(8:07:49 PM) You have just entered room "sean28x."
(8:07:52 PM) Besyanteo has entered the room.
(8:07:59 PM) SongstressEnlil has entered the room.
SongstressEnlil (8:08:11 PM): <Blimey!>
Besyanteo (8:08:27 PM): <Arf.>
Idran1701 (8:08:57 PM)
: (So, anything to take care of before we start?)
Idran1701 (8:09:03 PM): (Bes, any spell list changes for Guy?)
Besyanteo (8:09:31 PM): (Nah. I'm good.)
Idran1701 (8:09:35 PM)
: (*nod*)
SongstressEnlil (8:10:13 PM): (I want Karl to memorize shocking grasp.)
Idran1701 (8:10:26 PM): Last time, the pair decided to spend the night in a Gnomish inn before the ascent.
SongstressEnlil (8:11:14 PM): *Bravely conquered a table til the wee hours of Antipeak!*
Besyanteo (8:12:19 PM): *Just.... went to bed.*
Besyanteo (8:12:24 PM)
: *Cuz it got dark*
Idran1701 (8:12:35 PM)
: Today, when Guy awakes, he feels well-prepared for the ascent ahead of him.
Besyanteo (8:12:55 PM): *he wakes! He shakes out! And he cheerily checks on Karl*
SongstressEnlil (8:13:11 PM)
: *Asleep. Like a stone. A stone made of meat*
Besyanteo (8:13:26 PM): *Pft. None of that. Last time we did that we lost half the day*
Besyanteo (8:13:31 PM)
: Karl.
Besyanteo (8:13:41 PM)
: *nose right in front of KArl's nose*
Idran1701 (8:13:55 PM)
: (Those are called dwarves, Pervy.)
SongstressEnlil (8:14:10 PM): (Hahahahahahaha!)
SongstressEnlil (8:14:23 PM): (Man, I should have thought of that.)
Besyanteo (8:14:31 PM): Karl. Wake up. I do not wish to spend the day sleeping again.
Besyanteo (8:14:37 PM)
: ...
SongstressEnlil (8:14:44 PM)
: Nnnnn.
Besyanteo (8:14:49 PM): IM: Bah, damn their punny tongue*
Besyanteo (8:14:57 PM)
: RrrrRAWRF!
SongstressEnlil (8:15:26 PM)
: *There's a vague sort of motion under the covers.*
Besyanteo (8:15:40 PM): IM: Oh don't make me jump on you. It would demean us both.
Besyanteo (8:15:59 PM)
: *goes to Karl's bags!*
Besyanteo (8:16:15 PM)
: *And looks for anything that looks like it might aid in waking him*
SongstressEnlil (8:16:16 PM)
: *The pack is on the floor, by the table!*
SongstressEnlil (8:16:46 PM): *Shift, shift* Urgggggh...
Besyanteo (8:16:58 PM): *looks over*
Besyanteo (8:17:10 PM)
: IM: ... There is a thought.
Besyanteo (8:17:29 PM)
: *he goes over, grabs a corner of the blanket in his teeth, and starts pulling*
Idran1701 (8:17:59 PM)
: Guy's about to go tug at the blanket...when something seems to click in his mind.
SongstressEnlil (8:18:01 PM): *Seems to have turned onto his back, the loss of cover doesn't seem to have forced anything.*
SongstressEnlil (8:18:09 PM): *Or not!*
Besyanteo (8:18:13 PM): *Oh ho?*
SongstressEnlil (8:18:17 PM)
: *Well, the back part still*
Idran1701 (8:18:19 PM): In Karl's bag seemed to be a large book.
Besyanteo (8:18:34 PM): *Guy's book, I take it?*
Idran1701 (8:18:43 PM)
: Nope.
Idran1701 (8:18:47 PM): Though it seems similar in nature.
Besyanteo (8:18:50 PM): *Oh, well then.*
Besyanteo (8:19:02 PM)
: *He'll stop, go back, and have a look see*
Idran1701 (8:19:22 PM)
: It's got no title that he can see.
