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Session 23: Of Joltiks and Man

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  1. Jul 15 20:06:45 <~zoofman> Last we left off, you guys were entering a Library not far off from a courtyard in this dark skied place.
  2. Jul 15 20:08:27 <~zoofman> The interior to this place is quite the sight to behold - as it's obviously bigger on the inside than the outside. Rows upon rows of books, with Unowns constantly shuffling them around, reading tomes, scribing new ones via telekinesis and pens...a faint blue glow is most the lightning here, aside from the occasional candle or oil lamp.
  3. Jul 15 20:08:35 »» Chase looks around a bit impressed.
  4. Jul 15 20:09:33 »» Rosetta is all UGH LIBRARIES on the inside, but she takes a curious gander at some of the Unowns' activities here.
  5. Jul 15 20:09:39 <Genevieve> "Welcome to the Library."
  6. Jul 15 20:09:42 <~zoofman> It appears to have four stories. You're currently on the third. There's a staircase down to the second, the first you don't see a noticable way down into. There's a ladder to the forth, where a large telescope sits, a loveseat at its lens and a small coffee table on either end of it.
  7. Jul 15 20:10:45 »» Lewderer is now known as Saryx
  8. Jul 15 20:11:25 <~zoofman> The Lucario guides you through the rows of books and down a staircase to the second level. It's a bit more open here, lot of reading tables. Once down, he bows politely. <I will inform her of your arrival.>
  9. Jul 15 20:12:30 <Genevieve> "Thank you." She takes a seat at one of the tables, looking over the Library a bit. "I didn't get a good look when I came here last time, was in a bit of a panic."
  10. Jul 15 20:12:40 <Rosetta> "Thanks." Rosetta hops up and sits on one of the tables, dangling her legs off the edge. "Man, kinda hard to think that we got from finding out about all this shit to getting here in just a few months."
  11. Jul 15 20:12:45 <Chase> "Yeah, thanks." he has a seat nearby.
  12. Jul 15 20:12:58 <Rosetta> "Isn't this sorta 'search for it for a lifetime' material?"
  13. Jul 15 20:13:21 <Chase> "S'just how the cards fall sometimes, y'know?"
  14. Jul 15 20:13:24 <Genevieve> "That's what Grant's doing."
  15. Jul 15 20:15:18 <Chase> "Swanky nightclub, huge library... wonder what else is in this place."
  16. Jul 15 20:16:17 <~zoofman> "And try he shall, until he succeeds or is stopped."
  17. Jul 15 20:16:21 »» You are now known as The_Writer
  18. Jul 15 20:17:57 <Genevieve> "Miracle Eye says one of them is a clocktower."
  19. Jul 15 20:18:06 <~The_Writer> An older woman approaches your table from a row of the library. White hair, piercing blue eyes, wirey frame. She wears a black gown and holds a tome to her chest. A bit of an escort of Unowns accompanies her, and even SCOUT flutters over to join them.
  20. Jul 15 20:18:09 »» Chase looks over to the voice, curious.
  21. Jul 15 20:18:47 <Rosetta> "Heya." Rosetta waves at the woman.
  22. Jul 15 20:19:22 <Genevieve> "Hello again."
  23. Jul 15 20:21:09 <~The_Writer> "We meet again, young Scholar. And with you...a Minstrel, an Assassin, a Mystic, and..." her gaze pauses on Alice. The Russian accent in her speech is there, but rather faint. "I suppose it is still unknown just who you are. Welcome to the realm of The Broken Lord. Or...what remains of it."
  24. Jul 15 20:21:42 <Rosetta> "Wait, wait, we have classifications like some sorta videogame?"
  25. Jul 15 20:22:03 <Genevieve> "Titles. Did you think her -name- was the Writer?"
  26. Jul 15 20:22:09 <Chase> "Assassin?" he squints at Rosa.
  27. Jul 15 20:23:04 <~The_Writer> "Does using a title as oppose to a name displease you?"
  28. Jul 15 20:23:31 <Rosetta> "Of course not," Rosetta says to Gen. "but I mean, are these sort of like...eternal archetypes that have persisted through history or something?"
  29. Jul 15 20:23:49 <Rosetta> "I mean, you'd think if it was modern and up to date, minstrel would be rock star."
  30. Jul 15 20:24:09 <Rosetta> "What's wrong with assassin? I think it's rad." :<
  31. Jul 15 20:24:16 <Chase> "(I kinda prefer 'bard' over minstrel)"
  32. Jul 15 20:24:26 <Chase> "Anyway, no -real- problems here."
  33. Jul 15 20:24:32 <Chase> "Soo..."
  34. Jul 15 20:24:54 <~The_Writer> The Writer laughs quietly. "Most who wander upon these realms question their attire more than their titles. Those I suppose not many learn the titles."
  35. Jul 15 20:25:14 <Genevieve> "Speaking of, though," she looks at Alice, "we found her, sort of. Any idea what happened?"
  36. Jul 15 20:26:23 <Chase> "Hey, these threads are a little outdated, but they got swag."
  37. Jul 15 20:28:03 <~The_Writer> "So you did. The other two guests should be arriving shortly." She sits at the end of the table as Isaac returns with tea, cakes, plates, cups, napkins... "I am afraid you will have to wait for them to inquire about her condition, though I can attempt to answer any questions you might have in the mean time."
  38. Jul 15 20:29:55 <Genevieve> "Do you know anything about the Collective?"
  39. Jul 15 20:30:08 <Rosetta> "The last time I approached one of those Unown sources, I got astral projected across the world. No one could see me or take notice of my presence, but I could still use my powers to affect the world around me. What was up with that? Are there consistent rules to that sorta thing?"
  40. Jul 15 20:31:24 »» Chase waits politely before asking his question.
  41. Jul 15 20:34:30 <~The_Writer> "I am not exactly tech savvy, I could barely operate a Pokedex back in the day, but I believe this comparison will suffice." She gestures to a lone Unown, and it floats in front of her. "Imagine each Unown is a computer. They have an instrinsic ability to share their senses with others of their kind, not entirely unlike the internet. The Collective is the largest networks of Unown known to exist. One I was once a
  42. Jul 15 20:34:30 <~The_Writer> member of."
  43. Jul 15 20:35:28 <~The_Writer> "Grant Null won the favor of this entity through some means, and was able to rise to where he is today because of it."
  44. Jul 15 20:35:55 <Genevieve> "But it's not the only network. The Unown here are on a different one, yeah?"
  45. Jul 15 20:37:01 <~The_Writer> "Your experience sounds as though the Unown shared sensations with you, young Assassin. This would be especially possible if the vision included a Rune Master."
  46. Jul 15 20:37:44 <Rosetta> "'Through some means'? You mean you dunno how?"
  47. Jul 15 20:38:17 <Rosetta> "Well, I'm one. Is that why I could still affect the world around me?" Rosetta tugs at her costume to show the tattoo.
  48. Jul 15 20:40:31 <~The_Writer> "It is not, young Scholar. These Unowns stand alone - my own creations. And the world is a big place - I have certainly experienced sensations not unlike what you describe, but who can say as to what yours was? Mind you, you and I do not share the same lineage. My proficiency with the Unown did not come naturally."
  49. Jul 15 20:42:48 <Genevieve> "Created them, huh? I thought you rune guys pulled them out of Unown space."
  50. Jul 15 20:43:24 <Chase> "What -is- your deal anyway?" he asks. "If you don't mind a little prying."
  51. Jul 15 20:46:02 <~The_Writer> "Those who have this naturally in their lineage do, such as her," She nods to Rosetta. "My own tale is not much different from that of most the Sons you might have encountered. I was born and raised in Russia, a port city upon the northern shore of my province. Exactly the sort of testing grounds the government in those days subjected tests to. It worked on me, and I was taken to a special place where Rune Masters
  52. Jul 15 20:46:02 <~The_Writer> like myself were made into civil servants."
  53. Jul 15 20:47:06 »» Chase blinks a few times.
  54. Jul 15 20:47:08 <~The_Writer> "The Writer's Guild. We were historians, mostly, but there were enough of us to have our own little culture, hidden city streets and the like. Distinct dialects, clothing styles, customs, and most impotantly, we were all linked by The Collective."
  55. Jul 15 20:47:22 <Chase> "Damn, Russia's got it -rough-."
  56. Jul 15 20:48:18 <Rosetta> "Yeesh, yeah, that artificial rune master shit. Is that what Grant is too?"
  57. Jul 15 20:48:57 <~The_Writer> "I was lucky, and was assigned a task to leave The Collective and observe a very critical task in the new regime at the time's political manifesto. Things happened, pacts were made, betrayals occured, and I eventually found myself way beyond where I started - directly serving The Broken Lord himself in his last of days."
  58. Jul 15 20:49:10 <~The_Writer> "I don't know what Grant is, other than he is powerful."
  59. Jul 15 20:50:03 <~The_Writer> "The most distinct difference between you and I is that my Unowns are of my own creation - my own memories or maybe even those of people close to me. It's a cheap immitation of what you were born capable of."
  60. Jul 15 20:50:19 <~The_Writer> "Do you know the origin of the Unown?"
  61. Jul 15 20:51:21 »» Chase listens intently, getting more comfortable.
  62. Jul 15 20:51:27 »» Rosetta owltilts. "I thought when I reached into a source like the one back in the ruins, I'd be creating them too, not just summoning them."
  63. Jul 15 20:55:31 <~The_Writer> "You were directly bringing them from this very place. In the early days of this realm, The Broken Lord noticed the dreams of his breathren often bore unconcious creation. New life, fictional accounts of their own deeds, heroes yet unsung of. He began to craft them into the form of the Unown, and in time devised ways for this to happen on its own. He then taught mortals how to bring them forward - The Rune Masters
  64. Jul 15 20:55:31 <~The_Writer> were his personal champions, bringing forth the memories and thoughts of gods themselves, and the most direct keys to enter this realm."
  65. Jul 15 20:56:11 <~The_Writer> "I suppose the grass is greener on the other side, if you preferred to think you too were creating them."
  66. Jul 15 20:56:14 <Rosetta> "Shiny."
  67. Jul 15 20:56:55 <Rosetta> "Well, if you think 'bout it that way, isn't everyone creating Unown all the time?"
  68. Jul 15 20:57:13 <Rosetta> "It's just Rune Masters who can actually bring 'em out, yeah?"
  69. Jul 15 20:57:56 <~The_Writer> "In a manner, yes, I suppose. SCOUT in particular I cobbled from a few of the naturally created ones here. I might not be able to draw them forward directly, but that matters little when you dwell here."
