You have just entered room "mooglecaverns."
GC130A has entered the room.
T3chn0Namagomi has entered the room.
PapatymisonN has entered the room.
PapatymisonN: (*observes the RPers in their natural habitat from a blind on the cliff* o.o)
T3chn0Namagomi has left the room.
BaronDeMalta has entered the room.
Der DWSage: Goddamn you, Nama.
BaronDeMalta: :-(?
Arch mage144: What did he do?
Lithaladhwen: Dunno.
Der DWSage: He signed off. >:
Arch mage144: Errrm
Der DWSage: Yes, I see him on now.
T3chn0Namagomi has entered the room.
Der DWSage: Anyway. I'm hoping to get this Moogle thing over with, and fast.
T3chn0Namagomi: Right.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...I hate lag.
Der DWSage: Because it's been bugging me for the last...how many weeks?
T3chn0Namagomi: 6?
GC130A: A few.
BaronDeMalta: Heheh
Der DWSage: Sounds about right.
Der DWSage: Now I'm going to find my notes, my stat sheets, and my mind, and we'll get this thing started.
Der DWSage: We left off with everyone in the dining room...
T3chn0Namagomi: Leveled up, at that.
Der DWSage: Indeed.
Arch mage144: I never got around to doing that for some reason, but no matter.
Arch mage144: I'll just do it later.
Lithaladhwen: Nama and I did so the very next day because we're crazy.
PapatymisonN: *finds Sage's mind behind the toilet*
T3chn0Namagomi: Indeed!
T3chn0Namagomi: ...though I still need to make chants for his new spells.
Arch mage144: Wait, no, I did level him, I just didn't give him new spells or techs. No problem.
Der DWSage: >_> Anyway!
Lithaladhwen: (Anyway. Where were we, sitting in what should have been our way out and deciding to charge in at the moogles rather than let them wait for us to starve to death?)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Yep)
BaronDeMalta: (Kel Duthnuriden, the DF-inspired one.)
Lithaladhwen: <Holly [insert last name here]>
T3chn0Namagomi: <Kamos Mazuo. With new spells and some fucking gun techs (finally!)>
Der DWSage: (Feel free to CI in the cavern, yes.)
Lithaladhwen: (I think it'll be easier if we just use plot-things to get back into it. We've been OOC for so long that starting up CI is hard...)
Arch mage144: <Xevan Lunelestros>
Der DWSage: (Ah! There we are.)
GC130A: <Juust Sharell>
GC130A: <Who would never be annoyed at the GM for stalling. Never eva.>
Lithaladhwen: ( Sage should click here for Holly's sheet. )
T3chn0Namagomi: (SHEET HERE)
GC130A: (FILL UP GAS AT SHEETZ)
Arch mage144: (My sheet is at http://mysidia.org/rpgww/index.php?title=Xevan_Lunelestros )
Arch mage144: (I'm not exactly sure what we were doing.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (We were waking up in the cafeteria)
T3chn0Namagomi: (And planning to do something)
Arch mage144: This situation is asinine. Trapped by a bunch of moogles?
GC130A: (That something probably involved lots of killing and mayhem where Small creatures were involved.)
T3chn0Namagomi: Well, they ARE rather big moogles, as you saw. <_<
Der DWSage: (Resting in the banquet room after looting everything on the way. And recovering to full, since I don't even remember what they were at before.)
Arch mage144: ...big for moogles, perhaps.
BaronDeMalta: <Kel>
Der DWSage: (And the GM is now ready.)
BaronDeMalta: IM: Gems gems gems gems gems gems gems gems gems... *look of ecstasy*
T3chn0Namagomi: Some of them were big for people.
BaronDeMalta: (And, er.. Do you have Kel's?)
Der DWSage: *Is currently napping-he's had it rough*
Der DWSage: (Kel's sheet? ...Lemme check.)
Arch mage144: Whatever.
Lithaladhwen: *still sitting on the floor, Holly just sighs*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Is the golem still "alive"?)
BaronDeMalta: Ach, ye guys are jes' big babehs
Lithaladhwen: (I like this font. You wanna know why? Check this out: @ and &.)
GC130A: *still on that watch-keeping business, occasionally starting at small noises*
Der DWSage: (For the hell of it, we'll say yes.)
BaronDeMalta: 'ey'll all die an' we'll get all 'em gems!
BaronDeMalta: Mmmm...gems.
Arch mage144: I said whatever. We need to leave this place as soon as we can. As much as I like caves...
BaronDeMalta: Meh too!
T3chn0Namagomi: We need to get what we came for and get the hell out.
Lithaladhwen: *nods*
Der DWSage: *Stirs!*
Der DWSage: ...Ngh. Yeah, we do...
T3chn0Namagomi: *reverts to human form for now*
Lithaladhwen: *is rather tired of a day that has resulted in her being crushed by things and nearly losing Kumo to the wacko-ghosts in his head*
BaronDeMalta: ... Me bum... ._.
Der DWSage: *Stands up, wincing a bit* I already healed that, Kel.
