You have just entered room "drawingtheline."
PapatymisonN has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: (Hey people.)
PapatymisonN: (I'm so happy I could wet myself. ^_^)
MajorGeneralTso: (Sorry. Again.)
CGNakibe: (Please do not, as that is very hard to clean)
Arch mage144: (Yeah, don't do that.)
PapatymisonN: (... fine.)
PapatymisonN: (Spoilsports.)
PapatymisonN: (*suits up*)
CGNakibe: (Doom?)
MajorGeneralTso: (Oom.)
PapatymisonN: (Om.)
Lithaladhwen: (So recap.)
Lithaladhwen: *The party was sitting in the Jade Dragon talking to an eccentric elf about Creation.*
Lithaladhwen: *He had apparently had a very similar talk with Anwell, and the offworlder had taken an interest in part of the story:*
Lithaladhwen: *Namely the potential for an artifact containing some power of controlled chaos, the force of evolution and change.*
Lithaladhwen: *The crazy offworlder looking to become a mage doesn't need that. It would end poorly.*
Lithaladhwen: *Isaac supposed that it might be in a temple to Shamayu south of town, and fortunately enough... Karis has been there!*
Arch mage144: *You said it. And he sure has!*
Lithaladhwen: *So people wanted to set out and investigate, hopefully figuring out whether this thing exists and if it does... do something to keep Anwell Chambers away from it.*
Lithaladhwen: <RP>
Arch mage144: *Karis is sitting in the Jade Dragon, poring over some sort of religious text at a table. It's clear that he's studying intently, waiting for the rest of his allies to gather and prepare for departure.*
PapatymisonN: *Cardinal hasn't arrived yet.*
PapatymisonN: *He is actually walking up the street to the inn now, hands in his pockets... *
MajorGeneralTso: *Taiar enters the Jade Dragon, dressed as he usually does and and his usual manner; Mazokuly. He nods to those present when he arrives, but says nothing...probably because of some Bread-thing in his mouth*
Arch mage144: *waves at Taiar* Hello, Taiar. I think we're just waiting on Cardinal. Dia said she wasn't going to be able to make it.
CGNakibe: *seems to be hanging about, idly chewing on a sandwich. For once Solis does not seem interested in his food at all. The offworlder may or may not have anything to do with that.*
PapatymisonN: *The last few days have been... tiring. Taxing, even. They've made him emotionally fatigued. Not as badly as he's ever experienced, but still, it was not full of events he'd care to repeat.*
Lithaladhwen: *Joss has been alternating between lurking protectively around Solis and doing the same with Maria, the girl they found. He's also occasionally peeked over Karis' shoulder at his book.*
PapatymisonN: *So, he did something to cheer himself up. Something to raise his spirits...*
Lithaladhwen: (Shaved his head?)
Lithaladhwen: (His eyebrows?)
Lithaladhwen: (His legs?)
MajorGeneralTso: *Takes a big bite out of his Bao and chews as he gives Karis the thumbs up to anwser his words.*
Lithaladhwen: (His what-nots?)
Lithaladhwen: (His whyfores?)
Arch mage144: *Karis's book is an incredibly verbose Shamayan text written in what looks like Elvish, but probably isn't the modern or vernacular written form of the language.*
PapatymisonN: *When Cardinal walked through the door, he is no longer wearing the grey coat he wore throughout his adventure...*
PapatymisonN: *Salvador Messiah is back in red.*
Lithaladhwen: (Yay!)
PapatymisonN: (It was about time.)
PapatymisonN: Hi.
Lithaladhwen: *waves* Hey Cardinal.
CGNakibe: ... that's a look I haven't seen on you before mister Cardinal. o.o
MajorGeneralTso: Yo.
Lithaladhwen: (All red. Unnaturally red.)
Lithaladhwen: (</Div>)
PapatymisonN: Oh, I used to wear red all the time. I just... got back to it.
Arch mage144: I think I've seen him wear it.
PapatymisonN: Glad too. This coat fits like a dream...
PapatymisonN: *it's got stylish pockets and stuff on it!*
PapatymisonN: (*compelled to draw...*)
CGNakibe: (At least he isn't wearing the black-glowing uniform)
Lithaladhwen: (Wait until after the RP, hermano.)
Lithaladhwen: (Or I pinch.)
Lithaladhwen: (I pinch.)
PapatymisonN: (Yes, mistress.)
MajorGeneralTso: S'bright. *Says the guy wearing mostly black.*
PapatymisonN: That it is.
PapatymisonN: *sits next to Joss...*
Lithaladhwen: ....What?
PapatymisonN: ... was this seat taken?
CGNakibe: Is there... um.. .something you want? <.<;;
Lithaladhwen: ...no. I just... didn't know if you wanted something.
PapatymisonN: Nope. Just... sitting.
PapatymisonN: That's OK, right?
Lithaladhwen: 'kay.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, that's fine. Sit wherever you want.
MajorGeneralTso: *Munch Munch Munch* ...
Arch mage144: *read read read*
Lithaladhwen: So, um. When are you guys heading out?
PapatymisonN: I was hoping... soon?
Arch mage144: I was about to ask the same. Everybody's here...
CGNakibe: How soon is that? o.o
PapatymisonN: Where's Dia?
Lithaladhwen: She was bitching about the Thala....something.
Lithaladhwen: Shamayu issues, maybe.
Arch mage144: She said she didn't really want to come. *shrugs*
PapatymisonN: Ah.
CGNakibe: Yeah, she said she wouldn't be able to come.
PapatymisonN: ... I guess there's nothing stopping us, then.
PapatymisonN: *stands back up*
MajorGeneralTso: ...Shall we?
CGNakibe: *gets up as well*
Arch mage144: Yeah!
Arch mage144: I really want to see if this legend is true!
PapatymisonN: ... *looks to the boys* I've not been here... are you coming?
Lithaladhwen: ....Maybe.
Lithaladhwen: >_>
Arch mage144: Well, I think you two should come along.
CGNakibe: Yeah, of course we're coming.
Lithaladhwen: *abruptly grins* Well, okay then.
Lithaladhwen: Because I was going to follow you anyway.
Arch mage144: *laughs*
PapatymisonN: ... Good. I'll enjoy the backup.
Arch mage144: You should at least walk beside us instead of tailing us without saying anything. No one's going to mind.
Lithaladhwen: Awesome.
MajorGeneralTso: If anything, it's weirder to be tailed by someone if we don't know its you...
CGNakibe: That's good to know.
Lithaladhwen: Well, all right. Karis, you lead the way.
Lithaladhwen: You know how to get there and stuff.
PapatymisonN: Indeed.
CGNakibe: *sighs* I thought for a bit there you'd want to tell us to stay here.
Lithaladhwen: *grabs his backpack from under the table* Yeah, so did I.
CGNakibe: *cards get shuffled about now*
PapatymisonN: ... do I have a good reason to keep you here?
PapatymisonN: *say you should stay
Lithaladhwen: Because you're older and you know best and stuff?
MajorGeneralTso: I wouldn't say best.
CGNakibe: Its not like we could stay out of it anyway. That guy... he came after US.
Lithaladhwen: Well, better. Because having your parents screw before mine is a clear indicator of wisdom.
Lithaladhwen: Y'know. e_e
Arch mage144: I think that, if anything, Joss, he would suggest you stay because he wants you to be safe and is worried about you.
PapatymisonN: I am worried about him.
PapatymisonN: I'm worried about ME, too.
PapatymisonN: I'm still going.
PapatymisonN: So we go, right?
CGNakibe: Brother would want me to stay here too. But he hasn't asked me to. I think he knew I'd just go anyway.
Arch mage144: We almost lost the two of you to that Earth invasion force, and it would be awful if that were undone because you got hurt following us to the temple.
Arch mage144: But I know you can handle yourself.
Lithaladhwen: Damn right I can.
Arch mage144: So I think it'll be much better to have you along than to not have you along. You're probably a better fighter than I am, should it come down to it.
CGNakibe: Whatever I can do to help I will.
Lithaladhwen: *gives Karis an enthusiastic thumbs-up*
Arch mage144: *salutes*
CGNakibe: So lets go, then.
PapatymisonN: Let's. Karis?
CGNakibe: The longer we sit here and talk about stuff the further ahead of us that guy gets.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, shoo.
Lithaladhwen: *hand waving shooing motion*
Arch mage144: Alright. *shoves his book into his bag* Let's go.
Arch mage144: *Karis begins the march to the temple, allies in tow!*
MajorGeneralTso: *Is in tow indeed!*
Lithaladhwen: *is towed, at the party's expense*
PapatymisonN: *a freakin' barge over here...*
Lithaladhwen: (What mode of transportation?)
Lithaladhwen: (It'll take a couple days on foot.)
Arch mage144: (I dunno. Let's rent giant flightless birds.)
Arch mage144: (It'll help us avoid random encounters.)
Lithaladhwen: (Cool. Do as you will.)
Lithaladhwen: (I don't like random encounters, either.)
Arch mage144: *...and by march to the temple I mean march to the stable*
MajorGeneralTso: (Good save, good save.)
Arch mage144: *where Karis saddles up a chocobo with unusual lavender plumage*
Lithaladhwen: (Karis is so metro.)
PapatymisonN: *Cardinal gets on a solid yellow mount*
PapatymisonN: ... there won't be mountains, right?
Arch mage144: No, it's to the south.
Lithaladhwen: (*laugh*)
MajorGeneralTso: *Rents himself a blue bird* Guess I should give Kino some time off...
CGNakibe: (Just remember folks, stock up on Gyshal Greens for that gold chocobo...)
Arch mage144: IM: Cardinal's knowledge of geography is...curious.
Lithaladhwen: (He's from Spain. Give him a break.)
PapatymisonN: Just checking.
Arch mage144: (Yes, in Spain, there are always mountains. You should prepare for them. Their chief weapon is surprise.)
Lithaladhwen: (And fear! Wait.)
CGNakibe: (hahahah)
Lithaladhwen: (That's two.)
Lithaladhwen: (Anyway.)
Lithaladhwen: *Chocobo GETTO. You go south.*
Lithaladhwen: *Anything you want to do in transit? Travelling stories or sea chanties?*
MajorGeneralTso: (Side quests! Side quests!)
Lithaladhwen: (I want to pinch.)
PapatymisonN: (*bids on magicite*)
Arch mage144: *Karis is largely untalkative, but is whistling some sort of military marching tune*
PapatymisonN: ... where's that song from?
Lithaladhwen: *Joss has a yellow chocobo, and has been very sternly attempting to stay on it in a manly manly way that doesn't at all look like he's not used to riding these.*
Arch mage144: *stops whistling* Hm? It's an old Elvish battle chant. Elves don't usually do the whole marching in columns thing unless they want to give their position away...
Arch mage144: ...and when they're doing so, they're often singing, very loudly. The whole troop.
Arch mage144: Helps keep them in step, for one, and it's good for morale.
PapatymisonN: Hmm. I like it.
PapatymisonN: ... I'd hum something, but I'm tonedeaf.
Lithaladhwen: *Karis is aware that around afternoon they'll reach a town called Shamayumia, a whole town full of people who are really really into the goddess of balance.*
Arch mage144: IM: Better for us all that you be silent, then.
Lithaladhwen: *They seemed fairly nice last time though, so it shouldn't be hard to find lodgings for the night. That way early the next morning they'll reach the temple.*
CGNakibe: I never rode much before...
Arch mage144: We're going to end up in a town that's highly dedicated to the worship of order and Shamayu, incidentally.
CGNakibe: I wish I had now because my legs hurt. >.<;;
Arch mage144: We ought to be able to stay there without too much trouble as long as we don't cause any.
PapatymisonN: Very doable.
MajorGeneralTso: Damn. And I was getting hungry. >.>...
PapatymisonN: I can hate you if you like.
Arch mage144: I don't...think it works that way.
Lithaladhwen: I think you should keep the whole "demon of chaos" thing on the downlow anyway, man. They may not like it a whole lot.
Lithaladhwen: What with the chaos.
MajorGeneralTso: If you can hate me truly with your heart, then it works that way.
MajorGeneralTso: Yeah...Probably a good idea.
Lithaladhwen: *The group finds themselves arriving on the outskirts of a fairly small, rural town, passing through a few farms on the way in.*
CGNakibe: (That's right, Card. Tap into your inner Inquisitioner.)
Lithaladhwen: *The town is much like any other small town in Doma, the houses of the people consisting of mostly wood and occasionally brick affairs.*
PapatymisonN: (He doesn't even have to dig THAT deep! Demon bad!)
PapatymisonN: ... ...
Arch mage144: *brings his song to an end as the party reaches their destination, dismounts his bird, and looks around for an inn/stable*
Lithaladhwen: *There are a set of posts to tether horses or chocobos to outside a nearby, well lit building, presumably an inn of some sort.*
PapatymisonN: *Tai's getting nothing but general disapproval, and even THAT'S a weak brew*
CGNakibe: *gets off of his Chocobo slowly* Ow. Ow. Ow. >.o;;
Lithaladhwen: *Up the road is stone building with rather elaborate architecture that is obviously some sort of place of worship.*
PapatymisonN: *hops off*
PapatymisonN: IM: Huh. Who'd have thunk it?
Arch mage144: Well, let's tie off our mounts over there...*points*
Arch mage144: If anyone feels a need to stop in at the local Temple to Order, feel free. *points to it as well*
MajorGeneralTso: *Slides off Bluey and gives it a scratch behind the ears before tying him up* Guess I'll have to settle for someone else ''cooking''...
Lithaladhwen: That's not the one we want, right?
PapatymisonN: *Yup. Watered-down general disapproval... it's like the airline food of negative emotion*
CGNakibe: It looks like a nice church, at least. o.o
CGNakibe: (Hey, at least he gets a bag of Mazoku Peanuts this flight)
PapatymisonN: *ties his mount up* Mm... It is a nice house of worship...
PapatymisonN: Like a well-kept mosque.
Arch mage144: It's not the house of worship, though.
Arch mage144: Just a...what's a "mosque"?
PapatymisonN: Oh. A house of worship from another land.
PapatymisonN: Earth.
Lithaladhwen: (Muslims! Only people to build really cool shit in Spain.)
CGNakibe: You sound disappointed, mister Cardinal.
CGNakibe: What were you expecting? o.o
Arch mage144: *nods*
PapatymisonN: ... houses of worship should have a bit more ... joy in them.
Arch mage144: *ahem* Should we get lodgings here arranged before we go visiting temples, if that's what you'd planned to do?
Lithaladhwen: (Like big statues of men dying nailed to crosses.)
Arch mage144: (Great for atmosphere.)
MajorGeneralTso: ...Suppose you can't have the joy without sorrow. Maybe they're just keeping in the way of their beliefs.