  70. Jul 15 20:58:10 <~The_Writer> "As for the task and reason I am here..."
  71. Jul 15 20:58:14 <~The_Writer> Roll perception, you guys.
  72. Jul 15 20:58:28 <Rosetta> 2d6+1
  73. Jul 15 20:58:29 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 2d6+1: 6 [2d6=4,1]
  74. Jul 15 20:58:33 <Genevieve> 2d6+3
  75. Jul 15 20:58:34 <DiceMaid-9001> Genevieve, 2d6+3: 10 [2d6=6,1]
  76. Jul 15 21:00:40 <Chase> 2d6-2
  77. Jul 15 21:00:40 <DiceMaid-9001> Chase, 2d6-2: 6 [2d6=3,5]
  78. Jul 15 21:01:16 <~The_Writer> The Writer pauses, raises an eyebrow, and turns toward the entrance above. Only Chase can tell why, he hears the sound of brass instruments approaching.
  79. Jul 15 21:01:29 <~The_Writer> "I suppose that'll have to wait."
  80. Jul 15 21:01:43 <Rosetta> (you mean Gen? She rolled the 10, not us two)
  81. Jul 15 21:01:52 <~The_Writer> (er, yeah, sorry, Genevieve)
  82. Jul 15 21:02:02 <~The_Writer> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2S1I_ien6A
  83. Jul 15 21:02:03 <Genevieve> "Someone's here."
  84. Jul 15 21:03:47 <~The_Writer> The door slams open wide as a series of skeletons in suits enter, trumpeting away. A few red skinned girls with tails, horns, and sultry outfits sashay on in, making way for...
  85. Jul 15 21:04:18 »» Chase grins.
  86. Jul 15 21:04:48 <~The_Writer> A rather funny looking Gengar. He's wearing a suit and a fancy hat. He struts on in and floats down to the lower level as the trumpets stop. "Sup?"
  87. Jul 15 21:05:57 <Chase> "One N'Only, my main man, whassup?"
  88. Jul 15 21:06:15 <~The_Writer> He floats on over to the table and pulls up a chair for himself, climbing up into it. "My oh my. My man Chase. Just what do we got here?" He's eyeing Alice, who looks completely confused as to what the hell is going on.
  89. Jul 15 21:06:16 <Rosetta> "Well, that's an entrance."
  90. Jul 15 21:07:33 <Genevieve> "Alice, this is One 'N Only, the guy who wanted Chase to find you. One 'N Only, Alice."
  91. Jul 15 21:08:48 <Chase> "Yo, yo, yo. This is Alice... and we think she's the one. Or inherited her powers. It's kind of a complicated story. We just need some help verifying it."
  92. Jul 15 21:10:27 <~The_Writer> Alice starts to speak as a chair on the far end of the table starts to rattle as well, as it slowly bursts into flames. They flicker and twirl into the shape of a rose. The rose slowly withers, though the bud rises again with the a cackling face. A loud laugh is heard as the shape takes the form of a man, and then begins to smolder and die down. When it's done, a red haired man wearing a white suit is left sitting
  93. Jul 15 21:10:27 <~The_Writer> in the chair.
  94. Jul 15 21:10:48 <~The_Writer> Alice: "Uh. Hi?"
  95. Jul 15 21:11:10 <Genevieve> "Everyone, Deceiver. D.C., everyone."
  96. Jul 15 21:11:21 <~The_Writer> Alice: "So which one of you is the asshole from back at that temple - ooooooh. Okay."
  97. Jul 15 21:11:38 <Rosetta> "Is that what you guys spend your thousands of years of immortal life doing? Coming up with flashy entrances?"
  98. Jul 15 21:11:40 <Chase> "Oh huh, this is him, huh?"
  99. Jul 15 21:12:19 »» Chase shakes his head, pitying Rosetta who just doesn't -understand-.
  100. Jul 15 21:13:06 <~The_Writer> 1NO: "Girl you have no passion do you."
  101. Jul 15 21:13:26 <~The_Writer> The Writer also shakes her head, seemingly used to this by now.
  102. Jul 15 21:14:52 <Rosetta> "What's passion gotta do with flashy entrances?"
  103. Jul 15 21:15:12 <Rosetta> "Passion's a lotta other things."
  104. Jul 15 21:15:17 <~The_Writer> The Deciever yawns and stretches. "Ah, how nice of you to finally arrive, high priestess," he cackles in Genevieve's direction. "So it's me and the upstart purple blob in a suit, is it? And..." He looks over to Alice, and his gaze freezes.
  105. Jul 15 21:15:21 <Rosetta> "But anyway, guess we should handle the business first, yeah?"
  106. Jul 15 21:15:38 <Chase> "Yeah, guess so..."
  107. Jul 15 21:17:32 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "What the ever burning fuck -are- you?" Alice huh's and points at herself. "No not you, the weird ass Pikachu in your lap. Takes just a gaze to figure out what the fuck -your- deal is."
  108. Jul 15 21:17:43 <~The_Writer> 1NO nods: "That's a pretty freakin' weird Pikachu."
  109. Jul 15 21:18:02 <Genevieve> "For those of us who aren't actual deities, could you explain a little?"
  110. Jul 15 21:18:16 <Chase> "Well, it's noticable even if you're an aura reader..."
  111. Jul 15 21:19:24 <Chase> "His name's Thor, and he's got this really fucking heavy hammer. Sounds a little familiar, right? No idea what his deal is, he doesn't seem to, either. But his aura's just as bright as Alice's, and enough to be mistaken for a legendary by Yaretzi. Hell, maybe he -is- one."
  112. Jul 15 21:20:44 <~The_Writer> The Writer: "I -did- notice as well, but..." The Deciever: "There isn't a damned thing to explain - it's just WEIRD. It's got all the signitures of a Legendary but it isn't, but yeah the scenechick here is the one. Good job everyone." The Deciever sarcastically claps and confetti pops behind him, burning midfall into ash.
  113. Jul 15 21:20:54 ---» Aori_Radisleep (Revolution@sux-739ADBBE.dsl.sbndin.sbcglobal.net) has Joined #easternislesrhapsody
  114. Jul 15 21:21:01 «--- Lily (Revolution@sux-739ADBBE.dsl.sbndin.sbcglobal.net) has Quit (Ping timeout)
  115. Jul 15 21:21:36 <Rosetta> "So uh, what does that mean now?"
  116. Jul 15 21:21:37 »» Aori_Radisleep is now known as Lily
  117. Jul 15 21:21:47 <Chase> "His little 'transformation' happened around the same time Alice's, I think... During a weird event at a festival in Shiverwing. Alice's joltik Shiva vanished sometime during all that, and-" he recaps.
  118. Jul 15 21:21:49 <Rosetta> "I mean, we brought her here. What does she have to do now?"
  119. Jul 15 21:22:15 <~The_Writer> 1NO: "More to it than geezer here's sayin'," He snaps his fingers and a demon chick wanders over with a funky looking magnifying glass.
  120. Jul 15 21:23:34 <~The_Writer> The One and Only hops on the table and places it in front of Alice, showing an almost comical x-ray image of her, just a skeleton with a beating heart - and a Joltik literally infused into it. Alice: "That's not showing me naked, is it?"
  121. Jul 15 21:24:39 <Genevieve> "You're fine. But it looks like we were right about Shiva."
  122. Jul 15 21:26:14 <Chase> "...that's not really what I was expecting to see." he boggles.
  123. Jul 15 21:26:28 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "Well, we -could- just wake her up by force." 1NO: "Could, but it'd kill this girl and probably piss her sky high." The Deciever: "We don't gotta get along. I, for one, almost encourage it." 1NO: "This is why I've got a more stable followin' in five years than you've had in centuries, old timer."
  124. Jul 15 21:26:45 <Rosetta> "That's not a literal representation, is it?"
  125. Jul 15 21:27:38 »» Genevieve shrugs. "As long as Alice's DNA hasn't been affected, I could always just clone her before we try to remove Shiva."
  126. Jul 15 21:27:42 »» Chase looks to Alice. "It's literally showing a joltik with your heart."
  127. Jul 15 21:27:55 <Chase> "Uh, Gen?"
  128. Jul 15 21:27:56 <Rosetta> "Er, there isn't some way to sorta...undo all this? Hell, could we get an explanation of what had to have happened in Shiverwing to cause this?"
  129. Jul 15 21:28:03 <~The_Writer> The Gengar hands the magnifying glass back to the demon chick, who walks off with it. "Course not. You'd think a doctor would notice that sorta thing if it were."
  130. Jul 15 21:28:07 <Chase> "There's kind of a problem with that, isn't there?"
  131. Jul 15 21:28:10 <Rosetta> "Dude, morbid."
  132. Jul 15 21:29:10 <Chase> "We ain't doing anything that could kill Alice."
  133. Jul 15 21:29:18 <~The_Writer> The Deciever sighs. "Okay, okay, I'll talk."
  134. Jul 15 21:29:27 <Genevieve> "Let me rephrase. I might be able to separate out Alice's consciousness into a different body."
  135. Jul 15 21:29:39 <Chase> "..Hhhooow."
  136. Jul 15 21:29:44 »» Chase blinks at Gen.
  137. Jul 15 21:29:53 <~The_Writer> "Fuck if I know or care why but the last of us is in a dormant state, sharing its life force with this chick. It's the only thing keeping her alive at the moment, but you guys probably could guess that."
  138. Jul 15 21:30:13 <Chase> "Yeah... I was afraid of hearing that."
  139. Jul 15 21:30:24 <~The_Writer> The Writer sips her tea slowly, listening to Genevieve. "Go on..." she seems curious, at least.
  140. Jul 15 21:30:51 <Chase> "I think Alice deserves some input on this herself, anyway."
  141. Jul 15 21:31:14 <Chase> But he does wait to hear Gen's explanationm
  142. Jul 15 21:31:29 <Genevieve> "Well, the Mewtwo tanks are designed to merge consciousness of two separate beings, but with some tinkering it's at least theoretically possible to use it to separate two that have become twisted up."
  143. Jul 15 21:31:39 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "See, this is why I'm glad you picked up that necklace. Beautiful idea - almost as good as putting her in a Pokeball to keep her safe would be."
  144. Jul 15 21:31:57 <Chase> "You're kidding, right?" he says to DC
  145. Jul 15 21:32:34 <~The_Writer> Alice isn't sure which statement is worse, but seems terrified of both suggestions.
  146. Jul 15 21:33:00 <Rosetta> "Would she survive the separation though?"
  147. Jul 15 21:33:17 <Rosetta> "Seems like the biggest problem here is how to keep her alive once the two are separated."
  148. Jul 15 21:33:43 <Chase> "We need some kind of ultra-tight guarantee of that before we try this."
  149. Jul 15 21:34:05 <~The_Writer> The Writer: "You're implying she'd forfeit the original body to the new host. Hm...admittedly morbid, but also a very direct approach."
