Session Start: Sat Aug 09 21:07:41 2003 Session Ident: #pvpexaltedrp2 [21:07] * Now talking in #pvpexaltedrp2 [21:07] * ChanServ sets mode: +sr [21:07] * ChanServ changes topic to 'Exalted: This love ain't real, it's just a fake, I don't care of what you make, got a keepsake out of all I'm saying, watch yourself, better start praying. You did wrong, my dear, but it's too late, it's all destroyed, what a state. You're the victim, he's the master, beg for mercy, more and faster. (Kojiroh)' [21:07] * ChanServ sets mode: -o GoldenH [21:08] * GoldenH is now known as Storyteller [21:08] #o [21:08] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Storyteller [21:09] * Jynaru (Fiat@dialup-67.30.254.237.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net) has joined #pvpexaltedrp2 [21:09] * Jynaru 's little comment on Cicada's state. [21:09] heh [21:09] Dice Script Active [21:10] Anyhow........ you were getting some sleep, and then going to see the Regentai [21:10] ahem... [21:10] !ex 20 [21:10] * *Jynaru (20)* 4, 5, 3, 3, 6, 5, 7, 8, 5, 6, 4, 4, 5, 9, 6, 9, 2, 3, 7, 6, Successes : 5 [21:10] ew. [21:10] why are you rolling dices? [21:11] ^_^ [21:11] Note to self. Tigery. [21:11] Not shootery. [21:11] taking nap, getting cleaned up, time to go see the regent. [21:14] Have thought over what I shall say regarding the recovery of Cicada. [21:14] cool... [21:15] do well, so that Cicada may be saved! [21:15] Ok... you are standing on the roof of the Imperial Manse in front of a massive crystal fountain.. the sound of the flowing water soothes your nerves as you watch it. Beyond that, you can see four of the five maidens, their sparkling colors framing the Manse that the Regent takes as his home. [21:17] hooray! [21:17] You're bringing Kylara and Sanyet, aren't you? [21:17] Yes, I am. [21:18] Then they are there as well..... a carrige pulls up to the front door.. and someone in a very large, classical white dress gets out, holding her skirts with both hands before being hurredly whisked into the manse [21:19] hmmm... [21:19] Color me worried. [21:20] * Storyteller grabs a crayon... [21:20] Onwards! [21:20] I have strategery to discuss with the commander in chief, and nukular weapons to borrow! [21:21] You are lead in by his door servant! The manse is a mystery... huge, thick, red curtains hide everything, except where they are pulled back by yellow sashes to allow entrance into public rooms and hallways. [21:22] Any number of things could be hidden behind the curtains, but if you try to look, you are told "Please, don't touch" and hurridly escorted fartheri nto the manse [21:23] * Jynaru wants to know about the woman in white... random surprises these days are not good. [21:24] Soon, you are lead to his waiting room... Ailset is kneeling on a coushin at his side, suprisingly covered in sheer green silk, while the Regent himself rests in a comfortable chair... you do not see the woman in white, and she could have dissapeared anywhere here. [21:27] The regent gestures to a leather chair or couch, take your pick [21:28] couch. [21:28] So as to stretch out. [21:28] not lay out, but lounge. [21:28] ah, to lounge [21:29] Lounging is good. It's farther to get up when I want to kick him in the head. [21:29] it's more of a loveseat than a couch, anyways. [21:29] the Regent offers you a drink. "So... do you like the manse?" [21:31] "It's impressive. Nice and soothing." [21:32] <*Regent*> "Yes... each wing of the Imperial Manse is different... I prefer this one so much." [21:34] "I assume the curtains change per visitor?" [21:38] <*Regent*> "Actually, no.. they help to channel the essence flows of the manse... very intersting, I thought, to practice geomancy with temporary features." [21:39] "Now that is a unique feature." [21:39] <*Regent*> "Mostly unique, I think.. I'm no expert on manses." [21:42] "I'm only a hobbyist myself." [21:44] <*Regent*> "Hrm. I see." [21:45] "Got to have something to fall back on. I can't keep all the Anathema to myself, now can I?" [21:46] "Well, you could try. I certainly wouldn't complain." [21:46] * *Renget* smiles and leans back in his chair, sipping slowly. [21:47] "Made a promise to myself a while back. One anathema for every year of life." [21:48] <*Regent*> "That's a dangerous game to play...." [21:49] * Kasumi (~jye@m032-067.nv.iinet.net.au) has joined #pvpexaltedrp2 [21:49] * Jynaru shrugs. "It's why I play it." [21:52] <*Regent*> "It's done you well so far." [21:53] "Makes it hard to contribute other ways, though. I'd rather pass on my line than have an Anathema get lucky. I know when to stop." [21:53] Kylara