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(10:20:15 PM) Brodzky Zero has entered the room.
(10:20:16 PM) SongstressEnlil has entered the room.
Idran1701 (10:21:31 PM): All right. Gimme 5-10 minutes, and then I'm planning on another 4 hour session tonight.
Brodzky Zero (10:21:41 PM): *FOUR HOURS MORE LIKE*
Brodzky Zero (10:21:46 PM): *MILES (TAILS) PROWER*
Idran1701 (10:21:52 PM): MILES
Idran1701 (10:21:53 PM): PER
Idran1701 (10:21:54 PM): HOUR
Brodzky Zero (10:21:57 PM): *Hey Pervy*
SongstressEnlil (10:22:05 PM): *Yo?*
Brodzky Zero (10:22:08 PM): *What's up?*
SongstressEnlil (10:22:23 PM): *I am reading 51 Tales*
Brodzky Zero (10:22:43 PM): *You're in for 51 delights!*
Brodzky Zero (10:23:19 PM): *We need a pathfinding skill in MP:TGG*
Brodzky Zero (10:23:35 PM): *It'd be useful~*
SongstressEnlil (10:23:53 PM): *What do you have in mind for it?*
Brodzky Zero (10:24:16 PM): *Lowers hindrance by terrain; perpaps gives benefits to avoiding random encounters.*
SongstressEnlil (10:24:29 PM): *::Nods::*
Brodzky Zero (10:27:08 PM): *COME UP WITH COOL STUFF FOR ENEMIES*
Brodzky Zero (10:27:18 PM): *Ajil, our lovable friend, is swamped with schoolwork.*
SongstressEnlil (10:27:56 PM): *Dambit :(*
Brodzky Zero (10:28:09 PM): *He should be done soon.*
Brodzky Zero (10:28:20 PM): *We just need to flesh out the setting in general.*
Brodzky Zero (10:28:35 PM): *THat will lead the way to more awesome populatious goodies.*
Idran1701 (10:29:27 PM): All right!
Brodzky Zero (10:29:42 PM): *WHAT DOES IDRAN HAVE TO BRING TO THE TABLE*
Idran1701 (10:29:46 PM): Nothing.
Brodzky Zero (10:29:48 PM): *Some mysterious beastie?*
Idran1701 (10:29:48 PM): Before we start, Zero, you get to make First's next choice. :O
Brodzky Zero (10:29:54 PM): *Aw :(*
Brodzky Zero (10:30:02 PM): *Let me eat this tiny graham cracker.*
Brodzky Zero (10:30:05 PM): *Okay*
Brodzky Zero (10:30:35 PM): *GO*
Brodzky Zero (10:33:12 PM): *GO*
Idran1701 (10:33:46 PM): I GOED >:
Brodzky Zero (10:33:53 PM): *FINALLY*
Idran1701 (10:34:04 PM): You got lucky; none were taken successfully!
Idran1701 (10:35:45 PM): <WE SHALL BEGIN>
Idran1701 (10:36:17 PM): First returns from Automata, 500 gold in hand, and his healing having been taken care of, on Crenson's dime.
Brodzky Zero (10:36:29 PM): (They don't have dimes)
Idran1701 (10:36:42 PM): (A dime is a word for a money clip.)
Idran1701 (10:36:47 PM): (Shut up. >:)
Idran1701 (10:37:06 PM): He's got a light scar across his cheek now, but otherwise he is in fighting condition once more!
Brodzky Zero (10:37:21 PM): (Prove it with 36 sonnets of sublime splendor enough to fill the dark woods with light enough to read them by.)
Idran1701 (10:37:51 PM): (No.)
Idran1701 (10:38:15 PM): He returns to Sigil, and recieves his next job.
Idran1701 (10:38:27 PM): The next stop for First; the Elemental Plane of Earth!
Brodzky Zero (10:38:36 PM): *Begins running to his next appointment; after getting directions!*
Brodzky Zero (10:40:22 PM): (Hahahaha oh shit. Mailboxes painted like R2D2)
Idran1701 (10:40:34 PM): (Heh. :D)
Idran1701 (10:40:39 PM): (Also, gimme a d20 from First.)
OnlineHost (10:40:46 PM): Brodzky Zero rolled 1 20-sided die: 10
Brodzky Zero (10:41:05 PM): (I almost began typing 'r.randint(1, 20)' )
Idran1701 (10:41:31 PM): (:D)
Idran1701 (10:43:30 PM): There's no portal straight to the city, but a bit of inquiry allows First to pick up two things: a) a portal to the Plane of Earth, and b) a map
from the portal to Rianttyr. And for a reasonable fee, at that; 10 gold!
Brodzky Zero (10:44:00 PM): *Grudgingly pays for the map. Such things should be free!*
Idran1701 (10:48:13 PM): (Is he making any special preparations before heading through?)
Idran1701 (10:48:19 PM): (Sorry, kind of distracted too.)
Brodzky Zero (10:48:25 PM): (He doesn't even know what preparations are.)
Idran1701 (10:48:28 PM): (Should be a little better now.)
Idran1701 (10:48:29 PM): (Heh.)
Brodzky Zero (10:48:36 PM): (STOP BEING DISTRACTED >:!)
Idran1701 (10:48:41 PM): (Kay.)
Idran1701 (10:49:25 PM): First heads straight out towards the portal; fittingly enough for him, he's told it's located beneath the legs of a statue in the Market Ward!
Everything for First seems to be coming back to statues, doesn't it?
Idran1701 (10:49:36 PM): No key either, convienantly for him.
Idran1701 (10:51:00 PM): Eventually, he comes across the portal, in the center of one of the side-markets off the Great Bazaar.
Idran1701 (10:51:53 PM): A bariaur, this one. Not as tall as he might have expected, though. There's only about 3 feet of space under the legs of the statue.
Brodzky Zero (10:52:35 PM): *Has no problems with crawling*
Idran1701 (10:53:34 PM): Getting on his hands and knees, First crawls through the statue's archway...and there's the characteristic flash of light!
Idran1701 (10:55:11 PM): He finds himself inside a small tunnel, slowly expanding. It's too small for him to stand up in just yet, however, and there's no light sources
here; he's forced to go by his night vision.
