You have just entered room "drawingtheline."
CGNakibe: *Populates*
PapatymisonN has entered the room.
Arch mage144: *Civilizes*
PapatymisonN: *Maximizes*
pd Rydia has entered the room.
CGNakibe: Chatters for the Chat God!
PapatymisonN: *tosses another roleplayer on the barby*
Lithaladhwen: Brian and I are going to secure some food.
Lithaladhwen: And Tai should be back any minute.
Lithaladhwen: Then we can start.
PapatymisonN: Kay.
pd Rydia: kayo!
MajorGeneralTso has entered the room.
MajorGeneralTso: (..._
PapatymisonN: (Hi.)
PapatymisonN: Er, hi.
PapatymisonN: We haven't started.
Lithaladhwen: Brian and I need food.
MajorGeneralTso: Oh. Whew...
MajorGeneralTso: Sorry I'm late as usual.
Lithaladhwen: And if the link Charles gave me hadn't frozen my firefox instead of opening....
Arch mage144: It's cool.
Lithaladhwen: There. God.
PapatymisonN: ...
Lithaladhwen: *closes that tab*
PapatymisonN: Ack.
PapatymisonN: Sorry.
Lithaladhwen: My computer is gimpy.
PapatymisonN: I blame the media.
Lithaladhwen: I blame liberals.
PapatymisonN: ... aren't YOU a liberal?
Lithaladhwen: I'm a libertarian. Very close to conservative.
Lithaladhwen: We're conservatives who know what conservatism means.
Arch mage144: It means "stay the fuck out of my business, government, unless you're going to provide me services."
PapatymisonN: Eh. You're a small L something. *lumps 'em all intogehter*
Lithaladhwen: Note I didn't say Libertarian. The capitalization matters.
Arch mage144: How strikingly ignorant of you. =P
PapatymisonN: ^_^ I know. Charming, ain't it?
Lithaladhwen: *fwips for food*
Arch mage144: Not particularly. *chuckles*
PapatymisonN: >.> Oh. Uh...
Arch mage144: But then, you know me.
PapatymisonN: *lumps all the sunglasses brands together* <.<
Arch mage144: I just happen to be more particular (and pedantic) than most people.
PapatymisonN: Ah, y'know I'm just kidding.
Arch mage144: Sure.
MajorGeneralTso: Snoooow...
pd Rydia: wons
PapatymisonN: *buries Ken up to his neck*
CGNakibe: Want snow? Because I don't.
MajorGeneralTso: I want it, and I'm also getting it currently...
KnightsofSquare has entered the room.
PapatymisonN: So!
PapatymisonN: Who else here realizes that Smallville is Ultimate DC?
CGNakibe: Already heard that one.
PapatymisonN: From me?
Lithaladhwen: I can't join OOC.
KnightsofSquare: OMG you are trapped in character!
MajorGeneralTso: ...There's an OOC?
pd Rydia: that is poo
pd Rydia: name is drawing OOC ?
pd Rydia: I had a hard time finding your SN on my invite/GAIM list, since it just throws SNs in there randomly
Lithaladhwen: aim:gochat?roomname=drawingooc
pd Rydia: >.>
CGNakibe: (Rar?)
Lithaladhwen: *When last we left our intrepid heroes, they were at the JD after a night of rest. They spent several minutes making sure they were suitably caffeinated before deciding to set out for Anwell's base.*
Lithaladhwen: *This can happen whenever player characters want it to, because this is your show, kiddies.*
CGNakibe: *Just make sure you go before you leave, folks!*
pd Rydia: This bag is heavier than I remem--Fluffy! Get out of there!
PapatymisonN: *has cheese, orange, and apple, and NO caffeine, cuz it's too much work and he wants to go.*
MajorGeneralTso: *Or forever hold your astral waste products!*
Arch mage144: *Karis is prepped and ready to go!*
Lithaladhwen: *I don't play any NPCs that are here right now!*
pd Rydia: Griao? 9.9 ::scrambles out of the bag::
pd Rydia: Alright. Ready?
MajorGeneralTso: Ready as ever.
PapatymisonN: *nods*
Arch mage144: Absolutely.
pd Rydia: Onward and forward, noble warriors. ::makes something resembling a salute::
Lithaladhwen: (Tai? Background thing, please? Your font infects people in chat and is really hard to read in logs.)
Arch mage144: *salutes in return, though it's quite possible that Karis is being totally serious about it*
PapatymisonN: *salutes too, straight as an arrow*
pd Rydia: ::and heads out the door, holding it open for Fluffy--
pd Rydia: and probably for everyone else, since Fluffy is gallopping along behind everyone::
PapatymisonN: *comes along for the ride*
MajorGeneralTso: (Sorry. Keep forgetting.)
MajorGeneralTso: *Goes through the door* Thanks Dia.
pd Rydia: ' Welcome.
Arch mage144: You know, Dia...I realize he's your pet, and that he's a dragon, but...why bring Fluffy along?
pd Rydia: ::trots through at the back::
pd Rydia: <.<
Arch mage144: I mean, he's cute. *blinks*
pd Rydia: He's useful.
pd Rydia: Well, sometimes.
pd Rydia: Otherwise, he's not getting into trouble at the inn.
Arch mage144: *laughs* Makes enough sense for me.
MajorGeneralTso: At least we can use him as a decoy if we're getting chased...
pd Rydia: ::shoots Tai a look::
PapatymisonN: ... that seems a bit cruel.
pd Rydia: ...well, he's been known to leap at faces from time to time.
MajorGeneralTso: *Chuckles* Sorry. Dragons and my nature...You know, Dia.
pd Rydia: >.> ::climbs on Karis's foot, apparently intending to hitch a ride::
pd Rydia: Yeah--maybe Anwell is a dragon. Feel motivated?
Arch mage144: *is totally carrying a passenger now*
Arch mage144: 6_6 Well, hey. He's a dragon, no matter how small he is. I'm sure he can hold his own!
MajorGeneralTso: A little bit. I heard they make good Sashimi.
pd Rydia: I've heard some similar things about humans. ::pulls a face::
pd Rydia: Sometimes it's nice to not be in touch with family.
pd Rydia: 9.9 Meep.
PapatymisonN: ... Agreed. <.<
MajorGeneralTso: ...I third on that.
Arch mage144: ...dragon sashimi?
pd Rydia: ::takes the time while being transported to clean his little lapdraggony claws and preen::
pd Rydia: ::subsequently overbalances and falls off Karis with a slight thump::
MajorGeneralTso: Dragon Sashimi. A delicacy in my kind...I hear. Or maybe something we say just to torture them, I dunno.
pd Rydia: ::he was probably getting too heavy for his foot, anyway::
Lithaladhwen: *The party makes it to the woods without incident. Karis doesn't see his squirrel this time. It's probably off somewhere else gorging itself.*
pd Rydia: T2Fluffy: Stop crushing his foot. You can walk on your own, Fluffy.
pd Rydia: T2D: Diadia is MEAN. e_e
pd Rydia: T2F: Brave watchdragon warriors carry their own weight.
pd Rydia: ::chirrups::
Arch mage144: *Oh, man, Karis's existence just isn't complete without the squirrel.*
pd Rydia: ::trots off into the underbrush::
pd Rydia: T2party: Fluffy stealthy!
PapatymisonN: ...
PapatymisonN: ...
PapatymisonN: T2Dia: That creature is brilliant.
Arch mage144: o_o
PapatymisonN: T2Dia: Instead of using it as a decoy...
pd Rydia: Him. Him, Cardinal.
PapatymisonN: T2D: Why not use little Fluffy as an advance scout?
PapatymisonN: T2D: Him. Sorry.
pd Rydia: That's what he was doing last time.
pd Rydia: ::rubs ear:: You can speak aloud, you know.
PapatymisonN: ... sorry. Got used to it.
pd Rydia: No problem.
Arch mage144: *blinks* Well, maybe they won't notice him.
MajorGeneralTso: If they did, I think it would be difficult to view him as a threat anyhow.
PapatymisonN: There's a good chance, I'd say...
pd Rydia: ::meanwhile, is doing just what Cardinal suggested! At least, as Fluffy understands it...::
pd Rydia: ::which is mostly keeping hidden and quiet, and doing a lot of sniffing::
pd Rydia: ::frowns:: Azul's been missing since we were last out here.
