(6:05:07 PM) You have just entered room "toortho."
(6:05:10 PM) Brodzky Zero has entered the room.
(6:05:42 PM) SongstressEnlil has entered the room.
Brodzky Zero (6:05:52 PM): *:Smug smug:*
Brodzky Zero (6:05:55 PM): *Sup Kipsy?*
SongstressEnlil (6:06:45 PM): *haha I already have a plan youre gonna get it now*
Brodzky Zero (6:07:23 PM): *Where the fuck is my noodle soup I put it rite here in this table*
SongstressEnlil (6:08:00 PM): *I can't do any other Mr Kips =[*
Idran1701 (6:09:53 PM): Give me a bit longer, I just found out I am a dumby and forgot to update Zero's sheet.
Brodzky Zero (6:10:07 PM): http://byobyob.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=367.0;attach=272;image
Brodzky Zero (6:16:52 PM): *WE READY TO ROCK THIS HOUSE INTO THE FUCKING PITS OF HELL?*
SongstressEnlil (6:17:26 PM): *FIVE MORE MINUTES*
Brodzky Zero (6:17:30 PM): *OKAY*
Brodzky Zero (6:17:37 PM): *IF YOU NEED TO SOBER UP, TAKE A COLD SHOWER*
Brodzky Zero (6:20:01 PM): *I don't have work again until FRIDAY*
SongstressEnlil (6:23:44 PM): *IDRAN HE IS A FIGHTER. THAC0 UP ONE, +HP. THIS IS NOT ROCKET SURGERY*
Brodzky Zero (6:23:58 PM): *We're waiting for you, Pervy*
SongstressEnlil (6:24:28 PM): *I was being a cynic, as I tend to be with all capses.*
Brodzky Zero (6:24:42 PM): *Yes, you are a dog.*
SongstressEnlil (6:24:53 PM): *Actually I'm just mildly curious about the intricacies of First's sheet*
SongstressEnlil (6:25:00 PM): *Classic fighters level up in moments.*
Brodzky Zero (6:25:04 PM): *It's all in binary for one.*
Idran1701 (6:26:17 PM): You forgot saving throws, Pervy. >:
Brodzky Zero (6:26:33 PM): *I'll give you a hint: He is lightly encumbered because he's carrying Karl's Yodelling Gear.*
Idran1701 (6:26:51 PM): Can you tell me anyone's saving throw increases from a given level to the next level off the top of your head? :D
Idran1701 (6:26:58 PM): Even with your 2e knowledge?
Brodzky Zero (6:27:28 PM): *I barely even know what a saving throw is.*
SongstressEnlil (6:27:29 PM): *Yes. Depending on level. 1-4, 5-7, 8-12, 13-16, 17+*
Idran1701 (6:27:35 PM): I mean the saving throw values.
Idran1701 (6:27:41 PM): And that's actually wrong for fighters.
SongstressEnlil (6:27:46 PM): *Ah. Point.*
SongstressEnlil (6:27:56 PM): *And I was totally going off old memories*
SongstressEnlil (6:28:02 PM): *Not looked at Saves in ages*
Idran1701 (6:28:10 PM): For fighters it's 0, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8,...,17+.
Brodzky Zero (6:31:07 PM): *Are we ready to go?*
Idran1701 (6:31:24 PM): Yep! Sorry for the delay, had to get dinner myself.
Brodzky Zero (6:31:31 PM): *I have finished my dinner.*
Idran1701 (6:31:36 PM): I have just started!
Brodzky Zero (6:31:41 PM): *WOOP*
Idran1701 (6:31:48 PM): You ready, Pervy?
Brodzky Zero (6:32:03 PM): *He already has a plan*
SongstressEnlil (6:32:03 PM): *Daski*
Idran1701 (6:32:27 PM): Yeah but Pervy always has a plan for everything regardless of chance of it actually happening.
Idran1701 (6:32:29 PM): Like Batman!
Idran1701 (6:33:03 PM): <SHALL WE BEGIN?>
SongstressEnlil (6:33:04 PM): *Right now I am prepared for thigns you've never even dreamed of, like Einherjar attacking*
Idran1701 (6:33:17 PM): (Luckily, they don't exist here. :D)
SongstressEnlil (6:33:17 PM): <Like a newspaper in a windstorm>
Brodzky Zero (6:33:38 PM): <ROCKS GRINDING AGAINST THE CHAMBERS OF YOUR MIND>
Idran1701 (6:34:05 PM): (IS THAT THE FIRSTIAN VERSION OF "CRAWLING IN MY SKIN"?)
Brodzky Zero (6:34:15 PM): (No.)
Idran1701 (6:34:19 PM): (Oh.)
Idran1701 (6:34:39 PM)
: *Leaving the drama of the party behind, Karl heads through the streets of Sigil towards the Barracks.*
Brodzky Zero (6:34:48 PM)
: (Within the bloodstained walls of the center of your brain/ Demons without mercy driving you insane)
SongstressEnlil (6:34:49 PM): (These veins they will not resist igneous intrusion)
Idran1701 (6:35:19 PM): (Haha to both.)
Brodzky Zero (6:35:36 PM)
: (Mine's not a joke, it's an Yngwie Malmsteen song :( )
Idran1701 (6:35:40 PM): (Wait, it is?)
Brodzky Zero (6:35:43 PM)
: (Yeah)
Brodzky Zero (6:35:50 PM): ( http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/yngwiemalmsteen/risingforce.html#3 )
Idran1701 (6:35:51 PM): (Huh.)
Idran1701 (6:35:58 PM)
: (Anyway!)
