You have just entered room "blandlytitled."
CGNakibe: (Mew.)
Arch mage144 has left the room.
NYClark2: ( Welcome back. )
CGNakibe: (I say again, Mew!)
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: (Dang. That was weird.)
Lithaladhwen: (Anyway!)
CGNakibe: (Indeed.)
Arch mage144: Yeah, she could see and touch me, at least.
Arch mage144: I mean, she was a kitten at the time, and she was curled up next to my still-warm corpse, but we could communicate.
Der DWSage: ...
Der DWSage: Remind me to ask her about that later.
CGNakibe: So where's the profit for this Vincent guy?
Lithaladhwen: That sounds like something she'd do. Zea is more useful to them with her aura unbound. He likely knows this because of the information he has received.
Lithaladhwen: This ceremony has likely already been performed while I was locating all of you, not that I could have stopped it.
CGNakibe: I mean, if you're going to go around making God myths for people to follow, you might as well profit.
Arch mage144: No, you're a bit too corporeally-challenged.
Lithaladhwen: He genuinely believes in what he is doing. However, the reality of it is somewhat lacking.
Arch mage144: A familiar story.
CGNakibe: .... uh oh.
Der DWSage: *Sigh*
Der DWSage: So why is it you wanted me to go to the fundraiser?
Lithaladhwen: She is as she was when I first knew her. She will not know you now. It can be fixed if the second ceremony can be prevented.
Arch mage144: So we can kill every last one of these bastards and get her back, obviously.
Arch mage144: We're not delivering cookies.
Arch mage144: ...wait! That's it!
Der DWSage: <_<
Arch mage144: Sorune, can you cook?
Der DWSage: We're not delivering explosive cookies.
Arch mage144: Not explosive cookies. That's stupid.
Der DWSage: I've already got good reason to be there.
CGNakibe: ... half a thought, anyway.
Arch mage144: Poison cookies.
Der DWSage: No.
CGNakibe: ... I repeat. HALF a thought.
Arch mage144: Poison everything.
Der DWSage: Besides, I only know how to cook a few fruit dishes.
Lithaladhwen: *waits patiently*
CGNakibe: Something a little less genocidal, please?
Arch mage144: We have access to a castle full of goblin chefs!
Der DWSage: *Sighs* Ignore the child. Go on, my good ghost.
Arch mage144: And I know my father has some good poisons.
Lithaladhwen: The second ritual is the problem, and gains nothing for anyone, despite the beliefs of... Mr. Vincent's sources.
Lithaladhwen: The theory is that in order to use Zea as a conduit for the old gods, her aura must first be unbound. This has been done. She can hear the dead, but none are gods that I know of.
Arch mage144: IM: Man, what the hell. My plan is great!
Arch mage144: IM: Kill them all and let the "Ancients" sort them out.
Arch mage144: *grins*
CGNakibe: (James has read too many storybooks. >:{)
Der DWSage: IM:Oh BUGGER.
CGNakibe: .....
Der DWSage: IM:Zea is going to be SO pissed.
Der DWSage: So that's what the circle in her home was.
Lithaladhwen: The second step is to eliminate the last bit of interference between the old gods and this reality. This last resistance is, supposedly, Zea's aura itself.
Der DWSage: ...
Arch mage144: That's not good.
CGNakibe: You realize with her aura unbound she's open to any THING that wants to get ahold of her, right? >.<
Lithaladhwen: To channel the gods properly, her aura must more or less be dissolved to open the connection completely.
CGNakibe: The dead ain't always friendly.
Der DWSage: So why is it we're attending a bake sale and not going after her tooth and nail right now?
CGNakibe: ... wait, dissolved?
Lithaladhwen: *grins at Solis*
Arch mage144: She's going to join them pretty soon.
Lithaladhwen: Not always, no.
Arch mage144: Unless, of course, we go stop them.
CGNakibe: ... great.
Arch mage144: First them being the dead, second being the guys.
CGNakibe: So what are we supposed to do aside from baking cookies, John?
Arch mage144: Bit of disambiguation seemed required there.
CGNakibe: If they're having the second ritual at the fundraiser, its not exactly handy for us to, you know, stick around here.
Lithaladhwen: This ritual circle, when it is finished, will be perfectly good, not only for dissolving her aura, but rebinding it.
