Session Start: Sun Nov 24 19:18:30 2002 [19:18] * Topic is 'Exalted: I'll tell you something, I am a demon, Some say my biggest weakness... I have my reasons, Call it my defence, Be careful what you're wishing ' [19:18] I thought I wrote that I was watching Zenorath's back, turned on Spirit Detecting Glance and Dead Sense [19:18] AH. [19:18] 'lo [19:18] hi GH [19:20] Gh. [19:20] * GoldenH changes topic to 'Exalted: Where can I run to, where can I hide, Who will I turn to - now I'm in a virgin state of mind. Got a knife to disengage the voids that I can't bear, To cut out words I've got written on my chair [OTT: 88.9 KB]' [19:20] * Jydan dances the "Suki posted" dance. [19:20] again? [19:21] I dunno if it's old or not. [19:21] 24/11/2002 at 01:11 [19:21] * Jydan hasn't had time to get much news from her. Too busy with other things. [19:22] * GoldenH really just came in to update his OTT progress indicator [19:22] yo GH [19:22] * Jydan wonders. "Is it a program that will change?" [19:22] usual sunda ylog request [19:23] oh rigt [19:24] I'll work on it [19:24] Oh yeah. It's the same old post. [19:24] * Jydan sighs. [19:24] hehehehe [19:25] oy vey [19:25] there should be a rehab center for OTT addicts [19:25] OTT Anonymous...the Betty Fiatwin Clinic [19:25] * GoldenH shrugs [19:25] I've got to do something about work and stuff, I'm too damn short-tempered when game time runs around [19:25] it's ok [19:25] maybe I should hire a masseuse [19:25] heh [19:26] hmm [19:26] maybe one around 5'7"...cute, blonde... [19:27] 118 lb, 36dd-22-36, just a towel wrapped around her [19:27] damn, too bad Fiat isn't here...I'd be melting his brain by now [19:27] 36dd ? [19:27] dude, that's too dman big [19:27] not for me... [19:27] there IS such thing as too big a chest [19:28] fine, 34d, happy? [19:30] * Jydan agrees with DT. [19:30] Too big boobs != good [19:30] * Jydan agrees with Suki on "more than a handful is a waste." [19:32] not always, really. [19:33] A little bit more isn't a waste, anyhow ;) [19:33] Okay. I guess so. [19:35] I mean, you can fit more in your mouth than in your hands, sometimes... [19:36] * GoldenH considers. Are higher appearance women more flexible? [19:36] Dude, as long as the girl attached to them is nice and cute, I don't care [19:36] heh [19:36] As long as they ain't flat. [19:37] They can be flat if they want, as long as it isn't prepubescent flat. [19:37] files uploading now DT [19:38] Yah. [19:38] cool [19:38] did I miss much ? [19:38] a little [19:38] not that I could've done much anyways [19:38] heh [19:38] beyond stir a bit, bleed, and drool [19:38] heh [19:39] all done [19:39] cool [19:39] * Jydan sighs. [19:39] * DarthTom looks forwards to chatting to Tei "Don't worry about it, it's cool." [19:39] (Tabs) "You're seriou-" [19:39] "fuck you tabius, I'm cool with *those* two" [19:39] I mean, geez, Samantaha disappeared. [19:40] so much for enjoying your women, Jydan :P [19:40] Exactly. [19:40] * Miss_Suki (Miss_Suki@pc220-238.dent.unimelb.edu.au) has joined #pvpexalted [19:40] Hi all. [19:40] but then again [19:40] Kup! [19:40] wb Suki [19:40] * GoldenH rubs his chin. Wants to send his file to somebody he can trust not to talk about it and give good feedback [19:41] Err... [19:41] hello Suki [19:41] Kupo! [19:41] Let's see how long I last this time... [19:41] heh [19:41] Wark! [19:41] I was worried. [19:41] So was I. I'm having all sorts of problems today. [19:41] AH! I know. I'll send it to andrix. [19:42] I ALWAYS MISS THE SOLARS ! [19:42] heh [19:42] yes, you do. [19:42] * GoldenH doesn't plan it like that. Honestly. [19:43] Again, not like I could've done much [19:43] * DarthTom is lookign forward to Vanal coming to [19:43] Tabius was going to cast healing flames on you but I stopped him. [19:43] thanks [19:44] I want to BE there if he ever does [19:44] heh [19:44] I already missed my first chance to ham things up, like hell I will my second [19:44] so what ?We've got a twilight on our side now ? [19:45] dunno [19:45] I think he's going to get punked. [19:45] That'll look GREAT when we get back to civilization [19:45] by ? [19:45] everyone [19:45] Heh [19:45] He DID save their necks, that DOES count for something [19:45] or did he? [19:45] ... [19:45] dammit, stop speaking like JMS [19:45] woooooOOOOOoooo [19:46] .... yes... [19:46] Suki... [19:46] * Miss_Suki grins. [19:46] do you like it when I speak like JMS? [19:46] ....... JMS? [19:46] * DarthTom is still amused by the mental image of the biggest guy in the group being lugged around on a stretcher [19:46] * Miss_Suki likes everything that you do. [19:46] "owwwww...stop moving it so much...." [19:47] "it hurrrrrtssssss " [19:47] that's good :) [19:47] JMS - the writer of Babylon 5. [19:48] OOOoooo... I never got to get into that. [19:48] Third Age of Mankind... ;P [19:48] * Jydan heard it was good, however. [19:48] He's known for toying with the fans evily [19:48] * GoldenH times how long it's taken to upload [19:48] A net buddy of mine and I have often surmised what a Joss Whedon/JMS team-up would be like [19:49] ew [19:49] We concluded :weekly plot twists, man characters dying once a month... [19:49] I have but one thing to say.... [19:49] like torture...considering that JMS and Whedon love to make their characters suffer a lot [19:49] *main [19:49] .... Jason Carter. Mmmmmmmmm. [19:49] and have no compunction in killing them [19:49] The chicks dig the ranger [19:49] * Miss_Suki is a BIG ranger fan. [19:49] but Iiiii don't make you suffer... ;) [19:49] * DarthTom dugs the Rangers [19:50] GH: oh, sure you don't [19:50] everyone likes the rangers...they never die a meaningless death :) [19:50] * Jydan heard the Rangers were coold. [19:50] Err... [19:50] *cool [19:50] * GoldenH laughs quietly to himself [19:50] hehehe, they can be, Jydan [19:50] You've seperated my char form his whoel reason for being, jerked around his naive, loving heart by rping the wman he's nuts over....nearly KILLED him *g* [19:50] Well, Andrix has a copy of the completed OTT post. [19:50] and THAT'S NOT EVIL ?! [19:50] not really [19:50] ... [19:50] Well [19:51] I guess it's pretty evil [19:51] But... I'm sure I can do worse! [19:51] yes, you could [19:51] I' [19:51] I'd have to actually WORK at it though. [19:51] so I guess it could be counted as evil [19:51] you could off shakel, have renig run the unit into the gorund, kill Ari, drive a wedge between the 3 stooges... [19:51] bah [19:51] that's just evil [19:51] have Tabius one-up Van AGAIN [19:52] I need my evil to have some evil-twist to it. [19:52] I swear, Van's gonna try and tent-peg the smug bastich into the ground soone ror alter [19:52] :D [19:52] * GoldenH points at the PVP [19:52] always ends up that way. [19:52] that's hardly fair [19:52] I was walking wounded [19:52] heh yea [19:52] oh, and FYI...REMEBER MY BUCKLER [19:52] he wasn't bronzed, either.... [19:52] * DarthTom forgets it, too [19:53] Ok I'll try. [19:53] * GoldenH considers [19:53] but a note next to Van's namne :diff 2 MINIMUM to hit [19:53] You have two bashing, 4L, 3 Agg? [19:53] err [19:53] 3 bashing, 3 l, 3 agg [19:54] Alright boys, I have to run off again. (I was just tesing my connection...) [19:54] remember, he's KOed [19:54] (thus, incap) [19:54] adios suk [19:54] Kupo! [19:54] an odd sense of balance, eh ? [19:54] Wark! [19:55] so he'll be in walking shape in abotu a day, and will take him about 5-6 weeks to heal the rest [19:55] as long as you don't hurl a rampaging abyssal at me within those 5-6 weeks, all should be fine [19:56] 'cause let's face it, Abyssals and Fair Folk are the only guys we've yet to bump into [19:56] * Miss_Suki (Miss_Suki@pc220-238.dent.unimelb.edu.au) Quit (Quit: ) [19:56] BTW, there's a foot of snow outside [19:56] started this morning [19:56] * Jydan smiles quietly in his chair. [19:56] 'cept for Alchemicals, but you ain't including the Locust Crusade, are you ? [19:57] COOL! [19:57] where do you live, dude ? [19:57] no [19:57] Chicago [19:57] Ah [19:57] Well I like snow! [19:57] a measly foot ? [19:57] * Jydan doesn't get it often enough. [19:57] we had 2-3 last week [19:57] in one day, it's still snowing. [19:57] it's all melted [19:57] * Jydan didn't get ANY last year. Not ANY. [19:57] but it will return [19:57] you ain't out-snowing a montrealer, dude [19:57] well you know Chicago. [19:59] it's windy ? [19:59] I thought it was going to snow last week. But it didn't thank God. I still had to drive home. [19:59] and gay ? [19:59] it's windy and we are known for getting BIG snows every decade or so [19:59] heh [20:00] I lived through ice storm man, snow can suck it [20:00] Ice storm? What, like that's supposed to be rare? [20:01] Not really [20:01] * GoldenH shrugs [20:01] but this ice storm was exceptional [20:01] +3 ice storm? nice. [20:01] in that it dumped so much ice and freezing rain on the city...that about half of the montreal area lsot power [20:02] ...for over a week [20:02] Ah. Nothing better than the tactic of mooning youer enemy. [20:34] aha! [20:34] YAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! [20:34] Good morning, GH. [20:34] that's why the gremlines attacked me [20:34] * GoldenH should've guessed. [20:34] * GoldenH pours hikari some hot coco [20:34] She JUST arrived GH. [20:34] Domo, GH-sama. [20:35] Deha, itadakimaaaaasu. [20:35] * Hikari slurps the hot cocoa. [20:36] * GoldenH also hands Hikari a handful of snow [20:36] * Jydan laughs. He loves this time thing. [20:36] caught it out of the air, just for you :) [20:36] What is with the snow? Trying to cheer my up from the drenching rain outside? [20:37] aww [20:37] * GoldenH conforts hikari [20:37] Drenching rain and a refregiator filled with nothing but cold air. A very bad combination... :( [20:37] * Jydan wonders what kind of stats a Pikachu would have in Exalted. [20:37] hehehe, I guess i shouldn't mention that today was a balmy 65 degrees outsides, with little cloudcover [20:37] played some touch-football and street hockey [20:37] And you are WHERE? [20:38] * Kenshiro slams the Stick of Pain atop Jydan's Pikachu head [20:38] .... texas, isn't it [20:38] no, Indiana [20:38] * GoldenH spews the hot coco [20:38] and it's that!? [20:38] southern IN, actually [20:38] Anyway, marry me and get me a green card! Right NOW! [20:38] damn, it's snowing! [20:39] * GoldenH shrugs, and shoves a snowball down Kenshiro's shirt. [20:39] yup, for three glorious hours (10-1 pm) we had something akin to good weather here [20:39] Snow is better than rain as long as you don't have to shovel it yourself. [20:39] Rain is so much easier to shovel than snow. [20:39] lol [20:39] we don't shovel, we use a snowblower of dooom! :) [20:40] Snooooooowblooooooower! [20:40] yes, we have five of them [20:40] * Jydan has never gotten a chance to use his snooooooowbloooooooower. [20:40] each for different snow density and mosture levels. [20:40] because each snowblower seems to get lost in the level of snow, hehe ;) [20:40] heh yea [21:37] BTW, good game yesterday. I first disliked the thought of being possessed, but it turned out to be great fun. Even if the comabt was time-consuming as always. [21:37] thx [21:37] The ping-pong of being free and possessed alternatively was great. [21:37] that's how the game works ;) [21:38] * DarthTom never gets to do stuff like that *g* [21:38] At least, worked out great. There was some good player efforts being made. [21:38] of course. You could have made it all boring and icky. I have great players =) [21:38] But Vanal has all those women to be alternatively free of and then possessed again. ;) [21:39] I liked the chance to actually get some of Cic's feelings out like that. I would have loved to see the faces of a few of the players as that was happening. [21:39] HiK:there's only one girl for him ;) [21:40] of course, there's also Ari his...'friend with benefits' [21:41] And finally figuring out the secret relationships of the Vanal-Shakel-Irin-Renig love-messup. [21:41] Gotta love those benefits. [21:41] Renig is NOT INVOLVED Hik [21:41] He enver was [21:41] He's a boogeyman [21:41] * Hikari almost hopes Gh will make that the official explanation. :) [21:41] I really hope not [21:42] ;) [21:42] since I'm the one who designed the Renig char [21:42] Yes, and now see how much entertainment you get from him. You are a genius of foresight! [21:42] What, you think the reason Renig hates Vanal so much is he is Ari's secret lover? [21:42] ..that could work [21:43] or rather, lusts for her [21:43] * GhostofGoldenH grins [21:43] No, no, Irin wants Renig, but she knows that he has eyes only for Vanal so she must get Vanal out of the way to 'comfort her love' at the funeral. [21:43] Oh, the truth is.... like i'm really going to tell you [21:44] Look, Van's got eyes for one person right now, he may be a damn fool, but that's a fact [21:44] Vanal is not even involved in this. He is just in the way of Irin's true love. :) [21:44] tha tkind amakes him involved [21:45] Oh really...? :) [21:45] okay...just let me lay one ground rule here : [21:45] VANAL [21:45] IS [21:45] NOT [21:45] TENCHI [21:45] MASAKI [21:45] Of course he is not. Vanal gets to have sex, and he is not lusting for mothers. [21:46] *snerk* [21:46] * Jydan jumps up and down angrily! [21:46] And Irin knows that making Shakel incapable of protecting him, due to 'action', she has a good chance of seeing him dead. [21:47] Well then, Van will just hafta take up mor eof Shak's time them, won't he [21:47] so she's too...satisfied to go with Irin [21:47] Shakel is of course just having a woman during her unsafe period and hoping it will excite Vanal. Poor Shakel has no idea of the schemes that she is part of. [21:47] And with Dex 5, stamina 4, and app 5-7...Van can easily accomplish THAT task [21:48] But Shakel don't want a baby. [21:48] * Jydan sighs and sits down in his chair. [21:48] Hik:coitus interruptus, plus birth control [21:49] Good so now you only have 25% something chance every time. Good. Very safe. [21:49] it's the realm, there's gotta be a 'strenuous preganancy negation method' charm [21:49] * GhostofGoldenH looks at DarthTom's charm list. [21:49] * GhostofGoldenH looks at Shakel's charm list. [21:49] and if ANYONE has that charm, it's shakel [21:49] I don't see it. [21:50] Birth control is not having seex with a male during the period just before and after ovariation. Shakel is doing her best to help you. Don't be angry at her. :) [21:50] HiK:no, it's not having INTERCOURSE with a male [21:50] There's mroe to pleasing a woman than one's wang [21:50] Well, okay. Point. :) [21:50] and Van's a flutist, he's good with his fingers [21:51] (This evening, that part of Fiat will b eplayed by Tom) [21:51] heh [21:51] But Shakel knows how strong and powerful and masculine and handsome you are. She knows that if she even touched you she would want it ALL. And so she is taking a break with Irin, not knowing her wicked scheme to win Renig for herself. :) [21:52] ...out of curoisty, what *is* Shakel's temperance, GH ? [21:52] * DarthTom , due to the events of last session...will b einvesting more heavily in defensive charms' [21:53] Oh come on... [21:53] It was a good fight. [21:53] We cannot have you beat up Tei every single time he gets possessed by something. :) [21:53] Temperance 1 [21:54] oh, it's not the beatign up Tei [21:54] It was the well, going into a fight half-dead [21:54] BTW, you'll remember everything while you were possessed. [21:54] Tei needs to step a little on you too. [21:54] ...hmmm [21:54] Cool. [21:54] I don't see any reason to block those memories. [21:55] anyways, being punked by both Tei AND tabius gives me another chance to have Van give Tabs the finger [21:55] It is only fair you get equal stepping on head times. You are male and good buddies, after all. [21:55] So poor Cic gets to remember every single feeling for her king and her illicit lover the royal retrainer? [21:56] I had already planned on that. And boy, that is going to be fun. :) [21:56] Godo buddies ? [21:56] Girl, that's one piss-poor analysis [21:56] As for attacking Jynaru, well, she was not 'really' trying to hit now, was she? [21:57] But you are men. You have to be beer-swilling buddies. [21:57] The day Van considers Tabs anything but "that poncy asshole whom I'd sooner kick in he nuts than give the date to' will be the day he quits being a legionnaire and becomes an interior decorator [21:58] No, Maris is a beer-swillign buddy, Jyn is a beer-swilling buddy, Gehn is a beer-swilling buddy [21:58] Tabius is a poncy git [21:58] We are talking about Tei... [21:58] huh ? [21:59] oh, Tei's cool [21:59] Tei's a beer-swillign buddy [21:59] if he swilled beer, that is [22:00] I might make the majesty of my life and heart do that yet. [22:00] BTW, GH it was neat to make Tei and Cic the king and Queen. [22:01] * Maris (~bjorndaba@adsl-63-202-88-81.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net) has joined #pvpexalted [22:01] Shoo [22:01] yall are here [22:01] hey maris [22:01] thanks hik [22:01] yo dude [22:01] I didn't really think it would be you two [22:01] but that's the way it turned out [22:01] heh [22:01] * Maris sigths [22:01] sighs [22:01] what's wrong, bud ? [22:01] your not staying back to train my army? [22:01] me ? [22:01] Of course it turned out that way! It is DESTINY!! [22:01] yea [22:02] I was just dccing our chat last night to DT, maris [22:02] Well, firs tI've gotta heal for about a week, but after that, he'd do it [22:02] Not, what to do about the illicit lover royal retrainer.... [22:02] oh thought you were going off with hik [22:02] *why* ? [22:02] because gh said I really didn't think it would be you two [22:03] Van's in no shape to do anythign but bleed, drool, and twitch right now [22:03] oooh [22:03] no [22:03] He's referring to tei/cic as king/queen [22:03] oh [22:03] talking about Exalted, I know, so very impossible. [22:03] ah [22:03] yes well you can read the sketch of the plan [22:04] remember there are some parts you won't know about though [22:04] oh yeah [22:04] you two wanna see how far we can get with it? [22:04] Irin [22:04] Irin? [22:04] she's gonna be useful [22:04] yea [22:04] * Maris nods [22:04] I figure Irin and Shakel will be coming with [22:04] Shakel could go with HIk [22:04] or maybe with us [22:04] Nah, Vanal would go buggy. [22:04] * Maris chuckles [22:04] Heh, probably [22:04] start sleeping with his scalemaster. [22:05] or something crazy like that. [22:05] Naw, he'd more likely coem onto Jyn or Maris [22:05] lol [22:05] Jyn isn't going to be around [22:05] wait doesn't irin not sleep with guys? or is it just maris she's not sleeping with [22:05] Irin ain't his thing [22:05] ROFL [22:05] I think she's kinda miffed that you wouldn't take part in that threesome. [22:06] Oh. [22:06] * Maris sighs [22:06] The restraints of honor [22:06] Shak might be a tinch miffed at Van for that, too [22:06] ya [22:06] * GhostofGoldenH shrugs [22:06] But that booze didn't make Van drunk [22:06] it made him CRAZY [22:06] let that be a lesson [22:06] who knows, maybe you can make it up sometime during the downtime? :) [22:06] don't drink 1000-year-old scotch [22:06] good advice [22:06] Van could put a few good words in for Maris, if you want [22:07] * Maris chuckles [22:07] * GhostofGoldenH is amused by his sister. [22:07] Van might not want to [22:07] She downloads all these mp3s for me. [22:07] Despite Van's psycho-twitch on the boa,t he trusts Maris [22:07] Maris might be pimping himself out to chieftain daughters to ensure alliances [22:07] Ahhhh [22:07] * DarthTom reads the log [22:07] hmm, now we have an interesting crux [22:08] Maris is ultimately loyal only to cynis... [22:08] heh "40 wives" problem. [22:08] * Maris nods [22:08] yet, Van is ultimately loyal to 3 things :friends, family, and the realm...the houses can suck it [22:08] Who knows, maybe you'll eventaulyl start up a city with just your harem in it? ;) [22:08] Cynis isn't around so friends are pretty high up there. Almost as high as hinmself. Not yet though. [22:08] * Maris chuckles [22:09] As long as we have enough others coming in to prevent crossbreeding [22:09] Heh [22:09] * Maris doesn't mind having some dragonblooded offspring to order around [22:09] and treat right [22:09] jsut be careful, you abuse them, Van abuses YOU [22:09] * Maris nods [22:09] (Van damn-near worships his pa) [22:10] * Maris doesn't abuse anyone for malice. Only if it's neccessary for his goals [22:10] yea, you abuse the natives and i'm going to have to send Cicada after you. [22:10] and abusing the natives is counterproductive [22:10] Van abuses folks to see them squirm [22:10] but never to an extreme...TYabs being the exception [22:10] Heh [22:10] He'll do well as a DI [22:11] You WILL let me have a DI scene, right GH ? [22:11] yes [22:11] I'll let you write up a DI scene, and add that as stunt bonus to all the DI rolls for the downtime. [22:11] Just remember that these are proud natives. Breaking them down as a tool for creating disicipline will just get you a rebellion. [22:11] sweet [22:11] * Maris really thinks someone needs to get the one mind linguistics charm [22:12] we need more group charms [22:12] yea [22:12] * Maris has a few. [22:12] I love group charms. [22:12] he just hasn't been using strength of stone on others [22:12] * GhostofGoldenH nods [22:12] Cicada is working on her Linguistics charms but the One Mind one is rather high up. [22:12] and unfortunately the health level one only works if your directly under my position [22:12] * Maris nods [22:12] * GhostofGoldenH shrugs [22:12] they could submit to your leadership. [22:12] * Maris nods [22:13] but they'd have to [22:13] Lets see, what kind of rules do I need. [22:13] er rolls [22:13] and you can't have two people submitting to eachother [22:13] hmm [22:13] so I can't get aura of invulnerability and that one up [22:13] * Jydan sighs. [22:13] what page is this charm on, i'll give you my ruling [22:13] 209 i think [22:13] * Hikari thought that is what love is all about. But then again she is not Cynis, so what does she know. [22:14] yes. [22:14] oooh [22:14] Irin. [22:14] * Maris smirks [22:14] ah well [22:14] it won't really work [22:14] ah yea [22:14] the lore charms are all sweet [22:14] you'd have to direct them personally. [22:14] * GhostofGoldenH shrugs sadly [22:14] * Maris nods [22:15] Might work, if they listen. [22:15] Maris will take the hit and be headman [22:15] that way Vanal can get +4 HEALTH LEVELS [22:15] gods [22:15] didn't mean to do the caps [22:15] heh [22:15] lord knows, Van needs as many as he can get *g* [22:15] +4 HEALTH LEVELS does that to a person. [22:16] plus van's OWN aura of invulnerability [22:16] ...which I plum forgot about [22:16] * GhostofGoldenH tsks his players [22:16] that's what i meant [22:16] only way to get 4 [22:16] you can't stack the charm [22:16] ah [22:16] but it's better to use on extras for now [22:17] * DarthTom tsks Gh, who always forgets Van is diff 2 to hit *g* [22:17] heh [22:17] Van is toting mor eblades right now that CYF toted guns at the end of A Better Tomorrow 2 [22:17] hmm [22:17] why diff 2? [22:17] buckler [22:17] * Jarp [dan5@AC948984.ipt.aol.com] is on IRC [22:17] ah [22:18] hmmm [22:18] so few people use shields in this game... [22:18] and they're *so* handy [22:18] Presence + Charisma, Manipulation, or Intelligence? [22:18] for what ? [22:18] impressing the natives through just being you. [22:18] charisma [22:18] yeah that's charisma [22:18] Not going to use Manipulation? [22:19] really it's up to you, these are your choices. [22:19] manip is being sneaky, cha is being yourself [22:19] * Maris prefer's charisma as it's more truthful [22:19] ok [22:19] but if I need to be sneaky i will use manip [22:19] they're the same dice anyways [22:19] heh [22:19] he,y if you need to seduce a lovely young lady to your side, jsut clal the v-man, dude [22:19] now appearence would be good [22:20] Scary, Cicada might wind up respecting a slave-fondling rapist CYNIS as a good leader if Maris keeps up the good-guy act... [22:20] i have the seduction hearthstone [22:20] yea according to the leadership thing... hmm [22:20] Maris:that makes 2 of us [22:20] chuckle [22:20] So you might seduce the chieftin's daughter without permission? [22:20] only have app 4 [22:20] tell em you don't also have the gem of dignity [22:20] I don't [22:20] app 3 even [22:20] (damn, the entire group is a crowd of exalted sex-tourists) [22:20] ah [22:20] app 5 here [22:20] and can't seduce without wanting too [22:21] yes you can [22:21] I'll seduce if they're given to me as it will just be a lot easier that way [22:21] of course, he's bleeding rather sxily on a cot right about now... [22:21] ok [22:21] maybe he'll have a cool scar across his chest to tell the grandkids about [22:21] and Hik. Maris did save all of your asses. [22:21] I noticed. [22:21] so it's manipulation to get them in your bed, app to like you, dex to make them enjoy it (all performance rolls) [22:22] and Vanal is ever-so-grateful [22:22] * Maris nods [22:22] I thought it'd be dex+athletics [22:22] that's for stamina [22:22] ah [22:22] ;) [22:22] hm [22:22] I think maris is in a hurry. [22:22] Why is sex Performance? Are you assuming that it is all faked? [22:22] * Jydan thinks. Maybe Kouso just learned to enjoy sex. [22:22] lol [22:22] acrobatics isn't important. it's making them think you love them that's important [22:22] wait [22:22] isn't it presence? [22:22] seduction is presence [22:22] presence is the seduction one [22:23] Well, Van is a strong beleiver of 'don't sleep with 'em if you ain't ready to fall in love with 'em' *g* [22:23] but just because they like you doesn't mean you manage to perform ;) [22:23] I would say that either could be used for either according to what one is trying to achive. [22:23] * Maris thinks presence could work [22:23] hm [22:23] nah it's definately performance [22:23] You can look as cool as you want, but if you don't perform, they'll just fake it. [22:24] Are you aware of how good in a bed you just made Cicada? [22:24] ;) [22:24] While being a sex slave from the age of 11 to 19 may have made her hate it, it could also have had the opposite effect somehow.... [22:24] ...and today, in the annual Exalted Sex olympics [22:24] Performance ability is Theatrics! Not sex skill. [22:24] * Jydan is thinking about changing his character concept. [22:24] If you want to take the time, you can make ath + dex instead. [22:24] But if you're in a hurry it's per + dex [22:24] if you're in a hurry, you shouldn't be having sex [22:25] heh [22:25] "The enemy army is at the gates !" [22:25] I always see it as performance is to a group. Presence is one on one interaction [22:25] "Damn it...well, I guess we'll have to settle for a quickie" [22:25] I see performance as faking emotions, for example. [22:25] * GhostofGoldenH shrugs [22:25] Hello? [22:25] Or orgasams. [22:25] ...you jsut made cic into meg ryan... [22:26] I see performance as everything that is prepared beforehand. [22:26] Making the partner THINK it was great. [22:26] * GhostofGoldenH rather did suggest that jydan's character enjoy it, since she'll be having so much of it anyhow. [22:26] with fiat running the game ? [22:26] There'll be like, girls on trampolines every session [22:26] .... [22:26] * Maris sighs [22:26] hehe [22:27] As long as they are only on trampolines... [22:27] GH, haven't you respawned yet? [22:27] * Bog_Mod [Bog@h24-80-214-33.gv.shawcable.net] is on IRC [22:27] respawned? [22:27] * Maris will have to increase performance later on [22:27] And 75% of the PCs are female too... [22:27] i don't respawn [22:27] You were shot? [22:27] * Bog_Mod (Bog@h24-80-214-33.gv.shawcable.net) has joined #pvpexalted [22:27] I see. [22:27] hey BM [22:27] nyarr! [22:27] I don't respawn [22:27] I might reincarnate, if i'm lucky. [22:27] Hello, BM. [22:27] * DarthTom stakes GH's corpse [22:27] * LUNAR_WAR_GERBIL (~silesia@210-50-77-092.cust.syd.iprimus.net.au) has joined #pvpexalted [22:27] yo [22:27] * Jydan said something about Kouso being fucked from behind by GH's character... [22:27] 'lo [22:27] hello all [22:27] so what is presence going to be useful [22:28] for [22:28] charming the pants off people [22:28] ello [22:28] Impressing them [22:28] making allies and friends and congealing people together [22:28] yea [22:28] mkay [22:28] intimidating [22:28] * Maris nods [22:28] You could use performance for that too... just hope they don't ask for a speech. [22:28] unfortunately that's not going to be that useful [22:28] Socialize might work well for that too. [22:28] Socialize is a non-focused activity. [22:28] so..would it be performance or presecne for a DI jobbie ? [22:28] * Maris has two in both the otehr ones [22:28] you're not on a stage with socialize [22:28] I finish the EC FAQ dRaft 1.002 [22:28] www.exalted.togatux.comtempECFAQ.zip [22:29] Performance is PERFECT for a speech. Hitler was quite the performer. [22:29] www.exalted.togatux.com/temp/ECFAQ.zip [22:29] yes [22:29] hmm...maybe hafta boost my perf [22:29] what is this for? [22:29] got lotsa pres, but little rperf [22:29] * Maris will have to boost it most likely later on [22:29] and it'll make him a better flute player, too [22:29] presence is good for him though. He plans on mostly charming the pants of the chiefs [22:30] heh [22:30] Cicada has tons of performance, back up by charms. [22:30] * Jydan just likes the idea of her liking it better than using it to get what she wants. She can still do both. [22:30] By the performance as sex rule she is plain scary. [22:30] * GhostofGoldenH nods to jydan [22:30] ah, lunars? [22:31] If anyone ever manage to actually bed her... (sigh) [22:31] Hikari: I think of it like this. If you use athletics, you can do it for a long time. If you use performance, you can only do it for an hour. [22:31] That's what I'm talking about. Hikari's talking about Cicada from the DB game. [22:31] lord knows, T&T are trying [22:31] ah... [22:31] T&T..?! [22:31] hmm [22:31] Cool! [22:31] lordy [22:31] bad mental image [22:31] Tea n' Tea! [22:32] T&T falling for each other as they try to bed cicada [22:32] Lets have a drink. [22:32] so can I use phantom fire warrior horde to with non intimidation rolls. [22:32] leaving poor Cic alone, twiddling ehr thumbs [22:32] it definately makes me look a lot more powerful when i use it [22:32] Now, that would be fun. [22:32] Hmmmm... mass intimidations are manipulation + performance [22:32] You could always bed an anathema, Hik. [22:32] ...like whom ? Arianna ? [22:33] * LUNAR_WAR_GERBIL is now known as silesia [22:33] * DarthTom is still annoyed he didn't pick up on that name-drop earlier [22:33] * Jydan wasn't being specific. [22:33] Arianna isn't an anathema. [22:33] * Maris adds to presence though [22:33] Cicada would be so relieved that the two people she care the most for are happy together and that she is no longer wrecking their lives. Her own feelings are of no consequence. [22:33] what is she ? [22:33] it ads to presence though [22:33] who knows? [22:33] I will reiterate my question from earlier, if you had a level two DB as an ally, and were writing up said ally, how much of an improvement on starting stats would such a person have [22:33] I don't understand [22:33] allies don't have stats [22:34] * DarthTom is ponderign if Gh is differntiatinf solars and anathema [22:34] There are Anathema, and then there are dragonbloods, and godblooded(sidereals) [22:34] Allies don't have stats? [22:34] heh [22:34] allies don't have stats [22:35] don't give them stats [22:35] Give them story, give them badassness. [22:35] assume 8 dice in any ability [22:35] Can I not give them cuteness? [22:35] 16 in combat [22:35] of course you can hikari :) [22:35] you could always declare certaina bilities. [22:36] Like 5 in lore [22:36] * Hikari wants her Old English Sheepdog named Fiat. [22:36] but you shouldn't make a entire character sheet. [22:36] In fact the solar storytellers section sepecifically discourages that. [22:36] as does the DB storytellers section [22:36] and i'm sure the Lunars does too, but I haven't finished it. [22:36] hmmm...interesting....that makes my job a lot easier then [22:36] Well [22:37] I'll need to buy the social and performance charm after this then [22:37] * GhostofGoldenH nods [22:37] * Jydan is happy for the Hedonist nature. [22:37] * Maris sighs as that's 24 more exp checked off before he can get back to fighitng [22:37] that's why the XP bonus comes into effect AFTER the downtime [22:37] * silesia is now known as SIL||BUSY [22:37] because then you will spend the XP bonus on appropriate things that happened during downtime [22:37] Now, what's sex rolls? Dex+Ath? [22:38] * Jydan wasn't paying attention. [22:38] * Maris is ready then [22:38] how kinky is that [22:38] whenever you are -*- [22:38] Dex + Ath or Dex + Per [22:38] Good. [22:38] Don't know what fiat will do. [22:38] * Jydan sees him most likely doing what you do. [22:38] Fiat already has your menstrul cycle charted. [22:38] (both makes Cicada rather scary... So much unused potential...) [22:38] I didn't do that. [22:39] That's scary. [22:39] Great. Now I've got to learn something about that... [22:39] lol [22:39] don't worry about it. [22:39] Want the quick guide? [22:39] Look at the moon, choose a time. [22:39] Stick to it. [22:40] (adult mature women only) [22:40] Yes, yes. [22:40] * DarthTom is still expecting Fiat to turn a battle into a Table/Ladder/Chairs match [22:41] (and mortals only. Exalts most likely works differently because of their long lifespans) [22:41] (foe example GH has decided that DBs have a period once per season) [22:41] hmm....would they? lunars seem to breed pretty regularly, about as often as a human might [22:41] heh [22:41] lunars probably go into heat [22:42] I know that's how I would do it. [22:42] maybe if their totem animal has that kind of thing [22:42] depending on their totem animal of course.... [22:42] That is nonsense, unless Exaltation suddenly gives then a thousand times as many eggs in their ovariums. [22:42] which I rule it does [22:42] Exalts never become sterile [22:42] how many eggs are in an ovarium? [22:42] (oh gods, don't give me a bunny totem...) [22:42] Many! [22:42] that is what Jydan took [22:42] Well, I have a bunny totem. [22:43] hundreds many? or more [22:43] I see the exalted ovarium as constantly producing eggs [22:43] * Jydan is the "Playboy Bunny." [22:43] Hmmm... [22:43] GERBIL TOTEM!!! [22:43] because there's no way an egg can remain dormant for 5000 years [22:43] That is a solution. [22:43] hmm...leming totem... [22:43] War Lemming! [22:43] .. [22:43] that's almost as good as an Armadillo totem [22:43] It certainly solves the problem about ovas getting old and decaying so that women gets weaker children as they get older. [22:43] yea [22:44] Very Lunar indeed. [22:44] Indeed, Exalts should have STRONGER children as they get older [22:44] actually...an armadillo war-form would have a hellaciouslu high soak [22:44] Essence enforced children [22:44] plus you could get some spirits to make them god blooded [22:44] geez [22:44] hell, if your 5000 year old, all your children are god blooded. [22:44] "Make ehr god-blooded, or I'll rip you a ne wone !" [22:45] * Maris chuckles [22:45] "Okay ! [22:45] I may remind Hikari, that it may be a good idea to take a dot in Medicine and bring along some contraceptive herbs, just in case. [22:45] yall doing a lunar game? [22:45] you got to love how commen good old contraceptive herbs are. [22:45] fiat's running it [22:45] fiat is [22:45] Fiat's running one, as soon as I get the book, I mau join in [22:45] Which of my chars are you talking about? One never has sex, the other will likely actively try to become pregnant. [22:45] *may [22:45] hah [22:46] * DarthTom may make an angstburger char [22:46] get the sex change charm and make other folk pregnant [22:46] You going to be in teh game Hikari? [22:46] Oh. Kouso doesn't want to get pregnant. She just wants lots of sex. [22:46] I will if I have the time. [22:46] * Bog_Mod nods [22:46] when will it be? [22:46] Dunno [22:46] * Maris sighs [22:46] dec 1st he was thinking to start it.. [22:47] probably monday, tuesday, or wensday [22:47] most likely a day I am busy. [22:47] I know he sleeps on fridays and sundays [22:47] and he has games on thursdays and saturdays [22:47] Neither of those are really good... [22:47] well tuesday I won't be for a semester. but wednsday always and Monday eh not sure [22:47] I would really prefer sundays [22:47] the anime club is over tomorrow and not sure if i'm going to keep going next semester [22:47] but fridays would be the best./ [22:47] * Maris sits and looks at gh [22:48] so we going to do something then? [22:48] Maris:...what city you in ? [22:48] here's what I got so far [22:48] Maybe I could game Monday. I might as well not take the computer programming class anyway. [22:48] travel time Stamina + Endurance [22:48] Impressing w/ speech Charisma + Performance [22:48] impressing w/o speech Charisma + Persence [22:48] seduction Apperance + Presence [22:48] sex in a hurry Dexterity + Performance [22:48] sex Dexterity + Athletics [22:48] drunk/poison Stamina + Resistance [22:48] Foraging for food Perception + Survival [22:48] Figure out who's in control Perception + Investigation [22:48] Tracking Per + Survival [22:48] Not being tracked Wits + Survival [22:48] 3 sux win on contested extended rolls, modify for speed [22:48] Oh dear lord. She's a nympho. [22:48] maybe he will try to be in two games on thursdays and run one as well? [22:48] lol! [22:48] ok first off [22:49] GH:per+soc. might also work for 'figuring out who's in charge' [22:49] letting you know my men are going to be the foraging and survival stuff [22:49] as well as most of the scouting [22:49] ok [22:49] BRB, too fucking busy [22:49] * SIL||BUSY (~silesia@210-50-77-092.cust.syd.iprimus.net.au) Quit (Quit: ) [22:49] 8 dice for that, you only get one person though. [22:49] I have no survival at all [22:49] Maris:and you call yourself an HoB grad [22:49] * Maris nods [22:50] Are you going to wait to teach Running Hare Riverspeak? [22:50] yeah I probally should have gotten some [22:50] too much ale and whores, bud [22:50] going to spend time teaching them to speak riverspeak. [22:50] need translator's if cicada is going [22:50] are they gonna know HR or LR ? [22:50] no [22:50] * Maris shakes his head [22:50] just riverspeak [22:50] * Maris sighs [22:50] they'll only know riverspeak [22:50] ...well, Van's gonna have trouble communicating [22:50] I should really learn the language [22:51] You'll need to teach SOMEBODY riverspeak. [22:51] I could do low realm [22:51] Crap.... There's a possiblity that Fiat may have her go out of her realm of knowledge and make her have to learn what new herbs are contraceptive. [22:51] heh [22:51] high perception [22:51] and occult [22:51] Kouso doesn't want to get pregnant! [22:51] occult will do it for you Jydan, that's what I'll be using. [22:51] Whew. [22:51] 3 occult. [22:51] not medicine? [22:51] either or [22:52] If you worry about pregnancy, then either don't play a female char or make a deal with the ST in advance. [22:52] jsut look at our game [22:52] or don't care if you lose the kid from taking a sword to the gut [22:52] our GM started rolling *g* [22:52] ^_^ [22:52] Yeah. But I've been raised to be of the opinion that if you look at a girl wrong, suddenly she's pregnant. [22:52] And it just won't go away, dammit. [22:52] Not my fault you are a bunch of sex tourists. (who never made a deal with the ST) [22:52] run yourself through, then shift and heal? [22:53] I will require a Bureaucracy + Manipulation roll to get stuff [22:53] Bog Mod, not likely. [22:53] * DarthTom prefers to let the dice flal as they may...if his char becomes a dad, his char is a dad [22:53] it could work [22:53] er so that they continue to worship you after you leave [22:53] If you are ok with that then there is no problem. [22:53] not be the best method of abortion but would work [22:53] * Jydan hopes that Kouso will just have beastmen. [22:53] anyhow, class tomorrow morning [22:53] need sleep [22:53] cya DT [22:53] 'night all [22:53] * Maris nods [22:53] later [22:53] * DarthTom (~ltermac@HSE-QuebecCity-ppp3497599.sympatico.ca) Quit (Quit: "You think you're better than me because of your Spinaroonie ? Well the Spinaroonie has NOTHING on the Jericho Juke and Jive !" *dances spastically*) [22:53] Or I could just turn into a rabbit and use their gestation period.... [22:53] bunny beastman? [22:54] * Jydan must read the section on Lunars and mating again. [22:54] alright [22:54] cant you not shift from if you pregnant? [22:54] * Hikari almost looks forward to Cic as a mother. Now, if only she could figure out who the fater is... Maybe she should just toss a coin. [22:54] If you turn into a rabbit and get pregnant you won't be able to shapeshift until you give birth. [22:54] I think I need to skill warlord's convocation for a bit and just get some charms and things [22:54] That's what I thought... [22:54] * GhostofGoldenH 's probably got kids with half the lunars across creation. [22:54] skip even [22:54] But rabbits have a gestation period of.....? [22:54] actually [22:54] * Jydan thought it was something quick. [22:54] you can shift if your pregnant [22:54] A month or two, I think. [22:55] really GH? that where you got your renown from? :) [22:55] just not sex change [22:55] lol [22:55] no [22:55] worth a try [22:55] Maris: Fiat said it depends on his mood [22:55] ah [22:55] find a good solar boy to settle down with [22:55] ok [22:55] It also depends on the size of whatever you've mated with. [22:55] I not going to get presence 5 [22:55] yea, you probably can't change from a rabbit to a person [22:56] ok maris [22:56] and I'm going to spend some exp [22:56] * Jydan wants the challenge of playing a female character. [22:56] did you take the Humble mouse form Jydan? [22:56] Probably not. [22:56] you have never played a female character before? [22:56] No. [22:56] * Bog_Mod is surprised [22:56] I have. [22:56] I forgot my Bitch-Mage in Shadowrun. [22:56] can I spend some exp specifically for things i'm going to need? [22:57] so one? [22:57] sure, you've been preparing for this after all [22:57] i meant some of the bonus exp [22:57] no [22:57] the 5 from next week? [22:57] yes [22:57] after next week [22:58] * Maris curses [22:58] you will be here next week? [22:58] alright getting language learning ritual. [22:58] We got 5 XP yesterday? [22:58] * Maris can't be [22:58] yes [22:58] * Jydan wants Kouso to have a tribe of bunny-men someday, but not right now. [22:58] No more stunting XP? [22:58] then you don't get that XP [22:58] apparently Fiat is planning for us all to just run across each other in the woods [22:58] * Maris curses [22:58] Fiat is assiging stunting XP [22:58] Ah. [22:58] bribe fiat if youw ant ti. [22:58] want it [22:58] I'm going to do the downtime though [22:58] There was no stunting XP last week either. [22:59] that's why you get 10 xp maris [22:59] to spend at the end of the downtime [22:59] The downtime adds up [22:59] (but then again, there was no stunting either) [22:59] Fiat said most everyone got +1 [22:59] and Hikari probably got +3 [22:59] but i can't get the extra for next week? [22:59] Oh! [22:59] no [22:59] even though that's just more downtime stuff? [22:59] I never heard about that. [23:00] I think i'll give everyone a +3 XP for each minisession they do [23:00] Can somebody help with a Tell for Kouso? [23:00] Bunny tail! [23:00] tufted ears? [23:00] Could Fiat possibly put the stunting XP on the newsgroup? [23:00] probably [23:00] I don't think he's done yet. [23:00] * Maris nods [23:00] * Jydan ponders... Bunny tail? [23:00] Tufted ears? [23:00] buck teeth [23:00] you know, a little puff at the base of your ass? ;) [23:00] BTW, where was the Humble mouse form? [23:00] Shapechanging 1 [23:01] * Jydan laughs softly. "Makes sense if she's the Playboy Bunny." [23:01] pg 129 [23:01] shapechanging 2 [23:01] AH. [23:01] really? It's required for the first tree. [23:01] I think.. [23:01] wait [23:01] shapeshifting 1 is beast form... [23:01] well I'll learn the langauge and begin teaching them mine [23:01] * GhostofGoldenH slaps self [23:01] no its not [23:01] ok [23:01] getting the language learning charm even [23:02] ok [23:02] Uh... If I don't have that, I can't change into a rabbit, even if it's my totem form? [23:02] correct [23:02] yep [23:02] * Maris is ready then [23:02] in fact, you can't take it as your totem form without that charm [23:02] Bloody fucking hell. [23:02] have to sincrease buerocracy, and the other charms later on [23:02] being a general is hard. [23:02] ok [23:02] Goes for me too if I want the BEEEEEEG orca warform. :) [23:03] remember [23:03] yeah, you need towering form one [23:03] towering form only get's you to tyrant lizard [23:03] Maris, do you want to do it now or wait for Vanal tommarow? [23:03] leviathon has way more stuff [23:03] baby orca the size of Tyrant lizard is coo ;) [23:03] * Maris can't do it tomorrow for a while. [23:03] you could probably make a step up charm from that though [23:03] ok [23:03] How many things do you want to go after tonight? [23:03] Now, now, I don't wish to lay waste to the entire Realm in one combat. :) [23:03] and if vanal goes to bed about now every dcay definately can't do it [23:04] eys [23:04] yea he does [23:04] going after the realm Hikari? [23:04] I'll handle DT later [23:04] We can just roll dice for now. [23:04] * Maris wants to assure his place in the village train scouts to start spreadign his messege and try to finish off any monsters in the area with his chosen elite gaurd [23:05] Well, I have it, but I lost the Moonsilver ritual. [23:05] okay lets do it in private chat -*- [23:26] GH, I assume that the clothes and hairstyle and so we got yesterday were chosen as the things that would suit us the best and make us look as perfect as we pissibly could by the fabricator thing, right? [23:28] Hikari: yes [23:29] Because Cicada is so packing the dress away with all her training in caring for fine clothes and keeping the jewelry and making her best try at being able to copy the hairstyle and cosmetic effects. [23:29] Cicada hates to admit it, but being on the ship was her fondest dream come true. [23:29] roll perception + awareness [23:30] If Tei, Tabius, and Puuhda and Kimyee had not been there too she would likely have made no attempt to escape. [23:30] heh [23:30] * GhostofGoldenH imagines Cicada sneaking back to the ship and opening the door. [23:30] !ex 7+1 (WP for autosuccess) [23:30] 50 dice or less. example: !ex 5 [23:30] * Jydan still wants Kouso to have a Puuhda. [23:30] 7 + 1 [23:31] Don't be too surprised if she does. :) [23:31] !ex 7 +1 (WP for autosuccess) [23:31] Hikari : !ex 7 +1 (WP for autosuccess), 3, 1, 7, 4, 9, 6, 2, Successes : 3 [23:31] Puuhda? [23:31] Just a little ball of fluff to crawl around inside her clothes and brush up against things. Just her kinda Familiar. [23:31] ?! [23:32] !ex 7 +1 (WP for autosuccess) [23:32] Hikari : !ex 7 +1 (WP for autosuccess), 8, 2, 6, 2, 9, 9, 10, Successes : 6 [23:32] That was at least my understanding of what Puudha and Kimyee were. [23:32] Can I use that roll instead? [23:32] Pretty please? [23:32] :P [23:33] uhh you missed something relatively unimportant, but you're better looking than anyone who ISN'T app 6. [23:33] Performance would be much better because most of her experience in makeup and styling comes from that. [23:34] Not Awareness, Performance...? Pleeeaaaaseeee? [23:34] * Hikari begs on her knees. [23:34] performance comes when you put it back together. [23:34] app 6? [23:34] So if do REALLY well on that I can copy the effect? [23:34] Can I?!! [23:35] Can I?!! [23:35] Can I?!! [23:35] Can I?!! [23:35] you'd have to get like... 7 or 8 sux [23:35] * Hikari rolls up her sleeves and grap the dice. "don't fail me now..." [23:36] 2 personal essence to get 4 extra dice and 1 WP for autosuccess. [23:36] uhhh [23:36] What attribute..? [23:36] Dexterity [23:36] Yaaaa! [23:36] !ex 11 +1 [23:36] Hikari : !ex 11 +1, 8, 4, 3, 4, 9, 10, 1, 10, 3, 7, 8, Successes : 9 [23:36] yea [23:36] TAKE THAT! [23:36] but you have to do that EVERY TIME you want to use it. [23:37] * Hikari is the QUEEN OF THE WORLD!!! [23:37] * Hikari will! [23:37] Oh GODS! Believe me! I WILL!! [23:38] If I do it enough times. Does it not become a routine? [23:39] * Hikari begs you to remember that you are toying with something most preciouss to a girl's heart here. ;) [23:39] * GhostofGoldenH rubs his chin thoughtfully [23:39] If you do it enough times, yes [23:39] Be careful, Hik. Too many s's there and you'll turn into Gollum. [23:39] But you also wear it out every time you do it. [23:39] * Hikari kowtows to GH, knocking her forehead into the floor in front him repeatedly, tears in her eyes. [23:40] * GhostofGoldenH doesn't want to consider the craft roll it will take to repair the dress right now. At difficulty 7 sounds fair. Less if you get super-amazing materials. [23:40] But I can make up new styles once I get better! Right? [23:40] It may just be me, but I think she's grateful. [23:40] Keep it new and fresh? [23:40] no style you ever make will be as good [23:40] * GhostofGoldenH nods [23:40] * Maris looks at HIkari [23:40] sorry maris ;) [23:41] Okay, what Ability, Charm, Specialty, whatever do I need to get? [23:41] hey you want to buy some moonsilver thread rope? Might be nice to decorate it with [23:41] Maybe only difficulty 5 if you do it every time [23:41] * Jydan laughs insanely. [23:41] and yes you can use whatever charm you want. [23:41] (gotta get the Performance reroll one, NOW!!!) [23:42] and of course, if you BOTCH.... [23:42] I DO NOT! WP EVERY TIME! [23:42] Hikari, Cicada's gotta craft some kind of makeup applying artifact. [23:42] heh [23:42] (damn, now I REALLY need a cult...) [23:42] * Kasumi (Kasumi@CPE-144-132-3-220.vic.bigpond.net.au) Quit (Ping timeout) [23:43] Good people. [23:43] Does being the prettist woman alive get me a cult of worshippers? :) [23:43] * Jydan smiles, and thanks Hikari and GH. [23:43] prettiest woman alive? [23:43] ... [23:43] * GhostofGoldenH considers [23:43] * Jydan is now known as Kouso [23:43] Well, okay. Maybe not quite... [23:43] I'M THE PRETTIEST WOMAN ALIVE! Do you want to have sex with me? [23:43] prettiest woman you'll see outside a dynastic party? [23:44] bah, cicada's sexier than you [23:44] * Kouso is now known as Jydan [23:44] Does being incredibly beautiful get me a cult? [23:44] yes [23:44] You already have cult 1 [23:44] you'll have to encourage them when you travel if you want to increase it [23:44] Hmmm... the later levels of Cult does not give more WP until level 4 or so, right? [23:44] I think 2. [23:45] At 2 it gives essence as well. [23:45] Yeah...... [23:45] * Jydan just check. [23:45] Err.. Checked [23:46] But Cicada will likely not have to dress up like that more than once a day. Cult 1 will do for now. [23:46] Cicada is evolving. [23:46] (damn, I so wanted sorcery... bye, bye my dear XP..) [23:47] heh [23:47] * Jydan smiles. "From a one dimensional charcter to a completely different kind of one dimensional character." [23:47] Fortunately it is only one of her one-dimensional dimensions. [23:48] * Jydan laughs. "Good thinking." [23:48] Anyway I need to go shopping and banking (curse the rain), and then I have homework. [23:48] * Hikari shudders. [23:48] I will see you later. [23:48] ok, bye hikari [23:48] have a good day [23:48] Remember an umbrella. I don't want YOU getting sick too. [23:48] in the rain! [23:48] * GhostofGoldenH 's character is very funky [23:48] bug buy hikari [23:48] Not that I care.... [23:49] * Hikari (Hikari@zaqd378a767.zaq.ne.jp) Quit (Quit: I fall. Like the sands of time. Like some broken rhyme. At feet no longer there.) [23:49] I like you character GH [23:49] he is all shnifty [01:04] Meanwhile, Maris is on a roll. He has 4 towns under his sway already and it's only a week after you last met him..... [01:04] Neither does frigids. [01:04] Do I need to curb the tyrant yet or is he being good. [01:05] Cicada is spying on him for ANY excuse to make him a head lower. But if she actually finds his ways acceptable.... [01:05] roll perception + socialize [01:05] !ex 8 (1 mote do double socialize) [01:05] Hikari : !ex 8 (1 mote do double, 3, 9, 3, 2, 7, 5, 4, 4, Successes : 2 [01:06] But it is not just overt. [01:06] It is sneaking after him. [01:06] Spying on meetings. [01:06] Intercepting traffic. [01:06] you hear legends of a man gathering tribes but nothing concrete [01:06] Listening through walls. [01:07] there are no walls in the wild... [01:07] The entire deal. And not only because Tabius asked her to. She has personal axes to grind against the slave-fondling rapist Cynis scum. [01:08] Well, figuratively. Jeeexh. [01:08] (jeeesh, that is) [01:14] Anyway, I have said my bit and Fiat is not here to pull the ears on for stunt XP. So I will start the homework bit. [01:14] evil is homework..yes! [01:15] unless you want to work on spying on maris for a moment. [01:15] * Maris smiles [01:15] Oh, I could do that. [01:15] But not for too long. [01:15] Okay then [01:15] Maris needs general information on everything he can get [01:16] He'll send Cicada west ahead of him. [01:16] (how much essence, WP, and wound levels have been recovered?) [01:16] all essence and WP. [01:16] it has been one week [01:16] The lethal -0 level? [01:16] 6 hours rest for -0 right? [01:17] * Hikari is now known as Cicada [01:17] [not more than a day, I think] [01:17] allright [01:18] * Maris smirks at Hik [01:18] When do you leave to follow Kimyee. Before or after this. If before, you'll just have returned after pushing yourself to get back before Maris screws everything up. [01:18] * Cicada puts both her sai through Maris throat. [01:18] If after then you can leave right after you spy on him. [01:18] :p [01:18] * Maris looks at Cicada, "And what's this about then?" [01:20] * Cicada leaves with Kimyee when Kimyee makes to leave. If that is before or after i don't know. Keeping an eye on our own little figurehead tyrant is likely going to be quite an extended action. [01:20] Cicada you just overheard Maris talking with Vanal about setting up a runners network [01:20] okay you just got back [01:20] You hear rumors but know nothing [01:21] Maris is setting up a mostly female honor guard, sending officers to Vanal after light training [01:21] You are outside their tent [01:21] When Maris comes out for some air [01:21] cicada stealth + wits [01:21] maris per + awe [01:21] * Maris streches his hands into the air. [01:22] !ex 5 [01:22] Maris : !ex 5, 6, 1, 6, 7, 5, Successes : 1 [01:22] !ex 7 [01:22] Cicada : !ex 7, 4, 8, 9, 10, 4, 7, 3, Successes : 5 [01:22] Cicada remains unseen as maris deeply breathes in the cool night air. [01:23] * Maris goes for a walk to a clearing near by with a pool of water in it and a stream. [01:23] * Cicada shakes her head a little. Poor singleminded Maris does clearly not know that making a combination harem and bodyguard makes for maybe the most uncompetent guards possible as they will all have their minds at things they should not think about. Killing the slave-fondling rapist will almost be too easy. [01:24] * Maris crouches down as he gets to the pool and puts his hand into the water feeling it flow. [01:25] * Cicada has no real interest in shadowing Maris all the time. As long as she is there to observe as many as possible of his decisions and actions. [01:25] ok [01:25] will you reveal yourself or stay hidden? [01:25] Whoever traveled with you is likely here as well [01:25] so your presence will be rather implied unless you do otherwise. [01:26] * Cicada approaches Maris, cracking a twig under her foot on purpose when she is two feet behind him. [01:26] * Maris looks up from the creek surprised, "Cicada! What's up?" [01:27] * Maris looks slightly worn as it's bee a long day. [01:27] "I am back. Nothing special to report. How