[19:41] <Aldante_Fax> I just got back and now I'm going to go and take a crap and wash my hands (not necessarily in that order). When I get back in like 10 minutes, we'll start off.
[19:41] <efeger> Or I could just use my other computer where it resides on the desktop.
[19:41] <Tetra> *nods*
[19:41] <Carson> Groovy.
[19:42] <Tetra> In that case, quick shower.
[19:42] <Aldante_Fax> Party leader flag your nick for easier reference.
[19:42] <Tetra> I'm mildly grimy.
[19:42] * Tetra goes AFK.
[19:42] * Tetra is now known as Tetra[L]
[19:42] <Carson> Aye, I'll bbiab, theoretically.
[19:42] <Tetra[L]> Does this work?
[19:42] * Demonic_Gerbil (kanofbus@68-64-225-129.ironoh.adelphia.net) has joined #Aria
[19:42] * efeger waves at himself.
[19:42] <Koreyan> Heh... this will pwn all. FF in here, GITS on my right
[19:42] <Tetra[L]> Fuck it. Tell me when I get back.
[19:42] * Demonic_Gerbil waves back.
[19:43] * Moryssa is now known as Yvalphone
[19:43] * Koreyan looks sidelong at Yval an winks
[19:43] <Koreyan> "Hey you. ^_^"
[19:44] <Saren> change time?
[19:44] * Saren is now known as Ceol
[19:44] * efeger (efeger@68-64-225-129.ironoh.adelphia.net) Quit (Quit: Leaving)
[19:44] * Demonic_Gerbil is now known as Nachttier
[19:45] * Yvalphone adjusts her robe before grinning at Koreyan. "Hello."
[19:45] -> *chanserv* voice #aria Nachttier
[19:45] * Aldante_Fax (janus@cpe-24-143-141-166.cable.alamedanet.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
[19:45] * Typhoon (typhoon_dr@66.57.150.94) has joined #Aria
[19:45] * Aldante_Fax (janus@cpe-24-143-141-166.cable.alamedanet.net) has joined #aria
[19:45] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Aldante_Fax
[19:45] <Teucer> ...
[19:45] <Teucer> I swear to god.
[19:45] <Teucer> I don't even live with Alex anymore and yet he can sense when I'm busy and fiond a way to harrass me
[19:46] * Teucer idly reaches into his pocket and gets a sour look on his face. "Hey... where'd my wallet go?" After glancing around suspiciously, suddenly Teucer has a throwing knife buried right between his eyes. He falls to the ground and out steps a moderately attractive black-haired girl in a green dress.
[19:46] * Teucer is now known as Janna
[19:46] * Janna looks innocent and pulls out a familiar black leather wallet. "Damn, this one was broke..."
[19:47] <Koreyan> Dammit, brb. Gotta grab somethin out of my mum's shop.
[19:50] <Carson> (back for now, I might have to scedaddle soon for dinner, though.)
[19:50] * Ceol idly plays with his tail.
[19:52] * Mayard sorts his item collection.
[19:52] <Tetra[L]> (( Back ))
[19:53] * Carson idly glances about, Rune pulsating softly.
[19:53] * Koreyan idly picks locks, waiting for the game to start.
[19:53] * Janna ogles Yval.
[19:53] <Janna> ¬_¬
[19:53] * Tetra[L] sits there, pensively.
[19:53] * Yvalphone grooms her nails.
[19:54] * Nachttier lurks.
[19:58] * Aldante_Fax backslides in
[19:58] * Aldante_Fax sets mode: +v Nachttier
[19:58] <Tetra[L]> (( Hey, issa Fax. ))
[19:58] <Carson> (Once again, 'yay!')
[19:58] <Nachttier> And now I've got to go afk. -_-
[19:58] <Tetra[L]> ...
[19:58] <Carson> (@#$%^&)
[19:59] <Aldante_Fax> Alright, last we left our intrepid band of...Whatever...They had a rather interesting experience.
[19:59] <Tetra[L]> *headdesk headdesk headdesk!*
[19:59] <Koreyan> (( *sets down his padlock and pays attention* ))
[19:59] <Tetra[L]> (( If I remember correctly, Nachttier and Ceol were fighting about... ehhh, something. It was after I left ))
[19:59] <Carson> (*nod*)
[20:00] <Ceol> (( I was ready to defend myself.. there's a difference :P ))
[20:00] <Carson> (They all say that.)
[20:00] <Tetra[L]> (( That was after Ceol challenged me to a training duel ))
[20:00] <Yvalphone> ((Yeah, Nacht promised to kill Ceol after the mission or something along those lines.))
[20:00] <Ceol> (( Then he retracted that, that's why I'm not trying to kill him right now ))
[20:01] <Aldante_Fax> There are another 36 hours to go before Moryssa fully recovers and is able to take wing again. Bear in mind that when she gets you guys to Quartz, Yval will either be out of commission or at severe penalties if she does her class gimmick again.
[20:01] <Carson> (Fsck it, dinner's on. Put me on autopilot, don't make me do anything too stupid, and I'll be back ASAP.)
[20:02] <Aldante_Fax> PEDRO PUNCH$@%
[20:03] <Aldante_Fax> What are you guys going to do in that remaining bit of time?
[20:03] * Tetra[L] continues doing what he'd been doing at the end of last session - mulling over the many thoughts that course through his brain.
[20:03] <Mayard> (( Okay. And how much longer would it take to walk it? ))
[20:03] <Koreyan> (( a lot longer, I think ))
[20:03] * Ceol idly plays with his tail, and is ready to defend the most useful party member.
[20:03] * Janna keeps to herself after her outburst the day before, looking sullen and irritated at most everyone.
[20:04] <Aldante_Fax> Noob: About double the time, but you'll be able to have Yval as a viable party member.
[20:04] * Mayard is trying to keep his head clear, and is keeping a very close eye on Ceol and Nachttier.
[20:04] * Koreyan continues trying to play peacekeeper between everyone, and speaks with various members of the group idly.
[20:04] <Mayard> (( Hm... tough choice. ))
[20:05] <Ceol> "Let's walk"
[20:05] * Yvalphone is resting, though her eyes constantly shift from Ceol to wear Nachttier was last seen and then Tetra.
[20:06] <Tetra[L]> (( Erhm... how long's it been since we slept and ate? ))
[20:06] <Aldante_Fax> Long enough.
[20:07] <Tetra[L]> (( Probably be good to grab something to eat, then ))
[20:07] <Aldante_Fax> The Paladins have kept their mouths shut this entire time that they've been in this circle of standing stones - it would appear that to them, this is as much of a holy place as it is a platform to control a gigantic Aeon.
[20:08] * Tetra[L] stands up and stretches his one good arm for a moment, then starts making his way over to the provision packs the group was given at journey's start.
[20:08] <Ceol> "I say we walk, anyone disagree?"
[20:08] <Mayard> "...can we afford the extra time to walk?"
[20:08] <Yvalphone> "Are you sure? It'll take us much longer to get to Quartz."
[20:08] * Ceol shrugs. "I think we can"
[20:09] <Koreyan> "But at least we'll have everyone in top shape."
[20:09] <Koreyan> "And also, it'll give our charges a bit more time to heal up."
[20:09] * Mayard looks at Koreyan. "Good point."
[20:09] * Tetra[L] looks at everyone and nods. "Then I suppose we're going to walk, then."
[20:09] <Mayard> "As long as we don't hit any more big monsters, walking probably would be best."
[20:10] * Yvalphone nods. "Then I guess that's that."
[20:11] * Ceol stands and dusts himself off, looking ready to head out.
[20:11] <Aldante_Fax> Alright, total time to Quartz from here: four days. Going to get hoofin'?
[20:11] <Mayard> (( I don't think anybody's opposed, so yes. ))
[20:11] * Ceol looks over to the summoner. "Are you able to walk in your condition?"
[20:11] <Aldante_Fax> If I recall correctly, you all were going to make sledges for the severely crippled Paladins but failed. How are you going to get them across the land safely?
[20:12] <Koreyan> (( How many of them are there? 12 or so, you said? ))
[20:12] <Mayard> (( ...dammit. ))
[20:12] <Tetra[L]> (( 8 of us, 12 of them ))
[20:12] <Tetra[L]> (( Shoulder them, I suppose. It's slow, but we don't have enough time to make something else ))
[20:13] <Aldante_Fax> Six days.
[20:13] <Mayard> (( A note: Mayard's a kid, and our summoner isn't strong enough for that. ))
[20:13] * Yvalphone seems to ponder for amoment and then nods. "I can make it. We need to be more worried about the paladins."
[20:13] * Ceol looks over to the paladins, then back over to Yval. "Why? They are going to die anyway."
[20:13] <Tetra[L]> (( Other members can shoulder two, I suppose. We'd need to, anyways ))
[20:14] <Ceol> (( Not all of them are critically injured ))
[20:14] <Ceol> (( I thought ))
[20:14] <Yvalphone> ((good point. and would Tetra be able to? if they hit his bad arm the wrong way...))
[20:14] * Tetra[L] shakes his head at that comment.
[20:14] * Koreyan glares at Ceol. "Not necessarily. And I won't just leave them here, either. They don't make it to Quartz, we don't make it to Quartz."
[20:14] <Tetra[L]> (( His right arm's still good. :P ))
[20:15] <Yvalphone> ((:P))
[20:15] <Mayard> "Getting them to Quartz is the point of this whole mission."
[20:15] <Ceol> "I never said to leave them, but assuming half of them are in good shape.. they can carry their own. Or one of you can help."
[20:15] <Koreyan> "What, you aren't offering to help them yourself?"
[20:15] <Ceol> "No"
[20:15] <Aldante_Fax> A good potion of them don't have the ability to walk very quickly, if at all. There are only 3 of them who are in reasonable fighting shape.
[20:16] <Mayard> "I'd help, but I don't think I'm strong enough to hold a person."
[20:16] * Janna looks up for the first time from her safely away position and adds for her part, "Don't even bother asking."
[20:17] * Ceol nods.
[20:17] <Koreyan> "So there are four of us... five if Tetra would be able to handle one... that can carry a paladin."
[20:17] * Tetra[L] listens to everyone flat-out denying to help, and shakes his head in disgust.
[20:18] <Tetra[L]> "This is..." He mutters to himself as he heads over to the paladins, attempting to shoulder one as best as he can.