SongstressEnlil (6:36:30 PM)
: IM: I should have dealt with her then and there. How much simpler it would have been to have drug a confession out of her! No, can't risk that, not now...
Idran1701 (6:37:45 PM): *It isn't long before he spots First, wandering about on his own, heading in the same general direction*
SongstressEnlil (6:37:49 PM)
: *Trying to surreptiously get an idea if he's being followed. WOULD HE EVER NOTICE MARTY?*
Idran1701 (6:38:27 PM): (d20!)
OnlineHost (6:38:43 PM)
: SongstressEnlil rolled 1 20-sided die: 2
Brodzky Zero (6:38:55 PM): (Two ninjas drop from the rafters.)
Idran1701 (6:38:59 PM): (Yes! And he could tell who it was. But Marty left before catching up with him.)
Idran1701 (6:39:07 PM)
: (Zero shut up that is later you spoiled it >:)
Brodzky Zero (6:39:31 PM)
: (Don't worry. Karl still doesn't know what rafters I am talking about.)
Brodzky Zero (6:39:53 PM): (Ned: Cousin Vernon! Uncle Marko!)
SongstressEnlil (6:40:04 PM): IM: Hmm. I wonder is more important than peace with the Harmonium?
SongstressEnlil (6:40:29 PM): *Notes First!* IM: ...There he is.
SongstressEnlil (6:40:33 PM): First!
Brodzky Zero (6:41:19 PM): *Is walking towards the appointed location, carrying something.*
Brodzky Zero (6:41:39 PM): *Stops, looks to Karl. Turns to face him.* Hello.
SongstressEnlil (6:41:49 PM): Where were you?
Brodzky Zero (6:42:27 PM): A blacksmith's shop.
SongstressEnlil (6:42:58 PM): Why? *Glances at what First is carrying.*
Idran1701 (6:44:22 PM): *He is carrying...what looks almost like a small fire elemental.*
Idran1701 (6:44:27 PM)
: *It's humanoid-shaped, but flickering like flame, standing about a foot tall on top of a small cobblestone that First grasps in his hands, posed as if exulting in the glory of...something.*
Brodzky Zero (6:44:32 PM)
: To get fire.
Idran1701 (6:45:02 PM): *It wields what looks to be a longspear in one hand, and a shamsir in the other*
Idran1701 (6:45:10 PM)
: **shamshir*
SongstressEnlil (6:45:29 PM)
: ...What is it?
Brodzky Zero (6:45:47 PM): It is a statue.
SongstressEnlil (6:46:21 PM): I see.
SongstressEnlil (6:46:35 PM): What is it a statue of, exactly?
Brodzky Zero (6:46:47 PM): Fire.
SongstressEnlil (6:47:27 PM): *If First weren't such a thickie, the silence that follows may well concern him.*
SongstressEnlil (6:48:34 PM): IM: ...Bah. I'll deal with this later. Other matters are much more concerning.
SongstressEnlil (6:48:55 PM): Let's go. Lilium decided to make another scene, I don't know if the others will be coming.
Brodzky Zero (6:49:08 PM): Okay.
Idran1701 (6:50:03 PM): *the statue crackles and flickers as the pair continue on towards the Barracks, though it keeps its form*
SongstressEnlil (6:50:05 PM)
: *Quick look around, any signs of Keepers, other party members, or things that are concerning?*
Idran1701 (6:50:10 PM): (d20!)
OnlineHost (6:50:20 PM)
: SongstressEnlil rolled 1 20-sided die: 5
SongstressEnlil (6:51:37 PM): *Onwards!*
Brodzky Zero (6:51:58 PM): *Walk walk walkity walk*
Idran1701 (6:52:58 PM): *They head through the city, after a few minutes coming across the massive brick of a building that marks the headquarters of the Harmonium.*
SongstressEnlil (6:53:44 PM)
: *To the HQ!*
Brodzky Zero (6:54:58 PM): I have been here before.
SongstressEnlil (6:55:30 PM): *Nods*
Idran1701 (6:55:54 PM): *They head for the entrance, only to be stopped at the gate by a quartet of officers. One speaks, appraising the two carefully, with a look of vague familiarity towards First.* Who goes there?
Brodzky Zero (6:56:17 PM)
: Where?
SongstressEnlil (6:57:46 PM): Let me handle this. *to the Guard* I am Karl Hendrick, I am to meet with a guide to Ortho. Also, I would like to report an attempted assault against me.
Idran1701 (6:58:49 PM): *he nods, relaxing* Inside.
SongstressEnlil (6:59:09 PM)
: Thank you.
SongstressEnlil (6:59:21 PM): *In he goes!*
Brodzky Zero (6:59:25 PM): *Follows!*
Idran1701 (7:01:00 PM): *Inside! Karl finds himself at the reception area once more, with a somewhat bored-looking clerk scratching some papers with her quill before glancing up to them at their entrance.*
Idran1701 (7:01:05 PM)
: Can I help you?
SongstressEnlil (7:01:50 PM)
: Yes. I am here to be taken to Ortho. I would also like to report an assault.
Idran1701 (7:02:02 PM): *nods* Do you have an appointment for the first?
Brodzky Zero (7:02:25 PM)
: *Looks to clerk!*
Idran1701 (7:02:37 PM): ...*looks back!*
SongstressEnlil (7:02:41 PM)
: Yes. Karl Hendrick.
Idran1701 (7:03:01 PM): ...Right. Okay. And for the assault, I just need the time and place.
Idran1701 (7:03:17 PM)
: And any information about the assailant you might have.
