Library Attack

[20:55] <Rights> She stalks over, still holding Midnight to her chest, perhaps? I dunno. "Hello. I'm Ana." She introduces herself, looking Craig over like a mom who just caught her kid being offered candy out of a white van.
[20:56] <sabitsuki> He clicks his tongue and stands back up. "Ana. Ana. Anaa...Ana Hita?"
[20:56] <~DrMann> Billy is sitting in his favorite chair, looking over his stocks.
#01[20:56] <Flames> "Oh, Billy!"  Midnight wriggles.
[20:56] <Salmander> Gem is totally oblivious to the fact that he is now prey.
[20:57] <Rights> "More or less. If not exactly, it's a better name than my real one." She releases Midnight.
[20:57] <&Dexanote> Sadler yawns, looks over. Oh hey it's Billy! Haven't seen him for a while!
[20:57] <Ragazzo> Dusty blinks. "Ah, good how he shows up when he's needed..."
[20:57] <~DrMann> "Hey, Midnight."
[20:57] <sabitsuki> "Ah. Bapho told me about you."
[20:57] <Rights> "...Bapho?" Ana's expression softens, and she perks up.
[20:57] <Rights> "Kurt?"
[20:58] <sabitsuki> "The same. Unless you know any other old demonic goat entities." He offers a hand. "Craig Cael."
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[20:58] <Rights> "...He mentioned you!" Ana takes his hand, still giving him a cautious look. She's placed herself between him and Gem protectively. "I guess we work at the same place, then."
[20:59] <&Dexanote> Sadler freezes, then relaxes... slowly...
[20:59] <sabitsuki> "Yep. Different wings, though. And I'm not in much."
[20:59] <Salmander> Gem picks gold shavings from his teeth. Apparently he had just been eating.
[20:59] <Ragazzo> Dusty observes this exchange thoughtfully, and shrugs. He urns to look at Midnight and Billy.
#01[20:59] <Flames> Midnight heads over to Billy, "I've been telling people about what happened last night.  My house was raided."
[20:59] <~DrMann> "Oh shit.  They get anything important?"
[20:59] <@pooryoric> a Door bangs open
[21:00] <Ragazzo> Dusty turns. Wha-who?
[21:00] <@pooryoric> into it strides a lanky figure in a black body stocking, wearing a white domino mask.
[21:00] <Salmander> Gem looks. Exciting.
[21:00] <Ragazzo> "Oh...shit."
[21:00] <&Dexanote> "... Fritz!?"
[21:00] <Ragazzo> "God damn it."
[21:00] <Rights> "Ahh...he didn't say much, just that there was one particular person who you-" Ana trails off. "...Fritz!"
[21:00] <&Dexanote> "I havent seen you for ages!"
[21:00] <Rights> She throws her hands up in the air, over her head. "Fritz!"
[21:00] <@pooryoric> he's pushing a wheelbarrow laden with bric a brac, and seems to be chewing on something.
[21:00] <Salmander> "Who is that, Ms Ana?"
[21:01] <@pooryoric> "hello. do I, uh... do I know you people?"
[21:01] <sabitsuki> Craig blinks, then stares at Gem's gold shavings.
[21:01] <&Dexanote> "Uh... Sadler."
[21:01] <@pooryoric> the voice is that of a young woman in her late teens
[21:01] <Ragazzo> "Oh, come on Fritz. I know you like to be annoying, but don't pretend..."
#01[21:01] <Flames> "Two of my roommates, I think, Cassandra Remington and Scylla.  They were both home, and I didn't see them get out.  Four men in SWAT gear, and I'd be lucky to tangle up *one*, so I left.  Since Cass used to be Foundation, I suspect it was her they were after, if it were Foundation.  Yoric had his things in storage there, too."
[21:01] <Rights> "It's Fritz! Fritz Fr...uh..."
[21:01] <Rights> "...uhhh...."
[21:01] <&Dexanote> He tilts his head. What.
[21:01] <Ragazzo> "..."
[21:02] <Ragazzo> "Fritz, stop messing around."
[21:02] <@pooryoric> "just fuckin' with ya, cats. it's-a me, da fritz!"
#01[21:02] <Flames> "My netbook was there, so there's contact information and my banking, but I didn't put addresses there, just e-mail and Skype."
[21:02] <Rights> "Fritz!"
[21:02] <&Dexanote> "Aha!"
[21:02] <~DrMann> "Shit."
[21:03] <@pooryoric> "so, it turns out street performing is illegal in mogadishu. who knew?"
[21:03] <&Dexanote> "Not me."
#01[21:03] <Flames> "Which is why I've been running around, talking with people to let them know."
[21:03] <Rights> "I wouldn't have known."
[21:03] <Salmander> Gem just watches. He is entranced.
[21:04] <@pooryoric> "it also turns out jail in mogadishu is -terrifying-. I hadda bit a guy's arms off."
[21:04] <Ragazzo> "...."
[21:04] <Ragazzo> "Really."
[21:04] <&Dexanote> Stare.
[21:04] <Salmander> "Cool!"
[21:04] <Rights> "That sounds difficult and gross."
[21:04] <&Dexanote> facepalm
[21:05] <&Dexanote> "Fritz, this is Gemric and Craig. They're newer."
[21:05] <@pooryoric> can I get descriptive blurbs for both?
[21:06] <Rights> Ana gestures to Gem. "Gem's a real sweetheart. I dunno about this guy. Maybe. Just met him."
[21:06] <&Dexanote> OOC, yorc
[21:06] <Salmander> Gem is a young, child, looks about 12. He appears to be made completely of gold and silver, with diamonds speckling him. His eyes are two large emeralds that stare at Fritz in fascination.
[21:07] <@pooryoric> how can one tell whether emeralds look fascinated, I wonder.
[21:07] <Rights> Same way that eyes do.
[21:07] <@pooryoric> "cat, you look like a bejewelled garden gnome."
[21:07] <Salmander> They are widened, they appear to grow and shrink as if eyelids would be covering them.
[21:07] <Salmander> "Garden gnome?"
[21:08] <sabitsuki> Craig is a 20-something guy, about 6'2. His clothes are high quality, and he doesn't look dirty, but he still manages to smell like dirt. His accent is some bastard child of Irish and Midwestern US.
[21:08] <@pooryoric> "gnomicus gardenians, javol."
[21:09] <Salmander> Gem has no idea how to respond to that.
[21:09] <~DrMann> There is a noise near the back of the Library.  It's a high-pitched sound, and almost inaudible.  Simultaneously, every single Library, whether Docent, Archivist, or Page, turns to face it.  After a few seconds, you realize it's the sound of someone trying to scream.
[21:09] <~DrMann> It's cut off suddenly.
[21:09] <@pooryoric> "so, richie kitsch and the undertaker. good to meetcha, fritz freud at your service, I do tricks for change, and change for dollars. nice to- oh, hello."
[21:09] <~DrMann> That's when the shouting begins.
[21:09] <Rights> "Uh oh."
[21:10] <&Dexanote> "..." Mouse squeals. Sadler snaps his head towards teh screaming.
[21:10] <@pooryoric> "way to bogart a guy's audience, whatever's going on ther- do you cats smell blood?"
[21:10] <Salmander> Gem turns towards the screaming. "What is that?"
[21:10] <sabitsuki> Craig puts his hands in his pockets and looks disinterested towards the screaming.
[21:11] <Rights> "Somebody in trouble, Gem..." Ana says, softly. "Maybe."
[21:11] <@pooryoric> "that, cat, sounds like a cue to beet feet."