PapatymisonN: (I want SAINTS in my window, dangit!)
CGNakibe: Even so. This place DOES seem a little... quiet.
PapatymisonN: Mm. I respect their beliefs, of course.
CGNakibe: Especially after home.
PapatymisonN: ... let's find a place to sleep, mm?
Lithaladhwen: *The inn charges 35 gil a night for each person.*
MajorGeneralTso: *Gladly pays for himself*
PapatymisonN: *ponies up the gil for himself*
PapatymisonN: *waits to see what the boys do...*
Lithaladhwen: *Joss pays for himself and Solis.*
PapatymisonN: *does nothing, then.*
Lithaladhwen: Hmph.
Arch mage144: *cha-ching*
CGNakibe: You sure about this, Joss? I can pay my part, you know.
MajorGeneralTso: Dia would be insulted to know we stayed somewhere else.
Lithaladhwen: I'm good. I make all kinds of money.
Arch mage144: I'll go out and make sure the mounts have food and water. You don't have to worry about getting a stable boy or anything! *more or less directed at the innkeep*
PapatymisonN: Well, be sure to let her know to start up a chain of Jade Dragons so we can never offend her again.
Lithaladhwen: Innkeep: ...That's... great. Good to see you making sure they're taken care of. Let me know if you need anything for them.
CGNakibe: She won't EAT you for staying somewhere else or anything.
Arch mage144: *nods* Will do!
Lithaladhwen: Innkeep: *nods approvingly at the kid*
MajorGeneralTso: A chain of Jade Dragons. That sounds interesting...
CGNakibe: Although I think she'd like the idea of starting another place... if it didn't cost her so much, that is. o.o
Lithaladhwen: Innkeep: Rest of you, be sure to come and find me if anything is out of order.
Lithaladhwen: Innkeep: Rooms should all be ready for you, though.
Lithaladhwen: Innkeep: Check out is by noon at the latest.
PapatymisonN: Excellent.
MajorGeneralTso: You got it.
PapatymisonN: ... key?
Lithaladhwen: *You find your rooms. They're cool. You can stay there for the night, or go grab a light supper in the little restaurant on the ground floor. It's not much, but they have some basics.*
Arch mage144: IM: Out of order. Hah.
Arch mage144: IM: In this town?
Lithaladhwen: *keys are laid out on the counter*
Arch mage144: IM: No way.
CGNakibe: This is a pretty nice place. I've been in much worse inns before. o.o
PapatymisonN: *takes his key, and heads to the restaurant*
Lithaladhwen: *Everything is clean. There is no dust. They may have even had a Lanese Feng Shui expert in here to put things in their proper places.*
Arch mage144: IM: Just like I remember.
KnightsofSquare has entered the room.
Arch mage144: IM: This town is almost too well-organized.
Lithaladhwen: (Hey Koss.)
KnightsofSquare: (Hey)
MajorGeneralTso: *Pockets his key and makes an effort to find his unique brand of meal happening somewhere in the town naturally...*
CGNakibe: (How goes stuff?)
KnightsofSquare: (pretty well. We substituted cheesecake for soup in the strategy Ashley suggested)
Lithaladhwen: (Works for Golden Girls.)
Lithaladhwen: *One of the maids seems to be having a hell of a time cleaning the chocobo stable, so much so that Taiar can sense it from where he is.*
Lithaladhwen: *She's been shovelling the messy stables of giant birds and attempting to get them fed, and one of the damned things keeps pushing his feed out of the trough onto the ground.*
Lithaladhwen: *She must have picked it up thirty times by now.*
Lithaladhwen: *He just won't stop! It's like he's mocking her!*
Lithaladhwen: *That's not where the food goes!*
Lithaladhwen: *He just DID IT AGAIN!*
MajorGeneralTso: *A meal is a meal! Tai goes to inspect, but stays out of sight from the stables; he doesn't want to seem like some jerkoff who's just watching for his own amusement.*
PapatymisonN: *is this a casual restaurant, or fancy enough to warrant a maitre d'?
PapatymisonN: *
MajorGeneralTso: *This is for his Nourishment. It's very different.*
Lithaladhwen: *And there's a splash as water is now everywhere. The stable is a mess and the poor thing is on the verge of tears in her attempts to keep everything clean and organized in the midst of unruly beasts.*
CGNakibe: (Amusement costs extra.)
Arch mage144: *Karis, meanwhile, sits in his room and continues reading. He's still totally convinced he's going to have to answer extremely difficult theology questions to be judged worthy.*
Lithaladhwen: *Cardinal finds a very casual place to eat. Most people are just wearing whatever they've been wearing.*
KnightsofSquare: ( I drink in your suffering, mortal! Let your essence congeal with Lok'lahr!)
PapatymisonN: *sits at a table, hoping to be served quickly...*
Lithaladhwen: *A new person is noted immediately, and a perfect little place setting is brought for him while he looks over the menu. They even know where to put that second spoon.*
Lithaladhwen: *His water is on the right. His napkin is folded in the shape of a swan.*
PapatymisonN: *scan scan scan... let me guess. One word menu descriptions?*
CGNakibe: (This place isn't fancy enough for that, Charles. >:P )
CGNakibe: (Its when they hide the prices off to the side of the menu that you see that)
Lithaladhwen: *Names of the food are listed. Everything seems to be some combination of a meat dish, salad, and rice or a small helping of pasta.*
Lithaladhwen: *He can choose from exactly five kinds of wine.*
Arch mage144: *How precise!*
Lithaladhwen: *Exactly five. Chardonnay, chianti, sauvignon blanc, riesling, and pinot noir.*
PapatymisonN: *goes with the steak with rice and salad... and ... chianti, of course*
Lithaladhwen: *After a short wait, he is given a plate devided into precise thirds. Each food is allotted the same plate-space and none of them are touching.*
Arch mage144: (Hooray order!)
Arch mage144: *Karis, incidentally, is sitting on his bed, but has not pulled down the sheets or even moved the pillows for fear of disrupting the state of the room*
PapatymisonN: *yawns slightly, and digs in!*
CGNakibe: *Even a good child like Solis has a certain amount of clutter to keep up*
Lithaladhwen: *It's good! It had better be, because they didn't give him salt or pepper to put on it. They apparently had it just how it was intended to be when they served it.*
CGNakibe: *And within seconds of his entrance to his room there is a cleaning disaster of sorts.*
CGNakibe: *Ah. Comfort. Just the way he likes it.* And its such a nice bed too. ^^
PapatymisonN: IM: I suppose I'm supposed to eat it in precisely fifteen minutes...
Lithaladhwen: *Joss is looking at a two-inch glass marble with some kind of psychedelic pattern in the middle, holding it up to the candle light and in general enjoying the shiny thing.*
Lithaladhwen: *Food is had. Anyone else need stuff or things?*
MajorGeneralTso: *I am of der goodliness.*
CGNakibe: *Nothing is ruined. Everything is fine*
PapatymisonN: *pays, and heads off to sleep!*
Lithaladhwen: (Shaun, what is that from?)
CGNakibe: (I honestly can't recall)
CGNakibe: (Jason would know, however)
Lithaladhwen: (Homestarrunner)
Lithaladhwen: (Tai, roll a will save, wouldja?)
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 20-sided die: 9
Arch mage144: (Will save o.O?)
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 1 20-sided die: 19
MajorGeneralTso: (25.)
Lithaladhwen: (I meant MDEF and didn't say it, so thank you for giving me what I was too retarded to ask for.)
MajorGeneralTso: (No. Wait. 36.)
Lithaladhwen: *A young woman with very short black hair falls into step with Taiar. Must've bamfed her way in with that mazoku crap HARRHARR, HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?*
MajorGeneralTso: *Glances to his side after the young lady appears, but says nothing and keeps on walking through the streets* ... *I LIKE IT VERY MUCH. IT'S FUN, ISN"T IT?!*
Lithaladhwen: Where are you headed, Taiar?
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Lithaladhwen: (MDEF please.)
MajorGeneralTso: No where in particular...Just poking around the town. Yourself...?
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
MajorGeneralTso: (20.)
Lithaladhwen: To be direct... I'm wondering what you learned from that elf.
MajorGeneralTso: Oh. I guess you followed us here then...? You were pretty quick, considering we were on Chocobos. Thought maybe you were waiting for me.
Lithaladhwen: I can travel as fast as you can when I want to. But you're dodging my question.
MajorGeneralTso: (...Forgot about the color thing as well. *Sighs*)
MajorGeneralTso: I might be, a little bit.
Lithaladhwen: Hm. *smiles and watches the street ahead as they walk* I'd be careful at the temple if I were you.
Lithaladhwen: Goddess of order and all.
MajorGeneralTso: I think I'll be okay. I mean...They can't hurt me without healing me, right? Would disturb my balance. *Grins a little bit*
Lithaladhwen: *chuckles* Perhaps.
Lithaladhwen: I wish you better luck than I'd have in your place. Maybe they won't give you too much trouble.
MajorGeneralTso: So it sounds like you know our destination. If worse comes to worse, I'll just wait outside. I'm really only good for snarky commentary and fighting anyhow.
Lithaladhwen: There may be a use for one or the other. *looks over to him* I've got no real business here, but I wanted to....
Lithaladhwen: ....to tell you to be careful. It isn't safe. Not for... for you.
Lithaladhwen: I'll be around. Tell the man in red to shout for me if you need me.
MajorGeneralTso: Aw...You cared. I'm touched! Really.
Lithaladhwen: ....*smirk* Sure you are.
Lithaladhwen: *fwip*
MajorGeneralTso: *Chuckles and decides that a good note to end his night, returning to the Inn*
Lithaladhwen: *The inn is where sleep happens. You do this until morning, at which point you presumably resume conscious activity.*
Lithaladhwen: *Food can be had in the little place downstairs, and the temple should only be an hour or two away now.*
PapatymisonN: *eatings eggs and... damn, do Shamayans have salsa?*
Lithaladhwen: (No. It's all mixed up and weird.)
Lithaladhwen: (They have hot sauce, though.)
MajorGeneralTso: (They could have a perfectly balanced Salsa...)
Arch mage144: (XD)
Arch mage144: *Karis orders a steak and eggs*
PapatymisonN: *hot sauce, then... he needs FLAVOUR today!*
Arch mage144: (Because I need to reference a TV movie no one else has seen)
MajorGeneralTso: *Is enjoying himself some Pancakes and Sausage patties*
Arch mage144: (BRB)
Lithaladhwen: *Joss gets an omelet with perfectly-evenly distributed little pieces of green pepper. How in the hell do they do that?*
MajorGeneralTso: *In the back of his mind, Tai wonders if he'll get in trouble for asking for more Syrup or Butter.*
CGNakibe: *asks for Pigs in a blanket as well.*
Lithaladhwen: *The pigs and their blankets are all identical.*
PapatymisonN: ... *as a lark, asks for OJ with 44% pulp*
Lithaladhwen: *The waiter frowns a bit, but writes the order down and leaves.*
CGNakibe: Could I get some strawbeery jam to go along with these? If you don't mind, that is.
Lithaladhwen: *The real question is, how the hell will Card know what he got?*
MajorGeneralTso: *Chuckles* Nice move. I'm disappointed I didn't think of it.
Lithaladhwen: *The waiter gets Solis' order and goes to get either jam or a flail.*
Lithaladhwen: *When the waiter returns, he has a glass of orange juice and a tiny little bowl with an individual helping of strawberry jam in it. I guess they knew how much Solis would need for his pigs and/or blankets.*
MajorGeneralTso: Oh hey, Cardinal. A friend told me to tell you that if you need a hand, give a holler.
PapatymisonN: ... huh? What friend?
MajorGeneralTso: A friend very much like myself.
PapatymisonN: ... I see... *general disapprovement... growing*
PapatymisonN: Does this friend know much about things?
PapatymisonN: Elves, maybe?
Arch mage144: *raises an eyebrow*
MajorGeneralTso: She followed us here, but she doesn't seem to be clueless about what we're up to...
Arch mage144: You mean Eve?
MajorGeneralTso: Indeed.
Arch mage144: *sighs* Lovely.
Arch mage144: But she doesn't seem to be working for Anwell, at least.
Lithaladhwen: What're you still talking to her for?
PapatymisonN: ... ... T2Eve, if she's listening: I'll be in touch.
Arch mage144: I imagine she's talking to him, moreso. Following him around.
Arch mage144: Perhaps it has something to do with you both being mazoku.
Lithaladhwen: Women like that, Taiar. They're nothing but trouble. She'll be the end of you, dude. *sage nod*
MajorGeneralTso: It might. *Munch Munch. Yuuuummm Pancakes.*
Lithaladhwen: Best to leave them alone.
MajorGeneralTso: Oh, I have plenty of women who are aiming for my end. <.<...Another one doesn't mean much.
Lithaladhwen: *shrugs*
CGNakibe: *just keeps munching, staying out of this conversation as best he can.*
Arch mage144: *blinks, shakes his head, and chews on his steak*
Lithaladhwen: *Food is finish'd. Head out-aga?*
Arch mage144: *Yessir*
PapatymisonN: *satisfied, yes*
MajorGeneralTso: *Off! To Adventure!*
MajorGeneralTso: *And getting Chocobos.*
PapatymisonN: *yes, adventure is off... that way, right? Better bring a bird.*
Lithaladhwen: *The party saddles up their chocobos and heads further south.*
Lithaladhwen: (Karis, make an observation check.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
Arch mage144: (27)
Lithaladhwen: *When they're about twenty minutes from their goal, the party notices the nice rhythm of five chocobo stepping in unison.*Karis notices that his and Cardinal's just tripped on a stone at the same time, recovering their rhythmic st.*
Lithaladhwen: *Their rhythmic step simultaneously.*
Lithaladhwen: *Joss and Cardinal also clear their throats at the exact same time.*
Arch mage144: ...IM: Oh, it's this again.
Arch mage144: IM: I remember this now. *shrugs* This isn't so bad. No point in fighting it, really. It doesn't bother me.
MajorGeneralTso: IM: ...That sounds kind of cool, actually.
Arch mage144: *Karis experimentally hums a note to see if it syncs with the beat of the chocobo feet*
Lithaladhwen: *The feet seem to form nice little triplets to his little quarter note.*
PapatymisonN: *Cardinal, unconsciously aware of the beat, begins to bob in time* ^_^
Lithaladhwen: *As they get closer, Tai begins to feel vaguely uncomfortable, like he has an itch inside his shoe right where he can't get to it, only it's somewhere buried down inside his chaotic little SOUL, zomg.*
CGNakibe: *accidentally sneezes right at the end of a measure...*
MajorGeneralTso: ...*Shifts uncomfortably on old Bluey, but tries to ride forward without paying much attention to it*
Lithaladhwen: *Then, you find the Emerald City! Actually no, not really. But close.*
Lithaladhwen: *After another mile, an enormous building made of what appears to be a perfectly symmetrical crystalline structure that grew out of the ground itself, arranging into pointed ramparts, towers, and buttresses appears on the horizon.*
PapatymisonN: Beautiful... o.o
CGNakibe: Is that what you were looking for, mister Cardinal?
