Session Start: Sat Aug 02 20:52:33 2003 [20:52] * ChanServ changes topic to 'Exalted: Listen as the wind blows from across the great divide, Voices trapped in yearning, memories trapped in time - The night is my companion, and solitude my guide, Would I spend forever here and not be satisfied? (GoldenH)' [20:57] so, last I checked, we were heading up to Cherak. [20:58] Ah yes. [20:58] anything you'd like to do on the way there? heckle the serfs? drink from the forbidden spring? cast the mystic spell of doom? [20:59] Errr... spend the downtime I need for the advances on the updated sheet? [21:00] hmm... ok [21:02] Mooning hopelessly after her love? [21:02] heh..... roll per + soc [21:02] !ex 12 (2 motes for +2) [21:02] * *Cicada (12)* 5, 9, 10, 5, 7, 8, 2, 10, 5, 10, 5, 4, Successes : 9 [21:03] oh no! [21:03] your mother is mooning hopelessly after her lover! [21:03] Sigh. [21:03] This is why I don't sleep with immediate family. ^_~ [21:04] father tries to comfort her, but he obviously doesn't know what she's really doing. She seems to feel better for his support. [21:04] Any idea who her lover is? [21:04] just that he's very far away. [21:06] * Cicada and mum are not sighing synchronized when the waves for an instant takes the same hue as Bloom's eyes? :) [21:06] she seems to be under a ... different spell. [21:06] Uhhmm... but same subject..? [21:07] (object, whatever) [21:07] you have your charm. use it! ;) [21:07] Dice Script Active [21:09] Ah yes! [21:09] The *charm*! [21:09] the charm of insanity! [21:10] !ex 14 (WP for Compassion) [21:10] * *Cicada (14)* 6, 2, 6, 6, 7, 9, 3, 9, 8, 10, 3, 5, 5, 4, Successes : 6 [21:10] (that should give me an image of the object and a good idea what he did) [21:11] well, a long time ago, just after you were born, he seduced her and used a charm on her. [21:12] ever since, he's been like crack [21:12] if she doesn't get him once a month, she goes nuts. [21:12] Ohh... now we can truly become one great happy family. [21:12] Damn mum! Chasing the man of *my* dreams! [21:13] hey, if you cure her of it, she might not want him so *badly* [21:13] but red bloom might not appreciate that. [21:14] Can always do that later. At some time when sucking face with my own mother will not be as perverse. [21:14] heh [21:15] You and your father spend some quality time together, when your mother is not off on her own scouting. He seems to be a good man, though worried about his wife, and most especially you. [21:16] And what happens when I use madness charm on him? [21:16] roll it! [21:16] !ex 9 [21:16] * *Cicada (9)* 10, 3, 5, 9, 10, 3, 1, 1, 6, Successes : 5 [21:17] he's remarkably sane [21:17] no enchantsment that you can detect. [21:18] Good... no need to exchange salivia with dad, at least. [21:18] heh [21:19] you are a couple weeks away from Cherak when your mother comes back galloping at full speed! Your dad quickly pulls out his daiklaive and looks behind them before pressing his trusty steed onwards [21:21] * Cicada asks what she found ahead, making ready for battle herself. [21:22] she slows, holding one arm to her. You see it is wrapped in a blue cloth, stained with blood. "Wolves over that next hill. Big ones. Jumped me from the bushes. Can't be normal dogs." [21:22] "Omen dogs? This far south?" [21:24] she shakes her head no. "They weren't omen dogs... different color... black and white, like wolves... and they aren't smart enough to lay an ambush like that. Damn things were carrying bushes on their backs!" [21:27] * Cicada sticks to her parents. "Maybe Fae or beastmen then. Can we avoid them?" [21:27] she shakes her head. "Could be everywhere. Only two, got one, the other.. got in the river. Couldn't follow." [21:29] * Cicada takes a look at the wounded arm. [21:29] your father nods and takes the lead. "A.. Cicada, look after your mother's arm... I'll take point." [21:30] The arm looks bad. whatever it is bit right through the