[21:11] <@pooryoric> *beat
[21:11] <~DrMann> A Page is running on all eight limbs, pulling himself desperately along when something scaled and red lands on his back and begins tearing out chunks of flesh.
[21:12] <Ragazzo> "...well, are we just going to stand here?"
[21:12] <Salmander> "Aren't you not supposed to fight in the library?"
[21:12] <&Dexanote> Sadler turned as soon as he saw the Page.
[21:12] <Rights> Ana yelps, and starts stepping back.
[21:12] <Bouncl> Todd walks through a door and what the fuck.
[21:13] <Ragazzo> "...well, are we just going to stand here?"
[21:13] <Bouncl> "..."
[21:13] <Ragazzo> "OH jesus...where are the docents?"
[21:13] <@pooryoric> "yep. called it. saddle, skedaddle."
[21:13] <Bouncl> He drops his books and crouches down, staring at the uh... thing.
[21:13] <&Dexanote> He's already running.
[21:13] <Rights> "They should be there!" Ana looks for nearby doors she knows.
[21:13] <&Dexanote> "TODD RUN."
[21:13] <@pooryoric> fritz follows, wheelbarrow wheels asqueaky.
[21:13] <Bouncl> "What -is- that?"
[21:13] <Salmander> Gem is unsure of what to do.
#01[21:13] <Flames> "Not friendly," Midnight says.
[21:14] <@pooryoric> "saddledaddy, hit me with some, aha, running commentary here. what exactly am I seeing here?"
[21:14] <~DrMann> More appear, some running on the floor, others jumping from shelf to shelf.  They're about half the size of a full-grown man, the largest the size of a boy.
[21:14] <Rights> Ana grabs Gem's hand and tugs. Too bad he weight a LOT more than her. "Run!"
[21:14] <Rights> "Gem, RUN!"
[21:14] <&Dexanote> "Azi's family."
[21:14] <Salmander> "Ok." Gem runs with Ana.
[21:14] <~DrMann> "To the doors!" Billy shouts.
[21:14] <Bouncl> "Oh shit. Ana!  over hear!"
[21:14] <@pooryoric> "well damn.
[21:14] <@pooryoric> ""
[21:14] <Bouncl> He holds his door open.
[21:14] <sabitsuki> Craig turns, looks back hesitantly, and decides to follow Ana.
[21:14] <@pooryoric> *here
[21:15] <@crackles> "Pardon," Murmur says to Todd, bending down slightly. "Does it go to Earth?"
[21:15] <@pooryoric> "so, uh. where are we goin', exactly?"
[21:15] <Bouncl> "Wha- yes."
[21:15] <~DrMann> The Docents are moving forward, wading into combat.  They break limbs, shatter skulls, throw the lizard-things tremendous distances... but they are quickly overcome.  There must be hundreds of them.
#01[21:15] <Flames> "Right...  if this is Azi's...  then maybe we need to head to Ana's."  Midnight runs toward Ana's Door."
[21:15] <Bouncl> "Yes!"
[21:15] <&Dexanote> all manner of insects are fleeing from the Azikin, towards Sadler.
[21:15] <&Dexanote> "ANA's DOOR"
[21:15] <Bouncl> "Ana's?"
[21:15] <Bouncl> He closes his door and bolts after Ana.
[21:15] <Rights> Ana is already heading to her door, a piece of paper in her hand. She jams it under the door, and shoves it open.
[21:15] <Bouncl> Fffffff
[21:16] <@pooryoric> from the left of the group comes a loud bellow of faggy rage. A Clown Called Ashton swings a chair at one of the scaled shapes.
[21:16] <Bouncl> He waves Murmur after him. "Come on!"
[21:16] <Rights> "Everybody OUT OF THE LIBRARY!" Ana tugs Gem with him.
[21:16] <@pooryoric> 4df+1 ACCA melee
[21:16] <Grape> pooryoric: ACCA melee: 3 (4df+1=#3+#, #4-#, #3+#, #3+#)
[21:16] <&Dexanote> Sadler sees him, almost slows... then GETS OUT OF THERE. Sadler's through.
[21:16] <sabitsuki> Craig ducks through Ana's door.
[21:17] <@crackles> Murmur glides through Ana's Door. Immediately he seems even more insubstantial...
[21:17] <Salmander> Gem goes along with Ana.
[21:17] <@pooryoric> fritz follows sadler
[21:17] <Bouncl> Todd skidds through.
[21:17] <Ragazzo> Dusty runs the fuck away with the others.
[21:17] <~DrMann> 4df+4
[21:17] <Grape> DrMann: 1 (4df+4=0, #4-#, #4-#, #4-#)
[21:17] <~DrMann> Ashton manages to knock one of the lizard things to the ground.  But two more take its place.
[21:17] <Rights> Ana doesn't stop running, through the door, although she does look back. "Somebody close the door when we're all through!"
[21:17] <@crackles> Oh, and there's Lord and Iriel. She's tugging him along in shrieky little girl terror.
[21:17] <@pooryoric> "help! help!"
[21:17] <~DrMann> 4df+4 First attack
[21:17] <Grape> DrMann: First attack: 4 (4df+4=#3+#, #3+#, #4-#, #4-#)
[21:18] <@pooryoric> ACCA shouts to the retreating group.
[21:18] <~DrMann> 4df+4 Second attack
[21:18] <Grape> DrMann: Second attack: 4 (4df+4=0, 0, #3+#, #4-#)
[21:18] <@pooryoric> 4df+1
[21:18] <Grape> pooryoric: 2 (4df+1=0, 0, #3+#, 0)
[21:18] <Ragazzo> Ori snerks awake at a table.
[21:18] <@pooryoric> 4df+1
[21:18] <Grape> pooryoric: 3 (4df+1=#3+#, #4-#, #3+#, #3+#)
[21:18] <~DrMann> Ashton falls, torn to pieces.
[21:18] <~DrMann> 4df+4 Ori
[21:18] <Grape> DrMann: Ori: 4 (4df+4=#4-#, #4-#, #3+#, #3+#)
[21:18] <Ragazzo> "Wha-oh, shi-"
[21:18] <@pooryoric> both creatures leap onto him, ripping flesh as he tries to crawl away.
[21:18] <Bouncl> Todd bolts through the door towards Iriel, and picks her up in his arms, before bolting back.
[21:18] <Ragazzo> 4df+4 Defense
[21:18] <Grape> Ragazzo: Defense: 2 (4df+4=#4-#, #4-#, #4-#, #3+#)
[21:18] <&Dexanote> Chainshank kicks open a door. There's a city behind him."... WHAT."
[21:19] <Ragazzo> FAte for re-roll
[21:19] <Ragazzo> ?
[21:19] <sabitsuki> "That everyone, Todd?"
[21:19] <~DrMann> What Aspect?
[21:19] <@crackles> Lord ducks through Ana's Door and snatches Iriel back. "Thanks."
[21:19] <Ragazzo> His power.
[21:19] <~DrMann> Then very well.
[21:19] <Bouncl> "Fuck no. Ori is out there. Fuck."
[21:19] <Ragazzo> 4df+4 Runrunrun
[21:19] <Grape> Ragazzo: Runrunrun: 4 (4df+4=0, 0, #3+#, #4-#)
[21:19] <@pooryoric> a pair of men in robes knock shank aside as they sprint through the door he'd opened.;
[21:19] <~DrMann> Ori manages to beat the first attack.
[21:19] <@pooryoric> "run, tipper!"
[21:19] <~DrMann> He's cut off, though, and more are around him.
