Session Start: Mon Aug 26 21:04:40 2002
Session Ident: Hikari
<br>[21:04] Session Ident: Hikari (Hikari@zaqd378a757.zaq.ne.jp)
<br>[21:04] [Hikari] Are we still on for the 'Cicada jumps into Juniper's bed' sidequest?
<br>[21:07] [GoldenH] yeap
<br>[21:07] [GoldenH] whenever you want...
<br>[21:12] [Hikari] I am ready anytime.
<br>[21:12] [GoldenH] ok
<br>[21:17] [Hikari] You might want to finish the chess, though.
<br>[21:17] [Hikari] I will just run to the nest door convenience store and pick up some lunch.
<br>[21:17] [GoldenH] ok
<br>[21:18] [GoldenH] have fun filling your tummy to the correct amount
<br>[21:52] [Storyteller] so you want to do that thing?
<br>[21:54] [Cicada] I am ready.
<br>[21:54] [Storyteller] cool
<br>[21:55] [Storyteller] okay night falls, and you are wherever we are when we let off at the end of the day this coming saturday... so I'll just have your character end up at Tabius' room in the Cathak House so you can get anything you think you need
<br>[21:55] [Storyteller] btw your post in the main room got cut off
<br>[21:59] [Cicada] I know, I will tell as it goes on. :)
<br>[21:59] [Storyteller] heh ok
<br>[22:07] [Storyteller] okay you walk through the cool summer night, the cathak house lawn's green, damp grass crunching under your feet as you watch around you to make sure you haven't been followed.
<br>[22:07] * Cicada first rests up in the Immaculate camp, then goes to her and Tabius quarters.
<br>[22:08] [Storyteller] You quickly walk up to your quarters, grabbing your things
<br>[22:08] * Cicada digs out her infiltration gear (black bodysuit, likely 'ninja style') and sets off over the rooftops towards the Mnemon residence, a spot of silent darkness in the not so silent darkness below.
<br>[22:09] [Storyteller] roll dex + stealth +2
<br>[22:09] [Cicada] !ex 10
<br>[22:09] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 10, 7, 4, 7, 5, 6, 2, 6, 1, 8, 1, Successes : 3
<br>[22:09] [Storyteller] Storyteller : !ex 5, 7, 6, 5, 8, 4, Successes : 2
<br>[22:09] [Storyteller] !ex 5
<br>[22:11] [Storyteller] okay... you leap over rooftops until you can see the large wall of pine trees providing a noise and sight buffer between the Menemon house and the rest of the city... it is quiet all around you, as everybody lies in bed trying to sleep and miserably failing, the anticipation of tommarow too great to bear...
<br>[22:11] [Cicada] (Tomorow is when the time limit expires?)
<br>[22:12] [Storyteller] no, it's when the 5th Legion arrives. you may as well know that they arrive late.
<br>[22:12] [Storyteller] don't tell anyone till after saturday though
<br>[22:12] [Cicada] (Oh well... none of my business... yet)
<br>[22:13] [Storyteller] *nod*
<br>[22:14] * Cicada crouches on the rooftop looking out for guards and patrols, making ready to cross the space between the buildings.
<br>[22:14] [Storyteller] per + awareness +1
<br>[22:14] [Cicada] !ex 7
<br>[22:14] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 7, 3, 9, 9, 9, 7, 3, 3, Successes : 4
<br>[22:16] [Storyteller] okay... you see the guards move slowly around the house, watching due to their nearly silent footsteps on the balconies and catwalks around the building
<br>[22:16] [Cicada] [Is the space jumpable, or will I have to run?]
<br>[22:16] [Storyteller] the guards hide in shadows, but you think you can see which ones are where.....
<br>[22:16] [Storyteller] how far can you jump?
<br>[22:17] [Cicada] Ehh.. Dex 5 Athletics 3. Can triple distance with aspect ability.
<br>[22:19] [Storyteller] okay you can jump 144 feet if you activate your aspect ability.
<br>[22:20] [Storyteller] soo....
<br>[22:20] [Storyteller] you can just make it to one of the catwalks
<br>[22:20] [Cicada] Well, the thing lasts a scene so I do it!
<br>[22:20] [Storyteller] okay...
<br>[22:20] [Cicada] 5 personal motes.
<br>[22:21] [Storyteller] roll dex + athletics to make the jump...
<br>[22:21] [Storyteller] you can stunt any roll if you want
<br>[22:21] [Storyteller] you'll have to jump through the line of trees to make it onto the menemon house
<br>[22:22] * Cicada carefully measures the distance and the patterns of the guards. Then close her eyes and take a deep inhale of the cool night air. And sprints!
<br>[22:22] [Storyteller] okay you run across the rooftop you are on...
<br>[22:23] * Cicada leaps from the edge of the roof and into the threes. Light as a feather she uses then as extra jumping platforms to make it to the roof of the Mnemon house, sending only a single leaf spiralling slowly to the ground below.
<br>[22:23] [Storyteller] okay roll athletics + jump +2
<br>[22:24] [Cicada] (uses them, that is)
<br>[22:24] [Cicada] (?)
