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  1. Jun 24 20:00:41 <@zoofadoodledoo> Let's recap where we left off last week
  2. Jun 24 20:02:03 <@zoofadoodledoo> You had all just entered the guest house of the Fauxicore Estate, a smaller mansion on the side of the main one. Some servents had relieved you of your belongings and you'd been led to a small, quiet lounge in one of the corners of the house.
  3. Jun 24 20:04:03 <@zoofadoodledoo> A flame crackles from a fire place in the room, and as you enter you're met with the scent of burning kindling. Within this room are several old portraits and paintings, a coffee table with a tea kettle and set laid out, and several luxorious leather chairs.
  4. Jun 24 20:06:17 <@zoofadoodledoo> Two people are in this room. One, a girl only Rosetta would vaguely recognize from the visions in Veilbeak, if only due to her tattoos. She's wearing a gown that doesn't quite fit her right and seems quite uncomfortable with it. Along with her is a man in a dark outfit, cornrowed hair and a eye patch over his left eye.
  5. Jun 24 20:07:20 <@zoofadoodledoo> He stands to greet you as you enter, "Good evening, I presu-" smack. A Prime Unown spelling SCOUT just collided with the window, and seems stuck to it.
  6. Jun 24 20:07:31 <Rosetta> "Heya." Rosetta says as she walks in, takes a glance around, and sits herself down in one of the chairs.
  7. Jun 24 20:07:49 <Genevieve> 2d6+1 Intuition
  8. Jun 24 20:07:49 <DiceMaid-9001> Genevieve, Intuition: 5 [2d6=2,2]
  9. Jun 24 20:07:57 <Rosetta> "...That one of yours?"
  10. Jun 24 20:07:58 »» Chase blinks at the sudden UNOWN pressed against the window. "Uh.."
  11. Jun 24 20:08:59 <@zoofadoodledoo> Roland looks over to it cautiously as the girl in the gown gets up to investigate, tapping the glass from the other side as it slowly slides down a bit. "...No? And if it's not one of yours..."
  12. Jun 24 20:09:46 <Genevieve> "It could be one of Grant's!" She moves over to the window. "Not exactly the stealthiest of recon though."
  13. Jun 24 20:10:00 <Chase> "...Really, you'd think they could come up with something less obvious."
  14. Jun 24 20:10:09 <@zoofadoodledoo> Genevieve, when it sees you it peels O back and tries to wave :D.
  15. Jun 24 20:10:43 <Genevieve> "Wait! I think this is actually one of mine, sort of." Gen opens the window to let SCOUT in.
  16. Jun 24 20:10:55 »» Chase just stares a moment. "One of yours?"
  17. Jun 24 20:11:07 <Rosetta> "One of yours?" Rosetta looks confused.
  18. Jun 24 20:11:07 <Saryx> "If those Goons from Venomtalon we ran into were actually with the Sons, though... Well.. I wouldn't have doubted it..."
  19. Jun 24 20:11:24 <Rosetta> "You aren't a rune master though."
  20. Jun 24 20:12:19 <Genevieve> "Which is why I said sort of. I think he actually belongs to the Writer. If this is the right letter S."
  21. Jun 24 20:12:40 <Chase> "Well this is an awkward way to kick things off."
  22. Jun 24 20:12:43 <Rosetta> "How do you know?"
  23. Jun 24 20:13:50 <Genevieve> "Ess and I have a rapport, Rose, jeez. And Deceiver said he was arranging something."
  24. Jun 24 20:14:07 <@zoofadoodledoo> The girl at the window snatches as you let the window up and deftly pulls the Unown in, looking to the man with the eye patch. SCOUT shivers a bit as the man speaks. "I suppose introductions will have to wait a tic. Would any of you happen to be Aura practitioners or Mystics?"