[21:19] <Bouncl> "ORI COME ON."
[21:19] <&Dexanote> He's carried in, and stick in a dumpster. Garbage buries him.
[21:20] <~DrMann> 4df+4 Next Rip
[21:20] <Grape> DrMann: Next Rip: 1 (4df+4=#4-#, #4-#, #4-#, 0)
[21:20] <sabitsuki> Craig holds Ana's door open.
[21:20] <Ragazzo> Can I tap his aspect to find a way to the door?
[21:20] <Ragazzo> 4df+4 Defense
[21:20] <Grape> Ragazzo: Defense: 6 (4df+4=0, #3+#, #3+#, 0)
[21:20] <@crackles> "MISTER SHANK"
[21:20] <&Dexanote> The Door Shank was through slams shut
[21:21] <@pooryoric> nitrate norton nearly reaches the door before a bookcase collapses on him.
[21:21] <~DrMann> Spend a fate point.  You'll take some attacks on the way, though.
[21:21] <Ragazzo> "They're kind of everywhere." Ori tries to find a way out, and runs like hell.
[21:21] <Ragazzo> Ok.
#01[21:21] <Flames> Midnight concentrates, shielding the door for a moment.  She works to create a ward as a sort of barrier to prevent the reptiles from crossing.
[21:21] <&Dexanote> Lol
[21:21] <Ragazzo> 4df+5 Athletics, running
[21:21] <Grape> Ragazzo: Athletics, running: 4 (4df+5=#4-#, 0, #3+#, #4-#)
[21:21] <~DrMann> Nazaire and Bartleby stand by a door, chanting.  The creatures are stopped near them, but the strain is showing on the wizards.  Several other denizens are running into the door.
[21:22] <@pooryoric> as A Clown Called Ashton dies, each of you who abandoned him feels an odd weight on your mind, and for just a moment you are overwhelmed by the loss of... dennis.
[21:22] <~DrMann> 4df+6 Gang-up
[21:22] <Grape> DrMann: Gang-up: 8 (4df+6=0, #3+#, 0, #3+#)
[21:22] <Bouncl> "...his name was dennis."
#01[21:22] <Flames> 4df+5 Warding Ana's Door.
[21:22] <Grape> Flames: Warding Ana's Door.: 3 (4df+5=#4-#, #4-#, 0, 0)
[21:22] <Bouncl> Todd snaps out of it.
[21:22] <&Dexanote> "... It was..."
[21:22] <&Dexanote> Sadler grits his teeth.
[21:22] <Bouncl> Todd waves to Ori frantically.
[21:22] <&Dexanote> 4df+3
[21:22] <&Dexanote> 4df+3 .
[21:22] <@crackles> Murmur shivers. "Not ready...I'm not ready...not now..."
[21:22] <Grape> Dexanote: .: 2 (4df+3=#4-#, #3+#, #4-#, 0)
[21:22] <Ragazzo> Ori gets horribly torn up in his flight?
[21:23] <~DrMann> Ori takes a terrible rip across his back as he runs.  He's getting closer, though.
[21:23] <~DrMann> 4df+6 Next attack
[21:23] <Grape> DrMann: Next attack: 8 (4df+6=0, #3+#, #3+#, 0)
[21:23] <&Dexanote> A disjointed swarm of roaches, silverfish, spiders, centipedes... the Library's fighting back.
[21:23] <Rights> Ana tries to herd people out of the door, intot he hall where it rests. "Keep it together, dear...come on...Ori!"
[21:23] <&Dexanote> They swarm over the one on Ori.
[21:23] <&Dexanote> 4df+1
[21:23] <Grape> Dexanote: 3 (4df+1=0, #3+#, #3+#, 0)
[21:23] <Ragazzo> 4df+5 More fleeing?
[21:23] <Grape> Ragazzo: More fleeing?: 6 (4df+5=0, #3+#, 0, 0)
[21:23] <sabitsuki> "Jesus christ." Craig stays near the door, keeping open, and watching Ori.
[21:24] <~DrMann> Ori's almost at the door.  He takes another wound, but he can see the other side.  Just one last bit of distance...
[21:24] <~DrMann> 4df+6 Last attack
[21:24] <Grape> DrMann: Last attack: 5 (4df+6=0, #4-#, 0, 0)
[21:24] <Salmander> "Wh-what's going on?"
[21:24] <&Dexanote> "Monsters, Gemric."
[21:24] <Ragazzo> Ori tumbles through the door unconscious, and bleeding heavily?
[21:24] <Bouncl> "Terrible terrible monsters." Todd shivers.
#01[21:24] <Flames> "Looks like the Library's Closed."  Midnight says.
[21:24] <Salmander> "Is the library... captured?"
[21:24] <@pooryoric> one of the creatures rushes toward craig's door
[21:24] <~DrMann> Ori, one last defense roll.
[21:24] <Ragazzo> 4df+4 Shiiiit
[21:24] <Grape> Ragazzo: Shiiiit: 5 (4df+4=#3+#, 0, #4-#, #3+#)
[21:25] <sabitsuki> The door Craig is holding is Ana's. Forgot to put that up there.
[21:25] <~DrMann> Ori barely ducks under the last attack.  He stumbles past the creatures, and falls through the door.
[21:25] <Bouncl> Todd slams it shut.
[21:25] <@pooryoric> it rushes the wards and scrabbles furiously at the wall of magic
[21:26] <Bouncl> "Holy /shit/"
[21:26] <&Dexanote> Bending it forward, holding the Door open just a bit.
[21:26] <@pooryoric> 4df+4 attacking the wards themselves
[21:26] <Grape> pooryoric: attacking the wards themselves: 8 (4df+4=#3+#, #3+#, #3+#, #3+#)
[21:26] <Ragazzo> ...
[21:26] <Salmander> "Don't say that word, Mr. Todd. That's a bad word."
[21:26] <Rights> Ana goes to her knees, and moves to cradle Ori's head in her lap. "...Midnight? Midnight, did you get through?!" She shouts.
[21:26] <sabitsuki> "...Well." Craig steps away from the door. Far away from the door.
[21:26] <Rights> holy fuck
[21:26] <Ragazzo> "...I think they might have grazed me..."
[21:26] <Bouncl> Everyone is through, aren't they?
[21:26] <&Dexanote> Sadler's trembling.
#01[21:26] <Flames> "I'm here," Midnight says.
[21:27] <@pooryoric> it's smarter than it looks. it kicks a shelf over, breaking through.
[21:27] <Bouncl> Door's closed!
[21:27] <@pooryoric> the group sees the door's handle begin to rattle
#01[21:27] <Flames> 4df+5 Defense of Wards.
[21:27] <Grape> Flames: Defense of Wards.: 4 (4df+5=0, 0, 0, #4-#)
[21:27] <Bouncl> "Oh shit."
[21:27] <&Dexanote> 00:26	Dexanote	Bending it forward, holding the Door open just a bit.
[21:27] <Bouncl> "Where's betty."
[21:27] <Ragazzo> Dusty groans. "Shit, shit, shit. We should to my house. I strengthened the doors. For what good it will do."
[21:27] <Rights> "Fuck fuck fuck-" Ana breaths. "-At home."
[21:27] <@pooryoric> it bursts through.
[21:27] <Bouncl> "...."
[21:27] <@pooryoric> 4df+4 attacking ori!
[21:27] <Grape> pooryoric: attacking ori!: 4 (4df+4=0, 0, #3+#, #4-#)
[21:28] <Ragazzo> 4df+4 Fuck you!