<br>[22:24] [Storyteller] lots of rolls....
<br>[22:24] [Cicada] (you mean dex + ath ?)
<br>[22:24] [Storyteller] lol yes
<br>[22:24] * Storyteller shakes his head stupidly...
<br>[22:24] [Cicada] !ex 10
<br>[22:24] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 10, 8, 6, 5, 2, 2, 9, 2, 5, 4, 6, Successes : 2
<br>[22:25] [Storyteller] okay... you leap through the air, the pine needles brushing softly against your skin as your feet push off them for support, and then you're through them, landing with a soft *clunk* on a catwalk spiraling around the house
<br>[22:26] [Cicada] (pine = NEEDLES. Stupid. Stupid!)
<br>[22:26] [Storyteller] (don't worry 'bout it)
<br>[22:28] * Cicada first jumps to the roof and make her way around to Juniper's bedroom on that to avoid the magics most certainly places on the catwalk. (not to mention the guards likely patrollong it)
<br>[22:28] [Storyteller] oaky.... you hear footsteps coming from around a corner. the catwalk is shielded from light, and there are several doors and open windows stretching along the outside platform.....
<br>[22:28] [Storyteller] ah ok
<br>[22:28] [Storyteller] never mind that last bit
<br>[22:29] [Cicada] (Oh but I minded all right. Just a bit faster than you. :) )
<br>[22:30] [Storyteller] okay you walk carefully on top the woven birch roof, it quietly crunching under your light feet, as the moon shines down on you and giving everything an eerie glow... you carefully walk along until you think you are above her bedroom....
<br>[22:30] [Storyteller] dex + stealth
<br>[22:30] [Cicada] !ex 8
<br>[22:30] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 8, 3, 2, 7, 4, 4, 4, 6, 7, Successes : 2
<br>[22:30] [Storyteller] okay...
<br>[22:30] [Storyteller] you're above her room now
<br>[22:30] [Cicada] (birch roof, eh..?)
<br>[22:31] [Storyteller] woven
<br>[22:31] [Storyteller] it's like a giant mat
<br>[22:31] [Storyteller] then you cover it with some kind of sealant...
<br>[22:31] [Storyteller] anyhow
<br>[22:31] [Storyteller] the house is four stories high, her room that tabius has been in was on the second room. that's what you're above right now.
<br>[22:32] [Cicada] So she is not on the top floor?
<br>[22:32] [Storyteller] no
<br>[22:33] [Cicada] Hmmm...
<br>[22:33] [Storyteller] she might have more than one room
<br>[22:33] [Storyteller] but that was the only one tabius was in, and though you got a map of the place, it wasn't marked "Juniper's room is here."
<br>[22:33] [Cicada] (Cicada has been to her bedroom once before, as far as I remember)
<br>[22:34] [Cicada] (I might be mistaken)
<br>[22:34] [Storyteller] you waited and tabius came down, that's what I remember
<br>[22:35] [Cicada] (yes, but I brought her a message in person as well, and got recieved in her bedroom)
<br>[22:35] [Storyteller] ah
<br>[22:35] [Storyteller] quit right, I remember that now. sorry.
<br>[22:35] [Cicada] (That is where Cicada is heading)
<br>[22:36] [Storyteller] okay that was the same room tabius was in
<br>[22:36] [Cicada] (fine)
<br>[22:37] [Storyteller] so what do you do?
<br>[22:37] * Cicada climbs carefully to the edge of the roof and secure a spike in it. Then ties a thin rope to that with a knot that will release when pulled sharply.
<br>[22:38] [Storyteller] the spike holds securely into the roof as you spear the spike into the roof, it expanding inside and, as you give it a short tug, proves itself secure
<br>[22:39] [Storyteller] Okay
<br>[22:39] * Cicada then activates Feeling-The-Air-Technique to be able to sense forms and movements around her. Then securing the rope in a metal ring on her belt she lowers herself down to the windows of the target room like a spider as soon as she is sure there are no guards or they have passed.
<br>[22:40] [Storyteller] okay... you carefully feel the air around you and when you think there is no movement below you peek over to make sure...
<br>[22:40] [Storyteller] per + awareness
<br>[22:40] [Cicada] !ex 6
<br>[22:40] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 6, 8, 3, 5, 10, 5, 9, Successes : 4
<br>[22:41] [Cicada] (funny how I do better on low abilities...)
<br>[22:41] [Storyteller] (always good)
<br>[22:42] [Storyteller] okay as you look over you see that there is one guard walking away from you, but you know from watching earlier that another will be walking past this wall before he rounds the corner
<br>[22:44] [Storyteller] you slowly let yourself down behind him....
<br>[22:44] * Cicada times a very quick drop behind him gliding soundlessly down to the window. Once there she graps the windowframe with one hand and yank the rope down to her with the other.