  25. Jun 24 20:14:08 «--- Saryx (Botherer@sux-6E91490E.nycmny.fios.verizon.net) has Quit (Ping timeout)
  26. Jun 24 20:14:09 «--- Chase (DDK@sux-9FA1ED13.lightspeed.jcsnms.sbcglobal.net) has Left #easternislesrhapsody
  27. Jun 24 20:14:19 ---» Chase (DDK@sux-9FA1ED13.lightspeed.jcsnms.sbcglobal.net) has Joined #easternislesrhapsody
  28. Jun 24 20:14:22 <Chase> (Whoops)
  29. Jun 24 20:14:32 <Chase> !dm9001 lastlines #20
  30. Jun 24 20:15:04 <Chase> "I'm an aura user." he speaks up.
  31. Jun 24 20:15:33 <@zoofadoodledoo> He simply nods to the Unown. "Then if you would..."
  32. Jun 24 20:15:44 ---» Lewderer (Botherer@sux-6E91490E.nycmny.fios.verizon.net) has Joined #easternislesrhapsody
  33. Jun 24 20:15:46 »» Chase flicks on his aura sight, reading it.
  34. Jun 24 20:15:57 »» Lewderer is now known as Saryx
  35. Jun 24 20:16:02 <Saryx> !dm9001 lastlines #26
  36. Jun 24 20:16:22 <@zoofadoodledoo> Also, roll Perception everyone.
  37. Jun 24 20:16:42 <Genevieve> 2d6+3
  38. Jun 24 20:16:43 <DiceMaid-9001> Genevieve, 2d6+3: 14 [2d6=5,6]
  39. Jun 24 20:16:45 <Rosetta> 2d6+1
  40. Jun 24 20:16:45 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 2d6+1: 11 [2d6=5,5]
  41. Jun 24 20:16:52 <Saryx> 3d6+1 Perception
  42. Jun 24 20:16:52 <DiceMaid-9001> Saryx, Perception: 12 [3d6=4,5,2]
  43. Jun 24 20:18:24 <Chase> 2d6-2
  44. Jun 24 20:18:24 <DiceMaid-9001> Chase, 2d6-2: 3 [2d6=4,1]
  45. Jun 24 20:18:32 <Chase> Tsk tsk, Chase.
  46. Jun 24 20:18:53 <Saryx> "I can communicate with Pokemon myself, too, Sir..." Saryx says, drawing near a bit. "Hey there, pal~" Channeling! ... And can I activate Shared Senses?
  47. Jun 24 20:20:26 <@zoofadoodledoo> Chase is a bit preoccupied to notice, but it's fairy easy for the rest of you to notice this guy's curiosity at the mention of 'Deciever and Writer.'
  48. Jun 24 20:21:38 <Genevieve> "So, what's he saying?"
  49. Jun 24 20:23:17 <@zoofadoodledoo> Alice slowly walks in and sits down, waiting for an answer as well.
  50. Jun 24 20:25:44 »» Rosetta isn't saying a thing either until this is resolved whether or not it's a SPY
  51. Jun 24 20:26:01 »» Saryx leans away from the Unown a bit, blinking a couple of times himself. "Maaan, this is weird..." He removes his glasses and rubs his eyes one by one. "... Well, this one's the Writer's, alright! And... Believer of the Deceiver? That's you, Gen?"
  52. Jun 24 20:26:40 <Genevieve> "Probably, didn't know I had a fancy title already."
  53. Jun 24 20:27:44 <Rosetta> "It sounds like a kinda derisive title, dontcha think? I mean, who believes a deceiver?"
  54. Jun 24 20:28:05 <Rosetta> "Follower or Supplicant or something woulda been better."
  55. Jun 24 20:28:05 <Chase> "Lessee... as far as I can pick up, it's here to observe, give messages, and be a guide of some kind...?" he looks at Saryx for confirmation.
  56. Jun 24 20:28:16 <@zoofadoodledoo> "If this observer is a guest as well, then free him, Yaretzi." The tattoed girl lets her death grip off of SCOUT, and he swirls around Genevieve a few times
  57. Jun 24 20:28:30 <Chase> "This is weird, reading its aura is more like reading text messages."
  58. Jun 24 20:28:59 <Rosetta> "Yaretzi...? We uh, sorta met earlier, didn't we?" Rosetta extends a hand to the girl. "Rosetta Whitacre, as I said before."
  59. Jun 24 20:29:19 <Chase> "But good to know that this wasn't some kind of espionage."
  60. Jun 24 20:29:28 »» Chase closes the window if it hasn't been already.
  61. Jun 24 20:29:44 <Chase> "Right then, introductions. Sup, y'all? Chase Violet, here."
  62. Jun 24 20:29:49 <Genevieve> "D.C. probably came up with it, Rose, I'm lucky it's not meaner." She reaches up to give SCOUT a pat. "Looking good, Ess!"
  63. Jun 24 20:30:18 <Saryx> His head starts shifting back and forth, eyes darting about the room and looking quite alarmed. "Oh, sorry! Sorry!" He takes a moment to calm down before disabling the Shared Senses. "... There's... There's someone on the other side, and she's watching us through the Unown."