Brodzky Zero (10:56:38 PM): *Crawl*
Idran1701 (10:57:59 PM): Crawling along, the tunnel slowly begins to expand, soon giving him the chance to stand up straight.
Idran1701 (10:59:51 PM): He can see some subtle signs of movement through the rock around him, but otherwise, things are fairly eerie here.
Idran1701 (10:59:58 PM): No light, no sound, barely any scent to speak of.
Brodzky Zero (11:00:02 PM): *Walk walk walk*
Idran1701 (11:01:48 PM): First walks along, following the map he was given.
Idran1701 (11:02:26 PM): The air seems a bit more shallow here than what he's used to. It's breathable here, at least, but it's something like being at the summit of a
tall peak.
Brodzky Zero (11:04:48 PM): *Continues on, with the map*
Idran1701 (11:06:13 PM): He continues on, the hours ticking by, as he begins to feel some heat from some source ahead.
Idran1701 (11:06:54 PM): The map doesn't seem to indicate anything like this nearby.
Brodzky Zero (11:06:57 PM): (Guy: Dude, you're walking in magma.)
Brodzky Zero (11:07:09 PM): *Continues onwards!*
Idran1701 (11:08:08 PM): He curves down the side tunnel, following the indicated path...he makes a sudden turn into an open cavern and...ow.
Idran1701 (11:08:10 PM): (NOT A TYPO)
Idran1701 (11:08:16 PM): That's really bright!
Brodzky Zero (11:08:29 PM): *Closes his eyes*
Idran1701 (11:09:26 PM): He closes his eyes, but it doesn't help much...until his eyes readjust from his darksight back into normal vision.
Idran1701 (11:09:37 PM): Things go dark once more with his eyelids shut, thankfully.
Idran1701 (11:11:21 PM): He opens his eyes, seeing what caused the reaction...
Brodzky Zero (11:11:21 PM): *Continues onwards, cautiously.*
Idran1701 (11:11:31 PM): ...a massive river of magma, spanning the cavern ahead.
Idran1701 (11:11:35 PM): Well, that wasn't on his map.
Idran1701 (11:12:29 PM): At least 20 feet across, pouring from one side of the cavern to the other.
Brodzky Zero (11:12:39 PM): *Examines his map carefully*
Idran1701 (11:13:11 PM): This is the right path, according to it. And it's been right so far, for the last 4 or 5 hours of his walking.
Brodzky Zero (11:14:18 PM): *Examines the river*
Idran1701 (11:14:35 PM): (For what?)
Brodzky Zero (11:14:50 PM): (Anything, really)
Idran1701 (11:15:04 PM): It's really hot!
Idran1701 (11:15:24 PM): And he thinks he can spot a few things swimming around inside the bubbling molten rock.
Brodzky Zero (11:15:44 PM): *Approaches cautiously.*
Idran1701 (11:16:28 PM): First steps forward carefully...not carefully enough, though, as something leaps out at him!
Idran1701 (11:17:03 PM): It looks like a...fluttering ribbon of lava, wiggling in the thin air and floating around nearby him.
Brodzky Zero (11:17:15 PM): Hello.
Idran1701 (11:17:44 PM): *No obvious response, but it continues to flutter around him*
Brodzky Zero (11:18:06 PM): I have come for the job.
Idran1701 (11:18:51 PM): *still no response*
Brodzky Zero (11:19:42 PM): *Repeats, in his native tongue*
Idran1701 (11:21:10 PM): *It still makes no noises...though it slams into him, bouncing off and fluttering away*
Idran1701 (11:21:21 PM): *though his robes are on fire now*
Brodzky Zero (11:21:47 PM): *Begins the arduous task of taking off his messenger bag and removing said robes*
Idran1701 (11:23:17 PM): *First gets his bag on the ground, and pulls his robes off, as the lava thing dives into the stone, vanishing*
Brodzky Zero (11:24:20 PM): *Holds his robe, and ponders how to dispatch the blaze.*
Idran1701 (11:25:32 PM): *The fire spreads as First watches it curiously*
Idran1701 (11:25:36 PM): *What a puzzler!*
SongstressEnlil (11:25:46 PM): (#pray)
Brodzky Zero (11:26:00 PM): *Begins folding up his robe*
Idran1701 (11:26:29 PM): (Fire on the inside, or no special method?)
Brodzky Zero (11:26:37 PM): (None)
Idran1701 (11:26:52 PM): (Okay, let me stop laughing first, then I'll respond.)
Idran1701 (11:28:22 PM): *He folds the robe, but that just seems to have made things even worse now. :(*
Brodzky Zero (11:28:41 PM): *Drops the robe.*
Idran1701 (11:29:58 PM): (On the ground, or in the river?)
Brodzky Zero (11:30:02 PM): (Ground)
Brodzky Zero (11:30:19 PM): *Will walk along the river at a distance, until he reaches a crossing!*
Brodzky Zero (11:30:25 PM): *Or a wall or whatever.*
Idran1701 (11:30:59 PM): (Hmm...how focused is he?)
Brodzky Zero (11:31:09 PM): (Focused how?)
Idran1701 (11:31:10 PM): *First drops the robe, letting it burn on the ground*
Idran1701 (11:31:20 PM): (How much attention is he paying to his surroundings?
Idran1701 (11:31:22 PM): *)
Brodzky Zero (11:31:30 PM): (Not too much, actually.)
Brodzky Zero (11:31:41 PM): (He'd be avoiding those lava-elves though.)
Idran1701 (11:32:30 PM): (Gimme another d20.)
OnlineHost (11:32:37 PM): Brodzky Zero rolled 1 20-sided die: 8
Idran1701 (11:34:49 PM): *First walks along the cavern floor, watching for a crossing...it isn't long before he runs into the cavern wall, however, curving up from the floor and
barring his passage further.*
Brodzky Zero (11:36:26 PM): *Will turn back; and make to leave the way he came!*
Idran1701 (11:36:51 PM): (Can I assume he's taking his bag back first?)
Brodzky Zero (11:36:59 PM): (Oh right; yeah)
Idran1701 (11:37:15 PM): *Grabbing his bag, First makes his way out of the tunnel.*
Idran1701 (11:37:26 PM): (How far back is he going?)
