(6:26:21 PM) You have just entered room "planewalkers."
(6:26:42 PM) DarkLordKelne has entered the room.
Idran1701 (6:31:07 PM): Think the invite might have gotten eaten for Bes.
DarkLordKelne (6:31:45 PM): Quite possibly. It took me a few seconds to work out how to access it. Cursed new AIM...
Idran1701 (6:31:58 PM): He was using a Firefox addon called Yoono, actually.
Idran1701 (6:32:04 PM): But apparently it doesn't support chat.
Idran1701 (6:32:08 PM): He's switching back to Trillian.
DarkLordKelne (6:32:10 PM): Ah.
(6:33:44 PM) besyanteo has entered the room.
besyanteo (6:34:11 PM): (So, Yoono isn't perfect by a long shot, but it's a neat firefox add-on.)
Idran1701 (6:34:33 PM): (Nifty.)
Idran1701 (6:35:51 PM): (Anyway, everyone good to start?)
DarkLordKelne (6:36:02 PM): (Absolutely.)
besyanteo (6:36:11 PM): (Yup)
besyanteo (6:36:23 PM): (I think it was this)
Idran1701 (6:36:41 PM): (Close enough for me :O)
DarkLordKelne (6:36:58 PM): <Is this yours? You must have dropped it.>
besyanteo (6:37:23 PM): <It's funny how that keeps falling out of my pocket, yes, Asp.>
Idran1701 (6:37:27 PM): (So, Lorraine was investigating, and answering Asp's questions about what they should be looking into, right?)
besyanteo (6:37:37 PM): (Yup)
DarkLordKelne (6:37:42 PM): (Indeed.)
besyanteo (6:38:08 PM): (And I wanted a session, to handle any questions Asp might be asking, or any assistance he might want to render in learning more about her home)
DarkLordKelne (6:38:23 PM): (*Nod*)
DarkLordKelne (6:39:13 PM): (Shall I start with the questions, then?)
Idran1701 (6:39:23 PM): (All right. Well, I don't think there's that much to intro, then. They're both at the University library etc.)
Idran1701 (6:39:29 PM): (So yeah, go ahead and start when ready.)
DarkLordKelne (6:39:35 PM): So where are you from, then?
besyanteo (6:40:23 PM): (Oh, also: Crowbarred references ahead.)
Idran1701 (6:40:49 PM): (Headcrab: *jumps on Asp*)
besyanteo (6:41:17 PM): *She doesn't respond immediately. After a couple of seconds pass: * We call it D'ni.
besyanteo (6:41:23 PM): (Also: :D)
besyanteo (6:41:53 PM): (Are Kender Zombies more curious and addlebrained than a normal zombie?)
DarkLordKelne (6:41:57 PM): D'ni, huh? What's it like?
Idran1701 (6:42:04 PM): (Oh also: Aaron and Nora are there, but they're off elsewhere for now.)
Idran1701 (6:42:18 PM): (Sure! And they have a tendancy to "accidentally" borrow brains.)
DarkLordKelne (6:42:22 PM): (Shiiiinies...)
besyanteo (6:43:11 PM): *She shrugs* Like most prime worlds, I suppose. Blue sky, blue sea, green fields, sandy deserts here and there, different climates and seasons in different places...
besyanteo (6:43:35 PM): I had never heard of the planes before I got here, though. I don't know if anyone had.
besyanteo (6:43:45 PM): (Arr)
besyanteo (6:44:11 PM): (PAlom and Porom's theme comes on. How appropriate.)
DarkLordKelne (6:45:19 PM): *Sage nod* Or maybe the people who did weren't talking. Nobody told me about the planes back home.
besyanteo (6:45:35 PM): I guess that could be it, too. *pageflip*
besyanteo (6:46:07 PM): Anyway, I don't think it's a coincidence that I can't find anyone who knows about home... Or any references to it.