<br>[22:44] [Storyteller] roll dex + stealth +2
<br>[22:44] [Cicada] !ex 10
<br>[22:44] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 10, 5, 6, 7, 2, 2, 7, 8, 3, 6, 9, Successes : 4
<br>[22:46] [Storyteller] okay you manage to complete the manuver silently. The window is cracked open, but not enough for you to crawl through. You can see inside to the darkened room, and you see nobody... a single candle flickers on a small coffee table between two chairs, the desk with the mirror reflecting the light, illuminiating the room vaugely as you see the bed, the chairs, and the drawers within
<br>[22:47] [Cicada] "The Mnemon bitch is probably busy working in another room" Cicada thinks to herself.
<br>[22:49] [Storyteller] you hear the crunch of footsteps above you.
<br>[22:49] [Storyteller] they are steady and do not slow as they approach....
<br>[22:49] * Cicada first collects the rope and stores it on her belt again. Then she pulls out her knife again and sets to work on edging the window open, AFTER the footsteps have passed.
<br>[22:50] [Cicada] (btw, have you noticed that Cicada is Vanal's sister-in-law?)
<br>[22:51] [Cicada] (check the description of Ari and then the one of Cicada. :) )
<br>[22:52] [Storyteller] (hmm :/)
<br>[22:52] [Storyteller] (I'll have to look it up)
<br>[22:52] [Cicada] (Hmmm, indeed)
<br>[22:52] [Cicada] (I hope it is just a coincidence. The other possibility is too embarressing.)
<br>[22:53] [Storyteller] The footsteps pass over you as you quickly draw the rope to you, and once they are far enough away, you find the window not difficult to fully open with your bare hands....)
<br>[22:53] [Storyteller] (heh, Vanal's your daddy? :p)
<br>[22:54] [Cicada] (no, my brother-in-law. More likely considering their age)
<br>[22:54] [Storyteller] )hmm(
<br>[22:54] * Cicada waits for a second hanging there by her hand, then slide into the room like a shadow.
<br>[22:55] * Cicada then makes a quick acan of the things lying around in the room.
<br>[22:55] [Storyteller] okay... you're in the room now. You look around, letting your eyes acclimate to the room... every thing seems silent
<br>[22:56] [Storyteller] There are a variety of small things, like brushes and such on the mirror desk, and a couple of books and a corked bottle of wine sitting on the little table with the candle
<br>[22:56] [Cicada] Is the bed made? Has it a blanket over it so as to look unused? Is it warm?
<br>[22:56] [Storyteller] the bed is made, mute pastel green sheets drawn tightly over it... but it still looks comfortable
<br>[22:56] [Cicada] (is the ink on any writing dry?)
<br>[22:57] [Cicada] But the bed do not have one of those sheets over it to protect it from dust?
<br>[22:57] [Storyteller] as you run your hands over the bed, you decide it has definate been made recently, but it still seems cold so it hasn't been used
<br>[22:57] [Storyteller] no actually i've only seen those when the room is not intended to be used for long periods of time
<br>[22:57] [Storyteller] and this one doesn't have one of 'em on it
<br>[22:58] [Cicada] Okay, what time of the night is it?
<br>[22:58] [Cicada] I suppose i set out a little after midnight.
<br>[22:58] [Storyteller] okay
<br>[22:58] [Storyteller] it's summer, so the sun will be up in about 5 hours
<br>[22:59] * Cicada sneaks over to the door and listen for noises in the corridor outside.
<br>[22:59] [Storyteller] you find some books and such on the mirror desk, and flipping through the ones that look like journals, you find none with wet ink...
<br>[22:59] [Storyteller] You sneak over to the door and listen.... +1 per + awareness
<br>[22:59] [Cicada] (+1 to the roll?)
<br>[23:00] [Storyteller] yes
<br>[23:00] [Cicada] !ex 7
<br>[23:00] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 7, 10, 4, 7, 8, 9, 8, 4, Successes : 6
<br>[23:00] [Storyteller] you stand at the door and listen, and hear absolutely nothing in the hallway outside.
<br>[23:00] [Cicada] (OH YEAH! I know all that occur in the house because i overhear the mice talking about it!)
<br>[23:01] [Storyteller] heh....
<br>[23:01] [Cicada] Ok.
<br>[23:01] [Storyteller] you hear a muted, faraway sound of people talking
<br>[23:01] [Storyteller] but you can't make out anything
<br>[23:02] [Storyteller] As you return to searching the papers, you can't find anything wet, per se, but after going through the papers on the dresser and such..
<br>[23:02] [Storyteller] roll investig + perception
<br>[23:02] * Cicada returns to the desk and leaf through the journal, looking for the entries for the last few days. Especially for the days after Cicada and Tabius came to town and the times they met up with Juniper at the party and the meetings.
<br>[23:02] [Cicada] !ex 4
<br>[23:02] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 4, 1, 3, 5, 10, Successes : 2
<br>[23:02] [Storyteller] and are you trying to keep everything in it's proper order?
<br>[23:02] [Cicada] Yes.
<br>[23:03] [Storyteller] ok
<br>[23:03] [Storyteller] you browse through the diary and try to read it.. what languages do you speak?
<br>[23:04] [Storyteller] it's in old realm
<br>[23:04] * Cicada do not know Juniper so she will rather err in the side of safety and assume Juniper is an orderholic.
<br>[23:04] * Storyteller nods...