goes things here?" [01:27] * Maris shrugs, "4 villages have allied with us so far. I've still five more to talk with. We have an elemental ally as well." [01:28] * Maris gets up and looks at her, "Keeping the hairstyle then?" [01:28] "Very good. I trust the people are happy and content and that you heed Tabius and mine advice on local spirit courts." [01:29] "I decided not to cut it short yet. I have things to do in life before entering the Immaculate order." [01:30] * Maris smirks, "They seem happy to me. And I'll heed as I can. But Tabius is busy and I haven't seen you in a while." In response to her comment he smirks at an inner joke and then says, "So you plan on joining the order then?" [01:31] "I have to firm plans in that direction." [01:31] "I have plans in the direction of the central mountain, however." [01:32] "That's a sound plan. Information will be useful. I wish you luck in your endeavors. [01:32] "I expect to begin scouting out paths towards the high ground and figure out the local tribes. Then go for the mountain itself." [01:32] "Are all of 'your' tribes coastal ones?" [01:34] "Our tribes Cicada. And most are yes. But I plan on making our alliance as round as I can." [01:35] Be careful about expanding too fast. The inner tribes are better organized, both spiritually, economically, and culturally. They might resent a new great power on the fringe." [01:35] * Maris nods [01:35] "Of course." [01:36] [heh you have no idea how true that is...] [01:36] [Actually has...] [01:36] [Just not a very well founded one...] [01:36] [BTW, Cicada actually has plans to join the Immaculate Order?] [01:37] "I need to finish up with Vanal before I head out again tomorrow. If you have any information you can share please tell me. I can send some warriors with you if you wish." [01:37] [I kind of think that Cicada already has learned a lot by scouting and talking with the members of local tribes] [01:37] * Maris starts heading back to the camp [01:38] "Naturally Sir Cynis. Always at your service." [01:38] * Maris shakes his head, "Maris is fine Cicada. Your not a servant anymore." [01:38] * Maris says as he walks [01:38] "Of course, Sir Cynis." [01:38] * Cicada mutters. [01:38] * Maris grumbles to himself and heads back the camp without saying anything more. [01:40] * Maris gets some rest and heads out in teh morning west with Irin and his gaurd [01:40] * Cicada goes among the natives, talking and conversing. All the while trying to figure out their opinions about the new rule. [01:41] dad here wants to look at a webpage [01:41] * Cicada is especially looking for angry hidden looks on brothers, husbands, parents. [01:41] * Maris nods [01:42] Anything she can you to stamp Maris as a common Cynis despot. [01:42] [will you change comp?] [01:42] doing that now [01:42] (use to stamp, that is) [01:42] * Maris smirks. [01:43] Vanal yells a lot. That's about all you'll get negative though. [01:43] [Hey, I sincercely hope she will not find anything and maybe get rid of a few of her preconceptions about Maris] [01:43] * Maris is very lovable [01:43] * Maris also speaks the language [01:44] [Cicada has seen way too many Dynasts and Cynis is particular do terrible things to the people under them. And been beaten up, tortured, and nearly raped by one of them. Forgive her for jumping to conclusions. :)] [01:36] ((yo)) [01:37] yo [01:37] [Cicada has seen way too many Dynasts and Cynis is particular do terrible things to the people under them. And been beaten up, tortured, and nearly raped by one of them. Forgive her for jumping to conclusions. :)] [01:37] * GhostofGoldenH has quit IRC (Quit: When I'm not sure who I am, Temptation waits) [01:38] wb [01:38] thx [01:38] ((mmm is there to reroute outprivate chat to you again?)) [01:38] ((instead of having to start over)) [01:39] * GoldenH is now known as GhostofGoldenH [01:39] ;) [01:39] * GhostofGoldenH is now known as GoldenH [01:39] [Just be glad you didn't know maris before the party then] [01:39] * Cicada also makes sure to, as she helps Vanal with the troops, and the others with the administration, to check just exactly how much power is the groups as a whole and how much total power the Cynis rapist scum has to himself. [01:39] [Cicada has seen way too many Dynasts and Cynis is particular do terrible things to the people under them. And been beaten up, tortured, and nearly raped by one of them. Forgive her for jumping to conclusions. :)] [01:39] (just in case GH did not see that part.] [01:40] Anyhow Cicada doesn't find anything bad and apparently the Cynis is sharing power fairly in THIS town, but makes no mention of you in the others. [01:40] he [01:40] he's got a flair for the dramatic though ;) [01:40] ((I do. I'm just the spokesperson)) [01:40] [I was a little too quick to judge Cicada. She's very 3 dimensional. Forgive me.] [01:40] * FiatVictrix has joined #pvpexalted [01:40] * Cicada will have to make a tour then. Oh, the busy life of a spy out for vengeance for crimes real and imagined... [01:40] hey it's afiattttt [01:41] ((Hey fiat)) [01:41] ('ello) [01:41] * Maris goes on his way west to continue his job [01:41] [Fiat! I managed to turn Kouso into a nymphomaniac! Be happy!] [01:41] [Hello, Fiat. Cic is pouring sand in Maris well-oiled machine of power] [01:41] Jynaru is training heavily and so cannot arrive to scare maris with his uber-kung-fu [01:41] [Or at least, she would if she could find a spot that deserved the sand...] [01:42] [I gave her red hair. Because I'm a bastard.] [01:42] anyhow I guess we're done with Cicada unless she wants to travel the other villages. [01:42] But Maris leaves in the morning after [01:43] Oh, she does. But will do it in ways that can be disguised as 'official business'. [01:43] taking ajob as a runner? [01:43] Needs to pass them on the route to scout out new territory. [01:44] And need supplies from them as well. [01:44] ok [01:44] And 'secure' messages are likely best to send by Cicada. [01:44] (send by cicada... that just sounds so wrong..) [01:45] ((you'll likely get a message or two sent to the elemental then as Vanal will want to learn about what the elemental can do and what it knows of the local spirits)) [01:49] * GoldenH 's probably done with cicada then [01:50] * Cicada is generally going to do her best to dig up dirt on the hated Cynis slave-fondler. [01:50] he only slept with one of their women, actually. [01:53] * Cicada is distressed. There must be something she is missing! :) [01:54] (Check how many men he slept with! That has to be it!) [01:54] (can't impregnate men.)) [01:55] Yeah, men too! Gotta check the men! I am missing something! :) [01:55] I wonder. Has maris been sleeping with his bodyguards? and if so, is it common knowledge? [01:56] * GoldenH laughs at the idea of cicada looking under the men's skirts [01:56] * Maris has slept with them each once but after that has refrained. He'll be actively seducing them in a sort of way. [01:57] trying to make them fall in love with him without actively doing so [01:57] [oh, the 'decorating them for valor7 thing, eh?] [01:59] [we can't all be virgin brides of ahlat] [02:03] Anyway, will that be all? [02:03] indeeed [02:03] thank you for your cooperationy [02:03] I have homework and boyfriend to attend to. [02:03] later [02:03] See you all later. [02:03] Later, Hik. [02:05] GH, you have the private log with me? I assume you are going to post it all on the webpage or something. [02:05] I do have it [02:05] ok. [02:05] * Cicada has quit IRC (Quit: I fall. Like the sands of time. Like some broken rhyme. At feet no longer there.) [02:10] * Cicada has joined #pvpexalted [02:11] wb [02:11] FIAT! [02:11] Eh? [02:11] Yeah? [02:11] * Jydan laughs. [02:11] Post stunt XP on the newsgroup at any time of your pleasure and choosing. [02:11] (as soon as possible, that is) [02:12] Ah. You mean when I can count to... damn... what's after 5? Without counting on my fingers. [02:12] * Cicada is now known as Hikari [02:12] use your other hand [02:12] Whoa.... THE OTHER HAND! [02:12] Thanks, dude. [02:12] * Hikari heard muttering about there being individual XP and thinks that it is not only her who did not know. [02:13] Did not know about what? [02:13] Stunt XP being given by you. [02:13] Oh, yeah, that. [02:14] * FiatVictrix 's doing it instead of GH. [02:14] I thought we were back to a basic 5 per session or something. [02:14] Nah. There just haven't been stunts to give bonii for. [02:14] Last week, you mean? Okay with me. [02:15] Still, you might want to announce it on the newsgroup. There are way to few posts there anyway. [02:16] * FiatVictrix nods. [02:16] I figured I'd give people the heads-up on that when I finished to make sure everyone was aware of what's going on. [02:16] Ok. [02:16] Whatever works for you. [02:17] * FiatVictrix shines his spiffy Giver-Of-XP//No-Thought designation. [02:17] And Gh might want to post 'official' XP there too. Even if it is just the usual 4 or 5. It makes it easier for me, at least. [02:17] I'll try to remember. [02:18] And now; Homework and boyfriend, homework and boyfriend.... [02:18] You can specialize in different types of arrows, right? [02:18] Like, "Regular Arrows"? [02:18] (wish I had some real time for the last of those two) [02:18] * Hikari has quit IRC (Quit: I fall. Like the sands of time. Like some broken rhyme. At feet no longer there.) [02:19] * FiatVictrix shrugs. [02:19] I suppose so, though what's your definition of regular? [02:19] Broadhead. [02:19] You could do that, I suppose. [02:20] * FiatVictrix personally prefers to specialize in actions, like shooting multiple shots or shooting while moving and such, but that would work. [02:20] Multiple shots....? Hmmm...... [02:20] Always has the best ideas, you do. [02:21] * GoldenH laughs [02:21] I'd rather take specialties in all the things I have dots in :p [02:21] * FiatVictrix shrugs. [02:21] I don't see why people limit themselves so with specialties. [02:22] They always go for, say, Daiklave 3 when swords 1-magical 1-daiklaves 1 is so much better and makes so much more sense. [02:22] It irks me. [02:23] As for specialties instead of dots, sorry, but you have to know the skill bfore specializing. [02:23] BRB. Feet are cold, need socks. [02:24] ;) [02:25] * FiatVictrix has yet to convince anyone to let him take "Hitting things" and "Hurting things" as a specialty except once in performance, though. [02:26] I turn to you, like a flower turns into the sun.... [02:27] * FiatVictrix ponders. ANyone recognize that lyric? [02:28] After reading the Powerbow of Perfect Accuracy's second paragraph, I am not going to take a dodge charm. I'm going to take another archery charm. [02:28] not really fiat, it seems like something i've read in a textbook [02:29] Heh. Going to go with those fancy parries? [02:29] If I could take it. [02:30] * Jydan may decide to forget the Tattoo charm and buy archery charms instead. [02:40] * Jydan gave in and bought DBT [02:41] aww now your tell will be more obvious! [02:43] Oh yeah, her talisman that she uses to keep herself from getting preganant is a bunny tail that somehow attaches to her no matter what she's wearing. [02:44] Yep. [02:45] * Jydan says it has just enough moonsilver in it to keep on her when she transforms. [02:47] Well, now that I've completely torn apart her sorceress portion (for the most part) I'm goiong to bed. [02:47] Awww... later, Jy. [02:47] Dream of Jessica Rabbit. [02:47] later [02:47] GH, would you mind sending me the meeting between Kouso and Sings-For-His-Supper to me? [02:47] bug buy [02:48] valtaie@hotmail.com [02:48] sure... [02:48] I know, it's Sings-of-Wisdom [02:48] is that my pet name now? :p [02:48] I don't know. She'll probably make up something to do with his size. [02:48] Knowing her. [02:49] heh [02:49] * Jydan has quit IRC (Quit: "Everything in the universe contains flaws, ourselves included. Even God does not attempt perfection in His creations. Only mankind has such foolish arrogance." -- Cogitor Kwyna) [02:49] I am shamed... Tabius stuntified more than me at this point. [02:49] aww [02:50] 3 +1s to my singular +2. [02:51] Now, after my hat trick of dodges, I'm at three +2s and a +1. [02:56] No wonder I have such high stunt values. I go into full dodge and end up acting bout 5 or 6 times for the other people's one. [02:58] heh [02:58] that's why I only count once per action [02:58] Ahhhh. [02:58] So all my +2 stunts for dodges don't count? [02:58] the highest counts. [02:58] Ouch. [02:59] * FiatVictrix supposes it's fair, though. [02:59] mhm [02:59] * Maris sighs and hopes this goes well [02:59] ah [02:59] I wasn't counting split action stunt dice, but I was counting each individual dodge roll. [02:59] he should get at least 3 [02:59] I'm considering that [02:59] From the main room, this is what I have. [02:59] make the Max you can get in stuntage 3 per turn [02:59] but it would be rude [02:59] Tabius: +1+1+1 [02:59] Cicada: +1+1 [02:59] Jynaru: +2+1+2+2+2 [02:59] Vanal: +2 [02:59] Tala: +2 [02:59] because not everyone gets that opportunity. [03:00] Tei: +1 [03:00] As you can see dodging makes me go vroom. [03:00] I should have one [03:00] Main room, I haven't gotten to your private thing. [03:00] Everyone gets to attack [03:00] Not everyone gets to stunt dodge. [03:00] no i mean [03:01] That's why I only count stunt attacks. [03:01] for the most part. [03:01] there was a time where I got an extra die but GH didn't say it [03:01] Ah. [03:01] he just rolled the die [03:01] That's probably why I missed it, then. [03:01] So the total as of now is... [03:01] Tabius 3 [03:01] Ciada 2 [03:02] Jynaru 9! [03:02] And Maris 4 [03:02] The rest are as is. [03:02] So, how do I count my stunts, oh wise one? +2 for the set of dodges, +2 for each person attacking me, what? [03:03] Get a +2 per total action [03:04] +2 for each action? [03:04] so if they split their pool you only get your highest. [03:04] Ahhhh... [03:04] I see. [03:04] Say [03:04] That drops me down to 6. [03:04] post this next comment with that [03:06] * FiatVictrix 's waiting... [03:06] hmm? [03:07] If you should stunt on a split action, as if you attack more than once, or dodge more than once, and you stunt on every roll instead of the entire thing, then you may recover either essence or WP from one stunt each, but as egards to XP, then you will not get counted for more than your highest stunt. [03:07] So if you have a +2 and a +1 stunt you can recover the WP from the +2 and the essence from the +1 [03:07] but you can't get both essence from two +1's or both WPs from two +2s [03:08] [03:12] What I have thus far. [03:12] eh? [03:12] * FiatVictrix 's hoping to illustrate the process of how the bonii are arrived at so I'm not lynched ^_^ [03:13] I sent you Xp.txt [03:13] ohh [03:13] 1.9 K or so. [03:13] * FiatVictrix supposes you didn't notice. [03:13] That's the body of my mail as written thus far. [03:14] ah [03:14] no it autoaccepts [03:14] With that being all... here let me edit it so you can see how it works [03:18] Yes, you got the most, but because everyone else did so little, you are held back by them [03:18] Everyone who does at least one stunt gets 1 XP when there are such low average scores. [03:18] Gh, just paste it into my private window. [03:19] * FiatVictrix can send but not take DCC. [03:19] Or email it to me. [03:20] * FiatVictrix 's continuing work on his current version to explain things further, such as where certain points came from that were not specifically stated. [03:23] Ah.... [03:23] So you're grading on a reverse curve, then? [03:23] Or would it be a normal curve... [03:24] whatever curve [03:24] * FiatVictrix can understand, though. [03:24] It's based on what everyone does.. [03:24] +9 is a lot more, i'm sure it won't be that extreme. [03:24] I hate to give somebody a +3 when nobody's earned a +2 [03:24] Maris did. [03:25] you know +4 is getting there, but eh. [03:25] It's really close. [03:25] * FiatVictrix shrugs. [03:25] Hey, I understand. [03:25] * FiatVictrix also is happier in that it doesn't look like I'm cheating with this. [03:25] Because it is sort of funky that I'm the one doing the totals and I'm the one with the most stunts and XP. I still am, but not as bad. [03:26] heh [03:27] Still... +9? [03:27] And here I thought that I was being horrendously outclassed... [03:28] thought you said it was only +6? [03:28] * FiatVictrix shrugs. [03:28] +4 to +6 isn't horribly outclassed. [03:28] It's either +9 or plus six. [03:28] +9 is the full total of stunts for me. [03:29] ah [03:29] However, a +2 and the +1 came within Cicada's attack. [03:29] * FiatVictrix dodged three times and stunted three times. [03:29] A while up you mentioned something about counting the highest only in that sort of situation. [03:29] Is that's true, I'm at +6 instead. [03:30] It doesn't matter for XP, as 6 or 9 is still the highest, and still over three, however it's nice to have the XP bonus rules readily understanable and available. [03:31] yea [03:32] My massive total of stunts is from Full Dodge. You missed your chance, Tei, you had seven dodges you could have stunted. This does bring up the question of how to count multiple action stunts. [03:32] For example, Cicada got a +1 stunt on her attack. It was split three ways, targeted at me. I dodged three times, and stunted each one, for +1, +2 and +2 respectively. This accounts for my massive total. It's only +6 if we take the highest of each action-response pair when multiple actions are involved in a turn. [03:33] That's what I have to say about it in the mail. [03:33] indeed [03:34] So, is it 6 or 9? [03:34] * FiatVictrix may end up doing raw totals, counted totals, and XP bonii. [03:34] 6 [03:35] Just because it's fast to do. [03:35] Gotcha. [03:35] I like you doing that but [03:35] you konw you are the only one who does that ;) [03:35] maybe if that note tempts them into doing it as well I will give an extra XP for it one day. [03:36] Heh. [03:36] * FiatVictrix 's not counting the massive amount of stunt wp thingies. [03:38] It's just insane to try. [03:38] Cic has like 5 in the span of 5 sentences. Stunting by connection to you normal life makes it damn easy. [03:39] I'll do Raw/counted later, as the only people currently affected are me. [03:44] I sent it in the corrected rambly form to the group. Yay for me. [03:45] goodyjob [03:45] * GoldenH laughs at maris [03:45] now you konw secrets! secrets you can't tell fiat.. [03:45] and of course I get to torture him with it [03:46] you want to join in torturing fiat? [03:46] Huuuh? [03:46] * GoldenH 's been RPing with Maris all this time' [03:46] since he'll be gone all this week and the next it seems. [03:46] Ah. I figured that. [03:46] But the torturing? [03:46] well he knows stuff [03:47] that you don't [03:47] :P [03:47] What could Maris posibly know that I would need to? [03:47] ..... [03:47] :) [03:47] holy shit... maris just rolled 3 10s on 4 dice.. [03:47] MOJO BABY! [03:48] funny thing it [03:48] Go Maris, Go Maris, It's your birthday... [03:48] I was done exactly 8 will [03:48] 6 will even [03:48] * GoldenH is amazed at the hand of fate. [03:49] what's your essence at after the 18 hours of rest? [03:49] * Maris is pretty sure it's full now [03:49] * GoldenH nods sagely [03:49] 5 every hour without rest [03:49] yea... tjat [03:49] Plus 8 per hour with the rest [03:49] that's plenty of essence. [03:49] * Maris nods [03:50] Indeed. [03:50] hearthstone's give their rating in essence an hour right? [03:50] yeap [03:50] * FiatVictrix 's always amused at how quickly DBs generate essence. Go in and out of battle multiple times to wear those Solars and their scene long charms down. [03:51] only highest hearthstone counts of course [03:51] oh really? [03:51] damn [03:51] only 4 per hour then [03:51] ah [03:51] still you have more then enough sleepytime [03:51] why does only the highest count? [03:52] Cause that's the rules. [03:52] ah [03:52] * Maris sighs and lives with it [03:53] It's easy to forget. [03:55] At first I thought it meant that you couldn't use the power of a hearthstone you regained essence from. [03:55] But I realize now that you can if it is in an artifact [03:56] * Maris nods [03:56] hmm [03:56] a level 5 manse would be nice [03:57] I like level 5 manses [03:58] Level 5 manses are scary. [03:58] Like the Invisible fortress is level 5. [03:59] * FiatVictrix expects that maybe if there's a bigass manse on top of the mountain, it'll be 5. [03:59] true [04:00] BRB [04:00] changing phone lines. [04:00] * Disconnected Session Close: Mon Nov 25 04:06:17 2002 Session Start: Mon Nov 25 04:06:45 2002 [04:06] * Maris doesn't know if they have armor on the island [04:06] wb [04:06] eeee sun will be up... [04:06] yes they do have armor thx [04:07] * FiatVictrix ws asking about chainmail bikinis. [04:07] considered chain armor for the most part. [04:07] Heh, they're probably made out of bone. [04:07] Damn. [04:07] you know how they had bone breastplates and stuff? [04:07] I figure it only protects like chain thou, you konw, it's bone. [04:08] EH... [04:09] Not chain. [04:09] Chain sucks at bashing. [04:09] it would suck at bashing [04:09] It's bone! It doesn't bend like chain does. [04:09] that's why it sucks at bashing. [04:09] ... Metal doesn't bend like chin does, it doesn't suck at bashing. [04:10] think of it differently. [04:10] you have a roll of bone [04:10] it's not secured very well [04:10] If you hit it, it's going to slip, and it's going to bend. [04:10] It will not be horrible at bashing, but it certainly isn't better than chain [04:10] Ah. [04:11] So we're not dealing with, say, bone-studded armor instead of, say, sculpted whalebone. [04:12] we are dealing with, say [04:13] We. The not is backwards. [04:13] bone studded, yes. Sculpted whalebone would be just plain old breastplate. [04:13] ... I'm braindead. I try again. The stuff in question is not one large single piece of bone sculpted like metal is forged. [04:13] Gotcha. [04:14] * FiatVictrix is used to thinking of stuff like bone plate. Damn abyssals. [04:17] bone plate? I think i'd bother to mention that :p [04:18] Heh. One would think, but then again, it's YOU. [04:19] * GoldenH 's kinda stated the american indian feel didn't know they had bone plate :p [04:20] * FiatVictrix shrugs. [04:20] I tend not to take anything literally, especially when there's a chance of me running into a bunch of people with good states in platearmor, bone or no. [04:21] heh [04:21] maybe there are people in platearmor and you haven't met them yet? [04:21] Argh! I knew it! [04:22] Probably riding the giant dinosaurs what have bones big enough to get plate armor from! [04:22] of couse they'd have engraved walebone embedeed with orichulum and huge elephant trunk reaver diaklaives. [04:23] Elephant trunk reaver daiklaves? [04:23] yea [04:23] Now you're just making this up. [04:23] ... damn, you caught me. [04:23] An elephant trunk would be a whip or something. [04:23] well maybe I made a typo and actually ment to say tusk? [04:23] You should think of these things before you try to egg on my paranoia. [04:24] Tusk isn't close enough. [04:24] Though a dire lance out of a tusk would be interesting, the tusks aren't straight, either. [04:24] depends on how big the elephant is.... [04:25] and my favorite is carving handles into the thick parts and stabbing in long curving maneuvers with the pointy ends [04:25] That'd be a big elephant indeed. [04:27] my typos are odd. often or not, my tops... er typos are REAL words, and hence undetectable by spellcheck. [04:27] kinda like giant punching daggers [04:28] Big khatar? [04:28] * Maris nods [04:28] * FiatVictrix shrugs. [04:28] giant spider pincers are cool for that as well. [04:29] Maybe. Khatar that size would just get in the way, and bone isn't known for holding an edge. Enchant it though, and all that goes out the window. [04:30] what if the bones are laced with moonsilver? [04:30] See enchanting. It's still freaking BIG. [04:30] * GoldenH smiles [04:31] Having something that size on the end of your hand is problematic. [04:31] Especiall when you're trying to stab with it, not slash. [04:31] Stab? With a reaver daiklaive? [04:31] I was talking about the big khatar example. [04:31] * Maris nods [04:31] Now a daiklave, eh, I can see that. [04:32] it's kinda cool to think about though [04:33] mmmmm [04:33] * GoldenH imagines taking a BMW and chainsaw and making a giant khatar [04:33] then giving it to superman [04:33] Superman has heat vision! He don't need no steeenking khatar! [04:34] bah, everyone can use a khatar [04:34] Guy with no arms? [04:35] that's what his teeth are for [04:35] Teeth-held khatar... owie. [04:36] Are you a badass motherfucker? Are you? I thought not *lunge* [04:38] AHa! I parry with my rune of sneaky basditch! [04:38] Oooooooooooo but can you stop the power of Derailing Train Technique? [04:38] ..... [04:38] I thought not. [04:39] * FiatVictrix laughs [04:41] so do you have any good ideas for floating grasshopper technique? [04:42] The name> [04:42] ? [04:43] * GoldenH shrugs [04:43] * FiatVictrix imagines it would be good for one of those slo-mo floating tricks. [04:43] I think that's a good name. Maybe some other insect. [04:43] blinking locust is the other [04:44] I think blinking locust would be more of a dodge techniue. [04:45] I'm really looking for a name, like Tiger Style and stuff. [04:45] Just from the name, anway. [04:45] Like it'd be Floating Grasshoper style maybe [04:45] Or would it just be grasshopper style [04:45] Floating Grasshopper Style? [04:46] * FiatVictrix 'd go with Locust Style, personally. [04:46] Short, and doesn't have the Kung-Fu reference Grasshopper does. [04:46] locusts have a negative image though. Maybe something else, like a mantis? [04:46] supposedly eclipse is going to have a mantis style in it [04:46] The mantis really isn't an active insect. [04:47] It waits, something walks by, it kills it. [04:47] That doesn't seem to be the theme you're going for here. [04:51] hmm yes [04:51] * GoldenH knows there's a good insect somewhere [04:52] Dragonfly? [04:52] hmm, close. [04:52] Still predatory, but flits around at high speed. [04:53] now what's the cousin to a dragonfly.... [04:54] There simply aren't any. Dragonflies ae freaky. [04:55] hmn [04:55] maybe a fake insect [04:55] There aren't many insects I know of that hunt on the wing. [04:55] like... a lightning beetle [04:56] Interesting... a predatory firefly? [04:57] mmhmmm [04:58] That's cool. [04:58] * GoldenH rubs his chin though [04:58] must.. be.. perfect... [05:04] so what does jyn plan on doing with the anathema [05:05] Most likely, the bastard must die. [05:06] It's a bad situation in that we currently need this tribes support, but he's Anathema. [05:06] * FiatVictrix 's essentially hoping to see jjust how opposed people are to certain things, for example Tabius and Tei. [05:06] * Maris nods [05:07] I'm hoping that can be resolved at some point maybe early Saturday. [05:07] * Maris nods [05:07] * GoldenH ' [05:07] * GoldenH 's starting to conk out [05:08] * Maris nods [05:08] me too [05:08] Lucky you. I'm eating breakfast. [05:08] what cities are you talking about? [05:08] I'm not sure anymore [05:08] just villages [05:08] the surrounding ones is all [05:08] where they are. [05:08] ok [05:09] * Maris would like more information but it will most likely be in riddle form. [05:09] more information on the in lands [05:09] interior lands even [05:10] mmmmmmmm [05:11] but it's not important [05:11] I'll give you a riddle :;) [05:11] then i'll stop [05:11] * Maris nods [05:11] and you can roll five more cities really fast [05:11] * Maris nods [05:11] if you fail you just fail though' [05:11] * Maris sighs [05:11] you can always come back later [05:11] * Maris nods [05:13] * Motzaball has joined #pvpexalted [05:14] bah I can't even make up agood riddle :p shit can't rhyme a word with itself [05:14] 'lo [05:14] 'ello. [05:14] Yodaspeak riddle, maybe? [05:15] all done [05:15] Bah I do ABAB [05:15] or is it AABB [05:15] whatever [05:16] stab my poetry teacher for me [05:16] * FiatVictrix has quit IRC (Quit: Ever seen an Old English Sheepdog cast Magma Kraken?) [05:16] thats what i'm going to do [05:16] I'l lsee you later, here's 7xp [05:16] * GoldenH worn out though might have to do actual work tommarow [05:16] ok [05:16] we can roll the stuff later [05:16] ok [05:17] cya [05:17] * Maris nods and goes to bed himself [05:17] good fun [05:17] * Disconnected Session Close: Mon Nov 25 05:17:15 2002 Session Start: Mon Nov 25 19:01:37 2002 [19:01] * Topic is 'Exalted: Where can I run to, where can I hide, Who will I turn to - now I'm in a virgin state of mind. Got a knife to disengage the voids that I can't bear, To cut out words I've got written on my chair [OTT: 88.9 KB]' [19:25] * Maris (~bjorndaba@adsl-63-202-88-81.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net) has joined #pvpexalted [19:25] hey Maris thought you had club [19:25] mmm [19:25] I do in a couple hours [19:25] ahh [19:25] I usually make dinner for the house around now [19:25] * GhostofGoldenH nods [19:25] yo M-man [19:26] oo...raw's on in 30 [19:26] hullo! [19:26] but I'm not doing so today [19:26] what gives you the honour to be a mentor? [19:26] * Maris sighs [19:26] mkay vanal [19:26] I'm sending you the loyal followers of mine I don't need as a gaurd [19:27] plus your organizing a runner system through the 6 villages [19:27] BM, I'm only halfway done with my background, and there's enough honor in that stuff you've read to be your mentor.. [19:27] as well as beginning to train the army [19:27] DT you have checked your email? [19:27] Sounds good [19:27] not yet [19:27] will do so now [19:27] do so [19:27] there's like six emails there. [19:27] Maris you want to just roll a whole bunch of dice really really fast? [19:28] sure [19:28] yay! [19:40] * DarthTom scratches his chin [19:40] interestink [19:40] (about the emails) [19:41] looks like we can muster...a sacle, maybe two at most [19:41] ah [19:41] DB game [19:41] yah [19:41] ain't it great Van's got the pcoket edition of the thousand correct actions ? *g* [19:41] heh yea [19:49] do you want to RP your job any DT? [19:50] the DIing ? [19:50] hell yes [19:50] Mmm [19:50] when do you want to start? [19:50] and I'm sending you as many warriors as I can. But you'll have to do recruiting as well to convince them [19:51] ASASP (Basically, as soon a she hits his first -2 level) [19:51] Is Vanal travelling the villages or is he just sitting around in the first village? [19:51] * Maris will have given Vanal 30 by the end of the month and a half, though the tribes can be raised for much more)) [19:51] He's in no shape to ravel ANYWHERE now [19:51] so once all your non-agg damage is healed? [19:51] basically [19:51] He'll still be hobbling with a cane for a bit [19:52] heh [19:52] Hey, it gives him somethign to thwack inattentive recruits with [19:52] yea [19:52] Lesse [19:52] plus, I like the mental image [19:52] so two bashing heals rather quickly, which means you'll be to -2 rather fast. [19:52] 3 bashing [19:52] incap, _4, and one _2 [19:53] how long will it take to heal up the rest ? [19:53] 'bout a month ? [19:53] lets find out if any of them got infected first. [19:53] oh bloody... [19:53] may as well make the roll now [19:53] how many rolls, and it's STA+resis, right ? [19:54] yea [19:54] how many do I gotta make ? [19:54] uhh.. lethal damage ... is diff 1 so lesse... [19:54] 6 rolls [19:55] !ex 7 [19:55] DarthTom : !ex 7, 3, 8, 4, 6, 4, 9, 10, Successes : 4 [19:55] !ex 7 [19:55] DarthTom : !ex 7, 9, 5, 6, 7, 10, 4, 8, Successes : 5 [19:55] !ex 7 [19:55] DarthTom : !ex 7, 9, 4, 3, 4, 2, 8, 8, Successes : 3 [19:55] !ex 7 [19:55] DarthTom : !ex 7, 4, 9, 2, 5, 2, 9, 8, Successes : 3 [19:55] !ex 7 [19:55] DarthTom : !ex 7, 3, 6, 7, 8, 5, 1, 5, Successes : 2 [19:55] !ex 7 [19:55] DarthTom : !ex 7, 3, 9, 2, 7, 3, 10, 2, Successes : 4 [19:55] no infections [19:55] ahhh no infection for le Vanal [19:55] so.... [19:55] assuming you don't have any magical healing... [19:55] nope [19:55] you'll be out cold for 12 hours [19:56] no shock there [19:56] then if you stay in bed, you'll be on your feet in 12 hours. [19:56] and after that ? [19:56] (once he's on his feet) [19:56] one day to heal your -2 bashing damage [19:57] on your feet, that's 8 days -2 per health level [19:57] i thought it was 6 hours to heal bashing levels [19:57] nope [19:57] page 234 [19:57] exalted main [19:57] er [19:57] sorry [19:57] Exalted character are different :p [19:57] so you're only out for 3 hours [19:58] then staying in bed... another 3 hours. [19:58] So you'll be back on your feet that day. [19:58] 6 hours for your final bashing level unless you stay in bed, then only another 3 hours [19:58] then since you're on your feet.... [19:58] he'll be on his about 15-16 days to totally heal [19:59] err [19:59] 1 -2 in four days for exalted, so since you're not resting... 8 days [19:59] hmmm [19:59] so you have 2 -2 Ls [19:59] so thats 16 days to get to -1 [19:59] then three -1s at four days each, or 12 days to get to -0 [19:59] so no rest...about 20 days [19:59] then one -0 at 12 hours.. [19:59] 3 weeks [20:00] 16 + 20 +1 or 37 days [20:00] ... [20:00] whoops, ba dmath [20:00] hmm [20:00] maybe he'll stay in bed until he hits -1 [20:00] er [20:01] 16+12+1= 29 [20:01] 16 + 12 + 1 [20:01] yea [20:01] a month [20:01] heh [20:01] So he'll rest the extra 8 days to get to -1 before getting on his feet [20:01] well, stay bed-ridden [20:02] he'll plan out his training procedure during that... [20:02] and once he's on his feet, it's screamin' time [20:03] he [20:03] heh [20:03] Does he want Irin to stay and help him? [20:03] Or is shakel enough ? [20:03] Only if Irin isn't otherwise comitted [20:03] Irin is yours first, Maris' second. [20:04] Eh, let her go with Maris [20:04] those crazy kids need to get out more, anyways [20:04] heh [20:04] * Maris chuckles [20:05] and, considering the way van thinks, he wants her as FAR from shakel as possible *g* [20:05] *Irin muses sadly with maris, as his tounge just isn't long enough for her... [20:05] should've gone out with Gene Simmons, then [20:06] lol [20:06] Sigh [20:07] Relax, bud...GH is evil that way [20:07] be thankful Fiat and Hik aren't here [20:07] they're merciless [20:07] * Maris sighs [20:07] heh [20:12] lol [20:13] Irin botches her temperence roll :o [20:13] ... [20:13] Maris and Irin [20:13] sitting in a tree [20:14] did you make up a char sheet for Irin ? [20:14] ...lemme guess [20:14] no [20:14] *phew* [20:14] temp 3 [20:14] she had a fair chance to resist his wiley ways [20:14] high temperance for such an impulsive chippy *g* [20:14] well that's because she has a high valor too ;) [20:14] ah [20:15] * DarthTom would love to sic our group on that Vanisher twerp [20:15] hehe [20:15] he's fun [20:16] ah vanal [20:16] one thing [20:16] shoot [20:16] you don't mind switching the Fire Shark duty with me? [20:16] you take one week I take another? [20:17] No prob, though Van will be BSing like mad to keep from boffing them [20:17] roll manipulation + performance ;) [20:17] * Maris doesn't mind just make sure you don't piss them off [20:17] !ex 4 [20:17] DarthTom : !ex 4, 3, 4, 8, 9, Successes : 2 [20:17] and willpower + temperence in autosux [20:17] Aveline is a good person [20:17] + 8 [20:17] so 10 sux *g* [20:17] BS :p [20:18] roll willpower [20:18] ohhhh [20:18] + Temperence in autosux [20:18] !ex 6 [20:18] DarthTom : !ex 6, 7, 7, 6, 8, 4, 2, Successes : 3 [20:18] so lesse...2+3+2... [20:18] 7 [20:18] the performance was to convince them [20:18] ohhhh [20:18] the will do resist them [20:18] allright you can resist her but she still wants you ;) [20:18] to resist them [20:18] GH:of course she does, i'ts VANAL [20:18] the sexiest bitch on the island [20:19] actually, Cicada is the sexiest bitch on the island. [20:19] Vanals just a guy. [20:19] ;) [20:19] a guy with app 5 [20:20] heh [20:20] * Maris sighs [20:20] Sucks to be cynis around Vanal [20:20] * Maris doesn't have the time to increase his appearence though [20:20] ahhh lets see manipulation + apperance, i'll roll it... if I get less than 7 sux... [20:20] Don't worry, Van can always guide them to his only-slightly-less-handsome friend [20:21] GhostofGoldenH : !ex 8, 4, 8, 7, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, Successes : 2 [20:21] !ex 8 [20:21] yea [20:21] van stays a (sorta) loyal man ? *g* [20:21] yea [20:22] and Maris, who knows, Ari might end up diggin' you when we inevitabilty meet her [20:23] didn't we decide if Maris knew Ari already or not? [20:23] we thought about it [20:23] I could have [20:23] but I think you decided i didn't [20:24] * GhostofGoldenH remembers some kind of dice [20:24] I thought you knew OF one another [20:24] or at most, passingly [20:24] probably never a face-to-face meeting, though [20:25] yeah [20:25] hm [20:25] knew of each other [20:25] knew of her [20:25] but not met her [20:25] well, there you go ! [20:26] ...I'm missing RAW [20:26] * DarthTom is now known as DarthWWE [20:26] * DarthTom [~ltermac@HSE-QuebecCity-ppp3497451.sympatico.ca] has left IRC [20:26] heh [20:26] * Maris sits and thinks [20:27] I think I know what it is, it's just going to take some time to prepare. [20:27] * Maris nods [20:27] * GhostofGoldenH has a lot of numbers to decide on [20:27] it's fun to do it this way [20:27] heh yea [20:27] got just the right amount of die rolling and descriptions for a single player story. [20:27] let me finish mapping out your territory first. [20:28] * GhostofGoldenH nods sagely. [20:28] * Maris nods [20:29] figure out aveline's rock too [20:29] and where the old man and the elemental are if you can. [20:30] ok [20:30] but don't let that keep you from teh main goal [20:32] * GhostofGoldenH grabs his books [20:33] http://hammerand.virtualave.net/ex/map-maris.jpg [20:34] * Hikari (Hikari@zaqd378a767.zaq.ne.jp) has joined #pvpexalted [20:34] Good morning. [20:34] hello hikari [20:34] http://hammerand.virtualave.net/ex/map-maris.jpg [20:35] Okay, we are where I thought we were. [20:35] ;) [20:35] The area bordered in red is our 'kingdom', yes? [20:35] hey [20:35] yes [20:35] and wait [20:35] not too small for you, is it maris? [20:35] i can't take it [20:36] fire wall [20:36] that's ok [20:36] go to the link i uploaded it [20:36] ah [20:36] The report I wrote on the island, have you read it? [20:36] yes it was goo [20:36] good [20:37] I clerified the fireshark thing so read my email response [20:37] GOO!!!!! [20:37] goo is better than good :) [20:37] Must have GOO!! [20:37] also maris posted what he knows but you shouldn't read it until after your go on your trip [20:37] well up to you really [20:37] * GhostofGoldenH shrugs [20:37] Both are on the newsgroup? [20:37] yes [20:38] Bonus XP for my heavy labor? [20:38] :) [20:38] what about mine? [20:38] (one can always try...) [20:38] * Maris is laboring greatly [20:38] HEh [20:38] I'll give you both an XP [20:39] YAY! [20:39] but truthfully I'm glad to see the newsgroup being used as a means of communication [20:39] me too [20:39] especcially with us doing so many different things [20:39] we should keep that up [20:39] Hikari have you gotten any offers from people to join you? [20:39] I thought it would be the best way under the circumstances and wanted to set an example. [20:40] Not checked my e-mail yet. [20:40] v good example [20:40] Just got back from the hair-dresser. [20:40] * GhostofGoldenH knows that people on the group prefer to use private messages [20:40] 'tis early to be going to the hair dresser. [20:40] Less rush at this time. [20:40] makes sense [20:41] And I felt more like having my head massaged and my hair shampooed than taking boring lessons in J-script. [20:41] heh [20:41] * GhostofGoldenH could probably teach j-script better than them. [20:41] * GhostofGoldenH 'd put all his students to work on his Exalted webpage. [20:41] * GhostofGoldenH 'd give them all an A if they made it look really good [20:41] .... [20:42] Bet you would... [20:42] * GhostofGoldenH 's nice that way [20:42] yea this is going to take a while maris [20:43] * Maris nods [20:44] and the map looks great [20:44] thx [20:44] * GhostofGoldenH only wishes he could scan it in at higher res [20:45] I was going to mail it to fiat but i'd have to bend it [20:45] you got photo shop? [20:46] corel [20:46] ah [20:46] you can't mess with it in there? [20:46] I can it doesn't increase resolution of the scanner. [20:48] ah [20:50] * Hikari feels lonely. No e-mails to her with offers. And no news of brave adventurers from her old hooded men with treasure maps employment brokers. (sigh) [20:51] * Maris sighs [20:51] I'd go but I have a job to do [20:51] But then again, it might be a little early. [20:51] post a reminder, and a deadline. [20:51] Cicada would not get a single nights sleep if trekking with Maris. [20:51] * Maris smirks [20:51] ooooooooo [20:52] And Maris would return home with huge scars from throwing knives and shuriken on his hands. [20:52] * Maris will be hard pressed to keep up that pace for long. You plan on carrying him during the day? [20:53] Anyway. GH what is first? The scouting of the inland, or following Kimyee? [20:53] We kind of need information for Maris and Vanal not to be operation in vacuum. [20:53] Kimyee [20:54] You can scout inland at the same time [20:54] He wants to go generally west [20:54] * Maris nods [20:54] stick to the coastal people for now. [20:54] * GhostofGoldenH figures maris will use firelines as boundries [20:55] Don't string us out too far. Our position will be very difficult to defend that way. [20:55] * Maris is keeping that in mind [20:55] heh, the characters themselves are going to be spread all over the island if I have my way. [20:56] I expect to not be here on thursday [20:56] Okay, I have to go to a meeting in two hours or so. But it should not take long so I can game both before and after. [20:56] thanksgiving is usually spent with family. [20:56] * Maris nods [20:56] ditto [20:57] And we have not yet gotten official XP for this weeks game... [20:57] check fiat's email [20:57] but then I'm going to a friends after that so I won't be on again tell sunday night. [20:57] No mention of the normal session XP. [20:57] it was 5 + bonus [20:57] or 6 for you [20:58] * GhostofGoldenH looks at Maris [20:58] (Not to mention the fact that Fiat's writing makes about as much sense to me as ancient Aegyptian. What was that guy on? Crack, or just sleep deprivation?) [20:58] heh both. and women, too. don't forget women. [20:58] Ah yes, women, must not forget the women. [20:58] Maris you could ask Cicada to come with you, obviously the tribe is up to something. [20:59] unless she is scouting [20:59] but you have plenty of time to prepare for this [21:00] * Maris has no problem with CIcada coming with him [21:00] * GhostofGoldenH thinks he's going to register this nick [21:01] if she's there [21:01] A good scout to help me out should do well to prevent bloodshed [21:01] Cicada Maris must deal with six tribes who have resisted his expansion [21:01] They are obviously planning some kind of trial [21:01] Well, if the slave-fondling rapist pervert can make a convincing case that it is necessary for the good of the group. :) [21:02] they're in the middle of our territory. We've expanded around them. Not strategically wise for it to be so. [21:02] If they do not join they will either have to be driven out, or destroyed, because they travel within his borders.. all the tribes move about after game and stuff. [21:02] * GhostofGoldenH nods [21:02] they're probably camped along that left river in your territory [21:03] Hmmm... Neither driving out or destroying are ideal. It would demonstrate our power. Which can be positive. But it would make other, maybe more advanced, tribes aware of us being a threat. [21:03] indeed. [21:04] * Maris is sure he can convince them he just needs to be sure they're not planning something he can't handle [21:09] Okay, I have tea ready. I can game. [21:09] Okay what do you want to do [21:09] * GhostofGoldenH 's still setting up maris' problem actually [21:09] Cicada has likely just returned from a scouting trip either along the coast or into the inland. And Maris can present his problem to her. [21:09] * Hikari is now known as Cicada [21:10] maris' problem won't occur until a month and a half into the downtime. It will then be the middle of winter [21:10] Oh, well. We can do scouting of play follow the furball too. :) [21:10] (or play) [21:11] * GhostofGoldenH 's going to try to get Maris' thing done first since he was here first [21:11] Awwww.... [21:11] But I have a prettier face! I should go first! :) [21:11] you're cuter, but maris could be quite ruggedly handsome. [21:11] * Maris smiles [21:11] * Cicada sulks. [21:12] Irin's already fallen for me [21:12] What? She is chosing you over her beloved Renig? ;) [21:12] * Maris hopes cicada can resist him as he's putting out a seductive aura with his hearthstone without really trying too. [21:13] * Maris ususally doesn't but he is trying to be liked by the natives [21:13] roll WP (add temp in automatic sux) [21:13] !ex 7 +2 [21:13] Cicada : !ex 7 +2, 9, 7, 3, 3, 8, 1, 8, Successes : 6 [21:13] No problem then [21:14] nope [21:14] * DarthWWE is now known as DarthTom [21:14] ... [21:14] yo [21:14] how was raw? [21:14] barely though ;) [21:14] that was mroe of Y2J than I *EVER* wanted to see [21:14] Vanal has arrived! [21:14] GH:yes...BARE-ly [21:14] There are many things I like to see on TV [21:14] Vanal, you going to back up maris in the middle of the winter while he goes to see what's up with the remaining tribes? [21:15] Hell yah [21:15] 6 in our territory haven't joined up so I'm going to convince them. [21:15] * GhostofGoldenH wonders exactly how big of a force maris is bringing [21:15] * Maris shakes his head [21:15] they have 180 troops [21:15] ... [21:15] and we'd have ? [21:15] just my gaurd and any blooded who wish to come [21:15] we have 30 tribes to their 6 [21:16] Ah [21:16] so are you bringing all the officers [21:16] * Maris doesn't wish to war with them. [21:16] or just your femme guard [21:16] Getting tribesmen to march out of their own territory is likely going to be quite a challenge. [21:16] Not march out [21:16] accept the alliance [21:16] Make OUR tribesmen make offencives on 'foreign' soil, I meant. [21:16] and just the gaurd. and Running hare and Irin [21:17] oh [21:17] DI Vanal could whip 'em into shape [21:17] yeah I'm not planning conquest [21:17] just defense at the moment [21:17] If my theory about the origin of these peoples culture is correct, they are likely to want to only stay at home and forage. [21:18] hm [21:18] * Maris is positive he can get them to join him without much army help [21:18] if Vanal wants to stay outside so he can lead the army in later it might be a good idea [21:18] Hm [21:18] Sound sgood to me [21:18] * Cicada hopes so. Military action is a last resort, even Vanal must know that. [21:18] Yes, Vanal knows that [21:19] Besides, three DBs should be able to handle 180 warriors. [21:19] Right? ;) [21:19] * Maris chuckles [21:19] * Maris could do it himself if he wanted. waste of good warriors though [21:20] (one month into the stay... Cicada COULD be a sorceress now... *sigh*) [21:20] Riiiight, cic... [21:20] that's what ?60 apiece ? [21:20] maybe if we could off about 10 a turn [21:20] Yep. [21:20] * Maris shakes his head [21:21] My scything daiklaive of doom is potent [21:21] but not that much [21:21] I've cowed 60 out of battle easily enough [21:21] it's scaring the crap out of them is the important part [21:21] not killing them [21:21] true [21:21] Take down 40 or so. See if the rest are willing to surrender and submit to what is clearly gods now. [21:22] * Maris hopes cicada doesn't go and slaughter folk overzealously [21:22] * Cicada will try not to. [21:22] no, that's my job [21:22] (Compassion 4 Conviction 1 is a bitch at times...) [21:23] * Maris chuckles as he has the oppposite [21:23] And you wonder why there is a 'slight dislike' between the two of them? :) [21:24] and there's Cathak 'middle ground' Vanal [21:24] no wonder he gets along with everyone but cic and tabs *g* [21:24] Yay! Vanal is the neutral country between the super powers! [21:24] if Vanal comes in Irin will stay out with the army [21:24] Aren't you happy? [21:24] * Maris needs at least one bell person to command them [21:25] Van's a superpower himself [21:25] hm [21:25] It's your call, dude [21:25] doens't bother me one way or the other [21:25] yea I won't be here until really late thursday [21:25] Mmm. Maris would prefer Irin at his side. Vanal is the better general and well he isn't quite as much fun in bed. [21:26] ... [21:26] Don't even THINK of looking at me. [21:27] Hey ! [21:27] Van was tired and shakel was wounded ! [21:27] ... and mysteriously all three are found dead, miles before they could even make it to the tribe... [21:27] what do you expect ? The Kama effin' Sutra ? [21:27] And Cic is frigid! ..... errr.... [21:27] I mean.... [21:27] Crap..... [21:27] maybe Jyn could warm her up [21:28] hmm? [21:28] who's found dead? [21:28] Okay, if you don't want GH's premonition to become true then I suggest we make way for those rogue tribes right now. [21:29] You two! [21:29] And some native who tried to protect you from my wrath of the chakram. [21:30] So we leave behind any support and march in the three of us? [21:31] * Maris shakes his head [21:31] 8 honor gaurds, Running Hare are coming as well. [21:31] ok. [21:31] hey I gave maris 8 of the swords. What happened to the other four? [21:31] Jynaru has at least one. [21:31] that leaves 3 [21:31] * Cicada will be scouting ahead and to the flanks to make sure that we spot them before they spot us. [21:32] mm [21:32] don't forget the couple that Tei and Tab's had from the ship [21:32] * Cicada has no use of swords. Make a few into shuriken or throwing knives and she will be interested. [21:32] * GhostofGoldenH doesn't see Vanal caring about some pussy glass knife anyway. [21:32] * Maris will if he breaks one [21:32] hmm yes, Tei and Tabius also had swords.. I don't see they need two. [21:33] Jynaru will want 2 then if he can get 'em. [21:33] Maybe we have some sort of 'central storage' for our plunder? [21:33] * Maris can have two I think. [21:33] he can have two then [21:33] Van really doesn't care for the damned thing [21:33] His daiklaive is much more his style *g* [21:33] * Maris would prefer them all but he knows sharing is good [21:33] so thats 8+2+2 so that's all of them. [21:33] correction : he DOES care about it...if there's one being pointed in his direction [21:34] Take mine, dude [21:34] nah you don't have one [21:34] there were only 12 [21:34] if jyn has 2 that leaves 10 [21:34] and maris has them all [21:34] * Maris nods [21:34] Running hare has one then. [21:35] the last he gives to a gaurd so they have 8 [21:35] [I suppose all WP and wounds, and essence has been recovered?] [21:35] yes [21:36] * GhostofGoldenH 's considering [21:36] okay so maris has 8 swordsmen [21:37] and.. how many archers? [21:37] they are all archers [21:37] so they are all archers and swordsmen. [21:37] half use bows and the other swords to help him fight [21:38] okay so only four archers? [21:38] if they run into trouble the other four pull swords and back Irin [21:38] they all have bows [21:38] ten gaurds alltogether [21:38] all with bows and shields, armor and 8 with swords [21:38] ok [21:38] they'll all get training with all the things [21:39] * GhostofGoldenH nods sagely [21:39] so 6 of them will be 6 dice, 4 of them will be 5 dice [21:39] * Maris nods [21:39] okay [21:39] I'm going to have to switch computers due to sister aura [21:39] * Maris nods [21:40] then.... dooom! [21:40] get a disk and bring notes [21:40] better I have a network [21:40] copy/paste over shared folders :D [21:40] ah [21:40] good deal [21:40] ya [21:40] lets see [21:40] * GhostofGoldenH checks off his hands to make sure he has everything figured out [21:41] ok i'll be back in a moment Session Close: Mon Nov 25 21:41:06 2002 Session Start: Mon Nov 25 21:38:28 2002 [21:38] * Maris likes the image of a female bodyaurds. It shows he has accepted the other tribe's offerings and is truly allied to them. [21:38] fox, hikari, DT how much time do you have? [21:38] ((wb)) [21:38] thx [21:38] * Maris has time. [21:38] * Maris can always skip the anime thing if he has too. [21:38] Another hour or so, then I have to leave for a while. [21:39] all the time in the world [21:39] so an hour and then what, two hour break? [21:39] * GoldenH is now known as Storyteller [21:39] (so difficult it is, searching for work) [21:39] * Maris guesses so. [21:39] * Storyteller knows. gave in to a temp agency. [21:40] Allright it's fucking cold here. Excuse me while I close my window completely and get a blanket [21:41] Illinois: one day, 65, next day, 12 [21:41] allright i'm ready. [21:41] ((And I love the image of valkerie gaurds. Even if they are not as effective. Maris does it for looks not because he expects them to do everything for him)) [21:41] ((and we find any riding animals?)) [21:41] (as long as you keep that in mind. Bodyguards in love with you are about the most ineffective thing in the world) [21:42] (hey they could be effective)) [21:42] you could have a horse maris; there is one such tribe in the northern border that has connectins with another tribe [21:42] who has horses and they got you one. [21:42] (.... gotta go be a scientitst.... see you guys later) [21:42] * Miss_Suki has quit IRC (Quit: ) [21:42] But just the one [21:42] (What's the other tribe's opinions of horses?) [21:42] food! [21:42] (and how good a horse is it?)) [21:43] * Cicada does not want a horse. It makes sneaking and leaping from branch to branch too difficult. [21:43] decent horse. Wild, but strong. [21:43] ((No i mean if I ride one what will they think of me)) [21:43] ((would it be impressive for them or would they think I am weak for it?)) [21:43] no dice effect. It's unusual, but then, you are what you say you are... [21:44] * Maris will keep the horse then and have folks take turns riding it to spare there legs. We'll move faster that way. [21:44] not much but a bit more. [21:44] If you really want to ride a horse around in the woods, fine, but they rather work on their feet because you can't feed horses. [21:44] not easily anyhow. [21:44] Can't feed them? [21:44] no food right now? [21:44] Er have to feed them [21:44] Nothing for them to eat? [21:44] and it's the middle of winter, so yea, you have to go into your stores for horse food. [21:44] hell for all your food. [21:45] * Storyteller shrugs [21:45] * Maris will keep the horse in the main town but not ride it as it is currently an inconvenience [21:45] heh ok [21:46] * Maris walks with his gaurd and the others toward's the left river and the 6 tribes. [21:46] * Maris jokes around with the gaurd and Irin and Running Hare and seems to get along well with them. [21:46] * Cicada will be scouting ahead and to the flanks to make sure that we spot them before they spot us. [21:46] so the three of you, with maris' 10 guards (including irin, shakel staying back...) are walking through the snowy woods towards the river at which the six tribes have gathered [21:47] * Cicada has changed her clothing into suitable camuflage. [21:47] * Maris black jade it covered with a good fur coat but he stays his usual intimidating self. [21:48] * Cicada appears strangely immune to the cold. (willpower and air aspect) [21:48] ((is covered even)) [21:48] cicada roll per + survival [21:48] !ex 6 [21:48] Cicada : !ex 6, 10, 3, 9, 7, 7, 7, Successes : 6 [21:48] ((very nice)) [21:48] [mojo!] [21:49] Cicada the area around here has been mostly stipped of food... the concentration of the tribes must be taking a heavy toll on the population. [21:49] You find tracks of regular patrols of these areas, and konw you can't be far now. [21:49] * Cicada drops from a branch in front of the others