[20:18] <Carson> (Back. Sorry about the long wait...)
[20:19] * Koreyan assists Tetra as best as he can, then tries to work out a way to carry two of them himself...
[20:19] * Janna just watches, smirking.
[20:19] <Carson> I might be able to carry two, I dunno. Never tried that much dead weight...
[20:19] * Mayard tries to help carry one person, but doesn't seem to be having any real success.
[20:20] * Yvalphone stands up and starts over to another paladin before stopping. She has to use her staff to support her still weak body.
[20:20] <Ceol> "You do not need to help, worry about them not."
[20:20] <Aldante_Fax> They do have their own equipment on, so you'd get pretty exhausted by carrying two pieces of dead weight.
[20:20] * Carson checks out the paladins who need hefting. Heavy armor, weapons, anything they can have someone else hold while they take the Carson Express?
[20:21] <Mayard> "...I'm not sure if we can just walk like this."
[20:21] <Carson> We probably can't, but we'll be making more time with a little hoofing than jsut sitting around...
[20:21] <Janna> "Leave 'em."
[20:21] <Carson> (*just)
[20:21] <Janna> "If they can't walk, they can't fight."
[20:22] <Carson> Maybe, maybe not.
[20:22] <Mayard> "And we'll be walking to our deaths without them."
[20:22] <Ceol> "They plan on sacrificing themselves in order to blast the undead with some type of holy magic, i think"
[20:22] <Koreyan> "And if they can't fight, then we don't get to Quartz. We don't get to Quartz, a lot of people die - more than already have."
[20:22] <Carson> I bet they could do that shiny white-light thing sitting down.
[20:23] <Janna> "How many does it take to do the job?"
[20:23] <Ceol> "Ask them, I have no idea."
[20:23] <Koreyan> "Probably all of them. Why else would they send them all?"
[20:23] <Carson> Replacements, in case some died on the way...
[20:23] * Ceol nods to Carson. "That sounds reasonable"
[20:24] <Carson> And why use one fist when you can use two?
[20:25] * Yvalphone sighs. "They're destroying an army of undead, so I assume all of them. While I appreciate you guys trying to help, we can save a lot more lives by taking Valefor. I probably won't be much use after that, but at least we'll have gotten somewhere."
[20:25] <Carson> *sigh* Goddamn no-win situation.
[20:25] * Ceol crouches down and looks around "Here's the plan.. then"
[20:26] <Koreyan> "Well then... Why don't we just stay here the rest of the day... let them heal a bit more, see what things look like after Yval gets stronger. Even if we only fly part of the way...
[20:26] <Tetra[L]> (( I don't think I've ever seen a group change strategies so often. :P ))
[20:27] <Ceol> "I say we use valefor to go until we are two days outside of quarts, then we land and walk the rest. Yval should be able to regain her power on the way there.. correct? And the paladins .. assuming they are not incredibly weak... will have time enough to heal a tad. At least enough to walk."
[20:27] <Ceol> (*Quartz)
[20:27] <Aldante_Fax>
[Do the Dysfunktion, now!]
[20:27] <Koreyan> (( Yeah, no shit. I think because everyone's got different personalities and agendas.))
[20:27] <Carson> (Whichever way, we should start it soon. Tht way, we'll go SOMEWHERE before July!)
[20:27] <Mayard> (( To put it lightly. ))
[20:27] * Tetra[L] slowly unshoulders the paladin.
[20:28] <Ceol> "I believe this to be the best course of action"
[20:28] * Tetra[L] looks at Yval. "That plan all right with you?"
[20:28] <Mayard> "Maybe... I have no idea anymore."
[20:29] <Aldante_Fax> The raven-haired paladin slowly closes his eyes, then takes out a sterling silver flask and takes a drink from it, before replacing it. Most of them are settling down to rest again.
[20:29] <Carson> Fine, let's wait.
[20:29] * Yvalphone nods. "It seems fine."
[20:29] <Ceol> "We will procede with this plan then."
[20:29] <Janna> "Heh. Fine."
[20:29] * Koreyan turns to the Paladins themselves. "What do you all think?"
[20:29] <Koreyan> (( ~nudges Teuce~ Take a shot. ))
[20:30] * Tetra[L] looks at the paladins. "You think you'll be able to walk part of the way?"
[20:31] <Aldante_Fax> The ones that are still conscious, the raven-haired one included, shrugged. "If that is what it takes, then so be it."
[20:31] <Koreyan> "Will all of you make it?"
[20:32] <Ceol> "Of course he would say that.. we rest until Yvalphone is able to summon again,"
[20:32] <Mayard> "In the meantime, let's keep to ourselves. We'll all need to have our minds clear when we start moving."
[20:33] * Carson just sits back. He's beyond caring now; they've waffled back and forth too goddamn much for him to really care about what's comign outta their mouths.
[20:33] <Aldante_Fax> His hesitation is unsettling. "If we don't come across too much trouble, then we'll be able to make it."
[20:33] <Janna> "I hope so, because you can only be carried so far."
[20:33] <Ceol> (Think this is the fastfoward point)
[20:34] <Tetra[L]> (( Yeah, time for a good old fashioned fast-forward ))
[20:34] <Koreyan> (( Yeah... if we sit here much longer, people are gonna kill each other. ))
[20:34] <Yvalphone> ((Agreed))
[20:34] <Carson> (Aye!)
[20:34] <Mayard> (( +again. ))
[20:34] <Koreyan> (( Yes... again. )
[20:34] <Janna> ((Indeed.))
[20:34] <Aldante_Fax> For the time being you all agree to rest as the most intelligent option, it seems.
[20:35] <Carson> (nah, just the latest.)
[20:35] <Aldante_Fax> The night is uneventful, as expected.
[20:35] <Carson> ZZzzz...
[20:36] * Tetra[L] sleeps and dreams of... wait, why would you know what he dreams? GET OUT OF HIS HEAD!
[20:36] <Nachttier> ((and now I'm back))
[20:36] <Aldante_Fax> Day four breaks open with a half-cloudy sky, the rays of the sun hardly enough to incite growth in plantlife around here.
[20:36] <Yvalphone> ((/me get's out of Tetra's head :P))
[20:37] <Carson> (*wonders how the hell he got into someone else's head...)
[20:38] <Aldante_Fax> Actions, or fast-forward to day five?
[20:38] <Ceol> Fast foward
[20:38] * Carson stands up, stretches, and looks about. Nothing wants to eat them right now, so it's a good start to a good day.
[20:38] <Carson> (*or not.)
[20:38] <Ceol> (oh, sorry )
[20:38] <Ceol> (Just thought we'd fast foward till she can summon heh )
[20:38] <Carson> (Nah, >> is good by me.)
[20:38] * Mayard spends most of the time looking up various thing in his book.
[20:39] * Carson passes the day with various basic practice moves. Accidentially hits a few rocks, too, but hey - no pain, no gain...
[20:39] * Koreyan wastes his time just talking with some of the paladins, and checking his equipment over... and over... and over...
[20:39] * Ceol spends his time playing the role of protector for the other mithra.
[20:40] * Yvalphone sleeps...a lot.
[20:40] * Janna acts like a caged tiger, and is snappy and irritable.
[20:40] <Koreyan> (( Yay for Aunt Flo coming to visit... ))
[20:40] * Tetra[L] spends most of the time lost, yet again, in thought... although the monotiny is broken for a short time with minor incantations of enchantments. Nothing exciting. He'd watch over Yval, but the role's been taken, it seems.
[20:40] <Janna> (( /shifty ))
[20:41] * Janna can sometimes be caught muttering something about money and women when we get back. But never openly.
[20:41] * Carson WOULD break up the time by looking over the kid's shoulder and reading his book, but A. it ain't his and B. he can't really understand it anyhow.
[20:42] <Aldante_Fax> Day five comes and Yval, while still slightly fatigued, is ready to take the form of Valefor once again. You all take to the rainy sky with canvas protecting you from the water in the sky as you fly towards your ultimate destination.
[20:42] <Nachttier> "..."
[20:42] <Koreyan> (( How many days do we have total, to complete this mission? ))
[20:42] <Janna> "It wouldn't kill you people to bathe once in a while..."
[20:43] * Mayard makes sure all his materials are in order during the trip.
[20:43] <Mayard> "...I'll bathe after we kill the stinky zombies."
[20:43] * Carson leans out over the edge, letting the rain smack him in the face. Every once in a while, his tounge hangs out a little to catch the rain...
[20:43] <Koreyan> "You're no summer peach yourself, Janna."
[20:43] <Aldante_Fax> You're not sure how many days you have, is the thing.
[20:43] * Yvalphone is now known as Valefor
[20:43] * Janna scowls at Koreyan. "At least I try."
[20:44] * Valefor squawks in annoyance.
[20:44] <Tetra[L]> (( Fax: HP/MP recovery from resting? ))
[20:44] <Carson> (Then we'd best hit Warp 9 - or whatever Valefor has - nowish.)
[20:44] <Aldante_Fax> At this point all of you are at 100%.
[20:45] <Nachttier> ((Valefor can hit Transwarp baby.))
[20:45] <Koreyan> (( Don't throw a wrench in her engine... she might not like that at all. ))
[20:45] <Carson> (Good, we can skip all the Warp 10 BS.)
[20:45] <Janna> ((Aww. *puts down the KY*))
[20:46] <Aldante_Fax> Party Leader: Three luck rolls
[20:46] <Tetra[L]> !roll 3d100
[20:46] <Highwind> Tetra[L] - 3d100: 66, 36, 31 ( Total: 133 )
[20:46] <Mayard> (( ...not bad. ))
[20:46] <Carson> (meh.)
[20:46] <Tetra[L]> (( Not great... but not bad ))
[20:46] <Carson> (Oh, hey, question - how many Rerolls do I have left?)
[20:47] <Aldante_Fax> Hm...
[20:47] <Janna> ((Pretty damn good on those last two.))
[20:47] <Mayard> (( For Highwind, that's good. :p ))
[20:47] <Aldante_Fax> !roll 1d100
[20:47] <Highwind> Aldante_Fax - 1d100: 6 ( Total: 6 )
[20:47] <Koreyan> (( ... ))
[20:47] <Mayard> (( ... ))
[20:47] <Aldante_Fax> Hmm...