CGNakibe: Or even let the fundraiser go offf.
CGNakibe: A permanent body for some ghost or another.
Arch mage144: So we wait for them to make the circle...
Lithaladhwen: If you wait for it to be finished, you can repair what has been done.
Arch mage144: ...then we steal it.
CGNakibe: ... Gods this is one of those times I wish I HADN'T paid attention.
Arch mage144: Though you can't steal a ritual circle...so...
Arch mage144: ...you know what I mean.
Lithaladhwen: I do.
CGNakibe: You just own the space AROUND the circle, yes.
Arch mage144: We use it for our own purposes.
NYClark2: ( Carmen Sandiego can steal anything. )
CGNakibe: (No no. Sly Cooper can steal anything. >:{)
Arch mage144: (I should play her instead, then.)
CGNakibe: (Carmen can hide from anyone.)
Lithaladhwen: I want you to attend the fundraiser. You have been invited after all. Then I'm sure you can take care of yourselves.
Der DWSage: (Sorune:...And Carmen Sandiego wore a suit like a Red Mage...Hakaril! Come here and steal this magic circle, good and proper!)
Arch mage144: (I heard she was hiding out in Argovia after she pilfered the Gunnir Academy Library)
Lithaladhwen: (WHAT THE FUCK)
Der DWSage: >_>
Der DWSage: Again.
CGNakibe: (She's GOOD.)
Der DWSage: Why is it we're going to a bake sale and not going after her tooth and nail, while she's suffering from childhood memories?
CGNakibe: ... This plan sucks almost as much as James' plan, to be perfectly blunt. >.>
Arch mage144: (If she can steal the Amber Waves of Grain, she can steal Gunnir's library.)
Arch mage144: My plan is awesome. They all die and Zea is saved.
Arch mage144: How the hell is that a bad idea?
CGNakibe: (... Brian and Clark have a point.)
Der DWSage: Innocent, brainwashed people die.
CGNakibe: The part where they ALL die.
Arch mage144: ...and? Zea is more important than they are.
Lithaladhwen: If you retrieve her now, she will not be herself. If you wait until the circle is finished to retrieve her, you kill anyone you like, fix what's been done, and then leave.
Der DWSage: Rgh.
Arch mage144: So we have two days to plan and prepare.
Der DWSage: So it seems.
CGNakibe: ... and hope we come along BEFORE the ritual is actually finished, with Zea open to bad influence from all sides.
Arch mage144: So let's get out of here and go figure out what the hell we're doing two days from now.
Der DWSage: *Sigh* You two can handle the violent, bloody preperations, I suppose.
CGNakibe: T2Sorune: ... this stinks.
Arch mage144: You make me sound like such a brute.
CGNakibe: Sound? >.>
Der DWSage: IM:Like a world built on fecal matter, yes.
Lithaladhwen: *to Solis* Bad influences? Zea has always been influenced by the dead. I simply refuse to allow another to usurp what is mine.
Der DWSage: Mister poisoned cookies?
Arch mage144: I'm a very civilized, rational half-demon.
Arch mage144: That's fucking aristocratic, right there.
Lithaladhwen: Therefore, it is important that you succeed.
CGNakibe: ... *eyebrow raise* uh...huh.
CGNakibe: I see.
Arch mage144: A brute would cut you with an axe. I'll poison your tea.
Lithaladhwen: (Zea would cut you with an axe. >_> )
CGNakibe: T2Sorune: "MY" property? Sounds real friendly too.
Der DWSage: And then slit my throat. Heard it all before...
Der DWSage: IM:Like I said. Ethereal duct tape.
CGNakibe: James... this makes it better HOW?
Arch mage144: We're talking about murders of the most noble caliber here.
NYClark2: ( And where does chewing someones Jugular out, fall under? )
Arch mage144: Besides, these people deserve death.
Der DWSage: *Shakes his head* We should go before we're found.
Arch mage144: (Getting back to his roots.)
CGNakibe: Yeah, lets vanish real quick.
CGNakibe: Haste?
Lithaladhwen: *disappears*
Arch mage144: *wing-flick* Sure.
Der DWSage: Hm?
Arch mage144: He can move a lot faster than we can, apparently.
CGNakibe: *pulls out the Chariot card*
Arch mage144: *rolls his eyes*
CGNakibe: He's a ghost. He doesn't have to move like the rest of us per-se.
