Session 37: Super Kyurem Guru.

Oct 28 20:07:16 <zoofarrator>	Last we left off with your two groups reuiniting in a rather peculiar fashion.
Oct 28 20:08:12 <zoofarrator>	Chase, Gen and Rosetta just witnessed a bunch of folks appear out of thin air, and fall on top of Valdis.  Nevermind the armored guy with you or the fact you're on a holy mountain temple of sorts.
Oct 28 20:09:20 <zoofarrator>	Among the people now crushing Valdis are Saryx, Alice, Miracle Eye, and a young woman you don't recognize.
Oct 28 20:09:41 <Chase>	"...whaat."
Oct 28 20:09:49 <Genevieve>	"I'm not even surprised."
Oct 28 20:09:59 <zoofarrator>	There's also an odd looking Quagsire that's balancing 20 something pizza boxes on its head, Surt, and Thor.
Oct 28 20:10:07 <Chase>	"How did -you- guys get here?"
Oct 28 20:10:09 <zoofarrator>	They are standing next to the pile, rather than on top.
Oct 28 20:10:09 <Chase>	"..."
Oct 28 20:10:41 <Chase>	"I haven't seen that much pizza since we crashed with Shawyun at Ivyhollow."
Oct 28 20:10:44 <Yulia>	THe Quagsire is even fully dressed as a Ninjask Pizza delivery boy, complete with cap and jacket. :]
Oct 28 20:11:18 <zoofarrator>	Miracle Eye picks herself up off the pile and groans.  "...Where are we?" She looks like she just woke up.  Heck, all four of them do.
Oct 28 20:11:42 <Chase>	"North of Shiverpeak a ways. How the hell did you guys get here?"
Oct 28 20:11:54 <Yulia>	"....against all probability? Closer to our inteded destination."
Oct 28 20:12:10 <Chase>	"And who's this?"
Oct 28 20:12:23 <zoofarrator>	The armored man seems unnerved by this sudden entrance.  Initially, he'd reached for his blade, but your lack of shock seemed to lead him hesitate. "Aquaintences of yours, I presume?"
Oct 28 20:12:27 <Saryx>	Saryx hits the ground (or, rather, the girl<s> separating him from the ground) with an Oomph and prooobably some screaming as well. He lets out an "Nnnngh..." as he starts looking around, using his arms to push himself up off the ground. ... And into whichever poor girl is beneath him.
Oct 28 20:12:44 <Chase>	"Yeah, most of them anyway."
Oct 28 20:13:28 »»	Yulia reaches for a silvered Poke Ball at her belt, and releases a sharp-looking blue Scizor wearing a bow-tie to assist the other in untangling themselves from the pile - and presumably, with pizza afterwards.
Oct 28 20:13:37 <Chase>	"The dude is in our team, Alice, Thor... funny enough it's pretty convenient for them to be here."
Oct 28 20:13:46 <Yulia>	"Hm."
Oct 28 20:13:47 <zoofarrator>	Well, you're sort of all dogpiled on a ground-facing Valdis, who seems to be just mildly inconvienenced by this, so it's not -that- bad, Saryx.
Oct 28 20:13:53 <Yulia>	"Rest of you. Already know each other then?"
Oct 28 20:14:15 <Chase>	"Oh. Yeah. Sorry. I'm Chase Violet. Saryx is with out explorer team, the Zodiac Braves."
Oct 28 20:14:19 <Chase>	"Who are you, again?"
Oct 28 20:14:54 »»	Yulia dusts off her jeans, and adjusts her strange-yet-stylish hat. "Yulia Sunleng," she replies flatly.
Oct 28 20:15:07 <Yulia>	"THe Scizor is Nicodemus.....and please ignore the Quagsire for now."
Oct 28 20:15:28 <zoofarrator>	Alice crawls to her feet as well, clutching her gut. "Ugh.  What -was- that?  I'm starving."  Come to think of it, all four of them look quite hungry and drowsy.
Oct 28 20:16:16 <Yulia>	Nicodemus takes some time from his assistance duties to politely introduce himself to the remainder of the Braves - shaking the hands of the males, and planting a kiss on the back of the females' hands, all with the most subtle touch. Gentlemanly.
Oct 28 20:17:20 <Genevieve>	"Uh, Doctor Genevieve Webb." She gives the Scizor a weird look at the hand kiss.
Oct 28 20:17:23 »»	Chase nods to Nicodemus. "Nice to meet y'all."
Oct 28 20:17:53 <Saryx>	directly beneath him, even.** "... Waaait... This isn't... Chase?!? Gen?!? Razor?!? ... Huuunh?!?" He finishes the motion to push himself off the ground, and then notices just what he propelled himself off of. "Aaaaah!!! V-V-V-Valdis!" His previously sluggish movements spring to a more animated self. "Maaaan, I'm... I'm... I'm so sorry I... I didn't mean to..." And then takes
Oct 28 20:17:54 <Saryx>	notice of Alice, especially how she's holding herself, rushing over to her side panickedly, checking her all over frantically for injuries as if expecting her to have a pretty major one.
Oct 28 20:17:56 »»	Yulia attempts to think of a way to make her presence here seem necessary. "Probably best to consider me a colleague of Beatrice."
Oct 28 20:18:02 <zoofarrator>	Miracle Eye checks her phone, and squints.  "What.  A day's passed since...whatever happened.  Did we all just suddenly black out?" She addresses to Saryx, Alice, Yulia.
Oct 28 20:18:28 <Chase>	"...Man what even happened to y'all niggas." he stares.
Oct 28 20:18:30 <Yulia>	"Hypothesis seems to check out."
Oct 28 20:18:43 <Yulia>	"Apologies, Valdis, from one dragon trainer to another."
Oct 28 20:18:49 <Chase>	"You're with 'trice, huh. Okay."
Oct 28 20:18:51 <zoofarrator>	Alice seem too lethargic to even protest this rather personal inspection.
Oct 28 20:19:09 »»	castfromhp is now known as Rosetta
Oct 28 20:19:30 <zoofarrator>	Valdis, however, slowly picks herself up and looks to the entrance to the temple.  "Ahem.  The delivery arrived, Master."
Oct 28 20:19:42 <zoofarrator>	???: "GOOOOOOOD.  NOW COMPENSATE THE DELIVERY MAN."
Oct 28 20:20:08 <Chase>	"Well... we were about to have a pretty big meeting, with-... .." he stops midsentence and stares ttowards the temple entrance.
Oct 28 20:20:10 <zoofarrator>	Valdis sighs and presents the Quagsire with a sack of coins.
Oct 28 20:20:45 <Chase>	He decides fuck it, not questioning anymore, we can all catch up inside. He helps up anyone that's still on the ground.
Oct 28 20:20:58 <Genevieve>	"We found Flayed, he's on the other side for a bit."
Oct 28 20:21:19 <zoofarrator>	The Quagsire takes the sack of money, stuffs it in its mouth for now, and carries the pizzas on in.
Oct 28 20:22:18 <Chase>	"If y'all've been asleep or whatever for a day, you better hope they're sharing those pizzas."
Oct 28 20:22:41 <Chase>	"Anyway, uh... Maybe we can catch up inside? That sounds like a good thing."
Oct 28 20:22:53 »»	Chase heads on in unless there's reason to stay out here.
Oct 28 20:24:00 <zoofarrator>	Around this time a Garchomp and a Haxorus rush outside and inspect Valdis in a manner not unlike Saryx performed on Alice.  She bats them off, looks to all of you, including the armored man, and gives a half-bow.
Oct 28 20:25:25 <zoofarrator>	"Master Heimdall, friends and guests, Master Tyr has been expecting your arrival.  Please enter when you're ready."
Oct 28 20:25:36 »»	Chase doesn't really know what to do here, so he just politely returns the bow. He didn't expect Valdis to be so overly formal.
Oct 28 20:25:45 <Chase>	"Uh, thanks, Valdis."
Oct 28 20:26:26 <Genevieve>	"Thanks. Let's get going, should probably try to take care of the Sons outside soon."
Oct 28 20:26:48 <Chase>	"Let's not be -too- hasty there."
Oct 28 20:27:17 <Yulia>	"My business with him is my own. Your intentions seem to be more pressing."
Oct 28 20:27:30 <zoofarrator>	Mir is a bit skeptical.  "He's been what.  I.  I give up predicting what's going on here." She stomps off inside.
Oct 28 20:28:01 <Chase>	In Chase goes!
Oct 28 20:28:31 <Chase>	"Story of my life the past few months." he comments to Miracle.
Oct 28 20:28:33 <Saryx>	"... Wait, there are Sons outside of..." a pause as he looks over, mid-examination of Alice (though still moving along with the rest of the group). "... Where are we even at, guys?!?"
