Session Start: Sat Jul 26 20:44:16 2003 Session Ident: #pvpexaltedrp3 [20:44] * Now talking in #pvpexaltedrp3 [20:44] * ChanServ sets mode: +sr [20:44] * ChanServ changes topic to 'Exalted: i've got a secret - i've been hiding - under my skin, my heart is human - my blood is boiling - my brain IBM; so if you see - me acting strangely - don't be surprised, i'm just a man whose - cirucmstances - went beyond his control (Storyteller)' [20:44] * ChanServ sets mode: -o GoldenH [20:59] hmm.. no one is watching you. they must fear the doom we make together. [21:03] and.. do you want to be Sanyet or Cicada? [21:04] Uhh.. do I get a choice? [21:04] yes [21:05] * Cicada will be learning secrets like. Sanyet? Run to Malkor's Guard? [21:05] If you play Cicada you are going to the scavanger lands. If you play Sanyet you are going to the Imperial City. [21:06] Difficult choice... [21:07] I had kind of prepared to play Cicada. Is Sanyet critical? [21:07] If you play Cicada you will be by your parents. If you play Sanyet you will be with Kylara and eventually rejoin Jynaru. [21:07] no, not really. [21:07] I can wave my hand behind the scenes. I thought you wanted to play him though so I gave it a little thought on how to make his part playable. [21:08] I suppose I could make his lines when he meets up with Jynaru. [21:08] that's ok, I like playing Sanyet. ^_^ [21:09] And just let me comment on how angry it made me to be out-Cicadaed by him last week! [21:10] * Cicada is the one who makes herself a victim for the sake of others! Not Sanyet! :) [21:10] your good examples are rubbing off on him :P [21:11] Idiot love. Truly makes people stupid. [21:13] he gets that from me/ [21:13] ^_^ [21:13] anyhow.... you want to do anything before you leave? [21:15] * Cicada makes preparations, distressed that her master does not notice her, yearning for his praise and attention. [21:21] He isn't even near you most of the time. You are able to completely pack up and get ready to go without even seeing him. Oddly enough, you discover your pregnanat. Wonder who the father is? [21:21] must have been some random guy in the imperial city... [21:22] The father? Why that is Forked River who also blessed the child. [21:22] of course! I should have guessed. or that lousy fae. [21:23] * Cicada knows this by heart for some reason. As this is important because the child is part of some sort of contract that she has to remember, one that means that she unfortunately cannot join with her master the ways she desires to just yet. [21:24] Alas, your master seems to agree with you.... perhaps he is avoiding you, or something else.... it is odd that you are leaving your home so quickly after your arrival, but you will be spending time with your parents, and that's what matters, I suppose. [21:26] * Cicada gets ready to take her leave along with herparents. Does Red Bloom attend that at least? [21:28] It does not seem so. [21:29] <*l'Eaves*> "He is probably dealing with the beuracracts. There are always messengers and important couriers to talk to." [21:29] "But..." [21:30] your father shakes nods, "He is our counsellor. He must fufill his office in our absence." [21:33] "I know... but..." [21:33] "Can we delay for a few minutes?" [21:33] <*l'Eaves*> "I doubt he'll show up..." [21:33] "I just remembered that I forgot something." [21:35] <*l'Eaves*> "Allright. Hurry back! We don't want to miss the boat!" [21:35] * Cicada rides around the building to under the open window of Red Bloom's office, and there unslings the harp from her back. [21:38] * Cicada begins playing a sad, haunting melody, filled with loneliness and longing. Distant at first as to not let its listeners know at all that it is being played as it works its way into their (his) souls and heart. Then taking control and drawing this audience to her, with the same longing as she feels. [21:39] hmmm.. +3 stunt [21:40] you hear Bloom walking up from behind you midway through the song, twigs breaking and leaves rustling and something else, like a sigh in the wind... "Is there something bothering you, Cicada?" [21:40] (testing the new combo :) [21:41] (11 motes 2 WP, taking back WP) [21:41] !ex 16 [21:41] * *Cicada (16)* 2, 7, 2, 4, 10, 1, 1, 4, 5, 1, 3, 4, 9, 3, 2, 1, Successes : 4 [21:41] Reroll! [21:41] !ex 16 [21:41] * *Cicada (16)* 10, 10, 6, 3, 8, 3, 10, 5, 4, 2, 3, 10, 6, 1, 5, 9, Successes : 10 [21:41] Betteeeeer... [21:43] heh [21:43] remember that if you use the reroll charm you still have to reactivate all the charms again. [21:43] Really? [21:44] With WP for the combo as well? [21:46] * Cicada dismounts from her horse as her Anima flares, a cold bitter wind tugging at her clothes and