<br>[23:04] [Cicada] Only high and low, sadly... Was never allowed to learn Old.
<br>[23:04] [Storyteller] okay
<br>[23:04] [Storyteller] in your searchings, you come across a large jade plate under the bed
<br>[23:05] [Cicada] Do it look anything like the jade square I received?
<br>[23:05] [Storyteller] no, it is much larger, and seems to be set in other metals
<br>[23:06] [Storyteller] do you pull it into more light?
<br>[23:06] * Cicada carefully takes it out and looks at it in the candlelight.
<br>[23:06] [Cicada] (Yah! Cicada has found Juniper's luxurious nightpotty! Yah!)
<br>[23:07] [Storyteller] roll int + lore ... lol
<br>[23:07] [Storyteller] just lol....
<br>[23:07] [Cicada] (a jade plate with a teleportation mechanism that sends her waste to a location one meter above her most hated person's bed)
<br>[23:08] [Storyteller] Man, remind me not to enroll at the heptagram
<br>[23:08] [Cicada] !ex 4
<br>[23:08] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 4, 4, 9, 6, 4, Successes : 1
<br>[23:08] [Storyteller] okay....
<br>[23:08] [Cicada] (good artifact that, btw)
<br>[23:08] [Storyteller] how much exactly has tabius let you learn about sorcery?
<br>[23:09] [Cicada] Only the basics I presume. Likely mostly about detection and how to avoid it. For my less 'official' missions.
<br>[23:09] [Storyteller] okay
<br>[23:09] [Cicada] (traps and the like)
<br>[23:10] [Storyteller] you don't know what it is, but it is obviously magical. It is a plate of white jade, a circle of smaller pieces of jade embedded in orichulum and covered in a thin web of moonsilver. The metals seem to flow into each other, and looks to be one solid piece
<br>[23:11] [Cicada] Hmmm, my lord would love to have a look at this...
<br>[23:11] [Storyteller] it is also rather heavy
<br>[23:11] [Storyteller] you're not going to do any jumping with it
<br>[23:11] [Storyteller] maybe 1/10th your normal jumping
<br>[23:12] [Cicada] Well, it is likely for summonning something, but that is none of my concern.
<br>[23:12] [Storyteller] it's about the length of one of your arms in diameter
<br>[23:12] * Cicada replaces the plate under the bed.
<br>[23:13] [Cicada] Now, the desk and the bed means that Juniper will return here. The plate means I cannot hide under the bed as Juniper will likely use the thing before sleeping. So...
<br>[23:13] * Cicada looks at the ceiling.
<br>[23:14] [Storyteller] the ceiling is a simple affair. It is made of large planks of wood, and after poking a few of them, you decide that they aren't going anywhere.
<br>[23:14] [Storyteller] there is a closet
<br>[23:15] [Storyteller] * Cicada looks at the ceiling.
<br>[23:15] [Storyteller] [Storyteller] the ceiling is a simple affair. It is made of large planks of wood, and after poking a few of them, you decide that they aren't going anywhere.
<br>[23:15] [Storyteller] [Storyteller] there is a closet
<br>[23:16] [Cicada] Okay.
<br>[23:16] [Storyteller] you go in the closet, it's rather empty.
<br>[23:16] [Storyteller] it stinks though.
<br>[23:16] * Cicada moves over and carefully open the closet and look inside.
<br>[23:17] [Storyteller] lots of bags of various stuff lying around
<br>[23:17] [Storyteller] scrolls and whatnot
<br>[23:17] [Cicada] (damn, I had hoped to learn Juniper's taste in underwear... ;) )
<br>[23:17] [Storyteller] oh, you already found that. it was in the drawers. she likes thongs.
<br>[23:17] [Cicada] I .... see ....
<br>[23:18] * Cicada makes a quick search of the items in the closet.
<br>[23:18] [Storyteller] scrolls, etc... bags of weird herbs... 
<br>[23:19] [Storyteller] a few recreational drugs
<br>[23:19] [Storyteller] roll per + awareness
<br>[23:19] [Cicada] Hmm, that means she might use the stuf here before going to bed too...
<br>[23:19] [Cicada] !ex 6
<br>[23:19] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 6, 8, 2, 2, 6, 10, 3, Successes : 3
<br>[23:20] [Storyteller] you hear something
<br>[23:20] [Cicada] Okay, stunt time.
<br>[23:20] * Cicada quickly close the closet, and look around in semi-panic for a hiding place.
<br>[23:21] [Storyteller] you look around and figure you could shove yourself between a couple of the shelves, or you could climb up them and hide on top of them... there isn't any light in here, and you can't see anything up there, but it is pretty dark and you don't think there'd be anything out of there
<br>[23:24] * Cicada makes a quick desision and runs for the wall next to the bed, getting as much momentum she can. And contunies straight up the wall to the ceiling above the bed. There she slams herself back towards the ceiling and digs in her nails, while pushing her feet against the wall for extra purchase. Hanging there face down ahe awaits her 'guest'. (I assume the aspect is still on and that the bed is a luxurious one with that tent like covering)
<br>[23:24] [Storyteller] wait
<br>[23:24] [Cicada] (you know, a four-poster bed of the good ould kind, or at least a mosquito net)
<br>[23:24] [Storyteller] no
<br>[23:24] [Storyteller] it isn't anything like that
<br>[23:24] [Storyteller] it's a simple bed
<br>[23:24] [Cicada] (damn.)