Arch mage144: Maybe Fluffy is looking for him?
pd Rydia: ::blinks:: Maybe...
PapatymisonN: ... you don't think... that Azul...
pd Rydia: T2F: Fluffy, are you looking for Azul?
pd Rydia: T2party: ::smells!::
PapatymisonN: o.o That was an odd sensation...
Arch mage144: ....what?
Arch mage144: o_O *looks incredibly weirded out*
pd Rydia: T2party: Bluedragon? No, sniffing for Diadia's kids.
pd Rydia: T2party: Dunno where Azul is. Hunting sandwiches?
Arch mage144: I don't think anyone's ever directly telepathed what they were smelling to me before, much less a creature with a better sense of smell than a humanoid.
PapatymisonN: Telepathy is not limited to mere words, Karis.
PapatymisonN: One of its strengths AND drawbacks.
Arch mage144: Oh, I'm aware of that, Cardinal...
MajorGeneralTso: ...That is a horrifying possibility.
pd Rydia: ...That Azul is hunting sandwiches?
MajorGeneralTso: IM: ...Rest assured I shall torture you to the utmost knowing this. Dammit.
Arch mage144: Sometimes, the ability to direct wordless emotions is...more useful than speaking.
pd Rydia: Particularly if you don't have time to learn languages, though that in itself takes training.
pd Rydia: ::sighs and looks up and around:: ...I hope this goes relatively smoothly.
PapatymisonN: ... I'm ready if it doesn't.
MajorGeneralTso: I'm more or less expecting it doesn't at this point.
Arch mage144: IM: I'm expecting a fight...but he's looking forward to one.
Arch mage144: IM: Should I really be here? Shouldn't someone whose job is fighting be here instead? What good are words going to do now?
Arch mage144: IM: *mental smack* Get it together, Karis! It's worth a try, right? And besides...you owe it to Joss.
pd Rydia: ::jakingly:: Well, that -is- the Doman way, Tai.
PapatymisonN: Got a point.
PapatymisonN: We're good at finding fights, us ...
PapatymisonN: Us Domans... <.<
PapatymisonN: IM: THAT felt weird to say...
MajorGeneralTso: It's just like it was in my home. I came to the right city, eh?
PapatymisonN: ... Yes you did.
pd Rydia: More offworlders and foreigners than natives here.
pd Rydia: Doma, the asylum of the world!
Lithaladhwen: (Shakti: S'why I came back, after all.)
CGNakibe: *tweet tweet. Hey, there's a bird or two this time around*
PapatymisonN: I'd say mosaic, actually...
PapatymisonN: Bits of stuff that add to the picture.
pd Rydia: 9.9
PapatymisonN: ... too corny?
Arch mage144: Uh...three cheers for diversity?
pd Rydia: T2party: So, is that actually a bird, or someone making a signal?
PapatymisonN: T2party: ... don't know...
pd Rydia: T2Fluffy: What's up underbrush side?
pd Rydia: ::SNIFF::
Arch mage144: *So, here's the question. Do we see anything base-like?*
CGNakibe: *Well, lets see... there's trees, bushes, the occasional small rock..*
CGNakibe: (Roll Int please!
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Arch mage144: (Well that sucks. 12.)
MajorGeneralTso: IM: ...We're not getting ambushed, so I suppose that's a good sign. *Voice who is obviously not Tai. Much harsher in tone and sound* ...Birds are a common signal.
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
MajorGeneralTso: (...I should open my Sheet. Haha!)
MajorGeneralTso: (27.)
OnlineHost: pd Rydia rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
Lithaladhwen: (Dang.)
PapatymisonN: (Dizamn. 29.)
CGNakibe: *Everyone except Karis may somehow notice the Camoflauged figure sneaking through the trees in the distance*
PapatymisonN: *unsheathes his sword* T2AllButSneakyMcGee: Company.
Lithaladhwen: (Fucking party of telepaths.)
Arch mage144: *frowns*
CGNakibe: *the figure doesn't seem to see them... which may explain why said figure seems to be.... taking a smoke break?*
CGNakibe: *mutters to himself* damn trees.... never liked all this nature shit anyway....
pd Rydia: ::how far away?::
pd Rydia: ::and what might he be equipped with?::
CGNakibe: *About 80 feet away, at best*
CGNakibe: *And you can't see too much other than the holstered gun at his hip*
pd Rydia: T2party: He's not moving, but he can, and he's got a gun. Surround him?
PapatymisonN: T2P: agreed.
pd Rydia: ::looks at Tai and Karis in turn::
Arch mage144: T2party: *as if to show Cardinal that he fucking understands telepathy, projects the image of himself nodding instead of words*
PapatymisonN: T2Karis: OK, OK, I get it. Forgive me.
PapatymisonN: T2K: I'm very prone to mistakes right now, so you'll have to cut me some slack.
pd Rydia: (wait on Ken?)
Arch mage144: *Karis pulls that heavy-looking silver revolver out of his jacket and moves toward the figure, attempting to be quiet*
Arch mage144: (No problem)
Lithaladhwen: (Yeah, since he is apparently gone.)
MajorGeneralTso: (Sorry. Had to go eat dinner.)
PapatymisonN: (We forgive you.)
MajorGeneralTso: T2Party: ...Let us eviserate him. Surround him.
pd Rydia: ::blink::
Arch mage144: T2party: Wait, er...who was that?
pd Rydia: T2party: You've the teleporting goodness--you want his far side, or shall I?
MajorGeneralTso: T2Party: Sorry. Ignore him; it's just the voice inside my head. I'm more than a voice, fleshbag.
pd Rydia: *Taiar--
Arch mage144: T2party: I'll try to get behind him and cover him with my...er...uh...okay, if Tai's done arguing with his subconscious...
PapatymisonN: T2Tai: Just... try and keep him quiet.
Arch mage144: T2party: He's obviously familiar enough with guns that if I can get in close enough I might just be able to scare him into submission.
PapatymisonN: (Wait... it's like he has an inner hollow, despite technically BEING a hollow! Crazy!)
pd Rydia: ::for the most part, seems to be taking the voice in Tai's head in stride::
Arch mage144: T2party: If you want to teleport around and flank him, by all means.
pd Rydia: ::shrugs in a 'just go' manner, and does just that::
Arch mage144: *creeps forward, hoping not to step on any pesky branches*
PapatymisonN: *heads to a surrounding position...*
MajorGeneralTso: *Also makes to surround the mysterious man quietly, not teleporting quite yet...*
CGNakibe: (Agi Rolls, perhaps?)
OnlineHost: pd Rydia rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
Arch mage144: *This raises a question; we see a dude in the trees, but do we see anything that looks like a settlement, camp, or structure yet?*
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 1 20-sided die: 14
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 1 20-sided die: 9
PapatymisonN: (26.)
Arch mage144: (24.)
MajorGeneralTso: (I'm the weakest link. 18.)
pd Rydia: (22)
Lithaladhwen: (Goodbye.)
Arch mage144: (Fucking noisy mazoku >.>)
MajorGeneralTso: (Hey. Cardinal said the thing about keeping him quiet. He jinxed me!)
CGNakibe: *thankfully, there aren't any stray crackling branches in the woods today, although about now the guy is a good puff or two away from the end of his cig.*
CGNakibe: *there doesn't seem to be any settlement too nearby, oddly...*
CGNakibe: *Just a guy, alone and armed in the woods.*
Arch mage144: *How far away is Karis from this guy?*
CGNakibe: *Well, not QUITE alone*
CGNakibe: (45 feet, Brian.)
Arch mage144: IM: Hmm...
Arch mage144: IM: Even if I can disarm him, he can still go for help...or just yell.
CGNakibe: ... swear these fucking trees are, like, after a guy some days.
CGNakibe: Grabbing at pants legs and shit... e.e
Arch mage144: IM: There's a solution to this...
CGNakibe: *kicks a tree out of spite*
MajorGeneralTso: IM: ...Nutcase.
pd Rydia: T2party: I don't suppose anyone has anything so useful as a silence spell, do they?
PapatymisonN: T2Karis: Wait... you've got your arqueb- ... gun, right? Just wave it in his face! He'll behave!
Arch mage144: IM: ...
Arch mage144: T2party: Not silence...but...
Arch mage144: T2party: Here goes nothing.
Arch mage144: *Karis makes some hand gestures and whispers a magical incantation*
MajorGeneralTso: T2Party: ...Shoot him in the throat. That'll silence him.