Idran1701 (11:37:47 PM): (There were a few side-tunnels as he went along, but he was following his map for which to choose.)
Brodzky Zero (11:38:15 PM): (He's leaving entirely.)
Idran1701 (11:40:22 PM): *First begins making his way back along the tunnels, towards the portal back to Sigil*
Idran1701 (11:41:18 PM): *Ahead, though...he starts to hear footsteps*
Idran1701 (11:41:33 PM): *Echoing through the tunnel; some distance off, a couple of people at least*
Idran1701 (11:41:59 PM): *Far from him, at least; an hour or so away, as quiet as it sounds.*
Brodzky Zero (11:42:14 PM): *Continues walking*
Idran1701 (11:43:56 PM): *His voyage continues; soon, he can spy the flickering of light along the tunnel walls not far ahead*
Brodzky Zero (11:44:08 PM): *Stays the course*
Idran1701 (11:45:15 PM): *They both near the curve ahead, and First can spy the identity of the walkers; a pair of humans, one armored and ready for combat, the other looking
much less able to fight*
Brodzky Zero (11:45:33 PM): Hello.
Idran1701 (11:45:47 PM): *the armored fellow speaks up* ...Eh? So, another berk here 'n the anvil?
Brodzky Zero (11:46:05 PM): I am here for the job.
SongstressEnlil (11:46:26 PM): (Without his robes, no less!)
Idran1701 (11:46:40 PM): (He's got armor and other clothing on underneath. :( )
Brodzky Zero (11:46:44 PM): (Yes)
Idran1701 (11:46:48 PM): (Well, armor at least. I...okay, good.)
Idran1701 (11:47:09 PM): ...The sculpting job?
Brodzky Zero (11:47:19 PM): (He has a loose fitting linen garment)
Brodzky Zero (11:47:22 PM): Yes.
Idran1701 (11:47:38 PM): ...Well, so are...
Idran1701 (11:47:46 PM): ...*ahem* You're here for th' job, eh?
Brodzky Zero (11:47:55 PM): Yes.
Idran1701 (11:48:20 PM): *glances to his companion* Well...they moved it.
Brodzky Zero (11:48:37 PM): It appears so. There is an obstacle in the way.
Idran1701 (11:50:06 PM): ...Did y'...miss th' sign?
Brodzky Zero (11:50:15 PM): Yes.
Idran1701 (11:50:26 PM): (You can make a Charisma check to pick up on it, if you want. Your choice, Zero. :D)
Brodzky Zero (11:50:59 PM): (Doesn't First have like 3 charisma?)
Brodzky Zero (11:51:13 PM): (He wouldn't know even if he got a 20.)
Idran1701 (11:51:19 PM): (6!)
Idran1701 (11:51:25 PM): (But I'm giving you the chance. :D)
Brodzky Zero (11:51:32 PM): (SURE)
Brodzky Zero (11:51:35 PM): (SPIN THE WHEEL)
Idran1701 (11:51:43 PM): (D20)
SongstressEnlil (11:51:44 PM): (He's not retarded, he just has aspergers)
Idran1701 (11:51:50 PM): (4 OR UNDER)
OnlineHost (11:51:51 PM): Brodzky Zero rolled 1 20-sided die: 14
Brodzky Zero (11:52:23 PM): (No he doesn't.)
Brodzky Zero (11:52:34 PM): (He reads Wikipedia for the articles.)
Idran1701 (11:52:57 PM): ...It...must've gotten lost...eh, Fron?
Idran1701 (11:53:05 PM): ...Yeah...lost.
Idran1701 (11:53:12 PM): But yeah...they moved it.
Brodzky Zero (11:53:23 PM): I shall let you have this job then. I've wasted enough time here.
Idran1701 (11:54:03 PM): ...All ri'.
Idran1701 (11:56:23 PM): Well...See y' around, berk.
Brodzky Zero (11:56:39 PM): *Nods, and begins running towards the exit.*
Brodzky Zero (11:56:58 PM): (AS THE BIG RED LCD DISPLAY ON THE BOMB TICKS EVER CLOSER TO 00:00!!)
Idran1701 (11:57:12 PM): (OF COURSE IT WAS SET TO EXPLODE AT 01:32)
Idran1701 (11:57:15 PM): (*KABOOM*)
Idran1701 (11:57:43 PM): Eventually, First reaches the exit tunnel once more.
Idran1701 (11:57:49 PM): Time for more crawling!
SongstressEnlil (11:58:01 PM): (THERE WENT THOSE DRUIDS' ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE PLANE OF NATURE)
Brodzky Zero (11:58:14 PM): *CRWAL*
Idran1701 (11:58:57 PM): First crwals! And he finds himself in Sigil right more, beneath the massive stone ram-centaur.
Brodzky Zero (11:59:16 PM): *He checks the joblist again!*
Idran1701 (12:00:34 AM): (Do you still have it?)
Brodzky Zero (12:00:46 AM): (No I dropped it into space.)
Idran1701 (12:00:50 AM): (>:)
Brodzky Zero (12:00:58 AM): (Don't worry Earth is still in space*
Idran1701 (12:01:06 AM): (YOU'RE IN SPACE)
Brodzky Zero (12:01:34 AM): (Yes. Pervy is too.)
Idran1701 (12:01:43 AM): (YOU'RE PERVY)
Brodzky Zero (12:01:44 AM): (Hey Perviset; you loadin' up a BB?)
Brodzky Zero (12:02:02 AM): (No, contrary to popular belief I am not a manifestation of Pervy's repressed whimsy and joy.)
SongstressEnlil (12:02:14 AM): (Whae ar yae goon boot!)
Idran1701 (12:02:16 AM): (Where is it, then?)
Brodzky Zero (12:02:28 AM): (Where is what?)
Idran1701 (12:02:34 AM): (Pervy's repressed whimsy and joy.)
Brodzky Zero (12:02:49 AM): (There's a locker-room in a detroit gym.)
Brodzky Zero (12:03:09 AM): (On one of the lockers is a lock made by hands not mortal.)
SongstressEnlil (12:03:14 AM): (I've never been to Detroit, which is why I've not gotten it back yet)
Brodzky Zero (12:03:16 AM): (There is no keyhole.)