  64. Jun 24 20:30:50 <Genevieve> "That's the Writer, she's cool."
  65. Jun 24 20:30:52 <Rosetta> "Can you describe her? So Gen can confirm if she's the Writer."
  66. Jun 24 20:31:25 <Chase> "The Writer, huh?"
  67. Jun 24 20:31:46 <Genevieve> "As for introduction, I'm Genevieve Webb, nice to meet you."
  68. Jun 24 20:31:48 <Saryx> "She's in a big library, watching us through a book that has what... Ess you called her,Gen? What Ess is seeing on the pages."
  69. Jun 24 20:32:56 <@zoofadoodledoo> Yaretzi approaches Rosetta and examines her from closer up, sniffs a few times. "Whitacre." She says in confirmation. She seems to have much less interest in the others at the moment, until her eyes cross Alice. Her gaze gets stuck for a good while then. Roll me Intuition for anyone watching this.
  70. Jun 24 20:33:16 <Rosetta> 1d6-1 :D
  71. Jun 24 20:33:16 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, :D: 1 [1d6=2]
  72. Jun 24 20:33:21 <Genevieve> 2d6+1
  73. Jun 24 20:33:21 <DiceMaid-9001> Genevieve, 2d6+1: 6 [2d6=2,3]
  74. Jun 24 20:34:02 <@zoofadoodledoo> Saryx can't really -see- her as he's seeing through her gaze.
  75. Jun 24 20:34:10 <Genevieve> "Yeah, if she's in the Library, it's her. If Grant could get there, we'd already be dead."
  76. Jun 24 20:34:21 <Rosetta> "Gotcha."
  77. Jun 24 20:34:31 <Chase> 6d6+6
  78. Jun 24 20:34:32 <DiceMaid-9001> Chase, 6d6+6: 29 [6d6=1,6,6,6,1,3]
  79. Jun 24 20:34:42 <@zoofadoodledoo> Alice: "Uh. Hi Roland! I think only Yaretzi here...I'm Alice!"
  80. Jun 24 20:36:45 <@zoofadoodledoo> Roland nods as all the greetings pass, taking note of all the names. "I am Roland Fauxicore. Welcome to my family's estate, but this isn't exactly a pleasure visit or simple gym challenge that called you here." He takes a seat. "I suppose Rosetta by now has probably told you we represent."
  81. Jun 24 20:36:54 »» zoofadoodledoo is now known as Roland_
  82. Jun 24 20:37:47 <@Roland_> Genevieve and Rosetta don't really notice, but Chase gets a distinct feeling Yaretzi might be blind from the way she moves and responds to sounds. Sudden movements don't really catch her attention.
  83. Jun 24 20:38:45 <@Roland_> Scout takes a 'seat' himself, though he really looks more like a big throw pillow.
  84. Jun 24 20:39:06 »» Chase has a seat, nodding. He watches Yaretzi for a moment, before looking at Roland. "More or less, yeah."
  85. Jun 24 20:39:11 <Genevieve> "Yeah, we've hear a bit." She picks Scout up and then sits where he was, puttting the Unown in her lap.
  86. Jun 24 20:40:20 ---» Lazy_Green_Reflect_Cat (Giantree@sux-3E17A735.dyn.centurytel.net) has Joined #easternislesrhapsody
  87. Jun 24 20:41:10 <@Roland_> "It is not normally in our interests to be so candid about our identities and ties but if what I have been informed of is correct...you've stumbled into something quite beyond the norm."
  88. Jun 24 20:41:30 <Chase> "You could say that, yeah..."
  89. Jun 24 20:41:41 <Rosetta> "Kinda an understatement, yeah?"
  90. Jun 24 20:41:42 «--- Marina (Giantree@sux-8C126DE.dyn.centurytel.net) has Quit (Ping timeout)
  91. Jun 24 20:41:46 »» Lazy_Green_Reflect_Cat is now known as Marina
  92. Jun 24 20:42:46 <@Roland_> His gaze focuses on Alice, who Yaretzi is still staring down. Alice: "Uuuuum...." Roland shrugs. "Normal is relative unless it's a Pokemon Type we're talking about. Before we dive into matters, a few things."
  93. Jun 24 20:43:09 <@Roland_> He reaches to the side of the chair and tosses a suit case Rosetta's way, roll Acrobatics!
  94. Jun 24 20:43:24 <Rosetta> 6d6+5
  95. Jun 24 20:43:24 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 6d6+5: 34 [6d6=6,3,5,6,3,6]
  96. Jun 24 20:43:30 <Rosetta> B[
  97. Jun 24 20:43:54 <@Roland_> Catching it was easy, but the weight on this thing could have easily knocked you over if not for quickly balancing out the load.
