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Brodzky Zero (7:04:45 PM): *CHAPTER 48: WHEREIN FIRST REVEALS HIS SPECIAL PLAN FOR THE WORLD*
Idran1701 (7:04:52 PM): Which world?
SongstressEnlil (7:05:08 PM): *KRYNN?*
Brodzky Zero (7:05:16 PM): *Sardathrion.*
Brodzky Zero (7:05:39 PM): *Where the young gods of Earth spend their days drowsing lazily beside a lush river.*
Brodzky Zero (7:05:52 PM): *Its fountains spraying twinkling mist.*
Brodzky Zero (7:06:01 PM): *Its avenues decked in marble and onyx tile.*
Idran1701 (7:06:22 PM): Earth isn't in this setting.
SongstressEnlil (7:06:25 PM): *Is it tax free?*
Brodzky Zero (7:06:36 PM): *Yes.*
(7:08:45 PM) TheWaiChibiAngel has entered the room.
Brodzky Zero (7:08:53 PM): *Hello Shini.*
SongstressEnlil (7:10:54 PM): *Roit den*
Idran1701 (7:11:12 PM): Sorry, had to take care of something really quick.
Idran1701 (7:11:15 PM): Anyway, we all good?
SongstressEnlil (7:11:30 PM): *Da*
Brodzky Zero (7:11:50 PM): *Firedrill brb*
Idran1701 (7:12:05 PM): Shut up. >:
Brodzky Zero (7:12:24 PM): *Maragi brb*
SongstressEnlil (7:13:08 PM): *Dark Hour AFK*
Brodzky Zero (7:13:22 PM): *It's Dark Hour somewhere.*
Brodzky Zero (7:13:33 PM): *Spain, probably.*
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:13:39 PM): *Nope.*
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:13:42 PM): *Over the ocean.*
Brodzky Zero (7:13:53 PM): *Poor fish :(*
Brodzky Zero (7:14:45 PM): *I need to try Dr. Salt.*
Brodzky Zero (7:14:50 PM): *It's got what you crave.*
Idran1701 (7:14:54 PM): Salt?
SongstressEnlil (7:15:03 PM): *I want a Cielo Mist*
Brodzky Zero (7:15:12 PM): *Electrolytes.*
Idran1701 (7:15:43 PM): Salt's an electrolyte.
Brodzky Zero (7:15:48 PM): *Yes.*
Brodzky Zero (7:15:50 PM): *Good job.*
Idran1701 (7:15:54 PM): :D
Brodzky Zero (7:15:58 PM): *YOUR ACADEMICS HAVE INCREASED*
SongstressEnlil (7:15:59 PM): *GIVE IT TO YOUR BABIES! AND THEY'LL BE GOOD AT SPORTS!*
Idran1701 (7:17:09 PM): <WE SHALL START, THEN>
SongstressEnlil (7:17:33 PM): <Professor Teuton>
Brodzky Zero (7:17:41 PM): <First is busy calculating the similarities between Huge and Comancho>
Idran1701 (7:18:06 PM): It's been around 7 hours since Lil and Karl's departure from the inn.
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:18:54 PM): `<NOT BOTHERING TO CHANGE>
Idran1701 (7:19:12 PM): Both of their respective tasks have paid off well, as has Martillo's own search for information. The group's since met back up once more at the Dragon's Vault, with Nicolas and Coffinmaker there to aid their thoughts.
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:19:33 PM): (Haha, my NPCS.)
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:19:39 PM): (I steal more than I thought :D)
Idran1701 (7:19:48 PM): It's starting to grow late into the night, and before retiring, Martillo's told the two what he's discovered:
Idran1701 (7:19:53 PM): (Who's this one? :D)
Idran1701 (7:20:37 PM): The ring which was meant to protect them on Lil's quest does naught but generate a field of darkness around the bearer at will. A puzzling fact, this.
Idran1701 (7:20:49 PM): (brb)
Idran1701 (7:22:13 PM): (Sorry about that.)
Idran1701 (7:22:57 PM): With this information passed along, their paladin ally heads in for the night, leaving Karl, Lil, and First in the common room with their two allies.
SongstressEnlil (7:23:54 PM): How did things go with the Harmonium, Lilium?
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:26:31 PM): *Grins*
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:26:34 PM): Gooood.
Brodzky Zero (7:27:04 PM): *Sips tea.*
SongstressEnlil (7:27:44 PM): *Nods* We'll leave it at that, then. Nicolas, have you managed to find anything?
Idran1701 (7:27:53 PM): *Coffinmaker turns to Lil, holding his own cup of coffee* ...You had another encounter with her? What happened?
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:28:07 PM): I won.
Idran1701 (7:28:25 PM): *shakes his head* Hardly anything. I found one passing reference to something that might be the same being, but even if it is, it wouldn't be any use to us.
Idran1701 (7:28:37 PM): You...won what?
SongstressEnlil (7:29:02 PM): Mmmm. I see.
Brodzky Zero (7:29:58 PM): We shall move forward now?
Idran1701 (7:30:11 PM): We still don't know where to move forward to.
Brodzky Zero (7:31:21 PM): ...*Thinks*
SongstressEnlil (7:31:23 PM): So, we've found nothing. Where have Arian and Guy gotten to? I've not seen them since we got back.
Idran1701 (7:32:52 PM): ...Oh, Guy had...he found out about some sort of problem back in the Beastlands, and Arian decided to help him.
SongstressEnlil (7:33:08 PM): Ah. Any idea when they'll be back?
Idran1701 (7:33:20 PM): *shakes his head*
Idran1701 (7:33:47 PM): Anyway, the Negative Plane? Death? What's all this about? *sounding more than a bit interested*
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:34:59 PM): If you go there, you'll die.
Idran1701 (7:35:37 PM): ...Well, yes.
SongstressEnlil (7:35:43 PM): Supposedly, there is an embodiment of Death there. Nicolas believes we may be able to learn more about Lilium condition from it.
Idran1701 (7:36:09 PM): ...Aha. I see.
SongstressEnlil (7:36:18 PM): Of course, the trick is finding it. And surviving to see it.
Idran1701 (7:36:52 PM): Well, if you're looking for someone that knows that plane, there's...you might not have to go there.
SongstressEnlil (7:38:14 PM): *Nods* Perhaps.
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:38:52 PM): Eh?
Idran1701 (7:39:03 PM): ...No, I mean there's...I don't mean a hypothetical, there's a...*frowns*
Idran1701 (7:39:31 PM): *thinking for a bit* It's hard to describe...