[20:47] <Ceol> (( ..... ))
[20:47] <Carson> (Aw, fsck.)
[20:47] <Janna> ((...))
[20:47] <Valefor> ((sigh))
[20:47] <Aldante_Fax> One last luck roll.
[20:47] <Tetra[L]> !roll 1d100
[20:47] <Highwind> Tetra[L] - 1d100: 16 ( Total: 16 )
[20:47] <Janna> ((Do we have to beat a 6? :P))
[20:48] <Aldante_Fax> Close 'nuff. You guys break through the rainclouds on-track and out into the open sky on course. You've caught a good tailwind and are picking up speed.
[20:48] <Nachttier> ((Told you we were going to hit Transwarp.))
[20:48] <Carson> (yay!)
[20:48] <Tetra[L]> (( Whee ))
[20:48] <Mayard> (( Whoo! ))
[20:49] <Carson> (I can *smell* the 11 dimensions now!)
[20:49] * Valefor is definately enjoying the flight. She's humming again.
[20:49] <Mayard> (( I can smell 5... thousand. ))
[20:49] <Mayard> (( >_> ))
[20:49] <Carson> (*Sniff* Nah, that's Ceol.)
[20:49] <Nachttier> ((I think my sense of smell is dead.))
[20:50] <Koreyan> (( Like the rest of you? ))
[20:50] <Tetra[L]> (( What are you, Mayard? A Mooninite? :P ))
[20:50] * Janna seems to loosen up a bit once the group is actually moving again, and her irritation seems to be a half-assed attempt at seeming bitchy,
[20:50] <Ceol> (I'm a cat, cats are clean :P )
[20:50] <Koreyan> (( I fell in love with a baked potato... ))
[20:50] <Carson> (Depends on the kitty.)
[20:50] <Janna> ((Our vertical leap is incredible!))
[20:50] <Koreyan> (( Hmm... Crystal Method makes for good RPing music... ))
[20:51] <Ceol> (( I guess he doesn't know.. ))
[20:51] * Tetra[L] simply holds on to Valefor and enjoys the ride... well, as much as one could enjoy a ride straight into the bowels of the undead horde.
[20:51] <Mayard> (( I'm going with The Clarks, myself. ))
[20:51] <Aldante_Fax> You drop out of the clouds and make landfall at the close of the day. Quartz is on the horizon, a discolored pimple on the otherwise blasted landscape around here.
[20:51] <Ceol> (( Final fantasy music ))
[20:51] <Tetra[L]> (( Various PSFs ))
[20:51] <Janna> ((My playlist of... 4576 songs, on random :P))
[20:52] <Koreyan> "Wow... we made rather excellent time..."
[20:52] * Carson blinks, shakes the rain off his face, and gazes at the city.
[20:52] <Nachttier> "Finally, the end is beginning."
[20:52] <Janna> "Can't be done with too soon."
[20:52] <Tetra[L]> "Interesting... so this is it."
[20:53] <Carson> It's done too soon if we're dead, but otherwise, yeah...
[20:53] <Mayard> "Let's finish this and get out of here."
[20:53] * Carson nods.
[20:53] <Janna> "Always so positive."
[20:54] <Aldante_Fax> You guys make camp as the sun passes behind Quartz, throwing you into it's shadow, a rather nostalgic feel, for some...
[20:54] * Valefor is now known as Yvalphone
[20:55] * Nachttier takes in the scene... "Almost like... where I awoke."
[20:55] <Tetra[L]> (( I assume we fast-forward through the night? ))
[20:56] * Carson wonders what's inside. It looks huge... bigger than any city he's actually been in.
[20:56] * Mayard keeps himself from looking at Nachttier.
[20:56] * Koreyan shivers a bit in memory, but keeps it all to himself...
[20:56] <Aldante_Fax> Who's taking what watches?
[20:56] <Tetra[L]> (( First ))
[20:56] <Janna> I call last!
[20:56] <Mayard> (( Second. ))
[20:56] <Carson> (Second)
[20:56] <Janna> Uninterrupted sleep and all.
[20:56] <Tetra[L]> (( I'd wake, errr... Carson. Or Mayard ))
[20:56] <Tetra[L]> (( Or both. :P ))
[20:56] <Ceol> (( I'm taking watches till near daybreak, then getting about 4 hours of sleep ))
[20:57] <Koreyan> (( I'll go after Mayard/Carson
[20:57] <Koreyan> ))
[20:57] <Tetra[L]> (( Hmmm... Ceol and I, then Carson and Mayard? ))
[20:57] <Carson> (I'm fine with bo- Or we can have Ceol just do all the watching.)
[20:57] <Carson> (That works for me.)
[20:57] <Nachttier> ((I'm going to lurk around camp all night.))
[20:57] <Janna> ((Ceol is one of the people I want to watch :P))
[20:57] <Ceol> (( I plan to talk multiple watches, I've been doing that every night ))
[20:58] <Tetra[L]> (( Well, two people are better than one, anyways. If Ceol's staying up longer, I'll wake Carson to replace me ))
[20:58] <Tetra[L]> (( Let the little one sleep ))
[20:58] <Aldante_Fax>
[He's a growing boy, like Bridget...]
[20:58] <Koreyan> (( Someone just wake me and I'll watch. ))
[20:58] <Aldante_Fax> So, what, three watches?
[20:58] <Janna> ((I'll take my watch... :P))
[20:58] <Tetra[L]> (( I suppose ))
[20:58] <Mayard> (( Okay, sure. ))
[20:58] <Carson> (Sure.)
[20:59] <Aldante_Fax> Each watch gets a luck roll for any encounters through the night.
[20:59] <Tetra[L]> (( Ceol all night. Tetra, Carson, and Koreyan for the secondaries ))
[20:59] <Janna> !roll 1d100
[20:59] <Tetra[L]> !roll 1d100
[20:59] <Highwind> Janna - 1d100: 28 ( Total: 28 )
[20:59] <Highwind> Tetra[L] - 1d100: 77 ( Total: 77 )
[20:59] <Carson> !roll 1d100
[20:59] <Koreyan> !roll 1d100
[20:59] <Highwind> Carson - 1d100: 14 ( Total: 14 )
[20:59] <Highwind> Koreyan - 1d100: 4 ( Total: 4 )
[20:59] <Tetra[L]> (( Woo. ))
[20:59] <Janna> ((When we die it's not my fault, yay))
[20:59] <Carson> (w00- aw, damn.)
[20:59] <Ceol> (i'll go ahead and let them roll heh)
[21:00] <Aldante_Fax> !roll 1d100
[21:00] <Highwind> Aldante_Fax - 1d100: 73 ( Total: 73 )
[21:00] <Aldante_Fax> Not bad. The night passes by uneventfully.
[21:01] * Nachttier spends an inordinate amount of time lurking near where Mayard is sleeping.
[21:01] * Mayard has a very bad night of sleep.
[21:01] * Yvalphone sleeps soundly.
[21:01] * Janna sleeps soundly, hoping her watch is all by herself.
[21:02] * Carson just kinda floats through the night - nothing worth noting, either good or bad, asleep or awake.
[21:02] * Tetra[L] just kinda takes watch, then sleeps. Whoo. Excitement central.
[21:02] <Aldante_Fax> Day six. The trek on foot begins. Party leader, make -five- luck rolls.
[21:02] * Koreyan wakes a couple of times to check on everyone and take his watch... then passes back out at some point.
[21:02] <Mayard> (( ...oboy. ))
[21:03] <Nachttier> ((afk for a minute while he rolls those dice, I don't want to come back dead :p))
[21:03] <Carson> (I've got Rerolls, if need be.)
[21:03] * Janna doesn't let Koreyan into her tent whils she's being checked on.
[21:03] <Tetra[L]> !roll 5d100
[21:03] <Highwind> Tetra[L] - 5d100: 63, 41, 77, 9, 59 ( Total: 249 )
[21:03] <Carson> (Oh geeze.)
[21:03] <Tetra[L]> (( Uhm... whoo? ))
[21:03] <Janna> ((Not bad.))
[21:03] <Aldante_Fax> !roll 1d100
[21:03] <Highwind> Aldante_Fax - 1d100: 45 ( Total: 45 )
[21:03] <Koreyan> (( Two of them beat it =P ))
[21:04] <Carson> (dibs on the 9!)
[21:04] <Koreyan> (( I'll take the 41 ))
[21:04] <Tetra[L]> (( My nine! I rolled it. ))
[21:04] <Aldante_Fax> Whoever is scouting or on point is entitled to a Perception check.
[21:04] <Ceol> You want party order now?
[21:04] <Ceol> I have it here
[21:04] <Janna> ((I s'pose I'm off scouting, since it's what I do.))
[21:04] <Carson> (not I, no Perception skill... I need totrain in that soon...)
[21:04] <Tetra[L]> (( I'm on point. Who's scouting? ))
[21:05] <Mayard> (( No Perception here. ))
[21:05] <Ceol> (( I'll scout ))
[21:05] <Koreyan> (( Awareness, you mean? ))
[21:05] <Tetra[L]> !roll 1d100
[21:05] <Highwind> Tetra[L] - 1d100: 89 ( Total: 89 )
[21:05] <Ceol> (( If you all would like ))
[21:05] <Tetra[L]> (( Yeah, I so failed ))
[21:05] <Nachttier> ((back -- I'm not dead yet, yay))
[21:05] <Tetra[L]> (( Now, whoever is scout gets to roll. Do better than I, please. :P ))
[21:05] <Janna> ((Janna's wandering ahead, if you want to call it scouting.))
[21:05] <Ceol> (( Actually nevermind, here is the order we agreed on last time. Tetra--Carson-Nachttier-Janna-Mayard-Yvalphone-Ceol--Koreyan ))
[21:06] <Aldante_Fax> Close enough. Janna, make your roll, since you're ahead of the party, apparently.
[21:06] <Janna> !roll 1d100
[21:06] <Highwind> Janna - 1d100: 38 ( Total: 38 )
[21:06] <Aldante_Fax> Pass/fail by how much?
[21:06] <Janna> ((If I got a 2% or more bonus I got it. :P))
[21:07] <Janna> ((Awareness 36))
[21:08] <Aldante_Fax> Janna can see up ahead roving mounds of...Something. What it is can't be properly described, since it's rather far away and without a good source of light due to an overcast day, that's all you can see.