Brodzky Zero (12:03:22 AM): (Nor is there a dial.)
Idran1701 (12:03:31 AM): (Are there buttons?)
Brodzky Zero (12:03:36 AM): (No.)
Brodzky Zero (12:03:48 AM): (The lock will open when one of pure spirit lays hands upon it.)
Idran1701 (12:03:50 AM): (A stylus and handwriting-recognition pad?)
Idran1701 (12:03:55 AM): (Oh, a ahndprint scanner.)
Idran1701 (12:03:57 AM): (*handprint)
SongstressEnlil (12:04:14 AM): (But Freddie Mercury has gone into hiding)
Idran1701 (12:04:33 AM): *First begins on his path to the next meeting site; it appears he is to meet with the mage in question here in the Cage, and join him out on
his trip, from what he had been told.*
Brodzky Zero (12:04:42 AM): (Inside the locker is a ZIP disk. It is then up for the posessor of this disk to acquire an actual working zipdrive.)
Brodzky Zero (12:04:48 AM): (On the disk is a coordinate.)
SongstressEnlil (12:04:51 AM): (I have one)
Brodzky Zero (12:04:56 AM): (BUllshit.)
Brodzky Zero (12:05:08 AM): (Those things are aspects of Satan himself.)
SongstressEnlil (12:05:16 AM): (Bullshit nothing. BW gave it to me because he doesn't use it anymore)
Idran1701 (12:05:22 AM): (I'll take it.)
Idran1701 (12:05:24 AM): (If it works.)
Brodzky Zero (12:05:31 AM): (I'm jokin'.)
Brodzky Zero (12:05:49 AM): (There's one for sale at the electronics depot by my college. 10 bux I think.)
Idran1701 (12:06:56 AM): He continues down the road, heading to his meeting with Tendis.
Idran1701 (12:07:14 AM): Looks like this basher lives back in the Hive for some reason; he's meeting there at least.
Brodzky Zero (12:07:23 AM): *Is RUNNING*
Idran1701 (12:08:23 AM): He runs! He begins to pass by a tavern, just as a familiar blue-skinned dwarf stumbles out. A tavern, mind, with such poor selection that
there was no third-best to choose.
SongstressEnlil (12:10:24 AM): Oy! Where're you off to like you got a tanar'ri recruiter on yer tail, eh?
Brodzky Zero (12:10:35 AM): *Skids to a halt.*
SongstressEnlil (12:10:38 AM): *Looks back, just in case*
Brodzky Zero (12:10:43 AM): Hello.
Brodzky Zero (12:11:03 AM): I am on my way to a job.
SongstressEnlil (12:11:52 AM): Thought you was callin' kip with those Primes.
Brodzky Zero (12:12:14 AM): They have all gone temporarily.
SongstressEnlil (12:13:09 AM): Huh. What's this job? *Starts walking in the proper direction*
Brodzky Zero (12:13:27 AM): I am to escort a mage.
SongstressEnlil (12:14:32 AM): Where to?
Brodzky Zero (12:14:38 AM): (I FORGOT)
SongstressEnlil (12:14:52 AM): (I get bonus XP every time I can do that.)
Brodzky Zero (12:15:01 AM): (DO WHAT)
SongstressEnlil (12:15:30 AM): (Make you have to ask Idran for a reminder)
Brodzky Zero (12:15:50 AM): (Doesn't count since he never told me.)
Brodzky Zero (12:16:02 AM): Acheron.
SongstressEnlil (12:16:31 AM): Nasty place. Just you?
Brodzky Zero (12:16:46 AM): Yes. And the person I am to escort.
SongstressEnlil (12:17:40 AM): ...He got room for two? The cubes aren't a place to be stingy with bashers, I'll tell ya for a glass of water.
Brodzky Zero (12:17:59 AM): *Ponders*
Brodzky Zero (12:18:53 AM): I shall ask.
SongstressEnlil (12:19:15 AM): *Mutters* Could use th' jink, too. Bad a bad run-in with some sinkers in a game o' Nymphs and Satyrs.
Brodzky Zero (12:19:33 AM): *Ponders*
SongstressEnlil (12:19:56 AM): Brushed up on your Planar, eh?
Brodzky Zero (12:20:13 AM): I require the money to pay a fine of twelve-thousand and five-hundred gold coins I have incurred.
SongstressEnlil (12:20:52 AM): ...What?
Brodzky Zero (12:21:34 AM): I must pay the fine in full within 87 days or I will be punished further.
Idran1701 (12:21:44 AM): (You know, they are never leaving First alone again, I bet.)
SongstressEnlil (12:21:45 AM): The soddin' hell you do, lad? Pike off the whole soddin' justice system?
Brodzky Zero (12:22:43 AM): I attempted to perform a great work to appease my Creator.
SongstressEnlil (12:23:24 AM): Burn down the Hive?
Brodzky Zero (12:24:15 AM): I was re-working a statue.
Brodzky Zero (12:24:21 AM): (I wonder if that made the news.)
SongstressEnlil (12:24:28 AM): (Did it?!)
Idran1701 (12:25:01 AM): (A passing mention in the Lady's Sharper Eye.)
Idran1701 (12:25:07 AM): (Local newsletter.)
Brodzky Zero (12:25:39 AM): (Sounds like a undergarment catalog.)
SongstressEnlil (12:25:39 AM): Huh. Must've been some statue.
SongstressEnlil (12:25:58 AM): ...Wasn't Trioptic Nic'Epona, was it?
Brodzky Zero (12:27:01 AM): It was a statue of Hashkal.
SongstressEnlil (12:27:24 AM): ...Well that explains it all.
SongstressEnlil (12:27:59 AM): *Gives Firstus a friendly elbow in the ribs, whilst chuckling* Good work!
SongstressEnlil (12:29:02 AM): Let's go see 'bout keeping this spellslinger from getting a fistful of orcs up 'is bum, eh?
Brodzky Zero (12:29:22 AM): *His ribs are protected by llamelar(SPELLING) armor. He does not flinch*
Brodzky Zero (12:29:34 AM): *Nods, and takes off running.*
SongstressEnlil (12:30:13 AM): *Dashes after* Not that fast, sod!