SongstressEnlil (7:39:36 PM): *Waits for him to spit it out.*
Idran1701 (7:40:28 PM): ...Sometimes holes get torn in the Inner Planes, between each other, from what I understand. This...it's usually not much of an issue.
Idran1701 (7:41:41 PM): But undead from the Negative Plane...some of the incorporeal ones, at least...they don't...they react oddly to these. Their bodies sort of...act like a sponge, and they sometimes get pulled through these holes, and...hmm.
Brodzky Zero (7:41:53 PM): *Sip.*
Idran1701 (7:42:03 PM): ...And mix with other elements. They're still undead, and with the same minds, but...but they're not exactly the same.
Idran1701 (7:42:23 PM): Like the shimmering wraiths, the ones that're pulled into Lightning.
SongstressEnlil (7:42:32 PM): Interesting...
Idran1701 (7:43:12 PM): There's only a few types known, but it's...there's a theory it's a general property.
Idran1701 (7:43:43 PM): ...But the theory doesn't matter here, the key's finding one...
SongstressEnlil (7:43:44 PM): *Nods* Go on.
Idran1701 (7:44:52 PM): ...There's the shimmering wraiths. Then there's the darklights on Radiance...the crystal spirits on Mineral...the misthaunts in Steam.
Idran1701 (7:45:06 PM): ...There's one other, I believe...what was it...
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:45:21 PM): .I don't get it.
Idran1701 (7:45:42 PM): ...It's...you know what incorporeal undead are? Undead without bodies?
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:45:56 PM): ...Yes?
Idran1701 (7:46:19 PM): Well...they live in the Negative Plane. But sometimes there'll be a...a rip between it and another elemental plane, and they'll get sucked through.
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:46:33 PM): ...Okay?
Idran1701 (7:46:44 PM): And when that happens, they sort of...pick up another element. They become part of the new plane. But they keep their memories, their...their personalities.
Idran1701 (7:46:57 PM): And they usually know the Negative Plane pretty well.
Idran1701 (7:47:09 PM): They don't have much to do but...but explore it, after all. *small chuckle*
Brodzky Zero (7:47:23 PM): We shall meet one?
SongstressEnlil (7:47:30 PM): But we would have to find one, and convince it to tell us.
Idran1701 (7:47:52 PM): *watching Lil for now, looking if further explanation's needed*
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:48:03 PM): ..We'd still have to go.
Brodzky Zero (7:48:13 PM): Yes. Let us go.
Idran1701 (7:48:14 PM): ...I can try to offer my services there. I may still have some pull amongst the Dead.
Idran1701 (7:48:26 PM): *nods* But it'd...it'd be safer than going to Negative directly.
Idran1701 (7:48:39 PM): It's just a question of which other plane to try.
SongstressEnlil (7:49:00 PM): I think her point is that in the end, we'd still have to go to the Negative plane to meet this death incarnate.
Idran1701 (7:49:14 PM): ...Ah. Yes, well...hmm.
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:49:17 PM): Yeah.
Idran1701 (7:50:06 PM): ...If nothing else, this'd mean less...less time spent there, at least. But...hmm.
SongstressEnlil (7:50:57 PM): That is probably better, in any event.
OnlineHost (7:52:04 PM): SongstressEnlil rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Idran1701 (7:52:25 PM): ...If you are leaving, then while you're gone, I can...I'll try to investigate what you might be able to use for...for protection for a trip like that.
SongstressEnlil (7:53:02 PM): ...Radiance, I think.
SongstressEnlil (7:53:16 PM): That ring Martillo has, it generates darkness, does it not?
SongstressEnlil (7:53:54 PM): I am fairly certain we will need something to block out the excessive light.
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:54:22 PM): IM: I still don't get it.
Idran1701 (7:54:35 PM): ...*nods* That's...I suppose that makes sense.
SongstressEnlil (7:55:14 PM): I may even postulate Maihen has a hand in this, if so. It wouldn't be the first time...
Idran1701 (7:55:30 PM): *to Karl* How long did you say it was until you must speak with the Harmonium yourself?
SongstressEnlil (7:55:50 PM): In about a day and a half, now.
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:56:43 PM): I'm gonna have to go back in a few days, too.
SongstressEnlil (7:57:05 PM): Why is that?
Idran1701 (7:57:05 PM): *nod to both of them* That should be more than enough time. On the Negative Plane is one thing, but any undead should stand out like a beacon to me on the Plane of Radiance.
SongstressEnlil (7:57:26 PM): *Nods to Nicolan*
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:57:43 PM): Oh, sentancing.
Idran1701 (7:57:59 PM): *blinks, looking at Lil* ...Sentencing?
Idran1701 (7:58:05 PM): ...Did you do something?
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:58:55 PM): Define "Do something."
Idran1701 (7:59:07 PM): ...Commit a crime.
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:59:18 PM): ..What? No!
Idran1701 (7:59:44 PM): Then...who's to be sentenced?
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:59:48 PM): I'll have you know that I'm a kind-of-official Warden of..
TheWaiChibiAngel (7:59:49 PM): ..those guys.
SongstressEnlil (8:00:11 PM): "Those guys"?
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:00:16 PM): Yeah.
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:00:21 PM): The..Uh..Law guys.
Idran1701 (8:00:28 PM): ...The Harmonium?
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:01:24 PM): Yeah!
Idran1701 (8:02:05 PM): ...What does that mean, a warden?
SongstressEnlil (8:02:13 PM): IM: I wonder how long this will last?
Idran1701 (8:02:15 PM): You mean...deputy?
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:02:15 PM): As in, watching over a prisoner.
Idran1701 (8:03:18 PM): ...
Idran1701 (8:03:21 PM): ...Really?
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:03:24 PM): ...Yeah.
SongstressEnlil (8:03:40 PM): *Nods*
Idran1701 (8:03:49 PM): Well, congratulations, Lilium.
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:04:21 PM): It was my idea.
SongstressEnlil (8:04:59 PM): IM: I hope they aren't using similar logic against any Legundans they take captive back home.
Idran1701 (8:05:06 PM): And they accepted? Interesting.
Idran1701 (8:05:30 PM): The Harmonium don't normally deal with that side of law enforcement. They merely arrest.
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:05:53 PM): Well, I talked her into it.
SongstressEnlil (8:06:24 PM): Talked Cirily, I take it?
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:06:33 PM): Was that her name? Yeah.
Idran1701 (8:07:23 PM): ...What an...amusing turn of events.
Brodzky Zero (8:08:42 PM): *Sip*
Idran1701 (8:08:51 PM): *laughs* They're having you hold her for them? What did she do?
SongstressEnlil (8:09:00 PM): IM: Now I just need to figure how to move and breath on the Radiant Plane...