SongstressEnlil (8:19:28 PM): *Sorta flails at something before his eyes, while groaning.*
Besyanteo (8:19:35 PM): *looks over*
Besyanteo (8:19:45 PM)
: IM: ... What could he be dreaming about?
SongstressEnlil (8:19:55 PM)
: *Eyes are...sorta half-closed. It seems like he's waking.*
SongstressEnlil (8:20:08 PM): *But man is he fighting for it.*
Besyanteo (8:20:16 PM): Karl?
SongstressEnlil (8:20:37 PM)
: Swoth?
Besyanteo (8:20:37 PM): *pads abck towards the bed, curious and a little worried*
SongstressEnlil (8:20:45 PM)
: *It sounds like a question*
Besyanteo (8:20:46 PM): Are you well?
SongstressEnlil (8:21:19 PM)
: *Settles, now.*
Besyanteo (8:21:25 PM): ...
Besyanteo (8:21:31 PM)
: *goes back to examine the book*
SongstressEnlil (8:21:36 PM)
: *And he seems to be waking, still.*
Besyanteo (8:21:55 PM): IM: Perhaps he enchnted it somehow, to wake him if touched?
Idran1701 (8:22:07 PM)
: It's one of many books in his back, but this one's the largest.
Besyanteo (8:22:11 PM): *that thought in mind, he'll gently nose-prod the book!*
Idran1701 (8:22:15 PM)
: Heavily leather bound.
Besyanteo (8:22:27 PM): *Any reaction?*
SongstressEnlil (8:22:37 PM)
: *No particular reaction, but as noted, he is coming to.*
Besyanteo (8:23:15 PM): *Well, it's KArl's, so he'll sit and wait*
SongstressEnlil (8:23:46 PM)
: *After another moment or two, he sits up, and looks around, bleary-eyed.*
Idran1701 (8:24:03 PM): Guy sits there, next to his half-open pack, the large book exposed and visible.
SongstressEnlil (8:24:54 PM): *Eventually focuses on Guy* Was...something wrong?
SongstressEnlil (8:25:12 PM): Did I leave your spellbook too hard to get to?
Besyanteo (8:26:05 PM): We should leave more early today. I let you sleep eysterday, but if we give half of each day's light to sleep...
SongstressEnlil (8:26:36 PM)
: I'm *yaaaaaawn* I'm not that bad...
Besyanteo (8:27:01 PM): I am afraid you are. *ear flicks to the right*
SongstressEnlil (8:27:56 PM)
: I don't think I slept until noon. And I did spend some time on the Astral Plane, besides this. *Goes to start gathering his things, though.*
Besyanteo (8:28:59 PM): Whatever the case, you are up now. *his tail flops slowly left and right*
SongstressEnlil (8:30:06 PM)
: *Nods, then gathers his pack* If I may, why were you in my things?
Besyanteo (8:30:55 PM): ... *right ear twitches* I breifly considered using your water skin.
SongstressEnlil (8:31:20 PM)
: Ah. I don't keep it there, for obvious reasons.
Besyanteo (8:31:38 PM): I decided it would be better not to do that anyway.
SongstressEnlil (8:31:51 PM)
: I appreciate that.
SongstressEnlil (8:32:22 PM): *Has his stuff gathered!* I believe our first order of business is to find some reliable harnesses for the climb, yes?
Besyanteo (8:32:31 PM): Yes.
Besyanteo (8:33:20 PM)
: (Blah. My trackball sensors need to become filth encrusted less quickly. It's disturbing the amount of stuff that must stay on ym hands after I wash for this to keep happening.)
Idran1701 (8:33:31 PM)
: (Ew. :( )
Besyanteo (8:33:42 PM): (:()
Besyanteo (8:33:53 PM)
: (Solution: New soap!)
SongstressEnlil (8:34:07 PM)
: I don't suppose you took the time to scout for a reputitable dealer?.
Besyanteo (8:34:25 PM): I have only just awoken myself.
SongstressEnlil (8:34:58 PM)
: Ah.
SongstressEnlil (8:35:37 PM): Will you be wanting breakfast?
