Server started; please wait for map to refresh.
Ganaroth has connected.
vonel has connected.
vonel is disconnected.
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Tyellenthi:
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Trigger:
You are knocked prone
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Effect:
You can stand up from prone and spend a
healing surge.
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Tyellenthi:
Took an extended rest.
HP:
76 / 76—
Surges:
9 / 9 —
APs:
1 —
Daily Items:
2
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vonel has connected.
=^v^= has connected.
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Vul:
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Foxes can Fox, also button!
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Effect:
Can do things that involve foxes.
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Also buttons:
Vul can trigger buttons that must be
triggered by a fox.
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Riot has connected.
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Sera:
Gained 1 HP.
HP:
83 / 83—
Surges:
11 / 11 —
APs:
1 —
Daily Items:
2
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Vul:
oi
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Vul:
i
watched some anime
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Vul:
in
one of the anime someone got shot in the head and probably died
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Vul:
i
also got those kitsune plushes
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Ganaroth:
Uh,
just one sec. I sorta need to pick portraits for some enemies. -.-
Should not take long, then I'm ready.
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Ganaroth:
(Hey,
if someone has the log from last time, would you mind shooting it
to me? I want to be sure of what I actually said. -.-
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Vul:
logfox
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Vul:
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Trigger:
An ally within 5 bloodies or reduces a
foe to 0
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Effect:
The ally gets
8
temporary HP. Vul gains the same.
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=^v^=:
(( cool, I did fix that ))
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Kelaran Vanguard:
(Ok,
thanks. I appreciate the patience. I just wanted to make sure we
hadn't actually teleported there already, etc. But we're still in
convo with Acronach, technically.)
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Acronach:
"I'm
almost as annoyed at whoever's been firing flaming arrows at the
town as I am about that ass thinking it was us. Who the hell tries
to burn down a town that hasn't done anything to you..."
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Kris:
"Someone
who wants to make you look like the bad guy."
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Kris:
"You
will note that our firend there didn't go stomping to the town to
make those threats, who ever shot there man could have just as
eaisly been from there. Insted they came here. So my guess is
those arrows fired at the town is was ment to provoke the same
kind of responce, but from them."
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Acronach slowly nods. "Makes sense. I
used to know a guy, smart fellow. Told me once that when you're
trying to understand a plot, easiest way is to look at what
actually happens, and assume it was on purpose. What happened,
like you said, is that he came here and blamed us." He fold his
arms. "Which means it's not the kind of attack we assumed, and
poor eyeball wasn't really the target. A victim, but not the
target. This was an attack on us, using eyeball as a weapon."
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Riot:
(( Eyeball? ))
vonel:
(( The account guy who got shot in
the eye I'm assuming ))
Riot:
(( Ah ))
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Vul:
"The
thing is, who is your enemy in this?"
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Kris:
"Pretty
much. Becaue you split off from the main group you made your self
an easy target, now weather or not this would have happend you
hadn't left is still up in the air."
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Acronach taps his foot against the
planks of the office. "Well. Crap." He sighs. "Not that we had
much of a choice, really. It
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Acronach:
(ughs)
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Acronach:
"not
that we had much of a choice, really. If we'd just allowed it to
go ahead, we would have lost by our measure. Doing this just
opened up a different way for them to get it done." He frowns.
"Think it happened at all? Or did they maybe even feed him to the
drakes to cause this?"
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Acronach:
"Bah.
Whichever it is, I can't see that our options have expanded."
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Kris nods, "Right, and as it stands we
need to find your commander. Going to be hard ot get any thing
done if she keeps wandering off like this."
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Acronach nods grimly. "That, or find
some other scapegoat. Not that I suggest that. The Lady'd have my
bolts if I tried to serve up someone else. Ok, how can I help?"
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Kris:
"Point
us in the deritction she went, and if you don't know that we'll go
check out the mine and the rune maze sense that's the cause of all
of this."
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Kris:
"Who
knows, maybe it won't make everyone of us insane."
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Kris looks a tthe rest of the group,
"Any thing else you lot can think of?"
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Sera shrugs. "Let's go find your girl
so we can sort some of this out without more people getting dead."
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Vul looks away nervously, "I would
like
to have a better idea then going into a maze after her, but ..."
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Ganaroth:
(laughs)
Oh my god.... I was waiting impatiently for people to talk, and
just now realized I was looking at the wrong maptools window.)
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Acronach:
"Well,
we've got a few people down at the camp too. You know, just in
case. You could talk with them, see if they know anything. They
would probably have seen her more recently than me."
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Kris nods, "Sounds like a plan then."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Very
well. It's a way forward, at the very least. Thank you for your
assistance, sir. If we are able to make contact with your...
lady.. I will send a message. In the meantime, don't give them a
reason to move up their timeline." She indicates to the rest of
you that she's leaving, but behind that, you can also see that she
wants to speak privately.
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Kris nods to Acronach again and
follows Patience.
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Acronach takes a moment to thank each of you, shaking your hand with his
oversized mitts. His face has no real expressions, but you get a sense
of relief from him.
The party exits the encampment, the renegade soldiers making we for you,
and then closing the palisade gate when you've passed. Patience waits a
couple more minutes as you walk away before saying anything. "How much
of this do we believe? Specifically, do you believe the other side, that
this is not simply their own plan at work? An attempt to discredit the
Cor Falcans."
Riot:
(( every time I read that my brain
adds "oven" in between "oversized" and "mitts" ))
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Kelarite Vampire Mist Corruptor:
(
)
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Sera:
"So
far, everything I've seen of Kelarans puts that squarely in the
category of possibility. It's annoying."
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Kelarite Vampire Mist Corruptor:
(....I
now have a truly bizarre image in my head, based on following that
thought down the rabbithole)
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Kris:
"I'm
not sure what to believe at this point... especally after the way
she just seemed to repeat herself with out realizing she was doing
it."
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Vul:
"I
don't really see why they'd bother discrediting them on something
like this? Isn't the mine itself existing enough of a scandel? And
they can just take it, like they are suggesting."
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Vul:
"Buying
it for money seems just easier..."
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Sera looks at Kris, "I just figured
she was nervous, though that doesn't make a lot of sense given all
the bluster and the 'WE ARE KELAR AND WE WILL CRUSH YOU' shit she
was doing before."
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Sera bows up and stomps around while
she does the impression
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Kris:
"No...
there was something differnt in the way she was saying it, like
she really didn't know she ws saying it over and over again."
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Vul:
"I
mean if someone's normal job is going in and crushing things,
having strange going ons is even more annoying right?"
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Vul:
"Though
I guess the maze does make people go crazy, perhaps she scouted it
first?"
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"It's
strange. This kind of erratic behavior isn't historically like
them. Even if they've thrown in their lot with the Iron, I don't
know why they would have agreed to be used in such a way. Believe
it or not, Emir Ibrahil really does have a reputation as a shrewd
player. I wondered about it when we met him, but that "we are
Kelar, we well crush you" hasn't really been how they've played
things until now. Even that clause she is speaking of... the
conscription clause. That peculiarity of Kelarite law is a
holdover from the statutes of Emir Ibrahol, the first of the line.
During those day, Si En Kelar was still small and weak, seeking to
survive in a vulnerable place with few allies. You may decide what
you believe, but the histories claim that, despite its great value
as a trade corridor, few wished to pay for a permanent security
presence. Ibrahol responded with a law obligating visiting
merchants and their guards to participate in the city's defense,
if something happened. It's not something that's been invoked for
centuries now; there's simply been no need for it, ever since Si
En Kelar has been able to afford its own guardians. Certainly
nobody ever expected it to be invoked against foreign dignitaries."
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Sera:
"Yeah,
but you know how devils are with contract law. In the details, or
whatever the saying is."
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Kris:
"Would
have been a quick way to bring everyone to heel, if they hadn't
all told him to bugger off."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Indeed.
But shouldn't them having told him to "bugger off" have been
foreseen?"
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Kris:
"More
then likely... maybe that was his 'just as planed' moment."
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Vul:
"This
place is sorta a backwater, right? Do you think perhaps that angry
person happend to be relocated to the middle of nowhere as part of
a sending away possible opposition?"
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Vul:
"This
sorta activity is 'beneath' their normal responsibility, right?"
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Vul:
"Sending
someone out to nowhere to do a routen thing then them fucking it
up royally would discredit them and probably their faction, right?"
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Previously,
the only targets were large, armed merchant ships being
commandeered for anti-piracy activities, and such. Attempting to
collar an actual Cor Falcan City Lord is far outside that zone of
acceptability." She frowns at Vul's words, and at Kris's. "That IS
a classically Kelarite sort of move. What I can't figure out is
why the Emir would want to discredit a Flame Knight. They're
proud, and loyal. The bane of Si En Kelar's enemies. I'd think
he'd want them as strong as possible, and it's not as if they'd
aid against their lawful ruler."