  150. Jul 15 21:34:53 <Chase> "Okay, so here's MY take on this."
  151. Jul 15 21:35:10 »» Genevieve shrugs. "Or I could try to create a Joltik and shunt Shiva back into that, but without knowing what sort of damage Alice's body is actually under at the moment, it's more risky."
  152. Jul 15 21:35:50 <Chase> "If Shiva is sharing her life force with Alice, that means Alice right now couldn't survive without her. Is there a way we can fix -that-? Is this a problem on the spiritual level or something?"
  153. Jul 15 21:36:07 <Chase> "Or like, a physical wound that'll open up if they separate?"
  154. Jul 15 21:36:43 <~The_Writer> The One and Only strums an acoustic guitar, trying to get your attentions: "Ahem." He's suddenly taken on a rather unassming and human appearance, outside of being etherial and with a slight purple haze around him. http://ravenhats.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/meandthedevilbluesv01c01p0281.png
  155. Jul 15 21:36:47 <Rosetta> "Yeah, knowing exactly what we're dealing with here would help."
  156. Jul 15 21:37:47 »» Chase looks over, nodding in approval on the guitar over the use of a fiddle
  157. Jul 15 21:38:58 <~The_Writer> 1NO: "My man Chase here said what I was thinkin' - can think of ideas all day, though that one did sound pretty interestin', Miss, but lemee tell you a thing or two a guy with rocks and lava for brains wouldn't have the insight on."
  158. Jul 15 21:41:51 <~The_Writer> "Her illness ain't physical or mental, it's spiritual. Something went and did all sorts of freaky damage to it. Ain't somethin' you're gonna be able to find answers too without lookin' within'. You wanna make sure this girl don't die? Gotta get inside her head and dig deep. Dream Divin' business n' all."
  159. Jul 15 21:42:19 <Genevieve> "I don't have a dream smoke machine..."
  160. Jul 15 21:42:44 <Chase> "An' somehow I doubt that hookah tobacco is the right thing to use."
  161. Jul 15 21:43:09 <Genevieve> "Jenks might have something for this though, right? Seems like Seer territory."
  162. Jul 15 21:43:22 <Rosetta> "What sort of thing -would- cause that kind of spiritual damage?"
  163. Jul 15 21:43:38 <Rosetta> "I mean, you gotta have some sorta insight to what might've happened in Shiverwing that day, yeah?"
  164. Jul 15 21:44:47 <~The_Writer> "Ya'll did good findin' her, but we got other issues goin' on too. Cause she ain't the only one we gotta work about. And shit, that part easy - her soul's just straight up gone. Why she ain't all suited up like the rest of you."
  165. Jul 15 21:44:57 <~The_Writer> Alice D:'s.
  166. Jul 15 21:45:05 <Chase> "-Gone-?"
  167. Jul 15 21:45:20 <Genevieve> "Well, I can't do anything about a missing soul, so put the cloning idea off the table."
  168. Jul 15 21:46:10 <Rosetta> "Wait, what exactly is a soul first of all? Just to get that settled. Cause it sure isn't the only place someone's mind and personality rests, so it seems, yeah?"
  169. Jul 15 21:50:05 <~The_Writer> The Deciever rolls his eyes: "Oh great this topic again - this is why we don't let ghosts talk at the adult's table - gets everyone confused. Look, you know that knife my little priestess is carrying around? Imagine someone carved chickypoo here like a pumpkin on the day of the dead with it. Her body's failing, there's no will to live left."
  170. Jul 15 21:51:30 <Genevieve> "Is there something besides these knives that can deal aura damage on that level?"
  171. Jul 15 21:51:39 <~The_Writer> "What purple dorkus here makes it sound like is that dumb soul stealing lizard had a hand in this or something. Not saying he didn't, but this isn't his style."
  172. Jul 15 21:51:57 <Chase> "Does that mean it could be fixed the same way? Or is this... yeah I guess this might be a bit too far."
  173. Jul 15 21:52:20 <Rosetta> "How -do- you fix that then if the same way of healing those wounds doesn't work? Or does it?"
  174. Jul 15 21:52:37 <~The_Writer> Alice squints. "I just talked to Lil Kalfu last week though..."
  175. Jul 15 21:53:01 <Chase> "Lil Kalfu? That's what you call that guy?"
  176. Jul 15 21:53:42 <~The_Writer> "Yeah...he was uh...trying to get into Aunty's house remember? He said he wasn't safe in his own realm at the moment but wouldn't tell me why. Think he just wanted to hide under a bed."
  177. Jul 15 21:53:48 <Chase> "We -did- see Giratina but he seemed pretty busy trying to pity his way into the Fauxicore estate..."
  178. Jul 15 21:53:55 <Chase> "...wait what?"
  179. Jul 15 21:54:25 <Genevieve> "What the hell could threaten the actual devil out of his own dimension?"
  180. Jul 15 21:54:30 <Chase> "You telling me something kicked the devil out of his own realm?"
  181. Jul 15 21:54:46 <~The_Writer> The Writer chokes on tea and the two gods glance at each other and snicker.
  182. Jul 15 21:54:52 »» Chase looks at 1NO. "Something like that ever happen before? You knew the guy, right?"
  183. Jul 15 21:55:48 <Rosetta> "Think this has something to do with all the other shit going on? Dandy and Grant and all?"
  184. Jul 15 21:55:56 <~The_Writer> 1NO: "Sometimes, he bites off more than he can chew with a pact and gets smacked around until he reincarnates. You actually -seen- him? Friggen hilarious."
  185. Jul 15 21:56:51 <Genevieve> "Grant seems crazy enough to make a deal with the devil."
  186. Jul 15 21:57:06 <Chase> "Would the Collective even approve of shenanigans like that?"
  187. Jul 15 21:57:31 <Genevieve> "Writer said he won their favor -somehow-, right? Maybe that's how."
  188. Jul 15 21:58:11 »» Chase suddenly realizes something.
  189. Jul 15 21:58:25 <Chase> "Hey, Ms. Writer. You said you used to be linked to the Collective, right?"
  190. Jul 15 21:58:41 <~The_Writer> The Writer shakes her head. "This isn't the sort of thing The Collective would be offended by, but from what I gather your best clues as to a possible remedy to this affliction would be finding out what caused it."
  191. Jul 15 21:58:46 <~The_Writer> "I was, yes."
  192. Jul 15 21:58:57 <Chase> "This is a bit off subject, but do you remember anything like like a huge eye surrounded by a bunch of tiny ones?"
  193. Jul 15 21:59:25 <~The_Writer> "Of course I do."
  194. Jul 15 21:59:37 <Chase> "...shit, it -wasn't- just a hallucination then."
  195. Jul 15 21:59:50 <~The_Writer> "The giant one is over there, locked away in a deep sleep," she nods to the balcony to the forth level.
  196. Jul 15 22:00:05 »» Chase looks over, himself.
  197. Jul 15 22:00:05 <Genevieve> "Short of time travel, that might be difficult...maybe the Seers have a postcognitive clairvoyant."
  198. Jul 15 22:00:16 <Chase> "Seemed pretty awake to me."
  199. Jul 15 22:00:36 <Chase> "But I'll... explain all of that in a bit."
  200. Jul 15 22:00:42 <Chase> "Sorry, let's get back on subject."
  201. Jul 15 22:00:48 <~The_Writer> "The brain is very active while you slumber, mind you."
  202. Jul 15 22:01:17 »» Chase nods, biting his lip.
  203. Jul 15 22:01:24 <~The_Writer> Over the balcony, it's dark down there, but you make out a creature composed of thousands and thousands of Unowns. It seems draconic in form, coiled up and chained.
  204. Jul 15 22:02:15 <Chase> "Damn." is the only thing he can whisper under his breath.
  205. Jul 15 22:02:19 <Rosetta> "Well, that's just shiny, isn't it?" Rosetta hops over for a look. "But yeah, back to our most immediate problem here."
  206. Jul 15 22:02:37 <Rosetta> "How do you fix a missing soul, massive aura damage, whatever you wanna call it?"
  207. Jul 15 22:03:13 <Genevieve> "Like Writer said, we might figure that out if we figure out what actually caused the damage."
  208. Jul 15 22:03:29 <~The_Writer> The Deciever yawns again. Replace the missing one, find the original again, or make a new one? Shit get creative, shove her in a robot for all I care. "
  209. Jul 15 22:03:39 <Chase> "This dream divin' thing 1NO mentioned?"
  210. Jul 15 22:03:40 <~The_Writer> (Add a " there somewhere :P)
  211. Jul 15 22:05:31 <Genevieve> 5d6+3 dream smoke erryday blaze it
  212. Jul 15 22:05:32 <DiceMaid-9001> Genevieve, dream smoke erryday blaze it: 23 [5d6=6,2,1,6,5]
  213. Jul 15 22:08:49 <~The_Writer> The Dream World's a very very misunderstood place. Lots of different interpretations of what it is, why it exists, and those matters, but it's recognized as a joint unconciousness, a joined dream of sorts, among people and Pokemon alike. Though the practice being described here is more personal, diving into an individual's own little part of the dream world and poking around for answers.
  214. Jul 15 22:09:24 <Genevieve> "Like I said, I don't have a dream smoke machine, but if we found one, we could at least try to do it that way."
  215. Jul 15 22:09:43 <~The_Writer> The tobcacco you all tried before linked you more to the joint one, this would require a specialist, either through occult or technical means, to do on a personal level.
  216. Jul 15 22:10:07 <~The_Writer> The Writer: "I do have another suggestion."
  217. Jul 15 22:10:13 <Genevieve> "It's way outside my field, so we'd need someone with a better handle on it."
  218. Jul 15 22:10:44 <Chase> "Yeah?"
  219. Jul 15 22:10:49 <Rosetta> "How safe is that? I mean, I don't wanna go poking around in Alice's head and fuck up something even more."
  220. Jul 15 22:11:07 <Genevieve> "About as safe as the hookah trip."
  221. Jul 15 22:11:15 <~The_Writer> The Writer: "The templeway that led you hear is hardly the only one, it's a place of power for these beings," she nods to the two at the end of the table. "If you could find one that this young goddess felt drawn to somehow, she might awaken at least long enough to be able to speak through Alice here."
  222. Jul 15 22:11:37 <~The_Writer> The One and Only: "Orr....there's always that."
  223. Jul 15 22:11:52 <~The_Writer> The Deciever. "That is a stupid idea and I can't believe you're going to actually share it."
  224. Jul 15 22:12:16 <Chase> "Arright, you got me curious. What's that?"
  225. Jul 15 22:12:27 <Genevieve> "Reminds me. What are we supposed to do with Flayed? Shouldn't he, I don't know, be here for this?"
  226. Jul 15 22:13:01 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "We were gonna get to that, but then we were talkin' about that instead."