Besyanteo (8:36:19 PM): I will find something as we travel. You should save your... "jink" as much as you can.
Besyanteo (8:36:29 PM)
: IM: Such a strange word.
SongstressEnlil (8:36:38 PM)
: *frowns* I suppose so.
SongstressEnlil (8:36:44 PM): Let's be on our way, then.
SongstressEnlil (8:37:03 PM): IM: I'll have to take up the practice of keeping leftovers, I suppose.
Besyanteo (8:37:34 PM): *heads for the door!*
SongstressEnlil (8:37:41 PM)
: *Follows*
Idran1701 (8:37:52 PM): *and the two head out*
Idran1701 (8:38:06 PM): (I assume first step is hunting for a dealer as suggested by Karl?)
SongstressEnlil (8:38:21 PM): (Probably!)
Besyanteo (8:38:28 PM): (Guy wouldn't make any suggestions to the contrary. :o)
Idran1701 (8:39:15 PM)
: *the dealers seem to be clustered near the toll entry to the spire, and it doesn't take long for Karl to track down a harness for Guy*
Idran1701 (8:39:28 PM): *cost for it's 5 gold, but the shopkeep guarantees it won't break*
SongstressEnlil (8:40:43 PM): *Good enough for Karl. He's too tired and unfed to haggle much.*
Besyanteo (8:40:58 PM): *Guy never said KARL couldn't eat. :( *
Besyanteo (8:41:25 PM)
: *On that note* ... Did you not mean to eat?
Besyanteo (8:42:17 PM)
: I could cast a spell to make you not hungry, if you would like.
SongstressEnlil (8:42:29 PM)
: Well, you said to save jink. And you seem to be in quite the hurry. Not that I'm intending to been quite so relaxed- Really, now?
Besyanteo (8:43:25 PM): Yes. When I find something on the slopes, I can simply use it as a spell-part to make you not hungry for the day.
Besyanteo (8:43:41 PM)
: (Does Karl make a face? :o)
SongstressEnlil (8:44:22 PM)
: *Yes. But more curious than disgusted.* Intriguing...
Besyanteo (8:45:05 PM): *looks at him for a minute* ... Oh, you would not need to eat it. The magic eats it. Do not worry.
SongstressEnlil (8:46:02 PM)
: I suspected it would just be a component. What I mean, it is intriguing to learn of such a spell.
Besyanteo (8:46:25 PM): Oh. ... Does Legunda not have a spell to resist hunger?
SongstressEnlil (8:47:35 PM)
: It may, but it would be quite uncommon. Given, food typically isn't quite the issue there it would be here, where one does run the risk of an unplanned visit to, say, the Abyss.
Besyanteo (8:48:00 PM): *he nods! And if that was a threat, he totally missed it! =D*
SongstressEnlil (8:48:32 PM)
: * :D*
Besyanteo (8:48:42 PM): We go then?
SongstressEnlil (8:48:49 PM)
: *Nods*
Idran1701 (8:49:02 PM): *Karl fitting the harness on Guy first?*
SongstressEnlil (8:49:57 PM): *Once they get close to the toll station; how close depends on lines!*
Idran1701 (8:50:27 PM): *Lines seem just a bit long, yes, but it could be worse; maybe a 15-20 minute wait*
SongstressEnlil (8:50:56 PM): *Whilst in line, then* Let me know if this pinches anywhere.
Besyanteo (8:51:04 PM): I will.
SongstressEnlil (8:52:20 PM)
: *Ker-tachum!*
Idran1701 (8:52:41 PM): *it's a bit snug, but it seems servicable, at least; doesn't seem likely to come loose, at least*
Besyanteo (8:53:35 PM): It is good.
Besyanteo (8:53:57 PM)
: IM: Not going to complain about it being too tight, that's for damn sure...
SongstressEnlil (8:54:24 PM)
: *Nods* Good, good.
