(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.)