and reports her findings, then sets off to scout further. [21:50] * DarthTom shivers slightly in the winter chill and pulls the furs a little closer around him, his eyes still alert for any potential threats [21:50] ((gah lost you in the private chat GH)) [21:50] * Storyteller is now known as GoldenH [21:50] * Maris nods and continues his way [21:50] * DarthTom is now known as Vanal [21:50] * GoldenH is now known as GhostofGoldenH [21:51] * GhostofGoldenH is now known as Storyteller [21:52] Cicada as you rise over the next hill you see down along through the forest path, and you can see a raging river, about 6 meters across rushing through the snowy riverbanks [21:52] You also smell smoke coming downwind from the north [21:52] "...and now I remember why I preferred to be assigned to the *south*" [21:52] * Cicada scouts to both sides to make sure that the river is safe to cross, that there are no sentries. [21:52] * Maris chuckles [21:53] Cicada you look across the river to the west and you see nothing; but to the north an obvious camp has been made, and the snow there on the trail has obviously been trampled down. [21:54] It is along this side of the river so fortunately, you will not have to cross. [21:54] "I hope you know what you're doing Maris. I totally suck at negociation." [21:54] * Maris nods [21:54] "Yes well that is I do such things. [21:54] Storyteller : !ex 7, 6, 6, 3, 6, 3, 6, 3, Successes : 0 [21:54] !ex 7 [21:55] Running Hare clods through the snow after Cicada [21:55] * Cicada returns to the others, leaping through the trees, her light weight not even making the snow fall from the branches. Dropping on one knee as usual she reports the location of the camp. [21:55] "Good. Now, if you want me to make a few of them run crying to their parents, just give me a holler." [21:55] Running Hare looks up amazed as she flies overhead, and then hurridly clods back to the group [21:56] The snow is about three feet thick in drifts, and you have to work your way through it to make any progress. [21:56] * Cicada sighs, rolls her eyes, and propose her making them a few snowshoes. [21:56] * Maris looks to a couple of the gaurds and whispers to them then says to cicada before she leaves, "Two observers to the back and front at this angle. See if they are there. If not we have spirits." He whispers this then says aloud, "Great work Cicada [21:57] * Cicada herself is hardly sinking into even the most porous of snow drifts. [21:58] * Maris then waves a hand at the two gaurds he spoke to and they back up a bit and continue following. [21:58] * Maris will keep heading on his way. [21:58] "Should I scout the perimeter of the camp?" [21:58] * Vanal gets the remainder of the guards to assume a more defensive formation as they walk [21:59] * Maris will have snowshoes if they would help but he doubts they make them strong enough for his weight. [21:59] Running Hare smiles at cicada as he walks next to Maris. [21:59] "Please do so." [22:00] * Cicada nods. Then leaps straights up from her kneeling position to disappear into the winter foilage above. [22:00] "And the other thing as well." [22:00] * Maris says the last quietely right before she leaves. [22:00] (calls down) "The shoes, you mean?" [22:00] Cicada roll dex + athletics [22:00] !ex 10 [22:00] Cicada : !ex 10, 9, 2, 7, 4, 9, 9, 4, 7, 4, 7, Successes : 6 [22:00] "Only if you have time." [22:01] Cicada's leap doesn't even cause the snow on the trees to move at all, as she stands above you... [22:01] Maris' guardesses look around themselves competently watching against any possible intrusion. [22:02] [belay the leaping around stuff (that roll is too good to waste) Cicada will have the guards help her produce snow shoes, as skis are likely impossible] [22:02] you would likely have already built them; these snows have been here for a good five weeks at the least. [22:02] [ok] [22:02] If you have them you have them. Up to you guys. [22:02] I don't see why not [22:02] * Cicada leaps away then, not disturbing even a single mote of snow. [22:03] Cicada going north? [22:04] * Maris will if they support and they can be reomoved for combat [22:04] * Cicada will scout out the perimeter of the camp and calculate the number of people in it. And try to judge full population as well, as many are likely out foraging or hunting. [22:04] per + awe [22:04] !ex 7 [22:04] Cicada : !ex 7, 1, 5, 4, 9, 2, 4, 2, Successes : 1 [22:04] dex + stealth [22:05] (oh well..) [22:05] !ex 9 [22:05] Cicada : !ex 9, 9, 6, 3, 9, 3, 5, 7, 1, 10, Successes : 5 [22:06] Cicada leaps silenty through the trees, watching... she sees little until she arrives at the edge of the forest, looking down at the camp that has been made upriver at the base of the lake. [22:06] * Vanal eyes the terrain with a measured eye, looking for unnatural-looking bulges or shrubs (i.e. an ambush) [22:06] They have put up guards, and there are many large, tepee-like tents, along with a larger, flat tent made out of animal hides along the very edge of the lake. [22:07] There are snowbreaks all around the several dozen tents, and guards are spread around periodically [22:07] they do not seem to have concealed themselves, however. [22:08] -> [storyteller] PING [22:08] Maris and Vanal, your group arrives at the river [22:09] * Cicada returns to the group and reports what she found, noting that the tribes does not appear to be on any sort of war footing. [22:09] there is a slight breeze here, but little else... they have spears, but then, they always have spears. [22:09] * Maris nods, "Well I'll speak to them. The observers?" [22:09] He asks the last quietly [22:10] (whispers) "we are being observed?" [22:10] (whispers) "Always assume you are when you're on potential enemy ground. [22:11] Storyteller : !ex 8, 2, 8, 2, 1, 5, 9, 2, 1, Successes : 2 [22:11] !ex 8 [22:11] (Whispers) "I have tried to keep watch on all sides. I will check again. What do you wish done to any shadows?" [22:11] * Maris nods and points out the one he has found. "Nothing yet. I just want to know who they are." [22:12] Storyteller : !ex 8, 8, 5, 4, 9, 4, 6, 4, 5, Successes : 2 [22:12] !ex 8 [22:12] * Maris whispers quietly the positions to her and says out loud, "Alright try and get an idea on the scout patrols. [22:13] * Cicada nods, then leaps away again as if to scout the camp again. But instead of doing so she doubles back and checks the flanks of the party, especially the points described by Maris. [22:13] dex + athletics [22:13] !ex 10 [22:13] Cicada : !ex 10, 6, 5, 8, 6, 8, 6, 3, 3, 5, 3, Successes : 2 [22:14] everyone make a stamina + resistance roll against the cold. [22:14] [most variable mojo today..] [22:14] !ex 4 [22:14] Cicada : !ex 4, 2, 7, 3, 2, Successes : 1 [22:14] * Maris looks to the others and waits a moment for Cicada's report [22:14] !ex 8 [22:14] Maris : !ex 8, 4, 6, 8, 2, 1, 4, 4, 10, Successes : 3 [22:14] * Vanal gives Maris a sheepish shrug [22:15] !ex 7 [22:15] Vanal : !ex 7, 8, 5, 8, 1, 2, 8, 7, Successes : 4 [22:15] Cicada leaps into the trees and snow shuffles down from her as she trauks away to the north, checking for the first observer [22:15] roll per + awe cicada [22:15] !ex 7 [22:15] Cicada : !ex 7, 7, 8, 10, 10, 10, 7, 10, Successes : 11 [22:15] * Storyteller spits [22:15] [MOST variable mojo!] [22:15] ....jeebus [22:16] [that's the highest non-combat roll I've ever seen] [22:16] * Cicada now knows the location of not only every human within 10 miles, but also every little hibertaning mammal and insect. [22:16] "Give her a minute so we can make sure we have a good entrance into the village. Want to get as close as i can without them knowing but without looking like that's what we're going for. [22:16] ((and damn good ass roll)) [22:17] cicada dex + stealth [22:17] !ex 9 [22:17] Cicada : !ex 9, 1, 9, 6, 6, 10, 2, 2, 3, 10, Successes : 5 [22:18] "You want the main body to hold back, so we cna pull a hot extraction if need be ?" [22:18] Storyteller : !ex 8, 7, 1, 2, 1, 4, 7, 5, 2, Successes : 2 [22:18] !ex 8 [22:18] cicada per + awe [22:19] * Maris shakes his head, "Best I go in with Irin, these four and running hare. You stay here with the others cicada will keep watch to inform you what's up. [22:19] [Awww... was ONE super roll not enough? :)] [22:19] !ex 7 [22:19] Cicada : !ex 7, 6, 1, 2, 8, 8, 4, 1, Successes : 2 [22:19] nope ^_^ [22:19] ((yeah she had such a good roll)) [22:20] "Sounds good. got some way to signal us without them knowing if things fuck up ?" [22:20] "Cicada is about it. Though if you hear lots of screams of pain that will most likely be it as well. [22:21] * Vanal gives Maris a sardonic look [22:21] !ex 7 (wits + stealth) [22:21] Cicada : !ex 7 (wits + stealth), 10, 3, 7, 8, 4, 7, 7, Successes : 6 [22:21] "Good luck in there, buddy. " [22:21] [Yay!] [22:21] * Maris nods. "It's been with me so far." [22:21] !ex 7 (per + awa) [22:21] Cicada : !ex 7 (per + awa), 9, 7, 2, 9, 2, 1, 3, Successes : 3 [22:23] * Cicada lastly moves back around, past the perimeter of the camp. [22:23] explain please [22:24] * Cicada then returns to the group as to look as if she truly scouted the encampment, not stalked the stalkers. [22:24] ok [22:24] * Maris looks up at Cicada's return, "And?" [22:25] * Maris stands within the circle of gaurds wait's for a whispered report. [22:26] * Cicada drops to her knee again and begins a muted explanation of how she calculated the total number of natives by counting bonfires, tents, and tracks after collapsed tents. In between the words she puts other words of seemingly no sense. [22:26] *to the north* [22:26] *boar type beastman* [22:26] *maybe Lunar Anathema* [22:27] *south* [22:27] Another beastman* [22:27] *mutter* "Wonderful" [22:27] *Type uncertain* [22:27] *Some furred mammal type* [22:27] *Possible Anathema too* [22:27] (possibly, that is) [22:28] Storyteller : !ex 8, 4, 8, 5, 9, 4, 8, 8, 5, Successes : 4 [22:28] !ex 8 [22:28] Storyteller : !ex 8, 7, 8, 2, 2, 9, 6, 6, 4, Successes : 3 [22:28] !ex 8 [22:28] * Maris nods, "How far and what's the terrain like?" He whispers. [22:28] *heavy vegetation* [22:28] *Good cover* [22:28] * Maris says aloud, "Alright that seems well and good. We'll wait a bit then head in." What time of day is it? [22:28] whatever time you planned. [22:29] * Cicada looks to the sun. [22:29] you're on schedule, whatever it is. [22:29] probably before noon so you haven't been travelling much more than a couple hours. [22:30] * Maris says to Cicada quietly, "Move behind it and we'll head to it in two minutes. Use your chakram to keep it occupied and we'll take it down as best we can." He looks to the others and lays out a simple plan before saying aloud, "Well let's get some food in us before we head there." [22:31] *Dead or alive?* [22:31] * Vanal nods grimly [22:33] * Cicada first wolf down a little food. Then sets out towrds the encampment with the intention to double back again. [22:33] Irin,Vanal will be directed south with Maris and the gaurds will follow. Most will watch our backs. Any sign of the boarman and Vanal moves back to intercept. "To many variables. Aim for death. If the boar comes disable but if it is too strong kill it. [22:34] They nod, bows ready. [22:34] * Maris gives her as much time as she thinks she'll need. [22:34] * Cicada tries to sneak into position to ambush the beast. [22:34] They prepare target arrows, but also broadheads [22:34] Cicada Dex + Stealth [22:35] !ex 9 [22:35] Cicada : !ex 9, 10, 4, 4, 5, 9, 3, 9, 5, 7, Successes : 5 [22:35] Dex + Athletics [22:35] * Maris eats and kisses Irin at the end of the meal, "A small break before we go on love?" He then leads her hand in hand south with the seeming intention of sleeping with her. [22:35] !ex 10 [22:35] Cicada : !ex 10, 4, 5, 2, 4, 7, 3, 1, 7, 6, 9, Successes : 3 [22:35] Storyteller : !ex 8, 3, 8, 6, 8, 5, 5, 6, 8, Successes : 3 [22:35] !ex 8 [22:35] * Vanal raises an eyebrow [22:35] * Maris has told vanal to object and follow them to bring them back. [22:35] ((Ruse.)) [22:36] The gaurds are supposed to look worried and stand looking worried and watchful [22:36] "This really isn't the time for that kinda stuff, Maris..." [22:36] then they do.. [22:36] *mutter* "Bloody Cynis..." [22:36] ((And Cicada key's the attack when they are close enough.)) [22:36] Cicada you sneak through the trees, the snow barely drifting down, but the creature never looks up as you approach. [22:37] * Cicada uses Wind carried words Technique to report to Maris "Ready and in position" (1 mote personal, I guess for one sentence) [22:37] It watches as Maris and Vanal draw near, but does not move, hunkering underneath what looks to be a a tattered cloak. [22:37] (whispered VERY quietly, of course) [22:39] * Maris will let go of Irin's hand and head more towards it which is the signal for Cicada." [22:39] when you reported to maris, it must have moved however, for it is now in a far superior hiding spot... you can barely make it out, since you knew where to look. [22:39] * Cicada throws her chakram thrice at the beast from behind while yelling a warcry to disorient it. [22:39] (2 motes personal on each throw) [22:39] * Maris will imediately draw his sword and charge the hiding spot [22:40] Storyteller : !ex 6, 7, 9, 3, 9, 10, 7, Successes : 6 [22:40] !ex 6 [22:40] ((damn)) [22:41] The beast whips around as Cicada unleashes her chakram, and as he looks up you see that he doesn't have any tusks. Pulling a long engraved staff out from under his robes he swings it in the path of the whirling circle of death to parry your attacks [22:41] roll init [22:41] !roll 1d10+8 [22:41] Cicada : 1d10+8, 4 , Total: 12 [22:41] Storyteller : 1d10+4, 9 , Total: 13 [22:41] !roll 1d10+4 [22:42] Maris you will have to spend the next turn closing on it if you want to catch it [22:42] !roll 1d10+13 [22:42] Maris : 1d10+13, 4 , Total: 17 [22:43] * Maris still charges it as best he can [22:43] The man moves on his two feet, his cloak fluttering behind him in the wind as he moves away from being stuck between the two of you, going south towards the ocean. [22:43] * Maris has the two archers looking and plugging it full of arrows as best they can [22:43] Cicada make your attack [22:43] !ex 13 (first throw) [22:43] Cicada : !ex 13 (first throw), 4, 4, 4, 8, 1, 10, 6, 7, 3, 9, 5, 1, 2, Successes : 5 [22:43] * Vanal tries to charge in at the oppostie flank of the beastman than Maris is goign after, pulling out his daiklaive as he runs [22:44] Storyteller : !ex 7, 9, 1, 6, 7, 8, 2, 2, Successes : 3 [22:44] !ex 7 [22:44] 2 sux [22:44] 81 extra dam, right?) [22:44] (1) [22:44] 2 extra dam [22:44] !exm 11 [22:44] Cicada : !exm 11, 3, 4, 5, 2, 3, 8, 8, 8, 3, 10, 8, Successes : 5 [22:46] Your chakram cuts against his staff but he has not moved fast enough; it keeps going, leaving a nasty gouge in it and bites down into his shoulder. He curses as he falls to the ground, a heavy gash in his arm as the chakram cuts through the undergrowth in a large arc as it comes back covered with blood in your hands. [22:46] [He is DOWNN, kind of down?] [22:47] [more throws needed?] [22:47] no, he's on his knees, holding onto his staff with both hands and trying to get back on the balls of his feet, trying to get back to his feet... [22:47] [one more time, then] [22:48] He doesn't seem to see the chakram whistling behind him, but his eyes widen with shock as it returns to your hand and he picks his staff off the ground in a attempt to deflect it away [22:48] !ex 12 (second throw) [22:48] Cicada : !ex 12 (second throw), 6, 10, 4, 2, 10, 3, 1, 4, 8, 6, 10, 3, Successes : 7 [22:48] (OW!) [22:48] Storyteller : !ex 6, 4, 10, 10, 3, 3, 5, Successes : 4 [22:48] !ex 6 [22:48] 3 sux [22:48] !exm 12 [22:48] Cicada : !exm 12, 2, 10, 1, 8, 7, 7, 9, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, Successes : 8 [22:48] * Jydan has joined #pvpexalted [22:48] (been nice knowing yo, mr. beastman) [22:48] {aand OOWW!!] [22:49] he screams in pain as it deflects off his side, cutting into his ribcage and he falls to the ground bleeding. [22:49] his staff lying useless at his side. [22:49] * Cicada catches the returning chakram and does not launch it again. [22:50] * Maris heads for him fast to check his condition [22:50] [are the 2 motes for the third throw still spent?] [22:50] extra action charm? [22:50] [no, just split action] [22:50] then no [22:51] Maris you arrive on the scene, the archers looking at you as they await your orders in their form-concealing cloaks [22:51] cicada per + medicine [22:52] * Maris gestures to the north and checks the man immediately [22:52] * Cicada then leaps through the trees in the direction the other beastman was in. He is likely either closing on the party or running to warn others. [22:52] maris too [22:52] !ex 7 [22:52] Cicada : !ex 7, 1, 7, 6, 4, 9, 1, 8, Successes : 3 [22:52] !ex 3 No medicine [22:52] Maris : !ex 3 No medicine, 10, 1, 4, Successes : 2 [22:52] Maris the man is obviously bleeding to death [22:52] * Vanal screeches to a halt next to Maris [22:52] He out? [22:53] * Maris goes over him to see if he recognizes him [22:53] "Dammit Cicada, leave a little for the rest of us next time..." [22:53] he is still breathing badly, he's lying on his face.... [22:53] Storyteller : !ex 8, 5, 8, 2, 3, 7, 3, 9, 8, Successes : 4 [22:53] !ex 8 [22:53] "Vanal cover the north." [22:53] cicada dex + athletics [22:53] !ex 10 [22:53] Cicada : !ex 10, 1, 8, 9, 4, 5, 7, 1, 3, 3, 8, Successes : 4 [22:53] * Maris will flip him over [22:54] He stares at you with glossy, angery eyes as he bleeds quickly from his side. His breath is more pained as you do so, his blood running into the white snow. [22:54] "Why where you following us?" [22:54] his skin is bronze and his hair dark green, like a native of this island [22:54] He sputters and passes out, unable to answer [22:54] * Vanal covers the north [22:54] * Maris checks the staff to look for moonsilver [22:54] Storyteller : !ex 8, 8, 1, 4, 7, 9, 9, 5, 3, Successes : 4 [22:54] !ex 8 [22:54] cicada perception + survival [22:54] maris perception + occult [22:55] !ex 3 No occult [22:55] Maris : !ex 3 No occult, 6, 10, 9, Successes : 3 [22:55] !ex 6 +1 (WP for autosucces) [22:55] Cicada : !ex 6 +1 (WP for autosucces), 4, 4, 4, 10, 2, 8, Successes : 4 [22:56] it doesn't have any moonsilver but there are a variety of more mundane elements of mystical importance.. elements you have seen on the staves of shamans before. Under his fur robe, there is another multicolored one, one that only a shaman would wear. [22:56] He's not a beastman? [22:56] Cicada, you run through the trees, no time to leap into the air [22:56] nope [22:56] he's human [22:56] Though stealthy as your quarry is, you hear his scuffling through the snow, though you cannot see him [22:56] * Maris will then begin staunching the bleeding as best he can then trying to save his life. [22:56] He is running to towards the lake [22:57] maris roll intelligence + medicine [22:57] !ex 2 [22:57] Maris : !ex 2, 9, 7, Successes : 2 [22:57] * Cicada follows the sounds, as he might very well be burrowing inder the snow. [22:57] (under the snow) [22:57] [pretty good rolling on the small pools, Maris) [22:58] You slow the bleeding a bit, but he will still bleed to death shortly [22:58] Cicada you fly through the air after your prey, glimpsing through the bramble-filled spaces between the trees it out of the corner of your eye [22:59] roll ath + dex [22:59] Storyteller : !ex 8, 9, 8, 8, 10, 9, 2, 9, 2, Successes : 7 [22:59] !ex 8 [22:59] !ex 10 [22:59] Cicada : !ex 10, 7, 8, 7, 5, 2, 1, 3, 9, 8, 4, Successes : 5 [23:00] * Maris curses and calls the best healer in the party in his party over while he triess once more to staunch it. Will [23:00] !ex 2 [23:00] Maris : !ex 2, 4, 4, Successes : 0 [23:00] You rush after it as best you can, brambles cutting at you as you run, but it is still faster than you, snarling as it looks behind you before leaping forward through the snowy grounds [23:01] Maris, you realize you can do nothing for the man, and in fact there is nothing that can be done for him at this point... just for his blood to run out [23:01] * Maris gaurds won't go into range of the people at the moment. [23:01] "He gonna make it, Maris ?" [23:01] * Maris shakes his head and gets up, "No. Has the beastman attacked?" [23:01] * Cicada races after it, vision is but a tunnel between her and her quarry, the snow under her feet are only skirted and almist no puff of snow occur as she all but fly over it after the beastman. [23:01] * Vanal sighs [23:02] * miss_suki has joined #pvpexalted [23:02] "Nope." [23:02] * Vanal sighs [23:02] +2 stunt hikari, dex + ath [23:02] Storyteller : !ex 10, 2, 9, 4, 3, 8, 5, 10, 1, 7, 5, Successes : 5 [23:02] !ex 10 [23:02] (Hi all....) [23:02] [wb suki] [23:02] "You want me to make it merciful for this guy ?" [23:02] !ex 12 +1 (WP for autosuccess) [23:02] Cicada : !ex 12 +1 (WP for autosuccess), 9, 2, 3, 7, 7, 3, 7, 3, 5, 4, 5, 3, Successes : 5 [23:02] * Vanal taps his daiklaive [23:03] * Maris will pull knife and end the shaman's life quickly, "It probally ran then. Well let's head to the camp. No sense waiting." [23:03] Cicada you rush through the woods but barely keep up with the creature as it turns and makes a run for the river [23:03] (would activating my aspect power help?) [23:03] * Maris will jog towards the camp his sword sheathed though claws on and will slow down when he gets close enough to be seen though avoids the gaurds as best he can. [23:03] it is already active cicada [23:03] ok. [23:04] 8ups, should reduce essence pools then, personal) [23:04] thought you activated it earlier when you were jumping through the trees [23:04] "Maris...we should swap knives. The shaman's blood on yours won't look too good." [23:04] bringing the troops along maris? [23:04] (not really, but lets just say I did) [23:04] ah [23:05] * Storyteller 's bad [23:05] "Stand and fight, man to man! Coward!" She challenges. [23:05] a beastly snarl is all that you get for an answer as it leaps into the water and begins to swim across, throwing water into the air as it does [23:05] "I took down your ally! Are you less than he in scourage?!" [23:05] * Maris nods and tosses Vanal his. And Yes he is. Has Running Hare stay and give the shaman a proper buriel as well as search him for anything of value. [23:06] * Vanal tosses Maris his own [23:06] dex + ath cicada [23:06] * Vanal looks at the shaman [23:06] Storyteller : !ex 10, 7, 3, 4, 5, 10, 9, 2, 4, 8, 5, Successes : 5 [23:06] !ex 10 [23:06] "May the Dragons bless your journey in the afterlife." [23:06] * Vanal does the realm equivalent of Crossing himself [23:06] Running hare belongs the long and appropriate rites to burying a shaman. [23:07] * Cicada makes a running start, feet only skirting the surface of the water, then leaps into the air. All but gliding through the frosty slient air as she tries to use the leap to gain on his swimming. [23:07] +3 [23:07] (frosty silent air) [23:07] !ex 13 [23:07] Cicada : !ex 13, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 7, 5, 7, 7, 9, 2, 10, 10, Successes : 8 [23:07] {At LAST!] [23:08] * Vanal scowls and keeps his eyes peeled [23:08] * Maris no longer thinks it's a good idea to split them up at all. [23:09] Tell me when I get in range. [23:09] You burst through the brambles into the riverside and fly over it, but somehow, the things swimming matches your own leaping prowess, and you land, only slightly disturbing the snow as you feel you gain on him, though he is now running straight down the riverbank towards the lake in the distance, scurrying on all fours in a attempt not to fall down the slick icy path [23:10] Maris you are leaving Running Hare and Vanal behind? [23:10] * Vanal is making all-sentry like [23:11] * Maris will leave vanal and 4 gaurds behind as planned [23:11] * Storyteller nods [23:11] Irin coming with you? [23:11] And running hare to do the rights [23:11] Yes. [23:11] ok [23:11] * Cicada sets after him in great leaps. Leaping sideways on trees when she gets out of balance to correct her direction. [23:11] You advance down the riverside trail towards the camp in the distance [23:12] +1 stunt [23:12] [Is the beastman heading for the camp as well?] [23:12] apparently, but he's on the wrong side of the river [23:12] Storyteller : !ex 11, 9, 7, 4, 8, 10, 1, 8, 6, 5, 10, 3, Successes : 8 [23:12] !ex 11 [23:12] !ex 11 [23:12] Cicada : !ex 11, 4, 8, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 4, 7, 9, 9, Successes : 4 [23:12] ((the bastard!!)) [23:12] (yea, the bastard) [23:12] Maris, as you advance you see something jumping out of the forest and leaping into the river, and then Cicada leaping after him, flying through the air... [23:13] [is the damn thing within 30 yards?] [23:13] * Maris directs the archers to shoot it down. [23:13] Cicada your constant corrections are definately costing you in this race for ground and time, as it continues it's attempt to gain land on you [23:13] shoot it. [23:13] * Storyteller considers [23:13] too far out of range maris [23:14] Am I in range to intercept ? (maybe shoot it myself ?) [23:14] * Maris will head at a slightly faster pace on his pace then but knows it will be impossible to shoot him. [23:14] Sorry cicada it easily has 70 yards on you [23:14] ((to cach up)) [23:14] (understands. I took my time to get up.) [23:14] they're also on the other side of the river. [23:15] [how much of a renge penalty is that on a throw?] [23:15] * Storyteller rummages for his Exalted book [23:15] ...i'll take that as he's outta my range [23:15] -4 [23:15] I found it. [23:15] soudns right [23:16] [are we within sight of the camp?] [23:16] if you miss.... he'll be out of range completely though. [23:16] * Cicada will not miss. :) [23:16] Yes, it's almost directly across the river now [23:16] okay roll init [23:16] Storyteller : 1d10+8, 5 , Total: 13 [23:16] !roll 1d10+8 [23:16] [Hmmm, cannot kill him entirely then..] [23:17] !roll 1d10 +8 [23:17] Cicada : 1d10 +8, 2 , Total: 2 [23:17] He runs.... [23:17] Storyteller : !ex 8, 7, 9, 4, 8, 8, 7, 4, 3, Successes : 5 [23:17] !ex 8 [23:17] 10 then. *sigh. [23:17] I have range out to 90 yards. [23:17] only time for one swing [23:17] after this turn he will be at 120 yards [23:18] maybe two [23:18] [here it goes, then. Only time for one throw?] [23:18] or you can try running, getting half of your running sux against his [23:18] counts as an additional action [23:18] [stunt time] [23:18] two actions [23:18] either two [23:20] Maris, you arrive just beyond what you consider to be proper distance from the tent city, but it is obvious that they have had this road watched the entire time, as there is a sentry walking back and forth up ahead just under the treeline. [23:21] [how much more time you got] [23:21] * Maris slows down and continues toward the village then activating aura of invulnerability and courageous soldier technique as well. [23:22] ((and I'm already skippin gthe club so a while)) [23:22] [ok] [23:22] * Cicada skims over the snow like the wind itself. As she judge the range and location good, she launches her chakram. It race over the snow leaving a trail of upthrown snow in its wake as it seeks its target. *Chakram-camera on* As is close it flies past the beastman, and then change direction back to Cicada at the exact right moment. Cutting both of his legs at the very arch of its curve. Then it returns the the hand of its caster. [23:22] (run, two throws) [23:22] hm +3 any charms? [23:22] *running will be your first action [23:23] (yep, three motes on each throw for +5) [23:23] so dex + ath [23:23] (personal) [23:23] * Storyteller nods [23:23] !ex 10 (run like the blizzard!) [23:23] Cicada : !ex 10 (run like the blizzard!), 4, 4, 3, 9, 7, 6, 6, 5, 9, 10, Successes : 5 [23:23] it will be just out of range next round. First attack at -1 [23:24] (*sings* she's a maniac...maniac....on the floor...and she's throwing liek she's never thrown before" [23:24] (not the full -4 penalty for range?) [23:24] yes the full -4 pentaly for range as well [23:24] (ok) [23:24] so total -5 penalty [23:25] !ex 9 (first leg goes *sniick*) [23:25] Cicada : !ex 9 (first leg goes *sniick*), 3, 9, 10, 9, 2, 10, 9, 1, 9, Successes : 8 [23:25] ouch [23:25] second attack? [23:25] !ex 8 (second leg goes *riiip*) [23:25] Cicada : !ex 8 (second leg goes *riiip*), 5, 9, 4, 2, 7, 3, 3, 5, Successes : 2 [23:26] it howls in pain as it slows it's running, the thin cuts in the back of it's legs bleeding heavily as it turns to face you........ and then, it leaps into the woods, out of sight [23:27] Storyteller : !ex 5, 7, 5, 1, 10, 5, Successes : 3 [23:27] !ex 5 [23:27] ((with the wounds?)) [23:27] yea [23:27] * Storyteller counted in it's soak [23:27] Maris, are you going to wait for cicada to return? [23:28] * Cicada cannot find it? [23:28] you can try to track it if you want, but it is out of sight. [23:28] first you have to recover the ground lost. [23:28] * Maris just heads into the village. He doesn't have time to waste if it returns to teh village [23:28] * Maris has his charms active and walks with his usual determination [23:28] * Cicada looks over at Maris and the others for some sign as to hunt it or not. [23:29] * Maris nods and motions with his hands for her to follow [23:29] Maris as you approach the village the sentry cries the alarm, but just waits for you to approach, standing in the middle of the path as you come. [23:29] * Maris walks up and says as he comes, "I have come to speak with the chieftains." [23:30] Vanal Running Hare is still speaking an elaborate prayer over the dead shama's grave. [23:30] Maris, the sentry nods roughly at you. [23:30] * Cicada waves back to Maris and vanal, then sets after the beastman, following its trail of blood in the snow. [23:30] "You have more companions?" [23:30] Cicada roll dex + ath [23:30] !ex 10 [23:30] Cicada : !ex 10, 4, 7, 2, 7, 10, 1, 7, 9, 3, 4, Successes : 6 [23:30] then per + survival [23:30] Storyteller : !ex 4, 2, 9, 4, 2, Successes : 1 [23:30] !ex 4 [23:30] !ex 6 [23:30] Cicada : !ex 6, 9, 10, 8, 9, 2, 3, Successes : 5 [23:31] [Okaaaaieee! Now the mojo gets out...] [23:31] You find it's trail easily enough, as it ripped through the woods trying to get away from you... [23:31] * Cicada speeds after it as quickly as she can. [23:31] "Those with me are the one's entering the village." [23:31] * Maris stands and waits for the sentry to show him the way. [23:31] still it is not in sight, and it seems to be trying to cover it's blood as you see only it's footmarks as signs of it's passage [23:31] [maybe we should skim over the hunt and lets the boys play a little?] [23:31] ok [23:32] you want to finish it after your thingy? [23:32] Maris the sentry nods to you. [23:32] "Follow me then." [23:32] Fine with me. I gotta go anyway. So if we could do it like that.] [23:32] sure thing [23:32] * Maris follows [23:32] * Cicada 's player will stay on and logging. Feel free to NPC Cicada if needed. [23:33] * Storyteller nods sagely [23:33] He turns and walks into the camp, past the snow breaks, and through the tent village. You watch as the tribesmen and women watch you and your guard make your way through the village, cooking their food, cleaining their tents. You see worry, and fear, as well as hope as you pass through their village... [23:33] roll per + charisma [23:33] presence that is [23:33] prsence + charisma [23:34] ((Adding dice to make me look powerful)) [23:34] !ex 11 and a will [23:34] Maris : !ex 11 and a will, 10, 7, 6, 10, 2, 8, 5, 3, 3, 9, 9, Successes : 8 [23:35] indeed you are mighty as you slowly make your way through the city to the cheiftans [23:37] eventually you come to a stop before the large hideskin tent, when the sentry stops, and the two guards.. weilding, you notice, rather ornate steel staves with blades on either end, open up the large flap to the tent and wait. Slowly, six chieftans walk out, two by two, and behind them, a man that easily dwarfs you by two feet. His skin is the bronze that shows on their faces, and his long blue-black hair a tangled braid behind him [23:37] He looks at you, unimpressed, as they form a half-circle around you and your men. [23:38] they stand there, waiting for you to speak, as the sentry quickly returns to his post [23:38] * Maris looks at him, "And you are who the tribes have turned to instead then?" [23:38] * Maris stays his imposing his best watching the large man. [23:39] "No. I have no need of their offerings. I have come here in their time of great sorrow, to protect their way of life, and to ensure that they are allowed to follow the ways of their ancestors, and not be ruled over by any weakling who thinks he can take their place." [23:40] "The tribes are best served working together. They will only spend there days in war and pain otherwise. I am glad you do not wish their offerings. They should not have to give them." [23:41] his massive muscles ripple as he listens to your speak. [23:41] "The offerings are their way; I do not need them but others do. It is the way things must be." [23:43] "It does not have to be such a way. Change is better then stagnating traditions that leave them afraid of the smallest spirit lest he decide he does not want their service." [23:44] "The traditions cause them to work together in a way already, they weed out the weak, and ensure that the strong are raised to glory. If it was not for their wars and "petty squabbles", they would become weak and dejected things, unworthy of living. If the spirits do not deserve their worship, if they are wicked and corrupt, than they will be punished; it is their fate. One need not abolish worship completely in order to maintain the divine order." [23:44] ((to maintain the d is where it's cut off)) [23:45] to maintain the divine order." "Indeed, you have them worship yourself in a way, Maris. I do not believe it is the worship which you crave to see ended." [23:47] * Vanal lights up a cigarette as he stands guard [23:47] * Maris looks at the man, "They worship me because they wish too not because I force it upon them. I would help them anyway and not turn on them should they decide I am not worthy of that. It is their right to choose who they worship. But the spirits do not deserve respect. They do little to help the people. Fear is not something they should have to live with." [23:47] The great man laughs. [23:47] "And who am I talking to then?" [23:48] "As you know my name." [23:48] "Fear is part of every man's life. Indeed, you know you must feel it as well." [23:48] "You are quick to disparge the spirits, and yet you have met the firesharks, and work to serve them. Perhaps in the Realm where you are from, then the spirits are less cunning and more good... but they serve their purpose as well." [23:49] "I am Sulayman Hiatro, from the Forest of Inunuoi. The true name of the place you have begun to conquer as your own." [23:50] "The Firesharks do a great thing. They keep the world safe in their service. And I have conquered no one. I have merely talked and listened to. If they did not want me or the change I bring then they wouldn't have listened." [23:50] and been listened even [23:50] He steps forward as he speaks, and the two who had the strange polarms lift two banners, each a great silver boar upon a red field and gold trim. [23:51] * Maris watches him, but does not draw his sword unless the man get's in close range. [23:52] "Indeed, you are wise to construe your actions as such. For if you did not, then I would kill you where you stand! But I have not yet struck you, because yet you may understand the ways of this land. If you understand the ways of this land, then I will allow you to lead these people in my lands, but if you do not, then you must surrender your right to do so forever." [23:52] "And how can I prove that I understand the ways of these lands?" [23:53] "If you can complete my five tasks, then you will have proven your worthiness and ability to percieve the world as is necessary to rule here." [23:53] "And what are tehse five tasks?' [23:54] * Vanal nods to Hare as he finishes the burial and goes to re-group with the group Maris split off [23:54] He smiles. "You will learn of each one as it is given to you, Maris. It is not well put to get ahead of oneself." [23:55] * Maris watches the man, "And don't get ahead of your self. I have not agreed to your terms nor see much reason why I should.' [23:56] he is in close proximity you now, but not threateningly so as he begins to walk restlessly back and forth, looking at you with calculating eyes. [23:56] * Maris has a hand on the hilt of his sword and waits to see what he will say [23:57] (I gotta get myself some sleep...is there anything you might wanan sic on me, M ?" [23:57] ((not at the moment)) [23:57] ((In that case, best of luck, bud, and 'night all)) [23:57] "If you do not completel my tasks, the six will not join you, and they will not leave the lands of their ancestors. If you do not accept my terms, then they will call upon their allies, and then we will all ride against you." [23:57] Goodnight DT [23:58] * Vanal has quit IRC (Quit: "You think you're better than me because of your Spinaroonie ? Well the Spinaroonie has NOTHING on the Jericho Juke and Jive !" *dances spastically*) [23:58] "The 6 tribes? Or do you mean others?" [23:59] "These may only be six tribes, but they have allies outside your influence. And allies within by binds of blood stronger than they have with even you." [23:59] He stops to your left, looking out towards the great lake, upon which you are on the shore of as you speak." [23:59] * Maris looks at him [00:00] * miss_suki has quit IRC (Quit: ) [00:01] He is radiating heat, even in this weather, his arms are not covered, though his chest, and his legs are. The bronzed skin gleams with the light of the sun as you look... [00:01] roll per + awareness [00:01] !ex 5 [00:01] Maris : !ex 5, 8, 4, 7, 9, 9, Successes : 4 [00:02] He is a strong man, and clearly not from normal stock. But would there be a wyld area within the bounds of the isle then? Or what else could it be that gives him his great size and strength.. you think he could throw a horse with muscles like those. [00:03] "And what would you do if I defeated your 5 tasks? [00:04] "Then I would declare you fit to rule the tribes, and the six cheiftans for whom I speak would honor my words." [00:04] "And many more." [00:04] He is still looking out over the lake, as if looking for a sign... [00:05] "And you would fade into the background and let me do so?" [00:05] He laughs with a mighty roar as he turns back to you. [00:06] "You did not even know of me until I showed myself to you, Blooded of the dragons. Where would you have heard of me if I had not shown you my face?" [00:06] [back] [00:06] [wb] [00:06] "I do not doubt your ability to remain unseen. I doubt that you will not continue to intefere." [00:07] He looks at you with one, large, baelful eye. [00:07] "You have my word." [00:07] [let me guess, I am supposed to catch that beastman as a test or something.. *sigh*] [00:08] "I would ask to know one thing first. You call me exalt. Are you one as well?" [00:08] He smiles, a wide, ruful grin. [00:09] "I am many things, Maris. And yes, that is one of them." [00:10] "And what would the first task be then?" [00:10] His face breaks into a grin. [00:11] "Swim with me across this lake, the lake of wiles." [00:12] "show me that you have the endurance and the stamina to withstand the cold, and the strength of mind to withstand the dreams and spirits that dwell in it." [00:13] * Maris stands considering. [00:14] * Maris looks to his gaurds to gauge their reactions of the man and the chieftains as well. Do his gaurds know of him? Do the chieftains fear or respect this man more? [00:15] His two guards know him well, and seem commited to serve him. The cheiftans seem to respect this man to the point where they do not speak, and the people of the village have silenced their children ever since he has left his tent [00:15] My gaurds? [00:16] Respect, but not a little fear. [00:16] Do they seem to know of him? [00:16] yes [00:16] * Maris turns back to the man and undoes the clasp of his cloak. [00:16] "Alright I will do your tasks." [00:17] He nods slowly. "Then we will begin." [00:17] * Maris then removes extraneus gear though he lashes the sword in tight [00:18] He walks to the body of water, ripping of his cloathing as he approaches it, until he is stark naked. Scars cover his body, and he dives into the water, waiting for you to follow. [00:18] [DT left already? Poor Vanal, never getting any fun..] [00:18] [not really anything for him to do, honestly] [00:19] [hey, maybe several could undertake the tests, show us alls ability to rule as a group? :)] [00:19] heh [00:20] allright Cicada lets hunt down your quarry. [00:20] * Maris walks into the water still armored and dives his anima flickering about him still and begins the swim. [00:21] * Cicada speeds after the beastman as fast as she can. But weary of the tricks of planting false tracks and doubling back to ambush and so on. [00:22] +1 stunt, perception + survival [00:22] Storyteller : !ex 6, 4, 10, 10, 3, 7, 7, Successes : 6 [00:22] !ex 6 [00:22] !ex 7 [00:22] Cicada : !ex 7, 9, 9, 9, 5, 4, 1, 3, Successes : 3 [00:22] [the end? Back to Maris? :)] [00:22] Though you try to follow it you realize that you have lost your way... [00:23] I guess you could give up now ;) [00:23] * Cicada curses a little and then heads back towards the encampment. [00:23] Ah well. Back to maris as he swims through the Lake of Wiles [00:24] * Maris grabs a pebble from the water before swims and concentrates on it a moment and begins the swim [00:24] Maris you jump in the icy-cold water, and feel yourself begin to shake at the coldness... but it is not so bad. Even though it is the dead of winter, it still is below freezing. But what causes this effect? You do not know. [00:24] Roll stamina + resistance [00:25] !ex 8 [00:25] Maris : !ex 8, 1, 1, 10, 3, 8, 9, 4, 2, Successes : 4 [00:26] Your strength guides you against the chill of the water and the air above it, as Sulayman shouts from ahead for you to follow [00:26] strength + athletics [00:26] !ex 8 [00:26] Maris : !ex 8, 5, 9, 4, 8, 10, 10, 7, 10, Successes : 9 [00:26] ((smirks)) [00:26] [applause] [00:26] You easily keep up with the great man as you swim across the great lake... [00:26] ((I am an excellent swimmer)) [00:27] As time passes, the rhythmic beating of the sound of your arms crashing into the water begins to quiet your mind... [00:27] roll willpower [00:27] !ex 7 [00:27] Maris : !ex 7, 8, 10, 9, 6, 3, 9, 1, Successes : 5 [00:28] shaking it off though, you continue to swim, and Sulayman yells back words of encouragement to you as he increases the pace of his swim [00:28] Dex + athletics [00:28] !ex 7 [00:28] Maris : !ex 7, 8, 9, 4, 10, 9, 7, 5, Successes : 6 [00:28] ((I'm loving the dice today)) [00:29] Indeed, you easily keep up, until you are halfway across the water and he stops, and begins treding water. [00:29] ((not one non legendary roll yet)) [00:29] * Maris stops and treads waters himself, "Yes?" [00:29] [plenty here. Mojo-hog! :)] [00:29] * miss_suki has joined #pvpexalted [00:30] * Kasumi has joined #pvpexalted [00:30] Heya, folks. [00:30] Gah! that was really odd. [00:30] "Now we shall clear our minds, and wait for a moment, as the power of the lake does it's work. We will wait for a vision from the gods, and then we will know in which way we shall go next. [00:30] (game is on. Please be quiet) [00:30] * Maris does as he asks then [00:30] roll conviction [00:30] !ex 4 [00:30] Maris : !ex 4, 5, 5, 9, 2, Successes : 1 [00:30] ((sigh there goes the record)) [00:31] You wait a minute, and there is nothing as you think softly treading water. Still, you wait.... [00:31] roll again [00:31] !ex 4 Will this time [00:31] Maris : !ex 4 Will this time, 2, 2, 7, 7, Successes : 2 [00:31] As you tread water a mist arises from the water, covering you, until you cannot see. [00:32] Then, the feeling of the water drains from your body, and the exhaustion leaves with the water, until you feel again like you are standing on your feet, in a wall of fog. [00:33] You see a shape in the distance, and know longer feel Sulayman near you. [00:33] * Maris tries to discern what the shape is. [00:33] per + awareness [00:33] !ex 5 [00:33] Maris : !ex 5, 8, 8, 10, 7, 5, Successes : 5 [00:34] ((and the rocking continues)) [00:34] it seems like a shape of a human, a familiar shape, but you cannot be certain [00:34] "Sulayman?" [00:34] * Maris calls out. [00:34] [clearly maris has stolen the mojo from the rebeccas] [00:35] "No," comes a famliar voice, though distroted by the echo of the fog. It sounds like a woman's voice, vaugely familar, but you do not know it. "Who am I?" [00:35] [mine too. It is trying to regenerate, but in vain. Only comes out in random sparks] [00:35] * Maris swims to her, "We will see together." [00:35] [well I guess that means your a rebecca then] [00:36] Maris, you swim through the fog, and as you get closer, you recognize her as Cynis Wisel, and she smiles as the fog things between the two with the difference less. "Maris," she says as her voice becomes clearer "Do you know who I am?" [00:37] "Wisel? How are you here?" [00:37] She laughs [00:37] "I am here as we are all here, Maris. Everyone comes here in time." [00:38] "I don't understand what you mean." [00:38] She laughs and runs away from you, into the fog until she dissapears but for her shape. She calls again, "Maaa-riiiis!" [00:38] * Maris swims after her. [00:39] * Maris tells himself it is a vision and that it is not truly Wisel. [00:39] one sec [00:39] * Maris waits [00:40] You swim through the fog again, closer, and as you get closer, you realize the face has changed... it is no longer Wisel, but Shel Stormwind. [00:40] "Where have you come from?" [00:40] * Maris says as he closes in on her. [00:41] "I have come from where we go when we move on, Maris. I am what will be. I am what you dream of, what you want, what you need. Who am I, Maris?" [00:41] She says as she swims closer and looks into your eyes [00:41] "Who am I?" [00:41] "Why don't you know yourself?" [00:42] * Maris says feeling wary again. [00:42] She laughs again, and pushes herself away, retreating into the fog of the distance [00:42] * Maris follows her [00:43] She spins as you do, her face changing into the face of the anathema you slept with, thinking it was her. "Now who am I, Maris? Now what do you feel? What do you remember? What do you yearn for, strive for, die for?" [00:44] "Your the one who tricked me. Made me turn on my friends. Made me think you were Shel. What are you here for?!" [00:44] * Maris swims after her trying to catch her [00:45] [oh dear, why is the soundtrack 'Ode to the Wind' from Lodoss War, which is playing right now, just so damn appropriate? :)] [00:45] "I am here to make you remember. To make you remember why you are who you are," she laughs, stopping her swimming as you grab her arm. "What do you want, Maris? How do you remember who I am?" [00:47] "I...I don't know but I know of your treachery now!! You made me betray my friends, my world. We wouldn't be here now if it wasn't for your magic!!" [00:48] She laughs, softly. [00:48] "Do you konw where I am?" [00:48] * Maris has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer) [00:48] awww [00:48] ;) [00:48] Baaaaaad timing. [00:48] * Maris has joined #pvpexalted [00:48] -> [storyteller] PING [00:48] wb [00:48] She laughs, softly. [00:48] "Do you konw where I am?" [00:48] "Dead! Your dead!!" [00:49] * Maris attempts to get her in a choke hold. [00:49] She pulls you closer to her, and then her eyes widen in fear as you begin to strangle her [00:49] "I'll kill you again if I have to!!" [00:50] * Maris yells as he attempts to do so. [00:50] she chokes under your hands, struggling [00:50] her hands on yours, trying to pull them away [00:51] but her grasp becomes weaker, and weaker [00:51] * Maris will release the hold a little hands less tight, "Tell me why you are here and I will spare you!" [00:51] she smiles, and laughs, dissapearing into mist in your hands, dissapering into the fog that surrounds you [00:52] * suki has joined #pvpexalted [00:52] * Maris yells out into the fog like a beast unchained and says as he finishes, "Why Have i been brought here?!!!" [00:53] * miss_suki has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer) [00:54] you feel two hands, two famliar hands running down your chest, running down your legs, into your pants, hands you have felt not long ago, as a voice you know all to well whispers into your ear "Why did you come here, maris? Why don't you kill him on the shore, Why did you kill them when they only watched? Why won't you tell me how you feel?" [00:55] * Maris treads water and thinks about it all trying to connect it. He knows his loves were brought here. And the anathema. The truth was now in his head and he knew Shel for what she was. He shakes his head and wishes he had been stronger. [00:55] she laughs silently. "That's not who I am." [00:56] she grips you tighter, running her hands over your hard, exhausted muscles [00:56] "Stay here a while, Maris. Learn. Live. Love." [00:57] "He is not my enemy now. The shaman was a fool to spy on me. I thought he was an exalt. And I feel tired but I must not fail. I will keep my friends safe. I will get them home." [00:57] the voice is that of Irin's [00:57] "Irin you should not be here. Go away. Back to the shore." [00:57] * Maris says to her. [00:58] "I can't go away, Maris. I need you. I love you now. You made me. I can't help it. Can't you see that? Can't you believe that?" [00:59] * Kasumi has quit IRC (Ping timeout) [00:59] "I don't know who you are. You change shape like the mist. I am sorry if I made you but if you love me you will tell me what I need to know and allow me to finish the tasks. If I die in these Sulayman will be a threat to the others. [01:00] Her grip is like a vise now, but it doesn't hurt. It feels good. the pain feels so good. And the light, the light is so soft, so soothing flitering through the white mist. [01:00] "But you'll come back, won't you?" she asks, a completely new voice now. A strong voice, a voice you've never heard. "You'll come to us, in the end?" [01:00] * Kasumi has joined #pvpexalted [01:01] she nibbles on your ear as she loosens the sword around your waist [01:01] "I can't promise that. I have much to do, much to protect. You can come with me. [01:02] * Maris treads with one hand and grabs the sword [01:02] "We can't go, Maris. Nobody can go once we're here." [01:02] "Why is that?" [01:02] she laughs and starts working on your whole pants [01:02] "Because it's the end here, Maris. You can't go forward from the end." [01:02] * Maris kicks off from her trying to back away. [01:02] "Then go backward." [01:02] You knock her off you, and she smiles. [01:02] * Maris backs up from her. [01:03] "Maybe one day. Maybe when those who cannot die stop dreaming. Maybe when the world has all joined again as one. But that will be a long time, Maris. Can you wait that long?" [01:04] "I will die one day. But I do not wish it now nor will I ever. I will wait until I am done. [01:05] "Then I will be there for you," she breathes, and you are again in the water, floating next to Sulayman. He is watching you intently from the side, with his big dirty-red eyes [01:05] * Maris shakes his head and looks at him, "And what was that?" [01:06] He just smiles. [01:06] "Which way do we go?" [01:06] * Maris turns in the water and looks around the lake to try and see if he recognizes anything from the vision or if anything stands out. [01:07] there was nothing in the vision, Maris. nothing in the vision but women and water. [01:07] and light. [01:07] ANything of note in the surrounding water? [01:07] surrounding shore even [01:07] the sun is above you; straight above you. It is noon, and looking around you there is a golden light from it's reflection on the crests of the waves [01:07] And did the light come from anywhere? [01:08] it was a indiffuse light [01:08] around the shore there is nothing but trees and snow. In the east there is a great mountain; in the north a great plan, and you think, perhaps, something huge. But you cannot isee it. In the west, there is more trees, more woods; but that is a pine forest, where before it had been deciduous [01:09] * Kasumi has quit IRC (Quit: ) [01:09] Which way is the village? [01:09] back the way you came, south. [01:10] "You wanted to cross the damn lake let's cross the damn lake." Internally he decides on it as it reminds him of the emptyness of the dream. [01:10] * Maris heads north [01:10] He smiles, and follows [01:11] stamina + resistance for the water is cold again now [01:11] !ex 8 [01:11] Maris : !ex 8, 9, 1, 2, 9, 4, 3, 1, 1, Successes : 2 [01:11] ((damn)) [01:11] still it isn't that cold. You can continue, though the water begins to sap at your strength [01:11] stamina + athletics [01:12] !ex 8 [01:12] Maris : !ex 8, 6, 9, 3, 5, 8, 8, 9, 9, Successes : 5 [01:12] indeed, you have no problem settling into a slow, easy stroke that takes you through the water, Sulayman following without complaint at your side. [01:13] just going to finish the swim in silent meditation? [01:13] "What the hell was that vision Sulayman?" [01:13] "Didn't you recieve one as well?" [01:13] Sulayman shrugs as he swims. [01:14] "I saw a vision my first time. Only my first time. I still remember it..." he sighs. [01:14] "What spirits lie below this lake?" [01:14] ((wait If he's going to continue to speak I'll not say anything)) [01:16] "Good spirits and Dark ones, alas. You are right, Maris, partially. Some of the spirits here are corrput and useless, and some of them are good. But there are other spirits that dwell here, spirits that serve Fallen Tounge. Which is which none can say anmore, though that was not always the case. It may be that, in time, the firesharks and the thunderbirds shall also serve the dark one; but I pray that day never comes to pass." [01:17] "I would join you in that prayer. [01:17] * Maris says as he swims [01:17] "Can i ask you what your vision was?" [01:18] He gives thanks to you and then continues "The spirits in this lake are as inscrutiable as any other. But once, they were good, and gave visions that would tell a man what he should do. Steeped in riddles and msytery. But that was long ago. My vision was of the stars, falling from the sky. And each star that fell gave rise to a house, and there were 13 hours. But I do not understand the meaning of that vision, for I have never seen 13 houses like those." [01:18] ((never seen 13)) [01:18] houses like those." [01:19] "What did they look like?" [01:20] ((13 hours? Or houses)) [01:20] houses [01:20] ((damn only 11 dynast houses.)) [01:20] "How long ago was this?" [01:20] "They were made of fire and wood, ebony and jade. Their steeples were crowned with ice and their hallways were filled with gold, and everywhere there was blood." [01:21] "Long ago, so long ago. I have lost track of the years, but there were a great many of them." [01:22] * Maris tries not to think about the age as he goes, "Lost loves, betrayers and new loves as well. Women in the fog asking me to join them." [01:22] he nods.; [01:22] "And do you know what you must do?" [01:23] he has settled into a sidestroke, his strong legs kicking behindhim as the shore looms near [01:24] "I have ideas. But they were confusing. I am unsure of what they wanted. I learned things about myself and hopefully I will go the way that is nessessary." [01:24] * suki has quit IRC (Quit: ) [01:25] "For now I need to finish your tasks." [01:25] "yes. Yes. Ah. we have arrived." he says, putting his massive legs down, and apparently standing on shore. [01:25] He grins. [01:25] "Let us hurry then. For the day is short." [01:25] * Maris stands himself. [01:25] "You going to tell me the next one?" [01:26] * Maris says as he walks through the water to the shore. [01:26] He