  227. Jul 15 22:13:51 »» Rosetta crosses her arms and tilts her head from her seat on the table. "Is this gonna be a better or a worse idea than everything else we've got already?"
  228. Jul 15 22:14:17 <~The_Writer> The One and Only: "He's just pissed cause the old fuckers didn't get along well enough to actually make it work. He explained how we stay around, right? Believers and stuff? It empowers us?"
  229. Jul 15 22:15:11 <Rosetta> "Yeah."
  230. Jul 15 22:15:39 <Genevieve> "Yes."
  231. Jul 15 22:15:50 <~The_Writer> "I didn't just come into this. I mean, I was sorta on the inside and had a feelin' if there was gonna be a Gengar chosen, it'd be me. Why not? I'm the One and Only. So I started doing grassroots work, gettin' some close friends in the music industry and makin' deals just in case. And then bam, here I am, and already got myself a followin'. What artist doesn't least fancy makin' deals with a ghost?"
  232. Jul 15 22:16:10 »» Chase pauses a moment, apparently coming to some unrelated conclusion.
  233. Jul 15 22:17:58 <~The_Writer> "I'm pretty well to do. Got my own in. But ain't no reason we couldn't take it larger, like a small religion or somethin'. Shit people believe in all sorts of stupid stuff, why not somethin' with beings that actually do have the power to make demon chicks and stuff?"
  234. Jul 15 22:19:14 <~The_Writer> "If it worked it'd start to wake the others up, and probably get this one in a state she'd snap to as well - probably take a lot fuckin' longer than the others ones though."
  235. Jul 15 22:19:53 <Chase> "Wait, you -make-... actually, nevermind on that, that can wait. So you want to try increasing the power of you guys in general to bring her out of it? Hm."
  236. Jul 15 22:20:09 <Rosetta> "Sounds like a pretty sweet deal for you all, yeah?"
  237. Jul 15 22:21:07 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "The reason it's stupid is all your servants on the ground but this dude are bimbos and morons. Now, if you had more tolerable folks, like good ol' Gwinny here who had more than just their voice and promises to throw around, it'd mean somethin'."
  238. Jul 15 22:21:33 <Chase> "Never really thought of myself much of a preachin' man, 'specially when guys like Father Ruth have been snappin' up converts left and right lately, who ya gonna appeal to?"
  239. Jul 15 22:22:19 <Genevieve> "We don't exactly have time to set up a religion."
  240. Jul 15 22:22:28 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "That asshole's the main competition in these parts, that's for sure."
  241. Jul 15 22:23:01 <Chase> "Though about the places of power... wasn't there an idea to use Alice's necklace as a compass to find like, a hidden temple or somethin'?"
  242. Jul 15 22:23:10 <Rosetta> "As long as Grant doesn't find his way into this realm, time isn't a huge issue, is it?"
  243. Jul 15 22:23:24 <Rosetta> "I mean, Alice would be safe here, and you guys have enough power to boot out Grant if he comes knocking, right?"
  244. Jul 15 22:23:46 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "Shit, I don't care what or how you do it, main thing is just makin' sure no one shanks this girl before these dickheads gunning for one of us are put down."
  245. Jul 15 22:23:52 <Genevieve> "Grant isn't our only enemy with a lot of firepower. We still don't technically know what the other two want. Besides to ruin things."
  246. Jul 15 22:24:14 <Chase> "Dooon't really know about leaving her here, either."
  247. Jul 15 22:25:22 <~The_Writer> The Writer: "She has a keystone on her? It will point toward the dormant shrines. Which one it will claim isn't exactly in anyone's hands but hers."
  248. Jul 15 22:26:03 »» Genevieve waves the ruby at D.C. "What's hiding at yours? Should I be worried?"
  249. Jul 15 22:26:05 <~The_Writer> "I could show you how to do such a thing, if you desire," She nods to Rosetta.
  250. Jul 15 22:26:29 <Chase> "Of course, these places of power also mean FOV battles, huh..."
  251. Jul 15 22:26:32 <Rosetta> "Me?"
  252. Jul 15 22:26:42 <Rosetta> "Well, alright."
  253. Jul 15 22:26:56 »» Rosetta hops off the table.
  254. Jul 15 22:27:30 <Chase> "Alice? You've been kinda quiet during all this. You got a say in all of this too, y'know."
  255. Jul 15 22:30:04 <~The_Writer> The Writer gets up and you two step away a bit to get some room for this as the others cotninue to banter. The Deciever: "Mine..? Ha. Ha. Ha. I honestly believe you would find it a delightful place, Genevieve. Your friends, not so much."
  256. Jul 15 22:30:46 <Genevieve> "See, that's worrying. And speaking of our other enemies, do you two actually know anything about Dandy or Jenn?"
  257. Jul 15 22:31:48 <~The_Writer> Alice scratches the back of her head. "Well....I guess I could stay here if you guys want me to...I mean The Writer gets by okay, right? And she's a person too so it's gotta be livable somehow. As for the ideas...the cloning one seems sorta scary. I wouldn't mind the others though. Exploring, trying to start a religion -would I be like a saint or something?- or just finding out what happened that day..."
  258. Jul 15 22:32:16 <~The_Writer> "But why were you two saying it's not just me they'd be targeting?"
  259. Jul 15 22:33:11 »» Rosetta follows the Writer with her gaze, waiting on some sort of instructions.
  260. Jul 15 22:33:22 <~The_Writer> The Writer brings an Unown Prime close to her, spelling AEGIS, and looks over to you, Rosetta. "Do you have one with you at the moment?"
  261. Jul 15 22:33:41 <Rosetta> "Yeah, I do." Rosetta pops Zodiac out of a pokeball.
  262. Jul 15 22:33:53 <Rosetta> "Not really letters though. Decided I'd do something a bit different, yeah?"
  263. Jul 15 22:35:54 <~The_Writer> She looks at it a bit and chuckles. "It has its appeal. The practice is something I know how to do, but am not capable of. If you wear one of the keystones, it will become more clear what you must do."
  264. Jul 15 22:36:13 <Chase> "Personally... I'd like you along myself, Alice. There's a lot of questions along this journey, and having you along for it's only right, yeah? Besides, apart from the 1NO's club I bet it's kind of dull here."
  265. Jul 15 22:37:10 <Chase> "No offense or anything." he says to the Writer.
  266. Jul 15 22:38:05 <Genevieve> "It'll make it easier to share information with you, yeah, but it'll be dangerous, which you know now."\
  267. Jul 15 22:38:36 <~The_Writer> The One and Only and The Deciever exchange glances. "Here's what I've been seein'," starts the One and Only. "I was hearin' rumors of it with Chase, but what I'm hearin' now sorta confirms it. Grant doesn't really care which one of us he puts down, it's just she's the young n' weakest. He just needs one of us gone for that thing," he nods to the pit, "To take its spot."
  268. Jul 15 22:39:12 <~The_Writer> "It's already got most the old followers of The Broken Lord backin' it. It'd be a shoe horn and cause all sorts of bad shit to start happenin'. Somethin' ain't right with that thing."
  269. Jul 15 22:39:28 <Rosetta> "Alright, uh, hey Alice, can I see your necklace for a sec?"
  270. Jul 15 22:39:40 <~The_Writer> Alice nods and takes it off, throwing it over to you.
  271. Jul 15 22:40:08 »» Chase frowns at One N'Only's statement.
  272. Jul 15 22:40:46 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "Even if they can't find her, The Flayed One's fucking around down there on his own. He's just as slim pickings...far as we go at least."
  273. Jul 15 22:40:50 »» Rosetta catches it and puts it on. "Alright, lemme see here..."
  274. Jul 15 22:41:00 <Chase> "Well, at the very least, he isn't trapped anymore."
  275. Jul 15 22:41:11 <Chase> "I found the Flayed One in a goddamn freezer, stuck by some sort of supernatural dampener."
  276. Jul 15 22:41:28 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "Bet he wasn't trapped, bet someone hid his stupid ass."
  277. Jul 15 22:41:34 <Genevieve> "Maybe the Beheeyem were trying to keep him safe?"
  278. Jul 15 22:42:19 <Chase> "All it'd take is the same dumb luck for Grant's people that happened with me."
  279. Jul 15 22:42:26 <~The_Writer> Rosetta, as you put it on, a dim blue light seems to coat your vision, like you put on colored glasses.
  280. Jul 15 22:42:31 <Chase> "Guy's fast, so maybe he'll be better off out of there."
  281. Jul 15 22:42:50 <Rosetta> "Whoa, okay. Uh, seeing blue everywhere. What now?"
  282. Jul 15 22:43:09 <~The_Writer> The Writer: "The texts here say a full one could serve as map. What do you see?" She gestures to AEGIS and ZODIAC.
  283. Jul 15 22:43:17 <Genevieve> "He'd be better off in the loop. We should leave him a message."
  284. Jul 15 22:43:32 »» Rosetta turns her vision toward the unown. "A 'full one'?"
  285. Jul 15 22:43:36 <Chase> "That'd involve finding some trace of him. Which means investigating that whole lead with Yaretzi."
  286. Jul 15 22:43:55 <Chase> "Damn, got a lot on our plate, huh?"
  287. Jul 15 22:44:29 <~The_Writer> 1NO: "He -was- lookin' for her too, but - you mentioned the alien things? Well that's sorta weird. - now he's sorta doin' his own solo gig for some reason. Hell if we know why."
  288. Jul 15 22:45:15 <Chase> "Apparently the aliens came to 'welcome the newborn' or something, but they crashed and Bondye knows what else happened since then."
  289. Jul 15 22:45:36 <~The_Writer> looking toward AEGIS, you see very faint 'hands', like on a clock, coming from its center. They mostly point toward the northeast, each a different color.
  290. Jul 15 22:46:46 <Rosetta> "Okay, shiny. So it's like two compass needles, but why two?"
  291. Jul 15 22:47:14 <~The_Writer> Looking toward Zodiac is a lot more confusing. One of the hands is spinning in circles, three are pointing outward toward Alice and the two at the table. The others point in several directions.
  292. Jul 15 22:48:04 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "Those dudes crash and die all the time, it's like what they are good at."
  293. Jul 15 22:48:19 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "Makes you wonder if something's doing it to them on purpose..? Naw that'd be stupid."
  294. Jul 15 22:48:33 <Rosetta> "Holy shit that's a lot of directions." Rosetta hops left and right, trying to get a better sense of what she's seeing with Zodiac.
  295. Jul 15 22:49:07 <Rosetta> "I don't think I'm getting much useful here."
  296. Jul 15 22:49:24 <~The_Writer> The Writer: "Ask them for help, then. What do you seek?"
  297. Jul 15 22:50:24 <Rosetta> "Alright, Zodiac, I'm looking for the temple that best fits with Alice over here. Can you help me out with that?"