Oct 28 20:28:50 <Genevieve>	"Misty mountains, try to keep up."
Oct 28 20:28:59 <Chase>	"The temple of Tyr, apparently."
Oct 28 20:29:11 <Rosetta>	"Couple hundred feet above their fortress training ground thing, apparently."
Oct 28 20:32:24 <zoofarrator>	You all start to shuffle toward the structure as a group.  It's not terribly hard to notice that the hammer wielding Pikachu is getting odd looks from the armored man, however.  He lingers behind outside, as Valdis and the two dragons with her bring up the rear.
Oct 28 20:33:45 <zoofarrator>	Inside you find a very open room with several stone pillars supporting the roof.  Glistening ice lines the walls and cieling, and several braizers scattered throughout the room coat it with an orange glow.
Oct 28 20:34:43 <zoofarrator>	At the center sits a circular, marble table, and a lower elevated ring around it to act as chairs.
Oct 28 20:35:41 <zoofarrator>	The stack of pizzas is now sittng on the table.  Behind that, sits a giant throne of ice, and upon it, a Kyurem.
Oct 28 20:37:16 <Chase>	Whoa. The sight gives Chase pause a moment.
Oct 28 20:37:34 »»	Genevieve raises a hand and waves at the Kyurem. "Yo."
Oct 28 20:38:33 <zoofarrator>	The left half of his body seems to have a black motif, and the right side a white one.  His arms are long, muscular, and perched upon either arm rest of the throne.  His spiral pointed tail seems to coil out the back of the seat.
Oct 28 20:38:58 <Rosetta>	"Um...Heya." Rosetta hops in place, inspecting the icy room.
Oct 28 20:39:41 <Chase>	This is a bit awkward. Chase sticks for giving a half bow like Valdis did.
Oct 28 20:40:01 <zoofarrator>	"Siiiit.  Eaaaat."
Oct 28 20:40:23 <zoofarrator>	It's voice is rather loud and echoing, but...much less stern or commanding than you'd expect.
Oct 28 20:41:01 <zoofarrator>	"You must be hungry after such long journies."
Oct 28 20:41:06 »»	Genevieve takes a seat at the table and opens one of the boxes. "Don't have to tell me twice."
Oct 28 20:41:56 <Chase>	"Sure, thank you." He has a seat.
Oct 28 20:42:14 <Saryx>	Saryx takes one look at the Kyurem sitting before all of them, and is immediately awestruck. He flails about trying to make an appropriate showing of respect before eventually deciding on dropping to one knee, head bowed.  "U-uuuhh, Master Tyr..." He sputters, just thinking what Valdis said previously about her master. "It's a real honor to finally get to meet you!" ... The
Oct 28 20:42:14 <Saryx>	invitation to eat, though? Yeah he's gonna be on that shit real fast, though he tries to keep himself respectfully composed and more formal than the others would usually see him.
Oct 28 20:43:48 <zoofarrator>	"Valllldis.  Turn on the television for background noiiiiise." Valdis: "..." The Haxorus hands her a remote, and she aims at the cieling and clicks.  A flatscreen televion that's suspended above you flickers to life, just in time for afternoon soap operas. "Goooood."
Oct 28 20:44:11 <Rosetta>	"Shiny. Thanks." Rosetta cracks open one of her sodas and starts loading up a plate of pizza.
Oct 28 20:44:56 »»	Chase flips a box open. "Wow, you're pretty laid back." he snags one of the slices and looks over at the others, gauging their reactions. He relaxes a bit more since this dude doesn't seem as formal as Heimdall. "I'm Chase Violet. We were told you'd been expecting us?"
Oct 28 20:45:03 <zoofarrator>	Tyr turns his attention to the lot of you again, as both Mir and Alice also start to dig in.  There's pretty much any pizza variety you could ask for.
Oct 28 20:45:15 <Chase>	Chase snags ham and pineapple.
Oct 28 20:46:35 »»	Genevieve finds one with canned Remoraid.
Oct 28 20:46:56 <Yulia>	"....the matter of deciding which toppings should be on each was a little....strange."
Oct 28 20:47:05 »»	Rosetta goes for taco pizza.
Oct 28 20:47:21 <Yulia>	"Mostly statistical analysis, but with twenty pizzas, it will be difficult to find that you dislike them all."
Oct 28 20:47:45 <Chase>	"You statistically analyzed pizza."
Oct 28 20:48:45 <Yulia>	"No, merely their toppings." She looks over the spread of boxes, and settles on a chicken fettucine alfredo pizza, taking a slice for herself. "Am I wrong?"
Oct 28 20:48:54 <zoofarrator>	"As you all may know, I am Tyr, Keeper of Ooorrrder.  Ayizen, Loko and myself maintain the equillibrium of negative and positive energies in this region of the world."
Oct 28 20:49:21 <zoofarrator>	"At the moment, we are as one, as the current ebb and flow is very strainnning."
Oct 28 20:50:36 <Yulia>	"Not straining enough to warrant unsolicited telepathic messages between continents," Yulia mutters with a hint of bitterness in her voice.
Oct 28 20:50:40 <zoofarrator>	"Half of you arrived via the Temple of the Mother Dragon, the other half via a slip into the Dream World, and one of you is a guest from afaaaar."
Oct 28 20:50:57 <zoofarrator>	Tyr looks down to the red hatted lady. "How was the airplane food, Yulllia?"
Oct 28 20:51:14 <Yulia>	"Surprisingly passable."
Oct 28 20:51:24 <zoofarrator>	"Goooood."
Oct 28 20:51:34 <Yulia>	"Even taking into account the incredible logistics that goes into airline food to begin with."
Oct 28 20:51:41 <Yulia>	"Checmical changes to taste from altitude."
Oct 28 20:51:43 <Yulia>	"So on."
Oct 28 20:52:33 <Chase>	"The dream world, huh..."
Oct 28 20:53:09 <Chase>	"I don't really get the whole deal about the flow of energies being strained, but it sounds like things are pretty tense at the moment?"
Oct 28 20:53:47 <zoofarrator>	He then looks over to Alice and the Pikachu.  "And then there are the special gueesssts.  The slumbering Goddess and the lost Son of Lord Odin.  He looks pudgier than I remember."
Oct 28 20:53:52 <zoofarrator>	He looks over to Chase to answer that.
Oct 28 20:53:55 <Rosetta>	"This got anything to do with what you guys said to the Flayed One recently then?" Rosetta tilts her head, looking at Tyr, then starting to bite into her pizza.
Oct 28 20:54:20 <Saryx>	"... We fell into the Dream World again?" Saryx ponders this a moment. "... That would explain a whole lot about what me and Alice saw..."
Oct 28 20:57:24 <zoofarrator>	"Mojo and juju, ying and yang, there is a balance in all things, and it is we who strive to preserve it.  But as of late, things are dire, indeeed.  The protectors of the land hide away, wary due to the fate of Yemaja.  Fiends spawn in greater numbers, great evils fester in our realm."
Oct 28 20:59:12 <Chase>	He nods. "Yeah, okay I get you now."
Oct 28 20:59:58 <zoofarrator>	"The fuzzy little rodent with a funny hat knows not its plaaaaace.  It knows only how to demand and take.  It has no tact for such matters."
Oct 28 21:00:36 <Chase>	He thinks about that. Could Tyr be describing the Banisher, there?
Oct 28 21:00:41 <zoofarrator>	And as for Saryx. "Indeeed, you did.  Perhaps you should inform the others what you witnessed?  I am afraid that episode is not on television."
Oct 28 21:00:54 <zoofarrator>	He's describing The Flayed One.
Oct 28 21:00:59 <Chase>	Oh.
Oct 28 21:01:36 <Genevieve>	"Technically he's more of a mustelid than a rodent."
Oct 28 21:02:44 <Chase>	"We'll make sure he leaves the diplomacy to others in the future."
Oct 28 21:02:52 <Chase>	"Hopefully, anyway."
Oct 28 21:03:35 <Chase>	"What Saryx, saw, huh... I guess that's a good a place to start as any."
Oct 28 21:03:42 »»	Chase looks to Saryx.
Oct 28 21:03:48 <Saryx>	"Oh, ummm... Yes, Master Tyr!" Saryx looks to the others, waiting for them to be ready to hear what he's got to say.
Oct 28 21:04:21 <Rosetta>	"Even if he was a bit of a prick, it's uh, sorta important to protect him and the others, isn't it?" Rosetta scratches her head but then lets Saryx speak.
Oct 28 21:04:33 <zoofarrator>	Alice and you exchange looks, both recaling what you saw.  As did Thor and Surt.  Mir looks absolutely confused.  "last I remember, we'd just hopped that fence."