shaping little rainbows around her with ice crystals in the air. Cold and blue to reflect her mood. [21:46] (11 Peripheral) [21:46] only one WP for the combo. [21:46] but all the charms have to be paid for again, so essence and WP for them. [21:46] (okay, as i thought, then) [21:47] "Master.. I ... I don't know.. I am disturbing your important work when I should be executing your mission..." [21:47] "I.." [21:48] "I'm sorry..." [21:50] He nods, putting a hand on one shoulder. "Come, I will walk you back to your parents. All will be well, Cicada, you just have to keep your head about you." [21:51] "Thanks... I just suddenly felt so lonely.." [21:51] "But, you know that feeling don't you?" [21:52] * Cicada looks at the hand on her shoulder, the man is a monster, an enemy of everything in Creation. But it is not his fault! He can he helped! And his 'spark' is not inheritable by blood either, he can have many healthy and beautiful children with the right woman. [21:54] * Cicada shakes away her daydreams. [21:54] "Of course. I feel it every day.... Surrounded by mortals that die, it seems, before I can even finish my morning breakfast... alone with only a few others of my kind when before there were hundreds... concealed from old friends and allies who must reveal my presence if they ever knew I was here... it is very hard.. but you will learn, like I did, to be strong." [21:55] * Cicada hopes her embarressing thoughts were not too obvious. (with Manipulation 1? yeah, right) [21:56] "Yes. Yes, you will. Won't you?" [21:57] "Red Bloom... err... what is your real name? I think I have heard Red Bloom is just an alias." [21:57] "Names have power, Cicada. I keep my true name to myself." [21:58] "Yes, of course. I am sorry. I know I shouldn't have asked... I just wanted to ... to feel close." [22:00] "You are close. But you should be with your parents. They will be with you more than I can." [22:01] "But!" [22:01] "I..." [22:01] * Cicada hesistates. [22:02] "They are your parents, Cicada. You've given your life to find them, and now that you have, you want to run away?" [22:02] "NO!" [22:02] "I want to be with them forever from now... But.." [22:03] "But a daughter cannot be whole just with her parents... I am not a child anymore." [22:05] "No... you are not a child. I am sure you will find someone here, to be with." [22:05] "Red Bloom, I have been pursuing you ever since I first heard of you.. But I never knew the truth of why my destiny is so intertwined with yours. Not until I came here." [22:05] "Oh? and what is that?" [22:06] "Came here, free from the lies that the Dynasts have been telling." [22:07] "Actually seeing you, hearing your voice. That was the moment I knew I had found my home." [22:09] "Red Bloom... I wish not to see you lonely. Even if I must be a mere shadow in your light." [22:11] "I am accustomed to my lonliness, Cicada.... perhaps, after the realm is gone, I will search for something more..." [22:12] "Then I will bring the Realm to ruin for you." [22:13] He laughs. "You are so adamnt. But you will not do that by standing here, talking to me." [22:13] * Cicada is shaking with the ferocity of her own emotions. "Master, I could beak the Realm with a snap of my fingers. The regent, the fractions, hundreds of Dynasts would heed my bidding and fall for my snares if i played my cards right." [22:14] "And all that is yours, my master... I only wish you..." [22:14] * Cicada sighs. [22:14] "You could cause only chaos. I seek order. Believe me, Cicada, when I tell you I have my own plans.... and the most important thing you can do is making sure that that letter gets into the proper hands, unopened. [22:15] "Yes, my master knows best." [22:15] * Cicada is happy and relieved that Red Bloom can ease her confusion and doubt so easily. [22:16] * Cicada looks up at him, then turns away quickly, ashamed over he tears streaking down her cheeks. [22:19] he slows, you can see your parents silhillouted against a brick wall in the distance. Far beyond that, over miles of countryside, there is a wall, and beyond that, an indeterminable stretch of land... and then the vast gulf of the inner sea.... your parents hardly seem the important rulers they are from here, just two more dynasts in a sea of people... [22:23] "Thank you.." [22:24] "Thank you so much." [22:24] "At last i am part of something.. no longer a mote of dust in the world." [22:26] he smiles and stops. [22:26] "You will be whatever you wish to be. Good luck, Cicada! May the Sun watch over you in your journeys." [22:26] * Cicada is drying away tears, futilely trying to make it inconspicious. [22:28] He smiles and puts his hand on your shoulder.. and