Arch mage144: (Drown. Here's to hoping.)
CGNakibe: (Roll eet!)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 2
Arch mage144: (21.)
CGNakibe: *.... suddenly the man grasps at his throat... its terribly hard to breathe now.... why is there no air in his lungs?* O.O
PapatymisonN: T2Karis: Nice...
Arch mage144: *If all went well, that guy should have his head surrounded in a "bubble" of water*
Arch mage144: (That'll persist for 10 rounds. I imagine he can't hold his breath that long...)
CGNakibe: *Yeah, that probably would explain things*
pd Rydia: T2party: Uh, nice.
CGNakibe: *taps at his throat frantically for a moment before he slumps*
PapatymisonN: *approaches the (presumably) bubble of water hovering in the air...*
pd Rydia: T2party: So, what now? He's not going to yell for help, certainly. Let him pass out an--alright.
Arch mage144: *approaches the fallen man*
pd Rydia: ::stays hidden, in case there's anyone else around::
MajorGeneralTso: *Approaches the mysterious guy as well, speaking in a bit of a hushed tone* That wasn't too bad. Hope we didn't need to ask him for anything...
Arch mage144: *taps him with his foot, kneels down into the brush, and takes his gun*
Arch mage144: He might not be dead...*is he still visibly breathing?*
CGNakibe: *barely. With some luck the spell will run its course soon*
Arch mage144: *Can Karis end it early?*
CGNakibe: *Indeed*
Arch mage144: *The guy's unconscious; that's all he really wanted.*
Arch mage144: *Dispels the effect with a wave of his hand*
Arch mage144: *headshake* He's not dead. But we should probably restrain and gag him so he doesn't wake up and cause problems later.
PapatymisonN: *nods*
PapatymisonN: Darn... forgot rope again...
MajorGeneralTso: ...Someone else have some before I go about what I do? <.<...
Arch mage144: *inspects the fluffy bit* What's this thing he's wearing?
PapatymisonN: Fluffy thing? *examines*
MajorGeneralTso: *Bends over to get a closer look at it as well* ...Good luck charm?
Arch mage144: Maybe. *nods*
Arch mage144: *looks around* So I'm guessing this means we don't have a handy way to restrain him.
pd Rydia: ::walks over, laying her pack down:: There's some rope in here. Nothing special, just what I found in the JD.
pd Rydia: After the last time we were out here, I figured we might want some this trip.
PapatymisonN: Thanks.
Arch mage144: *slightly more thorough investigation to make sure the guy doesn't have any other weapons on him*
MajorGeneralTso: Glad to save myself the energy of making rope then...
Arch mage144: IM: I don't have any reason to kill him, but I'm not leaving him armed.
CGNakibe: *Somehow its not surprising that Karis comes up with a knife. I mean, really*
Arch mage144: *Not at all. The negotiator shrugs and puts that somewhere in his coat as well.*
pd Rydia: Is that gun Valthi make? ::referring to the confiscated gun, not Karis's::
Arch mage144: I don't know. I know a little bit about guns, but I don't recognize this one at all.
Arch mage144: It might be, but these guys are offworlders, right?
Arch mage144: Maybe they brought it from there.
pd Rydia: Hn.
PapatymisonN: Home made...
Arch mage144: ...he built his own gun?
PapatymisonN: They've come a long ways since I was home.
PapatymisonN: ... no no.
PapatymisonN: I'm... from where they are.
PapatymisonN: ... long story.
Arch mage144: Yes, I know that...oh, I see what you meant.
Arch mage144: *shrugs* It's not a big deal. I just don't want him to have it.
PapatymisonN: Nor do I.
pd Rydia: Alright. You think we're close, this guy was put out to look for us, or as a general sentry?
Arch mage144: It's kind of interesting, anyway. If he brought it from Earth, I probably can't find ammunition for it, but it's neat-looking.
pd Rydia: Or, perhaps, super secret hidden option D?
Arch mage144: I bet he's a sentry. He didn't seem to be "on guard," so to speak.
Arch mage144: He was standing around smoking. o_o
MajorGeneralTso: ...You'd think they would send out more than one sentry to keep an eye out though.
PapatymisonN: I'm sure they didn't.
Arch mage144: Maybe we're too far outside the perimeter of their base?
Arch mage144: *Oh, yeah. Karis knows where their base is, but does he know what it looks like?*
Arch mage144: *Are we looking for a tent circle, or did they put up the Big Shell in the middle of the woods?*
CGNakibe: *Big Shell... err, the Base seemed to be set up over an old meeting ground of some sort. Cleared grounds with heavy stones here and there*
Arch mage144: Hmm.
Arch mage144: *How far away are we from it?*
CGNakibe: *Karis doesn't think it's too far.. to the... east, he thinks*
Arch mage144: We're pretty close...I'm not worried about what this guy was doing here. I am worried about what they might do when he doesn't come back.
PapatymisonN: Let's be in their faces before that happens, mm?
MajorGeneralTso: (Why are you late with youe status report?!)
pd Rydia: Right. ::nods::
MajorGeneralTso: In the least, we should be away from here.
Arch mage144: *nods as well, and moves toward THE BASE*
pd Rydia: ::is, for her part, happy enough to let Karis take the forefront::
pd Rydia: T2Fluffy: Keep up.
MajorGeneralTso: *Follows Karis as well, since he seems to have the best idea of where he's going*
PapatymisonN: *follows as well*
pd Rydia: T2Dia: ::indignancy!::
Arch mage144: IM: Oh, yeah. I guess I didn't explain in detail where this base was to anyone else.
Arch mage144: IM: ...does that make me the leader!? They're all following me!
CGNakibe: *in short order they make it towards where the base seems to be to Karis. Its... surprisingly well fashioned for what MUST be these strange outsiders' version of tents in trees*
Arch mage144: IM: Hmm...
PapatymisonN: IM: Huh.
CGNakibe: *And, of course, guards. But there would be a few of those, right?*
Arch mage144: *How many?*
pd Rydia: IM: If most of them die, I bet this'll become a Doman city...
CGNakibe: *two near the entrance that you can see*
pd Rydia: IM: I mean, they already know the precedent of having many guards...
CGNakibe: *who knows how many more are inside?*
PapatymisonN: T2Dia: Did you want to send little Fluffy on his recon mission, Dia?
pd Rydia: T2Card: ::unease seeps into the message:: I suppose I could. He IS...well--
pd Rydia: ::cuts off the message abruptly, presumedly to contact Fluffy::
pd Rydia: T2Fluffy: Fluffy, will you trot around the base and let us know what you see?
pd Rydia: T2party: >_>! Important mission? Yes.
pd Rydia: >.>
pd Rydia: <.<
MajorGeneralTso: T2Party: ...Regardless of what I said earlier, I hope they don't decide to get in some target practice.
Arch mage144: IM: I should hope not!
pd Rydia: ::slinks up near the base using the cover of whatever's handy, really::
pd Rydia: ::and takes in the base from a lapdragon point of view::
PapatymisonN: (*waiting to see what Fluffy sees* >.> )
CGNakibe: (Sorry for the delay folks)
PapatymisonN: (Forgiven.)
pd Rydia: T2party: Stinky mice. Not good for sandwiches.
PapatymisonN: IM: ... stinky MICE?
pd Rydia: T2party: ::Dia and the rest see a sort of mousehole or another, and little eyes peering out of them::
pd Rydia: ::little from -Fluffy's- point of view, mind::
pd Rydia: T2party: Not gooood drinkers for belly scritching. No new friends. u_u
Arch mage144: IM: Okay, uh. That's not really very helpful.
Arch mage144: IM: ...oh well.
pd Rydia: T2party: ::images of green rocks:: Thought it was, mrr, ::bushes!::, but it's cold. Like ::pinball machine::
pd Rydia: T2party: ::images of the door the group has seen, with the two guards::
pd Rydia: T2party: ::images of another door, which looks all shabby and old-like::
MajorGeneralTso: IM: ...Guess we could always break out way into or out of that one in the worst case.
pd Rydia: T2party: Stinky mice door.
pd Rydia: T2party: Not stinky men door.
pd Rydia: T2party: If ::green rocks:: were ::bushes::? Fluffy would get close and attack!
pd Rydia: T2party: Brave! Watchdragon! Warrior! Fluffy!
pd Rydia: T2party: n__n
PapatymisonN: ^_^
PapatymisonN: T2... Fluffy, I guess: Good job, little fellow! ^_^
Arch mage144: IM: Hmm.