Oct 28 21:05:57 <Saryx>	"... You didn't see it yourself, Miracle? ... Huuunh... I'd figured you might have yourself that you'd slipped into that weird state yourself sort of how everyone did when we had that beach party. ... What about you, Yulia?"
Oct 28 21:06:05 <Yulia>	"Likewise."
Oct 28 21:07:15 <zoofarrator>	"Mustelid.  Sounds like...mustard.  Hrrrm." It looks to Rosetta. "How do you suppoe he has woken the others of his kind?  He is not subtle, and invites his own misfortion.  For a dragon to assist him directly would be as good as suicide."
Oct 28 21:08:07 <zoofarrator>	"While our kind has for ages strived against each other for dominance, in his eyes, we are but tools and fooood."
Oct 28 21:08:29 <zoofarrator>	"...Valdis, next time, order Kingdra Pizza."  "Yes, master."
Oct 28 21:08:37 <Chase>	"..."
Oct 28 21:09:47 <Genevieve>	"That's great and everything, but it's a little bit more than just helping Flayed."
Oct 28 21:10:44 <Rosetta>	"Well, I guess if you put it hat way...I dunno though, still seems like a bad idea to let one of them get put in danger given what all's been going on lately."
Oct 28 21:12:32 <Saryx>	"Weeeird..." Saryx looks a bit confused by this, but shrugs it off. "Aaanyways... It started after we found this tree in the forest. There was something lodged into it, what looked like the base of Thor's hammer. He was able to just put his hammer back into and pull it out of the lodging no trouble, but none of us could, same as when Chase tried to lift the hammer. Yulia tried
Oct 28 21:12:32 <Saryx>	looking into the hammer herself, and when she did... Me and Alice found ourselves in a flashback, of the night when we first met."
Oct 28 21:12:46 <zoofarrator>	He lowers his head slightly, making eye contact with each of you.  "Then what is it you would request of us?"  And then Saryx has his spiel...
Oct 28 21:13:00 <Saryx>	Oh. ... Damnit sorry.
Oct 28 21:13:18 <Saryx>	I'll shut up a sec :< Put that on hold didn't look up before posting
Oct 28 21:13:28 <Genevieve>	"Well, you know, clearing out the terrorists from the base of your mountain would be a good start."
Oct 28 21:15:53 <Rosetta>	"YEah, there's that."
Oct 28 21:16:30 <Chase>	"Well, there's the whole deal with the Nameless One we probably need to sort out..."
Oct 28 21:16:49 <Chase>	"But you saw what happened that night, Saryx? What was it?"
Oct 28 21:16:55 <Rosetta>	"And, I dunno, it sorta feels like we need to figure out a bigger plan for tackling what's ahead, and as the keeper of order it seemed like you'd have ideas there."
Oct 28 21:19:37 <zoofarrator>	"For our kind to directly assault the fortification of the men of alphabet soup would be dificullllt for two reasons.  The establishment of that structure was not slow, it suddenly appeared in a very particular location.  I do not believe they would do that without a strong motivation."
Oct 28 21:21:04 <zoofarrator>	"For us to swoop down on them was surely part of their motivation, it reeks of a trap.  And not the kind in a dressss.  Forcing them from this location has been in our interest, but to do so alone would be foolish.""
Oct 28 21:21:46 <Chase>	"..."
Oct 28 21:21:53 <Chase>	This dude has a way with words.
Oct 28 21:22:41 <Genevieve>	"Luckily, we have some experience chasing these guys out."
Oct 28 21:22:46 <zoofarrator>	"We would welcome assistance, but their motivation seems to be to defend, not attack.  Assess and plan as you need, for they will not marrrrch."
Oct 28 21:24:20 »»	Rosetta winces at the dress comment.
Oct 28 21:24:46 <Rosetta>	"Has anyone been able to sneak in and get a look around?"
Oct 28 21:25:50 <Genevieve>	"Not yet, that would have required jumping off a bridge."
Oct 28 21:27:14 <Rosetta>	"Well, I meant if Tyr was aware of this, maybe someone got sent to take a peek." Rosetta shrugs.
Oct 28 21:27:27 <zoofarrator>	"I do have insight on your predicaments, and can assist, but the action will likely fall on the shoulders of mortals...heavy, isn't it?  Like a Gible with many chins."
Oct 28 21:28:49 <zoofarrator>	"It is dificult to approach a fortress of floating eyes, mind you.-" Valdis coughs.  "They train there."
Oct 28 21:29:24 <zoofarrator>	"Marching, firing..., clicking the letters together."
Oct 28 21:32:39 <Saryx>	"We saw the hammer freshly lodged in the tree stump, which I guess was probably whatever Alice tried protecting me from when she saw it... There was also Yanala there, real battered and fleeing for her life. ... No sign of Corbin, though, least as far as I know. ... At that point he was already with Yanala, right? ... Anyway, it was as bad as we were expecting. She was running
Oct 28 21:32:39 <Saryx>	away from Dandyman, who it looked like he roughed her up real bad. Seemed like we just had a real bad case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was... At first I was too scared to even do anything, just sitting there in horror as he... He... He basically gutted Alice like a fish," he concedes with a great deal of shame. "He was gonna eat Alice's heart out, too, I think.
Oct 28 21:32:40 <Saryx>	I heard something, though... Some voice... Though I don't know whose it was, I don't think it was Bondye's. And it gave me the courage and the strength to save her from Dandy. From there... I'm not exactly sure what to make of what happened after that with all the glowing lights. Like, I think all the green and yellow glowing might've been Shiva ascending... You think that sounds
Oct 28 21:32:45 <Saryx>	about right, Alice? ... But when that happened, that's when an Unown came down and whisked me and Dandy away..."
Oct 28 21:34:04 <Genevieve>	"An Unown?"
Oct 28 21:34:27 <Chase>	"Wait, wait, wait."
Oct 28 21:34:37 <Chase>	"You're saying Dandyman did this to Alice?"
Oct 28 21:34:56 <Genevieve>	"It was the theory I was hoping was wrong."
Oct 28 21:35:01 <Rosetta>	"Wait, so the Sons intervened in your fight against Dandy? And Dandy was basically gonna do to Alice what he did to Yemaja?"
Oct 28 21:35:13 <zoofarrator>	Alice thinks a bit, "Yeah that sounds about right!  Explains this too!  Was wondering where it came from!" She lifts up part of her sirt and jacket to show a rather nasty scar on her stomache - pretty clearly a stab wound.
Oct 28 21:35:38 <Chase>	"Damn, girl."
Oct 28 21:36:05 <Chase>	"But wait, those wounds by the shadowblades are healable, right? By aura users? Or whatever Beatrice is researching, right?"
Oct 28 21:36:09 <zoofarrator>	"It really hurt!  And...uh...yeah I guess there was that A Unown huh."
Oct 28 21:37:21 <Saryx>	"Yeah, there was an Unown that whisked us away. ... But it was the one that popped up while I was talking to Bondye during that whole post-apocalyptic thing I saw."
Oct 28 21:37:32 <Chase>	"It makes me wonder how much he knows... and what's really going on here."
Oct 28 21:37:48 <zoofarrator>	Tyr coughs.  "I have some light to shed on this event, I suppose."
Oct 28 21:38:00 »»	Chase looks to Tyr.
Oct 28 21:38:50 <Rosetta>	"Oh, so...not one of Grant's Unowns." Rosetta stops when Tyr coughs and lets him speak though.
Oct 28 21:39:50 <Saryx>	"Yeah, we... Before we had the flashback, me and Alice had to fight Dandy ourselves! If it was anything accurate, we kind of have an idea of at least some of the things he can do. ... But yeah, it might've been one of the old Broken Lord's Unown, as opposed to the Son's, what with how it popped up when we're guessing Shiva actually gained her power. ... I was actually hoping to
Oct 28 21:39:50 <Saryx>	ask you if you knew anything about what happened that night, Master Tyr."
Oct 28 21:40:42 <zoofarrator>	"Many years ago, there was a Heatran in these mountains by the name of Thor.  He had reached the end of his current incarnation's lifespan, and returned to the form of an egg."
Oct 28 21:41:14 <zoofarrator>	"Due to circumstances I can only blame Bondye for, that egg went missing."
Oct 28 21:43:18 <zoofarrator>	"Saryx, Alice, you two witnessed the rebirth and return of this Legendary - in its new form, that hammer." He nods at Thor.  "That who it chose would inherit its title and namesake.  And thus...it chose...A Pikabug."
Oct 28 21:43:51 <Rosetta>	"Does that...happen often? You guys incarnating as weapons and that kinda thing?"
Oct 28 21:43:57 <zoofarrator>	"I can only assume a member of The Keeper's Cult, and a man who devours Legendaries, were there for very specific reassssons."