Arch mage144: Yeah, I know.
Arch mage144: I was kidding.
CGNakibe: I know. Anyway.
CGNakibe: *chants* Chariot of war and speed, grant us haste in our time of need...
Arch mage144: *runs like the dickens*
Der DWSage: *Exits the room leisurely!*
CGNakibe: .... do you have anything for headache, Sorune? *starts off*
NYClark2: ( Heh, the window was partially obscured... so I thought that said "::runs like the dick he is::" )
Der DWSage: Hm? Oh, sure...
Arch mage144: (Dicks: *are famous for running*)
Arch mage144: (I dunno what your dick does...)
Der DWSage: ...At home, anyway.
CGNakibe: Alternating between telepathing you two and those spells... >.<
Arch mage144: Ah. Sorry about that.
Der DWSage: Oh. Right.
Lithaladhwen: (Real half-demons don't run from shit, cuz real half-demons cain't run fast...)
CGNakibe: ... and I think being around all that death magic hasn't helped.
Arch mage144: *yawns*
Arch mage144: So. Where do we go to plan and consider? Your place?
Der DWSage: May as well. About as secure as can be...
CGNakibe: Triply secure now.
Der DWSage: Hm? No, actually.
CGNakibe: If you need luck spells on the plants, I've got what you need.
Arch mage144: He means with three of us.
Der DWSage: Ah. Well then.
CGNakibe: >.> Well, assuming no one waters the plants with tea.
Arch mage144: I don't waste perfectly good tea watering plants with it.
Der DWSage: They don't need to be watered.
Arch mage144: In any event, if anyone attacks us we'll waste them.
Arch mage144: You've got magic, he's got magic, I've got magic. And knives.
Der DWSage: *Sighs* I don't think we'll be attacked by anything I couldn't handle...
Arch mage144: Hey, somehow I doubt we'll be attacked at all.
Arch mage144: IM: Almost a pity.
CGNakibe: ... that's not what's helping my headache.
Der DWSage: >_> There aren't even thieves to worry about. Not like I have anything worth stealing.
Arch mage144: Yeah, unless you have valuable plants or something.
Arch mage144: In which case you could always just grow more or give them a cutting or whatever.
Der DWSage: In which case they get eaten by Sher, actually.
CGNakibe: I'm not even really worried about security.
Der DWSage: *Casually, casually walk*
CGNakibe: WE'RE not the ones they want.
Arch mage144: Exactly.
Der DWSage: So, I've an in with their head boy.
Lithaladhwen: (That's about all I have planned for tonight, and it's getting late.)
CGNakibe: ... Where's it at?
CGNakibe: Just wanna make sure.
Der DWSage: My house? About a mile south of the west gate.
CGNakibe: The fundraiser, I mean.
Der DWSage: Here, in two days.
CGNakibe: ....
CGNakibe: Hm.
Der DWSage: *Nods*
CGNakibe: We shouldn't've killed that guard. We could've continued searching the place till we found any other rooms.
Der DWSage: <_< Killed?
CGNakibe: James?
CGNakibe: (Mew. Sorry. ^^;;-)
Der DWSage: You could've just brained 'im.
Der DWSage: *Sighs, and I'm guessing they've left the church thingy by now*
Der DWSage: (And I'm guessing we lost Brian.)
CGNakibe: (I'm... not sure.)
NYClark2: ( And possibly Ash )
CGNakibe: (That's the not-sure part.)
Der DWSage: (And I'm bloody tired.)
CGNakibe: (Sleep is good.)
Arch mage144: (Nope)
Lithaladhwen: (I am still here.)
Arch mage144: Yeah?
Lithaladhwen: (I was in the loo.)
CGNakibe: (Was wondering where you both went.)
Der DWSage: Yes.
Arch mage144: Eh, he looked at me funny.
CGNakibe: <.<
CGNakibe: Uh huh.
Arch mage144: Besides, he had a prison tattoo. Probably just scum anyway.
Arch mage144: No one will miss him.
CGNakibe: Never assume.
Arch mage144: Don't care if I'm wrong.
Der DWSage: ...
Der DWSage: Right then.
CGNakibe: Either way, there's no way we should go back for the next couple of days. >:\
Lithaladhwen: (Heehee. James is entertaining.)