Arch mage144: (I don't even remember why we're here.)
T3chn0Namagomi: Right. *Exits to this room, aside from where they fought?*
GC130A: *grins* Well, we can say this trip hasn't been wholly wasted.
BaronDeMalta: But me bum remembers!
Arch mage144: (Kumo and possession and needing to get something to fix it, and then we got trapped in here by moogles. The rest is fuzzy.)
T3chn0Namagomi: <_< I don't really care about your ass.
Der DWSage: <Perhaps a short recap is in order-and I think the rest of you folks agree>
Lithaladhwen: (It's okay, Kamos. Holly doesn't, either.)
GC130A: (Perhaps!)
T3chn0Namagomi: <Indeed>
BaronDeMalta: Me ass dun care 'bout ye either!
Lithaladhwen: (Recaps are great.)
Der DWSage: <It had started with Kumo sending a letter to Holly in particular, and posting a job in general, to retrieve an item from Moogles in the Shuman Mountains.>
Der DWSage: <The item was a Circlet, enchanted to protect a person from spirits of all sorts-and allegedly had the power to weaken Kumo's ghosts to the point where they could be banished, permanently>
Der DWSage: <They got inside fine, and even made friendly with the Moogles-sorta. One of them was quite sore at Kamos for not eating the fine meal they had before them.>
Der DWSage: <But then Kumo went to negotiate with the Moogles, and everything hit the fan. Despite being told to run, everyone came to Kumo's aid-like the maniacs they are-and took down a fair number of freakishly large Moogles.>
Der DWSage: <Kamos got shiny new armor from one of them, even.>
T3chn0Namagomi: <Yayings!>
Der DWSage: <After the fight, they all went back to the entrance, intent on coming back another day...but alas, fate was against them. The door was closed, magically sealed, and in general a plot device to keep them inside.>
Der DWSage: <So they went to the banquet room to lick their wounds and barricade themselves against attack. We rejoin them at that.>
Der DWSage: <Oh, and Kel has a non-squished eyeball.>
Der DWSage: <That's important to note.>
BaronDeMalta: (Yep!)
Der DWSage: >_> Alright...so, are we going to try going directly for the chief? I'm sure there's someone around that we can interrogate...
T3chn0Namagomi: You'd have to do the interrogation, that's for sure.
GC130A: *nod* They'd probably know where he'd be and how to get out, wouldn't they?
T3chn0Namagomi: Indeed.
Arch mage144: *smirks* I would be more than happy to interrogate a captured moogle.
Lithaladhwen: ...I...I guess, yeah.
BaronDeMalta: Can I 'ave their eyes?
Der DWSage: ...
GC130A: *ever-so-slight grimace* I'm... not sure that'd even be necessary.
T3chn0Namagomi: You have one already.
Arch mage144: IM: Now that is a strange request.
Der DWSage: No. I...no.
BaronDeMalta: Tha more tha merrier!
Der DWSage: I just want out of here. I...
BaronDeMalta: Eyes love 'eir company! Why da ya think we all 'ave two?
Der DWSage: NO, Kel.
T3chn0Namagomi: No. Now shut up before I squish the one you have.
BaronDeMalta: *grumble*
Der DWSage: *Stands up, looking quite a bit more focused than before*
Lithaladhwen: *shrug* As long as we get what we came for I... guess that I don't care how we do it.
Arch mage144: *hard expression* Agreed. We need to get it and get out of here.
T3chn0Namagomi: *nods*
GC130A: Look, they don't want to be trapped in here with us any more than we want to be trapped in here with them. We can use a good coward and not have to, ah, *nod to Xevan* encourage him.
Arch mage144: *shrug*
Der DWSage: I certainly hope so.
Der DWSage: In any case...we've stayed in here long enough. Are you good to walk, Holly?
Lithaladhwen: *nods* I'm okay.
Lithaladhwen: I've been okay for a while. I just needed to sit down.
T3chn0Namagomi: Right. Let's move while they still aren't ready for a counterattack.
Lithaladhwen: *stands* Yeah. Sounds good.
Arch mage144: *The only place to go is "deeper" into the caves, isn't it?*
T3chn0Namagomi: (There's a left and right exit, right?)
Der DWSage: *There is a left and right exit! They went through the left one to get to the banquet...though they haven't explored the rest of the cave where they fought the Moogles*
Der DWSage: (Sharell will give me an Int check.)
GC130A: /roll -dice1 -sides20
OnlineHost: GC130A rolled 1 20-sided die: 1
T3chn0Namagomi: (Oops. XP)
GC130A: (The answer is 13!)
Der DWSage: *Sharell...knows there's something at the back of her mind, nagging her to remember it, but she can't quite tell what. It's annoying.*
Der DWSage: >_> Alright...let's see.
Der DWSage: *Taps his head* We went to do negotiations through that door.. *Points!*
Arch mage144: ...should we go through the other one, then?
T3chn0Namagomi: Didn't the other one lead to the blocked-off exit?
Der DWSage: I'm...not sure. I think that direction would be more like a barracks...