Oct 28 21:45:12 <zoofarrator>	"If Bondye believes it would be needed in the days and ages to come, then it is so.  I can only surmise that he forsaw much of today's struggles."
Oct 28 21:45:29 <Chase>	"Yanala was friends with someone who had been investigating that guy."
Oct 28 21:45:43 <Chase>	"Rosetta's brother, in fact."
Oct 28 21:46:10 <zoofarrator>	(This event was prior to those two meeting :P)
Oct 28 21:46:16 <Chase>	(Oh)
Oct 28 21:46:27 <Chase>	(I wasn't aware)
Oct 28 21:46:31 <Chase>	(Er, nevermind then)
Oct 28 21:47:23 <Chase>	"Dandyman's come up a lot lately while we've been investigating. He's doing a lot more than just devouring legendaries."
Oct 28 21:47:37 <Chase>	"He's also raising an army of shapeshifters out of homeless kids."
Oct 28 21:48:59 <zoofarrator>	Alice and Mir are both staring at the Pikachu, who is staring at the hammer, not sure what to make of this.  "He and his ilk are sources of much of the negative energy that is now in flux.  If not thwarted, things will go sour."
Oct 28 21:49:08 <Chase>	"It's hard to tell what exactly his goals are, but we have some idea of his activities lately seeing as he kicked Giratina out of his own realm too."
Oct 28 21:50:15 <zoofarrator>	"Yesss...funny you would mention that.  What do you know of the origins of Unown? Given the condition of the Young Goddess here, what transpired seems clear, does it not?"
Oct 28 21:51:00 <Genevieve>	"That Dandy cut her soul apart?"
Oct 28 21:51:07 <Chase>	Chase knows they have something to do with the Broken Lord but he's probably forgotten the exact details.
Oct 28 21:51:36 <zoofarrator>	"Eat her heart to fill the rumbly in his tumbly, yesss.  But that, he did not."
Oct 28 21:53:00 <Chase>	"..."
Oct 28 21:53:00 <Rosetta>	"They were made to be servants of Verve and Rebellion, yeah?" Rosetta tugs at her collar to show her tattoo. "And some people like my family worked with them or some reason I guess?"
Oct 28 21:54:00 <Chase>	"I'm actually pretty slow on some of this stuff, you'll have to forgive me."
Oct 28 21:56:09 <zoofarrator>	Mir thinks a little on the subject, "Hrm.  Based on what The Writer said...and what he's saying."
Oct 28 21:56:36 <zoofarrator>	"What letter was that Unown, Saryx?"
Oct 28 21:56:51 <Saryx>	"It was an A, Miracle."
Oct 28 21:57:15 <Saryx>	"... Does the actual letter or shape of the Unown mean something specific?"
Oct 28 21:57:50 <zoofarrator>	"A Unown," she points at Alice. "Alice.  This Joltik jumps in to save her as her spirit is bleeding out, and..."
Oct 28 21:58:17 <Saryx>	"Like, I could think maybe A would stand for maybe Alpha or something to signify the beginning of thngs... But-- . . ."
Oct 28 21:58:58 <Saryx>	Saryx takes a moment to process this. ". . . You think that Unown is Alice's soul?!? Or maybe holding it?!?"
Oct 28 21:59:54 <Genevieve>	"That'd be pretty convenient."
Oct 28 22:00:23 <zoofarrator>	Alice seems less bothered by this conversation than you'd think, maybe she's getting used to it. "Uh.  Does that mean if Rosetta keeps trying she's going to pull me out of her?"
Oct 28 22:00:48 <Chase>	"I have no idea."
Oct 28 22:00:51 <zoofarrator>	"What would I even do with that? Put...me in a jar or something?"
Oct 28 22:00:58 <Rosetta>	"That's such a weird thought."
Oct 28 22:01:29 <Chase>	"The question is... are there other letters? An L, an I, a C and an E? Are we going to have to go unown hunting, here?"
Oct 28 22:01:43 <zoofarrator>	"This stuff is confusing," she mumbles as she grabs at another pizza box.  Buffalo Torchic.
Oct 28 22:01:44 <Genevieve>	"Presumably, we can figure out a way to summon the specific Unown, then integrate the soul back into the original body, perhaps with a twist on a classic magic jar ritual."
Oct 28 22:01:59 <Chase>	"What exactly is the implication, here?"
Oct 28 22:03:01 <Saryx>	"That Unown took me to and from Bondye's domain, the Realm of Farsight. The Dream World. I'm thinking maybe we can try hunting for her there?"
Oct 28 22:03:44 <zoofarrator>	Tyr continues. "That Unown seperated the two of you, sending you, Saryx, to the vision of yours, and Dandyman to a very dark, cold and unforgiving place."
Oct 28 22:03:50 <zoofarrator>	"A place he then conqured as his own. Oops."
Oct 28 22:04:02 <Chase>	"Giratina's realm."
Oct 28 22:04:21 <Genevieve>	"Good job there I guess."
Oct 28 22:05:14 <Chase>	"Shit, where do we start, then? I guess we need to find that specific A unown..."
Oct 28 22:06:24 <zoofarrator>	"Saryx's journey came full circle near the dwelling of another Keeper, Orunmila.  A place with a fragile boundary between this world and it."
Oct 28 22:06:41 <Genevieve>	"Seems like a good place to try next."
Oct 28 22:07:01 <zoofarrator>	"Two of you should know this place well."  He looks at Mir and Saryx.
Oct 28 22:07:57 <Saryx>	"... The old temple in Sandseeker!" He responds swiftly. It clicks pretty fast for him!
Oct 28 22:08:42 <Rosetta>	"I can't exactly keep drawing out Unown until I get that specific one though. Maybe there's some method of pulling out a specific Unown if you know about it though? I dunno, to be honest I don't know that much of how my family's old arts worked..."
Oct 28 22:08:42 <Saryx>	"The Shrine of the Keepers!"
Oct 28 22:08:57 »»	Chase nods. "Alright, we'll put it on the list..."
Oct 28 22:10:18 <zoofarrator>	Mir nods as well, "Worth a shot."
Oct 28 22:10:42 »»	Chase looks over at Alice. "We're definitely going to do what we can to make sure you're okay at the end of all of this."
Oct 28 22:11:51 <Chase>	"Now... there's something else we should probably bring up. Lots of somethings, actually. Especially since Alice is here. She deserves to hear this."
Oct 28 22:12:10 <Genevieve>	"Go ahead."
Oct 28 22:12:36 <zoofarrator>	"These conversations always get so awwwkward," she says, "And no one even made a joke about me being inside Rosetta ye - damn it."
Oct 28 22:12:54 <Chase>	Pffffft
Oct 28 22:13:04 <Chase>	Chase can't hold that one in.
Oct 28 22:13:50 »»	Rosetta spittakes a bit of her soda.
Oct 28 22:14:12 <Saryx>	Saryx staaares. He has to try stupidly hard to make sure he doesn't burst into a fit of laughter in front of Tyr.
Oct 28 22:14:18 <zoofarrator>	"I'm actually pretty...calm about most of this now?  I trust you guys enough to know you're trying to help.  And more and more its sounding like there -is- somethings I can help with the further we go along..."
Oct 28 22:14:49 <zoofarrator>	"But what's up and what do I need to hear?" :O
Oct 28 22:15:40 <Genevieve>	"You're dad's working for an alien deity trying to invade Earth."
Oct 28 22:15:41 »»	Chase looks over at Alice, trying to keep a straight face after that. He manages to serious up pretty quickly, though. "I dunno how easy this is gonna be for you to hear, but... just the other day we saw your dad, and found out... he's involved in something big. I mean, really big. There's someone called the Banisher - an alien from who knows where, who fancies himself the one
Oct 28 22:15:42 »»	Chase and only deity. The Banisher seems to have... bidoofs of all things as his shocktroopers. And Dittos. And we saw your dad, Husk, with the Banisher's minions beaming back onto a goddamn spaceship. We captured a ditto and interrogated it, and it seems to fancy your dad as the third horseman of the apocolypse, some real fire and brimstone bible shit."
Oct 28 22:16:22 <zoofarrator>	Alice drops her slice of pizza.
Oct 28 22:17:02 <zoofarrator>	It lands on Thor, who has been in a daze since Tyr just explained his entire enlightenment.
Oct 28 22:17:06 <Chase>	"It sounds crazy, but that seems to be the story."
Oct 28 22:17:17 <zoofarrator>	Tyr "Well this got awkward rather quuuiiiiiick."
Oct 28 22:19:09 <zoofarrator>	Tyr: "Your father is working with the man who tried to eat your heart out.  Literally.  At least you weren't adopted, too."