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Kris:
"Sending
them here to pick a fight doesn't make much sense either sense he
as getting this place any way. Only reason I can see to do what
their doing now is because they just don't want to part with their
money."
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Sera:
"It
really is weird to try and pick a fight over it when they were
already ready to buy it. And I can't imagine it's anything more
than pennies to Kelar."
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Vul:
"I
was thinking someone
else
sent them here to cause this, to
undermine the Emir's traditional seat of power."
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Vul:
"Ya
know, to replace them?"
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Kris:
"Considering
he's already handing everyhing over to the Iron I'm not sure why
that would need to be a thing. They have their pawn, they don't
need a new one."
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Vul:
"So
he doesn't change his mind and cause trouble."
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Kris:
"Considering
whos sitting in the room with him that's feels really unlikely."
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Vul:
"I
don't think she would just, you know, fight the whole army if he
ran away with one of his fancy plans."
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Kris:
"If
he tried to run away he wouldn't make it very far..."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"There
would have been a reason if he hadn't already provoked them. He'd
have been able to claim breach of contract, and sieze it directly.
Now, though... They'd be the obvious cuplrit, and..." She sighs.
"Ah, I see. You propose that this is the Iron's plot, and NOT the
Emir's. That this might be a part of a greated attempt at
descrediting him..." She compresses her lips. "That's true for the
moment, Kris. But, as I understand it, Anand is an elite
operative. If so, they can't afford to have her standing there,
guarding him forever. Sooner or later, they'll either need to
trust him to some degree, or replace him."
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Kris:
"Point
is I don't think he or any one else is nessarly trying to
undermine his seat of power, if any thing...." Kris stops for a
moment thinking, "Shit... what if there trying to get his elite
guard killed off?"
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Vul:
"That's
what I was thinking, Well, not killed off but removed and replaced
with their own guys."
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Kris:
"Just
removing them would cause a backlash in their ranks, he wouldn't
want that hanging over him..."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"...Killed
isn't out of the question either. If Dame Fireknight comes back
with a few squads of her soldiers while we're there, we'd not be
unlikely to intervene."
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Vul:
"I
can see someone being all, 'They are elite, yes, but have they
done anything to show their force? We should dispatch some of them
to remind the rabble who is in charge."
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Vul:
"Having
them come out here to show off their strength then causing a big
headache means they might need to be disavowed or repremanded or
the like."
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Kris sighs and looks at Rai, "So
you've been quiet about what you found in your snooping."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"...And
this is just one Flame Knight. We have no idea how many others
have been dispatched, or to where. There could be a hundred of
them at a hundred different sites. It would look the same to us
either way, but would substantially weaken his personal forces in
the city." Her eyes flicker over to Kris. "Yes... I wanted to see
if there were any interesting documents. There were a couple.
First, Perra. Would you recognize your sister's handwriting on
sight?"
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Perra:
"I
saw and read enough of her letters that I probably could."
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Rai Patience Cantor reaches into a
disquised pocket, removes a folded piece of paper, and hands it to
Perra. One side of the paper is roughly smudged, with traces of a
fine powder on the page. "Inkbinding sand. It's a clever little
substance. It can transfer just a little of the ink from one page
to another, even when its already dry. Alchemy is such a useful
field of study, no? Take a look." Much of the page is taken up by
a strange drawing, rough and primitive. A poorly-drawn figure with
a sword stands before one, or perhaps two others. The uncertainty
stems from the fact that this drawing shows a a smaller figure,
hugging itself, and curled up into a ball, floating with a larger
figure than stands over the sword wielder in the threatening
manner. The end of what could be a chain is clutched in one
sketchy fist, and the other end seems to be wrapped about the
curled creature inside. In contrast to the smudges and rough,
almost childlike drawings, the script is written in an elegant,
looping hand that speaks of many hours practicing to satisfaction.
To your gaze, it's obviously your sister's. It reads: "Tribune
Acronach. You followed me on this course, and I cannot ask more of
you, and so I shall say this plainly: what I do now is not Lord
Korrath's will, and thus I have deceived you, and all the men and
woman I was entrusted with. Further, though I did not before let
you know the secret, I am in fact Zhensa, daughter of Korrath,
daughter of Siglenn. I never allowed you, or any other member of
this company, to know this. Now that you have the truth, return to
the town, and give this to the ranking officer, in order to prove
your ignorance and innocence. You wouldn't be usefu to my anyway.
I've always disliked all of you. Leave."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Definitely
Zhensa's writing)
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Can
you confirm the origin of this writing?"
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Riot:
(( godamn that's harsh ))
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Perra nods, "It is..."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"MMm.
So, is your sister in the habit of casual cruelty, Perra?"
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Perra shakes her head, "No... she
would never..."
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Perra:
"But..."
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Vul:
"I
mean that reads like a, 'go home don't die with me' letter."
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Perra looks down, "It has been a long
time..."
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Sera:
"You
know, I read a book once, where a kid had to let his pet go, so it
wouldn't get killed by his really mean dad. Took it out to the
woods and yelled at it, told it how much he hated it, until it
left."
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Sera:
"Just
to keep it safe."
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Vul:
"The
sorta letter you write to get someone out of the fool plan you are
doing."
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Vul:
"I
mean Ra'ven wrote one like that when she left..."
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Rai Patience Cantor nods. "It's been a
long time, as you say, but I've yet to meet a person who, fully as
an adult, went from being unwilling to harm others for no reason,
to doing so readily. Not without trauma, mind manipulation, or...
well, what you are saying. A motivation that is unstated." She
looks at Perra, raising an eyebrow. "Your sister is a poor liar,
even in writing, and I highly suspect that Acronach knew her
identitty as well. It seemed unlikely that she'd be able to steal
an entire company without at least one of them asking why, unless
someone in the loop understood that she's more important than her
obvious rank." She shakes her head. "It's a risk, though. From
what you've said, your father'd want her back as well, if not for
the same reason as he'd want you. Why put herself in that
position, where she could be found out? For that matter, how?"
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Perra:
"It's
not like she ran way, she left with his and mothers blessing to
see the world, and someone would have known right a way. I mean
that first guard we met knew who I was as soon as he saw me."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"And
yet they didn't seem to. If they did, they certainly would have
told you. Unless you can think of a reason otherwise."
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Perra:
...
and here I thought he would have sent one of my brothers to deal
with all of this..."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"To
be fair, when we were hired, the representative didn't indicate
that something like this was likely to occur."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Your
father probably doesn't even know yet."
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Perra shakes her head, "Maybe they
didn't want me to know, but then again none of the soilders at her
base there seemed to know me."
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Perra:
"Or
they were chossing not to say any thing..."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Hey,
gonna do a real quick sidebar with ya, Perra. Kay?)
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Perra:
"That's
why I didn't say any thing, I was worried it would mess something
up, make our job harder some how."
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vonel:
(( Sure ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Sorry
folks! I just realized that I might have been interpreting things
wrong. Trying to deal with it now.
)
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Ganaroth:
(OK,
well, what would you like to do? This is your supporting cast, but
would your rather a situation in which your familiy was also
looking for her but you didn't know, or would you like to retconn
this bit? Similiarly, the fact that the other guy was able to
recognize you? )
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Ganaroth:
FG?UCK
TGNJSDFG
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Ganaroth:
You
know what? Eventually I'm going to stop sucking. Probably the
literal instant before I die.
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Riot:
(( we saw nothing ))
vonel:
(( could also just move over to
discord ))
vonel:
(( save that from happening again ))
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Ganaroth:
(I
mean, I already embarrassed myself, so.. lol.)
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Our
greeter seemed to know you yesterday. Perhaps he thought you were
here with your family's blessing. Though he either didn't seem to
know your sister was masquerading as this company's commander,
which is odd. Is there any reason he wouldn't know her on sight,
but would you?"
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"One
would think he'd mention the issue to you, since he knew that
much."
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Perra thinks for a moment, "She left
home when i was still really little, two or three years old. So
that guard could have been hired on after she left and then saw me
during some event I was trotted out for before my magic caused
father and mother to decide to try and hide me away."
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Perra:
"So
he might never have actually have seen her, would explain why some
guards know me and some don't and then the other way around for
her."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Really,
now? You're much younger. More so than I'd thought."
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Perra blushes
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Vul:
"Maybe
you just suddenly disappearing is more fun a rumor to spin out
here?"
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Vul:
"And
since you mysteriously disappeared, he was more inclined to
beilieve you'd similarly mysteriously appear."