  98. Jun 24 20:43:59 <@Roland_> Rosetta pulls it off though.
  99. Jun 24 20:44:59 <Rosetta> "Whoa, geez." Rosetta spins in place as she hops up to catch it, canceling the momentum of the thing. Then she sits down and hefts it into her lap.
  100. Jun 24 20:45:09 <Rosetta> "Is this lined with lead or something?"
  101. Jun 24 20:45:10 <@Roland_> "Based on what those pscionics who attacked you in a tank had to say, it's probably a bit late for those, but maybe you'll find a use for them."
  102. Jun 24 20:46:02 <@Roland_> "Among other metals."
  103. Jun 24 20:46:15 <Rosetta> "Shiny. Thanks." Rosetta waits to open up the briefcase for now though. They have business to discuss first.
  104. Jun 24 20:46:58 <Chase> "I still can't believe we got attacked by a goddamn tank unit."
  105. Jun 24 20:48:19 <Chase> "But anyway..."
  106. Jun 24 20:48:38 <@Roland_> "I've noticed you rely very little on the words of the Sons you've had incarcerated so far, so we took a look into it for you."
  107. Jun 24 20:49:32 <Rosetta> "I sorta figured someone more people-person woulda taken care of interrogation or establishing rapport or what have you. What'd ya find out?"
  108. Jun 24 20:50:48 <@Roland_> "I don't know what you did, nor do they know what you did, but they do know the 'active' Whitacre and a Dr. Genevieve Webb were spotted by their sentinals and informants in Thundercry escorting an unidentified youth and targeted by 'The Faceless Man's Doll's."
  109. Jun 24 20:51:16 <Chase> "Wait, that's why they were there?"
  110. Jun 24 20:51:42 »» Chase just gives an odd look at Rosetta.
  111. Jun 24 20:51:51 <@Roland_> "They know you did something to upset a very big thorn in their side, and want to know what it was."
  112. Jun 24 20:51:52 <Genevieve> "Unidentified is a bonus, that could already be worse."
  113. Jun 24 20:52:18 <@Roland_> "So tell me without this nonsense breakfast code you had Dahlia convince me to go along with. What did you do?"
  114. Jun 24 20:53:09 ---» Albino (Giantree@sux-3E17A735.dyn.centurytel.net) has Joined #easternislesrhapsody
  115. Jun 24 20:53:20 <Genevieve> "We temporarily stole a little clone girl connected to the other clone girl who's out there making Mewtwo for her own global revolution."
  116. Jun 24 20:53:28 <Rosetta> "We found a lead 'bout the Mewtwos and some sorta clone of Gen's. An underground city filled with bunches of broken down robots. We broke in, found a young clone, and took her out for some questions and brought her back."
  117. Jun 24 20:54:36 «--- Marina (Giantree@sux-3E17A735.dyn.centurytel.net) has Quit (Ping timeout)
  118. Jun 24 20:54:48 »» Albino is now known as Marina
  119. Jun 24 20:54:51 <Rosetta> "I was trying to explain that in the heat of the battle, Chase. They weren't after Alice at all."
  120. Jun 24 20:54:59 <Rosetta> "Guess that'd have been easy to miss though what with all that going on."
  121. Jun 24 20:55:16 »» Chase scratches his head. "Well... yeah sorry, I was focused on something completely different at the time."
  122. Jun 24 20:56:12 <Rosetta> "If they saw us just goin' through the city though, it sounds like they woulda known what we were doin' in Thundercry no matter what it was. Geez, that's kinda unsettling."
  123. Jun 24 20:56:52 <Genevieve> "Not really surprising, though."
  124. Jun 24 20:57:11 <@Roland_> He's quiet for a few seconds as he digests that. "Mewtwos, robotics and clones. We'll revisit this later but that's certainly alarming."
  125. Jun 24 20:57:26 <Rosetta> "I can sorta get why it might be easy to have surveillance all over a city like Thundercry. I hope their info network isn't as robust everywhere else though."
  126. Jun 24 20:58:03 ---» Albino (Giantree@sux-3E17A735.dyn.centurytel.net) has Joined #easternislesrhapsody
  127. Jun 24 20:58:26 <@Roland_> "From what we were able to gather, Thundercry is a bit of a strong hold for their ground operations and recruitment. Many neer'do'wells end up in the slums of that city and victims of cyber implants gone wrong who don't exactly walk away sane."