Der DWSage: And there was that room we were greeted at...that had a few other exits. That's behind us.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Let's go to that one first.
T3chn0Namagomi: Lead *commanding the golem*
Arch mage144: *follows wordlessly*
Der DWSage: *Falls into ranks! Or something. Though he wouldn't be going right behind Xevan*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Which, stands in front of the group as it goes. Kamos just goes.*
Lithaladhwen: *behind Xevan, in front of Kumo*
Lithaladhwen: *so that nobody eats anybody else*
BaronDeMalta: *folooow*
Der DWSage: *But Kumo enjoys the taste of Drow so much!*
GC130A: *after a bit of concentration, frowns intently* Yeah, this way is a very good way. *follows after!*
Der DWSage: *And as they walk on, they come upon the statues that they robbed so blindly earlier*
Der DWSage: *It seems someone even took out the eyes of the shorter Moogles-they may have been gems, formerly*
Arch mage144: *whistles*
Lithaladhwen: (Holly took some. Her thieving urchin friend is a bad influence.)
Lithaladhwen: (She totally aided in the looting.)
Der DWSage: (=D)
Der DWSage: (Glad to know we've corrupted Holly.)
Lithaladhwen: (Blame Gustav.)
Der DWSage: (Perhaps someday she'll earn the title 'Too cute to be accused!')
GC130A: IM: Huh. What with being priceless artifacts from a lost civilization, those might've been worth more whole...
Lithaladhwen: (He convinced her that it's okay to steal from rich people as long as they're either bad or aren't sharing their money with poor people.)
BaronDeMalta: *whistle*
GC130A: IM: ...of course it's now that I think of this. Fuck.
Der DWSage: (Sharell's thought process amuses me. An extra 50 XP, as I feel generous.)
GC130A: (Yay!)
Der DWSage: *And past the statues, they find the entrance room...and a choice of three doors to go through. One of them leads to the very entrance...the others, lands unknown.*
Arch mage144: Each door is as good as the other.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...I get the feeling that whichever one we choose doesn't matter too much.
Arch mage144: I suggest the left.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Left.
T3chn0Namagomi: o_o;
Der DWSage: Left works.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, okay.
T3chn0Namagomi: (XD TELEPATHY!)
GC130A: *stops dead* Oh fuck.
Der DWSage: <_< Hm?
Arch mage144: IM: Are you reading my mind?
Arch mage144: What?
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: I REALLY hope you're not reading my mind.
Lithaladhwen: ...You okay?
T3chn0Namagomi: *stops* Hm?
BaronDeMalta: IM: Gems gems gems- Why are we stopping?
GC130A: *grabs her head* Ow, that's like having a whole buffet shoved down your throat at once. Um, I think we just set them off. All of them. ...suicidally angry.
Der DWSage: ...Oh.
Lithaladhwen: ...
Lithaladhwen: Well, that'll make our jobs easier.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Did I just say that?!
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Suicidally, you say? Is this good or bad?
Lithaladhwen: IM: Farlanghn! I've been around Xevan too long....
BaronDeMalta: Huh...?
Der DWSage: Um. Both, I think.
Der DWSage: They're going to be hunting us down.
BaronDeMalta: Yay!
GC130A: Well, we all might die horribly, but other than that, it's fantastic!
Lithaladhwen: Then they'll come to us. Save us time.
Arch mage144: We what?
Arch mage144: Fine. We wait.
Der DWSage: ...Mobs might be a bad thing to fend off.
GC130A: ...the... Kumo, what were those statues of, anyway?
T3chn0Namagomi: There's more of them than there are us.
Der DWSage: <_< Historical figures, I think.
Arch mage144: We have the advantage of a choke point. Only a few of them can reasonably attack us at once.
Der DWSage: ...They probably have a lot of mages, Xevan.
T3chn0Namagomi: At once, sure. But that means that some of us can hurt less of them at once. And not everyone's so good against magic.
T3chn0Namagomi: Plus, we don't know HOW many there are.
Der DWSage: Yeah.
T3chn0Namagomi: (Fun fact: Kamos = God of Linear AoE attacks.)
Der DWSage: So...I suggest we hide, or we at least practice a little bit of caution.
Lithaladhwen: *sighs* No mage has infinite power, and keeping them from getting to us all at once is still useful.
GC130A: (...*amused*)
Der DWSage: ...We just need to get in and out. Fast.
Lithaladhwen: So I think we should stay in an area where we have some advantage if they're all coming at us anyway.
Lithaladhwen: *shrugs*
Der DWSage: IM:This is shaping up poorly...I never meant to do an all out attack.
Der DWSage: ...Sharell, can you sense where they are?
T3chn0Namagomi: I agree with him. Fast in, fast out.
GC130A: *uneasy glance* It'll be hard with everything, but I can try.
GC130A: *does so! You wants a check?*
Der DWSage: *Nod* That's how we'll do it then. Try to avoid them as much as possible, and...strike out at the smaller groups. We need at least one hostage for directions...