SongstressEnlil (7:05:23 PM)
: About <approxiamation> minutes ago, near the intersection of <Streets!>. The assailant was one Lilium, an undead mercenary whom one of my friends had hired. I believe she may be suffering from outside mental control.
Idran1701 (7:05:49 PM): *writing, glancing up with an odd look when he mentions the streets* That's in the Hive, right?
SongstressEnlil (7:06:07 PM)
: However, she refused to admit such had even occured, so the circumstances are a bit puzzling. And near the edge of it, yes.
Idran1701 (7:06:52 PM): ...*she nods* I'll submit the report. Though we are quite busy at the moment, an investigatory team will be dispatched to further check into this event when one becomes available.
Idran1701 (7:07:10 PM)
: *said somewhat flatly, as if she's said it many times before*
SongstressEnlil (7:08:13 PM)
: *Nods* I understand. I am more concerned for others, really, they may not be so prepared should she succumb again.
Idran1701 (7:09:28 PM): *she nods* And your appointment...I do have you listed, yes. Karl Handrit. Through the door on your left, go to the end of the hall,...*she continues for a while, giving an arcane set of directions to a spot on the second floor.*
Idran1701 (7:09:35 PM)
: *Luckily, Karl's got a pretty good memory.*
SongstressEnlil (7:11:01 PM)
: I thank you. *Makes to follow them.*
Brodzky Zero (7:11:30 PM): *Makes to follow him, following them, all the while holding a fiery statue on a flagstone.*
Idran1701 (7:12:16 PM): *The pair of travelers head through the hallways of the Barracks, a close eye kept on both of them the whole way through from various Hardheads.*
Idran1701 (7:12:44 PM)
: *First's statue gets special attention, but not as much as might be expected; it's noticed, but not much beyond that.*
SongstressEnlil (7:13:49 PM)
: *This doesn't put him off too much, he's been expecting it since he's found out what a bunch of paranoid jerks the Hardheads are.*
Idran1701 (7:14:21 PM): *Eventually, they find themselves on the second floor, facing a door with a simple label: Mover Five Tonat Shar.*
Brodzky Zero (7:15:32 PM)
: (Isn't that what the word puzzle in that one Shark Pirate's ship in Super Mario RPG defaults to?)
Idran1701 (7:15:47 PM): (PERHAPS)
Brodzky Zero (7:16:58 PM)
: *Waits for Karl to open it*
SongstressEnlil (7:17:08 PM): *Knocks*
Idran1701 (7:17:40 PM): *After a brief pause, a gruff voice sounds from within.* Enter!
SongstressEnlil (7:18:55 PM)
: *Does so!*
Brodzky Zero (7:19:42 PM): *Follows*
Idran1701 (7:20:01 PM): *Karl heads in, First soon after. They find themselves in a sparsely-appointed office. The walls are bare of decoration, though a long conference table stands between them and the officer's desk at the far end.*
Idran1701 (7:21:26 PM)
: *Behind the desk sits a burly human, tall for his race, with a hard cast to his face.*
SongstressEnlil (7:21:42 PM)
: IM: How reassuring.
Idran1701 (7:22:07 PM): *As he glares appraisingly over them, they can spy a bright-blue Harmonium emblem over the right side of his faction leather's breastplate.* Yes?
SongstressEnlil (7:22:53 PM)
: I am Karl Hendrick, here to speak for the case of Legunda.
Idran1701 (7:23:45 PM): *he glances down at a worksheet* ...Right. You're early.
Idran1701 (7:23:46 PM)
: Him?
SongstressEnlil (7:25:01 PM)
: A bodyguard of sorts. I have been assisting him in integrating into society smoothly since his rocky beginning in exchange for his skill with the blade.
Idran1701 (7:25:13 PM): (Haha, Karl made a pun.)
SongstressEnlil (7:25:27 PM)
: (SURE DID!)
Idran1701 (7:25:51 PM): *he nods, glancing back down to his papers* Take a seat.
SongstressEnlil (7:26:11 PM)
: *Does so!*
Brodzky Zero (7:27:42 PM): *Stands.*
Idran1701 (7:28:03 PM): *he glares at First*
SongstressEnlil (7:28:09 PM)
: Sit, First.
Brodzky Zero (7:28:17 PM): *Looks for a chair and then sits.*
Idran1701 (7:28:30 PM): *as the two sit, he works in silence, scowling down to his desktop as he fills out forms*
SongstressEnlil (7:29:03 PM)
: IM: So much faith they put in us.
Idran1701 (7:29:44 PM): (I'll just say behind the scenes security is the best security. :D)
Idran1701 (7:30:33 PM)
: *the minutes tick by in near-silence, the only noise being their breathing and the scratching of quill against parchment*
SongstressEnlil (7:30:39 PM)
: (First: *gets cancer from the radar gun*)
Brodzky Zero (7:31:01 PM): (No.)
Brodzky Zero (7:31:09 PM): (First: *Grows larger due to radiation*)
Idran1701 (7:31:35 PM): (Creator: MAKE MY FIRSTIAN GROW! *throws radiation wand*)
SongstressEnlil (7:31:47 PM)
: *Has played the waitng game often enough in academia. He has a whole new form of mathematics to mess with in his head to make sure he has the right of, anyways.*
SongstressEnlil (7:31:57 PM): (Okay, that's it. I'm taking the RP over)
Idran1701 (7:32:21 PM): (*traps Karl in a vault underground for 5000 years*)
SongstressEnlil (7:33:04 PM)
: (*But they were years from that one planet in The Little Prince. He is released in a day*)
Brodzky Zero (7:33:28 PM): (First was born from a boabab.)