the world shifts. You are no longer sad in the least, and suddenly feel newly motivated to carry out your quest. [22:29] "I'll... I will dream of you every night, my master... and my every waking moment will be of longing to see you again. I will deliver the letter and haste back. Then you must make use of me again!" [22:30] "Hurry home, Cicada!" he calls after you, for you find that you traitorous feet already take you away from your true love, "There is much for us to do here, and I need you to do it!" [22:31] "Yes! Only..." [22:31] * Cicada calls back. [22:31] "... Could I beg my master to spare me a figment of a thought on occasion...? When he has the time?" [22:34] "When you return!" he yells, waving and turning to go [22:37] * Cicada nods and runs to her parents, pulling her horse by the reins, her feet seeming to bear her in great leaps and bounds all on their own, her anima no longer a downcast sky, but a sunlit morning. [22:37] (just to make sure, are we supposed to kill that Zenith in Lookshy or deliver a letter?) [22:39] deliver the letter in lookshy, the contact will tell you where to go to kill the Zenith [22:40] (ok) [22:40] Her parents quickly mount their horses, almost following behind you. [22:40] "Find what you were looking for?" your mother asks cheerfully. [22:41] * Cicada fervently prays that her mother commands the winds well enough for them to arrive with all haste in the Threshold. Even Cicada could likely not maintain a Stormwind Rider for the whole journey. [22:41] "Yes!" [22:42] She smiles and shares a look with your father and together you ride side by side, all the way to the port.. a little more than halfway there, they want to stop for the night, and by then, bloom's charm has worn off, and you are again pining for your heroic anathema [22:44] (bastard :) [22:44] (he is, isn't he!) [22:46] (that's a first age solar for you) anyhow you sleep and spend the night wide awake. it's a good thing you got that charm. [22:46] * Cicada spends her nights on the trip tossing and turning in her sleep and moaning Red Bloom's name. And her days trying to make the travel speedier. [22:48] In the morning you are ready to go, but before that, you load all your artifacts into the special crate that is being driven behind you by 6 horses and a wagon. It looks like a huge, elegant block of marble, but once you have pressed it in the secret places (needs 3 people to do) one side pops open, nearly silently, exposing a vast network of jade and starmetal... it is in this vault that [22:48] you must put your artifacts in order for them to be safe at the great locks... [22:50] After you do so it is only a short trip until you arrive at the boat that will take you across the inner sea.. the captain takes your tickets and lets you on board... but your parents seem more curious as to what those two yeddim are pulling on that giant sledge... [22:53] * Disconnected [23:00] * Now talking in #pvpexaltedrp3 [23:02] (two yeddim? Not our baggage?) [23:03] nope, in fact, if you look at the lables on the sledge (it's a sledge, you know it just drags on the ground) you'll see it's bound for Sion. [23:05] the thing that's on the sledge is even wierder. The closest thing you can think of is a gazeebo, but it's more like a 8-sided temple. [23:05] "Can't you inspect its contents? As officials of Sion?" [23:05] <*l'Eaves*> "We're incognito. A few people might recognize us now, but it's better to keep our heads down... and ... we all know He is behind this.." [23:06] * Cicada nods. [23:06] He sighs, "We'll find out what he's up to when we get back." [23:09] "I suppose so.." [23:11] there are three loud pulls on a horn, and then slowly the ship starts to descend along with the four other ships in the lock, as the water is drained from the bottom in a massive gyser that stretches for miles across the already turbulent sea.... [23:12] it is draining quickly after all, however, because it only takes a few minutes before all you can see are the four jade walls and the crystal-clear sky [23:14] after a few hours the massive gates open and you sail through the Seaway Arch, and start the week-long journey across the inner sea [23:14] [23:14] [23:14] [23:14] want some Bliss? [23:15] * Disconnected [23:21] * Rejoined channel #pvpexaltedrp3 [23:25] With the baby? No thanks, and no grog either. [23:26] but it's good grog. [23:27] Grog + baby = Havesh the Vanisher. [23:28] dayumn. [23:30] * Cicada is not going to risk FAS, not even by a drop, okay? ;) [23:32] awwwwright [23:32] you come into port at lookshy... you wonder what would happen if one of those shore cannons accidentally fired. [23:33] *booom!* *drown* *drown* ? [23:33] more like *booom!