  128. Jun 24 20:58:39 <Chase> "Damn, son."
  129. Jun 24 20:59:12 <Rosetta> "Good to know now."
  130. Jun 24 20:59:14 <Genevieve> "My clone better get it together, then. She should be smarter than that."
  131. Jun 24 20:59:14 <@Roland_> "While they were not actively watching your actions, that seems to have changed as you wandered right onto their doorstep."
  132. Jun 24 20:59:31 <Rosetta> "High risk, high reward then, for espionage there."
  133. Jun 24 20:59:37 <@Roland_> "Indeed."
  134. Jun 24 20:59:45 «--- Marina (Giantree@sux-3E17A735.dyn.centurytel.net) has Quit (Ping timeout)
  135. Jun 24 21:00:10 <@Roland_> "As for Yanala..." His expression turns for the worst. "I thank you for recovering her, but we have little to no way of understanding just what they did to her."
  136. Jun 24 21:00:23 »» Albino is now known as Marina
  137. Jun 24 21:01:11 <Rosetta> "Ive never seen a rune master do that sorta thing. Most I know is you can set unowns down into walls and shit to act as spies, and I haven't even really figured that technique out myself."
  138. Jun 24 21:01:20 <Chase> "Yeah, how the fuck even..." he shakes his head.
  139. Jun 24 21:01:37 <@Roland_> "She seems to be a standby mode of sort, with whatever conditioning this is. The only stimuluses or brain activity she exhibits are nonvoluntary ones. It's like a concious coma.
  140. Jun 24 21:02:02 <Rosetta> "Well, fuck."
  141. Jun 24 21:02:22 <Chase> "She's basically been turned into a robot or something... creepy as hell."
  142. Jun 24 21:02:30 »» Genevieve looks down at Scout. "I was hoping you could help us out with this one, Writer. -My- plan to fix it might get messy."
  143. Jun 24 21:02:54 <Genevieve> "Particularly with the limited brain activity."
  144. Jun 24 21:03:03 <@Roland_> His gaze turns to SCOUT. "I presume the problems you just named with your own experience in such matters might explain our guest, yes."
  145. Jun 24 21:04:24 <@Roland_> He then looks to Alice. "For now though...why exactly -are- you with these young men and women, Alice?"
  146. Jun 24 21:05:13 <Rosetta> "She's uh, well, how to put this? She's merged with the Joltik we were lookin' for."
  147. Jun 24 21:05:48 <Chase> "That's what we've gathered, anyway."
  148. Jun 24 21:06:03 <Chase> "We don't know the how or anything, only circumstances."
  149. Jun 24 21:06:32 <@Roland_> Yaretzi turns to Roland as well and speaks a bit in old Wildling.
  150. Jun 24 21:07:08 <@Roland_> Alice: "I don't really get it either?"
  151. Jun 24 21:08:09 <Genevieve> "It's sort of like nuclear fusion. The Alice atom and the Shiva atom combined under a high energy system to become something new."
  152. Jun 24 21:09:54 <@Roland_> Roland furrows his brow and lets this all sink in. "I. This is the single most absurd thing I've heard of since Shedinjask. And that turned out to be a real thing as well. Okay. So..."
  153. Jun 24 21:10:22 <Rosetta> "Shedinjask? That sounds rad. Where do I get one?"
  154. Jun 24 21:10:29 <@Roland_> "Yaretzi says Alice appears to have two Masterballs on her with a Keeper in one, and a Legendary she can't identify in the other. What of this?"
  155. Jun 24 21:10:40 <@Roland_> "(You don't want to know.)"
  156. Jun 24 21:11:19 <Genevieve> "Is Thor in a masterball? The other is Skadi, right?"
  157. Jun 24 21:11:21 <Rosetta> "Whoa, that's cool. How'd you do that?"
  158. Jun 24 21:12:44 <Chase> "It's probably a specially tuned aura sight." he comments, figuring that from how she can apparently still somewhat see even if she's blind.
  159. Jun 24 21:13:00 <Saryx> "I thought Alice only said she had Skadi on her, and she was afraid to let her out... You never said anything about having a second one on you, Alice. ... Did you?"
  160. Jun 24 21:13:10 <@Roland_> Alice nods. "Yeah...Thor and I uh. Tricked Skadi. She's not too happy about it, but..." She lets out the Pikachu.