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:10:10 PM): Tried to murder me.
Idran1701 (8:11:01 PM): ...Tried to _murder_ you?
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:11:55 PM): Something like that.
Idran1701 (8:13:14 PM): Well...I suppose she deserves what she gets, then.
Idran1701 (8:13:44 PM): How long will you be watching her?
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:14:08 PM): Ah...
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:14:09 PM): Ten years.
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:14:12 PM): Or until I get bored.
Idran1701 (8:15:02 PM): *laughs*
SongstressEnlil (8:15:03 PM): So Cirily will be joining us, then?
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:15:35 PM): Sort of.
Idran1701 (8:16:23 PM): Eh?
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:17:41 PM): In the same sense that Larry did.
SongstressEnlil (8:17:50 PM): ...Oh dear.
Idran1701 (8:17:56 PM): Larry? *looks to Karl*
Idran1701 (8:18:02 PM): Oh, that's grand.
SongstressEnlil (8:18:22 PM): Larry would be our name for the dead god you sent us to a few weeks back.
Idran1701 (8:19:11 PM): ...I see. And what happened with him?
SongstressEnlil (8:19:27 PM): Show him, Lilium?
Brodzky Zero (8:19:29 PM): <_< >_>
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:19:39 PM): *Pops her katar*
Idran1701 (8:20:05 PM): *takes a look* ...He's in your blade?
SongstressEnlil (8:20:10 PM): Pay careful attention to what the blade is made from.
Idran1701 (8:21:02 PM): *does, his eyes widening as he sees the screaming face barely visible in the reflection* ...Interesting.
Idran1701 (8:21:15 PM): Is he trapped fully, or can he still sense?
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:21:42 PM): He can hear you.
SongstressEnlil (8:22:07 PM): In any event, I'm certain Cirily's obvious knowledge of all cultures planar and prime will be a great asset to you, Lilium. She must be intimately familiar with such to make the judgements she has. *Grins just a bit.*
Idran1701 (8:23:58 PM): *glances to the blade* Well, then, Larry, you're quite lucky to be as close to death as you are. Perhaps you will grow even closer in the future.
Idran1701 (8:24:10 PM): *honest statement, not mockery*
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:24:17 PM): IM: Stab him. No.
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:24:41 PM): Plus she can burn things for me.
SongstressEnlil (8:25:18 PM): True. But it should also be fun to ask her things, and find out how often she doesn't know what she's supposed to know.
Idran1701 (8:25:19 PM): *smirks* Always a useful ability to have.
Brodzky Zero (8:25:31 PM): Has a destination been decided?
SongstressEnlil (8:25:39 PM): IM: I know I enjoy it.
SongstressEnlil (8:25:47 PM): Yes, but preparations need to be made.
Brodzky Zero (8:26:01 PM): I will help, then.
Idran1701 (8:26:48 PM): As will I.
Idran1701 (8:26:52 PM): Radiance it is, then, Karl?
SongstressEnlil (8:27:33 PM): *Nods* It seems the best bet. I doubt Maihen would give Martillo that ring for no reason.
Idran1701 (8:28:48 PM): *nod* I can try to use what contacts I still have to find a portal to that plane, then.
SongstressEnlil (8:31:38 PM): If possible, I would still prefer to make a short stop at the Bleak Abyss. *To Nick*
Idran1701 (8:34:13 PM): *nod* The Ethereal, then.
SongstressEnlil (8:34:20 PM): *Nods*
Idran1701 (8:34:57 PM): (And anyone against a timeskip?)
SongstressEnlil (8:35:01 PM): (Nay)
Brodzky Zero (8:35:05 PM): (Nope)
Idran1701 (8:35:50 PM): (Shini? :O)
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:36:19 PM): (Sorry, gooid.)(
Idran1701 (8:38:59 PM): *Time passes as Nicolas leaves, checking into portals to the Ethereal. A much easier trip to locate, he returns after a mere hour and a half, having found one quickly.*
Idran1701 (8:39:27 PM): *Within the Hive, even, only five minutes' walk.*
Idran1701 (8:39:44 PM): *Anything people would be doing for this 90 minutes before leaving?
Idran1701 (8:39:45 PM): **
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:40:14 PM): *Not really!*
SongstressEnlil (8:40:18 PM): *Looking into how one survives in Radiance from that little library he found in the Hive some time back. Breathing and such is fun!*
Brodzky Zero (8:42:47 PM): *Sipping tea.*
Idran1701 (8:43:45 PM): *Everything handled, Nicolas guides the three through the streets, leading them to the doorway through which can be found the endless fog of the Ethereal.*
Idran1701 (8:44:09 PM): *Holding the key to the archway, a lock of blond hair, the portal springs into existence*
SongstressEnlil (8:44:36 PM): *Walkin' along!* The good news is that aside from needing the ring, we should be fine there. There is air to breathe.
SongstressEnlil (8:45:13 PM): But, it may still be a good idea to cover your eyes until we are sure the ring is working
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:45:26 PM): ..Right.
Idran1701 (8:45:27 PM): *nods* A sensible precaution.
SongstressEnlil (8:45:34 PM): Shall we?
Idran1701 (8:45:53 PM): *Did Lil bring Thorn, by the way?*
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:46:08 PM): *Yarp*
Idran1701 (8:46:52 PM): *Then he's standing next to Lil for now, looking around with what looks to be more curiosity than nervousness right now*
Idran1701 (8:47:00 PM): *(Not entirely, though, of course)*
Idran1701 (8:47:10 PM): Indeed. *and Nicolas steps through*
SongstressEnlil (8:47:20 PM): *Puts his arm over his eyes, and plunges in*
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:48:27 PM): IM: ..Wait, my eyes are dark anyway.
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:48:33 PM): *Picks up thorn and covers his eyes instead*
Brodzky Zero (8:49:13 PM): *Mimics the eye-covering and heading in.*
Idran1701 (8:50:17 PM): *The three head through the portal, and in an instant, they feel themselves floating in a gravity-free void once more*
Idran1701 (8:50:48 PM): *Lil's the only one of the three to have any sight right away, but she sees...fog. For hundreds of feet around her, but nothing but fog.*
Idran1701 (8:51:15 PM): *Nicolas looks over the group, a bit confused* ...You did wish to stop at the Bleak Abyss first, Karl?
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:51:21 PM): *Smiles*
SongstressEnlil (8:51:23 PM): *Once feels this, he'll uncover his eyes. Easier to pick out a down when you can't see*
SongstressEnlil (8:51:33 PM): Yes.
SongstressEnlil (8:52:23 PM): What we find there may help change the course of the war.