* floaty bits of Cicada rain over the world for the next 200 years [23:34] (heh) [23:34] (happy world?) [23:36] hmm.. I guess you would be oddly addictive... [23:36] Anyhow, lookshy. [23:37] I'm not sure how to describe lookshy. It's a military city. It's the only other place in creation where DBs rule en masse, and the only one besides the realm that isn't ran by mere outcastes. You are welcome here - as long as you don't touch anything. [23:38] it's odd to get the chinashop feel when you are surrounded by massive bulwarks of stone and iron./ [23:39] * Cicada looks, studies, and observes. Lookshy is one place she has never been to before. Not even on House Catchak missions. [23:40] sometimes you get an odd look - and you realize that this is more like a country hamlet than a bustling city.. at least for the Blooded, everyone knows everyone else. [23:40] and they don't know you.... [23:41] * Cicada screams Dynast by her looks? [23:42] no.... but every once in a while someone figures it out. Your aspect markings aren't very obvious, but your parents are moreso, and they aren't putting too much work into disguising them. [23:46] Travelling on, you come to a man sitting on a street corner, begging for change. Your father slowly stops, looking back at your mother, and then slowly he bends down and kneels to the blind begger. [23:46] "Are you well, old man?" [23:46] "Aye," his voice crumbles underneath the force of talking, "The sun warms my shelter every day." [23:47] * Cicada looks first at her father and the begger, then glance at her mother. [23:47] with a satisfied grunt, he gives you the signal for giving him the envelope [23:50] (errr.. it is not Cicada who has the envelope, right?) [23:50] (Bloom gave it to you, yes.....) [23:51] * Cicada pulls the envelope out of her sleeve and passes it to the begger out of sight by paying hin a few coins and covering the transfer with her other sleeve. [23:52] the begger takes the letter even more skillfully than you; barely even noticing that he has taken the letter until it is already up his sleeve. He smiles up to you with a toothless grin. [23:53] * Cicada smiles back. [23:53] "Thank yees, angel of the sky. De yes have the times to listen to an old mans ramblee? [23:53] "Always time to listen to advice on the road ahead." [23:55] "Ahh, yees a wisee women, yees are," he smiles up to you with his smae toothless grin. You feel dirty, but you couldn't explain why. "Yees finds what you looking for amidst a field of lambs, and wolves that live with the lambs, and trees that make one cry with tears of joy. Yees searching for something like that, Yees?" [23:56] "Yes, we are." [23:56] * Cicada thinks to herself; "In more ways than one... oh, Bloom..." [23:57] "Yees knows were to finds what yees looking for, don't yees?" [23:58] (we do?) [23:58] make a wits + lore roll to decipher the riddle. [23:59] !ex 6 [23:59] * *Cicada (6)* 6, 5, 6, 2, 7, 8, Successes : 2 [00:00] well... maybe someplace with trees? [00:01] "Ye don'ts knows, do yeees?" he laughs shaking his bronze bowl. "Yees be wantings another hints, isn't yees?" [00:03] (errrr... that place with the insanity inducing trees?) [00:03] (yea, that's the ticket! somewhere over there) [00:04] (uuhh... this is what happens when I leave my books at home...) [00:05] you know.. that place.. Cherak! [00:07] yesss... it is cherak with the crazy trees. [00:08] * Disconnected [00:15] * Now talking in #pvpexaltedrp3 [00:16] (that rings absolutely no bells) [00:17] you don't know cherak? It's that place I keep telling everyone they have to go. that's where the ninjas are... that's where jynaru's sidereals tell him to go... etc. [00:18] (ah yes) [00:18] (thought that was in the North) [00:18] indeed [00:21] (So? What now?) [00:22] wel... [00:22] * Storyteller has the problem! [00:23] I had planned for you to get to cherak at the same time as everyone else, but noone is even close to getting there.. le sigh me. [00:24] (Play Sanyet?) [00:24] if you would like. it's getting pretty late..... [00:24] * Cicada is the only obidient and subservient player. What did you expect? :) [00:24] I don't know. arghy. [00:24] ^_~ [00:25] I can saty another 90 minutes or so. [00:25] Longer if needed, though I am a bit tired. [00:25] I was expecting to stop when everyone else did. [00:27] Well, I suppose I could play Sanyet next time if it is so crudical for everyone to show up in Cherak at the same time. [00:29] well, it's not, but i think it would be neat... hmm. [00:29] I am in need of a mind refresh anyhow... i need to throw some neat stuff in and i'm not throwing neat stuff ins. Session Close: Sun Jul 27 00:38:01 2003