  298. Jul 15 22:50:52 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "I dunno what's up with your twin sister or whatever the hell she is," he says to Genevieve. "But her Dandy buddy is probably tryin' to off the Weavile."
  299. Jul 15 22:51:56 <~The_Writer> Zodiac chimes like a bell, and many of the lines flicker out. Four remain in various directions along its 'clockface.' AEGIS's all flicker out.
  300. Jul 15 22:52:02 <Chase> "What's -he- got to do with the Flayed One?"
  301. Jul 15 22:52:04 <Genevieve> "Well...I suppose the dark-aligned god would be quite an asset against a unit of Mewtwo."
  302. Jul 15 22:52:17 <Rosetta> "Four choices?"
  303. Jul 15 22:52:53 <~The_Writer> The Writer: "Many of these places are unclaimed. It is not up to these ones to decide," she gestures to the Unown.
  304. Jul 15 22:53:33 <Chase> "So, we bring Alice to one of the unclaimed shrines or what?"
  305. Jul 15 22:53:34 <Rosetta> "Oh alright, let's narrow it down to the closest one then?"
  306. Jul 15 22:55:06 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "We can make realms and bestow gifts and make our own familiars like those red skinned bimbos all we want, but we aren't all knowing. We rely on others for that. What we do know is good ol' Grant's tryin' to force his way in here if he has to, and probably won't be sitting around with a thumb in his butt forever."
  307. Jul 15 22:55:32 <~The_Writer> Zodiac chimes again, and a line pointing southeast persists.
  308. Jul 15 22:56:17 <Rosetta> "Gotcha, thanks. This is pretty nifty. What sorts of other things can you find with a Keystone like this, and is there anything else that can do it? Or just these necklaces?"
  309. Jul 15 22:56:38 »» Lily is now known as Nymph
  310. Jul 15 22:56:42 <~The_Writer> The Writer: "These ones, the originals, were valuable assets for traveling scribes. Leading one from one shrine to the next, as well as able to detect places of power, even other Legendaries themselves, if asked."
  311. Jul 15 22:57:02 <Chase> "Huuh."
  312. Jul 15 22:57:18 <Chase> "Would that work on anything with legendary power, like... an usurper?"
  313. Jul 15 22:57:40 <~The_Writer> "They also were able to bring others directly to this realm. They still can, as is how the Scholar came here originally. But such methods can be traced, and to do so would risk allowing our enemies to find a way in."
  314. Jul 15 22:57:59 <Chase> "Don't really know why we'd want to go looking for Dandyman but it'd be useful to know we -could-."
  315. Jul 15 22:58:35 <Rosetta> "Can you tell how far away something is? It'd be nice to be able to see how far Dandy is from us at least."
  316. Jul 15 22:59:17 <~The_Writer> The Writer frowns. "I'm...uncertain. Try asking it the whereabouts of the closest Legendaries, then?"
  317. Jul 15 22:59:50 <Genevieve> "Wouldn't that be Thor?"
  318. Jul 15 22:59:53 <Rosetta> "Alright, where are the closest legendaries and what's their distance from us?"
  319. Jul 15 23:01:21 <~The_Writer> Well, Alice ends up with two lines pointing at her. D.C. and 1NO as well. A...line starts to point at The Writer, then abruptly stops, and flickers at about the half way point. It seems confused. There's also one pointing at...you.
  320. Jul 15 23:01:23 <~The_Writer> Wait, no
  321. Jul 15 23:01:41 <~The_Writer> it's slowly moving down...siiiiip. Oh Thor's standing at your feet.
  322. Jul 15 23:02:03 »» Rosetta examines the lines. Any differences with them differing with distance?
  323. Jul 15 23:02:09 <Rosetta> Or numbers on them or something?
  324. Jul 15 23:02:32 <~The_Writer> Roll me a good ol Perception
  325. Jul 15 23:02:40 <Rosetta> 2d6+1
  326. Jul 15 23:02:41 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 2d6+1: 6 [2d6=1,4]
  327. Jul 15 23:03:11 <~The_Writer> The ones pointing toward the table behind you are a bit thinner than the ones for The Writer and Thor. Just -barely- given the proximity.
  328. Jul 15 23:03:56 »» Rosetta squints at Zodiac. "Alright, so the thinner they are, the further away. So it's not very good for precise measurement."
  329. Jul 15 23:06:49 <~The_Writer> Thor shrugs and sips his tea. The Writer: "It may not be perfect, no, but it is an enviable ability. Are you not familiar with any other practitioners? I heard it was rare in your lands, but given how I grew up...it's hard to imagine, I suppose."
  330. Jul 15 23:07:50 <Rosetta> "My family are the only ones in the Isles. So I haven't really met many outside of my cousin."
  331. Jul 15 23:08:12 <Rosetta> "...Hey, so what happens if I try to summon an Unown here? Does it snag one of yours, or...?"
  332. Jul 15 23:08:49 <~The_Writer> 1NO; "Anyway," He reaches into his suit pocket and pulls out a box, sliding it to Chase. "Happy belated I guess. One of the goofballs I sent down there mentioned it I think. But you did good on the promise, at least. Contract fuffilled, but in case ya ever wanna renig," he nods at the box.
  333. Jul 15 23:09:45 <Genevieve> "Oh wow, yours got you a gift. Mine just sets up fiends to try to kill us."
  334. Jul 15 23:10:20 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "I'm sorry, I believe you mean FRIENDS, being as you caught them."
  335. Jul 15 23:10:30 ---» Aori_Radisleep (Revolution@sux-739ADBBE.dsl.sbndin.sbcglobal.net) has Joined #easternislesrhapsody
  336. Jul 15 23:10:44 <Chase> "Hm? Oh hey, you didn't have to get me anything, man, but I appreciate it. What we got here?" he asks, taking the box and looking at it. "And yeah, I appreciate all the help you and your people gave. I have a sort of lead now on my sis. Oh, and if you see Kali? Tell'er I appreciate her ah, enthusiasm? But she went to a bit too much... trouble. ...really, a card is okay, too."
  337. Jul 15 23:10:56 »» Aori_Radisleep is now known as Negalily
  338. Jul 15 23:11:21 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "Though that's not to say your efforts are without warrent for a reward either. Hmmm." He leans back, and puts his feet on the chair, much to the annoyance of The Writer.
  339. Jul 15 23:12:24 «--- Nymph (Revolution@sux-739ADBBE.dsl.sbndin.sbcglobal.net) has Quit (Ping timeout)
  340. Jul 15 23:12:31 »» Negalily is now known as Nymph
  341. Jul 15 23:14:11 <Chase> (Not really quite sure what he means by me wanting to back out)
  342. Jul 15 23:14:33 <~The_Writer> The Writer shakes it off. "I can't say I know. The girl who resided here before me was born with it, but I only saw her once, as she left for the last time for her home...something familiar about you now that I think about it..." she shrugs it off, however.
  343. Jul 15 23:15:13 <Genevieve> "Whatever. Maybe you should work on recruiting a few more followers so I don't have to do -everything-."
  344. Jul 15 23:15:21 <~The_Writer> (I got all carded up, meant ante :B)
  345. Jul 15 23:15:22 <Rosetta> "Mind if I try?"
  346. Jul 15 23:16:22 <~The_Writer> The Writer shakes her head. "I don't see why not."
  347. Jul 15 23:17:31 <~The_Writer> Chase, inside is a silver necklace with an amethyst gemstone. It gets progressively darker in color as it nears the center.
  348. Jul 15 23:17:46 »» Rosetta tugs at her ninja costume to expose her tattoo and presses her hand on it, starting to pull out an Unown as she usually does.
  349. Jul 15 23:17:47 <Chase> "Aw shit, stylin'."
  350. Jul 15 23:17:55 <~The_Writer> 1NO: "Yeah she's a bit weird, I wouldn't get too close to her if ya know what I mean."
  351. Jul 15 23:18:27 <Chase> "Yeah I'll take your word for it."
  352. Jul 15 23:19:09 <Chase> "What kind of ante are you offering exactly, though? I'm sticking with this anyway. Alice is a friend, I don't wanna see anything happen to her, yeah?"
  353. Jul 15 23:22:01 <~The_Writer> The Deciever snrks at Genevieve. "You are the sassiest damned priestess I've ever dealt with. And that's saying something. I can bestow you power, however, if you do desire it."
  354. Jul 15 23:22:16 <~The_Writer> 1d100
  355. Jul 15 23:22:18 <DiceMaid-9001> The_Writer, 1d100: 34 [1d100=34]
  356. Jul 15 23:23:16 <~The_Writer> Rosetta, you do as you always do, but something odd occurs as you pull out. (no lewds intended)
  357. Jul 15 23:23:29 <Rosetta> (>:I)
  358. Jul 15 23:23:42 <~The_Writer> There's a shuffling noise of stuff falling from a broom closet somewhere in the library, and you pull out an O Unown stuck on a stick.
  359. Jul 15 23:24:28 <Rosetta> "Well, hey. Uh, let's get you unstuck first." Rosetta tries to yank the O off the stick.
  360. Jul 15 23:25:31 <~The_Writer> 1NO: "Continued service in The One and Only's House of Rock. Best damn church name I've ever heard of at least. Just keep doin' what you're doin'. Think you got a good idea what those things are for by now anyway."
  361. Jul 15 23:25:50 <~The_Writer> Roll Athletics, Rosetta.
  362. Jul 15 23:26:47 <Genevieve> "What does that entail though? What sort of power, what kind of price?"
  363. Jul 15 23:29:52 <Chase> "I ain't gonna just leave you out to dry, man, 'course I'll have your back." he grins.
  364. Jul 15 23:30:07 <~The_Writer> The Deciever: "That would depend on your desires. Powers of mind, body, or spirit? And what of my Domains? Love is a beautiful thing, but can also blind and bind one's actions. Decay...not really associated with earth, but when the flames wither and the life wittles, all returns to earth, only to rise and fall, again and again."
  365. Jul 15 23:30:23 <~The_Writer> "It would change you on a fundamental level, how is not always the same."
  366. Jul 15 23:30:58 <Genevieve> "Seems risky. I'd really rather you curse Jenn with some decay or something."
  367. Jul 15 23:31:58 <~The_Writer> The laughs, a deep, fiery sound. "if you insist."
  368. Jul 15 23:32:28 <Genevieve> "That was a suggestion, not an agreement."
  369. Jul 15 23:33:06 <~The_Writer> "I was referring to your declining my offer, not your jest."
  370. Jul 15 23:33:51 <Genevieve> "Good, I don't need you doing something reckless, that's my job."
  371. Jul 15 23:38:45 <~The_Writer> Alice has been thinking for a while, and finally speaks up. "So you guys think the temple idea is the best one, huh?"
