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Ra'ven:
hi
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Ganaroth:
How
are things?
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Riot has connected.
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Ra'ven:
hanging
in there
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Eileen:
feeling
a little queasy, probablyjust need to eat something
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Ganaroth:
Ugh.
Yeah, I feel that.
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Riot:
Hopefully
that's it!
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Ganaroth:
I
definitely hope you feel better.
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Eileen:
going
to see about getting somthing made really quick, brb
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Ganaroth:
Kay.
Actually, I should probably get something to eat too. Bad idea
long term, excellent idea short term.
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Ganaroth:
Argh.
Ok, there are just not a lot of people in this world who I
actively want to die. It takes a LOT to get that response out of
me. There are less than a handful, and I think you can probably
guess most of them. But you know one that you probably didn't
guess? Hayao Miyazaki. Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl's
Moving Castle... etc etc. Tons of pretty great movies. Ain't even
gonna pretend otherwise. The problem is that he is the most
hardcore angry old man yelling at clouds that I know of in the
ENTIRE WORLD, even worse than Alan Moore. And worse, unlike Moore,
it's like nobody is even acknowledging it, even though literally
everything he says makes me want to punch him in the mouth,
despite my essentially nonviolent nature and the substantial age
difference between us. What a fucking tool.
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Riot:
What
did he say this time
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Ganaroth:
And
this isn't a killing offense, but I just want to stop seeing his
self-righteous, faux-wisdom bullshit anymore.
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Ganaroth:
Ugh,
he said something about how he changed the plot of Howl's Moving
Castle from the novel specifically to make it do worse in America.
War stuff. And I see it in an article that somehow spins it as
noble. Like it's an antiwar message. And it is, in a way, but he
makes it clear that he wasn't intending to reach anyone. Exactly
the opposite; he was trying to punish the US. And this is frankly
insane. And it's at least as bad that everyone seems to not
acknowledge the insanity, but asking everyone who doesn't get it
to die instead is probably unreasonable.
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Ganaroth:
Man
pines, intensely, for a Japan that very definitely never existed,
and the rest of the world, and the future as a whole, simply have
nothing useful to offer.
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Ganaroth:
I
see this bullshit cross my screen sometimes, and I just want to
steal his heart pills, or something.
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Ganaroth:
I
don't know if he uses them, but I like to imagine he does.
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Ganaroth:
Sigh.
I mean, the future is pretty effing bleak, not gonna lie. But he
has never once been interested in fixing any of it, and his
condemnation of progress started a long, long time ago.
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Ra'ven:
damn
he's a nhilistic asshole from
before
it was cool
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Ganaroth:
I
wish I could say that his view constituted something as
sophisticated as nihilism, and that's saying something. He's
literally just pissed that the world doesn't match the fantasy in
his head, and wants to spread his misery around. The fact that he
brings people joy too is coincidental.
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Ra'ven:
he's
cursed by the japenese gods to cause the oppisite of his intentions
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Eileen:
okay
I got food, so I'm good to start
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Ganaroth:
Nice.
Glad to hear it!
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Ganaroth:
You
missed me frothing at the mouth at a person who did me no personal
wrong, lol. Welcome back. Ok! If you care to do so, you can see an
exchange in IC between Lucky and Chrysoberyl as the former turned
to leave. Akaiku, good to go?
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Ra'ven:
sure
though I guess maybe I should check out the wind
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Ganaroth:
Ah,
yeah. There were a couple of flickers recently, huh...
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Ra'ven:
nope,
nothing important blowing away yet
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A good thing to hear. Well, I don't think that we probably need to
discuss where we left off. Lucky and Ra just got done talking with a
prisoner, who gave them some info and was generally insufferable.
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Kaylen Fisher:
"So,
find anything fun?"
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Riot:
"A
guy that knows far too much about some things he shouldn't." She
glares to Pell.
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Lucky:
"A
guy that knows far too much about some things he shouldn't." She
glares to Pell.
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Ra'ven:
"Yes,
a helpful person told us probably where the rune is." She pauses a
bit her tail flicking back and forth, "I was going to guess a
devil or a fey, but I probably
would
guess that huh...."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Huh.