DarkLordKelne (6:46:47 PM): So, how're you going about the research? Names of cities, cultures, continents and whatnot?
besyanteo (6:47:40 PM): (brb)
besyanteo (6:51:44 PM): I started with my Gods. I figured, everyone knows the great Aitrus and Ti'Ana. I could go plead my case to those merciful figures and be home straight away. ... No such luck, it turns out.
besyanteo (6:52:02 PM): Later I started looking for anyone who knew anything about my
besyanteo (6:52:11 PM): Prime, once I learned what a Prime was.*
besyanteo (6:52:53 PM): So, our planet, our continents and cities and ways, yes. I have just about exhausted that route, though.
besyanteo (6:53:48 PM): ... We had a special way of writing back home. Writing that was magic all by itself. I didn't have time to learn it, but I know the principle behind it. I'm looking for that now.
DarkLordKelne (6:55:00 PM): Hm. That is pretty weird. You'd expect at least some kind of trace of a whole world if a person was really looking for it.
besyanteo (6:55:48 PM): (again, a moment)
besyanteo (7:06:17 PM): (I think I am ready, for now. I'm also coaching my sister on DMing her first session this weekend)
DarkLordKelne (7:06:33 PM): (Sounds like fun times ahead.)
besyanteo (7:06:50 PM): (I hope so, yea. She has an idea involving an alternative set up for elementals)
besyanteo (7:07:15 PM): *she nods absently*
Idran1701 (7:07:33 PM): (Ooh, neat. You'll have to tell me about that later. :O)
Idran1701 (7:07:45 PM): (The session and the elemental thing.)
besyanteo (7:07:47 PM): I've read and forgotten more about your world than I've found on mine, yeah. It's... frustrating.
DarkLordKelne (7:08:44 PM): *Frowns consideringly* How did you get out onto the planes in the first place?
besyanteo (7:10:10 PM): *her expression becomes stoney.*
besyanteo (7:10:26 PM): I... ... Huh.
besyanteo (7:10:50 PM): Did you know that in some place called Waterdeep, the Underdark opens up right near the town? Life must be hard.
DarkLordKelne (7:11:49 PM): That's gotta be inconvenient. We don't actually have an underdark back home. I keep meaning to visit.
besyanteo (7:12:53 PM): *she seems to relax a little again* Not many people would want to go looking for one, you know.
DarkLordKelne (7:13:45 PM): Really? Why not? They sound like seriously interesting places. Full of monsters and lost civilisations and all sorts of stuff.
besyanteo (7:14:32 PM): I think it's that pesky monster part.
besyanteo (7:14:40 PM): Being eatten and the like
DarkLordKelne (7:15:28 PM): Well, yeah, but you'll never get anywhere in life if you don't go places for fear of being eaten.
besyanteo (7:16:49 PM): *she smiles a little* I suppose not.
DarkLordKelne (7:17:07 PM): *Gets that thoughtful look again* But what does that have to do with how you got here? Is there something waiting to eat you if you go back that way?
besyanteo (7:17:22 PM): IM: ... Damn.
Idran1701 (7:17:26 PM): (:D)
DarkLordKelne (7:18:02 PM): *It seems you can distract all of the kender all of the time, but they do actually come back to the topic eventually.*
besyanteo (7:18:17 PM): (:D)
besyanteo (7:18:59 PM): ... A rogue wizard attacked my magic school.
besyanteo (7:19:28 PM): Some other first years and I tried to hold him off while we waited for our master to return. It.... went poorly.
besyanteo (7:19:59 PM): He used some spell that blinded me with colors, and when I woke up I was in the Outlands, near Elysium.
besyanteo (7:20:14 PM): I don't like thinking about it.
DarkLordKelne (7:22:18 PM): *Nods thoughtfully* No getting back that way then.
DarkLordKelne (7:24:24 PM): Well, if the research is a dead end, maybe you could try oracles? They often claim to know the hidden secrets of the planes. Just steer clear of the ones who want the blood of your firstborn or that sort of thing.
besyanteo (7:24:41 PM): Mm.
besyanteo (7:24:51 PM): *she turns a page again* I'll keep that in mind.
besyanteo (7:27:01 PM): What about you? How did you come to the planes?
DarkLordKelne (7:28:37 PM): Oh, I took the back door out of an inn and found myself in Sigil. I can probably find the place again.
besyanteo (7:29:34 PM): (brb, need to check on the left overs.)
DarkLordKelne (7:30:09 PM): It was a pretty big revelation, I have to say. I'm surprised no stories have made it back home.
besyanteo (7:32:07 PM): *she blinked and looked over*
besyanteo (7:33:39 PM): I... Guess no one has gone back through to Krynn.