  372. Jul 15 23:39:05 <Rosetta> 3d6+6
  373. Jul 15 23:39:06 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 3d6+6: 21 [3d6=5,4,6]
  374. Jul 15 23:39:12 <Rosetta> *20
  375. Jul 15 23:40:54 <~The_Writer> HNNNNNNGH you tug and stretch annnnd pop! It finally comes off.
  376. Jul 15 23:41:10 <Rosetta> "There we go, got you unstuck."
  377. Jul 15 23:41:12 <~The_Writer> Doesn't seem entirely happy with you, though. The top of the O is indented, like an angry glare.
  378. Jul 15 23:41:16 <Genevieve> "Yeah, I think so."
  379. Jul 15 23:42:05 <Rosetta> "Er, hey Writer, this one looks upset."
  380. Jul 15 23:42:27 »» Marina is now known as Giantree
  381. Jul 15 23:42:40 <~The_Writer> The Writer stares at it and laughs. "It was inscribed onto it. Could have been removed easier, but will be fine."
  382. Jul 15 23:42:58 <Rosetta> "Oh. Uh, sorry."
  383. Jul 15 23:43:56 <Rosetta> "What's the easier way then?"
  384. Jul 15 23:45:05 <~The_Writer> Alice: "I don't want to end up being dead weight to you guys again, so...I'll try on my own time to look into the other things?"
  385. Jul 15 23:46:36 <Genevieve> "As long as you're careful. You know the risks now, and you know we're here to help you."
  386. Jul 15 23:47:09 <~The_Writer> The Writer borrows the staff he was on, and calls over an Unown spelling STAFF. She holds the staff near it, and says, "Imagine you are merging them and melding them as you did, but with an object their concept is related to."
  387. Jul 15 23:47:46 <Rosetta> "...how's an 'O' related in concept to a staff?" But she nods in understanding anyhow.
  388. Jul 15 23:47:47 <~The_Writer> The Unown melds into the staff, coating it like a painting, and then the staff starts to float, blinking and all. "Familiar to a few things you've seen, isn't it?"
  389. Jul 15 23:48:13 <Rosetta> "...So what happens if you do that to a person? Like 'TAKEN' or whatnot? How do you undo -that-?"
  390. Jul 15 23:50:04 <Chase> "You felt like dead weight?"
  391. Jul 15 23:50:22 <~The_Writer> She tenses up. "The tattoos you've seen are one thing - to hook one's self into The Collective on a very intimate level. What you're implying...is a very sinister thing to do to someone."
  392. Jul 15 23:51:21 <Rosetta> "Yeah, I kinda figured that with the brainwashing and whatnot." Rosetta nods again. "So, do you know how to undo something like that? Or how to undo this inscribing in general in a simpler way?"
  393. Jul 15 23:53:08 <~The_Writer> "Would you mind if I wrote you on this topic at a later date? Delivered by one of The One and Only's...girls. Apologies. It brings back bad memories. I would need to collect myself to advise you on how to approach something such as that."
  394. Jul 15 23:53:26 <~The_Writer> "I'm guessing this is something you've seen employed then?"
  395. Jul 15 23:53:29 <Rosetta> "Oh, yeah, that's fine. Sorry 'bout that."
  396. Jul 15 23:53:33 »» Rosetta nods.
  397. Jul 15 23:53:45 <Rosetta> "Got someone with something just like that in custody."
  398. Jul 15 23:54:06 »» Rosetta looks down at O. "Er, sorry to you too for just pulling you off like that."
  399. Jul 15 23:55:29 <~The_Writer> Alice: "I froze up and had my shit stomped in by that Sandslash, so yeah, of course! So...how do we get out of here anyway? Thank you for the info, um...Deciever, One and Only, Writer. I think I'm starting to get used to figuring out how completely screwed I am!"
  400. Jul 15 23:56:28 <~The_Writer> The Writer frowns. "I see. I'll do what I can to guide you on such a thing, then. As for why he was stuck onto a staff...I cannot say." While O is quite cross, he also seems quite content to hover near you
  401. Jul 15 23:57:17 »» Rosetta tilts her head as she follows O with her gaze, hopping in place to turn around if need be. "Hey Alice, no need to be that harsh on yourself, yeah?"
  402. Jul 15 23:57:31 »» Chase sighs. "Look, there ain't no such thing as a team of one. We all fuck up at some point or another. And you aren't gonna be screwed. We're going to figure this out, arright?"
  403. Jul 16 00:01:24 <Genevieve> "And all things considered, the Sandlash may have been a fluke. We have no idea how strong your elemental connection is."
  404. Jul 16 00:01:30 <Chase> "You'd have my back if I was in shit this deep, right?" he grins.
  405. Jul 16 00:01:30 »» Rosetta returns her attention to the floating Unown. "Look uh, you wanna hook along with the rest of Zodiac over there or something? Or are you still gonna be upset with me here?"
  406. Jul 16 00:03:02 <~The_Writer> "I don't really got much choice but to try to think positive about this, don't I? But I can't just sit around either. I think I got a good idea what -I- need to do to help this out at least."
  407. Jul 16 00:03:17 »» Chase nods. "Arright, good."
  408. Jul 16 00:04:39 <~The_Writer> The Deciever yawns. "So we done here? If so I should probably do -something- about only having one follower, sorta, at the moment."
  409. Jul 16 00:04:46 <Chase> "Thanks, 1NO, Dees, Ms. Writer - whatever your name is-."
  410. Jul 16 00:05:01 <Chase> "Yeah... probably around time to wrap up..."
  411. Jul 16 00:05:01 <Genevieve> "I think we're ready, yeah."
  412. Jul 16 00:05:41 <Rosetta> "Yeah, we've got a lot to think about now I guess." Rosetta nods, still following O around with her eyes.
  413. Jul 16 00:06:23 <~The_Writer> 1NO stands up and slowly returns to a Gengar form, strutting back over to his possee - they've been waiting near the door the whole time. "Keep it classy ya'll."
  414. Jul 16 00:06:54 <~The_Writer> The Deciever bursts into flames with a final cavernous cackle, leaving only a pile of soot in the chair. The Lucario comes by with a broom and SIGHS. >:T
  415. Jul 16 00:06:58 <Chase> "Laters."
  416. Jul 16 00:07:56 <Rosetta> "See ya." Rosetta waves as Deceiver and 1NO leave.
  417. Jul 16 00:08:12 <~The_Writer> As for The Writer, she looks over all of you and bows. "Care taking this place is a lonely task - your visit was most welcome. If you must know my name, it's Tentra Odoyle."
  418. Jul 16 00:08:41 <~The_Writer> "I don't suppose this will be the last we meet, but until then, I wish you well."
  419. Jul 16 00:08:48 <Rosetta> "Tentra? Gotcha."
  420. Jul 16 00:09:03 <Genevieve> "Thank you, we'll be back with hopefully more information."
  421. Jul 16 00:09:18 <Rosetta> "Just curious, whatcha gonna do when you're done housesitting? New god ascends formally, takes this place, all that."
  422. Jul 16 00:09:21 »» Chase nods.
  423. Jul 16 00:10:36 <~The_Writer> "I am not sure myself. My home is not a pleasant place to be at the moment, and there is little left for me there. Only time will tell, I suppose."
  424. Jul 16 00:11:09 <Rosetta> "Best of luck with figuring that out then."
  425. Jul 16 00:11:26 <~The_Writer> A bittersweet smile crosses her face. "If you return to the courtyard, SCOUT should be able to return you to the temple from wence you came. He can accompany you, or continue to act as a messanger between myself and you all if you wish."
  426. Jul 16 00:12:15 <~The_Writer> As for your earlier question, Rosetta, O seems indifferent to being stuck into the others. He seems less upset now that you apologized a lot.
  427. Jul 16 00:13:11 <Rosetta> "You know having some sorta opinion one way or another would help here." Rosetta tilts her head the other way looking at O and beckons Zodiac over. "Anything?"
  428. Jul 16 00:14:41 »» Chase frowns. "You have it rough too. Yeah, we'll call or something."
  429. Jul 16 00:15:46 <~The_Writer> O looks between the stick, and ZODIAC a few times before hovering over near ZODIAC. It stares at you expectantly.
  430. Jul 16 00:17:24 <Rosetta> "Alrighty, let's do this then." Rosetta grabs O and stretches and pulls like taffy, molding it into....let's say Sagittarius was the last missing piece. Then legos him into the rest of Zodiac, making a completed ring of symbols.
  431. Jul 16 00:19:53 <~The_Writer> At first, nothing happens.
  432. Jul 16 00:21:34 <~The_Writer> And then Zodiac begins to slowly spin clockwise....picking up speed...faster, faster, faster....it overs over Rosetta and turns on its side, like a flying saucer above her...and then...*Poof* They both vanish for a second before returning
  433. Jul 16 00:22:27 <Chase> "Wait, what?"
  434. Jul 16 00:23:57 <Rosetta> "Agh, holy shit was that space and were those alien spaceships."
  435. Jul 16 00:24:25 <Genevieve> "What just happened?"
  436. Jul 16 00:24:32 <Rosetta> "Zodiac did you just bring me to space?"
  437. Jul 16 00:25:02 <Chase> "So... you left different space and went into outer space? Geez."
  438. Jul 16 00:25:37 <~The_Writer> Zodiac chimes like a bell , though you think Saggitarious might be snickering at you
  439. Jul 16 00:26:13 »» Rosetta glowers at the new addition to the pack. "Alright, alright, you got me. Are we even?"
  440. Jul 16 00:27:00 <Rosetta> "There are uh...sorta DNA-shaped spaceships up there? Or double helix shaped anyway, just what I thought of first. Sorta reflective sorta transparent. Weird shit."
  441. Jul 16 00:27:37 »» Chase kind of squints at Rose. "Weird, maybe relevant, maybe not. We all ready to head out?"
  442. Jul 16 00:27:49 <Rosetta> "Yeah, sounds good to me."
  443. Jul 16 00:27:54 <Genevieve> 2d6+3 Pokemon with DNA from space themes
  444. Jul 16 00:27:54 <DiceMaid-9001> Genevieve, Pokemon with DNA from space themes: 12 [2d6=3,6]
  445. Jul 16 00:28:11 <Chase> 3d6-2 I'm smrt!
  446. Jul 16 00:28:12 <DiceMaid-9001> Chase, I'm smrt!: 6 [3d6=2,4,2]
  447. Jul 16 00:29:08 <~The_Writer> Your gut instinct is of course Deoxys, Genevieve, but you've always heard the story about them being they are like, parasites on meteorites or something.