<br>[23:25] [Cicada] So poor little I will just have to flatten myself even more. Thank gods for the diet I am on. :)
<br>[23:25] [Storyteller] :O
<br>[23:25] [Storyteller] you're going to hang there in plain sight?
<br>[23:25] [Cicada] (people rarely look up, you know)
<br>[23:26] [Storyteller] Still, I can see my ceiling fan when I walk in the room
<br>[23:26] [Storyteller] roll int + larceny
<br>[23:26] [Cicada] Not many shadows in your room and the fan likely moves.
<br>[23:26] [Storyteller] hmm
<br>[23:26] [Cicada] !ex 5
<br>[23:26] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 5, 8, 5, 3, 1, 4, Successes : 1
<br>[23:26] [Storyteller] okay
<br>[23:26] [Cicada] REROLL!
<br>[23:26] [Storyteller] huh?
<br>[23:27] [Cicada] Resetting tumblers Technique.
<br>[23:27] [Storyteller] ahh
<br>[23:27] [Storyteller] okay
<br>[23:27] [Storyteller] you want to burn some WP?
<br>[23:27] [Cicada] 4 personal motes
<br>[23:27] [Storyteller] *nod*
<br>[23:27] [Cicada] (hell, yeah. 1 WP for an automatic succes.
<br>[23:27] [Storyteller] okay
<br>[23:27] [Storyteller] roll it
<br>[23:27] [Storyteller] use !ex 5 +1
<br>[23:28] [Cicada] !ex 5
<br>[23:28] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 5, 3, 2, 5, 3, 4, Successes : 0
<br>[23:28] [Storyteller] how evil
<br>[23:28] [Cicada] I think I can only reroll once...
<br>[23:28] [Storyteller] okay
<br>[23:28] [Storyteller] yep
<br>[23:28] [Storyteller] Storyteller : !ex 4, 7, 8, 2, 9, Successes : 3
<br>[23:28] [Storyteller] !ex 4
<br>[23:29] [Cicada] (I didn't even get any dtunt for my cool manouver... (sniff))
<br>[23:31] [Storyteller] The door opens up and lady Juniper walks in. She's wearing a white frilly dress, and fooling around with a young man in a red tunic and long green pants
<br>[23:31] [Cicada] (be occopied... please be occupied..)
<br>[23:32] [Storyteller] they certainly seem occupied. don't even make it to the bed.
<br>[23:32] [Cicada] Hmmm, will have to wait for them to finish... Become exhausted and all that...
<br>[23:33] * Storyteller does the magical mumbo jumbo dance.... but it is not to be
<br>[23:34] [Storyteller] When lady Juniper falls onto her back, she looks up and sees you. her eyes go wide, but she's rather pinned for the moment
<br>[23:34] [Cicada] Stunt time!
<br>[23:34] [Storyteller] okay
<br>[23:37] * Cicada uses her legs to leap away from the wall and tumble towards the couple. Placing both her feet hard with all of her mass behind her on the back of the neck of the fine young gentleman. Then as he rolls away she will use her backwards momentum to spin up in the air and come down on Juniper one leg over each of her arms and a knife at her throat.
<br>[23:38] [Storyteller] okay +1 
<br>[23:38] [Storyteller] uhh martial arts attack
<br>[23:38] [Cicada] !ex 9
<br>[23:38] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 9, 4, 4, 7, 1, 9, 9, 4, 9, 5, Successes : 4
<br>[23:39] [Storyteller] roll damage
<br>[23:39] [Cicada] 3 extra?
<br>[23:39] [Storyteller] yea
<br>[23:39] [Cicada] !ex 7
<br>[23:39] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 7, 1, 1, 6, 6, 5, 4, 6, Successes : 0, Botch
<br>[23:39] [Cicada] .....
<br>[23:39] [Cicada] Hey! I forgot to use exm ! :)
<br>[23:39] [Storyteller] don't worry.... it was damage
<br>[23:40] * Cicada 's player shakes her head. Well, I did not REALLY expect to get away from this alive...
<br>[23:41] [Storyteller] Storyteller : !ex 5, 6, 5, 1, 6, 2, Successes : 0, Botch
<br>[23:41] [Storyteller] !ex 5
<br>[23:41] * Storyteller falls over laughing
<br>[23:41] [Storyteller] the dice are on your side tonight
<br>[23:41] * Cicada 's player breathe a sigh of relief.
<br>[23:42] [Cicada] (have you noticed that when one roll botches or fumbles, then the next roll will likely do the same? It works for ALL roleplaying games)
<br>[23:42] [Storyteller] As the man tries to get up, he stubs his part
<br>[23:42] [Cicada] (OW!)
<br>[23:43] [Cicada] (hopefully you didn't mean stabbed)
<br>[23:43] [Storyteller] so he's pretty much crying over lady juniper
<br>[23:43] [Storyteller] like you stub your toe
<br>[23:43] [Cicada] Am I on top of the lady now?