DarkLordKelne (7:36:51 PM): *Looks thoughtful* That doesn't sound right. Even the most aggressive explorer type gets homesick eventually. Maybe they just don't talk about it in case people think they're crazy. *Not something that Asp worries about himself, no.*
besyanteo (7:37:09 PM): Or it's now a two way door.
besyanteo (7:37:12 PM): not*
DarkLordKelne (7:38:13 PM): Hm. Could be. *Shrugs* Oh well, I'm sure I'll figure something out when the time comes.
Idran1701 (7:40:23 PM): (Also, let me know when you're good on questions, I'll move things ahead. :O)
DarkLordKelne (7:40:47 PM): Anyway, I think I might do a little research of my own. *It seems Asp has an idea or two to check out*
besyanteo (7:41:03 PM): Ok.
besyanteo (7:41:15 PM): See you in a while then.
besyanteo (7:41:26 PM): (I think we're ready)
Idran1701 (7:41:46 PM): "...Metatext, the work that describes reality..."
DarkLordKelne (7:41:52 PM): *Specifically, he intends to read up on lost or closed off worlds, and see if there are any common threads which might apply to Lorraine's case*
Idran1701 (7:43:10 PM): *as she skims the book*
Idran1701 (7:43:19 PM): (Something that catches her eye)
Idran1701 (7:46:50 PM): (Bes?)
besyanteo (7:48:18 PM): (Got called away again)
Idran1701 (7:48:29 PM): (Oh, okay.)
besyanteo (7:48:35 PM): *she blinks, and reads more carefully*
Idran1701 (7:49:38 PM): *It's part of her readings on this prime world. Part of the beliefs of the Torilian god of literature, glyphs, and art. Deneir.*
Idran1701 (7:49:53 PM): *...The name's a little similar..*
besyanteo (7:50:40 PM): *She'll read everything there is to read on the subject*
Idran1701 (7:51:45 PM): (Want to take care of that here, or do it after? :O)
besyanteo (7:51:54 PM): (
besyanteo (7:52:00 PM): (After works for me)
Idran1701 (7:52:04 PM): (*nod*)
Idran1701 (7:52:24 PM): *As for Asp, he begins looking into the more well-known sealed realms, seeing what he can discover about them.*
Idran1701 (7:52:48 PM): *And while the two research, they both sense a sudden mental blast of aggravation and anger*
besyanteo (7:54:07 PM): *she gasps. HEr first thought is Aaron, though this was a bit powerful for him.*
DarkLordKelne (7:54:20 PM): (Asp: I'd better go check it out. *Net result: More aggravation and anger.*)
besyanteo (7:54:20 PM): IM: W-What?!
besyanteo (7:54:33 PM): ( :D! )
Idran1701 (7:54:47 PM): (Aaron and Nora)
Idran1701 (7:55:04 PM): *That thing is being a...thing! It is so awful! Awful!*
DarkLordKelne (7:55:26 PM): IM: Wow, she's definitely ticked off. I wonder why?
besyanteo (7:55:29 PM): IM: ... What? I'm coming. You'd better not be causing trouble.
besyanteo (7:55:46 PM): *and she is indeed coming!*
DarkLordKelne (7:56:00 PM): *And of course no kender ever lets such a thing pass by, so he'll be seeking her out.*
Idran1701 (7:56:17 PM): *She hates it so much! Gah! >:*
Idran1701 (7:56:49 PM): *The two leave, and quickly notice they're heading the same direction*
besyanteo (7:56:55 PM): ...
besyanteo (7:57:04 PM): Is Nora angry too?
DarkLordKelne (7:57:24 PM): Oh yes. She really hates something.
besyanteo (7:58:12 PM): I think I know what it is.
DarkLordKelne (7:58:19 PM): No idea what though. Mostly she's all disdainful of stuff she doesn't like.
DarkLordKelne (7:58:21 PM): Oh?
besyanteo (8:00:04 PM): Aaron is reacting the same way. They're a bird and a cat, respectively, and we're headed in the same direction to meet them.
DarkLordKelne (8:02:00 PM): ...Huh. I wouldn't have thought they'd be at each others throats though.
besyanteo (8:02:56 PM): Honestly, Iexpected better, yeah.