[21:08] * Janna pauses for whoever's at point, Tetra I suppose, to catch up to her.
[21:09] <Aldante_Fax> And then you are all flattened by an overamped guitar-wielding ninj- wait.
[21:09] <Janna> "Look up there. Something's moving."
[21:10] <Aldante_Fax> Tetra: Awareness roll * 1.5
[21:10] <Tetra[L]> !roll 1d100
[21:10] <Highwind> Tetra[L] - 1d100: 56 ( Total: 56 )
[21:10] <Tetra[L]> (( Damn. Even if it was *2, I'd have failed. -_- ))
[21:10] <Tetra[L]> (( Dear Highwind: Fuck you. Love, Tetra ))
[21:10] <Carson> (*dances about with his Awareness 47%)
[21:11] <Janna> ((j00 = Sux0r!))
[21:11] <Yvalphone> ((54% baby! :P))
[21:11] <Tetra[L]> (( 25%. Whee ))
[21:11] <Koreyan> (( 44. ))
[21:11] <Janna> ((36 and yet I'm scouting :P))
[21:11] <Aldante_Fax> Tetra sees the same thing. Whatever it is, you can't describe it properly. At this point it's just a irregular splotch of moving something.
[21:12] <Aldante_Fax> If you want to do something about it, you'll have to draw closer.
[21:12] <Nachttier> ((Do not go near the Shoggoth, thank you.))
[21:12] <Janna> "Stay back a bit, I'm going to see what it is."
[21:13] * Janna stealthily proceeds, rolling stealth to determine stealthiness.
[21:13] <Janna> !roll 1d100
[21:13] <Highwind> Janna - 1d100: 16 ( Total: 16 )
[21:13] <Carson> (*clapclapclap*)
[21:13] <Mayard> (( Nice. ))
[21:13] <Yvalphone> ((very))
[21:13] <Koreyan> (( I fear you are underestimating the sneakiness... ))
[21:13] <Janna> ((More fucking like it.))
[21:14] <Aldante_Fax> Not bad. You move like the silent woman you are closer. Another Awareness roll, * 2.
[21:14] <Janna> !roll 1d100
[21:14] <Koreyan> (( ... ))
[21:14] <Highwind> Janna - 1d100: 42 ( Total: 42 )
[21:14] <Janna> ((Made it.))
[21:14] <Carson> (*Janna understands Life, the Universe, and Everything.)
[21:15] <Nachttier> ((<Janna> It's an amorphous blob-like thing that takes other shapes at whim and emanates a bizarre piping sound...))
[21:16] <Koreyan> (( You encounter a slime. Your action? *ATTACK* ))
[21:16] <Carson> (*PUNCHALITY!)
[21:18] * Janna slips back to the rest of the group, looking a bit weirded out.
[21:18] <Nachttier> ((Told you, Shoggoth.))
[21:18] <Ceol> "And?"
[21:18] <Mayard> "What was it?"
[21:18] * Tetra[L] looks at Janna quizzically.
[21:19] <Aldante_Fax> Janna: Make a sanity check :P
[21:19] <Aldante_Fax> !roll 1d100
[21:19] <Highwind> Aldante_Fax - 1d100: 24 ( Total: 24 )
[21:19] <Aldante_Fax> !roll 1d100
[21:19] <Highwind> Aldante_Fax - 1d100: 14 ( Total: 14 )
[21:19] * Carson stretches his gloves tight, ready fr something interesting to happen.
[21:19] <Aldante_Fax> Hmm...
[21:19] <Koreyan> (( Janna's mind is eaten by the littlest Elder God. ))
[21:19] <Janna> "They're piles of bodies. MOving piles of bodies. They aren't very fast... and seem to be moving aimlessly. IUf we play our cards right we can sneak around them."
[21:19] * Yvalphone grips her staff.
[21:19] <Janna> ((Gah, bad typing.))
[21:20] <Mayard> "..."
[21:20] <Tetra[L]> "..."
[21:20] <Ceol> "How many"
[21:20] <Carson> "One's too many."
[21:21] * Nachttier mumbles to himself... "This is more and more like where I awoke..."
[21:21] * Koreyan trots up to the rest of the column. "What's going on?"
[21:21] <Janna> ((I asked Fax how many and got no answer... :P))
[21:21] <Carson> (Like I said, too many.)
[21:22] * Janna shrugs. "I didn't have time to count. More than one. We should be able to get past them without a fight though... if we're careful. I saw three, but you can never tell>';
[21:22] <Aldante_Fax> You see a shower of bodies as two of the mounds collide.
[21:22] <Mayard> "..."
[21:22] * Tetra[L] blinks.
[21:22] <Carson> *blink*
[21:22] * Yvalphone gasps.
[21:22] <Tetra[L]> "... lovely..."
[21:22] <Mayard> "I hope you're right."
[21:23] * Nachttier . . o O ( Memories... )
[21:23] <Carson> (brb)
[21:23] <Janna> "Follow my lead and stick close. ANd try not to make noise, please."
[21:23] * Koreyan shivers. "Wonderful place. I'd say to keep our little column as tight as possible... we don't want anyone galling behind..."
[21:23] <Koreyan> *falling
[21:23] * Mayard nods and does so.
[21:23] * Ceol shakes his head and starts stealthing ahead
[21:23] * Janna makes with the sneaking, trying for a path around the body piles.
[21:23] * Yvalphone does her best to follow stealthily.
[21:24] <Janna> ((And just then, that godawful "LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR" song comes on...))
[21:24] * Tetra[L] follows Janna as best as he can.
[21:24] <Koreyan> (( Serious? ))
[21:24] * Nachttier stealthily... lurks. Not sure how that works, but that's what he's doing.
[21:24] <Aldante_Fax> Janna, since you're leading the way, make a Stealth at half penalty for leading the group through, then make a luck roll, then another luck roll.
[21:24] <Janna> !roll 1d100
[21:24] <Highwind> Janna - 1d100: 23 ( Total: 23 )
[21:24] <Janna> ((*just* made Stealth))
[21:25] <Tetra[L]> (( WHOO! ))
[21:25] <Janna> !roll 1d100
[21:25] <Janna> !roll 1d100
[21:25] <Highwind> Janna - 1d100: 81 ( Total: 81 )
[21:25] <Ceol> (( I can't make my own stealth just in case? ))
[21:25] <Highwind> Janna - 1d100: 36 ( Total: 36 )
[21:25] <Koreyan> (( Yay for teh sneaky sneaky ))
[21:25] <Janna> ((But unlucky on that first roll...))
[21:25] <Mayard> (( Well, I imagine making the roll helped a little. ))
[21:25] <Carson> (back)
[21:25] <Mayard> (( +stealth ))
[21:25] <Aldante_Fax> !roll 1d100
[21:25] <Highwind> Aldante_Fax - 1d100: 79 ( Total: 79 )
[21:26] <Aldante_Fax> A mound rolls right beside you without noticing you.
[21:26] * Carson blinks at the bodies, but stays quiet.
[21:26] * Janna eeps very quietly as the mound rolls by.
[21:26] * Yvalphone is feeling sick.
[21:26] * Nachttier seems right... at home, not at all uncomfortable with giant shambling piles of corpses.
[21:26] * Mayard starts wondering how a mound can notice *anything*.
[21:27] <Aldante_Fax> As you draw closer, there seems to be a path between what seem to be pits of writhing bodies and stinking of none other than the undead. As a mound rolls into one of those pits, another one emerges from another pit, rolling around.
[21:27] * Tetra[L] holds his breath as the mound shambles by.
[21:27] * Carson 's Rune glows just a hair brighter near the bodies, but he covers it with his other hand.
[21:27] * Koreyan makes damned sure to pull in his coat as tightly as possible, avoiding the body piles as much as possible.
[21:27] <Aldante_Fax> And now, it is time for Nattchier to make a Storyline Luck Roll.
[21:27] * Janna leans back to Tetra. "Silent and swift as shadows." she says quietly. "Keep them calm."
[21:28] <Nachttier> ((No, no flashbacks for me. >.<))
[21:28] <Nachttier> !roll 1d100
[21:28] <Highwind> Nachttier - 1d100: 23 ( Total: 23 )
[21:28] <Aldante_Fax> !roll 3d100
[21:28] <Highwind> Aldante_Fax - 3d100: 35, 75, 55 ( Total: 165 )
[21:28] <Nachttier> ((Good lord, here come me flashbacking about my mother like Koreyan. :p))
[21:29] <Koreyan> (( Heh. ))
[21:29] <Aldante_Fax> A mound rolls up out of one of the pits into the direct middle of the path, cutting you off.
[21:29] <Mayard> "..."
[21:29] <Koreyan> (( Shit. ))
[21:29] <Mayard> . o O ( Dammit! )
[21:29] <Tetra[L]> "..."
[21:29] <Carson> (Can we just walk over them?)
[21:29] * Janna motions for everyone to stop.
[21:29] <Aldante_Fax> It pauses as the bodies on it move in irregular angles and in disturbing fashions.
[21:29] <Carson> (I mean, would they notice/care?)
[21:30] * Koreyan hopes that the group can just go past, and the pile hasn't noticed...
[21:30] <Aldante_Fax> Then, the mound begins to turn...
[21:30] * Janna whispers. "I don't know if they even can hear us... but we'd best be carefu--crap."
[21:30] * Tetra[L] whispers to himself, "... lovely..."
[21:31] <Carson> Fuck.
[21:31] <Aldante_Fax> A man who seems to be quite alive climbs out of the pile of bodies, wearing black robes and smelling faintly of lavender. He has dark red hair, akin to the color of blood, and his hands are covered in white leather.
[21:31] * Mayard loosens the holds on his rifle.
[21:31] * Yvalphone assumes a defensive stance, despite her fatigue.
[21:31] * Ceol looks at a strand of his own crimson hair.
[21:32] * Ceol and black robes..
[21:32] <Aldante_Fax> He looks at the party, considering. "Hmm..."
[21:32] * Tetra[L] - assuming he's been shouldering a paladin all this time - loosens his grip and slides his hand to his rapier.
[21:32] * Carson flexes his hands, brown leather squeaking nicely.
[21:32] * Mayard is ready to draw at the next sign of a fight.
[21:32] <Janna> "See anytihng you like?"
[21:33] * Nachttier looks at the man, considering. "Hmm..."