Oct 28 22:19:13 <Chase>	Chase pauses, not entirely sure where to move after this. "I just... thought you should know what we saw."
Oct 28 22:19:38 <zoofarrator>	Valdis puffs her cheeks all pouty, Tyr: "Ooops.  Apologies, Vallldis."
Oct 28 22:19:39 »»	Chase nods at Tyr. "We had our suspicions that Dandyman was also working for the Banisher, since he sounded similar to another horseman the ditto described."
Oct 28 22:20:37 <Chase>	"Mind you we have no idea what Husk's doing or why, That's... everything, I think."
Oct 28 22:21:13 <zoofarrator>	Tyr: "Your enemies..."
Oct 28 22:21:48 <Chase>	"The Banisher also seems to have some past connection to Grant, but things got sour. Grant was supposed to be some messiah figure for him but got 'corrupted' by the Unown or whatever. This shit goes pretty deep."
Oct 28 22:21:53 <Rosetta>	"It's pretty confusing yeah why they're working together."
Oct 28 22:22:38 <Chase>	"So figuring out all of that mess is going to be really important."
Oct 28 22:22:49 »»	Chase pauses a moment, trying to gauge Alice's reaction to all of this.
Oct 28 22:24:15 <zoofarrator>	"Their desire is simple.  To eliminate one of her kind," He nods to Alice, "And to elevate the a replacement of their own.  As such, their best weapons are Legendary allies of their own, or to win such powers for themselves."
Oct 28 22:24:50 <zoofarrator>	"It would not surprise me if The Letter Men below intended to bait one of us to swoop down, only to be Usurped as well."
Oct 28 22:26:08 <Chase>	"The ditto spoke of them trying to create a new elemental Type."
Oct 28 22:26:25 <zoofarrator>	Alice finally does speak up, wiping the pizza off Thor.  "Well, I sorta figured my dad might have wanted to kill me as well at this point.  He seemed to...not think I was myself, anymore, before he left."
Oct 28 22:26:47 <Genevieve>	"We heard something like that."
Oct 28 22:26:59 <zoofarrator>	"I don't get why he'd help that douche though. I don't get it..."
Oct 28 22:26:59 <Chase>	"Are you sure he's not with them just to make sure they do this in a way that -doesn't- leave you for dead?"
Oct 28 22:27:10 »»	Chase shakes his head. "I don't get it either."
Oct 28 22:28:17 »»	Genevieve shrugs. "Can't really make any guesses at this point."
Oct 28 22:28:17 <Chase>	"Sorry for just dumping it like this."
Oct 28 22:28:35 <zoofarrator>	Miracle Eye hrrms. "Complicated motivations.  I don't think guess work would do much good here, but there's probably clues to his reasons why in his actions from here on out."
Oct 28 22:28:51 <Chase>	"Yeah, we'll keep our eyes peeled."
Oct 28 22:29:28 <zoofarrator>	Tyr shrugs at your new type comment. "I am aware.  We are passed that point already.  Their influence is at a tipping point, it is only a matter of which one will leak through."
Oct 28 22:29:51 <Genevieve>	"Leak through? What, is there a pool of nascent types out there?"
Oct 28 22:30:10 <Rosetta>	"That'd be...interesting." Rosetta tilts her head.
Oct 28 22:30:57 <Chase>	"So there's that can of worms."
Oct 28 22:31:12 <zoofarrator>	"I cannot tattle on such matters," he wriggles a finger back and forth.  "But on one side, are the chaotic, reality altering powers of Grant, and on the other...the pink, bubbly, and sickingly cute influence of another."
Oct 28 22:31:40 <Chase>	"...I think I might prefer 'sickeningly cute' to whatever Grant is doing."
Oct 28 22:31:57 <Chase>	"Especially after that run-in with that pixelated lackey of his."
Oct 28 22:32:49 <Genevieve>	"But doesn't that imply that someone is on a similar level to Grant in influencng this? Dandy doesn't seem, uh, cute."
Oct 28 22:33:24 <Saryx>	"Yeah, that girl, cool as she seemed, was waaay off her rocker, and like you said, Master Tyr, the world's already messed up enough. Adding more chaos would just mess the world up even more."
Oct 28 22:34:05 <Chase>	"But basically... There's a huge holy war building up over the powers that be and will be. Three major forces as far as I can tell... Banisher's, Grants, and those of the Forgotten Gods. So as far as we've figured, it's been in our interest to try and wake the sleeping gods, too. Which is what Flayed's been doing, lacking in tact as he might be. There's a thing, actually - do you
Oct 28 22:34:05 <Chase>	know why the Nameless One isn't waking up?"
Oct 28 22:36:02 <zoofarrator>	"If you are seeking specifics on how to approach your enemies, I am of little help.  It is in my nature to keep order, not maim and kill.  I leave that to Valllldis.  To wake The Mother Dragon..."
Oct 28 22:37:05 <Chase>	He glances at Valdis at that comment.
Oct 28 22:37:08 <zoofarrator>	"It is within our power to do so.  If all eight were to awaken..."
Oct 28 22:37:37 <zoofarrator>	Valdis seems cool headed as she normally is, if only slightly peeved at the adoption joke.
Oct 28 22:38:16 <Rosetta>	"You can wake them?"
Oct 28 22:39:33 <zoofarrator>	"We can wake The Mother Dragon - it is within our grasp, as her children.  The remaining two...I would have to suggest you consult her and her kin."
Oct 28 22:40:04 »»	Chase seems interested in what Tyr was about to say before Rosetta asked her question.
Oct 28 22:40:46 <zoofarrator>	He was more considering the pros and cons of this.  "If that is what you desire, as servants of her kin, we will make it so."
Oct 28 22:41:49 <Chase>	"The only reason I can think of to keep them asleep is that they might be safer that way... but honestly I think we may need all the help we can get."
Oct 28 22:42:19 <Chase>	"We'd appreciate anything you could do, Lord Tyr."
Oct 28 22:43:19 <Genevieve>	"Waking them is the lesser evil right now."
Oct 28 22:43:39 <Genevieve>	"In the long term, they'll cause trouble, but short term, we need them able to react."
Oct 28 22:44:41 <zoofarrator>	He nods, and with a sudden flap of his ebony and ivory wings, takes flight.  Several of the lights in the room go dead at once from the force, and he swoops out into the courtyard.
Oct 28 22:45:04 <zoofarrator>	He's much faster than he appeared to be on that throne of his.
Oct 28 22:46:21 <Chase>	"Whoa."
Oct 28 22:46:53 <zoofarrator>	His jaws open and he bellows a deafening roar that echoes throughout the mountains.  Two roars are returned, and a rather puny one can be heard from Saryx's shadow as something sneaks across the shadows of the room.
Oct 28 22:47:20 »»	Chase laughs a bit. Just a tiny bit.
Oct 28 22:48:44 <Saryx>	Saryx leans back, awestruck by the display of Tyr soaring upwards. "Maaan... That was impressive." ... Then looks to his shadow from whence the noise originated. "Hey! Kal'fu~"
Oct 28 22:49:15 <zoofarrator>	Within seconds, the Black Rayquaza is at Tyr's side.  You can notice Valdis waves at it with a smile.  Where the armored man was is now a Dialga, and a tiny little demon lizard behind all these gigantic creatures.
Oct 28 22:50:34 »»	Chase smiles, watching all of this.
Oct 28 22:50:42 <zoofarrator>	Tyr splits, as if evolving - into Kyurem, Zekrom, and Reshiram.  Together, these creatures all take flight, and swirl around the central mountain.
Oct 28 22:51:12 <Rosetta>	"Wow." Rosetta hops in place to follow all this with her gaze.
Oct 28 22:51:57 »»	Chase goes to get a better look at this.
Oct 28 22:53:05 <Genevieve>	"That's a lot of dragons."
Oct 28 22:53:13 <zoofarrator>	There's another series of echoing roars, and the snow begins to drift from the mountaintop, revealing a gigantic Dragonite resting within.  Her eyes flash open, and she suddenly takes flight - shooting straight into the sky with a roar louder than all the others combined. There's a flash of purple light from the heavens, and then silence.
Oct 28 22:53:43 <zoofarrator>	The dragons split up again, with Tyr returning and reforming as one, and returning to his seat.  "It is done."
Oct 28 22:54:09 <Rosetta>	"That was fast."
Oct 28 22:54:22 <zoofarrator>	"It surely did not go unnoticed, however."
Oct 28 22:54:33 <zoofarrator>	"We are not exactly subtle creatures."
Oct 28 22:55:55 <zoofarrator>	Alice and Mir are sort of dumbstruck by the display.  "So...what now, then?  Do we just wait for them to call us back? Or what?" She jingles her necklace.