  161. Jun 24 21:13:13 <Chase> "Well... we don't know what's up with her Pikachu."
  162. Jun 24 21:13:19 <Chase> "Hi, Thor."
  163. Jun 24 21:13:38 <@Roland_> Thor nods and plops in her lap, dropping the hammer at his side. <Sup.>
  164. Jun 24 21:13:42 <@Roland_> Everyone hears that, mind you.
  165. Jun 24 21:14:21 <Rosetta> "Er...hey, Alice, could you do all that sparky stuff you did back on the train before this whole business in Shiverwing happened?"
  166. Jun 24 21:14:49 <@Roland_> Roland: "To be honest, the Outer Gods fall outside the expertise of most of us. Yaretzi is the exception there in that she through some means that she isn't exactly comfortable disclosing became bonded to The Flay - did that Pikachu just aura pulse."
  167. Jun 24 21:15:10 <Chase> "Yeah, is it -that- odd?"
  168. Jun 24 21:15:33 <Genevieve> "Yes."
  169. Jun 24 21:15:45 <Genevieve> "I thought it was so obvious that we weren't going to talk about it."
  170. Jun 24 21:15:53 <@Roland_> Alice tries charging, and crackles a bit. "Like that?"
  171. Jun 24 21:15:58 <@Roland_> "...Don't think so, no."
  172. Jun 24 21:16:00 <Rosetta> "Yeah."
  173. Jun 24 21:16:23 <Rosetta> (Thor has clearly insectoid features, right? Antennae and such?)
  174. Jun 24 21:16:42 <@Roland_> "Or maybe? I don't know. It's...some things match up and others don't." She seems very conflicted on her own memories here.
  175. Jun 24 21:16:53 <@Roland_> Thor has bug antennae, compact wings and a stinger on the end of his tail.
  176. Jun 24 21:17:12 <Rosetta> Oh god I didn't remember being told about a stinger tail aaa
  177. Jun 24 21:18:16 <Rosetta> "So Yaretzi saw Thor as a legendary in his ball? Is it...possible the bug half of the Joltik went into Thor, and the electric type half into Alice? When all that went down."
  178. Jun 24 21:18:27 <Chase> "Basically, what happened was..." he recaps what they had figured out about the night in Shiverwing from Rhasha, Alice and Saryx's accounts, minus the special blizzard.
  179. Jun 24 21:19:10 <Genevieve> "Maybe. I don't know how well a god does with dividing like that."
  180. Jun 24 21:19:15 <Chase> "-and now Alice and Thor are both 'different' from before? They both have -really- bright auras to me if that helps."
  181. Jun 24 21:19:25 <@Roland_> Roland stands and tries to pick up the hammer with one hand, then with both. "Hrm. At one point there was a Heatran in these lands that went by that name. He one day vanished however. The others of the lower pantheon claim he was slain, but there was never any proof of it."
  182. Jun 24 21:20:08 <@Roland_> He listens to the story, nodding and pondering.
  183. Jun 24 21:20:45 <Chase> "What do -you- make of things, Thor?" he finally asks the Pikachu.
  184. Jun 24 21:22:19 <@Roland_> The Pikachu laughs as it emits a message. <It's been like ten days now and none of you even thought to ask a thing about it. Ask her where the hammer came from, c'mooon.>
  185. Jun 24 21:22:54 <Chase> "...where'd the hammer come from, Alice?" he asks, trying to pick it up himself, now.
  186. Jun 24 21:23:47 <@Roland_> Alice opens her mouth to talk, then pauses, thinking. "He didn't always have it? Huh...I...dunno."
  187. Jun 24 21:23:53 <@Roland_> Roll Athletics, Chase
  188. Jun 24 21:25:41 <Chase> 2d6+1
  189. Jun 24 21:25:41 <DiceMaid-9001> Chase, 2d6+1: 7 [2d6=5,1]
  190. Jun 24 21:25:53 <@Roland_> You almost throw your back out. It won't budge.
  191. Jun 24 21:26:51 »» Chase just gives a look at Thor after trying.
  192. Jun 24 21:27:02 »» Chase rubs his damn back after that, too.
  193. Jun 24 21:27:28 <Rosetta> "So what -is- the deal with the hammer then?"
  194. Jun 24 21:27:31 <@Roland_> The Pikachu hops down and picks it up like it's a marshmellow on a stick. <My memory of that night doesn't make sense either other than whatever occured, I awoke enlightened and knowing this hammer was mine. I got no answers for you.>
  195. Jun 24 21:28:54 <@Roland_> He points at Alice. <Other than she's weird.>
  196. Jun 24 21:29:42 <@Roland_> <The quiet kid was there too but don't think any of us remember much.> He points at Saryx.