points to the shape in the distance; you think it might be the silhilloute of the castle. [01:26] "We run there." [01:26] * Maris nods [01:26] "Well it should be interesting to say the least." [01:26] "And then we will put up your flag." [01:26] He says as he begins to jog, water glistening off his naked form [01:26] "Haven't had one made quite yet Sulayman." [01:26] * Maris follows [01:26] roll stamina + resistance [01:27] !ex 8 [01:27] Maris : !ex 8, 6, 3, 5, 3, 1, 10, 8, 2, Successes : 3 [01:27] roll stamina + endurance [01:27] !ex 7 Willpower [01:27] Maris : !ex 7 Willpower, 4, 4, 3, 7, 2, 5, 9, Successes : 2 [01:27] roll strength + athletics [01:27] !ex 8 [01:27] Maris : !ex 8, 1, 4, 3, 9, 5, 8, 4, 6, Successes : 2 [01:27] ((damn)) [01:28] You make your way there, but slowly. Once, you think you will almost freeze to death, but Sulayman picks you up and you keep running. Apparently, his long hair is protection enough for him. He must certainly be an Exalt. [01:29] * Maris does his best not wishing to appear weak and wanting to finish the tasks [01:29] an hour later you come to the massive stone walls of the castle, each rock the size of house [01:29] you jog alongside the walls until you come to a gate, and it being open you go in [01:30] the stones are covered with dust, and rubble, and you look around you, for it certainly could be no smaller than three miles in bredth [01:30] * Maris keeps an eye out and tries to not slow him down. "An immense place." [01:30] but once inside the cold winds subside, though the frigid temperatures remain, and you are glad that you have dried from the running [01:31] otherwise you should certainly freeze when you slowed your pace [01:32] "Where are we headed in it?" [01:32] "It is. But you should have seen it when it was still alive. Each stone glistening from being polished every morning and every night. The streets bustling with people, the markets filled with fish." he sighs. "We will go to the tower. And there we shall fly your flag." [01:34] * Maris nods and looks for the tower, "You could of warned me I'd need a flag." [01:34] he walks along the great roads of the city, looking down the streets as he passes them, the alleys as if he remembers them. [01:34] "Do you know why the demon was bound here?" [01:34] * Maris says as they walk [01:35] "Every Exalt has a flag. The gods made even the Terrestrials with a banner, an icon that tells you what they are," [01:35] "True. But it will not stay longer then I am there. It doesn't wish to leave my side." [01:36] "The demon was bound here because they did not think they could seal it away. It slept, and rather than wake it to inform it of it's new impronment, they thought it better to trap it and to drain it's power, ensuring that it never woke. Fools they were, they never realized that such things dream, and it is the dream alone that is the source of their power." [01:37] "Then you will see the wonder of the flag room. Truly it is great. Come ,it is not far." he says as he quickens his pace. [01:37] * Maris follows [01:37] "Can the demon be bound now? Or destroyed?" [01:37] You come to the center of the city, but long before it you could see a glowing figure at the top of the central tower. A glowing figure of a boar, pure silver. [01:38] "Your flag?" [01:38] * Maris says as they travel [01:38] "It is bound, as far as I know. And I would not drag it awake long enough to destroy it's dreams." [01:38] He nods slowly. [01:38] "Indeed, I think that if I should enter the chamber of tears it should rip me apart as well." [01:39] "There is a way to deal with it. Not sure what it is yet but I'll discover it eventually." [01:39] He laughs [01:40] "And where will you find it? Not in all the books of the Realm, I tell you. The great solars wrote for millenia, and in not a single book did they write how to destroy a being such as this. [01:40] * Maris looks at him, "Do you know of an Exalt named Red Bloom?" [01:40] you are only a block away now, as you enter the building. [01:40] He shakes his head no. [01:41] "But I am young. There were many Exalts in the First Age I did not have the chance to meet." [01:41] "If they were so great they would have known better then to try and bind this demon here. COuld there be a way to strengthen the firesharks to contain the Demon?" [01:43] He steps into the grand tower, and what you have before you is a practice in broken splendor. The great glass murals have been shattereed, the crystal chandaliers fallen to the floor. The golden doors have long since tarnished, and all that remains is the jade staircase, reaching in a spiral as far as you can see until a platform at the top. [01:43] * Maris begins to climb it then. [01:44] "If there is, I do not know of it. And I would not belitttle the minds of the solars either. Though they were flawed," he says as he steps up the stairs along with you, spiral after spiral of the broken majesty "They were great at what they did. And destroying demons is what they did." [01:45] "Then they should have destroyed this one. Can it's tainted dreams be cleansed from the island?" [01:45] * Maris keeps going [01:45] Finally you come to the top of the room, and in it is a iron pole, and along that pole runs through the ceiling, and then through the stone ceiling, out of sight. [01:46] * Maris walks into the room, "The Flag Pole?" [01:46] he nods. [01:46] "What do I do?" [01:46] * Maris says as he walks to it. [01:46] Grab onto it, and channel your essence. As much as you can, and then it will hold." [01:46] * Maris grabs onto it and begins channeling his essence into it as best he can. [01:47] strangely, though you channel as much essence as you can, your anima banner never activates. [01:48] "Hmph" he says with a grunt. "Is that all?" [01:48] * Maris waits until he is either out of motes or he says something. [01:48] "What the dragon blooded lack in sheer power they make up for in elegance." [01:49] He laughs [01:49] * Maris says as he finishes. [01:49] ((out of motes then I'm guessing)) [01:49] yeap [01:49] "Very well then, lets go outside and have a look." [01:49] * Maris does so then [01:51] where before there was a silver boar, there is now the rampaging fire of your anima, in the shame of the sign of Fire, which you can of course find in your Exalted main book if you care to look at that iconic thing [01:51] ((I"m water though)) [01:51] ah [01:51] god damn my bloody sleepyness [01:51] * Storyteller grabs the whiteout, sprays it on the computer screen [01:52] (the "shame" that is one of the better typos I have ever seen. Showing your Anathema sympathies, eh GH?) [01:52] what goddamnit all my typos always shit to the closest word [01:52] ;) [01:52] which makes for rather amusing typos I suppose [01:53] ((guess so)) [01:53] * Storyteller blames his brain [01:53] "And the next task Suleyman?" [01:53] Anyhow I know what I want the third quest to be, but Jynaru isn't here. sigh. [01:53] He needs to be here for that? [01:53] where be tat Lazy Fiat Victrix [01:53] I'd think so [01:54] I can NPC him if I have to [01:54] You are running to the mountain now? Oh dear... [01:54] heh [01:54] * Maris sighs at all this damn running [01:54] Actually you probably are exhausted and need to rest. [01:54] [Does this mean I can talk?] [01:55] It would be a good idea to sleep here where there is shelter, perhaps.... [01:55] * Maris will not say such to Suleyman only ask where he need's to go next. [01:55] * Storyteller nods [01:56] * Storyteller sighs [01:56] how about later? [01:56] mkay [01:56] [The clock next to me says 5 minutes to ***** wakes up. But my presence is not really needed anyway, I suppose] [01:56] * Storyteller shouldn't have kept you away from your big-busted bishojo anime [01:57] * Maris shakes his head [01:57] Eh it's fine [01:57] ;) [01:57] Eh, what anime..? [01:57] Louie the Run soldier actually [01:57] Ah. [01:57] the last two or three episodes [01:57] That one. [01:57] Rune even [01:57] * Storyteller 'll relax a bit and then he's going to hit the hay. try going to sleep now and i'll proabably dream of jynaru making love to sheep [01:58] * Jydan dances the "I can't talk" dance. [01:58] * Cicada has no idea how many episodes there are. She is just watching it on TV. [01:58] * Maris nods [01:58] I'll talk to yall later [01:58] cya [01:58] Goon night [01:58] Bye. [01:58] Good even [01:58] Thank goodness. Being quiet this long is kinda painful. [01:58] * Cicada has quit IRC (Quit: I fall. Like the sands of time. Like some broken rhyme. At feet no longer there.) [01:59] * Storyteller wishes he got XP for STing [01:59] hehe [01:59] you get to see us grow and change [01:59] * Storyteller woudl buy whatever comes after ace-test-without-studying prana [02:00] and kick our asses when you feel like it [02:00] yea [02:00] * Storyteller shrugs [02:00] I'd totally love to know what comes after that. [02:00] later [02:00] * FiatVictrix has joined #pvpexalted [02:00] I guess you could argue that i'm getting XP in real life ;) [02:00] woah [02:00] waoh [02:00] ah there he is [02:00] fiat's here [02:00] now you can do that scene with fait [02:00] goddamn you fiat and your mojo [02:01] It's a love scene, so break out the barf bag. [02:01] [I'll be quiet now.] [02:01] * Storyteller will definately dream of jynaru making love with sheep now [02:01] I thought someone turned on the bat-signal. [02:01] * Maris looks to Suleyman, "And the third Test?" [02:02] "Go to the east, and you will find a man there living with the sheep. You must go there, and you must fight this man, so that you will learn what it is like.. to loose." [02:03] * Maris looks at him, "Your not coming?" [02:03] he shakes his head. [02:03] "The flag has changed. They will think I am dead, and come for vengence. [02:03] * Maris sighs at the thought of losing, "And After I lose what will I do?" [02:03] "I must convince them otherwise." [02:03] "Return here." [02:04] * Maris nods [02:04] "And if you don't try to win..." [02:04] "I will return soon. And I always try to win. There is no point otherwise." [02:04] He laughs. [02:04] "Very well then, good luck to you." [02:04] * Maris heads east ready to go lose. [02:05] * Maris goes as fast as he can manage [02:06] Maris you travel long, but it is an odd travel [02:06] Because the steps you take are not a normal step, but as a mile [02:06] * Maris does not understand but continues nonetheless. [02:06] it is strange to walk here, as if the world has been bent in twain so that you could travel faster [02:07] Eventually you come to a grassy field, and this is strange, you see, because it's the middle of winter, and everywhere along the grassy field there are blocks of ice reaching high into the sky [02:07] But here, there is grass, green grasss, and sheep. [02:08] * Maris walks into it and looks for the man he must find [02:08] roll per + awareness [02:08] !ex 5 [02:08] Maris : !ex 5, 8, 10, 7, 1, 6, Successes : 4 [02:08] * FiatVictrix is now known as Jynaru [02:08] Jynaru, roll wits + stealth [02:08] !ex 6 [02:08] Jynaru : !ex 6, 1, 8, 1, 7, 1, 7, Successes : 3 [02:09] roll per + awareness [02:09] ((me?)) [02:09] jynaru [02:09] ((ah)) [02:10] !ex 5 [02:10] Jynaru : !ex 5, 3, 2, 10, 7, 7, Successes : 4 [02:10] Maris, you see many sheep, and there is something among them [02:11] * Maris heads for it at a trot hoping it is the man. [02:11] but you cannot see it, because all the sheep look like they belong [02:11] "Hey who's out there?" [02:12] * Maris goes into the herd and looks for it. [02:12] "Baaaaaah." [02:12] "baaaaaah" [02:12] ((can I recognize the first was not a sheep?)) [02:13] what's your essence [02:13] ((2)) [02:13] no [02:13] * Maris continues looking [02:13] "Hey is there a Man out here!" [02:13] "I'm here to talk with you!" [02:13] * Maris keeps looking [02:13] "baaaaaah" [02:14] [Oh good Lord. Jyn in the field with sheep? Why am I feeling this was all inspired by an acid trip?] [02:14] * Jynaru will use his stealthy nature to follow Maris. [02:14] "Maaaaaaaybaaaaaah." [02:14] ((can i hear that?)) [02:14] now THAT you hear... [02:14] "What the hell?" [02:14] "baaaaaah" [02:14] "baaaaaah" [02:14] * Maris turns around to find the sound [02:14] "baaaaaaa-aaaaaah" [02:15] "Baaaaaaah" [02:15] * Maris looks for where the Maybe came from)) [02:15] perception + awareness [02:15] !ex 5 Will [02:15] Maris : !ex 5 Will, 2, 1, 10, 2, 3, Successes : 2 [02:16] * Maris looks for the man [02:16] Your able to narrow it down to one of three sheep [02:16] "baaaaaah" [02:16] "baaaaaah" [02:17] * Maris heads to the first sheep to make sure it is really a sheep [02:17] "Baaaaaah" [02:17] it looks like a sheep [02:17] * Maris grabs it and checks the fur. [02:17] it seems attached [02:17] * Maris drops it and goes for the next to do the same [02:17] "baaaa-aaaa-aaaaaah" [02:18] the sheep runs away [02:18] * Maris tackles the stubborn thing then [02:18] Bahhh!" - seems to be a sheep [02:18] * Maris goes for the last then [02:18] "Baaaaaah?" [02:19] * Maris will grab it and check the fur to make sure it is a sheep [02:19] that's not a sheep... [02:19] "What in the hell?" [02:19] * Maris lifts it to see what it is. [02:19] It's... [02:19] Jynaru! [02:19] "Jynaru what the hell are you doing here?!" [02:20] * Jynaru stands up slowly. [02:20] "Baaaah? I mean... I'm being a sheperd." [02:20] "And your the only man here then?" [02:20] you haven't seen each other since that meeting hikari posted on the group [02:21] "As far as I know. Unless there's somebody else with even better stealth." [02:21] "And what the hell are you doing spending time being a sheperd when we're stuck on this damn island!" [02:21] * Maris sighs at the answer. [02:21] "What the hell are you doing fondling my sheep?" [02:21] "Well we have to fight then." [02:21] * Maris stretches and get's into his boxing pose after taking off his claws. [02:22] * Jynaru shrugs. "And why is that? You have a hunger for tenderized mutton?" [02:22] "My apoligies but this is all for the best." [02:22] * Maris will then clock Jyn in the face. [02:22] dex + brawl [02:22] !ex 12 [02:22] Maris : !ex 12, 1, 6, 9, 4, 4, 5, 4, 6, 1, 1, 8, 8, Successes : 3 [02:22] ((egads that sucks)) [02:23] 3 sux [02:23] roll damage [02:23] !ex 8 [02:23] Maris : !ex 8, 10, 7, 7, 1, 2, 7, 10, 9, Successes : 8 [02:23] (It's all about soak charm. [02:23] Jynaru soak? [02:23] (I'm assuming that I'm not in armor as I'm sheperding?) [02:24] yea [02:24] Maris are you using lethal punch techinuqe? [02:24] or whatever the charm is called [02:24] * Maris shakes his head. This is Jyn. No point in making this deadly. [02:24] ok [02:24] jyn soak bashing [02:24] (4 motes for a total of 9 bashing soak.) [02:25] Ok, Maris punches Jynaru in the face, giving him a black eye (1 B) [02:25] "THe hell was that for?" [02:25] "Like I said it's for the best." [02:26] * Maris will then jab for the face, rap him in the chest, follow with a right hook, and finish with an uppercut [02:26] "baaaaaaah" [02:26] roll init [02:26] !rool 1d10+13 [02:26] !roll 1d10+13 [02:26] Maris : 1d10+13, 5 , Total: 18 [02:26] !roll 1d10+10 [02:26] Jynaru : 1d10+10, 5 , Total: 15 [02:27] Jynaru abort to dodge? [02:27] (Full dodge.) [02:27] (Anima effect goes up as well.) [02:27] Maris make your attack -4 -5 -6 -7 [02:27] !ex 8 [02:27] Maris : !ex 8, 6, 7, 2, 2, 1, 7, 10, 8, Successes : 5 [02:27] !ex 7 [02:27] Maris : !ex 7, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 5, Successes : 4 [02:27] !ex 6 [02:27] Maris : !ex 6, 8, 7, 7, 1, 7, 8, Successes : 5 [02:27] !ex 5 [02:27] Maris : !ex 5, 2, 8, 1, 1, 5, Successes : 1 [02:27] dodges jynaru [02:28] !ex 13 [02:28] Jynaru : !ex 13, 4, 1, 9, 9, 1, 2, 8, 4, 1, 1, 9, 4, 4, Successes : 4 [02:28] !ex 12 [02:28] Jynaru : !ex 12, 8, 2, 8, 6, 8, 5, 4, 9, 4, 2, 8, 6, Successes : 5 [02:28] !ex 11 [02:28] Jynaru : !ex 11, 9, 2, 9, 4, 7, 2, 6, 8, 8, 9, 1, Successes : 6 [02:28] !ex 10 [02:28] Jynaru : !ex 10, 3, 3, 9, 2, 1, 9, 8, 2, 10, 10, Successes : 7 [02:28] ..... [02:28] ((nice)) [02:28] Less dice = more sux? [02:28] * Storyteller shrugs [02:28] dunno [02:28] !ex 6 [02:28] Maris : !ex 6, 3, 1, 8, 4, 4, 2, Successes : 1 [02:29] jynaru soak? [02:29] * Jynaru can't starmetal it, so my natural 3 bashing is good enough. [02:29] maris declare how many dice you are going to roll so jynaru can decide how many dice he wants to risk soaking [02:29] next round [02:29] ah k [02:29] !roll 1d10+10 [02:29] Jynaru : 1d10+10, 10 , Total: 20 [02:30] !roll 1d10+9 [02:30] Maris : 1d10+9, 1 , Total: 10 [02:30] ((sigh forgot to minus as I'm not wearing the claws)) [02:30] ((heh)) [02:31] * Jynaru completes the backflip from the face-jab, hits ground, and dives for Maris, swinging around behind him with Maris's left arm in his grasb, to link his arms around mari's torso and grab the last arm, slamming Maris to the ground face first as he squeezes on Maris's carotid arteries. [02:31] (That should be legs, not arms. Sorry.) [02:32] +3 stunt [02:32] (If you know amateur wrestling, it's a full nelson/bodyscissors.) [02:32] Maris? [02:32] [member you can stunt the dodge] [02:32] ((can I parry that with my fists? Or just kick him in the face?)) [02:33] well you can parry it with your fists unless jynaru is using lethal fist technique [02:33] you could also just kick him in the face [02:33] but only AFTER he slmaed you to the ground [02:33] And squeezed your neck with Lethal intent. [02:33] * Jynaru is indeed using the charm what lets me do lethal. [02:34] * Jynaru 'll let that off when Maris starts to doze off from a lack of blood to the brain. [02:35] * Maris will deflect the afore mentioned tackle with a sidestep and backhand to the shoulder hoping to hit Jyn hard enough to knock off his second attack. He'll use his charm so he can parry lethal [02:35] !ex 14 [02:35] Jynaru : !ex 14, 3, 3, 5, 6, 9, 5, 7, 3, 9, 4, 5, 5, 4, 1, Successes : 3 [02:35] !ex 12 [02:35] Maris : !ex 12, 8, 5, 1, 7, 3, 5, 8, 10, 7, 3, 2, 5, Successes : 6 [02:35] Whoa... [02:36] * Jynaru blames the enter key. [02:36] * Jynaru gets 14 by adding conviction so you're aware, GH. [02:36] !roll 1d10+9 [02:36] Maris : 1d10+9, 4 , Total: 13 [02:36] Maris outmojos the Jynaru, and so the attack fails. Unfortunately, Maris' backhand did no damage because he aborted to parry [02:36] !roll 1d10+10 [02:36] Jynaru : 1d10+10, 6 , Total: 16 [02:36] Jynaru's action [02:38] * Jynaru spins around from the backhand, lashing out with his heels as he claps them on both sides of Maris's head, using the forward motion from the tackle and a sudden fullbody twist to send Maris spinning off in the air with a wrenched neck. [02:38] (That's a throw, if you're blinded by the stuntage.) [02:38] +2 [02:38] maris? [02:39] * Maris twists his right and left hands and slams them outward into Jynaru's legs ending the inertia of the throw and hopefully doing some damage to the feet as well. [02:40] ((you use lethal I'll parry it.)) [02:40] +2 stunt [02:40] ((I'll get the thinga majig even [02:40] !ex 13 (Wp conviction) [02:40] Jynaru : !ex 13 (Wp conviction), 9, 3, 2, 6, 7, 7, 2, 4, 1, 2, 10, 10, 9, Successes : 8 [02:40] !ex 14 [02:40] Maris : !ex 14, 2, 5, 9, 9, 2, 6, 4, 6, 3, 6, 7, 1, 6, 5, Successes : 3 [02:40] (Not lethal. It's a throw.) [02:40] ((mkay [02:40] ((sigh)) [02:41] Wow... it worked. Lemme grab book on how throws work. [02:41] 5 sux, maris goes flying wherever Jynaru pointed [02:41] "baaaaaaah" [02:41] ((Sigh.)) [02:41] "baaaaaaah" [02:41] "baaaaaaah-ram-uuuuuuue" [02:42] Away from the sheep. [02:42] * Jynaru must protect the sheep. [02:42] {If you've not already been shot for that, I hope it happens soon. ;) } [02:42] Maris goes flying up the hill away from the sheep, sumersaulting in the air to land on his feet with a crushing of grass underneath [02:43] So... now he's got to make a reflexive wits+ath at diff 2... [02:43] roll it maris [02:43] And if he fails he takes... 5 bashing. [02:43] !ex 6 [02:43] Maris : !ex 6, 9, 4, 1, 7, 9, 1, Successes : 3 [02:43] nice [02:43] * Jynaru approves. [02:43] * Maris set's himself and readies for his next attack [02:44] init [02:44] !roll 1d10+9 [02:44] Maris : 1d10+9, 9 , Total: 18 [02:44] !roll 1d10+10 [02:44] Jynaru : 1d10+10, 3 , Total: 13 [02:44] Maris, go. [02:45] "baaaaaaaaaah" [02:46] "baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa [02:46] (If I club Maris with a sheep, is it lethal?) [02:46] * Maris will charge Jyn and leap at him as they get in range shoving both fists into Jynaru's Unprotected gullet. Hopefully they'll both hit the ground and Maris will attempt a grapple and clinch with Jynaru using his size and weight to his advantage. [02:46] probably but you'll sufer penalties. [02:46] +3 [02:46] ((Is that two or one attacks?)) [02:47] (Abort to dodge in my fine dodging manner. [02:47] reflexive dex + ath, then one attack, then grapple attack [02:47] !ex 10 Jump [02:47] Maris : !ex 10 Jump, 9, 7, 5, 6, 3, 5, 7, 7, 10, 8, Successes : 7 [02:47] (Do I dodge the jump?) [02:48] no [02:48] !ex 15 Double fists of Doom!!!! [02:48] Maris : !ex 15 Double fists of Doom!!!!, 4, 10, 3, 3, 7, 1, 1, 9, 6, 2, 3, 2, 8, 3, 7, Successes : 6 [02:48] ((sigh)) [02:48] that you can dodge [02:48] * Jynaru leaps up into the air, rolling his body over Maris's, marking a specific spot on Maris's leg he's going to take out once the flying torpedo lands. [02:49] +2 [02:49] ((yeah yeeah. After we reroll init full dodge buy)) [02:49] !ex 14 [02:49] Jynaru : !ex 14, 3, 8, 8, 8, 3, 3, 1, 2, 9, 7, 5, 3, 3, 8, Successes : 6 [02:49] ((boy even)) [02:49] * Maris feels very annoyed [02:49] Maris roll grapple [02:50] !ex 9 [02:50] Maris : !ex 9, 6, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 7, 9, 10, Successes : 4 [02:50] jynaru dodge [02:50] "baaaaah?!?" [02:50] "baaaaaaaaah!" [02:51] * Jynaru contorts wildly around maris's hands, rolling off of maris, to the ground, under a sheep and then to his feet. [02:51] +3 [02:51] !ex 14 [02:51] Jynaru : !ex 14, 3, 7, 2, 5, 6, 8, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 6, 6, Successes : 2 [02:51] * Storyteller is very amused [02:51] (This is highly illogical.) [02:51] Maris Jynaru is now in your arms [02:51] Init? [02:51] {Under a sheep? That's a twist.} [02:52] Hasve to start the clinch next turn? [02:52] maris gets to roll Str+Brawl in damage isn't it? [02:52] Yeah, St+2 on the first turn, then it's as init. [02:52] ok roll STR+2 damage maris [02:52] !ex 7 [02:52] Maris : !ex 7, 6, 10, 1, 9, 1, 2, 3, Successes : 3 [02:52] soak jynaru? [02:53] * Jynaru can soak that normally down to one. [02:53] ok [02:53] ((6 bashing soak?)) [02:53] ((crap again with the not roll it) [02:53] (you got three sux.) [02:54] roll init [02:54] (I have before charmusage three soak. yay me.) [02:54] !roll 1d10+10 [02:54] Jynaru : 1d10+10, 7 , Total: 17 [02:54] !roll 1d10+9 [02:54] Maris : 1d10+9, 7 , Total: 16 [02:54] jynaru ? [02:54] The question I have is can you split your pool with clinches? [02:55] * Storyteller rubs his chin thoughtfully [02:55] no [02:56] * Disconnected [02:58] * Rejoined channel #pvpexalted [02:58] * Jynaru assumes the Form of the Raging Tiger as Maris squeezes, hunching down into the familiar stance before bringing his arms and legs up... [02:58] ((is that a charm?)) [02:58] * Jynaru 's charm acion for the moment. [02:58] (Yep. It raises soak.) [02:58] (I checked, and it's allowed.) [02:58] ((which one is that?)) [02:58] Tiger Form. [02:59] Or if you prefer I can break loose and THEN assume the Tiger Form. [02:59] What, is it simple or something? [02:59] Yeah. [02:59] Simple. [02:59] break free first, that's your action for the turn, being unable to split your action when using a simple charm. [03:00] Ahhh... [03:00] or you can simply activate the charm and let maris crush you [03:00] I believe I'll not let him crush me. [03:01] ((ahhh)) [03:01] ok revise your stunt [03:01] * Jynaru brings up both hands and feet, slamming them into Maris's chest with the insanely powerful force of the Crimson Cat Wreathed in Rising Flames. [03:02] In other words, I'm using that to add to the distance I get for busting loose. [03:02] +1 then [03:02] Maris? [03:02] {Alright, goodnight folks. Good luck, sheep.} [03:02] !ex 9 [03:02] Jynaru : !ex 9, 7, 9, 10, 1, 5, 8, 3, 8, 4, Successes : 6 [03:02] It's a contested ST+ MA/brawl roll if I remember right [03:02] cya jydan [03:02] He gets to roll Dex or brawl. [03:03] If he wishes to. [03:03] * Jydan has quit IRC (Quit: "Everything in the universe contains flaws, ourselves included. Even God does not attempt perfection in His creations. Only mankind has such foolish arrogance." -- Cogitor Kwyna) [03:03] hm k [03:03] * Maris will hold onto the slippery character as best he can slamming him down on the ground when his feet leave it in an attempt to change his momentum [03:03] +2 [03:03] ((and no it's dex and brawl but yeah no strength)) [03:03] !ex 11 [03:03] Maris : !ex 11, 2, 3, 7, 3, 8, 4, 8, 2, 7, 9, 5, Successes : 5 [03:04] * Jynaru still busts loose. [03:04] Allright Jynaru breaks free..... [03:04] Maris' action I believe [03:04] The reason I say dex or brawl is that's how it says it in the book. [03:04] i'll look at it when I find my book... it's went AWOL [03:04] Gets a reflexive Dex or Martial Arts roll to resist. [03:04] That or being the important thing. [03:05] hmh [03:05] and that means it is maris' turn [03:06] * Jynaru also just jumped... jesus... 17 dice away. [03:06] * Maris angrily looks at Maris and hooks a fist into Jyn's newly fallen body feeling like breaking his jaw. He follows it up with his palm into Jyn's chest to knock him off his feet and then as he steps into his falling form and throws three punches down to get JYnaru prone on the ground [03:06] (at Jynaru even) [03:07] +2 [03:07] (wait.. I don't get the super-leap?) [03:07] hm [03:07] ((and it says Desterity+Brawl or Martial Arts. Which kinda infers the brawl or martials are the choice)) [03:07] What is it a charm or something? [03:07] ((you can't activate a jumping charm in a clinch [03:07] I mentioned specifically the supplementary charms I used and said I was going to add distance. [03:07] ((unless it says it does)) [03:07] hm [03:07] * Jynaru can also use it once he's out, I guess. [03:08] I guess he could use it to jump while in the clinch and that's what frees him [03:08] * Storyteller kinda stretching here [03:08] I would have liked to have known this, you see, because if I'm just getting out and falling, then there's no point in getting out. [03:08] If I'm getting out and away, yeah, it's all good. [03:09] ((well the point would be to not get crushed by me. Or to wait until after i clench you to escape so I don't get a free action)) [03:10] I rather doubt Maris can move 17 dice to catch me, so I get an attempt at init next turn. [03:10] roll the dice [03:10] (Who, moi?) [03:10] * Storyteller will see what the dice have to say [03:10] yes [03:10] !ex 16 (wpautosux) [03:10] Jynaru : !ex 16 (wpautosux), 3, 10, 2, 9, 8, 9, 2, 9, 5, 3, 8, 2, 3, 9, 9, 9, Successes : 10 [03:10] how far per sux? [03:11] Hrmm... good question. [03:11] * Storyteller sighs [03:11] Ordinarily I can jump my Str+ath indistance horizontally. [03:12] Well, twice horizontrally, once vertically. [03:12] Treating this roll like my Str+ath, it's 22 yards away I land. [03:12] Maris can move... Dex+12 yards, or try the jump himself. [03:13] okay then explain how you use a dex + athletics supplementary charm to supplement a dex + martial arts roll? [03:13] Split action, very fine. [03:14] * Jynaru 's problem is I'm stunting the leap. [03:14] so you counted it into the first roll [03:14] Yeah, I think so. [03:14] Ok then maris he jumps half of his jumping distance away [03:15] 11 yards [03:15] (Sigh. Clinches are confusing when stunts come into play like this.) [03:15] * Storyteller will prefer to err on the side of the stunt [03:15] * Maris will charge him then and this time clotheline him onto the ground. Once they hit Maris will roll to his feet and begin slaming his fists into Jyn's Chest. [03:16] ((4 attacks)) [03:17] count it as 5 since you're going so far, +2 stunt --4 -5 -6 -7 [03:17] !ex 8 Clothesline [03:17] Maris : !ex 8 Clothesline, 8, 5, 1, 5, 3, 9, 4, 10, Successes : 4 [03:18] !ex 7 [03:18] Maris : !ex 7, 2, 5, 3, 4, 4, 8, 10, Successes : 3 [03:18] !ex 6 [03:18] Maris : !ex 6, 7, 3, 9, 6, 4, 2, Successes : 2 [03:18] !ex 5 [03:18] Maris : !ex 5, 3, 8, 7, 2, 10, Successes : 4 [03:19] * Storyteller sighs stupid rules [03:21] argh somebod look in the book and say what it says about getting out of a clinch [03:22] Attempting to escape is a Dex+Brawl or MA maneuver, which the opponents player gets a reflexive Dex or MA roll to resist, if she wishes to. [03:23] If the character attempting to escape scores more successess than his opponent does, he escapes the clinch. If not he is still locked in. [03:23] Verbatim from the book. [03:24] ok [03:24] ((wow. that is severely limiting how useful clinches are)) [03:24] now what does it say about movement in combat. Can you split your pool to go farther in a turn? [03:25] You can move a full dex+12 if that's all you do. [03:25] You cna move half that if you do something else. [03:25] Other charms may affect this. [03:25] That's not verbatim, however. Do you want verbatim? [03:26] * Jynaru 's fine with everything up to maris getting to me. I'm 11 yards away. At half dex+12, he'd have to have 10 dex to reach me and still attack. [03:27] * Jynaru thinks there should be errata, but there isn't on clinches. [03:27] Maris? [03:27] ((mm and the errata fixes the clinching section. you resist with dex+brawl or martial arts)) [03:27] (There is? Must have missed it. [03:27] ((it's a small section but it's there)) [03:28] (That's fine, as the rolls hold up under pressure. It's the movement I'm being a bitch about.) [03:29] (Sorry for being so much trouble.) [03:29] * Storyteller reminds self to ALWAYS put exalted books away when done reading them so he doesn't loose them foooooooreeeeveeer [03:30] ((give me a sec)) [03:32] That, or we can make this simple, I can soak the clinch and activate my form, and try something next turn. One of the two. [03:32] ((isn't sure but doesn't care all that much so I guess I'll jstu charge Jyn and not reach him)) [03:32] (Hell, you can reach me. You just can't attack if you do so. [03:32] (Sprint/vs not sprint.) [03:32] ((that's what I meant)) [03:33] (We're good, then. Init?) [03:33] !roll 1d10+9 [03:33] Maris : 1d10+9, 4 , Total: 13 [03:33] or maris could run AWAY from jyn so jyn can't hit him if he gets init [03:33] !roll 1d10+10 [03:33] Jynaru : 1d10+10, 7 , Total: 17 [03:33] * Maris doesn't run [03:33] Also true. [03:34] * Jynaru activates his Form. [03:34] i'll run it for speed now [03:34] * Maris attempts to slam the ell out of Jyn [03:34] jynaru no multistunting. one stunt per turn. [03:34] One stunt per turn? Gotcha. [03:34] Tackle? [03:34] I imagine it's his 4 attack move from last turn [03:35] * Maris nods as it was a cool one [03:35] * Storyteller 'll use the same dice [03:35] okay same results [03:35] Jynaru you have form active now [03:35] Gotcha. So he hits me four times. Can I still use my reflexive trick, since I'm a DB? [03:35] yes [03:36] 9,8,7,9 for damage die [03:36] * Jynaru has normal 6 soak. How much damage is he rolling for each? [03:36] thar you go [03:36] Total of 4 motes, one for each attack. [03:36] !ex 4 [03:36] Maris : !ex 4, 9, 1, 1, 7, Successes : 2 [03:36] Does he still get his form off? [03:36] I take one damage from each. [03:36] yes [03:37] form was active on his initative [03:37] Doesn't he need to roll to activate it. [03:37] i do believe it's a reflexive dex + martial arts roll for dragon bloods to activate their form [03:37] Ah. Was wondering about that, since this isn't a Dragon Style. Roll that now? [03:37] yea [03:38] !ex 12 (Wp conviction.) [03:38] Jynaru : !ex 12 (Wp conviction.), 10, 6, 7, 6, 2, 7, 8, 4, 10, 4, 8, 3, Successes : 8 [03:38] I'll have to go through the style and see what I have to change to make it terrestrial level. [03:38] works for me [03:38] ((dragon blooded always have to roll. a solar takes immaculate forms he doesn't have to rol)) [03:38] !roll 1d10+9 [03:38] Maris : 1d10+9, 8 , Total: 17 [03:38] 1 damage for each attack [03:38] ah [03:38] ((i rolled it. that 4 dice)) [03:38] so he took 2 bashing anyhow, ok [03:39] Jynaru roll init [03:39] !roll 1d10+10 [03:39] Jynaru : 1d10+10, 2 , Total: 12 [03:39] (I can tell you right now full dodge.) [03:40] * Maris hooks Jyn in the face, Slams a palm into his chest to knock him off his feet and then again punches the hell out of the prone Jyn. [03:40] ((5 then)) [03:40] (Nice thing I don't take penalties for being prone now.) [03:40] +1 stunt [03:40] ((true)) [03:41] !ex 8 [03:41] Maris : !ex 8, 3, 8, 4, 9, 1, 10, 1, 9, Successes : 5 [03:41] !ex 7 [03:41] Maris : !ex 7, 5, 3, 2, 9, 1, 7, 6, Successes : 2 [03:41] !ex 6 [03:41] Maris : !ex 6, 1, 9, 5, 8, 9, 6, Successes : 3 [03:41] !ex 5 [03:41] Maris : !ex 5, 3, 1, 2, 9, 4, Successes : 1 [03:41] !ex 4 [03:41] Maris : !ex 4, 10, 1, 3, 10, Successes : 4 [03:41] dodges jyn [03:41] * Jynaru twists and writhes under the onslaught as his spine pops and he wrenches joints out of the socket, snarling like a wild animal. [03:41] +1 [03:41] !ex 11 [03:41] Jynaru : !ex 11, 4, 9, 7, 6, 8, 2, 1, 6, 1, 1, 5, Successes : 3 [03:41] Ouch. [03:41] !ex 10 [03:41] Jynaru : !ex 10, 2, 9, 3, 4, 5, 2, 4, 2, 9, 4, Successes : 2 [03:42] !ex 9 [03:42] Jynaru : !ex 9, 5, 3, 1, 9, 7, 5, 6, 2, 7, Successes : 3 [03:42] !ex 8 [03:42] Jynaru : !ex 8, 9, 4, 3, 7, 1, 8, 8, 7, Successes : 5 [03:42] !ex 10 (WP) [03:42] Jynaru : !ex 10 (WP), 5, 1, 4, 4, 2, 9, 3, 2, 2, 10, Successes : 3 [03:42] I lose. [03:42] first hit lands only, 2 sux [03:42] !ex 1 [03:42] Maris : !ex 1, 2, Successes : 0 [03:42] ONly first hit? [03:42] * Jynaru shrugs. I live. [03:42] No damage either. [03:43] Will makes the last 4 [03:43] !roll 1d10+9 [03:43] Maris : 1d10+9, 2 , Total: 11 [03:43] !roll 1d10+10 [03:43] Jynaru : 1d10+10, 2 , Total: 12 [03:44] "Baaaaaa!" [03:44] * Jynaru loks up with a feral glint in his eye as his hand whistles through the air, grabbing maris by the neck and hurling him off of him far, far into the air before rolling up and away. [03:44] +1 [03:45] !ex 8 [03:45] Jynaru : !ex 8, 4, 10, 5, 2, 3, 1, 6, 5, Successes : 2 [03:45] * Maris brings up one forearm to block as he steps into Jyn's Throw and uses the other to hit Jyn's chest hoping to knock him off balance [03:45] ((basically a parry)) [03:45] +1 [03:45] !ex 13 [03:45] Maris : !ex 13, 5, 10, 4, 10, 6, 5, 1, 1, 9, 5, 10, 5, 9, Successes : 8 [03:45] Wow... [03:46] Maris' punch knocks Jynaru off balance as he parries Jynaru's throw [03:46] Init [03:46] !roll 1d10+10 [03:46] Jynaru : 1d10+10, 4 , Total: 14 [03:46] !roll 1d10+9 [03:46] Maris : 1d10+9, 6 , Total: 15 [03:46] maris [03:46] (Dodge like a mofo.) [03:47] * Jynaru uses the sitting position well, snaking his legs out from under Maris and over him, spinning and twisting in the air as he attempts to evade the pounding hailstorm of blows Maris directs at him. [03:48] +2 [03:48] * Maris slaps his pushing arm across Jyn's face hard as hell. He follows it up with another punch to the face with his upraised parrying arm. He then shoves his other hand into Jyn's chest. He then grabs a handful of his shirt and precedes to Flip Jynaru over his hsoulder and into a tree. Or a sheep if there's no close trees. [03:49] +2 sheeeep [03:49] reflexive thrown attack to see if you hit the sheep. [03:49] !ex 9 [03:49] Maris : !ex 9, 3, 10, 1, 7, 5, 2, 8, 1, 2, Successes : 4 [03:49] !ex 8 [03:49] Maris : !ex 8, 4, 10, 9, 1, 6, 8, 8, 5, Successes : 5 [03:49] !ex 7 [03:49] Maris : !ex 7, 4, 6, 10, 7, 9, 2, 4, Successes : 4 [03:49] !ex 12 [03:49] Jynaru : !ex 12, 9, 5, 5, 9, 2, 3, 9, 3, 10, 2, 7, 6, Successes : 6 [03:49] !ex 6 [03:49] Maris : !ex 6, 7, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, Successes : 1 [03:49] !ex 11 [03:49] Jynaru : !ex 11, 5, 3, 1, 10, 6, 9, 10, 1, 7, 1, 2, Successes : 6 [03:50] !ex 10 [03:50] Jynaru : !ex 10, 7, 7, 2, 7, 10, 5, 9, 7, 5, 4, Successes : 7 [03:50] !ex 9 [03:50] Jynaru : !ex 9, 4, 9, 3, 1, 4, 10, 1, 8, 7, Successes : 5 [03:50] ((eww)) [03:50] You were going to HURT MY SHEEP! NOBODY TOUCHES THE SHEEP! [03:50] ((hehe)) [03:50] !roll 1d10+10 [03:50] Jynaru : 1d10+10, 9 , Total: 19 [03:50] !roll 1d10+9 [03:50] Maris : 1d10+9, 3 , Total: 12 [03:52] * Jynaru loops down out of the sky, blood dripping from his mouth onto Maris' upturned face as he sthyes down, strkining once wih his feet-claws as he passes, swing around with a hand-rake across the face, planting his feet in maris's back and hurling him at the nearby tree as Maris attempted to him. [03:52] (2 attacks and a throw.) [03:52] +3 [03:53] * Maris will take the attacks and hope for the best ready to do his own when they end [03:53] +4 badassness [03:53] (I add +7 to raw damage.) [03:53] ((huh?)) [03:54] reflexive presence + charisma roll, +2 stunt [03:54] (My form and the charm I'm using.) [03:54] ((me?)) [03:54] yes [03:54] ((I'll pump two motes for 4 extra die. and get the motes back from the stunt)) [03:54] !ex 13 [03:54] Maris : !ex 13, 1, 8, 6, 6, 2, 7, 6, 10, 7, 5, 4, 4, 6, Successes : 5 [03:55] Duude Maris is scary [03:55] the sheep are running away because he's so badass [03:55] MY SHEEP! [03:55] Next turn I must collect them... after I at least attempt the anger and wrath of rabid tiger assault ^_^ [03:56] !ex 7 [03:56] Jynaru : !ex 7, 9, 7, 4, 4, 10, 7, 4, Successes : 5 [03:57] two attacks wasn't it? [03:57] ((and a throw)) [03:57] That's Str+11L=15 damage to roll+4 sux=19 dice. [03:57] ((7 dice then)) [03:57] 3 total, +3 stunt taking ou the effect of the first thing, but I'm still at -2. [03:57] !exm 19 [03:57] Jynaru : !exm 19, 5, 9, 8, 4, 5, 9, 8, 1, 2, 1, 8, 5, 10, 6, 7, 6, 1, 3, 6, Successes : 7 [03:58] maris takes 4L as the blades cut through his face [03:58] * Maris takes it and waits for the others [03:58] next attack [03:59] !ex 6 (WPautosux) [03:59] Jynaru : !ex 6 (WPautosux), 10, 9, 9, 6, 7, 3, Successes : 5 [03:59] Let's see... [03:59] ((+6 then)) [03:59] roll 8 dice isn't it? [03:59] 24 dice. The kick adds +3. [04:00] !ex 24 [04:00] Jynaru : !ex 24, 9, 10, 5, 1, 2, 2, 7, 4, 7, 8, 2, 4, 9, 10, 10, 4, 10, 5, 7, 7, 9, 7, 10, 2, Successes : 19 [04:00] Sweet merciful jebus! [04:00] Maris takes 3L [04:00] total of 7L [04:00] now for the throw [04:00] !ex 5 [04:00] Jynaru : !ex 5, 2, 8, 7, 5, 5, Successes : 2 [04:01] dex + ath maris? [04:01] !ex 5 [04:01] Maris : !ex 5, 5, 8, 5, 2, 8, Successes : 2 [04:01] How far I get thrown? [04:01] roll one dice bashing damage [04:01] !ex 1 [04:01] Maris : !ex 1, 10, Successes : 2 [04:01] not far [04:01] (Do I still add unarmed? [04:01] you're fell down though [04:01] take one bash [04:01] add unarmed? what? [04:02] Tiger form: Add unarmed total to damage on unarmed attacks. [04:02] * Maris gets to his feet and then slams his fist across Jyn's face. [04:02] I was wondering if the throw counted. [04:02] Maris' face is now bleeding from several cuts as he has experienced Jynaru's new prototype weapon tiger claws as he takes his revenge [04:02] roll it [04:03] !exm 4 [04:03] Jynaru : !exm 4, 9, 7, 5, 8, Successes : 3 [04:03] Two actions right? [04:03] (Or was that Maris? [04:03] You don't add damage to a throw.... eh? [04:03] !ex 5 Punch [04:03] Maris : !ex 5 Punch, 2, 10, 4, 4, 1, Successes : 2 [04:03] 7 to Jyn [04:04] 6 soak. no need to spend on the stuff. [04:04] !ex 1 [04:04] Maris : !ex 1, 10, Successes : 2 [04:04] Jynaru is knocked back by the force of Maris' punch [04:04] roll init [04:04] !roll 1d10+5 [04:04] Maris : 1d10+5, 10 , Total: 15 [04:04] * Jynaru sprays blood out over the green grass as his head snaps sideways. [04:04] !d10+10 [04:04] !roll 1d10+10 [04:04] Jynaru : 1d10+10, 4 , Total: 14 [04:05] ((you minusing for the wounds?)) [04:05] yea you guys should be minusing for the wounds [04:05] Ack. [04:05] Subtract 2, then. [04:05] * Maris steps forward and just pumps three fists into Jyn's face as fast as he can growling at each [04:05] not from init though [04:05] ;) [04:05] ((oh add 4 to my init then)) [04:05] * Jynaru 's been minusing on dice, but not on init. [04:05] dodging? [04:06] Of course. [04:06] roll maris [04:06] !ex 5 [04:06] Maris : !ex 5, 4, 5, 1, 2, 5, Botch, Successes : 0 [04:06] !ex 4 [04:06] Maris : !ex 4, 3, 8, 7, 2, Successes : 2 [04:06] er [04:06] !ex 3 [04:06] Maris : !ex 3, 8, 8, 2, Successes : 2 [04:06] roll a bashing against yourself [04:06] ((for what?)) [04:06] botch [04:06] !ex 1 [04:06] Maris : !ex 1, 8, Successes : 1 [04:06] You knocked yourself out [04:07] must have tripped and hit your head or something... [04:07] * Maris hates it when he trips and hits his head. [04:07] Well Jynaru... maris is bleeding rather badly. [04:07] Maris roll your stamina [04:07] !ex 5 [04:07] Maris : !ex 5, 1, 2, 8, 7, 10, Successes : 4 [04:08] * Jynaru lifts Maris up onto his shoulders and presses wool up against the wounds, hoping to at least stop the bleeding as he chases after his sheep. [04:08] Indeed, maris's wounds are quickly blotted.... [04:08] and now maris has completed his 3rd quest. [04:08] * Maris chuckles [04:08] congrats! two more to go before you have conquered the world. [04:08] * Jynaru 's going to get his ass kicked when Lunar dude shows up, isn't he. [04:09] yes. yes you are. [04:09] in fact, sheep #3 is rather.. odd. [04:09] * Jynaru supposes Lunar doesn't have a sheep form, right.... oh, damn. [04:09] ROAR! [04:09] j/k [04:09] * Maris is definately going to hate doing this damn quest with -3 to his rolls [04:09] -2 even [04:10] * Storyteller nods sadly [04:10] * Jynaru has some medicine stuff. I can probably help out once I'm sane again. [04:10] You two can catch up now, unless you want to go to sleep. [04:10] I can at least give you some aspirin. [04:10] * Storyteller triple checks his alarm clock [04:10] * Maris will wake up soon and groan looking over to Jynaru, "Jeez. You can hit hard." [04:11] "Sorry about the fight. But I had to lose to you to complete the task." [04:11] "That's what I've been doing for all this time. Learning how to hit hard." [04:11] * Maris shakes his head [04:11] * Jynaru looks oddly at Maris. "The hell? Task?" [04:11] "Yes well your lucky I wasn't trying to kill you. [04:11] "And yeah." [04:12] * Jynaru hands over a small pile of powdered willow bark on a fairly flat clean square of bone. [04:12] "Yeah... things kinda got out of hand... Not used to this emulating the raging tiger shit." [04:12] "Badass spirit who rules the land. Won't let me lead the barb's unless i complete his 5 tasks. The Barbarians respect him so i can't just kill him." [04:12] "This was the third." [04:13] "Though i didn't know it was you I'd have to lose too." [04:13] "Strange... any idea what the next two are?" [04:13] * Maris shakes his head. [04:13] * Jynaru casts a wary eye out over towards the herd of sheep. [04:13] "So far been mostly endurance tests." [04:13] "Showing I'm fit to be their leader." [04:14] * Maris shakes his head, "This is definately going to be interesting in my condition." [04:14] "Well at least I'm not freezing my ass off on the tundra." [04:14] "The barbarians I've dealt with wouldn't have wanted you to lose... Any idea of what kind of spirit it is?" [04:15] "And the timeframe? The cuts aren't poisoned, and the wool cleaned them out fairly well... shouldn't take too long to heal." [04:15] * Maris shakes his head, "A big bad is all i know. Maybe I could take it but not really sure. I think's it trying to teach me wisdom or something like that." [04:15] "No timeframe." [04:16] "But I don't want to appear weak." [04:16] * Maris takes the medicine as best he can. [04:16] * Jynaru shrugs. "If those cuts scar up, you certainly won't look weak. You're scaring my sheep as it is. Sorry about that." [04:17] * Maris shakes his head, "What the hell is up with the sheep?" [04:17] "You do endurance tests, I guard sheep. I'd offer to let you ask sensei, but I'm not sure those hellacious slaps he deals out would be good for you." [04:18] "Sensei?" [04:18] * Jynaru nods. "He hasn't decided I'm worthy enough to know his name yet. The one that's been teaching me how to fight." [04:19] "Ah. Well be careful. I've been hearing a lot of rumors of anathema. Now if you'll excuse me I have a castle to get back too." [04:19] * Jynaru nods. [04:19] * Maris props himself up and begins the long walk back [04:20] You go all speed walky again [04:20] "Good luck on the quests." [04:20] * Maris nod to Jynaru [04:20] How much time? [04:20] "You as well with your training Jyn." [04:20] * Jynaru wonders idly if speedwalking prevents you from sliping in sheep-shit like before. [04:20] Jynaru, as maris leaves your place he starts moving really quickly and is practically out of sight after just a few minutes. [04:20] * Storyteller rubs his chin [04:21] you got knocked out, and it's winter [04:21] It's dark when you come to. [04:21] it's been 4 hours then [04:21] ((glad the inc goes away after the scene is over.)) [04:21] you would be at -4 but jyn's drugs make it -1 [04:22] ((it actually does go away if you make the roll)) [04:22] ah [04:22] well you're at -1 anyhow instead of -2 [04:22] ((and no it just means I'm not out for 4 hours and I'm still at -4)) [04:23] no jyn's drugs make it -1 [04:23] * Jynaru has good shit, yo. [04:23] * Maris is glad and continues on [04:23] Also good enough medicine to at least help dress the slashes I cut in your face. [04:23] * Maris is very glad though hopes he doesn't get knocked about anymroe. [04:23] anyhow I'll pick it up again when we next meet, I'm going to relax for about 10 minutes then i'm going to sleep. [04:23] Alrighty [04:23] There was something I wanted to tell maris [04:24] * Storyteller is now known as GoldenH [04:24] I can only asume I remembered to [04:24] what was it? [04:24] * GoldenH rubs his chin as he tries to remember [04:25] * Maris shakes his head and thiks that battle was the stuntiest ever [04:25] From sheer numbers, yeah. [04:25] It even eclipses the Red Bloom ambush. [04:26] * Maris nods [04:26] simpler to stunt when it's two people [04:26] it's definately the longest combat ever [04:26] eh [04:26] Nah. [04:26] we started at 12 [04:26] it's only been and hour and a half [04:26] ah [04:26] that wasn't even as bad as saterday [04:26] The Bloom was longer timewise. [04:27] yea that was all session [04:27] This was the longest... probably turnwise. [04:27] WE rolled a lot of init. [04:27] you remember what you need too GH? [04:27] this was the longest turnwise [04:27] no [04:27] I"ll email if I remember [04:27] * Maris nods [04:27] I need sleep too [04:27] * GoldenH 's sure it was something kinda important [04:27] * Jynaru also can't help out with Aveline, most likely. [04:27] you'll remember it [04:27] heh yea [04:27] van agreed [04:27] * Jynaru nods. [04:28] * Jynaru is amused at the pleasuring the demon in the mountain bit, though. [04:28] Alright I'm sleepiugn for sure now [04:28] night all [04:28] Later, dude. [04:28] see yall later folks [04:28] well if you were a demon, what would YOU demand if you were going to be trapped under a mountain? [04:28] cya [04:28] * Maris has quit IRC (Quit: ) [04:29] * Jynaru shrugs. [04:29] Probably much the same thing. [04:29] * Jynaru 's sure now that Cic won't be alone when she tries to explore the demon jail, though. [04:29] heh [04:30] * Jynaru also doubts screwing the demon counts as unarmed for tiger form damage ^_^ [04:30] nah it's probably got red jade hooks or something [04:30] Red jade hooks, eh... [04:31] * Jynaru ponders. Those would make spiffy tiger claws. [04:31] are yoooooooou ready to be spifffytackular? [04:32] * GoldenH actually fell over laughing at the sheep [04:32] I don't know why I do what I do but whatever [04:32] The sheep was interesting. [04:32] * GoldenH 's ass is definately containing more than e-coli [04:32] I figure it's either to teach me humility, boost my ego, or it's an ironic dig at my Paragonic nature. [04:32] maybe I could get miss-suki to examine it. [04:33] * Jynaru ponders. [04:33] Tat'd be a legendary success, what with the distance involved. [04:33] mmm true [04:33] shame [04:33] I was hoping I might have colichlorians or something [04:34] midichlorians? [04:34] heh yea [04:34] only, you konw. [04:34] PARASITE EVE! AIYA!!! [04:34] in my ass. [04:34] * GoldenH 's ass is aliiiiiiiive [04:34] Heh. [04:34] anyhow I want to do the ninja thing with you some time [04:35] BTW, what the fuck is going on with your email? [04:35] my email? [04:35] * Jynaru has an email with it says an attachment. [04:35] But I look, no attachment. [04:35] re to hikari? [04:35] firesharks [04:35] ? [04:35] It's called Firesharks (was RE:Cicada's report on the island) [04:35] I guess so. [04:35] yea [04:35] The whole group got a copy. [04:36] good I wanted to clear that up [04:36] $B%-%c%j%"%"%C%W$rL\;X$9$"$J$?