Well, if he's a devil or a fey, what's he asking for, in return?
Both pretty famous for that sort of thing.
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Sorry,
just want to make sure it's nothing that's going to bite us
immediately."
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Ra'ven nods, "That's the thing, it's
the other way around, they were suggesting that they
give
us something in return to not owe a debt."
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Lucky:
"Aside
from the information he asked me for that I didn't give him."
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Ra'ven:
"Oh!"
She turns to Itzen, "How well trained is your... err.. .bird?
Maybe instead of destroying the rune they could fly off with it?
Incase it explodes or something..."
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Kaylen Fisher frowns. "That's
definitely not the norm for fey. They way I understand it, they're
pretty honest in their dishonesty. They tend to tell you what it
will cost you. Devils might pretend they're doing you a favor
while they screw you, though. Only thing is, I can't imagine you
signed anything or swore an oath."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Maybe
they don't need to, not sure. But that's the normal M.O., right?"
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Ugh.
Ignore me. I just don't know enough. Can Ayalin help, Instructor?"
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Those listening can tell that she's more certain about her statement
concerning Fey than the other, but it doesn't sound as though she's just
talking out her ass either.
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Lucky:
"Whatever
he is, I don't trust him."
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Ra'ven:
"I
always thought gratitude was, you know, unplesent to devils,
but..." she shakes her head, "I don't actually know any really."
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Itzen:
"I
suppose it largely depends on how large the object is, he did make
it in here, so it stands to reason I could have him fly it back
to, say, that tower we dropped in from... Might be a bit difficult
to find again...."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Well,
you weren't exactly raised at home, way I understand it." She
blinks. "Oh, shit. Ra, I'm really sorry. That was a shitty thing
to say. My fucking mouth, trying to be clever." She turns to
Lucky. "Yeah. Honestly, charity is always suspicious as hell."
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Io:
"Must
we find it again? I fail to see how it is our responsibility,
after we are done here."
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Itzen:
"Well,
it's a theoretically still going to be functional teleporter
blocker. Such things have use and value."
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Ra'ven frowns a bit at Kay, "I mean...
I might have been? I just don't really remember it..."
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Io:
"I
suppose you are correct, yes. But if she simply sets it down at
the top of the watch tower, one of us can pick it up on the way
out, no? And if we must leave it behind, it will not be a
devastating loss."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Still
kinda a dick thing to say, and a dick way to say it. Fucking
running my mouth like usual." She seems glum. "Well, let me at
least buy you a beer, or... something. To make up for it."
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Itzen:
"Well,
unless i go with him, he probably will drop it... you know, close
to it, somewhere..." a nod, "A smart animal but not nearly like
your fox."
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Ra'ven hmms, "I mean if you'd like to.
I mean I have ran across people trying to be mean and you are far
from it..."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Not
mean, just a bit of a social fuckup. But what's new, right?" She
smiles. "Cost of a beer ain't much, even for me. Don't worry about
it. If nothing else, it'll make *me* worry less.
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Ra'ven nods, "Plus to do that you have
to survive still as wll."
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Ra'ven:
"But
apperently the rune is locked, which isn't a big problem for me,
but it's also on the roof, which might make it a bit hard for
someone else to get to it or sneak it away?"
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Io:
"Hmmph.
Well, I can hardly hold all the world's creatures to the standards
of my own creations. Your beast is a worthy companion,
nevertheless." They pause for a moment. "Errm.... if climbing is
out of the question, I'm capable of flying that far myself. Once
there, I could probably get the box open without too much trouble.
One of my breath weapons is quite handy for situations like this.
I don't know what I'd do with it afterwards, though."
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Ra'ven nods, "If you want to come with
that might be helpful too, I just don't want to have you get into
the fly in and get shot by a balasta situation twice in the same
darkness."
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Io:
(I'm
not sure I totally get what you mean, sorry. I just don't want to
assume, and get tripped up in five minutes.
)
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=^v^=:
(( Io got nuked at the earlier fight
by balasta, of which there are still ones pointed if things go to shit ))
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Io:
(Ah,
kay.)