SongstressEnlil (8:56:27 PM): *Waits in line like a good sod. Perhaps observing the other peoples*
Besyanteo (8:56:54 PM): *looking for any acceptable small wild life to play the roll of spell component*
Idran1701 (8:57:28 PM)
: *and Guy spots a quail bobbing by through some bushes not far from here*
SongstressEnlil (8:57:31 PM): (Gnome child: OSHIT *runs*)
Besyanteo (8:57:44 PM): ... keep my place. *he stalks over quietly*
SongstressEnlil (8:57:51 PM)
: Of course.
Besyanteo (8:58:32 PM): *And he'll pounce on it the minute he can do so effectively!*
Idran1701 (8:59:32 PM)
: (d20)
OnlineHost
(8:59:41 PM): Besyanteo rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
Besyanteo (8:59:56 PM): (Is that good or bad at the moment? I can't recall anymore.)
Idran1701 (9:00:00 PM)
: (Good!)
Idran1701 (9:00:07 PM): *that quail's going down*
Besyanteo (9:00:37 PM): *And he comes back! With a dead quail!*
Besyanteo (9:00:50 PM)
: *Which he lays at Karl's feet, and begins casting on him!*
SongstressEnlil (9:01:06 PM)
: *Obsoirves!*
Idran1701 (9:01:59 PM): *Guy casts, and the spell takes effect, as a small bit of quail meat and blood is eaten away by the enchantment*
Idran1701 (9:02:07 PM): (Karl is immune to hunger and thirst for the next 3 days)
Besyanteo (9:02:27 PM): *And Guy starts his breakfast on the remainder*
SongstressEnlil (9:02:30 PM)
: (BUT IS HE STILL- Oh wait.)
Besyanteo (9:02:36 PM): (=D)
SongstressEnlil (9:03:09 PM)
: *blinks*...That is effective. Ah, when it wears off, will I have to worry about making up the difference?
Besyanteo (9:03:16 PM): No.
SongstressEnlil (9:03:51 PM)
: I see, I see... How useful.
Besyanteo (9:04:22 PM): Very good for travel in some of the less nice planes.
SongstressEnlil (9:04:48 PM)
: *Nods* IM: In general, really.
SongstressEnlil (9:06:21 PM): *Hardcore line-waiting action!*
Besyanteo (9:06:39 PM): *Munchmunch and occasionally move meal with the line*
Idran1701 (9:06:47 PM)
: *time passes!*
Besyanteo (9:07:02 PM): (brb snack get.)
Idran1701 (9:07:11 PM)
: *and eventually, the two come to the front, where a trio of gnomes stand at a nearby counter, glancing to the pair*
Idran1701 (9:07:13 PM): (Kay.)
Besyanteo (9:09:17 PM): (returned have I)
Besyanteo (9:09:49 PM)
: *has since finished his meal and burried the carcas somewhere*
Idran1701 (9:10:02 PM)
: *the lead gnome looks over the two, and speaks to Karl, seeming to ignore Guy* 30 gold for you, and 5 gold for the pet.
Besyanteo (9:10:34 PM): IM: I suspect he'll charge more if I object.
SongstressEnlil (9:10:54 PM)
: IM: What. How in the name of all that is holy does this cost thirty gold?
Idran1701 (9:11:10 PM): (:D)
Besyanteo (9:11:20 PM): (This is why it's convenient to not know money.)
Idran1701 (9:11:23 PM)
: (Supply and demand is awesome. :D)
Besyanteo (9:11:35 PM): (Actually: )
SongstressEnlil (9:11:36 PM)
: *Frowns, and starts to dig it out.* May I ask, where does this money go?
Besyanteo (9:11:50 PM): (SUpply is infinite in this case, therefore the normal laws do not apply.)
Besyanteo (9:12:00 PM)
: (If the price goes too high, people would stop using the route.)
Idran1701 (9:12:07 PM)
: (Except unless you can naturally fly, this is almost the only route.)
Idran1701 (9:12:17 PM): (Magic flight's usually expensive itself.)
Besyanteo (9:12:25 PM): (The balloon trick worked nicely.)
Besyanteo (9:12:33 PM)
: (And balloons have been made for people. :o)
Idran1701 (9:12:37 PM)
: (True!)