jade-reinforced leather armband. She obviously has to bite her lip as you examine the wound, and can't seem to help looking at you suspicously. [21:31] * Cicada tries to heal the damage. [21:32] 2L [21:33] -0 -1 [21:33] (5 motes and a WP) [21:34] it is healed! your mother smiles thankfully at you and restraps the torn-leather bracer around that arm. Strong jaws, that can bend jade alloy... [21:36] your father slows as you approach the the hill, with a forest growing at the ridge ... you see the path that she went down and the massive scuffling... two bushes have actually been gnawed off at the base, and you can see leaves thrown everywhere.. but neither the dogs or the bushes are to be seen, though a trail of blood winds it's way through the forest on your right [21:37] "Did you manage to wound one of them?" [21:37] she nods "Got him with my sword. Should've died...." [21:39] "Should we press on and hope to evade them?" [21:42] "We probably won't evade them.. wolves run in packs, if they're hunting, they'll hunt us sooner or later. [21:42] * Cicada nods, absentmindedly rubbing her belly and frowning. [21:43] He pushes his horse forwards slowly into the dark forest, the woods seeming eerily quiet, except for the horse coughing in the early cold, and the soft clomping of feet on the beaten path [21:44] roll per + awe! [21:44] !ex 9 [21:44] !ex 9 [21:44] * *Storyteller (9)* 9, 2, 5, 4, 7, 9, 8, 7, 2, Successes : 5 [21:44] * *Storyteller (9)* 5, 5, 2, 6, 6, 1, 8, 2, 3, Successes : 1 [21:45] !ex 7 [21:45] * *Cicada (7)* 8, 2, 7, 4, 5, 4, 6, Successes : 2 [21:45] you see things in the woods around you, but you think you might just be imagining things. [21:45] Your father's attitude suggests otherwise, however. [21:45] "Are we being hunted?" [21:46] He doesn't say anything for a moment, just, turning in his saddle and looking back to you, before nodding and adjusting his grip on his daiklaive. [21:46] * Cicada too keeps her arms ready. [21:48] after a very tense few hours, the three of you leave the woods. Always the feeling of being watched remains, and often you think there are many pairs of eyes staring at you from beyond the beaten path... but no trace of tail or ear is ever shown, and you make it to clear grassland without much of a fight. [21:50] "Think they will pursue through the night?" [21:50] your father increases his speed to a gallop as soon as he gets to open space. [21:50] "How far are we from any habitation?" [21:51] * Cicada follows daddy's head. [21:51] "Maybe a few days, maybe a few hours. Hard to tell in this part of the threshold." [21:51] He looks aroud, sniffing. and then looks back again towards the forest. [21:53] "The bloody things are staying..." he turns without another word and rides on. [21:54] Around dark, you make camp. If you are being followed, you don't notice it. [21:54] "I suppose we should find shelter as soon as possible?" [21:55] He laughs. "No. We watch. No wolf could challenge us when we can see them coming." [21:55] * Cicada nods. [21:56] sleeping! Any special procautions this night? [21:57] Like, watches? [21:58] Like, just staying up with the "No Sleep"-charm? [21:58] stuff like that, yea. you don't need it, considering, but if you want to you can. [21:58] Sure. [21:58] that the only thing? [21:58] Might as well. Can stay up for a week nonstop. [21:58] ok. [21:58] roll per + awe [21:59] Like a fire? [21:59] !ex 7 [21:59] * *Cicada (7)* 8, 9, 4, 1, 6, 1, 5, Successes : 2 [21:59] there's a fire. [21:59] well, your parents built a fire. [21:59] it keeps you warm. [22:00] you see nothing that night, and the next few nights are much the same. [22:00] on the fourth night, you see one of the wolves, but it seems to be content to stay just beyond the edge of the light and lie down, watching you. [22:05] it is gone on the next morning. but every night after that there is one, sometimes two, maybe three, just following, watching