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Io:
"I'll
do my best to not be seen. But someone will have to go to the roof
regardless, no?"
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Ra'ven:
"Ya,
I was going to climb up...."
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Ra'ven:
"Since
we can't just teleport up..."
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(( dang power be flickerin ))
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Io:
"Well,
you're a stealthy type. I doubt you'll be the one to expose us."
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Io:
((Yeah,
it be flick'rin, yo.))
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Io:
(Pretty
meaty flickers too.)
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Lucky:
Von
DC'd
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Io:
Boooooo
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=^v^=:
(( enough to trip the upses ))
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Io:
(Oh,
is that why?)
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Io:
(Kinda
annoying...)
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=^v^=:
(( dang I can't boot phantom vonel,
can you do it gan? ))
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Io:
(You
back with us?)
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Eileen:
yep
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Io:
(And
also, what's the last thing you saw?)
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Eileen:
=^v^=:
(( Io got nuked at the earlier fight by balasta, of which there
are still ones pointed if things go to shit )) Io: (Ah, kay.)
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Io:
(Io:
"I'll do my best to not be seen. But someone will have to go to
the roof regardless, no?" Ra'ven: "Ya, I was going to climb
up...." Ra'ven: "Since we can't just teleport up..." =^v^=: ((
dang power be flickerin )) Io: "Well, you're a stealthy type. I
doubt you'll be the one to expose us.")
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Io:
"Thus
I will do my best as well. Tell me when you wish me to fly up."
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Ra'ven looks to Itzen and Kaylen,
"Say, is there anything in particular I should be wary of messing
with this rune?"
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Kaylen Fisher:
"I
mean... I haven't seen it. It's not a rune MAZE; there are a bunch
of different configurations for that kind of thing, instead of
just one, perfect form." She looks uncomfortable. "Don't want to
be insulting to your home or anything, Lucky, but a rune that
doesn't just prevent teleportation, but is also explosive would be
pretty on-brand for Adhikaar. You folks don't let people get away
with shit."
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Ra'ven:
"Knowing
how stuff works is more Vul's thing and I'm pretty sure he's just
making it up sometimes."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Hey!
I know all sorts of things about how stuff works. I mean, probably
not Sera-level, but I can hold my own. I just don't know how THIS
works without looking at it."
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Lucky shrugs. "Insult it all you want,
I just live here. Just don't insult the bar. Then we'd have
problems."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Oh,
hell no. Why would I insult your bar? Your bar is awesome."
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Lucky puffs up a bit at that, and
smiles proudly.
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Pell:
"Oh
gods, don't feed her ego," Pell laughs quietly.
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Eh,
it doesn't seem like her ego is particularly fat. I think she'll
be okay."
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Itzen wonders if she can quickly
sketch a simple "Likely to blow up" rune gide
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Pell:
"You
don't know her well enough, then."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Ok,
yeah, admittedly you've known her a lot longer. AND I am a
notoriously poor judge of character."
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Itzen:
"I
would hope they wouldn't make it particularly easy to explode, as
that'd be a bit offputing to have above a prision, let alone put a
rather large amount of stress on the maintainer."
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Io:
"Our
comedy troupe. Finding laughter even while on a stealth mission."
They eye Itzen skeptically. "Mm. And do all jailers care so much
for the health of their prisoners? I do not say you are wrong, but
it is up to you whether we can trust our lives to the idea."
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Itzen:
"No
but it tends to requirer jailers to care about their guards and
staff a well..." she sighs
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Pell:
"Having
an explosive device in the prison seems like a good way to
facilitate an escape."
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Io:
"Half
of me agrees. Half of me can't help but think that if everyone
blew up, I'd not have to pay the guards, or staff, or worry about
an escape. But no, you're probably right."
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Itzen:
"It's
a level of maliciousness towards one's employees that I am
uncomfortable with," she sighs, "But ignoring that possibility
would make me like them."
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Itzen:
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Io:
"...You
are not familiar with the world before this one, so it cannot be
helped, but you should understand that half of me is more than
malicious enough for that."