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Rai Patience Cantor sighs. "That will
teach me to have fanciful thoughts of the two of you playing in
the garden while you were children. Why did you have to ruin
everything?" The corner of her mouth turns up. "I don't know if I
have an biological siblings, though I often get the feeling I
might. If I did, I certainly wouldn't recognize them. Perhaps my
own desires carried me away." She looks over at Vul, seeming to
consider.
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Hmm.
If that's the case, you were let out of his grasp easily. Why not
take you into custody immediately?"
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Perra:
"Makes
sense, not like father would go around telling everyone that one
of his daughters has magic in her blood."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Oh.
Oh, I see."
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Sera coughs suspiciously at Patience's
words and looks away
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Vul:
"Did
he actually put out a statement saying you were missing and to
retrive you?"
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Vul:
"If I
were that sorta official, I'd probably politely turn my head away
if I didn't wanna make additional waves."
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Sera:
"I
wonder if he's going to have a heart attack if he finds out you're
here."
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Perra:
"Not
publicly, more likely he's got people out looking for me under the
notion that I've been kidnapped or something and they need to save
me and bring me back."
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Vul nods, "So probably not in on that
little bit of information. Like how people pretend the Emir is a
normal-ish person when he wanders the street undercover?"
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"They
wouldn't know, because he wouldn't tell them. They might not even
know you're missing, rather than performing some errand. He
doesn't even need them to know. Now that you're found, he can send
peopel to try to take you quietly.... Does he have people like
that?"
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Perra:
"Or
he's hired people to kindnap me and bring me back..."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Hired
help or retainers, the situation is equally problematic."
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Perra looks at Rai, "If he does I've
never met them."
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Vul hmms, "It's really confusing to be
cause you'd think it'd be good to have someone you can trust
trying to fix a bad situation like this one."
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Perra:
"He
doesn't trust me though now, you know maigc and all that."
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Vul:
"Thats
strange though! He should at least trust that you care about stuff
you've been raised to care about, even if he doesn't trust your
powers."
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Perra:
"He
thnks I'm some kind of monster, magic isn't something people of
out... his station are suposed to have out there."
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Vul:
"There
are lots of sorts of monsters..." he sighs, "I just don't get
it..."
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Rai Patience Cantor nods.
"Enseladar... in a lot of Cor Falca, really, the idea of the
nobility having access to magic is considered shameful. For those
of wealth and power to also posess the ability to call lightning
and crumble mountains is considered immodest. Immoral, even, as
though Perra is somehow taking a some more deserving person's
position. She should not NEED magic, while many who have little
could rise in their society if they did. It's unseemly.
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Perra just nods
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Like
so many of these cultural proscriptions, it's absurd. One would
think, as you say, Vul, that they'd be happy to have another
powerful fight on hand. But they treat people like you as though
you're stealing the bread of those less fortunate."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
powerful
fighter*
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Sera:
"Wait
- you mean the whole magic thing is some misguided attempt at
equality
?"
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"More
like... manners."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Perra
was born with much, so to reach for more makes her seem greedy. ."
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Sera:
"I
mean, I grew up poor as hell. Stealing food and whatnot when my
parents couldn't put it on the table. But I don't think I ever saw
magic
as emblematic of that."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"And
were you born in Enseladar?"
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Vul:
"Still
wierd to not trust them to care about family..."
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Sera:
"But
she's not reaching for it. It's not like she went to some god
spirit and went 'hey, I'd totally like to nuke some folks for
profit. Can I have magic please?'"
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Perra laughs a little, "that would
make a better story at least."
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Sera scoffs. "Obviously not, but I can
still say it's odd, especially if it causes someone with a good
heart to be outcast."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Perhaps
Korrath understands that. Perhaps he doesn't. But it's poor optics
regardless."
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Vul:
"I
get wanting to hide it, even though it's sorta dumb, but it'd be
odd to not accept a good conicidence if it came up."
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Vul:
"I
suppose if they think you developed magic to spite them
specificly?"
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Well,
I agree that's not how I'd play it, but it's not as insane as all
that. It depends not only on how he feels about it, but on how his
allies feel about it. Further, it depends on whether his enemies
can use it to make trouble for him. For someone in his position,
there are many motivations for wanting her back home and under his
thumb at the very least."
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Vul:
"Really
if they are going to be dumb about this, they should merely
de-noble those with magic," he nods, "Then she can just go do
whatever cool magic things she wants."
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Perra:
"All
right, enough about how I was treated please. Father's wrong and
that's what I'm trying to prove, that magic isn't something to be
afraid of or look down on or how ever someone that has it is
treated. I ran away and haven't used my family name to get any of
what I've gotten sense, I'm just Perra and that's it."
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Sera nods. "Fair. Sorry."
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Vul:
"The
family part is important if you wanna rescue your sister, though."
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Perra:
"Well
I'm going to do that regardless."
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Vul:
"Unless
you just wanna accomplish our mission as mercenaries..."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Tch.
You seek to apply sense to this situation, or rather to apply it
to the wrong place, Vul. His line has not only produced a
sorceror, but one who has decided to run, rather than be bound by
whatever punishment he devised. All those allies and enemies would
not be hard to convince that her family didn't allow it, so that
she'd be able to avoid consequences, and the family avoid censure."
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Vul:
"Plus,
that way I can tease
her
about being a princess and get her
autograph like that one soldier said.'
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"You
can still do that. It would mean as much now as yesterday."
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Vul:
"Not
if we didn't actually rescue her."
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Vul:
"Which,
if we were strictly neutral we might not."
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Sera:
"We're
obviously gonna rescue Perra's sister."
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Sera:
"As
long as Perra wants us to, of course."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"And
yet we're not strictly neutral. Even I won't try to pretend that
I'm not inclined to favor an outcome in which Perra is happy."
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Tyellenthi eyes her, apparently
somewhat surprised.
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Kris chuckles, "Y'all going to make
our white dragon turn into a red one if you keep going like this."
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Perra is in fact blushing rather deeply
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"I
don't have to sacrific my cold and selfish persona for that. If
Perra's happy, we'll be more effective. Since I'm in a group with
her, it's a benefit for me as well." Words aside, it sounds as
though she's smiling through this exchange.
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Vul nods, "Even our backer knows Perra
is fun to tease."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"You
merely have to pay attention to the evidence." Her smile fades a
bit. "So, are we actually going to the camp? It seems like a good
enough option, but if you want to make a move without anyone
watching, this would be a convenient time."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Incidentally,
I've decided to go with "The Town," and "The CAMP" instead of
settlement. Camp isn't quite accurate, but it's clearer which is
supposed to be which, and that's more important.)
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Perra:
"Not
sure what else we could do with out just running right for the
mine, wander around in the wilderness and see if we trip over
something I guess."
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Rai Patience Cantor rolls her eyes.
"Right, Perra. It would clearly be a complete waste of time to
attempt to investigate the Kelarite headquarters, or even your
father's men in town. So far there seem to be three evident
factions, and we've only really gotten any information of out one."
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Vul:
"The
town investigation can be done at like, night, when we go back."
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Kris chuckles, "Those arn't bad,
annoyed I didn't think of them. Checking out the Kelarite
headquarters unanounced sounds like it could be fun, get their
side of the story with out both side telling at eachother the
whole time. Unless you mean trying to sneak around in it?"
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Vul:
"We
just made their leader, I think? Storm off after giving an
ultimatum. Maybe they wouldn't wanna just sit around if we didn't
bring a lot of drinks."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"We
could simply do our jobs and not pay attention to that, but since
I assume Perra wants an outcome in which her sister is alive and
unharmed, we'll have to find a way out for here." She nods.
"Waiting until the town's activity lessens is a good idea for
investigating there. I'd personally rather talk to the Kelarites
first. We don't know where to look for anything useful, but if we
talk to them and observe after, we'd at least be able to see what
they do with what we say. Easier than hoping to just stumble
across sensitive documents." She indicates over her shoulder. "It
was a convenient circumstance to be alone with a commander's
locked desk."
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Kris:
"Looks
like your getting your wish Vul, no rune maze for now."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Hmm.
Actually... Would you like to handle speaking to them? She didn't
see me, so she shouldn't be suspicious if I don't show up. I could
take a look around while you're chatting."
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Kris:
"Yeha
that might be a good idea."
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Tyellenthi pats Vul's head. "We'll
have to go there soon, but no reason to go before we need to. If
anything, getting information first seems as though 'twould be
useful for such a hostile place, no?"
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Sera nods.
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Vul sighs, "It's just... I mean, maybe
this one has a dragon in it like Io and isn't a real one?"