Oct 28 22:56:05 <Chase>	"Right..." he stares out at the gigantic dragonite. "Still, thank you. The sons of grant are probably on alert now, but it's worth it."
Oct 28 22:56:14 <Saryx>	Saryx is almost starry-eyed at the sight. So entranced by the beautiful display, he doesn't even think before speaking. "... I think the world appreciates the beauty of all the Gods and Legends' majesty, though~"
Oct 28 22:57:01 <Saryx>	He's also totally staring at the Dragonite like 'HolyshitthisthingisamazingIcan'tbelieveIgettoseeaDragoniteupcloseandpersonalGodIwantone' and basically thinking along the lines of an eight year old.
Oct 28 22:58:49 <Chase>	"I dunno if there's protocol or anything, but I'm thinking we might should go ahead and take our leave..." he tries to think of any last questions or topics they might have needed to bring up.
Oct 28 23:01:31 <Chase>	"I can't think of anything else at the moment... thank you for your generous hospitality, lord Tyr, and for you and everyone's help as well. Is there anything we should keep in mind talking to the Mother Dragon?"
Oct 28 23:01:54 <zoofarrator>	"If it is, then Vallldis can lead you to the ground level, or you may leave the way wence you arrived," Tyr thinks on that last part.  "Don't mention her aaaage."
Oct 28 23:03:56 <Rosetta>	"You'd think being a god would make you less touchy about things like age, yeah? I mean they don't even get all wrinkly, do they? but guess we'll keep that in mind."
Oct 28 23:05:06 <Chase>	"Got it."
Oct 28 23:06:06 <Genevieve>	"Thanks for the help and the food."
Oct 28 23:06:10 <Chase>	"I think we'll gladly take Valdis's guidance here."
Oct 28 23:06:34 <Rosetta>	"Yep, thanks."
Oct 28 23:08:13 <zoofarrator>	"Good luck on your venture.  If I have anything else to share, I will send Valllldissss.  And Thoooor.  Stop looking so gruuuuumpy."  Valdis and her two dragon buddies promptly start to lead you out - though which way are you interested in going, out, or going back to the chamber The Flayed One entered?
Oct 28 23:09:27 <Chase>	Whichever's fastest is probably best. Describe the way we didn't come from?
Oct 28 23:10:08 <zoofarrator>	Oh, she'd be leading you guys down to the ground level.  I more mean what are you looking to do - head home or not :P
Oct 28 23:10:17 <Genevieve>	"We should check on Flayed."
Oct 28 23:10:21 <Rosetta>	"We should probably- yeah that."
Oct 28 23:11:03 <zoofarrator>	As you're lead out, you hear Tyr mention, "Now, Yulia...for your questionssss." (Doesn't gotta be now, but I didn't forget you break :P)
Oct 28 23:12:21 <zoofarrator>	Valdis nods and leads you guys back via the violet platforms.  These are a fight sight for Saryx, Mir and Alice, and you all catch a look at the fortress below.  As well as Briana, Joe Shmoe, and another guy hauling ass below while being chased by hungry Garchomps.
Oct 28 23:13:24 <zoofarrator>	Once back at the central courtyard, Valdis mentions.  "Sorry.  He's...dificult," nodding back toward Tyr's place.
Oct 28 23:13:44 <Rosetta>	"At least he got us pizza."
Oct 28 23:13:44 <Saryx>	". . ." Saryx staaares down below. He is so confused.
Oct 28 23:14:40 <zoofarrator>	Saryx of all people should know what's going on!
Oct 28 23:14:59 <Yulia>	"Mine?"
Oct 28 23:15:20 <Saryx>	He ponders it a second, and then the lightbulb goes off.
Oct 28 23:15:26 <Yulia>	"Well, you were the one who called me here, even if indirectly."
Oct 28 23:15:59 <Chase>	"He doesn't seem to be so bad, kind of an interesting way with words... working for him is probably different, though."
Oct 28 23:16:00 <Saryx>	He then proceeds to go along on his merry way~
Oct 28 23:17:19 <Chase>	"...huh, it -was- her. Brianna, I think." he looks back down at the sight. "Those must be guys with her team, Bad Company."
Oct 28 23:17:55 <zoofarrator>	Tyr: "Surely you are curious why I did so?  It is simple, really.  To hear of your encounter with the other of my kind.  Sort of."
Oct 28 23:19:11 <Yulia>	"There is not much to say," Yulia reflects, as she digs a crimson cloth out of her pack. "I invoked the symbolism of the family crest to summon him, and he claimed to be of your kind. Suffice to say, he used me for his own ends."
Oct 28 23:19:12 <zoofarrator>	Valdis nods. "It can be tiring.  Later, then," She waves you guys off and starts back the way she came, the Haxorus and the Garchomp with her sticking close.
Oct 28 23:20:03 <zoofarrator>	Mir: "You ever think she gets lonely out here?  Granted I guess she -was- raised by these creatures as well..." She looks over to the entrance to the inner sanctem of this plce.
Oct 28 23:20:23 <Yulia>	She lays the cloth flat, now clearly a cape - a shielded coat of arms bearing the imagery of Zekrom and Reshiram, with a ribbon wrapping around the entire symbol: "Truth and ideals in accord," it reads in old Gennisian.
Oct 28 23:20:49 <zoofarrator>	You can see the blue, flicking column that you are all familiar with by now down the hallway.  Even the walls have the same black tint as before.
Oct 28 23:21:40 <Genevieve>	"I guess he's still over there."
Oct 28 23:23:05 <zoofarrator>	Tyr: "Figures.  Those other folks are dealing with a similar being as he is.  A man in Mareep's clothing.  If Mareeps were large and scaley."
Oct 28 23:23:29 <Yulia>	"What I thought I wanted was an explanation."
Oct 28 23:23:43 <Yulia>	"....truth be told, I'm not sure if that's still for the purpose of my trip."
Oct 28 23:24:02 <zoofarrator>	Rather than over there, Gen, seems he's on the other side still - the inner sanctem is empty at the moment.
Oct 28 23:24:24 <Yulia>	"I'm not sure of what I intended to get out of this. Reassurance that the symbolism holds true, perhaps. Closure."
Oct 28 23:24:30 <Yulia>	"Maybe a reason to go on."
Oct 28 23:24:33 <Chase>	"Lonely? ...Probably, yeah."
Oct 28 23:24:40 <Yulia>	"Or a new path."
Oct 28 23:24:44 <Rosetta>	"Should we go in and see him?"
Oct 28 23:24:49 <Genevieve>	"Crazy, definitely."
Oct 28 23:24:52 »»	Chase hurries along
Oct 28 23:25:04 <Chase>	"Crazy? Naw."
Oct 28 23:26:02 <zoofarrator>	Tyr: "I do not believe serving me directly would be to your liking, even if I would welcome a second priestess.  This land is far from your home.  Not a feasible commuuuute."
Oct 28 23:26:06 <Chase>	"Valdis has probably had it a bit rough either way."
Oct 28 23:27:12 <Yulia>	"...my friends just seemed so sure of what they wanted to do. Of their purpose. Of the strength of their bonds, supernatural or otherwise."
Oct 28 23:27:24 <zoofarrator>	You guys walk through onto the other side!
Oct 28 23:27:41 <Yulia>	"I suppose, even years after our times at the Academy, that....well, that's what bothers me still."
Oct 28 23:27:47 <zoofarrator>	It's a mad house over there! You're in that central plaza, with the glowly sky, dark buildings, eight paths and...
Oct 28 23:27:54 <Yulia>	"Perhaps this is why I wanted to visit Beatrice to begin with, I suppose."
Oct 28 23:30:07 <zoofarrator>	There's a circular table that's been erected here, with The Deciever, The One and Only, The Flayed One (or at least what you assume is him, as he's taken an avatar form - a young, dark skinned man with any piercings, tattoos and hides and skins as clothing), Yaretzi, annnd...a lot of Weaviles and Sneasels running around.
Oct 28 23:31:27 <zoofarrator>	There's also an absolutely fuck huge Metagross - it takes up like an eight of the plaza, just sitting there, and a woman with light blue hair, a tribal gown and headdress.
Oct 28 23:31:45 <zoofarrator>	There's a lot of shouting and arguing going on - you guys are all also suddenly wearing your FF-style costumes again!
Oct 28 23:32:49 »»	Genevieve walks to the table, turns Shadowblade over, and sinks the end of the blade into the top of the table. "Quiet!"
Oct 28 23:33:55 <Rosetta>	"This is worse than a family reunion."
Oct 28 23:34:30 <zoofarrator>	Tyr hrrrms, Yulia. "I can say the symbolism was anythin but that.  The balance is a very real thing.  It is simply unfortionate that the one you met was none other than the man who struck one of our kin low."