Der DWSage: (A Mag/Mag/Int check, if you please.)
OnlineHost: GC130A rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
T3chn0Namagomi: I just hope there aren't more of those huge fucks with hammers.
Der DWSage: (Because I feel like doing weird shit all of a sudden. >_>)
GC130A: (29)
Der DWSage: *Sharell can sense that most of them are coming through the 'barracks' area, although some few are coming through the exit they were about to go down...and most of them are moving further away or staying put through the last exit*
Lithaladhwen: You and me both, Kamos.
BaronDeMalta: Hrm!
BaronDeMalta: *wheel inside the crazy head turning*
BaronDeMalta: Better lay 'em some traps 'en!
Lithaladhwen: You can do that?
Der DWSage: ...Using what?
BaronDeMalta: Uhm...
Arch mage144: Our imaginations, clearly.
Arch mage144: Do we have any idea where they might be coming from?
T3chn0Namagomi: Yeah. Our imaginary traps will save the day.
Lithaladhwen: If we did lay traps, I could hide them with magic, but I don't know what we'd actually use.
Der DWSage: Sharell?
GC130A: *pointing!* Well, there are a lot of angry moogles through that way, a lot of angry moogles that are probably waiting to get more numbers down that way, and a poor hapless group down this way. *shrug* Seems pretty clear.
BaronDeMalta: *looks at the statues behind them*
Der DWSage: ...Hapless?
BaronDeMalta: *do they look particularly possible to pull?*
GC130A: Oh, right, they're angry too. But there aren't many of them and they're staying still.
Arch mage144: Then we go that way.
T3chn0Namagomi: Right. So we go for this "poor hapless" group, huh?
Der DWSage: ...
Lithaladhwen: *shrugs* IM: Whatever we have to do to get this done.
Arch mage144: They would take similar advantage of us in the reverse position.
T3chn0Namagomi: Indeed.
Der DWSage: ...Yeah. Most likely.
GC130A: 'Would'? I think that's just what they're going for.
Lithaladhwen: *nods* Hm.
Der DWSage: *Begins leading the way down the corridor to the 'hapless' group*
Lithaladhwen: Before we get there, who's going first?
T3chn0Namagomi: The golem.
Der DWSage: *Stops!* ...Good idea.
T3chn0Namagomi: Lead. *and the golem obeys*
Lithaladhwen: I mean people. I can use the extra time to offer some magical assistance to whoever's wading into battle.
Lithaladhwen: I mean, if I'm wrong and nobody wants to be invisible or resistant to magic, lemme know.
Lithaladhwen: But I bet somebody does.
T3chn0Namagomi: I might as well.
BaronDeMalta: Meeeeeee!
Lithaladhwen: I can't get everybody, but people who are going to fight with magic and people who are using weapons could use some help, and I can do that.
Lithaladhwen: So who intends to do what?
T3chn0Namagomi: Really depends on what. Might use my magic, might use my gun, might use my bardiche...
BaronDeMalta: Nevermind 'en! I'll use me bare 'ands!
GC130A: I could always pin down our hostage of choice. *a wry grin at Kel* Easier on the eyes.
T3chn0Namagomi: *shrug* I should be pretty good on the actual killing end. Just something that makes me harder to hit is fine.
BaronDeMalta: *raises an eyebrow at the woman* What?
Der DWSage has left the room.
Der DWSage has entered the room.
BaronDeMalta: (Forgetting the name. :-( )
Der DWSage: (Finally. Everyone needs to take a drink.)
Lithaladhwen: (Man. She can raise primary stats now, too. Fun!)
T3chn0Namagomi: I'll focus on killing the others. (*takes a drink*)
Arch mage144: I can handle myself, for the moment.
Der DWSage: (Did Kumo's comment about marching order go through?)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Nope)
Lithaladhwen: (No.)
GC130A: *Is Sharell!* ...word play. *shrug* Just don't hurt who I'm tossing around.
Der DWSage: Kel should probably go first...he seems the hardiest of us. And Kamos should probably be last, since he's the only other person with armor...and he can shoot over our heads, for the most part.
Lithaladhwen: (Oh, wait. Not yet. I just have those on her sheet for future reference.)
T3chn0Namagomi: Right then.
Lithaladhwen: *smiles* He probably can, yeah.
Arch mage144: IM: Hardiest? I have no doubt that his brain is the hardest.
Der DWSage: Unless...can you keep a constant eye on whether or not anyone is coming up behind us, Sharell?
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: At least he'll be stupid enough to leap into a melee.
GC130A: *frown* It's a little more vague than that, exactly. I wouldn't count on it in the thick of battle.
T3chn0Namagomi: Right. I better go.
Der DWSage: *Nod* Alright then. Kamos can keep to the back.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Okay. So I can help Kamos with his defense, Xevan with his magic since he's not had good luck lately, and I could stand to be invisible so that I can do more good in the actual fight.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Sounds... okay.
T3chn0Namagomi: I'm pretty good at hindering mobility anyway.