MajorGeneralTso: ...Impressive. Now I wonder what Nakibe's temple looks like.
Lithaladhwen: (You know that thing Lina built for the dragons? Like that.)
Arch mage144: I have no idea, honestly. I've never seen it.
PapatymisonN: (I don't know that thing Lina built for the dragons.)
PapatymisonN: ... I wouldn't want to, personally.
PapatymisonN: Front door probably never leads to the main hall...
CGNakibe: I doubt that, Mister Hakaril. That sounds too orderly for those people.
Lithaladhwen: (Mister Cardinal, I presume.)
PapatymisonN: (Or do we...?)
CGNakibe: (Mister Cardinal, sorry)
Lithaladhwen: (Though that very nearly fulfils Kai's Law.)
PapatymisonN: (... eep.)
Arch mage144: (Hakaril is not here, but if you talk about him enough...)
MajorGeneralTso: All doors lead to a different room everytime you open them. Now that would be impressive.
CGNakibe: *meanwhile, it seems that a couple of those crystal formations are moving to block the path in front of you*
PapatymisonN: *scratches the back of his neck, like something... was slightly wrong*
Arch mage144: ...hello?
CGNakibe: That will be far enough, thank you. *oh, wait, NOT crystals*
PapatymisonN: ... uh oh.
PapatymisonN: *stops his mount...*
CGNakibe: *But rather a pair of people in crystalline armor*
Lithaladhwen: *All of the mounts stop at the same time.*
Arch mage144: *hops off his ride and bows deeply to the figures*
Arch mage144: Greetings, servants of Order.
PapatymisonN: *lets the diplomat handle it*
CGNakibe: Greetings. I assume you and your... varied assortment of travellers here wish to gain entry unto our temple.
Arch mage144: My name is Karisuma Heru. I once visited your grand temple in the service of the general Hakaril James Silvar and queen Aya du Mythril's sister Ara du Mythril.
Arch mage144: Some time ago we required your assistance in battling the hordes of hate, and it was granted after we managed to prove our worth in a trial by the goddess.
PapatymisonN: (Dear god... I think we have to add a corollary to Kai's Law...)
Lithaladhwen: (There's already a corollary and an addendum.)
Arch mage144: I return to you today in different company because of concern about a potential threat to the stability of both Gaera and a faraway world.
Lithaladhwen: (Link.)
CGNakibe: Of what sort of threat do you speak?
Arch mage144: I speak of a man named Anwell Chambers, who would steal the force of Creation. *you can hear the capital C*
Lithaladhwen: (I so can't hear a Thing.)
MajorGeneralTso: ...*Scratches Bluey behind his ears again*
CGNakibe: I see. And you have come to warn us, I assume?
CGNakibe: Well then, we have most certainly been warned, I would say.
PapatymisonN: ... we... sort of... thought we SHOULD help. *nod*
Arch mage144: We...*trying to think of how to say this*
Arch mage144: IM: "Please, let us see the force of chaotic creation, we swear we're not here to take it or anything, we just want to look."
Arch mage144: IM: *mental face smack*
Arch mage144: IM: "Is it true that you're secretly guarding something of great value here?" What kind of novice would say something like that!?
Lithaladhwen: ("If in need of chaos, break glass.")
Arch mage144: Are you certain that the power you guard is safe?
CGNakibe: That... would not be wise. We have things under control here, certainly.
Arch mage144: No disrespect meant, sirs, but is it possible that you may not?
CGNakibe: ... You are suggesting that you and your friends help defend our temple. >.>
Arch mage144: Anwell is...unpredictable, and his subordinates are both powerful and unpredictable. One of them is a fallen celestial of mercy, and the other is a mazoku.
Arch mage144: We are not certain if they are still working in concert...
Arch mage144: But Anwell will stop at nothing, and we have too much invested in stopping him to back down now and leave things to your forces alone.
CGNakibe: And what would prevent you and your friends from visiting similar upon us? We know little of them at this point.
CGNakibe: Certainly we know less of your intentions, other than the fact that you wish to see an artifact that you claim we might have in our possession.
Arch mage144: *looks around* Well...
Arch mage144: IM: I'm not exactly sure how I'm supposed to prove this.
Arch mage144: What would convince you that our intentions are honorable?
CGNakibe: ... wait.... *eyes Taiar* You even travel with one of the Mazoku you speak of, if I'm not mistaken.
Arch mage144: Taiar is not like the rest of his ilk. He is honorable and loyal.
Arch mage144: IM: I think.
MajorGeneralTso: ...I can wait here with you guards, if it's a problem.
Arch mage144: He is a personal friend of the Queen of Doma and her twin sister.
CGNakibe: ... I can see you are all very determined to proceed.
Lithaladhwen: (I'm still just blown away that Karis just used the word "ilk.")
PapatymisonN: (KoD: I don't mind him either.)
MajorGeneralTso: (That's a lie.)
Arch mage144: Yes.
CGNakibe: We should allow them a chance, Rosemary. I was thinking the same myself.
Arch mage144: IM: Whew.
PapatymisonN: (KoD: ... fine. I TOLERATE him. Is that better/)
CGNakibe: We will allow you a chance to prove your intentions, if nothing else. I promise you little, however.
Arch mage144: I do not ask you for great promises.
MajorGeneralTso: (Barely.)
CGNakibe: *nods* Then we shall lead you to the chapel. You may leave your mounts in our care while you are judged.
PapatymisonN: IM: Judged. Such a lovely word...
Arch mage144: IM: I knew there would be a test.
Arch mage144: IM: I've been studying really hard for this! >_<
Lithaladhwen: *Joss scowls and hops off of his chocobo.*
Arch mage144: IM: Last time we had to fight something, though...
CGNakibe: o.o Judged? So, what? Is there some sort of test we have to pass?
CGNakibe: Because I don't think I studied enough.
Lithaladhwen: Karis should have. He can do it. Can't you, Karis?
PapatymisonN: *hops off his mount as well, leading it in front*
MajorGeneralTso: ...This seems to happen to me a lot...*Slips off his Chocobo*
Arch mage144: *having already dismounted, walks toward the pearly gates*
CGNakibe: *A few attendants come by to take the chocobo off to the stables as the others dismount*
CGNakibe: *Meanwhile, the armored guards, one of whom is apparently named Rosemary, strides alongside the party, in perfect time*
PapatymisonN: (I saw the Simon and Garfunkel pun! Did you?)
Lithaladhwen: *You know that itching Tai had? Now it actually kind of hurts. In fact, he kind of aches all over. It rather sucks.*
Lithaladhwen: (I see no sage.)
Lithaladhwen: (I see party, Rosemary, and time.)
Arch mage144: *Poor Tai*
KnightsofSquare: (I would like you all to note my incredible restraint in NOT spamming the chat with (SAGE), 4chan style)
Lithaladhwen: (Grazie.)
MajorGeneralTso: *Grits his teeth and carries on, but noticably staggers a bit in his steps. Still in sync NOOOW?*
Der DWSage has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: *Tai gets back in synch with the others quickly enough. It seems to happen whenever he isn't paying attention.*
MajorGeneralTso: (Look! It's Sage!)
Der DWSage: (I'm needed for whatnow?)
Lithaladhwen: (Hey Sage!)
MajorGeneralTso: (The pun is complete!)
Lithaladhwen: (Party, Sage, Rosemary, and time.)
PapatymisonN: (Nothing. I just had to make a pun work.)
MajorGeneralTso: (Okay. You're good to go. *Thumbs up*)
Der DWSage: (Ah. In that case, goodnight. Bed.)
Der DWSage has left the room.
CGNakibe: *the party comes to a beautifully decorated room that seems carefully arranged, with benches to each side of the sizable area, a few apparently light pieces of armor, and Rosemary calmly picks up a broadsword*
CGNakibe: This room shall do for now.
Arch mage144: IM: "Shall do?"
MajorGeneralTso: *Goes to take a seat on one of the benches, hoping it'll help him feel somewhat better*
CGNakibe: We have turned many away from our temple over the years. Many who claim that they should be the only ones to see the artifact.
Lithaladhwen: *The bench feels all gritty and awful under his fingers. Itchy like fiberglass.*
CGNakibe: Well, then.
CGNakibe: If you wish to see it, I must test your resolve, first and foremost.
Arch mage144: ...okay.
PapatymisonN: ... *would speak, but feels like he's going to have a bad case of foot-in-mouth syndrome, so... shushes*
MajorGeneralTso: ...*Sits for but a moment before grumbling to himself and standing back up*
CGNakibe: Better that your will be tested here and now than to come into contact with that which created all have it fail.
CGNakibe: (Everyone ready to ROLLLL INIIIIT!)
PapatymisonN: (Hoi! Ready!)
CGNakibe: (Less ready, more rolling. >:P)
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 6
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 1
Arch mage144: (13)
MajorGeneralTso: (10.)
CGNakibe: (2d6, Charles)
PapatymisonN: (... right!)
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 1
PapatymisonN: (It's been a while. 12.)
MajorGeneralTso: (This might be the first battle ever where the negative aspect of the Consume Emotions ability will come into play.)
Lithaladhwen: (Groundbreaking!)
PapatymisonN: (Neat!)
MajorGeneralTso: (Neat Indeed!)
CGNakibe: (Karis, Card, Taiar, Rosemary)
CGNakibe: (Karis is up!)
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 3
CGNakibe: (One sec)
OnlineHost: CGNakibe rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 1
Lithaladhwen: (12.)
Lithaladhwen: (Forgot the taggers-on.)
Arch mage144: .....
Arch mage144: So...what do we need to do?
Lithaladhwen: Kick her ass, presumably.
Arch mage144: What!? Why? What will that prove?
CGNakibe: (Card and Joss please roll 1d6)
PapatymisonN: That we have "will", I suppose...
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
CGNakibe: (Kayo, New World Order)
CGNakibe: (Karis, Card, Joss, Tai, Rosemary, Solis)
Arch mage144: .....
CGNakibe: There are many forms of willpower, and, moreover...
CGNakibe: You DID say you wished to protect this place.
Arch mage144: Yes, but preventing you from protecting it isn't going to accomplish that!
PapatymisonN: ... do YOU plan to kill her?
Arch mage144: No!
PapatymisonN: Neither do I.
PapatymisonN: Let's "defeat" her. That's far less messy, mm?
Arch mage144: (Thanks, Nintendo of America)
Lithaladhwen: Uh.... how do we defeat people without trying to kill them?
MajorGeneralTso: ...Breaking all their arms and legs.
Lithaladhwen: Come on, dude. She'll be fine. She's a grownup. She can take care of herself.
PapatymisonN: Still messy.
Arch mage144: *pulls out a heavy-looking book ground in green leather*
Arch mage144: If you insist...
Lithaladhwen: (I love his book!)
PapatymisonN: *far less worried...*
Arch mage144: *flips the book open--or is it flipping itself open? Pages turn...*
CGNakibe: (He calls this light reading material?)
Arch mage144: *and a burst of telekinetic force is directed at Rosemary*
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 14
Arch mage144: (28)
CGNakibe: (Hit. Damage?)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 1
Arch mage144: (32)
CGNakibe: *she grunts a bit, but seems to slide back only a step.*
PapatymisonN: Wow. Karis. I didn't consider this necessary... *Cardinal's words seem to be said twice at once... no, thrice? to Rosemary... like a voice bouncing off the walls of a cave...*
CGNakibe: *.... is she... smiling at that?* Excellent.
Arch mage144: ...I'm sorry! *the book vibrates a little*
PapatymisonN: *his eyes lock with hers* It would be so much easier if we FORGOT... about all this... *those words RING... and ... wait... what was she doing again?*
PapatymisonN: (Minor Forgetfulness.)
CGNakibe: (Roll it)
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
PapatymisonN: (17.)
PapatymisonN: (Wait... that's straight addition, right? Yeah, 17.)
CGNakibe: *and Cardinal looks deeply into Rosemary's eyes and... wait. What was he doing here? He's not sure he can quite recall at the moment...*
CGNakibe: (Critfail on that one, sorry)
PapatymisonN: (Damn.)
Arch mage144: (Who was that Maud person, anyway?)
CGNakibe: (Joss!)
Lithaladhwen: *Joss steps forward and extends a hand toward Rosemary, and while the people around him can feel him doing... something... they don't see any immediate results. He grins like he's satisfied, though.*
Lithaladhwen: *White Offense. Does nothing this turn.*
Lithaladhwen: Someone cast a fire spell on her. *big grin* Or I can.
PapatymisonN: *Huh? When did that happen? Fire? ... OK, things are foggy...*
CGNakibe: (Tai?)
MajorGeneralTso: (...What're the chances I can get something to consume? <.<...)
Lithaladhwen: (Not from Joss, unfortunately.)
PapatymisonN: (Card doesn't remember how to hate.)
CGNakibe: (Rosemary, ironically, seems to be putting out happiness as far as Tai can tell.)
MajorGeneralTso: (Daaaaaamn you!)
Lithaladhwen: (Karis and Card seem mildly frustrated. Dunno how much it helps, though.)
MajorGeneralTso: *Even in this oppressive environment, Tai finds it in himself to hold his hand out and summon the Dragon's Bane with quite a flourish* Someone needs to feel pain.
MajorGeneralTso: (Summon Glaive. And...end my turn.)
CGNakibe: Pain has only one purpose in this life...to purify the spirit for the trials of life!
Lithaladhwen: (Because that's not creepy at all. >_> )
CGNakibe: *suddenly in the middle of this speech, that broadsword comes swinging heftily down towards Taiar*
Arch mage144: IM: The hell is with this woman?
Arch mage144: IM: That's not the kind of thing I would expect a follower of order to say...
CGNakibe: (Roll, Ken)
MajorGeneralTso: (Any penalties for the whole...happiness thing?)
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
MajorGeneralTso: (24 so far.)
Lithaladhwen: (-2.)
MajorGeneralTso: (22 then.)
Lithaladhwen: (More for the continuing presence of ZOMG ORDER.)
CGNakibe: *Tai tries to twist out of the way of that broadsword, but despite that it manages to strike him in the shoulder. MAN that hurts. (24 damage)*
CGNakibe: *meanwhile, Solis pulls out one of those pretty cards of his and starts casting stuff...*
CGNakibe: *Rosemary looks up for a moment, and Solis' card shines... but did it do anything?*
MajorGeneralTso: *Steps back from Rosemary and narrows his eyes, grabbing his shoulder with his opposite hand* Tch...