$N%J%S%2! [04:36] At the bottom where the attachment normally is. [04:36] actually switch your font to japanese. [04:36] Ah. So that's the deal? [04:36] * GoldenH knows it has something to do with hikari using the japanese font or something when she sends her emails [04:37] * Jynaru was just wondering if he needed said attachment. [04:37] no [04:37] text attachments are generally shown inline [04:37] images are too [04:37] so a text or image attachment will generally be shown in the body of the document [04:37] My next thingie is... what the hell is up with the Maris report? [04:38] Maris will inform the group a the meeting with Cicada that he has sucesfully [04:38] elicited alliances with 4 villages and a wood elemental. He plans to get [04:38] more and hopefully soon they will be able to walk the wood lands without [04:38] fear. [04:38] Yeah.. that's as soon as we get back from the ship. [04:38] * Jynaru is confoozed. [04:38] Maris has spent roughly 12 hours one on one with me going over his downtime [04:38] which has basically translated into a shitload of XP for him. [04:39] * Jynaru is impressed. I'm wondering about the timeframe here, however. [04:39] that last thing you just did is slated to happen in one 1/2 months. [04:39] gametime after the ship [04:39] so the exact middle of winter [04:39] well not exact [04:39] but close enough [04:39] Whether or not I know what Irin said. Because Cic report is slated for the day we get back. Then Maris reports and then two days later Irin returns. [04:40] * Jynaru 's wondering when Maris got the time to do that stuff before the Cic report. [04:40] no it's the day she gets back from the Puuhda encounter which is one week after you return to the ship [04:40] Ahhhh... [04:40] Kimyee even [04:40] Now I understand. [04:41] * Jynaru intends to start doing his stuff tomorrow. [04:41] good [04:41] Got a cold or something. [04:41] suck [04:41] Yeah. It's why I'm actually sleeping during the evening. [04:41] heh [04:42] My rough itinerary is to stick around and help train the villagers for a short while. [04:42] At least that week, because I'm mentioned as being there. [04:42] with Vanal? [04:42] * Jynaru figures that his hermitage is double-purposed as scouting. [04:42] * GoldenH figured you were out wandering the forest and Cicada had you tracked down and dragged back [04:42] I doubt it. [04:42] That's also an option. [04:43] Really, it's which way works better for the group. [04:43] * GoldenH nods [04:43] I'll have to make a post after class. [04:43] * GoldenH too tired to do it now [04:44] Anyway, the hermitage is scouting, and I'll likely figure out some way to send messages back. [04:44] This all cuts out when I find the sensei. [04:44] * Jynaru essentially disappears of the face of the earth then. [04:44] got any more dirt on your mentor? [04:44] ... [04:44] er [04:44] manse [04:44] You were the one who wanted to write up the mentor. [04:44] Oh, yeah, the manse is done. [04:45] * Jynaru 's got to check a couple of things to set it's location. [04:45] excuse me, my mind is currently in the second age of pulling shit out of my ass [04:45] And I'm mildly disappointed that the firesharks are those sacrificial women. [04:45] * Jynaru clearly cannot tame one now :( [04:45] oh? [04:45] heh [04:45] there's always the thunderbirds. [04:46] * Jynaru could ride one, perhaps, but I'm likely busy elsewhere and not near the sea. [04:46] heh [04:46] did you see maris' control map? [04:46] Oh... yeah. Hold on a sec. [04:46] There it is. [04:47] i just outlined some stuff [04:47] nice chunk of land you guys got. [04:47] It's quite impressive. [04:48] I figured he was going to stay well away of the ship or else Iwould have included it in the territory [04:48] * Jynaru 's essentially decided his mane is buried like a hill. [04:48] manse, even. [04:48] so it's like that underground dungeon in [04:48] * Jynaru 's of the mind that the island didn't look this way during the first age. [04:48] Yeah [04:48] One bigass tree jutting out of the hill. [04:49] heh cool [04:49] Essentially, I'm working along the lines that this land was green and good before the crystal cracked. [04:49] Err... [04:49] heh [04:49] Before the demon got trapped under the mountain. [04:50] The reason bigass tree is there is they carved the hearthstone thing into it, so it's essence powered bigass tree. [04:50] it's still pretty green and good [04:50] The polarized glass ceiling is sadly not very useful, unless I feel like digging the entire hill off of the Manse. [04:50] * GoldenH would hate to have to do manse mathematics. The equations must just be horrbile. [04:51] heh cool [04:51] actually it might be useful [04:51] Yeah. It's on the surface Wood aspect, but if you look closely there's Sidereal stuff everywhere. [04:51] as you konw, plants can detect light many feet underground [04:51] so it might be able to do smething funky [04:51] * Jynaru 's lost his mind and decided I have a starmetal nipple ring that leads him to it. [04:52] lol [04:52] * GoldenH never wanted it to be magical. Just like a nametag. [04:52] When all of a sudden you get pulled towards somewhere by your nipple, you follow. [04:52] * Jynaru wrote the nipple ring out, actually. [04:53] It doesn't do me any good beyond being a nipple ring. [04:53] heh [04:53] I dunno man [04:53] * Jynaru 's thinking of it like a tracer. [04:53] I don't know why they'd put that in you [04:53] How else can said Sidereals trust me? [04:53] or at least, i coul dsee that [04:53] but not why it points to that manse [04:53] * Jynaru 's working with them, screwing them, etc. [04:54] It's more amusing than anything else. [04:54] Remember the Jade Magnet? [04:54] ToT? [04:54] hm yes [04:54] Rough equivalent effect, [04:54] so there's one in the manse? [04:54] The manse is looking for it's owner to come fix the place. [04:54] The whole hill thing is mucking up the flows. [04:55] * Jynaru realized I couldn't really find the damn thing without some major deus ex machina, being buried under a damn hill. [04:55] Probably something like that. [04:55] It's going to make things uncomfortable until I can get inside and turn it off. [04:55] I'll think about it. [04:56] I'm having visions right now and hearing things [04:56] children running .. and yellling.. why? [04:56] I must go found out [04:56] It's not necessary, but I figured it was better than having the ground open up beneath me. [04:56] * Jynaru will see you later, man. [04:56] I'll think up something, send me the manse sheet [04:56] and see ya tommarow night Session Close: Tue Nov 26 04:56:44 2002 Session Start: Tue Nov 26 19:04:12 2002 [19:04] * Topic is 'Exalted: Where can I run to, where can I hide, Who will I turn to - now I'm in a virgin state of mind. Got a knife to disengage the voids that I can't bear, To cut out words I've got written on my chair [OTT: 88.9 KB]' [19:04] Dragonling Thrown and MA are pretty sweet, though, and their archery is not bad (though Lunar does the same thing better). [19:04] 'ello, GH. [19:04] yo GH [19:04] I'm sorry, but I *love* the idea of Dragon-graced weapon [19:04] *snrrrkkk .. kkk . kk -spit- cough [19:04] oh hello [19:04] DT - it's cool, it's my *opinion*. I suspect it might be more fun for others, and more power to them if they can use it well. [19:04] maybe it's the mental image of my char swinging around a FLAMING REAVER DAIKLAIVE... [19:04] So what's wrong GH? [19:05] Still not feeling well, GH? [19:05] I was feeling great till I came home [19:05] I think i've ran out of ATP [19:05] * FiatVictrix just sent you 3.94K of rambling about nipple rings and Manses. [19:05] * GoldenH will read the nipple rings and manses but doubts it will revitalize him [19:05] ...nipple rings ? [19:05] * Jydan sighs. Nipple rings do not appeal to him. [19:05] ATP ? [19:05] Well, ring, actually. [19:06] Singular either. [19:06] The concept however, is there. [19:06] * FiatVictrix upon drunken insanity has decided Jyn has a starmetal nipple ring. [19:06] It's good to be Ledaal. [19:06] * Jydan realized he has NINE charms to buy. [19:06] NINE. [19:06] 8+1, not nine [19:06] Nine.... HAH! [19:06] * Jydan sighs. What's wrong with his brain. [19:06] You silly. [19:07] Well, I mean the 8+1. [19:07] actually it's 4+4+1 [19:07] I had 7 before. [19:07] must've been those posters, Jydan [19:07] And thought I was done. [19:07] Yeah.... It probably was. [19:07] You're...upset about having more charms? [19:07] * Jydan now has one with chibis of all teh characters. [19:07] * Maris has joined #pvpexalted [19:07] No! I'm upset that I didn't realize that I had 1 more to buy until a week after starting the character. [19:07] 'ello, Maris. [19:07] yo [19:08] hello [19:08] Yo M [19:08] hey Fiat your doing a lunar game then? [19:08] * GoldenH vaugely wonders how come everyone's writing seems less dense than his [19:08] * Jydan made Social his primary. [19:08] your just more dense then most people I think GH [19:08] Yup. [19:08] mmmmm [19:09] situation buffer innuendo circut overload [19:09] bzzt [19:09] * GoldenH is now known as GoldenGanja [19:09] Umm...we post once in a while and get it out of our systems? [19:09] BTW, Fiat. [19:09] * GoldenGanja remembers a time when he posted every day [19:09] Look at the Virtue Flaws. [19:09] Specifically the first two. [19:10] ..a starmetal... [19:10] nipple [19:10] ring [19:10] Look at how they're backwards? [19:10] Taber-fucking-nac [19:11] * GoldenGanja shrugs. It's nice to read something that isn't filled with his own heavily edited mental sidenotes and preconcieved notions [19:11] * Kasumi broods over cadging 26 XP out of his stingy GM as soon as possible. [19:11] bah, I gave maris 20 XP last night. Beat that, Jydan. [19:11] Yeah... [19:11] * DarthTom gapes [19:11] Woah [19:11] * Maris smirks [19:11] Dude, stop bogarting the XP ! [19:11] *g* [19:11] 12 hours so far [19:11] in two days [19:11] how was the test by the way gh? [19:11] ez [19:12] good [19:12] glad the lack of sleep didn't mess you up [19:12] heh no it was actually good... except now i'm going to have to sleep for a few hours before I ST [19:12] damn [19:13] drink some coffee and suck it up. [19:13] : P [19:13] I spent four hours learning japanese. Apparently I sound fluent now, but the entire rest of my brain has taken a vacation to bermuda [19:13] apparently apple juice works better then coffee [19:13] * Bog_Mod wants to go to bermude [19:13] * GoldenGanja warns against spending time learning how to breathe in order to make the sounds come out right [19:14] really I think I broke my brain [19:14] * FiatVictrix laughs. [19:14] You're West Coast, Maris, you have time. [19:14] Heh, once you ge tover those rockies, there's somethign funny in the air *g* [19:15] * GoldenGanja doesn't suppose he could get fiat to draw a floorplan of the manse [19:15] * Maris chuckles [19:15] You want a floorplan? [19:15] With THAT design? [19:15] ... [19:15] and Fiat goes first tonight so I'd like him to finish before I have to get some sleep. [19:15] what's going on ? [19:15] * FiatVictrix could, but you know, SECRET PASSAGES. [19:15] to be honest the words are coming in my buffer, and then they're going straight into my junk heap [19:15] (No one ever tells me squat) [19:16] Who do I send questions about Lunar to at WW? [19:16] forumites [19:16] what question? [19:16] I think you generally post them on the official boards, Jyd. [19:16] Shit. [19:16] It never works for me. [19:16] Making sure to read them first, since many questions have already been answered. [19:16] * Zombie_Ken has left #pvpexalted [19:16] Post em on EC, then. [19:16] There's a whole new forum for it. [19:17] what is the question? [19:17] GCG has been posting to the EC Lunar boards, after all. [19:17] He has????? [19:17] yeah, a bit [19:17] hmm [19:17] silesia posted a couple new gifts [19:18] the WWers actually frequent various forums form time to time [19:18] What was it again "Exalted is a garden of peversion..." :) [19:18] * GoldenGanja wonders if GCG has dared brave the OTT [19:18] achilli has been known to post at ELN, for example [19:18] Probably not, but it would be nice. [19:18] GG:If so, he probably wept *g* [19:18] more than likely.. [19:18] * GoldenGanja is amused that Exalted tends to tend to three letter abbreviations [19:19] If we see any mention of Dream Exalts or other odd things like that we will know [19:19] BTW...if you value your sanity, don't EVER argue with someone named el_bastardo [19:19] haahhaa [19:19] I think I argued with him once, but I didn't have any sanity to loose... [19:19] Holy shit! Red-Headed neighbor girl said to Eric's marriage proposal! [19:19] GG:you argued with justin Achilli *g* [19:19] you mean Donna? [19:19] Yeah. [19:20] heh [19:20] who is Justin Achilli? [19:20] The guy in charge of the V:tM line [19:20] known for being, well, rather abrasive [19:20] * Jydan just likes saying "Red-Headed niehgbor girl" it reminds him that she's hot and has red hair. [19:21] Oh dear lord... [19:21] Don't EVER argue with Achilli. [19:21] (I think he said I was right in the end) [19:21] ... [19:21] ACHILLI backed down ? [19:21] I can be relentless as well [19:21] He's not relentless...he's masochistic ! [19:22] AND Sadistic ! [19:22] like in my current state of mind.... [19:22] * FiatVictrix ponders. [19:22] What time was this? [19:22] it was long ago [19:22] 5 20 pacific [19:22] oh [19:22] my bad [19:22] He's flamed forum-goers to a crisp ! [19:22] He might have said "Yeah, whatever, I have goth chicks to screw." [19:22] ...that sound slike something he'd post [19:22] ...he rocks [19:23] anyhow.. i've set my alarm clock for an hour and a half, so we'll see what happens. I don't know when I fall asleep, but I only need a few moments of trance. [19:23] * Jydan ponders. "Goth chicks...... Who would want to screw them?" [19:24] later [19:24] * GoldenGanja rises his hand Session Close: Tue Nov 26 19:24:10 2002 Session Start: Tue Nov 26 19:24:38 2002 [19:51] * Cicada has joined #pvpexalted [19:51] * Cicada is now known as Hikari [19:51] Good morning. [19:51] * Jydan turns into chibi form breifly, only to wave cutely and shout "Hi oneesan!" [19:51] 'ello, Hik. [19:51] Fiat, I read your XP mail again yesterday. I finally managed to figure out what you meant. [19:51] * FiatVictrix rambled muchly. [19:52] * Hikari at least thinks that she understands... [19:52] I wrote it just before I sent it, which was around four in the morning. [19:52] It shows. [19:52] I repeat myself, contradict myself, yet it's all good. [19:52] yo hik [19:52] At least this time i had enough patience to actually make it to the end where the goody stuff is. [19:53] * FiatVictrix gets a 2 XP bonus. Everybody else gets a one XP bonus. Damn you pansies for not stunting harder. [19:53] Goody stuff = This week's XP. [19:53] Yeah, yeah, whatever. [19:53] Ah. And of course if you checked your mail you get XP for RPing downtime. [19:53] Even more goodies. [19:54] * Hikari knowies. [19:54] Heya, Hikari. [19:54] Everyone must stunt like maniacs. It's the whole point of the game. [19:54] * FiatVictrix knows. [19:55] * Hikari scurries off to check her e-mail for letters of application from brave adventurers. [19:55] I had a grand total of 9. Lord only knows how many with me vs Maris amongst the sheep. [19:55] The next closest was 4. Total being how many stunt dice. [19:55] * FiatVictrix 's rambling. I clearly am not qualified for this. [19:56] Yeah, yeah, just because somebody does not feel like slowing down combat by typing a stunt for every parry with her slow typing skills. [19:57] * FiatVictrix shrugs. [19:57] Is true. You make up for it by stunting when there are no dice. [19:58] You must stunt like Ninja! [19:58] bah [19:58] * FiatVictrix was annoyed at Tei, though. SEVEN, SEVEN dodges, and no stunt. Not even a blanket stunt. STUNT=GOOD! [19:58] I was stunting his equal last night [19:58] and I was dead tired [19:58] * Hikari should maybe just have typed how Cicada stood there Matrix-chosen one parryed all of Tala's blows while stifling a royal yawn... [19:58] Fiat:you're rumbling vs. Maris ? [19:58] already di [19:59] did [19:59] last night [19:59] damn, missed it [19:59] True. [19:59] We had some major stuntage. [19:59] I liked the bit about throwing me into a sheep. [19:59] * Maris chuckles [19:59] * FiatVictrix stunted well, but was clearly a moron with tactics. [19:59] Eh. [20:00] I should have activated my form first thing. [20:00] It's hard to screw with me [20:00] though beating init and multi attacking does work [20:00] * Maris can't dodge worth crap [20:00] * FiatVictrix nods. [20:00] YOu're my reverse. [20:00] No DB likes losing initiative. [20:00] I do best with low amounts of attacks. [20:00] got a really high init though so It's hard to beat me [20:00] Oh yeah. I gotta question. If I have full Willpower. and I get that temporary willpower point, does it go OVER my Permanant willpower value? [20:01] * FiatVictrix doesn't have the dice to support lots of attacks. When I hit, it hurts bad. [20:01] ...now yuou folks are making me look bad [20:01] Aw, crap. Manx will go for the Immaculate order tomorrow? [20:01] Hey, hik, didn't notice you there [20:01] oh, one think [20:01] She snuck in like some kind of ninja. [20:01] Think? [20:01] ...'PROP VANAL UP' ?! [20:01] *thing [20:01] Ah. [20:02] Something wrong? You were kind of hurt. I wrote from the perspective of the report taking place the morning after returning to the village. [20:02] I know, I know, jsut raggin' on ya [20:02] * FiatVictrix was confused about that. [20:02] He's bed-ridden for over a week, though [20:03] * Hikari pats DT on the head and ruffle his hair. [20:03] "There, there." [20:03] ...you can MOVE my hair ? [20:03] Oh yeah. I gotta question. If I have full Willpower. and I get that temporary willpower point, does it go OVER my Permanant willpower value? [20:03] There's enough gel in there to hold an M1 tank in place ! [20:03] No. [20:03] This involves my Cult background. [20:03] Jydan: NO. [20:03] Well, now that I got an answer, I'm going to go cry. [20:03] * FiatVictrix has NO intent of keeping track of that stuff. [20:03] Only when you breeak, Jydan. [20:04] Yeah... [20:04] And it seems everyone has cult in my game. [20:04] * Hikari will not have cult. [20:04] !!! [20:04] NEMESIS AD! [20:04] Lunars confuse me [20:04] Ah, yes, your strange concept of a happy character ^_^ [20:04] Loooonies! [20:04] I can get Dynasts, solars, Abyssals and Starlets [20:04] Sorry. [20:05] Looonars. [20:05] Yeah... Your happy character is scary. [20:05] but the beastboys...I don't get [20:05] Starlets? [20:05] Sidereal [20:05] * Jydan 's character is probably equally scary to Hikari. [20:05] Well, 'she' does worry me. [20:05] Jeez, you make it sound like we should be sipping martinis at a movie premiere. [20:05] We should. [20:05] I only wish [20:05] Than I'd be owning that Shelby [20:07] Damn, I so want to have Cicada shadow dear Tei like some lovesick cow... But I have lessons tomorrow. The world is not fair! [20:07] You know if Werlynn will be there? [20:07] Awwwww.... [20:08] * DarthTom really should get to RPing that DI scene [20:08] which reminds me...what exactly do we want to instill in our would-be-recruits ? [20:08] hmm? [20:08] I'd imagine they can fight on their own pretty well already [20:08] * Maris thinks about it [20:08] Tactics ? [20:08] use of other weapons ? [20:09] discipline ? [20:09] Tactics/discipline, I imagine. [20:09] I'd think you'd need to organize them for tactics. And you'd probally want to assemble some variable types as well [20:09] Well, they are not gutter sweepings who volunteered only to avoid jail. So go VERY easy on the disicpline. They are proud warriors and hunters. [20:09] and for Maris's personal guard...swords [20:09] Less small units as big freaking army. [20:09] Cicada will advise you that much. [20:09] Maris:you MIGHt want Van to train your Valkyries on the sword [20:09] * Maris nods [20:10] HiK:It'd be harsh, but fair [20:10] PRIDE would keep them in it [20:10] * Maris does as he can. And he does have melee as favored. but still be best to have van do it [20:10] Unless anyone else is as good as the V-man with a sword... [20:10] The thing about that is though they're warriors and hunters, we're the freaking god-types. [20:10] Well, just beware the first dissenter. He will likely take the rest with him. [20:10] * Maris can be if he wishes but he's a brawler at heart. [20:10] * FiatVictrix shrugs. [20:10] Hik:The objective of a DI is to find those dissenters...and browbeat them into obedience [20:11] If they can't be browbeaten, make examples of them. [20:11] bingo [20:11] Show just how superior your methods are to theirs. [20:11] "If you can't hack it...then *quit*" [20:11] Damn, I hope our godhood holds... [20:11] * Jydan sighs... [20:11] It's easy enough. [20:11] give vna his daiklaive, and he's got a 13-dice melee pool [20:11] Animas are flashy. [20:11] * Maris is training his valkerie's mostly in how to kill gods. The regular gaurds will learn to fight as units. But their normal methodof all out fighitng will be kept around and used as small raiding forces as nessesary [20:12] no one's beating his goodhood with a blade at the moment [20:12] If not then we will have a very good gopy of the end of the movie "The men who wished to be kings"... [20:12] hehe [20:12] Excepting Anathema and perhaps other Blooded, no one is our equal... [20:12] * Maris is using that as an example of what not to do [20:12] * FiatVictrix ponders. Sounds highlanderish. [20:12] We are immortal [20:12] we have inside us blood of kings [20:12] * miss_suki has joined #pvpexalted [20:12] Hi all! [20:12] Kupo! [20:12] 'ello, Suki. [20:12] Wark! [20:13] Immortal... What about those 4 poison blowgun darts in your neck, sir Cathak? [20:13] Yo Suk [20:13] * FiatVictrix 's wondering just when I'm heading out to be hermit at the beeg mountain. [20:13] Hello, Suki-chan? [20:13] Hik: they could TRY [20:13] (D'oh! Missed Bog-Mod again...) [20:13] yes, Hikari? [20:13] ...dammit Fiat [20:13] I've got that BLOODY song in my head [20:14] Sorry, not a ? wanted a . [20:14] Ahh, I see. [20:14] I expect most of the people are fairly good with the bow, and certainly know more about the local poison variants, but I seem to be one of the local experts on unorthodox tactics. [20:14] * Maris nods [20:15] very true [20:15] * FiatVictrix having dealt with the legions only to steal from them and kill annoying officers, I have... unique methods. [20:15] Not the only one. Tabius and Cicada have been in the spec op business for quite a while. [20:15] we'll be doing our best to amalgamate all we can [20:15] So let's say the trio of us meet to form up a basic trainign plan before we diverge [20:15] * Maris nods [20:15] I mena, Van's stuck in a hut for 8 days, that's plenty of time [20:15] Fine with that [20:15] and brb [20:15] There are things House Cathak cannot deal with using its mighty and unstoppable legions. [20:16] * Maris will be there for a while and visit and send messegas back and forth [20:16] * FiatVictrix shrugs. [20:16] writing things [20:16] Quite true. [20:16] * FiatVictrix 's generally used to figuring out how to kill Solars/Abyssals/They're meaner than I am. [20:17] My tactics are the cowardly type of "Get them to follow you into here and drop an avalanche on them. Then pour napalm down the cracks." [20:17] So it is you we will throw into the Chamber of Tears and do the demon to death? :) [20:17] * FiatVictrix laughs [20:18] I desire the red jade hooks for my artifact tiger claws. [20:18] We have a volunteer. :) [20:18] Stupid boss ranting on phone about nothing! [20:18] * FiatVictrix 's likely going to be around there anyway. [20:18] Hiya, Suki! [20:18] Wandering aimlessly in the wilderness is good for being involved in a myriad of plans. [20:19] Hullo Kas. [20:19] * FiatVictrix does hope you'll be kind to my sheep whilst I'm gone, though. [20:19] Sheep? [20:19] * Kasumi examines Fiat's plans, underlines "Surprise Anticipation Method" on his list o'charms to buy. [20:19] You'd need yesterday's log to know. [20:19] I do indeed... [20:19] * FiatVictrix was guarding sheep when Maris showed up. [20:19] ..... [20:20] You... [20:20] * Maris shakes his head [20:20] that was strange [20:20] Call yourself a Dynast..? [20:20] I think Gh said he got it from Fight club though [20:20] Cicada might be found doing stuff like that... But Jynaru..? [20:20] Let's see YOU tell the guy with the 30L backhand teaching you MA you dont want to do something. [20:20] Ah. [20:21] Wax on. Wax off. [20:21] Right? [20:21] Who's training you, Fiat? [20:21] * FiatVictrix believes so. [20:21] I dunno. [20:21] Haven't met him yet. [20:21] Wacky. [20:21] * FiatVictrix showed up last night, was told to guard sheep. [20:21] When GH returns, we'll deal with some of that. [20:21] * Jydan shakes his head. "Sheep....." [20:22] You are of course aware of how much training it takes to guard sheep? And even worse, herd them? [20:22] back [20:22] * FiatVictrix shrugs. [20:22] Frienship With Animals Method works wonders. [20:23] ahhhh, nappy [20:23] hey gh [20:23] 'ello, GH. [20:23] I sure hope you had a beeeeg, CUUUUUTE, longmaned, warm, wonderful bow-wow to help you. [20:23] * GoldenGanja[logging] is now known as GoldenGanja [20:23] I could use me one of those. [20:23] ... [20:23] Ah, charms good too. [20:23] that sounds wrong on SO many levels [20:23] * FiatVictrix was, I believe, wanderin around under the Stealth charm with a sheep costume on. [20:23] * Maris shakes his head [20:23] * miss_suki is disturbed by the sheep costume. [20:23] oy vey [20:24] Mr. Miyagi clearly has his own special ideas about training. [20:24] I would have loved to see that. Well, maybe I get my chance during one of my expeditions. [20:24] that's what happens when I ST at 3 o'clock in the morning. [20:24] * FiatVictrix draws the line at the schoolgirl costume, though. [20:24] * Kasumi has quit IRC (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Meryth))) [20:24] * Kasumi has joined #pvpexalted [20:24] Bah. [20:24] Bah? [20:24] I don't care if he's Sidereal, I don't care if I'm Ledaal, not gonna happen. [20:24] Speaking of expeditions.... [20:24] The seheeep! [20:24] Fiat:I'd draw the line sooner than that...Miyagi may be scottish [20:24] baaaah-raaaaam-uuuuue [20:24] THE SHEEP! Kas is one with the sheep. [20:24] Today is likely the last dauy in this week I can play for good. [20:25] eeh?! [20:25] * Kasumi checks his email and notes that the Dragonling player is not turning up to this week's game...the possibilities.... [20:25] other than sunday morning ? [20:25] !!! What? [20:25] * FiatVictrix doesn't care if he's Red Bloom here to teach me the form so I can last longer when he kicks my ass for lying to him. NO schoolgirl costume. [20:25] The Sheep? My gods, the sheep! [20:25] goig somewhere? [20:25] Lessons... [20:25] ahh [20:25] * miss_suki puts away her school girl costume and frowns. [20:25] * FiatVictrix 'll have to post the sheep thing. [20:25] Oh GOD! The lessons.. [20:25] * GoldenGanja pats hikari understandingly [20:26] They even twice factored into stunts. [20:26] Can you please postpone the Tei thing to Thursday..? I might make it then? [20:26] THursday gh can't [20:26] thanksgiving [20:26] .... [20:26] * FiatVictrix does wonder if cooking and eating the sheep count as guarding them. Culling the weak ones from the herd, maybe? [20:35] #pvpexaltedrp [20:37] * FiatVictrix is now known as Jynaru [20:37] Don't touch my sheep while I'm busy, ok? [20:37] no where else will you find as wretched a hiv eof scum and villany [20:37] * GoldenGanja is now known as Storyteller [20:37] lol DT [20:37] we [20:38] I resent that remark! [20:38] * DarthTom drops groundskeeper willie into Jyn's flock [20:40] * DarthTom ponders RPing out an installment of Cahtak Vanal :DI of the Exalted [20:45] Bah, what the hell is wrong with these Second Age Solars? [20:45] No, no. 1. Make world burn for all the pain it cause 2. Make idiot twin SUFFER 3. Have fun and get orgasms while watching it burn [20:46] Suki - 1. Make use of pretty boys. 2. Find more pretty boys. 3. Make use of afore mentioned pretty boys. [20:46] * Storyteller puts the little chidan in a small, adamantium cage, and hangs him from the ceiling with chibikari [20:46] HEY! [20:46] Let her down! [20:46] Unkie Fiat, why aren't you busy making me a little sister with Oneesan? [20:46] She has not done anything! [20:46] I WANT MY LITTLE SISTER! [20:46] ok [20:46] Gyah!!! [20:46] * Storyteller opens the cage and takes chibikiari out [20:47] It's...it's.... [20:47] 1. Save World. 2. Another threat, Save World again. 3. Take a break...no, another threat, Save World. 4. Save World. 5. Eat. 6. Lunch interrupted by necessity of World Saving. [20:47] GYAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHH!! [20:47] * Chidan happily sucks on a lolly. [20:47] you know, I've finally coem to a conclusion about our vaccuum cleanetr [20:47] * Chidan rocks the cage back and forth, screaming with joy. [20:47] *cleaner [20:48] ...and the conclusion is :it really, really sucks [20:49] * Chidan pokes Unkie Fiat with a 10 foot pole. "I want my baby sister!" [20:49] Ehhh.... [20:49] * Jynaru 's pretty sure Chibikari is a bit young for that. [20:49] Sorry, Jyda-kun. Uncle Fiat is busy smoking pot. [20:49] And botching my Sta+Res roll. [20:49] Yep. [20:50] He's on the pot ! [20:50] young hooligan ! [20:50] * Jynaru has yet to succeed with a Temperance related roll. [20:50] Did he burn something? [20:50] * miss_suki holds her head. "This is soooooo surreal...." [20:50] It's like I brought over the whole Fiat mojo group and crammed it into a Dragonling power level. [20:50] Sorry, guys. I am not doing anyone any good sitting here fretting. I will be off and do stuff. [20:50] * Storyteller waves buh buy [20:51] I'll see you saturday then [20:51] Good luck with Hell Week [20:51] Awww... See you later, Hik. Hope lessons go well. [20:51] later [20:51] Seeya, Hikari. [20:51] B'bye! [20:51] Bye bye Oneesan! [20:51] * Hikari has quit IRC (Quit: I fall. Like the sands of time. Like some broken rhyme. At feet no longer there.) [20:51] (Oh well, now I can't use Chidan anymore....) [20:51] * Chidan is now known as Jydan [20:52] phew! [20:52] * Storyteller stabs jydan with a hollow moonsilver needle [20:52] Chidan is the devil...well, Chidan and tofu. Mostly tofu. [20:53] What? Does nobody like Chidan? Or Chibikari? [20:53] They frighten me. [20:53] mmmmm - tofu. [20:53] It's like you take my pure hate, fear, and paranoia of children and distill them into IRC form. [20:54] * Jydan laughs. "And it's even worse when I talk about having them with Hikari." [20:54] Yeah. [20:54] That brings the madness to a whole new level. [20:54] * Storyteller smirks [20:54] Well, that will no doubt eventually be Fiat's cross to bear. [20:54] You reacted very well when I talked about my lunar having kids with Jydan's character/. [20:55] That's you. [20:55] ah [20:55] * Jynaru doesn't mind other people's kids. I'm not supposed to like them. [20:55] Hey! Kouso ain't having any children this lifetime! [20:55] that's what you think.. [20:55] First roll: normal. [20:56] Second roll, BOTCH. [20:56] That's why she has her talisman! [20:56] Third roll, 5 dice, 7 sux. [20:56] Lunars, apparently, are incredibly fertile - you might want to take note of that, Suki. [20:56] * Jynaru 's destiny is to be stoned. Always. [20:56] mmmmmm - fertile lunars.... [20:56] ... wait - that's BAD, isn't it.... [20:56] AND takes her contraceptive pills EVERY day! [20:56] Bah, luna's the goddess of fertility. I'll just roll performance + manipulation and get you to take it off, just to try it for once... [20:56] So, a pregnant Ladeira wouldn't be a problem for you? [20:56] AND afterwards! [20:57] * miss_suki blinks in terror.... Ladeira.... as big... as a house... in war form.... [20:57] You think pills can defeat the fertility of *two* Lunars? [20:57] * Jynaru sighs. [20:57] Jydan, Jydan, Jydan. [20:57] Who is the ST for this game? [20:58] I wonder what would happen if she *wanted* kids, Suki? Do you think Temperance 1 Jericho could resist her? :) [20:58] * Jydan sighs. "But! If Kouso gets pregnant, she won't be as desireable and noone will want to have sex with her! Which will drive her into a deep depression!" [20:58] lol. [20:58] Deep depression? Sounds fun. [20:58] obviously you aren't familiar with tribal cultures... [20:58] Oh crap...... [20:58] ..... "But dear... I, uhhh.... Oh, what the hell, it won't hurt just this once...." [20:58] Can she at least have the gestation period of rabbits ALL the time? [20:59] So, Suki...lion beastmen children - can you cope? :) [20:59] * Jynaru shrugs. [20:59] So, you want a litter? [21:00] * Jydan doesn't really, but if she has to sometime.... She wants the gestation period of rabbits. [21:00] Eh, I'm just plotting. [21:00] * Jynaru 'd of course have you be pregnant at the worst possible time. [21:00] * miss_suki shudders. "Run, Jericho, run! While you still can!" [21:01] Or someoen will steal his clothes and pull away his towel ! [21:01] * Jynaru laughs! [21:01] Indeed. [21:01] Don't forget the Ass Creme. [21:01] of course not [21:02] Could be worse. Could be Silouhette. Then you'd have dragon beastmen kids and some explaining to do to Arke. :) [21:02] * miss_suki cries. "Make the badness stop!" [21:03] I have to head off - work sucks me away again... [21:03] It NEVER STOPS! [21:03] Kupo! [21:03] Resplendant Dragonfly? Zephryn probably wouldn't care that you got his wife pregnant, but the kids would be able to *fly* [21:03] Kweh. [21:03] Wark! [21:03] I just botched trying to tell a woman carrying my around by having a spear in my collar she should ask before trying to screw me. [21:03] * Jynaru 's not sure if this is good or bad. [21:04] B'bye all! [21:04] Bye! [21:04] LAter, Suki. [21:04] * miss_suki has quit IRC (Quit: ) [21:04] Lingusitics botch....ooooh.... [21:05] * Kasumi never thought about that - I wonder how Solars deal with siring beastmen kids. Poorly, I suspect. [21:05] ... [21:05] I found the Tribal Hikari. [21:06] * Jydan sighs. "No children for Kouso!" [21:06] Well, GH probably won't kill you out of hand. [21:06] You'll suffer for a bit, first. [21:06] * Storyteller reaches for the blood dice [21:07] * Jydan wonders if that sterilization thing the Tya use will be available in Fiat's game.... [21:07] Jydan - I hate to break this to you, but in the time before reliable contraceptives, people who had sex a lot created pregnancies. [21:07] * Jynaru should be used to having people scream ENEMY OF ALL WOMEN! at me, but nooo.... [21:07] Kouso has an anti-pregnancy talisman. [21:08] Ah, the fun I'm going to have with that... [21:09] Ooookay, but reflect on the fact that the talisman saying "99.9% effective" *will* fuck up on the tenth time, not the thousandth. [21:09] * Storyteller will probably find it itches and take it off on accident so that he can get a better angle [21:09] and then put it back on when i'm done [21:09] Fiat, it is unfortunate that you do not get cable at this moment. [21:10] * Kasumi guesses the Wyld will decide to reverse its effect for the hell of it, making it hyper-fertility fun talisman. [21:11] * Jynaru laughs! [21:11] Only should things break down more than I expect. [21:12] * Jydan sighs. [21:12] Kouso will go crazy when she's pregnant. [21:12] manipulation + presence. Manipulation + presence. [21:12] * Kasumi has quit IRC (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Meryth))) [21:12] * Kasumi has joined #pvpexalted [21:13] hmm? [21:13] Bah. [21:13] These are Lunars. [21:13] She will totally try to kill the guy who got her pregnant. [21:13] * Jynaru shrugs. [21:13] Kouso tries to kill through cuddling. [21:14] It wasn't me.. it was that other guy you had sex with, back at that barbarian village three turns back. [21:14] Indeed. You can't really know just who with your prolific nature. [21:14] BTW, have you made up a pet name for Kouso? [21:15] no [21:15] What about one for you from Kouso? [21:15] * Storyteller figures #1 slut is pet name enough [21:15] what's the male form of Kouso? [21:15] She doesn't have one. [21:15] Great. NOw this is my third botch thus far. on a SURVIVAL ROLL! I'm WOOD ASPECT! [21:15] Jydan - you make a *female* sex addict, then you have to deal with these...complications. [21:16] * Jynaru 's mojo is clearly in a comedy mood. [21:16] No point, since a lot of the time she won't be able to change. [21:16] Apparently. [21:16] Yeah, yeah. [21:16] You make a male sex addict, there's complication. [21:16] Or does the thought of enough women and children to fill a large village showing up with a hedge mage leading the way appeal? [21:17] heh [21:17] Gh, have you been screwing around with the dice script? [21:18] This is twice I've botched and then immediately rolled more sux than I have dice. [21:18] Not in the slightest. One of the reasons I don't play sex addicts. [21:18] Hey, the good thing about Beastman is that they don't have to be raised. You can just set them loose. [21:18] Storyteller : !ex 10, 5, 9, 5, 7, 10, 2, 5, 1, 2, 9, Successes : 5 [21:18] !ex 10 [21:18] Storyteller : !ex 10, 2, 9, 7, 2, 4, 1, 4, 9, 6, 3, Successes : 3 [21:18] !ex 10 [21:18] Storyteller : !ex 10, 10, 4, 7, 9, 8, 10, 1, 9, 5, 4, Successes : 8 [21:18] !ex 10 [21:18] I blame your mojo [21:18] It's got to be the mojo. [21:19] Clearly, my mojo is in comedy mode from missing the DB kiddie game. [21:19] * Kasumi , of course, plays highly repressed nigh-asexual bloody handed killers who fail to comprehend why people can't understand that they're doing all this bloodthirsty stuff for high moral reasons :) [21:20] * Jynaru plays people wih negative Temperance. [21:21] * Jynaru 's yet to get around to the negative temperance high compassion char, but I'll do that one eventually. [21:21] ...so you have to stay with her and help raise the kids? [21:21] hmm my character is compassion 1 temperence 1. I guess he's a real woman dropper/playa [21:22] Pretty much. [21:22] Kouso won't care. She'll just move on to another man. [21:22] No she won't. Manipulation 5. [21:22] * Storyteller can make her cry and fall in love again [21:22] Crap. [21:23] She's not in love! She's just getting stuffed! [21:23] * Jydan sighs. "Think of Kouso as a turkey. No feelings, just likes to get stuffed." [21:23] well either way. You'll feel guilty if you ever try to deny yourself the power of my loooooove [21:23] * Jynaru has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer) [21:23] * Jynaru has joined #pvpexalted [21:23] wb [21:23] ...surely even Kouso would not be so crass as to say "stuffed" [21:23] Strange. [21:23] Can't Lunars have some class? [21:24] No. Probably not. [21:24] Clearly not in my game. [21:24] * Jydan doesn't have class anymore. He blames Fiat, GH, and DT. [21:24] it's best to just blame me [21:24] Alright. I'll just blame you. [21:24] We have a playboy bunny, a DB ally with a moonsilver clit ring, Kookatchi the Chaotic, and I'm running it. [21:24] AND Fiat. [21:24] Class is foreign to this concept. [21:25] * Kasumi stares in horror, and weeps for the poor, poor Solar. [21:25] * Jydan wonders... Clit ring? Kouso should have one as a mark as to her sex slave status. [21:25] * Storyteller could always do it. He did it once, he can do it again. [21:25] Nah. [21:26] You weren't around for the original stuff. [21:26] * Jynaru figures it'd be mere steel or iron. [21:26] * Storyteller nods sagely [21:26] That's right. [21:26] Well you never know. After I tell her of my exploits she might want to upgrade. [21:26] True. [21:27] * Jynaru 's sure you can come up with a simple artifact ring. [21:28] * Jydan wonders. "What are the effects of said ring?" [21:28] well, knowing me.... [21:28] it could only do one thing. [21:29] if you come up with a good artifact 1 ring, tell me...I've still got one lvl 1 artifact left in ym backgrounds *g* [21:29] * Jydan has to hear it. [21:29] awareness, touch, +4 [21:29] * Kasumi has expressed a wish to roleplay with you guys in the past. That wish is now unconditionally withdrawn :) [21:29] * Jynaru laughs! [21:29] I sometimes do serious games. [21:29] Kouso will go man with pleasure! [21:30] She'll NEVER be able to leave you! [21:30] naturally. [21:30] This is more in the vein of a Roman Holidays wander through the world and cause chaos sort of thing. [21:30] Do you think I should change my specialty from "Multiple Shots" to "While Riding"? [21:30] yes, since you'll be riding me oh so often... [21:31] Do you intend to stunt by having sex while shooting at people? [21:31] you should also take at least one point of ride [21:31] Jydan - remember that your abilities while mounted are capped by your Ride score. [21:31] ...that makes for an odd mental stunt ability [21:31] Really? CRAP! [21:32] Considering I have 6 Archery while riding. [21:32] your ABILITIES are capped. [21:32] * Storyteller expects he could make it easier on you, since he is, after all, a sentient mount. [21:33] Yeah, I got that, but I have 6 Archery while riding. [21:33] * Jydan has 3 Ride now. [21:33] 3 Ride and 3 Athletics. [21:34] Why not take an Archery speciality or two on ride, then? [21:34] You mean an archer specialy with Ride... Hmm... [21:35] Do you have ride favoured? [21:35] I do now. [21:37] * Kasumi shrugs. Buy a 2-for-1 spec pack for Ride, make both "Archery", keep your Archery at 5 while mounted. [21:37] * Kasumi wonders - does the Ride cap effect specialities? I suspect not. [21:38] I just put "While in Battle" [21:38] It's in the book. [21:38] That would work. [21:38] * Miss_Suki has joined #pvpexalted [21:38] Stupid work. [21:38] * Kasumi hopes you don't enter too many mounted archery comps. [21:38] Kupo! [21:38] Heya, sweetheart! [21:38] Wark! [21:39] wb [21:39] Jydan, use "bareback" riding, since I won't be wearing a saddle. Well, not unless you ask me to. [21:39] Supervisor beginning to get cranky with me for work which is over a month late. Should really get onto that... [21:40] Yeah. I wasn't expecting to have to ride you with a saddle on. [21:40] Lit review? Yes. You need to do that. [21:40] * Miss_Suki sings... 'no, he's not the king of bedside manner...' [21:40] Yeah, lit review. Stupid lit review. [21:40] * Storyteller would reccomend one [21:41] in battle and one bareback. [21:41] That way fiat can't say you don't know how to do either [21:42] Jydan - got any Melee? [21:43] 1 dot of it.... [21:43] Can't go past lances, especially improvised lances :) [21:43] BRB - coffee. [21:43] * Jydan didn't really care about Melee, when Kouso's an archer. [21:44] * Storyteller has decided to take 0 melee, since he can use his sword with martial arts. [21:44] mmm - coffee... [21:44] Why did I take 1 Melee? I don't know. I'd much rather have it anywhere else. [21:44] * Kasumi nods - it's a very different story when you don't need Melee to qualify for charms. [21:45] * Storyteller decided to put it into thrown instead [21:45] since so many no moon charms are thrown [21:48] Jydan - keep the 1 Melee. Improvised lance stunts are cool. [21:48] Here's my charms list: [21:48] Eagle Eye Technique [21:49] Nature's Harmony Advantage [21:49] Knowing the Arrow's Path [21:49] Two-Target Method [21:49] Finding the Spirit's Shape [21:49] Deadly Beastman Transformation [21:49] Humble Mouse Shape [21:49] mmm - coffee [21:49] Terrestrial Circle Sorcery [21:49] Virtuous Guardian of Flame [21:50] Which DBT gifts? [21:50] * Storyteller decided not to take the DBT charm itself considering he already has enough penalties [21:50] The healing ones. [21:50] * Kasumi nods. You're pretty light on defence, there. [21:51] That's the only reason I took them. [21:51] Err... The DBT. [21:51] Otherwise, I probably wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. [21:51] * Kasumi suspects the extra attribute points didn't hurt. [21:51] Yeah, they were VERY useful. [21:51] That extra dot in Dexterity, the dot in stamina and the three in STR were great. [21:52] wait so you heal all that shit every round? [21:52] If I take any damage, yes. [21:52] * Storyteller can do some REALLY kinky stuff then. [21:52] * Kasumi has quit IRC (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Meryth))) [21:52] * Kasumi has joined #pvpexalted [21:52] Bah. [21:52] wb [21:52] * Kasumi likes DBT - it's Demon Shintai all over again! [21:52] * Jydan laughs. "Kouso would probably like any kind of kinky." [21:53] the sheep! the SHEEP! Kas is the sheep of doom! [21:53] sheeeeeeep [21:53] Baaaaaaaaah. [21:53] Suki - Ben and I figured you could build a real nasty tentacle lunar - for the purpose of going to get the milk :) [21:53] lol [21:54] Kouso wants you to buy some tentacle charms, BTW. [21:55] sigh. She'll have to teach me them. [21:55] * Jynaru shakes his head. [21:55] * Jydan nods. "Right after she learns them somehow herself." [21:55] * Kasumi does not wish to know the details of your kinky tentacle sex. Except the ensuing pregnancy. That's funny. [21:55] mmmmm - tentacled lunat fetching the milk.... [21:55] I say I'm running a game, and immediately I get a hyper-sexed Lunar duo. Sometimes it's hard being infamous. [21:56] Gah...just develop them intuitively. I'm sure Fiat will give you downtime for it. [21:56] She's going after the ENTIRE group. [21:56] * Storyteller isn't really interested in buying tenticle sex charms [21:56] I bet she can make Hikari's character even more happy. [21:57] speaking of hikari's character, she needs some kind of artifact picture-taking thing [21:57] ... [21:57] Well... isn't this going to be interesting... [21:57] * Jynaru wonders just how you ensare Kook's interest. Likely shiny things. [21:57] Shiny clit ring? [21:57] * Storyteller has several very shiney a bit [21:57] * Jynaru supposes that would count. [21:58] Indeed. Including a shiny artifact 5 sword. [21:58] Moonsilver powerbow? [21:58] Well at least I can trust him not to use it. [21:59] Oricalchum lance? No, wait... [21:59] At least intentionally, yeah. [22:00] too bad there isn't any more elsewhere charms. It really sucks to rip off your clothes and then not have anything at all [22:01] but then it's no doubt a hit with the ladies. [22:01] I thought that your belongings went to elsewhere when you DBT'ed and shapeshifted. [22:02] Your Moonsilver gear changes with you, though, does it not? [22:02] * Miss_Suki tries to work, but is distracted... [22:02] they are, but you're not always wearing clothes when you shapeshift. And also, it is silly to wear an armoni suit when you're in female form. Or if you simply don't have a bra. [22:03] hmm an interesting idea. moonsilver swimming trunks that turn into a bikini? [22:03] * Kasumi is also trying to work, making little headway. Hard to focus today... [22:03] Kouso would swim naked. [22:04] of course she would. It's the Age of Sorrows, after all. [22:04] though I prefer an age of savage adventure. [22:04] Surely Kouso would find artfully tempting swimwear more useful? [22:04] She's a Lunar/ex sex-slave. [22:05] * Miss_Suki feels guilty about not working, and may have to go away soon... [22:05] The world of fashion is likely beyond her. [22:05] you could always just log it for later entertainment [22:06] * Kasumi raises an eyebrow. Surely fashion is a necessary skill for a sex slave? [22:06] Sweetheart - your really do need to do that Lit Review. [22:06] "Lunar characters who turn into animals have their equiptment shifted Elsewhere for the duration of the change." [22:06] no; all sex slaves have many sex tutors who make elaborate costumes for them. [22:07] It's the ones who are at it a long time and manage to survive well enough with some beauty intact that get that training. [22:07] Kouso's a No-Moon, though. Surely she's bright enough to figure out that there is better means of appearing attractive than strutting about naked... [22:07] * Miss_Suki begins getting ready to disappear and do her lit review. [22:08] Kweh! [22:08] ... wark? [22:08] Kupo! [22:09] there is? [22:09] Yeah.... [22:09] How else is she going to show off ehr intricate tattoos and many piercings? [22:09] * Kasumi sighs. [22:09] Lunars... [22:10] Bye, Suki! See you when I get home... [22:11] I'll ge in a minute... [22:11] go. [22:13] We're being deliberately boring in order to drive you to work. It's tough love. [22:13] * Storyteller rubs his chin. He wouldn't have peircings. Tatoos, yes, but they would be rather light as well. [22:14] GH, not to sound like an anal-retentive rules lawyer but.. [22:14] ain't the island kinda small for yeddim ? [22:14] Okay, then I'll ask you my question - what should Suki do next in my next post? [22:14] oh? [22:14] how big are yeddim again, I thought they were only as tall as two, maybe three men. [22:15] from the pics I've seen...about the size of an elephant...probably a bit bigger [22:15] They're the ox equivalent of a wolly mammoth. [22:15] that's what I thought. [22:15] Yea there would be very few. [22:15] Maybe 2 or 3 per tribe [22:15] Ah [22:16] Probably no herds [22:16] small groups at the most wandering in isolated areas. [22:16] definetly no herds, the ecosystem wouldn't support tha tmany [22:17] Well there is one area large enough to support a herd. [22:17] what's our definition of herd ? [22:17] Okay okay, I'm going.... [22:17] * Storyteller waves [22:17] and jsut how big is the island anyways [22:17] seeyas Suk [22:17] it's as big as it needs to be to put all the detail I want into it. [22:17] Suki should kick ass. [22:17] Every post :) [22:17] Bye Suk. [22:17] a herd would be a group of 20-30 animals, in the case of Yeddim. [22:17] Later, Suki. [22:18] b'bye all! [22:18] * Miss_Suki has quit IRC (Quit: ) [22:18] mm...might be able to support ONE herd [22:18] A small group would be 3-5, mostly young. [22:18] One herd. [22:18] see for me, 'herd' is like...100+ animals [22:18] in a very narrow area. [22:18] heh [22:18] maybe "Pack" would be a better term? [22:19] seems more predatory to me though [22:19] * Jydan quietly wonders if Kouso should have an angry Motoko side.... [22:19] hmm...smaybe 'small herd' [22:19] dammit...all this has put me in the mood to RP [22:19] I've probably got it in remission. Manipulation 5, Charimsa 4 can do that to a person. [22:19] * Jynaru shrugs. [22:19] But what happens when you botch? [22:20] Or are you suing autosux charms a lot? [22:20] No real social charms for Lunars, I think. [22:21] When I botch then obviously she gets mad at me and throws me into the nearest lake [22:22] If there was a room in 1989 with two women having sex in it, in 1999 the same room would have 30 women having sex in it. The question is, WHERE is that room? [22:22] fiat's place. [22:23] What's the creator of Exalted's initials? [22:23] GCC? [22:24] GCG [22:24] He's actually the developer, not the creator per se, IIRC. [22:24] Ah. [22:25] And what's this babbling about women having sex? [22:25] * Storyteller wonders if he could Beat Kook Up if he had to [22:26] Sword or no sword? [22:26] no sword [22:26] Doubtful. [22:26] assuming he took it from me. [22:26] Oh. This is from The Daily Show. A comedy news show in the States. [22:26] * Storyteller supposes he could always manipulate kook into trading for something else shiney. [22:26] It's from a preview about the growth of homosexuality in the world. [22:26] Oh, yeah. Kook's not in it for the loot, he's in it because it's interesting. [22:28] Essentially, Kook's a child with the ability to back up his impulses. [22:29] This is the crazy thieving raven Lunar? [22:29] Yep. [22:30] I wonder how long it'll take my character how long to realize how to manipulate kook. He's tricky, and he isn't blind, but not all that perceptive. [22:30] * Storyteller shrugs. probably easier than spotting his tell. [22:30] Tiny attention span, great big whopping thieviery rolls. [22:34] reminds me of something viscious [22:34] Who's seen "The Crucible"? Preferably the one with Wynonna Ryder. [22:36] -> [storyteller] PING [22:37] GH:I don't suppose you've got any time elft on your schedule this week for a Vanal RP session ? [22:37] tommarow is good [22:38] er no [22:38] friday [22:38] that's cool [22:38] what time ? [22:38] same time [22:38] that's what ?9ish ? [22:38] * Jydan WILL NOT. I REPEAT: WILL NOT have his game on Thursday. [22:38] yes [22:38] perfect [22:38] :) [22:39] If you wanna scheme, it's Van's giving the tribesmen soem boot camp [22:39] Tell my players when you see them. [22:39] I know.. [22:39] iei:training Maris' amazons to swordfight, the lot to maneuver, tactics, etc. [22:39] I'm not really sure what to expect [22:40] hmmm [22:40] * Storyteller 's really running these by gut instinct [22:40] Well, Van screaming his lungs out at people [22:40] well obviously... probably obstical course, and endurance training. [22:40] and Hell Week [22:40] heh [22:41] sleep deprivation, psychological torture... [22:42] flirtign with Shakel when the men aren't looking... [22:42] heh [22:42] * Hikari has joined #pvpexalted [22:42] yo Hik [22:42] shakel flirting with the men when you aren't looking.. [22:42] Hello again. [22:42] wb hikari how goes things? [22:42] Flirting with Cicada when Tabs and Tei aren't looking [22:42] 'ello, Hik. [22:42] About as well as you could expect. [22:42] Now is lunch break for me. [22:43] ugh [22:43] ah, lunch break, I remember it well. [22:43] Need a hug? [22:43] no [22:43] Heya, Hikari. [22:43] out of curiosity Hik, what subject are you studying ? [22:43] * Jydan laughs heartily. "As I thought." [22:43] i.e. :your major [22:43] Linguistics. [22:44] Japanese dialects. [22:44] Ah [22:44] That many of 'em, eh ? [22:44] Sociolinguistics. The use of said dialects. [22:44] Ahhhhhhhh [22:45] explains why you live where you do ;) [22:46] Huh? [22:47] A lot of people tell me that they really really like the osaka dialect (waits to be kicked if he forget where hikari lives yet again) [22:47] Yes, it is a cool dialect. Very alive and vibrant. But certainly not official Japanese. [22:48] * Storyteller nods sagely [22:48] I really don't think any spoken version of a language can be considered 'official' [22:50] unless your speaking the queen's english [22:50] Sorry, but THAT english is the production of 1000 year sof in-breeding [22:51] And THOSE people can't say a single word. [22:51] heh [22:54] * DarthTom speaks East-coast Canadian english, with a smattering of french and british cusses tossed in [22:55] the best example thereof: my FREQUENT usage of 'tabernac' [22:55] * Kasumi speaks the kind of Australian peculiar to those who read a *lot* of Jane Austen in high school. [22:56] 2 Castmembers of the Drew Carrey Show have been on ST:TNG [23:00] * Kasumi has quit IRC (Ping timeout) [23:01] * Kasumi has joined #pvpexalted [23:01] ....bah. [23:06] * Kasumi pokes channel..."I guess everyone died..." [23:06] RPing. [23:06] I know what you mean. [23:06] * Jynaru 's currenttly following his nipple. [23:07] You're being dragged by your nipple? [23:08] Well... close enough, yeah. [23:09] * Kasumi wants to buy Suki a "Sad girl in snow" blanket... [23:09] but she's so.... pouncy [23:10] Pouncy? [23:10] * Storyteller doesn't know the right word right now [23:13] *cough* $130 for a freaking blanket? [23:14] * Fiat has joined #pvpexalted [23:14] * Fiat is now known as L_Jynaru [23:16] * Jynaru has quit IRC (Ping timeout) [23:20] * Kasumi has quit IRC (Ping timeout) [23:25] * Storyteller hopes Andrix gets back to im about his post. [23:26] * Kasumi has joined #pvpexalted [23:26] Bah.... [23:27] bah [23:27] anyways, I'm going to bed [23:27] 'night all [23:27] * DarthTom has quit IRC (Quit: "You think you're better than me because of your Spinaroonie ? Well the Spinaroonie has NOTHING on the Jericho Juke and Jive !" *dances spastically*) [23:29] * L_Jynaru is now known as Jynaru [23:29] * Storyteller decides to move it in here, to better amuse the peanut gallery [23:29] I am going to try and pull myself together and work some more. [23:29] good luck [23:29] * Hikari has quit IRC (Quit: I fall. Like the sands of time. Like some broken rhyme. At feet no longer there.) [23:29] Good idea. [23:30] * Jynaru nods. [23:30] To explain what's going on, I've been led by the nipple to a pool of water on top of a hill. [23:30] We'll begin there. [23:30] By a girl? [23:31] Or Mr. Myagi? [23:31] Anyhow, Jynaru. You're floating in a pool, that unless you're on one of the sides, you just have to stretch a bit to touch the bottom of. If you get out of the pool, the nipple ring will tug you back in, and will probably rip itself off. Feels like it anyhow. [23:31] By magical something. [23:31] * Jynaru is going to go underwater and see if anything looks different that way, dig his fingers into the gravel and see if there's some sort of strange doorway. [23:32] You don't see anything odd, hodling your breath at the bottom of the pool, and you dig your fingers into the gravel, but don't come up with anything but dirt [23:33] What time of the day is it? [23:33] * Bog_Mod has joined #pvpexalted [23:33] hm three 20 [23:33] nyarr! [23:33] hey BM [23:33] Afternoon, eh. [23:33] 'ello, Bog. [23:34] you fiat [23:34] {BM, no game Thursday.} [23:34] I know [23:34] oh I know [23:34] * Jynaru will attempt to check the sides of the pool. [23:34] you fool americans and your strange dates for Thanksgiving [23:34] Both underwater and reaching an arm out around the periphery. [23:35] the sides of the pool are also dity, but the gravel seems to stick to the walls [23:35] Ah. I follow that down and see whwere it stops. [23:35] it moves around when you touch it, and it trickles down, but you never seem to be able to brush it away from the dirt. [23:36] more always falls from above to fill it; and the bottom of the pool never fills up. [23:36] Is it this way around the entire perimiter? [23:36] yes [23:37] it's very pretty gravel [23:37] * Jynaru knows. Sparkly gravel. [23:38] * Jynaru 'll see if it's possible to push through the gravel instead of brushing it away. [23:39] so getting in some extra gaming now I see [23:39] nope; it compresses on itself just like normal gravel [23:39] yea, downtime, individual sessions [23:40] * Storyteller was asked to provide a puzzle; now well see how fiat stands against the mettle of GH [23:40] poor fiart [23:40] .... [23:40] * Jynaru 'll follow the wall up to see if he can see where this gravel comes from. [23:40] ooh..a new post from Jydan [23:40] [It's nothing.] [23:41] * Bog_Mod is crestfallen [23:41] [Just filler.] [23:41] [Don't even bother loading it. Seriously] [23:41] a precious filler [23:41] The gravel seems to come from the gravel lining the edge of the pond; if you watch it fall down the side, it seems like new pebbles appear out of nearly impossible spaces, or at the very least, improbible. [23:41] really? that bad? [23:41] [Yeah.} [23:41] [You asked for a puzzle? Masochist.] [23:41] the pebbles come out of the space between the pebble itself [23:41] not the same kind of pebbels; it seems random what the next color will be [23:41] [Apparently, Jydan is having sex while the world burns.] [23:42] * Bog_Mod will judge for himself. If it really is that bad BM will just add it to the list of his crimes [23:42] * Jynaru ponders for a while. [23:42] ! you bastard! it is worthless filler! [23:42] * Jynaru will use the fragments of Old Realm he knows to see if there are spirits in the area. [23:42] * Bog_Mod will write up a post now to make up for that [23:42] {I warned you.} [23:43] {can you copy/paste it?} [23:43] yes [23:43] Jynaru, your trying to summon spirits? [23:43] Use old realm, say "Hey! Anybody out there?" [23:43] no answer [23:44] This isn't exactly normal behavior for a pool of water on top of a hill with sparkly gravel that for some reason is magnetic to me. [23:44] nope [23:44] at least you didn't turn into a girl. [23:44] [why copy/paste question?] [23:44] * Jynaru can't just stunt flashily and mojo his way through this one. [23:45] BRB. Caffiene beckons. [23:46] needs caffiene to think? [23:46] interesting [23:46] I wondered about the VC addiction [23:47] Yup. This is coffee, however. Warmth=good. [23:48] {Wondering what Jydan's doing? Well, he's having a whole lot of sex, duh. And using that book that Fiatwin found.} [23:48] [Seriously, Jydan, you *need* to get some heroism fed into you by IV] [23:48] * Jynaru will splash some of the water outside of the pool. [23:49] water goes outside the pool; grass gets wet [23:49] [so um, who is walker?] [23:49] {Jydan WON'T be Heroic until he's MARRIED.] [23:49] {Walker's Realm?} [23:49] [Walker is a Deathlord. Ruler of Walker's Realm, obviously.] [23:49] [just walker?] [23:49] [Hasn't everyone read Scavenger Sons? I thought they stapled it to the main book these days...] [23:50] Grass gets wet, nothign else happens. Normal water. [23:50] [I couldn't remember his full name. Walker in Shadow, or something] [23:50] * Jynaru will attempt to drink a small amount of the water. [23:50] [nope, so mind if I head after him?] [23:50] [Was the post really that confusing?] [23:50] [I just haven't read Scavenger Sons, the rest I got] [23:51] [I was just setting up the Bodhisattva's return to the west for Suki.] [23:51] [well, I am there with her, might was well prime the pump] [23:51] water tastes good, plenty clean and clear [23:51] nice and crisp, too [23:51] [Jydan apparently thought one of the two speakers was Kasumi :) Do I look like a Deathlord?] [23:51] {You might want to clear things with Suki. She's written a WHOLE lot of posts already.} [23:52] {HEY! My brain has been broken by a woman!} [23:53] [not actually going to do anything, just some decent filler] [23:53] * Jynaru 's eliminated that reaction with starmetal to water. It's normal water, though clean, clear, and crisp. [23:53] {And NOT Fiatwin.} [23:53] * Storyteller nods sagely [23:54] [Bah. Women breaking brains is a simple obstacle of male existence. You can't let that get in the way of gaming-related matters.] [23:54] [nor heroics!] [23:54] * Jynaru 'll see if gravel can leave the pool. [23:55] {Women can get in the way of what they want to.} [23:55] throwing the gravel outside the pool causes ti to leave normally, sprinkling along the grass with the water [23:55] {At least that's MY opinion.} [23:56] [Kasumi does not agree with said opinion :)] [23:58] {You're loss.} [23:58] {Err... Your loss.} [23:59] * Jynaru gets all intuitional and re-arranges the gravel into a rough form of the Old Realm character for open, and says it. [23:59] [not really, he is the one with a gf] [23:59] * Storyteller smirks [23:59] Sorry Jynaru. If there was a spirit around, it'd be laughing it's ass off right now. [23:59] {I'd go out with Samantha this week, but this is the only chance I have to play Trinity with some friends.} [00:00] * Jynaru shrugs. You know how it is. Bad movies cliches live on forever. [00:00] * Storyteller nods sagely [00:00] {The friends are more important than the game.{ [00:00] [werent you just saying that women get in the way of even gaming?] [00:00] {Yes. But the friends are what's important in this situation.} [00:01] {I haven't seen these since the summer.