Old MacDonald's Farm: The Great Sheep Robbery
GM: Tempest
PC's: Aurel Sele (Human White Caller/further information unknown; played by Aaron Lighttrain), Hyperion (TaruTaru Time Mage/bombman; played by Leebot), Kitsuko Mitama (Human Black Caller/the Caller with the least issues; played by Leminex), Kehl Moonpaw (Okami Magic Knight/??????; played by dinomanm3), Misato Isumi (Mithra Samurai/practiced displaced seppuku; played by Sekhmet), Mogel (Moogle Red Mage/??????; played by mattwolfewvu)
Bad-ass Inspectors: Teucer, Typhoon, Demoinc Gerbil, Remora (as non bad-ass Inspector J'Rai), Gullwhacker, Saanjun, Captain Vittles, eldersphinx
Special Guest Star: Ramuh, as himself
Your friendly bot: Highwind
[18:06] * Tempest56 taps on the GM's Mic. "Starting in three, two, one..."
[18:06] * GenLeon has left #generica
[18:07] * PT_Hyperion is now possessed by the ghost of "Leebot"
[18:07] < Tempest56> You've all heard of Farmer MacDonald. Old MacDonald's been farming the same patch of land for longer than any of you have been alive - it's an absolutely massive plot, not far outside the city, on which crops and livestock of all sorts are produced.
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[18:07] < Tempest56> Old MacDonald is also well known, because he has the absolute worst luck ever. There's always something constantly going wrong on his farm.
[18:08] < Tempest56> One year, it was a plague of giant locusts. Another, a volcano erupted in the middle of his corn. Every year, sometimes several times a season, something goes horribly, horribly wrong on Old MacDonald's farm.
[18:09] < Tempest56> But somehow, he always manages to pull through. But because of this, he's a long-time customer of the Adventurer's Guild, who he often hires to help take care of the problems. He's a prefered customer, after all the jobs he's given out.
[18:10] < Tempest56> This year's been a particularly bad one so far for him. You're responding to the fourth incident this year on his farm - hopefully, it won't be another reappearance of something one of the earlier groups reported, about vampire gophers.
[18:10] < Mogel> ( any relation to demonic gerbils? )
[18:10] * Jason`Ganymede is now known as Mister_Fantastic
[18:10] < Tempest56> Your contact is MacDonald's own personal man at the Guild, a tall, lanky fellow, who's seen quite a few days out in the fields. And there he is, ready to brief you on the latest failures of MacDonald's luck.
[18:11] * Mister_Fantastic is now known as Jason`Ganymede
[18:12] < Tempest56> "So, you're the latest crop, huh?" Your contact doesn't seem particularly impressed, but he's seen a lot of young Guild members over the years. "What do you folks know about sheep?"
[18:12] < PT_Hyperion> "They're whit and fuzzy."
[18:12] < PT_Hyperion> *white
[18:12] < Misato> "That they are small, fluffy, provide wool for clothing, and taste delicious with mint jelly," the samurai deadpans.
[18:12] < Mogel> "If you make one mad, they can be baaaad news!"
[18:13] * Kitsuko looks equally unimpressed and doesn't waste breath anwsering that.
[18:13] * Kehl is a wolf. And he's being asked about sheep? Hooboy. "I know enough. Fluffy, smelly. Dumber than dirt."
[18:13] < PT_Hyperion> "...or black and shiny, depending on when they last had a hair cut."
[18:14] < Tempest56> "That'll have to do. I hope you know enough, because you're going to have to find them. Y'see, the Old Man's herd has vanished. Now, before you start making any wise comments, this isn't one or two sheep vanishing."
[18:14] * Misato arches an eyebrow. "How many sheep?"
[18:14] < Kitsuko> "An entire herd?"
[18:15] * Hideo is now known as Teucer[Gone]
[18:15] < Tempest56> "We had six hundred sheep disappear. They disappeared inside of about two minutes, leaving no tracks, no trace and no clues."
[18:15] < Mogel> "Hmm, sounds like magic of some sort."
[18:15] * Aurel folds his arms in front of him, tilting his head to the side.
[18:16] < Kitsuko> "Lovely,"
[18:16] < Tempest56> "That's why I've been told to hire you folks. Head down to the farm, check things out, find the sheep and bring them back. It shouldn't be too difficult, as long as you do better than the last bunch of yahoos the Guild sent us."
[18:16] * Kehl deadpans, "Six hundred. Cart them back on our shoulders, will we?"
[18:17] < PT_Hyperion> "We might be able to make use of whatever caused them to disappear in the first place."
[18:17] * Kitsuko smirks vaguely, "Who was the last person to see these sheep?"
[18:18] < Tempest56> "They're sheep. They walk. That should be the easy part. As for who saw them last, that would be the shepherd who was watching them at the time. He went off to use a bush, and when he came back, they were all gone."
[18:18] < PT_Hyperion> ((Was he afraid the sheep would peek?))
[18:19] < Kitsuko> "We'll talk to him then, where could we find him?"
[18:19] < PT_Hyperion> "Alright, then. To the farm!"
[18:19] < Mogel> "Let's hope the sheep didn't buy the farm."
[18:20] < Tempest56> "Jimmy would be at the farm still. He's a bit broken up about things, though. Last I saw, he was crying into his dog."
[18:20] < Kehl> Crying into his... okay, let's just find him and get this over with. *eyes the others* Hopefully with a minimum of bad puns.
[18:20] * Misato mms. "I see. We should perhaps speak with him, next."
[18:21] * Kitsuko nods, "Last, have you search anywhere for the sheep yet yourself, or simply contacted us due to the oddness of the situation?"
[18:22] < Tempest56> The man nods. "We tried to look for them, but it didn't make any sense. Six hundred sheep, all penned up, vanishing in only a few minutes. The pen was still closed and locked, there weren't any tracks going out, and unlike last time, there weren't any holes in the ground for them to have gone down. So the Old Man sent me to find Guild folks pretty quickly."
[18:23] < PT_Hyperion> "Last time?"
[18:23] < Kitsuko> "Interesting times, Hyperion. There is more on heaven and earth then you would wish to know."
[18:23] < Tempest56> Again, the man nods. "Yeah. Giant worm ate them. But that was pretty obvious, since it left a ten foot wide hole in the middle of the pen."
[18:24] < Kitsuko> "Shall we get a move on, its easier to herd sheep then transport mutton."
[18:24] * Mogel hopes that he looks different enough from sheep to avoid any giant worms.
[18:24] * PT_Hyperion chuckles softly to himself. 1"This guy sure does have bad luck!"
[18:24] < Misato> "Indeed. Let us be off. We can learn more at the site."
[18:24] * PT_Hyperion repeats, 1"To the farm!"
[18:25] < Tempest56> ("To Oz?" "To Oz!")
[18:25] * Aurel nods... "Let's go, then."
[18:25] < Misato> (*whaps Carl*)
[18:25] * PT_Hyperion starts out towards the farm.
[18:25] * Misato bows politely to the man before departing.
[18:25] * Kehl moves out with the rest.
[18:25] * Mogel heads out as well.
[18:26] < PT_Hyperion> ((Follow the yellow brick toad, follow the yellow brick toad...))
[18:26] < Tempest56> The trip to the farm is quite easy. It's only a short trip outside of town, along a major road. You can't really get lost, and you're there by about noon. Where you want to go is also pretty obvious, since the side-track to the farm leads straight up to the large farmhouse where, presumably, Old MacDonald lives.
[18:27] < Mogel> Well, we should find Jimmy and see what he knows.
[18:28] < PT_Hyperion> Not to mention Old Mac
[18:28] * Kitsuko makes a general study of the farm with a hint of boredom in her eyes. "The question would be where Jimmy is, I suggest we talk to the old man first."
[18:28] < Tempest56> And Old MacDonald is there, sitting on the front porch and whittling. Jimmy is also in attendance - or at least, you assume it's Jimmy, since he's clinging desparately to either a sheep dog or the hairiest cow you've ever seen.
[18:29] * Misato flicks an ear. "Indeed. I believe that may be him." She pauses. "Do Sasquatch walk on all fours, these days?"
[18:29] < PT_Hyperion> ((How do you know how hairy of a cow I've seen?))
[18:29] * Kitsuko gives a slight bow to Old MacDonald.
[18:29] < Tempest56> (I would be worried if it wasn't.)
[18:29] < PT_Hyperion> "Greetings, Mr. MacDonald. We're from the guild."
[18:29] * Misato bows in greeting to the man and boy, as is her wont. "Greetings, sirs. We have come to search for your sheep."
[18:29] < Kitsuko> "Kitsuko Mitama reporting from the Adventure's guild. I have heard you seem to be missing a few sheep." She adds blandly.
[18:29] * Kehl glances at Misato. "I had an uncle that looked like that when he was asleep."
[18:30] < Tempest56> The farmer takes a moment to spit. "You're the Guild folks that Elroy hired? Good, good." He smiles broadly, missing more than a few teeth. "What can I do to help you out in solving this mystery?"
[18:30] * Misato flicks an ear at Kehl. "I... see."
[18:30] < PT_Hyperion> "Well, do you know of anyone who may wish to steal your sheep?"
[18:30] < Kitsuko> "I was wondering what exactly happened leading up to the disappearance of the sheep, then the events directly after."
[18:31] < Mogel> "...particuarlly someone powerful enough to just make them vanish like that?"
[18:31] * Misato eyes Jimmy curiously as he clings to his dog.
[18:31] < Tempest56> Old MacDonald scratches his chin. "Nobody that I can think of. There was this one fella who had some serious problems with me a few years ago, but he was complaining about my apple trees, not the sheep."
[18:32] < Mogel> "Hmmm, did you see anything Jimmy?"
[18:32] < PT_Hyperion> "Anything unusual happen lately...err...more unusual than usual?"
[18:33] < Tempest56> Jimmy also pipes up, sniffling loudly and occasionally wiping his nose on the stoicly silent dog/cow. "Nuffin' unus'al was happen'd. They wuz grazin', I turn'd 'roun an' they wuz gone!"
[18:33] < Misato> "Did you hear anything odd? Or perhaps smell something odd?"
[18:33] * Kehl crouches down and peers closely at the side he assumes is the dog's head. "It's possible the sheepdog saw something. Jimmy, was, er... he out with you when it happened?" It -might- be a he.
[18:33] < Tempest56> The farmer shakes his head at Hyperion. "Nothing. Just the usual. Mole people, crop circles and a small ninja invasion. Nothing too different."
[18:33] < Mogel> "Ninjas? ..."
[18:34] < PT_Hyperion> "Like the ones attacking Cassin Keep?"
[18:34] * Aurel idly pats the dog, doubtful that they'll glean any useful information from either of these two.
[18:34] * Kehl eyes the farmer. "Was it a small invasion of ninjas or an invasion of small ninjas?" Hey, better make it clear.
[18:34] < Misato> (lol)
[18:35] < Tempest56> Jimmy snuffles a bit more. "Nuffin'. They did start makin' a fuss, but by the time I got t'ere, they wuz all gone! Rufus might've seen somethi'n, but e's blind in one ear."
[18:35] * Kitsuko coughs politely, "So they were grazing then Jim, and you...turned away for a bit and they were simply gone?"
[18:35] < Tempest56> MacDonald clarifies for Kehl, at the request. "An invasion of small ninjas. 'Bout a foot tall each. And flying. They mostly just stole tomatoes."
[18:35] < PT_Hyperion> ((Neither of my ears can see, either))
[18:35] * Misato looks vaguely irked. "We are accomplishing little here. Perhaps we should investigate the field for ourselves."
[18:36] < Kitsuko> "Agreed."
[18:36] < Tempest56> Jimmy nods, eyes barely holding back huge tears.
[18:36] < Aurel> "It's all right, Jimmy. The same would've happened to anyone else. We'll figure out what happened."
[18:36] * Kehl nods slowly. "Thanks. And.. these sheep. Did they have any identifying characteristics? Besides being sheep, that is. Marks? Any have strange patterns in their wool?"
[18:37] < Tempest56> "Nope," states MacDonald. "They were just plain ordinary sheep."
[18:37] * Misato mutters softly, checking her katana. "Of all the missions I could have joined, I chose a farm expedition. The spirits mock me."
[18:37] < PT_Hyperion> ((How can this guy have ordinary sheep?))
[18:37] * Kitsuko smiles blandly to Misato, "Life is never what you fully expect it to be."
[18:37] < Mogel> "Well Misato, at least were not underwater this time."
[18:37] < Mogel> *we're
[18:37] < Tempest56> (Ordinary, yes. Traumatized, yes.)
[18:37] * Misato hisses softly at Mogel.
[18:37] < Kitsuko> "Which way to the field?"
[18:38] * PT_Hyperion points to the field
[18:38] < Misato> "Mind your tongue, lest you lose it."
[18:38] < Tempest56> MacDonald points to the west. "About a mile thataway. Just follow the dirt path and the signs labeled 'Sheep'."
[18:38] < Kitsuko> "How...handy."
[18:38] * Kitsuko heads off in that direction.
[18:38] < Tempest56> "I care for my farmhands, but they ain't all the most intelligent types."
[18:38] * PT_Hyperion heads west.
[18:39] * Mogel mutters under his breath "Geez, some people..." and then says to Misato "I meant that as a good thing!"
[18:39] * Misato bows shortly to the farmer and the boy before heading towards the path labelled 'Sheep', tail switching in irritation.
[18:39] * Kehl hangs back a moment and looks at the dog carefully again. If the dog will let him, he'll try to snag a loose hair, then follow the others.
[18:39] * Mogel follows Misato...at a safe distance.
[18:40] < Tempest56> The dog stands perfectly still and silent. It may be stoic. It may be dead. It's hard to tell.
[18:40] < PT_Hyperion> ((If everybody grabbed a hair from that dog, it'd look like a cow by now))
[18:40] * Aurel nods to the two men, managing a weak smile, then turns and follows down toward the field.
[18:41] < Tempest56> The field labeled 'Sheep' is easy to find. Not only are there signs with the word 'Sheep' on it leading to it, there's a large wooden outline of a sheep attached to the side of the pen. There's a nice little hill overlooking the pen, complete with a serene tree and a little rock for sitting. The pen, even at a glance, appears to be perfectly fine. It's not broken, it doesn't appear to have been smashed or anything. Aside from the
[18:42] < Misato> (from the)
[18:42] < Tempest56> Aside from the lack of sheep, it all looks perfectly normal.
[18:42] < PT_Hyperion> "Maybe we should check out that hill."
[18:43] * Misato pauses to look around the pen's gate.
[18:43] < Mogel> "Good idea Hyperion."
[18:43] * Kitsuko glancing about the area in thought.
[18:43] < PT_Hyperion> "Then again, with this guy's luck, it'll turn out to be an ancient burial mound."
[18:43] * Kehl walks over to the gate and kneels down, carefully looking for any signs of tampering. Or anything out of the ordinary.
[18:44] * PT_Hyperion shrugs. 1"Well, I'm going to check it out anyway. Anyone want to come with me?"
[18:45] < Tempest56> The hill is about what you'd expect from a hill that's normally inhabited by a very bored boy. There's small bits of former lunches scattered around, a couple of kid's magazines, and two very worn spots - one on the rock, one next to it. A boy and his dog.
[18:45] < Tempest56> The rest of the hill is pretty boring. The tree is an elm. The rock is a rock. The grass is grass.
[18:46] < PT_Hyperion> ((How good a view of the pen does it give?))
[18:46] < Tempest56> The pen's door is also perfectly intact. The lock doesn't appear to have been tampered with, the hinges are fine, and there are no tracks leading out of the pen - at least, none recently.
[18:46] < Tempest56> From the hill, you can easily see the entire pen, as well as everything for a good hundred meters or so, all the way up to the edge of the nearby woods.
[18:46] * Aurel walks the length of the fence for a few moments before allowing a small frown.
[18:47] * Misato ponders a moment before hopping the fence, and wandering into the paddock proper.