Idran1701 (8:03:50 PM): *They round the corner into an empty classroom. Papers have been knocked to the floor, chairs tipped over, and two not very happy animals staring at one another from opposite sides.*
besyanteo (8:04:10 PM): IM: Aaron.
Idran1701 (8:04:10 PM): *Nora's hackles are raised as she hisses at Aaron, who looks fairly ruffled perching on a shelf.*
Idran1701 (8:04:34 PM): *Between them is a very scared-looking rat. A normal-looking one, thankfully, not a familiar.*
DarkLordKelne (8:04:41 PM): Now really Nora, how did this happen?
Idran1701 (8:05:02 PM): *It's the other one's fault!*
besyanteo (8:05:07 PM): ...
besyanteo (8:05:16 PM): I... might have been wrong.
Idran1701 (8:05:19 PM): (Each only to their own master of course)
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besyanteo (8:05:54 PM): (Hrm.)
Idran1701 (8:05:55 PM): (Bah :( )
Idran1701 (8:06:04 PM): (Trying to reinvite him, but it's not working)
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Idran1701 (8:13:39 PM): (Still not working :( )
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besyanteo (8:14:41 PM): ( :( )
Idran1701 (8:17:27 PM): (If need be, we can try a different room.)
Idran1701 (8:17:30 PM): (See if that works.)
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besyanteo (8:19:19 PM): (Kay)
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DarkLordKelne (9:00:10 PM): (Success!)
Idran1701 (9:00:14 PM): (!!)
Idran1701 (9:00:19 PM): (Bes, you still around?)
besyanteo (9:00:27 PM): (No)
besyanteo (9:00:29 PM): (*hides
besyanteo (9:00:32 PM): *)*
Idran1701 (9:00:32 PM): (;_;)
Idran1701 (9:00:43 PM): (*casts glitterdust on Bes*)
Idran1701 (9:01:33 PM): (So, let's try and get this done with? :O)
DarkLordKelne (9:02:36 PM): (I forget the exact point at which I went out, but Lorraine was just thinking at Aaron.)
Idran1701 (9:04:13 PM): (Just caught up Kelne, so both of you feel free to pick up)
DarkLordKelne (9:04:35 PM): *Gives Nora a stern look* Really?
besyanteo (9:05:33 PM): IM: ... Are you fighting over a rat?
Idran1701 (9:05:36 PM): *It's my food! He stole it!*
Idran1701 (9:05:52 PM): *I found it, and then she started chasing it too!*
DarkLordKelne (9:06:45 PM): IM: Ravens eat rats? *This is a distinct revelation.*
Idran1701 (9:06:57 PM): (Aaron's a hawk, actually.)
DarkLordKelne (9:07:08 PM): (Ah, scratch, then.)
Idran1701 (9:07:43 PM): *Make him go away! I saw it first!*
DarkLordKelne (9:08:04 PM): *Sighs* I can see how that went badly.
Idran1701 (9:08:10 PM): *She's a thing is what she is!*
besyanteo (9:09:56 PM): *is it a fairly big rat?*
Idran1701 (9:10:07 PM): *It's on the large side for a rat, yes!*
DarkLordKelne (9:10:12 PM): ... How about if we cut the rat in half? *Ew, but it might solve things.*
besyanteo (9:10:25 PM): I was just thinkin that
besyanteo (9:10:31 PM): (thinking*)
Idran1701 (9:10:56 PM): ...*they both settle down, watching each other warily*
Idran1701 (9:11:41 PM): *Nora's still sulking a little, and Aaron's feeling petulant himself. But they're not nearly as angry right now, at least.*
Idran1701 (9:14:20 PM): *So who's doing the cutting?*
DarkLordKelne (9:14:29 PM): *Asp opts to walk over and grab the thing before cracking its head against a nice solid surface. This may be easier said than done.*
Idran1701 (9:14:44 PM): (You know, I didn't expect Asp to be the one to step forward and do the killing.)
Idran1701 (9:15:00 PM): *It's actually even easier to do than say, surprisingly.*
DarkLordKelne (9:15:20 PM): (Very practical types when it comes to such things, kender)
DarkLordKelne (9:15:53 PM): Right, outside. We've messed the room up enough already.
besyanteo (9:16:01 PM): Agreed.