Idran1701 (7:33:35 PM): *...soon, he sets his quill down, looking up to Karl with a gaze that bores into him* All right, Mr. Hindrix, you're here about presenting your case to the rulers on Ortho, I hear?
SongstressEnlil (7:33:47 PM)
: Yes.
SongstressEnlil (7:34:28 PM): (First was incubated in a freshly cleaned volcano)
Idran1701 (7:35:18 PM): As you filled out an emergency access pass, I'm going to have to know more information before you're let through. Appraise me of the situation?
Brodzky Zero (7:35:37 PM)
: (No, Tarkus was the one who was hatched from a volcano egg)
Idran1701 (7:35:47 PM): (Who said First was in an egg?)
Brodzky Zero (7:36:24 PM)
: (Wikipedia.)
SongstressEnlil (7:38:12 PM): A wizard calling himself The Kazerian has made an agreement with your faction for military aid, and using it to attack peaceful and orderly nations of our world in a bid to conquer them.
Idran1701 (7:38:44 PM): *nods* And I see you claim this agreement was made under false pretenses.
SongstressEnlil (7:38:50 PM)
: In the process, he has perpetuated the use of a corrupt form of magic that has wounded our world gravely.
SongstressEnlil (7:38:59 PM): Yes.
Idran1701 (7:39:05 PM): Elaborate?
SongstressEnlil (7:39:29 PM)
: Are you aware of the region we call The Distortion?
Idran1701 (7:39:52 PM): I'm not involved in Prime actions.
Idran1701 (7:40:11 PM)
: I'm just here to evalutate if your claim seems to have validity through your own presentation.
SongstressEnlil (7:41:53 PM)
: Understadable, Legunda has had little presence outside of its own sphere. The Distortion is an area spanning about half the continent that the war presently takes place upon. In this place, the laws of nature are wildly violated.
Idran1701 (7:42:36 PM): *he nods*
SongstressEnlil (7:43:23 PM)
: Distance, time, anything you can imagine can be tossed aside within this place. It was the action of this empire The Kazerian claims to represent that created this blight upon Legunda.
SongstressEnlil (7:44:04 PM): So thoroughly has it twisted the fabric of the world that it overwhelmed and slew the very deity who embodied Legunda itself.
SongstressEnlil (7:44:46 PM): If the Kazerian is who he claims to be, he is responsible for this. If he is a pretender, then he is attempting to reawaken this exact kind of magic once more.
Idran1701 (7:45:26 PM): *nods* And according to your claim, this "Kazerian" claims the opposing view.
Idran1701 (7:45:29 PM)
: That it is the "rebels", who you claim to in fact be the true claimants of Legunda, that are wreaking havoc on your world in the name of chaos.
SongstressEnlil (7:47:39 PM)
: We are the inheritors of the broken world this empire left us when it destroyed itself and Tonbae, the deity I spoke of. Trakain is dead, and in its demise we have had to rebuild.
SongstressEnlil (7:48:55 PM): Five centuries have passed, and we have done all we can to undo the damage of that collapse, to the point of trying to erase knowledge of Trakain itself.
SongstressEnlil (7:49:04 PM): IM: Quite to that point, yes.
Idran1701 (7:49:11 PM): All right, this sounds valid enough. Given that you submitted this as an emergency situation, I'll assign you an escort to Melodia.
SongstressEnlil (7:49:31 PM)
: Thank you, sir.
Idran1701 (7:49:37 PM): You'll go through a more thorough interrogation there, to ensure this isn't pretense for some sort of attack on our council, and if you pass that, you'll be escorted to Ortho.
SongstressEnlil (7:49:50 PM)
: *Nods* Understood.
Idran1701 (7:50:01 PM): There you'll have the opportunity to present your case to the Department of Prime Affairs directly.
SongstressEnlil (7:50:26 PM)
: *Nods.*
Idran1701 (7:51:02 PM): Head to the courtyard on the first floor, your escort will meet you there.
Brodzky Zero (7:51:24 PM)
: *Looks at the Top Cop*
Idran1701 (7:51:35 PM): *glares back!*
SongstressEnlil (7:52:46 PM)
: *Nods* Before I go, I would like it to be noted that I was assisted in this effort by a patrolman by the name of Trevor <lastname>. He did much to help set me along the right path to resolving this.
Idran1701 (7:53:25 PM): *he nods* It will be noted.
SongstressEnlil (7:53:55 PM)
: Thank you.
SongstressEnlil (7:54:11 PM): *With that, he takes his leave.* Come, First.
Brodzky Zero (7:54:30 PM): *Makes to follow!*
Idran1701 (7:54:40 PM): *the two leave the office*
Idran1701 (7:54:56 PM)
: (Conversation or timeskip?)
SongstressEnlil (7:56:10 PM)
: (If First isn't saying anything,Karl is content to bark orders at him like he is a well-trained terrier)
SongstressEnlil (7:56:24 PM): (As opposed to real attempts at conversing)
Brodzky Zero (7:56:32 PM): Where are we going next.
Brodzky Zero (7:56:35 PM): (BURN!)
SongstressEnlil (7:57:23 PM): To the courtyard, and from there to Ortho; or so I hope.
Brodzky Zero (7:57:34 PM): Ortho?
SongstressEnlil (7:58:02 PM): This faction's homeworld. They are involved in the war I told you about in my homeland.
Brodzky Zero (7:58:20 PM): Okay.