BaronDeMalta: *shrugs*
Der DWSage: Ah...hm.
Lithaladhwen: Okay, so these spells don't last forever, so as a result the closer we are to the fight when I do my thing the better because we won't waste time walking.
Der DWSage: In any case, we should get going before anyone catches up...
T3chn0Namagomi: Indeed.
Lithaladhwen: But I can probably do some good before we're in battle. *nodnod*
Der DWSage: *Begins down the hall, possibly behind Kel!*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Assume marching order!*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Is last!*
Lithaladhwen: *indeed*
Arch mage144: *is...marching*
GC130A: *Party formation fall in!*
Lithaladhwen: *When either Sharell or Kumo gives some indication that they're pretty close, she'll start casting.*
GC130A: *Present.... arms! ...or arm. Whichever.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Is keeping his eye and ear to the emptiness behind them!*
Der DWSage: *And as they walk down, they'd find the walls getting a little less than perfectly cut, and there were no impressive statues or tapestries...just roughly hewn rock.*
Der DWSage: *Kel would feel right at home.*
Der DWSage: *Hell, there's not even the cleaning spells that were around everywhere else*
Arch mage144: IM: This could be much worse.
Arch mage144: IM: At least here am I free from the oppression of the sun.
T3chn0Namagomi: (INT check to denote relative stability?)
Lithaladhwen: (Curs'd Daystar!)
Der DWSage: (Go ahead.)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 1 20-sided die: 7
T3chn0Namagomi: (25)
Der DWSage: *Seems fine to him. Everything is fine, just not nice and fancy*
Der DWSage: ...>_> This doesn't quite feel right...
Arch mage144: (It hurts his eyes, man.)
T3chn0Namagomi: <_< In what way?
T3chn0Namagomi: (I can identify. The sun hurts my eyes as well.)
Arch mage144: *hissing* More information!
Der DWSage: *Walk, walk, walk* Well...this is either a barracks that isn't quite finished, and the Moogles here are trainee soldiers...
Der DWSage: Or we're walking into residential quarters.
T3chn0Namagomi: Hn.
Der DWSage: (Xevan needs to make a Stamina check vs. Sunburn when he goes out in daylight!)
GC130A: Huh. So we might not even have to fight for our personal guide.
Der DWSage: ...Yeah.
Arch mage144: (He's not going to burn, his eyes just don't like it. His skin is blue!)
Lithaladhwen: (So would he turn purple?)
Der DWSage: (So what color does he turn when someone chokes him?)
Arch mage144: (Vaguely purplish.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (No, Kai. That's when he blushes.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (If he does. XP)
Lithaladhwen: (He doesn't, though. We should fix this.)
Arch mage144: (His blood is as red as yours is. Were he to blush, it would be red.)
Der DWSage: (*Chuckles*)
Lithaladhwen: (Holly would somehow find a way. It's like...her job.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (It'd be tinged purple due to the skin pigmentation, I'd think)
Der DWSage: *Walk, walk, wal-hey, there's a Moogle right there!*
Lithaladhwen: (ZOMG)
GC130A: (Moogle: Mogling rush ke ke ke~)
Der DWSage: *Two feet tall, even! Not one of those mutant Moogles!*
Der DWSage: *...But he's wearing a pointy purple hat, and he's got some blue clothing on*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: This is either good or bad.
Der DWSage: ...Kinichka?
Arch mage144: Stay quiet! If you can understand common, I command you to be silent or die!
GC130A: IM: Okay, I think this is about average.
Der DWSage: e.e Kilis. Kilis woni!
T3chn0Namagomi: <_< It doesn't.
Lithaladhwen: *prepares to cast a silence spell to keep the area quiet if the moogle flips out and decides to cause a ruckus*
Arch mage144: Barbaric creatures.
Der DWSage: W-wait!
T3chn0Namagomi: *prepares to cast a Shadowbind or shoot*
Arch mage144: *narrow eyes* What?
Der DWSage: *Some frantic Mooglish! The purple-hatted one doesn't stop glaring through any of it, though he -does- raise a hand...*
GC130A: *sigh* IM: This is that happens when you get mercenaries spoiling for a fight and disappoint them.
Der DWSage: e_e
Der DWSage: ...
Der DWSage: *Drops the hand*
Arch mage144: Well? What the hell is it?
Der DWSage: Common. Little speak.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Well, that's something.
GC130A: Your accent is very good. *approving nod*
Der DWSage: Young one...atone for crimes here?
Lithaladhwen: ...
Arch mage144: *raises an eyebrow* Why not.
Der DWSage: *Sighs* Y...yeah.
Lithaladhwen: Kumo. What does he mean?
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: I'm here to kill. Might as well leave myself out of this.
Der DWSage: ...This is too much like before, Holly.
Der DWSage: My clan was wiped out by a band of thieves that were hunting a treasure that wasn't even here.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: I don't want to fuck with this unless it turns bad.
Der DWSage: I'm...not going to let that happen here.
Lithaladhwen: Kumo... I'm sorry and I don't want these people to get hurt either. But I came here to help you.