<br>[23:43] [Storyteller] anyhow your knife is against her neck, and her eyes are wide, and she's in a rather compromised position
<br>[23:43] [Storyteller] yeap
<br>[23:44] [Cicada] "One of you make a sound, esteemed lord and lady and this fine soft neck gets a new breathing hole."
<br>[23:44] [Storyteller] the man doesn't stop sobbing
<br>[23:45] [Cicada] "Same if any of of the Exalted Dynasts should think to move."
<br>[23:45] [Cicada] "Now, lady Mnemon. I have a few question for you..."
<br>[23:45] [Storyteller] she stares at you quietly
<br>[23:45] [Cicada] (questions, plural damn it!)
<br>[23:47] * Cicada pulls down her hood with her free hand. "Now, my lord has feelings for you so I will not kill you unless you make me. Keep that in mind."
<br>[23:47] * Cicada reveals her face.
<br>[23:47] [Storyteller] She doesn't seem to be shocked. her eyes don't seem to be focusing right, in the darkness and all, and her breath smells like wine
<br>[23:48] [Cicada] (oh crap...)
<br>[23:48] [Cicada] But she is clever enough not to resist?
<br>[23:48] [Storyteller] yea
<br>[23:50] [Cicada] "Most Exalted lady Mnemon, you gave to me a square piece of jade a few days ago and mentioned my 'mother'. I would much enjoy if the noble lady would explain further."
<br>[23:51] [Cicada] (the young rake, do he carry any markings I recoginze?)
<br>[23:51] [Storyteller] nope
<br>[23:51] [Cicada] (no House, no nothing?)
<br>[23:52] [Storyteller] not from this angle
<br>[23:52] [Cicada] (oh well, then I can always kill him 'not knowing better' :) )
<br>[23:52] [Storyteller] heh
<br>[23:52] [Storyteller] still, he's obviously a friend of house menemeon
<br>[23:53] [Cicada] (could I use my chakram on him if necessary?)
<br>[23:53] [Storyteller] yeap
<br>[23:53] [Cicada] (goody)
<br>[23:55] * Cicada waits for answers to her questions, pressing the knife slightly harder toward Juniper's silken skin.
<br>[23:55] [Storyteller] She smiles as she raises her neck up, lessinging the bite of the point a bit
<br>[23:56] [Storyteller] "I heard about your mother," she drunkenly says. "I heard about you too. I thought it was only fair that you should have a chance to find them." she gigglse
<br>[23:57] [Cicada] "Lady Mnemon, my lord would be most distressed if a lady he favours should get murdered in the night by unknown assailants. I would so hate to distress my lord. Pray be more detailed in your explanation."
<br>[23:58] [Cicada] (now why do I suspect that her first counterattack is going to be to try to kiss me or lick my face or something...?)
<br>[23:58] [Storyteller] "Oh I'm not going to tell you *everything*, my dear girl," she smiles sweetly. "I think you want to know what i'm willing to tell you, though, so perhaps you should let me up?"
<br>[23:59] * Cicada ponders for a minute.
<br>[00:00] [Cicada] "If I have your oath on the honor of your House that you will tell and not call for any security, and keep your toy quiet. Then I will let the lady up."
<br>[00:00] [Storyteller] she smiles sweetly. "You have my word."
<br>[00:00] [Cicada] "On the honor of your House and ancestors?"
<br>[00:01] [Storyteller] her eyes twinkle as she says yes
<br>[00:02] * Cicada sheathe her weapons, get up and then give Juniper a hand.
<br>[00:02] [Cicada] "You might want to put that man to bed, but that was your plan all along, I assume."
<br>[00:03] [Storyteller] She takes your hand to get up, then she picks up her man and drops him on the bed. She waves for you to sit in the seat closest to the door.
<br>[00:03] * Cicada locks the door first then sit down in the chair offered.
<br>[00:05] [Storyteller] She fishes a couple of cups off the her desk and pours some wine from the bottle on her desk
<br>[00:05] * Cicada idly picks up a handkerchief from the desk and offers Juniper it for the drop of blood trickling down the perfect skin of her supple neck.
<br>[00:06] [Cicada] (am i overdoing Juniper's beauty? ;) )
<br>[00:06] [Storyteller] she smiles and just wipes it off with her fingers. "Now, I wouldn't want to ruin a perfectly good napkin."
<br>[00:06] [Storyteller] (Not really. she looks at least as good as you.)
<br>[00:06] [Cicada] "Certainly, my lady..."
<br>[00:07] [Storyteller] "Do you have it with you?"
<br>[00:07] [Cicada] "the jade square? Yes"
<br>[00:07] [Storyteller] she motions for you to pull it out
<br>[00:08] * Cicada pulls it out from inside her tunic.
<br>[00:08] [Storyteller] she smiles.
<br>[00:08] [Storyteller] "You looked at it right after you got it, yes? I'm sure you had tabius examine it."
<br>[00:08] [Cicada] "I did, but he did not find anything special about it."