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Itzen doesn't do well on her 'quickly
remember what things that blow up might look like and commit them
to paper, or the like' check
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Io:
"And
thus that level of malice is quite easy for me to imagine."
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Kaylen Fisher attempts to aid.
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Itzen:
"To
get someone to agree to do something that imperils them requires
either hope or fear, after all."
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Kaylen Fisher:
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Kaylen Fisher:
(I
forgot that you can't retroactive it, lol)
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Kaylen Fisher:
(I....
guess she'll just add her own notes outright?)
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=^v^=:
(( someone has been studying in
bomb-making class ))
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Kaylen Fisher:
(Kaylen's
arcana check is pretty mighty. It's actually better than
Yltheria's! Though Yltheria has better checks when dealing with
necromancy and spirits and such.)
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In any case, she scribbles stuff down for you as well. Mostly stuff to
look out for, and a few tips for how to deal with them.
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Itzen hmms
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Itzen:
"I
suppose I can do a little even if it explodes. At least for you."
to the tiny dragon
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Itzen:
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Necklace
of Calamity Avoidance: Blessing
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(( pretty sure it was fire today ))
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Itzen wards Io against firey explosions
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Io:
"Ah...
the protection is appreciated. I'll hope to cause no such thing,
but I'll take any edge I can get."
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=^v^=:
(( ug I didn't build that correctly
sadly ))
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Io:
(I
feel your pain.)
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Io:
"Well,
I'll wait for you, Ra'ven. Just in case you have a little trouble."
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Io:
(crud.
brb, sorry.)
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Ra'ven tries to do the sneak sneak
climb climb lockpick lockpick steal steal montage!
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Io:
(what
was the last you saw? Don't know when you left.)
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Eileen:
=^v^=:
(( ug I didn't build that correctly sadly )) Io: (I feel your
pain.)
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Ra'ven:
Io:
"Well, I'll wait for you, Ra'ven. Just in case you have a little
trouble." Io: (crud. brb, sorry.) Ra'ven tries to do the sneak
sneak climb climb lockpick lockpick steal steal montage!
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Io:
(Fine,
make my painstaking copypasting pointless, then, lol.)
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Io:
(In
any case, you can probably guess the checks you'll need.)
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=^v^=:
(( I mean you can just up-arrow
through stuff you said to quick paste if you don't wanna select all that
))
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Ra'ven:
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Actually
good at climbing
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Basically just falling upwards.
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Effect:
She can use acrobatics instead of
atheletics for climbing.
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Ra'ven:
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Ra'ven:
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Io:
(Basically
just ffalling upward is, still, a great line.)
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Io:
(Also,
hard for me to argue that those aren't sufficient.)
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Ra'ven:
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=^v^=:
(( lol, though that might be 2 higher
))
=^v^=:
(( ya, 2 higher ))
=^v^=:
(( does not inclue theifs tools ))
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Ra'ven is happy that botches aren't
real and can't hurt her
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The top of the cell block is mostly level, with sluiceways gut into the
stone to drain water. In the center of the roof is a large, flat box
made of the same stone as the rest. The only way you can tell that it's
a box at all, in fact, is that four heavy locks secure the hinge-less
lid in place, nearly flush with each other. Unfortunately, once you test
them, it becomes clear that the locks are of exceptionally high quality,
probably Mekanice-built. Every time you move your lockpick to a new
tumbler, it's like something inside the lock clicks over, and resets.
(Thievery check failed, sadly.)
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Io has no idea what's up, and is just
waiting for your indication.
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Ra'ven probably could sit there and
mess with it but like...
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Ra'ven sorta gestures to Io to come up
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Io:
(Hey,
up to you.)
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=^v^=:
(( i mean if there isn't any
particular sign of trouble she can try again to pick them, but.. ))
=^v^=:
(( ra actually wants to do stuff with
friends more then just succeed ya know xP ))
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Io jumps quickly into the air, flying
up to the roof. The movement is not especially graceful, and to
their credit they seem to be fairly embarrassed by the faint
scrabbling sound of their claws on the roof's surface, and avoids
looking you in the eye. Instead, they move close to the box, and
after shooing you out of the way, begins to breathe on it. At
first you're not sure exactly what you're seeing, but after a
couple of heavy exhalations, sounding no more thunderous than one
would think a breath would sound, the stone box, hinges and all,
begins to flake away, particles streaming off it into the dark. Io
continues to work at it, and soon there is little left aside from
crumbled bits and dust. Amidst the debris is a carved granite
slab, about a foot square, and perhaps thirty pounds in weight,
with a complex glyph carved into it. Io shrugs, still not totally
willing to look at you. "Ahem. What to do with it is up to you."