[18:47] * Mogel points to the woods. "Perhaps we should check out over there."
[18:47] < PT_Hyperion> ((Where's the nearest bush?))
[18:47] * Kehl opens the latch on the gate and swings it back and forth a few times. Does it squeak at all?
[18:48] < Kitsuko> "When in doubt wander around aimlessly? Lovely."
[18:48] < Tempest56> The nearest bush is at the bottom of the hill, on the opposite side from the pen.
[18:48] < Tempest56> The gate squeaks loudly, yes. It definetly needs some serious oil.
[18:48] * PT_Hyperion walks to the bush, pauses for about 15 seconds, and walks back, attempting to estimate the entire time.
[18:48] < Tempest56> The interior of the pen is covered with a low layer of grass, mostly eaten by the sheep. There's sheep tracks *everywhere*, but that's not all that surprising, given there were six hundred sheep here before.
[18:49] < Tempest56> (Kehl, Misato, Aurel, gimme an Awareness check.)
[18:49] < Kehl> Hmmm. The gate wasn't opened, or Jimmy would have mentioned a noise..
[18:49] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[18:49] < Misato> !roll 1d100
[18:49] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 21 ( Total: 21 )
[18:49] < Highwind> Misato - 1d100: 27 ( Total: 27 )
[18:49] < Tempest56> You'd estimate the walk time is about two and a half, maybe three minutes, Hyperion.
[18:49] < Aurel> !roll 1d100
[18:49] < Highwind> Aurel - 1d100: 56 ( Total: 56 )
[18:50] < PT_Hyperion> (Bit more than what was said before, but Jimmy may just walk fast)
[18:50] < Tempest56> Alright, all three of you spot it, since it's not a very difficult thing to notice. The grass is kind of odd. Outside of the pen, it's a nice, rich green colour, just what you'd expect given the good soil. Inside, it's an odd blue-green shade.
[18:50] < Tempest56> Not very different, but it's odd that there would be a difference.
[18:50] < PT_Hyperion> ((Side-effect of magic?))
[18:51] < Tempest56> (That, I'm not telling. :D)
[18:51] * Misato looks down at her boots, and blinks. It's like she's walking on water. This makes her shiver, and stoop to investigate a little more.
[18:51] < Kehl> I don't know too much about farming.. but can a different, err... fertilizer like sheep have an effect on grass coloring?
[18:51] < Misato> "I am unsure. I have never seen grass this colour."
[18:51] < Aurel> "It's possible...can't say I've ever seen it, either."
[18:52] < Misato> (6* Misato has never been to Kentucky.1)
[18:52] * PT_Hyperion heads towards the fence (and probably isn't hearing this conversation).
[18:52] * Kitsuko wanders over the Misato humming slightly at their discovery.
[18:52] < Kitsuko> (Checking magic lore to see if I know anything about it)
[18:52] < Tempest56> (Roll 'em.)
[18:52] * Mogel heads towards the group inside the pin.
[18:52] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d100
[18:52] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d100: 75 ( Total: 75 )
[18:53] < PT_Hyperion> (Awareness for me)
[18:53] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[18:53] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 92 ( Total: 92 )
[18:53] < Tempest56> Your best guess is that this may have been the result of somebody playing with a Fire spell and several buckets of paint, but that's really it.
[18:53] < Tempest56> Meanwhile, Hyperion fails to notice it at all.
[18:53] < PT_Hyperion> ((The grass is red!))
[18:53] * Misato plucks a handful of the strange grass, toying with it in her hands.
[18:53] * Kehl reaches over to pick a blade of the grass inside the pen and sniffs it carefully. (Any smell out of the ordinary from grass?)
[18:53] < Mogel> (roll for me as well?)
[18:54] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[18:54] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 78 ( Total: 78 )
[18:54] < PT_Hyperion> ((How tall is the fence?))
[18:54] < Tempest56> Mogel manages to notice.
[18:54] < Tempest56> The fence is about waist-high. On a human.
[18:54] < Aurel> "Odd as it may be, this doesn't give us a lead if we don't understand what the discoloration indicates."
[18:54] < Tempest56> The grass, upon further inspection, feels a tiny bit strange. Sightly slick, like it was wet.
[18:54] < Misato> "Does it extend outside of the pen, anywhere?" she asks, squinting to try and spot it.
[18:54] * PT_Hyperion attempts to climb over the fence and reach the rest of the group.
[18:55] < Mogel> (roll for Arcade Lore, might as well)
[18:55] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[18:55] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 46 ( Total: 46 )
[18:55] < PT_Hyperion> (Should be reasonably easy, even for a Taru Taru)
[18:55] * Misato wrinkles her nose. "This feels... vaguely slimy. How unpleasant."
[18:55] < Kehl> (Any out of the ordinary scent to it?)
[18:55] < Tempest56> Mogel knows there's grass there. But it doesn't seem to ring any bells for him.
[18:55] < Tempest56> Nope, no odd smell.
[18:56] < Tempest56> (Yes, you can climb the fence. I'm not that anal, even if it would be funny if you botched it. ;)
[18:56] * Aurel crouches and runs his hand over the grass.
[18:56] < Kehl> (Okay... Can I do a roll for Monster Hunting Lore to see if I recognize anything that turns grass colors and slimy like that?)
[18:56] < PT_Hyperion> ((I have had GM's that bad))
[18:57] < Tempest56> Thus far, the grass: 1) is blue. 2) is wet. 3) smells normal. 4) doesn't seem to be particularly magical, as far as you can tell.
[18:57] < Tempest56> (You can try.)
[18:57] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[18:57] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 51 ( Total: 51 )
[18:57] < Tempest56> Aurel gets his hands all... blue.
[18:58] < Tempest56> Zowar Triva Time: Did you know that an exploding Grenade can turn things blue? Though that's usually from the flames, and they don't stay that way very long.
[18:58] * Aurel sighs and stands, rubbing his fingers together....
[18:58] * PT_Hyperion reaches the rest of the group and says, 1"Well, I checked out the hill. It's exactly what you'd expect given a boy who sits there with his dog all day. Even a convenient bush near the base. You guys find anything?"
[18:58] < Tempest56> (In response to the Monster Hunting Lore.)
[18:58] * Aurel bows his head slightly and closes his eyes, muttering under his breath... "Mind's eye, grant me sight..." (Sight)
[18:59] < Tempest56> Everybody else who's been playing with the grass should notice it's leaving faint blue streaks behind. And it's messing up your shoes.
[18:59] * Misato looks down at her now-blue hands, then her boots, and frowns. "What sort of deviltry is this?"
[18:59] < Kitsuko> "Yuck,"
[18:59] < PT_Hyperion> "Why so blue?"
[18:59] < Misato> "Very ... punny." She gives Hyperion a bit of a dirty look.
[19:00] * Kehl turns over the blade of grass a few times. He recalls the little trivia from a Grenade he once had to help take out, but doesn't think it's too useful. "Paint? Maybe the sheep were stolen by a mad artist."
[19:00] * Kitsuko gives Hyperion a quick shove sending him stumbling into the wet blue grass.
[19:00] * Mogel meanwhile, is fluttering madly with his wings, trying to keep himself as blue goop free as possible.
[19:00] * PT_Hyperion slips and falls down.
[19:00] < Kehl> (AFK a minute...)
[19:01] < PT_Hyperion> ((Can I assume I've noticed the blue grass by this point?))
[19:01] < Tempest56> (Yes, you've noticed.)
[19:01] * Misato sighs quietly. "Where could one stow six hundred sheep, that may be possibly blue?" The forest gets eyed askance. "Perhaps..."
[19:02] < Kitsuko> "Better then sitting around in a sheep's pen."
[19:02] * Mogel pointed out the forest from the top of the hill.
[19:02] < Tempest56> (Aurel, Kitsuko, gimme a check.)
[19:02] < Kitsuko> (for?)
[19:02] * PT_Hyperion brushes himself off, standing up. 1"Bleh, got grass in my mouth." ((Does it taste odd?))
[19:02] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d100
[19:02] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d100: 65 ( Total: 65 )
[19:03] < Tempest56> (I'm not telling you what for yet. ;D)
[19:03] * Misato begins to stroll towards the other side of the pen, the one nearest the forest. She hadn't heard Mogel from the top of the hill, after all.
[19:03] * Aurel rubs his chin, and speaks rather distantly... "Someone's carved a small trail into the forest a fair distance from here. And there's something of a trail leading from here to the trail."
[19:03] * Mogel heads towards the forest as well, again trying to avoid getting too blue.
[19:03] < Tempest56> (Aurel, 1d100 check? :)
[19:04] * Misato flicks an ear at Aurel. "Indeed? Hm."
[19:04] < Aurel> !roll 1d100
[19:04] < Highwind> Aurel - 1d100: 49 ( Total: 49 )
[19:04] < Tempest56> Something lightly tickles the back of Aurel's mind. There's something... something... And it comes to his mind, just in time to see Hyperion eating the grass. Which, Aurel remembers, is a BAD THING.
[19:05] < Tempest56> Sadly, Hyperion has indeed already ingested some of the grass. And the effects of the chemicals Aurel just recognized spread on the grass kicks in.
[19:05] * Aurel seems a tad confused...a lot of information to absorb... "I mean...there's a path worn in the grass from here to the forest trail. A very thin path...nothing a herd --!"
[19:05] < Misato> (... oh no.)
[19:05] < Tempest56> Hyperion starts to go upwards. And is now floating aproximately six inches off the ground.
[19:05] < Misato> (Oh, I thought he was gonna acid trip.)
[19:05] < Mogel> (( Don't eat the blue flan! ))
[19:05] < Kitsuko> "Well doesn't this just explain everything."
[19:06] * PT_Hyperion looks down.
[19:06] < Teucer[Gone]> ((That eould have been comedy gold.))
[19:06] < PT_Hyperion> ((Well, I am high))
[19:06] * Aurel snaps out of his trance and stumbles over to Hyperion. "What in blazes are you doing ingesting things you don't know anything about!"
[19:06] < Mogel> (( see, I'm not the only Punny person here ))
[19:06] * Kitsuko licks her finger and holds it up to estimate wind current.
[19:06] < PT_Hyperion> "Uh... well, I got pushed down, and some of it got in my mouth..."
[19:07] < Mogel> "What does it taste like?"
[19:07] * PT_Hyperion tries walking a bit.
[19:07] * Misato pauses a moment at all the ruckus, and *blinks* as she spots a floating Taru Taru. The samurai puts one hand on her hip while the other pushes back her helmet in awe. "Now... I have seen everything."
[19:07] < Tempest56> (For reference, Hyperion, you now are Floating until stated otherwise. :D Unfortunately, this also means you're not touching the ground. So you can't really *walk*, just waggle your legs in the air.)
[19:07] < Teucer[Gone]> ((We all float down here...))
[19:08] * Kitsuko heads off in the direction that the wind is blowing.
[19:08] < PT_Hyperion> "It tastes like grass, only a bit more greasy."
[19:08] * Mogel goes over and pushes Hyperion towards Kitsuko.
[19:08] < Tempest56> (For your reference, Aurel, you do recognize, though only vaguely, the chemical compound spread on the grass. It's definetly not natural.)
[19:08] < Tempest56> The wind is blowing westwards, towards the woods.
[19:09] * Misato sighs quietly. "This would explain why the boy heard nothing, and why the dog did not bark in the night." Pause. She frowns. Where'd that come from?
[19:09] * Aurel sighs. "At any rate, we need to be going to the forest. This would explain the lack of sheep tracks, and I think I have a lead."
[19:09] < Kitsuko> "Flying sheep in the woods, or so logic would suggest.
[19:09] < PT_Hyperion> "Hmm... maybe we should head toward the woods..."
[19:09] < Kitsuko> "How unfortunate it is not pigs."
[19:09] < PT_Hyperion> "Anyone wanna try pulling me down?"
[19:09] < Kehl> (Back)
[19:09] * Misato shrugs slightly, and hops the fence to continue her way to the forest. "Why is that, Kitsuko?"
[19:09] * Silphion has joined #generica
[19:09] < Misato> "Someone leash the Taru Taru."
[19:10] < PT_Hyperion> ((Take note: sometimes recklessness solves mysteries a lot more quickly than playing it safe.))
[19:10] < Misato> "I do not care to be chasing floating Time Mages while chasing floating sheep."
[19:10] < Kitsuko> "Because as Mr. "Lets eat grass" has proven, its hard to move when you are floating. The forest is only 2 minutes away. With a good single gust it'd take them all there."
[19:10] * Mogel pushes Hyperion along, towards the woods.
[19:10] < Tempest56> (Well, in about five more seconds, Aurel would have discovered what it was. :D)
[19:11] * Kehl nods to Misato. "Anyone have some rope? It wouldn't do for him to float off at a bad moment."
[19:11] * N_X[Steelers] is now known as Newbie_X
[19:11] < PT_Hyperion> "If I float away, I can just stab my staff into the ground to stabilize myself."
[19:11] * Aurel wipes his hands on his shirt and uncoils his whip, stretching the end toward the floating one. "Here, hold onto this. We should hurry while I can still see into the forest."
[19:12] * PT_Hyperion grabs the whip.
[19:12] < Kehl> (Taru Taru balloons! Three for a dollar!)
[19:13] < Tempest56> The trip to the woods is pretty simple. Even with a floating mage to deal with. Once you get there, all of you can see a small, thin path that's been used as a shortcut into the woods.
[19:13] * Misato nods towards Aurel. "Indeed." She pushes forward, careful to wipe her hands on her pants and makes a mental note not to lick her hands anytime soon.
[19:13] < Tempest56> Kehl, Misato, you can spot that there's been somebody here fairly recently - there's a set of tracks here.
[19:13] * Misato stops momentarily, stooping to investigate the tracks further.
[19:14] * Kitsuko watches Misato stop and raises an eyebrow, "Company?"
[19:14] * Kehl waves a hand toward the others. "Careful not to step on the tracks. Better keep behind so we can see where they're going."
[19:14] * PT_Hyperion glances around at the trees, looking for any stray, white hairs.
[19:14] < Tempest56> (Care for rolls, if you're going to investigate, you two?)
[19:14] < Misato> "Someone, or something, has come this way not too long ago."
[19:14] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[19:14] < Misato> !roll 1d100
[19:14] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 27 ( Total: 27 )
[19:14] < Highwind> Misato - 1d100: 17 ( Total: 17 )
[19:15] < Misato> (*nudges Kehl*)
[19:15] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[19:15] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 18 ( Total: 18 )
[19:16] < Tempest56> The trackers both score big. The tracks aren't hidden or anything - it was a human or humanoid, who walked down the path, stopped at the edge of the woods, then turned around and went back.
[19:16] < Tempest56> And no, there's no wool in the trees.
[19:16] < Mogel> Hmmm, could Jimmy have actually seen what happened?
[19:16] * Misato blinks. "They.. turned around?" She looks up to confirm what she reads with Kehl.
[19:16] < PT_Hyperion> "If the sheep were just blown in by the wind, they'd likely have scraped up against some trees."
[19:16] < Mogel> Or could it have been whomever spread the goop.
[19:17] * Kehl nods to Misato. "Jimmy's maybe?"
[19:17] < Kitsuko> "They come this direction? Of course, they wait for the sheep to float here then return with them in haul."
[19:18] < Tempest56> The tracks lead further into the woods, down the path. Up ahead, you can just sort of see another, larger pathway that goes through the woods. The tracks lead in that direction.
[19:18] < PT_Hyperion> "Let's sum up what we believe: Someone spreads goop over field; sheep eat said goop; sheep float; wind blows sheep towards forest; someone takes sheep into forest from edge."
[19:18] < Mogel> Follow the tracks, they seem to be our only clues so far.
[19:18] < Kitsuko> "Now this is worth checking out."
[19:18] * Kitsuko wanders off in that direction
[19:18] * Mogel heads down the trail, following the tracks, but being careful to not mar them.