you. [22:06] "Seems like they are tracking us. We better start sleeping nights in turns, not to tire usselves." [22:07] they accept and this is how you do things for two days. [22:08] It is the third morning after. daybreak shows five wolves to the east of you, a few hundred hards away, just standing there, open mouthed, their breath panting and crystalizing next to the mountain dew [22:09] "Think they are testing us? Or maybe are a diversion?" [22:09] !ex 9 [22:09] * *Storyteller (9)* 3, 8, 4, 7, 10, 4, 4, 1, 2, Successes : 4 [22:11] "Perhaps. Or perhaps they intend to drive us elsewhere..." he nods to l'Eaves, who quickly hands out a cold breakfast before you mount your horses and ride along the way... the wolves follow slowly behind, matching your speed, no matter how fast or slow you go [22:13] "Clever little bastards. Trying to pshyc us." [22:14] 3 more show up, from the east. [22:14] your father adjusts his daiklaive. "I've seen tactics like this before." [22:16] he speeds up, going northeast. [22:17] more arrive from the north [22:18] still going northeast...... [22:18] the warm sun melts the morning frost, and you can no longer see your breath. make a dex + ride check [22:18] !ex 8 [22:18] * *Storyteller (8)* 7, 1, 8, 4, 9, 10, 6, 2, Successes : 5 [22:18] !ex 10 [22:18] * *Storyteller (10)* 3, 5, 2, 10, 1, 2, 6, 2, 7, 3, Successes : 3 [22:19] the grass is slippery when wet [22:20] 1ex 7 [22:20] !ex 7 [22:20] * *Cicada (7)* 5, 4, 7, 10, 1, 2, 2, Successes : 3 [22:20] yay! It is slippery but you are a good rider. [22:20] that's good because now the dogs are chasing. [22:22] unless you care to suggest the fighting of a dozen or so omen dogs, you'll have to let them correl you where they like. [22:24] * Cicada would actually prefer smashing through them and getting out that way. [22:24] allright! fighting the omen dogs! [22:26] (no need to go meet a Abyssal or Fae right now) [22:26] which way do you want to break out? your parents are open to suggestions. [22:28] they are trying to bring you to the west [22:29] The direction we are heading in sounds good. [22:29] Towards nearest human habitation sounds even better. [22:29] roll per + survival [22:29] !ex 9 [22:29] !ex 9 [22:29] * *Storyteller (9)* 3, 8, 3, 5, 7, 7, 10, 7, 5, Successes : 6 [22:29] * *Storyteller (9)* 8, 1, 9, 1, 5, 8, 1, 10, 1, Successes : 5 [22:30] !ex 7 [22:30] * *Cicada (7)* 1, 7, 4, 6, 7, 4, 2, Successes : 2 [22:31] there should be something on the coast... due east would be better. [22:31] so.. that way! [22:31] Yay! [22:32] there are three, rather large dogs in front of you. [22:32] you can evade them or kill them. [22:32] honestly, I don't think you have the dice pool to ride your horse that well. [22:33] Likely. [22:33] <*giant_woves*> grrrwwwlll [22:34] <*giant_woves*> arf! arf! [22:34] they move to close the distance. [22:35] "Heavenly Pregnant Moody Maiden's Annoyed Chakram Barrage!" [22:36] gasp! [22:36] does that kill them automatically? [22:36] you have first round, due to range advantage. [22:36] Hopefully. ;) [22:36] at this speed... three rounds. [22:36] you are at -3 due to range. [22:36] Stunt for the battlecry? :) [22:37] hmmm.. I DO like the battlecry.... but... ah hell, +2 [22:37] 3 attacks, two motes for +4 on each [22:38] !ex 13 (first attack) [22:38] * *Cicada (13)* 7, 3, 1, 2, 1, 10, 10, 7, 2, 2, 4, 6, 5, Successes : 6 [22:39] actually, it occurs tom e I shoulda asked for init.. whats' your +? [22:39] Wait drop the last three dice. [22:39] ;9 [22:39] that way I know if they can abort to dodge or split [22:39] +9 [22:39] ok, lets roll it [22:39] !roll 1d10+8 [22:39] * *Storyteller* 1d10+8, 3 , Total: 11 [22:39] !roll 1d10+9 [22:39] !roll 1d10+8 [22:39] * *Cicada* 1d10+9, 4 , Total: 13 [22:39] * *Storyteller* 1d10+8, 8 , Total: 16 [22:39] !roll 1d10+8 [22:39] * *Storyteller* 1d10+8, 3 , Total: 11 [22:40] ok, one's faster than you. [22:40] two are slower. [22:41] which