Der DWSage: Yeah, I know.
GC130A: Wait, what crimes? They attacked first!
Der DWSage: So far, that help has gotten a lot of people hurt.
Lithaladhwen: I can't fix everything bad that happens, but you're my friend and I owe you better than to let them decide what you should do.
Der DWSage: ...No they didn't, Kel.
Der DWSage: *Sharell
BaronDeMalta: (Ack)
BaronDeMalta: (Sorry, was calledaway)
Der DWSage: *Looks down* The ghosts came out for a moment while negotiating.
Lithaladhwen: I don't care. Once you were under control, they could have stopped and we would have, too.
Arch mage144: Whatever. We need to find the circlet if it's here. I have no interest in what you did or any of your moral hangups.
BaronDeMalta: Les just kill 'em!
Lithaladhwen: I didn't care about anything but protecting you from them. If that hadn't been necessary, there wouldn't have been any fighting.
GC130A: *frown and ever-so-slight glare* Ah.
T3chn0Namagomi: Let's NOT, or throw you to the large group likely looking for us now.
Arch mage144: If you want to place the blame squarely on yourself, that's your problem.
Arch mage144: We need to find the circlet. Does he know where it is?
T3chn0Namagomi: *to Kel, of course*
Der DWSage: *Kel would be subject to a MASSIVE glare* Control him, or else.
Lithaladhwen: *to the moogle* I will. If necessary.
Lithaladhwen: I'm tired of fighting, and I won't let anybody do it if we don't have to.
T3chn0Namagomi: On it. *looking ready to blast the dwarf if he tries anything*
Der DWSage: ...You speak Leader's Crown? Yes.
BaronDeMalta: Eep.
Arch mage144: Where is it?
Der DWSage: With Leader.
Lithaladhwen: And is there any way to get it from him without fighting?
Der DWSage: *Motions, and begins walking behind the group* Try anything, all Moogles come. Even woman, child, kill you.
T3chn0Namagomi: Right.
Der DWSage: Luck...and we stop happenings of today.
Lithaladhwen: That'd be nice. *goes ahead and heads where she's guided*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Women, not so surprised about. But that's how Valth was.
BaronDeMalta: IM: Women and children taste bad.
T3chn0Namagomi: *follows, keeping an eye on the dwarf*
Der DWSage: *And they're led! They are taken back, and they go back through the one tunnel they hadn't gone through yet*
Arch mage144: IM: Whatever. Maybe we can get out of here with the circlet without having to go to the trouble of killing everyone.
Arch mage144: IM: At this point it would be easier.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: The less fighting, the easier this'll go. And the sooner I can get away from that annoying dwarf and back to Deeum.
Der DWSage: *...This presents a problem when they find a small mob waiting for them, probably some six or seven Moogles that are armed to the teeth...two of them are rather large, and wielding sledgehammers*
Lithaladhwen: (Yeah. Deeum's hotter, and she's probably better in the sack, too.)
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Der DWSage: (But Kel is a SEXY BEAST, second only to Omar!)
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: You've GOT to be kidding me.
BaronDeMalta: (Ya betcha)
Lithaladhwen: *deep breath*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Not in Kamos' opinion.)
Der DWSage: *...Fortunately, they're convinced to step aside and let the group through. Plenty of glaring, though*
Arch mage144: *gives the moogles an almost mock salute*
T3chn0Namagomi: *keeps a wary eye, obviously ready to hurt anyone who tries anything*
BaronDeMalta: *muttergrumble* We're dead.
Lithaladhwen: *keeps an eye on Kumo to make sure the little fellow doesn't flip out and get himself possessed by ghosts*
Lithaladhwen: *because that never goes well*
T3chn0Namagomi: We WILL be if you don't keep your mouth shut.
Der DWSage: *And they're led into gradually more ornate rooms, with a few more groups of Moogles...and some of them begin following the group, not-good mumbling and grumbling -just- audible*
GC130A: IM: Well, those are some enjoyable vibes rolling off them. We are so fucking dead. Well, they are, anyway.
Arch mage144: IM: Now is not the time to do anything stupid.
Arch mage144: IM: Unfortunately, I have no way to guarantee that won't happen.
Der DWSage: *And finally, into a rather small room, very nicely decorated...a circular set of stairs in the middle raising a mound to a throne, and on that throne...*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: They try ANYTHING, I'll make sure I take as many of them with me as possible
Der DWSage: *Is a rather shrivelled-up looking Moogle. He's, maybe, a foot and a half tall. He's shorter than Kumo is*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Wow. Small moogle.
Arch mage144: (It's Moogle Yoda!)
Der DWSage: *However, he's got himself a nice shiny band of gold wrapped around his head, and he's wearing a suit of armor perfect for his size*
Arch mage144: *stands stiffly at attention*
Der DWSage: 6.6 Hm.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Heh. I shouldn't be surprised...looks like some good armor, though.
Der DWSage: *Whispers a few words...and then stands up, looking them in the eye from his position, speaking flawless, educated Common* There we go. Knew that spell would be handy someday.