[19:18] * Misato frowns slightly, looking further down the path. "Let us press on, but walk to the side of the tracks. We must not lose anything that might give us clues."
[19:19] * Kitsuko nods to Misato and does just that.
[19:20] * Aurel closes his eyes a moment to regain his bearings, and follows, taking careful watch not to run the TaruTaru into random forestal objects.
[19:20] * Kehl steps along the path on the side opposite Misato. "Let's hope the trail stays readable further into the woods."
[19:20] < Tempest56> The small walk leads to a semi-road that goes through the middle of the woods. The tracks obviously reach here, but then turn northwards, before disappearing into a variety of other tracks. This seems to be a side-road of some sort, probably used by the farmhands to transport things.
[19:20] * Misato quirks a brief smirk at Kehl. "Indeed."
[19:21] * Kehl crouches down near where the tracks move into the mess. "It'll be -really- hard to follow anything through that..." He'll try anyway, though.
[19:22] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[19:22] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 11 ( Total: 11 )
[19:22] * Misato squints at the mess of tracks before her, and lets Kehl take a closer look at them. She knows she can't make hide or hair of the mess in front of her.
[19:23] < Tempest56> Even with all the 'noise' on the ground, it's possible to tell which way your set of tracks go. North, straight down the middle. A second set of human tracks join them, too. No sheep, though.
[19:24] < Mogel> Well, let's keep following the tracks.
[19:24] < Kitsuko> "Any luck wolfboy?"
[19:25] * Kehl stays crouched down, not worried about getting his hands muddy. "Yeah... Looks like he had a friend, too. They went.." He takes a few steps forward along the direction of the footprints, then points farther across the road. "That way."
[19:26] * Misato flicks her tail as she waits for the verdict from Kehl.
[19:26] < Tempest56> You continue northwards, following the pair of tracks. It's an easy walk, the road is peaceful, the sun is shining, the breeze is cool, and there's a small shack sitting next to the road with a pole across the path.
[19:27] < Mogel> (( and Bingo was his name-o))
[19:27] < Tempest56> No, really. There's a little building by the side of the road that's blocking the path with a long pole. And there's a little 'Stop' sign on the pole.
[19:27] < PT_Hyperion> "Shall we enter that shack?"
[19:28] * Kitsuko arches an eyebrow
[19:28] < Kehl> "Hmmm. Someone doesn't want anybody else going further."
[19:28] * Misato pauses, eyeing the blocked path. "What is this, now?" she mutters, gaze drifting from pole to shack.
[19:28] < Kitsuko> "Its worth investigating..."
[19:28] < Tempest56> Suddenly, the shack chirps cheerfully. "Hello, friend traveler! Welcome to the St. Cid Memorial Toll Road! I hope that you've had a good journey so far, and that you'll have an even better one after this! Insert 100 Gil per traveler to continue!"
[19:28] < Misato> "... the old man told us nothing of this."
[19:29] < Mogel> (( how about we insert some weapons...I ain't paying no toll))
[19:29] < Kitsuko> "That is a little steep"
[19:29] < PT_Hyperion> ((How hard will it be to trek through the forest a bit to get around?))
[19:29] < Tempest56> (Not very. It doesn't look to be mobile, since it's a building.)
[19:30] < PT_Hyperion> "Seen any sheep lately?"
[19:30] * Kehl pokes at the bar lightly. "Is this thing automated or is there someone inside there?"
[19:30] < Misato> "I have never heard of this road." She eyes the pole again, and puts a hand on it to try and see if it moves at all.
[19:30] * Aurel mumbles... "I'd think one could make a few more gil setting up a toll road somewhere other than the middle of absolutely nowhere...."
[19:30] < Tempest56> "The price is reasonable, when you consider that it goes to a good cause! And sheep get a discount! 100 Gil per traveler, plus 10 Gil per sheep, please!"
[19:30] * Misato pricks an ear. "Sheep?"
[19:31] < Aurel> "A good cause?"
[19:31] < PT_Hyperion> "And what good cause is this?"
[19:31] < Mogel> "Pray-tell, what cause? And has there been a large group of sheep recently?"
[19:32] * Kehl pokes at the bar again. "Good cause, hmm? Hey you, inside the booth. Going to let us see your face?"
[19:32] < PT_Hyperion> "I think the shack itself is talking..."
[19:32] < Tempest56> The shack's pole wobbles a bit at the prodding, as the entire thing moves around. Maybe it *is* mobile. "The St. Cid Memorial Toll Road uses all procedes to upkeep the road, keep it safe, and in good condition! Especally for sheep, if you have sheep! 100 Gil per traveler, please!" It doesn't seem to be particularly intelligent.
[19:32] < Tempest56> And it definetly has a one-track mind.
[19:33] < Kitsuko> "I don't know, this road seems to be in rather shoddy condition, I think you are scamming us."
[19:33] < Mogel> "What happens if we don't pay the toll?"
[19:33] < Kehl> "How much are sheepdogs?" He's curious! Don't look at him that way!
[19:33] < PT_Hyperion> "Do you fix up the road yourself, or do you hire a team of contracters?"
[19:33] * Misato looks ready to climb over the pole blocking the road, her hand on the hilt of her katana.
[19:34] * CV[AFK] is now known as Captain_Vittles
[19:34] < Tempest56> "The St. Cid Memorial Toll Road is in prime condition! There is no better road anywhere! It is mantained by dozens of dedicated workers! Even sheepdogs love it! The only ones who don't like it are people who try to use it without paying the tool, because they are beaten with sticks! 100 Gil per traveler, please!"
[19:35] < Aurel> "You might as well try to pull teeth from a duck. Don't waste your breath on this contraption."
[19:35] * Misato draws Kotetsu.
[19:35] < Tempest56> The toll booth waggles the pole to punctuate the 'beaten with sticks' part.
[19:35] * PT_Hyperion starts laughing at the hilarity of the situation
[19:35] < Misato> "I have not such a toll."
[19:35] < Mogel> (( I'm game to blast it to smithereens, if you all are ))
[19:36] * Misato brings her katana above her head with a snarl, ready to cleave the pole in two.
[19:36] < Tempest56> The booth continues to drone on happily about sticks and tolls and roads and sheep and dogs and pretty flowers and shiny things.
[19:36] * Kehl stares at the booth. "What -are- you, in there. Some runt gazebo or something? Or just a very bored person with issues?"
[19:36] < PT_Hyperion> ((I'm definitely not going anywhere))
[19:36] < Misato> (omg IT'S A GAZEBO)
[19:37] < Kitsuko> (A Gazebo? I shoot an arrow at it and see how it responds)
[19:37] < Misato> (:D)
[19:37] < Tempest56> It seems completely oblivious about any preparations to destroy it, go around it, or anything else. If there's a real person in there, they're the stupidest person you've ever seen.
[19:37] * Misato brings Kotetsu down with a vengeance.
[19:37] < Tempest56> Pre-emptive round!
[19:37] < Misato> "ENOUGH."
[19:37] * Aurel sighs. "Perhaps we should find an alternate route...."
[19:37] < Misato> (omg)
[19:37] < Misato> (again)
[19:37] < Tempest56> Battle order: Misato:16 Hyperion:14 Aurel:14 Mogel:13 Kitsuko:11 Kehl:10
[19:38] * Kitsuko leaps back and charges up a good old fire spell.
[19:38] < Tempest56> Toll_Bot doesn't act this turn, due to it continuing to blather on about things.
[19:38] * Silphion is now known as Sil[HAAS]
[19:38] < Tempest56> "The St. Cid Memorial Toll Road also loves kitties!"
[19:38] < Tempest56> (Misato?)
[19:38] * Misato goes Ginsu on the Stop sign.
[19:38] < Misato> !roll 1d100
[19:38] < Highwind> Misato - 1d100: 83 ( Total: 83 )
[19:39] < Tempest56> Hits.
[19:39] < Misato> !roll 1d10+27
[19:39] < Highwind> Misato - 1d10+27: 4 ( Total: 31 )
[19:39] < Tempest56> A chunk of the pole gets cleaved off.
[19:39] < Tempest56> "The St. Cid Memorial Toll Road loves to dance in the flowers while naked!"
[19:39] < Tempest56> Hyperion?
[19:39] * PT_Hyperion shoots off a bomb at the shack, shuddering.
[19:39] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[19:39] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 74 ( Total: 74 )
[19:39] < Tempest56> Nailed.
[19:39] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d8+44
[19:39] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d8+44: 5 ( Total: 49 )
[19:40] < Tempest56> Boom. It starts to smoke a bit.
[19:40] < Tempest56> "The St. Cid Memorial Toll Road is friend to all children!"
[19:40] < Tempest56> Aurel?
[19:40] < Kehl> "...How does a toll road dance?"
[19:40] < Aurel> "You might want to let go of the whip for a moment or two, friend. I'm not very good with it to begin with."
[19:40] * PT_Hyperion lets go of the whip.
[19:40] < Aurel> !roll 1d100
[19:40] < Highwind> Aurel - 1d100: 97 ( Total: 97 )
[19:40] < Tempest56> Whiff. Sorry. :D
[19:40] < Kitsuko> (Bwah ha)
[19:41] * Aurel staggers. "Case in point..."
[19:41] < PT_Hyperion> ((...and the whip flies right back into my hand))
[19:41] < Misato> (Maybe Hyperion should have held on. We know how much a dwarf gets tossed for, what about a Taru Taru?)
[19:41] < Tempest56> (I would have given a +1 DS for attacking with a Taru Taru attached.)
[19:41] < Tempest56> "The St. Cid Memorial Toll Road is low in cholesterol and high in fibre!"
[19:41] < Tempest56> Mogel?
[19:41] < Mogel> (( Can't hit a broad side of a barn, or Toll Booth))
[19:41] < Mogel> chop chop
[19:41] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[19:41] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 19 ( Total: 19 )
[19:41] < PT_Hyperion> ((but I would have likely taken that damage))
[19:41] < Tempest56> Hits, obviously.
[19:41] < Mogel> !roll 1d10+12
[19:41] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d10+12: 9 ( Total: 21 )
[19:42] < Tempest56> (And your Blindtouch?)
[19:42] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[19:42] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 10 ( Total: 10 )
[19:42] < Misato> (How could you blind a Toll Booth? o_O)
[19:42] < Mogel> (sorry used to attacking immune Ninjas with it)
[19:42] < Tempest56> The stupid thing shakes a bit more. And is blinded, but you're not really sure how, since it doesn't have any eyes.
[19:42] < Tempest56> "The St. Cid Memorial Toll Road once went to the Moon, and came back with a nose disease that it sold to science!"
[19:42] < Tempest56> Kitsuko?
[19:42] < Misato> (...)
[19:43] < PT_Hyperion> "This guy tells worse stories than I do..."
[19:43] * Kitsuko clentches her hand till it glows and crackles then grins smuggly as she thrusts her hand out towards the Toll Bot connecting to it with a single bolt of electricity (Casting Lightning)
[19:43] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d100
[19:43] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d100: 77 ( Total: 77 )
[19:43] < Tempest56> Hits.
[19:44] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d8+40
[19:44] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d8+40: 2 ( Total: 42 )
[19:44] < Tempest56> Weak to Lightning. And it really sizzles at that one.
[19:44] < Kitsuko> (So I was hoping)
[19:44] < Tempest56> "The St. Cid Memorial Toll Road is my favourite flavour of cheese!"
[19:44] < Tempest56> Kehl?
[19:44] * Kehl shakes his head. "I can't believe we're attacking a toll booth..." He sighs and swings out with his halberd.
[19:45] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[19:45] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 58 ( Total: 58 )
[19:45] < Tempest56> Hiiiits.
[19:45] < Kehl> !roll 1d12+20
[19:45] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d12+20: 10 ( Total: 30 )
[19:45] < Tempest56> And one of the windows comes flying off, along with the cheery plaid curtains.
[19:46] < Tempest56> " Attempts to evade paying toll detected! Engaging GENOCIDE MODE. Have a happy day!"
[19:46] * Misato pauses a moment. "Genocide mode?"
[19:46] * PT_Hyperion isn't sure whether he should roll his eyes or shudder.
[19:46] * Kehl blinks. "Maybe it's going to hit us with sticks now?"
[19:46] < Tempest56> Battle order: Aurel:12 Mogel:11 Toll_Bot:11 Misato:10 Hyperion:10 Kehl:10 Kitsuko:8
[19:46] * PT_Hyperion settles for raising an eyebrow.
[19:47] * Misato snarls, hunkering down. "Then let us hit it first!"
[19:47] < Tempest56> (Aurel?)
[19:47] * `Peter has joined #generica
[19:48] < Kehl> (After it's dead, does it become a Phantom Tollbooth? *runs*)
[19:48] < Misato> (!)
[19:49] * Adam[FFX] has joined #generica
[19:49] < Aurel> (Sorry, had to step away a second)
[19:49] < Aurel> "Perhaps this is premature, but I'm not taking any chances...."
[19:49] < Tempest56> (No worries.)
[19:49] * Aurel begins chanting under his breath to call the Sylphs.
[19:50] < Tempest56> Goes off on 6.
[19:50] < Tempest56> Mogel?
[19:50] * Mogel laughs, "Stabitha taught me this one!" and stabs at the Toll Booth.
[19:50] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[19:50] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 94 ( Total: 94 )
[19:50] < Tempest56> Whiff.
[19:50] < Mogel> (whee)
[19:50] < Kitsuko> (she taught you that, eh?)
[19:50] * Misato snorts softly at Mogel. "Stabitha did not teach you to hit, I see."
[19:51] < Tempest56> The toll booth suddenly sprouts armor. The entire thing, within seconds, is encased in a thick layer of steel. "Anti Assault Wall mk.8 Engaged! Arming Death Cannon!"
[19:51] < Tempest56> (Toll_Bot now has Protect(4).)
[19:51] < Tempest56> Misato?
[19:51] * Mogel suddenly has a large stain appear in his pants.
[19:52] * Misato stares at the now *armored* Toll Booth, and grips her katana tighter. "This only makes it interesting," she snarls as she swipes at the thing again.
[19:52] < Misato> !roll 1d100
[19:52] < Highwind> Misato - 1d100: 73 ( Total: 73 )
[19:52] < Tempest56> Hits.
[19:53] < Misato> !roll 1d10+27
[19:53] < Highwind> Misato - 1d10+27: 7 ( Total: 34 )
[19:53] < Typhoon> (Use Kotetsu next time.)
[19:53] < Misato> (Why? Aurel is Calling.)
[19:53] < Misato> (:P)
[19:53] < Typhoon> (Yes, but Protect.)
[19:53] < Tempest56> The slice pings off, but takes a chunk of the armor off. It doesn't seem to be very *good* armor.
[19:53] < Tempest56> Hyperion?
[19:53] < Typhoon> ('Sides, nothing to lose except a bit of time...)
[19:54] < Misato> (So I stand there and do nothing for a turn? Nuh uh. I'd like to save the Caller's MP and Ethers. Call it altruism.)
[19:54] * PT_Hyperion makes a small cannon appear in his hands, lights the fuse, and shoots off a fancy bomb at the shack.
[19:54] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[19:54] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 69 ( Total: 69 )
[19:54] < Tempest56> Boom.
[19:54] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d8+44
[19:54] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d8+44: 7 ( Total: 51 )
[19:54] < Tempest56> Indeed, boom. Another large chunk or three comes off.
[19:54] < Tempest56> Kehl?
[19:55] * Kehl takes another swing with his halberd. "So when does it start trying to hit us with sticks again?"
[19:55] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[19:55] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 4 ( Total: 4 )
[19:55] < Tempest56> Crit.
[19:55] < Kehl> (How do I do the multiplying again?)
[19:55] < Misato> (Nice.)