[21:33] * Koreyan rests his hands on the hilts of his katanas, doing his best to not look threatening...
[21:33] <Aldante_Fax> A woman rises from one of the pits nearby, walking over the corpses to stand before you with this strange man, clad in much the same fashion but sporting a longer hairstyle.
[21:33] <Carson> Shit, two.
[21:33] <Aldante_Fax> "Nattchier. It has been some time..." The man smiles, folding his arms.
[21:34] <Janna> "You know this asshole?"
[21:34] <Carson> *blinkblink*
[21:34] * Koreyan looks at Nachttier curiously... then back at the presumed mages...
[21:34] <Mayard> . o O ( I knew it! There had to be something wrong with him! )
[21:34] <Nachttier> "Apparently it has been some time, I do not recall your face."
[21:34] * Ceol draws his blade and steps away from Nattchier and the two people.. trying to drag Yval with him. "Explain."
[21:34] * Mayard gives a quick glance to Koreyan.
[21:34] * Yvalphone looks at Nachttier curiously, not sure what to think.
[21:34] * Carson just keeps a whole eye on the guy.
[21:34] <Yvalphone> She doesn't resist Ceol however.
[21:34] * Tetra[L] glances at Nachttier for a moment, then resumes gazing at the two.
[21:35] * Mayard is watching Nachttier very closely, still ready to draw.
[21:35] * Koreyan looks over at Mayard and shrugs, looking back at the two men
[21:35] <Aldante_Fax> The man shrugs noncomitally, ignoring Ceol's hostile actions. The woman looks at the rest of the party, then dives into the sea of corpses like it was nothing but water, disappearing into the grind quickly and silently.
[21:35] <Janna> "Well, you people seem charming and all, with your rotting decor, but we really must be about our business."
[21:35] <Aldante_Fax> "Only natural you don't recall. People who are brought from the dead never recall."
[21:36] <Mayard> . o O ( ...the mask... )
[21:37] <Carson> (Yeah. Let's all say "Oh, hell naw...")
[21:37] * Koreyan looks up at the man. "What do you mean?"
[21:37] <Janna> "...Back from the... but... so... I was touching a dead guy when we were flying? Eww."
[21:37] <Nachttier> "That would seem to explain a great deal."
[21:37] * Mayard mutters "No wonder I felt he was so dangerous."
[21:37] <Aldante_Fax> The man eyes Janna and smiles in such a way that would make her feel...Uncomfortable. In a way only she can at this point, then he looks to Koreyan. "Of course, your memories will come back. They always come back. Is your body well?"
[21:37] * Yvalphone is really feeling sick. She has to use her staff for support.
[21:38] <Nachttier> "My body survives. I must, however, question the actions of one who so easily abandons one of his... creations. I must also question whether you are even telling the truth. There is no reason for me to believe you."
[21:39] * Janna looks away, deciding to lend Yval a hand and not look at that guy ever again unless she's aiming a knife at him.
[21:39] <Nachttier> ((Hey, at least I'm not having flashbacks yet.))
[21:39] * Carson glances back and forth, not sure who deserves a boot to the face more.
[21:39] * Tetra[L] tightens his grip on the rapier, but doesn't draw it yet... he keeps taking in everything with a slightly stoic look on his face.
[21:40] <Janna> ((If he starts shit, I am *so* going for his wallet.))
[21:40] <Koreyan> (( You'd go for ALL of our wallets, you little pickpocket.
[21:40] <Aldante_Fax> "Oh, you all are here for that thing with the land bridge town," he says, pondering. "Well, I suppose we shall meet again. Your target is in the middle of the city. Do be careful."
[21:40] <Carson> (brb in a sec)
[21:41] <Koreyan> "What?? How do you know about that?"
[21:41] <Tetra[L]> "... what the hell...?"
[21:41] * Ceol puts away his sword. "I understand, you are not an enemy. be well."
[21:41] <Mayard> "...I see."
[21:41] <Nachttier> ((You're asking a guy living inside a pile of bodies how he knows what's going on next door? :p))
[21:42] <Aldante_Fax> "How wouldn't I know about that? I'm the man supplying that sad little fellow his undead."
[21:42] <Koreyan> (( Hey, seems like a perfectly good question at the time. ))
[21:42] <Janna> "So, um, why are you helping us?"
[21:42] * Koreyan looks confused. "What fellow?"
[21:42] <Carson> (back)
[21:43] <Aldante_Fax> He looks mildly annoyed that you haven't followed his train of thought, frowning. "The one who's trying to take this piece of infertile rock and make it his own."
[21:43] * Ceol looks over to the man. "Could you stop doing that then?"
[21:43] <Carson> Like, the island, or... More?
[21:43] <Koreyan> "Well yes, we figured that... I meant, who is he
[21:43] <Koreyan> ?"
[21:44] <Mayard> "That kind never stops with one island."
[21:44] <Carson> Hunh.
[21:44] <Nachttier> "We should continue moving. We waste time here."
[21:44] <Janna> ((BB in a sec, laundry))
[21:44] <Aldante_Fax> "Some no-name mage you probably wouldn't know. Goes by the name of Ossarian."
[21:45] * Yvalphone frowns. "Why are you helping him?"
[21:45] <Koreyan> (( Why does that name sound familiar? ))
[21:45] <Aldante_Fax> He looks at the Paladins, who are about hair's breadth from going Crusades on this whole place.
[21:45] <Carson> (Osiris much?)
[21:45] <Tetra[L]> (( Sounds like Yossarian. From Catch-22.))
[21:46] <Ceol> "Odd name.. but I suggest you stop supplying this man with undead. Violence might break out otherwise."
[21:46] <Koreyan> (( Hmm... Not sure if that's it though. ))
[21:46] <Tetra[L]> "... like it hasn't already..."
[21:46] * Carson nods.
[21:46] <Aldante_Fax> "Well, I'd like to, but I have a service exacted on me. You could always go and kill him, and that would solve all of our problems."
[21:47] <Ceol> "Fine, stand out of the way and let us procede then."
[21:47] <Nachttier> ((Don't threaten the man with a large undead army, *and* theoretical control over one of the PCs.))
[21:47] * Ceol starts to head out.
[21:47] <Carson> Or help. If Ozzy doesn't know, then what's the harm to ya?
[21:47] <Mayard> . o O ( He's going to get us killed, eventually. )
[21:47] <Koreyan> "Erm... Ceol... You might want to be a touch nicer to those who could be your allies."
[21:48] <Koreyan> . o O (Obnoxious cat... why did we agree to bring him along again?)
[21:48] * Yvalphone sighs. "No...I think Ceol is right to be curt with this man."
[21:48] * Mayard realizes he really should be acting a little scared right about now.
[21:48] * Mayard does so.
[21:48] <Ceol> "Nicer? I don't consider undead to be my allies.. they usually are a plague that needs to be wiped out."
[21:48] * Tetra[L] whispers, "If he's helping this mage, why's he want us to kill him...?"
[21:48] * Carson blinks. Kid goes from ballsy to sissy in no time flat...
[21:49] <Yvalphone> "I don't know. Something's not adding up."
[21:49] <Carson> Exactly. You stop being an asshole, Ozzy helps us, and he doesn't have to throw those damn zombies all around.
[21:49] <Aldante_Fax> He frowns and steps back as you hear the sound of melodious steel being drawn, the mound also rolling back. "I can see I've overstayed my welcome. I'll come again," he says and hops back into the waiting arms of the undead mound.
[21:49] <Koreyan> "He looks rather alive to me. And whether or not you realize it, he's helped us a lot already. And could possibly help us more... if he didn't jump back into his zombie wagon..."
[21:49] * Tetra[L] looks around at the steel noise.
[21:49] <Tetra[L]> "What the hell?"
[21:49] * Mayard breathes a quick sigh of relief.
[21:50] <Nachttier> "..."
[21:50] <Carson> We aren't done here - or someone else isn't done.
[21:50] * Mayard then sucks it back in when he hears the steel.
[21:50] <Aldante_Fax> One of paladins seems to have drawn his weapon, which is glowing softly along the runes of the blade.
[21:51] * Janna is looking around, on the wrong side of freaked out.
[21:51] <Nachttier> "Could we get to finishing the task we traveled here for?"
[21:51] <Aldante_Fax> "We must be away," he says, "this place needs to be taken care of," looking about him.
[21:51] <Koreyan> "I'd be happy with that... get there, get back..."
[21:51] <Janna> "Finally a sentiment I can relate to."
[21:51] * Carson looks over and smiles. About time one of these damn Palies used their weapons!
[21:52] * Yvalphone nods.
[21:52] * Tetra[L] nods. "Let's go... we don't have time to waste here."
[21:52] * Ceol is helping Yval foward unless there is resistance. Moving past this area.
[21:52] * Tetra[L] starts truding forward again, paladin on his shoulder.
[21:52] <Tetra[L]> (( Unless they can walk on their own, now? ))
[21:52] <Aldante_Fax> "Alastar, don't," the raven-haired man says. "We've come too far, already, and we can't lose you right now. We have to go."
[21:52] * Janna takes lead, moving stealthily and scouting the area.
[21:52] * Mayard finally lets go of his rifle and puts it back in place.
[21:52] <Tetra[L]> (( trudging, even ))
[21:53] <Aldante_Fax> "I cannot just stand idly by and watch these people stand in the midst of these...Abominations," he spits, brandishing his weapon. It seems like the little adventure you've all been on has been starting to make those Paladins crack.
[21:54] <Koreyan> "Listen... killing them here would just weaken us all."
[21:54] * Mayard looks to the Paladins. "There is a worse thing ahead. We have to pick our battles."
[21:54] <Koreyan> "If we kill the source, they presumably all die."
[21:54] * Carson nods.
[21:54] <Carson> Then let's move.
[21:54] * Janna shrugs indifferently. Whoever wants to throw away his life is welcome.
[21:54] * Tetra[L] looks at everyone. "That's right. We take out the source, not the small fry."
[21:55] <Aldante_Fax> Someone would have to make a Negotiation check, at this point.
[21:55] <Ceol> I can
[21:55] <Koreyan> (( Not me. ))
[21:55] * Janna nominates not her
[21:55] * Nachttier . . o O ( The Paladins really bother me. )
[21:55] * Carson nominates Someone Else.