Idran1701 (8:52:23 PM): *Thorn's a little squirmy at the lack of ground, but he's calmer than the last trip.*
Brodzky Zero (8:53:10 PM): It feels like water here.
SongstressEnlil (8:53:42 PM): IM: I wish Arian were about to help with this, but no time for that now. Once we return to Legunda, we may never be able to return...
SongstressEnlil (8:53:58 PM): *Looks about, to make sure no ethereal horrors are about.*
Idran1701 (8:54:17 PM): *No movement at all as far as he can see, though the fog makes that slightly difficult*
Idran1701 (8:54:33 PM): Movement here is much as it was on the Astral. Think of your destination and you'll begin to move.
Brodzky Zero (8:54:39 PM): *Uncovers his eyes and looks around.*
SongstressEnlil (8:55:29 PM): *Nods, and begins to think of the Bleak Abyss, picturing the statues in particular*
Idran1701 (8:55:30 PM): *Grey fog, in all directions, with a dim light suffusing the entirety of the realm*
Idran1701 (8:56:21 PM): *Karl begins floating off from the others, a bit slowly at first*
SongstressEnlil (8:57:47 PM): We will need to be a bit careful. This place, the Bleak Abyss, it is like a tiny world nestled within this plane. In particular, when we get close to it, the ether will become unstable, if I've read correctly.
Idran1701 (8:58:29 PM): *glances to Lil and Karl, slowly floating off himself after the historian as he nods* Intriguing.
SongstressEnlil (8:58:57 PM): IM: I'll not worry them more than that.
TheWaiChibiAngel (8:59:37 PM): *Tries to follow that jerkface!*
SongstressEnlil (8:59:47 PM): But, it has a mural within it with Trakaini writing. This cannot be ignored
Brodzky Zero (8:59:53 PM): *Tries whatever he can think of to get moving.*
Idran1701 (9:00:03 PM): *Lil begins to move, Thorn clinging to her new armor. First follows soon after.*
SongstressEnlil (9:01:39 PM): The good news it, there is no particularly hostile race like the Githyanki living here.
Idran1701 (9:02:10 PM): *The group floats through the fog, it swirling around them cloyingly as they pass through the plane. The occasional sign of motion can be seen flitting around, just out of sight, as Karl attempts his reassurances of the party.*
SongstressEnlil (9:02:27 PM): So natural predators ought to be the worst of our worries.
TheWaiChibiAngel (9:02:52 PM): )Brb)
Brodzky Zero (9:03:33 PM): (I have dishes and stuff so BRB too.)
Idran1701 (9:03:55 PM): (Pause until returns, then. :O)
Brodzky Zero (9:14:23 PM): (Back~(
SongstressEnlil (9:15:10 PM): (Da)
Idran1701 (9:16:00 PM): (Once Shini gets back too we'll start back up.)
TheWaiChibiAngel (9:16:22 PM): (Beenm back, sorry.)
Idran1701 (9:16:28 PM): (Well then! :D)
Idran1701 (9:17:17 PM): *hours pass, as the group floats through the Ethereal*
Idran1701 (9:17:44 PM): *The plane looks fairly empty, but for the occasional snake-like thing curiously flitting about them.*
SongstressEnlil (9:17:53 PM): IM: And to think, a way home, in a technical sense, was but minutes from our inn. If only the reverse were true...
Brodzky Zero (9:17:54 PM): *Seems content to be on the move!*
SongstressEnlil (9:18:10 PM): *Watches the snake things curiously*
Idran1701 (9:18:11 PM): *Thorn seems almost as curious about them himself, watching them as they float around.*
Idran1701 (9:19:52 PM): *still clinging to Lil, he keeps his eyes on the creatures, staring at one as it glides right by his face*
Brodzky Zero (9:19:59 PM): *Is wary of the snakely things; recalling how he lost his cloak.*
TheWaiChibiAngel (9:21:14 PM): `*Scratches Thorn's ears.*
Idran1701 (9:21:34 PM): *glances up to her briefly before turning his attention back to the snakey thing*
Idran1701 (9:21:48 PM): *Soon, the group spies in the distance a sight Karl recognizes as their destination; a vast wall of shimmering colors, stretching in all directions.*
SongstressEnlil (9:22:04 PM): We're here.
Brodzky Zero (9:22:28 PM): <_< >_> 9_9 6_6
SongstressEnlil (9:22:35 PM): *Toward the wall*
Brodzky Zero (9:22:39 PM): What material is this?
SongstressEnlil (9:22:53 PM): Border Ethereal.
Idran1701 (9:23:14 PM): *To Lil, it just looks like a big wall of brighter and darker patches, of course.*
Brodzky Zero (9:23:28 PM): I must obtain an armlength of it.
SongstressEnlil (9:23:31 PM): This is where the ethereal plane and other planes meet and intermix.
SongstressEnlil (9:23:37 PM): Why?
Brodzky Zero (9:25:01 PM): With it I could perhaps in a small way represent my Creator's grand personality.
SongstressEnlil (9:25:42 PM): Hmmm. Well, I do not know how one would gather or transport Ether.
SongstressEnlil (9:25:54 PM): IM: Did I see it on sale in Sigil? Hmm...
TheWaiChibiAngel (9:26:27 PM): ..That's it?
SongstressEnlil (9:26:27 PM): IM: No, I think that was some sort of essence.
SongstressEnlil (9:26:33 PM): We have to go inside.
SongstressEnlil (9:26:38 PM): *Is moving toward it*
Brodzky Zero (9:27:16 PM): *Follows, eying the border.*
Idran1701 (9:27:43 PM): *nods* Through here can be found every realm that overlaps with the Ethereal. One must only find the correct patch of color.
SongstressEnlil (9:28:16 PM): In this case, Black with red swirling within it.
TheWaiChibiAngel (9:28:34 PM): Uh..
Brodzky Zero (9:28:34 PM): I believe I know of those colors.
TheWaiChibiAngel (9:28:37 PM): I can't see color.
SongstressEnlil (9:28:50 PM): We can. Do not worry.
SongstressEnlil (9:29:02 PM): *Looks to First* Is this so?
Idran1701 (9:29:07 PM): ...Part of your condition?
Brodzky Zero (9:29:14 PM): Perhaps.
Idran1701 (9:29:21 PM): *to Lil*
SongstressEnlil (9:31:28 PM): Where do you know them from?
TheWaiChibiAngel (9:31:51 PM): *Nod*
Brodzky Zero (9:31:53 PM): I have seen them in many places.
SongstressEnlil (9:32:09 PM): Ah, I misinterpretted you.