[21:28] <Grape> Ragazzo: Fuck you!: 2 (4df+4=#4-#, #3+#, #4-#, #4-#)
[21:28] <&Dexanote> Sadler takes a deep breath
[21:28] <Ragazzo> Fate for re-roll
[21:28] <Rights> Ana shrieks and falls back.
[21:28] <Ragazzo> LAst point
#01[21:28] <Flames> "Dusty, I need a circle!"
[21:28] <~DrMann> Ori is incapacitated if he fails.
[21:28] <@pooryoric> go
[21:28] <&Dexanote> 4df+3 Then lets it out
[21:28] <Grape> Dexanote: Then lets it out: 4 (4df+3=#3+#, #3+#, #4-#, 0)
[21:28] <Ragazzo> 4df+4 Defense
[21:28] <Grape> Ragazzo: Defense: 3 (4df+4=#3+#, #4-#, 0, #4-#)
[21:28] <Bouncl> 4df+4 Attacking monsterbro
[21:28] <Grape> Bouncl: Attacking monsterbro: 5 (4df+4=0, #4-#, #3+#, #3+#)
[21:28] <Ragazzo> Shit!
[21:28] <Salmander> Hold it
[21:28] <@pooryoric> the thing's claws rake across ori's gut, slicing deep.
[21:28] <&Dexanote> 4df+3 The swarm blasts over the Lizard
[21:28] <Grape> Dexanote: The swarm blasts over the Lizard: 3 (4df+3=#3+#, 0, 0, #4-#)
[21:29] <@pooryoric> 4df+4 defense against tawd
[21:29] <Grape> pooryoric: defense against tawd: 7 (4df+4=#3+#, #3+#, 0, #3+#)
[21:29] <Salmander> Pulling a fate point for auto-8 using temp aspect to defend Ori with gem
[21:29] <&Dexanote> wait what
[21:29] <@pooryoric> I'm cool with that. gem blocks the hit unless the other GMs say no
[21:30] <@pooryoric> the creature easily sidesteps todd's attack.
[21:30] <@pooryoric> 4df+4 defense from swarm
[21:30] <Grape> pooryoric: defense from swarm: 6 (4df+4=#3+#, #3+#, #3+#, #4-#)
[21:30] <Ragazzo> "W-we have to go...run..."
[21:30] <&Dexanote> Sadler dashes and flees out of the way.
[21:30] <@pooryoric> the swarm also misses. enraged, it lunges at gemric.
[21:30] <@pooryoric> 4df+4 attacking gemric
[21:30] <Grape> pooryoric: attacking gemric: 7 (4df+4=#3+#, 0, #3+#, #3+#)
[21:30] <&Dexanote> He's outside if this is inside, inside if it's out
[21:31] <Salmander> 4df+4 jesus
[21:31] <Grape> Salmander: jesus: 3 (4df+4=#4-#, 0, #4-#, #3+#)
#01[21:31] <Flames> Midnight just runs, she's only a cat, and this is utterly terrifying.
[21:31] <@pooryoric> it's claws gouge the soft gold, litterally stripping away a chunk of gemric's being.
[21:31] <Bouncl> Todd turns for a moment. "Iriel, run!"
[21:31] <@pooryoric> *its
[21:31] <Rights> Ana reaches into the fray. "Ori!" She shrieks, staring at the fray. She doesn't run. You are all inside a building, BTW, and there's doors to the outside nearby. Yay ana's door.
[21:31] <Salmander> Gem screams out in pain. He stumbles back.
[21:31] <Ragazzo> Ori tries to get to his feet, and scoops Ana into his arms. He tries to run like hell for Ana's building.
[21:32] <Bouncl> 4df+4 Attacking again!
[21:32] <Grape> Bouncl: Attacking again!: 6 (4df+4=0, #3+#, 0, #3+#)
[21:32] <@pooryoric> 4df+4 defense against todd!
[21:32] <Grape> pooryoric: defense against todd!: 5 (4df+4=#3+#, #4-#, #3+#, 0)
[21:32] <Ragazzo> 4df+5 Running like a bitch
[21:32] <Grape> Ragazzo: Running like a bitch: 6 (4df+5=0, 0, #3+#, 0)
[21:32] <@pooryoric> todd scores a hit.
[21:32] <&Dexanote> 4df+3 The swarm is pissed the Library's gone
[21:32] <Grape> Dexanote: The swarm is pissed the Library's gone: 5 (4df+3=0, #3+#, 0, #3+#)
[21:32] <@crackles> Iriel is too traumatized to run, so Master yoinks her to her feet and hauls ass out of there
[21:32] <Rights> Ana touches Ori's face, more running beside him and burning up a fate point bcause jesus christ stomach wound.
[21:32] <@pooryoric> the creature staggers, then rises to lunge at gem again,.
[21:32] <&Dexanote> ... whoa.
[21:32] <@pooryoric> 4df+4 defense against swarm
[21:32] <Grape> pooryoric: defense against swarm: 4 (4df+4=#3+#, 0, 0, #4-#)
[21:32] <~DrMann> There's a sound from beyond the lizard-things.
[21:32] <Rights> May I tap I Am The Mother for panicking like fuck?
[21:33] <@pooryoric> the swarm dive on it, interrupting its efforts.
[21:33] <&Dexanote> They get in every crevasse, its eyes, nose, scales
[21:33] <Salmander> 4df+3 fate point for FALCON PUNCH
[21:33] <Grape> Salmander: fate point for FALCON PUNCH: 2 (4df+3=#3+#, #4-#, #4-#, 0)
[21:33] <sabitsuki> Craig falls back to building, pulling a gun from under his suit as he does it.
[21:34] <Rights> 4df+5 since I'm assuming silence is a no. HEAL DAMN IT.
[21:34] <Grape> Rights: since I'm assuming silence is a no. HEAL DAMN IT.: 6 (4df+5=#3+#, 0, #3+#, #4-#)
[21:34] <@pooryoric> 4df+4 falcon punch stopped being relevant like five years ago, dude
[21:34] <Grape> pooryoric: falcon punch stopped being relevant like five years ago, dude: 1 (4df+4=#4-#, 0, #4-#, #4-#)
[21:34] <Ragazzo> Dusty runs like hell for Ana's, after ori.
[21:34] <~DrMann> There's the sound of steel against flesh, and breaking bone and tearing flesh.
[21:34] <@pooryoric> gemric actually punches it in the face. it stumbles, badly wounded at this point, but goes in for another attack.
[21:34] <@pooryoric> 4df+4 attacking gemric
[21:34] <Grape> pooryoric: attacking gemric: 6 (4df+4=#3+#, 0, #3+#, 0)
[21:34] <~DrMann> And a sibilent hissing, the first sound these creatures have made all night.
[21:35] <Salmander> 4df+5 fate for fuuuuu-
[21:35] <Grape> Salmander: fate for fuuuuu-: 5 (4df+5=#3+#, #4-#, #3+#, #4-#)
[21:35] <Ragazzo> Ori is probnably healed? I don't know.
[21:35] <@pooryoric> another deep cut into jewelled flesh.
[21:35] <Bouncl> roll for your wounds
[21:35] <Ragazzo> What do I roll?
[21:35] <Bouncl> 4df+ wound number
[21:35] <Ragazzo> 4df+4 Please grape
[21:35] <Grape> Ragazzo: Please grape: 3 (4df+4=#4-#, 0, 0, 0)
[21:36] <@pooryoric> for a moment it shrinks back, claws clutching its mangled face.