[19:56] < PT_Hyperion> ((,200%))
[19:56] < Misato> (!roll dice+damage,200%)
[19:56] < Tempest56> (Dice+numer,multiplier)
[19:56] < Kehl> !roll 1d12+20,200%
[19:56] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d12+20,200%: 6 ( Total: 52.0 )
[19:56] * Aurel experiences a minor lapse in concentration, wondering whether it was possible he overestimated the toll booth...which is a tad disturbing in and of itself....
[19:56] < Misato> (Very nice.)
[19:56] < Tempest56> And the halberd goes straight through the machine. It's sparking wildly now, and babbling about Death Cannons and flowers.
[19:56] < Tempest56> Kitsuko?
[19:57] < Kitsuko> (Woh I got scrolled up somehow)
[19:57] * Kitsuko charges lightning and both hands and tries to fry the bastard.
[19:57] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d100
[19:57] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d100: 11 ( Total: 11 )
[19:58] < Tempest56> Zap.
[19:58] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d8+40
[19:58] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d8+40: 4 ( Total: 44 )
[19:58] < Tempest56> And the whole mess of shack collapses in on itself, making a small flaming pile of wood, metal and sticks.
[19:58] < Tempest56> Final Attack: DEATH CANNON!!!!!11111
[19:58] * J`Rai has joined #Generica
[19:58] < Tempest56> (No, not really.)
[19:58] < Misato> (*kicks*)
[19:59] < PT_Hyperion> ((I already did a death cannon, anyway))
[19:59] * SSFSX17[EVNova] is now known as SSFSX17
[19:59] < Tempest56> The DeAtH CaNnOn fires off. Several dozen sticks shoot up into the air.
[19:59] * GenLeon has joined #generica
[19:59] < Kehl> "Huh. It really -was- going to just hit us with sticks."
[19:59] < Typhoon> (...Is the MP for the Call that didn't go off still spent?)
[19:59] * GenLeon has left #generica
[19:59] < Tempest56> (Nope.)
[19:59] < Typhoon> (Good.)
[19:59] * Misato nods, satisfied, as the booth goes down in flames. She then pulls out a small piece of pressed white linen, and wipes her katana clean. "With that irritation out of the way, shall we continue?"
[19:59] < Tempest56> (It didn't happen before the end of battle, so it's aborted.)
[20:00] < Tempest56> The party gains 142XP each, and 342 Gil.
[20:00] < Tempest56> !roll 1d100
[20:00] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d100: 63 ( Total: 63 )
[20:00] < Tempest56> And there's a little Tonic bottle laying amidst the rubble.
[20:00] < Tempest56> " The St. Cid Memorial Toll Road is temporarily closed.... "
[20:00] < PT_Hyperion> ((Can I try to Poach it?))
[20:00] < Tempest56> (You can *try*...)
[20:00] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[20:00] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 44 ( Total: 44 )
[20:00] < Mogel> (I will as well)
[20:00] < Tempest56> (One poach per monster. :D)
[20:01] < Mogel> (bah
[20:01] < Tempest56> Succeeds, though. Try to see what you can find.
[20:01] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[20:01] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 89 ( Total: 89 )
[20:01] < Kehl> (Are those sticks it shot just normal sticks?)
[20:01] < Tempest56> Nada.
[20:01] < Tempest56> (Just sticks.)
[20:01] < PT_Hyperion> (with imaginative, I have a better chance anyway)
[20:01] * Misato pauses to pick up the Tonic bottle. "Does anyone require this?"
[20:01] < Tempest56> (It's a toll booth. Like it would really have a Death Cannon. :D)
[20:01] < Misato> "I have plenty of my own restoratives."
[20:01] < Typhoon> (Why not? ^^)
[20:01] < PT_Hyperion> ((It did have battle armor))
[20:02] < Demonic_Gerbil> ((I arm my toll booths with death cannons.))
[20:02] < Adam[FFX]> ((Elisha would.))
[20:02] < Mogel> ((I arm all my death cannons with toll booths.))
[20:02] < Tempest56> That whole stupid event out of the way, you can continue to follow the tracks down the road. They seem to have stopped by the tollbooth briefly, but by all apperances they actually *paid*. Which is probably where that money came from.
[20:03] * Misato shrugs, and pockets the Tonic herself, then, since no one else seems to claim it.
[20:03] < PT_Hyperion> ((Did the Poach find anything?))
[20:03] < Tempest56> (Nope.)
[20:03] * Kitsuko shakes her head ruefully. "Lets get on with this."
[20:03] < PT_Hyperion> ((*shrugs*))
[20:04] * Misato resheathes her weapon gracefully. "The tracks continue beyond here, correct Kehl?"
[20:04] * Mogel nods his head. "I agree, let us continue after that foolishness."
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[20:04] * Kehl shakes his head. "I wonder who bothered to stick this crazy tollbooth out here." He shrugs and crouches down again, trying to make out the tracks so he can follow them again.
[20:04] < Kehl> (Want another roll there?)
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[20:05] * Aurel extends his whip to Hyperion again. "At least this is useful in some application, hmm?"
[20:05] < Tempest56> (Nah, you know what to look for, so they're easy to find again.)
[20:05] * PT_Hyperion grabs it. 1"Better than my old 'Wand of Wussiness.'"
[20:05] * Kehl points out the tracks to Misato. "Remember, let's keep off them as we follow. Hope we didn't waste too much time here..."
[20:05] < Tempest56> The tracks eventually lead up to a small cave in a rocky hill. While deviating from the path, the two sets of prints lead up the hill and into the cave. There's an odd green glow coming from inside the entrance.
[20:06] < Kitsuko> "Lovely."
[20:06] < Mogel> "Hmm, a cave, perhaps a sheep storage center."
[20:07] * Misato pauses at the mouth of the gave, eyeing the green glow. "This does not look promising."
[20:07] < PT_Hyperion> "I'll be sure not to eat whatever's causing that glow."
[20:07] < Misato> "How endearing," she comments dryly, drawing her weapon again.
[20:07] < Tempest56> As you approach, you can also hear some strange chanting noises and.. well, the smell can be best described as extremely raunch.
[20:07] < Kehl> "Forboding green glows rarely do look promising."
[20:07] * Mogel moves to take a closer look and, ugh, smell as well.
[20:07] * Misato wrinkles her nose, one hand to her nose. "Do you hear that?"
[20:07] < Misato> +face -second nose
[20:08] < Tempest56> (You have a second nose?)
[20:08] < Misato> (Don't even.)
[20:08] < Misato> (I will come over there.)
[20:08] * Kehl covers his nose. "Yes. I can smell it too. Urgh.."
[20:08] < Tempest56> (Entering loud and destructive, or quietly and carefully, folks?)
[20:09] < Tempest56> (Or just throwing grenades in?)
[20:09] < Mogel> (Anyone have a fire spell, perhaps it'll clear out the stench, and whatever else is in there.)
[20:09] * Misato inches a bit closer to the entrance, trying to keep quiet. But she's a tall Mithra in heavy armor. Clanking is in her job description.
[20:09] < PT_Hyperion> (Or throwing Taru Taru in?)
[20:09] < Tempest56> (The smell is not natural gas. You can't throw a fire spell in and ignite it.)
[20:09] * Kitsuko doesn't believe in stealth unless it includes blowing things up
[20:10] < Mogel> "A floating Taru in robes would be rather quiet."
[20:10] < Tempest56> (Okay, are you going to try to be *relatively* stealthy, or just start shooting, perhaps, is the better question.)
[20:10] < PT_Hyperion> "If we're too reckless, we might harm the sheep."
[20:10] < Misato> (I'm attempting to be quiet. CLANK)
[20:10] < Kitsuko> (Won't shoot till we see the whites of their eeys."
[20:11] < Mogel> "Bah, let's go, we'll never find the sheep standing out here!"
[20:11] * Mogel motions towards the cave, and starts to head in.
[20:11] < Misato> "And irritate whomever might be the sheep thief," she notes softly, before motioning for silence with an irritated wave of her six-fingered hand.
[20:11] < Demonic_Gerbil> ((If we're too reckless, we might commit dirty deeds with the sheep.))
[20:11] < Tempest56> From the enterance, you can see the whole grisly and strange scene. In the center of the cave, there's a man dressed in black, standing over a bubbling green glowing cauldron, chanting. Next to him is some guy in a gas mask and rubber overalls.
[20:12] < Kehl> "He
[20:12] < Mogel> "What in the world are you all doing?"
[20:12] < Demonic_Gerbil> ((* Sheep gets an arrow up its butt, "Baaaaa!!"))
[20:12] < Tempest56> Off to the side, there's a pen full of paniced, floating sheep. They look about as stable as mental patients on PCP. On the other side of the guy, there's some more sheep. Except they're not in a pen. And they look far too calm, standing there in dead silence.
[20:12] < Tempest56> (Those with some form of magical lore, gimme rolls.)
[20:12] < Kehl> "He's dressed in black. Got to be up to something." (Any chance we can make out what he's chanting?)
[20:12] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[20:12] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 2 ( Total: 2 )
[20:12] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d100
[20:12] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d100: 58 ( Total: 58 )
[20:12] < Aurel> !roll 1d100
[20:13] < Highwind> Aurel - 1d100: 72 ( Total: 72 )
[20:13] < Tempest56> You all get the basic jist of it, but Mogel definetly understands it. There are some things man is not meant to dabble in. He's messing with one of those things. Necromancy.
[20:13] < Kehl> (Undead sheep!)
[20:13] * Misato ... stares. "This does not bode well."
[20:13] < Tempest56> (Zombie sheep.)
[20:13] < Demonic_Gerbil> ((Vampire sheep.))
[20:13] < Mogel> (Ok, necromancer killing time!)
[20:13] < Kitsuko> (Undead Sheep fucker!)
[20:14] * Mogel draws his sword and motions for the others to strike at once.
[20:14] < PT_Hyperion> (Maybe he was responsible for the vampiric gophers)
[20:14] * Kehl draws his halberd, but... "
[20:14] < Adam[FFX]> ((No, you think?))
[20:14] < Kehl> (Stupid enter key.)
[20:14] < Kehl> "Wait. There were -two- sets of tracks. Where's the other guy?"
[20:15] < PT_Hyperion> ((Two guys in there))
[20:15] < Kitsuko> (There were two other people, which are here)
[20:15] < Mogel> "Uhmmm, there are two guys in there, and there are six of us, let's stop them before they violate any more sheep."
[20:15] < Tempest56> As you prepare, there's an explosion of green vapor, and another zombie sheep rises up out of the cauldron, bleating the sound of a tortured soul, bound in eternal undying suffering and torment, like having it's soul sheared.
[20:15] < Kehl> (*cough* Misread, neeeeevermind)
[20:15] * Kitsuko nods in slow agreement waits for the poky fighters to get in range then charges up a fireball.
[20:15] * Misato stares, slack-jawed. "That is.. against all things natural."
[20:16] < Demonic_Gerbil> ((Sheep. Soul. Sheared. -_-))
[20:16] * PT_Hyperion starts muttering incantations, a translucent missile appearing nearby.
[20:16] * Mogel readys his sword and steadies his mind for magic, as the temperature drops around him.
[20:16] * Kehl stares. "Zombie sheep. That's so very, very wrong. We should stop him before he can make more of them."
[20:16] < Tempest56> "BWAhAHAHAHA!" The necromancer cackles madly. "Soon, my army of undead sheep will be ready! Then it can help me capture hundreds of victims to form into a *real* zombie army! AND THEN I CAN TAKE OVER THE WORLD!"
[20:17] < PT_Hyperion> "That's enough encouragement for me to kick his ass."
[20:17] < Kitsuko> "BURN PERVERSE OF SHEEP!"
[20:17] < Mogel> (( Ok, I'm casting Ice on the psycho necro before he notices us))
[20:17] * Misato steps forward, authoritative as ever, Kotetsu in hand as she points at the necromancer. "I am afraid not, misguided creature! We have come for the sheep, step away from the cauldron and you shall not be hurt."
[20:17] < Kitsuko> (+r+
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[20:17] * Misato adds on, "much."
[20:17] * PT_Hyperion shoots off his missile.
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[20:17] < Misato> (OMG KEEP THAT IN YOUR PANTS HYPERION)
[20:17] < PT_Hyperion> (Bomb cast on necromancer)
[20:17] < Mogel> (( OMG ))
[20:18] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[20:18] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 93 ( Total: 93 )
[20:18] < Mogel> ( Ice on necromancer )
[20:18] < Tempest56> (WHIIF!)
[20:18] < Mogel> ( Blizzard, whatever )
[20:18] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[20:18] < Kitsuko> (Fire on necromancer)
[20:18] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 42 ( Total: 42 )
[20:18] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d100
[20:18] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d100: 58 ( Total: 58 )
[20:18] < Tempest56> (Wham. Wham.)
[20:18] < PT_Hyperion> ((auto-misses on magic?))
[20:18] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d8+40,125%
[20:18] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d8+40,125%: 5 ( Total: 56.25 )
[20:18] < Mogel> !roll 1d8+44
[20:18] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d8+44: 3 ( Total: 47 )
[20:18] < Tempest56> (Not auto-miss, but this guy's got a good MDef.)
[20:18] < Kitsuko> (He might have really high Mdef)
[20:19] * Misato is surrounded by blazing spells. Bad. Ass.
[20:20] < Tempest56> There's a chaotic blast of power, and all hell breaks loose.
[20:20] < Tempest56> (Pre-emptive round spent with all those blazing spells.)
[20:20] < Tempest56> Battle order: Kitsuko:17 Hyperion:16 Kehl:16 NecroShepherd:16 Zombie_Sheep1:15 Zombie_Sheep4:15 Aurel:14 ChemicalBrother:13 Mogel:11 Zombie_Sheep3:10 Misato:9 Zombie_Sheep2:9
[20:20] < Tempest56> Kitsuko?
[20:20] < PT_Hyperion> "The missile didn't work so let's try...
[20:20] * Kitsuko falls up the hasty fireball with a lightning blast.
[20:21] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d100
[20:21] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d100: 64 ( Total: 64 )
[20:21] < Tempest56> Hits.
[20:21] < Mogel> (don't lightning the guy in the rubber suit)
[20:21] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d8+40
[20:21] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d8+40: 3 ( Total: 43 )
[20:21] < Kitsuko> (Against the necro of course)
[20:21] < Tempest56> The poor guy sizzles, still trying to react the the sudden invasion.
[20:21] < Tempest56> Hyperion?
[20:21] * PT_Hyperion creates a small, translucent, robotic spider on the ground, which runs over to the necromancer and explodes.
[20:22] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[20:22] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 92 ( Total: 92 )
[20:22] < Tempest56> Misses again.
[20:22] < Mogel> hehe
[20:22] < PT_Hyperion> "Grr..."
[20:22] < Tempest56> Kehl?
[20:23] * SSFSX17 is now known as SSFSX17[Dinnering]
[20:23] * Kehl tries to get in there amidst the spells flying this way and that, his halberd beginning to glow green... (Poison Strike on the NecroShepherd.)
[20:23] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[20:23] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 56 ( Total: 56 )
[20:23] < Tempest56> Hits.
[20:23] < Kehl> !roll 1d12+20
[20:23] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d12+20: 4 ( Total: 24 )
[20:23] < Tempest56> And Poison?
[20:23] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[20:23] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 4 ( Total: 4 )
[20:23] < Misato> (verra nice.)
[20:23] < Tempest56> A quick slice staggers the necromancer again, and he drops to a knee as scorching poison hits him.
[20:23] < Kehl> (Woot!)
[20:25] < Tempest56> The NecroShepherd snarls. "You won't get away with this! I shall rule all with my army!" Growling, he points back at Kehl. "Taste your brand of suffering!"
[20:25] < Tempest56> !roll 1d100
[20:25] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d100: 79 ( Total: 79 )
[20:25] < Tempest56> Hits.
