I have been talking to Sorune, and now I am talking to you.
Lithaladhwen: He should find his way here soon.
Arch mage144: ("Okay, your word is...Nel'shaggoth")
Lithaladhwen: You did leave a trail.
Lithaladhwen: Lovely work, by the way. *nod of respect*
Arch mage144: Mostly in blood.
CGNakibe: (.... XD)
Arch mage144: Thank you!
Arch mage144: *bows regally*
CGNakibe: Wish that didn't have to happen, but that's not important now.
Lithaladhwen: As I have told Sorune, Gregor is hearing the voices of those who have moved beyond as he puts it. It is not a god, but an old... rival... of mine.
Arch mage144: Oh really?
Lithaladhwen: I'm not very good at being helpful, but he wants what I will not allow him to have.
Lithaladhwen: So I assist.
Arch mage144: I guess this isn't as bad as I thought. I was expecting infinite horrors from beyond the farplane.
Arch mage144: Or a horde of ether creatures.
CGNakibe: Rivalries from beyond the grave.
NYClark2: ( Nah, it's just Newman. )
CGNakibe: Just great.
Lithaladhwen: Once again, as I told Sorune... you could call him another suitor for the girl's attention.
Lithaladhwen: One that I have dealt with too long now.
Lithaladhwen: *Sorune can very easily find his way back to this room.*
Arch mage144: What does he want Zea to do?
Arch mage144: Why do they need her? Is she that powerful a summoner?
CGNakibe: ... She's a powerful death-channeler.
Lithaladhwen: I wish to wait for her Druid friend.
Arch mage144: Fine.
CGNakibe: Hm.
NYClark2: ( So he can father his Ghost-babies. )
Lithaladhwen: (*waits for Sage*)
Der DWSage: (*Is now back, and backlogs*)
Der DWSage: *Oh, hey, he's there. Gotta love them GM devices*
Lithaladhwen: Ah. Sorune.
Der DWSage: <_<
Der DWSage: You couldn't have simply led me here?
Der DWSage: I had to explain to three seperate people that I was just looking for the bathroom.
Lithaladhwen: It isn't in my nature to be of much assistance. I'm working very hard as it is. *one of those purposeful small smiles*
Lithaladhwen: Explanations, then.
CGNakibe: IM: Working hard or hardly working?
Arch mage144: Yeah, we like those.
Der DWSage: (John:Even when I was alive, that joke wasn't funny.)
CGNakibe: Those are definitely good.
Lithaladhwen: The hands of the Ancients are the hands of a mortal, and the eyes of the Ancients are as well. As Gregor Vincent stated before. That mortal is Zea, if you have not already deduced that.
CGNakibe: T2Sorune: ... I don't like ghosts. And I'm not a big fan od THIS ghost either. >.<
Lithaladhwen: Nagesh believed she could contact the old gods, so his followers are keeping her.
Lithaladhwen: I believe all present have some notion of why he believes this?
Der DWSage: IM:Eh, as soon as we rescue Zea, we can ask her to put some ethereal duct tape on him.
CGNakibe: Because of how close she is with the Shadow plane. She can see and touch the dead.
Der DWSage: *Simply nods*
Arch mage144: And who are the Ancients?
Lithaladhwen: *this grin looks positively irrepressible* Yes. She can.
Arch mage144: I can practically hear the capital letters.
CGNakibe: Never good when you hear capitals.
Lithaladhwen: The Ancients are a lie. They do not exist.
Arch mage144: That's kind of a relief.