Idran1701 (9:12:46 PM): (And it is a gnomish plane.)
SongstressEnlil (9:13:01 PM): (Guy: I'm coming back to be Beastlands a millionaire!)
Besyanteo (9:13:02 PM): (Then the question becomes: When is the price so exorbitant that people would rather be thrown to the other side via balloon,)
Besyanteo (9:13:07 PM)
: (That travel the road)
Idran1701 (9:13:28 PM)
: (If Karl wants to break off and hunt one down, that'd be fine with me. Though I should answer his question first. :D)
Besyanteo (9:13:37 PM): (Heh)
Idran1701 (9:13:51 PM)
: It funds spire upkeep, pays for the local defenses, generally provides for the upkeep of the village around here.
Besyanteo (9:14:23 PM): (Also: I may be losing, but it's still fun to toss back and forth)
SongstressEnlil (9:14:24 PM)
: Local defenses including the pillar itself? *Count count*
SongstressEnlil (9:14:46 PM): (I imagine gnomes get real unfriendly when it comes to keeping a monopoly)
Besyanteo (9:15:04 PM): (Not as unfriendly as Orks. :o)
Idran1701 (9:15:10 PM)
: (*nest of kobolds sets up a catapult an hour away*)
Idran1701 (9:15:19 PM): As best we can.
Besyanteo (9:15:20 PM): (Ha)
SongstressEnlil (9:15:29 PM)
: ("Only orkses get t' bash heads 'round 'ere!")
Besyanteo (9:15:42 PM): (Nah: That's Union, not monopoly.)
Besyanteo (9:15:46 PM)
: (=D)
Idran1701 (9:15:54 PM)
: (There's a difference? :D)
Besyanteo (9:15:58 PM): (Hee)
Idran1701 (9:15:59 PM)
: (*political humor rim shot*)
SongstressEnlil (9:16:14 PM): *Nods* Good, good. I was a bit worried about <Flying predator whose name I had forgotten>
SongstressEnlil (9:16:25 PM): *Ker-pay!*
Besyanteo (9:16:31 PM): (Guy: ... Did you just speak in Perl?)
Idran1701 (9:16:59 PM)
: Ah, they're harmless. Like weasels, they are.
Besyanteo (9:17:37 PM): *Now that KArl has paid...*
SongstressEnlil (9:17:38 PM)
: I've seen them attack people from a distance.
Besyanteo (9:17:45 PM): I know weasels that coul remove your nose, sir.
Besyanteo (9:17:50 PM)
: Let us go, Karl.
SongstressEnlil (9:18:00 PM)
: *Nods, and makes to progress*
Besyanteo (9:18:04 PM): *follow!*
Idran1701 (9:18:17 PM)
: ...*grimacing at Guy, he lets them pass, grumbling as they go*
Besyanteo (9:18:49 PM): *for being largely expresionless, he looks pleased with himself*
SongstressEnlil (9:19:27 PM)
: *Once out of earshot!* One would think gnomes would, in particular, be afraid of weasels.
Besyanteo (9:19:39 PM): Oh yes.
Idran1701 (9:19:41 PM)
: (But do the surfacers know that?)
Besyanteo (9:19:52 PM): They're at perfect knee biting distance
Besyanteo (9:20:14 PM)
: (They are*)
SongstressEnlil (9:20:48 PM)
: *Looks for places to attach tethers, once the ascending begins.*
Idran1701 (9:21:13 PM): *the two begin their ascent...it seems a little easier than expect, at first at least, as a staircase seems to spiral around the spire at this low point, carved out of the rock itself*
Idran1701 (9:21:35 PM): (Wide enough for side-by-side walking if they squeezed, fairly safe single file.)
SongstressEnlil (9:21:57 PM): *Usually lets Guy be the meat shield, anyways*
Besyanteo (9:22:09 PM): *takes the lead then!*
Idran1701 (9:23:39 PM)
: *climbing up...and up...and up...the minutes soon pass into hours, and the effort of the stair-climbing begins getting to them*
SongstressEnlil (9:24:15 PM): (Karl: You know, I thought this would be boring. Thank the gods for other people's vandalism. Guy: Who bothers to do this at my eye level, anyways?)