CGNakibe: (Karis)
Arch mage144: ......
Arch mage144: I really don't want to do this! This doesn't prove anything!
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 14
PapatymisonN: It proves we have the "will" to beat up a woman...
Arch mage144: (Another book attack. 28 to-hit.)
Arch mage144: (Using Define This! to increase damage if it hits.)
CGNakibe: *This time Rosemary manages to deflect the telekinetic book attack... barely.* Hah!
CGNakibe: Not again, I say!
CGNakibe: (Remember Card's turn was here, right? It was, right? >:P)
PapatymisonN: *What? Who are you talking to?... can I have a bagel?*
Arch mage144: *the book wiggles, displeased*
Lithaladhwen: (Pfffft. XD)
CGNakibe: (hahaha)
PapatymisonN: *Cardinal just sort of... stands around, hands in his pockets*
PapatymisonN: *He's free to give vague philosophizations, though...*
CGNakibe: (Card teaches us the merits of keeping one's wits about him. Or at least alongside our ID and a note saying "Do Not Lose")
CGNakibe: (Taiar can save us!)
MajorGeneralTso: (...Didn't we forget someone?)
PapatymisonN: (Yes, and it's his own fault.)
Lithaladhwen: (I dunno about that.)
PapatymisonN: (Wait! No!)
CGNakibe: (Yes it is. Sorry, Joss?)
MajorGeneralTso: (No. I mean...Doesn't Joss go here?)
Lithaladhwen: (I believe so!)
Lithaladhwen: *Joss closes one eye, bites his tongue in concentration, and flings a little tiny red orb at Rosemary. When it gets to her, it hits the super-oxygenated air around her and ignites. Let's see if it deals damage!*
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Lithaladhwen: (29)
CGNakibe: *Smell that? I think one calls that sensation "Burning"*
CGNakibe: (Roll damage!)
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Lithaladhwen: (26 damage!)
MajorGeneralTso: (...<.<...)
CGNakibe: *Rosemary seems pretty well singed by that attack, though for some reason her armor seems to... glow slightly and the flames dampen a tad*
CGNakibe: Not... Not bad at all!
MajorGeneralTso: (...Oop. There it is.)
Lithaladhwen: Pfft. I can do better.
CGNakibe: (Now we can have mazoku fun)
MajorGeneralTso: (We can!)
Lithaladhwen: (Just so you all know how much I love you... I have to get up at 6.5 tomorrow morning so I can spend the day planting trees.)
PapatymisonN: (Aww! How earth friendly! ^_^)
MajorGeneralTso: I owe you one, don't I? Keeps the Balance!
MajorGeneralTso: *Springs forward from his position with his Glaive in his grip, slashing at Rosemary from left to right. After his motion, he twirls around in a full circle to face the armored knight again, but his stance seems...loose?*
MajorGeneralTso: *Light attack, with a Follow Through and Ending in the Dead Lock Stance*
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 1 20-sided die: 15
MajorGeneralTso: (24. With the Penalty.)
CGNakibe: (A hit, roll damage)
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 2
MajorGeneralTso: (41.)
MajorGeneralTso: (Also: I've been using the wrong AT/PA. HaHa!)
CGNakibe: (Hmmm~!)
MajorGeneralTso: (The different is minor. <.<;;...Just though I would announce my dumbity.)
CGNakibe: *Rosemary takes THAT one to the chest pretty well, armor absorbing a good portion of the blow... but not enough to not feel it.*
PapatymisonN: IM: Now, there was something I was supposed to do...
CGNakibe: Hah. Excellent...
CGNakibe: *Rosemary turns and puts the sword back onto a rack.* I suppose this is good enough to show me how I could... Lady Rosemary!
Arch mage144: ......
MajorGeneralTso: ...That was it?
CGNakibe: *a weedy looking young man appears in the door* Yes? What is it? Another visitor seems to have come down the path. I see.
PapatymisonN: ... oh. OH.
PapatymisonN: Right... man, did I ever space out!
PapatymisonN: ... sorry.
Arch mage144: ...
Lithaladhwen: What's wrong, man? You okay?
Arch mage144: IM: I still don't get what that proved.
Arch mage144: *slams his book shut and puts it away*
PapatymisonN: Last thing I remember is trying to make Rosemary here forget something...
PapatymisonN: After that... I... forget.
CGNakibe: I suppose I should go and greet this one as well. Surprising, though, that two parties of people should arrive on the same day...
PapatymisonN: ... two parties?
Arch mage144: Two?
Lithaladhwen: ....uh...
MajorGeneralTso: ...Bad news.
CGNakibe: *Suddenly it seems to be a little... windy inside the castle....*
CGNakibe: Bad news of.... what is this?
Arch mage144: Who were the others?
Lithaladhwen: Was it some smarmy guy?
PapatymisonN: And can we MEET them first?
CGNakibe: *Yelling can be heard from down the halls* THAT MAN IS FORCING HIS WAY PAST THE GUARDS!
PapatymisonN: o.o LET'S GO!
Lithaladhwen: .....
CGNakibe: Shit.
PapatymisonN: *heads for that voice!*
Lithaladhwen: Totally. Hey Lady! Come on!
Arch mage144: *RUN!*
CGNakibe: I will allow you to go and help, since you are determined. All but your Mazoku friend here.
Lithaladhwen: *follows Card*
MajorGeneralTso: *Keeps his Glaive at the ready as he goes!*
Arch mage144: *weapon drawn, and by weapon, I mean handgun*
MajorGeneralTso: *Skiiiiids to a stop* ...
Lithaladhwen: Don't listen to her, Taiar.
CGNakibe: *hurries over to Taiar* You should stay here.
Lithaladhwen: Come on! *waves him forward furiously*
CGNakibe: For your own safety.
MajorGeneralTso: ...
CGNakibe: Hey! We don't have time for this! That creepy man is going to do.... I'm not sure WHAT he's going to do.
CGNakibe: C'mon, mister Taiar, lets go!
MajorGeneralTso: ...I'll stay. I don't want them making enemies of you guys because I ran off. Lay waste to him for me!
Lithaladhwen: Taiar, I will set you on fire until your pubes scorch off if you stay here just because some woman told you to!
Lithaladhwen: Come ON!
MajorGeneralTso: *Turns to Rosemary* He makes a pretty compelling argument. >.>...See ya! *Heads off!*
Arch mage144: IM: o_O
Arch mage144: O_o
Lithaladhwen: Hmph. *keeps going*
CGNakibe: *rushes off with the others*
CGNakibe: ... what? WAIT! STOP! *starts forwards.... but isn't all THAT fast. Damn you heavy armor!*
MajorGeneralTso: *Haha! Wearing no armor has finally shown its advantage! AWAAAAY!*
CGNakibe: *there seem to be an unreasonable amount of armored people along the path you follow. On the good side, this makes it easy to figure out which way to go*
Arch mage144: *follow the armored people!*
PapatymisonN: *if there's a crowd, he's pushin' through it*
Lithaladhwen: *ducks under people who are notably taller than he is*
CGNakibe: *is highly mobile and able to duck between people*
Lithaladhwen: *Harr harr we mock you medium-sized people.*
MajorGeneralTso: *Hey. I can teleport, don't make me.*
CGNakibe: (Karis, roll PA)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Arch mage144: (14)
CGNakibe: *Karis suddenly finds himself clipped by a person in armor as they fly by and crash to the ground. This, of course, hurts a bit more than one would like (8 damage)*
Arch mage144: Ow!
Arch mage144: What...are you okay!?
MajorGeneralTso: *Does his best not to Trample Karis as he approaches* Get up man!
Arch mage144: *is up, is up!*
CGNakibe: damn.... can't let him.. *tries to get up, and gets nowhere. Apparently that hurt HIM a lot more than it hurt Karis*
CGNakibe: I guess if the armored man flew this way, then that guy went that way. *points through an open door*
CGNakibe: *and into a plain-looking room. It has no seats for worship, and yet there's an altar at the far end. And several odd lines and patterns on the floor*
Arch mage144: *surveys the scene*
CGNakibe: *Anwell seems to be walking towards the center of it, as if he owns the place.*
Lithaladhwen: ..................
Lithaladhwen: *Joss screams something in Dwarven.*
CGNakibe: Well, that was quite a workout, I'd say.
Lithaladhwen: *It loosely translates to, "I shit on your hand and you carry it around you mule-fucker!"*
CGNakibe: Hm? *Anwell turns at the yelling* Oh my.
Arch mage144: What do you think you're doing here?
CGNakibe: It seems I keep running into troubles of some sort in this world.
PapatymisonN: That'll continue for a... LITTLE while longer.
PapatymisonN: Till either we kill you or you go to jail.
CGNakibe: Why, I'm here to finish writing my thesis on the nature of magic and its flows in our world.
Lithaladhwen: I am going to boil your blood until your eyeballs pop!
PapatymisonN: From the aggravation you've caused us, I'm opting for the former.
CGNakibe: *sighs* I see that you're all beyond rationality here.
PapatymisonN: Just your twisted brand.
CGNakibe: Although I suppose that this does explain a few things. That Eve woman leaving when she did seemed odd at first.
CGNakibe: But I suppose somehow she saw a group of misguided souls like yourselves coming along sooner or later.
CGNakibe: Tell me, then. Did you ONLY come here because I was curious?
Arch mage144: No, I came here because I was curious.
CGNakibe: Or are you yourselves not smitten with the same? The desire... no, the need to know what is here. What this place... this FORTRESS... was truly meant to hide?
PapatymisonN: ... I couldn't care less, really.
CGNakibe: If that elf was right, a piece of that which created the very FABRIC of the universe is here.
MajorGeneralTso: I didn't even know this place existed up until this moment...
CGNakibe: Filling it with energy and life. Changing and controlling the forces of our two worlds.
CGNakibe: Is it so wrong that I was curious about it?
PapatymisonN: ... *crosses his arms, and taps his foot*
PapatymisonN: Are you done?
PapatymisonN: You see, Anwell, if you get a hold of this, well, you are going to fuck up the world.
PapatymisonN: Make it unsafe for all of us.
PapatymisonN: To be completely honest, that can't be allowed.
Arch mage144: IM: It's not important that we negotiate here, I don't think. Not really. I'll let Cardinal speak.
CGNakibe: *sighs* I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. Mindless followers of... well, whatever quaint notions you locals have.
PapatymisonN: So I sincerely hope you've culled some Gaeran mojo during your time here, because if you haven't, you are certainly doomed.
MajorGeneralTso: (When what is said is of no importance at all, Cardinal is your man.)
PapatymisonN: (*nosewhap*)
CGNakibe: None of you are equipped with ANY sort of vision, are you?
MajorGeneralTso: (Ow.)
PapatymisonN: (... *NOSEWHAP NOSEWHAP NOSEWHAP*)
Lithaladhwen: I used to be.
Lithaladhwen: I had it removed.
CGNakibe: Ah, you.
CGNakibe: You are a fascinating case, as is your friend there.
Lithaladhwen: You're a scumbag and I hope you die. Frying.
CGNakibe: Why don't you just shut up and GO AWAY.
CGNakibe: Children these days.
Arch mage144: *snerk*
CGNakibe: No guiding hands at all.
Lithaladhwen: Please. I've probably killed almost as many people as you have, you sick fuck.
Lithaladhwen: I've been guided.
Lithaladhwen: And I want you to die.
CGNakibe: And obviously no discipline.
Arch mage144: *points his weapon at Anwell* I've heard enough of your talk. You haven't done anything good for anyone, no matter how disciplined you think you are.
Lithaladhwen: *grins*
CGNakibe: Here's a place to start... *suddenly shoves his hand into that glove he carries around so often...*
CGNakibe: (Joss, roll MDef)
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 20-sided die: 6
CGNakibe: (Everyone, roll Init)
Lithaladhwen: (26)
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 4
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 1
PapatymisonN: (14.)
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 1
Lithaladhwen: (Init of 8.)
MajorGeneralTso: (9.)
CGNakibe: *Joss feels, for just a moment, a sense of cold building about him. For a fire mage like himself, that's easy to dispel*
CGNakibe: (Joss, roll 1d6)
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 3 2
Arch mage144: (10)
CGNakibe: (Roll 1d6 again, Ashley)
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
CGNakibe: (Solis, Card, Karis, Tai, Joss, Anwell)
Lithaladhwen: (Wow. Solis wins. Go little man.)
PapatymisonN: (Yeah. And I had a pretty prodigious roll, too...)
MajorGeneralTso: (...I'm always surprised when Tai goes before anyone.)
CGNakibe: May your life be horribly cursed as your luck grows slowly worse.
OnlineHost: CGNakibe rolled 1 20-sided die: 7
CGNakibe: *Solis looks shocked for a moment as Anwell makes a circular motion with his glove* My. And what was THAT supposed to do?
CGNakibe: (Card)
PapatymisonN: ... you're going to die. ... You're going to die.
MajorGeneralTso: (Quick question. Is the whole temple in a panic and can I eat it.)
CGNakibe: (Can you? Certainly.)
MajorGeneralTso: (I love you.)
Lithaladhwen: (I less-than three you for stating your question that way.)
PapatymisonN: *a long shard of light forms in his hand* You're going to die right now.
PapatymisonN: *SLING!*
PapatymisonN: (Of course, Starshard.)
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
PapatymisonN: (17. Damn.)
CGNakibe: *Card slings the shard of light towards the hapless scientist*
CGNakibe: *...which hits his glove perfectly.... and vanishes. The glove starts putting out sparks*
CGNakibe: Ah, this I can use.
Arch mage144: IM: Oh, no!
Lithaladhwen: Aw, man.
PapatymisonN: ... IM: Dammit... DAMMIT!
PapatymisonN: ... well that's just no good... e_e
Lithaladhwen: You have no idea.
CGNakibe: (The number for today is 5)
CGNakibe: (Karis)
Arch mage144: I can't let you cause any more trouble! *placing his left hand on the hammer of his revolver, Karis pulls the trigger and slams down the hammer manually to release a second shot*
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 2 20-sided dice: 18 5
Arch mage144: (35 and 23)
Lithaladhwen: (Dang.)
CGNakibe: (Two hits from the gunman)
CGNakibe: (Roll damage)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 3 4 3
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 4 6-sided dice: 5 3 6 2
Arch mage144: (31 and 32)
CGNakibe: (Lots of dice there)
CGNakibe: *Yeah, Anwell isn't shrugging THOSE slugs off* GAH...
CGNakibe: (Taiar)
MajorGeneralTso: *The trend seems to be steel over sorcery; Taiar obeys, devouring the panic surrounding the temple and closing the distance between him and Anwell quickly, newfound strength coursing through his body*
CGNakibe: (Wait)
MajorGeneralTso: (...<.<...)
MajorGeneralTso: (...Do I not love you? <.<...)