Oct 28 23:34:50 <Chase>	"Whoa."
Oct 28 23:35:37 <Yulia>	"...so what now?"
Oct 28 23:35:51 <zoofarrator>	"I am unsure if I can give you the closure you desire.  Nor do I think it is I who could bestow it.  That may reside well with your friends, loved ones...Perhaps even Valdis may be more inciteful in such matters than myself."
Oct 28 23:36:06 <zoofarrator>	Well that certainly worked, Gen.  Everyone goes silent and looks at you.
Oct 28 23:36:58 <zoofarrator>	The woman speaks, her voice is bold and powerful.  "Well, you certainly picked a fiesty one, didn't you, Deciever?" She stands, looking you all over.
Oct 28 23:38:45 <Genevieve>	"Shouting over each other clearly isn't going to do anything useful." She looks at the woman and the Metagross. "Genevieve Webb."
Oct 28 23:39:11 <Chase>	"Sup, everyone. Chase Violett." He gives a casual wave with two fingers and has a seat.
Oct 28 23:39:35 <Rosetta>	"Rosetta Whitacre." She waves.
Oct 28 23:40:41 <Saryx>	"Hi there!" Saryx waves as well, drawing near himself. "Saryx Sylvestine."
Oct 28 23:41:11 <zoofarrator>	Miracle Eye takes off her Time Mage hat - as it's a bit unwieldly, and nods to the giant Metagross.  "Hey now, it's in my nature to instigate - and good work seeing as this kiddo - and his entire friggen extended family - and She Who Cannot Be Named out of bed."
Oct 28 23:42:42 <zoofarrator>	Deciever: "I suppose that's -something- worthy of some divine compensation."  1NO: "N' same for you, Chase."
Oct 28 23:42:55 »»	Saryx blink blink. This is one person just constantly jumping from thought to thought without finishing any of them?
Oct 28 23:43:46 <zoofarrator>	The Nameless walks past you all, nodding, and stops at Alice.  Alice simply has a green and yellow dress in this realm, as a reminder.  "And this is the oddity they spoke of." The woman kneels down to look over her closely.
Oct 28 23:44:10 <zoofarrator>	Alice: "Um, hi! I'm...Alice Rhasha. I think."
Oct 28 23:44:43 <Chase>	"Divine compensation, huh? Might be pretty nice..."
Oct 28 23:46:36 <Genevieve>	"Whatever. What are you all trying to discuss so we can bring some kind of order?"
Oct 28 23:48:14 »»	Chase just nods at the Nameless.
Oct 28 23:50:52 <zoofarrator>	The Metagross answers. <WE MUST DECIDE OUR COURSE OF ACTION.  TO HARKEN OUR LOYAL, AND MARCH UPON OUR ENEMIES, TO STIR THE REMAINING TWO OF OUR ORDER, TO CONSLIDATE OUR EFFORTS ON AWAKENING THE NEW BORN.>
Oct 28 23:51:45 <zoofarrator>	<IT IS ONLY LOGICAL WE AWAKE HER AT ONCE.  THE OTHERS INSIST THAT OUR FOLLOWERS WILL NOT TOLERATE SUCH ACTION AS IT WOULD MEAN THE SACIFICE OF A SINGLE LIFE.  IT IS ILLOGICAL.>
Oct 28 23:53:15 <Chase>	"Well, I agree with them. Alice is our friend, and while her life may seem insignificant to you, it definitely ain't to us. And it ain't insignificant to Shiva, either. You want logical? Shiva risked herself at really great cost to keep Alice alive - you mess with that and I don't think she's going to be very cooperative. Either way, I think doing that's out of the question."
Oct 28 23:54:07 »»	Genevieve pulls Shadowblade out of the table and sits, but doesn't say anything.
Oct 28 23:54:09 <Saryx>	Saryx also steps between the Metagross and Alice defensively, though... Seems Chase got most of the talking done here. Better points than he'd make.
Oct 28 23:54:33 <Rosetta>	"You guys are pretty low on the whole follower count thing right now, yeah? Seems like you're gonna have problems winning over allies if you do somethin' that shows a lack of empathy for humans and all, I'd think." She shrugs and pops open another can of soda, sipping at it.
Oct 28 23:54:51 <zoofarrator>	Mir sighs.  "Mortals are illogical by nature, Grand One.  Especially us of flesh and blood.  I will try to convey things in a light you can comprehend.  Affirmative?"
Oct 28 23:56:47 »»	Chase decides to let Mir handle that
Oct 28 23:57:06 <zoofarrator>	Between all of you, the Metagross goes silent and nods. The Deciever sighs: "Finally someone who can reason with him - he goes on forever and ever if you let him."
Oct 29 00:00:09 <zoofarrator>	The Nameless follows up: "While it is true that these three are in quite a deficit, that is not as much the case for myself.  My devote stretch back many generations and flourish even today."
Oct 29 00:00:33 <Chase>	"I can kind of get behind the whole 'harken your loyal' thing, but more on the point of 'building up our power'. I think we need to make sure we have enough allies before we all out go to war here. Build influence, wake up the other two, do what we can to strengthen you guys."
Oct 29 00:01:22 »»	Chase nods at the Nameless. "Not doubting your strength, of course."
Oct 29 00:01:34 <zoofarrator>	She looks back to Alice with a warm smile.  "Verve and Rebellion are very dear to my own domains as well.  Both lead to Freedom, and push aside Consequence.  I very much desire to assist you, Alice Rhasha."
Oct 29 00:02:40 <zoofarrator>	Alice clams up a little.  "Um, thanks..."
Oct 29 00:03:55 <Chase>	"What are -you- all thinking at the moment?"
Oct 29 00:04:08 <zoofarrator>	1NO nodnods as you talk, Chase, "Which is why we were thinkin'.  There's this guy who goes by Uncle Rex whose devote to Nameless here.  Think you guys heard from him?"
Oct 29 00:04:20 »»	Saryx gives the Nameless a thumbs-up, and a smile of his own. "I knew there was a reason I always liked Dragonites so much," he whispers to Alice.
Oct 29 00:04:24 <Chase>	"Yeah, I remember that. The guy who contacted Gen."
Oct 29 00:04:46 <Genevieve>	"We did, yeah."
Oct 29 00:04:55 <zoofarrator>	"When yall get a chance think you could holla at him?  Nameless seems to suggest he's got some deep pockets and such.  Could get the ball rollin on somethin' there."
Oct 29 00:05:19 »»	Genevieve nods. "Of course."
Oct 29 00:05:23 <Chase>	"Sounds good t'me."
Oct 29 00:06:02 <Rosetta>	"Is there much the Keeper's Cult could add? I've still gotta go report to Roland about the connection between Dandy and Husk, and I bet we'll be thinkin' more 'bout what to do from here."
Oct 29 00:07:49 <zoofarrator>	Deciever also chimes in. "Oh, good, short stuff mentioned the other blokes."
Oct 29 00:08:57 <zoofarrator>	Yaretzi also perks up when The Keeper's are mentioned.  "You wanna get them involved? Sure.  I'll even throw in the general location of their abodes."
Oct 29 00:09:40 <zoofarrator>	"Flayed boy had the right idea, but it takes a more subtle touch than throwing meat sacks at doors."
Oct 29 00:10:08 <Rosetta>	"Oh, Mir." Rosetta hops in place to face her. "Odd time to bring this up, but think you could help me out a bit? The Writer thinks we can fix Yanala if we dive into her dreams and muck around there. I was thinking of doing that, but I need an expert on the dream world."
Oct 29 00:10:41 <Rosetta>	"She'd probably help us get an idea of what's going on and might help with getting the Keeper's Cult back on track."
Oct 29 00:10:52 <zoofarrator>	Mir: "Given what Saryx and Alice witnessed and were part of, I felt that was very pertinent myself!  Yes, we should, soon."
Oct 29 00:10:53 <Rosetta>	"And...I could learn more about what happened to my brother too."
Oct 29 00:11:10 <Chase>	"Right..."
Oct 29 00:11:52 <Chase>	"The two left are the... Everhungry and the Voidmind?"
Oct 29 00:11:58 <zoofarrator>	The Deciever prattles on.  "You call it Red Blade Island.  You even got close to the spot, sort of.  A mine, his original home as a mortal.  He slumbers deep beneath the surface, in constant mediation."
Oct 29 00:12:19 <zoofarrator>	"People moved in, for a time.  They woke up things they'd wish they hadn't."
Oct 29 00:12:31 <Chase>	"So that's why Flayed was out there."
Oct 29 00:13:01 <zoofarrator>	"Flayed Even was heading there, wasn't he?" The young man version of Flayed One just nods, gritting his teeth.  He doesn't really seem clever enough to mouth off to Deciever.