[21:36] <Salmander> Gem falls to the ground, crying in agony. Now would be a good time to kill it , guys.
[21:36] <&Dexanote> Yep.
[21:36] <Ragazzo> Ok! Ori deposits Ana on the steps of her apartment. "I have to go help..."
[21:36] <~DrMann> Suddenly, gaps appear behind the door.  Arms as long as a python plunge into the mass of lizard-things, grabbing them, throwing them.  Shovels cut through the mass, decapitating the things.  Strange shapes, barely human, are methodically dismantling the horde.
[21:36] <@pooryoric> 4df+4 attacking gem again.
[21:36] <Grape> pooryoric: attacking gem again.: 6 (4df+4=0, #3+#, #3+#, 0)
[21:37] <Bouncl> "..."
[21:37] <Salmander> 4df+4 srs grape is srs
[21:37] <Grape> Salmander: srs grape is srs: 3 (4df+4=#4-#, #4-#, 0, #3+#)
[21:37] <sabitsuki> He lowers the gun. "Shit."
[21:37] <Rights> "Not just you. Ori, get them out of there."
[21:38] <&Dexanote> 4df+4 "FUCK OFF."
[21:38] <Grape> Dexanote: "FUCK OFF.": 4 (4df+4=0, #4-#, #3+#, 0)
[21:38] <@crackles> 4df+2 murmur attempts to cast magic missile. -2 penalty for being on earth.
[21:38] <Grape> crackles: murmur attempts to cast magic missile. -2 penalty for being on earth.: 0 (4df+2=#4-#, 0, 0, #4-#)
[21:38] <Ragazzo> Dusty punches the world eater.
[21:38] <&Dexanote> Orange and brown blur...
[21:38] <Ragazzo> 4df Aw, god, fuck
[21:38] <Grape> Ragazzo: Aw, god, fuck: 0 (4df=#4-#, 0, 0, #3+#)
[21:38] <Bouncl> 4df+4 todd charges the beast
[21:38] <Grape> Bouncl: todd charges the beast: 4 (4df+4=#4-#, 0, 0, #3+#)
[21:38] <&Dexanote> I was first
[21:39] <@pooryoric> 4df+4 defense against todd
[21:39] <Grape> pooryoric: defense against todd: 6 (4df+4=#3+#, 0, #3+#, 0)
[21:39] <~DrMann> Brown-robed figures pull the rest of the horde down.  The beast in the doorway is the last of the Azi-things.
[21:39] <@pooryoric> 4df+4 defense against what the hell dex
[21:39] <Grape> pooryoric: defense against what the hell dex: 2 (4df+4=#4-#, #4-#, #4-#, #3+#)
[21:39] <&Dexanote> retcon me out, fuck
[21:39] <@crackles> no don't, it was going to be awesome
[21:39] <&Dexanote> Ok
[21:40] <@pooryoric> yeh, that was gonna be cool
[21:40] <@pooryoric> as it tears gemric in half, the beast barely has time to glance at the approaching melon scented blur.
[21:41] <&Dexanote> Chainshank, stinking of garbage and roadkill kickflips off a wall, leapfrogs over Todd, and spinkicks a meatg cleaver into the lizard
[21:41] <&Dexanote> It sinks in, He twists, and cleaves it in half
[21:41] <@pooryoric> without even a sound of surprise, it slumps over gemric's body.
[21:41] <Ragazzo> Ori is sticking with ana, despite earlier claims.
[21:42] <Bouncl> "..."
[21:42] <&Dexanote> "WHERE IS AZI."
[21:42] <Ragazzo> Dusty is freaking the fuck out. That is definitely an astma attack.
[21:42] <&Dexanote> Tag that.
[21:43] <@crackles> "Dead, I assume," Murmur says quietly, curled around his staff.
[21:43] <Salmander> Gem's corpse lies there. His emerald eyes slowly fade to a clear diamond colour.
[21:44] <Rights> Ana stands outside, taking mental stock of who she can see. "...Where's Gem?"
[21:44] <Ragazzo> "I...I don't see him..."
[21:44] <&Dexanote> Shank is staring at the Doorway.
[21:44] <@crackles> Murmur goes about administering his world's form of last rites.
[21:45] <Ragazzo> Ori struggles to his feet again. "Come on..."
[21:45] <&Dexanote> He's in front of the dead golem, and hunks of red flesh.
[21:45] <Salmander> Ground gold flows from his ripped torso.
[21:45] <Bouncl> "...fuck." Todd straightens.
[21:46] <Bouncl> He looks around to make sure Iriel escaped, and then peers at the door.
[21:46] <Bouncl> Open?
[21:47] <@pooryoric> still cracked. you can see wave after wave of docents swarming the creatures, beating them back, and sealing off the doors behind them.
[21:47] <Bouncl> "I... I think we're okay."
[21:47] <Ragazzo> "...jesus..."
[21:48] <Bouncl> "holy fucking christ."
[21:48] <Rights> "Where. Is. Gem."
[21:48] <&Dexanote> Shank looks at the Lizard, and stoops to pick out its eyes. Golden eyes... odd, these ones have a division sign for a pupil.
[21:48] <Ragazzo> Ori leads Ana to the group.
[21:48] <@crackles> Murmur takes a vial of oil from within his robes and dabs Gem's forehead with it, completing the rites. "...Martyr carry your soul to the bitter light."
[21:48] <Ragazzo> "Oh..oh no..."
[21:48] <Rights> Ana follows...and swallows, hard. "...no."
[21:48] <&Dexanote> Sadler peers around the corner- oh god.
[21:49] <@pooryoric> fritz follows sadler.
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[21:49] <&Dexanote> "... Wow..."
[21:49] <@pooryoric> "hey, cats, I'm glad you all made i- oh shit."
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[21:49] <sabitsuki> Craig walks over to Gem's body and crouches down, and waves his hand idly over the poor golem. "Hm..."
#01[21:49] <Flames> "Not everyone did," Midnight says from her perch.
[21:49] <Rights> Ana looks down at Gem...and has to take a few long, deep breaths, before growling at Craif. "Don't."
[21:49] <Rights> *Craig
[21:50] <Bouncl> Todd looks at Gem, turning somber.
[21:50] <sabitsuki> He looks at Ana. "I was seeing if he still had the spark in him." He stands and shakes his head.
[21:50] <@pooryoric> "this may be a little bit entirely tactless of me, but, uh... is he gonna be okay?"
[21:50] <~DrMann> The Library is being methodically cleansed.  Docents, Pages, and things you've never seen.  Those of you who've been to the Archives will recognize the Boilermen, and maybe the Scribes, but there are others, including something that rises on a dozen legs and watches from five faces set on a round column.
[21:50] <Rights> Ana turns and turns again, pacing a few steps. "...He...he's a golem, right? He's made of metal...somebody has to be able to mend him.." She mumbles under her breath, rubbing at her face.
[21:51] <@crackles> "Your luck knows no bounds."
[21:51] <Bouncl> "Iriel's lord, maybe." todd looks back through the door.
[21:51] <Bouncl> "Ah."
[21:51] <&Dexanote> Chainshank twitches.
#01[21:51] <Flames> "Perhaps, Ana.  Although I'm not sure what sort of artisan would be required."
[21:51] <~DrMann> There are bodies, and the detritus where bodies were scattered throughout.  Mostly the lizard things, but here and there you see the scant remains of those who fell.  A bit of robe there, a scrap of blood and bone there.  But most of it was eaten.
[21:51] <~DrMann> Books and paper lie scattered on the bloodsoaked floor.