[21:55] <Tetra[L]> (( I have Etiquette. Not Negotiation. ))
[21:55] <Janna> ((Since, A: She doesn't care, and B: she doesn't have Negotiation.))
[21:55] <Ceol> "Look, it is stupidity to throw your life away here and not deal with the main source.. come."
[21:55] <Tetra[L]> (( And even that's at base. :P ))
[21:55] <Yvalphone> ((Closest thing I'd have to having them listen to me is Etiquette))
[21:55] <Carson> (I could Intimidate)
[21:55] <Ceol> !roll 1d100
[21:55] <Highwind> Ceol - 1d100: 38 ( Total: 38 )
[21:55] <Ceol> (made my 20 )
[21:55] <Mayard> (( Only etiquette, here. ))
[21:56] <Nachttier> (( I can hit them with my sword... >.> ))
[21:57] <Mayard> (( I really wiah Leon was here right now... :p ))
[21:57] <Ceol> (if thats not enough I still got a reroll)
[21:57] <Mayard> (( *wish ))
[21:57] <Koreyan> (( Brb... I needs Ice cream. ))
[21:57] <Aldante_Fax> Alastar looks at Ceol, his teeth bared, before sheathing his weapon and hobbling forward. "Then let us make haste," he says.
[21:57] * Ceol nods
[21:57] <Aldante_Fax>
[Time check. How much time do people have left?]
[21:58] <Ceol> (four hours here)
[21:58] <Yvalphone> ((as much as necessary))
[21:58] <Tetra[L]> (( However long you need ))
[21:58] <Mayard> (( Until 4:00 AM EST, if necessary. ))
[21:58] <Janna> ((I can go all night baby))
[21:58] <Nachttier> (( A few months. ))
[21:58] <Carson> (I'm good here. There's a storm, though, so I may randomly cut out.)
[21:58] <Carson> (I think it's unanimous. You Gm until you fall over!)
[21:58] <Janna> ((Well, until 3-ish AM EST, but I'm sure we'll be done by then.))
[21:59] <Yvalphone> ((I like this starting earlier...it's not even midnight yet!))
[21:59] <Mayard> (( Aye. ))
[21:59] <Tetra[L]> (( I know. :D ))
[21:59] <Carson> (AYE!)
[21:59] <Janna> ((I'd be appreciating it if I had slept last night!))
[21:59] * Tetra[L] nods at everyone, then looks at Janna. "You going to keep leading us, then?"
[21:59] <Tetra[L]> "Or should we just push through?"
[21:59] <Janna> "I seem to be the only one qualified lately."
[21:59] <Ceol> "Push"
[22:00] * Janna takes point sneakily.
[22:00] <Carson> Let's move.
[22:00] <Koreyan> (( As long as necessary. Back, btw. ^_~ ))
[22:00] <Aldante_Fax> You begin to press forwards through the pits of undead at a faster rate. Clearly the effort not to exterminate such large amounts of undead are straining on all of them, even the ones who have been rendered invalid. As you draw nearer to the city, you can see the pits getting larger and the pathways begin to narrow down.
[22:01] <Nachttier> "Impressive. Must have taken years to construct all of this."
[22:01] <Mayard> "Impressive is the wrong word for this."
[22:01] * Tetra[L] just keeps moving forward, not even bothering to take in the scenery.
[22:01] <Carson> What, the city? Yeah... The pits, not so much...
[22:02] * Koreyan shuffles along behind the group, nodding. "As grotesque as it is... a lot of time was put into making this happen. Too bad for him taht we're going to stop it..."
[22:03] <Tetra[L]> "Not like these things'll be missed..."
[22:03] * Janna spends as much time looking for things to steal from the town as she does scouting.
[22:03] <Aldante_Fax> Reality begins to border on surreal as pits of undead begin to stretch farther than the eye can see. Waves of bodies rise and fall much like an ocean, and the constantly changing landscape with the ever-present stench of undead reminding you just where you are. The domed city of Quartz begins to loom large, and as you draw near to it's gates, the ground begins to rumble slightly.
[22:03] <Koreyan> ... "What was that?"
[22:03] <Aldante_Fax> Anybody who cares can make an Engineering * 2 check or any relevant Technical or Lore skill involving machinery.
[22:03] <Tetra[L]> "..."
[22:04] * Carson 's a bit on edge, as is his Rune.
[22:04] <Janna> ((Not even gonna try :P))
[22:04] <Carson> (nothing relevant here.)
[22:04] <Yvalphone> ((what attribute does it use?))
[22:04] <Janna> ((Well, unless Appraisal works.))
[22:04] <Janna> ((Or... bartending. :P))
[22:04] <Koreyan> (( I think we're all fscked on this one... ))
[22:05] <Yvalphone> ((nah, if it uses MAg orSPR I may be able to roll it naturally))
[22:05] <Carson> (yeah.)
[22:05] <Aldante_Fax> Feel free to.
[22:05] <Yvalphone> !roll d100
[22:05] <Highwind> Yvalphone - d100: 51 ( Total: 51 )
[22:05] <Yvalphone> ((MOPE :P))
[22:05] <Mayard> (( I'll give it a shot. ))
[22:05] <Yvalphone> ((-M, +M))
[22:06] <Mayard> !roll 1d100
[22:06] <Highwind> Mayard - 1d100: 39 ( Total: 39 )
[22:06] <Yvalphone> ((Wanna switch?))
[22:06] <Aldante_Fax> Survey says...
[22:07] <Aldante_Fax> It's a clock.
[22:07] <Carson> (We knew that.)
[22:07] <Koreyan> (( That's what's causing the rumbles? Wait... a clock that big would tick pretty loud... ))
[22:07] <Mayard> "I think that's a clock doing that..."
[22:08] <Carson> ...A *clock*?
[22:08] <Nachttier> "Did they not say Quartz was built as a giant clock before we set out on this trip?"
[22:08] <Mayard> "A really big clock."
[22:08] <Carson> ...oh.
[22:08] <Yvalphone> "Let's hope those aren't the ticks."
[22:08] <Koreyan> "... They just might be.""
[22:08] <Janna> "I wonder if there's any trasurte in there."
[22:08] <Carson> (?)
[22:09] <Janna> ((Ew.))
[22:09] <Janna> ((*treaure))
[22:09] * Tetra[L] shakes his head. "We can worry about the clock later. We should keep going."
[22:09] <Janna> ((TREASURE GOD DAMN IT))
[22:09] * Carson nods.
[22:09] <Koreyan> "Janna... I'm sure that if you look in those pits outside, a few of the bodies might have some treasure..."
[22:10] <Aldante_Fax> Looking up at the city, the stories were indeed true: Even the city itself is a giant clock. Stonework and metal slides with clockwork precision along the side of the dome as seconds, minutes, and hours pass. The machinery, while old, seems to have been kept in good running condition. The gates are wide open for anybody to walk in.
[22:10] <Carson> Whoa...
[22:10] * Janna looks at the pits, considers, then wrinkles her nose and decides against it.
[22:10] * Yvalphone forced back a smile at Koreyan's comment. She then took a good look at the city. "Duble whoa..."
[22:10] <Tetra[L]> "... interesting..."
[22:10] <Mayard> "Now this is impressive."
[22:10] <Yvalphone> ((*double))
[22:10] <Koreyan> "Thought you'd see it my way."
[22:11] <Nachttier> ((Do you realize the energy losses to friction that a mechanical clock of this size would have? The place should be very, very warm inside.))
[22:11] <Janna> ((Goddamn physicist.))
[22:11] * ZeroNumber (ZeroNumber@user-12lm765.cable.mindspring.com) Quit (Ping timeout)
[22:11] <Tetra[L]> (( He's right, though... ))
[22:11] <Koreyan> (( Elisha... no physics here. Remember one of the key rules in the FFRPG - IT ISN'T REAL! ))
[22:11] <Aldante_Fax>
[Sure will be, but it won't be too hot because, hey, that would ruin the fun of the city.]
[22:11] <Carson> (Good. Zombies hate fire!)
[22:12] <Tetra[L]> (( So we all take 500 damage from the heat. ))
[22:12] <Nachttier> ((Well, I'm sure there's plenty of air circulation. Just don't touch the clockwork.))
[22:12] <Aldante_Fax> Several other sliding dials also denote the passages of celestial bodies, days and months, even years. Whoever joined hands to build this large wonder would have to have been the best of the best (read: over level 65).
[22:13] <Aldante_Fax> I take it you all are entering?
[22:13] <Carson> (Let's all look for Uniques and the Tarrasque that holds 'em!)
[22:13] <Koreyan> "So... Now that we're here... where do we go?"
[22:13] <Carson> (Fsck it, I dunno how to spell it.)
[22:13] <Mayard> "We finish the job."
[22:13] <Nachttier> "We go to heart of the demon."
[22:13] * Tetra[L] nods at Mayard's comment.
[22:13] * Carson smiles. "Good plan."
[22:13] * Ceol nods
[22:13] <Nachttier> ((+the))
[22:13] <Tetra[L]> "Let's go. We need to finish this." He keeps moving forward.
[22:14] * Mayard takes his rifle out and follows.
[22:14] * Janna stays in front, scouting for loot/danger.
[22:14] * Koreyan looks back out across the endless fields of undead before following the rest of the group into the city
[22:14] * Carson just stays onguard for something to pop out and bite them.
[22:15] * Yvalphone follows the others. The journey was almost over!
[22:15] <Tetra[L]> (( What's the marching order? ))
[22:16] <Mayard> (( I think same as normal, except Janna's out front. ))
[22:16] <Ceol> (( here ))
[22:16] <Aldante_Fax> The party pushes forwards into the city. Pleasantly much warmer than the outside, but the feeling of a tomb is accentuated as the last of you walk in, the massive clockwork slides into it's noontime position, the doors slamming shut on the minute. The interior of the city is just as fantastic as the outside: it seems that everything runs on the same clockwork as the giant clock. Conveyor belts and trolleys all move with the clock in
[22:16] <Aldante_Fax>
[...]
[22:16] <Aldante_Fax>
[That cut, didn't it?]
[22:16] <Carson> (move with the clock in)
[22:16] <Tetra[L]> (( with the clock in... ))
[22:16] <Koreyan> (with the clock in...)