Idran1701 (9:16:02 PM): (Asp: Oh, wait, this was _your_ gold? Oh my mistake, it must have fallen out of that hole in your pouch. I'll give it right- *head-slam, shiv*)
besyanteo (9:16:17 PM): (XD)
Idran1701 (9:16:39 PM): *they head outside, Nora and Aaron keeping very close to their respective masters*
DarkLordKelne (9:16:46 PM): (Dreadfully possible, isn't it?)
Idran1701 (9:16:47 PM): *watching each other for any sort of trick*
DarkLordKelne (9:17:54 PM): *And Asp makes with the chopping in half with that large cumbersome-looking blade strapped to his pack*
Idran1701 (9:18:14 PM): *it's fairly messy, but luckily no students are around to see this time of day*
Idran1701 (9:18:39 PM): *I get the head!*
besyanteo (9:19:56 PM): *looks between them*
DarkLordKelne (9:20:00 PM): Drat. I wanted the head. I'm sure it'd make a good spell component for something. *Lies, but cheerful lies.*
besyanteo (9:20:12 PM): .... IM: Ew
Idran1701 (9:20:26 PM): (Also remember that each can still only hear their own familiar. It just makes it easier/more amusing to do it that way. :P)
DarkLordKelne (9:21:09 PM): (Yes, but Asp just assumes they're equally self-centred. The evidence is certainly pretty solid.
besyanteo (9:21:29 PM): IM: IT would be nicer to give it to Nora, I think. She did just recover from about a hundred spider bites.
Idran1701 (9:21:56 PM): *...Oh. Yeah, I guess...*
Idran1701 (9:22:18 PM): *Now Aaron feels bad :(*
besyanteo (9:22:35 PM): IM: I'll get you something nice when we leave, ok?
DarkLordKelne (9:22:54 PM): Okay, we'll flip for it. Aaron gets it on heads, Nora on tails. Fair?
DarkLordKelne (9:23:38 PM): *Goes fishing for a coin in one of his pouches*
besyanteo (9:23:53 PM): Uhm. Sure. That would be a fair way to do it.
Idran1701 (9:24:05 PM): *coin!*
DarkLordKelne (9:24:21 PM): *And flip*
Idran1701 (9:24:28 PM): (1 = Heads)
OnlineHost (9:24:32 PM): Idran1701 rolled 1 2-sided die: 2
DarkLordKelne (9:25:05 PM): *And Nora gets the head. Encounter resolved!*
Idran1701 (9:26:05 PM): *Pieces are distributed!*
Idran1701 (9:27:04 PM): *Nora starts in quickly, while Aaron just holds his in his beak, looking a little droopy.*
DarkLordKelne (9:27:14 PM): *This just leaves the washing of the hands and cleaning of the blade. Because, you know, rat guts get smelly.*
Idran1701 (9:27:36 PM): *After a few seconds of..."thought" (or the closest he comes, at least), he drops the piece by Nora*
besyanteo (9:28:18 PM): IM: Well, that was nice of you. *she smiles a little*
Idran1701 (9:28:18 PM): *she looks up suspiciously, but pulls it in with her paw after he makes no signs of snatching it back*
besyanteo (9:28:59 PM): IM: Anywa, I bet we can find something better together.
DarkLordKelne (9:29:17 PM): IM: A peace offering? How nice.
Idran1701 (9:29:42 PM): *Nora's confused, but happy!*
Idran1701 (9:29:53 PM): *Aaron feels bad for being a jerk*
besyanteo (9:30:14 PM): IM: You're not a jerk. *She pats his head*
besyanteo (9:30:52 PM): *to Asp* I reminded him of Nora's accident in the vault. I need to take Aaron for a little morale booster.
besyanteo (9:31:04 PM): I'll be back before too long, though.
besyanteo (9:31:21 PM): *she offers Aaron her arm*
Idran1701 (9:31:26 PM): *he perches!*
DarkLordKelne (9:31:40 PM): *Nods* Yeah, I think she could do with a couple of treats. I'll see you in a bit, then.
besyanteo (9:31:48 PM): *and she will take him to find something nice. Like maybe a pet shop where they sell nice young rabbits*
Idran1701 (9:32:19 PM): *...He likes rabbits*
DarkLordKelne (9:32:45 PM): (And that's me about done. Time to be off to work.)
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