Brodzky Zero (7:58:33 PM): *Shuts up, and is still holding that awesome fire.*
SongstressEnlil (7:58:59 PM): IM: I wonder if his curiosity comes and goes in a set pattern?
SongstressEnlil (7:59:16 PM): *To the courtyard: Hopefully this should not be hard.*
Brodzky Zero (7:59:38 PM): (Harmonium: Pick up that can!)
Idran1701 (7:59:39 PM): (It is impossible. He should not attempt it.)
Brodzky Zero (7:59:50 PM)
: (Karl: Oh god it's a mimic it's biting my neck!)
Idran1701 (7:59:57 PM): (But there's cake there!)
Brodzky Zero (8:00:15 PM)
: (Shhhutt uppppp Pervy hasn't won the game and gotten the Seven League Boots yet.)
Idran1701 (8:00:34 PM): (How do you draw out a p?)
Idran1701 (8:00:42 PM)
: (Like a machine gun?)
Brodzky Zero (8:01:04 PM)
: (It's like the japanese hard consonant. With a forceful pause.)
Idran1701 (8:01:12 PM): (Ah.)
Idran1701 (8:01:18 PM)
: *They head to the courtyard!*
Idran1701 (8:01:49 PM)
: *There, a not unfriendly Harmonium official escorts them through a nearby portal, with the key apparantly hidden in a closed wooden box*
Idran1701 (8:02:00 PM)
: *Or it is a closed wooden box with something rattly inside it.*
Idran1701 (8:02:06 PM)
: *Who knows!*
Idran1701 (8:03:03 PM)
: *The two emerge on the far end, into a small, guarded area surrounding the archway...the streets are well-ordered, everyone here's wearing Harmonium colors, it must be...*
Idran1701 (8:03:12 PM)
: *...wait, that's the sunsphere. This is Arcadia.*
SongstressEnlil (8:04:23 PM)
: IM: ...Ugh. Well, more hoops, I suppose.
Idran1701 (8:04:43 PM): (And I was planning to timeskip the second interrogation as well, if that's fine with everyone. :D)
Idran1701 (8:04:52 PM)
: (No one would be allowed to wander aimlessly anyway.)
SongstressEnlil (8:05:13 PM)
: (Sure)
SongstressEnlil (8:05:55 PM): (First: *goes to examine a flower whose shape reminds him of the creator. Is beaten with stun rods*)
SongstressEnlil (8:06:27 PM): (BUT FIRST DESERVES A VIVID DESCRIPTION OF ARCADIA, HAVING NOT BEEN HERE BEFORE)
Idran1701 (8:06:27 PM): (Sorry, that was a forbidden zone, death sentence for First. :| )
Brodzky Zero (8:06:48 PM)
: (WELCOME TO CITY 17. MOVE ALONG CITIZEN)
Idran1701 (8:07:37 PM): *The streets are straight lines, the flowers grow in straight lines, the people walk in straight lines. OFf in the distance, a glowing sphere rests atop a tall pillar.*
Idran1701 (8:07:49 PM)
: *Even the cobblestones are perfect rounded-squares.*
Idran1701 (8:09:57 PM)
: (That good enough for you to get the idea, Zero? Basically a plane of "a place for everything and everything in its place, and those places are well-marked so you don't mix up >:".)
Brodzky Zero (8:10:03 PM)
: (YEAH)
Idran1701 (8:10:40 PM): (In the wild, a sickly deer walks to the middle of a field and politely falls over, and the wolves come in in an orderly fashion to eat the body once it's on the ground.)
Brodzky Zero (8:11:02 PM)
: (Butterflies go in straight lines?)
Idran1701 (8:11:05 PM): (Yep.)
Brodzky Zero (8:11:09 PM)
: (And maneuver at right angles?)
Idran1701 (8:11:09 PM): (And only 90 degree angles >:)
Idran1701 (8:11:12 PM)
: (:D)
Brodzky Zero (8:11:12 PM)
: (FUCK YEAH)
Idran1701 (8:11:37 PM): (And each one pollinates only every 5th flower. >:)
Brodzky Zero (8:11:41 PM)
: (What about at the quantum level?)
Idran1701 (8:11:44 PM): (WITH FIVE-BUTTERFLY SHIFTS)
Brodzky Zero (8:11:45 PM)
: (Brownian motion and whatnot.)
Idran1701 (8:11:52 PM): (Same thing if it exists.)
SongstressEnlil (8:11:55 PM)
: (There is no quantum in Arcadia)
Brodzky Zero (8:12:24 PM): (Brb there's a truffle at the door.)
Idran1701 (8:12:27 PM): (In fact!)
Idran1701 (8:12:52 PM)
: *First and Karl see one of those butterflies flitting in an orderly fashion above their heads as they walk to the interrogation room.*
SongstressEnlil (8:13:42 PM)
: IM: That is deeply unnerving...
Idran1701 (8:14:02 PM): *The pattern on its wings looks like a colorful crossword puzzle.*
Brodzky Zero (8:16:53 PM)
: (Hey I'm back)
Brodzky Zero (8:17:01 PM): (With peanut butter cookie)
Idran1701 (8:18:10 PM): (FIRST SEES A BUTTERFLY)
Idran1701 (8:18:14 PM)
: (WHAT DOES FIRST DO?)
Brodzky Zero (8:18:50 PM)
: *Watches it. Subtly moves the statue away from its flight path.*
Idran1701 (8:19:09 PM): *The butterfly is saved from a fiery death!*
Idran1701 (8:19:20 PM)
: *No tiny screams of butterfly pain today!*
Brodzky Zero (8:19:42 PM)
: (The butterfly would just squeak out an S.O.S. and a backup butterfly would cover its shift.)