and Sanyet both have taken seats flanking you, and listen to your chatting with the Regent. [21:54] <*Regent*> "Going into retirement? You have a lot of years ahead of you." [21:55] "I still have more than a few anathema ahead of me... probably ten." [21:55] "It's better for the realm to pass on what I learned, I believe." [21:56] <*Regent*> "Then what's next for you? Starting your own school?" [21:57] "I had thought of something like that. I'm honestly not sure. I can't see many aspiring to Wyld Hunting. Perhaps teach courses at larger schools." [21:58] * Jynaru shrugs. "Maybe I'll make vases." [21:58] <*Regent*> "Vases? And sell them to house Cynis?" [21:59] "Anyone who can afford them. Nobody would be stupid enough to try stealing them, at least." [22:01] "I don't tend to play many political games. I fear my response would end up being something a little more lethal than a cutting joke, and the Realm cannot afford it." [22:02] <*Regent*> "That is generally why charms are not allowed in the Deliberative. It is hard to kill someone when you lose your temper." [22:03] "I'm a patient man." [22:03] <*Regent*> "I see." [22:03] "I also shoot through walls." He winks, making it clear he's more playing a momentary part than offering any advice or hints. [22:05] (No, the Regent cannot hire me to through-wall snipe people to death) [22:05] heh. [22:09] "But enough of my self-aggrandization. You wanted to talk of Bloom?" [22:09] The regent seems amused by this, and nods. [22:11] <*Regent*> "I heard that you escaped his clutches.. but my desire to talk with you here was more of a wish to keep our discussion away from unfriendly ears.. I know little, but there are too many people I do not trust..." [22:11] "Want me to shoot them?" [22:12] "I must confess that is not totally in jest." [22:13] "I am finding it more and more difficult to sit back and wait for things to resolve themselves." [22:13] <*Regent*> "No.... shooting all of them would destroy half the Realm... that is not what I am here to do." [22:13] * Jynaru laughs. [22:14] "It's sad, isn't it? [22:15] <*Regent*> "Yes, it is, now that I can see it." [22:17] <*Regent*> "It is well that as Regent, I can demand that few bother me." [22:18] <*Regent*> "Else I would go mad from the constant whining of the peasantfolk." [22:25] * Jynaru chuckles. [22:25] "And the whining of the patricians. And the whining of everyone who feels they don't have their mandate to have everything they want." [22:26] <*Regent*> "Yes. So much wining..." [22:28] <*Regent*> "I do believe, Jynaru, that it was you who sought an audiance with me in the first place?" [22:30] "True. I wished to know what I could expect to recieve in regards of fast support for Bloom." [22:34] <*Regent*> "Fast? Perhaps I could have the Legions prepare.. the Order to send help.. the Eye to send spies and assassins.. What kind of support do you seek?" [22:35] "Something I can get to clean out the castle and surrounding area of influence. Sorcerous backup would be excellent." [22:36] * *Fokuf* caresses his chin.. "The Heptagram, then..." [22:36] "I don't expect him to stay there, but flushing out this hiding hole would be a good start." [22:39] <*Fokuf*> "Cicada will return before then?" [22:39] "I doubt it." [22:39] "This is a survivor of the first age, and a deciever. [22:39] "The reason I escaped was he was busy with her, and had... other plans in mind for me." [22:40] <*Regent*> "Hrm" he seems disturbed [22:46] <*Regent*> "You'll get her out first, of course." [22:46] "If possible." [22:46] "I am not likely to be able to make any promises when facing that sort of opposition alone." [22:50] He starts to speechify at you. Somewhere in there he says "I can't risk Cicada getting hurt. If Bloom is there, he must be driven out... but I would sooner leave her in his hands then drive him to kill her or take her hostage and escape." [22:56] "How do you know she's not dead now?" [22:56] "How do you know he hasn't left?" [22:57] <*Regent*> "I don't...." [22:57] "On that note, how do you expect to keep her alive?" [22:57] "Through good will? He is Anathema." [23:02] <*Regent*> "Yet if we move against him overtly, surely he will take to arms!" [23:02] "If you leave her there, you have no control over the situation. You have effectively relinquished the battlefield. If we drive him out, he NEEDS HER. If we drive him out, we take the battlefield to somewhere he does not have a stronghold." [23:03] <*Regent*> "Hrm...." [23:03] "If you do not move overtly, what of the example?" [23:03] "It does not bode well that one is willing to