SongstressEnlil (9:32:15 PM): *HOW CLOSE IS THEY?*
Idran1701 (9:32:16 PM): Interesting. Well, worry not. We shall lead you on this trip.
Idran1701 (9:32:39 PM): *only a few dozen feet from the wall itself now, skimming its surface quickly*
SongstressEnlil (9:33:24 PM): As I warned, it is...not stable here. You may well find yourself suddenly plunged into water or some such. Just try to move quickly.
Brodzky Zero (9:33:44 PM): I was correct when I said this place is like water, then.
SongstressEnlil (9:35:09 PM): (Brb, Priam needs the computer for a couple minutes)
SongstressEnlil (9:39:55 PM): (Roit den)
Idran1701 (9:40:02 PM): *Karl can spot the correct region ahead, mixing with the nearby patches at its edges, shifting about slightly within the wall, but definitely right*
SongstressEnlil (9:40:14 PM): *Toward it!*
Brodzky Zero (9:40:30 PM): *Follows!*
SongstressEnlil (9:41:34 PM): IM: This will be it, then. Either I will survive, or I will not.
Idran1701 (9:42:42 PM): *soon, they hover before the patch, Nicolas taking out a small vial* This will allow us to exit back to the Ethereal after our trip is complete.
SongstressEnlil (9:42:58 PM): Excellent.
SongstressEnlil (9:44:45 PM): *If it doesn't look like Nicolas will be drinking it now, he'll plunge in*
Idran1701 (9:44:51 PM): *Nicolas looks amongst the others, while Thorn stares at the wall, intrigued by the shifting colors*
SongstressEnlil (9:45:03 PM): *Or applying it in some manner*
Idran1701 (9:45:36 PM): *Karl dives in, through the immaterial barrier*
Idran1701 (9:45:41 PM): *Do the others follow?*
Brodzky Zero (9:45:52 PM): *Follows, trying to snag a handful on the way.*
Idran1701 (9:47:12 PM): *First's attempt fails, unfortunately; it's like trying to grab a cloud.*
TheWaiChibiAngel (9:47:20 PM): *Why not?*
Idran1701 (9:48:01 PM): *Nicolas follows, and the party finds themselves...surrounded by stone.*
Idran1701 (9:48:12 PM): *...No, within the stone. In the same space as it, yet not.*
Idran1701 (9:48:47 PM): *A double-image; the realm they're still in, and the more solid realm "below."*
SongstressEnlil (9:48:59 PM): *Freezes for a moment. Then tries to move on.*
Brodzky Zero (9:49:07 PM): *Considers this.*
SongstressEnlil (9:49:12 PM): IM: No no no not yet!
Idran1701 (9:49:53 PM): *Karl floats forward easily, though it's a disconcerting sight as the layers of rock pass by his eyes. The party can still spot each other through the double image, but it's hazy, like looking through tinted glass.*
SongstressEnlil (9:50:38 PM): IM: Oh thank the gods! It felt like...no no, don't think about that now.
SongstressEnlil (9:51:00 PM): *Onwards, wary of anything popping out to say hello*
Idran1701 (9:51:31 PM): *Thorn's squirming more nervously now, pretty disconcerted by his surroundings and close to slipping out of Lil's grip.*
SongstressEnlil (9:51:37 PM): *Looking in particular to get out of the stony bits*
SongstressEnlil (9:51:44 PM): Can you all hear me still?
Idran1701 (9:51:50 PM): (They can!)
Brodzky Zero (9:51:59 PM): Yes.
SongstressEnlil (9:52:22 PM): Good, good. I, I wasn't sure if it were possible here.
SongstressEnlil (9:52:40 PM): IM: Now to find those statues...
SongstressEnlil (9:53:14 PM): Is everyone *pauses to swallow instictively, regardless of physical need* still here, and unhurt?
Brodzky Zero (9:54:28 PM): Yes. This place is like stone.
SongstressEnlil (9:54:52 PM): Let's try to get away from that, shall we then?
TheWaiChibiAngel (9:55:52 PM): Yeah.
Idran1701 (9:55:58 PM): Indeed.
TheWaiChibiAngel (9:56:01 PM): ..Where are we? And what are we doing here, again?
TheWaiChibiAngel (9:56:13 PM): *Belatedly, reaffirms her grip*
Idran1701 (9:56:27 PM): A quest of Karl's that may help the fight on your homeworld, I understand.
Brodzky Zero (9:56:31 PM): *Thinks, trying to answer.* This must be a land of stone.
SongstressEnlil (9:56:53 PM): The Bleak Abyss, seeking -yes, as Nicolas says.
SongstressEnlil (9:56:56 PM): IM: I hope.
TheWaiChibiAngel (9:57:32 PM): ..Oh, right.
SongstressEnlil (9:57:56 PM): IM: ...Well, in addition to other things, I hope.
Idran1701 (9:58:04 PM): *They begin floating forward, soon reaching a tunnel filled with vegetation, spots of light along the walls illuminating the area with a bright white.*
Brodzky Zero (9:58:14 PM): It is good to be making progress.
SongstressEnlil (9:58:33 PM): Yes. Yes it is. *Down the tunnel*
Brodzky Zero (9:58:39 PM): *Follows!*
SongstressEnlil (9:58:41 PM): *Looking at the flora along the way*
SongstressEnlil (9:59:06 PM): IM: ...Were these upon the corpse of Tonbae?
Brodzky Zero (9:59:33 PM): If this leads to a fiery river, then were are going the wrong way.
Idran1701 (9:59:47 PM): *floating down the open space, travel begins to get a bit rougher...the very space about them seems to be getting thicker, more turbulent.*
SongstressEnlil (9:59:52 PM): ...Likely, yes.
Idran1701 (9:59:56 PM): *It's becoming more difficult to hold a straight course, as each of them takes an occasional drift into the walls of the tunnel.*
SongstressEnlil (10:00:11 PM): IM: Here it is...
Idran1701 (10:00:43 PM): *It feels less like buffetting, though, and more like...straight isn't straight here. Not in their side-realm, at least.*
Idran1701 (10:02:02 PM): *But they continue on as best they can. They begin to make out well-traveled paths through the plant-life here. Old paths, but well-traveled.*
SongstressEnlil (10:02:28 PM): *Tries to mantain a course as much as he can* Don't let it force you into the walls, if you can help it. Try not to pass through anything but the empty air.
Idran1701 (10:02:58 PM): *And there seems to be an arrangement to the trees and shrubs, an order. It's obviously the result of some long-since-passed landscaping, not natural growth.*
SongstressEnlil (10:03:24 PM): IM: They came through here... Perhaps often?