<br>[00:09] [Storyteller] "look at it again."
<br>[00:09] [Cicada] "I am hardly in a position to impose on Cathak Tabius's time.."
<br>[00:09] * Cicada study the square in detail.
<br>[00:10] [Storyteller] per + awareness
<br>[00:10] [Storyteller] also roll essence
<br>[00:10] [Cicada] !ex 6
<br>[00:10] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 6, 2, 10, 1, 6, 6, 7, Successes : 3
<br>[00:10] [Cicada] !ex 3
<br>[00:10] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 3, 4, 7, 2, Successes : 1
<br>[00:11] [Storyteller] your eyes see nothing, but running your finger along it you feel slight indentations scribed over the tablet. Still to light to examine, but there is definately something there.
<br>[00:12] [Storyteller] she frowns. "It's only been a few days, but it should be more pronounced than that. Have you been getting much sleep?"
<br>[00:12] [Cicada] "I feel some slight indentations, like an inscription or something."
<br>[00:12] [Storyteller] She nods
<br>[00:21] [Storyteller] "It attunes to the dreams of whomever has it, over time. It is like a dreamstone, only instead of recording dreams, it induces them. In due time, it will reveal through your dreams what the one thing you really want to know."
<br>[00:22] [Cicada] "Not much, lady Mnemon. My duties have kept me busy."
<br>[00:22] [Cicada] "Sleep is a luxury to a servant."
<br>[00:22] [Storyteller] she nods then
<br>[00:22] [Storyteller] "It is a shame. It will take longer for it to work if you stay awake... still, you have had the dreams then?"
<br>[00:24] [Cicada] "I have had dreams of being carried and of people crying over me."
<br>[00:24] [Storyteller] she shakes her head.
<br>[00:25] [Storyteller] "I don't know why it would show you that, but I do know that whatever it is showing you is important to your quest."
<br>[00:27] [Cicada] "I see. So what is it you know of my mother?"
<br>[00:28] [Storyteller] She takes a sip of the wine, and shakes her head sadly.
<br>[00:29] * Cicada narrows her eyes.
<br>[00:29] [Storyteller] "I don't know anything about your mother, but I have been trying to find out for a good deal of time."
<br>[00:29] [Storyteller] "I was hoping you could tell me, eventually, after that artifact reveals the facts to you."
<br>[00:30] [Cicada] "Oh, and what interest might an Exalted Dynast have in a lowly servant-girl?"
<br>[00:30] [Storyteller] "Less in you, and more in the mystery that surrounds you."
<br>[00:31] [Storyteller] she smirks. "It is a very confusing one."
<br>[00:31] * Cicada 's player 'almost' draw a sigh of relief.
<br>[00:32] [Storyteller] she looks at the untouched glass of wine on the table
<br>[00:32] [Cicada] "I see, the idle interest of a noble. I am much honored."
<br>[00:32] * Cicada glances down at the wine she had completely forgotten.
<br>[00:32] [Storyteller] She gives a small bow from her chair
<br>[00:33] * Cicada takes the glas and taks a few sips, being suddenly rather thirsty.
<br>[00:34] [Storyteller] Storyteller : !ex 4, 6, 8, 6, 5, Successes : 1
<br>[00:34] [Storyteller] !ex 4
<br>[00:35] [Storyteller] she starts nodding off in the darkness, but stops herself, barely watching you in the light of the candle
<br>[00:35] [Storyteller] The moaning from the bed has finally stopped
<br>[00:35] * Cicada sips the wine while looking at the lady.
<br>[00:36] [Cicada] "Is that all you have for me, lady Mnemon?"
<br>[00:36] [Storyteller] she smiles.
<br>[00:37] [Storyteller] "I think I've answered your questions."
<br>[00:37] [Storyteller] she adjusts her clothes to better fit her
<br>[00:37] [Cicada] "Not in the way I hoped you would, but well enough to save the honor of your House and your life."
<br>[00:38] [Storyteller] she nods
<br>[00:38] [Cicada] "The lady might well want to sleep, I presume?"
<br>[00:39] [Storyteller] "Indeed." she smiles, and starts standing. "Tabius doesn't know about you being here, does he?" her face is now hidden in shadow
<br>[00:39] * Cicada stands up too. "My lord generously gave me the day off. Though I believe that I have somewhat strained what he permitted me to do with it."
<br>[00:40] [Storyteller] she chuckles softly to herself
<br>[00:40] * Cicada 's hand is ready to draw her chakram.
<br>[00:40] [Cicada] "My lord has no business with this."
<br>[00:41] [Storyteller] "Of course." the smile on her face is transmitted by the silence, rather than her face. "Well, if you are going, I hope you do not mind closing the window on your way out? It leaves in a nasty breeze."
<br>[00:41] [Cicada] "I will. Lady Mnemon."
<br>[00:42] * Cicada gets ready to leave then suddenly has a thought and stops."
<br>[00:42] [Storyteller] She bows. "Till we meet again, Sable Cicada."
<br>[00:42] * Cicada steps up very close to Juniper.