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"I
don't think we can afford to move forward assuming that. There are
many Rune Mazes in this world, but I've never heard of anyone who
has seen anything like that place." As she walks, you can see how
her flesh-and-blood hand repeatedly tenses and relaxes, her
knuckles going white with the pressure. The gesture passes most of
you unnoticed, but Sera catches it, and she sees Tyellenthi
likewise watching. The tall angel meets Sera's eyes, a clear
question forming on her expression.
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"...Regardless,
it might be, and if it is, we'll deal with it. I'd rather prepare
for what to do if Acronach isn't mistaken."
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Vul:
"This
one lets people in more then once, which is also unheard of..."
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Rai Patience Cantor sighs. "...Yes. I
know. It's already not right, but if we just assume it's something
else from the beginning, we have nowhere to start." She pauses.
"...I'd thought that perhaps we'd need a more concrete idea to
work with, but maybe that's backwards."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Well,
I'll try to keep an open mind while searching. Draw out the
conversation with the knight, if you can. I read quickly, but not
instantaneously."
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Kris:
"We
also don't know how many of us it would even let in. It sounded
like most people that went in just came right back out with their
heads all messed with."
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Kris:
"I'd
hate to think that it would just let Perra in cause it let her
sister in and just tossed the rest of us back out."
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Vul looks away sadly, then shakes his
head.
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"That
would be problematic, if that happened."
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Rai Patience Cantor seems to try to
think of something to continue with, but eventually concludes,
somewhat helplessly, with "...I hope it doesn't."
|
It takes about an hour and a half to return to the town. The guards, one
from each side, open the gates to allow you in, The Kelarite glowers at
the party as you pass, and says "Don't cause trouble." You're all fairly
certain that he'd have a really bad day if you did decide to cause
trouble.
The barracks for the Si En Kelar soldiers is situation on the opposite
side of town from the Cor Falcan's complex. The styling is ornate and
intricate, which is fairly typical for Kelarite architecture. The
deceptively practical design, however, speaks to a slightly different
sensability in charge. Just at a glance, however, you can see that
practical or not, their barracks must be at least three or four times as
expensive as its opposite number, and could easily function as an ad-hoc
fortress if it were required. A pair of heavily armor soldiers stand at
the front, one of which elbows the other as you approach.
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Hold
there. You're the mercs, ya? Looking for a chat?"
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Kris:
"Indeed.
We were hopping to hear your side on everything that's happened,
were still trying to peice it together."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Pfff."
His stance shifts. His voice is mostly the same, but he seems to
have relaxed fractionally. "You and us both. The kingfishers went
crazy the other day, and their boss craziest of all of them. What
can I tell you?"
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Vul:
"Lots
of that going around it seems."
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Kris:
"So
all of this just happend in the last day or two?"
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Kelarite Vanguard:
(Kingfisher
is a mild insult, or possibly slur, for the Cor Falcans by
Kelarites. Derived from the fact that Cor Falca extrensively uses
fish in their cuisine, while fish is considered poverty protein in
Si En Kelar. The idea is that the Cor Falcans think they're better
than they really are.)
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Yeah.
We sent some people down to the watch fort to take over, and they
came back with holes in them. No fatalities, thank gold, but it
was a close thing. They refused to hand it over. Then there were
the attacks on the town after that, and we yelled at each other a
lot, and then you showed up."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"I
know they're the ones who brought you in, but are you planning on
taking care of it? My partner there..." He indicates the other
one. "...he figures that you being neutral is a joke. Just
something they could claim with almost a straight face. I told him
otherwise. You're a new firm, eh?"
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Vul nods, "Yep. And I guess the
neutrality of it seems a bit off, it's more we are here to make
sure the deal goes through and people get paid?"
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Kris:
"Hadn't
heard that yet, can't belive they would just start shooting you up
for just trying to do your duty." Kris nods, "That's the idea at
least, we were just brought in in case things went off the rails.
I'm sure you know the drill, stand there and look pretty and
scarry and beat ass if someone tries any thing."
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Vul:
"Everyone
shooting at eachother tends to put a crimp in that though."
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Kris:
"Do
either of you happen to know what caused them to go crazy?"
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Kelarite Vanguard nods. "That's
basically what I told him. Ya ain't exactly neutral, but it's not
a lie either. Kept telling him that new companies like yours have
to deal fairly at first, otherwise they never build a client base.
And now he owes me two crescents, so I'm MORE than happy to take
your questions." He seems to think. "Hmm. Not completely sure.
Aherenet Liela went for a tour with the kingfisher commander a few
days back. Then we heard there'd been an accident. Next day, we
went out there, but took some extra people along just in case. It
weren't because we wanted to start trouble, I promise. The
Adherent just wanted to see if she could lend a hand. On different
sides, but we've all been on this island for a good while
together... well, most of us, and most of them. Point is, we've
only ever made it work by helping each other out. I guess they
just started shooting when the Adherent got too close. That same
night, we has fire arrows come down inside the walls. And last
night we finally had a death."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"If
I laid a second bet today, it would be that it had to do with
whatever the accident was."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"That's
the only things that wasn't scheduled, after all."
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Kris:
"Yeah
that's what we heard as well, something happened at the mine then
everything started going sideways. Isn't it a bit odd that they
would just start attacking like that, I'm sorry for your loss, but
it just strikes me as odd that a small group like that would try
and pick a fight with the whole of both garassions, feels off."
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Vul nods, "Also everyone we have asked
has agreed the fire arrows is a dumb and bad idea and was agast."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Well,
they aren't wrong. It's an awful thing to do. Our barracks is the
building in the town least likely to burn. We have it proofed, but
most of their stuff is mundane, and made of wood. The only people
the would have killed were their own people, or the townsfolk." He
shrugs. "As far as their size... well, it's not a good idea, but
neither is trying to wreck this deal at all. I just hope they
don't regret it."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"They
brought you in, so maybe they're feeling cocky." He eyes Kris up
and down. "Ehh... You seem tough enough, but if this starts up,
and take a friendly warning. If they manage to really run the
Adherent out of patience, they're only going to a limited amount
of time to regret it."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"So..
you know. I hope it don't happen at all."
|
To the side, the guard's partner half turns toward him. His face is
covered, but his stance indicated displeasure with his friend.
|
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Vul:
"They
brought us in way before any of this stuff happened. It's somewhat
a long flight."
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Kris eyes the other guard
|
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Ah...
Well, sorry you had to get involved. Look, if they force the
issue, just clear off, yeah? I know your rep is important in that
line of work, but better a dead rep than just dead. You won't like
what happens to them."
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Kris:
"So
do you really think their the ones shoot all the arrows? We talked
for a little bit and they denied doing it and as my friend said
were actually shocked ot learn fire arrows were being fired into
town here. Of course even if they were doing it they would still
deny it, but it didn't fell like they were lying."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"I
hear you, but who else could it be?"
|
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Those
arrows flew in. They probably aren't misses from upcolumn."
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Kris shrugs, "That's what were trying
to figure out, avoid a bloodbath and all that."
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Vul:
"Even
if that happened, they wouldn't still be on fire from that far..."
|
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Kris:
"Hence
trying to learn what we can, about what started it , any thing
else odd that's happened maybe before everything started."
|
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Right,
I get that. But from our perspective, they're shooting at us, and
with fire arrows. Letting it go on just risks ALLOWING a
bloodbath. It's not like any of us wants a slaughter, but if it
gets worse, we'd rather they be the ones bleeding. I hope you get
it." He think for a bit. "Eh....Well, we had that message about
the buyout delivered, along with all of our reinforcements. Seemed
like a bit much, but this is exactly the kind of thing they said
the reinforcements were for. They know better than me, I guess.
Before that... Oh, right. One of the miners got retired. Er,
meaning to say that he's not healthy enough to go back down." He
points as his helmet and moves his finger in a circle, and makes a
sound like "kookoo."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Happens
occasionally. This time, he seemed like he was just happy as
anything to have lost his livelihood. Gave me the skeevies."
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Kris nods, "Is he around, and could we
talk to him if he is?"
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Vul:
"It's
just good sense to stop whoever shot those arrows. Just hoping in
perhaps vain that since both sides are agast, whoever DID do it
will be thrown out for appeasment."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Yeah,
I'd welcome that. But the longer this issue goes on, the less
likely that outcome gets. They already drew blood. I don't know
how much longer the Adherent will hold back. For that matter, I'm
not sure how much longer we can ASK her to hold back."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"If
someone else gets feathered, I can't guarantee that cooler heads
prevail, you know?"
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Assuming
she knew a cool head when she saw it....Ah!" He hops away, his
greave still ringing where his partner kicked him in the shin.
|
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Vul:
"Well,
ya, but she gave us some time to come up with a good answer, so
that speaks to her character, right?"
|
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Wait,
really?"
|
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Kris:
"Ten
days."
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Vul nods
|
The partner fold their arms, as though saying "I told you so."
|
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Kris:
"Then
all hell breaks lose."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Huh.