Brodzky Zero (12:30:26 AM): *Slows down considerably*
Idran1701 (12:31:26 AM): And the two dash off!
SongstressEnlil (12:31:57 AM): *Follows after* Never seen someone who wasn't followin' the Battlefather so eager to have a go on the the cubes!
Brodzky Zero (12:32:57 AM): The cubes?
SongstressEnlil (12:33:43 AM): Archeron. S'buncha floatin' metal cubes. Right nasty.
SongstressEnlil (12:34:49 AM): Goblins, orcs, an' that lot call kip there. Welcome to it, far as I'm concerned. But the Battlefather leads his lads in to shake things
up evry now an' again, just to make sure they know who's on top.
Brodzky Zero (12:35:03 AM): Battlefather?
SongstressEnlil (12:36:26 AM): Aye. Good ole Clangeddin Silverbeard.
Brodzky Zero (12:36:40 AM): (First: OH THAT GUY)
SongstressEnlil (12:37:06 AM): Power who keeps watch over us in time of war. Fightin'est power you've ever seen.
SongstressEnlil (12:40:27 AM): (Timeskip?)
Brodzky Zero (12:40:31 AM): (YEAH(
Idran1701 (12:41:13 AM): They soon come to the meeting location...which seems empty, but for a number of chairs arrayed about, looking freshly placed. And quite
comfortable, at that.
SongstressEnlil (12:41:30 AM): This it?
Idran1701 (12:41:45 AM): The floor has a good bit of the dust of the neighborhood in it, but there are a good deal of footprints here, from before they arrived.
Brodzky Zero (12:41:50 AM): I think so.
Idran1701 (12:43:26 AM): Nothing really reacting just yet, but there are definite signs of a recent visitor here.
Idran1701 (12:43:34 AM): Plus, the chairs themselves are quite clean of dust.
SongstressEnlil (12:43:42 AM): *Looks about for something resembling a spellslinger.*
Idran1701 (12:44:42 AM): *Well, there's a stick in the corner...*
Idran1701 (12:45:14 AM): A few minutes pass by, but nothing yet.
Brodzky Zero (12:45:26 AM): *Begins praying to his idol*
SongstressEnlil (12:45:35 AM): *Since nothing's happening, it's time to have a look at that stick*
Idran1701 (12:46:00 AM): *It's a nice stick. Big, good for walking. Well, for a taller gent.*
Idran1701 (12:46:25 AM): A few more minutes pass by, and finally, something! Footsteps!
SongstressEnlil (12:46:41 AM): *Makes his way back toward Firstus*
Brodzky Zero (12:47:29 AM): *Puts his idol away; stands*
Idran1701 (12:47:51 AM): The footsteps soon have a person with them, stepping through the door, sniffing and sneering a bit at his surroundings. Well, you're still here.
Good start, at least.
Brodzky Zero (12:48:51 AM): I am here for the job.
Idran1701 (12:49:02 AM): The both of you?
SongstressEnlil (12:49:06 AM): Aye.
Idran1701 (12:49:20 AM): You'll have to split the payment.
SongstressEnlil (12:49:31 AM): Fine, go through the cubes alone.
SongstressEnlil (12:49:59 AM): We'll see how y'like one man at yer back when th' orcs come sniffin' after ye.
SongstressEnlil (12:50:19 AM): *No malice! This is matter of factly.*
Idran1701 (12:51:30 AM): Hmph. Which would be a problem if I was seeking to investigate Avalas.
Idran1701 (12:51:56 AM): This is for a trip to Thuldanin, which I would hope you would know before taking my offer.
SongstressEnlil (12:53:13 AM): You think they don't roam? Listen, cutter. Jink's no good when you're toes up. I'll take you up for what he's gettin'. And if you're
thinking not have someone lookin' both ways is gonna get you far there, (con!)
SongstressEnlil (12:53:42 AM): I got a captain's spot in the First Avernus Legion for ya.
Brodzky Zero (12:54:05 AM): *Is Silent*
Idran1701 (12:54:23 AM): *harumphs again* 400 gold for the two of you.
SongstressEnlil (12:54:50 AM): *Looks to First* You like?
Brodzky Zero (12:55:31 AM): Yes.
SongstressEnlil (12:55:58 AM): It'll work. Ducim Granitestrokes at yer service, cutter. *grins!*
Idran1701 (12:57:03 AM): *stays stonefaced* Then we have a deal.
Idran1701 (12:57:19 AM): Now, then. While I perform my research, you are only to interrupt me if it is direly necessary. You are here to protect me, not to socialize with me.
SongstressEnlil (12:57:22 AM): *Offers a handshake*
Idran1701 (12:57:34 AM): *He doesn't respond. What a jerk.*
SongstressEnlil (12:57:53 AM): Not gonna be a problem.
Idran1701 (12:58:08 AM): If you notice any signs of the petrification beginning to encroach on any of the three of us, inform me and we shall depart, after I observe it for myself.
SongstressEnlil (12:58:38 AM): *Nods* IM: You're lucky I'm a such a good berk I won't let you get speared an' take yer jink.
Brodzky Zero (12:58:44 AM): (If this turns out anything like I think it is, First and Ducim are going to end up with a bag of diamonds.)
Idran1701 (12:58:58 AM): (?!)
Brodzky Zero (12:59:08 AM): (But First will realize that a partner is bad news and leave on a bus piloted by Stan Lee.)
Idran1701 (12:59:21 AM): (Aha, right. Heh. :D)
Idran1701 (12:59:57 AM): Are there any questions before we leave?
SongstressEnlil (1:00:20 AM): How long you lookin' to stay?
Idran1701 (1:00:49 AM): I imagine I will be done with my research within two to three days.
SongstressEnlil (1:01:30 AM): Right. How're gettin' in and out?
Brodzky Zero (1:02:23 AM): (brb)
Brodzky Zero (1:03:48 AM): (iab)
SongstressEnlil (1:03:58 AM): *+we
Idran1701 (1:04:34 AM): There is a...portal nearby, which leads to a location on the Outlands.
Idran1701 (1:05:00 AM): Near that location is a second portal, leading to Avalas.