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Io:
(Yay
for canonical bahamut stuff.)
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Ra'ven gives Io a nod of encouragment
and tries to check the gliph against the 'this will explode' list
Itzen and Kaylen made
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As discussed, it seems as though Io's concerns were probably paranoia.
It doesn't seem as though the glyph has any of those characteristics.
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Io:
"Yes,
well... good."
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Ra'ven goes to poke it and frowns a
bit, "It's... pretty heavy..."
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Io:
"Maybe
they wanted it to last? And didn't consider easy of transport for
thieves."
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Io:
"Just
put it in your pack. I'm sure you'll be able to climb down with
it, heavy as it is."
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Ra'ven sighs and tries to do that,
having a bit of issue with her 9 str but getting it done since she
packs light
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Io:
(Hey,
I get it. But the other option is something like putting it in the
pack, and then Io grabs the pack in their claws and tries to fly
down. And weight is something of a bigger issue when flying.)
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=^v^=:
(( true deal, it's not like it's a
real issue cause she's not also a pixie ))
=^v^=:
(( also in 3.5 at least Io's got 20
str and 4 legs so can carry like hundreds of pounds whilst flying for
light load ))
=^v^=:
(( it's just funny also Ra doesn't
like heavy things ))
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Io:
(Anyway!
It's not too hard to get it off the roof, and you're quickly able
to rejoin the group.)
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Have
fun?"
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Ra'ven:
"It
used to have pretty good locks..."
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Ra'ven absolutly shoots a look like
she did, in fact, have fun, though she looks a bit bedraggled
about the pack, "Here is the thing, it didn't explode yet."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Heh.
Nice way to put it, then. Okay. What's the plan? We should
probably look for where they're keeping the prisoners."
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Kaylen Fisher:
(Kaylen
is not aware that the subject came up with Chrysoberyl.)
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Ra'ven:
"Oh,
there are 2 in that area, " I forgot where the other 2 then the
rest were offhand rip
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Kaylen Fisher:
(Naw,
is ok. There are 2 in the anti-tp block, then 4 in the east block,
and then another 4 in the mine.)
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Mm.
Ok. Escrish told us about a sluicegate out of the mine, right? I
guess we free the ones up here, move down, then spring that crowd.
And then run like absolute rabbits."
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Ra'ven:
"Hopefully
to a warren"
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Lucky:
"Sounds
reasonable to me."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Awesome."
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Ra'ven:
"I
wonder if our friend has left yet..." she tries to load the rock
carefully in a bag so that Ayalan can drop it off somewhere
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Kaylen Fisher:
"No
way for me to know... depends on how confident he is, and how
curious, I guess. Let's grab our buddies." She moves up top,
carefully as she can.
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Ra'ven absoulty is testing for exactly
when the rock gets far enough away to teleport again
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Riot:
(( brb taking dog out in the rain real
quick ))
There is a close call with a second Big Rat, but he's clearly not
looking for infiltrators so much as escapees. He passes by, apparently
satisfied by the fact that none of the cells are open, and nobody is
running. It's a bit lax, but you suppose that considering the high walls
and guards at the actual entrances, it normally wouldn't matter. You're
able to tap on the bars of two cells, which Itzen is able to see are
occupied by cult members. Thankfully, neither is silly enough to call
out, and instead simply teleport out as soon as you indicate that they
can. The rune seems to already be beyond range. The eladrin and
shadar-kai members smile, obviously thankful.
=^v^=:
(( such rain many dog ))
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Kaylen Fisher:
(Wet
doge.)
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=^v^=:
(( soon to be runny doge, with water
))
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Kaylen Fisher:
(Such
smell, very stink.)