Arch mage144: If you don't surrender, I'll be forced to shoot you again!
CGNakibe: *Taiar can feel the strength of panic coming to him from the disorder in the temple... wait... something about the flavor in here is... tainted somehow...*
MajorGeneralTso: (Ominous!)
Arch mage144: (Mmm, spoiled emotions!)
CGNakibe: *... Taiar feels like he aches somewhere in his being... (Tai loses 6 MP)*
MajorGeneralTso: (...Do I still get the benefits? <.<...)
PapatymisonN: (Oh, great. Who's being HAPPY in here? C'mon, speak up!)
CGNakibe: (Yes, you do)
MajorGeneralTso: (Nice!)
MajorGeneralTso: *In the blink of an eye, the Mazoku strikes upon his prey from Anwell's blind spot, hoping to cause him some suffering and perhaps get some real Good Eats*
CGNakibe: (Roll eeet)
MajorGeneralTso: (Lurking Wolf! Assuming Karis' has robbed him of PA Rolls.)
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 1 20-sided die: 10
MajorGeneralTso: (26 AT. 24 with the earlier penalties.)
CGNakibe: (A hit. Damage plz)
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 4 6-sided dice: 4 2 1 1
MajorGeneralTso: (96.)
PapatymisonN: (Not bad...)
MajorGeneralTso: (I miss Tarrasque level damage...)
Lithaladhwen: (Not bad indeed! Giving him the Cthulhobster treatment.)
CGNakibe: (Heh)
Lithaladhwen: *Taiar's weapon grinds down onto Anwell, creating an odd shower of purple sparks. Kind of the color of this font, actually! How convenient!*
Lithaladhwen: *Suddenly both men are blasted apart into opposite walls. You don't take damage, but it knocks the wind out of both of you.*
CGNakibe: *WHAM* What... was that?
Lithaladhwen: *A calm voice fills the room at deafening volume with all the emotion of a man reading a restaurant menu.* That is enough.
Lithaladhwen: I will not have this.
PapatymisonN: O_O
Arch mage144: ......
MajorGeneralTso: *Wham! Taiar bounces off the temple walls, which probably also feel like fiberglass to him, and hits the ground* Ugh...That's a new reaction...
Arch mage144: Taiar!
Arch mage144: Are you okay!?
PapatymisonN: IM: That's no damn good.
MajorGeneralTso: Yeah, I'm alright. *Stands to his feet, listening now to this new voice*
Lithaladhwen: *A man stands in the doorway, brown hair tied behind his neck. He's wearing long white robes with scales embroidered in silver along the bottom.*
PapatymisonN: ... *waves* HI.
Arch mage144: ...who are you?
PapatymisonN: *Hi
Lithaladhwen: This is obscene. The next man, woman, or child to attack another will regret it.
CGNakibe: But... but this guy was trying to make off with your artifact thing!
Lithaladhwen: My name is Alai Vernari, and I am the high priest here. You will speak when I request it and not before.
Lithaladhwen: This will not be settled this way in my temple. Understood? Nod if you understand. Leave if you do not.
Arch mage144: *holsters his weapon*
Arch mage144: *nods*
PapatymisonN: *sheathes his weapon*
Lithaladhwen: *Joss, lacking a weapon, puts his hands in his pockets and scowls. But nods.*
MajorGeneralTso: *Holds onto his weapon but exits a battle stance, leaning against it casually*
Arch mage144: (You would not part an old mazoku of his walking stick, would you?)
CGNakibe: >.>;;;; *nods... but obviously does NOT like this*
Arch mage144: IM: Speak only when spoken to. *sigh*
CGNakibe: (Uh, yeah. Walking Stick. Right.)
MajorGeneralTso: *Hey. It's his security blanket in this world of utter certainty and order.*
Lithaladhwen: Good. Both parties apparently have some desire to access what does not belong to them. Both parties apparently feel they have some legitimate justification for this desire.
Lithaladhwen: Both parties will be allowed to speak their peace.
PapatymisonN: ... oh great, a tribunal...
Arch mage144: *heart pounds*
PapatymisonN: IM: These are always fun...
Lithaladhwen: You have ten minutes. We will reconvene here. You will petition me for the right of access, and if I am not satisfied with your cases I am obligated to rule in favor of neither of you.
Lithaladhwen: But I will give serious consideration to your words.
Lithaladhwen: Go. Be back in ten minutes.
Arch mage144: *raises his hand*
Lithaladhwen: *The party gets one terse shooing sweep of his hand.*
Lithaladhwen: What is it?
Arch mage144: Go where?
Lithaladhwen: Anywhere.
Lithaladhwen: Out in the hall if you wish.
Arch mage144: *nods and goes...somewhere*
MajorGeneralTso: *Goes back to join his party, leaving the wall*
PapatymisonN: ... *follows*
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari stays in the room, watching the others leave.*
CGNakibe: *goes... somewhere. Wherever he goes for his time, he does it quickly... or as quickly as a wounded man might...
MajorGeneralTso: ...So I think we can agree on who's doing the speaking.
Lithaladhwen: *Joss follows the other guys.*
Lithaladhwen: Sure as heck isn't me.
PapatymisonN: Indeed. *looks at Karisuma*
Lithaladhwen: Make him to it. *points at Karis*
Arch mage144: *looks at Cardinal* Um...
Lithaladhwen: *do
Arch mage144: ...alright, I suppose
Arch mage144: I guess I can do it. *shrug*
MajorGeneralTso: (*Plays Phoenix Wright music* This is so appropriate.)
CGNakibe: I agree. You should probably do it, mister Karis. You'll do a good job.
Arch mage144: I'll try. *frowns and thinks*
Arch mage144: IM: Obviously, I need to present this case wisely.
Arch mage144: IM: To simply say that Anwell is untrustworthy is insufficient. It would never hold up in a court of law.
PapatymisonN: Yes. Bring up the sadistic experiments, child kidnapping, and the priest will be putty in your hand.
Arch mage144: IM: And this is a place of order, so...
Arch mage144: IM: If anything, I must demonstrate that Anwell will use the power of creation for disorder.
Arch mage144: IM: Perhaps more importantly, we should make it clear that we don't want it...
MajorGeneralTso: ...I don't think it will be that easy.
Arch mage144: ...it won't.
PapatymisonN: You'll do fine.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, no worries man. This is your thing, isn't it?
Lithaladhwen: This is like asking me to burn things.
PapatymisonN: ... and yeah. Bring up the fact that we don't really want the thing, too.
Lithaladhwen: You'll be fine.
PapatymisonN: ... no one here wants it, right?
Lithaladhwen: *snorts* What would I do with the damn thing?
MajorGeneralTso: *Crosses his arms over his chest* Even if we say Anwell is going to do what he think he will...The person who's deciding is neutral. He doesn't know either of our pasts...I don't think he will believe us so easily.
CGNakibe: It sounds cool, I admit.
CGNakibe: But it's probably dangerous to have too, right?
Lithaladhwen: So, uh... should we go back in?
PapatymisonN: ... you ready, Karis?
Arch mage144: Yeah.
Arch mage144: I think I can handle it.
PapatymisonN: Good. Off we go.
Arch mage144: *nods and walks back into the room*
PapatymisonN: *follows*
Lithaladhwen: *Joss follows, trying not to make any sudden or disorderly or impudent movements, whatever that may mean.*
MajorGeneralTso: *Actually uses his Glaive like a walking stick as he joins the group*
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari is waiting for them, standing with his hands clasped behind his back at the front of the room.*
Arch mage144: *sucks in air*
Lithaladhwen: (We get Anwell yet?)
CGNakibe: *finally, the otherworlder man steps in. Still looking like he's had a bad day, but trying to cut a regal enough figure.*
Arch mage144: ...
Lithaladhwen: Well. I suspect you will be speaking your own case *to Anwell*, but you *to the others* will need one representative. I assume that's you, young man? *to Karis*
Arch mage144: ...yes, sir.
Lithaladhwen: I would like to hear your case first, please.
PapatymisonN: IM: This should be good.
PapatymisonN: IM: I wish I had a seat and some raisins to snack on...
CGNakibe: (And thus did Nakibe say "Let there be snacks" And it was so.)
CGNakibe: (Though that'd probably be VERY unpopular here)
Arch mage144: Certainly.
Arch mage144: *ahem* Sir, this man, by the name of Anwell Chambers, has been the perpetrator of many disruptive criminal acts, notably kidnapping and torture.
Arch mage144: These young men *indicating Joss and Solis* were two of his captives, for a time, as were others. He has come to this plane from another world to attempt to learn the secrets of magic.
Arch mage144: He would disrupt the balance of his own world, in which magic is uncommon, by bringing its secrets there and monopolizing them to achieve greater power.
Arch mage144: While I have no evidence regarding his ill intent in this specific case, should he achieve the power that we believe to be guarded here, I have every reason to believe that it will not be used judiciously.
Arch mage144: His lust for power will drive him to utilize the power of creation wantonly and for his own benefit, without recognition of the inherent imbalance that providing such power to one man would create.
Arch mage144: IM: Gah, what are you saying? You used the word power three times in that sentence!
Arch mage144: Sir, our group does not desire the power of creative chaos. We have no need for it. We merely wish to make certain that it does not fall into the hands of those who would use it for personal gain.
Arch mage144: That is why we are here. *nods, evidently finished*
Lithaladhwen: *It's hard to tell what Vernari thinks, since he's been watching Karis speak with an expression of bland attentiveness. Not getting much from him, especially since everyone is even blinking at the same time.*
Lithaladhwen: *To Chambers* And you.
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 1
Arch mage144: (That is one botched sense motive roll)
Arch mage144: (10)
Lithaladhwen: (It is. Poor Karis. He has a hard time getting a feel for this fellow's opinions thus far. Maybe he'll have better luck once Vernari hears Chambers' case.)
CGNakibe: I myself do not quite understand why these assorted people seemed so willing and eager to attack me, or why they say such things about me.
MajorGeneralTso: (Principle Skinner: I love that sound.)
CGNakibe: All I came here for was the need to learn. I have always been curious, and interested in what must be known. What should be known. Your artifact is indeed powerful, certainly. But what good would it do me to do more than to study?
CGNakibe: I certainly cannot bring it home with me, as it would probably cause much more damage at home than even I could attempt to control. No, I only wish to continue the work for which I have been so mocked at home...
CGNakibe: To understand the workings of our two worlds, if only for a moment.
CGNakibe: I have no quarrel with these people even now.
CGNakibe: I come to you today, an outsider, and ask only that you allow me to see truth with my own eyes.
CGNakibe: *he steps back, eyeing the judge curiously*
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari nods to Chambers and to Karis* I have heard both cases. Neither group sounds utterly unreasonable.
Arch mage144: IM: Hooray Order! *internal eyeroll
Arch mage144: *
Lithaladhwen: *He glances from Karis to Chambers, and then back again* ...Neither of you will have it.
Lithaladhwen: Fortunately for you *to Karis-tachi* that happens to be your request. The Ner Tohu will be relocated, and resecured.
Arch mage144: *nods*
Arch mage144: IM: We win by...default?
PapatymisonN: IM: ... huh. Works for me.
Lithaladhwen: This will require my personal attention. Thank you for your time. I will have no further chaos in my temple, but if either of you attempts to follow me or cause further trouble....
CGNakibe: .. *a slight twitch of an eye is all that you get from him... for now*
Lithaladhwen: ....the other party is hereby authorized to deal with it as you see fit.
Lithaladhwen: Keep each other honest, if you will. I wash my hands of the affair.
PapatymisonN: Thank you, high priest. You are quite fair.
Arch mage144: IM: That's his job, isn't it?
Arch mage144: IM: ....at least this time we weren't spoken to directly by Shamayu. That was kind of nerve-wrecking.
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari gives a terse bow to the group, and turns on his heel to leave.*
MajorGeneralTso: ...*Turns his gaze towards Anwell*
Lithaladhwen: *Joss is also watching Anwell.*
CGNakibe: ...Hm. I see.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Follow him. Follow himfollowhimfollowhim so I can kill you.
CGNakibe: Most interesting. >.>
PapatymisonN: *keeps his eyes on Anwell*
CGNakibe: *starts out, as if towards the entrance...*
Arch mage144: Hold it! *holds up his hand*
Lithaladhwen: (HAHAHAHAHAHAHA OVERRULED)
MajorGeneralTso: (I love you Brian.)
CGNakibe: *ignores Karis as he goes down the hall and.... back towards where Vernari was going? Uh oh*
PapatymisonN: *chase*
CGNakibe: *Although now he seems to be running to catch up*
PapatymisonN: Anwell...
PapatymisonN: You want to stop...
Lithaladhwen: *growls deep in his throat and runs after Anwell*
PapatymisonN: You want to stop RIGHT NOW...
CGNakibe: I know exactly what I want!
PapatymisonN: Death, then?
CGNakibe: *points his glove back behind him as he runs*
Lithaladhwen: *Card notices that Joss' eyes have glazed over a little and he's clearly flipped back into cultist assassin mode.*
Arch mage144: He's not going to let you have it, Anwell!
Arch mage144: You're wasting your time!
Lithaladhwen: *He doesn't take his eyes off of Senor Psychopath.*
CGNakibe: *and suddenly a small wall of fire is blocking the path*
Arch mage144: ( Blame Banj for this )
Lithaladhwen: *Joss runs through it. How much damage does he take?*
Arch mage144: *sighs* We're going to have to foll...
Arch mage144: Joss! Wait a second!
MajorGeneralTso: (Adorable.)
PapatymisonN: o.o Gah...
CGNakibe: (Just 6, the little firebug)
Arch mage144: *raises his hands and creates a fire hose-worthy amount of water*
Lithaladhwen: (Four, actually!)
Lithaladhwen: *Is through and running!*
PapatymisonN: *when the wall of fire extinguishes, Cardinal will get into full stride*
CGNakibe: *eyes on the prize, folks. And Vernari is leading the way*
MajorGeneralTso: *Rushes to approach the wall of flames* As we see fit. This should be good.
MajorGeneralTso: *Karis got rid of it. Away we go! Me and the Bane!*
PapatymisonN: ANWELL!
CGNakibe: *but still a sizable distance grows between you folks and Joss, and thus betwen you all and Anwell*
CGNakibe: Ah, THERE it is!
Arch mage144: *takes off after Joss*
PapatymisonN: ... huh. Gotta catch up...
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari stops, tosses a hand up to put a barrier of ice between himself and his pursuers, and ducks down a side hallway.*
PapatymisonN: *Cardinal's leg's start pumping faster and faster and FASTER!*
PapatymisonN: (Double Speed, yo.)
CGNakibe: Hah. You think THAT can stop me?
Arch mage144: (Can Karis see Anwell to shoot at him?)