MajorGeneralTso: T2Party: ...Any thoughts so far?
Arch mage144: T2party: OK. Maybe we should go in the back door? The shabby one?
PapatymisonN: T2Party: Sounds like a plan.
pd Rydia: ::nods her assent::
Arch mage144: *Karis creeps forward*
PapatymisonN: *stays low, alert*
MajorGeneralTso: *Follows the group...stealthily as well*
pd Rydia: ::as always::
pd Rydia: ::Crap, text::
CGNakibe: *and the party stealthily and sneakily makes its way towards the side entrance*
CGNakibe: *... surprisingly, there don't seem to be many guards over this way*
CGNakibe: *Probably scared off by our brave Lapdragon Warrior!*
pd Rydia: ::looks for the mousehole::
Arch mage144: *Karis isn't interested in mouse-catching; he listens at the door*
CGNakibe: *a small Squeak draws the attention for just a moment before one sees a tail rushing back into a small hole in the place*
Lithaladhwen: *Karis hears loud arguing coming from inside.*
Lithaladhwen: No, GODS DAMN IT I made this deal and we can stick it out!
Lithaladhwen: *something crashes*
Lithaladhwen: *there's a pause, presumably while someone talks that Karis can't hear*
Lithaladhwen: Fuck that! You're being paranoid.
Arch mage144: T2party: I can hear someone inside...then again, I wouldn't be surprised if you could, too. Whoever it is, they're being loud...
Arch mage144: (Recognize the voice at all?)
Lithaladhwen: (Yes. It's Malcolm.)
Arch mage144: T2party: ...it's that guy, the one Riss'ar said was a celestial. He can't be far inside the door.
pd Rydia: ::wince::
pd Rydia: ::starts paying attention::
PapatymisonN: ...
PapatymisonN: *does too* e_e
Arch mage144: *continues listening*
PapatymisonN: IM: I seriously wish I was arrogant enough to think I could take him on...
Lithaladhwen: No! I-- *something else crashes*
Arch mage144: T2party: It sounds like something is...breaking.
Lithaladhwen: *The party doesn't hear anything else at that point. He and whoever else is talking are being too quiet to be overheard from the door.*
Arch mage144: T2party: ......
Arch mage144: *That's literal; everyone sees a white speech bubble with "......" in it*
pd Rydia: IM: Damn ears! Can't you be useful?
MajorGeneralTso: T2Party: ...Let's get in there and inspect a bit closer. I think all paths will eventually lead inside anyhow.
Arch mage144: T2party: Okay. Someone else lead the way, please...it's not that I'm afraid to go first, it's just that I'm not really the warrior type. ^^;;
PapatymisonN: T2P: Are they still in there? Seems silly to head in with the freakin' ANGEL in there...
Arch mage144: T2party: What are we going to accomplish waiting out here? I can't hear anyone talking...
pd Rydia: T2P: If they are, it isn't for me or Tai to lead.
PapatymisonN: T2P: ... I'm on it.
PapatymisonN: *takes point, and with blade drawn...*
MajorGeneralTso: T2P: ...Damn Holy Magic.
PapatymisonN: *opens the door... just a crack. >.>*
Lithaladhwen: *It's not dark. He seems to be in some sort of mudroom, the kind where you'd ordinarily take off your shoes.*
Lithaladhwen: *It looks like an old restored house in here. Kinda.*
Arch mage144: *Weapon at the ready...with a very faint sigh*
PapatymisonN: *enters, without as much fear*
Lithaladhwen: *This room seems empty, and there's a doorway across from where Card is standing that presumably leads to the rest of the house.*
Arch mage144: *moves inside*
MajorGeneralTso: *Performs Summon Glaive ahead of time, before a battle actually begins*
PapatymisonN: *quietly moves to the next door, listening again...*
pd Rydia: T2F: Stay outside, Fluffy. Listen in to what I'm thinking.
Lithaladhwen: *When Card steps into the mudroom, he can hear more of that conversation. It's Malcolm and... a woman.*
Lithaladhwen: You listen to me, Malcolm. I've seen this before, and I know who these people are.
PapatymisonN: *the woman he was with earlier? Is that possible?*
Lithaladhwen: *Yes.*
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, you said that. Was he one of th--
PapatymisonN: T2Party: It's her again... Madam Bad Taste...
Lithaladhwen: Yes.
Arch mage144: T2party: Eva? *blinking*
PapatymisonN: T2P: Yeah, her.
Lithaladhwen: Doesn't matter. I told you you're being paranoid and I'm tired of it! *something thuds. Probably nothing. Probably just him smacking her again.*
Lithaladhwen: You listen to me.
Arch mage144: *grits his teeth*
Lithaladhwen: Where is your loyalty? To me or Anwell?
Lithaladhwen: You know the answer to that.
Lithaladhwen: Then you had best not forget it or next time I'll tear off more than your wings. Got it?
PapatymisonN: IM: I am feeling like more and more of an idiot thanks to that man... e_e
Lithaladhwen: Damn. You know I love it when you talk dirty.
Lithaladhwen: But I don't think you're going to do that.
Lithaladhwen: You like it almost as much as I do.
MajorGeneralTso: T2P: ...That conversation took a strange turn.
Lithaladhwen: But I'd rather have you alive, and you apparently can't seem to keep out of trouble.
pd Rydia: ::facepalms::
Lithaladhwen: I can't protect you from them. I don't think they can hurt me, but they're dangerous, Mal.
Arch mage144: T2party: Whose side are they on?
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, all right. So what do you want to do?
Lithaladhwen: We're done. This is going downhill quickly. I could tell when they brought that boy in that they'd picked the wrong subjects.
Lithaladhwen: Fine. You talk to him. I don't care anymore.
pd Rydia: ::scowl::
Lithaladhwen: I will. Wait for me before you do something stupid and Mal? If I have to come stop you from baiting them again I'll let them beat you to within an inch of your life.
Lithaladhwen: You're such a sweetheart. Such a lady.
Lithaladhwen: Shut up.
Lithaladhwen: *There's a muffled curse as the conversation ends. The rest... is silence.*
Arch mage144: *swallows*
PapatymisonN: T2P: Well that was fun.
Arch mage144: (Where else can we go from here?)
PapatymisonN: (I think all there is is to go forward.)
Lithaladhwen: (Shaun has you.)
CGNakibe: *You can go through a door into the hallway, if you'd like*
Lithaladhwen: *A door slams, probably the door that has Malcolm and possibly Eve behind it.*
Lithaladhwen: *So at least that one's closed.*
Arch mage144: *If that's the only route, and the voices have stopped, why not?*
PapatymisonN: T2P: Shall we proceed?
MajorGeneralTso: T2P: ...I see no other way.
PapatymisonN: T2P: *indicates the other door*
Arch mage144: T2P: We need to find Joss and Solis...these guys aren't that important to me. I just want to get them out of here.
PapatymisonN: T2P: Right.
PapatymisonN: *heads to the other door, gives a quick listen...*
MajorGeneralTso: T2P: Hopefully we won't confront them on our way around...
CGNakibe: *There doesn't seem to be too much going on at the other door...*
Arch mage144: IM: I'd really rather not think about it. >_<
pd Rydia: IM: -Right.- Joss and Solis.
PapatymisonN: *opens it, blade still drawn*
pd Rydia: IM: How big is this place, anyway, I wonder... Oh well...
Arch mage144: (How big did it look from the outside?)
Lithaladhwen: (Big old house. The kind that gets converted into restaurants and park centers nowadays.)
CGNakibe: *The party encounters no grue on its way out of the room. Or anything else menacing for that matter.*
Arch mage144: *So...what's in the hallway?*
MajorGeneralTso: T2P: On one hand, I'm grateful for the lack of security. On the other...It's worrying. Must be storing their manpower for a single large ambush rather than spreading it out and weaking your group slowly. ...
Arch mage144: T2party: Or there aren't that many of them.
PapatymisonN: T2P: That'd be nice.
Arch mage144: IM: Wow, look at me. Mister information analysis. o_o You'd think I was trained by the military instead of my linguist uncle.