Idran1701 (8:20:13 PM): *The two are lead through the streets of Melodia and to the interrogation room. Here, after a short wait, Karl is met by an interviewer that blasts him and First with a barrage of questions on all sorts of topics.*
Idran1701 (8:20:28 PM)
: *Some sound relevant to the security of Ortho, some to his claim, some seem entirely irrelevant to either.*
Idran1701 (8:21:03 PM)
: *Though no one else is in the room with the two, they both have the vague sense of being watched from without, by someone not physically present.*
Brodzky Zero (8:21:07 PM)
: *Answers in a delightfully naive and annoying and clueless way, as he is wont to do.*
Idran1701 (8:21:12 PM): *no one else but the questioner
Idran1701 (8:22:43 PM)
: *Eventually, the questioner leaves, and the two sit alone in the room.*
Idran1701 (8:23:07 PM)
: *it's quite bare, with nothing but the chairs, a table, and the glare of a magical light overhead*
Idran1701 (8:23:16 PM)
: (Think Cliche Police Interrogation Room #5482)
Brodzky Zero (8:23:37 PM)
: (First: Hey there is gum under the table.)
Brodzky Zero (8:24:11 PM): (First: Oh sweet, a diamond! *Chew*)
Idran1701 (8:24:17 PM): (Haha.)
SongstressEnlil (8:24:31 PM)
: *Sighs, and goes back to his happy place, where there is calculus to apply to things.*
Idran1701 (8:24:50 PM): *Yay, integrands and differential operators :D*
Brodzky Zero (8:24:56 PM)
: *Sets his statue down on the table.*
Idran1701 (8:25:04 PM): *It faces Karl!*
Idran1701 (8:25:10 PM)
: (Or rather, it is facing.)
Idran1701 (8:25:14 PM)
: (It didn't move or anything.)
Idran1701 (8:25:22 PM)
: (OR DID IT?)
Idran1701 (8:25:26 PM)
: (No, it didn't.)
Brodzky Zero (8:25:32 PM)
: (OR SO IT WOULD SEEM)
Brodzky Zero (8:25:38 PM): (It's flickering >:!)
Idran1701 (8:25:44 PM): (FLICKERING IS DIFFERENT >: )
Brodzky Zero (8:25:50 PM)
: (I'll flick you!)
Idran1701 (8:25:56 PM): (I'd like to see you try!)
Brodzky Zero (8:26:08 PM)
: (You can't because I would flick your eye)
Idran1701 (8:26:21 PM): (I could still see out of the other one. >: )
Idran1701 (8:27:18 PM)
: *almost a half hour passes in silence before the interviewer returns*
Idran1701 (8:27:26 PM)
: Well, it looks like you two both check out.
Idran1701 (8:28:45 PM): I'll be escorting you to Ortho as soon as you're ready.
SongstressEnlil (8:29:03 PM): *Nods and stands* Let us not dally, then.
Idran1701 (8:29:16 PM): (For your reference, it's been about 3 hours since last session, and 2 of that was this interview.)
SongstressEnlil (8:29:38 PM): *Praised be he got some rest before all this, then!*
Brodzky Zero (8:29:40 PM): *Stands, picking up his statue!*
Idran1701 (8:30:00 PM): *It flows like a moving torch as he lifts it, but holds its shape.*
Idran1701 (8:31:14 PM): *and the three head out!*
Idran1701 (8:31:40 PM): *They are led to a second portal, much more well-guarded than the first, with an entire squadron on watch around it.*
Idran1701 (8:32:01 PM): *After a quick examination of their escort's credentials, they're let through, with all eyes on the threesome.*
Brodzky Zero (8:32:20 PM): *And the awesome statue I hope.*
Idran1701 (8:32:27 PM): (Yeah sure that too.)
Idran1701 (8:32:36 PM): *Stepping through...there's a brief interval of transition, before they find themselves in an open field, a city gate in front of them.*
Idran1701 (8:32:58 PM): *The city wall stands at least 30 feet tall, wrapping around a city larger than any Karl's seen before on LEgunda, almost rivaling Sigil in size.*
Idran1701 (8:33:34 PM): *A sun hangs low in the sky overhead, slightly darker than the one he's used to from Legunda. And two moons can be seen close to one-another almost directly overhead.*
SongstressEnlil (8:35:21 PM): *Looks around, not certain if he should be impressed or frightened*
Brodzky Zero (8:35:39 PM): *Is un-phased.*
Idran1701 (8:35:56 PM): *The three are led forward to the city, their inscrutable escort saying nothing, merely guiding them past the gate and through the well-ordered streets towards...*
Idran1701 (8:36:33 PM): *...a building that's not quite a castle, but not quite a manor house, located at what seems to be the dead center of town. The gateroad leads straight down the center towards it, and it looms just a bit taller than the wall itself*
Idran1701 (8:37:54 PM): *As they walk through, they see a number of other citizens watching them; planar travelers don't seem to be a normal sight for this town.*
Idran1701 (8:38:17 PM): *First's statue finally gets the attention he might have been desiring, with a large number of folks staring at it most of all.*
SongstressEnlil (8:38:37 PM): IM: With a wall like that, they must expect an invasion. I suppose that is justified, if they did try to launch a crusade into the Abyss...