Idran1701 (1:05:18 AM): From there, it is a short intra-cube journey to Thuldanin.
Idran1701 (1:05:34 AM): A small tunnel expedition, our stay shall be quite brief in that layer.
SongstressEnlil (1:06:14 AM): *Nods and grins* Not gonna be in Avalas, eh? Right. Just say the word.
Idran1701 (1:06:43 AM): We are not investigating Avalas, I said.
SongstressEnlil (1:06:55 AM): Passin' through it all you need, cutter.
Idran1701 (1:07:12 AM): I doubt we have need to fear an orcish horde attacking us for the half-hour we shall be within the interior of the cube.
SongstressEnlil (1:07:53 AM): 'Course. *Elbows First* Got anything to ask 'im?
Brodzky Zero (1:08:43 AM): No.
SongstressEnlil (1:09:37 AM): *Nods* Just say the word.
Idran1701 (1:09:50 AM): We shall depart now, if you are ready.
Brodzky Zero (1:10:17 AM): *Nods.*
Idran1701 (1:10:33 AM): *and he heads out of the building at First's acknowledgement*
SongstressEnlil (1:10:52 AM): IM: Hope there's some water nearby. *Follows.*
Brodzky Zero (1:11:25 AM): *Follows*
Idran1701 (1:13:50 AM): *the mage leads them on, looking around at his surroundings with a grimace of distaste as he does*
Brodzky Zero (1:14:17 AM): *Keeps to the guy's side; not seeming attentive at all.*
Idran1701 (1:14:48 AM): *The grimace continues as he leaves the Hive, oddly enough, heading a few more blocks down the street before stopping at an iron archway; part of a
fence around what looks to be a fellow's residence.*
SongstressEnlil (1:15:36 AM): *Hanging back a bit. Keeping an eye out for hoodlums*
Idran1701 (1:15:41 AM): *He taps the tip of the archway with what looks to be a stone rod pulled from a side pocket, and the portal manifests itself. He steps aside, allowing
the duo to pass through first.*
SongstressEnlil (1:16:01 AM): IM: Poor berk, not rich enough t' be prejudiced, too poor for riotin'.
SongstressEnlil (1:16:22 AM): *Pulls out his crossbow and heads in*
Brodzky Zero (1:16:29 AM): *Heads in as well*
Idran1701 (1:17:15 AM): *The pair head through, followed after by the mage.*
Idran1701 (1:17:55 AM): *They emerge on the flat plain of the Outlands, the massive stone Spire visible stretching up to infinity on their right.*
Idran1701 (1:18:08 AM): *Sigil visible at its top, of course, somehow.*
SongstressEnlil (1:18:26 AM): *Moves out a bit, and looks around for mischievious critters.*
Brodzky Zero (1:18:48 AM): *Observes.*
Brodzky Zero (1:19:57 AM): 9_9
SongstressEnlil (1:20:21 AM): Ne'er seen the Spire, berk?
Brodzky Zero (1:20:26 AM): No.
SongstressEnlil (1:21:03 AM): 'Bout the only thing worth lookin' at in most of th' Outlands.
SongstressEnlil (1:21:15 AM): IM: Wonder how far off from home we are?
Idran1701 (1:21:36 AM): *seems to frown at the sight of it, keeping his gaze away from it*
Brodzky Zero (1:21:57 AM): (Wizard: FEH! FEEH!! who needs it! schlemiels!)
Idran1701 (1:21:57 AM): *meanwhile, Ducim can spy something moving ahead; they can all make it out, some sort of large porcupine-looking thing, it seems*
SongstressEnlil (1:22:16 AM): (Wizard: I can't focus my distaste on something infinite...)
SongstressEnlil (1:23:46 AM): *Keeps an eye on it.*
SongstressEnlil (1:24:30 AM): Keep clear of them quills. They're grazers, but they'll get nasty if they think you're gonna be a problem.
SongstressEnlil (1:24:57 AM): There's always a bunch around.
SongstressEnlil (1:25:24 AM): *Motions toward it for the benefit of anyone who desires benefitting!*
Idran1701 (1:25:31 AM): *nods, still frowning; at the quill, now!*
Idran1701 (1:25:57 AM): The portal's along that direction, but we can avoid it, yes?
SongstressEnlil (1:26:24 AM): Just give 'em a wide berth, we oughta be fine.
SongstressEnlil (1:26:38 AM): Not quite sure how touchy they get.
SongstressEnlil (1:28:43 AM): *Nods to First, to make sure he's paying attention.*
Idran1701 (1:29:58 AM): (You still here, Zero?)
Brodzky Zero (1:29:58 AM): (Yeah)
Brodzky Zero (1:29:59 AM): (Sorry.)
Brodzky Zero (1:29:59 AM): (Sort of resting my eyes.)
Brodzky Zero (1:29:59 AM): *Nods*
Brodzky Zero (1:29:59 AM): (First: Yeah. Sorry. Sort of resting my eyes.)
Idran1701 (1:30:17 AM): (Want to cut earlier than I said before? Say, 2 rather than 2:30?)
Brodzky Zero (1:30:31 AM): (Nah I should be fine.)
Idran1701 (1:30:35 AM): (*nod*)
Brodzky Zero (1:30:55 AM): (But if you want that's cool. I wanna work with Pervy on MP:TGG stuffs :) )
Idran1701 (1:31:04 AM): (Oh, no, I'm fine with that.)
Idran1701 (1:31:08 AM): (Besides, I said 4 hours. :O)
Idran1701 (1:31:15 AM): (Up to you two.)
Brodzky Zero (1:31:21 AM): (UP TO PERVY)
SongstressEnlil (1:31:39 AM): (I)
SongstressEnlil (1:31:43 AM): (HATE)
SongstressEnlil (1:31:49 AM): (SAURKRAUT)
Idran1701 (1:32:00 AM): *Starting out, Tendis keeps a careful eye on the creature, curving their path away from it carefully, keeping a good 10-15 feet between them.*
Brodzky Zero (1:32:07 AM): (That's pretty much all I've been trying to say.)