CGNakibe: *There seems to be a bend in the hallway if you go right,but the left contains a few doors and what looks from this angle to be a deadend*
Arch mage144: *Which way is the outside of the house from here?*
pd Rydia: ::meanwhile, Dia is trying to get a look at the astral, which admittedly, probably isn't too easy while on the move::
pd Rydia: ::she's hoping to spot a familiar aura--Solis, Joss, or Malcom::
pd Rydia: ::or at the least get an idea of how many people are around and about::
CGNakibe: *The outside of the house is back where they came from, of course. But aside from that you'd probably go to the right to exit the front door.*
Lithaladhwen: *Mal is quite shiny, and seems to be in one of the rooms near the outside door. His door is shut, as you all heard. He's going to sulk now maybe. At least he doesn't seem to be following you or anything.*
Lithaladhwen: *Joss doesn't feel really nearby, but that doesn't necessarily mean he isn't. Same for Solis.*
Arch mage144: T2p: I think the outside of the house is to the right side...so perhaps the doors on the left?
PapatymisonN: T2p: Agreed. Shall we say... door number two?
Arch mage144: *shrugs*
MajorGeneralTso: T2P: In the best case, door 1 and door 3 don't have guards that door 2 will alert then...or we're surrounded.
pd Rydia: T2p: Malcolm isn't moving from where we heard him pissing about. I can't spot Solis or Joss, though.
PapatymisonN: T2P: Then, worst case scenario is we're dealing with non-mages. Fine by me.
PapatymisonN: *opens Door 2!*
CGNakibe: *Cardinal opens door #2 to find...*
CGNakibe: *He's won a free bathroom! Yeah, probably good to note that on the plans*
pd Rydia: ...
PapatymisonN: *closes the door*
PapatymisonN: (brb)
Arch mage144: IM: Well, it's an old house, I think. People do have to use the bathroom.
PapatymisonN: T2P: Door 1, then?
Arch mage144: *Nod*
pd Rydia: ::doesn't bother answering, just -looks- at Cardinal with impatience::
PapatymisonN: *heads over, opens that door*
Lithaladhwen: *As a timesaver. There is little of interest behind these doors unless you A) Need to hang up a coat, B) Want to sit and drink some brandy while smoking cigars in the library, or C) making a sandwich in the kitchen.*
Lithaladhwen: *You do hear people once you start getting closer to the vertex of the cross-shaped structure. They're just muttering to each other in low tones. They sound bored.*
Lithaladhwen: *They are probably staff of some sort.*
Arch mage144: *Alright, then! Off to the right!*
pd Rydia: ::idly pockets some of that brandy::
MajorGeneralTso: *To be of some use!*
PapatymisonN: *heads off to the right, if that's what Karis wants...*
Arch mage144: *It's not like there's anything else to do here.*
CGNakibe: *the right opens off into a hallway... that seems to connect to another couple of halls a ways down.*
CGNakibe: *What's interesting is that you can see a couple of guards there. They don't look happy. They DO look attentive, however*
PapatymisonN: o.o
PapatymisonN: *double bac*
PapatymisonN: *back
Arch mage144: *Lovely.*
PapatymisonN: T2P: I think we've been made, folks.
pd Rydia: T2party: This is a handy time to remind you that I have illusion magic at my disposal.
Arch mage144: T2party: By all means, Miss Dia.
PapatymisonN: T2P: Yes. Go ahead.
MajorGeneralTso: T2P: Show us what you've got.
MajorGeneralTso: Puru Puru Pururin. Puriin.
pd Rydia: ::presuming that there is a space opposite the guards from where the party is--::
pd Rydia: ::or, preferably, a little off to the side somewhat--::
MajorGeneralTso: (whoops.)
MajorGeneralTso: (...Wrong window.)
pd Rydia: ::Dia does her damndest to weave an illustration of Solis mocking the guards...in his Solissy little way::
CGNakibe: (Roll em!)
OnlineHost: pd Rydia rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
CGNakibe: (Sorry, roll d20 and yes)
OnlineHost: pd Rydia rolled 1 20-sided die: 9
CGNakibe: *a guard looks up* Guard 1: Hey! How the hell did HE get out? e.e
CGNakibe: Guard 2: I dunno shouldn't that kid have...
CGNakibe: G1: *glares at the other guard* C'mere kid. *walks towards the little illusion of mockery, slowly.*
pd Rydia: IM: Shit.
CGNakibe: G2: Umm... *stands back and looks nervous*
pd Rydia: Solis illusion: It's pretty easy to get out when you're all so DUMB!
pd Rydia: Solis illusion: Just you WAIT until I tell Big Brother!
CGNakibe: G1: Why you little... *DIVES towards the kid!* e.e
pd Rydia: Solis illusion: ::dashes off!::
CGNakibe: G2: Hey! Wait! *starts towards the other guard*
CGNakibe: G1: *lands heavily, gets up, RUSHES off*
pd Rydia: Solis illusion: You'll be sorry!
CGNakibe: G2: WAIT!
CGNakibe: G2: *goes after his friend*
PapatymisonN: *is the way clear now?*
Arch mage144: *is presumably...hiding somewhere so the guards will move out of the way*
pd Rydia: ::drops the spell as it rounds the bend, several 'paces' ahead of the guards::
Arch mage144: *assuming they're gone, let's see what they were guarding!*
pd Rydia: ::makes urgent shooing motions at her companions::
PapatymisonN: *heads down to the door that was being guarded*
Lithaladhwen: *They were standing in the vertex of the house, guarding a landing attached to two sets of stairs. If you're in the middle, you can either go upstairs or downstairs from the place where the guards were.*
Arch mage144: *Hmm. Prisoners...I'd keep them in the basement. DOWN!*
pd Rydia: ::yup!::
PapatymisonN: T2P: Down? Yeah, down. Let's go!
pd Rydia: ::Dia, for once, is moving quickly::
PapatymisonN: *heads down the stairs*
Lithaladhwen: (Lost Shaun.)
Lithaladhwen: (Hold.)
CGNakibe has left the room.
SemiEvilNaki has left the room.
SemiEvilNaki has entered the room.
PapatymisonN: IM: Although there is credence to the "locked in a tower" theory... but that's for princesses.
PapatymisonN: (Dubya bee.)
pd Rydia: (NO DUBYAS HERE MISTER)
SemiEvilNaki: *something about down here sets one on edge. It may be the fact that its clean down here. Meticulously so.
Arch mage144: ......
Arch mage144: *Aside from being clean...what's down here?*
SemiEvilNaki: *One of the branching hallways has a heavy door in the middle, which probably is to keep out the dust and other dangerous things.*
SemiEvilNaki: *The other seems to be host to a sniffling sound*
PapatymisonN: o.o
PapatymisonN: *heads for the sniffling...*
Arch mage144: ...
Arch mage144: *tries to open the heavy door*
Arch mage144: *Oh, wait.*
Arch mage144: *Nevermind. Following Cardinal. Misread.*
MajorGeneralTso: *Follows the group towards the sniffling sound*
pd Rydia: ::upon getting into the creepy place, Dia takes another look at the astral plane--
pd Rydia: checking for the same as before, but also taking a more detailed
pd Rydia: look at what might be going on in -this- room in particular::
SemiEvilNaki: *The sniffling sound leads the party towards iron bars. And a familiar, though slightly more grimy little Solis*
pd Rydia: ::Dia's RPer's GAIM HATES her::
PapatymisonN: o.o SOLIS!
Arch mage144: Solis, are you alright?
Arch mage144: ...no, clearly not.
MajorGeneralTso: *Rests his Glaive on the ground* Progress. It's about time...
SemiEvilNaki: *sniff sniff* *looks up* o.o O.O How'd you guys find this place
Arch mage144: Stupid question. Are you hurt?
SemiEvilNaki: I'm alright, just....
PapatymisonN: *looks around for a key on the wall...*
SemiEvilNaki: This place sucks and.. and.. I wanna go HOOOME. >O<
Arch mage144: We're going to get you out.
SemiEvilNaki: *Card finds a key hung up on the wall a distance down the hall...*
PapatymisonN: *grabs it!*
PapatymisonN: *then, heads back for the door*
PapatymisonN: *jingles the keys* And the captive is set free... *unlock!*
SemiEvilNaki: *runs to... well, who else, Dia!*
pd Rydia: ::uff!::
pd Rydia: ::HUG::
MajorGeneralTso: Yaaay...Happy Reunion for everyone. *Says this in a really dry voice*
SemiEvilNaki: *There is now officially a Solis attached to her leg* I missed you so miss Dia with all the mean people and stuff but at least you're here and they said Joss is okay and stuff. ^^
pd Rydia: Dammit, Solis! Why'd you have to go and get captured! ,u_u,
PapatymisonN: ... Solis. *crouches down to his level*
PapatymisonN: Where are they holding Joss? o.o
Arch mage144: *scratches his head* Yeah...