[20:25] < Tempest56> !roll 1d8+32
[20:25] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d8+32: 1 ( Total: 33 )
[20:25] < Tempest56> !roll 1d100
[20:25] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d100: 62 ( Total: 62 )
[20:26] < Tempest56> And the Poison *barely* misses. But still, Kehl gets enveloped by a green cloud. (25 points of damage.)
[20:26] * Kehl coughs and hacks anc backs away a bit. "I'll take.. the generic grand next time, thanks.."
[20:27] < Kehl> (Generic -brand-. Bah. Puns no work if I typo.)
[20:27] < Tempest56> Zombie Sheep 1 lets out a war-like "Baaaaaah!" and charges the party. Closest target: Mogel, ever hated by Highwind.
[20:27] < Tempest56> !roll 1d100
[20:27] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d100: 64 ( Total: 64 )
[20:27] < Tempest56> Hits.
[20:27] < Tempest56> !roll 1d8+24
[20:27] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d8+24: 3 ( Total: 27 )
[20:27] < Tempest56> The sheep rams head-first into Mogel, and bounces off. (10 points.)
[20:28] < Mogel> "BAAAAD sheep, kupo!"
[20:28] < Tempest56> #4 does similarly, rushing at the party blindly. They're not very smart when they're alive, and they get dumber when they're dead. This one wildly tries to crash into Kitsuko, to try and stop the spell flinging.
[20:29] < Tempest56> !roll 1d100
[20:29] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d100: 7 ( Total: 7 )
[20:29] < Tempest56> Crit.
[20:29] < Tempest56> !roll 1d8,24,200%
[20:29] < Highwind> Error: Use a spellchecker and try again. - '1d8,24,200%'
[20:29] < Tempest56> !roll 1d8+24,200%
[20:29] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d8+24,200%: 4 ( Total: 56.0 )
[20:29] * Newbie_X is now known as N_X[FoodRun]
[20:30] * Kitsuko takes the blow with no small amount of shock and goes down hard.
[20:30] < Tempest56> And the dumb thing manages to *fall* on Kitsuko with it's whole dead (literally) weight. (48 points of damage.)
[20:30] < Tempest56> Aurel?
[20:30] * Aurel turns to the injured Kitsuko and quickly conjures up a Cure spell.
[20:31] < Tempest56> Auto success, roll for curing, yay.
[20:31] < Aurel> 1d8+28
[20:31] * Misato shakes her head slightly. "Undead sheep, a necromancer who plans to take over the world with ungulates, and a rubber man. I do indeed live in interesting times."
[20:31] < Kitsuko> (28? You must have low MAG)
[20:31] < Tempest56> (You forgot !roll.)
[20:31] < Aurel> !roll 1d8+28
[20:31] < Highwind> Aurel - 1d8+28: 5 ( Total: 33 )
[20:32] < Tempest56> Kitsuko is up to 42 HP.
[20:32] * Kitsuko feels better enough to struggle out from under the damn sheep.
[20:32] < Aurel> (Lower than usual, probably.)
[20:32] < Tempest56> ChemicalBrother shakes his head. "Bro, I told you this sheep thing wouldn't work. But you just wouldn't listen to me. You idiot." He turns around and throws a Potion at the NecroShepherd. 50 HP healed.
[20:32] < Tempest56> Mogel?
[20:33] < Mogel> Ice on the Necro
[20:33] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[20:33] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 46 ( Total: 46 )
[20:33] < Tempest56> Hits.
[20:33] < Mogel> !roll 1d8+44
[20:33] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d8+44: 7 ( Total: 51 )
[20:34] < Tempest56> And he starts shivering madly. Even with the Potion, he's looking in pretty sad shape. And he's still poisoned.
[20:34] < Tempest56> Sheep 3 shakes a bit, and lets out a keening "Baaaaaaaah." A large sphere of black energy forms around it, and then flies off towards Aurel.
[20:34] < Tempest56> !roll 1d100
[20:34] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d100: 93 ( Total: 93 )
[20:35] < Tempest56> The Dark spell misses.
[20:35] < Tempest56> Misato?
[20:35] < Demonic_Gerbil> ((I think he needs a shot of GERBILCOCKTAIL to power himself up. :p))
[20:36] < Adam[FFX]> ((....... Ick.))
[20:36] * Misato calmly lifts Kotetsu over her head. The eye in the storm of chaos, she calls out: "Evil spirits of the dark, gather here! KOTETSU!" (CT 4)
[20:36] < Tempest56> Goes off on 5.
[20:36] < Tempest56> Sheep 2 gets a running start, and goes plunging full-speed at Misato, to try and knock her out of the Draw Out.
[20:36] < Tempest56> !roll 1d100
[20:36] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d100: 1 ( Total: 1 )
[20:36] < Misato> (... bitch.)
[20:36] < Mogel> (...)
[20:36] < Tempest56> (Highwind's lovin's are gone, baby.)
[20:37] < Misato> (THERE IS NO LOVE.)
[20:37] < Typhoon> (Wince...)
[20:37] < Tempest56> !roll 1d8+24,200%
[20:37] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d8+24,200%: 8 ( Total: 64.0 )
[20:37] < Misato> (You manwhore.)
[20:37] < Misato> (!)
[20:37] < Misato> (A fucking max crit.)
[20:37] < Typhoon> (...The tables have turned, it appears.)
[20:37] < Misato> (Oh well. I did enough in Blair's playtest.)
[20:37] < Kehl> (Someone's sleeping on the couch tonight.)
[20:37] < Tempest56> And it somehow manages to smash through all the armor and land a very solid blow. (40 points of damage.)
[20:37] < Misato> (*hugs her 24 ARM, hah*)
[20:38] < Tempest56> End of round 1. NecroShepher's Poison ticks to U, and does 7 points of damage.
[20:38] < Tempest56> Oh, yeah, and things die from the Draw Out.
[20:38] * Misato stumbles, winded, but the prayer is done. The spirits explode from her katana with a vengeance, screeching.
[20:38] < Misato> !roll 3d6+36
[20:38] < Highwind> Misato - 3d6+36: 6, 2, 6 ( Total: 50 )
[20:39] < Misato> !roll 1d100
[20:39] < Highwind> Misato - 1d100: 27 ( Total: 27 )
[20:39] < Tempest56> Katana is exhausted.
[20:39] < Misato> (FFFFFFFFFFf... mah.)
[20:39] < Tempest56> However, it does buttloads of damage.
[20:39] * Gullwhacker[Away] is now known as Gullwhacker
[20:40] < Tempest56> Unfortunately, nothing dies.
[20:40] < Tempest56> The NecroShepherd takes a mere 3 points from the Poison this time, though.
[20:40] < Tempest56> Poison stays at U, Curse ticks to 3.
[20:40] < Tempest56> Battle order: Kehl:16 Aurel:16 Zombie_Sheep2:16 Kitsuko:15 Zombie_Sheep1:15 Misato:14 Zombie_Sheep4:14 Mogel:13 ChemicalBrother:13 Zombie_Sheep3:13 Hyperion:11 NecroShepherd:11
[20:40] < PT_Hyperion> ((They're already dead, anyway))
[20:40] < Tempest56> Kehl?
[20:41] * Kehl doesn't like the idea of ChemicalBrother tossing more of those potions around, so he goes for that one next, halberd glowing green again. (Poison Strike again.)
[20:41] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[20:41] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 65 ( Total: 65 )
[20:41] < Tempest56> Hits.
[20:41] < Kehl> !roll 1d12+20
[20:41] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d12+20: 11 ( Total: 31 )
[20:41] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[20:41] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 57 ( Total: 57 )
[20:42] < Tempest56> And Poison hits.
[20:42] < Tempest56> The chemist hurts a bit from the hit, but doesn't seem too concerned.
[20:42] < Tempest56> Aurel?
[20:42] < Kehl> (Woo! And that should give me time to AFK for a minute. :> )
[20:42] * Captain_Vittles is now known as CV[RS3]
[20:42] * Aurel concernedly turns toward Misato and casts another Cure spell, allowing the soft blue waves to wash over the Samurai.
[20:43] < Aurel> !roll 1d8+28
[20:43] < Highwind> Aurel - 1d8+28: 4 ( Total: 32 )
[20:43] < Tempest56> Misato is now at 79
[20:43] * Misato bobs her head in grateful thanks to Aurel, pushing herself back up onto her feet.
[20:44] < Tempest56> Sheep 2 runs blindly at the party, trying to tackle the airborne Hyperion.
[20:44] < Tempest56> !roll 1d100
[20:44] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d100: 20 ( Total: 20 )
[20:44] < Tempest56> Hits.
[20:44] < Tempest56> (God, Highwind hates you people.)
[20:44] < Tempest56> !roll 1d8+24
[20:44] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d8+24: 5 ( Total: 29 )
[20:44] < Demonic_Gerbil> ((Sorry, I'll stop pulling Highwind's strings.))
[20:44] < Tempest56> And Hyperion gets to bounce around a little, taking more damage from pinballing off a wall or two than the actual sheep impact. (18 damage.)
[20:45] < PT_Hyperion> ((This is reminding me of SS:SV))
[20:45] < Tempest56> Kitsuko?
[20:45] * Kitsuko crouches silently still gathering power and focusing it towards her greater magic. (Summon Ifirt, goes off at 9)
[20:45] < Kitsuko> (Ifrit even)
[20:45] < Typhoon> (...Ever heard of "Overkill?")
[20:46] < Kitsuko> (Kitsuko is a firm believer in the overkill principle)
[20:46] < Mogel> (overkill is never bad, unless it's on me)
[20:46] < Tempest56> Sheep 1 bleats again, and prepares to unleash UNHOLY FURY. The fleece glows black for a second, before a big ball of energy flies off at Aurel. Again.
[20:46] < Tempest56> !roll 1d100
[20:46] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d100: 29 ( Total: 29 )
[20:46] < Tempest56> Hits.
[20:47] < Tempest56> !roll 2d8+32
[20:47] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 2d8+32: 3, 8 ( Total: 43 )
[20:47] < Tempest56> The Dark spell successfully hits Aurel this time. Ouch. (25 damage.)
[20:47] < Tempest56> Misato?
[20:48] * Misato knows, just from how her katana feels, she has exhausted it. So she leaps at the Chemical Brother, scything downwards.
[20:48] < Misato> !roll 1d100
[20:48] < Highwind> Misato - 1d100: 68 ( Total: 68 )
[20:48] < Tempest56> Hits
[20:48] < Misato> !roll 1d10+27
[20:48] < Highwind> Misato - 1d10+27: 10 ( Total: 37 )
[20:48] < Tempest56> And you cut a thick ribbon out of his rubber pants.
[20:49] * Kehl averts his eyes. He doesn't want to see a pantsless chemist.
[20:49] < Misato> (DUO?!)
[20:49] < Tempest56> Sheep 4 decides to try this whole 'blindly attack' thing again, and rushes at Misato.
[20:49] < Tempest56> !roll 1d100
[20:49] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d100: 41 ( Total: 41 )
[20:49] < Tempest56> Hits, but no crit this time.
[20:49] < Tempest56> !roll 1d8+24
[20:49] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d8+24: 7 ( Total: 31 )
[20:50] < Tempest56> And it bounces right off the armor. Plink. (7 points. Praise the super-ARM.)
[20:50] < Tempest56> Mogel?
[20:50] * Misato grunts, swatting the undead creature away.
[20:50] < Mogel> Attack the necro
[20:51] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[20:51] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 13 ( Total: 13 )
[20:51] < Tempest56> Hits.
[20:51] < Mogel> !roll 1d10+12
[20:51] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d10+12: 6 ( Total: 18 )
[20:51] < Tempest56> It's a solid enough hit. And he's starting to feel them.
[20:52] < Tempest56> The chemist starts to move - then decides to try and turn the tables on the party. Instead of throwing a Potion, he turns around and throws a small bomb at the party.
[20:52] < Tempest56> !roll 6d100
[20:52] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 6d100: 76, 26, 89, 25, 36, 43 ( Total: 295 )
[20:52] < Tempest56> Misses Hyperion, but hits the rest. Everybody is enveloped in a big green cloud of bad smelling stuff.
[20:52] < Tempest56> !roll 5d100
[20:52] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 5d100: 82, 34, 70, 54, 53 ( Total: 293 )
[20:53] < Tempest56> But it doesn't do much beyond stink.
[20:53] < Tempest56> (Poisontouch misses *everybody*.)
[20:53] < Mogel> ( GO HIGHWIND! )
[20:53] < Tempest56> (No damage, just the poison effect.)
[20:53] < Demonic_Gerbil> ((Maybe I should have kept pulling Highwind's digital strings...))
[20:53] < PT_Hyperion> ((phew))
[20:54] < Tempest56> Sheep 3 bleats again, and tries to charge another spell - but it is sorely lacking in MP, and can't fire another off. So it just charges instead, trying to knock Mogel down.
[20:54] < Tempest56> !roll 1d100
[20:54] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d100: 95 ( Total: 95 )
[20:54] < Tempest56> Misses.
[20:54] < Tempest56> Hyperion?
[20:54] * PT_Hyperion creates a small, translucent, robotic, floating, green sheep, adds a few more adjectives for good measure, and floats it over to the necromancer. 1"Taste your own brand of suffering!" 6It explodes into a puff of green/white hair with a loud "BAAAAAAAH."
[20:54] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[20:54] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 23 ( Total: 23 )
[20:54] < Tempest56> Hits.
[20:54] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d8+44
[20:54] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d8+44: 8 ( Total: 52 )
[20:54] < Tempest56> And the blast is pretty brutal. Gibblets all over the place.
[20:55] < PT_Hyperion> ((...and the sheep trick works perfectly))
[20:55] * Misato casually wipes a few gibs off of her armor.
[20:55] < Tempest56> Normally, the necromancer would go now, but he's currently indisposed. By way of explosives.
[20:55] < Tempest56> But somewhere, far off, back in town, a gib hits J'Rai right in the chest.
[20:55] * Mogel dodges gibs
[20:56] < Tempest56> Meanwhile, Kitsuko finishes, and Ifrit shows up.
[20:56] < Misato> (Excellent.)
[20:56] * PT_Hyperion grins maniacally. 1"My sheep are better than robotic sheep any day.
[20:56] < Tempest56> (Auto-hit, so let's see the sickening damage. The sheep are indeed W: Fire, too.)
[20:56] < J`Rai> ("My ROBES!")
[20:56] * Kitsuko glows faintly before the cave shakes in as something seeming from hell creeps up a newly made fisor.
[20:56] < PT_Hyperion> ((Should be: My _robotic_ sheep are better than _undead_ sheep any day))
[20:56] < Kitsuko> !roll 2d10+100,125%
[20:57] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 2d10+100,125%: 3, 6 ( Total: 136.25 )
[20:57] < Mogel> (fissure)
[20:57] * Misato recognizes Kitsuko's Call, and with a little 'eep', quickly scrambles for cover.
[20:57] * Kitsuko doesn't even have enough energy to enjoy watching the room burst into flame.
[20:57] * Kehl quickly covers his nose. If the sheep smell this bad already, they'll smell worse cooked.
[20:57] * Mogel does, however.
[20:57] * Aurel turns a slightly lighter shade of pale than usual and observes in awe.
[20:57] < Tempest56> The damage that follows is... sick. While the chemist merely collapses in a badly burned heap (You *barely* got him), the sheep incinerate in a very spectactular manner. They smell like dryer lint catching fire.
[20:58] < Tempest56> IE the entire enemy party vaporizes.
[20:58] < Kitsuko> (:D)
[20:58] < Tempest56> You *double* overkilled the sheep.
[20:58] < Kehl> (Woo!)
[20:58] * PT_Hyperion continues laughing.
[20:58] < Mogel> Mutton, anyone?
[20:58] * Misato waits until the worst of the burnination is over before she steps out. "As always, very impressive," she notes, avoiding piles of smoking sheep-ash. "Is everyone all right?"
[20:58] < Tempest56> VICTOLY MUSIC! BIG HAPPY PARTY!