Besyanteo (9:24:33 PM): *panting now and again*
Idran1701 (9:24:48 PM)
: *it curves about, steeper at some points, mor level than others, at times even cutting through the spire rather than spiraling*
SongstressEnlil (9:24:52 PM): *Putting that walking stick to real use. And probably huffing and puffing a bit himself.*
Idran1701 (9:26:23 PM): *not far ahead, they can spot a landing, where the group ahead of them has just departed themselves after taking a bit of a rest*
SongstressEnlil (9:26:46 PM): *This the first landing they've encountered?*
Idran1701 (9:27:04 PM): (Yep. Looks like they were more going for efficient climbing than easy.)
Idran1701 (9:27:10 PM): (Even the tunnels were ascents.)
SongstressEnlil (9:27:22 PM): *huff* Shall we?
Besyanteo (9:28:22 PM): Yes.
Besyanteo (9:28:27 PM)
: *he goes to lie down!*
Idran1701 (9:28:55 PM)
: *there looks to be a bench carved out of the stone for Karl's benefit*
SongstressEnlil (9:29:04 PM): *Ker-snag!*
Idran1701 (9:29:06 PM): *well, more of a stone shelf, but it's better than nothing*
Idran1701 (9:29:44 PM): *the site down is a bit intimidating, but they've still got what looks to be a good day's worth of climbing ahead of them at least before reaching the crossover point*
SongstressEnlil (9:30:23 PM): This did not seem so far from the ground.
Besyanteo (9:31:26 PM): Your eyes are not used to great distances yet. This is why I woke you.
Besyanteo (9:31:40 PM)
: *Also, still panting. It's just not being represented well.*
SongstressEnlil (9:32:42 PM)
: Perhaps so.
SongstressEnlil (9:34:20 PM): *Resting in silence*
Idran1701 (9:34:22 PM): (How long're they resting before heading on?)
Idran1701 (9:34:39 PM): (Also, we'll be cutting in about a half-hour or so, once the other session starts.)
Idran1701 (9:34:46 PM): (If you're both on after it's done, we can pick this back up.)
Besyanteo (9:35:11 PM): (Righto)
SongstressEnlil (9:35:14 PM)
: (Karl will rest until the hurting stops)
Besyanteo (9:35:18 PM): (And Guy would wait on Karl.)
SongstressEnlil (9:35:45 PM)
: (Failing that, until he feels less miserable and can breathe smoothly)
Idran1701 (9:35:56 PM): (Well, Karl is an academic not used to real work having spent all his time up in his ivory tower gazing down on the common folk.)
Besyanteo (9:36:11 PM): (Har)
SongstressEnlil (9:36:22 PM)
: (And tossing apple cores)
Idran1701 (9:36:38 PM): (Maybe shouting "get an education!"?)
SongstressEnlil (9:36:41 PM): (3 XP per direct hit)
SongstressEnlil (9:37:06 PM): (30 XP for soliticitors)
Besyanteo (9:37:25 PM): (=D!)
Idran1701 (9:38:18 PM)
: *the minutes tick by, with a couple of groups passing by; one giving some friendly nods to Karl, the other looking down on his lack of gumption*
Idran1701 (9:38:27 PM): *eventually, Karl feels up for continuing onwards*
SongstressEnlil (9:39:07 PM): (Karl: Guy, lay down by the edge, yes, right there. *Pushes a sod to trip over him*)
SongstressEnlil (9:39:14 PM): *Stands* I am ready.
Besyanteo (9:39:21 PM): (Ha ha ha.)