Der DWSage: IM:I see I'm going to go through my aspirin cures rather quickly.
Arch mage144: Of course.
Der DWSage: Actually, I'm going to go back tomorrow.
Arch mage144: What!? Why?
Der DWSage: <_< To find out more about these people.
CGNakibe: ... because he's the only one of us who CAN and be safe?
Arch mage144: Oh, wait. You're in with the lead guy. Fine.
Der DWSage: I'd like to stop them without unneccesary killing, and all that.
Arch mage144: Yeah, whatever.
CGNakibe: If you can find out where they're holding the ritual...
Lithaladhwen: (Lost Brian.)
Lithaladhwen: Anyway...
CGNakibe: That would make our lives infinitely easier. And Zea's as well.
Lithaladhwen: Let's just get the details tied up as quickly as possible.
Der DWSage: Then I-sorry, we can just go in.
Der DWSage: >_>
Lithaladhwen: I'm ready to call it quits for the day.
Der DWSage: Agreed.
CGNakibe: Hn.
Lithaladhwen: And as far as "where the ritual is..."
Lithaladhwen: ...we were there.
Lithaladhwen: Obviously.
CGNakibe: One of them.
Lithaladhwen: You think they have two?
CGNakibe: I'm not going to take the chance if they do.
Lithaladhwen: You don't build two enormous uber ritual circles of god-summoning aura-shattering power!
Der DWSage: Honestly, I'd like to know where they're holding Zea.
CGNakibe: Besides, its not always good to reuse a magic circle.
Lithaladhwen: That one seemed pretty permanent to me.
CGNakibe: Who knows what energies are lingering in there after people use them.
Lithaladhwen: Maybe not if you draw it with sheep's blood and it's intended to contain a pit fiend or something.
CGNakibe: Eh. Probably. *shrugs*
NYClark2: ( People always forget to wash them when they are done. )
Arch mage144 has left the room.
Lithaladhwen: The second one is quite likely to have a hole.
CGNakibe: *suddenly chuckles* Just don't erase the lines.
Lithaladhwen: That's one of the first rules of ritual summoning.
Lithaladhwen: The second rule is "don't cross the streams."
CGNakibe: And people wonder why there aren't MORE ritual summoners.
CGNakibe: There's a reason why they're generally obsessive freaks.
CGNakibe: ....eh? o.O *looks at James at that last one*
Der DWSage: 9.9
Der DWSage: Y'know, I've always wondered why demons don't think in the third dimension...
Lithaladhwen: The third rule is "don't summon anything if it has a longer reach than the edge of your circle from the center of it."
CGNakibe: (Remember when I said not to cross the streams....)
Lithaladhwen: ...I think in three dimensions, thank you.
Der DWSage: Sure, there's a circle keeping you from moving out of it...and I didn't mean you.
Lithaladhwen: What do you know about ritual circles, anyway? If you create a holding field, you can't just fly out of it.
Lithaladhwen: It usually has a fixed height, too.
NYClark2: ( Who was it that said... "Don't summon anything bigger than your head"? )
Der DWSage: Things must be done differently here, then.
Lithaladhwen: Besides, what good is being able to fly upwards in an infinitely tall cage that's got a fixed diameter?
CGNakibe: ... anyway.
CGNakibe: Priority 1: Find Zea.
Lithaladhwen: Oh man, you can get a better view!
CGNakibe: Priority 2: Get her soul bound again.
CGNakibe: Absolute Priority: Make sure she still, you know, has an AURA at the end.
Lithaladhwen: She's dead if not.
Der DWSage: The fact that there's generally a ceiling at the top.
Lithaladhwen: I see where you're going. It's a common error in neophyte conjurers.
Der DWSage: A ceiling that you can use to crush your captor and, y'know. Scuff your circle.
CGNakibe: ... Heh.
Lithaladhwen: I was never really part of the conjurer's club, but I watched them screw up a lot. Used to hang out in the basement. Lots of whiny goth kids down there.
NYClark2: ( Burrowing into the ground is the way to go man. )
CGNakibe: Double circle is best anyway.
Lithaladhwen: They all wanted to summon demons to express how much they hated life.
CGNakibe: You want one above, one below.
Lithaladhwen: I told them "hey, I'm a demon."