[20:59] * Mogel looks around, sees no Ninjas, and dances.
[20:59] * Kitsuko leans against the cave wall, looking rather faint and completely spent.
[20:59] * Kehl brushes bits of burned sheep and necromancer off himself. "I think so. How many sheep do we have accounted for, unfried and un-zombied?"
[20:59] < Tempest56> The party gains 930 XP each, and 1694 Gil total.
[20:59] < Tempest56> !roll 6d100
[20:59] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 6d100: 95, 73, 30, 79, 75, 43 ( Total: 395 )
[20:59] < Tempest56> Spoils consist of: 1xTincture, 2xTonic.
[20:59] < Kehl> (Is there enough left of anything to Poach? ;) )
[21:00] < Mogel> (I'll poach the chemist!)
[21:00] * PT_Hyperion tries to Poach what he can from the remains of the necromancer.
[21:00] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[21:00] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[21:00] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 42 ( Total: 42 )
[21:00] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 62 ( Total: 62 )
[21:00] < PT_Hyperion> ((reroll))
[21:00] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[21:00] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 19 ( Total: 19 )
[21:00] * Kitsuko takes the tincture without even asking.
[21:00] < Tempest56> (Well, the sheep are vaped.)
[21:00] * Misato quietly moves towards Kitsuko, noting her expression. "Are you all right?" she asks softly, polite concern in her voice.
[21:00] < Tempest56> Success and success.
[21:00] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[21:00] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 42 ( Total: 42 )
[21:00] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[21:00] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 74 ( Total: 74 )
[21:00] < Kehl> (Awww, no ashes to poach.)
[21:01] < Tempest56> Zilch.
[21:01] < Demonic_Gerbil> ((< Kehl> I poach... The Darkness!))
[21:01] < Kehl> (Yes!)
[21:01] * Kitsuko glances up to Misato, "I'll live. Thank you..."
[21:01] * Mogel is now covered in fricking chemist ashes.
[21:01] * PT_Hyperion grabs a Tonic.
[21:01] < Tempest56> And Hyperion manages to pull an extra Tincture out of one of the puddles.
[21:01] * Kehl scoops up the tonics. "Anyone have need of one of these?"
[21:01] < PT_Hyperion> ((scratch that, I'll keep this Tincture instead))
[21:01] * Misato shakes her head at Kehl. "Not I."
[21:01] < Mogel> "No, you can have them for all I care."
[21:01] * Adam[FFX] is now known as Adam[Taken]
[21:02] * Kitsuko attempts to stand and turns to Misato, "Lets stop plucking through the remains of cremated sheep molesters and get the herd back to the damn farm."
[21:02] < PT_Hyperion> "Good idea."
[21:03] < Tempest56> By your count, there's A Lot of sheep left. They're probably all here, minus the four that got fried, so that leaves 596.
[21:03] < Tempest56> And yes, they're still floating.
[21:03] * Misato nods to Kitsuko. "Very well," she acknowledges, watching the others loot and pillage the bodies. "I would agree." ... "How many of us are any good at herding sheep that float?"
[21:03] < Mogel> "Anyone got Aero?"
[21:03] < Tempest56> (Aurel, Kitsuko, gimme a 1d100 roll.)
[21:03] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d100
[21:03] < PT_Hyperion> "What should we do with the green bubbly stuff?"
[21:03] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d100: 24 ( Total: 24 )
[21:03] < Aurel> !roll 1d100
[21:03] < Highwind> Aurel - 1d100: 64 ( Total: 64 )
[21:03] * Kehl tucks the tonics away and crosses his arms. "Don't look at me. I'm not a sheepdog."
[21:03] < Mogel> "Hyperion, you should drink some of it."
[21:03] * Misato contemplates this as she drinks one of her Tonics.
[21:04] < PT_Hyperion> "I'm fine for now."
[21:04] < Tempest56> There's something familiar about this place. Aurel, you get the vague notion that this cave is familiar. Kitsuko, on the other hand, *knows* this place.
[21:04] < Misato> "I would recommend against drinking from that vile cauldron," she mutters. "It turned sheep into zombies, remember?"
[21:05] < PT_Hyperion> "We'll also have to figure out how to reverse the floating."
[21:05] < PT_Hyperion> ((I already said I wouldn't drink it))
[21:05] * Aurel rubs his chin and knits his brow, turning slowly on his heel to examine the environs... "Hmm."
[21:06] < Tempest56> (Good, do *not* drink it. The party doesn't need a floating zombie time mage. :D)
[21:06] < Misato> "Are we able to use anything as rope?" she inquires. "Perhaps if we tether them all together..."
[21:06] < Mogel> "Well, I never picked up on how to herd sheep."
[21:06] < PT_Hyperion> "I believe I some rope in ye olde basic adventuring kit here."
[21:06] * Kitsuko glances about vaguely, wondering why she would know this place she has never been here before. Still there is an energy about here, ah yes. No wonder Ifrit was so hesitant to invade unwelcomed here.
[21:07] < Misato> "Good. Let us determine a way to somehow corral five hundred and ninety six nervous, floating sheep," she comments, a hint of wryness in her tone.
[21:07] < Mogel> "Easy. Threaten to make them into lamb chops."
[21:08] < PT_Hyperion> "They, scratch that, we can't exactly move on our own, anyway."
[21:08] < Misato> "If you were a nervous, floating sheep, would some random adventurers threatening you with imminent death reassure you any?" She snorts softly, looking about the cavern to see if there's anything else they can use.
[21:08] * Kitsuko snaps her eyes open, "Surely the other two found a method, neither seem overly competent so it must not have been that hard."
[21:08] * Aurel distantly places a hand on the cave wall.
[21:09] < Kitsuko> "Stop!"
[21:09] < Mogel> "If I was a nervous, floating sheep, I'd do whatever people who just vaporized a whole group of evil beings said to do."
[21:09] < Kitsuko> "Don't call out to the spirits unless you wish to confront them Aurel."
[21:09] * Kehl taps a foot. "They must have gotten the sheep here somehow. And there were only two of them." He begins to wander around the cave, looking for, well.. anything that might help. "Maybe a really big net or..." He pauses and turns to look at Kitsuko.
[21:10] * Misato blinks, turning slightly at Kitsuko's shout. "Spirits?"
[21:10] < Tempest56> When trying to look around the place, it's easy to spy how they were gotten here before - there appears to be several hundred meters worth of rope. Unfortunately, it's not particularly useful. It's been mostly incinerated by Ifrit.
[21:10] < PT_Hyperion> "Crud"
[21:10] * Aurel starts away, but is no less distant. "...Then...you know there's something here too."
[21:10] < Kehl> (How big is that cauldron?)
[21:11] < PT_Hyperion> "Hold up a sec, you're saying there's something else here?"
[21:11] < Kitsuko> "Of course there is something here. The storm bringer unless I have missed my mark."
[21:11] < Tempest56> (Pretty big. Four or five sheep's worth of size.)
[21:11] < PT_Hyperion> "Storm Bringer?"
[21:11] * Aurel quickly shakes his head. "We should get the sheep out of this place."
[21:11] < Tempest56> (For those concerned with the sheep moving, keep in mind. There are nearly six hundred sheep there. That amounts to roughly twenty four metric tonnes of flying, paniced mutton.)
[21:12] < Mogel> "We know that, how?"
[21:12] * Kehl looks confused. "Storm bringer? Whatever that is, add it to our problems. We need to get rid of the zombie goop somehow too. Not safe to leave it lying around."
[21:12] * Kitsuko rolls her eyes and glancing about the cave. "Ramuh! We wish not to invade your sanctuary, please excuse our digression."
[21:13] < PT_Hyperion> "This could be good or bad..."
[21:13] < Mogel> "Why in the holy hell was a necro making undead-fucking-zombies in Ramuh's sanctuary?"
[21:13] * Misato arches both eyebrows at Kitsuko, then at Hyperion. "Where is your rope?"
[21:13] < PT_Hyperion> "In my backpack, why?"
[21:13] < Tempest56> There's a booming voice that seems to come from the very walls of the cave. "Your transgression is nonexistant. In fact, I thank you for removing those pests. They were smelling up the place terribly." There's a sudden flash of lighting outside (wait, wasn't it a clear day?), illuminating an old man with a staff in the entryway behind you.
[21:14] < Misato> "Something tells me we should hurry to quit this place with our quarry." She startles, however, at the voice of the old man.
[21:14] * Aurel glares at Mogel for speaking with such indignance in a place like this.
[21:14] * Kitsuko bows politely as she does to no-mortal man.
[21:14] < Mogel> "Kupo, pleased to meet you Ramuh."
[21:14] * PT_Hyperion tries to bow, but ends up flippling in mid-air."
[21:15] < PT_Hyperion> *flipping
[21:15] * Misato bows politely as well, following Kitsuko's lead. Something warns her she should be respectful here.
[21:16] * Aurel regains his equilibrium and bows respectfully in Ramuh's presence.
[21:16] * Gullwhacker is now known as Gullwhacker[Dormant]
[21:16] < Kehl> "Ramuh the Storm Bringer, I presume?" Kehl nods in the direction of the old man. "We'd be very happy to get the living sheep out as well, if we had a way to bring them back to their owner."
[21:16] < Tempest56> The old man hobbles in, leaning heavily on the staff. "I owe you a debt for your favor to me here. You did well. I'm impressed that you made such relative short work of them." He smiles over the massive white beard. "And you show respect to your elders. I like that. Such a rare trait."
[21:17] < Kitsuko> "You're praise is undeserved, we were merely doing both what was right and what was our mission."
[21:17] < Kitsuko> (your)
[21:17] < Tempest56> The spirit looks at the remaining sheep. "I might be able to help you there, yes. Though I am sure you could handle it on your own without me." A bit of a smile creeps across his wrinked face. "I have an idea."
[21:17] < Demonic_Gerbil> ((Flash barbecued flying mutton?))
[21:17] < Kehl> (Remember Rule One!)
[21:18] < PT_Hyperion> ((Don't talk about Fight Club?))
[21:18] < Kehl> (Never underestimate an old smiling wrinkly man!)
[21:18] < Kitsuko> "Your assistance would be a welcomed relief."
[21:18] < Tempest56> He looks pointedly at Kitsuko and Aurel. "You each have considerable power, and the favor of one of my kin. Come. Prove yourselves to me. If you all prove worthy, not only will my power assist yours, but I shall help you return these poor beasts to their home."
[21:19] < Tempest56> "You need not accept, of course. Just consider it an old man's offer to provide a bit of comfort in these dark times."
[21:19] * Misato feels her hackles raise at the mention of having to 'prove worthy'.
[21:19] * PT_Hyperion grabs onto the wall to stabilize himself. 1"Am I to take it you wish to battle?"
[21:20] * Mogel doesn't like the idea of being on the receiving end of a lightning bolt.
[21:20] * Kitsuko nods and raises to her feet, "I, Kitsuko Mitama, accept your challenge Lord Ramuh, the Storm Bringer. I shall prove my worth to you as I have to your brother, the Lord of Flame Ifrit."
[21:20] * Kehl clears his throat softly. "Would you mind explaining the 'prove yourself' a bit more clearly? Please?"
[21:20] < Tempest56> Ramuh, before anything else, snaps his fingers and Hyperion suddenly lands. "Stop floating, it is most disconcerting."
[21:20] * Misato lets her hand steal to her sheathed katana, wrapping around the scabbard comfortingly.
[21:21] < Kitsuko> "And I shall do so, with or without the help of my compainions, they owe nothing to me to face this test."
[21:21] * Kehl fingers one of his tonics. If it -is- a fight, he's going to down this before it starts.
[21:21] * PT_Hyperion wobbles slightly, regaining his balance. 1"Woah, thank you! It feels great to be back on Terra Firma."
[21:21] < Aurel> "...Nor would I dishonor you in declining."
[21:21] < Tempest56> The old man's robes start to flutter. "I mean, prove yourselves. Show your strength to me. Are you worthy of the Storm Bringer's aid?" A white light sprinkles down over the party. "But I am not ignorant of what you have gone through. Take aid, and fight with all your strength."
[21:21] < Tempest56> (The party's HP and MP is fully refilled.)
[21:22] * Aurel takes a deep breath, and a small stride forward.
[21:22] * PT_Hyperion snaps into focus. He draws his staff, and assumes a battle stance.
[21:22] * Kehl relaxes slightly and slips the tonic back into his pocket. "I would be willing to assist you both." He draws his halberd and nods to the others. "What say you? It'd be an interesting challenge, at the very least."
[21:22] * Kitsuko raises fully and readies herself.
[21:23] < PT_Hyperion> "If it's proof you wish, it's proof you'll get!"
[21:23] * Mogel slowly draws his sword. "Fighting such a powerful being, hey, it's something I've never done before."
[21:23] * Misato quietly draws her katana, placing her palm against the flat of the blade and bowing respectfully to Ramuh, accepting his challenge in her stoic, silent way.
[21:23] * Kitsuko glances across to Misato, "Good to have you with me, in this battle."
[21:23] < Tempest56> Lightning starts to strike outside. Thunder rumbles. Ramuh starts to float upwards, hovering over the ground. His staff sparks menacingly. "Then come. Come, young heroes and heroines. Let your hearts guide you and unleash what is within."
[21:23] < Tempest56> Battle order: Hyperion:16 Kehl:13 Misato:12 Aurel:12 Mogel:11 Ramuh:11 Kitsuko:8
[21:23] < Tempest56> Hyperion?
[21:24] * PT_Hyperion floats over a robot-sheep-bomb at Ramuh.
[21:24] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[21:24] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 97 ( Total: 97 )
[21:24] < Tempest56> (Dude, Highwind hates you.)
[21:24] < Tempest56> Misses.
[21:24] < PT_Hyperion> ((Baaaad roll))
[21:24] < Tempest56> Kehl?
[21:25] * Misato 's smile is fleeting, but there. "I would not abandon anyone. This is your path. I will assist you in walking it." Then she drops into a combative stance, blade silvery through the lightning strikes.
[21:25] * Kehl gets a firm grip on his halberd and charges toward the old man, the blade glowing green as he swings it.
[21:25] < Kehl> (That'd be Poison Strike, on the chance he's not I: All)
[21:25] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[21:25] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 36 ( Total: 36 )
[21:25] < Tempest56> Hits.
[21:25] < Kitsuko> "Perhaps one day, I shall be able to return the favor."
[21:26] < Kehl> !roll1d12+20
[21:26] < Kehl> !roll 1d12+20
[21:26] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d12+20: 1 ( Total: 21 )
[21:26] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[21:26] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 40 ( Total: 40 )
[21:26] < Tempest56> The blade makes contact, briefly. But the green glow dissipates without seeming to affect Ramuh.
[21:27] < Tempest56> Misato?
[21:27] < Kehl> (Oh well, was worth a shot. :D )
[21:27] < Tempest56> (Indeed.)
[21:27] * Misato grips her katana in both hands, and murmurs softly. The weapon glows, but not how it has as if she was Drawing Out. (Soul Blade, CT 3)
[21:27] < Tempest56> Goes off on 9.
[21:27] < Tempest56> Aurel?
[21:28] * Aurel forces his uneasiness away as best he can and begins chanting to call the Sylphs to fight with them.
[21:29] < Tempest56> Goes off on 6.
[21:29] < Tempest56> Mogel?
[21:29] < Mogel> Scan Ramuh. He's the boss, I need the info.
[21:29] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[21:29] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 21 ( Total: 21 )
[21:30] * SSFSX17[Dinnering] is now known as SSFSX17
[21:31] < Mogel> "I hope we're not in over our heads."
[21:31] * DarkTreader has quit IRC (Ping timeout)
[21:32] < Tempest56> Ramuh goes. He levels his staff in the direction of Kehl, and mumbes a few words.
[21:32] < Tempest56> !roll 1d100
[21:32] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d100: 73 ( Total: 73 )
[21:32] < Tempest56> Whatever it was, it doesn't work.