Well. Okay then. It's good to hear that not everything is
maximally terrible."
|
|
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Look,
I don't know how much we can help, but if it's not against orders,
just ask. Like I said, I don't want things ending up this way. I
have... HAD... friends on the other side."
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Kris:
"Keep
us informed of anything that happens, or if you hear something,
that you can pass on of course, let us know."
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Vul:
"I
mean you probably still do, assuming the deal goes down and a few
stiff drinks are shared."
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Kris:
"I'm
not looking for state secrets or any thing, but like if someone
sees something out of place or someone sneaking aorund... that
sort of thing."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Right.
Won't tell you if it's, you know, against orders. But if something
important happens that aint a secret, I'll send a message. You're
in the highdragon house across the way, right?"
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Kris:
"Yeah."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Got
it, will do. Anything else you need?" His voice goes apologetic.
"I'm sorry, but we're not letting outsiders in right now. If
there's anything else I can do for you, though..."
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Kris:
"Not
at the moment, or at least not that I can think of."
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Kris looks at the others to see if
they have any thing.
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Kelarite Vanguard:
(Nobody
I'm controlling says so.)
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Riot:
(( me either ))
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Vul assumes they delayed long enough
for patience
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Kelarite Vanguard:
"Well,
ok then. Good luck to you. Hopefull this can end without everybody
dying for their trouble..."
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Kelarite Vanguard:
(May
I assume you're walking away after that?)
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vonel:
(( sure ))
Riot:
(( yep ))
A couple of minutes after the group departs, Patience falls in from out
of the dark. You have no idea how she can sneak like that in a dress.
She has an odd expression on her face, as though eaten something
unpleasant, but isn't quite sure what it is.
|
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Perra,
would you say that you have some familiarity with the kinds of
battlefield weapons used in your country?"
|
|
|
Vul assumes the answer to sneak in a
dress is 'skill issue'
|
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(heh)
|
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Perra:
"Uhh...
a little? That wasn't really an area my studies were focused in."
|
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Hmm.
Unfortunate. I'd hoped for an informed opinion." She passes you
another slip of paper, bearing the same powder residue.
"Apparently there was an observer assigned to your father's
people, and he claims that the Cor Falcans conducted a smuggler's
drop a few nights ago." She pauses. "Er, that's when you fly a
Skyship overland, and drop sensitive cargo off the side before you
dock, usually with something to keep them from taking damage. Then
they get retrieved later. If you can credit it, this one claims to
have seen them carting off two whole Cor Falcan Siege Towers, and
a third machine that's even larger. He didn't recognize it, but
did draw a sketch. I'd hoped you might know what it is." The paper
has a simple but precise sketch on it, showing a something like a
tall wagon with heavy armor bolted to it, along with verious
spikes meant to keep enemies from casually getting close, a
midships turret, and some kind of strangely perforated dome rising
from the top. The sketch suggests that the vehicle is close to
fifty feet tall, which is HUGE for something that might have been
dropped on the sly.
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Riot:
(( good lord lol ))
|
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Perra just shakes her head, "Sorry,
nothing I would know aobut."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"It
would have been convenient if you'd known whether this thing is
real at all. But I would immediately question why their side would
drop off war machines if they are planning on abandoning this
place."
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Sera:
"That's
a
lot
of heavy duty equipment."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Indeed."
|
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(I
think it's a decent time to end the session. Thoughts?)
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vonel:
(( sounds good ))
Riot:
(( sounds good to me ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Cool
cool.)
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Also,
I'm doing that whole thing with sides who may or may not be
telling the whole truth, so if you're not sure about something
please ask. Better than me assuming everyone has the some
understanding!)
|
=^v^=:
(( cool mechanized war machines might
be a thing Vul would have heard of, assuming it's not actually secret
but ya, kinda late ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
Thanks
all. Continue being awesome. That is an order.
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Sera:
lol
you too
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logfox:
there
I specifically saved, I don't know why sera looses that one hp
every time
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Rai Patience Cantor:
|
Ganaroth is disconnected.
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Vul:
i'm
sorta amused at how big strong tieflings are now what art is on
for danborou entirely because of bg3
|
vonel is disconnected.
Riot is disconnected.
=^v^= is disconnected.
vonel has connected.
=^v^= has connected.
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Vul:
have
you watched any precure?
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vonel:
No,
but I know of it and that there are a lot of them.
|
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Vul:
ya
supposedly more then a thousand eps
|
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Vul:
or
something
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Vul:
22
series, 1018 eps
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vonel:
it's
basicly the supersentai of magical girl's at this point
|
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Vul:
I
figure I should steal a random amount of them and see how it goes
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vonel:
Lot
to choses from
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Vul:
I
mean I grabbed 9 series based off of availablity on stealing so
|
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Vul:
and
they are 50 eps
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Vul:
so i
probably can watch magical girls till I do not wish to watch them
anymore
|
Riot has connected.
Ganaroth has connected.
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Ganaroth:
Hiya!
How are y'all?
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Vul:
stealing
a bunch of magic girl anime
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Ganaroth:
A
worthy cause.
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Ganaroth:
I
accidentally closed my monsters file before saving. I still have
the individual tokens saved, so it's not a big deal, but it's
still a little annoying, if only because I derped.
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Ganaroth:
Aaaand
fixed. That's about it for my update. I've otherwise not been
doing all that much.
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Ganaroth:
Mind
throwing the chatlog at me? I want to check the exact point we
left off.
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Riot:
I
got no noise for a minute, weird
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Vul:
it's
automatically uploaded to the logfox site
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Riot:
logfox
is giving 502 bad gateway
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Ganaroth:
If
someone remembers more or less where we stopped, that will also
work. Better than waiting, as long as you're forgiving.
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Vul:
ug my
comptuer is bieng dum
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vonel:
We
had just finished talking to the Kelarite guards and Patience had
found out by snooping that the Cor Falcan guys might be doing
covet drops of weapons of war.
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Ganaroth:
(
I keep forgetting to mark what things have been done in my notes
)
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Last time, the things that Vonel said happened!
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"This
is a potential problem:
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Kris:
"Yeah."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Not
leastwise because it seems as though you father is not dealing
completely honestly with us, Perra. Rather than trusting in our
ability to encourage neutrality, he has already assembled the
means to escalate."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Did
anyone get info on the war machine through a knowledge check or
similar?)
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Me
neither, lol.)
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Gan
brain no work.)
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vonel:
(( Perra didn't know any thing aobut
it cause it wasn't an area she would have learned aobut and no one else
rooled on it. ))
=^v^=:
(( logfox fixed ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Thanks)
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=^v^=:
(( nobody rolled, vul was going to
though ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(In
any case, if someone wants to, it's Arcana. Yup, it's on that side
of the 50% line, lol.)
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Riot:
(( didn't even think about rolling as
an option for info on the war machines because I am S M R T ))
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Sera:
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Lols,
no worries. It's not always a thing!)
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Vul:
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Kris:
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Both Vul and Sera are able to identify the engine depicted: A Cor Falcan
Siege Tower. They're a native Cor Falcan design, rather than a Mekanice
or Kelaran import, but in this case, simplicity is a strength. They are
capable of shielding their occupants from almost anything, and are
incredibly difficult to damage. Like any other siege tower, their
purpose is to put soldiers over a wall in situations that would be
difficult or dangerous to fly a skyship near. Unlike most, these
versions are autonomous, moving (and trampling) according to their
mission, like any construct. Further, they are outfitted with an
incindiary launcher, to discourage enemies from peaking out from behind
cover.
They lack the fancier aspects that the war engines of the other two
nations tend to sport, but for their purposes, what else do you need?
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Cor Falcan Siege Tower:
(Crud,
hold on, I lost my overlay for some reason.)
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Does
anyone recognize it? There's a tickle at the back of my mind, but
ever since... Well, I don't recognize it."
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Tyellenthi:
"I'm
afraid I must decline an attempt," she says, amusement in her
voice.
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vonel:
(( Just in case here's the
description given of the other thing dropped that wasn't mne of the
seige towes, A tall wagon with heavy armor bolted to it, along with
verious spikes meant to keep enemies from casually getting close, a
midships turret, and some kind of strangely perforated dome rising from
the top. The sketch suggests that the vehicle is close to fifty feet
tall, which is HUGE for something that might have been dropped on the
sly. ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(for
simple info transfers, you can feel free to say "Tyellenthi tells
you about X" or something like that.)
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Riot tells Patience about the Siege
Towers
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Sera tells Patience
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Riot:
(( you get it ))
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Vul enthuses about how they are cool
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Vul begrudgingly adds exception to
coolness in the 'actually we might have to deal with it'
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Ok,
I meant to imply that anything beyond a simple information
transfer should still be IC.)