Idran1701 (8:38:39 PM): *And to what might be Karl's surprise, this city isn't purely Harmonium; there's at least as many civilians as not, from his quick count.*
Brodzky Zero (8:39:48 PM): *Is un-phased.*
SongstressEnlil (8:39:51 PM): IM: I would have thought they would have required service to the faction, this close to the front, so to speak.
Brodzky Zero (8:39:57 PM): (My dad is using his new Hi-Def TV to watch Borat.)
Idran1701 (8:40:14 PM): (*puts First out of phase by half a wavelength*)
Brodzky Zero (8:40:37 PM): (First: How come I do not go through the floor. I wonder. Hmm.)
Idran1701 (8:40:45 PM): *Soon, they reach the gate of the central building, and a guard calls down from an enclosed house atop the 10-foot-tall doors.* Who goes there?
Brodzky Zero (8:40:51 PM): Where?
Idran1701 (8:41:31 PM): Notary Frans DuKroft, escorting two civilians with business before the Department of Prime Services from Melodia!
Idran1701 (8:41:58 PM): *there's a brief ruckus in the guardhouse, before the gates begin swinging outwards as if of their own volition*
Idran1701 (8:42:20 PM): *Prime Affairs
Idran1701 (8:43:39 PM): *Once open, their escort guides them through, towards a well-appointed foyer off the main hallway, the first well-decorated official room they've seen associated with this faction so far.*
SongstressEnlil (8:44:37 PM): *Looks about as much as he plotely can without getting death looks from the authorities.*
Idran1701 (8:44:46 PM): *A second official stands at their arrival, nodding to Karl and paying vague notice to First.* Welcome. You'll be meeting with the Council in 45 minutes. Until that time, is there anything you'd like?
Brodzky Zero (8:45:02 PM): *Keepin' up with the Karl~*
Idran1701 (8:46:33 PM): Refreshments, special requests, anything we can provide you within reason.
Brodzky Zero (8:46:49 PM): I would like tea.
SongstressEnlil (8:46:59 PM): Hmm. Something to drink would be nice. And can you tell me about the Council? I was not given many details, I fear.
Idran1701 (8:48:28 PM): *he nods* The Subcouncil on Prime Affairs is a gathering of six officials, three elected and three appointed, that convene to discuss all matters regarding extra-Orthospace matters within the Prime Material Plane.
SongstressEnlil (8:49:27 PM): *Nods* Would it be possible to see the exact agreement that you have with The Kazerian?
Idran1701 (8:49:48 PM): I'm afraid that's classified. We can provide you with a declassified copy of the text of that agreement, however.
SongstressEnlil (8:50:03 PM): Very well.
Idran1701 (8:51:00 PM): As for what will happen, you will present your case before the Council members, who will then proceed to vote on the validity of your argument.
Idran1701 (8:51:16 PM): If they consider your argument valid, the Ambassador of the Trakain Empire will be summoned here for a hearing, at which both you and he will present your respective cases.
SongstressEnlil (8:51:48 PM): *Nods*
SongstressEnlil (8:52:10 PM): IM: It would be suspicious to ask about the ambassidor. Cannot seem suspicious...
SongstressEnlil (8:52:31 PM): Thank you.
Idran1701 (8:52:45 PM): *he nods* This pass will grant you your temporary diplomatic status.
Idran1701 (8:52:55 PM): *he hands Karl a piece of parchment embossed with the Harmonium sigil*
Idran1701 (8:53:06 PM): *Upon, he sees he has been given a short-term title!*
SongstressEnlil (8:53:17 PM): *Takes it in hand!*
Idran1701 (8:54:13 PM): *"Questor Karl Hendricks, temporary ambassador to the country of Bremen, Legunda, upon the world of Legunda within Trakainispace."*
Idran1701 (8:55:03 PM): *"Valid until 5-35-685, by order of Mover Four Gregor Themyn, Diplomatic Subcommittee Chair on Prime Colonization and Expansion"*
Idran1701 (8:55:03 PM): (Test.)
SongstressEnlil (8:55:03 PM): IM: Trakainispace? Hm. Well, I suppose that is how they would refer to the sphere.
Idran1701 (8:55:37 PM): (Whoops.)
Idran1701 (8:55:42 PM): *5-35-485
Idran1701 (8:56:38 PM): *Unfortunately nothing for First :(*
SongstressEnlil (8:56:54 PM): *Haha he's just a goon*
Idran1701 (8:57:20 PM): I'll get you both your refreshments shortly.
Brodzky Zero (8:57:24 PM): *Has his hands full with an awesome statue.*
Idran1701 (8:57:49 PM): (First: Whoops! Oh sorry my statue burnt your neat parchment thing. :|)
Idran1701 (8:58:31 PM): If there's nothing further?
SongstressEnlil (8:59:41 PM): One further question.
Idran1701 (8:59:45 PM): Yes?
SongstressEnlil (9:00:03 PM): How knowledgible is the Council on the Outer and Inner Planes?
Idran1701 (9:01:15 PM): ...Hmm. I believe Thraxsiffalianat served on the Planar Subcommittee on Arcadian Health and Well-Being five terms ago.
SongstressEnlil (9:02:10 PM): *Nods* Thank you.
SongstressEnlil (9:03:00 PM): IM: It will be difficult to establish the Bleak Abyss as proper evidence, then. Irritating...
Idran1701 (9:03:14 PM): *he nods to Karl* If you do need anything, simply pull that rope next to the door, and someone will arrive to help you shortly. Please don't leave this area, and when called through that door, follow promptly.
SongstressEnlil (9:03:51 PM): I shall remain, thank you very much.