Oct 29 00:13:26 <zoofarrator>	"The stupid fish.  He's trickier."
Oct 29 00:14:36 <Chase>	"Okay, that's a start... what about the other one?"
Oct 29 00:15:47 <zoofarrator>	"Beneath the surface, the center of the Isles.  Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Everhungry R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn," he jokes.
Oct 29 00:15:49 <Saryx>	"... Do you think that means the aliens Minuetta came here with were trying to stop the Flayed One from awakening the Voidmind?"
Oct 29 00:16:00 <Chase>	"Yeah, Saryx."
Oct 29 00:16:20 <Rosetta>	"Yeah, that was exactly what they were after."
Oct 29 00:16:24 <Chase>	"We covered that when you weren't here, I think - the aliens didn't want this world to catch the attention of the Banisher?"
Oct 29 00:16:34 <Chase>	"Kind of too late for that now."
Oct 29 00:17:51 <zoofarrator>	"You'd probably have an easier time finding my Mirage in the desert than getting down there.  And least -mine- is probably just packed full of murderous things that melt when you dump soda on them."
Oct 29 00:18:15 <Saryx>	"Oh... Yeah, that'd explain it." As Saryx feels saddened his brain spark was already brought up before he got the info, Botherrer makes note to actually catch up on those logs eventually.
Oct 29 00:18:17 <zoofarrator>	"His? Fuck if we know."
Oct 29 00:21:26 <Chase>	"If it's that difficult to find the Everhungry... maybe one of his followers might know better."
Oct 29 00:22:33 <Rosetta>	"Do we know any?"
Oct 29 00:23:25 <zoofarrator>	You think you hear Kricketunes.  But then you realize it's just Thor making that silence filling sound.
Oct 29 00:25:05 <Rosetta>	"...Alright, new plan then?"
Oct 29 00:26:00 <Chase>	"Guess not."
Oct 29 00:26:05 <Chase>	"We'll worry about it later then."
Oct 29 00:27:44 <Chase>	"So! I think we have a few major objectives outlined..."
Oct 29 00:27:56 <Genevieve>	"We can start looking for one, at least."
Oct 29 00:29:32 <Chase>	"We could check out the Sandseeker temple, the mines on Red Blade Isle, see about contacting Uncle Rex again... what about recruitment, as far as followers go?"
Oct 29 00:30:16 <Chase>	"There's the thing with Yanala, too... yeah, we got full plates again. Might be good to go back to Bravescar and finish our R&R. Might not have a chance for a while."
Oct 29 00:31:30 <zoofarrator>	The Nameless: "When you are free to do so, travel to Red Blade and meet with my devote.  They can act in manners that are dificult for us to do.  I believe they would have an idea or two, even including our dear friend here, reguarding bringing more to our faith."  She stands behind Alice and places a hand on her shoulder.
Oct 29 00:31:41 <Genevieve>	"Reconvene with the brains."
Oct 29 00:32:49 <Saryx>	"Beatrice is down in Shiverwing City, hopefully, so we can stop there to grab her on our way back."
Oct 29 00:34:39 <zoofarrator>	Alice looks up at Nameless and :D's, but then something hits her "...We have to walk back, don't we?"
Oct 29 00:35:21 <Chase>	"...Yeah. Hope you like the snow!"
Oct 29 00:35:52 <Rosetta>	"We could fly back on my birds. There some way you can have the dragons around here give us a wide berth?" Rosetta hops to face the Nameless.
Oct 29 00:36:23 <zoofarrator>	Mir frowns. "Would it be possible to use that to travel to -your- shrine, Unfeeling?" She points at the wavering blue light.
Oct 29 00:36:42 <zoofarrator>	The Unfeeling nods. "Oh, nice.  Shorter walk for me at least!"
Oct 29 00:37:10 <Chase>	To Alice he says, "By the end of this, you might be some kind of messiah figure." he half-jokes. "How do you feel about all of this?"
Oct 29 00:37:25 »»	Saryx stares deadpan at Miracle Eye. In the 'I hope you're joking' kind of way.
Oct 29 00:37:54 <zoofarrator>	She looks at Saryx and tilts her head. "It's under Thundercry.  I know the way back up, and the rest of my team is there."
Oct 29 00:38:24 <zoofarrator>	"Makes more sense to get them and -then- go to Darkfeather together if I'll be meeting Rosetta there later, no?"
Oct 29 00:39:15 <Saryx>	"It was more just the way that sounded that... That, uhhh..." Saryx looses a sigh. "Never mind, Miracle."
Oct 29 00:40:39 <zoofarrator>	Alice seems a bit distracted, but answers, Chase, "I'd still settle for being a one hit wonder and that be the end of it!  But I can't really complain if this all...works in the end, right?"
Oct 29 00:41:39 <Chase>	He nods.
Oct 29 00:42:47 <Chase>	"It will."
Oct 29 00:42:59 <zoofarrator>	Yaretzi joins back up with you guys, now with several Weaviles following her around.  Doesn't look like she'll be returning alone on this trip.
Oct 29 00:44:11 <Genevieve>	"Oh, Miracle, can you pass a message to Chione for me?"
Oct 29 00:44:23 »»	Chase almost nudges Yaretzi about the Flayed One's human avatar before Kain remembers she can't quite perceive that.
Oct 29 00:44:33 <zoofarrator>	Deciever and 1NO call out to Chase and Gen from the table. "You'll hear from us later," speaks The Deciever.  "Go hang out with your partners or do duels or drugs or whatever you folks do for a bit already."
Oct 29 00:44:43 <zoofarrator>	Miracle Eye nods, "Sure, Genevieve."
Oct 29 00:45:32 »»	Chase considers that. "Might not be a bad time to go through the rest of the prof's tobacco..."
Oct 29 00:45:33 »»	Genevieve gives Mir a covert look. "Tell her I've got peach daquiries on ice and ready to put some buns in the oven."
Oct 29 00:47:09 <zoofarrator>	Miracle Eye nods sagely, not 100% understanding but getting the general idea of it.  "Alright."
Oct 29 00:47:58 <Genevieve>	"Thanks!"
Oct 29 00:48:23 <Chase>	"Yeah, keep in touch, dudes. We'll get this shit nailed." He goes for a fistbump if 1NO is the type for that!
Oct 29 00:48:57 <zoofarrator>	She goes ahead and makes her exit - back through the waving light.  1NO returns the bump.
Oct 29 00:49:13 »»	Chase turns to head out, then!
Oct 29 00:49:21 »»	Genevieve waves and follows after Chase.
Oct 29 00:49:39 <Rosetta>	(did nameless have a response about clearing the skies for us?)
Oct 29 00:50:21 <zoofarrator>	(Oh oops missed that, sorry)
Oct 29 00:50:28 <Rosetta>	(no big)
Oct 29 00:51:04 <zoofarrator>	The Nameless looks over Rosetta thoughtfully. "Hm.  Interesting."
Oct 29 00:51:25 »»	Rosetta tilts her head. "Interesting?"
Oct 29 00:52:13 <zoofarrator>	"My children will not harass you on your return from my temple.  I will make no promises on future occurances, though.  Their actions are their own."
Oct 29 00:52:32 <zoofarrator>	"With them not chomping at your tailfeathers, your venture should be safe," she grins.
Oct 29 00:52:45 <Rosetta>	"Shiny. Thanks."
Oct 29 00:54:40 »»	Rosetta reaches into her pockets and takes out some pokeballs, twirling them through her fingers. "Guess we'll be goin' then. See ya." She follows the others out with a wave.
Oct 29 00:55:07 <zoofarrator>	"Fly hastily," she nods as you leave.  Alice lingers a bit longer before exiting as well.
Oct 29 00:56:01 »»	Rosetta lets out BURDS for riding.
Oct 29 00:56:09 <zoofarrator>	And finally, with Yaretzi, still covered in Weaviles.
Oct 29 00:57:04 <zoofarrator>	The skies don't clear, as The Nameless mentioned, but it's a light snow at the moment, and  the skies are clear.  Nothing bars your path on your flight out.
Oct 29 00:57:10 <Saryx>	Saryx waits on Alice before taking leave with her; he parts by basically letting the Nameless know he thinks she's a pretty awesome person... Err, Pokemon... Legendary... God... thing... And that frankly he's looking forward to meeting her again.
Oct 29 00:58:26 <zoofarrator>	She's sure you will meet again!
Oct 29 00:58:42 »»	Chase heads out on Brahms once they're free of the temple!
Oct 29 00:59:17 <zoofarrator>	After all is said and done, it's been a pretty crazy few days, but now? Now, you're (hopefully) free to act on your own agendas for a bit!
Oct 29 01:00:36 <Chase>	:D
Oct 29 01:02:06 <zoofarrator>	</session>