  197. Jun 24 21:30:13 »» Chase looks at Saryx's aura again suspiciously.
  198. Jun 24 21:30:46 <Rosetta> "...Quiet?"
  199. Jun 24 21:31:48 »» Chase blinks in surprise.
  200. Jun 24 21:31:58 <Saryx> "... Well..." Saryx speaks up once the Pikachu makes reference to him. "... None of us have any idea what happened that night, but I... I actually think I might have an idea who we might be able to find something out from."
  201. Jun 24 21:32:10 <@Roland_> Roland sits back down and kicks his feet up on the table. "Go on."
  202. Jun 24 21:33:00 <@Roland_> "As is I can see why you have very good reason to suspect Alice's condition is related to the deity we're looking for, but what we need to discuss now is how to approach this."
  203. Jun 24 21:33:14 <@Roland_> "And countermeasures from our enemies getting the wiser of it."
  204. Jun 24 21:34:42 <Rosetta> "Yeah, we didn't have a very good idea of where to go from here."
  205. Jun 24 21:36:09 <Saryx> "I was thinking maybe Tyr might know something? Considering something real crazy happened that night, I imagine he might have gone to check on it. Or at least sent... someone close to him... to go check out whatever happened that night..." He kind of goes quieter than he might've already been before once he reaches 'someone close to him.'
  206. Jun 24 21:38:01 <@Roland_> "Consulting the draconic Keepers is not a bad idea at all."
  207. Jun 24 21:40:32 <Genevieve> "Except that Grant knows where all of them live."
  208. Jun 24 21:40:49 <Genevieve> "So who knows what kind of surveillance is going on there."
  209. Jun 24 21:41:00 <@Roland_> "My other recommendations would ride off of what I was about to express about Yaretzi. Not only is she the sole reason The Staglords were even rediscovered by the world, some event has left her touched by the element of Solitude. She has a very primal connection to The Flayed One and might be able to uncover his whereabouts."
  210. Jun 24 21:41:51 <@Roland_> "Grant may know where they reside, but those places are less easy to access than you might realize."
  211. Jun 24 21:42:33 <Chase> "The Flayed One... I met him."
  212. Jun 24 21:43:01 »» Saryx blink blink. "She came from the Stag Lords, Yaretzi?"
  213. Jun 24 21:44:07 »» Chase fishes out the aquamarine if he's still got that on him, though it might have been in the things that were taken by the servants, who knows.
  214. Jun 24 21:44:13 <Rosetta> "Either option sounds kinda difficult."
  215. Jun 24 21:44:33 <Genevieve> "Flayed does seem to be more active on this side than the others...though Voidmind would probably be more directly useful if possible."
  216. Jun 24 21:44:43 <@Roland_> Yaretzi perks up at the sound of that and looks toward you as Roland continues to speak. Yaretzi: "Stag Lords? Oh, new name. Yes." Roland: "Though on this subject, Miss Webb, I've heard you mention your own connections to the one called The Deciever. And may I ask about this Writer?"
  217. Jun 24 21:45:47 <Genevieve> "You -may-, sure."
  218. Jun 24 21:46:10 <Chase> "Are you up to date on that?" to Yaretzi he says. "It wasn't very far from Red Blade Island, in an abandoned site near a mine. There was a walk-in freezer where the Flayed One was trapped, along with a dead Behayem and a thing suppressing his powers. After I let him out, he gave me this and ran off. ...still not sure what was up with all that."
  219. Jun 24 21:46:28 <Chase> *Red Blade City
  220. Jun 24 21:46:32 <Chase> (rather)
  221. Jun 24 21:47:11 <@Roland_> "The fact The Flayed One is active in this realm and not resting with the others could allow us to gain access to the others more than directly assist us. How did you come into contact with these two entities, The Deciever and The Writer? And...who is this Writer? This is not a title I know of."
  222. Jun 24 21:48:03 <Chase> "Personally it might be easier to go track down someone we -do- know the location of, but I thought I'd let you know about my experience, at least."
  223. Jun 24 21:48:31 <@Roland_> Yaretzi nods. "Make too much noise. Easy to find."
  224. Jun 24 21:48:41 <Rosetta> "We've gotta think about which option will let us be more low-key too, yeah? I mean, we need to keep Alice safe."
  225. Jun 24 21:49:15 <Genevieve> "Well, I came into contact with Writer when this one," she gestures at Scout, "took me over there. She's holed up in the Library, but she isn't one of the gods, just a bad ass rune master. Deceiver I stay in contact with via a lodestone."