Brodzky Zero (10:03:35 PM): (brb garage door fell off the tracks)
Idran1701 (10:04:14 PM): *The disruption grows worse, like pushing forward in a hurricane.*
Idran1701 (10:04:31 PM): (Everyone give me a d10.)
OnlineHost (10:04:44 PM): SongstressEnlil rolled 1 10-sided die: 2
SongstressEnlil (10:05:40 PM): (May have to wait on Zero)
Idran1701 (10:05:48 PM): (*nod* Right.)
Brodzky Zero (10:05:55 PM): (Okay, it was a car accident and not the garage door collapsing.)
Brodzky Zero (10:06:00 PM): (Not my problem- carry on!)
OnlineHost (10:06:08 PM): Brodzky Zero rolled 1 10-sided die: 8
Idran1701 (10:06:37 PM): (Shini? :O)
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:07:30 PM): (Sorry, being obligated to help Sarah. Gimme a second to catch up.)
Idran1701 (10:07:37 PM): (Ah, no problem.)
Brodzky Zero (10:07:46 PM): (Hey there's a fire engine now)
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:08:31 PM): Right. Why are we avoiding stuff?
SongstressEnlil (10:09:26 PM): Because it may well stop being immaterial.
Idran1701 (10:10:20 PM): *nod* If we fall out of this border realm, we'll appear solid wherever we were. Even potentially half inside solid rock.
Idran1701 (10:10:36 PM): (Also, d10, Shini.)
OnlineHost (10:10:59 PM): TheWaiChibiAngel rolled 1 10-sided die: 6
Idran1701 (10:11:57 PM): *the group pushes through, wading through the material of the plane, until with a sudden sound like the very tearing of space, Karl is the first to emerge fully from the Ethereal, falling to the ground*
Idran1701 (10:12:34 PM): *His knees are a little banged up, but he is otherwise fine it seems. The others can still see and hear him, but to Karl he is completely alone.*
SongstressEnlil (10:13:20 PM): *looks around* ...Are the rest of you here? Anyone?
SongstressEnlil (10:13:32 PM): *What are the surroundings like?*
Idran1701 (10:13:56 PM): *Still the same path through a tree-filled tunnel, with the same wall-mounted illumination.*
Brodzky Zero (10:14:09 PM): We are here.
SongstressEnlil (10:14:28 PM): *Is there any of the hurricane like effects from before?*
SongstressEnlil (10:14:32 PM): **Are there*
Idran1701 (10:14:53 PM): *Nope, it feels like a nice Spring day.*
SongstressEnlil (10:15:06 PM): Anyone?
SongstressEnlil (10:15:26 PM): *Any noises at all? Or suspicious motions?*
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:15:34 PM): ..Hm.
Idran1701 (10:15:46 PM): *...A very slight whistling sound in the far distance.*
SongstressEnlil (10:16:29 PM): ...Well, I'm presume you're all here. *Onwards!*
Brodzky Zero (10:16:47 PM): *Follows the behatted one.*
SongstressEnlil (10:16:55 PM): IM: Where did I read about this? The forested tunnel?
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:17:30 PM): *Waits, for a moment!*
SongstressEnlil (10:18:02 PM): *Out loud, perhaps to settle his nerves.*...There are references to a place like this, in Trakaini lore. A forested tunnel. Tunnels, now that I think on it.
Idran1701 (10:18:03 PM): *First presses on as Lil floats in place...as best she can, at least, but the nature of the space around her seems insistant on pushing her around slightly, like a ball floating in the ocean.*
SongstressEnlil (10:18:17 PM): Yes, tunnels.
SongstressEnlil (10:18:30 PM): And mentions of a bridge or bridges, too.
SongstressEnlil (10:18:41 PM): IM; Was it some poem, perhaps?
SongstressEnlil (10:19:15 PM): IM: A eulogy?
SongstressEnlil (10:19:57 PM): A connection to something, yes... That seems right.
SongstressEnlil (10:20:16 PM): *Walking onwards, rather quickly*
Brodzky Zero (10:20:26 PM): *Trying to keep up!*
SongstressEnlil (10:20:49 PM): IM: A children's story, perhaps? Urgh, think damn you!
Idran1701 (10:20:50 PM): *First is the next to fall, stumbling a bit and just barely unable to keep on his feet as he lands.*
Idran1701 (10:21:08 PM): *Karl hears his appearance with a sudden whoosh of air behind him.*
Brodzky Zero (10:21:14 PM): *Falls heavily with a thud.*
SongstressEnlil (10:21:14 PM): *Jumps a bit, when Firstus manifests* Ah!
SongstressEnlil (10:21:27 PM): Th-there you are. Good. Good.
SongstressEnlil (10:21:35 PM): You've heard me, yes?
Brodzky Zero (10:21:38 PM): Yes.
Idran1701 (10:21:57 PM): *And meanwhile, Thorn still squirms, not liking this one bit. He's not going anywhere, though, Lil's got a good solid grip.*
SongstressEnlil (10:22:19 PM): We're onto something incredible, First. I only wish I could impress that upon you.
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:23:17 PM): Right..
SongstressEnlil (10:23:19 PM): A secret kept from the world in their own time, possibly. It's...it's like finding your way back to the Creator's home! Yes, that's it/
SongstressEnlil (10:23:21 PM): *.
Brodzky Zero (10:23:33 PM): I will help as I can.
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:23:35 PM): *Through, but twists, so that Thorn lands on her, instead of vice-versa.*
SongstressEnlil (10:24:44 PM): I appreciate it. *Puts a bit more speed onto his walk*
Idran1701 (10:24:48 PM): *pushing forward, Lil's the next to fall, landing with a thump on her back; Thorn's obviously grateful to have actual gravity again, giving a small grateful lick to her face*
Brodzky Zero (10:24:53 PM): *Walk walk walk. Is a good walker.*
Idran1701 (10:25:10 PM): *Nicolas is the last, not even close to landing upright but quickly pulling himself back up to a standing position.*
SongstressEnlil (10:25:10 PM): *Stops and looks back* Are you alright, Lilium?
Idran1701 (10:26:37 PM): *brushing himself off, walking forward* I heard you as well, Karl. Whatever this place once was, it's impressive it's still in such a good condition, given how old this empire of yours seems to be.
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:26:47 PM): Bah, you're the least intimidating dog ever.
Idran1701 (10:26:55 PM): Not even the slightest bit of overgrowth from what I can see.
SongstressEnlil (10:27:49 PM): *Nods* I wish I knew botany better, I only vaguely know what these plants are. But they are from Legunda, and found in the Trakain region before the Heresy.
SongstressEnlil (10:28:42 PM): *Walks over to give Lilium a hand up* IM: We have to move. Waiting for far too long for this!