relinquish a province to anathema to prevent embaressment." [23:03] You can be certain that the taint will only spread. Do not forget who was responsible for the rain." [23:04] <*Regent*> "Risking Cicada is more than just courting embarassment! It is courting destruction, my destruction, and the Realms. If this nation is to perservere, she must live!" [23:05] <*Regent*> "And we have not found any source to the Rain. You say it is him?" [23:05] "Do you know of any other Anathema survivors of the First Age in the Realm? His own servants followed us out of the rain." [23:06] <*Regent*> "Perhaps it was their enemies, then, trying to destroy them..." [23:06] "By targeting the city nowhere near their stronghold?" [23:07] "They were there to take care of Cicada." [23:07] <*Regent*> "What do you mean?" [23:07] "They had been shielded from the rain. We were not." [23:07] <*Regent*> "I see....." [23:08] "Cicada took the brunt of the rain by shielding sanyet. Given the knowledge of her from her parents and observation, it is not impossible for him to have known that." [23:08] "You know there are other examples of the prophecy. What if he has one?" [23:08] "What if he is attempting to collect them for his own purposes?" [23:09] <*Regent*> "But he would have only one.. and another is being protected by your companions, Tabius and Vanal.." [23:10] "That's 2 out of 5 at large. You've seen the extent of his power even in the imperial city, and you yourself admitted there are those you do not trust." [23:11] <*Regent*> "That is true...." [23:11] 'We do not know if those two are the only blooded he has on his payroll. I am not proposing we defeat him now. I am proposing we drive him back." [23:11] "He will fight much harder when cornered, but we cannot let him hold the knife to the throat of the Realm." [23:14] the regent leans forwards, conspiratorially [23:15] <*Fokuf*> "And you are certain he has no other stronghold?" [23:16] "In the realm, I can be sure that we have eliminated two." [23:16] "Malkor's Guard is no longer fit, and lacking his current stronghold, we can send him out of the realm." [23:17] "There are only so many places to hide that powerful of a stronghold. [23:18] <*Fokuf*> "Hmm... I see." [23:22] <*Fokuf*> "I'll see what I can do... armies will take time to gather... a few bodyguards, however, should not take so long." [23:24] "I am far more concerned with the sorcerous and social backup. I fear his sorcery and mind-broken supporters more than his two followers." [23:25] * *fokuf* taps the side of his chair uncertainly... [23:25] <*Fokuf*> "The only sorcerer here I trust is Mnemon Juniper..." [23:26] "He has bound demons and sorcerously enhanced mortals. I need some sort of protection in that regards." [23:28] <*Fokuf*> "No mortals, then. A few exalts... are you not sure your brotherhood would do better?" [23:29] "They would have to travel across the realm." [23:29] "I am afraid that by the time of the message and their own travel, we would be too late anyway. [23:29] <*Fokuf*> "Why? What do you think he will do?" [23:30] "He seemed rather intent on taking my soul away from me." [23:30] "I cannot be certain the same is not planned for her. I find it difficult to think like a hundreds of years old anathema." [23:31] <*Fokuf*> "Hmmm.. if he were to destroy her soul........... Yet I am loath to releace the other Maidens to his hands, and others cannot be trusted. A week, pehaps, maybe more..." [23:33] "If it is more, then it might as well not be any time soon. She will be gone." [23:35] "I do not mean to insult, but if you intend to do anything as regards to Cicada, it must be now. He is not so foolish as to sit and wait for us to take her back." [23:37] <*Fokuf*> "And you will accompany them, despite the danger to yourself?" [23:38] "Of course." [23:38] <*Fokuf*> "Give me a week, then... I'll have.. something.. ready." [23:38] "She is my 'sister'(hood). It would not be proper to leave her there." [23:39] * *Fokuf* nods in agreement [23:44] * Kasumi is now known as KasCity [23:49] * Jynaru (Fiat@dialup-67.30.254.237.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net) Quit (Ping timeout) [23:49] * Jynaru (Fiat@dialup-65.58.23.192.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net) has joined #pvpexaltedrp2 [23:50] * Storyteller is now known as GoldenH|pickup [00:48] * Jynaru (Fiat@dialup-65.58.23.192.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net) Quit (Quit: Battles risking the soul... a man becomes a slave to his own ambition. His motivation is the thirst for power.) Session Close: Sun Aug 10 00:49:11 2003