{ [00:02] * Jynaru will attempt the same trick with off, and should he know it drain. Always worth a shot. [00:02] nada [00:02] From there, we kill time. Nightime might change things. [00:03] The hours you spend leave you shrivled and wrinkled, but does little good. [00:03] Water doesn't look any different, nor gravel, nada. [00:03] {I have an idea about what you should have done.} [00:03] * Kasumi will remember the shriveled, wrinkled Dragonling stuck in the pond. [00:04] [All right, going home to Suki, the Xbox, and the Lunars I need to write up, in that order] [00:04] As the cool air comes, the water stays the same tempereture, and as the sun sets in the sky, softly glowing lights float up from the pool and begin a slow dance, giving enough light to show your face, but little else. [00:04] * Storyteller waves kasumi [00:04] {See ya. Say "Hi" to Suki for me.} [00:04] * Kasumi is startled to be waved about, but recovers enough to get his coat. [00:05] Later, dude. [00:05] The pool is illuminated enough to read and see, but that is all. The wisps of glowng essence do not seem to be affected by your pesence, except as dust motes dance in the trail of your hand [00:05] Interesting. Is there any pattern to them at all? [00:05] {Runway 12 is open for takeoff} [00:05] seems completely random [00:06] [Later, guys] [00:06] * Kasumi has quit IRC (Quit: ) [00:07] Wow. What we have here is an insanely open-ended puzzle. [00:07] you have a pool of water, a bunch of gravel, and a mysterious force [00:07] * Jynaru 's been lead to a pool of happy clear water for some unknown purpose and is to do an unkown thing to get at that unkonw purpose before I'm missing a nipple. [00:07] * Bog_Mod has left #pvpexalted [00:08] * Jynaru disrobes and chucks his clothes out of the pond. Maybe it wanted JUST me and not the stuff. [00:09] alas, no, as soon as you go to leave the pool the nipple ring starts moving back towards the center of the pond [00:09] * Jynaru sighs. I'm naked in a glowing pool and it still isn't happy. [00:09] * Jynaru 'll move towards the dead center of the pond and spin, looking for anything out of the ordinary from this vantage point. [00:10] besides the glowing motes of dust slowly emenating from the pond and sinking back into it, dissapearing into nothingness, nada. [00:10] it could be just a spring otherwise. [00:11] * Jynaru 'll attempt to capture one of the dust motes. [00:11] dexterity + martial arts [00:12] !ex 9 [00:12] Jynaru : !ex 9, 7, 2, 10, 5, 8, 9, 3, 2, 4, Successes : 5 [00:13] you move your hand slowly and patiently along the lines of travel of the dust motes, waiting patiently until you have just the right moment, and then, striking out, you grab it! in your hand, you cannot see it, but it is stuck inside... [00:14] the rest seems unaffected [00:14] Feel anything different? [00:14] Storyteller : !ex 3, 5, 3, 4, Successes : 0 [00:14] !ex 3 [00:14] no [00:14] * Jynaru will attempt to lift it out of the water and look at it. [00:15] the dust motes of light dance above the water, not within it [00:15] Ah. Drop it into the water and look. [00:16] When you release your hand under the water, the dust mote dissolves nearly instantly into the water like a snowflake into a pond [00:17] Dust motes don't like water. But they seem to rise from the water, correct? [00:17] yes. and you can see them dissolve into the water when they occasionally touch it. [00:18] roll temperence [00:18] !ex 2 [00:18] Jynaru : !ex 2, 10, 3, Successes : 2 [00:19] it's been a long time, but still, you are a patient man. You manage to control your temper at the seemingly inoccuous pond. [00:19] (It's always, always the quiet ones.) [00:20] * Jynaru ducks under for a moment, loking up at the lights as he holds his breath. [00:20] the lights dance above you, distored by the water as is all other things; no more, no less. [00:21] the distortion is typical of water, of course [00:21] {So Samantha asked to see my Lunar character........ } [00:21] Of course. [00:22] * Jynaru will attempt to pass the gravel aside and dig down in the direct center of the pool. If you can't win, change the rules, so to speak. [00:22] how are you digging? [00:22] Let's go with foot motion. [00:22] If the ground is hard, we clearly have freakishness. [00:22] If it's mud, we have less freakishness. [00:23] you manage to drag out the gravel, until you are faced with dirt; you have went under and held your breath many times, and now you have about a square foot of boring, waterlogged packed earth visible and it looks like it is the same in any direction you would care to continue to dig [00:23] * Jynaru sighs. [00:24] * Jynaru will return to the motes, attempting to collect multiples in his left hand that he may shine th beam like a flashlight. [00:24] {I wonder what she'll think of Kouso....} [00:24] roll dex + MA [00:24] !ex 9 [00:24] Jynaru : !ex 9, 6, 4, 7, 4, 9, 7, 10, 9, 8, Successes : 7 [00:25] you manage to collect three of the motes in your left hand with your sudden quick motions. [00:25] Storyteller : !ex 3, 10, 2, 8, Successes : 3 [00:25] !ex 3 [00:25] you feel a tug at your essence [00:26] Hrmmm... get soggy pants and such and move to center of the pool one-handed before attempting to replicate the phenomenon. [00:26] ok [00:26] !ex 9 [00:26] Jynaru : !ex 9, 6, 8, 4, 1, 5, 7, 1, 5, 5, Successes : 2 [00:26] the motes evade your grasp, being two quick for your reflexes. [00:27] "Grasping at light and shadow. It'd be a nice metaphor if I wasn't wrinkly, tired, and hungry." [00:27] !ex 9 [00:27] Jynaru : !ex 9, 5, 2, 10, 2, 2, 3, 5, 2, 6, Successes : 2 [00:27] still to quick, they spiral away from your hand as you reach for them [00:28] as if your very movements push them away [00:28] * Jynaru lies in wait, carefully watching the patterns and letting them flow into his waiting hands, slowly collecting them, barely leaving a wake in the water. [00:28] +3 [00:28] !ex 12 [00:28] Jynaru : !ex 12, 6, 4, 4, 8, 4, 6, 9, 4, 4, 5, 2, 10, Successes : 4 [00:29] close, but at the last movement the motes flow out of your hands, the air pushing them away [00:29] roll int + lore [00:30] !ex 4 (wpautosux) [00:30] Jynaru : !ex 4 (wpautosux), 8, 9, 8, 1, Successes : 3 [00:30] the tugging of the motes is similar to that you feel when holding an object you can commit essence to. [00:31] * Jynaru finds that interesting. And I still have the three motes in my hand? [00:31] * Storyteller nods [00:32] * Jynaru 'll tentatively channel essence into the hand, slowly building the flow into the motes. [00:32] how many motes of essence? [00:32] Let's start out with one per glowy thing. [00:33] 3 motes then [00:33] Yeah. [00:34] * Jynaru 'll pump it to two motes per depending on how the glowy things respond. [00:35] As you channel the essence into your hand, you feel something pushing against it; something growing in size, trying to push it's way through your hand.... pushing through the seak parts of your grip (if your thumb was extended, parallel to that line of action), and out sprouts three green stalks; a moment later they bloom into three beautiful flowers; a purple-spackled lily, a red rose, and a bunch of tiny yellow flowers [00:36] * Jynaru sniffs at the flowers bemusedly. [00:36] they smell nice, as appropriate of their type [00:38] * silesia has joined #pvpexalted [00:38] 'lo [00:38] hello all [00:38] is some one running a game [00:38] <---- [00:38] Okay, I am going to piss off them. [00:38] Choi [00:38] heh [00:38] {Don't worry. You can talk to me.} [00:38] chow [00:39] {See a, then.} [00:39] Heh. Later, Sil. [00:39] Actaully, the new guy is back, the boss has gone home, so it's knock off time [00:39] see ya [00:39] * silesia has quit IRC (Quit: ) [00:40] * Jynaru 'll tap the end of, say, the purple lily into the water. Not the flower end, the other end. [00:40] the water displaces around the flower as it should [00:41] * Jynaru 'll attempt to plant the lily in the dirt around the pool. [00:41] per + awe [00:41] !ex 5 [00:41] Jynaru : !ex 5, 5, 5, 5, 2, 8, Successes : 1 [00:41] the lily does not respond to the action at all [00:42] besides the normal bendig of the stalk and such of course. [00:43] * Hikari has joined #pvpexalted [00:43] Ah. [00:43] wb again [00:43] 'ello, again, Hik. How fared the work? [00:43] Ah, you are still here. [00:43] {Hey Hikari. How goes things?} [00:43] Fairly well. I feel a little better now. [00:43] that is good [00:44] I think I will force myself to go to naginata lessons tonight. Just to have something to do. [00:44] already finished everything? or are you giving in to my old and steady lover, Procrastination? [00:44] What's wrong, Hikari? [00:44] I logged on to tell you that I will be here tomorrow for the 'Tei's Great Adventure' part. [00:44] cool [00:44] * Jydan has been told that he's a good listener. [00:45] * Storyteller will be glad to have somebody go with Tei [00:45] Shadow him. Actually. [00:45] ah [00:45] I don't feel like talking right now, Jyda. I feel like hitting things. [00:46] Feel free to if you ever want to. [00:46] well I know how you feel. Enjoy the dance of the warrior spirit. [00:46] Or more to the point, I feel like getting up and moving. [00:46] :) [00:47] Well, do what you feel. [00:47] So we will see tomorrow if I can go to lessons as well. But just once should be okay to skip class. I have called my Japanese teacher and asked for tomorrows assignments, so I can do them on my own. [00:48] Indeed. Neither is sitting. Pacing helps. [00:48] * Storyteller nods [00:48] * Jynaru 'll attempt the same, other side of the pool, the rose this time. [00:49] Jynaru there seems to be no response to pointing the flowers in the dirt around the edge of the pond [00:49] You are playing HERE? [00:49] yea... [00:50] It's really slow [00:50] because he can't dice-fu out of this [00:50] Sorry, didn't mean to disturb. [00:50] no no it's ok [00:50] he needs the distraction, he says :) [00:50] I have said my line anyway. Back to work. [00:50] ah well hope you enjoy somethin gotday [00:50] See you tommorrow. [00:50] *today [00:50] * Storyteller nods [00:50] * Jynaru hopes that goes well for ya, Hik. [00:51] * Hikari has quit IRC (Quit: I fall. Like the sands of time. Like some broken rhyme. At feet no longer there.) [00:51] I keep hoping somewhere in my brain random ynapses will fire and I will be enlightened. Sadly, there is no Zen of Pool Puzzle Maintenance. [00:51] heh [00:51] * Jynaru 's finding that logic is of little use against inspiration. [00:52] Let's try, for the hell of it, planting tiny yellow flowers in the underwater dirt. [00:52] ok [00:52] roll per + awe [00:52] !ex 5 [00:52] Jynaru : !ex 5, 9, 4, 3, 10, 8, Successes : 4 [00:53] you hold your breath and reach under, to put the flowers in the dirt.. and nothing happens. But when you look down, you also feel a tingling on your nipple [00:53] * Jydan smiles. Obviously he's finally seized his mojo back from Fiat. [00:54] * Jynaru will duck under the water and feel around the flowers. [00:54] feeling around the flowers reveals nothing but dirt, and the tingling on your nipple has stopped [00:55] * Jynaru will attempt to leave the pool momentarily. [00:55] you try to leave the pull and the nipple ring again wrenches itself against your body [00:56] * Jynaru doesn't even bother to curse as he head back in. Something happened. [00:57] * Jynaru is disappointed it's not what he had hoped, but something. Replant the lill and the rose underwater near yellow flowers. [00:57] your really soaked now, the water is going to get yoooou [00:57] per + awe [00:57] !ex 5(WPautosux) [00:57] Jynaru : !ex 5(WPautosux), 3, 1, 8, 5, 6, 2, Successes : 1 [00:58] you think you feel something around your nipple but you're not sure [00:58] Hrmm... [00:59] * Jynaru 'll once again go after some glowies, commit 2 motes per this time, and plant them. [00:59] !ex 9 [00:59] Jynaru : !ex 9, 2, 9, 2, 8, 3, 7, 5, 1, 7, Successes : 4 [00:59] too slow [00:59] !ex 9 [00:59] Jynaru : !ex 9, 8, 6, 4, 7, 7, 8, 8, 10, 8, Successes : 8 [00:59] you grap four of them [00:59] in a single sweep [00:59] 8 motes essence. [01:00] the motes of light only accept 4 motes of essence; the rest is discharged into the air, causing several motes of light to momentarily attract to you for a moment, now swirling aroundn your body instead of randomly prancing around the air above the pool [01:01] * Jynaru heads down to continue writing his name underwater with flowers. [01:01] the four motes that went into the lights causes them to transform into flowers, as before [01:01] you notice that the flowers seem dependent on what your mood is [01:02] kinda represntational [01:02] roll per + awe [01:02] or symbolic [01:02] !ex 5 [01:02] Jynaru : !ex 5, 8, 4, 1, 4, 6, Successes : 1 [01:02] you feel nothing as you continue to write your name in the pool [01:03] * Jydan laughs. "You're nog getting my mojo back." [01:03] * Jynaru approves of the motes. I approve of the pool, and the gravel, and even the positioning. Yet the nipple ring doesn't approve of my approval. [01:03] Keep going with each flower on the Per+awe? [01:03] yes [01:03] !ex 5 [01:03] Jynaru : !ex 5, 7, 6, 3, 8, 6, Successes : 2 [01:03] tingle maybe [01:03] !ex 5 [01:03] Jynaru : !ex 5, 2, 8, 9, 9, 9, Successes : 4 [01:04] definate tingle from the nipple ring [01:04] !ex 8 (WP conviction) [01:04] Jynaru : !ex 8 (WP conviction), 5, 8, 9, 8, 3, 8, 2, 2, Successes : 4 [01:04] are you going to look at the nipple ring or are you just ignoring it? [01:04] Oh, I'll look. [01:04] It's hard not to, what with going up for air and looking down. [01:04] the nipple ring is pointed at the ground you have cleared, straight down. [01:05] Especially with the throbbing. [01:05] * Jynaru drags on his soaked clothing and heads under, attempting to pass through or find some way to open a passage. [01:05] how are you trying to pass through [01:05] Wow. Only took me an hour or so for this. Praise logic! [01:06] * Storyteller 's probably a bastard ST [01:06] * Jynaru utilized the ever popular "Screw with variables until something good happens. Make more variables to screw wtih.". [01:07] * Jynaru 's going to try to walk down almost into the dirt. [01:07] * Jynaru 's got a Z variable for the first time, so it's clearly important. [01:08] As the nipple ring touches the dirt, the entire thing seems to fade into insubtationalness; befrit of your boyancey, you fall through the bottom of the pool like it had never been there, dripping wet, falling with a thud to a hard, darkly-stained oaken floor [01:09] * Jynaru groans softly as he collects himself and looks around. [01:09] roll 1B [01:09] !exm 1 [01:09] Jynaru : !exm 1, 10, Successes : 1 [01:10] For example, size, lighting, number of exits, the usual junk I might need to know. [01:10] Also if the nipple guidance is continuing. [01:11] take a bashing from the hard smashing of your nipple into the floor; feeling odd, because it isn't there. Standing, and looking around you find you are in a simple room, with rose glass walls and in each of the five corners of the room is a bronze statue; each one a sculpture of a beautiful maiden in the nude, each with a hand outstretched and a hand clenched; [01:12] looking around you see a steel glint in the hand of the one to your right [01:12] {Oh baby. The Maidens naked......} [01:13] * Jynaru likes the shiny. Let's look at the gling. [01:13] it's your nipple ring [01:14] there are five doors, each one in a face of the wall [01:14] they are made of solid oak as well [01:14] you notice that the oak floor doesn't seem to become soaked, the water just filters through the cracks [01:15] above you there is a clear glass, and you can see the dancing motes of essence in the pool above [01:15] * Jynaru rubs at his chest. "Strange indeed." [01:15] it's rather confusing as to how you're going to get the damn thing back in your chest because there doesn't seem to be a way for it to open [01:16] Is it just there, or is it magnetically there? [01:16] just there [01:17] * Jynaru will pick it up and place it on his left hand's smallest finger. [01:17] pinky ring, eh? [01:18] Yep. [01:18] Not in the way, should stay on. [01:18] * Storyteller is amused. Continue. [01:18] * Jynaru will examing the one that had the ring for differences from te others. [01:19] there doesn't seem to be much difference; their features are different, but otherwise they are all just inhumanly beautiful women [01:20] * Jynaru will start with the door on the right of the one what had the magnetism. knock on it, check for opening mechanisms, open it if found. [01:21] the door will tremble slightly as you touch it. Nothing in here seems magnetic, and knocking it makes it clear that you can simply push the door open [01:21] as it swings on a two-way hinge [01:22] * Jynaru walks slowly down the hallway, taking time to look over the decor. [01:22] (Nothing in particular, more filler in that Hey, he's watching for things. Also listening.) [01:24] The entire hallway of this room is green glass; the cieling is translucent, and you can see through it to strange, straight bars of light running along the cieling in an intricate pattern, and showing the dirt above, which seems to be held up by the light. Despite the green glow of the panel above, the light that shows through it is as natural and clean as the light of day [01:25] * Jynaru will knock and then at least open the door for the rooms he finds, quickly examining each one as he makes the rounds. [01:25] It stretches down the hallway, 3 doors opening symmetricaly on either side, and there is a T intersection at the end, without any door. [01:26] Start with left side first, look in eac one for general feel of the place. Wandering aimlessly, though confused. [01:27] Opening the door will reveal a elaborately decorated room, in prestine condition. Green cutrains flow from the walls, and these are obviously guest living quarters [01:27] each one also has a single picture, with the features of the woman opposite to the door in different positions. [01:28] You note that there is a large embossed circle at the end of the hallway, green as the walls are, with no other marks [01:29] And at each part of the T intersection? [01:30] Hallways? [01:31] each part of the T intersection stretchs away from each other, before changing colors at a bend, curving back on itself at a 72 degree angle. Standing straight with your back to the embossed circle, to your left the hallway becomes a light purple; to your right the hallway becomes deep red [01:32] Lets go with purple. Red's a bit heavy for this sort of day. [01:33] walking along to the purple hall and looking around the bend, you see another circle opposite to a hallway, and down the hall from that, the hallway bends again at the same angle and becomes a bright yellow [01:33] at the corner it also bends inward and down, so that there is a stairway just wide enough for one person at a time to walk to a lower level [01:34] * Jynaru will continue onward with that. [01:35] onward? [01:35] Eh... stairway. Sorry. [01:36] walking down the well lit stairway, the walls slowly change from being a solid, unblemished color to a more abstract design, mixing the other colors in a pleasing pattern, almost a pattern, at least - there is a bit of randomness that cannot be denied. [01:36] Ah. That's cool. [01:37] * Jynaru traces the walls of the stairwell with his fingers as he walks down the stairwell. [01:38] the texture of the walls change with the colors; the green is flat, almost unrevealing while the red is slick and clumpy. You reach the bottom floor to find that the flat, simple geometric pattern of above has been replaced with a slightly more complex pattern; instead of straight, square hallways they almost seemed to be [01:39] grown as each layer of paint was painted on another [01:40] You enter this room, and it is also roughly pentagonal in shape, but at it's center is an immense dias. Upon the celing there is a map of the stars, and suspended from it are silvery orbs of orichulum and moonsilver; the orichlum one does not glow, but the moonsilver one does with the waxing moon that fits with the time of month [01:41] * Jynaru 's little tune cuts off as he surveys the amazing craftsmanship, though he walks onwards to the dais. [01:43] The dias itself is a circle of jade, each a massive slab of each of the five jade magical materials pieces being divided into subsequent days so that for each day that has passed there is a piece of glowing jade; most of them are not lit, and there are five that you realize are not any jade that you have ever seen before, except on the ship earlier on the island. [01:44] * Jynaru lightly runs his fingers across the dias and surveys the room. [01:44] "This place is more like a drug-dream than the drug-dreams I had..." [01:45] * Jynaru will mark that down in his mental map and return along the stairwell and then take the turn he missed, following into the yellow area. [01:46] within the circle of jade is a garden, a vast pot taking up most of the area in the room and filled with various plants, with five seperate rings, and you watch in amazement as a flower in the first ring blooms, and then you notice that about half of the interior flowers have already bloomed, and that the larger, external rings have entire boquets that are yet to open in glorious color [01:47] The yellow are is the same as before, leading to another final blue corridor to complete the circle [01:47] * Jynaru will follow down the blue corridor, far preferring it to the red, and check the rooms. [01:48] the rooms are similar to the green, only instead of curtains concealing the wall, here they drape lazily around it, not seeking to hide the spackled white walls that are the base inside of the rooms [01:50] the pictures in the green room were of a scolarly nature; here, they are more exotic tales of love and drug and music [01:51] * Jynaru will head down into the original pentagonical room from here. [01:52] you note that the face of the maiden in the pictures is the same as the face of the maiden in the statue before you as you open the rose-colored glass door to this main room with the oak floor [01:52] brb [01:52] * Disconnected [01:56] * Rejoined channel #pvpexalted [01:57] Welcome back. Comp-swap? [01:57] net connection swamp; other computer just wasting precous kW hours [01:58] * Storyteller didn't want to leave his room after he woke up, didn't want to be saddled with a mere 14.4 connection [01:58] Ah. [01:58] Clever. [01:59] do me a favor and don't start humping the statues [01:59] ;) [01:59] Awww... they don't work like the ones in the other game? [01:59] Can *I* hump the statues? [02:00] maybe they are, Jynaru. But you know, in what way?" [02:00] * Storyteller stabs jydan [02:00] * Jynaru doubts he's particularly in the mood right now having been drug along by his nipple and spending hours upon hours in a pool of water. [02:01] And aren't some Ledaal "god-blooded' going to be surprised... Anyway, enough of that. [02:01] * Jynaru 's established that the maidens in the pictures are the maidens that are the statues. [02:01] yes [02:01] Was green nipple-ring-magical-removal maiden? [02:02] no [02:02] that would have been... eee... lets see [02:03] * Jydan wonders what will happen to Kouso should Fiat decide to do THIS to her. [02:03] Green, purple, yellow, blue, red. I started at green, never went down red. Went to the right. [02:05] yellow [02:06] * Storyteller is amused at the strange connections his inution makes for him [02:06] so the one holding your ring was the maiden of journeys. [02:06] * Jynaru is rather amused as well. [02:06] Which makes perfect sense. [02:06] of course I could argue for any of them to make perfect sense. [02:06] * Jynaru doesn't know it, but... ARGH. You know what I mean. [02:06] * Storyteller nods [02:07] so where you off to, Ninja boy? [02:07] First thing, let's head to the red corridors I never went down. [02:07] same old [02:07] Only staircase is on the yellow area, correct? [02:08] staircases are on all the internal corners of the pentagon [02:08] Ahhhh. There is more than one staircase! Let's hit blue first. [02:08] [note to self: Immaculate Order does not recognize the Sidereals as Anathema. Sidereals can easily be mistaken for anathema but are in fact god bloodeds. Thus Anathema includes only Abyssals, Lunars, and Solars. The former and the latter being really the same thing of course.] [02:09] actually all the staircases lead to the same room on the bottom floor [02:09] a pentagon within a pentagon [02:10] but rotated so that you come out of the walls [02:10] now i'm not sure how to describe this. Imagine a cloverleaf with five leaves; thus is how the five corners of the bottom room are connected. [02:10] (Note to you: That's Jyns personal interpretation. The Order as a whole doesn't say anything about it, but they aren't in Jyn's unique position.) [02:11] [I'm the ST, and I say what the order thinks ;)] [02:11] [it's quite clear that the sidereals didn't set themselves up as anathema] [02:11] (Gotcha. Yay for being "right"!) [02:12] (Now, what about the maidens. Still heretical?) [02:12] (Consorts to the dragons as there's 5 of each? Wondering just what I'd know about the maiden/color thing.) [02:12] [naturally. no worshipping things that are not the five immaculate dragons. However a sidereal could always get away with saying that the forms they venerate are actually the female representation of the dragons] [02:13] [I'm sure the immaculate texts have ample allowance for gender swapping] [02:14] [of course the colors are off and the faces aren't the offical representations, but such things can easily be corrected instead of being heretical] [02:14] (Indeed.) [02:15] * Jynaru 'll head to the center of that dais again, checking the strange new colors of jade against these colors. [02:15] {How about "Sinks-it-Deep" as Kouso's pet name for your character?} [02:15] [i'd prefer a short name so I could eventually lapse and use it in lieu of admitting to what my real name is} [02:15] {Ah....} [02:15] I don't understand jynaru. Do you mean the sixth jade? [02:16] (Yeah, that. I thought you said colors.) [02:17] (Anyway, look at the jade I don't recognize.) [02:17] the sixth jade is yellow. [02:17] it's slab is only a fraction the size of the other pieces [02:18] Let's see what Jyn knows about yellow jade... Int+Lore ok with you? [02:19] sure [02:20] !ex 4 [02:20] Jynaru : !ex 4, 1, 7, 10, 7, Successes : 4 [02:20] all you know is that it has somethign to do with malfeas [02:20] {That's a perty good roll, thar, Fiat.} [02:21] * Jynaru dislikes things from Malfeas. Even good looking Abyssals. [02:21] those are from the Underworld [02:22] Wait... ARGH! Again. Malfeas is Yozi-ville, Underworld is Malfean-ville. I hate that, too. [02:22] yes [02:23] * Jynaru looks at the jade with uneasy eyes. At least there isn't a sixth dragon-maiden. Let's look at the garden again. [02:24] circles of flowers [02:24] 20 circles actually [02:24] each one contains 60 flowers [02:24] the inner ones are of course more dense [02:24] Interesting. [02:25] actually 10 circles, sorry [02:25] * Jynaru will check the stars for anything odd. [02:25] and the jade slabs aren't subdivided for days, sigh, gotta keep my mind straight [02:25] every minute a new flower blooms at random from a circle until it is completely bloomed out, then the next circle begins to bloom. [02:27] * Jynaru will likely spend a day or so watching that when I don't have a mysterious force summoning me and then leaving no diection. [02:27] so you realize how it works: the sun tells if it's day or night. The moon says what day of the month. The jade slabs tell what month, and the flowers tell the time of day to the hour, and then to the minute, and possibly, if you have a high perception + awareness, to the second, but good luck on that. [02:28] * Jynaru only wishes. Man, gonna be mortaging years of my life for a travl without distance to meditate here for Ess 4 one day. [02:28] the stars above the dias are all the stars of the sky... [02:29] actually the entire roof is black except for the stars [02:29] Any ones I don't recognize? [02:29] roll intelligence + occult [02:29] !ex 2 [02:29] Jynaru : !ex 2, 6, 4, Successes : 0 [02:29] you don't even know what the skies look like in the first place [02:29] * Jynaru shrugs. Worth a shot. [02:30] "Makes me wish I'd spent more time listening to the godbloods and less staring at them." [02:30] your words do not echo, it is as if the walls of the room absorb sound rather than reflect it. [02:30] * Jynaru 'll head forth and carefully check over the yellow rooms, as that seems to be the Dragon what summoned me here. [02:32] Check in desks, drawers, closets, what have you for anything left behind or notes or the like. [02:33] Journeys, of course. Four of the pictures show the poles of the earth - if you look long enough, you will see the earth pole in all of them. Two of the pictures show a heavenly realm you are unfamiliar with. [02:33] Roll intelligence + investigation [02:33] !ex 4 [02:33] Jynaru : !ex 4, 1, 8, 6, 7, Successes : 2 [02:35] You find blank pages, a map, a calander, and some writing utensils. There are no clothes for you, and the closets are empty and the closets are bare - whatever trace has been left in these rooms of their former occupents has been erased [02:35] DO I recognize the map or the calendar at all? [02:36] the calander is typically your basic mini calander found in a daily organizer - typical of the realm. Five seasons 3 months per season + calibration [02:36] The map is actually a map of creation. although it is much bigger than you remember. [02:36] roll int + lore [02:37] !ex 4 [02:37] Jynaru : !ex 4, 5, 8, 2, 2, Successes : 1 [02:37] probably from the first age due to the old realm script and date [02:38] the maps and the calander are actually embossed plates of a light, easily bendible material [02:38] It would not be wise to bend them least you ruin their image [02:39] Also there is closeup maps of this island, and another small book which seems to be a directory or some sort, though you can't read the old realm to know what is going on. [02:39] {Lest.} [02:39] * Jynaru doesn't. Still gathering info slowly and methodically like roots break boulders. [02:40] So, essentially what we have is a bunch of guest rooms.... very strange. Let's go take a look at the rings that mark each T split, starting of course with yellow. [02:42] the bottom is not a constant color, changing at a whim, and in fact the tunnels do not lie directly under any one section [02:42] Going to bed in a couple of minutes. [02:42] Anybody need to say anything about something before I do? [02:43] ni! [02:43] Don't fear the reaper? [02:43] Going off the rails on this crazy train? [02:43] Oh yeah, I tell you I decided to take Kendo> [02:43] ? [02:44] * Jynaru dunnoes. I'm deep in color contemplation. [02:44] I hadn't heard it, I don't think. [02:44] * Jynaru knew you were most interested in it, though. [02:44] Yeah. I wanted to take regular fencing, but BRCC doesn't offer it. [02:44] * Storyteller still reccomends that Jydan just come to the south side of chicago for a couple weeks. [02:45] * Jynaru needs to figure out about these embossed circles. [02:45] I'm not interested in learning how to defend myself. I'm interested in exercise. [02:45] But BED calls. [02:45] Goodnight. [02:45] buh buy [02:45] * Jydan has quit IRC (Quit: "Everything in the universe contains flaws, ourselves included. Even God does not attempt perfection in His creations. Only mankind has such foolish arrogance." -- Cogitor Kwyna) [02:45] oh this is of course obvioulsy a manse. But you knew that. [02:46] Of course. [02:46] Once I had flower light underwater planting method to get in and nipple ring magical removal and healing statues and such, it sort of tipped me off. [02:47] heh [02:47] but more than that, you can actually FEEL the essence flowing through the place [02:47] Ahhhhh. Another big clue. [02:47] you couldn't feel it in the pool though. [02:48] * Jynaru 'll file that down under "It's not paranoia when they're actually out to get you." [02:48] ... one second thought, let's go muck with the green embossed circle. Yellow Jade gives me the willies. [02:49] heh [02:49] the upper rooms are just paint made from your normal complex ion pigmentation, of course... well, that's what I'd say if this were Real Life, but in Exalted, it's just Blue #41 [02:50] *42 [02:50] But the embossed circles are different? [02:50] nope [02:50] they just stick out of the walls. [02:51] Nope? Strange. Let's lightly push one. [02:51] Also attempt to turn it. [02:51] it's smooth to the touch, but it seems to be directly part of the wall and refuses to move. [02:51] also it is obviously green-tinted glass [02:51] Hrmmm.... this is indeed freakish. Pour a mote of essence into it. [02:52] it doesn't want your mote [02:52] ... [02:52] It's just decoration. [02:52] apparently [02:52] Where the HELL are they hiding the kitchens, the washrooms, the elimination chambers? [02:53] * Jynaru didn't see any other places around, and even then, bathrooms are nice to have near you. [02:53] Well the guest rooms have private bath rooms and private bathrooms [02:53] Ahhhhh. That helps. [02:53] and beds and stuff like that, but you didn't see any Star Trek Food Replicator. [02:53] * Jynaru now has to deal with the food issue. Not even a dining room. Strange. [02:54] you imagine one could eat in their rooms if so inclined, as the rooms are big enough to fit five people comfortably for conversation and whatever other interaction. [02:55] are you forgetting the cloverleaf passages on the second floor? [02:55] * Jynaru has found a hotel of sorts... [02:55] Not exactly. [02:55] roach motel, or hotel california? [02:55] Trying to get everything I can think of before I get to the complicated stuff. [02:55] * Jynaru can check out any time he likes, but he can never leave? [02:55] heh [02:55] That's about it that jumps out at me. [02:56] ((getting some sleep. Talk to yall later)) [02:56] Clearly, there's something going on with the orrery. [02:56] cya [02:56] Later, Maris. [02:56] * Maris has quit IRC (Quit: ) [02:56] * Jynaru knows this because it's one of the big two rooms everything leads to. [02:57] Lets go down to a stairway and try to examine the pattern that you mentioned. [02:57] which pattern? [02:57] You mentioned the pattern becoming more complicated, though slightly random. [02:57] all 5 colors, 3d. [02:58] ah [02:58] the walls [02:58] roll perception + performance [02:58] er [02:58] hmm [02:58] !ex 6 [02:58] Jynaru : !ex 6, 2, 7, 4, 3, 1, 5, Successes : 1 [02:59] actually + linguistics [02:59] Linguistics... interesting. [02:59] !ex 5 [02:59] Jynaru : !ex 5, 1, 3, 8, 9, 2, Successes : 2 [02:59] * Storyteller shrugs [02:59] looks like some kind of art form [03:00] If I select a color, can I follow it specifically without losing it? [03:00] no, they weave into each other, and the thicknesses vary so obviously whater clay/playdoh they used to make this place out of, isn't continuous. [03:01] * Jynaru ponders. And the floor? [03:01] the floor is stained oak, just like the floor above [03:01] Interesting... [03:02] Ceiling that glassy forcefield type thing? [03:02] no; in the main room it is plain black glass with the stars affixed to it [03:03] looking at the stars you can see they are actualy tiny pieces of glowing metal [03:03] The stairwell/cloverleaf passages I meant. [03:04] the cielings in those passages are a uniform white. Actually callling them passages is rather a bad thing. In reality, they are simply corridors formed by thin walls - each cloverleaf itself is actually a single large room [03:05] Interesting... now that is worrying/important. [03:05] there are two entrances to each [03:05] but those are big enough to not be a problem should large numbers of people be here. [03:06] * Jynaru will examine the walls closely for evidence of false passage or sliding panels. [03:06] the outside of the cloverleafs are like picture galleries, many paintings of amazing quality hang from the walls. [03:07] All in all you can't feel like you are in some place that has been deserted for very long. Everything is perfectly maintained and there is no dust anywere. You half expect the curator to walk up to you soon and ask if you'd like a drink. [03:07] * Jynaru ponders... this is so simple it's complicated. [03:08] It's got to be night-time by now, and though there are sadly no kitchens, I can go find some food tomorrow now that I'm not being pulled by my nipple to this place. [03:08] it was night time when you dove in [03:08] remember you waited for dark [03:09] * Jynaru is going to select a guest room and try to get some rest. Anything that wants to ambush me can have by now. [03:09] * Jynaru will, however, slide the starmetal ring onto the Maiden of Journey's finger, whichever one fits it best, if possible. [03:10] the rooms of the cloverleafs are actually large dining halls; along the curved walls are massive banquet tables and there are chairs and round tables throughout each but no food [03:10] Ah-ha! [03:11] and there is no effect from putting the starmetal ring on the finger [03:11] * Jynaru has discovered the normal stuff! It might be just a strange Manse after all. [03:11] (Didn't really expect one. Never really wore jewelry to bed. [03:11] mmmhmm [03:12] * Jynaru 's going to stack his sopping clothes neatly in the main room where the oak floors will absorb the water and grab at least a nap in one of the yellow guest rooms. [03:12] * Storyteller nods [03:13] anyhow you have the dream with the mountain again. Only this time there is a craggy crack weaving from the base of the mountain to it's peak [03:13] * Jynaru wakes up shuddering from the feeling of foreboding. This place must be getting to him. [03:14] Time to go see if the bath or bathrooms work. [03:14] heh [03:15] If not, not a major problem, but this sort of thing gives you useful knowledge. [03:15] works fine. Warm bath is good. [03:16] soap, towels, unmarked white robes [03:16] Soap? Whoa. I'm clean! for the first time since... since.... who cares, I'm clean! [03:16] heh [03:17] roll conviction for WP [03:17] roll stamina + reistance [03:17] * Jynaru will grab a loincloth or whatever passes for realm undergarments and put it on as he dries off. Have to pass through the pool again, I suppose. [03:17] !ex 3 [03:17] Jynaru : !ex 3, 2, 2, 1, Botch, Successes : 0 [03:17] !ex 3 [03:17] Jynaru : !ex 3, 7, 7, 7, Successes : 3 [03:17] * Jynaru shrugs. [03:17] no WP, but at least you're not all jittery [03:18] * Jynaru can live with that. Reclaim the ring, left hand as usual. [03:18] no loincloths though, just towels and robes [03:18] My clothes. [03:18] ah [03:18] Stacked in the main room topside. [03:19] * Storyteller imagines they're boxxorz [03:19] * Jynaru 's not putting them all on because they'll be soaking again and I don't want to run around naked all day. [03:19] heh [03:19] so watcha up to? [03:19] Yeah. Mighty mighty jump, left hand extended first. [03:20] * Jynaru 's going to attempt to leave and get some food. Last thing I ate was breakfast yesterday. [03:20] ah [03:20] roll dex + ath [03:20] !ex 12 [03:20] Jynaru : !ex 12, 7, 2, 2, 8, 2, 8, 7, 4, 6, 9, 5, 10, Successes : 7 [03:21] You easily jump out straight through the water, and find that, strangely enough, when you get out of the pool you aren't wet. [03:21] Whoa. Spiffy. [03:22] * Jynaru will hit the surrounding area for food. [03:22] Probably going to need to get a bow and arrows or something for winter travel, along with warmer clothes. [03:22] wits + survival diff 2; most anything scavanageable has been hidden away, so you've got to hunt now. [03:23] !ex 5 [03:23] Jynaru : !ex 5, 8, 3, 1, 6, 7, Successes : 2 [03:23] so I guess you manage to hunt down another rabbit. [03:23] * Jynaru cooks it and eats it outside. It seems wrong to do so in a manse of such immaculate conception, though they got the colors wrong. [03:24] heh [03:24] never mind getting dry firewood inside [03:25] From here, it's simple. Reclaim my stuff. Memorize my story thus far. return to camp. Get actual gear, though not my hyper-stuff. [03:25] hm ok [03:26] * Jynaru 'd love to explore, but no food supplies, no hunting equipment, and that damn dream getting worse is not a good thing. [03:26] * Storyteller rubs his chin thoughtfully [03:26] kinda conflicts with the maris thing [03:27] * Jynaru shrugs. [03:27] wasn't in town? [03:27] We can retrofit it and say I have that stuff. [03:27] nah I'll just say that they were out and about when you dropped by to pick up some stuff. [03:27] * Jynaru simply hasn't done anything with it. Because I may be int 2, but even I know it's good to have winter clothes and food to fall back on. [03:28] Gotcha. I won't be staying long, probably leave a hastily written report. [03:28] Anyhow it'll take you three or four days to get back there [03:28] Oh, of course. [03:29] * Jynaru 's been doing his part to compile a more detailed map that covers his wanderings. [03:29] Clearly, inland being advanced means towards the east. [03:29] so give me three survival + intelligence rolls [03:29] !ex 4 [03:29] Jynaru : !ex 4, 1, 6, 8, 9, Successes : 2 [03:29] !ex 4 [03:29] Jynaru : !ex 4, 1, 6, 2, 6, Botch, Successes : 0 [03:29] !ex 4 [03:29] Jynaru : !ex 4, 9, 9, 8, 3, Successes : 3 [03:30] Doh. Apparently that rabbit was a bobcat or something. [03:30] yeap, roll 4L [03:30] !exm 4 [03:30] Jynaru : !exm 4, 9, 9, 8, 1, Successes : 3 [03:30] 3L damage then [03:30] from whatever it was. Probably freezing in the first winter frost. [03:31] anyhow you lost a day there so roll another survival + intelligence roll [03:31] !ex 4 [03:31] Jynaru : !ex 4, 10, 7, 9, 6, Successes : 4 [03:32] allright [03:32] so two days of strenous travel heal any of that? [03:32] Clearly, the failure has refreshed my memory of what to do. [03:32] Probably an L or two. [03:32] what is 3L, -1? [03:32] * Jynaru does have medicine, after all, so he should be able to get that down. [03:32] Yeah, -1. [03:33] medicine isn't very useful for healing health levels in Exalted unless you get infected, which you don't from frostbite. [03:33] * Jynaru didn't take wound penalties into account on the last one. [03:33] * Storyteller just assumes that's why you didn't loose a limb [03:34] Ah. Good point. [03:34] you heald a -1 level [03:35] * Jynaru has decided though the beard isn't really him, it at least helps keep his face warm, and thus doesn't cut it during his short stay at Home Base. [03:35] hold on while I figure out what day it is [03:36] eh O [03:36] I'll figure it out [03:36] anyhow I'll want you to write your note and post it to the list with date on it and all [03:36] The first month is about done. [03:36] * Jynaru 'll do that. [03:36] yeap [03:36] * Storyteller 'll get the exact date though if he can. [03:37] Yeah. That'd be good. [03:38] apparently my computer doesn't like the ec. right now. ah well. [03:38] so where you off to. [03:38] * Jynaru figures that the note will be simple, though slightly amusing. [03:38] Northeast. Stupid bloody mountain range that is bad news. [03:38] allright [03:38] Stamina + Resistance [03:38] for this week [03:39] Also, I know some of the north west, so I can kind of swap my mind over. The sweep of the southeast is last. [03:39] !ex 3 [03:39] Jynaru : !ex 3, 2, 9, 7, Successes : 2 [03:39] * Storyteller nods [03:39] you're at -1 this week due to the craavings [03:40] didn't stay long enough to heal at camp but it will heal while you sleep on the first night [03:40] * Jynaru 'll keep that in mind. Total of minus 1 and a missing -0 HL. [03:40] so int + survival [03:40] !ex 4 [03:40] Jynaru : !ex 4, 7, 9, 3, 9, Successes : 3 [03:40] day 2, the spare woods [03:41] Do you want a list of the stuff that I carry with me? [03:41] no i'm good. survival equipment right? [03:41] * Jynaru can probably hack one out of ToT. [03:41] Yeah. [03:41] will you trust the natives to choose for you or choose yourself. [03:42] * Jynaru 'll trust them on the survival gear, though I'm picking out the bow I'll be using to hunt with. [03:42] roll perception + archery [03:42] Storyteller : !ex 6, 2, 10, 4, 9, 1, 10, Successes : 5 [03:42] !ex 6 [03:42] I'll also need some makings or pre-made of mobility stuff, snowshoes just in case, mountain climbing, all that. [03:42] !ex 8 [03:42] Jynaru : !ex 8, 7, 5, 3, 4, 8, 10, 2, 2, Successes : 4 [03:43] they don't have anything at all for mountain climbing [03:43] Can they supply metal spikes and ropes? [03:44] stone spikes, maybe [03:44] Ack. I'd do better to freehand it. [03:44] * Jynaru 'd only gain purchse on ice with stone spikes. [03:44] ropes are fine though. And you can have a tepee [03:44] Hey! No more bear caves. [03:45] * Jynaru is pleased. [03:45] well see how you roll your dice. Just because you have a tepee doesn't mean you don't plant it on old faithful [03:45] Heh, ouch. [03:46] int + survival, day 3: northern tundra [03:46] * Jynaru 's previous method of wandering aimlessly applies, follow the trail I can find that lead my way, look for tribes and get weather forecasts/legends/info on other tribe. [03:46] !ex 3 (WP autosux) [03:46] Jynaru : !ex 3 (WP autosux), 2, 7, 4, Successes : 1 [03:46] actually you have a strange sense of deja vu [03:47] Hrmmmm..... [03:47] hunting is hard now, as the first real snow comes. no more scavanging. Must hunt real food. [03:47] diff 3 now, but you can carry food with you to slow you down and feed you in case you don't quite make the roll for next week. [03:48] * Jynaru 'll likely have to cut a deal with land-claiming tribes as he rolls through to hunt, maybe trade some of what I have. [03:48] * Jynaru approves of that. [03:49] Anything occuring on the frozen tundra? [03:49] you can store sux, for each sux you carry you slow down a bit more. [03:49] Not really. The tribes seem to have packed in for the winter, relying on their stores of food instead of their hunting prowess... though the lone hunter is likely here and there, you'll never see them. [03:50] also that day was the 3rd of Resplendant air [03:50] er [03:51] So I was in town... last day of ascending air? [03:51] no i mean you were in the town on the 3rd of Resplendant [03:52] Ah. [03:52] Ok. [03:53] * Storyteller suddenly thinks it's a bad idea to put the date down... hm' [03:53] Roll for next day? [03:53] yes [03:53] trying to figure out where you are... [03:53] !ex 3 (WPAutosux) [03:53] Jynaru : !ex 3 (WPAutosux), 5, 4, 2, Successes : 0 [03:54] your at -2 sux, roll 4L [03:54] (Bless the Conviction. Essentially, it's the he, that is most attuned to the hunt, is not going to die like this.) [03:54] !exm 4 [03:54] Jynaru : !exm 4, 10, 10, 10, 10, Successes : 4 [03:55] er [03:55] I think the dice don't like you jyn. [03:55] .... [03:55] * Jynaru 's mojo hates me. [03:55] * Jynaru has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer) [03:55] * Jynaru has joined #pvpexalted [03:55] Look at that! all tens! On a DAMAGE ROLL of all things. [03:55] I think that's going down in history. [03:55] And that was an odd disc. Netsplit? [03:55] peer [03:55] just you [03:56] anyhow that's 4L [03:56] what's that bring you down to? [03:56] -3 total counting cravings. [03:56] Wait... -2 total. [03:56] * Storyteller figures that you got ran over y a rather unhappy moose [03:56] I'm on my last -1. [03:57] plus starvation. You haven't ate in one day. [03:57] you healed your -0 from before so you should only have 4L [03:57] do you stay here or move on? [03:57] Yep. My -0 and the three -1s are filled. [03:58] * Jynaru can't stay here! It's trying to kill me. Move on. [03:58] If you stay, it's 1 day per level. If you move, it's 2 days per level. [03:58] ok [03:58] you're at -3 dice though because of funkyness [03:58] Yep. [03:58] roll intelligence + survival [03:59] Spending a WP to add conviction. Wood aspects do NOT die in the wilderness through their own lack of skill. [03:59] !ex 4 [03:59] Jynaru : !ex 4, 7, 6, 9, 9, Successes : 3 [04:00] day 5, the south bank: you arrive on the shore of a large river, and there is no obvious way to cross. You will either have to swim across, make a boat, or find a tribe who you can convince to help you across. [04:00] or you could just go along the river but there's no telling how long the river is [04:01] Follow along the river. [04:01] Before it's frozen, and even afterwards if that happens, fish are to be had. [04:01] did you take notes back at the manse? [04:01] What kind of notes? [04:01] specifically the maps [04:01] On the landscape, tribes, what I ate, etc, yeah. [04:01] ok roll dex + linguistics [04:02] !ex 7 [04:02] Jynaru : !ex 7, 2, 1, 2, 2, 5, 5, 2, Botch, Successes : 0 [04:02] * Jynaru is going insane. [04:02] Storyteller : !ex 50, 4, 2, 6, 7, 1, 10, 6, 4, 8, 4, 3, 4, 4, 9, 10, 1, 7, 4, 10, 2, 10, 4, 8, 2, 10, 8, 5, 10, 5, 10, 8, 9, 3, 6, 9, 4, 4, 5, 2, 1, 1, 9, 10, 5, 8, 9, 1, 6, 3, 4, Successes : 28 [04:02] !ex 50 [04:02] Storyteller : !ex 50, 8, 9, 7, 10, 8, 5, 1, 8, 2, 7, 8, 4, 8, 4, 3, 4, 6, 5, 2, 5, 9, 10, 2, 4, 9, 8, 3, 5, 3, 10, 4, 7, 4, 6, 7, 9, 6, 8, 7, 4, 5, 4, 7, 10, 1, 6, 9, 10, 7, 8, Successes : 30 [04:02] !ex 50 [04:02] Not only, do I not subtract, although I guess I was fine at the time... [04:02] just doesn't like you... [04:02] * Jynaru 's mojo just hates me. [04:03] No wonder I was guarding sheep in a sheep costume. [04:03] It's better than what I've gone through thus far. [04:03] anyhow your map says that the river goes all the way to the ocean and goes through a volcanic range so the river will never freeze and that there are giant sea monsters that will eat you if you try to cross. [04:04] * Jynaru hates giant sea monsters. [04:04] everyone hates giant sea monsters [04:04] * Jynaru 's going to retire before I botch something like an archery roll and shoot myself in the forehead, get a couple hours sleep before class. [04:05] heh ok [04:05] I'll figure out some other time to do the Mr. Miyagi stuff. [04:05] * Storyteller nods [04:05] g'night [04:05] See you later. Manse was trippy, but training time dictates must find Mr. Miyagi. [04:05] * Jynaru has quit IRC (Quit: Ever seen an Old English Sheepdog cast Magma Kraken?) [04:05] * Disconnected Session Close: Wed Nov 27 04:05:58 2002 Session Start: Wed Nov 27 17:36:58 2002 [17:36] * Topic is 'Exalted: Wish I'd died instead of lived, A zombie hides my face. Shell forgotten with its memories, Diaries left with cryptic entries, and you don't need to bother; I don't need to be, I'll keep slipping farther. But once I hold on, I won't let go 'til it bleeds [OTT: 88.9KB]' [18:02] * CleaningH 's cleaning but can tell maris what his next quest is. Maris has to tell a really really good story. [18:05] hey did fiat tell you guys how last night ended up? [18:05] Naw. [18:05] Did he solve the puzzle? [18:05] eventually [18:06] but that's not the funny part. [18:06] Or did he eat the gravel in frustrated suicide? [18:06] The funny part is that he found a map of the island, and then botched his roll to copy it. [18:06] Did he get stoned and try to do the statues? [18:06] * Kasumi giggles. [18:06] And then later, when he was wandering in the wilderness, he failed his survival roll and I had him roll damage due to exposure. [18:06] He rolled 4 dice, and got 4 10s. [18:07] * Kasumi cackles [18:08] eww [18:08] hahahahhaha [18:08] the dice hate him [18:08] He rolled 4 dice, and got 4 yep10s. [18:08] he decided to go to sleep after that, to pray to the gods for better mojo [18:08] hehe [18:09] he find the hearthstone at the manse? [18:09] no [18:09] * Maris nosd [18:09] nods even [18:09] makes sense [18:09] he couldn't find his way to the hearthstone chamber even so he gave up and left :) [18:09] hehe [18:09] give's up to easily [18:09] * Maris has the hard tasks. And he's already done 3 [18:10] * Kasumi sympathises with Fiat. I always screw up at puzzles. I can feel the looks of hatred from my hyper-intelligent characters across the game/reality boundry... [18:10] heh [18:11] eh [18:11] I don't mind the annoying looks [18:11] I mind when they start telling me the answer [18:12] lol [18:12] Hik was doing that in the fog thing. At least her version of the answer. Which was just her being helpful. But still Maris ain't the type of chap who figures out puzzles. [18:12] or symbolic things [18:12] not off the bat [18:12] he has to think about it [18:12] nod\ [18:12] first response is always smash!!! [18:13] or something akin to that [18:13] usually works in my games [18:13] * CleaningH likes smashing [18:13] Yeah, smashing is cool - cutting to ribbons is more fun, though. [18:13] nah [18:13] * Kasumi shrugs - horses, courses, all that. [18:13] smashing is more manly, bisi [18:14] Manly is for those who feel like being a target, rather than underestimated :) [18:14] targets are ALWAYS underestimated. [18:14] hehe [18:14] like Sulayman [18:15] Actually glad i didn't try to cut him in half though [18:15] ^_^% [18:15] these tasks are fun and getting an entirely new perspective on anathema [18:15] heh [18:16] * Kasumi reflects...though I suppose most people are figuring out that most of the world's problems can be solved by beating up a bishi :) [18:16] * CleaningH thinks maris is probably running around with cool facial scars afterwards [18:16] * Maris nods [18:17] as long as they don't affect my looks [18:17] nah [18:17] jyn healing skillz are good [18:18] he have charms? [18:18] or just skillz? [18:19] just skillz [18:21] When's Tei playing Gh? [18:21] 9:30 central [18:21] so like :30 my time then [18:21] 3 hours [18:22] 8:30 even [18:22] from pacific to central? [18:22] no he should be here in 3 hours [18:22] ah [18:22] okdoke [18:49] anyhow, gotta go. Don't want to miss hoshi in see through clothing. [18:50] B'Bye! Session Close: Wed Nov 27 18:50:19 2002 Session Start: Wed Nov 27 19:53:44 2002 [20:11] bah, drumbeats...when I first sued the ent I hadta shout into a tin can on a string in binary [20:11] *used [20:11] *net [20:12] you used tin cans? I had to use my school textbook. [20:12] And that is not even a net. [20:12] 11101001000010010010100100101011111000101001001010010010100101010001010010111111 [20:12] you know [20:12] You couldn't download pages from whereever. [20:12] I know what ? [20:12] I just realized that strength of stone specifically says it last for only 5 minutes [20:13] heh [20:13] which means i can't use it for stamina plus endurance rolls [20:13] That is 100 rounds. Who cares? [20:13] * Maris sighs [20:13] yeah i was using it to make me and my guys tougher for our walks [20:13] 10010100010100101001101010101111100100101011100101010010100101001001111000100010111100101001 [20:13] (in combat, who cares?) [20:14] 8h [20:14] I can see the problem with extended marches. [20:14] When have we had more than 5 round sof combat ? [20:14] monday [20:14] Never? [20:14] Okay, more than 20 [20:14] that's 2 minutes [20:14] Monday? [20:14] right ? [20:14] You mean the chase? [20:14] what was it, ten rounds? [20:14] no [20:14] Jynaru vs Maris [20:14] 1 round is what ? 5 seconds [20:14] ? [20:14] Ah. [20:15] Cripes, we're Jedi-like in our speed of dispatching enemies [20:15] * Hikari hopes she will see that combat some day. [20:15] o [20:15] 3 seconds. [20:15] yea [20:15] it'll be really hard to read the logs though... ;) [20:15] so..lesse a 30 second fight [20:15] * Jydan sings "Live and let die" [20:15] Yoda, Maul, Mace...eat your hearts out [20:16] I don't think so [20:16] Combats take however long the stunts take. [20:16] I'm pretty sure that no one in your game has flipped off of walls doing backflips the entire time. [20:16] * Kasumi has quit IRC (Ping timeout) [20:16] Maul and Mace can, but Yoda is undefeatable in his awesomeness. [20:16] But all those Jedi are slowed down because they have to change camera angles and extras always gets reinforcements out of nowhere. [20:17] plus they have to do it blindfolded and if they botch they automatically die [20:18] * GoldenH sets his alarm for 9 [20:18] Where can I turn in my Jedi badge and decoder ring? [20:18] * GoldenH is now known as GH|Napping [20:19] Nowhere. HQ just blew up. [20:19] Awww... [20:19] You're stuck with it now. [20:20] * Jydan is now known as JydanKnight [20:20] Nooooooo... [20:20] * Kasumi has joined #pvpexalted [20:20] Bha. [20:20] "It was a tragic explosion." [20:20] * Kasumi notes that "Bha" was how it was said in the old days. [20:20] Sure. :) [20:21] * JydanKnight weeps for the loss of so many good Jedi. [20:21] * Bog_Mod has joined #pvpexalted [20:21] nyarr [20:21] Ah, don't worry, Jydan. Now we get to have a big party at their funeral. Parties are good. [20:21] * JydanKnight greets Bog Mod in the fashion of Old Republic Jedi Knights by pantsing him. [20:21] Jellies? [20:21] Jellies. [20:22] just as long as DT doesn't crash that party..... [20:22] afk [20:22] * Kasumi is soooo hungry... [20:22] Hey ! I protest ! [20:22] There's nos such thing as Sith !