one do you want to go for? [22:41] or split for each? [22:42] Like, 3 attacks on the first one? [22:42] hmmm... ok [22:42] !ex 9 [22:42] * *Storyteller (9)* 5, 3, 5, 6, 8, 5, 4, 3, 9, Successes : 2 [22:42] you hit! 4 extra sux [22:43] it has 6L/8B hide [22:43] !exm 5 [22:43] * *Cicada (5)* 10, 6, 5, 6, 4, Successes : 1 [22:43] !ex 12 (second attack) [22:43] * *Cicada (12)* 5, 3, 1, 8, 7, 7, 8, 3, 9, 6, 1, 4, Successes : 5 [22:43] !ex 8 [22:43] * *Storyteller (8)* 10, 5, 8, 8, 2, 9, 7, 3, Successes : 6 [22:44] uh... [22:44] it misses! [22:44] !exm 7 [22:44] * *Storyteller (7)* 8, 8, 3, 6, 9, 2, 9, Successes : 4 [22:44] !ex 11 (third attack) [22:44] * *Cicada (11)* 9, 10, 8, 3, 10, 9, 9, 5, 3, 3, 9, Successes : 9 [22:45] somewhere, far away, I blink in my drug-and-afterglow induced haze and consider hunting wolves. I then look at the Roseblack and forget about it. [22:45] 5 extra sux! [22:46] !exm 6 [22:46] * *Cicada (6)* 9, 1, 6, 9, 6, 4, Successes : 2 [22:46] the wolf is bleeding! it snarls and rushes on. next turn. [22:46] no point in rolling, I realized. [22:47] two turns until they meet you, rushing across the rolling grass. Your parents have their daiklaives ready, spreading out so as to take one out, each. [22:47] you think they can handle themselves. Your mother's orichalcum daiklaive glitters in the wind like the light of the Sun is on it's edge. It reminds you of bloom. [22:47] rolling init, that is. [22:47] you are now only at -1 for range [22:48] !roll 1d10+9 [22:48] * *Cicada* 1d10+9, 4 , Total: 13 [22:48] !roll 1d10+8 [22:48] * *Storyteller* 1d10+8, 7 , Total: 15 [22:48] it can't reach you. [22:49] It will bite your horses legs next turn on it's init. [22:49] it aborts to full dodge on this turn. [22:49] Well, 6 motes spent again. [22:49] allright [22:50] !ex 13 (first attack) [22:50] * *Cicada (13)* 1, 5, 1, 9, 7, 5, 6, 8, 3, 9, 9, 10, 8, Successes : 8 [22:50] !ex 8 [22:50] * *Storyteller (8)* 2, 9, 9, 6, 5, 8, 1, 9, Successes : 4 [22:50] 4 extra sux [22:51] !exm 8 [22:51] * *Cicada (8)* 6, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 7, 1, Successes : 6 [22:52] (soak was 5L, right?) [22:52] right [22:52] it's one deaaad wolf [22:52] you easily run right by it. [22:52] Next? [22:52] lets see how your parents fare. [22:53] !ex 19 [22:53] !ex 19 [22:53] * *Storyteller (19)* 8, 4, 5, 9, 3, 8, 3, 6, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 4, 7, 3, 1, 4, 2, Successes : 7 [22:53] * *Storyteller (19)* 1, 6, 3, 10, 3, 10, 8, 4, 6, 2, 8, 4, 1, 5, 10, 2, 8, 3, 6, Successes : 9 [22:53] !ex 8 [22:53] !ex 8 [22:53] * *Storyteller (8)* 2, 5, 5, 8, 10, 10, 8, 1, Successes : 6 [22:53] * *Storyteller (8)* 8, 1, 9, 5, 5, 8, 2, 4, Successes : 3 [22:53] one short charm later and the wolves are like so much bloody toys [22:54] running like the wind to the ocean.... [22:54] now it's just a matter of who tires first... [22:54] !ex 8 [22:54] !ex 8 [22:54] * *Storyteller (8)* 1, 5, 10, 9, 7, 6, 10, 4, Successes : 6 [22:54] * *Storyteller (8)* 4, 7, 4, 10, 5, 6, 6, 1, Successes : 3 [22:55] and it is the wolves. you reach an old town in several hours, but your horses are on the edge of exhaustion. [22:55] Well, as long as the town is walled and secure. [22:57] it is. Port and everything. The townspeople are confused by 3 DBs running into town on galloping horses, but a quick look at the mercinary captain shuts them up. This place seems to be under freelance military rule, and you have no problems in the inn that night, or the morning. Your father holds your mother in his arms. It has been a very hard night for her; you have been gone a month now [22:57] from home. She was crying. [22:58] * Cicada will try to ease her longing if it gets too much. [22:58] roll temperence [22:58] !ex 2 [22:58] * *Cicada (2)* 3, 8, Successes : 1 [22:59] you can take it. [22:59] Hey! Not as in sleeping with her! [22:59] oh! [22:59] well, please do. [22:59] Curing