[22:16] <Ceol> ((Janna Tetra--Carson-Nachttier-Mayard-Yvalphone-Ceol--Koreyan ))
[22:16] <Mayard> (( At with th- yeah. ))
[22:16] <Aldante_Fax> practiced synchronization, even shop doors open and close with the time of the day.
[22:16] <Carson> (Sounds suspiciously like a strange rap...)
[22:17] <Aldante_Fax>
[The Poke-rap?]
[22:17] <Carson> (Yes.)
[22:17] <Nachttier> ((...))
[22:17] <Koreyan> (( Shops? LOOTING! ))
[22:17] <Janna> ((LOOT!!!!))
[22:17] <Nachttier> ((bad! I just got over my pokemon Ruby addiction.))
[22:17] <Carson> (I'm with Janna on this, let's go looting.)
[22:18] <Carson> (Because, after all, by July the town will be nothign but a pile of rubble)
[22:18] <Janna> ((No, I go looting, you guys finish the mission.))
[22:18] <Mayard> (( Only if the paladins help out. ))
[22:18] <Tetra[L]> "Mayard." He makes a motion with his hand to come closer to him.
[22:18] <Aldante_Fax> You are all standing on a platform that suddenly begins moving slowly as the doors shut.
[22:18] * Mayard goes up to Tetra.
[22:18] * Yvalphone looks around in wonder. "This place is amazing."
[22:18] * Carson stumbles a bit at the rumbling. "Aw, hel-"
[22:18] * Mayard barely keeps his balance with the sudden movement.
[22:19] * Nachttier takes it all in stoically.
[22:19] * Tetra[L] stumbles a bit at the rumbling, but shortly looks over at Mayard again.
[22:19] <Aldante_Fax> You arrive at a nexus of conveyor belts fairly quickly, a gate on the far end opening as the clock strikes 12:05.
[22:19] <Koreyan> "This place is... yeah... just... wow."
[22:19] * Janna adjusts to the movement. "It's *never* easy..."
[22:19] <Tetra[L]> "You're good with potions, right?"
[22:19] <Mayard> "Yeah, I am."
[22:19] <Mayard> "What do you want me to do?"
[22:20] * Tetra[L] motions to his side pack. "There's a Tonic and Potion in there. Take them."
[22:20] * Mayard takes them. "Okay. Thanks."
[22:20] <Aldante_Fax> Anybody who cares to may make a Awareness/Perception roll at 1/2.
[22:20] <Janna> !roll 1d100
[22:20] <Highwind> Janna - 1d100: 85 ( Total: 85 )
[22:20] <Janna> ((Weak.))
[22:20] <Ceol> !roll 2d6
[22:20] <Highwind> Ceol - 2d6: 1, 6 ( Total: 7 )
[22:20] <Carson> !roll 1d100
[22:20] <Ceol> err..
[22:20] <Highwind> Carson - 1d100: 97 ( Total: 97 )
[22:20] * Tetra[L] nods. "I'd rather have you in charge of that, since it's what you do."
[22:20] <Ceol> !roll 1d100
[22:20] <Mayard> !roll 1d100
[22:20] <Koreyan> !roll 1d100
[22:20] <Highwind> Ceol - 1d100: 77 ( Total: 77 )
[22:20] <Tetra[L]> !roll 1d100
[22:20] <Highwind> Mayard - 1d100: 66 ( Total: 66 )
[22:20] <Highwind> Koreyan - 1d100: 16 ( Total: 16 )
[22:20] <Highwind> Tetra[L] - 1d100: 76 ( Total: 76 )
[22:20] <Nachttier> ((May as well.))
[22:20] <Carson> (...How many Rerolls do I have left?>)
[22:20] <Koreyan> (woot. ))
[22:20] <Nachttier> !roll 1d100
[22:20] <Highwind> Nachttier - 1d100: 64 ( Total: 64 )
[22:20] <Tetra[L]> (( Failure! ))
[22:20] * Nachttier stands agaping.
[22:21] * Koreyan is aware of what goes on around him. =P
[22:21] <Mayard> "I'll make sure they're used well."
[22:21] <Yvalphone> !roll d100
[22:21] <Highwind> Yvalphone - d100: 35 ( Total: 35 )
[22:21] <Carson> (Bah, fine.)
[22:21] * Janna is busy feeling sorry for herself for not getting any loot.
[22:21] <Tetra[L]> "I know you will."
[22:21] <Aldante_Fax> Koreyan notices that along the conveyor belts and throughout the city there are crystals humming in synchronization, even on the smallest object. They are kept fairly well hidden for aesthetic purposes.
[22:22] * Koreyan reaches down and looks at the crystals as they go by. "Hey, what're these?"
[22:23] <Janna> "What?"
[22:23] * Janna looks at what Koreyan is looking at.,
[22:23] <Mayard> "Huh?"
[22:23] * Carson glances back, but stays towards the front and at the ready.
[22:23] <Janna> "!!!"
[22:23] * Koreyan points at the crystals. They're... humming, or pulsing... or something.
[22:23] * Janna appraises the crystals. :P
[22:23] <Janna> !roll 1d100
[22:23] <Highwind> Janna - 1d100: 20 ( Total: 20 )
[22:23] <Janna> ((Appraises them very well. How much are they worth!?))
[22:23] <Mayard> (( WINNAR! ))
[22:24] <Aldante_Fax> Looks like they are highly refined quartz, something hard to find nowadays. They would fetch a good price in any market for their usefulness. They don't call this place Quartz for nothing.
[22:24] <Koreyan> "What are they, Janna?"
[22:24] * Janna goes about trying to steal herself a solid supply of crystals.
[22:24] <Aldante_Fax> You think twice about taking them, though, as it seems that the machinery surrounding it is rather hot.
[22:25] <Janna> "..."
[22:25] <Nachttier> ((Heheheh Go entropy!))
[22:25] <Carson> (Fscking physics.)
[22:25] * Ceol yawns and sways his tail back and forth slowly.
[22:25] <Janna> "Pure quartz. Valuable if you can get them out."
[22:26] <Mayard> "So, how do we get to the center?"
[22:26] <Koreyan> "Hmm... They're rather warm though..."
[22:26] <Aldante_Fax> Thrice, after you sear your fingertips from getting too close to the metal. There are some of the larger crystals set into the floor that are rounded or squared and hum softly, encased in brass or too large to practically haul out.
[22:26] <Tetra[L]> (( I have Ice Strike. I could freeze them for grabbing. :P ))
[22:26] <Carson> (They're break, though, and that would suck.)
[22:26] <Aldante_Fax> Everybody is allowed a Awareness check once again.
[22:26] <Ceol> "We explore"
[22:26] <Janna> !roll 1d100
[22:26] <Ceol> !roll 1d100
[22:26] <Carson> !roll 1d100
[22:26] <Mayard> !roll 1d100
[22:26] <Highwind> Janna - 1d100: 95 ( Total: 95 )
[22:26] <Nachttier> ((Yeah...))
[22:26] <Highwind> Ceol - 1d100: 92 ( Total: 92 )
[22:26] <Tetra[L]> !roll 1d100
[22:26] <Highwind> Carson - 1d100: 32 ( Total: 32 )
[22:26] <Nachttier> !roll 1d100
[22:26] <Highwind> Mayard - 1d100: 96 ( Total: 96 )
[22:27] <Highwind> Tetra[L] - 1d100: 66 ( Total: 66 )
[22:27] <Highwind> Nachttier - 1d100: 24 ( Total: 24 )
[22:27] <Koreyan> !roll 1d100
[22:27] <Carson> (I'm aware, for once!)
[22:27] <Janna> ((Open asscheeks. Insert thumb))
[22:27] <Highwind> Koreyan - 1d100: 78 ( Total: 78 )
[22:27] <Mayard> (( ... ))
[22:27] <Koreyan> (( Not me. ))
[22:27] <Ceol> ( I must be looking at something interesting..)
[22:27] <Aldante_Fax>
[*applauds*]
[22:27] <Yvalphone> !roll d100
[22:27] <Highwind> Yvalphone - d100: 77 ( Total: 77 )
[22:27] <Nachttier> ((Hey, that's exactly what my effective Awareness skill is at. ^^))
[22:27] <Tetra[L]> (( Woot? ))
[22:27] <Nachttier> ((Unless this one is at half again. o_o;;))
[22:28] <Yvalphone> ((Bah, Yval's nearsighted anywho :P))
[22:28] <Aldante_Fax> Many of you are a little too captivated by the scenery and majesty of the place - a common thing, as such places like this are few and far between anymore. The two who are paying attention to the surroundings, though, notice a small cloaked figure scuttle away from view behind a large street clock displaying the current time: 3:10.
[22:29] <Tetra[L]> (( Carson and Nacht, I take it? ))
[22:29] * Carson turns a little to watch where the cloaked one is - er, was. "Anyone else catch that?"
[22:30] <Mayard> "No."
[22:30] <Tetra[L]> "Hmm?"
[22:30] <Nachttier> "I believe I just saw someone behind that clock/sign over there."
[22:30] <Ceol> "catch what?"
[22:30] * Koreyan looks up from the conveyor. "Hmm? Where?"
[22:30] * Yvalphone looks over in the direction. "Are you sure?"
[22:30] <Nachttier> "He was wearing a cloak. And was small in stature."
[22:30] * Janna looks. "Must be our enemy."
[22:30] * Carson nods. "Yeah. Any idea what - or who, I guess - the hell that was?"
[22:31] <Nachttier> "He fled like a rodent, a dark and scheming one."
[22:31] <Koreyan> "Shall we pursue?"
[22:31] * Tetra[L] nods. "Probably our best bet."
[22:31] <Mayard> "If it gets us closer to the center of town, yes."
[22:31] <Carson> Anyone think this... thing's gonna take us anywhere?
[22:31] <Janna> "'Shall we pursue'? Don't be an idiot, of course!"
[22:32] * Carson shrugs. "Guess not," he says, and dashes off.
[22:32] * Nachttier leaps after Carson.
[22:32] <Aldante_Fax> This time, you clearly see him scurrying away into a building as the door shuts closed. A conveyor belt leads you all to Minute Avenue in short order.
[22:33] * Carson hits the door shoulder-first, letting out a little yelp when it doesn't give. "Sunuvabitch, he's fast!"
[22:33] <Janna> "Hmm... the doors are all on timers... I see. Hey, big strong men. Break that door."