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Kaylen Fisher:
(I'm
sure your particular doge is not particularly smelly. Just, you
know, the stereotype, right?)
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Riot:
(( back ))
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Kaylen Fisher:
(Yo.
Welcome back.)
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Itzen even provides additional cloaks!
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Kaylen Fisher:
(Very
kind.)
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Itzen:
"Alright,
we can hit the other side then go undergrond, which wll make us
unlikely to have to deal with the balistae"
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By simply cutting across, and leaving the other two prisoners near the
mineshaft, you're able to quickly get to the other end of the yard
without any real risk. The problem happens once you get there. After
quickly looking inside, you're able to confirm that none of those cells
are currently occupied by the cultists. Two cells, however, are empty
entirely. Given the fact that the other cells you've seen have been
fully occupied, it's possible that your targets were here until recently.
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Eileen:
"So
much for easy..."
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=^v^=:
(( any idea how recently? ))
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Lucky:
"Shit."
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Kaylen Fisher:
(Perception
check?)
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Itzen frowns, "Perhaps the comrades we
have half rescued have insight on where they would be moved to?"
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Itzen:
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Lucky:
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Pell:
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Riot:
(( lmao ))
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Eileen:
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Io:
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Io is a bloodhound (dragon)
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Several of you spot traces of food; bread with some kind of dark sauce,
roughly scattered on the floor of the cell. Despite the general lack of
cleanliness in the area, the food seems mostly unspoiled and lacking in
insects. It can't have been sitting there for more than a day or so.
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Dammit.
Uh, so that's not so bad, right? I mean, less time for something
bad to have happened, at least."
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Itzen:
"Not
exaclty encouraging given that they have pending death sentances
unless they explain the orb correctly."
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Pell:
"Maybe.
Given the circumstances, I don't have a lot of faith."
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Riot:
(( that was to Kaylen ))
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Fuck.
Let's at least ask those other two."
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Kaylen Fisher:
((I
got it.
)
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back in the pit, the two cultists exchange worried glances.
Riot:
(( brb again, apparently doggaroni
wasn't done ))
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Shadar-Kai Cultist:
"We
weren't allowed to see them, you understand. WE weren't even
allowed to leave our cells. Privileges of the teleporter. But we
did hear things. The Rats, they would taunt us sometimes." She
pauses. "They said that they'd gotten sick. Or possibly poisoned,
though I'm not sure who would do that. But they said our friends
were getting worse. That this was why they weren't in the mines in
the first place, and that if they didn't turn around soon, they'd
just be taken off to be publicly hanged, so that the authorities
could at least get some use out of them." She sighs. "There is
real beautry and strength in this city, but only for those who can
defend what they have. A weak criminal is just a resource to be
used."
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Shadar-Kai Cultist:
(Sad.)
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Shadar-Kai Cultist:
"If
they've already been taken... well, you'd probably have heard if
they'd been executed. But I don't know where they would be. Maybe
the warden would know?"
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Itzen:
"At
least the need for the public spectical works in our favor."
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Kaylen Fisher:
"Agreed.
Look, we can't afford to search for them up here right now, but
maybe we can figure something out while we're down there.
Hopefully they'll announce the execution, and we can show up to
ambush them or something."
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Riot:
(( back ))
=^v^=:
(( didn't our mysterious teleproter
guy say they were poisoned? ))
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Ra'ven looks both ways and leans over
to the cultist, "What's the deal with that guy with the glowy eyes
and sweet words that was in with you?"
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Kaylen Fisher:
(I
can't remember the specific words I used.)
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Eladrin Cultist 's face freezes. "You
spoke to Chrysoberyl? He didn't hurt you, right?"
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Lucky:
"No.
Was that a concern?"
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Shadar-Kai Cultist:
"Two
days ago, a Big Rat tried to taunt him like like they would taunt
us" She pauses. "...He told the Rat to bash its own head in on the
wall. And it just did it."
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Io:
"No..."
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Ra'ven:
"Hmm,
still could be demon or fey..."
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Lucky:
"Huh.