Lithaladhwen: *before she can stop herself* Neat spell.
Lithaladhwen: IM: How useful would that be?
Der DWSage: Thank you. My son discovered it.
Lithaladhwen: *bites her lip, realizing she was blurting things out, and nods*
Arch mage144: IM: Magic civilization enchantments. How quaint.
Der DWSage: Now...I've had word that you've killed one of my Generals.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: VERY useful spell for that purpose...
Lithaladhwen: *another deep breath*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Incidentally, it was almost all Kamos' fault. XP)
Der DWSage: 6.6 I've also had word that you killed some of his family along with him.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I've done a lot of things. I don't have to justify myself to anyone. I did what I thought was right.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: I was just doing my job to help.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I really hope he doesn't actually ask me to explain that.
Der DWSage: Now I hear tell that the little one among you wants to surrender his life to help the rest of you.
Arch mage144: ......
Der DWSage: I also hear tell that the little one is a ferocious demon.
Lithaladhwen: ....
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Arch mage144: That part I can verify for myself.
Lithaladhwen: He wants to what?
Arch mage144: IM: What a waste of time. We come here to save him and he offers to sacrifice himself for our escape!?
GC130A: Surrender his life?
Der DWSage: ...Communications breakdown? ^_^;
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...Actually, I'd rather sacrifice the dwarf.
Lithaladhwen: *suddenly looks very, very, uncharacteristically angry* Kumo, what did you tell them you would do?
Arch mage144: IM: ...as much as I would like to throw him in a wood-burning stove or marinate his tender flesh in some red wine and broth...
Arch mage144: IM: ...I am not pleased at the idea of having wasted so much time.
Der DWSage: I think I said I'd surrender my fate. I'm not perfect with their language.
Der DWSage: Hush, all of you.
Lithaladhwen: *hushes*
T3chn0Namagomi: *has been hushed!*
Der DWSage: *Sits back down* You there, in the back. With the armor that I know isn't yours.
Arch mage144: IM: *internal laughing*
T3chn0Namagomi: Hm?
GC130A: *There's probably plenty more hush where that hush came from, so shushes.*
Der DWSage: You seem the most level-minded of them at the moment. How about you tell me what happened?
Arch mage144: IM: *more laughing*
Arch mage144: *appears to be trying really hard to maintain a straight face*
T3chn0Namagomi: Right. As far as I know it, Kumo and Holly went in for negotiations. From my position in the other room, I heard a fight break out.
T3chn0Namagomi: I don't know any of the specifics behind the start of the fight, but I was hired to protect my client. As such, I fought to do so.
Lithaladhwen: *takes a deep breath and manages not to say anything*
Der DWSage: I see. Continue.
T3chn0Namagomi: The fight pretty much ended, and we were stuck without a way out, given that the entrance was blocked off. As such, after resting, we pretty much started looking for an alternate exit.
Der DWSage: Ah. Someone was smart and rang the alarm.
T3chn0Namagomi: I believe it was then that Kumo ran into our current escort.
Der DWSage: Hm.
Der DWSage: *Begins walking down, he does* I see.
T3chn0Namagomi: *watching him, of course*
Der DWSage: ...Kumo is your name, yes? Your escort, as you called him, is telepathic.
GC130A: IM: Well, that was the most halfassed explanation I've heard in many a long while.
Der DWSage: I'm sure you guessed that already.
Der DWSage: ...I...y'sir.
Der DWSage: What were the negotiations for, then?
Der DWSage: That circlet on your head. I...need it to stop ghosts from controlling me.
Der DWSage: >_> And for this, you kill my general? My friend, and his friends who rushed to aid him?
Der DWSage: *Silent*
Lithaladhwen: *eyes narrow*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Don't say anything, Holly.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Just shush. He said to be quiet.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Just don't say anything.
Arch mage144: Yeah.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...You IDIOT.
Lithaladhwen: With all due respect.... If you were in my position, how far would you have gone to protect a friend who came to you for help?
Der DWSage: ...I could have you all killed for your crimes. A snap of my fingers, and my entire kingdom will rush to slay you. Many of them loved that man like a brother.
Arch mage144: Your general and his men died fighting for something they felt was important.
Arch mage144: If any of us had fallen here...we would be the exact same as your general.
Der DWSage: *Nods*
Arch mage144: Sacrificing our own lives for something we decided was more important.
Der DWSage: This is why I have not snapped my fingers yet.
Lithaladhwen: *sighs* IM: Thanks, Xevan.
Arch mage144: *gestures to Holly* I'm here because of this girl. I am bound to her. My life is not my own.
Arch mage144: And this moogle is important enough to her to risk her own life for him.
Lithaladhwen: *looks at her shoes*
GC130A: *frowns* Kumo told me, at least, that he had been possessed by one of the ghosts that does so on occasion. Why deny an ill child his cure when the means are so easily within your grasp?
Der DWSage: Many reasons.