[21:32] < Tempest56> Soul Blade goes off.
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[21:32] < Misato> !roll 1d100
[21:32] < Highwind> Misato - 1d100: 86 ( Total: 86 )
[21:32] < Misato> (Ah hell.)
[21:32] < Tempest56> No effect.
[21:33] < Tempest56> Kitsuko?
[21:33] < PT_Hyperion> ((Any data from scan?))
[21:33] < Mogel> "Misato, he seems to hate the same things you do."
[21:33] < Tempest56> (Yeah, I /msg'd it to Mogel.)
[21:33] * Kitsuko focuses her concentration like flame which she then throws at Ramuh.
[21:33] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d100
[21:33] < PT_Hyperion> ((ah))
[21:33] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d100: 24 ( Total: 24 )
[21:33] * Misato begins to hiss at Mogel, but then she looks thoughtful.
[21:34] < Tempest56> Hits.
[21:34] < Mogel> (( lots of HP of course, lightning elemental ))
[21:34] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d8+40,125%
[21:34] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d8+40,125%: 6 ( Total: 57.5 )
[21:34] < Tempest56> The flame spell hits the old man, and dissipates in the aura of lightning around him.
[21:34] < Tempest56> Aurel's Call goes off.
[21:34] < Aurel> !roll 3d10+105
[21:34] < PT_Hyperion> ((Too bad we don't have any water spells))
[21:34] < Highwind> Aurel - 3d10+105: 9, 9, 8 ( Total: 131 )
[21:35] < Misato> (*Nice* rolls.)
[21:35] < Kehl> (Nope.. I've just got ice.)
[21:36] < PT_Hyperion> ((Water's a Level 2 spell anyway))
[21:36] < Tempest56> Sylph appears, flittering about the cave for a moment. Then, with a blast of white light, flies straight *through* Ramuh. The old man visibly winces for a moment. Sylph then flies over the party, sprinking sparkles over everybody. The healing goes to waste, though, since nobody's hurt.
[21:36] < Misato> (No one has any water-based items, eh?)
[21:36] < PT_Hyperion> ((I have Graviballs, but he's almost definately I:Fatal))
[21:36] < Mogel> (( Superboss, of course, I: All))
[21:37] < Kehl> (We may have to just tough it out the old fashioned way.)
[21:37] < Tempest56> End of round 1.
[21:37] < Tempest56> No statuses to tick down.
[21:37] < Tempest56> Battle order: Aurel:15 Hyperion:14 Kehl:14 Ramuh:14 Mogel:13 Misato:12 Kitsuko:11
[21:37] < Tempest56> Aurel?
[21:39] * Aurel bides his time, anticipating Ramuh may attack... (Wait 'till 13)
[21:39] < Tempest56> Hyperion?
[21:39] * PT_Hyperion calls on the almighty Feds to help him out, who send a B-52 flying overhead. It drops a bomb on Ramuh.
[21:39] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[21:39] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 31 ( Total: 31 )
[21:39] < Tempest56> Hits.
[21:39] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d8+44
[21:39] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d8+44: 2 ( Total: 46 )
[21:40] < Tempest56> Another blast gets sucked back by Ramuh's halo of lightning.
[21:40] < PT_Hyperion> ((Wow, all that tax money actually paid off))
[21:40] < Tempest56> Kehl?
[21:40] * Kehl does things the old fashioned way. Slashy slashy!
[21:40] < Kehl> !roll 1d1oo
[21:40] < Highwind> Error: Use a spellchecker and try again. - '1d1oo'
[21:40] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[21:40] < PT_Hyperion> ((I'm starting to wonder if we're actually damaging him...))
[21:40] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 57 ( Total: 57 )
[21:40] < Tempest56> Hits.
[21:41] < Kehl> !roll 1d12+20
[21:41] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d12+20: 7 ( Total: 27 )
[21:41] < Tempest56> Another shot nails the flying old guy and does minor damage. He's still going quite strong.
[21:42] < Tempest56> Ramuh now goes. He raises his staff high, and points it at the party. There's a thunderous boom, and suddenly giant gouts of lightning spike up from the ground.
[21:42] < Tempest56> Ramuh performs: Lightning Stab.
[21:43] < Tempest56> !roll 1d8+15,75%
[21:43] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d8+15,75%: 1 ( Total: 12.0 )
[21:43] < Tempest56> Everybody takes 12 points before ARM. Which, um, everybody but Kitsuko takes 1 point of. Kitsuko takes 4.
[21:43] < Typhoon> (Hee.)
[21:43] < Tempest56> !roll 6d100
[21:43] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 6d100: 91, 61, 81, 23, 87, 46 ( Total: 389 )
[21:44] < Misato> (OH SHIT)
[21:44] < Misato> (I remember this from FFT)
[21:44] < Tempest56> And you folks get LUCKY. Only Kehl gets Silenced.
[21:44] * Gullwhacker[Dormant] . o O (Everyone remember Lightning Stab's *secondary* effect?)
[21:44] < Mogel> (( yes ))
[21:44] < Kehl> (Woot! I can no longer use my useless poison strike. :D )
[21:44] * Gullwhacker[Dormant] . o O (Anyway. I'm gone.)
[21:44] < Tempest56> (You people got LUCKY.)
[21:44] < Tempest56> Mogel?
[21:44] * Mogel creates what appears to be an ice cube tray, points it towards Ramuh, cracks it, and sends the ice cubes streaking at him.
[21:44] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[21:45] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 32 ( Total: 32 )
[21:45] < Tempest56> Hits.
[21:45] < PT_Hyperion> ((I've earned a little luck by now))
[21:45] < Mogel> !roll 1d8+44
[21:45] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d8+44: 7 ( Total: 51 )
[21:45] < Tempest56> Misato?
[21:45] < Tempest56> Ramuh still doesn't seem to be seriously affected by the hits.
[21:46] * Misato pulls out the small, black ball she had only picked up a few days ago. "The Guild man said this was... powerful. Let us see if it was worth suffering for." She flings the ebon sphere towards Ramuh with surprising power behind it. (Graviball)
[21:46] < Tempest56> Roll 'em.
[21:46] < Misato> !roll 1d100
[21:46] < Highwind> Misato - 1d100: 53 ( Total: 53 )
[21:46] < PT_Hyperion> ((NO!!!! He's I:Fatal))
[21:46] < Mogel> (( sighs ))
[21:46] < Tempest56> It misses.
[21:46] < Misato> (I didn't even hit.)
[21:47] < Tempest56> (I would've let it get by. I'm not mean enough to take *that* away. :D He's only I: All because there's no option to disclude I: Fatal.)
[21:47] < Tempest56> (I got no problem letting Gravity effects work. Especally on uber-HP'd Superbosses.)
[21:48] < Tempest56> Oh, yes. Aurel? Your go.
[21:48] * Aurel swings his whip around toward the lightning entity.
[21:48] < Aurel> !roll 1d100
[21:48] < Highwind> Aurel - 1d100: 83 ( Total: 83 )
[21:48] < Tempest56> Hits.
[21:49] < Aurel> !roll 1d8+10
[21:49] < Highwind> Aurel - 1d8+10: 6 ( Total: 16 )
[21:50] < Tempest56> Plink. But a nice plink.
[21:50] < Tempest56> Kitsuko?
[21:51] * Kitsuko readies and releases a fireball.
[21:51] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d100
[21:51] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d100: 14 ( Total: 14 )
[21:51] < Tempest56> Hits.
[21:51] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d8+40,125%
[21:51] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d8+40,125%: 5 ( Total: 56.25 )
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[21:52] < Tempest56> A nice big blast o' flame hits Ramuh. He *still* doesn't seem much phased by the attacks.
[21:52] < Tempest56> End of round 2. Kehl's Silence ticks to 3.
[21:52] < Tempest56> Battle order: Ramuh:16 Mogel:15 Aurel:15 Kehl:14 Misato:11 Kitsuko:10 Hyperion:8
[21:53] < Tempest56> Ramuh 'steps' back, floating a little away from the fight and holding a defensive posture. He's either charging for something, or defending.
[21:53] < Tempest56> Mogel?
[21:53] < Mogel> wait until 11
[21:53] < Tempest56> Aurel?
[21:54] * Aurel strikes with his whip again, slightly overconfident.
[21:54] < Aurel> !roll 1d100
[21:54] < Highwind> Aurel - 1d100: 9 ( Total: 9 )
[21:55] < Mogel> (( heh, had all right to be ))
[21:55] < Tempest56> Critcal.
[21:55] < Aurel> !roll 1d8+10,200%
[21:55] < Highwind> Aurel - 1d8+10,200%: 3 ( Total: 26.0 )
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[21:55] < Tempest56> That one's a more solid hit. The halo of lightning ripples a bit.
[21:55] < Tempest56> Kehl?
[21:55] * Kehl leaps forward and swings his halberd again. There's only so many ways to do this, especially when he's been deprived of the ability to speak.
[21:56] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[21:56] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 31 ( Total: 31 )
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[21:56] < Tempest56> Hits.
[21:56] < Kehl> !roll 1d12+20
[21:56] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d12+20: 10 ( Total: 30 )
[21:56] < Tempest56> Another pretty good hit, sending sparks everywhere. Misato?
[21:57] * Misato sighs. So Soul Blade didn't work - needs practice. That bauble was worthless. Stick with what you know: she stabs at the old man with a snarl of effort.
[21:57] < Misato> !roll 1d100
[21:57] < Highwind> Misato - 1d100: 53 ( Total: 53 )
[21:57] < Tempest56> Hits.
[21:57] < Misato> !roll 1d10+27
[21:57] < Highwind> Misato - 1d10+27: 5 ( Total: 32 )
[21:57] < Tempest56> Plonk. More sparks. Slow, slow progress. But there *is* progress. The shield of electricity is slowly getting less and less.
[21:58] < Mogel> (( if this magic is a mistake, please please heal me ;) ))
[21:58] < Tempest56> Mogel?
[21:58] < Mogel> cast Blizzard/Ice/whatever
[21:58] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[21:58] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 7 ( Total: 7 )
[21:58] < Tempest56> Roll for it.
[21:58] < Mogel> !roll 1d8+44
[21:58] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d8+44: 5 ( Total: 49 )
[21:58] < Tempest56> It would normally hit. But it flies right at Ramuh and goes 'Pft', as it is sucked into his staff.
[21:59] < Tempest56> Ability activates: Runic.
[21:59] < Kehl> (Oooh, Runic.)
[21:59] < Tempest56> No damage.
[21:59] < Mogel> (( blast it ))
[21:59] < Tempest56> Kitsuko?
[22:00] < Kitsuko> (Hrm...runic only lasts till someone casts magic right?)
[22:00] < Tempest56> (Yep.)
[22:00] * Tempest56 double checks that.
[22:00] < Kitsuko> Fire again.
[22:00] < Tempest56> Roll.
[22:01] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d100
[22:01] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d100: 22 ( Total: 22 )
[22:01] < Tempest56> Hits.
[22:01] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d8+40,125%
[22:01] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d8+40,125%: 5 ( Total: 56.25 )
[22:01] < Tempest56> The halo of energy bubbles slightly from the hit.
[22:01] < Tempest56> Hyperion?
[22:01] * PT_Hyperion writes "BOMB" on a piece of paper, crumples it up, and throws it at Ramuh. For some reason, it explodes.
[22:01] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[22:01] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 9 ( Total: 9 )
[22:02] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d8+44
[22:02] < Tempest56> Hits.
[22:02] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d8+44: 6 ( Total: 50 )
[22:02] < Tempest56> Again, the energy field buckles slightly again.
[22:02] < Tempest56> End of turn.
[22:02] < Tempest56> Kehl's Silence ticks to 2.
[22:03] < Tempest56> Battle order: Misato:15 Kitsuko:15 Hyperion:14 Ramuh:13 Aurel:12 Kehl:10 Mogel:9
[22:03] < Tempest56> Misato?
[22:03] < Misato> (woh)
[22:04] * Misato begins to murmur softly, the spirits in her blade responding. (Draw Out, CT 4)
[22:04] < Tempest56> Goes off on 11.
[22:04] < Tempest56> Kitsuko?
[22:06] < Kitsuko> Fire again.
[22:06] < Kitsuko> ¬_¬
[22:06] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d100
[22:06] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d100: 44 ( Total: 44 )
[22:06] < Tempest56> Hits.
[22:06] < Kitsuko> !roll 1d8+40,125%
[22:06] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 1d8+40,125%: 5 ( Total: 56.25 )
[22:07] < Tempest56> And at that blast of fire, the defensive aura of electricity pops, dissipating. Ramuh chuckles loudly. "Very nice! You're doing well! Now, let's see if you can handle a bit more power!"
[22:07] < Mogel> (( meep ))
[22:07] < Tempest56> (Ability Activate: SOS-Shell)
[22:07] < Tempest56> Hyperion?
[22:07] < PT_Hyperion> "...eep"
[22:07] * PT_Hyperion writes "GIGLI" on a piece of paper, crumples it up, and throws it at Ramuh. It bombs. Horribly.
[22:08] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[22:08] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 18 ( Total: 18 )
[22:08] < Tempest56> Hits.
[22:08] < Mogel> ( omg, good one )
[22:08] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d8+44
[22:08] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d8+44: 6 ( Total: 50 )
[22:08] < Tempest56> The blast does minimal damage to Ramuh.
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[22:09] < Tempest56> Ramuh now raises his staff up to the sky, and starts mumbling. Lighting bolts start to strike down from heaven, *through* the ceiling, and absorb into the staff. (Charging.)
[22:09] < Tempest56> Aurel?
[22:10] * Mogel pokes Aurel
[22:11] * Aurel braces and waits, judging an attack must be imminent... (wait 'till...4)
[22:11] < Tempest56> Draw Out goes off.
[22:12] < Misato> !roll 3d6+36
[22:12] < Highwind> Misato - 3d6+36: 3, 3, 1 ( Total: 43 )
[22:12] < Tempest56> The spirits wash over Ramuh as he prepares his attack.
[22:12] < Tempest56> Kehl?
[22:13] * Kehl can't do much else but slash at Ramuh again.
[22:13] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[22:13] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 95 ( Total: 95 )
[22:13] * Gullwhacker[Dormant] . o O (Zot.)
[22:13] < Tempest56> Whiff.
[22:13] < Tempest56> Mogel?
[22:13] < Mogel> Slice and Dice
[22:13] < Mogel> !roll 1d100
[22:13] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d100: 97 ( Total: 97 )
[22:13] < Misato> !roll 1d100
[22:13] < Highwind> Misato - 1d100: 95 ( Total: 95 )
[22:13] < Misato> (Exhaustion)
[22:13] < Mogel> whiff again
[22:13] < Tempest56> Whiffage.
[22:14] < Tempest56> Ramuh finishes his chanting, and levels the staff at the party. "Suffer the wrath of storms! Wind! Rain! Thunder! Lightning! STRIKE!" Dozens upon dozens of bolts fly from the end of the staff, flooding the area with electricity.
[22:15] < Tempest56> !roll 2d10+50
[22:15] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 2d10+50: 10, 5 ( Total: 65 )
[22:15] < Kehl> (Oh, this won't end well.)
[22:15] * Gullwhacker[Dormant] . o O (What, did he Call himself? o_o')
[22:16] < Tempest56> Everybody takes buttloads. Gimme a sec and I'll calculate.
[22:17] < Tempest56> Kitsuko is at 6. Aurel is at 15. Kehl is at 1. Mogel is at 23. Misato is at 34. Hyperion is at 19.
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[22:17] < Kitsuko> (ow)
[22:17] < Tempest56> Aurel?
[22:17] < Kehl> (...Medic.)
[22:17] < PT_Hyperion> ((Sylph would really help out now))
[22:17] < Misato> (Sweet Jesus.)
[22:18] * Saanjun . o O (Wow... wowie wow wow)
[22:18] < CV[RS3]> ((Alright already, I'll tone down the damage))
[22:18] * Gullwhacker[Dormant] . o O (Hehehe.)