No, nothing like that when we talked to him. He said some cryptic
shit and asked me some questions I didn't answer, but it just felt
creepy, not... whatever
that
is."
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Ra'ven:
"Well,
devil. Wouldn't think a demon would bother with that."
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Io closes their eyes. "Neither devil
nor fey, I'm afraid. Arguably much worse."
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Ra'ven tilts her head, "Oh? Odd you'd
know them?"
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Io:
"Remember
what I said before we descended? I believe that I have foolishly
aided you in freeing a Green Dragon."
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Ra'ven:
"Oh!
Dang I should have given him a gem."
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Lucky:
"If
he could influence them like that, why was he even here? He
could've told one of them to free him at any time."
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Ra'ven:
"Cause
he was put here, so can't really teleport, also in a cell, so
probably problematic for purposes of being a big dragon, plus
there is the rather large amount of balastas..."
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Ra'ven:
"Also
they sorta live long so that makes sense he'd be all happy that a
break came eventually."
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Lucky:
"No
wonder he was so helpful about the teleportation blocker."
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Ra'ven:
"I
mean anyone would be..."
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Lucky:
"I
mean anyone who can teleport, yeah."
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Io:
"He
would have thanked you, and the words would have meant nothing
except another hook to place in you." They shake their head.
"That's a question I can't answer, and you can believe it will eat
at me. Perhaps there are limits. We are certainly missing
something. Green dragons are nearly without equal when it comes to
the manipulation of the minds of others, but they are not
invincible. They can be tricked, and even bound. Perhaps it was
unable to forcefully effect its own escape. Or perhaps it had some
other scheme in play that we can't see the whole of with our
limited information. But I sensed a dragon here, and then I'm told
of a being in captivity that can control other to that degree. The
connection does not seem difficult to make."
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Eladrin Cultist:
"I'm
just glad that neither of us ever decided to make him angry."
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Ra'ven:
"i
mean that's just good sense, no particular good use for doing that
to someone."
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Ra'ven:
"Unless
you are fighting them maybe"
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Eladrin Cultist:
"Even
if he didn't do anything about it then, I don't know that Garmera
has given me enough of her Greater Gift to trust that he wouldn't
hunt me down later, out of spite."
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Eladrin Cultist:
"I'm
not enough of a warrior to fight one of those off."
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Shadar-Kai Cultist:
"Hopefully
we'll be able to find and rescue them later, but they wouldn't
want us to stop and get caught just because we were worried about
them. Hopefully the others are still below."
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Shadar-Kai Cultist:
(derp,
no referent)
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Shadar-Kai Cultist:
(My
bad.)
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Shadar-Kai Cultist:
Forgot
to say "I'm still worried about our friends, but..."
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Shadar-Kai Cultist:
(derp.)
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Shadar-Kai Cultist:
(Sigh.
Thinking it is like writing it, right?)
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=^v^=:
(( yes ))
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Shadar-Kai Cultist:
(That's
why I've written like twelve novels.)
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Ra'ven:
"Vul
will be jellous if it was a dragon..." a nod, "And maybe they are
a bit more mellow nowadays, since your time was a looong time ago
right?" to Io
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Io:
"Far,
far too long." They are silent for a long moment. "I wanted to say
that my children do not change their natures so easily. But I
never before imagined that they would be without me for such a
span of time. In the fullness of these ages, in which I myself
nearly succumbed to time... can truly say that anything is
permanent?"
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Io:
((I
think that we gonna have to be done tonight.))
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=^v^=:
(( it IS 10pm ))
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Io:
((But
I'm super glad that we got to continue!))
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=^v^=:
(( for everyone since we are all west
coasties now ))
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Io:
((Woot
best coast.))
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Riot:
(( tbf we were already all same time
zone lol ))
Riot:
(( but yeah all PNW now ))
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Io:
((I
don't have to make sense to know that this is the best coast,
RIOT. But seriously, looking forward to playing again soon!
Feeling weirdly good about it.))
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Io:
You
folks are awesome.
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Io:
So
night!
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Ganaroth is disconnected.
Riot is disconnected.
=^v^= is disconnected.
vonel is disconnected.