CGNakibe: *flames seem to coalesce around his glove, as he goes through the barrier with his fist leading the way*
Arch mage144: (Accuracy penalties for distance and running be damned.)
CGNakibe: (Sure, I believe he can see him well enough. Roll it and find out what else goes on)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 5
Arch mage144: (23) *A shot rings out! As shots are wont to do!*
MajorGeneralTso: (...Right in the kisser? Come on Karis, we believe in you!)
CGNakibe: *The shot barely misses hitting Anwell, lodging in the wall of ice*
Lithaladhwen: *Little child-soldier keeps on a-runnin' after Anwell and Vernari*
MajorGeneralTso: *Locks his senses onto Anwell's flaming fist and that wall of ice, then starts taking longer strides, getting ready for what Mazoku love the most!*
Arch mage144: IM: Damn!
CGNakibe: (You should've believed in the heart-of-the-cards)
Lithaladhwen: (That's what Solis is for.)
MajorGeneralTso: (Teleportation! The full length of 40 feet that Tai can reach.)
CGNakibe: Dammit! I don't have any cards for anything like this. >.<;;
MajorGeneralTso: (Poof, I suppose I renamed it to at some point I don't remember. May I?)
PapatymisonN: *speeds towards the scene of Anwell and Joss's conflict...*
CGNakibe: (Please for you to be rolling, Ken)
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
MajorGeneralTso: (18. Man. The dice aren't biting.)
Lithaladhwen: *Cardinal catches up to Joss before he starts feeling like a second wind would be reaaaally nice about now. Tiring to run like that.*
CGNakibe: *Tai teleports.... but somehow not where he intended as he ends up in front of a charging Joss. Kinda like being in front of a charging bull*
Lithaladhwen: *Speaking of running, Joss is running so hard he's panting, but he's still just... really zoned out. Go go gadget creepy cultists.*
MajorGeneralTso: *Eep. Tai squeezes himself against the wall as fast as he can as the boy approaches*
Lithaladhwen: *Tai evades rampaging children!*
Lithaladhwen: *Go Tai!*
MajorGeneralTso: *Gets right on his tail as Joss passes!*
Arch mage144: *man, Karis is regretting not being a great runner right now*
CGNakibe: *jogs by* C'mon c'mon, he's getting away!
CGNakibe: I will NOT be denied by such petty tricks!
Lithaladhwen: *The party, following Chambers, following Vernari after the Ner Tohu, turns a corner to see Vernari and another acolyte attempting to open some sort of passage in a back wall.*
Lithaladhwen: *It requires various magical authorizations or something, because they're actually going through some form of procedure to move the damned thing from it's location. Speaking of which!*
Lithaladhwen: *Toward the back, next to a wall of seemingly chaotic (zomg) scattered mosaic tiles, is a white marble altar.*
Lithaladhwen: *On that is a large chest with scales carved into the polished oak frontpiece.*
CGNakibe: Ah. So here we are.
Lithaladhwen: *Tai feels the psychic equivalent of cat claws on chalkboard.*
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari turns* Keep him back!
MajorGeneralTso: Grah! *His Glaive vanishes as a result, Tai using both his hands and slamming them over his ears as continues to try and run. Looses some pace though, for all his stamina...*
CGNakibe: I will KNOW what this thing has to offer!
PapatymisonN: Not a problem... *running for Anwell, blade ready...*
CGNakibe: And I will not allow you to deny me this... NOT now!
Lithaladhwen: *Joss stops, pulling a hand back and drawing together a somewhat larger orb of fire than he had before.*
Arch mage144: Wait! You don't know what you're doing!
Lithaladhwen: Mine. I have a right to kill you.
CGNakibe: *his glove seems to be positively glowing this close to the artifact*
CGNakibe: *sends an arc of electricty pulsing towards Joss* BACK foul child!
Lithaladhwen: (That's Joss. Foul child.)
Arch mage144: I told you to stop! *fires off another shot at Anwell, this one at the arm that's wearing that glove*
MajorGeneralTso: (But that's why we love him.)
CGNakibe: (Roll, Karis)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
Lithaladhwen: *The arc of lightning catches Joss and flings him into the air, dropping him just a little closer to the altar than he was before. His clothes are smoking, but getting closer is... progress... maybe.*
Arch mage144: (30; but if he has time he's using called shot, so that's a 35)
Lithaladhwen: (I don't know that he does have time.)
Arch mage144: (I imagine he doesn't!)
CGNakibe: (he does not)
Lithaladhwen: (Things are rather chaotic, considering the location.*
MajorGeneralTso: (Gooooo Chaos!)
CGNakibe: *the shot whizzes by Anwell's glove, close enough that he flinches from it just a tad, stopping the electric pulses a moment...*
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari and his assistant continue working to get authorization, and as they do so, the mosaic tiles seem to be subtly shifting around.*
MajorGeneralTso: *How close is Tai?*
MajorGeneralTso: *To Anwell.*
Lithaladhwen: (Dude! Anwell is totally Emperor Palpatine right now.)
PapatymisonN: (We should really have initiative...)
Lithaladhwen: (Initiative? Bah. Keep your eyes on chat and you'll get to act!)
CGNakibe: (But Do What Thou Wilt shall be the whole of the law!)
Lithaladhwen: (This is intended to be a total clusterfuck. Feel free to contribute to it.)
Arch mage144: *frowns, closing his eyes and raising his left hand*
Lithaladhwen: *Joss pushes himself back up on one arm, dragging himself to his feet.*
Arch mage144: (Whenever it's okay for him to act, Karis is going to be casting a spell)
Lithaladhwen: (Karis can cast a spell!)
Lithaladhwen: *Joss is apparently working on another fire spell! Because that's the most shocking decision he could possibly make.....*
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 9
PapatymisonN: *Cardinal's blade is coming for Anwell's head...*
PapatymisonN: e_e
Arch mage144: (32. He's using Lesser Amnesia + Empathic Diplomacy.)
Arch mage144: (If successful, Anwell will...forget how to use his glove.)
MajorGeneralTso: *Taiar casts what is the equivilant of Scatter Night on his own Hand and Glove, then reaches out to grab Anwell'
Lithaladhwen: *Joss shakes himself and snaps out of his freaky MURDERDEATHKILL haze and turns to run toward the Ner Tohu instead of stopping to cast more spells.*
MajorGeneralTso: 's glove hoping for the same explosive side effect he had last time*
CGNakibe: (Charles, Roll it)
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 1 20-sided die: 10
CGNakibe: (You too, Ken)
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
MajorGeneralTso: (22).
PapatymisonN: (So that's 26...)
MajorGeneralTso: (...Should I roll an AT for the grab?)
Lithaladhwen: (Mrr..... I'd say so.)
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 1 20-sided die: 14
MajorGeneralTso: (The spell is 22. The grab is 26.)
Lithaladhwen: (Nice.)
CGNakibe: *blocks Cardinal's slash with the side of his glove, only to barely get caught by Taiar's magical energies...*
CGNakibe: (Roll damage, Ken)
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 3 6-sided dice: 1 6 2
MajorGeneralTso: (69.)
Lithaladhwen: (Fuckfish in a lamprey's ass, man. Tai does nice damage.)
MajorGeneralTso: (I think? I'm rolling for spell damage, right? ;;>.>...)
Lithaladhwen: (Yes.)
MajorGeneralTso: (Yeah. Then 69. Also: I've wondering about his damages being too high...but someone always says its fine.)
CGNakibe: *pretty sparkles come from Taiar's hands... only to explode into little painful balls of darkness that make Anwell howl* AAAAAH. >.<
Lithaladhwen: (They're... unusual.)
CGNakibe: *points his glove towards Joss, as if to cast another spell*
Arch mage144: (He's a hard-hitting physical fighter wielding a big two-handed weapon.)
Lithaladhwen: *Has decided to head for The Thing!*
CGNakibe: *looks at Joss... looks at his glove.* FUCK.
Arch mage144: ...*quirks an eyebrow* IM: Did it work?
PapatymisonN: NOOOOOOOO! *attempts to cut off his arm this time...*
Lithaladhwen: (Such language around the kids. Anwell, you're a bad influence.)
CGNakibe: *The scrawny guy goes for the tackle!*
Lithaladhwen: *Secret chatroom rolling....*
CGNakibe: *and manages to come down HARD on Joss. If only he could've been drafted into the NFL... and weight another 200 pounds...*
Lithaladhwen: *The mosaic on the wall is no longer a random jumble of colors.*
Lithaladhwen: *It's forming a nice colored image of scales on the wall. Almost there!*
Lithaladhwen: *Joss is tackled and skids forward, hitting the altar hard.*
Lithaladhwen: *The chest is jolted, and very suddenly, something very strange and potentially very alarming happens.*
PapatymisonN: ... oh no.
Lithaladhwen: *Joss throws his head back and is very abruptly covered in fire. In fact, it's coming off of him in gales now. He seems to be generating it.*
Arch mage144: ....o_o
Lithaladhwen: *He screams... and explodes.*
Lithaladhwen: *AGI rolls from anyone within 20 ft of the altar, plzkthx.*
OnlineHost: MajorGeneralTso rolled 1 20-sided die: 15
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 2 20-sided dice: 2 16
MajorGeneralTso: (24.)
PapatymisonN: (Oop.)
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
PapatymisonN: (23.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
Arch mage144: (26)
Lithaladhwen: (Wow.)
CGNakibe: JOSS! >.<
MajorGeneralTso: (...Either we all blew up or we all escaped.)
Lithaladhwen: *As flames fill the room, everyone manages to hit the deck in time to avoid being blasted.*
PapatymisonN: O________O
Arch mage144: *Whew!*
Arch mage144: By the starry eyes of Kazeros! >_<
CGNakibe: *meanwhile, lost in the shuffle of horrible things happening, Anwell's glove begins emitting a loud beeping sound*
Lithaladhwen: *When everyone looks up from the moment of WTFery... Joss is gone.*
Lithaladhwen: *And so is the chest.*
CGNakibe: Ugh... what happened...
CGNakibe: No.
PapatymisonN: o_o
MajorGeneralTso: ...Damn.
CGNakibe: NOOOOOO! >.<
PapatymisonN: Wh... Joss...?
PapatymisonN: Joss? JOSS? Wh-... where'd...
CGNakibe: And I was so CLOSE.
Arch mage144: ...Joss!?
PapatymisonN: *sets his eyes on Anwell.*
CGNakibe: You.... you all...
Arch mage144: What did we do!?
CGNakibe: YOU DESTROYED MY DREAM!
Arch mage144: This is your fault!
PapatymisonN: *walks towards him, sharply...*
CGNakibe: *the man CHARGES at Karisuma, a wild look in his eyes...*
Arch mage144: Be quiet! I know you can't use that glove of yours anymore. *points his weapon at the scientist* Give up while you still have a chance...AH!
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari looks around from his procedure, and sees the empty altar.*
CGNakibe: *apparently the man is WILD with rage about now... Karis may want to dodge that*
Lithaladhwen: *He makes a gesture over his face to ward off evil and appears very disturbed.*
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 6
Arch mage144: (17)
MajorGeneralTso: Karis! *Springs to his feet and turns to the charging madman scientist*
CGNakibe: Damn you. DAMN YOU!
MajorGeneralTso: *Isn't quite of speed to...actively stop him though. Just kind of hopes the Gunman knows to dodge a bullet*
PapatymisonN: ... Anwell... *the same wildness you see in Anwell's eyes... it is seen in Cardinal's eyes when he begins to pursue him*
CGNakibe: *PUNCH. MAN that guy's got a right cross. (36 damage)*
Arch mage144: *BARF*
Lithaladhwen: (WTF)
CGNakibe: (Karis better drop money. e.e)
PapatymisonN: YOU FUCKING BASTARD!
Lithaladhwen: (Whiskey tango fucking foxtrot, man.)
CGNakibe: (Because I damn sure ain't fighting the Sharks again)
CGNakibe: SHUT UP! THIS WAS ALL I HAD. ALL I WANTED.
Arch mage144: *Karis takes a hell of a hit to the face, staggering backwards*
CGNakibe: AND YOU TOOK IT AWAY!
MajorGeneralTso: (...I'm so tempted to make a Dragon's Bane Steel Pipe and beat Anwell with it.)
Lithaladhwen: (HA)
Lithaladhwen: (Do it.)
PapatymisonN: *Cardinal's swordpoint flies for Anwell's back*
CGNakibe: *Left hook, ahoy!*
Lithaladhwen: (The kooky ideas you chaos beasts come up with....)
CGNakibe: (Roll it, Charles)
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 1 20-sided die: 19
CGNakibe: (Karis, roll to not get punched any more. >:{)
PapatymisonN: (Thank you, dice gods, you know justice.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 5
PapatymisonN: (35.)
MajorGeneralTso: (Looks like Card stopped that problem.)
Arch mage144: (16)
CGNakibe: *Oh, look, Karis gets a new bruise to match the old one. 37 damage*
CGNakibe: (Card, roll damage)
OnlineHost: PapatymisonN rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 5
PapatymisonN: (Thank you dice gods, you know justice.)
Arch mage144: *Karis puts one hand on his face and raises his weapon with the other--the man's at point blank*
CGNakibe: (Total, Charles?)
Arch mage144: *it doesn't seem like he's terribly steady right now, though, and the repeated punches have driven the young man backwards considerably8
Arch mage144: *blood streams down his upper lip from a rather nasty-looking nosebleed*
PapatymisonN: (6+7+10+11=34 damage.)
PapatymisonN: (Mental note: Write down base weapon damages.)
CGNakibe: *if the sword through his gut won't stop him...*
CGNakibe: *The shot to the chest certainly should...*
PapatymisonN: *not letting him drop just yet*
CGNakibe: *his eyes go wide for a moment...* "But.... my.. work... I should... I should... I...*
PapatymisonN: *TWISTS the blade* Just die already.
CGNakibe: *and thus does Anwell Chambers, scientist, lover of the occult, and completely insane guy, expire*
CGNakibe: *oh, wait. The beeping glove. Right.*
CGNakibe: *Wonder what that's about*
Arch mage144 has left the room.
PapatymisonN: (Waiting...)
MajorGeneralTso: (...Reeaaaamed.)
Lithaladhwen has left the room.
PapatymisonN: (... assreamed.)
PapatymisonN: (In the butt.)
MajorGeneralTso: (I was refering to Anwell, actually.)
PapatymisonN: (It works either way.)
CGNakibe: (But you lost your firebender. >:{ )
PapatymisonN: (We'll get Zuko back, I'm sure.)
PapatymisonN: (*Joss)
CGNakibe: (Letters are all bunched together, aren't they)
PapatymisonN: (Yeah. Z and J are so close together on the keyboard...)
CGNakibe: (Hopefully they'll be back soon.)