Idran1701 (9:03:59 PM): *he nods, and departs!*
Idran1701 (9:04:23 PM): *For now, the two are alone in the fairly-plush waiting room. A bookcase lines one wall, and comfortable chairs abound!*
Brodzky Zero (9:04:49 PM): *Is there a table?*
Idran1701 (9:04:59 PM): *There is. Marble, even, so no risk of burning.*
SongstressEnlil (9:05:15 PM): *Once commissar Gronald is gone, Karl will have a quick look at the bookcase, before digging into the myriad confines of his pack*
Brodzky Zero (9:05:17 PM): *Places the statue down on it.*
Idran1701 (9:06:10 PM): *It's filled with Orthan works; histories, fictions, geographies, collections of law both past and present. Plenty of Harmonium-specific materials too, including multiple copies of the Book of the Harmonium.*
SongstressEnlil (9:06:40 PM): (First: *feeds them to the statue*)
SongstressEnlil (9:06:50 PM): IM: If there were more time...
Idran1701 (9:06:55 PM): (Karl: You fool, it's after midnight!)
Brodzky Zero (9:07:09 PM): (Idran gets 100 XP)
Brodzky Zero (9:07:33 PM): (First: DON'T GET IT WET!)
SongstressEnlil (9:07:45 PM): (*Laughs*)
Idran1701 (9:07:49 PM): (Haha. :D)
SongstressEnlil (9:09:00 PM): *With that curiosity sated, Karl delves into his materials for the information he got on the Bleak Abyss from <Mechanusburg>
Idran1701 (9:09:22 PM): (Delon Estin Oti, I believe.)
Idran1701 (9:09:43 PM): *It's a good thing he's such a packrat, he finds them easily.*
Idran1701 (9:10:12 PM): *Those materials weren't much more than a very vague description and a rubbing of the undecoded symbols on the monolith, unfortunately.*
SongstressEnlil (9:10:12 PM): *After that, the copy he made of the captured spellbook; having left the original with Melissa to be hidden away until he gets back from "Krynn".*
Idran1701 (9:11:54 PM): *Anything further beyond that?*
SongstressEnlil (9:14:02 PM): *Not yet, aside from making certain that Sventrath's journal is safe, should he need it.*
Idran1701 (9:14:07 PM): *It is.*
Idran1701 (9:14:28 PM): (And, if there's no objection, I'd like to cut here. I want to put together some more detailed notes before getting to the hearing itself.)
SongstressEnlil (9:14:37 PM): (Nae problem)
Idran1701 (9:14:58 PM): (I hope the name Thraxsiffalianat piqued your curiosity some, Pervy. :D)
Brodzky Zero (9:15:00 PM): (NO PROB ROB OB B b )
SongstressEnlil (9:15:13 PM): (Will First get to Solid Snake around while the hearing is taking place?)
SongstressEnlil (9:15:33 PM): (And discover the steam tank bunker?)
SongstressEnlil (9:15:52 PM): (And it did! I am wondering if the judge will be a mephit!)
Idran1701 (9:15:56 PM): (He'll get to stay with the other bodyguards at the kid's guard's table.)
SongstressEnlil (9:16:00 PM): (Or a Kender)
Idran1701 (9:16:06 PM): (:D)
Brodzky Zero (9:16:16 PM): (First and a Kender would make for a great animated series.)
Idran1701 (9:16:20 PM): (Hahaha.)
Idran1701 (9:17:23 PM): (I'm holding XP until the end for these, so that's it for me here. :O)
SongstressEnlil (9:17:52 PM): (First: *carves idol* Kender: *snags it while he is praying* First: *Concludes it was unacceptable, carves another idol* *BEGIN LOOP!*)
Brodzky Zero (9:19:15 PM): *MISERY CHASTAIN CAN'T BE DEAD!*
Brodzky Zero (9:19:17 PM): *YOU DIRTY BIRD!*
Brodzky Zero (9:19:20 PM): *YOU MURDERED HER!*
Brodzky Zero (9:19:26 PM): *YOU DID IT!*
Brodzky Zero (9:19:35 PM): *YOU DID IT! YOU DID IT! YOU MURDERED MY MISERY!*
Brodzky Zero (9:19:46 PM): *I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOOD PAUL!*
SongstressEnlil (9:20:05 PM): *NOW YOU FUCKED UP!*
SongstressEnlil (9:20:08 PM): *NOW YOU FUCKED UP!*
Brodzky Zero (9:20:10 PM): *YOU HAVE FUCKED UP NOW*
SongstressEnlil (9:20:12 PM): *NOW YOU FUCKED UP!*
SongstressEnlil (9:20:21 PM): *Damn lag*
Brodzky Zero (9:20:23 PM): *CALM DOWN JUST CALM DOWN*
SongstressEnlil (9:21:02 PM): *OH I CAN'T WATCH THIS!*
Brodzky Zero (9:21:16 PM): *HAMLET! TURN AROUND HAMLET HE'S A VAMPIRE!*
SongstressEnlil (9:22:44 PM): *HELLO AFRICANS! WE'RE BROUGHT YOU A CAKE!*
SongstressEnlil (9:22:51 PM): **WE'VE*
Brodzky Zero (9:22:53 PM): *We are the Europeans!*
SongstressEnlil (9:23:03 PM): *NO DEAL*
Brodzky Zero (9:23:05 PM): *Africa's boring.*
SongstressEnlil (9:23:08 PM): *I GO!*
(9:23:10 PM) SongstressEnlil has left the room.
Brodzky Zero (9:23:22 PM): *Today's the day...Edgar comes back.*
(9:23:24 PM) Brodzky Zero has left the room.