SemiEvilNaki: I... I don't know. They took him a different place than here, and that's all I know.
PapatymisonN: ... Okay. No problem, buddy. We're gonna go get him now...
SemiEvilNaki: And they have this weird creepy science guy who comes down here so sometimes I hear stuff but I don't hear joss, so maybe he's not near here, you know?
MajorGeneralTso: ...I guess that rules out the big door down the hall.
Arch mage144: What's in that room?
PapatymisonN: ... there's also upstairs.
PapatymisonN: (Ken? Font?)
pd Rydia: ::tries checking the astral again::
MajorGeneralTso: Beats me. But Solis said he didn't hear anything down here...I am kind of curious though.
MajorGeneralTso: (It resets when I delete all the text in the window. It's weeeird.)
Lithaladhwen: (Mine does that as well.)
Arch mage144: Maybe we should look upstairs, then. But...I'm wondering what's behind that heavy door.
SemiEvilNaki: *Good luck seeing through the odd warping around the room that heavy door protects*
MajorGeneralTso: ...Reasonably, I would say we should do the thing that leads into the least amount of trouble.
SemiEvilNaki: *Its like someone put up a crude sort of privacy shield there*
pd Rydia: ::just so happens to be looking at that door, and winces::
PapatymisonN: ... that would be ... well, do you think the guards returned upstairs?
pd Rydia: I think we should leave the door alone.
Arch mage144: Probably.
pd Rydia: If there is no Solis behind it, it should be left alone.
pd Rydia: ::scrubs at her eyes, ineffectually::
Arch mage144: *nods* Alright.
pd Rydia: *Joss
PapatymisonN: ... We should QUICKLY check the upstairs area.
pd Rydia: Yeah.
pd Rydia: Those Guards will be DAMN suspicious by now.
Arch mage144: Right
SemiEvilNaki: *clomp clomp clomp!* I TOLD you not to chase that thing!
PapatymisonN: If we do not find anything, we go through the doo-
Arch mage144: ...
PapatymisonN: o.o
Arch mage144: IM: Shit!
pd Rydia: ::sighs::
SemiEvilNaki: G1: Hey, it was fucking MOONING me!
PapatymisonN: T2P: Crap.
MajorGeneralTso: IM:...Oh well.
SemiEvilNaki: G2: What the hell was I SUPPOSED to do?
pd Rydia: ::covers her mouth::
pd Rydia: >_< ::mental snicker::
pd Rydia: ::those folks coming downstairs?::
SemiEvilNaki: *sounds like they're not. But hey, they're in front of the stairs again at the least*
Arch mage144: *Yeah, to go upstairs we're going to have to get past them again, and I can't imagine they're going to fall for the same trick twice...*
MajorGeneralTso: T2P: ...That door is looking a bit more entertaining now.
PapatymisonN: T2P: ... It is... but I don't want to risk a fight if I don't have to...
PapatymisonN: *astrally scans the guards himself... non-mages, right?*
SemiEvilNaki: *Well, at least one of the two has the magical potential to light a candle...*
SemiEvilNaki: *The other can't even do THAT*
pd Rydia: T2p: Can you whip up that spell you did before, Karis?
PapatymisonN: T2P: ... can I try something slightly risky if he's not up to it?
MajorGeneralTso: T2P: I also have something in my arsenal that might help...I don't know how much though.
Lithaladhwen: *The mages in the party, which is everyone, feel a massive spike of magic from behind that door before it flies open, slamming loudly against the wall behind it.*
PapatymisonN: O_O
Lithaladhwen: *The room inside is full of people standing around a central area, and there are two people in the middle of a lot of overturned lab tables. The room reeks to Taiar of... Mazoku?*
Lithaladhwen: *One person is in there that they recognize. It's apparently Eve!*
MajorGeneralTso: ...*Turns his head slowly to look at the door*
PapatymisonN: (Where is this massive reiatsu coming from? o.o)
Lithaladhwen: (Harrharr.)
Arch mage144: ...*turns and looks*
PapatymisonN: >_____>
Lithaladhwen: This is going to fail. You will not take us down with you!
MajorGeneralTso: IM: This feeling...I haven't felt it again since we left-Investigate, Weapon Bearer. What is going on here.
Arch mage144: IM: What is going on here? o_O
SemiEvilNaki: *The other person is a sort of weedy looking guy, apparently playing with a glove of some sort* I don't know what gives you that idea. I mean, what would the locals notice of our dealings anyway?
Lithaladhwen: (Font.)
pd Rydia: ...
Lithaladhwen: (In fact, font.)
Lithaladhwen: You are an idiot. You have no idea what you've done.
pd Rydia: ::keeping Solis BEHIND her::
Lithaladhwen: *She puts her hands forward and hits him with a blast of chaos energy that Tai finds very familiar because he does it all the time.*
SemiEvilNaki: I've collected quite a few samples of the unique powers and abilities of this dimension, and if I must say my results have been most astonishing.
Lithaladhwen: *It feels like his black revolver spell.*
SemiEvilNaki: *... suddenly a hand and glove pop up as quick as you like, as if to block it....*
SemiEvilNaki: *... the chaos energy suddenly just... vanishes as it gets close enough to the man* Hm.
MajorGeneralTso: *A low whisper* What the hell...? *Perks an eyebrow and squashes his notion to run into the room haphazardly just to figure things out...*
SemiEvilNaki: *looks at the glove* Surprising output, I must say.
Lithaladhwen: ....So that's what you're making. I wonder how much it can hold.
Lithaladhwen: *hits him with that again*
Lithaladhwen: Come on! Fight me if you can hold your own without stealing your power.
SemiEvilNaki: *keeps blocking*
SemiEvilNaki: Ah, my dear....
pd Rydia: ::grits her teeth:: IM: Why that little...
pd Rydia: IM: I wonder if he's still weak to bullets...
PapatymisonN: IM: ... alright. My, he handles that well...
pd Rydia: ::looks pointedly at Karis's gun::
SemiEvilNaki: *Suddenly motions, and FLAMES leap out towards Eva*
SemiEvilNaki: The power limits matter less when the machine is in operation, my dear.
SemiEvilNaki: Perhaps you'd like to see for yourself?
Lithaladhwen: *They rake across her, scorching the wall and a secretarial figure behind Eva.*
Lithaladhwen: *The party feels a powerful telepathic summon that she doesn't bother to keep private. She's calling Malcolm.*
SemiEvilNaki: After all the work we've accomplished, all the effort.
Lithaladhwen: Fine. Let's see what you can do. *grins* Hit me, Anwell. You know how I like it.
SemiEvilNaki: NOW you want to bail out of our arrangement?
MajorGeneralTso: T2P: ...She's using Mazoku...
SemiEvilNaki: *grins* Yes, indeed I do.
Lithaladhwen: *The party hears sounds of struggle from upstairs.*
Arch mage144: IM: What do we do? Do we intervene and risk Solis getting hurt?
Lithaladhwen: Then you'd better hope that you can hurt me enough that I don't like it.
PapatymisonN: 9_9
PapatymisonN: IM: This is all falling apart around our heads...
SemiEvilNaki: *small ice balls begin forming above Eva's head, only to come crashing down*
Arch mage144: IM: I'm not just going to stand here and do nothing! I can't believe they haven't noticed us standing here...
pd Rydia: T2party: Oh for the sake of the gods, I don't want to be watching this!
Arch mage144: *practically growling* That's enough! *clearly aiming his weapon at Anwell*
pd Rydia: T2party: Can't we just kill them all and get out of here?
Lithaladhwen: *One tears through her shoulder, and instead of blood some kind of floaty black gunk starts drifting out into the air.*
PapatymisonN: T2P: ... looks like that's what we're doing...
PapatymisonN: *readies himself for combat*
Lithaladhwen: *She seems to suck the drifting material back into herself as she blasts him again.*
MajorGeneralTso: T2P: ...But is the enemy of our enemy our friend?
Lithaladhwen: *Malcolm appears behind the party and shoves past them to get into the room.*
Lithaladhwen: Out of my way!