  448. Jul 16 00:29:33 <~The_Writer> Alice: "...So what's it like in space?"
  449. Jul 16 00:29:43 <~The_Writer> Alice: "Can he take -me- to space?" :O
  450. Jul 16 00:29:47 <Rosetta> "Freaky."
  451. Jul 16 00:29:55 <Rosetta> "I dunno, can you?" Rosetta asks Zodiac.
  452. Jul 16 00:30:12 <~The_Writer> The Writer tries to hold back a laugh as Zodiac shakes from side to side, nuh uh.
  453. Jul 16 00:30:27 <Genevieve> "I've heard of DNA Pokemon from space and Pokemon in spaceships, but not Pokemon in DNA themed spaceships. Ask the Elygem."
  454. Jul 16 00:30:43 <Rosetta> "What's so funny?" :< Rosetta looks to the Writer.
  455. Jul 16 00:31:01 <Rosetta> "Yeah, I'll ask Minuetta about this later. Been a while since I spent good quality time with her anyhow..."
  456. Jul 16 00:31:33 <Genevieve> "See you around, Writer~"
  457. Jul 16 00:31:40 <~The_Writer> "He's just a mischievous one, is all. It's not a bad thing - personality on an Unown is not entirely common, after all."
  458. Jul 16 00:31:59 <~The_Writer> "Until we next meet," she sees you out as SCOUT follows you guys back to the courtyard.
  459. Jul 16 00:32:26 »» Chase waves goodbye and heads out
  460. Jul 16 00:32:53 <Rosetta> "Yeah, we'll drop by again when we can." Rosetta waves and follows Chase and Gen out.
  461. Jul 16 00:33:57 <~The_Writer> At the center of the courtyard, SCOUT splits apart, a tether opening between its letters as it forms a giant pentagon. Through it you can see the room you entered through.
  462. Jul 16 00:34:28 »» Genevieve checks to make sure the room looks empty before heading through.
  463. Jul 16 00:35:11 <~The_Writer> Down here is certainly empty, yes. Just as you left it. Alice hops through with Thor and turns back to wait on you guys.
  464. Jul 16 00:35:39 »» Rosetta steps through as well, keeping a careful eye on Zodiac.
  465. Jul 16 00:35:57 »» Chase heads through too
  466. Jul 16 00:38:53 »» Genevieve follows after.
  467. Jul 16 00:39:09 <~The_Writer> Nothing odd happens down here on this Unownesque level of the place. As you head back up Alice wonders out loud. "If these places are all over...what happened to the people who built them, you think?"
  468. Jul 16 00:39:12 <Rosetta> "Are we gonna have to watch out for that Sandslash again now?"
  469. Jul 16 00:39:53 <Genevieve> "No idea. Might have died off during colonization or integrated into other groups. And probably."
  470. Jul 16 00:39:59 <Chase> "Wouldn't they be like, our ancestors or somethin'?"
  471. Jul 16 00:40:42 <Rosetta> "Yeah, looking at some of what's here, you can see what inspired Venomtalon and Darkfeather."
  472. Jul 16 00:40:43 <~The_Writer> "But no one knows about - oh holy fuck." She stops as she reaches the second level, puts a hand over her mouth.
  473. Jul 16 00:40:52 »» Chase looks past her
  474. Jul 16 00:41:02 »» Rosetta hops up for a look too.
  475. Jul 16 00:41:19 <Chase> "If there's more goddamn tanks out there-"
  476. Jul 16 00:42:07 <~The_Writer> Someone's been here. That's readily apparant. There's blood all over the place, and a mutilated corpse hanging from a hook from above the ebony platform. Sitting on the platform is a flash drive.
  477. Jul 16 00:42:12 <~The_Writer> Roll Perception as well.
  478. Jul 16 00:42:16 <Rosetta> 2d6+1
  479. Jul 16 00:42:17 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 2d6+1: 9 [2d6=6,2]
  480. Jul 16 00:42:21 <Chase> "...oh shit."
  481. Jul 16 00:42:22 <Genevieve> 2d6+3
  482. Jul 16 00:42:23 <DiceMaid-9001> Genevieve, 2d6+3: 13 [2d6=4,6]
  483. Jul 16 00:42:33 <Genevieve> (corpse of what?)
  484. Jul 16 00:42:45 <~The_Writer> Hard to say in the lighting, but it's not human.
  485. Jul 16 00:42:58 <Chase> 2d6 Spending some AP here
  486. Jul 16 00:42:59 <DiceMaid-9001> Chase, Spending some AP here: 7 [2d6=4,3]
  487. Jul 16 00:43:02 »» Rosetta slips down her darkvision goggles for a better look.
  488. Jul 16 00:43:37 <~The_Writer> What you do notice, though, Genevieve, is the blood on the floor isn't random. There's a message scrawled on the floor. "THANKS THE TOY - IT WAS TASTY :)"
  489. Jul 16 00:43:48 <~The_Writer> Rosetta, it's a Sandslash.
  490. Jul 16 00:44:01 <Rosetta> "Thaaaat's the Sandslash."
  491. Jul 16 00:44:05 »» Rosetta pushes the goggles back up.
  492. Jul 16 00:44:06 <~The_Writer> But, also, Rosetta
  493. Jul 16 00:44:17 <~The_Writer> When you guys entered here? There were four statues in small covets by this door
  494. Jul 16 00:44:20 <~The_Writer> Now...there aren't
  495. Jul 16 00:44:34 <Rosetta> "And the four statues that were here are gone."
  496. Jul 16 00:44:48 <~The_Writer> (for the toy* durr)
  497. Jul 16 00:44:55 <Genevieve> "And someone is definitely following us." She points down at the writing.
  498. Jul 16 00:45:37 <Rosetta> "Is its heart missing?" Rosetta slips the goggles down again and steps in for a better look.
  499. Jul 16 00:45:40 <Chase> "...goddamn..."
  500. Jul 16 00:45:54 »» Chase lets Rosetta inspect the corpse, he looks at the flash drive.
  501. Jul 16 00:46:18 <~The_Writer> Alice walks forward shakily, not really comfortable with the sight here. Thor gives no shits and waddles around after you guys.
  502. Jul 16 00:46:39 <Chase> "Christ.."
  503. Jul 16 00:46:57 <~The_Writer> Chase - it's covered in a bit of toxic gunk and sorta slimey, but it had a cap on the USB side so looks okay to you.
  504. Jul 16 00:47:05 <~The_Writer> Alice: "I...guess it...did eat it?"
  505. Jul 16 00:47:26 »» Chase doesn't want to touch that shit with his bare hands
  506. Jul 16 00:47:52 <Rosetta> "Here, Chase, lemme handle that."
  507. Jul 16 00:48:00 <Chase> "Yeah.."
  508. Jul 16 00:48:22 <Genevieve> "Wait." She gets out her hunter's kit to take a sample of the gunk. "That doesn't look like normal Sandlash bits."
  509. Jul 16 00:48:31 »» Rosetta raises a hand toward the flashdrive and it floats up. She telekinetically holds it away from everyone and starts flicking off the gunk with her mind.
  510. Jul 16 00:48:38 <Chase> "It wasn't a normal sandslash, remember?"
  511. Jul 16 00:48:57 <Chase> "FOV."
  512. Jul 16 00:49:08 <~The_Writer> Alice: "Wasn't it sick or something? It was coughing up that stuff, yeah..."
  513. Jul 16 00:49:10 <Rosetta> "I went back to my old tutor from when I was with Annette's family, picked up a new little trick."
  514. Jul 16 00:49:30 <Genevieve> "Yeah, but still. I want a good sample just in case it can tell us anything."
  515. Jul 16 00:49:31 »» Chase blinks at Rose's powers.
  516. Jul 16 00:49:56 <~The_Writer> Far as you can tell from looking at it as it hangs there on the hook...
  517. Jul 16 00:50:28 <~The_Writer> It was mostly battered, though there's a chunk missing from it's neck where something bit it. Red and purple blood is dripping from that opening.
  518. Jul 16 00:50:41 <Chase> Do the statues seem TAKEN or destroyed?
  519. Jul 16 00:51:28 <Chase> "Shit... poor thing. ...I'm gonna go on up ahead, make sure there's nothing -else- foul waiting for us."
  520. Jul 16 00:51:35 <Genevieve> "Exactly what I was looking for..." she separates out samples of the different bloods and tries get a swab of the bite.
  521. Jul 16 00:51:45 »» Chase gets out of the creepy blood room
  522. Jul 16 00:51:57 <Rosetta> "Don't go alone." Rosetta pockets the flash drive for now as soon as she's got it clean and trots after Chase.
  523. Jul 16 00:52:15 <~The_Writer> Rosetta gets the flash drive unsullied as she can. Alice sticks with Genevieve while she takes her samples, however.
  524. Jul 16 00:52:24 <~The_Writer> The statues just seem GONE.
  525. Jul 16 00:53:00 <Chase> "Just going to the door." he peeks out hesitantly.
  526. Jul 16 00:53:14 »» Rosetta plugs the drive into her phone and sticks an earbud in one ear as she follows, glancing between the path ahead and her phone as she does.
  527. Jul 16 00:54:02 <~The_Writer> For upstairs, you don't see anything immediately. The room with the battered statue of the Weavile is...untouched, far as you can see at first.
  528. Jul 16 00:55:07 <Rosetta> "Yo Gen, you wanna come take a look at this one." Rosetta pauses the first video and rewinds to the beginning. She unplugs her headphones.
  529. Jul 16 00:56:50 »» Genevieve comes over to watch, still wearing her dissection gloves.
  530. Jul 16 00:57:44 <~The_Writer> Alice watches it as well, at a loss for words for a good while. "What. The hell is going on here?"
  531. Jul 16 00:58:47 <Genevieve> "A drug?" She thinks for a moment, then smiles. "And here I thought she'd do something more permanent. I can screw with a drug way easier than gene therapy."
  532. Jul 16 00:59:27 »» Chase ends up watching the videos too, once he's sure the upstairs is clear.
  533. Jul 16 00:59:52 <Chase> "Fuck fuck fuckity fuck. It's all starting to come together, ain't it?"
  534. Jul 16 01:00:16 <Chase> "Ammy'll be interested in that, still gonna be in the dropbox, right?"
  535. Jul 16 01:00:20 <Rosetta> "This is enough crazy for one day. Let's just try to get back to town before we get jumped by Dandy out here."
  536. Jul 16 01:00:25 <Chase> "Yeah."
  537. Jul 16 01:00:36 <Rosetta> "Yeah, it'll automatically upload."
  538. Jul 16 01:01:24 »» Chase shakes his head. "Hope we don't have to fight any crazy shit like that. ...guess it's not as bad as a damn tank, but..."
  539. Jul 16 01:01:33 <Rosetta> "Margarita night? Margarita night." Rosetta puts her phone away and starts going ahead again.