CGNakibe: (Although TECHNICALLY we're done, at least. ^^)
MajorGeneralTso: (...Sticky.)
PapatymisonN: (... crap. The suspense was keeping me awake!)
CGNakibe: (What? You want MOAR twists?)
CGNakibe: (I suppose we have SOMETHING else that happens here, yes...)
PapatymisonN: (My brain is starting to short out. If I don't get some RP soon, I'll lapse into a 7 hour coma.)
Lithaladhwen has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: (FUCKING PHONE COMPANY MURDER DEATH KILL)
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: (Anyway. I will get Der Shaun to update me.)
Arch mage144: (Fucking phone company)
CGNakibe: (We completely agree)
Arch mage144: (Somebody IM me and tell me what's happening)
CGNakibe: (Anwell is dead and YOU KILLED HIM.)
MajorGeneralTso: (...You being codespeak for Cardinal.)
Lithaladhwen: (How long were we out?)
PapatymisonN: (I don't know. I'll paste from the last thing Brian said.)
CGNakibe: (15 minutes)
CGNakibe: (F2 for timestamps, Charles.)
Lithaladhwen: (Okay. Well, I'm good. I'll wait for the OK from Brian.)
Arch mage144: .....
Arch mage144: *sighs* Did we really have to kill him?
CGNakibe: *The newly deceased slumps to the floor*
PapatymisonN: ...
CGNakibe: *beep beep beep*
PapatymisonN: *It is a good thing the man in red has returned...*
PapatymisonN: *When he wipes his blade on his arm, it's harder to see the stains.*
Lithaladhwen: ....what in the Abyss is his glove doing?
PapatymisonN: *eyes the gauntlet* Anyone know why it's beeping?
MajorGeneralTso: *Makes for a hurried jog over to Anwell's body* I was wondering the same thing...
PapatymisonN: ... that can't be good.
CGNakibe: *suddenly the thing starts shooting off arcs of electricity.*
PapatymisonN: o.O
CGNakibe: *ZZZAAAP ZAP ZAP ZZZZZAP*
Arch mage144: Oh, hell!
Lithaladhwen: Out! Get out!
MajorGeneralTso: Crap!
Arch mage144: *RUN*
MajorGeneralTso: *Escaaaaaaaape!*
PapatymisonN: *GOES*
Lithaladhwen: *The acolyte books it out of there, while Vernari waits for the others to go before him.*
Lithaladhwen: *Then he splits after them.*
CGNakibe: *....crackaBOOM~! The sounds of several million volts finding a new outlet can be heard for a moment, and one is glad to still have hearing after THAT*
Lithaladhwen: *At the sight of Vernari rushing out of the chamber, other acolytes, pilgrims, and clerics started running, but most of them hit the floor when they heard that in full duck-and-cover position.*
Lithaladhwen: *There's a lot of shouting and cursing.*
CGNakibe: *Its probably a good thing you aren't still in that room. Woah MAN that'd hurt*
Arch mage144: IM: Chaos in the temple of order.
Arch mage144: IM: How literary.
Lithaladhwen: (Eh, it's good for them. Builds character.)
CGNakibe: *... although now that its safe, and everything seems alright...*
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari and several of his followers stand up, and Vernari approaches the group.*
CGNakibe: *... Solis begins to cry* WHY.... Stupid.... evil.... asshole... >.<
Lithaladhwen: I'm sorry about all of this. I suppose it could not have been prevented.
Lithaladhwen: *He waves Taiar closer*
Lithaladhwen: Come here.
MajorGeneralTso: *Had his eyes on the hallway towards the room, but approaches Vernari*
PapatymisonN: ... ... *now that the heat of the moment is over... Cardinal's brain begins to work...*
CGNakibe: I should NEVER have... DAMMIT....
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari lays a hand on his shoulder and, hey! Suddenly there are no unreachable itches, no chalkboard screeching, no fiberglass everything. Taiar feels better.*
Lithaladhwen: Stay with our blessing until you choose to leave. You've done all you can.
Arch mage144: .....
Arch mage144: ...but...
PapatymisonN: ... ... huh.
MajorGeneralTso: ...*Blink! Blink Blink.* I wish you could have done that when I arrived.
Arch mage144: What happened to Joss? Did he...
PapatymisonN: *approaches Vernari...* What did the artifact do to him?
Arch mage144: ...did he get teleported away with that chest?
Lithaladhwen: I don't believe he was teleported. He... changed, near as I can tell. Just so rapidly that what might have taken years was done in moments.
Lithaladhwen: It seems to have expended the Ner Tohu's power, so if nothing else it is safe from further abuse.
PapatymisonN: So Joss... ascended to a higher plane, then.
Lithaladhwen: Hard to say.
Lithaladhwen: That did not look like any higher plane I've ever seen.
Arch mage144: Did he die?
CGNakibe: (Joss: *beats Rodney up and takes his amulet* WOO!)
Lithaladhwen: *shakes his head* I don't know.
Lithaladhwen: It's certainly possible.
Arch mage144: *sighs heavily*
MajorGeneralTso: ...Damn.
CGNakibe: We went through all THAT... we were trying to make people SAFE..... and... and...
PapatymisonN: ... Anwell is no longer a problem.
MajorGeneralTso: What is the other possibility?
PapatymisonN: The Ner Tohu is ... safe.
MajorGeneralTso: I mean...If he lived, where is he?
Lithaladhwen: I don't know any other possibilities. It's an unpredictable artifact.
PapatymisonN: I will take that victory.
MajorGeneralTso: Tch.
Lithaladhwen: Listen. Stay if you must. If you find no further information, it is probably best to operate under the assumption that the boy is dead.
PapatymisonN: ...
Lithaladhwen: If you wish to investigate, do so. It's the least we can offer you.
PapatymisonN: I'm not going to accept that one JUST yet, thank you.
Arch mage144: Neither am I.
MajorGeneralTso: ... *Goes to see if there's anything left of Anwell or the room*
Lithaladhwen: However, if nothing else.... feel free to light a candle for the boy in the vigil room.
Lithaladhwen: All things in this world find their proper place.
PapatymisonN: ... ... I'm not going to accept it JUST yet.
MajorGeneralTso: *Chuckles a bit as he walks away* Lighting something as small as a candle doesn't seem quite fitting.
Lithaladhwen: Do as you will. I will be there. *looks over his shoulder sadly* I believe we have casualties as well.
Lithaladhwen: (Then go blow something up. Viking funeral!)
PapatymisonN: (Hell yeah.)
Lithaladhwen: (Well? Shoo.)
CGNakibe: (Lets go a-viking!)
Lithaladhwen: (Go burn some shit.)
PapatymisonN: ... sorry, um... where's your library?
PapatymisonN: (No, stop thinking that.)
Lithaladhwen: In the east wing.
Lithaladhwen: (Karis. Make some sort of relevant knowledge check.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 2-sided die: 1
Arch mage144: (Er)
Lithaladhwen: (Wrong die.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 9
PapatymisonN: Thanks. I'm going to go learn more about your Ner Tohu than you do. *heads off in that direction*
Arch mage144: (18)
Lithaladhwen: *Karis seems stuck on something, and even though it doesn't seem to be helping, he can't get it out of his head. The Ner Tohu... it changes things. If Joss had died, he'd have... have aged or something, wouldn't he? Why the fire?*
Arch mage144: You know...
Arch mage144: ...maybe Joss used some sort of spell to turn himself into fire?
Arch mage144: I...don't think the Ner Tohu caused him to disappear.
PapatymisonN: ... *stops a moment* So can you find him?
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari, meanwhile, has hustled off to deal with his own wounded. You guys apparently have the run of the place. Even the mazoku!*
Arch mage144: No. *shakes his head* I'm not a seer.
MajorGeneralTso: *The Mazoku is kind of interested in the remnants of that Glove. If any*
PapatymisonN: ...
CGNakibe: *The mazoku finds that the remains of the glove are... rather charred. The smell of burned leather and fused metals stings the nose. And ozone, don't forget ozone*
PapatymisonN: I am.
PapatymisonN: Forget the library, Vernari.
Arch mage144: ...well...
PapatymisonN: Meditation room.
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari turns* .....There are several. Living quarters. South wing. You'll find them empty right now.
MajorGeneralTso: *Covers his nose with his left sleeve and taps it with the toe of his boot* Tch...Oh well.
Lithaladhwen: (This is great. I have this phenomenal mental image of Taiar daintily covering his nose and poking the smelly thing.)
PapatymisonN: Thank you.
PapatymisonN: ... thank you for much.
PapatymisonN: ... *heads off to the meditation room*
Lithaladhwen: Do what you feel you must.
MajorGeneralTso: (...Awesome.)
Lithaladhwen: (I may need to draw that.)
Lithaladhwen: *Card finds about half a dozen empty ones. They all have sparse furnishings in muted pastels and earth tones, but there are cushions on the floor for great sitting comfort.*
MajorGeneralTso: (I look forward to such an image!)
Lithaladhwen: *Most also have a small pitcher of water with two glasses.*
PapatymisonN: *upon arriving at an appropriate room, enters, closing the door behind him*
PapatymisonN: *... he's at a loss. He didn't like meditation rooms when he was back on Earth. In order to feel God's presence, he liked to be in the presence of others.*
MajorGeneralTso: *Deciding that he doesn't have enough knowledge to glean anything useful from the glove, and it's probably broken beyond anyone's understanding...Tai gives a look around the room in general*
PapatymisonN: *To pray, or meditate, or concentrate alone... made Cardinal feel very, VERY alone...*
Lithaladhwen: *The mosaic in the chamber is beginning to revert to its former state, and the image of the scales is slowly dissolving into a meaningless jumble of colors.*
Lithaladhwen: *Though if Tai stands back and unfocuses his eyes.... well damn.*
PapatymisonN: *But not today. Today, he was going to be with someone. Someone who did not always speak in mysterious ways...*
MajorGeneralTso: *Does so!*
Lithaladhwen: *They're not random after all! The little colored chips of stone and glass seem to come together to form a near-three dimensional image of a pair of scales. Sensing a theme?*
MajorGeneralTso: ...Cute.
Lithaladhwen: (I hate that I can't see Magic Eye pictures.)
Lithaladhwen: (Just so you know. I hate you all.)
PapatymisonN: *He sits down, shifting for a while... crosslegged works, but it's uncomfortable... legs extended just doesn't feel right...*
MajorGeneralTso: (My ability to see them is just as limited. <.<...)
Lithaladhwen: (Good. So I only have to hate your character right now.)
PapatymisonN: *so, he just lays down. He lays down, and looks at the ceiling*
MajorGeneralTso: (Yeeeeeep!)
PapatymisonN: (They're a pain in the eye, but I can see them.)
Lithaladhwen: *A spider is in the corner making the most perfect web Cardinal has ever seen.*
CGNakibe: *and how about Karis? What is he doing in the interim?*
PapatymisonN: ... *takes a deep breath, and opens his mind...*
PapatymisonN: T: ... Joss? Joss... if you're around, say hello.
Lithaladhwen: *Cardinal doesn't get a response.*
PapatymisonN: ...
PapatymisonN: T: I'll give you a hand.
PapatymisonN: *That absolutely perfect spiderweb?*
PapatymisonN: *Cardinal sets it ablaze, with the tiny amount of fire magic he has*
Lithaladhwen: *Cardinal is mean.*
PapatymisonN: T: Joss? ... c'mon buddy. I just want to hear your voice.
CGNakibe: *who knows how many days the spider worked on perfecting that web?*
Lithaladhwen: *But as soon as the fire twists its way from the astral, it gets sucked right back out with a tiny rushing noise.*
Lithaladhwen: *Weird!*
PapatymisonN: ... that was something.
PapatymisonN: *sits up*
MajorGeneralTso: *Shrugs and exits the room, making a note to step on the glove on his way out for no particular reason*
PapatymisonN: *were there torches on the walls?*
Lithaladhwen: *There are outside in the hall.*
Lithaladhwen: *There's just a little candle in here.*
PapatymisonN: *perfect.*
PapatymisonN: *heads outside to the nearest torch*
Arch mage144: IM: I don't know if he can contact Joss or not. I don't know if this is even the right way to go about it.
PapatymisonN: Um... *looks at it, pushing his hair back... *
Arch mage144: IM: Something tells me he's alive...but...
PapatymisonN: *... and just... tries to intensify the fire*
PapatymisonN: T: C'mon, Joss... say SOMETHING...
Lithaladhwen: *The torch flares up wildly before the whole thing seems to be sucked down into coals. Maybe Cardinal needs MOAR FIAR.*
PapatymisonN: ... *grabs the next torch and heads outside*
Lithaladhwen: *Anyone following?*
PapatymisonN: *looks around for a tree, a large field, something...*
PapatymisonN: *Cardinal's walkin' outside with a torch... maybe he's on to something...?*
Lithaladhwen: *GM poke at Karis and Taiar.*
MajorGeneralTso: *Cardinal catches his eye as he wanders the halls*
MajorGeneralTso: (I'm alive, I am.)
MajorGeneralTso: ...What're you doing?
Arch mage144: *shaking his head, Karis decides to exit the building* I'm going outside to sit down. I don't know what else we can do here.
PapatymisonN: I'm trying to talk to Joss.
Arch mage144: We found the force of creation and we know Anwell isn't going to get it. He's dead, for starters.
MajorGeneralTso: ...What's your plan?
Arch mage144: I can't believe it was really being kept here.
PapatymisonN: Fire.
PapatymisonN: Lots of it.
Lithaladhwen: (What's your plan...fire. Awesome.)
Arch mage144: What will that do?
PapatymisonN: The last two times I've tried to start fire magically, it's been... absorbed.
PapatymisonN: So, going larger scale this time.
MajorGeneralTso: ...Good thing you asked, Karis. I was just going to let him go about his business.
PapatymisonN: ... coming?
PapatymisonN: *never stopped edging towards the door*
MajorGeneralTso: ...Yeah, sure. *Pockets his hands and follows Card* Seems like the right thing to do for the bugger. Lighting something huge on fire.
Arch mage144: No. Unless you're going somewhere that isn't this temple.
PapatymisonN: That's the plan.
PapatymisonN: No burning the hand that feeds us.
Arch mage144: Setting a huge fire isn't going to bring him back if he's dead. And if he isn't, he isn't a moth.
Arch mage144: You can't just attract him by building a big bonfire.
PapatymisonN: ... I beg to differ.
MajorGeneralTso: Come along and regulate it for us then, Karis.
PapatymisonN: *opens the door, and heads outside*
Arch mage144: .....
MajorGeneralTso: *Follows the man with the flame*
Arch mage144: *follows, sighing*
Arch mage144: IM: I suppose a water mage should be on hand, just in case.