her, damnnit! [22:59] heh. [22:59] roll.... [22:59] stamina + socialize [22:59] you need to beat 3 sux [22:59] !ex 12 (2 motes for +4) [22:59] * *Cicada (12)* 3, 3, 10, 5, 10, 9, 5, 7, 1, 9, 8, 7, Successes : 9 [23:00] no no no...... that was to see if you were irritated! [23:00] she is not bothering at all. [23:00] In the morning you move out, along the coast. [23:00] Errr... Cic is getting the Bloom-ticks as well? [23:00] not really. You miss him, but it is not some sorcerous thing requiring you sleep with him once a month. [23:01] north, to Cherak. [23:02] Ah, true love.... *longing sigh* [23:02] * Cicada is only feverish and unconcentrated half the time, then. [23:02] Remember, anything on him she gets *at least* as bad. [23:03] heh. [23:05] the rest of the way to cherak is rather uneventful..... [23:06] though you may tire of your mother's occasional wanting to turn around and go back. [23:07] You arrive at cherak just as the first snow touches the ground [23:08] I suppose that Cicada's talk about Bloom's excellent qualities are not helping either of the two? :) [23:08] not really. [23:09] but it doesn't seem to hurt too much for your mother [23:11] Cherak's many trees are dormant, and the city seems to be in a restful slumber. Momentarily you worry about the safety of your child, but this is generally a quiet precinct in the winter. [23:12] Children play in the snow, overlooked by their wise old nannys, and grown men play in the streets at swords and drums. Worries of years gone by seem to not trouble these people, nor do they seem to know of anything else that should bother them... [23:13] * Cicada studies the people, a little envious, but also aware of the price they pay for their peace. [23:15] eventually you come to a small inn, for few people care to travel these parts, and are weclomed inside by an aging man with silvery green hair. Bits and pieces of it break off here and there, almost like the limbs of a branch, and bits and pieces seem to be thicker, like beads have been threaded around them. [23:15] "Greetings, travellers... we do not see many of your kind in these parts." he has a strange, sing-song voice, and heavily accented low realm; clearly unable to hire a proper teacher. [23:16] Your parents both speak it, but not well, so you may bargin with this man. [23:18] "We are passing through, looking for a place to... (rubs her belly)... to spend some time away from the bustle of civilization. Do you have rooms?" [23:19] "Aye, we have a few for travellers of the likes of you. Though you won't be finding much peace here, I reckon. The children playing in the snow will wreck your peace." he winks widely [23:20] "Thank you. That will be fine. And I don't mind children.... and it should only be weeks anyway." [23:20] "Just one thing...." [23:21] * Cicada puts a handful of coins on the table. "Please keep the nature of our stay a closely guarded secret." [23:21] * Cicada does not mind much if the man believes that they are merely here to cover up a unwanted Dynastic pregnancy. [23:26] He quickly pockets the coins before anyone can see them, with another conspiratorial wink. [23:26] "This way, this way." [23:26] he slowly shuffles up the stairs. [23:27] * Cicada follows, supporting herself well for balance on each step with obvious difficulty. [23:28] you are brought to a series of rooms, and you may use one or three, it does not matter to the old man, so much as you decide. So few visitors, these days, you understand. [23:28] amazingly, your mother wants her own room. daddie oblidgingly consents to this. [23:29] * Cicada gets her own room as well. [23:30] sleepy time. Your father doesn't know where to go from here, so it's time to split up and do some searching, in the morning. Your room is.. well.. "rustic" is the word, understaffed is the game, the inn's kitchen being suprisingly well stocked. [23:32] * Cicada cleans her own room and cooks many