@ [20:22] * Bog_Mod returns the greating in the old style of punting him acorss Corascant [20:22] (You could always go home and eat Suki.) [20:22] But a single Sith lord or two skulking in the shadows make for an even more interesting party. [20:23] SHHHH ! It's a secret [20:23] I mean, how else can you ask the handsome guy in black to dance with you and get the answer, "I am your father."? [20:23] (People say that you don't get any calories from eating celery, that you actually burn them. But that's not true. You actually burn calories by eating something else.....) [20:24] * Kasumi likes celery... [20:24] "I love, simply love...celery root!" [20:24] root? hmm...is that the use of australian slang here ") [20:25] * JydanKnight extends his lightsaver and sucks on it's sweet, candy goodness. [20:25] * Kasumi was quoting the latest filmed version of "Emma", so, no, probably not. [20:25] (Lightsaver == Live Savers Hahahaha. Bad Joke.) [20:26] * DarthTom smiles and drapes an arm around Hik "hey light-side babe.... [20:26] Wanna see my lightsaber ? it extends when it's ready for action." [20:26] "Stay away from him! He's BAD! [20:26] " [20:26] But you are Evile. [20:26] Be quiet, padawimp [20:26] Evil's sexy, babe [20:26] Hmmm... [20:26] Some girls *like* bad, Jydan...you just have to accept that. [20:26] Is it a beeeg lightsaber? [20:27] "You want someone pure and innocent to corrupt." [20:27] (Oh, how I know, how I know.) [20:27] Can you double wield it? [20:27] HiK:two-handed [20:27] Oooooo! [20:27] * Kasumi has money in the bank. How odd, yet pleasing. Guess I'll blow it all on webcomic merchandise and games. [20:27] But, sorry, the answer is no. [20:28] Ah well, was worth a try [20:28] I already have a date. I am waiting for him to show up. [20:28] Obi-Wannabe ? [20:28] * Bog_Mod has left #pvpexalted [20:28] He is not a wannabe! [20:28] (Probably some kind of Old English Sheepdog.) [20:29] Old English Sheepdog?! WHERE?!! [20:29] Oh, so he's Obi-Wan's twin brother...Don-wan Kenobi...we call him 'Darth Promiscuous' [20:29] ..... [20:29] Errr, no. Not him... [20:29] * JydanKnight is now known as Chidan [20:29] Obi-Tom ? [20:29] I like nice guys. [20:29] * Chidan runs around yelling "Here's an Old English Sheepdog!" and pointing in random directions. [20:30] * DarthTom cuts Chidan in half [20:30] "Look! Over there! In the thorn bushes! An Old English Sheepdog!" [20:30] Awwww... You truly are evil. [20:30] DUH [20:30] "Look! Over there! In the path of that stampeeding herd of Yeddim! An Old English Sheepdog!" [20:31] Cool! You killed the Chibi! I want to be evil, too...though, notably, he hasn't shut up yet... [20:31] Oh no! The poor dog must be stuck. What with its long lustrious warm ruffely soft pelt! [20:31] (Chibi-evil can never be destroyed or contained.) [20:31] Here, hand me that gasioline [20:31] * Hikari burns away the entire bush with Force Lightning. [20:31] * DarthTom pours the gas all over Chid's halves [20:31] If only ops let you rename someone on a channel specific basis... [20:31] * DarthTom pulls out his zippo and lights Cihd ablaze [20:32] Don't look at me [20:32] "Where is the beeeeg, cutesy bow-wow? Here, doggie. Hikari has a snack for you." [20:32] "Look! Over there in the the lake filled with deadly pirranas! An Old English Sheepdog!" [20:32] "Look! Over there near that big fat naked man! An Old English Sheepdog!" [20:32] "Oh no! It must be in danger from the fishieys!" [20:33] * DarthTom locks Chid in a sound-proof room...with no air-holes [20:33] * Hikari electrucute the lake with Force Lightning. [20:33] (Chibi-evil can never be destroyed or contained.) [20:33] "Look! Over there near that angry walrus! An Old English Sheepdog!" [20:33] Oh, no! That fat man must be a pervert with a taste for dogs! [20:33] * DarthTom won't contain him then [20:33] * Hikari grills the Fat man with Force Lightning. [20:33] * DarthTom launches Chibi in the airless void of spac,e where sound cannot transmit [20:34] Walrus..? [20:34] KAWAAAAAIIIIIIIII!!!! [20:34] * Hikari hugs and snuggles the walrus. [20:34] * Chidan is now known as Angry_Walrus [20:35] * Angry_Walrus looks very confused and gores some random passing eskimos. [20:35] Walrus, have you seen my dear Old English Sheepdog? [20:35] "Ar Ar Ar!" [20:35] * Hikari never notices that she is strangling the 4 ton walrus in her cuddly hug. [20:36] (Translation: "I won't tell you anything until you say the magic words." [20:36] ) [20:36] Please? [20:36] Goo goo g'joob ? [20:36] "Ar! Ar! Ar!" [20:36] (Translation: "It's "Cuu Cuu Ka Chuu!" you idiot!") [20:36] * DarthTom feels like an utter idiot...he needs chocolate...maybe there's soem cheesecake left [20:37] * DarthTom makes walrus stew [20:37] * Hikari waits for the translation while snuggling closed the Walrus airsupply. [20:37] "Ar Ar Ar." [20:37] Cuu Cuu Ka Chuu? [20:37] (Translation: "I saw him launching himself into space wearing a red shirt.") [20:37] Oh, he is dead then. [20:37] I've got an idea ! [20:38] Dead or has changed his name to Vanal. Same effect. [20:38] * DarthTom is now known as DarthForrester [20:38] * DarthForrester locks the Walrus into a rocket and shoots him into space [20:38] * Kasumi is fairly sure he's not dead, just being beaten by an angry BM and Suki until he posts. Crazy Sheepdog. [20:38] * DarthForrester sends him ceezy movies [20:38] the worst, I can find [20:38] (la la la) [20:38] He'll have to sit and watch them all [20:38] while I monitor his mind [20:39] "Ar! Ar! Ar!" [20:39] *cheesy [20:39] (Translation: "I was kiddding. He got himself another lady-master to lick.") [20:39] ........ [20:41] * DarthForrester is now known as DarthTom [20:42] ....and Vanal is NOT a dead man walking ! [20:42] There [20:42] There's one bitch in the group, and that's Tei ! [20:42] * Angry_Walrus dies from strangulation. [20:42] * Angry_Walrus is now known as Chidan [20:42] "Look! Over there near that falling building! An Old English Sheepdog and his lady-master!" [20:43] Van's a Cathak, right? That whole house is filled with walking dead. You can tell by the way the Sidereals won't go near the poor dead buggers. [20:43] Van's pretty lively for a dead guy [20:43] * GH|Napping is now known as GoldenH [20:43] Hey, lively is the best way to be when you're dead, or doomed to be. [20:43] He's NOT doomed ! [20:44] not unless Tabius casts ISoB on him. [20:44] He's fated to live a lkong, happy life, with many children, much money, status, and great sex [20:44] * Kasumi shrugs. Sure, it's GH's game. He'll probably be fine. [20:44] GH is one of those kind, merciful Santa Claus GMs, right? [20:44] * Chidan walks towards Hikari, dragging an Old English Sheepdog behind him. "Look what I found Oneesan!" [20:45] GH:If Tabs casts ISoB on Van, he just made his own days numbered [20:45] Van would use the opportunity to beat the living TAR out of Tabs [20:45] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Hikari [20:45] heh [20:45] ...since when does Hik have ops ?! [20:45] RUN ! [20:45] crazy woman with a badge ! [20:46] "OOOO. Oneesan just suddenly got all big and shiney. Can I be all big and shiney?" [20:46] you can lie in a simpering heap on the floor. [20:46] * Kasumi had an @ once. He ate it. It was tasty. [20:46] Aww... That is so cute Jydan. Thank you for the dog. [20:47] But Jyda-kun. Don't you think there might be someone else who loves that dog even more than I ever could? [20:47] Well, Maris *is* Cynis...they do all sorts fo weird stuff with animals [20:47] He likely already have a owner who misses him as much as i miss my own 'personal' Old English Sheepdog. [20:48] "I dunno. I think he's your doggie! See this mark! It says "Property of Hikari! Don't touch him!" [20:48] <*Vet*> "That dog has had it's rabies shots, right?" [20:48] * Chidan looks all sad.... "Okay... I wrote it on there with my markers... But... I just wanted Oneesan to be happy." [20:49] I know Jyda-kuin. And Hikari-oneesan is very haooy. [20:49] You are a very thoughtful and sweet little boy. [20:49] yeah [20:49] yeah yeah even [20:49] I don't do weird things to animals [20:49] But lets now go and bring the dog back to his real owner. [20:49] "Okay...." [20:50] * Chidan hugs the doggie. "Sawie (sorry) doggie. We'll take you back to where you belong now." [20:50] <*doggie*> "ARF! ARF ARF!" [20:50] * DarthTom helps himself to the final piece of chocolate cheesecake [20:51] * Chidan drags the poor dog back to his house and knocks on the door. [20:52] Chidan. Your violating code #4. [20:52] (Code #4?) [20:52] Chibi characters may only inflict short-term harm [20:52] (OOOO. Even psychological harm?) [20:52] (I'm dragging the dog to the dog's house.) [20:52] well of course not. permanant psychological harm is inenvitable. [20:53] "Sawie people. I took your doggie because I thought he was my big sister's doggie Fiat." [20:55] (Man, Robin Williams is on Who's Line....) [20:55] that was a psycho ep [20:59] * Kasumi snaps. [20:59] * GoldenH parries [21:00] * DarthTom thrusts [21:00] The hunger is too great. I'm taking a lunch break. [21:00] See you all later, folks. [21:00] bug buy [21:00] If Fiat shows up...tell him to post. [21:00] * Kasumi has quit IRC (Quit: ) [21:00] * GoldenH awaits the power of tei [21:01] Maris did you see what I said earlier about your next quest? [21:01] * Hikari too awaits Tei. [21:02] (Tony Jay) "Behold the power of Tei" "THAT'S *CHEESE* TONY ! *CHEESE* !" "Oh,okay....*ahem* Behold...the power of *cheese*" [21:03] Cicada, does Tei taste like cheese? [21:03] * Chidan has quit IRC (Ping timeout) [21:03] No idea. haven't gotten a bite yet. [21:03] No wait. [21:04] He tasted of fruit juice. [21:04] Sorry, it's just, well...tony Jay rocks [21:04] Ah, I see. [21:04] (maybe has something to do with the meal he had just eaten. [21:04] coolest voice short of James Earl Jones [21:04] ) [21:04] * Hikari blushes. [21:04] meal ? it was a snack [21:05] no sorry [21:05] I'm kinda getting in and out of here [21:05] your next quest: to tell an entertaining story [21:05] To Sulayman? [21:05] Yes, tell Rajah ! [21:05] Jeez. [21:05] him included. [21:05] So you want me to write something up? [21:06] GH:You really *should* get Rajah to RP Sulayman *g* [21:06] or should this be adlib? [21:06] * GoldenH shrugs [21:06] Write it up, throw it at me next week. [21:07] * GoldenH 'll give it a stunt bonus for your charisma + performance roll [21:07] * Maris sighs [21:07] gee...only oh, 2000 words for 3 measly dice *g* [21:07] next week huh? [21:07] yea [21:07] * GoldenH 'll give more than 3 dice if it's good enough [21:07] it should have something to do with maris' background. [21:07] ah [21:08] something we don't know yet would be nice. [21:08] Can't write it up now and do it later tonight after Tei? [21:08] kinda a chance to flesh out the character a bit [21:08] * Maris has some things about his brother to say as he's never used. [21:08] But you've seen the history [21:08] I expect tei to take until I fall asleep, and I want you to have a chance to brood on it [21:08] * Maris sighs [21:08] I hate brooding [21:08] heh [21:08] then just let it lie in the back of your head? [21:09] To brood... [21:09] it's hard [21:09] I hate waiting as well [21:09] firs,t you must dress all in black [21:09] second...watch a lot of Angel [21:09] I have, maris, but nobody wrote as much as I like :) [21:09] third...listen to a LOT of The Cure/Sisters of Mercy/Bauhaus [21:10] then (after you supress an urge to slay all goths brutally)...you are ready [21:10] I think I'll do a story about those too then [21:10] THe match and event's leading around it I think. [21:10] * GoldenH wants to see what kind of storytelling gene maris has [21:10] if it's really really good i'll let you take a point of Performance without downtime [21:11] * Maris nods [21:11] I'll try not to copy and paste it from somewhere [21:11] lol [21:11] if you do, make sure it's not on google. [21:11] j/k [21:12] you could post it to the email list when your done with it [21:12] Where IS Tei? [21:12] give him 18 minutes [21:12] he said 10:30 est [21:12] Can i get a rewrite? [21:12] rewrite? [21:12] Maybe I will be able to go to lessons after all. :( [21:13] send it to you and see what you think then make changes based on that [21:13] ok [21:13] Alright [21:13] * Maris sighs and decides to start as he's already made Stone Shadow [21:13] Who is perhaps the ultimate 100 xp dragon blooded fighter there is [21:14] heh [21:14] Earth immac with all the cool scene long charms and big ass tetsubo [21:14] o [21:14] he hits once you go down [21:14] you hit him he laughs [21:14] doooom [21:14] So he is ticklish, eh? [21:14] That's when you clobber him in the mena bean machine, dude *g* [21:14] * Maris shakes his head [21:14] unless he's dusted up [21:14] Almost too easy to take down. [21:15] unmoving earth stance [21:15] can't be thrown around [21:15] Maris:That's allw ell and good...but he *is* a man [21:15] hit a man in the nuts, and the pain starts *g* [21:15] ah [21:15] well don't immaculates have an anti-pain charm? [21:15] he's got 12 agg soak [21:15] ... [21:15] but no anti pain charm's [21:15] ah [21:16] that's the lunars [21:16] * DarthTom is tempted to make Geibu-san, the tube samurai as a char [21:16] who have sick ass anti pain tree [21:16] * GoldenH laughs [21:16] You know we've all been there. [21:16] Geibu-san ? [21:16] ye [21:16] yea [21:16] * GoldenH is amused that the lunars are effectively immortal for stamina turns [21:17] * Jydan has joined #pvpexalted [21:17] I mean, I HAVe made a solar version of Vamp form MHS2 [21:17] Hell cicada could cut the lunar into little twitchy bits and it'd still be able to use it's tenticle charm. [21:17] Hell, I just needed to record One. [21:18] i feel tired i feel alone don't make me change my mind? [21:19] 3 minutes.... [21:19] I wish these guys were less punctual [21:19] Now I've got to record both discs of Wingspan. [21:19] So I may die. [21:19] how about you die and borrow it from some otaku in heaven? [21:20] Wingspan. The compilation of Wing's Hits. [21:20] Otaku..? In heaven..? [21:20] * Hikari has now made it her goal in life to live forever. [21:20] welll.. I know it's stretching it... but if god could forgive that one guy who was really evil, then well, there's a chance. [21:21] maybe the otaku is in fact a really really hot chick? [21:21] HiK:I'm sure there's an otaku heaven [21:21] I'm also sure that's called hell. [21:21] Hmmmm.... [21:21] As I am sure there's a heaven for puritanical twats who thing video games/RPGs are the spawn of the devil [21:22] the two ar elocke din constant war [21:22] hmm [21:22] which dovetails nicely with *our* heaven, 'cause we get to see them beat the crpa out of each other [21:22] sweet [21:22] do we get to drink lemonaide? [21:23] I've got 50 bucks that says Justin Achilli does a run-in and chair-shots Jakc Chick [21:23] *Jack Chick [21:23] I could see that [21:24] * GoldenH only has a $20 though [21:25] hey look, emails for mwah! [21:25] that's fine, you won't need money when you'r ein heaven [21:25] sweeet [21:25] So give it all to me [21:25] * Hikari stands on the balcony outside her bedroom window, gazing out over the walled garden, trying to spot her Tei. [21:25] but... I need it for that hooker... [21:26] ..Hikari as juliet ? [21:26] When was she not? :) [21:26] or as Celes ? (yes, I know how geeky the ref is) [21:26] * Jydan has quit IRC (Ping timeout) [21:26] not as bad as creating a char based on her as a child.... [21:26] ...point [21:26] ... [21:26] wait [21:27] you DIDN'T [21:27] * DarthTom pounds his head into a wall [21:27] hail to the king, baby [21:28] Who is Celes again? My Shakespeare is rusty. [21:28] FF character [21:29] nothing to do with wee Willy [21:29] heh. Andrix is afraid that when I post my OTT post everyone will jump on me and kill me. [21:29] apparently it's the most evil thing I've ever wrote. [21:30] * GoldenH kinds was expecting that anyhow though [21:30] As long as you are not wrecking the OTT storyline for everybody... [21:31] wrecking is probably the wrong word [21:32] Andrix doesn't seem to think I am wrecking it, in any case. [21:32] though we agree it will be highly controversial [21:33] whom do you whack ? [21:33] .... that's a secret [21:33] you have learned well, my apprentice [21:34] oh, and a lot of innocent bystanders [21:34] * Jydan has joined #pvpexalted [21:35] it's mostly little things that they could work around in time. But as you said Hikari, half the fun is in dealing with the unexpected ;) [21:35] * GoldenH kept HW on the throne as you requested. [21:35] heh [21:35] Goody. [21:35] and tei is late. tsk. tsk. tsk. [21:36] It would not do us any good to have the only real villain fall. [21:36] when does class start? [21:36] In 15 minutes. [21:36] How much embellishment is too much Embellishment? [21:36] * GoldenH shrugs [21:36] As long as you know the difference between truth and untruth... [21:37] * Maris knows [21:37] generally it's whatever makes it look more extreme. If you go so far that you'r coming back, then it's too much. [21:37] * Maris is just trying to figure out how much he can push it to make the story entertaining and cast a good light on himself. [21:37] don't "lie" [21:38] just bend [21:38] * Maris nods [21:38] "And then the assembled horde of the Primordials fell away before me. At last I had saved the Solar Exalts from their enemies, and cast the dark ones into the pits of malfeas!" [21:39] (Van, skeptically) "Was that BEFORE or AFTER you bedded the 5 maidens ?" [21:39] don't add things in that never happened unless they're short and humorous and you really wish they would have happened to make the story flow better, or take them out unless they are extraneous [21:39] "DURING!" [21:40] "Wanna hear how tight Luna was as a virgin too?" (smirk) [21:40] (Van) "Uh-huh...and where does your fling with the Scarlet Empress fit into all this ?" [21:40] "Did I say Scarlet? I meant Azure." [21:41] "Hey, the Scarlet Empress was different. There is no rule saying you cannot bed your own daughter and granddaughter (combined) just because she has become a ruler." [21:42] * Maris sits and thinks [21:42] how many people will i be speaking too? [21:42] and what's the room look like? [21:42] * Maris want's to use the setting as he can. [21:43] ...now I'm picturing Maris giver a Hiter-like speech to the assembled masses [21:43] hehe [21:43] * Hikari stands on her balcony, tapping her feet impatiently. [21:43] Hey I already got the flagpole [21:43] "Do you want the ORGY?! The TOTAL ORGY?!!" [21:44] Maris:I don't wanna hear about your personal life, dude *g* [21:44] * Maris chuckles [21:45] Yes well I also have my anima banner flying high over the ruin of an ancient city through the use of a giant flagpole. [21:45] Ahhhh [21:45] GH missing? [21:46] sorry responding to email [21:46] ah [21:46] You'll be talking back at the place where the tribes have gathered. [21:46] on the bank of the lake [21:46] with the 6 tribes? [21:46] yes [21:46] anyone else besides Sulayman? [21:47] the cheiftans, Vanal and co, probably Cicada, all 180 of the members of the tribe [21:47] s [21:47] that's just the warriors though [21:47] there's even more in the tribe [21:48] And what's the surroundings going to be? [21:48] everyone's a warrior in the tribes. [21:48] * GoldenH shrugs [21:48] Am I gonna be on a podium? [21:48] or a natural ampitheator? [21:48] * Kasumi has joined #pvpexalted [21:48] no, just where you originally confronted sulayman [21:48] Hey. [21:48] * Maris sighs [21:49] Not much to work with. [21:49] * GoldenH doesn't see any reason to keep hikari; obviously tei has been delayed. Sorry. [21:49] (Sulayman) "Who dares to speka to Gozer the gozarian ?" [21:49] (Van) "Go get her, Maris !" [21:49] Don't even think of telling Cicada to drop on all fours so you can stand on her back in leiu of a podium. [21:49] hehe [21:49] Don't look at me [21:49] * GoldenH shrugs [21:49] Vanal is better for that job. He has broader shouldrs. [21:49] improvise trees and such if you like. [21:50] Van goes down on all fours for NO MAN [21:50] Yeah but they're not all going to be able to see me though [21:50] There is word from Manx in the emails? [21:50] Well, you could rig up a few logs [21:50] So have Vanal stand and then stand on his shoulders. [21:51] nope no word from manx [21:51] If nothing else the natives will give you points for acrobatics. [21:51] but no confirmation either. [21:51] only if Cic later stand son Van's shoulders in a short skirt, Hik [21:51] You could always build a podium [21:51] Or have them bring you one or something [21:51] whatever you think is necessary [21:52] ...and now I'm seeing Maris as a Harvard prof. [21:52] You might wanna talk to Van in advic,e to keep him form snickerign at your embellishments *g* [21:52] Can they all see me if they crowd around in a circle? [21:52] yea [21:52] Alright [21:52] As long as i can pace and adress everyone [21:53] kids on their parents shoulders, the like, standing on stumps to see over the heads and so on [21:53] and use occasional visual props. [21:53] * GoldenH nods [21:54] "And lo, on the fourth day, Maris did cometh to the city of Malkor;sGuard..." [21:54] hehe [21:54] * Maris sighs [21:54] has to be something new [21:55] something that gives more insight into maris [21:55] ...a strip show ? [21:55] and puts him in the right light [21:55] * Jydan makes a note: "Wear a belt." [21:55] a strip show in the dark ? [21:55] *rimshot* [21:55] I could just beat Vanal into a bloody pulp. That's always exciting [21:55] you could TRY [21:55] Sorry bud, but making snide,r smartass remarks is a trait Vanal and I share *g* [21:56] Cicada will be taking notes. making sure to put everything in its worst light, eager for any excuse to get permanently rid of the slave-fondling rapist Cynis scum. [21:56] sigh, tei's a half hour late :o [21:56] * GoldenH sends him another reminder [21:59] * Hikari will remain on her balcony another 90 minutes. And then go to the second lesson if Tei does not show. [21:59] * GoldenH nods sagely [21:59] heh you have more guts than me [21:59] * Hikari can that way at least throw a pottet plant on his head while he climbs the vines to her floor. [22:00] heh [22:00] * GoldenH hasn't skipped any class besides chemisty. But then he supposes that javascript is less fun than repeating chemistry for college credit. [22:01] mmmmmmm - vagina overpass.... [22:01] that's not mmmmm [22:01] that's "shit, she dumped me." [22:01] * Jydan just thought the phrase was interesting. [22:02] unless it's an interchange or something it's just tease [22:02] * Jydan just thought the phrase was interesting! [22:02] * Kasumi blinks. [22:02] well you can think what ever you want! But i'm going to be anal-rententive and correct you! because I can! [22:03] Ah. [22:03] Okay, correct away. I'll just be listening to Paul McCartney music to drown you out. [22:04] pft. Not once I start pumping my metallica [22:04] * Kasumi wrinkles his nose. Paul McWho? [22:04] Paul McCartney. Beatles. Wings. [22:04] Paul McCartney. [22:05] * Kasumi is trying to go to a happy place where he doesn't already know that. [22:05] ringo starrrrrrrr [22:05] You mean Thomas the Tank Engine? [22:05] * GoldenH passes out [22:06] why... am... I.. sweating.. it.. iss. . 12 degrees out side.... [22:07] * GoldenH is soaking wet from all the sweat [22:07] maybe I should go and roll around in the snow? [22:07] ...turn down the heating, dude [22:07] I did. the only heating we have in the house is a single gas lamp, and it's on low. [22:08] * GoldenH turned off the natural gas burner downstairs, and nobody's took a shower [22:09] it's silly really. In the summer the house i's too cold, in the winter it's too hot. [22:10] * Kasumi shrugs. Open a door - that'll fix your insulation problems. [22:10] heh [22:11] well it's the cramer problem you see. If I open the door it'll be too cold. [22:11] * GoldenH is amused. Another inch of snow due saturday and the snow won't stop until thursday. [22:12] take that canadian-snow melting [22:12] * GoldenH 's grammar is getting all bent out of shape. [22:13] * GoldenH goes to grab some ice water [22:17] * Thanos has joined #pvpexalted [22:17] * Jydan smiles. "Maybe one day. I may just keep Maya around to amuse me. I'll put her on a trampoline." [22:17] howdy thanos [22:17] heh [22:18] Eh? [22:18] *bows to GH* [22:18] Jydan's game [22:18] Now? [22:18] Naw. [22:18] * GoldenH isn't worthy of being bowed to; he's only a simple man in simple robes [22:18] Hello, Thanos. [22:18] *bows deeply to Hikari* Greetings a resplendant one :-) [22:19] ah [22:19] well I would do DT's scene but I just don't seem to know what to do with it. I'm tempted to tell you to just write it as a story. [22:19] hey [22:19] Hikari's a Crane? [22:19] yeah your doing that a lot these days aren't you gh [22:19] yea [22:19] GH - I've never even seen snow. I'm having trouble empathising. [22:20] * GoldenH shrugs [22:20] Think of ice, only soft and shreaded. [22:20] Does my lord have any brilliant ideas for training in sorcery scenes? [22:20] wanna see snow? http://hammerand.virtualave.net/b33r/photo/ [22:21] * Jydan sighs. He misses his women. [22:21] Some vague imagination [22:21] , nothing concrete..... other than a few rituals.... [22:22] You already knowing old realm helps a LOT though :-) [22:22] GH:well, my scene is your call...I'd jus tlike to know in enough time to actually WRITE something [22:23] There's this hot girl that I went to school with, her father's name is Dick Cox. [22:24] ... [22:24] that's almost as bad as Richard Head [22:24] Any ideas There Hikari? [22:24] I could just start describing some stuff ;-) [22:25] * Kasumi managed to look at every pic in that directory before hitting the one with the snow. [22:25] impossible.... [22:25] well I guess snow must not exist. [22:25] * Kasumi shrugs. I found it eventually... [22:25] * GoldenH shrugs. Well he'll be damned if he sits around for nothing [22:26] * GoldenH is now known as Storyteller [22:26] whose scene we doing ? [22:26] up to you guys [22:26] we could improv one [22:27] * Hikari quickly scramble to turn off her TV, put on some practical clothes and get off her balcony. [22:27] ciao, Hik ? [22:27] there is Van as DI, Cicada as wanderer, Tabius as teacher |or| Tabius as investigator, or Maris as storyteller. [22:28] * Maris needs more time at the moment so the others may go first [22:28] Cicada running off after Kimyee is a possibility. Would that be a group excursion? Should I pack a picnic basket? [22:28] Tabius...I've heard *so much* about Tabius...:) [22:28] yes [22:29] * Storyteller looks at the other two [22:29] Oh Kasumi? I guess its mostly been bad ;-) [22:29] Yes, the bronzed bonehead, 'only hard when bronzed' Tabius *g* [22:29] I guess i've wasted a good two hours waiting for tei now. [22:29] * Storyteller sighs. such a fool. [22:30] Than:seriously dude, you've been a fantastic sport *g* [22:30] Erm.... I didn't read my email btw...... if there is something there.... [22:30] LOTS! [22:30] OH! [22:30] yea..... [22:30] SHould I read it all before we do stuff? [22:30] no [22:30] none of it is important to whatever happens tonight [22:31] since it all happens after what happens tonight. [22:31] * Storyteller is temporal rift man [22:31] Heh [22:31] paradox even [22:31] ...waitaminute...so what are we doing NEXT session ? [22:31] kill the anathema, probably. [22:31] Can I go quickly and get myself a warm lunch from the next door convenience store? [22:32] so what scene ARE we doign tonight ? [22:32] 5 minutes or so. [22:32] * Storyteller supposes so, that only takes you a couple minutes usually anyhow [22:32] (translation: should i go an watch EpII ? *g*) [22:32] brb [22:32] :-) [22:32] Food good :-) [22:32] argue amongst yourselves about that. I had tei penciled in, but since he isn't here... [22:32] mmmmmmmmm - episode 2 [22:32] Thanos - mostly? Do you mean to say there's good things to say about Tabius? :) [22:33] Some :-) [22:33] like...... [22:33] uhh.... [22:33] Hrmmm [22:33] Eh..... [22:33] * Storyteller rubs his chin in thought [22:33] Ummm [22:33] oh I know! [22:33] Well, he's hygenic [22:33] wait... false alarm. [22:33] * Kasumi shrugs. They're all dragonblooded - who can tell them apart? [22:33] * DarthTom is now known as Vanal [22:33] mmmmm - HOT girl baking pumpkin pie...... [22:34] * Vanal clobbers Kasumi with the blunt end of his daiklaive [22:34] * Kasumi flows like blood around the assault, blissfully ignorant that he was ever attacked. [22:34] OH my Kasumi....... do I hear some envey there? [22:34] mmmm...pie :) [22:34] Now if you said it was a Hot Girl Baked IN pumpkin pie..... [22:34] Flow like blood around THIS ! [22:34] * Vanal kicks Kasumi in the gut and dlivers the stoen cold stunner [22:34] * Jydan wouldn't know which to eat if both were put together. [22:34] * Kasumi heavenly guardian blocks the attack, while gazing longingly at pie. [22:35] Mmm...pie. [22:35] * Thanos LoL's [22:35] easy. You eat both, at the same time. [22:35] * Vanal shoots the pie [22:35] NoooO!!!! [22:35] The pie, it is dead! [22:35] * Kasumi sobs. [22:35] AH...... Tabius is patient :-) [22:36] just don't let him on a boat [22:36] Nah, no envy, I just like to tease Dragonlings. It's basically a habit, now. [22:36] he tends to light them on fire [22:36] Lunars - now *those* I got some envy for...nice charms. [22:36] Eat both? At the same time? Hmmm..................... [22:36] It would certainly improve the experience. Just the pie would be better, though. [22:37] My table top ST has been going over the book so one of the players can make one for the next game. [22:37] Bah. You'd probably say the same about a pool of jello. [22:37] No, I [22:37] 'd take a woman over jello. [22:37] We looked at the sick and wrong charms and the soak and healing that is so stupid it makes the Yozi grimace [22:37] * Storyteller nods at Tabius. he's finished reading through lunars, and already has a character for it. [22:38] * Kasumi is letting a Lunar into his Solar game. Should be cool - she wants to be a Dragon... [22:38] Back [22:38] Maris could probably hurt a lunar bad [22:38] wb [22:38] I made him promise me that he would never let me play one so that I would not think to TWINK it up ;-) [22:38] * Maris nods [22:38] Well you know Thanos.... Lunars can't use ISoB. :P [22:38] * Hikari changes the peaceful Laputa, castle in the sky soundtrack for the on from Fist of the North Star. [22:38] Lunar are a little weak on defence, true. Not as bad as 'blooded, though. [22:39] * Hikari is now known as Cicada [22:39] so what are we doing [22:39] With a 16 Stam, natural +6 soak and gifts all out the ass who cares ;-) [22:39] Who are speaking against the Chosen Ones? [22:39] Want to twink Lunars - go Archery :) [22:39] actually go martial arts [22:39] and they can only go to 12 soak with lethal and gifts [22:39] Chosen for what? Grunt work, at best. [22:39] with stamina and gifts [22:40] then they start ignoring rolls of puny damage [22:40] :-) [22:40] Grint work is all the work. Ask Cicada. [22:40] (grunt work, you know..) [22:40] * Kasumi did notice the MA thing - combo Lunar Unarmed with Tiger/Snake/Whatever... bliss. [22:40] Well if nobody is going to do something Tabs can teach :-) [22:40] ok [22:40] Are you going to teach before or after you go to meditate? [22:41] After, Cause I am sure that Cicada is going to make a beeline as soon as possible for her pet :-) [22:41] * Cicada is going to need 5 weeks or so to become a fullfledged spellchucking sorceress. [22:41] mmmhmmm. [22:41] Ermmmmm [22:41] * Storyteller itches his chin thoughtfully [22:41] oh wonderful [22:41] of course Tabius can only teach you a very limited number of spells. [22:42] now there's TWO of them [22:42] [Goes to peanut-gallery mode] [22:42] actually three of them. [22:42] Jynaru is learning ISoB [22:42] does NO ONE have respect for conventional methods of battle any more ? [22:42] ..... [22:42] [Dude, it takes 6 seconds to cast a spell. Plenty o'time to mess them up] [22:42] Jyn is learning Spellcraft? [22:42] (*Erm there are a few in the Black Treasise? [22:42] traitor [22:42] {So Hikari, I decided to take Kendo.} [22:42] He is exiled from the three stooges [22:42] but then who is the third stooge? [22:43] ...I don't even WANNA imagine Van's reaction to an ISoBed Jyn [22:43] "OH DEAR GOD !" [22:43] "THEY'RE MULTIPLYING !" [22:43] * Storyteller rolls around on the floor [22:43] OUCH [22:43] Of course we do. Never give the enemy a chance. Kill him in his sleep. That is the conventional way. Keep your stupid honor out of things and just enjoy the victories we win but you get the glory for, oh great line infantry legionaire. [22:43] shit my floor is +5L. [22:43] GH:Hm...maybe we could con Tala ? Or perhaps Irin or Shakael [22:44] Eh? [22:44] but they're girls. Girls can't be stooges. [22:44] ...point [22:44] Eh, maybe Gehn, when we ge tback to civilization [22:44] Tei? [22:44] no, wait...Gehn's too even-tempered [22:44] promise him women, promise him power... [22:44] Tei has the taint of Tabs and Cic [22:44] * Storyteller nods sadly [22:44] he can never be a full stooge [22:44] * Cicada chuckles. [22:45] [Adopt a local kid as an honourary stooge] [22:45] ok then I guess we're all doing Cicada's sorcery learning technique. [22:45] dammit, I'm gonna hfta stomp a mudhole in Fiat [22:45] Can Van be around to make wiseass remarks ? [22:45] [Make him post while you're at it] [22:45] * Maris apoligizes [22:45] Sure; after all Cicada needs an escort. [22:45] (ie, do what he does best) [22:45] he just doesn't have the story yet [22:45] ...Van is NOT an escort service... [22:45] Interesting [22:45] Tabiusm, for some reason you're very tightlipped over what has happened over the past few months. [22:46] What do you think your troops were on the way to M Guard ;-) [22:46] I need an ESCORT?!! Since WHEN?! [22:46] dude, you're a girl. All girls over app 4 need an escort at all times. [22:46] Since the escort is about a foot taller, 100 pounds heavier and has a sword almost as big as you are [22:46] All girls over App 4 ARE an escort at some time. :) [22:46] hmmm, point. [22:46] [It's true. Make it look like you're manipulating him like the meat puppet he is, and it'll be OK :)] [22:47] [VANAL IS NOT CICADA'S MEAT PUPPET !] [22:47] of course not. Just a shield. [22:47] [But you're a Cathak - you're *someone's* meat puppet.] [22:47] Do you REALLY think he'd take the hit for *her* ? [22:48] depends on if he thought he could get any before he died. [22:48] [One person's, and we AL know who that is by now] [22:48] *all [22:48] * Vanal slumps to the ground, full of pointy arrows. Cicada releases her armlock on him as he falls, "Thank you for shielding me, oh my brave champion... (breathy sigh)" [22:48] "Tell Tabius... [22:48] ...to... [22:48] go... [22:48] on the other hand, does Vanal really want to leave Shakel all alone at the mercy of dozens of sexy barbarians [22:48] ? [22:48] fuck himself . *death rattle* " [22:49] ... [22:49] dammit [22:49] you ass *g* [22:49] LMAO [22:49] :D [22:49] * Storyteller reaches for the sex dice. 5 weeks, eh? [22:49] * Vanal reaches for his knife [22:50] * Vanal thuds it in the table right in front of GH's hand [22:50] * Storyteller grabs the Tube [22:50] ...you tube-fu is strong [22:50] [...goddamn. It's the Tube.] [22:50] indeed [22:50] my geek-fu is stronger [22:50] Learning new ability (Occult) 3 weeks. From there favored ability takes no time. Terrestial magic charm, 3 days. Spells, 1 week each. [22:50] (BTW, have I earned my Spoon back?) [22:50] um, charms take *10* days, don't they ? [22:51] spoon? no spoon in here. Only I have the power of the Spoon [22:51] * Vanal unsheathes hsi spork [22:51] * Bog_Mod has joined #pvpexalted [22:51] yo [22:51] * Kasumi confused - how did you have zero in a favoured ability? [22:51] [Jellies] [22:51] Favored ability. Min ability level in days. [22:51] Favored charms take a good bit less long. [22:51] caste ability, kasumi [22:51] oh, that's right [22:51] sorry [22:51] mixed up XP cost with time [22:51] Non favored Charms, Min ability plus min essence in days. [22:51] * Kasumi slaps himself. You know, some folk *other* than Twilight get that...:) [22:52] Air Caste [22:52] * Kasumi nods. Air is quite nice. [22:52] Err.... Aspect [22:52] * Cicada loves Air. [22:52] your air aspect [22:52] actually the time spent will not to be increasing occult to 3, that will take no time at all [22:52] occult takes no time [22:52] I like Air and Fire..... can't decie between the two..... most of the time [22:52] I also love Air. [22:52] Fiat isn't here to stop me [22:52] [My ST has threatened an immaculates game. I'm toying with the idea of Air or Fire] [22:52] so once again...the lymeric of the 5 elements [22:52] the time will take to change your perceptions of the world so that you are ready to use magic. [22:53] Air has the best weapon. The Infinate Jade Chakram. [22:53] Learning new ability from 0 to 1 takes three weeks even for favored, I think. [22:53] nope [22:53] not in my game, not in any i've played. [22:53] Okay..... [22:53] * Vanal is still a sucker for the big fuckin' sword [22:53] Anyhow we can do both. [22:53] So Cic is an 'instant sorceress'... [22:53] No, tabius has to teach her. [22:53] [Fire has the best ability set, though no good combat ability, but Air has very, very nice ones] [22:53] hehehee [22:54] You can't learn sorcery without being tought, or going through the Five Quests. [22:54] Give me a minute to answer the call of nature :-) [22:54] and Stone SHaow has now tested well on a Lunar [22:54] Teach me, Master... [22:54] a week full of rping and I've had 5 lines so far [22:54] * Maris is glad his uber freak dragonblooded are kick ass [22:54] *sigh* [22:54] not like that. Only in Fiat's game do women get taught like that. [22:54] Anyhow Vanal, we might as well do yours at the same time. [22:54] What was you thinking of..? [22:54] sweet [22:54] Just start and i'll go from there. [22:55] which chan ? [22:55] anybody have a problem doing it all in here? [22:55] You can use mine if you want. [22:55] Hm, alrighty [22:55] works for me [22:55] It would be neater in seperate chans. [22:55] (Van's little schtick is within the first of...month of the downtime) [22:55] it's also more difficult for me. [22:55] [I've been typing in these frickin brackets for five minutes now - of course I don't have a problem] [22:55] But maybe more troublesome for GH? [22:55] it's at least 5 times more work to do it in seperate chans. [22:55] * Vanal will use the [DI] tag [22:55] what is going on? [22:56] problem with brackets? [22:56] and for anyone here who is actually in the military... [22:56] I am very, very sorry for the way I am going to butcher this *g* [22:56] [We won't tell Ken.] [22:56] Anyhow, I'll start off with one paragraph for each. [22:57] Vanal, it is fall. The cool, stiff breeze, though the warm sun is on your back, threatens of the coming winter, but it is not there yet. You have spent the last few days bed-ridden, recovering from your horrible ordeal, only to find that your bestest friend in the whole world, Maris, has suddenly appointed you as DI, and it is your job to take these low-life barbarian scum and turn them into competent legionnaire officers. [22:58] Fortunately for you, the trickle begins slowly, as a single man is sent to you after a few long days to begin training. He looks like he has potential, but it will take a long time to whip him into shape. [23:00] * Kasumi has quit IRC (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Meryth))) [23:00] * Kasumi has joined #pvpexalted [23:00] [Bah] [23:00] [DI] *mutter* "Join the legions, they said. See the world, they said...the recruiter said dick about training ass-backwards lowlifes form the ass end of creation" [23:01] * Vanal pulls himself up, and limps rather theatrically over to the new recruit [23:01] [note: I despise Java with a loathing] [23:01] Cicada, you have followed Tabius' letters to find out where the hell he went on his journey for inner peace to find his essence, and eventaully wound up wading your way through posionous frozen swamps, thick jungle that strangely is a a nearly constant tempereature, even in the horrible winters, and strange mountain range that begins small inland and grows steadily as it approaches the sea; and it is only after scaling the last of the mountains, covered in grass and long reeds, and of course, snow. Lots of snow. And upon it is Tabius, standing and watching over the sea and glowing like a beacon so that you could find him. [23:02] [It's a nice language. It's once you have to compile the fsker that you get problems] [23:02] * Cicada is making notes on her map of every detail she fins signifiant. [23:02] Vanal the recruit looks at you worriedly as you approach him, seeing as how you obviously had had your ass handed to you reciently, but unsupecting. [23:03] [DI] "What's your name, boy ?" [23:03] completely unsuspecting of what he is about to go through. [23:03] He looks at you, uncomprehendingly [23:03] [DI] "I asked you a question...what's your name ?" [23:04] {Dear God!!!! Legend of Zelda GBA has multiplayer!!!!!} [23:04] maybe it's time you learned how to speak nativish [23:04] ...um, maybe it is [23:04] * Cicada alternatively leaps and climbs over the final obstables as seem best. Determined to follow Tabius instructions and track him down. [23:04] * Vanal scratches his chin [23:04] {You didn't know about it? For swords, jydan. four swords." [23:05] {T&C} Once you reach the top of the mountain you go down the other side to see Tabius sitting [23:05] [DI] *mutter*"This isn't going to work." [23:05] {T&C} In some strange circle with symbols you only vaguely remember from your time with him at the Heptabrag [23:05] (okay then, in this case, how the HELL do I go about leanrign nativish ?) [23:05] [DI] the native looks at you uncompehendingly, and then point at himself. [23:06] [DI] Shun-Shun-Sha [23:06] he points at you [23:06] * Cicada kneels respectfuly in front of Tabius. "Sir Cathak Tabius, Sable Cicada has arrived as instructed. She is ready for any challenge she might have to meet." [23:06] [DI] "Good he's got a name." [23:06] * Vanal points at himself "Vanal" [23:06] [DI] "ghoud-hesh-gat-ha-nae?" [23:07] * Thanos {T&C} opens his eyes and a smile cracks his lips, but quickly fades as he pulls it under control. [23:07] * Thanos is now known as Taibus [23:07] {T&C} "Fine your name in the cirlce." [23:07] [DI] "ghoud-hesh-gat-ha-nae-Vanal?" [23:07] * Vanal rubs his temples, he is not making the impression he'd hoped [23:07] [DI] "My name is Vanal" [23:07] [DI] [23:07] [DI] "Vanal?" [23:08] [DI] "Aw hell..." [23:08] * Cicada cocks an eyebrow, then study the circle for the letters of her name, whatever they be in High or Old Realm. [23:08] "ah wehl" [23:08] "Vanal - ah wehl" [23:08] ? [23:08] * Vanal rubs at the bridge of his nose [23:08] [DI] "MARIS !" [23:09] (he *is* still in town, right ?) [23:09] * Taibus gets up as Cicada walks the circle finding her name spelled out in a very specific pattern around the circle. [23:09] nope, god only knows where he is now [23:09] he's set up a runner system to bring him notes [23:09] * Vanal mutters "fuck fuck fuck....CICADA !" [23:10] Cicada is off following Kimyee [23:10] * Vanal looks at his recruit [23:10] * Cicada points out the characters of her name, careful to differentiate between the minute differennces in those of them that are nearly identical. [23:10] Shun-Shun-Sha looks back at you [23:10] "Maris, Vanal,?" [23:11] {T&C} "Good, take the sequence and rotate it 6 decrees clockwise." [23:11] [DI] "Maris, Vanal, Cicada?" [23:11] [DI] "Yes, those are my fri-wlel, companions" [23:12] * Vanal sighs [23:12] The native looks at you uncomprehendingly [23:12] roll int + linguistics [23:12] [DI] "What we have here, is a failure to communicate. How the HELL am I supposed to ream your sorry asses out if we don't speak the same lingo ?" [23:12] !ex 4 [23:12] Vanal : !ex 4, 9, 10, 9, 6, Successes : 4 [23:13] (*Nice Van :-) *) [23:13] His face lights up as he runs off to get one of the elders, then brings the shaman back. [23:13] "er... hello?" [23:13] [TC] "If I do that. The characters of my nave falls over another set which in sequence reads 'Cathak Mnemon Tabius'." [23:13] his voice seems strange, like it is not coming from him, but rather from the air around him [23:13] * Cicada looks to Tabius. [23:14] [DI] "Hi...it seems my esteemed colleqgue, Maris, has but me in charge of training recruits." [23:14] [DI] [23:14] [DI] "Aaaah, Maris." [23:14] [DI] "and well...I can't speak word one of what you guys speak..." [23:14] [DI] "You learn!" [23:14] {T&C} "Again, another 6 dagrees." [23:14] * Vanal [DI] is feelign quite sheepish right now [23:14] [DI] "Yeah, I'd like to." [23:15] [DI] "Women teach you!" [23:15] * Miss_Suki has joined #pvpexalted [23:15] (congrats GH, you are humbling Vanal) [23:15] [thx] [23:15] [yo suki] [23:15] [DI] "Women ? which women ?" [23:15] [hi all] [23:15] [yo] [23:15] * Cicada narrows her eyes as she tryes to concentrate on maintaining the shape her name formed at turn that another 6 degrees. [23:15] [DI] "Women teach you many things as wife." [23:15] (and turn) [23:15] [Heya, sweetheart] [23:16] [DI] "nononononononono ! I'm not gettign married !" [23:16] [DI] "Men go hunt, women gather, if stay, teach you, you give back to tribe!" [23:17] [DI] "I can understand that...but why do I have to MARRY someone ? I'm already engaged to someone back home !" [23:17] [DI] "marry? what marry?" [23:17] {T&C} "Now tell me what is the last recognizable name if you keep reiterating the pattern?" [23:17] [TC] "Doing so it forms the name.... errr... if the middle character is 'Phevarsh' in Low Realm, then it is 'Tepet Mnemon Carbot'." [23:17] [Suki - type /join #solexalted] [23:18] * Cicada turns to Tabius. "Will these Dynasts become my new father and grandfather?" [23:18] [DI] "Oy, okay, fine. forget i said marry. Look, show me to someone who cna teach me how to speak whatever it is you people speak." [23:18] [DI] "Come!" [23:18] * Vanal follows [23:18] He brings you to one of the many women who were hanging on you when you first came to the island [23:19] she seems to be the strongest one, if you remember correctly. [23:19] * Cicada idly puts a strand of her hair back in place as the wind sweeps the platau. [23:19] [DI] "eep" [23:19] She smiles widely as she sees you [23:19] "Vanal!" [23:19] [DI] "Um, hi..." [23:19] [23:19] {T&C} "Close, keep doing the pattern until you come to to its end." [23:20] [DI] *GAGGHHHH* "Please let go !" [23:20] [TC] "Another 6 degrees? Sir Tabius." [23:20] she smiles apologetically [23:20] then lets go [23:20] she shares some words with the shaman, then he wanders off. [23:20] * Vanal shakes it off "Thank you." [23:21] {T&C} "Yes, and then another and another till you come to the end or the next iteration does not make a recodnizable name [23:21] (why do I get the impression I'm the village equivalent of Ricky Martin ?) [23:21] Shun-Shun-Sha watches intregued [23:21] * Storyteller thinks it has something to do with the latent effects of the gem of seduction [23:22] * Cicada tries to do so. Forcing her not so well-displined in the mathematical atrs mind to turn the shape of her own name on and on. [23:22] [DI] "I need some help here. I can't speak your language, and I need to start training some people." [23:22] "Hmmm?" she asks, waving her arms to show that she intends for you to try to mimic what you want [23:23] -> [vanal] PING [23:23] * Taibus {T&C} steps outside the circle to a specific point outside it. [23:23] [TC] "The last one is difficult to read. I do not understand the last character. But guesing from the ones before it must be 'Hesiesh'." [23:24] * Taibus is now known as Tabius [23:24] * Vanal tries to mimic the he need slnaguage instruction [23:24] (don't ask me how someone does that, I suck at charades) [23:24] roll int + linguistics [23:24] [TC] "The name of the Immaculate..." [23:24] "Very good!" [23:24] * Cicada has a headache now. [23:24] !ex 4 [23:24] Vanal : !ex 4, 1, 6, 4, 2, Botch, Successes : 0 [23:24] ...erk [23:24] {T&C} "Please be very careful and step out of the circle without smugging anything. [23:24] uh-oh [23:24] She blushes and then kisses you on the lips [23:25] french kiss mmmm [23:25] [I KNEW IT !] [23:25] * Vanal turns RED and tries to break away [23:25] * Cicada steps carefully out of the circle. [23:25] she looks at you mockingly and then shows you the proper way to ask for language instruction [23:25] [Kasumi is killing himself laughing, here] [23:26] {T&C} "Look back into the circle at your footprints, what do you see?" [23:26] [DI] "Um...er...thanks ?" [23:27] [TC] "Eh? I see the spot where the esteemed Sir Cathak rested and then the tracks of my turning around and my leaving the circle..." [23:27] (Geez, Van looks like a bigger dunce now than in all the sessions previous, this is GREAT !] [23:27] She smiles and covers her mouth with both her hands. She is very pretty. [23:28] [that's what you guys get for making fighting characters ;)] [23:28] {T&C} "Hrmmmm. Ah, stand where I am please." moves over a couple of steps. [23:28] [j/k great chars. More fun !" [23:28] * Vanal shakes his head and chuckles [23:28] * Cicada does as directed and looks again. Wondering why this has to be so difficult. Why can't he just tell her what to do and what is correct? [23:29] Shun-Shun-Sha is leaning on his spear now, watching the two of you. [23:29] * Cicada concentrates hard. [23:29] [DI] "Okay, look, maybe you can translate for me in the meantime ?" [23:29] roll int + linguistics [23:29] !ex 4 [23:29] Vanal : !ex 4, 8, 9, 3, 8, Successes : 3 [23:29] (much better) [23:30] she signs for you to sign what you want instead of speaking words she doesn't understand, and then when you do as she asks, nods vigerously, but for you to sign to her and she'll try to figure out what you mean. [23:30] [TC] "It looks like a clenched fist, maybe a warclub... For all the tracks I made it could be a flower.." [23:30] [DI] "here goes" [23:30] * Cicada shrugs. [23:31] {T&C} "Good, follow me to the top of the mountain, and once there look again." [23:32] (how long would I take me to learn the language ?) [23:32] what's your current linguistics, and is it favored. [23:32] * Tabius starts climbing up to the top. [23:32] ling 1, and no [23:32] * Cicada hides her rolling of the eyes from Tabius. He must have some sort of point after all, and there was plenty of idiocy like this in the Heptagram. [23:32] * Cicada climbs after Tabius. [23:33] 1 week, after that you'll have the basic know-how necessary to pick up other barbarian tounges [23:34] okay then [23:34] * Cicada gets to the top with no real trouble. [23:34] * Tabius {T&C} stops short of the top, letting Cicada take the purch. [23:35] * Cicada looks down at the circle again. [23:35] * Vanal signs that he is not quite ready to begin the training, due to lakc of warning, that Shun-Shun-Sha should practice his fightign skils and endurance and reconvene her ein a weeks's time, by which point he should be ready to begin training [23:35] * Cicada starts with a gasph, then falls on her knees before Tabius. [23:36] [TC] "Forgive my blindness!" [23:36] roll int + linguistics vanal [23:36] !ex 4 [23:36] Vanal : !ex 4, 5, 6, 9, 2, Successes : 1 [23:36] [TC] "I don't know how this useless woman could miss that!" [23:37] [TC] "It is the House Mon of the illustrious House Cathak! I little messy, but it is." [23:37] they converse for a moment in their tounge and then she nods to you, and signs, speaking words you would do well to try to pick up with each sign, saying that he wants to know how to practive his fighting skills and endurance [23:37] {T&C} "What you saw is the very essence of magic. The ability to take chaos and turn it, without altering its very nature , into something you wish. [23:37] (it is a little messy) [23:37] * Vanal scratches his chin [23:37] * Vanal is also taking note of these words as he progresses [23:38] {T&C} "From Hesiesh to his pupil, to his pupil and on to Caboth who taught me this lesson, now you to know" [23:38] * Cicada nods slowly, not really sure if she comprehends. "I see..." [23:38] * Vanal scratches his chin [23:39] the girl smiles up at you. She can't be more than 15. [23:39] * Vanal signs for endurance, a 5 km daily run [23:39] {T&C} "If you should ever teach the art of Sorcery, you to will find this a valuable teaching aid." [23:39] she nods and translates it [23:39] [TC] "So if I had said House Tepet, it would be just as correct?" [23:40] * Vanal signs that he will show the man a few basic exercizes for spear-work that he should practice [23:40] (stances and strikes) [23:40] {T&C} "The diagram could be made to reflect that aspi houses symbol as well as Cathaks."cious [23:40] Shun-Shun-Sha smiles as he figures out what the heck he is expected to do, and waves that he is ready [23:41] * Vanal appropriates a spear and gives Shun-Shun a basic demo of what to do [23:41] [TC] "Yes, I think I understand now. It is not as much what is, but how I shape it, right?" [23:41] roll dexterity + melee [23:41] !ex 9 [23:41] Vanal : !ex 9, 5, 3, 4, 1, 7, 7, 10, 2, 8, Successes : 5 [23:41] {T&C} "Good." [23:41] Storyteller : !ex 3, 6, 8, 9, Successes : 2 [23:41] !ex 3 [23:42] He takes the spear and begins making the moves you have shown him to do. Very well, actually. [23:42] * Vanal nods and makes what few corrections he can to the man's form [23:43] * Vanal signs that these basics should be practiced an hour daily until next week, where they will meet at the same time [23:43] He then holds up his hand to you and waves the spear in the air. It seems he wants to show you something [23:43] * Vanal nods [23:43] * Vanal watches [23:43] Storyteller : !ex 6, 2, 3, 1, 4, 6, 8, Successes : 1 [23:43] !ex 6 [23:43] Unforunately it is not very impressive [23:43] * Vanal observes his technique [23:43] He seems dissapointed in himself. [23:43] He asks to try again [23:43] * Vanal nods [23:43] Storyteller : !ex 5, 7, 2, 8, 9, 6, Successes : 3 [23:43] !ex 5 [23:44] He seems to be using a different technique he is more comfortable with, wondering why he is using this other tehcnique he does not know [23:44] Storyteller : !ex 3, 8, 8, 9, Successes : 3 [23:44] !ex 3 [23:44] though he seems to have picked up on your tecniuqe easily well [23:44] * Vanal ponders [23:44] [DI] "He has a point..." [23:44] {T&C} "Its a pitty the only place I could find to do this was at the top of a mountain." [23:45] {T&C} "However, we have time to talk as we climb down." [23:45] [TC] "I can travel whereever Sir Cathak Tabius might require me to." [23:45] * Vanal signs to practice THAT technique for the week, he will figure out a way to incorporate it into his plans [23:46] he nods to you as he continues to practice his technique, which he has no doubt practiced his entire life. The woman watches behind you, amused. [23:46] * Tabius goes over the various spirit levels, major courts, and types of powers answering the various questions