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(When
you start talking about your character's opinion, you're outside
that zone.)
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=^v^=:
(( that's the siege tower description
that von dropped right? ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(What
is?)
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vonel:
(( No that's the other thing, there
were Seige towers and then the wagon thing. ))
vonel:
(( unless the wagon thing is a seige
tower to. ))
Ooohhhhh. Well, then the aforementioned info is available, but this
seems like a something similar, but larger and more advanced. You don't
recognize it specifically, but even the look of the thing is dangerou.
It can likely do anything the siege towers can do, but its increased
size would mean additional passengers, and likely heavier weapons.
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Kris:
"I'd
say let's just ask one of the Cor Falcan soilders about it, but
they might flip out if they found out we have info on some kind of
state secret or something."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Hm.
Does anyone have an idea about how to uncover potentially
sensitive secrets from their nation without tipping off Lord
Korrath's men? Letting them know that we're investigating is
something I'd rather avoid at the moment."
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Sera:
"Not
any good ones. Subterfuge was always- Not my area of expertise,
sorry."
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Vul:
"Seems
pretty strange to even have here, it's selling a mine...."
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Kris:
"Finding
Perra's sister, she might be willing to talk with out telling
everyone else, other then that I've no real idea."
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Rai Patience Cantor sighs. "Not too
strange, unfortunately. Korrath clearly doesn't expect us to
succeed, and is preparing for diplomacy by other means."
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Vul:
"Like,
we are suposed to be the cool things standing here," there is a
trace of a pout on his statement, " And they are also sneaking in
state of the art siege equipment as well. We are a distraction
maybe...."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Or
rather, he expects a betrayal, and that we'll be unable to sort it
out."
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Perra:
"Probably
that."
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Vul:
"Maybe
we are going to get set up to take the blame?"
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Rai Patience Cantor nods at Vul. "A
distraction might be exactly what we are. I suppose that we occupy
their attention either way. A distraction, a scapegoat... the
important thing is that it seems as though he's already set on
violence."
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Vul:
"Just
seems silly to otherwise hire someone you don't have faith in."
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Perra sighs
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Sera:
"I
would've expected the Kelarans to be the ones prone to violence.
Though I guess the Lord might not have been too happy about the
Emir's edicts."
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Rai Patience Cantor shrugs. "It's also
possible that we might be the contingency. He could be willing to
take the peaceful outcome, but is betting on the alternative."
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Vul:
"Suppose
it makes those other elite troops showing up make more sense."
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Vul:
"Maybe
this is both sides trying to do a show of force or something and
the mine is just an excuse..." he sighs.
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Kris:
"Both
sides willing to fight to the death because they don't trust the
other to do things peacefuly..."
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Kris:
"...what
happened in the mine doesn't help. Sense now we have a splinter
faction that really is ready to stop everything from going though
peacfuly."
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Vul:
"I
mean, how valuable is this mine acctually?"
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Vul:
"Ya
know, excluding the possible Maze"
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Anyone
who wants to know themselves my make a dungeoneering check.)
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Sera:
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:
Rolled
13.
Dungeoneering
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Perra:
"If
I recall it's a sorce of a mertial that channels magicly energy
and more or less allows the airships to fly."
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Riot:
(( lol rip ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Kris,
you've hit the deal on the idiotic head, haven't you."
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=^v^=:
(( vul and ra rather specifically do
not know the value of things ))
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Perra remembers the conversation that
was had about the mine
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Kris takes a bow, "I do my best."
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Vul nods, "But I mean, this was a
somewhat under-the-table deal right? If it was big enough to fight
with elite troups and top notch siege equipment, it seems like
it's bigger then that."
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Kris:
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:
Rolled
26.
Dungeoneering
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Perra
is correct, and Kris simply knows, that it is a crucial component
of skyship Halos. Alloyed with copper, it produces a soft metal
which conducts magic tremendously when inlaid within the flight
runes.)
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Technically,
it will conduct magic with other runes too, but unless it's
magically fortified, it can't be used in anything that will
experience wear and tear.)
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Kris:
"Well
Perra is right, thing is they were both gearing up for a fightr
before they found the maze. So that begs the question, is there
something more in there that the higher ups knew and wern't
telling any one befor ethe maze was found."
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Vul:
"It
was being sold for like, money right?"
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Perra:
"Yeah."
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Rai Patience Cantor ponders, then
shakes her head. "The mine could be a casus belli, or simply not
the whole story. It was to change hands for money, yes, but why
sabotage your own negotiation? I'm missing something."
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Perra:
"Father
was going to sell his share to the Emir."
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Rai Patience Cantor nods again.
"Right. But I'm having trouble seeing what purpose those siege
engines serve other than to prevent the sale from taking place."
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Kris nods to Patience, "We need more
answers, but were running out of people to ask that might be
forthcoming."
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Vul:
"Oh
that's a good point? When was the deal actually made?"
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Vul:
"Was
it before the synoposium?"
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vonel:
(( Wasn't the father of the kid that
went into the maze in town here recovering? ))
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Vul:
"Cause
that could cause a rapid change in desires..."
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Perra:
"After."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
((Yes,
he is!))
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Perra:
"Sounded
like father just wanted to be done with this whole thing after
what the Emir did."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"The
intention of sale?" She frowns. "I don't believe that Korrath's
representative offered that information. I should have asked.
Foolish."
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Kris:
"The
kid's father is here in town, how aobut we go talk to him? Sounded
like he had lost some marbles from going in after his kid but he
might have some information, and even be willing to part with it."
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Sera:
"Couldn't
hurt."
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Rai Patience Cantor hesitates, then
nods. "We'll have to hope that he's well enough to answer
questions, I suppose."
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Kris:
"Running
low on options here boss, either him or we treck out to the mine
and chat them up while looking for Perra's sister, and were
already here in town."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"No,
no. It's a good suggestion. I just... well, it's not important."
She eye Kris. "Also... I'm really not your boss. Your vote counts
as much as mine, and you get an equal share."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"Now
that the hierarchy is settled, let's be off, loyal minions."
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Kris laughs
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Rai Patience Cantor 's eyes seem to
sparkle a bit. It might be the most playful you've ever seen the
normally somber and imperious Rai.
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Sera rolls her eyes with a slight
smile.
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Provided
that you decide to go....(types))
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Vul decides to go!
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Kris is a going
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The man's house is to the Southwest; still in this section of the
village rather than across the shallow river, on the Kerlarite side, so
it doesn't take long to get there. You pass a number of townsfolk as you
go; you garner some curious looks, and even some that appear confused,
though no reason why immediately comes to mind. Your target's house is
much smaller than your own dwelling, and though it shares the same
spare, simple architecture. As you approach the door, however, you can
see that while the original construction is sturdy and solid, it has
fallen into disrepair in recent year, and probably hasn't seen a new
coat of paint in at least a couple of years, and one of the logs making
up the outer walls is clearly in the process of decay.
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Just
going to move you over there, kay?)
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Riot:
(( sounds good ))
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Kris:
Took an extended rest.
HP:
92 / 92—
Surges:
12 / 12 —
APs:
1 —
Daily Items:
2
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Perra:
Took an extended rest.
HP:
72 / 72—
Surges:
6 / 6 —
APs:
1 —
Daily Items:
2
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=^v^=:
(( rrrr where is sera being copied
from that is always missing that one hp ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Huh.
The.... the blank tokens are gone. I can't find my token library!
(laughs) The thing over on the side where I used to grab them no
longer exists)
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Sera:
Took an extended rest.
HP:
83 / 83—
Surges:
11 / 11 —
APs:
1 —
Daily Items:
2
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Riot:
(( she's been missing that one hp for
like ten sessions ))
Riot:
(( it just won't fix ))
Riot:
(( every time we load in, even if I
heal her ))
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Sera:
Took an extended rest.
HP:
83 / 83—
Surges:
11 / 11 —
APs:
1 —
Daily Items:
2
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=^v^=:
(( okay I extendded rested the other
3 of her as well ))
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(That's
odd!)
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Rai Patience Cantor:
Anyway,
give me just a sec. I need to grab basic tokens the hard way, lol)
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Riot:
(( oof lol ))
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Heloise opens the door. A middle aged
woman, wearing a scorched leather vest over her dress... possibly
protective gear for metalwork... and a very, very tired
expression. "Oi... Is it really necessary right now? The day's
been a trial already."
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Kris:
"Is
what necessary?"
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Heloise:
(I
still don't have that button where I can say "I'm done for the
moment," so here it is: Done for the moment.)