<br>[00:43] [Storyteller] she still smells drunk, but there's another smell, too
<br>[00:44] [Cicada] "The lady might want to make sure that wound do not scar, it is after all in a very visible position." (points an looks at the wound at her throat) "As you know my lord's techniques of healing leaves no trace. And I am willing to bet that he would help you out for only very small compensation..."
<br>[00:45] * Cicada looks directly into Juniper's eyes, her own twinkling in the sporadic light.
<br>[00:45] [Storyteller] she smiles quietly down at you. "Thank you for the note, but believe me," she says, "when I say I have my own methods for preserving my beauty." :)
<br>[00:45] [Cicada] "After all it is not his loyal servant's name he moans in his sleep at night..."
<br>[00:46] [Storyteller] she raises her eyebrow
<br>[00:46] * Cicada stands there for a while aaaaaalmost touching her body against Juniper's.
<br>[00:46] [Storyteller] :O
<br>[00:47] [Cicada] "Now, if the lady has no further need for this unskilled servant.."
<br>[00:47] [Storyteller] [hey, if you're trying to seduce her you can make a roll for that ^_^]
<br>[00:48] [Storyteller] Storyteller : !ex 3, 6, 8, 8, Successes : 2
<br>[00:48] [Storyteller] !ex 3
<br>[00:48] [Cicada] [Not for myself, though that is what I might wind up doing (shakes head)]
<br>[00:48] [Storyteller] otherwise, she puts her finger on your shoulder, twirls you around, and with a light touch lets you drift off towards the open window
<br>[00:49] [Cicada] (Should I match that roll for her Temperance with my App + Presence, or something? :) )
<br>[00:49] [Cicada] (just to make the poor girl boil over..)
<br>[00:50] [Storyteller] [unless you're actively [or unconsciously] trying to seduce her she can hold her own....]
<br>[00:51] [Cicada] [Hmmm.... It would be uncounsious. Cicada is after all a little unhinged after what Tei did in the afternoon. She is not exactly in balance..)
<br>[00:51] [Storyteller] [roll your own temperence]
<br>[00:51] [Cicada] [hell, yeah!]
<br>[00:51] [Cicada] !ex 2
<br>[00:51] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 2, 9, 3, Successes : 1
<br>[00:51] [Storyteller] [looks like you succeed]
<br>[00:51] [Storyteller] [in er, being temperent]
<br>[00:52] [Cicada] [I can make my own decisions without using Virtues. ;)]
<br>[00:52] [Storyteller] [heh....]
<br>[00:52] [Cicada] !ex 6 (app + presence)
<br>[00:52] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 6 (app + presence), 2, 4, 6, 5, 8, 3, Successes : 1
<br>[00:52] [Cicada] (not much..)
<br>[00:52] [Storyteller] Storyteller : !ex 6 [WP], 3, 4, 5, 10, 4, 3, Successes : 2
<br>[00:52] [Storyteller] !ex 6 [WP]
<br>[00:53] [Cicada] 6 even in her present condition? Wow!
<br>[00:53] [Storyteller] well she IS drunk.....
<br>[00:53] [Storyteller] so I'd handle that by increasing difficulty
<br>[00:53] * Storyteller rubs his chin sagely
<br>[00:54] [Storyteller] she seems regretful as she hints for you to leave
<br>[00:56] [Storyteller] the air is tense, or something
<br>[00:56] * Cicada has absolutely no understanding as to what just happened, and so bids a semi-polite goodnight puts her feet on the window, activate her aspect ability, and as she jumps out into the night taps the open window with her toe making it swing shut perfectly and without a sound.
<br>[00:56] [Storyteller] roll stealth + dex
<br>[00:57] [Cicada] [great time to botch and get killed by the guards. ;)]
<br>[00:57] [Storyteller] [yeap ;)]
<br>[00:57] [Cicada] !ex 8
<br>[00:57] [Storyteller] Cicada : !ex 8, 3, 9, 5, 6, 3, 3, 8, 9, Successes : 3
<br>[00:58] [Storyteller] you leap through the light, and land on the ground between two of the trees.... you were too far below them to make the vertical height required to clear them
<br>[00:59] [Storyteller] Carefully you squeeze your way through the branches and come to the other side
<br>[01:00] [Storyteller] it's quiet. you seem to have made it
<br>[01:02] [Cicada] Good.
<br>[01:03] * Cicada leaps to the rooftops and this time assisted by her aspect ability make for home and sleep..... and dreams.
<br>[01:03] [Storyteller] ok
<br>[01:04] [Storyteller] the dream is pretty much the same as last time
<br>[01:04] [Storyteller] but it seems sharper
<br>[01:04] [Storyteller] but not much
<br>[01:04] [Cicada] [Ah, soon Cicada will have the same favorite way to spend time as her player; Sleeping.]
<br>[01:05] [Storyteller] you can make out the difference between shapes by sight now, and small buildings, but they all blur together and you can't diffentiate similiar shapes, or colors.
<br>[01:05] [Storyteller] Heh....
<br>[01:05] [Storyteller] hey, sleep is *good*
<br>[01:05] [Cicada] [Yes, but to Cicada it will assume VITAL importance. :)]