[21:52] <@crackles> Murmur glides back into the Library and takes a deep breath. He sets about gathering...remains.
[21:52] <&Dexanote> "... Im not 'appy."
[21:52] <Rights> "Well, somebody had to have made him in the first place!" She snaps at Midnight, before taking a ragged breath. "I have to...I have to go." She turns, and steps off, heading out of the building. She needs something.
[21:52] <Bouncl> "No one is."
[21:52] <@crackles> Suddenly Todd is hugged.
[21:52] <&Dexanote> Shank walks back into the Library, and just disappears into the shelves.
[21:53] <Bouncl> He looks down.
[21:53] <@crackles> well who else could it be
#01[21:53] <Flames> "His father made him," Midnight says softly.  "And his father's no longer alive, which is why Gem came here."
[21:53] <Bouncl> He hugs her back :V
[21:53] <sabitsuki> "I think I could...hm...does anyone have a container, of some sort?"
[21:53] <Bouncl> "I'm glad you're safe." He says quietly.
[21:53] <Ragazzo> Ori follows ana.
[21:53] <Rights> Ana's gone, heading to her apartment. "Go back and help the others, Ori." She mutters, fuming and determined.
[21:54] <&Dexanote> Sadler steps around gemric, crosses himself, then into the Library.
[21:54] <Ragazzo> "There's nothing I can do for them...please."
[21:54] <Rights> "You can help them move Gem."
[21:54] <@crackles> "Interesting construct," says the Master, crouching by the, uh, corpse
[21:55] <@pooryoric> fritz follows, whispering to sadler.
[21:55] <Bouncl> Todd looks up, watching him.
[21:55] <@pooryoric> "so, uh... that kid was, uh, some kinda hinky robot?"
[21:55] <Ragazzo> "I'll be back to check on you..." Ori goes to help with Gem, waiting for the subject of moving gem to come up.
[21:55] <&Dexanote> "He was magic, kinda. I think. He was a good kid..."
[21:56] <sabitsuki> "I know I'm the new guy here, but just ignoring me is a bit...eh, forget it," he mumbles as he stands.
[21:56] <@crackles> He taps at the diamond eyes. "Hm."
[21:56] <&Dexanote> "Sorry, Craig. Just... this doesn't happen too often."
[21:56] <sabitsuki> "I could probably keep his soul in a human corpse, but it'd be need to be done soon."
[21:57] <Ragazzo> Dusty has wandered off somewhere.
[21:58] <Bouncl> Todd releases Iriel, eventually.
[21:58] <@crackles> For newcomers: Master is a tall pale dude with pointy ears and black eyes. Iriel is a teenage girl with white hair and white skin. They're pretty inseparable. :V
[21:58] <&Dexanote> Sadler's just looking around in the Library. Bookshelves are toppled, mountains of books everywhere.
[21:59] <sabitsuki> "Hm, actually...let me go get my coffin." He walks into the Library, and into his Door, leaving it open. There's a loud sound as he struggles with it.
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[22:01] <sabitsuki> He drags it back into Ana's door, dropping it with a huff next to Gem's body.
[22:01] <@crackles> Delilah the blue beetle's hive lays crushed beneath a toppled shelf, a few children of hers flitting about in terror
[22:02] <~DrMann> The Librarians begin cleaning the Library.
[22:02] <Ragazzo> Dusty happens on the hive. "..."
[22:02] <@crackles> "It seems a waste of materials to just bury this," mutters the Master.
[22:05] <sabitsuki> "Not what I was planning on." He cracks the coffin up. A pile of dust is inside. "Augh."
[22:05] <Bouncl> "...what are you doing."
[22:05] <&Dexanote> Sadler looks over. "It's not going to work Craig."
[22:05] <@pooryoric> nitrate norton lies still under the same shelf.
[22:05] <@crackles> "I doubt very much I'll be able to lift it."
[22:06] <Bouncl> todd still looks very shaky
[22:06] <Bouncl> "Can you fix him?"
[22:06] <@crackles> "Perhaps."
[22:06] <@pooryoric> "I do believe I'm dead."
[22:06] <@pooryoric> "curses."
[22:06] <&Dexanote> Sadler comes across Nitrate Norton. He makes a pained face. "Can someone help me with this?"
[22:06] <sabitsuki> "Probably not. But if I can get a sample of his bloo...gold...? I can probably move the soul into a new body."
[22:06] <&Dexanote> Then "... What."
[22:06] <Ragazzo> Dusty goes over to sadler.
[22:06] <@pooryoric> a pale shade of norton stands next to his body, looking down at it.
[22:07] <Ragazzo> "He's alright?"
[22:07] <Bouncl> "I can lift him, if I get someone to help."
[22:07] <Ragazzo> "...oh..."
[22:07] <@pooryoric> "hardly, chap. cheerio."
[22:07] <&Dexanote> "... Oh, hello."
[22:07] <@pooryoric> and he fades away.
[22:07] <&Dexanote> "... Well. That was new." He crosses himself.
[22:07] <Ragazzo> Dusty exhales.
[22:08] <Ragazzo> "I can't...I'm going home...I'm sorry."
[22:08] <@crackles> The Master digs the, uh, 'eyes' out of Gem's face.
[22:08] <Ragazzo> Dusty goes home.
[22:08] <Ragazzo> "What are you doing."
[22:08] <sabitsuki> He takes a bit of Gem's gold-blood, dumps it into the coffin, and closes it.
[22:08] <Ragazzo> ORi catches the master's hands before he can.
[22:08] <@crackles> No he doesn't. :V
[22:08] <Bouncl> "What are they eyes for?"
[22:08] <@crackles> "I may rebuild him."
[22:08] <Bouncl> "With just the eyes?"
[22:09] <~DrMann> "Bartleby!  Bartleby, open this door this instant!"  The tall, red-beared Nezaire hammers on a door.
[22:09] <Ragazzo> "I will ask that you leave his gorpse intact."
[22:09] <Ragazzo> *corpse
[22:09] <@crackles> "Then he'll not return."
[22:09] <Ragazzo> "We'll see."
[22:10] <Ragazzo> "Will one of you help me move Gem?"
[22:10] <sabitsuki> "I'll help."
[22:10] <Bouncl> "I'll help."
[22:11] <&Dexanote> Sadler's trying to get to his Lighthouse.
[22:11] <&Dexanote> *tap* *tap* *tap*
[22:11] <Ragazzo> "We'll take him to my place. He'll be...safe."
[22:11] <&Dexanote> Nope.
[22:11] <~DrMann> "Confound it, I know that's the knock!  It's always been the knock!  Why won't this infernal door open?"
[22:11] <@pooryoric> the Door won't open. a docent stationed next to it shakes its head at him.
[22:11] <&Dexanote> *tap* *tap* *tap*
[22:11] <@crackles> He hands the little eyes to Iriel, who holds them as tenderly as she would hold a /baby/ or something.
[22:11] <Bouncl> "The Library is probably the safest place."
[22:11] <Bouncl> "For now, at least."
[22:11] <Ragazzo> Ori lifts Gem gingerly by the shoulders. "I think the rules of the library apply only to the living."
[22:12] <Ragazzo> He says this sadly.
[22:12] <@crackles> nuh uh. Gem is like 700 pounds
[22:12] <&Dexanote> 550
[22:12] <Bouncl> yeah
[22:12] <Ragazzo> And not all of him.
[22:12] <Ragazzo> More like he's getting a grip.
[22:12] <Bouncl> Grabs is a better adjective than lifts!
[22:12] <Ragazzo> Bad phrasing.