PapatymisonN: T2P: You mean the former enemy...
pd Rydia: ::narrows eyes::
SemiEvilNaki: *glances over* What? *blasted, not getting the glove up QUITE in time for that one*
Arch mage144: *shoved aside--Karis nearly loses his balance*
PapatymisonN: ... rrrrrr! This doesn't get us to JOSS! e_e
pd Rydia: No, it doesn't.
Arch mage144: Oh, whatever! Let's leave them to their petty infighting and go see if he's upstairs!
PapatymisonN: *begins to head upstairs!*
pd Rydia: They can kill each other as far as I care. The question is, where do we find Joss?
SemiEvilNaki: *chuckles... just a bit* My my..... >.o An interesting amount of power y ou have there.
Lithaladhwen: *Malcolm runs over and does something Taiar definitely recognizes. He lays a hand on his girl's shoulder and they lift their arms together.*
Lithaladhwen: Wait until you see this, Anwell. Malcolm, now.
MajorGeneralTso: You guys go ahead and find Joss. I think I need to see this one out.
pd Rydia: ::looks to Taiar:: You'll be alright?
Lithaladhwen: *They both start sucking mana in at the same time, and Eva starts to... funnel it through Malcolm. A vortex of black and gold energy forms in front of them.*
Lithaladhwen: *Taiar knows this one. He can do this with the queen. Maybe running is a good idea.*
SemiEvilNaki: What the...? >.o;;
PapatymisonN: *heading upstrairs, seeing what's up there...*
MajorGeneralTso: ...I take that back. Run! *Heads for the stairs*
pd Rydia: ::Grabs Solis and does so!::
Arch mage144: ...whatever you say! *eyes widening at the arcane energy swirling about*
SemiEvilNaki: *grabbed* Lets get OUTTA HERE!
Lithaladhwen: *The structure is rocked with an explosion and that guard on the stairs is hauling ass. In fact, the party themselves is followed by the few people who can get out of the room in time.*
Lithaladhwen: *You can get upstairs if you want before the place cracks.*
PapatymisonN: *does so!*
Arch mage144: *As incredibly unsafe and stupid as that sounds, let's do it.*
MajorGeneralTso: *Knowing the power of Chaos...Tai hauls ass.*
pd Rydia: IM: Well, they know what's good for them when it comes down to it...
Arch mage144: IM: Shades of ouroboros.
SemiEvilNaki: At least I got some rest before all this running! >.<
Arch mage144: IM: This organization is destroying itself without our intervention.
Lithaladhwen: *The party gets upstairs and finds a locked attic door.*
pd Rydia: ::skids to a halt, and BANGS on the door::
PapatymisonN: *another key search!*
pd Rydia: Joss!?
Lithaladhwen: Who's out there?
Lithaladhwen: *No key this time.*
pd Rydia: Dia!
PapatymisonN: ... *doesn't answer*
Lithaladhwen: Where's Solis?!
SemiEvilNaki: Right here!
SemiEvilNaki: You're not still sick, are you?
pd Rydia: We've got to haul ass!
Arch mage144: He's here! We've got to get out of this place, they're going to blow the whole building up!
PapatymisonN: *kicking on the door!*
Lithaladhwen: *The door is kicked.*
Arch mage144: Joss, can you use your powers to blast down the door, or are you restrained?
SemiEvilNaki: *starts casting... with CARDS*
Lithaladhwen: No, I can. I guess. Get back!
PapatymisonN: o.o
pd Rydia: Fuck, he's a fire mage, isn't he...::does just that!::
PapatymisonN: *backs up!*
SemiEvilNaki: *steps back quickly*
MajorGeneralTso: *Jumps off to the side*
Arch mage144: *Karis is not going to stand by the stairs.*
Lithaladhwen: *The door is blown outward in burning splinters*
pd Rydia: Gods!
Arch mage144: *whistles* Nice work.
PapatymisonN: *shields his face!*
pd Rydia: Let's go!
SemiEvilNaki: LETS GO LETS GO!
MajorGeneralTso: *Gives Joss the thumbs up*
Lithaladhwen: *The walls next to it are actually burning now, too. And the roof. And the floor.*
Arch mage144: You're pretty good at that. o_o
PapatymisonN: ...
Arch mage144: But right now, I think we should get out of here!
MajorGeneralTso: Admire later. Chaos now; Run!
Lithaladhwen: *Joss runs through, grabs Solis' hand, and charges down the stairs*
PapatymisonN: ... Time to go. *runs!*
Arch mage144: IM: Yeah, I definitely don't need to tell him twice.
Arch mage144: *haul ass*
pd Rydia: ::already moving, made of a chain of Dia-Solis-Joss...lets go of Solis for easier movement::
MajorGeneralTso: *Gets the hell out of there*
Lithaladhwen: *They head out of the building, and at the side door Joss throws another fireball at it instead of opening it.*
Lithaladhwen: *The wall is now a door. You can leave if you like.*
Arch mage144: *You know we will.*
pd Rydia: ::yup::
PapatymisonN: *gets. the hell. OUTTA THERE*
pd Rydia: ::gaining appreciation for fire magic in ways that the innkeep never would have::
Lithaladhwen: *The party sees Eve and Malcolm blip briefly into view at the edge of the clearing before they teleport away again.*
SemiEvilNaki: *this is a good thing, as what before was a nice house is making a nice bonfire*
Lithaladhwen: *Joss staggers away from the house before turning and grabbing Solis in a big manly hug*
Lithaladhwen: You're okay!
SemiEvilNaki: And so are you!
PapatymisonN: <.<
MajorGeneralTso: *Gets outside, turning around and looking at the building as he backs away* ...Mazoku came into being during the war, but Ryuuzoku...What were they doing here?...
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, I was puking for, like, four hours.
pd Rydia: ::grimace::
Lithaladhwen: That was gross.
Arch mage144: >.o Are you feeling better now?
Arch mage144: That sounds awful.
PapatymisonN: <.<
SemiEvilNaki: That had to suck. I was there too because that creepy guy made me come with you or else he'd just leave you out there.
Lithaladhwen: I'm cool. *shoves his hands in his pockets* Sorry about that. You really shouldn't have gone, y'know.
PapatymisonN: v_v
pd Rydia: ::pulls her bag around, and pulls out some rather squished sandwiches::
pd Rydia: For you two.
Lithaladhwen: Huh?
Arch mage144: *looks around* Do you think any of the sentries are going to hang around here?
pd Rydia: Food?
pd Rydia: For eating?
SemiEvilNaki: He said he'd poisoned you and stuff. You were really si... Oh. Thanks. 9.9 *grabs*
Lithaladhwen: *actually looks around for a second, taking note of everyone*
Lithaladhwen: ...Yeah... I..... food.
pd Rydia: No problem.
Lithaladhwen: *decides to ignore Card for now*
MajorGeneralTso: ...*Turns back to the group* ...I don't think they have much to defend if they do.
Arch mage144: ...or do you think they're going to run off, tails between their legs, as soon as they realize their base is on fire?
Arch mage144: Mostly thanks to their lousy choice of prisoners. *chuckles*
PapatymisonN: *not talking or making eye contact with anyone*
pd Rydia: Karis, personally, I think that's the Guard's job.
PapatymisonN: ...
Lithaladhwen: Um. I have a question.
pd Rydia: I want to get home, preferably with Solis and Joss.
Arch mage144: *holds up a hand and shakes his head* No, no, I wasn't suggesting we pursue them.
pd Rydia: Yeah?
Lithaladhwen: Did you guys see a girl? Or was I having fever weirdthings?
Arch mage144: We definitely don't need to do that. We came to...a girl?
Arch mage144: What did she look like?
SemiEvilNaki: There was a weird lady there, yeah. She hung around that creepy guy.
Lithaladhwen: Um. Well. The girl I saw was named Eva.
Arch mage144: Oh, yes. Her. *nods*
pd Rydia: That's something to talk to Damian about, I think.
Arch mage144: We did. This is the second time we've seen her, actually.
Arch mage144: Damian said he knew her.
Lithaladhwen: ...so she was here.
Lithaladhwen: *frowns*
pd Rydia: Um, can we start going home? I'm really not liking these woods much.
MajorGeneralTso: ...What makes you think she wasn't?
PapatymisonN: *has also made a point of deep core drilling in his pockets...*
Arch mage144: Yeah, I'm with Dia. Let's talk about it on the walk back to the inn.