Idran1701 (10:28:45 PM): *with another lick, he pulls out of Lil's grip to stand on the ground on his own, staring ahead down the length of the tunnel*
Brodzky Zero (10:31:36 PM): *Walkawalka*
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:32:54 PM): *Helped up*
Idran1701 (10:33:08 PM): *First continues down the tunnel as Karl helps Lil to her feet. Thorn glances back with a yip to Lil before turning back to the tunnel ahead.*
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:33:10 PM): *And wipes her face with a sleeve.*
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:33:24 PM): (Thorn: YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP)
SongstressEnlil (10:33:54 PM): We're so close, can't you feel it, Lilium? *Makes to catch up with the rest*
Idran1701 (10:35:47 PM): *Karl starts after First, Nicolas staying near Karl, while Thorn continues to wait, looking back to her every so often with the impatience of a puppy.*
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:36:01 PM): ..Close to what?
Brodzky Zero (10:36:16 PM): (waugh, brb)
SongstressEnlil (10:37:01 PM): An answer, Lilium, to some of the deepest mysteries of Trakain. We may well learn what they were trying to do when they devastated our world!
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:38:20 PM): ..Uh, kay.
Brodzky Zero (10:38:34 PM): (Back)
Idran1701 (10:39:32 PM): *Down the tunnel, things begin to grow...cloudy. Red mist begins appearing from somewhere, as the white stone fades to a dull grey and the lights look more unreliable. The tunnel widens, opening into a larger cavern.*
SongstressEnlil (10:39:41 PM): IM: And so much more...
Idran1701 (10:39:58 PM): *Though plantlife still fills this place, it's much less packed, resembling less a forest now and more a...park of some kind.*
Idran1701 (10:40:30 PM): *Trails still wind through the grass, more now; other tunnels meeting in this cavern, it appears.*
Brodzky Zero (10:41:15 PM): <_< >_>
Idran1701 (10:42:00 PM): *One larger trail continues on forward, the result of these mergers it would seem.*
SongstressEnlil (10:42:25 PM): *Following the trails. Paying little actual attention to the surroundings now*
Idran1701 (10:42:31 PM): *Though the lights look less reliable ahead, not only tinted ruby from the increasingly-prevalent clouds but even missing in sections along the wall.*
Brodzky Zero (10:42:56 PM): *Marches onwards.*
SongstressEnlil (10:43:48 PM): IM: Almost got it... a death myth, perhaps? No no no...
Idran1701 (10:43:58 PM): *The whistling grows louder as they continue on, Thorn not moving so far ahead but keeping right at Lil's side now.*
Brodzky Zero (10:44:33 PM): What is the source of that noise?
Idran1701 (10:44:34 PM): *Nicolas looks about as the trees begin to look sicklier, the grass more yellowed, flowers wilted as they press on.*
SongstressEnlil (10:44:38 PM): IM: Were there winds a part of it?
SongstressEnlil (10:44:48 PM): That would be the Abyss part, I believe.
Idran1701 (10:46:12 PM): *Soon, the vegetation is gone entirely, rotted away to nothing, leaving only a bare cavern with deep red, flickering light, and the long-since-dried remains of this tunnel's flora underfoot.*
Idran1701 (10:46:56 PM): *And ahead...Karl's the first to spot it, but they all see it. The obelisk he read of, flanked on either side by two statues. Unmistakenly Trakaini as he looks upon them, each kneeled, facing the stone pillar.*
Idran1701 (10:47:19 PM): *At each statue's base is engraved a single word which shifts before their eyes, appearing to each of those present in their native languages.*
Idran1701 (10:47:28 PM): *On one: "TIME". The other: "SPACE".*
SongstressEnlil (10:47:48 PM): *Grinning openly now, as he approaches the obelisk.*
Idran1701 (10:48:42 PM): *Trakaini runes, still meaningless, without order...but different than they were in the rubbing. They've moved.*
Idran1701 (10:48:46 PM): (d20 for Karl.)
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:48:49 PM): ..This is..Fuckin' weird.
OnlineHost (10:49:23 PM): SongstressEnlil rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
SongstressEnlil (10:51:08 PM): IM: Ring...
Idran1701 (10:51:11 PM): ...Very much so, yes.
SongstressEnlil (10:51:40 PM): *Looks for a place where the signet he wears may fit*
Brodzky Zero (10:51:45 PM): *Examines how well these statues are made.*
Idran1701 (10:51:52 PM): *he sees no such space, unfortunately*
Idran1701 (10:52:10 PM): *And to First's eyes, they appear extremely well-crafted, though he sees no chisel marks at all.*
SongstressEnlil (10:52:21 PM): *Places the ring against it*
SongstressEnlil (10:52:39 PM): *Not taking it off, but putting his hand against the obelisk*
Idran1701 (10:52:50 PM): *Karl touches his ring to the pillar...*
Idran1701 (10:53:09 PM): *...and the runes shift, flowing along the surface as the engravings of the statues did*
SongstressEnlil (10:53:25 PM): *Grinning widely*
Brodzky Zero (10:54:23 PM): That is an odd magic.
SongstressEnlil (10:55:08 PM): "Welcome, Travelers, to the Trakaini Transport Junction."
SongstressEnlil (10:56:08 PM): *Chuckles* ...I think I see now.
SongstressEnlil (10:56:54 PM): Now wonder this place is in such a state.
Idran1701 (10:58:26 PM): ...Transport junction? You know what this place was?
SongstressEnlil (10:59:29 PM): Lilium, do you remember that tower we stopped at, on the way to Madifor?
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:59:41 PM): Ah..
TheWaiChibiAngel (10:59:42 PM): ...No.
SongstressEnlil (11:01:04 PM): I believe you accused Klaus of molesting you.
Idran1701 (11:01:19 PM): (...Ha, I forgot about that.)
Brodzky Zero (11:02:29 PM): (Oh geez, got distracted, sorry.)
TheWaiChibiAngel (11:03:10 PM): ..Drawing a blank.
SongstressEnlil (11:03:35 PM): Perhaps that is for the better.
Brodzky Zero (11:03:58 PM): *Pondering the statues.*
SongstressEnlil (11:04:37 PM): Trakain maintained a network of Crystal balls in its last few decades, using them to communicate instantly between their communities.
SongstressEnlil (11:05:19 PM): They were also rumored to have found a way to move not only messages, but people though this system.
OnlineHost (11:05:22 PM): Brodzky Zero rolled 1 3-sided die: 1
OnlineHost (11:05:25 PM): Brodzky Zero rolled 1 5-sided die: 3
Brodzky Zero (11:06:12 PM): *Ponders*
SongstressEnlil (11:06:13 PM): The center of this place was thought to be somewhere in Legunda. But...it seems that they made their own demiplane for it!