[22:19] * Aurel knows he can't heal everyone at once...but the Sylphs might be able to....yanks an ether from his vest and drinks it down in desperation
[22:19] < Kitsuko> (Damnit, you could get someone else to have used that and done it this round)
[22:19] < Tempest56> MP shoots up like.. well, I can't think of a nice analogy. But you have enough now.
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[22:19] < Tempest56> End of round 3.
[22:19] < Tempest56> Kehl's Silence ticks down to 1.
[22:19] < Demonic_Gerbil> ((Like the GM's blood pressure. :p))
[22:20] < Mogel> uhmmm,
[22:20] < Mogel> I never got to go
[22:20] < Tempest56> ...You didn't?
[22:20] < Tempest56> Crud, my bad. :D
[22:20] < Mogel> nor did Kehl
[22:20] < Tempest56> Blast 'im.
[22:20] < CV[RS3]> ((yes you did, you whiffed))
[22:20] < Kehl> (I went. I missed.)
[22:20] * Tempest56 looks back. Wait, yes you did.
[22:20] < Mogel> ((nevermind I'm dumb))
[22:20] < Tempest56> (It's okay. :D)
[22:20] < Mogel> (( looked at wrong init))
[22:20] < Tempest56> Battle order: Aurel:17 Hyperion:12 Kehl:11 Kitsuko:10 Misato:9 Ramuh:9 Mogel:8
[22:21] < Tempest56> (...Dude. You folks are *lucky*.)
[22:21] < Tempest56> Aurel?
[22:21] * Gullwhacker[Dormant] . o O (< Mogel> I didn't get to do anything. < Mogel> +useful)
[22:21] < Mogel> (( OMG Highwind you two-timing bitch ))
[22:21] * Misato drops to her knees, shuddering from the electrical storm she was just home to. Heavy METAL armor + lightning = fried kitty
[22:21] * PT_Hyperion wipes sweat off his brow.
[22:21] * Aurel places his palms to the ground and begins to whisper to the winds... (Sylph on 11)
[22:22] < Tempest56> Hyperion?
[22:22] * Kehl doesn't make a sound as the lightning hits him. Except some sizzling, unless Silence quiets that too.
[22:22] * Gullwhacker[Dormant] . o O (Okay, I'll see the end of this in the morning. Night.)
[22:22] * Mogel sighs..."Poor kitty, poor Taru, poor Moogle, poor EVERYONE"
[22:22] * PT_Hyperion is too tired to be creative, so just shoots off a bomb at Ramuh.
[22:23] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d100
[22:23] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d100: 1 ( Total: 1 )
[22:23] < PT_Hyperion> !roll 1d8+44
[22:23] < Tempest56> Hits. And Highwind hates you.
[22:23] < Highwind> PT_Hyperion - 1d8+44: 2 ( Total: 46 )
[22:23] < Misato> (Jesus H, Hyperion, save some for us. :D)
[22:23] < Tempest56> Ramuh winces a little bit.
[22:23] < Tempest56> Kehl?
[22:25] * Kehl plants the shaft of his halberd on the ground and ushes himself to his feet. And, true to Final Fantasy laws of physics, he's perfectly fine to attack. Oh yeah, he's got Shell now too. Yay for SOS abilities.
[22:25] < Kehl> !roll 1d100
[22:25] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d100: 87 ( Total: 87 )
[22:25] < Tempest56> Hits.
[22:25] < Kehl> !roll 1d12+20
[22:25] < Highwind> Kehl - 1d12+20: 8 ( Total: 28 )
[22:25] < Tempest56> Another fairly nice hit.
[22:25] * Saanjun . o O (perfectly fine tho he may be, the force of the swing breaks both his arms...)
[22:25] < Tempest56> Aurel's call goes off.
[22:25] * Kehl goes back to crouching down in a corner.
[22:26] < Aurel> "Sorry to call again so soon..."
[22:26] < Aurel> !roll 3d10+105
[22:26] < Highwind> Aurel - 3d10+105: 1, 2, 10 ( Total: 118 )
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[22:28] < Tempest56> Sylph reappears, and flitters around. She smiles at Aurel, accepting the apology, then jets straight at Ramuh. There's another explosion of white light as Sylph impacts, blasting a huge amount of health out of the old man. A variety of sparkly bits fall from the blast and sprinkle down on the party, healing people.
[22:28] < Tempest56> (Everybody regains, um. 9 HP.)
[22:28] < Kitsuko> (...Well)
[22:28] < Misato> (...)
[22:28] < Mogel> (...)
[22:28] < PT_Hyperion> ((Damn shell))
[22:28] < Saanjun> ((that was anticlimactic))
[22:28] < Tempest56> Kitsuko?
[22:28] < Demonic_Gerbil> ((Oh. My.))
[22:29] * AdamH makes a note to get Blair to check on the splitting part of Sylph
[22:30] * Kitsuko slows her breathing having hoped to not call upon Ifrit in this battle but finds herself without much alternative. (Summon Ifrit, goes off at 4)
[22:30] < Kehl> (I find a very big problem with SOS Shell against big bosses..)
[22:30] < Tempest56> Misato?
[22:30] < Kehl> (Sure, magic damage is cut in half, but I'd probably not survive even half at low HP. Great against normal critters, though.)
[22:31] * Misato pushes herself up onto her feet, using her katana as leverage. She gives Ramuh an angry look, coughing slightly and exhaling a little puff of grey smoke. Then she lunges, swinging her weapon with a vengeance. That. Fucking. Hurt.
[22:31] < Misato> !roll 1d100
[22:31] < Highwind> Misato - 1d100: 56 ( Total: 56 )
[22:31] < Tempest56> Hits.
[22:31] < Misato> !roll 1d10+27
[22:31] < Highwind> Misato - 1d10+27: 3 ( Total: 30 )
[22:32] < Tempest56> Ramuh sags a little bit in the air. And he points his staff at Misato, partly to ward off the blow, and partly to counter-attack. Another bolt goes flying from the end of the rod.
[22:33] < Tempest56> !roll 1d100
[22:33] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d100: 99 ( Total: 99 )
[22:33] < Misato> (!)
[22:33] < Tempest56> And he somehow manages to miss it.
[22:33] < Mogel> (!!!)
[22:33] < Tempest56> Mogel?
[22:33] < Misato> (I. Am. Lucky.)
[22:33] < Saanjun> ((phew))
[22:33] < Mogel> Cure on myself
[22:33] * Misato learns Force Magic and blocks that mofo.
[22:33] < Mogel> !roll 1d8+44
[22:33] < Highwind> Mogel - 1d8+44: 5 ( Total: 49 )
[22:34] < Tempest56> You get back a whole load of HP.
[22:34] < Tempest56> And then.. IFRIT.
[22:34] < eldersphinx> (Who promptly does 20 damage.)
[22:34] < Kitsuko> !roll 2d10+100,125%
[22:34] < Highwind> Kitsuko - 2d10+100,125%: 10, 6 ( Total: 145.0 )
[22:34] < Tempest56> (Shush, let them have their fun.)
[22:34] < Tempest56> (Well, more like 65 damage.)
[22:35] < Tempest56> (Which is more than enough, since he only had 5 HP left.)
[22:35] < Kehl> (Another Ifrit overkill.)
[22:35] < Saanjun> ((and bolt-boy drops like a rock))
[22:35] < Kitsuko> (Ah well :p)
[22:35] < Mogel> ..., I should have attacked
[22:35] < Misato> (Fitting that a Caller drops him.)
[22:35] < Saanjun> ((too bad this isn't FFX))
[22:35] < Tempest56> Ramuh bakes briefly in a wave of hellfire, then he drops down to the ground, on one knee. He coughs out a small cloud of smoke. "Well done! Very very well done."
[22:36] * PT_Hyperion breathes a very deep sigh of relief.
[22:36] * Misato falls flat on her back after having deflected a bloody lightning bolt from the Lord of Storms.
[22:36] * Kitsuko coughs slightly herself. "I am glad we were able to pass your test..."
[22:36] * Kehl collapses to the ground once Ramuh calls it off. Rule One. Never underestimage smiling old wrinkly men.
[22:37] * Misato also smells like burnt cat.
[22:37] < Tempest56> Ramuh rises again, leaning on his staff. "You have indeed proven yourselves worthy." He waves his cane over the party again, restoring everybody once more to health. "I will aid your return of these animals - simply lead them outside, and the storm winds will carry them back to where they belong."
[22:37] * Mogel looks around. Somehow, he's the only one who's in decent shape.
[22:37] * Misato is only in rough shape because she didn't heal herself.
[22:38] * Kehl feels -much- better now. He slowly rises to his feet and turns toward Ramuh. "What will be done about the..." He turns and gestures toward the cauldron. "Whatever that gunk is? It's likely not safe to pour into the ground."
[22:38] < PT_Hyperion> "Well, thank you very much, sir."
[22:38] < Tempest56> "As for you two..." Ramuh levelly looks Aurel and Kitsuko. "I bestow upon both of you my blessing. Use it well, do not abuse it, and act for the good of all. I'm an old man, you know. I don't have the energy I once did, so let me rest." Then he reaches out and taps each of them on the forehead with his staff.
[22:38] * PT_Hyperion bows.
[22:39] < Tempest56> The cauldron, to note, isn't much there anymore. The large, all-powerful wave of lighting has left it mostly a lump of molten metal on the ground.
[22:39] * Kehl blinks a few times. "Oh. Strike that." Isn't it nice when problems solve themselves?
[22:39] < Kitsuko> "Thank you for your aid, I shall not waste it."
[22:39] < Tempest56> And on each of the two Caller's foreheads, a little yellow lightning bolt symbol glows for a moment, before vanishing. And then, so does Ramuh.
[22:40] * Aurel climbs to his feet. "Thank -- ! ...Thank you, Ramuh."
[22:40] < Mogel> "Undead sheep AND a Lightning God, experiencing it once is fun, but NEVER again."
[22:40] * Misato sits back up slowly, still clutching Kotetsu before cleaning it and murmuring her usual prayers to the spirits - and tacks on a small 'thank you for not killing me' to Ramuh.
[22:40] * PT_Hyperion heads back into the cave to start herding out sheep.
[22:40] * Kitsuko smirks at Mogel, "Ah those of little spirit."
[22:41] < Tempest56> (The party gains 590 XP each and 1182 Gil.)
[22:41] < Tempest56> !roll 1d100
[22:41] < Highwind> Tempest56 - 1d100: 54 ( Total: 54 )
[22:41] * Misato stands slowly, legs wobbly but still serviceable.
[22:41] < Mogel> "I was the one standing tall after eating that lightning."
[22:41] < Tempest56> And an Electro Marble is laying about. Probably some little rock that got charged after the blasting.
[22:41] < Mogel> I'll take that if you all don't mind.
[22:41] < Misato> "Because you healed yourself," the samurai snaps before she moves back to herd the sheep out, determined to get the floating sides of mutton back to the farmer.
[22:42] * Kitsuko studies the Marble and then flicks it to Mogel.
[22:42] * Mogel catches it, and stashes it away.
[22:42] * Kehl peers over at the sheep. "Even with that help, it's going to take a while to push all of these outside. Let's get started."
[22:42] < Mogel> "What a fitting end to the day...pushing floating sheep."
[22:43] * Kitsuko stands, "There are worst things then herding floating sheep."
[22:43] < Tempest56> Getting the sheep home from here is pretty simple. You push them out the cave entrance, the wind gusts up and takes them, and while they might not *enjoy* the ride, they all float slowly back to the farm.
[22:43] < PT_Hyperion> "Being herded like a floating sheep for one."
[22:43] < Misato> "You complain entirely too much."
[22:43] * Misato comments to Mogel.
[22:44] < Mogel> "At least I'm not afraid of water."
[22:44] < Kitsuko> "Maybe you should be."
[22:45] * Misato positively bristles at that, her hand closing reflexively around her katana's hilt.
[22:45] < Tempest56> The return to the farm is pretty easy - you have to swat away a few birds that seem to think the sheep look tasty, but they're not much of a threat. The looks you get from the farmhands, though, are pretty amazed. Even Old MacDonald seems a bit taken aback at this particularly weird turn of events.
[22:45] < Kitsuko> "I'd advise you to mind your own fears instead of others."
[22:45] < Mogel> "I'd advise you to keep out of other people's business."
[22:45] < Misato> "Take your own advice!" the samurai hisses, blue eyes blazing.
[22:46] < Kitsuko> "Indeed.
[22:46] < Mogel> "Bah, you two are getting boring anyway."
[22:47] * Misato turns away from Mogel in disgust, ears pinned back and refusing to even look at him.
[22:47] < Tempest56> "Well, it looks like you didn't have too much trouble..." MacDonald packs a bit of something into his pipe. "You all look like you're in good shape, too. That must have been a pretty easy adventure for you."
[22:47] * Aurel purses his lips and keeps his peace, knowing any further input would likely be unwelcome.
[22:47] < Kitsuko> "It was...interesting, say the least."
[22:48] < Kitsuko> "You won't have any more trouble, just be wary of the blue substance, it causes you to float."
[22:48] * Mogel chuckles. Pissing off a Mithra Samurai wasn't on his To-Do list, but he'll check it off anyway.
[22:48] < Misato> "I must confess, four of your sheep were lost in the rescue. I apologize deeply."
[22:48] * Kehl scratches at his good ear. "Sorry about the four missing sheep. They were a bit beyond help..." He turns to glance in the general direction of the field. "And I would keep the sheep elsewhere until that blue substance can be removed from the grass."
[22:49] < Tempest56> The sheep are slowly starting to decend, thankfully, as the chemical wears off. MacDonald nods, understanding the statements. "I gotcha. Well, thanks for your help. The usual fee is waiting at the Guild, as normal."
[22:49] < PT_Hyperion> "Alright, then. We'll be off now."
[22:49] * Kitsuko bows swiftly, "It has been nice working for you."
[22:50] < Mogel> "You're welcome, kupo. It was...interesting."
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[22:50] * Misato bows politely to MacDonald. "May your pastures remain green."
[22:50] < Kehl> "And not blue."
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[22:51] * Misato flicks an ear, amused.
[22:51] < Aurel> "May the winds carry you better luck in the future, friend."
[22:52] < Tempest56> Getting back to the Guild, the money is indeed waiting for you. And that's a fine day's work. If a little... toasty.
[22:52] < PT_Hyperion> "And let's hope your misfortunes decrease in number in the future!"
[22:52] * Saanjun . o O (and fewer sheep)
[22:52] * Tempest56 claps the.. whatever those movie clacking things are called.
[22:52] < Tempest56> Alright, totals time, folks.
[22:53] < Tempest56> From all three conflicts, you come out to 1661 XP each. Much of which comes from being nearly vaporized in an *optional* Superboss battle.
[22:53] < Tempest56> Cash-wise, you're looking at a total of 3218 Gil. Which breaks down to 536 each.
[22:53] * AdamH cues the Results theme from Shadowhearts
[22:53] (Holy crap!)
[22:54] < Saanjun> (wait.. that fight was optional... LOL)
[22:54] < Tempest56> Payment-wise, add another 75 from a job well done. A little less than normal, because apperantly MacDonald has decided you got an 'easy' assignement, given the condition you came back in.
[22:54] < Tempest56> (Yes, it was quite optional. They could easily have said 'No, we don't want to fight'.)
[22:56] < Kehl> (And spent all day pushing the sheep back. :D )
[22:56] < Tempest56> Bonus-wise, everybody did a great job. :D Good play. So, eh, why not. Bump another 50 XP into there. This was a fun session, and everybody played well. :D
[22:56] < Tempest56> And Kehl gets the remaining 22 XP for his next level, because I can't stand leaving him *just* short of his next level *again*. ;) It's just mean to do that twice.
[22:57] < PT_Hyperion> ((Thanks))
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