meals herself. Both to help the Dynastic birth in exile image and because she plain enjoys doing it - plus it gets her mind off Bloom for a short while. [23:33] * Cicada is looking quite like the in-love maiden who got very unlucky with her lover and had to retire for a "holiday". [23:36] No questions are asked. Old men in Cherak have so many of those affairs it'd blow anyone short of a Cynis' mind [23:37] * Cicada has come to a good place then. Wonder if they have a "wise woman" around who can assist a woman giving birth for her first time and who is very worried about a child with likley elemental traits and the health of both of them. Say, a woman who has strong powers. [23:38] A God-Blooded or something like that. ;) [23:39] heh [23:39] Hey, it is a plan. Of sorts. [23:39] roll app + investigation [23:40] Err... can I use something other than Investigation? Say, Medicine for finding people of the profession? [23:40] naw [23:40] you got app [23:40] what, 9? [23:40] ;) [23:40] Hey, I *do* have a dot in Investigation! Yaaay! [23:41] App with full bonuses? [23:41] yea [23:41] thems weak to the fairer sex. [23:41] Oh dear.... are there many men offering to comfort her? [23:41] if by comfort you mean "teach you how to make snow angels" than yes. [23:41] but... they are masters of innuendo. [23:41] She is so lonely, and in so tragic circumstances, and looks so pretty playing snow fights with the children. [23:42] (not good enough for a stunt, I suppose :) [23:42] heh, +1 [23:43] !ex 10+wp [23:43] * *Cicada (10+1)* 1, 7, 10, 3, 6, 4, 7, 7, 9, 8, Successes : 8 [23:44] yay! [23:44] you are lead to the secret medicine man in the woods. [23:44] He is very mysterious and many people think he is a ghost. [23:44] He wears a long brown cloak embroidered with red and green and has a strange look in his eyes you can't place.... [23:45] (awww.... no Zenith? :) [23:45] ( no zeniths ^_^ ) [23:46] * Cicada will accept any help though. The child worries are quite, quite real. :) [23:46] your guide quickly runs away. She is afraid of "Old Pan", as he is called. [23:46] !ex 9 [23:46] * *Storyteller (9)* 9, 6, 10, 10, 3, 7, 10, 4, 3, Successes : 8 [23:47] "Do not fear... your child is quite normal for the next to last month of pregnanacy... you will be fine, young girl." he smiles happily. You're wondering what he did, all he did was smile and pinch your cheek. [23:49] * Cicada flushes and nods happily. "Thank you... is there something I can do in return?" [23:50] "I bear the child of a Blooded. I suppose I would not violate the Hundred Gods Heresy dealing with you." [23:50] * Cicada chuckles. [23:50] "My dear, you are a blooded." he smiles, a twinkle in his eye. "Now run along home. Your child will be coming soon!" [23:51] "Y-Yes. Thank you." [23:52] * Cicada walks back home, filled with anticipation, joy, worry, and dread. [23:52] (I suppose he really does not want anything and none of the locals have said otherwise?) [23:52] the mysterious old man dissapears back in the woods. [23:53] and if he wanted payment, you would already be missing it! [23:53] the mysterious old man gets what he wants in the end. [23:56] Oh no! Unsaid demands! [23:56] * Cicada is an innocent little girl! Please not that! [23:57] What? at worse, it'll be a bag of coins, or maybe you'll do a good deed for someone with unexpected ends. [23:57] one guy misplaced his horse once, and never saw it again. [23:57] That was the wierdest thing. [23:57] *pheew* [23:58] !ex 7 [23:58] !ex 7 [23:58] * *Storyteller (7)* 10, 7, 4, 9, 5, 9, 10, Successes : 7 [23:58] * *Storyteller (7)* 8, 2, 2, 4, 3, 1, 3, Successes : 1 [23:58] It's okay though, dad heard about a mysterious sheepherder who came from the realm and never comes into town. [23:58] He seems to be a genius. [23:59] Isn't it wonderful you have a father who rolls really well? [23:59] "Aren't we looking for a 'she'? Anyway, it should be looked into." [00:00] no, nom, your father is the genius [00:00] The sheepherder is a girl [00:00] * Dr_Strangelove was kicked by Storyteller (spoilers ahead) [00:00] * Dr_Strangelove (Fiat@dialup-67.30.192.113.