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Heloise drops the back of her hand
away from her eyes, and there's just enough illumination to see
that one eye is a bit cloudy, and the other filmed over
completely. Blindness, even partial like this woman's, is only
common amongest the poorest rungs of society, as many ritualists
and priest can cure such things for a price. "Eh? Oh, you're...
you're not who I thought you'd be. Would you mind letting me know
who you all are. I'd say I don't recognize you, but... well."
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Heloise:
(Dammit,
I removed the section that described her rubbing her eyes..)
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Heloise:
(She
was rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand.)
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Heloise:
(Sigh.)
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Kris:
"We
were hired to make sure the mine transfer went over smothly, so
were outsiders you could say. But now we've been kind of drawn in
to what's happening here and were trying to get some information
about what went down at the mine."
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Heloise:
(IRL:
Gets up to shift position, almost falls because leg fell asleep
and I didn't notice.)
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Sera:
"We're
trying to work things out so no one else gets hurt."
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Sera:
testing
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Riot:
(( okay cool ))
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Heloise looks downward, eyes closed.
"Well, I suppose you should come in, then." She moves aside,
gesturing for you to follow. The inside is a bit better kept than
the outside. Nothing is newer, but care has been taken to keep it
clean and tidy, and the articles of cloth in evidence have been
painstakingly, if inexpertly, mended. She leads you into a fair
sized living room; centered around a large stove. Belatedly, you
realize that it's actually an old forge; the house has been build
around an old smithy. "What would you like to know? Please make it
fast if you can. I don't want to leave Gandro... my husband...
alone."
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Rai Patience Cantor:
"We've
been told a skeletal version of what happened with him. We were
hoping you could help to flesh it out."
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Kris nods
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Rai Patience Cantor:
(Ah,
nuts. I didn't see you typing.)
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Riot:
(( "skeletal" "flesh" lol I hate you ))
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Heloise:
(I'm
glad it wasn't wasted.
)
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Heloise:
"My
boy Kester... he ran off. He's a good boy, he truly is, but he's
never been very good at making friends. Doesn't really seem to
have the knack, though he tries like anything, he... I'm sorry.
Gandro had him at the mine, trying him out, making sure he'd work
out there. He's a strong boy, but Gandro wanted to make sure he'd
be okay 'round the others. Seems he wasn't ready... my husband
kept muttering about him getting upset and running off. I'm not
sure where they ended up, but the boy says... he says they smelled
fumes, and then there was a bit of a crumble, and gas came out of
the wall. Kest said my husband started choking and collapsed. He
dragged him back, but he was scared to death by it. Hasn't spoken
a word since he told me about it." To your side, you see
Tyellenthi shift uneasily.
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Sera nudges Ty. "You okay?"
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Tyellenthi:
"I
am, yes. Apologies, I was caught for a moment, thinking of my good
friend, Io. It's not important."
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Suffice to say, Tyellenthi is NOT good friends with Io.
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Kris:
"Sounds
like it would be hard on any one, and that's all this Kest said?
That there was a collapse and then he drug his father out?"
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Sera eyes Ty suspiciously but lets it
go for the moment.
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Tyellenthi:
"I'm
going outside for a bit. I could use the air. Melancholy thoughts
are best had under the stars." She exits the room, bowing to
Heloise as she does so.
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Heloise:
"Kester
isn't much for talking. It can take a bit to get words from him.
He said all he mean to, I think."
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Heloise:
"Er,
your tall, green friend. Is she alright?"
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Perra:
"I
think they've had some experince being trapped before, hearing
about it almost happening to your husband and son might have been
a bit much for them."
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Rai Patience Cantor eyes where she
left. "Yes... someone should really go talk to her. Make sure she
isn't having memories about that..." Patience's tone, expression,
and body language say a lot. She thinks there's something wrong.
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Perra:
"I'll
go keep Ty company."
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|
Perra heds out after Ty after bowing
quickly to Heloise.
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Tyellenthi turns to you as soon as you
exit the house, reaching past to shut the door. "Thank all four
pillars of Elysium, I'd hoped someone understood. The woman is
lying, I'm afraid. She is lying very well, but lying nonetheless,
in whole or in part. I don't know why she would, though."
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Tyellenthi:
(Ty's
passive insight is... high.)
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vonel:
(( no joke ))
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Perra:
"Well
at least you saw it, but your right why would she be lying...
maybe she's trying to hide what really happened up there. I mean
we know what happened in the mine ot an extent."
|
|
|
Tyellenthi:
"Yes.
And her account does not match what we've heard previous to this."
She looks back at the house. "I wonder what Kester would say if
asked directly." She looks at Perra out of the corner of your eye,
gauging what you think of that, and if you'll balk at questioning
a child without his parent present. "Or we could try our luck with
the husband."
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|
Tyellenthi:
(The
people back inside the house can feel free to talk or ask
questions too.)
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Sera:
"Your
husband hasn't woken up since the incident?"
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Perra:
"I
think the child might be best... if what we heard is true then her
husbands mind is alreday in a bad way and he might not be able to
give much of an acounting."
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Heloise:
"He's
been in and out. He was restless, kept muttering and thrashing
about. I gave him some Blue Nettle Tea earlier, to help him sleep."
|
|
|
Perra looks down lost in thought for a
bit before speaking again, "I was also just thinking that given
everything else going on here... what if someone is forceing her
to tell those lies."
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Vul:
"Muttering
anything intelegable?"
|
|
|
Heloise:
"Not
most of the time. A lot of worry for the boy, some worry about our
savings, worry about his fellow miners... it was all things like
that. Most of it didn't make too much sense."
|
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|
Heloise sighs. "Well... I'm sorry, I
don't think I was probably much help, was I?"
|
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Kris:
"It's
no worrie, with out having been there first hand there's only so
much you could have told us any ways."
|
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|
Heloise:
"Well,
you could always come back to talk with Gandro when he's a little
more himself. I'm sure it won't take more than a few days." She
smiles wearily.
|
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Vul:
"The
other miners? Thought they ran off alone, is there someone else
who was there we can ask?"
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|
Heloise:
"Er,
I don't know. The rest are probably still at the camp. My husband
and Kester are the only ones who came back here. But they'll
almost certainly be asleep before you can get back there." This is
accurate enough; local time would put that well after most people
turn in. "It might be best to wait until then." He gives a short
laugh. "Never get between a mine worker and their sleep."
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Heloise:
(wait
until *Tomorrow,* not *then.*)
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Heloise:
(I
do words good)
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Tyellenthi:
"Wait
until after they fall asleep? I'll admit that my experience as a
spy is lacking."
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Perra:
"Asking
the wrong person, but yeah I think that would be for the best."
|
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Tyellenthi:
(Sorry,
I think I should make sure that everyone realizes that if they are
stumped about what to do next, or even are just bored with it, you
can tell me, and I can try to do something other than do a staring
context with you. (embarassed))
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|
Tyellenthi:
(A
consequence of online games is that I can't see peoples
expressions and body language, so I can't tell a silence resulting
from thinking, and a silence resulting from wanting someone else
to get things moving.)
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Riot:
(( I'm a touch stumped but I've been
more stumped before lol ))
|
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Tyellenthi:
(Well,
the peeps outside have a tentative plan to try talking to Kester
after they go to bed, though the mechanics of the plan haven't
been discussed.)
|
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|
Tyellenthi:
(Alternately,
feel entirely free to formulate a plan on your own! You don't have
to guess the exact solution I'm looking for.)
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Vul:
"How
many people were caught in the gas anyways?"
|
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Tyellenthi:
(Honestly,
I'm not even looking for a specific solution at all. There are any
number of dealing with this mystery, including who knows how many
ones that I haven't even considered.
)
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Heloise:
"Mmmm....
a handful? I'm sorry, Kester didn't say more than that. The others
were hurt a little too badly, and, well...." Her lips purse.
"...The Healer is Kelarite. He was in town when that revolt
started, and he can't get back there. I'm sure they couldn't get
back here."
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Heloise:
"A....
a mess."
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You're quite sure Acronach never mentioned an extra handful of injured
miners.
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Sera:
"Sounds
like it. Perhaps one of us could lend a hand? I'm able to do a
little bit of healing myself, and I think my friend here might be
able to as well," she says, nodding to Vul
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Heloise:
"Um...
well, if you think the breakaways will let you get there, and
they'll definitely be guarding the road down to the camp. And like
I said, they'll be asleep at the moment. T...Though of course, I'm
sure they'll be happy to see you, even if they have to wake up."
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Heloise:
"Er...
The second *they* being the miners, not the breakaways."
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Vul:
"Wonder
why they didn't ask for any healing when we were there ealier...?"
Vul muses at Sera
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Kris let's out a long sigh before
turning on his heel's, "I'll be outside with the other two if you
need me.
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Heloise goes still. "You... were
already there?"