Idran1701 (9:39:26 PM)
: (Avariel: *blinks in confusion at Karl's attempt*)
SongstressEnlil (9:40:53 PM): *Onwards!*
Idran1701 (9:41:29 PM): *the two push onwards!*
Idran1701 (9:42:14 PM): *another hour ticks by, and the two can spot what looks to be that friendly group ahead*
Idran1701 (9:42:25 PM): *well, one of them, at least...*
Idran1701 (9:42:45 PM): *he's bent over...ah, and now they can see the other, lying prone along the staircase*
SongstressEnlil (9:42:45 PM): IM: Well, isn't that one making excellent time now?
SongstressEnlil (9:43:00 PM): (Yay lag!)
Idran1701 (9:43:10 PM): (Yay!)
Besyanteo (9:43:15 PM): *PAds along!*
SongstressEnlil (9:43:18 PM)
: *Frowns, and tries to assess the trouble as he gets closer*
Besyanteo (9:43:21 PM): Trouble?
Besyanteo (9:43:30 PM)
: *does he smell predator around?*
Idran1701 (9:43:45 PM)
: *nope, though he smells a good amount of sweat; not all from Karl this time*
SongstressEnlil (9:43:49 PM): Uncertain, but I doubt this is good.
Idran1701 (9:44:15 PM): *the man glances over to the two* Hey, there!
SongstressEnlil (9:44:29 PM): What happened?
Idran1701 (9:45:12 PM): *he looks more than a bit worried* He passed out. Exhausted, I think. You have any water?
Idran1701 (9:45:38 PM): I lost our waterskin earlier, it slipped out of my hands.
SongstressEnlil (9:45:53 PM): IM: You know, I was wondering how odd it felt to not be at all parched... I suppose I got used to it.
SongstressEnlil (9:46:01 PM): *Unbuckles his and offers it.*
Besyanteo (9:46:17 PM): *sits!*
Idran1701 (9:46:18 PM)
: (Even weirder while sweating, I imagine. :D)
Idran1701 (9:46:34 PM): *it's a bit awkward for Guy on the staircase, but he manages it*
Idran1701 (9:47:21 PM): *and Karl heads up, handing over his waterskin; the man takes it, and begins giving some to his companion*
Idran1701 (9:47:35 PM): *he's looking a bit better now, but he's still out for now* Thanks.
SongstressEnlil (9:48:01 PM): No problem. *Has a look at Mr Hardcore*
Idran1701 (9:48:16 PM): (Which one is Mr Hardcore?)
SongstressEnlil (9:49:27 PM): (Fallen guy who presumably pushed himself too hard)
Idran1701 (9:49:38 PM): (Ah, right.)
Idran1701 (9:51:27 PM): *Karl's not really trained in this sort of thing, but that seems to be the case, yes*
Idran1701 (9:51:49 PM): *he's more than a bit flushed, and breathing a bit raggedly, though not enough for it to seem too much of a risk*
SongstressEnlil (9:51:52 PM): Does he do this sort of thing often?
Idran1701 (9:53:09 PM): Climbing? No, this is our first time up the spire.
SongstressEnlil (9:53:28 PM): *Nods* Likewise.
SongstressEnlil (9:53:55 PM): IM: I suppose he's coming to enough that it would be improper to talk about him like he's not here.
Idran1701 (9:54:03 PM): Neither of us really expected it to be this tough, though. It's just stairs, after all.
SongstressEnlil (9:54:51 PM): *Nods* It does seem a lot longer than it should be.
Besyanteo (9:55:08 PM): *sits patiently. He's still there, honest!*
Besyanteo (9:55:21 PM)
: *He's just channeling Klaus. Should be reassuring to Karl!*
Idran1701 (9:55:57 PM)
: *he nods, as the other fellow slowly begins to rouse*
SongstressEnlil (9:56:14 PM): (Karl: I feel a reassuring sense that a friend of mine honestly wishes for me to die, but without especial malice!)
Besyanteo (9:57:14 PM): (=D!)
SongstressEnlil (9:57:48 PM)
: *Really has no desire to try to slip around them. What with it barely being enough for walking with Guy by his side.*
Besyanteo (9:58:33 PM): *totally in front or behind him recently*
Idran1701 (9:59:31 PM)
: *pulling himself up against the side of the wall, the fellow that was out looks to Karl, nodding as the kneeling one speaks* Ah, this might be a while. You sure you don't want to pass on by?