that Cicada Has. [23:46] * Vanal sighs [23:47] * Vanal indactes that he should likely focus mroe on the endurance, as he will be rather harsh on the recruits [23:47] {TNC} "now tou know much of my knowledge of spirits, I have a practical test for you."hat y [23:48] * Cicada studies the diagrams as well as she can, asking questions. Satisfied that there is a hieracy, service and obedience has always been easy to understand. Yet she is appealed that many spirits and other powers rebel to gratify themselves. [23:48] [TC] the snow of the mountain is about the same all the way down; indeed it is probably best to describe it as a very tall and very flowing hill; though there are very steep slopes and the occasional sharp rock, for the most part these mountains have been worn down over the ages, and so are not too difficult to climb. [23:48] * Cicada nods, waiting for Tabius to go on. [23:48] {TC} "Over there ye will find a stump of a tree. Concentrate on the essence of it." [23:49] "Then tell me what kind of tree it was when it was alive." [23:49] [DI] so what does Drill Instructor Vanal plan to do? [23:49] [TC] "Err... Can I DO that?" [23:50] * Cicada looks deeply at the stump, trying to put together any clues she can to its nature. [23:50] perception + occult [23:50] cicada [23:50] !ex 4 [23:50] Cicada : !ex 4, 3, 9, 10, 2, Successes : 3 [23:50] [DI} I pl;an to use the week to learn the lingo and adapt my trainign plans to accomdate the local styles [23:50] !ex 6 (per + sur) [23:50] Cicada : !ex 6 (per + sur), 3, 7, 2, 2, 1, 3, Successes : 1 [23:50] (heh) [23:50] Your essence has more knowledge than your skill ;) [23:50] (*LoLs*) [23:51] [DI] do you capitulate in your end of the bargain? [23:51] * Cicada SEES nothing, but somehow has a vague feeling... [23:51] my end ? [23:51] huh ? [23:51] well she'll be hanging around you all day long... [23:51] Storyteller : !ex 6, 8, 2, 9, 2, 10, 6, Successes : 4 [23:51] !ex 6 [23:51] ohhh... [23:51] roll wp [23:51] !ex 6 [23:51] Vanal : !ex 6, 8, 7, 5, 2, 7, 3, Successes : 3 [23:52] apparently you do [23:52] (and let's give a howdy-ho for 'monogamy' !) [23:52] [TC] "It was a birch. Its white is faded now. But it was tall and proud. It had 14 large branches. They made a singing sound that much pleased the winds here." [23:52] [just for a week ;) [23:52] [15 ? she's a little young for Van, anyways] [23:53] [DI] shakel will be pleased with the break. Anyhow, roll int + lore [23:53] [TC] "The winds still faintly mourn the passing of their friend, the birch..." [23:53] * Kasumi has quit IRC (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Meryth))) [23:53] * Kasumi has joined #pvpexalted [23:53] !ex 5 [23:53] Vanal : !ex 5, 8, 6, 3, 2, 4, Successes : 1 [23:53] [Bah...and Bha, too.] [23:53] {TC} "My my, you must be a natural at this." [23:53] [DI]You don't see anything wrong with using their style, Vanal. [23:53] perfecto [23:54] [TC] "Ehh, no! I just 'listened'... somehow..." [23:54] [TC] "I, myself, know nothing!" [23:55] {TC} "Knowing is often less important than being able to listen well." [23:56] {TC} "Know as you 'listened' to the tree, listen while I cast this familuar spell." [23:56] [DI] anyhow, a week goes by as you learn the language, keep your end of the deal, and shakel gets a little "personal time" as a handful of men trickle into the camp, clearly having been sent by maris. [23:57] [Tc] "Yes, Sir Cathak Tabius." [23:57] * Tabius {TC} proceeds to cast Mirror of Bending Light in a small flash of essence. [23:57] Cicada roll perception + occult [23:57] * Cicada concentrates as best she can, trying to shut out anything other than Tabius standing in front of her. [23:57] !ex 4 [23:57] Cicada : !ex 4, 4, 8, 8, 4, Successes : 2 [23:58] Tabius roll that thing you roll when you cast mirror of bending light [23:58] (I suppose I have not got any Occult ability yet.) [23:58] !exa 15 [23:58] Tabius : !exa 15, 5, 6, 7, 5, 2, 2, 8, 7, 9, 3, 9, 1, 3, 2, 5, Successes : 5 [23:58] * Vanal limbers himself up before the big day [23:59] remmeber if you have 0 in an ability it is -2 to the attribute [00:00] (ups..) [00:00] (*You should have at the very least an occult of 2 after the Diagram and lots of talk about spirits and snesing stuff [00:00] cicada roll essence + occult [00:00] Nah not until the end of the day [00:00] (And my Occult is what now..?) [00:00] even people with favored ability take time. [00:00] 0 [00:00] (*I am assuming it took days to get down the big hill and such) [00:00] (-2 on that too?) [00:00] yes [00:01] ah [00:01] !ex 1 +1 (WP for autosucces) [00:01] Cicada : !ex 1 +1 (WP for autosucces), 10, Successes : 3 [00:01] If you went that slow, then fine, she can have 2 in occult [00:01] [WOW!] [00:01] (*WOOOO WOOOO*) [00:01] * Vanal thanks the lady for her hospitality...shrugs and gives her a kiss, as long as it makes her happy [00:01] now roll the other four dice you get Cicada :) [00:01] (*Like I said, a NATURAL ;-) [00:02] !ex 4 [00:02] Cicada : !ex 4, 4, 4, 7, 1, Successes : 1 [00:02] [it looked much better with only one dice. Can I keep that one?] [00:02] lol [00:02] fine [00:02] Cicada you can feel the essence being warped as Tabius casts the spell, but regardless you still cannot see him though he is standing right there. But you feel the potential to. [00:03] [DI] The woman is happy with Vanal, as she has done her duty to the tribe, and now you can actually compliment her with songs if you should feel the need. [00:03] * Tabius {TC}drops the spell smiling at Sable. [00:03] [DI] meanwhile you have begun watching them work as a unit [00:03] per + melee vanal [00:04] * Cicada looks closer, trying to 'listen' for the minute dances the wind makes when passing by tabius, the shapes they form by his essence and his words. [00:04] !ex 7 [00:04] Vanal : !ex 7, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 6, 4, Successes : 0 [00:04] ...CRAP [00:04] VAN...failed a MELEE roll [00:04] They seem like they're going to make a VERY effective fighting force, Vanal. You don't see that you have anything to do. [00:04] {TC} "Did you listen to essence of the spell or did you try and pierce the illusion that I was not there?"the [00:05] in fact, you're kinda put in your place, as you figure they're better than your troops back in the realm. [00:05] [TC] "Errrh.. Both.. I think... I am sorry..." [00:05] show ME up will they ? [00:05] yeap [00:05] {TC} "Worry not, your natural reactions are what I need to calibrate, so that I can either train further or untrain." [00:06] Well, time for Sgt. slaughter to make his presence known [00:06] dun dun dun! [00:06] [DI] "ATEN-SHUN !" [00:06] {TC} "This time, just concentrate on the essence, rather than the illusion itself." [00:06] They slow down their practice, before finally stopping, and looking at you oddly. [00:06] * Bog_Mod is now known as Soshin [00:06] [TC] "Yes, I will." [00:06] [DI] "LINE UP ! ALL OF YOU !" [00:07] They look at each other and then hesitantly make a line. [00:07] it's not very straight [00:07] * Tabius {TC} casts the spell again, this time with a larger flare of essence as peripheral is ues, but this time he extends the illusion ot cover Sable as well. [00:07] [DI] "A STRAIGHT LINE !" [00:07] * Cicada tries to listen to the air again, like she did on the stump, and let that tell her what Tabius is doing. [00:07] They shuffle themselves again... it's a little straighter. [00:07] * Vanal waits for them to get straightened out and starts pacing back and forth along them [00:08] (*Ess+Occ Cicada :-) [00:08] (stunt?) [00:08] +1 [00:08] !ex 2 +1 (WP for autosuccess) [00:08] Cicada : !ex 2 +1 (WP for autosuccess), 1, 9, Successes : 2 [00:09] * Vanal stops dead center, and pulls himself up to his full height, his repaired armor gleaming in the sun [00:09] Cucada essence + occult should be at least 5 dice [00:09] (Worse than before.. Why am I not surprised..?) [00:09] you have occult 2 now remember.. [00:09] (ah, with full training? [00:09] (You should have 3 essence and 2 Occult, thats 5 dice not 2? [00:09] ) [00:09] [DI] "You all came here because you think you can fight." [00:09] [DI] They certainly look like they can fight [00:09] * Soshin is now known as Bog_Mod [00:09] !ex 6 +1 (WP for auto-success) [00:09] Cicada : !ex 6 +1 (WP for auto-success), 6, 10, 4, 3, 3, 8, Successes : 4 [00:09] [DI] "And you can fight. As a unit, you hold together." [00:10] [DI] "But guess what ? It's NOT GOOD ENOUGH !" [00:10] [TC] Cicada you still cannot break the veil [00:10] [DI] the troops look at you, shifting their feet [00:11] * Cicada shakes her head. The voices of the wind are just too faint for her. There is no feeling in them like there was with the mourning for the tree. [00:11] [DI] "Oh, you folks are GOOD. I don't WANT *GOOD* ! I WANT *THE BEST* !" [00:11] Cicada roll per + occult [00:11] {TC} "I see I have pushed a little to fast. That is my fault. Let us move on to our next lesson." [00:11] !ex 6 [00:11] Cicada : !ex 6, 7, 9, 4, 8, 1, 1, Successes : 3 [00:11] [DI] "ARE YOU THE BEST ?!" [00:11] [DI] They smile as they pick up their spears and break out of the line [00:12] [DI] "er... yea" [00:12] [DI] "I DID NOT SAY YOU COULD BREAK FORMATION !" [00:12] they blink and then remake their line [00:12] [DI] "For the next few weeks, you will listen to me. I will be harsh, maybe even cruel. But I *will* be fair." [00:13] [DI] "The men next to you are your brothers. *I* am your father, your mother, your crochety old granddad !" [00:13] [DI] "You will train HARd, harder than you eve rhave before." [00:14] [DI] "But I swear to Sextes Jylis himself I will make you sorry sons of bitches into the BEST goddamn troops this island has ever seen." [00:14] [TC] Cicada you saw the power around Tabius, but it is cloaked as soon as he casts his spell. [00:14] [DI} "So when I say 'jump !' your ONLY acceptable response will be' HOW HIGH ?!" DO YOU GET ME ?" [00:14] [DI] They are quiet for a moment as they listen to your words, and are about to interrupt, but they think better of it." [00:15] [DT] "yes" they mumble one at a time [00:15] [DI] "Say what ?Spit out your lunch and try again...DO YOU HEAR ME ?" [00:15] * Tabius {Te {TC} drops the spell. [00:15] {TC} "Have you ever done much star gazing Cicada?" [00:16] * Cicada shakes her head again. I sensed some 'movement' but nothing I could really understand. [00:16] [DI] they spit, and then say "Yes" at the same time [00:16] {[DI] "That's better. So...who's up for a brisk run ?" [00:17] they look at each other warily [00:17] * Vanal grins dmeonically [00:17] [DI] "In full gear." [00:17] Then one of them steps forwards. The newest guy. Then, he blinks "Gear?" [00:17] [TC] "Not since I was a kid and ran away to sleep on my mother's tatched roof or on the roof of the Cathak hous I served in. A little during military campaigns too, but nothing serious. I was ofen on watch after all, and if not on watch, needed all the sleep I could get. [00:18] * Vanal 's smile vanishes [00:18] [DI} "what's your name ?" [00:18] {TC} "Good a blank slate."ada. [00:18] * Tabius {TC} a few day and nights pass as Tabius shows the basic theory behind Astrology to Cic [00:18] [DI] "Runs-with-the-wind" [00:18] to Cicada. [00:18] buy your third dot cicada? [00:19] [DI] "And who nominated you to be the spokeman for the group ?" [00:19] * Cicada absorbs as much as she can. balking at all the mathematics and calculations, but liking and remembering much better when the stories of the constellations are attached. [00:19] [DI] "well, I was just going to say we could run...." [00:19] [DI] "Run what ?" [00:19] [ok with me] [00:20] [DI} "Run 5 miles with a 50-pound bag on your back ?" [00:20] [DI] "Er... no." [00:20] [DI] "Sounds FINE to me !" [00:20] he blinks [00:20] [DI] "Guess what, gentlemen !" [00:20] * Tabius {TC} and Cicada travel for the next few days with Tabius pointing out various different land marks. [00:20] [DI] "Runs-with-wind here just guessed what our run is going to be !" [00:21] Actually, your result is a rueful grin. [00:21] * Tabius {TC} Finaly they end up along side a creek that about 10 feet across and shallow. [00:21] * Cicada [TC] makes sure to avoid telling Tabius exactly how many of those landmarks she already has scouted and mapped. [00:22] They seem ready for your run, Vanal. [00:22] * Vanal nods [00:22] {TC} "Now that you have seen the points I have showed you, sense here the essence of this place." [00:22] "Then let's do it." [00:22] Storyteller : !ex 6, 6, 3, 5, 3, 7, 1, Successes : 1 [00:22] !ex 6 [00:22] (I am SO spending willpower to keep from failing this roll) [00:22] Storyteller : !ex 6, 7, 6, 10, 4, 9, 2, Successes : 4 [00:22] !ex 6 [00:23] Storyteller : !ex 6, 4, 2, 5, 9, 2, 6, Successes : 1 [00:23] !ex 6 [00:23] Storyteller : !ex 6, 6, 4, 2, 2, 6, 7, Successes : 1 [00:23] !ex 6 [00:23] Storyteller : !ex 6, 3, 3, 8, 8, 2, 5, Successes : 2 [00:23] !ex 6 [00:23] Storyteller : !ex 6, 9, 6, 1, 2, 1, 10, Successes : 3 [00:23] !ex 6 [00:23] DT are you giving yourself a bag? [00:23] Yup [00:23] [Kasumi is heading home, but has been greatly amused by the Vanal drill sergeant scene. Have fun, guys] [00:23] Stamina + athletics DT [00:23] bug buy [00:23] (spending 1 WP for a sux) [00:23] * Cicada looks at the extremely unremarkable creek, and try to figure out what it means in connection to the landscape they already have passed through. [00:23] !ex 6 [00:23] Vanal : !ex 6, 7, 10, 8, 4, 6, 3, Successes : 4 [00:24] * Kasumi has quit IRC (Quit: ) [00:24] (5 sux) [00:24] You manage to keep ahead of all the rest, though two of them keep up easily enough [00:24] the other 4 are definately lagging behind [00:24] !ex 6 +1 (ess + Occ, WP for autosuccess) [00:24] Cicada : !ex 6 +1 (ess + Occ,, 2, 3, 6, 5, 2, 10, Successes : 3 [00:25] good enough for whatever it is you're looking at... [00:25] the ability to keep goign without stopping [00:25] endurance, not speed at this point [00:26] [TC] "It is a very strong trail. I believe that these things were called 'Dragon Lines' at the Heptagram..." [00:26] [TC} "But I really has no idea what they are and do.." [00:27] * Vanal circles the run back to its point of origin and screeches to a halt, seemingly not even sweating much [00:27] [Cicada, All occult rolls that tabius require is difficulty 3, though some may be higher, or lower depending on what it is.] [00:27] Then everyone manages to keep up Vanal, though clearly there is a wide gap in ability [00:28] (first run is to gauge, later ones to whip them into shape) [00:28] {TC} "Yes, a Dragon Line is exactly what this is. You unconciously followed it on your way in." [00:28] [TC] "on my way to the mountain, you mean?" [00:28] {TC} "From this creek edge, where the earth meets the harder rock, water, the plants life, and the wind springs a dragon line. [00:28] * silesia has joined #pvpexalted [00:29] Good afternoon every one. [00:29] [DI] "Well, it seems that there are only TWO men in the whole lot of you. The rest are a bunch of little BOYS !" [00:29] 'afternoon [00:29] {TC} "Yes. [00:29] Well Vanal, that may be more true than you realize... [00:29] [DI] (low realm) "Damn maris, sending me a buncha raw recruit slike this, I should have him shot..." [00:29] Huh ? [00:30] [TC] "So many elements come together here. Does that make the place powerful?" [00:30] barbarian rites of passage [00:30] ohhhhhhh [00:30] {TC} "This one is of moderate strength at least that I have been able to track down. It leads to a Demanse in the hils, a half days climb and walk from the diagram. [00:31] {TC} "The elements coming together is the easiest way to find natural dragon lines and places of power, such as demanses." [00:31] [DI] They seem to accept your words as praise, and await for their next task. [00:31] [TC] "This is a Demenshe?!" [00:31] "No, but the dragon line leads to one." [00:32] [DI]"Okay, let's see your fighting skills again. Waht you were doing before I showed up." [00:32] {TC} "If you remember the glade where we met the spirits after walking through the forest for so long, that was a Demanse." [00:33] * silesia has quit IRC (Quit: ) [00:33] "A natural meeting place of dragon lines." [00:33] [DI] Most of them seem very well skilled [4&5 sux], though one is having problems (1 sux) [00:33] {TC} "Its much like a river leading to the o"cean [00:33] * Vanal fingers the one with problems [00:33] [DI] "You...what's your name, little man ?" [00:33] * Cicada nods and actually understands for once. [00:34] {TC} "Now you have can Sense Magic and Spirits, understand the basics of Astrogoly and Geomancy." [00:34] {TC} "Now the real work begins." [00:35] DT, it's Shun-Shun-Sha [00:36] * Vanal scowls [00:36] He seems to be a very intermittent fighter. [00:36] [DI] "You left yourself wide open HERE *pokes SSS with a stick in that spot* HERE *pokes him there* and HERE 8pokes him again*..." [00:37] * Cicada nods, looking serious. [00:37] * Tabius {TC}a week l after much effort at learning how to push and pull essence at the same time, Cicada is finally ready for the last lesson.ater [00:37] SSS grimaces bashfully [00:37] (*Let me rewrite that*) [00:37] [DI] "How do you expect to win a battle if you can't even defend yourself properly ?" [00:38] * Tabius {TC} trains Cicada and after a grueling week of excercise after excercise Cicada has learned how to push and pull essence at the same time. [00:38] * Cicada is amazed at the speed she has been absorbing all the difficult subjects and learned so much. [00:38] he shrugs sadly [00:38] [DI} "I see." [00:39] [DI] "Get back in formation." [00:39] He picks up his spear again and tries to repeat the exercise halfway before getting back in formation [00:39] Vanal, roll int + lore [00:39] [DI] "I said BACK IN FORMATION !" [00:39] !ex 5 [00:39] Vanal : !ex 5, 5, 9, 3, 4, 6, Successes : 1 [00:39] He does so. [00:40] * Tabius smiling at Cicada, [00:40] {TC} "Now my excellent pupil you can attempt your first spell. Please proceed to cast Mirror of Bending light." [00:41] cicada are you burning all this XP? [00:41] [I am. Occult 0 > 3 so far. 7 XP] [00:42] ok/ [00:42] don't run out of XP [00:42] ;) [00:42] [I suppose I should buy the Charm and the spell too now? :)] [00:42] [ you can, or you can't cast it.] [00:42] [20 XP for both] [00:43] [9 XP left] [00:43] [you'll get at least 3 xp sessino so you can choose one more spell.] [00:43] [Wits + Occult?] [00:44] [indeed [00:45] * Storyteller shuffles around for his bo3c [00:47] * Cicada tries to control her nervous breathing. Checking again that the mystic circle around her that will protect her surroundings (a little) if something goes wrong is there. Trying to steady her shaking hands, she begins the gestures, slowly her, at first stuttering, voice catches up. She damns the fact that her heart is beating so hard in her ears that she cannot hear the winds give her advice and correct her mistakes. Slowly the essence forms [00:47] Between her hands and she feels ready to release it. [00:47] +3 [00:47] (I'm gonna jet...'night all) [00:47] [Got all that?] [00:47] [cut at slowly the essence forms right?] [00:47] * Vanal has quit IRC (Quit: "You think you're better than me because of your Spinaroonie ? Well the Spinaroonie has NOTHING on the Jericho Juke and Jive !" *dances spastically*) [00:48] [yep] [00:48] !ex 9 +1 (WP for extra succes, 2 in all) [00:48] Cicada : !ex 9 +1 (WP for extra, 10, 7, 5, 8, 4, 4, 8, 10, 9, Successes : 9 [00:48] ooooooo [00:48] [Neato!] [00:49] in-visible-cicada [00:49] * Tabius {TC} barely keeps his jaw from dropping as Cicada casts the spell better the first time than he did. [00:50] * Cicada breathes in relief, the heaving of her chest and the movements of her face, makeing the frozen beads of sweat fall off her like white, pure dust. [00:50] [10 motes, right?] [00:50] [like I said to DT.. AWW FUCK INVISIBLE FLYING CHAKARM] [00:50] * Tabius {TC} claps rather loudly, "Excellent, most Excellent!" [00:51] [can't find the book :p] [00:51] (*Yes its 10 motes*) [00:51] WP + occult cicada [00:51] essence + occult tabius [00:52] (*Lasts 1 hour, you get your Willpower+occult as a roll to equal the number of success's somebody has to get to see you*) [00:52] !ex 12 [00:52] Tabius : !ex 12, 2, 9, 2, 8, 4, 7, 6, 9, 1, 2, 1, 6, Successes : 4 [00:53] * Cicada has little sparks of lightning playing over her clothes and body as she drops the spell again - almost too quickly as she is scared witless of doing it wrong while the essence is bound to her. Around her feet is a circle of white frozen ground. [00:53] "Did it work..?" [00:54] !ex 10 [00:54] Cicada : !ex 10, 8, 2, 4, 9, 5, 8, 1, 8, 5, 10, Successes : 6 [00:54] * Tabius {TC} rushes up and attempts to hug Sable swirling her around in the air once the spell is dropped. [00:54] * Tabius {TC} his attempts to contain his exuberance completely failing. [00:54] * Cicada stands there exhausted and too hazy with excitement and released nervousness to resist the hug. [00:55] * Tabius {TC} picks up his star pupil and carries her the few paces over to a log on which he places her next to the fire. [00:56] * Tabius {TC} then starts making some thing to eat for the both of them. [00:56] strangely, tabius seems to have no shortage of food or drink... [00:57] * Cicada is shivering (and not from the cold) and tries to warm herself as well as she can by the fire. [00:59] * Tabius {TC} whenever he can spare a look a smiling face pears up at Sable, a look of pure pride on his face. [01:00] though he of course must still cook it for her [01:01] * Cicada is a little too heady to remember to protest against her master cooking for her. [01:01] tabius roll dex+ survival [01:02] * Cicada idly brushes the snowflakes and ice crystals out of her hair as her anima dies down. [01:02] !ex 5+1 (does not have survival so 2 down) [01:02] Tabius : !ex 5+1 (does not have survival, 6, 9, 7, 4, 5, 3, Successes : 2 [01:02] )*Thats 3 with the WP_ [01:02] still you manage to cook something edible [01:02] [remember a space in front of the +) [01:03] (*Ah, forgot the space) [01:03] (*3 better be better than edible ;-) [01:03] [else it adds a die ;)] [01:03] (*AH!!!!) [01:03] [ahhh but it is so challanging to cook in sub-zero freezing winds, Exalted or not] [01:05] [Now I just need the 'no sound' stealth charm and it will be Sable Cicada - The Stealth Walker) [01:08] ((you there gh?)) [01:08] !ex 4 +1 (int+sur +1wp) [01:08] Tabius : !ex 4 +1 (int+sur +1wp), 4, 9, 8, 10, Successes : 5 [01:08] i'm here. [01:08] ((you get the whisper?)) [01:08] yea [01:09] ((coo)) [01:09] Tabius seems to have a decent shelter, though it looks like it's only been here a couple weeks before you arrive. While not pretty, you have to admit it is very effective. [01:10] * Cicada will have spent some effort in making it more comfortable for Tabius if they have spent any signifiant time there. [01:11] roll craft + intelligence [01:11] cicada [01:11] !ex 4 [01:11] Cicada : !ex 4, 8, 5, 9, 3, Successes : 2 [01:12] every home needs a woman's touch. [01:13] So it become a little more of 7a home'? :) [01:13] 'a home' [01:13] meanwhile, Cicada seems to have learned a bit of self control in her time away from tabius as well.... and yes, a little bit more of a home. [01:13] tabius and cicada roll willpower [01:14] "Sir Cathak Tabius, should I cease disturbing you meditations and return to my duties? I will return once I feel ready to learn more." [01:14] {full, max WP?] [01:15] !ex 7 [01:15] Cicada : !ex 7, 5, 3, 10, 10, 9, 8, 8, Successes : 7 [01:15] !ex 7 [01:15] Tabius : !ex 7, 10, 4, 7, 2, 4, 10, 9, Successes : 6 [01:15] (of dear...) [01:16] (*MY MY) [01:16] so much willpower. So little love ;) [01:16] (*Aw.......) [01:16] [seems like we manage to remain chaste or something.. :)] [01:16] * Kenshiro has joined #pvpexalted [01:17] howdy folks [01:17] (*that was just ST manipulation, it could go any way we feel like :-)* [01:17] [Hello, Kenshiro] [01:17] (sorry, hi all) [01:17] * Cicada has her packs ready to go back after the two weeks (?) of gruelling training. [01:18] (*A little over 2 weeks, more like 3 with the travel to the creek*) [01:18] "Sir Cathak Tabius... I am eternally grateful for what I have been taught. If there is anything at all I can ever do to repay the favor.." [01:19] "It was my pleasure, think of it as me repaying all the kindness and understanding you have show me through the years. [01:20] * Tabius is still filled with pride with Sables accomplishement. [01:21] "My lord, has no need to repay for things that already have been rewarded more than I could ever wish for." [01:21] * Cicada looks down, a little sad suddenly. [01:22] "What is it Sable, what saddens you so, even after such an accomplishment?" [01:23] "Nothing, sir Cathak Tabius. I just remembered the time when i had any right to call you 'my lord'." [01:25] "You may call me thus any time, and as often as you wish if it pleases you." [01:26] "I will, sir cathak Tabius. As soon as I feel ready to learn more of the arts." [01:26] "It would bring me great pleasure if however we could move beyong the Lord/Servant relationsihp." [01:26] "I thought, we had, sir. I no longer have the right to wear your collar." [01:27] "I have always wanted you as a companion, an equal, instead of a servant........." [01:27] "Right or priveledge..." [01:27] * Cicada looks up at Tabius. [01:28] * Tabius looks back a single tear falling from his left eye, already turning to ice. [01:28] "What do Sir Cathak Tabius mean...? Teacher and student? We already are that too." [01:28] "More than teacher studant, more than friends...... [01:28] "I love you Sable Cicada." [01:29] * Cicada gasphs. "My lord, you can't!" [01:29] "You shall love and marry a Dynast to further your House! Not a commoner!" [01:30] * Tabius a look of surprise on his face, "Love and marriage as you well know are not often the same thing for the Dynasts [01:30] * Cicada 's voice is shaking. She remember all too well the dreams the ghosts in the ship gave her. [01:30] "But I would have you as both if at all possible, and you were willing. [01:30] "Bu ... But..." [01:32] * Tabius smiles a little hesitantly looking up into Sables eyes. [01:32] * Cicada wavers. [01:32] * Tabius reaches out his right hand leaving it hanging in the air awaiting her to accept it [01:33] "I have always dreamed of this... But I cannot see how it could work out... I too have hoped, and longed... But..." [01:33] "You could have said something!" [01:34] "Why did you make me go through hell, but throwing me out first?!" [01:34] "Until now, would it have gotten through?" [01:34] (but = by) [01:34] "Until now, would you have considered yourself an equal?" [01:35] "...." [01:35] * Cicada turns away biting her nails. [01:35] * Miss_Suki has quit IRC (Quit: ) [01:35] "I..." [01:36] "I have labored with this since the Heptagram, please forgive the pain I have caused you." [01:36] "My lord, I love you too. Always had. You have nothing to ask forgiveness for." [01:37] "Nothing would make me happier than to be my beloved lord's wife." [01:37] * Cicada turns again towards Tabius and dropping to one knee takes his hand in hers and kiss it. [01:38] * Cicada then holds her brow against its cold surface feeling the warmth inside it. [01:38] * Tabius another tear falling down his cheek, Tabius does down to his knees and takes Cicada into an embrace .... [01:39] * Tabius is now known as Thanos [01:39] * Bog_Mod has left #pvpexalted [01:39] [The end, for now] [01:39] ? [01:39] heh [01:39] one question [01:39] AWSOME! [01:39] Oh? [01:39] [Cicada promises marriage, then leaves tabius to his meditations?] [01:39] where's puuuuhdaaaa [01:39] * Jydan has quit IRC (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Jydan||))) [01:40] * Jydan has joined #pvpexalted [01:40] He is getting crushed in an embrace. [01:40] poor guy [01:40] * Storyteller was going to have him start squeeking but would have deserved the kick [01:40] (strangled) "Puuuuuuuuhhh....*" [01:40] LoL [01:41] * FiatVictrix has joined #pvpexalted [01:41] your lord is going ot find quite a surprise when he undresses you [01:41] 'lo fiat [01:41] Not at all, Puuhda has making trouble in too heavy scenes as one of his major functions. [01:41] heh [01:41] Please do so next time. [01:41] Oh my...... :-l [01:41] (Timing impeccable as always.) [01:41] * Storyteller is sure that is what happens a moment after the end? ;) [01:41] I meant make Puuhda squeal! [01:42] Single track bastard! [01:42] I know. [01:42] * Cicada picks up her bags and goes home. [01:42] Heh...... [01:42] After the exchange of promises. [01:42] Which is just as well [01:43] roll per+ socialize [01:43] Tabius needs rest an solitude to meditate. [01:43] !ex 8 (1 personal mote) [01:43] Cicada : !ex 8 (1 personal mote), 4, 7, 2, 4, 4, 7, 6, 2, Successes : 2 [01:43] tabius you too [01:43] er [01:43] charisma instead of per [01:43] !ex 12 [01:43] Thanos : !ex 12, 10, 8, 6, 10, 8, 3, 4, 7, 9, 4, 5, 10, Successes : 10 [01:44] (*GAR!) [01:44] Oh. [01:44] * Storyteller is sure that tabius read you like a book, according to that roll [01:44] !ex 6 (motes as before) [01:44] Cicada : !ex 6 (motes as before), 7, 4, 9, 9, 2, 8, Successes : 4 [01:44] !ex 9 (cha+per) [01:44] Thanos : !ex 9 (cha+per), 9, 7, 2, 4, 4, 1, 7, 9, 3, Successes : 4 [01:44] Tabius indeed reads cicada like a book, but tabius remains impeccable. But what does Tabius hide so well? And what is so obvious about Cicada? [01:45] (Erm..... sorry CHA + Soc [01:45] And Maris's Story has been sent to the forums [01:45] we shall see in our next meeting.... [01:45] it's a good story too [01:45] Tune in for next episode of: Exalted Island! [01:45] * Storyteller throws maris a couple XP [01:45] cool [01:45] * Storyteller throws cicada and Tabius 7 [01:46] * Storyteller throws fiat a boot to the head [01:46] 7 XP each? [01:46] yes [01:46] * Storyteller also manages to ignite kenshiro on fire and steal kosou's tail and pawn it to kookatchi, but those are tales for later [01:46] Fluffy... [01:46] * Cicada suddenly turn on her heel and runs back to Tabius shelter. "My lord! I feel ready!" [01:46] Anyone know any good exalted riddles tell them to GH. I need to do a riddle trial last. [01:46] what the? on fire again? [01:47] "Errr... for another spell..." [01:47] * FiatVictrix somehow manages to purr, even though he's a bird. [01:47] * Kenshiro grumbles as he feels his skin burning like parchment, and his hair turning into a bonfire... [01:47] * Storyteller squeezes it and it squeeks [01:47] LMAO!!!!!!! [01:47] OH MY [01:47] Whats the Verdict on teaching Cicada another spell? [01:48] she can learn one more spell [01:48] Nah, another time. I was joking. [01:48] Oh. [01:48] DOH! [01:48] Or you could leave her with your copy of your spellbook [01:48] Healing Flames then? [01:48] and she could try teaching herself... [01:48] Or Counter magic? [01:48] Hrmmmm [01:48] Counter magic is in the book, HF is not [01:48] It really isn't.. important for you to have any more, tabius. [01:49] * Maris sits and thinks [01:49] (Teach her HF, leave the book with her for later CM learning.) [01:49] maybe, you know, we should really try to get together early on saturady, you konw, it owuld be a good idea tabius. [01:49] And I heard what happened to Jyn. That sucks [01:49] Erm, other than Tabs would like to learn Storm Wind Rider very soon, and possible one other, no. [01:49] Indeed. My mojo hates downtime. [01:49] Yeah, GH, early Saterday is a good idea [01:49] * Storyteller waves his hand of mysterious ST powers, Tabius won't have a problem with that, Thanos. [01:50] :-) [01:50] * FiatVictrix 's the only wood caste in the world who can somehow manage to kill himself walking in the woods. [01:50] * Maris chuckles [01:50] it's also the first non-rigged roll i've seen come up all 10s. [01:50] I've gotten pretty close [01:50] You knew it had to happen sooner or later. [01:51] there's something odd with the dice. [01:51] I would have preffered not on a damage roll, though. [01:51] It's like they're being way cool. [01:51] well it's only 4 on a damage roll [01:51] Only 4. Yeah, that's why I'm wandering around with a rabid lynx attached to my skull. [01:51] * Storyteller smiles [01:52] are you feeling... lucky? [01:52] * Maris is lucky [01:52] * FiatVictrix hates the woods. And the plains. And the hills. Pave it all over with concrete. [01:52] !ex 4 [01:52] FiatVictrix : !ex 4, 10, 2, 8, 2, Successes : 3 [01:52] lol [01:52] * Maris smiles at his rolls [01:52] !ex 5 [01:52] FiatVictrix : !ex 5, 2, 10, 10, 6, 9, Successes : 5 [01:52] How about I keep THIS name, yes [01:52] no [01:53] But... it likes this name! [01:53] tough [01:53] otherwise I change my name [01:53] once again, the stars are against you, Fiat... [01:53] * Maris sighs [01:53] * FiatVictrix sighs. Why does fate dislikeme so much! She's the one what exalted me! [01:53] * FiatVictrix is now known as Jynaru [01:53] !ex 4 [01:53] Jynaru : !ex 4, 1, 10, 2, 7, Successes : 3 [01:53] Hrmmm... [01:53] !ex 5 [01:53] Jynaru : !ex 5, 4, 2, 2, 9, 3, Successes : 1 [01:54] Ah. There it is. [01:54] really? I thought it was secrets. [01:54] Close enough. When you get down to it, they're interchangeable. [01:54] * Cicada is now known as Hikari [01:54] I see [01:54] Though Secrets does have a nice chest. [01:54] I made a roll that came up all 10s! :) [01:54] one can't function without the other...and yes, the Maiden of Secrets has a tasty rack :) [01:54] (it was only one dice, but what the hell... [01:55] Is a rabid bobcat attached to her skull, too? [01:55] Poor Jynaru [01:55] On a seperate note, Samantha liked the stuff about Kouso. [01:56] * Storyteller really has to wonder about a girl who wants the dirt on your female sex-addict [01:56] * Jynaru 's been attacked by the barbarian version of Hikari, been in close comba with a bear, almost had a nipple ripped off, and now the aforementioned bobcat. Clearly, I do better when there is no downtime. [01:56] Oh, I like downtime :-) [01:56] * Hikari laughs. [01:57] * Jynaru sighs. [01:57] You'll pay for that, whenever I figure out how to do something without failing in an amusing and painful way. [01:58] There is another me on the island? Please make introductions. [01:58] I don't think he could find his way back. He was rather stoned at the time. [01:58] Me as in servile and selfless or as in chakram-chucking? [01:58] Actually he was more like Hikari [01:58] Well the reason I like downtime more is cause I tend to get to RP a LOT more in detail than in the normal game [01:58] I said Hikari, not Cicada. [01:58] There is generaly less dice, which means no mojo involved. [01:59] Cicada has yet to scream ENEMY OF ALL WOMEN at me and try to kill me. [01:59] * Jynaru figures that'll occur within a session or so at this rate. [01:59] I will go to bed tommorrow. Happy Turkey Day all! [01:59] tommarow isn't today. don't you be going anywhere [01:59] Have a good ThanksGiving. [02:00] good night, Jydan [02:00] * Maris sits and thinks [02:00] 'night, Jy? Or did I sleep later than I thought? [02:00] * Storyteller also wishes merry thanksgiving [02:00] yea it's saturday [02:00] er sunday [02:00] * Jynaru dittoes. [02:00] I have to get up early tommorrow. And I need a shower. [02:00] I was just finishing up afte rthe game [02:00] Whoa... sunday. [02:00] Where were you man? [02:01] In bed. Was warm. [02:01] * Jynaru figured those lights were car headlights someone left on... stupid sun. [02:01] * Jydan has quit IRC (Quit: "Everything in the universe contains flaws, ourselves included. Even God does not attempt perfection in His creations. Only mankind has such foolish arrogance." -- Cogitor Kwyna) [02:01] ah well [02:02] Oh, as Jydan is gone, when did Bog Mod leave? [02:02] 15 mins ago [02:02] * Jynaru 's post is as shiny as it's going to get, and I need bog to OK it. [02:02] Damn. Say when he'd be back? [02:02] no [02:02] no game tommarow though [02:02] for you [02:02] ... [02:02] * Jynaru sighs. THIS close. [02:03] No kiddie game at all? Not just you not coming? [02:03] no, jydan's game isn't going to be going on [02:03] and I won't be here either. [02:03] * Jynaru dunnoes about the kiddie game. [02:03] Ah. [02:04] Guess I should show, not matter how comfortable my bed might be. [02:04] I don't think that setting the computer beside the table for Thanksgiving and eating with one hand typing in the other will be appreciated, so I'm not showing either. [02:04] Heh. [02:05] * Maris will not be on for many days [02:05] That's assumin Choscura is even available. Did he ever say? [02:05] no [02:05] * Storyteller understands maris [02:05] * Jynaru saw a post from him that I think is more recent than the one where he says the comp is down, but TSJ still posts. [02:05] yeap [02:06] * Storyteller reccomends hikari stay in bed until then rushing to her supervisor to beg forgiveness [02:06] Ok, I am off to my own warm comfortable bed :-) [02:06] enjoy [02:06] Good session, one I will remember for a long time to come. [02:06] * Storyteller too [02:07] Anyhow, if I remember correctly, Jynaru you had just taken 4L and had discovered that your map was rather worthless shit. [02:07] Yep. [02:07] * Thanos has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving) [02:07] Big sea creatures what want to kill me in river, volcanoes, and... something else. [02:07] of course you haven't REALIZED IC that it's wrothless shit yet, but i'll let you make a int + awareness roll every day for that. [02:07] just assume that no one will be here for the duration of the day, or until very late at night...but I even doubt that, since that's when younger siblings will shaghai me into a game of Tekken 4, LAN Medal of Honor/Jedi Knight 2, or watch a dvd 'creature feature' :P [02:07] * Storyteller might be in after midnight but you never know.. full tummy [02:08] * Jynaru was clearly staring at the naked maiden statues when he drew it, or something. [02:08] yea [02:08] !exj 10 [02:08] Jynaru : !exj 10, 9, 2, 3, 2, 6, 8, 6, 6, 5, 10, Successes : 4 [02:08] Darn. No bribing the dice. [02:08] alright your map is funky [02:08] now then where are you off to, you're at the river. [02:08] the slight sense of deja-vu tells you to cross it [02:09] and you're starving because you haven't ate all day [02:09] and you have a bobcat surgically removed from your skull [02:09] [playing with Fiat now?] [02:09] * Storyteller nods [02:09] unless you are shadowing him too...? [02:10] (who removed the bobcat? I hope it was a licensed Suk physician ;) ) [02:10] [Busy GH, and nobody thinks to give him XP. I will cease disturbing, and watch in silence] [02:10] If i remember correctly it was a rather conveniently placed large rock [02:10] Indeed. [02:11] Sadly, the bobcat rolled into the river before I could eat it. [02:11] strange the way things work out. [02:11] * Jynaru 's been thinking that ever since this trip started. You're just now coming around? [02:12] So, how big is this river, anyway? [02:12] X yards would be good. [02:12] oh what? I'm sorry I was just reciting my mantra [02:12] * Storyteller rubs his chin. X yards? more like x miles. 1/4 miles. [02:13] Hrmmm... Jebus. [02:13] think mississipi [02:13] That's a lot of jumping. [02:13] yea [02:13] especially at.. what, -2? [02:13] -3? [02:13] -3. [02:13] due to cravings [02:13] I crave Bliss. [02:14] craaaave [02:14] It's the capital what deserves the penalty. I have yet to not crave bliss. [02:14] * Jynaru ponders. [02:14] And no natives around. [02:14] not in sight [02:14] you might find some along the river [02:14] When was the last time I saw some? [02:14] haven't seen any [02:15] Bugger. [02:15] they're all camped in for the winer. [02:15] winter [02:15] * Jynaru mojo is not contagious, dammit! You can walk up to me so I can kill you and eat you!! [02:15] Why jynaru. I didn't konw you liked human flesh. [02:16] Right. Let's follow along the river and hope to find people so I can challenge the leader or something for a canoe. [02:16] I think it bled in from the bobcat. [02:16] ok [02:16] east or west? [02:17] East. Might as well head more towards where I'm going. [02:17] day 6: east along the riverbank. [02:17] roll int + survival [02:17] Willpower for conviction usual "This isn't happening. Wood castes like nature! It likes them!" [02:17] !exj 4 [02:17] Jynaru : !exj 4, 6, 6, 9, 10, Successes : 3 [02:18] you manage to not fall into the river and catch a couple rabbits. You devour them whole, and yet you are still hungry. You need to hunt for big game. [02:18] roll per + awe [02:19] !ex 2 [02:19] Jynaru : !ex 2, 9, 3, Successes : 1 [02:19] you smell smoke in the distance, but you can't localize it. It could even be coming over the river for all you know. [02:19] ... Am I going to get stoned again? [02:19] it doesn't seem to be that kind of smoke. [02:20] Joy. [02:20] * Kenshiro has quit IRC (Quit: ) [02:20] Keep heading east. [02:20] Day 7: going east. [02:20] roll survival + intelligence [02:20] !exj 4 [02:20] Jynaru : !exj 4, 1, 6, 9, 2, Successes : 1 [02:20] roll 2B [02:20] !ex 2 [02:20] Jynaru : !ex 2, 4, 6, Successes : 0 [02:20] HAH! Wood castes don't bash easily! [02:21] * Jynaru would dance is he wasn't cold, hurt, and craaaving. [02:21] You are exposed to heavy winds and you are unable to find anything to eat besides bark; you eat it, but as night begins to fall, so early in the day, you think you see campfires farther east. You're not sure if you can make it there or not during the winter night. [02:22] Going to damn sure try, with the happy Anima to speed me up. [02:22] roll survival + intelligence, difficulty 4 [02:22] also you are at -1 [02:23] additional [02:23] due to fatigue [02:23] ... The world hates me. Can I get a stunt for the using my Anima to istill me with the endless endurance of the mighty trees or something? [02:24] sure, take a +1. +2 if you want to describe running along under the night sky in the middle of the winter towards a light and a smell of smoke [02:24] maybe more if it's cool [02:24] Give me a minute or two and I'll +3 that shit down. [02:24] * Storyteller awaits the pleasureness [02:27] * Jynaru runs along in the darkness, feeling the minute drain of Essence and stamina with each step as he blanks his mind and returns to happier times, running happily along the fields and forests of his childhood home as the light slowly alters itself into a white house on a hill and the smell that of dinner on his birthday. [02:27] Probably a +2, but at least it's my +2 ^_^ [02:27] yea +2 [02:27] * Jynaru can live with that. [02:27] i'll give you a +1 for the anima [02:27] not stunt but+1 die [02:28] !ex 6 (WP conviction) [02:28] Jynaru : !ex 6 (WP conviction), 6, 10, 1, 2, 9, 7, Successes : 4 [02:28] very well [02:28] ((I'm getting some sleep. I"ll talk to yall next week)( [02:28] cya maris [02:28] * Maris has quit IRC (Quit: ) [02:28] * Jynaru cradles his mojo happily. You're back! You're back! [02:28] Jynaru remember that you probably can't add conviction anymore. You can only add your conviction equal to a anumber of times equal to your conviction per story. [02:29] Oh, yeah, that's fine with me. [02:29] * Jynaru needs to survive long enough to have dice WITHOUT adding it. [02:29] rolling one die due to penalties is bad news. [02:30] anyhow you arrive hungry, tired, and exhausted at the camp in the middle of the night, a sentry rousing from his fire. You are shocked to discover that, upon his standing, he's actually wearing a steel breastplate and a long wooden pike with a iron tip. [02:30] Nativeish "Hello." [02:31] "HALT!" [02:31] he yells for the commander in the same language [02:31] * Jynaru freezes, almost literally, as he raises his hands and stops. [02:31] your command of the language is poor and the light bad as two more peope similiary armed and dressed come out of the tents, and the three of the begin advancing towards you. [02:32] "What are you doing here?" [02:32] asks the one who seems to be the commander, his long black beard and bronze skin barely glinting the firelight in the night. [02:33] his head nearly in your face "Who are you and what are you doing here?!" It is actually a goatee. [02:34] Nativish: "Spirit quest?" Seatounge: "Mission from holy commander" [02:34] * Jynaru knows military seatongue, and not too much else, sadly. [02:34] they shake their heads and look at each other conversing far too rapidly for you to understand. Looking over the encampment, you see that if anything, it is a military encampment. [02:35] the walls are less to provide protection from the elements as to provide places for cover against arrows. [02:35] * Jynaru takes quick note of what weaponry and transport they have with the practiced eye of a Ledaal Spec Ops commander. [02:35] you also see that they have a number of small boats pulled up on the riverbank. [02:36] * Jynaru will essay into High Realm. "Can a random person in the night while you all speak gibberish?" [02:36] Finally they decide to drag you into the tent they had been keeping warm in before, prodding you with their spears if you resist. [02:36] * Jynaru missed get warm in there, but hey, it still worked ^_^ [02:37] What kind of tent is it? [02:37] As you start speaking in high realm they stop[ed for a second, then quickly jerk you off your feet and into the tent [02:37] It is a tall oval tent, like a tepee with the top cut off, but it is clearly made of canvas, and not animal hide. [02:38] it also is lacking in any decoration. [02:38] How is it supported? [02:38] a fire is in the middle, and a woman is warming her hands, similiary armed and dressed. [02:38] by an internal scaffolding [02:38] ... great. I can propose to her, too! I even have a ring. [02:38] of wooden poles. [02:39] Ooooh. Nice. Three or four ground contacts? Or lotss? [02:39] four [02:39] when the woman sees you, she immidately stands and starts demanding answers in rivertounge. [02:39] er [02:39] sigh [02:39] seatounge [02:40] They argue for a bit, and they all settle down, and she asks you something in seatounge you don't understand. [02:40] * Jynaru shrugs. Seatongue. "Come again?" [02:41] she repeats herself. Roll peception + linguistics. [02:41] !ex 2 [02:41] Jynaru : !ex 2, 7, 4, Successes : 1 [02:41] something about your reason for being here. [02:42] Sea: "Like I debriefed them. Mission from Holy Commander." [02:42] * Jynaru tries to appear harmless. [02:42] do you actually speak nativish? [02:43] * Jynaru 's been learning as he goes along, and stayed a week or so learning it at camp before setting out. [02:43] However, my luck with nativish has not been good. [02:43] did you pay the XP? [02:43] Yeah. [02:43] very well [02:44] "Your seatounge is very poor, stranger." [02:45] Nativish: "As is your hospitality. Is a pale skinny man with obvious wounds such a threat to your fine encampment?" [02:45] "It is amusing that you speak the barbarian tounge better than the pure speech." [02:45] she laughs [02:45] "It is not difficult for such a ruse to be made. Take your weapons, drop them in a pile there" she points at one of the corners "And then we will talk." [02:46] "And I will see to your wounds, if you indeed have them and are not just yet another clever theif." [02:46] She yells at one of her men who nearly falls over in surprise before scampering out of the tent [02:46] (seatounge) [02:47] * Jynaru will head over there, place the bow down, quiver beside it, open, the axe leaning against the gound connector, and pile the stone spikes counting in High Realm before turning and heading back, stopping, and placing a small dagger from his boot sheath there. "Almost forgot that one." [02:49] She smiles graciously as two more guards, one man, one woman, obviously both woken up, walk into the tent leaving in a chill breeze that flares the fire. She gives them more orders, and then turns to you "Go with them, and do not resist." and then, once satisifed you are moving out of the tent, turns to scream orders at the other three subordinates still in her tent. [02:49] * Jynaru winces slightly as she screams, and will walk towards them, noting where he stacked his weapons. [02:50] The two guards at your side walk you briskly across the camp to another tent, and you notice that the tents do not seem very organized or simliar in size and shape, although they are all apparently made fromthe same basic materials and construction. [02:51] This tent is larger, and as you walk in see that it is nearly retangular in shape with two large fires instead of one small one. It is also much warmer, and there is a man in a white robe washing a long white cloth in the washbasin [02:52] * Jynaru nods to the nice medic as he enters. [02:53] There are about a dozen makeshift beds along either wall, and he points for you to take the closest one as you enter. You note that only three of them seem to be occupied. [02:53] * Jynaru sits down and once again tries to appear harmless. [02:53] What's the rough count on tents? [02:54] though how severe their wounds might be under the sheets remains unkown. The man in the white robe walks with an almost meditative smoothness, and smells like.. nothing, at all, really as he bends to examine the scars on your head, and then seeing your ripped shirt, instructs you to remove those as well [02:54] roll percetion + investigation [02:54] !ex 2 [02:54] Jynaru : !ex 2, 2, 9, Successes : 1 [02:54] about 30 [02:55] various sizes make it hard to tell [02:55] * Jynaru removes them slowly, trying not to worsen the tears in them. [02:56] He shakes his head, tsking softly as he tells you to lie down and then begins the unforunately painful process of cleaning your wounds. [02:56] Storyteller : !ex 7, 9, 9, 3, 8, 8, 6, 1, Successes : 4 [02:56] !ex 7 [02:57] when he is complete, he wraps them in a clean dry cloth and he tells you to go to sleep, hands you a robe and a blanket, and walks across the tent to again clean his hands and his tools in the washbasin [02:57] * Jynaru will sleep. If I can bust out of Bloom's brig, how much worse cna these people's be? [02:59] * Storyteller shrugs [03:00] you wake up to a hand on your left shoulder. [03:00] * Jynaru removes his hand from the person's wrist and looks at them. "Sorry." [03:02] The man in the white robe bows to you and you note that two other people are watching over you. It's impossible to tell how long you have slept, though it is probably still night, as you are still tired, but obviously they let you rest for a while. [03:02] The two women are having a conversation sitting on the bed behind you, and the man in the white robe brings over a washbasin and new white cloth and puts them down on a nearby table before motioning for you to sit up [03:03] * Jynaru will sit up. Medic knows best. [03:03] I assume seatongue. [03:03] nativish [03:03] well [03:03] Nativish for the women? [03:03] he's not talking at all [03:04] oh them [03:04] yea seatounge [03:04] Of the rapid sort I don't understand? [03:04] he removes the old cloth and replaces it after wiping down the cuts, remarking in seatounge about your healing and then moving on to his other patients [03:04] Actually it's a slow sort of discussion but using many complicated words that seem to have nothing to do about war. [03:05] Oh, yeah. They dig me. [03:05] they both have swords, but one is wearing lamellar armor and the other is wearing a mere buff jacket [03:06] Mere? Per+something to see if it's got the hidden plates? [03:06] it isn't shiney like vanals, as it seems to have been covered with some kind of thick rubbery paint [03:06] obviously just a buff jacket. [03:06] too form fitting ;) [03:06] Thick rubbery paint, eh... what color and patterns? [03:07] no patterns. Paint is kinda a dull black/brown. [03:07] yellow trim here and there I suppose. [03:07] Not for stealth then, most likely. [03:08] could be pretty stealthy, the yellow is more to simply not give you a headache from looking at a solid brackish color all day long. [03:08] * Jynaru will lay back and listen for a bit while he plots escape and more travel. [03:08] Ah. So no snow for the big blackish blotch to stand out on. [03:09] if there had been snow it would have melted. [03:09] * Jynaru meant for stealth concerns. Anyway, time passes. I likely get more sleep unless something else occurs. [03:10] They note you are awake and you begin to catch the odd word in seatounge, before the woman in the buff jacket (and who has shoulder length blonde hair) starts speaking in high realm. [03:10] "You speak the language of the new realm?" [03:10] ! [03:10] "Of course. I don't look like I'm from around here, do I?" [03:11] In high Realm. [03:11] "No, but the blood from newcomers tends to run true at times. Even resulting in blooded, it is rumored, though it has never been tracked down. I assume you are one?" [03:12] "I imagine one of them wouldn't be wandering around in the cold half-dead." [03:12] * Jynaru crosses his arms to hide the manefestation of his aspect. [03:13] "No, but it's more likely than a mere human to survive in such conditions. And there is no point in concealing your touch; it's obviously the blood of some god runs through you, though you may deny it as you wish." [03:14] obviously they had a good look at you while you slept. Wonder what else they looked at. [03:14] "It's just toughness from all that archery. Besides, it's less than intelligent to tell your captors of everything you can do." [03:15] I see." [03:15] Ring still in my possession? [03:15] She stops talking to you and begins a quick conversation in seatounge. [03:15] Apparently so. Though it may have been moved. you can't be sure. [03:16] Well, they either don't recognize starmetal or they don't consider it worrying. [03:16] It IS the same ring, correct? [03:16] "The guards said you were nearly glowing when they found you. You deny it?" [03:16] it is the same ring. [03:18] * Jynaru turns sits up and swings to look at them. "And if the blood does run true in me? I get an axe instead of a sword for my execution and stronger chains, I suppose?" [03:18] The woman blinks, surprised. she doesn't answer. [03:19] the one in armor says something long and drawn out, but of few words, and the other seems to recover. [03:19] Apparently she is translating. [03:19] "Or maybe you're not cleared for that, being an interpreter and all." [03:20] "Don't be a fool. Now, shut up before I translate what you've been saying badly and get you beheaded for real." [03:20] she then resumes her conversation with the other woman [03:22] then she turns back to you. "Your definately an Exalt; you have the signs. You must be new here, else you would know better than to speak so." [03:22] "New, and clearly an imbecile, milady." [03:23] * Jynaru puts on his deepest courtly bow from his seated position. [03:23] an act wich causes pain but no real damage [03:23] Hrmmm...nice. Per+medicine to tell how well the doc's fixed me up? [03:24] your an exalt. [03:24] you expect it. [03:24] Eh, worth a shot. [03:25] "Indeed. Now why did you come here? By your wounds I assume you have all the skill of one from the new realm, but it is odd that you have none of the weapons so popular there. Though I cannot imaine what caused you to travel so far inland." [03:25] * Jynaru straightens up somewhat slower than he bowed. [03:26] "I followed the river. I smelled smoke, saw fire, figured I'd stop in and say hello." [03:26] "mmmm" [03:27] the medic, having been unobserved, apparently had taken the time to boil some water, and so you are given cup with a thick broth; the two women are given similar cups. [03:28] "What exactly do you mean by weapons, anyway?" [03:28] "I never really noticed a bias against bows and axes." [03:28] "Powerbows, Daiklaives, Throwing Stars, the like. Your weapons are of local construction." [03:29] * Jynaru hides his reaction with a slight sip of the soup, rolling it over his tongue to see if he notes any drugs. [03:29] roll manipulation + socialize and perception + medicine [03:29] Same wound penalties? [03:30] yes but the fatigue modifier isn't there. [03:30] !ex 2 (M+S) [03:30] Jynaru : !ex 2 (M+S), 2, 3, Successes : 0 [03:31] Bah. Hearthstones