Der DWSage: Figures.
Lithaladhwen: They were like "yeah, whatever, our lives still suck."
Lithaladhwen: "You're not a real demon anyway. Where's the magic circle containing you?"
NYClark2: ( James: It's around the entire planet. )
CGNakibe: *chuckles* The world contains you well enough, you know. >.>
Lithaladhwen: Yes, because real demons are like goldfish in bowls. >_>
Lithaladhwen: They sit and roar and make fire and if you tap on the glass they get angry.
Lithaladhwen: *rolls eyes*
Der DWSage: So how many of them did you kill before they caught on?
Lithaladhwen: What? I never killed any classmates. That's grounds for expulsion.
Lithaladhwen: Or worse.
Der DWSage: Oh, right.
Lithaladhwen: Usually worse.
CGNakibe: ... Some of them probably just fell asleep in tests, though.
NYClark2: ( He could have been.... Left back! )
Lithaladhwen: Despite what you may think, Sorune, I don't just wantonly kill people for giggles.
CGNakibe: You know, those critical, pass-this-or-else tests?
Der DWSage: So how many slit their wrists until they fell unconscious and worse?
CGNakibe: The ones you studied all week and then some to hopefully remember half the answers to?
Lithaladhwen: You take those in an antimagic field room. The tested is the only one who can stand outside the field.
Lithaladhwen: It's so overly competitive students can't fuck with each other's testing.
Lithaladhwen: Trust me, they've thought of that.
CGNakibe: ... thankfully.
NYClark2: ( Gunnir wasn't founded yesterday. )
CGNakibe: Its not like Gunnir isn't an odd enough place without students mysteriously getting ill during the exams.
Lithaladhwen: Damnit, Sorune, I'm not a butcher. >.> And I'm not a telepath. I can't make people kill themselves.
Der DWSage: *Shakes his head. Oh, hey, they're past the gate now*
Lithaladhwen: I have to do it myself, man.
Der DWSage: What, no gentlemanly way of twisting their emotions until they decide to end it all when they're already whiny goth children?
Der DWSage: I almost think less of you now.
Lithaladhwen: Man. You really do misunderstand me, don't you? *chuckles*
CGNakibe: That's not exactly an easy thing to do anyway. Even if you're suppsed to be a good mind mage, their self-preservation instincts supposedly kick in.
Lithaladhwen: Your loss.
Der DWSage: And I think that the death energy in that house has been opening a wide, wide channel to my sarcasm. Don't mind me.
CGNakibe: ... and don't fall in.
CGNakibe: Apparently its deep.
Lithaladhwen: It is reported that certain elemental energies or astral fluxes, given sufficient exposure, can have strange effects on the human psyche.
Lithaladhwen: For example, spending too much time around fire elemental energy increases aggression.
CGNakibe: (Solis IM: *beep* DESTROY *beep* )
Lithaladhwen: Perhaps shadow-elemental magic induces sarcasm.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I bet I could get an award for a thesis like that...
CGNakibe: Sounds like a thesis paper intro. >.>
Lithaladhwen: And don't give me the "I'm an elf" line. I was being generalist.
Lithaladhwen: It could be. Steal my idea and die.
Der DWSage: *Shakes his head* I can see I'm going to be going through my headache medicine at a rapid rate over the next two days...
Der DWSage: And I wouldn't dream of it. I'm three-quarters human anyway.
CGNakibe: Yeah Yeah, sure sure.
Lithaladhwen: So. Let's take a break and figure out what we're doing.
CGNakibe: Aside from getting me some headache meds right now?
Lithaladhwen: Sure.
Lithaladhwen: </James>
CGNakibe: (Heh.)
Lithaladhwen: </GM>
Der DWSage: *And so, our intrepid heroes get aspirin, an education in why druids live in metal homes, and see a rather old talking lion*
NYClark2: ( </Universe> )
Der DWSage: *Because Sage REALLY wants to get some sleep*
Lithaladhwen: (As does Kai.)
Lithaladhwen: </RP>
CGNakibe: (And Naki)
Lithaladhwen: (Clark? A log?)
NYClark2: ( Saving now )
Lithaladhwen: (Please send it as soon as you have it. Ashley is all tired and things.)
Der DWSage: (GOODNIGHT FUCKERS.)
Der DWSage has left the room.