SongstressEnlil (10:00:17 PM): *Looks downwards* No need to risk it. And, I am a bit concerned.
Idran1701 (10:01:06 PM): *coughs a bit, glancing to Karl's waterskin* Thanks.
SongstressEnlil (10:01:49 PM)
: You're welcome. *Takes to assessing the two. Do they seem to be residents from what he's seen?*
Idran1701 (10:02:15 PM): *Nope; they don't look much at all like the local nose-to-the-grindstone types*
SongstressEnlil (10:03:39 PM)
: Have you been in Bytopia for long?
Besyanteo (10:04:19 PM): *tail lazily moves back and forth*
Idran1701 (10:04:30 PM)
: A month or two. Folks down here aren't much for entertainers, though, so we thought there'd be more luck up top.
SongstressEnlil (10:05:26 PM): *Nods* I can't imagine them being very welcoming, no. Or at least insisting you mop up after finishing your act.
Besyanteo (10:05:58 PM): (This place would tempt me to bring a gun and fire it straight up, to see if it would eventually come back down or just land on the other side.)
SongstressEnlil (10:06:28 PM)
: (Topside Gnome: ARGH! My prize pumpkins! Someone will pay.)
Idran1701 (10:06:38 PM): *chuckles* That's about the right of it, yeah.
SongstressEnlil (10:07:51 PM): I found they're just as happy to do the same with a confused Prime, with good coin no less. *Grin*
Idran1701 (10:08:18 PM): *smirks* Just as happy to do it with their own kin too, actually.
SongstressEnlil (10:08:53 PM): *Nods* I suppose we can't hold dishonesty to them, then. Did they charge you both thirty gold?
Idran1701 (10:09:17 PM): *nods*
SongstressEnlil (10:10:10 PM): I wonder who fleeces them that badly?
Idran1701 (10:10:28 PM): Eh?
Besyanteo (10:10:49 PM): *ears perk foreward!*
SongstressEnlil (10:11:07 PM)
: I don't think they could get away with pocketing it all. And I can't imagine it costs that much to keep a pillar of stone in good shape.
Idran1701 (10:12:21 PM): Ah. *chuckles* Not sure. Don't have much choice in the matter, though, I suppose.
SongstressEnlil (10:13:08 PM): Not much worth the hassle, anyways.
SongstressEnlil (10:14:40 PM): I would have expected a little better of an upper plane, though.
Idran1701 (10:15:38 PM): Indeed. Makes me think it won't last, though.
Idran1701 (10:15:50 PM): Fact that this's an upper plane, that is.
SongstressEnlil (10:16:17 PM): *Nods* Perhaps.
SongstressEnlil (10:16:29 PM): I should like to watch such a thing from a distance, though.
Idran1701 (10:16:39 PM): *nods, smirking*
Idran1701 (10:16:53 PM): (And this seems like a good place to cut, since the other RP'll be picking up soon, I imagine.)
SongstressEnlil (10:17:00 PM): (Kay)
SongstressEnlil (10:17:18 PM): (Look Bes, we have spearcatchers now!)
Idran1701 (10:17:28 PM): (200 XP to you both for tonight. :O)
Besyanteo (10:17:41 PM): (Nopted! Also: )
Besyanteo (10:17:53 PM)
: (... not wait, I know what oyu mean by spear catchers now. =P)
Besyanteo (10:17:58 PM)
: (Took me too long.)
SongstressEnlil (10:18:37 PM)
: (I had something witty to add, but forgot it.)
SongstressEnlil (10:19:03 PM): (Oh yes. And if this were Elysium, we'd be that much closer to our goal :( )
Besyanteo (10:19:10 PM): (=P)
Idran1701 (10:19:20 PM)
: (How do you know it's _not_ Elysium? :O)
SongstressEnlil (10:19:47 PM): (Man, wouldn't this is a pig of a place for an astral conduit to appear?)
Idran1701 (10:21:30 PM): (One that curves around and leads to the bottom of the pillar.)