SemiEvilNaki: Someone Big Brother knows was here?o.o
Lithaladhwen: Well, I dunno. I'd have thought she would have learned her lesson.
Arch mage144: Hmm. So you know her, too, Joss?
Arch mage144: What's she working with these people for?
Lithaladhwen: I mean, yeah, I do. we-- we were... it's a long story.
Lithaladhwen: I don't know what she's here for. I wasn't even sure I saw her.
Lithaladhwen: I saw a lot of weird stuff those first couple hours.
Arch mage144: I'm pretty sure you weren't imagining things.
Arch mage144: We saw a woman as well...
Arch mage144: ...she seemed to be capable of using a strange variant of chaos magic.
Arch mage144: Kind of like Tai's magic, actually. *blinks*
SemiEvilNaki: What's so strange about seeing a weird lady, though?
PapatymisonN: ...
Lithaladhwen: Huh? Eva didn't do that.
pd Rydia: ::subtly starts edging toward Doma, waits for the group
pd Rydia: to reappropriate to include her in its "group zone", and then edges again::
Lithaladhwen: Not that I heard.
MajorGeneralTso: ...It was exactly my magic.
Arch mage144: *is following along*
SemiEvilNaki: .... wait.
pd Rydia: ::thus slowly getting the group to move::
SemiEvilNaki: Mister Tai is a... umm... what was that word?
PapatymisonN: *waits...*
Arch mage144: A...mazoku, right?
SemiEvilNaki: Maaeee... Zoooh... kuu, right? >.o
Lithaladhwen: *Joss is okay with going along with the grownups. They've proven themselves marginally-trustworthy.*
MajorGeneralTso: Yeah. I'm a Mazoku.
Arch mage144: Is that woman also a mazoku? *blinks*
SemiEvilNaki: Whatever that means. *shrugs*
PapatymisonN: *goes along with the group, then...*
SemiEvilNaki: From miss Aya I heard that you were really rare and stuff.
Arch mage144: I think a mazoku is a kind of...chaos demon, isn't it?
Lithaladhwen: I always thought Eva was human. I mean, her sister was. Can you be one of those and have human relatives?
MajorGeneralTso: She didn't seem it at first...But the magic she was tossing definately makes me think otherwise.
Arch mage144: *looks at Tai and shrugs* You'd be the expert on mazoku geneology. ^^;
pd Rydia: Mm...I think so, Joss.
MajorGeneralTso: Ah...We're definately demons, but only really...one half of the chaos equation, I suppose. <.<...
pd Rydia: I heard Aya mentioning something similar about Ryuuzoku, at least, and they're from the same place.
SemiEvilNaki: That's... weird...
SemiEvilNaki: And what was that last shiny thing they did, anyway?
Lithaladhwen: But like... direct relatives? I mean, they were sisters. And she never did really weird stuff around us, and I think we'd have been told if she was that dangerous.
SemiEvilNaki: The thing that seemed to make everything go boom?
MajorGeneralTso: But Mazoku came into popular existance here during the war against Malachias...I wouldn't be terribly surprised if someone had learned my magic somehow...The Ryuuzoku was strange though...
Arch mage144: Hmm. Well, you know a little bit about her powers if you spent time around her, right, Joss? What kinds of abilities did she have?
Lithaladhwen: Teleporting and stuff. That was all I knew about.
pd Rydia: Well...the way Aya described it was that you were
pd Rydia: killed and then resurrected by a ryuuzoku, and that made you one. Is there something similar for mazoku, Tai?
Arch mage144: o_o They're like vampires!?
MajorGeneralTso: Chaos Magic. The Sum of my power and Aya's; the force of the gods who created my homelands...
pd Rydia: Without the blood-sucking?
Arch mage144: Yeah, but the whole...spawn creation thing!
SemiEvilNaki: Oooooh. o.o
pd Rydia: Well, they also have sex.
PapatymisonN: ...
MajorGeneralTso: Yeah. Arnast did that during the war. To...a bunch of people.
pd Rydia: I mean, the princess and all.
Arch mage144: Does that mean that if the Queen executes someone they'll rise as a dragon the next day!?
SemiEvilNaki: *shudders* Creepy.
Lithaladhwen: ...this is weird. What's going on?
Lithaladhwen: Why are we talking about where little Mazoku come from?
Arch mage144: That sounds counterproductive. o_O
MajorGeneralTso: What? No.
Arch mage144: Well, Joss, when a mommy mazoku and a daddy mazoku love each other very much...
MajorGeneralTso: They don't just automatically rise from the grave. <.<;;...There's a magical process and a spell involved.
Lithaladhwen: >_o You're weird.
pd Rydia: ::starts laughing:: This is absurd.
Arch mage144: ...they prowl the streets and eat little children so they can have baby mazoku!
Lithaladhwen: You're really weird, mister.
pd Rydia: I want to get home and drink myself silly.
MajorGeneralTso: Weird? Don't I know it.
Arch mage144: No way! I just read a lot of books.
SemiEvilNaki: *chuckles a bit* This is all really crazy, mister.
MajorGeneralTso: Hey!
PapatymisonN: *legitimately clears his throat...*
MajorGeneralTso: ...I don't think it takes a mommy and a daddy Mazoku to eat little children.
MajorGeneralTso: Just to get the facts straight and all.
Arch mage144: Could be, could be...*grinning*
Arch mage144: IM: ...Joss seems to have calmed down.
Arch mage144: IM: I'm...I guess I didn't have as much to worry about as I thought...
Lithaladhwen: *Joss is also never more than four inches away from Solis.*
SemiEvilNaki: Hm? o.o *looks up at Cardinal*
PapatymisonN: o.o
Lithaladhwen: ...>.>
PapatymisonN: Oh. Nothing. ... phlegm.
MajorGeneralTso: ...I hope those two are still around. I need to talk...with them.
SemiEvilNaki: >.>
SemiEvilNaki: Okay.
SemiEvilNaki: What two?
MajorGeneralTso: Eva. And Malcolm.
SemiEvilNaki: They were really scary, though. Are you sure you wanna talk to them?
Lithaladhwen: *shrugs and shoves his hands back in his pockets once he's done with his sandwich*
MajorGeneralTso: They weren't too scary...I can be pretty scary if I need to.
PapatymisonN: ... I know I would.
Arch mage144: IM: I get the feeling Taiar and I have different definitions for the word "talk."
Arch mage144: *And thus the party GOES HOME FOR MILK AND COOKIES!?*
Lithaladhwen: *...sure. Yes.*
MajorGeneralTso: *I HOPE THEY"RE ANGST FILLED COOKING AND MILK FROM TORTURED COWS!*
SemiEvilNaki: *THis is certainly a good time to go back to the JD anyway*
MajorGeneralTso: *...Cookies.*
Lithaladhwen: *It is. Joss will go back. He has a good idea that you aren't trying to kill them now.*
PapatymisonN: *... alright. He may go home, though...*
PapatymisonN: *Two nights without seeing the wife? Ooh. Not a good plan...*
Lithaladhwen: *They go to the Jade Dragon and we pick up there next time?*
SemiEvilNaki: *sounds like a plan. A good plan indeed*
Lithaladhwen: </session>
pd Rydia: ::yup::
pd Rydia has left the room.
MajorGeneralTso: I need to go to bed. Boy howdy.
MajorGeneralTso: But first.
Lithaladhwen: Timed it about right, I think. It's not far past midnight.
MajorGeneralTso: BWAHAHAHA!! SUFFER MY EVIL BACKGROUND!!!
Lithaladhwen: *laugh*
Lithaladhwen: *clutches her shoulders* BWAHAHAHAHA
PapatymisonN: ... that's BOHAHAHAHA.
PapatymisonN: >.<
MajorGeneralTso: *Clutches his shoulders* BWAHAHAHAHAHA.
Lithaladhwen: BWAHAHAHAHA
MajorGeneralTso: SMELLS LIKE BAD SPIRITS!
PapatymisonN: SPIRITS ARE ALWAY WITH.
PapatymisonN: you.
Lithaladhwen: THANK YOU FOR PLAYING BABIES.
Arch mage144: They are not.
Arch mage144: BOY
Lithaladhwen: YES THANK YOU BOY.
Lithaladhwen: G'night all.
MajorGeneralTso: Night.
MajorGeneralTso has left the room.