Der DWSage: One, the cure is not within my grasp. My crown merely weakens spirits-it does not destroy them, unless they are truly weak.
Lithaladhwen: IM: I don't care what his reasons are. It's his job to look out for his people, and my job to look out for my friend. That's all I care about!
Arch mage144: To weaken them is an improvement, at least.
Arch mage144: The moogle may be able to fight them off on his own, were they sufficiently weakened.
Der DWSage: Two, this crown is a sign of my power. If I give it to an outsider-not only an outsider, but an outsider that all of my people hate, it may start people questioning me. And when people question their leader, riots start.
Arch mage144: If it is possible to eliminate the possessing spirits, then the circlet can be returned to you.
Der DWSage: I'm not eager to begin civil war.
BaronDeMalta: (Oh god, again)
BaronDeMalta: *has just been grumbling all this time)
BaronDeMalta: **
Arch mage144: IM: To start a fight is suicide. To start a fight is sucide.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: This is understandable. Coming from a place soaked in the stuff...
Der DWSage: ...I come from the Snowflake clan.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Civil war is...needless to say, not necessarily the best thing.
GC130A: This was explained as well; a weakening of the ghosts would allow a proper exorcist to banish the weakened spirits. It comes at little cost to you, *pauses as the moogle cites his other reason* especially if done in secret.
Der DWSage: *Clears throat*
Arch mage144: It will cost you nothing, if properly executed.
Der DWSage: And where do you propose to get an exorcist in little enough time to not let anyone find out?
Arch mage144: *w to Sharrell* Can you telepath him?
Arch mage144: *holds up a finger*
Der DWSage: There are few here. We've not had ghosts in many a century.
Lithaladhwen: We could get one from home.
Arch mage144: *w* Can you communicate with him without anyone else being able to hear?
GC130A: *slight shake of her head*
Arch mage144: *muffled curse*
Lithaladhwen: T2X: I can.
Arch mage144: IM: Oh yeah.
Arch mage144: IM: Holly, tell him that he can make a big show out of capturing us. Throw us in prison.
Arch mage144: IM: Then release us in secret later. I can forge a copy of his circlet.
Arch mage144: IM: He can wear a duplicate as a symbol in the meantime.
Der DWSage: >_>
Lithaladhwen: T2Leader and Holly-tachi: I'm relaying a message from one of us. This is Xevan's idea.
Arch mage144: IM: When Kumo's ghosts are banished, we can return the original.
Der DWSage: *Clears throat*
Der DWSage: *This is the little mage that accompanied them, by the by*
T3chn0Namagomi: ?
Der DWSage: Drow? Protect your thoughts a bit better.
Der DWSage: It's a good plan, though.
Lithaladhwen: T2 Those people: This way we can discuss it and nobody has to know that you don't want to tell.
Lithaladhwen: *sighs*
Arch mage144: IM: I'm going to eat your pancreas with a side of snow peas, moogle.
Lithaladhwen: Xevan! Be nice!
Lithaladhwen: *sweatdrop*
Der DWSage: ^_^ And I'll happily gouge out your eyes with a perfectly placed lightning bolt.
Arch mage144: IM: I will be nice when my mind is being respected as my sacred domain.
Lithaladhwen: *heavy sigh* Could we please stop this?
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
GC130A: *looks between the three, ever-so-mildly confused*
Der DWSage: Agreed.
Lithaladhwen: Okay. Here's the thing. Your telepath understands the plan. He can relay it to you, and you'll know he wouldn't lie to you.
Lithaladhwen: You can trust him to tell you our intentions.
Lithaladhwen: Do you think it would work?
Der DWSage: *Nods, and then silent a moment...*
BaronDeMalta: Uhm..
Der DWSage: ...It could.
Arch mage144: It will.
Lithaladhwen: *telepathically relays things to the dwarf*
Lithaladhwen: All we want is to help Kumo. If we can do that without you losing face, we will.
Arch mage144: IM: A better plan couldn't have been forged by He Who Knows himself.
Der DWSage: >_>
Der DWSage has left the room.
Lithaladhwen: (*takes a drink*)
T3chn0Namagomi: (*doriinku!*)
BaronDeMalta: IM: You mean we let 'em arrest us? Ewww
Der DWSage has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: (AFK, pinot noir.)
Lithaladhwen: (We need wine.)
Lithaladhwen: T2K: What? You scared?
Lithaladhwen: (AFK for real now.)
BaronDeMalta: (Bleh... I'm tired. ;_; )
T3chn0Namagomi: (REAL MEN stay up!)
GC130A: What happened today was a dreadful mistake and a result of an innocent man's curse. Please, help us make certain it doesn't happen again. *appeal to sympathy ahoy!*
T3chn0Namagomi: .
Lithaladhwen: (Back.)
Arch mage144: *silent*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
GC130A: (Huh. Sage appears unable to access this room. AIM:Gochat?Roomname=MoogleCavern )
GC130A: (^=totally not a tubgirl link, I swear)
Lithaladhwen: (I'm going to splice the two logs together later. Everyone go to the new room!)