PapatymisonN: *heads for the nearest tree or bush...*
Lithaladhwen: *He finds........*
Lithaladhwen: *....a shrubbery!*
CGNakibe: (Ohnoes!)
PapatymisonN: *sits down in front of it*
MajorGeneralTso: (I was going to say a burning bush would have been appropriate. But that works.)
Lithaladhwen: (Yeah, I know.)
PapatymisonN: OK... let's try this.
PapatymisonN: *sets the shrub on fire, near the bottom...*
Lithaladhwen: *It lights, and smolders for a bit before the plant begins to catch fire.*
PapatymisonN: *breathes deep, and augments the fire with his own spell...*
MajorGeneralTso: *Watches Cardinal's little act, resisting the urge to hit the Shrubbery with Fireball with the man standing so close*
Lithaladhwen: *Instead of getting sucked down, Cardinal's fire spell turns him into a Valthi flamethrower, and the plant explodes with Mad Oxidization.*
PapatymisonN: O.O!
MajorGeneralTso: ...Didn't know you had it in you, Card.
PapatymisonN: Gentlemen... I am absolutely HORRID at fire magic.
PapatymisonN: T: Joss? Joss, are you here?
Arch mage144: ......
Arch mage144: IM: If we burn things, Joss will appear!
Lithaladhwen: *Card doesn't get a reply, but holy crap is that thing burning.*
Arch mage144: IM: Brilliant!
Arch mage144: IM: Cardinal, where the hell do you get ideas like this?
Lithaladhwen: *The fire condenses down to a pillar at the center as the fuel is consumed.*
PapatymisonN: ...
Arch mage144: .....
Arch mage144: Do you feel better?
PapatymisonN: *and this is where Cardinal backs up*
MajorGeneralTso: *Watches the roaring flames, considering them a fitting memorial service*
Lithaladhwen: *It keeps going for a little bit.*
PapatymisonN: ... ... I won't feel better till Joss comes through a portal of fire, the fuel of which is all Gaera.
Lithaladhwen: *And beyond all logic it continues, condensing down. It's only about five feet high now, which is certainly a hell of a lot more reasonable than it was at first.*
PapatymisonN: ... or... y'know... a shrubbery... o.o
Arch mage144: ...if he's alive, he'll find his way back to us.
Arch mage144: But rampant pyromania isn't going to solve anything!
Arch mage144: >_<
PapatymisonN: ... you're not watching the shrub, Karis....
Lithaladhwen: *It tightens down and suddenly the flames aren't flickering anymore. There's very clearly something there.*
PapatymisonN: o.o ...
Lithaladhwen: *It's just... very still. But at the very least, it's Joss-sized. Maybe Cardinal isn't insane after all.*
MajorGeneralTso: ...
PapatymisonN: ... Joss?
PapatymisonN: ... is... please tell me it's you...
Lithaladhwen: *A gout of flame reaches forward and becomes some form of appendage. It starts to define some kind of identifiable head, which it tilts as it looks forward to the end of its arm.*
Arch mage144: .....
Arch mage144: I don't believe it!
Lithaladhwen: *It's becoming easier and easier to see a small person made of fire hanging out in the scorched ruins of that poor shrubbery.*
PapatymisonN: ^_^ JOSS!
PapatymisonN: *ALMOST goes to hug him*
Lithaladhwen: *Its head tilted, it examines its ...yeah, hey. There are fingers.*
PapatymisonN: ... right. Made of fire...
MajorGeneralTso: *Turns slightly to Karis* ...You should. I'm pretty sure weirder things have happened.
PapatymisonN: But... but you're alive!
Lithaladhwen: *As it watches, the flames die back and the fingertips are... fingertips! Holy fuck!*
PapatymisonN: This is fantastic!
Lithaladhwen: *The hand clenches and with some effort the fire is pushed back to the elbow, and then all the way to the shoulder.*
PapatymisonN: *face is filled with joy...*
Lithaladhwen: *Then it gets sucked away entirely and a live, if nude and unconscious, Joss falls to the ground.*
Lithaladhwen: *Joss GETTO.*
PapatymisonN: *NAB boy!*
Arch mage144: ...okay, um...
Arch mage144: ...
Arch mage144: (*resists priest joke*)
Lithaladhwen: (*laughs*)
PapatymisonN: (... You'd better roll.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 8
MajorGeneralTso: (Failure.)
Arch mage144: (Man, a naked little boy comes tumbling out of a burning bush and the first thing the priest does is run over and grab him.)
Lithaladhwen: (It had to be done.)
Arch mage144: ...
PapatymisonN: (It did...)
Arch mage144: ...how?
PapatymisonN: Who cares...
PapatymisonN: *... hugs the little nude boy* I'm so glad you're OK...
Lithaladhwen: *FYI? Joss' skin is really really really hot. Almost too hot to touch, but Cardinal is bound and determined to cart the kid around, apparently.*
PapatymisonN: *carries him into the temple* GET ME HEALERS!
Arch mage144: ......
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari runs to the doorway, gapes at Cardinal and his burden, and rushes over.*
Arch mage144: *sits down on the grass*
PapatymisonN: Vernari, get me healers, NOW.
Lithaladhwen: What in the name of the twenty six hells of Ver'nash is going on?
Lithaladhwen: I'm a healer. What is going on?
PapatymisonN: ... he's... well...
PapatymisonN: He's unconscious. o.o
MajorGeneralTso: *Watches Card run off to the temple and turns around to look at the Negotiator* ...Eventful day, huh.
Lithaladhwen: I don't... he... *blinks* There doesn't look like there's anything wr-- well, that's not true.
PapatymisonN: I don't know, I've never seen a boy RETURN TO LIFE THROUGH FLAME before...
Lithaladhwen: (Who here can see the astral?)
PapatymisonN: (Moi!)
Arch mage144: *lies down on his back, staring at the sky* I wish we didn't have to kill Anwell.
Arch mage144: ...I'm more pleased Joss is alive than I am worried about that, but...
Lithaladhwen: Put him down.
PapatymisonN: *nods, and lays him on the ground*
Arch mage144: ...the man was insane. He didn't have to die. He just wouldn't listen. What would he do with that much power anyway?
MajorGeneralTso: ...I was kind of curious to pick his brains too, but I guess what's done is done, right? He won't be coming back from some burning bush I'm sure.
Lithaladhwen: *Taiar and Cardinal can both see what Vernari is explaining. And it doesn't take much.*
Lithaladhwen: Gentlemen?
PapatymisonN: *looks to Vernari*
Lithaladhwen: ......how much do you know about fire elementals?
PapatymisonN: ... basically... ... o.o
MajorGeneralTso: ...Nothing.
PapatymisonN: Fire... made sentient.
Arch mage144: *sits up* Er...they exist, like all other elementals, as primal representations of their respective elements.
Arch mage144: *looks skyward* I think that's right.
PapatymisonN: *looks down at the boy* ... so now he's...?
MajorGeneralTso: I have a feel that the man in red is holding one now though. >.>...
Arch mage144: Are you telling me Joss is a fire elemental now?
Lithaladhwen: *stands and points down at Joss with one hand* Yes. Now you've got one of your very own.
Lithaladhwen: Near as I can tell there's nothing wrong with him. He's probably just exhausted.
Arch mage144: ...that's...very interesting. o_o
CGNakibe: (Kids these days grow up so VERY fast, don't they?)
Arch mage144: IM: I wonder what kind of effect that will have on his life, being a fire elemental.
Lithaladhwen: I suggest you let him rest. Figure out what to do when he's conscious. Take him home if he's got one; that might help.
Lithaladhwen: But you all can stay here if you need to.
PapatymisonN: ... and maybe clothes.
PapatymisonN: Let's get him clothes.
Lithaladhwen: *smirk* Yes, well. We have clothes as well.
PapatymisonN: Let's go find some for him, mm?
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari stands aside and waves them ahead of him* Also in the south wing.
PapatymisonN: Lead the way. *child scoop!*
Arch mage144: You want to dress fire? *smirks*
PapatymisonN: ... something hardy, of course...
Arch mage144: Maybe we should get him a cloak made out of asbestos.
PapatymisonN: And would you rather it be nude?
Lithaladhwen: *Vernari takes them to the dormitory wing, and digs up some random odds and ends of clothing that... more or less fit the kid.*
CGNakibe: Is... is that...
CGNakibe: JOSS?!?
Arch mage144: I'm reminded of a story about an elvish druid who gained the power to change his shape into elemental forms.
Arch mage144: He called himself the Elvish Torch.
Lithaladhwen: (PWAAHAHAHAHAHA)
Arch mage144: Maybe Joss will have to come up with a nickname like that.
MajorGeneralTso: ...I hope his doesn't sound so dorky.
PapatymisonN: (And let me guess... there was an elf who could reach to the tallest of trees, and they called him Lord Fantastick....)
CGNakibe: *Cardinal finds himself suddenly assailed by a kid... with QUESTIONS* ... Is he... What happened? How did you all FIND him!
PapatymisonN: ^_^ Um... he... I...
Lithaladhwen: (I HATE ALLLL OF YOU BUT YOU'VE MADE ME SO HAPPY)
Arch mage144: (They also had an invisible chick, but they lost her somewhere)
Lithaladhwen: (That was Myrnal.)
CGNakibe: (And one of them was a drow. He hated life.)
Lithaladhwen: (She was in that party.)
CGNakibe: (Also, he became a rock. >:{ )
Lithaladhwen: (Ha!)
PapatymisonN: (They called him The Object.)
Arch mage144: (He was exposed to excessive arcane radiation.)
Lithaladhwen: (The Noun.)
PapatymisonN: Well... hold. I will explain it all.
Arch mage144: (...from the English department of Gunnir.)
CGNakibe: Is he gonna be okay?!? O.O
MajorGeneralTso: (Arch-Nemesis anyone?)
PapatymisonN: Just... calm down, and yes he will.
Arch mage144: (...Common. Common department.)
PapatymisonN: (Archmagus INEVITABLE DESTRUCTION!)
Arch mage144: ...I...am really, really tired after all that.
CGNakibe: Calm? How do you expect me to be CALM... I just lost my new best friend and you found him again and you expect me to sit around here and be CALM?!?
PapatymisonN: ... no I don't.
PapatymisonN: Get it out of your system.
CGNakibe: .... *deep breath* Okay... Okayokay....
CGNakibe: *is as calm as a worried excited 9 year old can be... which ain't very*
PapatymisonN: OK.
PapatymisonN: I was in the meditation room, trying to speak with him through my mind.
PapatymisonN: I was hoping... somehow I could reach him.
MajorGeneralTso: ...A lot of happened in a small amount of time. *Wonders when he'll get a visit from a certain lady about the end of the whole incident*
MajorGeneralTso: has*
CGNakibe: And you did and that's how you found him?
PapatymisonN: I didn't.
PapatymisonN: Failed miserably.
PapatymisonN: So, I set something on fire. Thought it might help him out.
CGNakibe: Yeah, and then what? o.o
PapatymisonN: It... got sucked up.
PapatymisonN: Something ATE the fire.
PapatymisonN: But, that was just a cobweb. I needed something bigger.
PapatymisonN: I went to a torch, augmented its flame... that got eaten up too.
PapatymisonN: Still wasn't big enough.
PapatymisonN: So, I went outside, and set a shrub on fire.
PapatymisonN: It kept burning, and burning, and... the flames ... turned into Joss.
CGNakibe: .... they turned into Joss? o.o
CGNakibe: The... but he... wouldn't that... is he burned?
PapatymisonN: No...
PapatymisonN: According to Vernari...
PapatymisonN: He's been... turned into a flame elemental.
PapatymisonN: Fire given a soul.
Arch mage144: ...yeah. He's completely fire-elemental now.
Arch mage144: But he's going to be fine.
PapatymisonN: It's weird, I know, but... it makes sense, doesn't it?
Arch mage144: It makes perfect sense, if you ask me. *shrug*
Arch mage144: Joss was very connected to fire, and he came in contact with the prime energy of creation.
PapatymisonN: ... weren't you the one who thought I'd gone crazy with pyromania?
Lithaladhwen: (Owned.)
Arch mage144: ...yes, because it was a very pointless idea.
Arch mage144: Somehow, it worked.
Arch mage144: IM: The universe is giving you undue credit, to say the least.
PapatymisonN: It was a theory that I had to check out.
CGNakibe: (Karis: OMG HAX)
PapatymisonN: It was too much of a coincidence to not give it attention.
Arch mage144: *shrug* Good job.
Lithaladhwen: (Incidentally, you'll all get EXP tomorrow. When it's daytime.)
Arch mage144: ...I'm going to those quarters they offered us so I can rest. You should let Joss rest, too.
PapatymisonN: *nods* Good point.
MajorGeneralTso: (Daytime is a good time.)
Lithaladhwen: (Sorry to keep you all up so late. But at least we're done.)
PapatymisonN: *idea
CGNakibe: (But... There's Daystars around then)
Lithaladhwen: (Anybody else have things to do?)
PapatymisonN: (Not me. got an evening shift tomorrow.)
MajorGeneralTso: *Continues standing around outside, enjoying the air*
Lithaladhwen: *The party heads back to the temple as the acolytes and various others are pulling things back together.*
MajorGeneralTso: (I'm the goodliness.)
MajorGeneralTso: (*Bows* There is nothing I'd rather have stayed up late for!)
CGNakibe: (Time for me to move this thing back into my room before the batteries die.)
Lithaladhwen: *They are free to get some hard-earned rest. Joss, for his part, will probably be asleep for the next day or so. He-sa, tired, sah.*
PapatymisonN: (You must be tired if you're referencing Jar-Jar.)
Lithaladhwen: *But everyone who counts seems to have gotten out of this okay.*
Lithaladhwen: *And that's a hell of a good way to end the adventure in which you could potentially have destroyed Creation(TM).*
Lithaladhwen: </RP>
Arch mage144: *flumph*
Lithaladhwen: *dies*
Lithaladhwen: Talk to you all tomorrow!
CGNakibe: Be careful with those things, Brian.
PapatymisonN: *lives*
CGNakibe: They're dangerous.
PapatymisonN: THANK YOU!
PapatymisonN: ^_^
Lithaladhwen: Charles and/or Shaun,.... log please.
MajorGeneralTso: Later!
Lithaladhwen: ;_;
PapatymisonN: Great ending!
MajorGeneralTso: It was fantastically enjoyable!
CGNakibe: Also, congratulations for RPing through the RP that Didn't End.
CGNakibe: Except now it did and the tale is over.
PapatymisonN: My pleasure.
CGNakibe: GO HOME. Or something.
Lithaladhwen: Much love. I'm glad you stuck with us. We'll have to tell Dia about Crazy Shit.l
Lithaladhwen: G'NIGHT
PapatymisonN: Indeed.
PapatymisonN: Night!