[22:33] * Koreyan looks around. "Can we get in there?"
[22:33] <Aldante_Fax> It would appear that the shops are closed today - the one that he just dashed into seemed to be a barber shop. After a minute, it opens again.
[22:33] * Ceol shrugs
[22:33] * Mayard chaecks if there's a lock or hinge to shoot off.
[22:33] * Carson takes a step back, ready to kick it in, but blinks when it opens for him. In he goes!
[22:33] * Janna ducks in as it opens
[22:33] <Nachttier> "It's open again!"
[22:33] * Mayard then stops and goes in.
[22:33] <Janna> "Nevermind, you're still useless!"
[22:33] * Koreyan dives in while the door is open, watching the time.
[22:34] <Aldante_Fax> After you all barrel into the small shop, the door closes shut another minute later.
[22:34] * Yvalphone hops inside.
[22:34] * Tetra[L] goes in also.
[22:34] * Ceol goes in as well
[22:34] <Ceol> "That's my line.. Janna"
[22:34] <Nachttier> "We have the disadvantage here, the resident no doubt knows the schedule these doors are on."
[22:34] <Koreyan> "Then we should see about getting a grasp on it, as well."
[22:34] <Janna> "I'm not the useless one, though."
[22:35] <Carson> YEah, but we can bust one down if we have to... maybe.
[22:35] <Aldante_Fax> It's pretty cramped in here. There are several rooms which you can investigate, and a annex leading to the other buildings of this side of the block.
[22:35] * Koreyan draws his blades and slips into the most immediate room, looking around quickly for signs of life.
[22:35] <Nachttier> ((Hm, this is thinking work, better leave it to the PCs that have higher MAG scores. :p))
[22:35] <Aldante_Fax> Most of the stuff in here has been crafted of high-quality workmanship, though if there were any miscellaneous personal effects here, they're gone, now.
[22:36] * Carson moves towards the back, ready to see if the guy's run off into another building or something.
[22:36] <Janna> ((Anything stealable?))
[22:36] <Aldante_Fax> !roll 1d100
[22:36] <Highwind> Aldante_Fax - 1d100: 30 ( Total: 30 )
[22:36] * Tetra[L] searches the building, rapier at the ready.
[22:36] <Aldante_Fax> There's a clock on the wall that's stopped.
[22:36] * Mayard goes with Tetra.
[22:36] * Janna steals the clock.
[22:36] <Carson> (wind it first!)
[22:36] <Aldante_Fax> A door slides open! Secret collect!
[22:37] <Janna> YES!
[22:37] <Aldante_Fax> The door in question is a trapdoor leading down.
[22:37] * Yvalphone heads for the newly opened door. "Over here."
[22:37] <Nachttier> ((Woo! This is like Zozo. :p))
[22:37] * Koreyan looks back into the room. "What's up?"
[22:37] * Janna takes a second to put the clock in her pack. "Thank you, thank you."
[22:37] <Aldante_Fax>
[Only COOLER, because I made it. :P]
[22:37] <Yvalphone> "Trap door."
[22:37] <Ceol> "Yes, I see"
[22:37] <Nachttier> ((When do we find a chainsaw and some elixers?)
[22:37] <Carson> (CHAINSAW!)
[22:37] <Mayard> (( Elixers! ))
[22:37] * Tetra[L] stops searching and heads to Yval.
[22:38] * Janna peers down the trapdoor.
[22:38] <Carson> (ELIXERSAW!)
[22:38] * Mayard does the same.
[22:38] <Aldante_Fax>
[If I gave you an elixir every time you guys checked a clock I'd be eating dirt right now.]
[22:38] <Koreyan> "Ahh. Gotcha." Koreyan slips back into the room and sheathes his blades before peering into the trap door.
[22:38] <Tetra[L]> (( *laughs* ))
[22:38] * Carson glances back, sees everyone else heading some *other* direction, and follows.
[22:38] <Nachttier> ((brb ice cream!!))
[22:38] <Aldante_Fax> It seems to be hot and stuffy inside there. Gears are hard at work underneath the shop, and a walkway is there to service the clockwork.
[22:39] * Janna hops nimbly down to the walkway. "COme on!"
[22:39] * Koreyan stands at the top of the door. "I guess we go down. Go ahead."
[22:39] * Ceol goes along, looking very bored.
[22:39] * Tetra[L] follows everyone else down the trap door.
[22:40] * Carson takes the rear on the way down.
[22:40] * Mayard follows, too.
[22:40] <Aldante_Fax> Guide rails prevent you from touching the gears as you all file down into the secret passageway.
[22:40] * Yvalphone looks around in wonder.
[22:40] * Janna sweats profusely in the heat, and still looks for more things to steal for the greater good.
[22:40] <Aldante_Fax> Janna's makeup is running.
[22:41] * Tetra[L] looks back to make sure the paladins are following all right.
[22:41] * Janna takes the lead very quickly
[22:41] * Koreyan helps the paladins down the ladder and closes the door behind him as he goes down.
[22:42] <Nachttier> ((Mmm. Icecream.))
[22:42] <Aldante_Fax> As you reach the end, it widens out into a large and roomy grated surface with a desk at one end and a whole host of tools arrayed along the walls. Standing next to these tools is the small cloaked figure, with a very real looking ranged weapon. "S...Stay back! I have nothing for you!"
[22:42] <Nachttier> "The hell you do not."
[22:42] * Mayard has his own ranged weapon ready. "What are you doing here?"
[22:42] <Koreyan> "Who are you?"
[22:42] <Janna> "What's your name, little fellow?"
[22:42] <Koreyan> (( Wow... 20 questions. )
[22:42] * Tetra[L] looks at this strange little man.
[22:42] * Janna flicks a knife into her fingers.
[22:43] * Carson just stands there, being The Muscle. "Start talking now."
[22:43] <Tetra[L]> (( Or woman, as the case could be ))
[22:43] <Aldante_Fax>
[Hey, look, it's Dr. Wily!]
[22:43] <Janna> ((OH CRAPCAKES!))
[22:43] <Carson> (Dibs on Bubble Lead!)
[22:43] <Janna> ((I want Metal Blade!))
[22:43] <Mayard> (( Metal Blade! ))
[22:43] <Mayard> (( Dammit! ))
[22:43] <Janna> ((PWNED!))
[22:43] <Koreyan> (( I want Ice man! ))
[22:44] <Carson> (...)
[22:44] * Ceol raises a brow and flicks back abit of his crimson hair. "Cooperate or die, sound good?"
[22:44] <Aldante_Fax> The man holds the weapon steady. "I...I don't want to hurt you all, just please leave me alone. I just want to live in peace..."
[22:44] <Carson> So does everyone else.
[22:44] <Ceol> "I plan to get information from you, first."
[22:44] * Janna kisk Ceol in the shin.
[22:44] <Janna> *kicks
[22:44] * Carson nods at the kick.
[22:44] <Nachttier> "That certainly explains the large undead army out there."
[22:44] * Ceol looks down at the hit.. and looks up to Janna. "Again and I promise you will be in great pain." looks back over to the man.
[22:44] <Mayard> "Okay, then why are you still here?"
[22:44] <Koreyan> "Dammit..." Koreyan steps forward and looks at the man. "We're not going to hurt you. Who are you?"
[22:45] * Yvalphone looks at the man wearily. "Drop the weapon and maybe we can talk a bit more rationally?"
[22:45] * Carson shifts his eyes from the ass to the cloak.
[22:45] * Mayard lowers his rifle a bit.
[22:45] <Janna> "Whatever, I've been worked over by better. Smarter, too."
[22:45] <Mayard> "That's enough from you two."
[22:46] * Nachttier looms.
[22:46] * Carson nods.
[22:46] * Ceol ignores Janna and waits to hear what the man says
[22:46] <Aldante_Fax> "Have you -seen- what's out there? It's foolhardy to try and make it out of this city alive." He keeps his weapon steady. "D-don't make me have to use this...If you put your weapons, I will put away mine..."
[22:46] * Koreyan turns and nods to Mayard, then puts his blades away. "Agreed."
[22:46] * Mayard lowers his rifle.
[22:46] * Tetra[L] looks at the man for a moment, then sheaths his rapier.
[22:46] <Mayard> "Fair enough."
[22:46] <Nachttier> ((And then he shoots us.))
[22:46] <Mayard> "We're actually here to stop those undead."
[22:46] * Janna spins her knife in her fingers and it dissappears down her sleeve.
[22:46] * Carson crosses his arms, still trying to be The Muscle.
[22:47] <Janna> "So, come on. Good faith. We're trying to help you, and you can help us do that."
[22:48] <Mayard> "If you can help us to the town center, we'll make sure you have nothing to worry about."
[22:48] <Aldante_Fax> He lowers his sidearm. "N...No. I can't. They'll take more of my body parts to use. I can't afford to lose any more flesh or else I'm going to die."
[22:48] <Koreyan> "Body parts?!? What do you mean?"
[22:48] * Yvalphone is resting on her staff. "What do you mean?"
[22:48] <Tetra[L]> "... what the...?"
[22:48] <Ceol> "Where is the man in charge..."
[22:49] <Aldante_Fax> "M-man in charge? He holes himself up in the center of the city, with his roving gigantic patchwork undead...It's horrible..."
[22:50] <Ceol> "How do we get to him?"
[22:50] * Mayard gestures to the paladins.
[22:50] * Koreyan nods. "Do you know how we can get to him?"
[22:50] <Mayard> "We can keep you safe."
[22:50] <Carson> (...Lotsa room for them thar paladins.)
[22:50] <Aldante_Fax> "You just go to the center of the city, he's right there...How can you not know how to get to the center of the city?"
[22:51] <Koreyan> "I meant... any other ways."
[22:51] <Ceol> "Take us there, less backtalk"
[22:51] * Carson glances at Ceol, hopefully with a look that says 'please, shut UP now!'.
[22:51] <Aldante_Fax> He puts his hand back on his sidearm. "I cannot go back there. No matter what."
[22:52] <Koreyan> "If this entire place is a clock, then... dammit Ceol, will you shut up?... Can you at least show us a way, if you know of one?"
[22:52] <Carson> *sigh* Jumpy little bastard...
[22:52] * Ceol smirks. "Funny how when I talk things get accomplished."
[22:52] <Tetra[L]> "At least point us in the right direction."