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net) has joined #pvpexaltedrp2 [00:00] * Timer 1 activated [00:00] * Storyteller sets mode: +b *!*@dialup-67.30.192.113.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net [00:00] * Dr_Strangelove (Fiat@dialup-67.30.192.113.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net) has left #pvpexaltedrp2 [00:00] * Timer 1 halted [00:00] Ah. :) [00:00] * Retrieving #pvpexaltedrp2 info... [00:00] * Storyteller sets mode: -b *!*@dialup-67.30.192.113.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net [00:01] Anyhow, we shall go follow you're genius father's deduction that the sheepherder is in fact a zenith caste. [00:02] Or a runaway slave. You never know. But lets be prepared. [00:02] true, that. [00:02] You are halfway there when you come to a single, large wolf, growling. it's in your way, and it's the same breed as before. [00:05] "This looks familiar..." [00:05] <*l'Eaves*> draws her sword. [00:05] <*l'Eaves*> "Looks like it's in our way." [00:06] "Wait. It might be the sheepherd's. It would likely warn her." [00:07] "It won't warn her if it's dead." she glows for a moment, fire seeming to dance along her skin before dissapearing back into her reddish complexion. "Stay back, Cicada. I don't want you getting hurt." [00:08] "And we want to see the sheepherd. Not make her run." [00:08] * Cicada rides slowly towards the wolf, making no aggressive moves. [00:09] The wolf quickly turns and trots away, looking behind you as you follow it. [00:09] "See?" [00:09] * Cicada follows the wolf. "Now if only it is not a diversion to get us away from the woman." [00:10] You are lead to the biggest damn wolf you've ever seen. It's bigger than you, riding on your horse. the little wolf trots up to the big wolf and nuzzles it, and they share a moment of silence. Then the little wolf trots along down the path [00:10] "Errrr..." [00:10] "Greetings..." [00:11] The wolf coughs and rises, turning back on the path and following the little wolf [00:12] * Cicada glances back at her parents, then follow. [00:12] They follow uneasily. Clearly, there will be no killing of the zenith girl. [00:13] (not right now, at least. Maybe not at all if Zenith girl can appeal to Compassion 5 Girl) [00:20] the great wolf brings you to her! She is a little thing, it's amazing such a frail girl could tame such a beast.... [00:21] she looks like a northerner [00:22] Slowly the great wolf backs out of the way, and she looks up at the three of you with wise, suspicious eyes. [00:22] * Cicada nods to her and dismounts - a bit heavily due to the belly. [00:23] She speaks in a language long forgotten, but that you nonetheless cannot acknlowedge as being the voice of truth. [00:24] it is an ancient voice, ill-suited to the body of such a young thing. [00:24] "Depends on what 'he' you mean." [00:24] (Old Realm) [00:25] [00:25] * Cicada feels an not entirely uncomfortable shiver down her spine and reddens. [00:25] !ex 8 [00:25] * *Storyteller (8)* 3, 10, 2, 4, 5, 7, 6, 7, Successes : 4 [00:25] roll wits + socialize [00:26] !ex 11 (2 motes for +4) [00:26] * *Cicada (11)* 4, 1, 7, 9, 2, 3, 7, 6, 5, 2, 10, Successes : 5 [00:26] [00:27] "Yes. Now I also assume you know why we are here, then. Have you got a reason for us to delay our mission?" [00:27] [she asks so I assume you revise your statement?] [00:29] "We are here to end a threat to the world. Care to assist us?" [00:29] [00:31] "An Anathema on the loose." [00:32] [00:32] "You should know." [00:32] "Oh, and I should say hello from Ghada and Terrin." [00:33] she raises her head to get a better look at you. [00:33] [00:33] !ex 12 [00:33] * *Storyteller (12)* 7, 2, 10, 1, 8, 2, 10, 6, 7, 8, 4, 9, Successes : 9 [00:33] * Cicada looks directly into her eyes. Cicada's own a deep red. [00:34] oh nos, that was her intimidation roll. But you may stunt your defense/counter intimidation [00:36] * Cicada bites her lip. "I.. we cannot do so empthy handed. We must at least know how to destroy the dangerous Anathema." [00:37] [00:39] "N-not as a entity, maybe... but the individual ones?" [00:39] "And would you saly even the innocent and unborn..?" [00:39] * Cicada 's voice is shaking. [00:39] (not saly, slay) [00:40] [00:41] "So... so that is why..?" [00:42] "What happened with the two others?" [00:42] [00:42] * Cicada winces. [00:43] * Cicada fumbles a bit with her stirrup, but eventually manages to mount. [00:43] she watches you. The voice is so different.... she looks so innocent, but it is definately her speaking. [00:44] * Cicada eyes the wolves and the girl. [00:45] The girl pets the giant wolf softly and whistles. Then the wolf slowly walks off into the forest, the trees seeming to bend around it as it walks, neither sound nor track in it's passing [00:46] "I-if we leave others will come..." [00:46] [00:48] "Or you will... And it will acomplish what?" [00:49] she looks so sad, like she could cry.... but the voice remains as harsh and demanding as ever. [00:50] * Cicada gnashes her teeth in sudden anger. [00:50] reflexive dex + Brawl/MA roll [00:51] !ex 12 [00:51] * *Storyteller (12)* 1, 2, 1, 10, 8, 10, 7, 6, 2, 2, 6, 3, Successes : 6 [00:52] * Cicada walks right up in front of her and stands there. [00:52] !ex 9 [00:52] * *Cicada (9)* 8, 2, 10, 10, 5, 3, 3, 7, 1, Successes : 6 [00:52] (mojo) [00:52] argh!@ [00:52] you have defeated her stay away from me charm. [00:52] you approach her. [00:52] * Cicada slaps her soundly. [00:52] <*wolves*> [00:53] she falls down and cries from your strike [00:53] "And your life is that much more important?! And yet you waste it without thought for solving the problem itself?! [00:53] " [00:53] "You dare even call yourself human?!" [00:54] "You don't know..." "You don't know what he made me do....." [00:55] "No, I don't. And you are not telling me, it seems. So how could I?" [00:55] "I'll never speak of it again! Never!" [00:56] "Then speak of what you *can*!" [00:56] <*wolves*> [00:57] a castemark appears on her forehead. [00:58] <*Zenith*> "I am the one he seeks. He wishes me to return to his side. I will not. No. And you will...... you made yourself love him! The monster! What kind of woman are you!" [00:59] * Cicada sits down on one knee before the girl and puts a hand gently on her shoulder. "One who will do what she must. Even if she destroys herself. Ae you less?" [00:59] "No. I will do as I must." [01:00] she reaches out slowly to touch you with the palm of her hand. [01:00] are you going to let her touch you? [01:01] "Eh? Wha-wahat are you doing?" [01:02] she's not saying anything! she's going to touch you! [01:02] * Cicada is touched - hopefully not somewhere too embarressing, right before the eyes of her folks. [01:02] ack! roll stamina + endurance [01:03] !ex 9 [01:03] * *Storyteller (9)* 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 9, 7, 2, 3, Successes : 2 [01:03] !ex 6 [01:03] * *Cicada (6)* 7, 8, 5, 8, 7, 2, Successes : 4 [01:03] you feel weak from the touch, but nothing too bad. [01:04] just touches her hand to your forehead. [01:04] * Cicada beats away the hand. "Stop that!" [01:06] She gulps as you beat away the hand and then slowly raises it again. the castemark flares wildly and her whole body takes on a healthy golden glow. The wolves growl angrily, louder than before. [01:07] * Cicada grabs the hand by the wrist and holds it. "Care to explain? I already feel rather uneasy about any harm to my body, seeing as it is not just my life which is in it right now." [01:08] suddenly a giant bow of essence surrounds her, running in a helix alond the arm as she pushes her hand through your grip! [01:08] defense! [01:08]