[22:12] <@pooryoric> it's only the top half of him anyway
[22:12] <Bouncl> Todd grabs Gem by the feet.
[22:12] <&Dexanote> Sadler's shaking. *tap* *Tap* *TAP*
[22:12] <@pooryoric> grabs is a verb,.
[22:12] <@crackles> if you say so
[22:12] <Bouncl> "Perhaps."
[22:13] <sabitsuki> Craig leans down and grabs Gem's side. "On 3?"
[22:13] <@pooryoric> the docent taps sadler on the shoulder.
[22:13] <Ragazzo> "Let's just be careful...one, two...three..."
[22:13] <@crackles> The pair return to the Library.
[22:13] <Ragazzo> Ori lifts.
[22:13] <Bouncl> Up they lift!
[22:13] <&Dexanote> He looks.
[22:13] <@pooryoric> it shakes it's head at him.
[22:13] <sabitsuki> "Poor kid. Ergh."
[22:13] <&Dexanote> He stares at the Docent for a little bit.
[22:13] <Ragazzo> "Let's hurry..."
[22:13] <&Dexanote> Then stumbles away.
[22:14] <Bouncl> With some effort, Sal is transported inside.
[22:14] <Bouncl> Gem, even.
[22:14] <Ragazzo> Yes.
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[22:14] <@crackles> They pauses at their Door, which is basically a cellar door fitted into a wall. Iriel backs up and runs at it.
[22:14] <@crackles> Ker-SMASHINGTON
[22:14] <Ragazzo> Ori exhales.
[22:15] <Ragazzo> "Are you sure he'll be safe here?"
[22:15] <&Dexanote> He just goes over to a wide set of shelves, and just curls up in the lowest part.
[22:15] <@pooryoric> the docent next to her door looks down at her.
[22:15] <Bouncl> Todd shrugs. "Yes."
[22:15] <@pooryoric> it shakes its head.
[22:16] <Ragazzo> "...alright, I have to go check on Ana..."
[22:16] <Ragazzo> And he does so.
[22:16] <@crackles> "Owwwwwww," is all she says as the Master examines her forehead.
[22:16] <Bouncl> Gem is left lying in a clearing. Todd runs off to Tom's door, and then returns with a blanket that is draped over him.
[22:17] <Bouncl> The he goes off looking for Iriel.
[22:17] <@crackles> She's sitting on the floor. Lordface is kneeling, running magic healyfingers over her forehead.
[22:17] <@crackles> "Hello, Todd."
[22:19] <Bouncl> "Hello." Is that lord speaking? or Iriel?
[22:19] <@crackles> iriel :V
[22:19] <Bouncl> "Are you okay?"
[22:19] <@crackles> "I'm alright...what /was/ that? Were those Azi's family?"
[22:19] <Bouncl> "Yes."
[22:19] <Bouncl> "I had no idea... I thought we would have warning."
[22:20] <Bouncl> "Azi was supposed to know. I hope he's okay."
[22:20] <@crackles> "I did the Knock correctly," she says, tapping on the cellar door.
[22:21] <Bouncl> "It didn't open?"
[22:21] <@pooryoric> the docent thwaps her hand away gently.
[22:21] <@crackles> "Ow. No, it did not."
[22:21] <@pooryoric> it shakes its head again.
[22:21] <sabitsuki> Craig walks over to his and does his knuckle-knock. It goes to Earth, so it swings open. "Mine works," he says, over his shoulder.
[22:21] <~DrMann> "We closed 'em," a page said.  She's limping, and she's cradling one of her arms.
[22:21] <Bouncl> "All of them?"
[22:22] <@crackles> Lordface suddenly displays an /emotion/. This one is momentary absolute raging rage before all emotionlesslike again.
[22:22] <~DrMann> "All the ones that don't go home.  We couldn't tell just where they were coming from."
[22:22] <Bouncl> "Oh dear."
[22:22] <@crackles> "Most inconvenient," he murmurs as he pulls Iriel to her feet.
[22:23] <sabitsuki> He shrugs and walks through, closing the door behind him.
[22:23] <Bouncl> "I'm so sorry."
[22:23] <Salmander> Greg wanders into the library. He looks around, shrugs, and keeps walking. "What happened here?"
[22:23] <&Dexanote> Sadler's curled up in a shelf.
[22:24] <@crackles> "I...well...now I /really/ don't know what to do," Iriel says in disbelief.
[22:24] <sabitsuki> He opens the door again. "Whoops." He walks over to where Sadler is. "You need somewhere to stay, man?"
[22:25] <Salmander> He wakes up do Gem's corpse and nudges it with his foot. "Yo, Sadler, don't you know this kid?"
[22:25] <&Dexanote> "... I'll be okay right now."
[22:25] <&Dexanote> "Th-thanks..."
[22:25] <Bouncl> "I'm sure Tom will give you a place to stay again. If not here."
[22:26] <Salmander> Greg bends over and pokes Gem's eye. "Won't he get, y'know, disassembled if you leave him here?"
[22:26] <sabitsuki> "Alright, well...the knock for my mine is your knuckles on the left hand, all in a row. Feel free to tell that to anyone who needs a place."
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[22:26] <sabitsuki> He shrugs and walks off.
[22:26] <@crackles> "I suppose...come, I will show you where I used to sleep." She tugs the Master's sleeve and goes through Tom's Door.
[22:26] <&Dexanote> "Yea-ah, prob-b-bably. Thanks..." He has tears in his eyes.
[22:27] <@pooryoric> deep below the bowels of the Library, in a tiny nook between pipes, is the shrine where the boilermen inscribe the names of their dead on the very valves they once turned. in it, a dying azikin's final furies have disturbed the pipes and taps, and ruined one of the Names.
[22:28] <Bouncl> Todd follows through Tom's door.
[22:28] <@crackles> Finn cracks open the green Door to Cancun, then throws it open, looking about.
[22:28] <@crackles> "...What in the hell did I miss."
[22:29] <Salmander> "Is anybody in charge of this thing? Because otherwise I'm taking some of these teeth."
[22:29] <@pooryoric> a soft hiss rises up from the broken pipe, and with it a smaller hiss, somehow softer yet deeper and louder than any shreik of escaping steam could ever be.
[22:29] <&Dexanote> A small brown mouse crawls up to Finn.
[22:29] <@pooryoric> ...ggggggglorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrioussssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
[22:29] <Bouncl> He returns for a moment. His journal. Fuck. he looks about.
[22:29] <@crackles> "Hey, little fella."
[22:29] <Salmander> Greg looks up. "Todd, you know this kid?"
[22:29] <@crackles> "...Where's Sadler?"
[22:29] <Bouncl> He looks up at Greg. "What?"
[22:30] <Salmander> "Y'know, this gold... thing. Jewlic, I think?"
[22:30] <Bouncl> "Gem."
[22:30] <@pooryoric> for a moment the steam fills the nook. then, it swirls away, leaving nothing behind but the faintest traces of footprints in the dusty gloom, and a small red splash of blood where the dead azikin had been.
[22:31] <&Dexanote> Klaus the Mouse looks at Finn, then over wayyy over across where the Cafe was, at a lump of cloth and a striped touque.
[22:31] <Salmander> "Yeah, him. You mind if I take some of the teeth? I could use a few more beers."
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[22:31] <Bouncl> He shifts for a moment. Something walked over his grave.
[22:31] <Bouncl> "Yeah, I do."
[22:31] <@crackles> Finn stoops and picks up Mouse, and shuffles towards said clothlump.