  540. Jul 16 01:01:39 <Genevieve> "I'll need a sample so I can figure out which way to attack it. Could be a little difficult, but probably won't need a live subject as long as I can keep some blood from decaying and-" she rambles on as she wanders back out of the temple.
  541. Jul 16 01:01:42 <~The_Writer> Alice: "Tanks don't have TEETH like that aaaaaaa."
  542. Jul 16 01:01:45 <Chase> "Oh right, Alice. You ain't caught up on this."
  543. Jul 16 01:01:57 <Chase> "...time for a bit of recap on the way back."
  544. Jul 16 01:02:18 <~The_Writer> Alice: "No I am I think but...it's just...really freaky."
  545. Jul 16 01:02:29 <~The_Writer> As you guys walk out, roll me perception for the top room.
  546. Jul 16 01:02:34 <Chase> 2d6-2
  547. Jul 16 01:02:34 <Rosetta> 2d6+1
  548. Jul 16 01:02:34 <DiceMaid-9001> Chase, 2d6-2: 3 [2d6=1,4]
  549. Jul 16 01:02:34 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 2d6+1: 10 [2d6=5,4]
  550. Jul 16 01:02:35 <Genevieve> 2d6+3
  551. Jul 16 01:02:36 <DiceMaid-9001> Genevieve, 2d6+3: 10 [2d6=1,6]
  552. Jul 16 01:02:53 <Chase> "It -is- freaky as shit."
  553. Jul 16 01:04:37 <~The_Writer> It's pretty much untouched - the sun's not even quite down yet. But Rosetta and Genevieve spot something odd by the stairs - you almost mistook it as rubble.
  554. Jul 16 01:05:47 <Rosetta> "Look, it's freaky but can't be much worse than fighting off a Mawile or Krookodile yeah? Or I hope so." She shoves her hands in her pockets but stops to take a look at the stairs.
  555. Jul 16 01:06:38 <~The_Writer> One of the Cubone helmets from below - someone took it and placed it very carefully on a stack of rocks. Two sticks are sticking out of holes in it, making it look like horns.
  556. Jul 16 01:06:46 <Genevieve> "I think Krookodile latch on and roll to kill prey, they don't really tear out throats like that."
  557. Jul 16 01:07:29 <Rosetta> "What's that? Some sorta warning?" Rosetta takes a hand out and points.
  558. Jul 16 01:07:54 <~The_Writer> Alice goes over to the old offerings to grab a knife, "Oh what the hell they took the stuff that was here aaaaaa."
  559. Jul 16 01:08:36 <~The_Writer> She latches onto Rosetta. "Canwejustteleporttothejeepnow."
  560. Jul 16 01:08:46 <Chase> "Kinda like what the staglords wear, right?" he frowns.
  561. Jul 16 01:08:55 <Genevieve> "Rose can't jump that far." She crouches down by the Cubone helmet.
  562. Jul 16 01:09:01 <Rosetta> "I can't teleport other people, or quite that far."
  563. Jul 16 01:09:27 <Rosetta> "We can ride Glissani, but she won't be able to carry all of us."
  564. Jul 16 01:09:45 <Chase> "It's not -that- far to the cliff."
  565. Jul 16 01:09:52 <Chase> "Come one."
  566. Jul 16 01:09:54 <Chase> *on
  567. Jul 16 01:09:54 <Genevieve> "Staglords, maybe. Horns are a sign of the devil, and we know he's got some problems at the moment. Why leave this -and- the body? Seems like two different messages."
  568. Jul 16 01:10:24 »» Genevieve takes a quick picture of the Cubone arrangement with her phone.
  569. Jul 16 01:11:40 <Chase> He glances at the offering tray as they go. "Disrespectful, huh?"
  570. Jul 16 01:12:11 <~The_Writer> "Land or sky. Either way. Just not here."
  571. Jul 16 01:12:22 <Chase> "Yeah, come on."
  572. Jul 16 01:12:26 <Genevieve> "But not enough to mess with Flayed's statue." She stands and gets going.
  573. Jul 16 01:12:28 »» Chase jogs out
  574. Jul 16 01:13:37 <Rosetta> "Yeah, alright, we can think about what this means in the morning."
  575. Jul 16 01:14:01 <~The_Writer> Nothing harasses you on the way back to the jeep
  576. Jul 16 01:14:34 <~The_Writer> it's rather creepy, however. Very silent. You find a few more cubone helmets arranged along the way though, all arranged the same way.
  577. Jul 16 01:15:22 <~The_Writer> You pass by a spot in the woods where it appears the Sandslash was killed. Lots of broken tree limbs, uprooted plants, soaked ground...
  578. Jul 16 01:15:55 <Chase> "Shit, the battle that happened here..."
  579. Jul 16 01:16:15 »» Genevieve knocks apart a few of the Cubone helmets as they come across them.
  580. Jul 16 01:16:24 <Genevieve> "The last thing we need to do is leave a trail back to the temple."
  581. Jul 16 01:16:35 <~The_Writer> You reach it to the jeep just fine, but there's one last creepy reminder there too, a cubone helmet on the tip of the hood, arranged like an ornament
  582. Jul 16 01:16:48 <Chase> "Toying with us, huh?"
  583. Jul 16 01:16:58 »» Chase gets a grim expression.
  584. Jul 16 01:17:06 <Chase> "No wonder Corbin was so fuckin' paranoid."
  585. Jul 16 01:17:30 »» Rosetta scatters some of the helmet arrangements with telekinesis as they pass too.
  586. Jul 16 01:17:46 »» Chase takes the skull off the hood, takesthe sticks out, and sets it near a rock nearby, stacking a few rocks next to it.
  587. Jul 16 01:18:25 <~The_Writer> Alice jumps into the vehicle soon as someone opens it and squeezes Thor.
  588. Jul 16 01:19:12 <Rosetta> "Want me to ride up top? Make sure there's nothing weird on the way back?"
  589. Jul 16 01:19:33 <Chase> "You're our eagle eyes, Rose."
  590. Jul 16 01:19:38 »» Chase hops in the car, too.
  591. Jul 16 01:19:50 <~The_Writer> (Those are famous last words if I ever heard them)
  592. Jul 16 01:19:55 <Genevieve> "I think we'll be fine. He's made his point, if he wants to fight us, it'll be on his terms." She turns on the engine and gets ready to go.
  593. Jul 16 01:19:59 »» Rosetta warps to the roof with Zodiac in tow, leaning against the railing.
  594. Jul 16 01:20:58 <~The_Writer> You guys get moving just fine, with Rosetta and Zodiac on watch. You notice on the way back a lot of the same wilds you saw on the way here are around. Namely a Zorua that's been napping on a rock for a while.
  595. Jul 16 01:22:03 »» Genevieve pulls over upon spotting the Zorua. "Alright. This is ridiculous, there is no way that thing slept through all the fighting out here."
  596. Jul 16 01:22:43 <~The_Writer> It looks up and yawns.
  597. Jul 16 01:23:20 <Chase> "Look at it, what makes you think it gave a shit?" he chuckles and shakes his head.
  598. Jul 16 01:24:30 <~The_Writer> Alice takes a long look at it, opens her purse and tosses a ball at it. It gets bapped and the face and sucked up. "If none of -you- were gonna take it..."
  599. Jul 16 01:24:38 <~The_Writer> "I dunno if it did see anything we could get someone to ask it later?"
  600. Jul 16 01:24:47 <Genevieve> "Alice!"
  601. Jul 16 01:24:58 <Chase> "I think Gen was going to..."
  602. Jul 16 01:25:09 »» Rosetta just laughs from up on the roof.
  603. Jul 16 01:25:11 <Genevieve> "We're not all made of money with our cool master balls!"
  604. Jul 16 01:25:13 <Chase> "Oh well." he shrugs.
  605. Jul 16 01:25:20 <~The_Writer> "...Were you?"
  606. Jul 16 01:25:32 <~The_Writer> "...Oops. I. Uh. Could just give you it?"
  607. Jul 16 01:25:53 »» Genevieve floors the engine in neutral, making the humvee roar. "Just go get it."
  608. Jul 16 01:26:40 <~The_Writer> She jumps out, grabs the ball and hops back in. "Sorry! I thought you were just...suspicious of it."
  609. Jul 16 01:27:41 <Genevieve> "I was! Am!" She huffs and shifts back into drive, headed towards the city. "The only dark type hanging out anywhere near Flayed's temple. It's strange."
  610. Jul 16 01:29:09 <~The_Writer> She spends a good bit of the trip trying to make consessions and apologizing almost as much as a Canadian. Though eventually you get back to Darkfeather for some rest and thinking on what you witnessed.
  611. Jul 16 01:29:16 <~The_Writer> Though, one last round of intuitions before we wrap up.
  612. Jul 16 01:29:34 <Genevieve> 2d6+1
  613. Jul 16 01:29:35 <DiceMaid-9001> Genevieve, 2d6+1: 7 [2d6=2,4]
  614. Jul 16 01:29:39 <Rosetta> 1d6-1 I'll raise this too sometime >:I
  615. Jul 16 01:29:39 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, I'll raise this too sometime >:I: 2 [1d6=3]
  616. Jul 16 01:29:48 <Chase> 6d6+6 INTUITION, HUH? OKAY
  617. Jul 16 01:29:49 <DiceMaid-9001> Chase, INTUITION, HUH? OKAY: 27 [6d6=3,1,5,2,5,5]
  618. Jul 16 01:30:27 <~The_Writer> Rosetta reflects on space in that empty head of hers ;D
  619. Jul 16 01:30:54 <~The_Writer> Chase, on the other hand. Come to think of it, that sound you heard the wind make sounded a lot like the one in that newest video right before Dandyman walked onto the screen.
  620. Jul 16 01:31:52 <Chase> "...you know, I think we -heard- the bastard before we even got to the temple."
  621. Jul 16 01:32:02 <Chase> "The wind and all..."
  622. Jul 16 01:32:19 <Genevieve> "What, he travels on the wind now? Whose heart did he eat for that?"
  623. Jul 16 01:32:19 <Chase> "It was just like on the video, right?"
  624. Jul 16 01:32:35 <Chase> "Shrill wind, sounded kind of like some creepy kid laughing."
  625. Jul 16 01:33:26 <Rosetta> "He has a warning sound now?"
  626. Jul 16 01:34:44 <Chase> "We should keep our ears out just in case."
  627. Jul 16 01:34:58 »» Chase heads for his room on the boat
  628. Jul 16 01:36:39 <~The_Writer> You guys make it back fine to find things just as you left them, people still lounging about. Today's work was done, though it had some unsettling twists.
  629. Jul 16 01:36:51 <~The_Writer> And unless there's anything more , that'd be /session
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