Idran1701 (1:32:20 AM): *First can see it better as they near it, getting a good look at the thing.*
Idran1701 (1:32:29 AM): ( http://www.mysidia.org/Planescape/quill.jpg )
Idran1701 (1:32:42 AM): (That, but 4 feet long.)
Idran1701 (1:32:50 AM): (Well, not but, that picture is of it.)
Brodzky Zero (1:32:55 AM): (I like the random artifacts above its head.)
Idran1701 (1:33:00 AM): (SHUT UP)
SongstressEnlil (1:33:09 AM): *Likewise, but he's giving it a bit more room, and also looking out for others. It would be very embarassing to step on it's young.*
Idran1701 (1:34:24 AM): *It gives them its own wary eye, chewing on what looks to be a bit of tumbleweed*
Idran1701 (1:34:36 AM): *Its spines begin to prick some, but it makes no move against them as they walk on by.*
Idran1701 (1:34:52 AM): (Standing on end, like a cat or dog rasing its hackles.)
SongstressEnlil (1:35:04 AM): IM: Wonder where the rest of 'em are at?
Brodzky Zero (1:35:45 AM): *Walk wak*
Brodzky Zero (1:35:53 AM): *Avoiding that big quilly thing*
Idran1701 (1:36:22 AM): *Ducim's question is soon answered, as he spies some motion from a bit of scrub up ahead; as does First!*
Idran1701 (1:36:37 AM): *Though Tendis seems to miss it entirely, keeping his gaze right on that one nearby.*
Brodzky Zero (1:36:52 AM): *Keeps his eyes on it.*
SongstressEnlil (1:36:58 AM): One or two ahead, I'm thinkin'
SongstressEnlil (1:37:11 AM): *Nods toward the motion.*
SongstressEnlil (1:37:31 AM): *Crossbow is raised, but he's ready to bring it down if needs be.*
Idran1701 (1:37:53 AM): *stops, glancing ahead*
Idran1701 (1:38:36 AM): *And a couple more quills emerge, both about half the size of the one near them.*
SongstressEnlil (1:39:14 AM): Kids, give 'em a good dozen yards.
SongstressEnlil (1:40:08 AM): Mom gets angry, we're gonna be off to a real bad start.
Idran1701 (1:40:20 AM): *Their employer seems well annoyed by the inconvienance, but nods, moving to give them a wide berth themselves*
SongstressEnlil (1:40:23 AM): *Goes to follow his own advice.*
Brodzky Zero (1:41:13 AM): *Walk walk walk*
Brodzky Zero (1:41:22 AM): *Leaves those kids alone.*
SongstressEnlil (1:41:47 AM): IM: I hear there
Idran1701 (1:41:52 AM): *they walk cautiously, making no sudden movements, and the quills are soon behind them, the small ones heading back over to their assumed-parent as
they move away*
SongstressEnlil (1:42:01 AM): *'s some good eatin' on them things, though.
Idran1701 (1:43:47 AM): ...Are we far enough from them to move a bit more directly now?
SongstressEnlil (1:44:22 AM): Ought to be.
Idran1701 (1:45:06 AM): *nods* The gateway is nearby.
SongstressEnlil (1:45:59 AM): *Nods back*
Idran1701 (1:46:27 AM): *and they are off, heading along the trail!*
Brodzky Zero (1:46:34 AM): *Walk walk walk; hands on his blades*
SongstressEnlil (1:47:14 AM): IM: Guess he's not the worst sod I've had to deal with.
Idran1701 (1:49:04 AM): *They march along for a good half-hour, before what seemsto be the gateway can be spied ahead. A small glimmering point on the horizon for now,
the mage's gaze focuses on it almost immediately after it comes into view.*
SongstressEnlil (1:49:52 AM): *Keeps his eyes roving every so often. Ambushes and surprise stampedes know neither friend nor foe*
Idran1701 (1:50:08 AM): (d20 from Ducim.)
Idran1701 (1:50:19 AM): (Wis/Intuition check.)
Idran1701 (1:50:54 AM): (brb)
OnlineHost (1:51:04 AM): SongstressEnlil rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
Idran1701 (1:52:40 AM): (Back.)
SongstressEnlil (1:53:24 AM): IM: Ah piss.
SongstressEnlil (1:54:10 AM): *Not too loud* Got some Abrian anti-spireward. Far off, shouldn't be a problem. I'll keep an eye on 'em
Brodzky Zero (1:54:33 AM): *Nods; continues walking*
SongstressEnlil (1:54:34 AM): Just try not to get their ears. They're meanspirited cusses.
Idran1701 (1:54:46 AM): *nods*
Idran1701 (1:55:09 AM): *First can see what's got Ducim's gaze; they look like tall, feathery things, but he can't make out much more than that from here.*
Idran1701 (1:56:27 AM): *the group continue on towards the portal, as Ducim keeps an eye on the distant flock*
Idran1701 (1:57:03 AM): *they carefully press on, and soon enough, they can begin making out details through the other side of the floating hole in space that sets on the trail
ahead*
Idran1701 (1:57:12 AM): *much different than Sigil's portals, this*
Idran1701 (1:58:01 AM): *soon, the group can begin to see what lay beyond; the flat surface of an iron plain, with other cubes visible floating in space beyond the end of that
surface*
Idran1701 (1:59:53 AM): *The portal's only a few hundred feet away now, but Ducim can spy some greater movement amongst the flock*
SongstressEnlil (2:00:11 AM): *Draws close to First* S'cubes. Now it'll start getting barmy.
SongstressEnlil (2:00:19 AM): *Looks over toward them*
Brodzky Zero (2:00:41 AM): <_< >_>
Idran1701 (2:02:07 AM): *some of them seem to have caught sight of the trio, and they appear to be chittering at one another*
SongstressEnlil (2:03:04 AM): Looks like the herd's seen us. Might wanna get ready to start running if they do.