[22:31] <Salmander> "Oh. Well you should probably leave him somewhere other than in the middle of a public library, or else he'll be stolen."
[22:32] <Bouncl> "Where do you suggest, then?"
[22:32] <&Dexanote> It's Sadler, trembling under his coat.
[22:32] <Salmander> Greg pokes another eye. "I could drag him to my beach house. I don't think anybody else lives on that island."
[22:32] <&Dexanote> Nobody does.
[22:33] <@crackles> Finn puts Mouse down on the floor. "Hey, um..."
[22:33] <@crackles> Then he decides to shut up in case he says something insensitive.
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[22:33] <&Dexanote> He lists the coat. "FINN! You're okay!"
[22:34] <Bouncl> "Alright."
[22:34] <@crackles> "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" He's got pretty bad sunburns on his cheeks.
[22:34] <Bouncl> "I'll check on his body. If anything is missing I will kill you."
[22:35] <&Dexanote> "Azi's lizard monsters. They came."
[22:35] <&Dexanote> He's obviously freakingout just a bit. Not irrationally, but he's never been good with monsters.
[22:35] <@crackles> "...Oh god damn. All that blood, then...?"
[22:35] <Salmander> Greg swears in his head. "Alright. A little help?" Greg grabs onto an arm and begins pulling.
[22:35] <@crackles> "Shit. Fuck. I should've been here."
[22:36] <Bouncl> Todd helps. It's probably mostly an intense drag, although Todd can lift, he can't lift 550 pounds.
[22:37] <Salmander> They get him to the shack and drop him in. "So how long you planning on keeping him... whole?"
[22:37] <Bouncl> "Until we bury him."
[22:37] <Bouncl> "Or fix him."
[22:38] <&Dexanote> "You're o-kkay, that's what matters..." He shifts. Finn can see so many bugs under his coat. It's like flowing chainmail.
[22:38] <Salmander> Greg gives Todd a look. "...Alright. You have to understand I'm not keeping a dead kid's corpse at the foot of my couch for three years."
[22:38] <@crackles> He hugs Sadler anyway. Crunch crunch go the bugs.
[22:39] <@crackles> "Thought this was a safe place..."
[22:39] <Bouncl> "Yeah."
[22:39] <Bouncl> "I get it."
[22:40] <&Dexanote> "The Docents and Pages came. Things I've never seen, killing everything that came from the back, a Door over there..." he jerks his head. "One got through the Door at Ana's house. broke right through."
[22:41] <Bouncl> Todd leaves!
[22:41] <Bouncl> He walks over to Sadler and... "Finn?"
[22:41] <@crackles> "Hey, kiddo."
[22:41] <&Dexanote> Finn should give Sadler Klaus.
[22:42] <@crackles> One of his lights scoops Mouse up from the floor and passes him over to Saddles's shoulder. "Thereyago."
[22:42] <Bouncl> "You okay?"
[22:43] <&Dexanote> He freezes, and takes Mouse in his hands. Crying a bit. "Y-you're okay..."
[22:43] <@crackles> "I /shouldn't/ be okay, that's the problem."
[22:43] <Bouncl> "Why not?"
[22:44] <Bouncl> "Fuck. We already lost a buncha people."
[22:44] <@crackles> "I shoulda taken the hit for one of...wait, are either of you hurt?" He picks Sadler over for injuries.
[22:44] <Bouncl> "No."
[22:44] <&Dexanote> None.
[22:44] <Bouncl> "And Iriel's okay too." Why does Finn care about that Todd
[22:44] <&Dexanote> "Ori got hurt. Gemric's dead... Dennis..."
[22:45] <@crackles> "Okay good."
[22:45] <@crackles> "Wait, what."
[22:45] <@crackles> "Man that's terrible of me. I meant it was good that it was /them/ insteada /you/ and I'll be quiet now."
[22:45] <Bouncl> "Ori's hurt but getting better. Gemric... caught it. Maybe we can rebuild him. Dennis..." He looks somber.
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[22:47] <&Dexanote> Sadler uncurls, and stumbles off of the shelf. Tons of librarybugs fall out of his coat. Not all of them, m- dammit bright- ind you, just the non-smooshed ones.
[22:47] <@pooryoric> ...
[22:48] <@crackles> Finn sighs heavily and crosses himself. "Should've been me."
[22:48] <Bouncl> "No, it shouldn't have."
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[22:49] <@crackles> "Yeah, man. Nobody would've missed me." He fumbles for his flask and is about to take a drink...then decides against it.
[22:49] <Bouncl> "I would've."
[22:50] <&Dexanote> "Why do you think that still."
[22:51] <@crackles> "'Cause when I die, you won't miss what takes my place. Anyway, anything else I oughta know about?"
[22:51] <&Dexanote> "We can only go to Earth now..."
[22:51] <Bouncl> "Uh. Some of the doors are closed. Most of the ones to earth still work i think."
[22:51] <Bouncl> 'From what i've seen, at least."
[22:52] <@crackles> "..."
[22:52] <@crackles> "I got a pretty nice place from my employers, if you need somewhere to sleep. It's too big for just me."
[22:52] <@crackles> "And Snacks."
[22:52] <Bouncl> "Employers?"
[22:53] <&Dexanote> "...How's he doing?"
[22:53] <Bouncl> "I dunno. Iriel's back at Tom's, but so is her Lord and I don't think he likes me."
[22:53] <Bouncl> He sighs.
[22:53] <@crackles> "He's okay. Cute."
[22:55] <@crackles> "Anyway it's through a blue striped Door. Just whisper your name to it and it'll open."
[22:55] <@crackles> "My only requirement is you don't wreck my stuff."
[22:56] <&Dexanote> "Right." he nods and smiles. "...Thank you Finn."
[22:56] <Bouncl> "Sure."
[22:57] <@crackles> He clambers up the side of the shelf and looks about.
[22:57] <@crackles> "Where's the cafe?"
[22:57] <&Dexanote> "... This was it..."
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[22:58] <Bouncl> "Here."
[22:58] <@crackles> "This is pretty...new."
[22:58] <@crackles> "To me."
[22:59] <&Dexanote> "... Yeah."
[22:59] <Bouncl> "Don't worry, us too."
[23:00] <@crackles> "Guess it's alright, 'cause you guys are alright, and that means everything will be fine."
[23:00] <Bouncl> "I hope so."
[23:02] <@crackles> OPTIMISM. He glances at Sadler and heads to his Door.
[23:07] <&Dexanote> Sadler looks over the Library once more, and follows.
[23:08] <Bouncl> Todd surveys the library. Welp.
[23:09] <@crackles> THE LIBRARY IS A ROYAL MESS
[23:10] <@pooryoric> pages seem to have rallied to begin repairing the damage, and the... more unusual denizens... seem to have gone back to wherever it is they go.
[23:10] <@crackles> Finn whispers "Cyrus Finn" to the blue striped Door. It creaks open of its own accord...there's not even a doorknob.
[23:11] <Bouncl> He wonders about those unusual ones. Time to study more.
[23:12] <@crackles> Inside is a penthouse apartment he's somehow acquired. Somehow. He sheds his jacket and tosses it over the back of a suede couch.
[23:12] <@crackles> Signs outside suggest you're somewhere in the far east.
[23:12] <&Dexanote> I assume the Door slams after Finn goes through. Sadler whispers "Sadler Matthews." and enters
[23:12] <@crackles> "Make yourself at home, I guess. Don't leave any bugs though. I just got it all cleaned up."
[23:13] <&Dexanote> "I'm going to take care of that right now. Thanks again."