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Sera:
"Yep.
Seemed fine, for the most part."
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Sera:
"Aside
from being unnerved and antsy about the whole situation."
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Heloise:
"W..well,
I'm not sure why they would conceal anything, but from the way you
say they were acting, maybe they have something to hide?"
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Heloise:
(She
says, without a shred of irony)
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Heloise:
(brb)
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Riot:
(( Should we maybe roll insight or
perception? ))
vonel:
(( General rule of thumb is that you
can roll any skill check any time you want as long as you tell the dm
why your rolling it and what you hope to get out of it. ))
vonel:
(( You can just be like "I think
she's acting funny and might be lying so I'll make an insight check and
roll. ))
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Heloise:
(Back.
And yeah, rule of thumb is that you can always at least ATTEMPT a
skill check. There is absolutely no guarantee that it's likely, or
even possible, but you always give it a shot.)
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Heloise:
(You
CAN always give it a shot)
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Heloise:
(Typosss...)
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Sera:
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She just seems tired to you. It's hard to think clearly when you're
exhausted.
Riot:
(( damn ))
Riot:
(( I'd have rolled perception for the
higher bonus but since it's a possible lie I think it's technically
Insight ))
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Heloise:
(Correct)
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Heloise:
(You
could roll perception to catch the hesitation, but you'd need
insight to get a picture from me of what it means. HOWEVER! BIG
CAVEAT! You are never actually required to believe something just
because the dice say so. If you really think that you find
something suspicious, even if you didn't roll high you can choose
to disbelieve them.)
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Heloise:
(It's
sorta up to the player-dm covenant to determine how much of that
is permissable, though.)
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Heloise:
(It's
technically metagaming, but some level of metagaming is not only
allowable but desireable.)
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Heloise:
(Like...
technically the party getting together at start of a campaign is
often metagaming. Most people don't choose to trust each other
with their lives when they've just met 30 minutes ago.)
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Heloise:
(Anyway,
sorry... People are just weird about that. Certain concepts get
vilified without examination. Oh well.)
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Riot:
(( Gotcha. And yeah I mean she's being
very suspicious even without knowing about what Ty and Perra talked
about ))
vonel:
(( Is why Kris headed out, he picked
up enough bullshit but didn't want to push and pick a fight in the house
))
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Heloise:
(Ah,
yeah. Should probably say something...)
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Tyellenthi:
"Friend
Kris, I am glad to see you. I fear that the hostess is not being
truthful with us."
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Heloise:
"In
any case... I really am quite tired. Taking care of Gandro on top
of everything has just taken the metal right out of me."
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Kris:
"Yeah...
kind of figured."
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Heloise:
"If
it's all the same to the rest of you, I'd like to make a bit of
soup, then maybe read a little to calm down for a bit before it's
time to truly nod off."
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Kris:
"I
didn't want to push it in there though... just in case."
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Tyellenthi:
"Probably
for the best." She looks back to the house. "We're planning on
speaking to the child alone."
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Sera:
"Don't
want me to try and heal your husband a bit?"
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Kris:
"Good
idea, we sneaking back in now or wating till later?"
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Heloise:
"I...
well, I suppose you could. Eh, he's asleep, as I said. Blue Nettle
Tea. Um... This way?" She gestures to the inner door, then shows
you to another one. The room on the other side clearly belongs to
a child. The walls are covered almost from floor to ceiling with
charcoal drawings on rough paper. A jagged, almost nightmarish
figure is shown brandishing an uneven blade, its legs bent in
strange angle. Over and over and over again. There are other
drawings as well, more normal in mein, but that one is repeated
many dozens of times. A heavily built middle aged man lies
insensate on the child-sized bed, legs hanging over the end. As
promised, he is turning fitfully, mouthing indistinct words.
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Tyellenthi:
"I
would consider waiting until they have gone to sleep. As it is, we
don't even know where the child is, and I doubt she'll allow us to
speak with him unattended."
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Kris:
"True,
guess we wait."
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Riot:
(( Perception to see if I can
recognize the drawings maybe ))
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Sera:
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Vul frowns at the poor sleeping guy
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Heloise:
"He's
out heavy., as I said..."
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Sera bends down and examines the man,
before spending a healing infusion. "I can't guarantee it'll work,
but it might help."
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Heloise:
(Perception
allows you to see the drawings very well, but figuring out who it
represents (if it represents someone) would be a knowledge check)
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Sera:
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Apply
The
ally gains a +2 bonus to all defenses until the end of your
next turn.
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Apply
Target
gets +1 to ac and can dismiss for thp
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Heloise:
(I'd
also like you to make a heal check)
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Sera:
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Riot:
(( which kind of knowledge?
History/Arcana? ))
You are damn sure that, while he has indeed been dosed with Blue Nettle,
he's been given a lot more than would normally be administered. It's not
dangerous, but it's the difference between a solid eight hours of
dreamtime, and a solid 14 of total oblivion. Your elixir, properly
administered, though, should be enough to counteract that.
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Heloise:
((Either
History or Religion))
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Sera:
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Sera crooks an eye up at Heloise, "You
might want to be careful with that tea - there's letting someone
sleep to heal, and then there's sending them into a coma. Which
you were a little closer to doing."
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Something about this tickles the memory. The Teach na Scéalta,
half-decade ago now. Old, old books, transcribed from older carvings.
The lines were smoother there, almost geometric, but the pose is right,
the blade held in the same belligerent angle. But you remember something
else... There it is. Not on every drawing, but perhaps on every fourth,
the figure is encircled with thick, brutal manacles. Again, they're more
primitive here, but the links of chain are unmistakable. There's
something more than a little ominous about it. The book... "Aspects of
The Past: Precedents of The Philosophies."
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Heloise:
"Ah...
I'll be more careful. He's a tough old piece of iron, though.
He'll pull through." She smiles down at the sleeping man, though
she probably can't see him well from where she is. "He always
pulls through."
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=^v^=:
(( I wonder if song of rest can help
the guy rest, as if so, Vul'd do that on principle ))
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Sera stands up after administering the
elixir. "Sorry, I know you're about to pack it in for the night,
but I have to ask - why is he on a child's bed? And a bit of
curiosity, as well - what are all of these drawings, if you don't
mind my asking?"
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Heloise:
"Oh.
He's in here because I wanted him to have the room to himself, and
because I wanted to sleep next to Kester. To make sure he's okay
too. We'll be out on the main room bed. As for the drawings..."
She pauses. "It's just the same ones, right? The man with the
sword?"
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Heloise:
"I
can't... I can't see very well anymore."
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Sera:
"For
the most part. A few of them in... manacles, it appears. I'm just
curious as to where someone might have come across these images to
draw them."
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Heloise:
"Hm.
I don't really remember those, though I could have missed them, I
suppose. Kester's been drawing those for years, so I stopped
really paying much attention after a while. I don't know that he
came across anything, though. He's always been a little different.
Friends nobody could see, private languages, all that. I think
it's just his imagination. What did he say? "Old Black Bones Down
Below Old Black Bones." He used to just sing that to himself.
Creepy words, at first, but you get used to it, when it's your
son."
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As she talks about her son, her voice noticeably steadies, and she seems
more comfortable with the conversation.
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Heloise:
"Thank
you for the help. It's been a while since we had a healer on this
side of the river."
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Sera hmms in response. "Not a problem.
Thank you for trying to help, as much as you could."
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Heloise:
"It's
no trouble. I just... I just wish I could help you more." This
time, there is a tiny, sad note of truth in her voice.
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Sera pats her on the shoulder and
turns to leave. "Have a good night, we might check back in later
to see how he's doing, if that's alright."
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Heloise:
"Yes,
of course. I'd appreciate it, in fact."
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Heloise:
(Okay,
I think that's probably the session)
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Riot:
(( sounds good ))
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Heloise:
(Thanks
for being here, allayou!)
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Riot:
(( yee yee ))
vonel:
(( yep ))
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Heloise:
(Keep
being awesome.
)
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Ganaroth is disconnected.
Riot:
(( gnight! ))
Riot is disconnected.
vonel is disconnected.
=^v^= is disconnected.
vonel has connected.
=^v^= has connected.
Riot has connected.
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Vul:
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Foxes can Fox, also button!
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Effect:
Can do things that involve foxes.
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Also buttons:
Vul can trigger buttons that must be
triggered by a fox.
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Vul:
fox
button
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Vul:
tbh
fox button is sorta emblematic of upsides to this particular
tabletop
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Vul:
you
can just have a power button that looks like a normal one and acts
like one, but does nothing
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Vul:
and
it's trivial and anyone can do it
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Vul:
that
and being able to rename anything and not break shit, more or less
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Vul:
quotes,
carrots and semicolins in power names might not go well
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