Brodzky Zero (2:03:35 AM): *Nod*
Idran1701 (2:05:24 AM): *The trio is within less than a hundred feet now...as the herd indeed, begins a dash towards them!*
SongstressEnlil (2:05:36 AM): *Doesn't change his pace, though. No need to let them think they're too af- Sod it, runnin' time*
Brodzky Zero (2:05:48 AM): *Waits for Mageguy to begin running.*
Idran1701 (2:06:12 AM): *he does, dashing off, glaring at the bird things as they run towards the group*
Brodzky Zero (2:06:27 AM): *Runs; keeping behind Mageguy*
Idran1701 (2:07:14 AM): *The trio closes the distance!*
Idran1701 (2:07:43 AM): *Luckily, the herd is far off, and they don't seem to have been aware of the portal themselves, as it is easily reached at this pace before they catch up
with them.*
Idran1701 (2:07:56 AM): *Whether they can stay their distance from the herd after passing through, now...*
Idran1701 (2:08:19 AM): *The portal is now just ahead of them, and with just a step they can enter the adjacent plane*
SongstressEnlil (2:08:25 AM): *Any military units Ducim can see on the other side?*
Idran1701 (2:09:33 AM): *Nothing in sight, no. If they're there, they're too far to make out from the portal.*
SongstressEnlil (2:10:02 AM): *In he goes. No point in avoiding it, after all, the herd mihgt*
Brodzky Zero (2:10:55 AM): *Goes through as well!*
Idran1701 (2:11:02 AM): *The two pass through, the mage soon after*
Idran1701 (2:11:24 AM): *And in an instant, they find themselves on the iron surface of one of the cubes of Acheron, the grey, dim light diffused through the plane lighting their
progress*
Idran1701 (2:11:40 AM): *The hole in space stands behind them, showing the scene on the Outlands they just left behind.*
SongstressEnlil (2:11:54 AM): *The Abrian still coming?*
Idran1701 (2:12:14 AM): *He can't see from this angle; they're off to the right of the portal's scope from this side*
Brodzky Zero (2:12:26 AM): (SHALL WE BREAK FOR DA NIGHT?)
Idran1701 (2:12:33 AM): (UP TO YOU)
Brodzky Zero (2:12:37 AM): (PERVE?)
SongstressEnlil (2:12:47 AM): (I)
SongstressEnlil (2:12:49 AM): (LOVE)
SongstressEnlil (2:12:51 AM): (FRANCE)
Idran1701 (2:13:01 AM): (*sticks an F on your forehead*)
SongstressEnlil (2:13:55 AM): (*Doesn't pronounce it half the time*)
Idran1701 (2:14:10 AM): (I will take that as a concession!)
Idran1701 (2:14:16 AM): (Then we shall pick things up next time. :D)
Idran1701 (2:14:20 AM): (XP!)
Brodzky Zero (2:14:42 AM): (XD)
Idran1701 (2:14:49 AM): (NONE FOR FIRST NOW)
Idran1701 (2:15:15 AM): (AND DUCIM GETS HIS COTTON CANDY)
SongstressEnlil (2:15:22 AM): (Yay!)
SongstressEnlil (2:15:30 AM): (Ducim would be all over that business.)
Brodzky Zero (2:15:47 AM): (Ducim: OI GUVNA ITS LIKE COTTON MADE OF CANDY)
Brodzky Zero (2:16:01 AM): (DUCIM: LIKE A BEARD I CAN EAT!)
SongstressEnlil (2:16:08 AM): (HAHAHAHA!)
Idran1701 (2:16:09 AM): (DUCIM HAS A VAN DYKE)
SongstressEnlil (2:16:46 AM): (Ducim: Where do they grow this? Elysium? Bytopia?)
Idran1701 (2:17:05 AM): (Sage: That crop's from Limbo.)
Brodzky Zero (2:17:42 AM): (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO TO GET YOUR FIX?)
Idran1701 (2:17:54 AM): (ANYWAY XP FOR REAL)
Brodzky Zero (2:18:05 AM): (XD FOR REAL)
Idran1701 (2:18:24 AM): (ZERO JOKES GET LESS FUNNY ON EACH REPETITION)
Brodzky Zero (2:18:40 AM): (IDRAN IS ROLLERSKATING)
Idran1701 (2:19:10 AM): (300 base. 250 bonus for First for being ICly hilarious, though I am tempted to pull that for Zero being anti-hilarious and cancelling it out. :O)
Brodzky Zero (2:19:53 AM): (It's not my fault I have a FEVer.)
Idran1701 (2:20:01 AM): (That doesn't even make sense.)
SongstressEnlil (2:20:03 AM): (YOU ARE NOT A GHOUL)
Idran1701 (2:20:06 AM): ("FEVer"?)
Brodzky Zero (2:20:07 AM): (THANK GOD)
Idran1701 (2:20:10 AM): (Is that a reference to something?)
Brodzky Zero (2:20:11 AM): (Fallout joke)
Idran1701 (2:20:15 AM): (Ah.)
SongstressEnlil (2:20:29 AM): (FEV is why there are nonhumans)
Brodzky Zero (2:20:39 AM): (Forced Evolutionary Virus.)
Brodzky Zero (2:20:57 AM): (Atomic Harold is the exception to the rule, baby.)
Brodzky Zero (2:21:09 AM): (Though, it's possible that :spoilers: )
Brodzky Zero (2:22:52 AM): (Did First reach the next karma?)
Idran1701 (2:23:04 AM): (He's at 7606/8000 right now. :O)
Brodzky Zero (2:24:16 AM): *Hahaha the shit-talking in Dwarf Fort is awesome.*
Brodzky Zero (2:24:37 AM): *Enemy legends will say stuff about past characters they've slain.*
Brodzky Zero (2:24:45 AM): *IN REGARDS TO DWARVES*
Brodzky Zero (2:25:04 AM): who was too short to live
Brodzky Zero (2:25:08 AM): whose beard I wove into a funeral shroud
Brodzky Zero (2:25:17 AM): who forged their own doom by challenging me
Brodzky Zero (2:25:26 AM): whose beard was sparse and patchy
Brodzky Zero (2:25:28 AM): *AND SO ON*
Brodzky Zero (2:25:59 AM): whose bad luck in combat was exceeded only by his bad luck with the women
Brodzky Zero (2:26:40 AM): *PEople also make fun of your name if it's custom :D*
Idran1701 (2:29:19 AM): Heh. :D
Brodzky Zero (2:33:48 AM): *THE GAME HAS 3 OF ITS OWN LANGUAGES*
Brodzky Zero (2:34:01 AM): *Wait, 5.*