Idran1701 (11:07:03 PM): ...And...this is that place? *sounding a little incredulous*
SongstressEnlil (11:07:08 PM): Hundred of thousands of Trakaini use to pass through this place, travelling from one edge of the empire to the other in moments!
SongstressEnlil (11:07:38 PM): Yes! The obelisk says it all! But...when the Heresy happened, this place was also affected!
SongstressEnlil (11:09:18 PM): Have you noticed anything about those statues, First?
Brodzky Zero (11:10:13 PM): They are not carved, but grown. I must learn this art.
Brodzky Zero (11:10:27 PM): *Ponders.*
SongstressEnlil (11:10:32 PM): Hmmm, let me see.
SongstressEnlil (11:10:39 PM): *Examines the statues*
Idran1701 (11:10:55 PM): *Karl sees the same as described before, no chisel marks at all.*
TheWaiChibiAngel (11:10:58 PM): IM: He's starting to sound a little crazy.
SongstressEnlil (11:13:37 PM): Enchanted, to say the least. There's something about the shape, it seems to allow spells to be applied to them more effectively.
SongstressEnlil (11:14:36 PM): Hmmm. Lilium, you're not one for religion, I take it?
TheWaiChibiAngel (11:17:41 PM): Not really.
SongstressEnlil (11:18:19 PM): A shame. I was going to ask you if you think these statues resemble those of Drolen and Cranden.
SongstressEnlil (11:18:49 PM): *To Nikky and First* Deities of our world, Of Time and Travel, in particular.
Idran1701 (11:19:21 PM): *nods*
SongstressEnlil (11:21:06 PM): *Looks around the obelisk now, to see if there is anything else hidden among them*
Idran1701 (11:21:31 PM): *Beyond the obelisk, hardly noticable through the clouds surrounding them is a further tunnel extending deeper into this complex*
Idran1701 (11:21:37 PM): *The whistling seems to be issuing from here*
SongstressEnlil (11:22:30 PM): *Nothing else interesting about the obelisk itself?*
Idran1701 (11:22:59 PM): *Not much; now that it's legible, it seems more a signpost for the complex than any great revelation.*
SongstressEnlil (11:23:37 PM): Shall we carry on, then?
SongstressEnlil (11:23:56 PM): *Looks ahead into the clouds, trying to see if he can discern anything*
Idran1701 (11:24:28 PM): (Zero's going to have to step out here due to encroaching tiredness on his part, unfortunately.)
TheWaiChibiAngel (11:24:59 PM): (I'm kind of zoning, myself.)
Brodzky Zero (11:25:16 PM): (I gotta do some stuff too. Things that may end up getting me a job.)
Idran1701 (11:25:44 PM): (Ah. Well, then, we can cut for tonight. Next week we should be able to wrap this up and head into Lil's stuff in this sidequest.)
Idran1701 (11:26:50 PM): (As for XP, 450 for all as a base.)
Idran1701 (11:27:03 PM): (Bonus 250 for Karl's slightly-crazed-by-revelation historian portrayal here.)
SongstressEnlil (11:28:20 PM): ( =])
Idran1701 (11:29:00 PM): (Let's see...bonus 50 for Lil's continued confusion blended with apathy, because I still love that aspect of her character. :D)
TheWaiChibiAngel (11:29:37 PM): (Part of it was distraction. The other part was true IC not caring. :D)
Idran1701 (11:30:08 PM): (And bonus 50 for First trying to grab some of the Ethereal Curtain for his god.)
Brodzky Zero (11:30:24 PM): (He was going to carve an idol from it.)
SongstressEnlil (11:30:41 PM): (If he could get some stable ether, though)
Brodzky Zero (11:30:49 PM): (Karl needs to hook him up)
Idran1701 (11:30:56 PM): (Heh.)
SongstressEnlil (11:31:20 PM): (They'll probably pass some Tiefling hawking it for 20 Gp a piece)
Brodzky Zero (11:32:10 PM): (They'll just wait outside a wizard's house until he needs the carpets cleaned then they'll scrape it all up and put it in a jar.)
Brodzky Zero (11:36:56 PM): (WE DONE HERE?)!
Idran1701 (11:37:08 PM): (YES)
SongstressEnlil (11:37:10 PM): (GO CRY)
Idran1701 (11:37:11 PM): </RP>
(11:37:29 PM) Brodzky Zero has left the room.
Idran1701 (11:38:15 PM): Before you head off for the night too, Shini, any chance of a post? :D
(11:38:43 PM) SongstressEnlil has left the room.
TheWaiChibiAngel (11:40:14 PM): *I'll be around for a bit. Just hard to focus.*
Idran1701 (11:40:21 PM): Ah. *nod*
TheWaiChibiAngel (11:40:44 PM): *It was expecially hard because I honestly have no idea what's going on, IC or OOC again. But that's okay, because I Think it was partially intended.*
Idran1701 (11:41:53 PM): A little bit, yeah, since this is mostly Karl's deal that he's been planning outside the main sessions, this side trip.
Idran1701 (11:42:39 PM): Not entirely, though, honestly.
TheWaiChibiAngel (11:44:11 PM): *Well, there's no good way for me to keep up with things like htis, considering how oblivious to most of this stuff Lil is.*
Idran1701 (11:45:19 PM): *nod* Yeah. Does make me a little concerned that you're not having as good a time as you might be, but it fits Lil and there's not much I can do to help with that part besides give you an update every so often.
Idran1701 (11:45:30 PM): So I'm trying not to worry about it unless it ends up getting really bad for you.
Idran1701 (11:46:00 PM): You at least seem to be enjoying things in the side stuff, after all. :D
Idran1701 (11:46:26 PM): (Plus this was kind of a boring session for Lil in general, even if she did understand it. She didn't even get to stab anything.)
TheWaiChibiAngel (11:46:33 PM): *(Well, yeah.)*
TheWaiChibiAngel (11:47:13 PM): *Really, the best I can do with Lil is when she has a chance to break something with her fists, or be slightly manipulative and whatnot.*
Idran1701 (11:47:21 PM): *nod*
Idran1701 (11:48:41 PM): Am I right that stuff like this doesn't hurt your enjoyment that much, then? :O
TheWaiChibiAngel (11:50:06 PM): *Nope. I just don't want you to think I'm intentionally spacing out and such.*
Idran1701 (11:50:37 PM): Nah, I know you're not.
Idran1701 (11:57:46 PM): LOGGING THIS