  226. Jun 24 21:51:40 <@Roland_> "There's a human residing in their realm at the moment? Intruiging. Do you have any insight on how she came to be there, or why? May I see this stone?"
  227. Jun 24 21:52:43 <Genevieve> "Former servant of the dead god, from what I gathered. And sure, but I'll need it back." She takes the ruby from around her neck and hands it over.
  228. Jun 24 21:53:37 <Rosetta> "I've got that device Chase mentioned too, if you wanna take a look at that." Rosetta fishes the cube out of her pocket and holds it up.
  229. Jun 24 21:53:43 <@Roland_> Alice tilts her head. "Huh, it looks a lot like mine." She takes off her necklace and shows it to Roland as well.
  230. Jun 24 21:54:01 <Chase> "Yeah, there's a resemblance..." he mentions, looking at the necklaces.
  231. Jun 24 21:54:23 <@Roland_> Roland takes it gentle and 'aha's. "I suppose he hasn't told you what these actually are, has he?"
  232. Jun 24 21:54:53 <Genevieve> "Besides a partial gateway between dimensions? No."
  233. Jun 24 21:56:54 <@Roland_> "Ages ago, there were physical shrines to these deities. Not only in this region, but over the globe. While they did not match today's Zodiac well, at the time their sixteen types among the eight were a very well recognized pantheon."
  234. Jun 24 21:58:11 <@Roland_> "They built their shrines around places of power. Where the energy of their realm would seep through to ours. And those energies often crystalized and formed gemstones such as these. Naturally, their followers carried them."
  235. Jun 24 21:59:05 <@Roland_> "While these practices faded to extinction with the rise of Arceus and the more wide spread pantheon of Legendaries...these stones still persist. They do serve as gate stones, yes, but also as compasses to these places of power. Or so the stories say."
  236. Jun 24 21:59:24 <Rosetta> "So what's that mean for us? Is there more we can do with these stones we don't know 'bout?"
  237. Jun 24 22:00:23 <@Roland_> He offers your necklace back to you. "In your travels abroad, did you ever visit the ruins of an Alphic civilization, Rosetta?"
  238. Jun 24 22:00:45 <Rosetta> "I went to the ones in Johto."
  239. Jun 24 22:00:58 <Rosetta> "That was sorta the beginning of my getting pulled into all this sorta stuff."
  240. Jun 24 22:01:10 <@Roland_> "Then you've seen first hand what ruins of this nature contain."
  241. Jun 24 22:01:23 »» Chase just listens carefully.
  242. Jun 24 22:01:26 »» Genevieve takes the necklace back and puts it on.
  243. Jun 24 22:01:42 <Rosetta> "Yeah, you mean the energy sources to create Unown?"
  244. Jun 24 22:03:39 <@Roland_> He nods. "My specialty is admittedly with the undead, not Unowns or gods of orders long past, but such locations might serve a greater purpose."
  245. Jun 24 22:04:11 <Rosetta> "There are rumors of such ruins in Visiwa, yeah? But no one's ever found 'em."
  246. Jun 24 22:04:12 <Chase> "So wait, if you're saying they act as compasses... where would Alice's lead?"
  247. Jun 24 22:04:14 <Genevieve> "Weren't we already at a ruin like that?"
  248. Jun 24 22:04:51 <@Roland_> Alice: "Yeah...I've had this a very long while. Since I was really young. I know that." She nods with confidence.
  249. Jun 24 22:05:47 <Saryx> "... Wait, Alice, didn't you say your dad gave you that necklace?!?"
  250. Jun 24 22:06:06 <@Roland_> Alice nods. "He gave me this necklace when I was six years old. I know this."
  251. Jun 24 22:07:24 <Rosetta> "Not really." Rosetta says, looking to Gen. "Not an alphic one. There'd probably be a source for Unown at one of those."
  252. Jun 24 22:07:56 <Chase> "Well, we suddenly just got some -really- interesting leads."
  253. Jun 24 22:08:05 <Saryx> "Roland, Sir, would Alice's dad have known what these necklaces were for? Even back when Alice was that little when she was first given the necklace?"
  254. Jun 24 22:08:25 <@Roland_> Roland hrms. "Given who your father is I have a theory."
  255. Jun 24 22:09:00 <Genevieve> "We just need a way to turn the compass part on." She gives the ruby a tap.
  256. Jun 24 22:09:07 <Rosetta> "He basically ran the Keeper's Cult or something. I think he'd have known."
  257. Jun 24 22:10:48 <@Roland_> "Cryptozoologists had predicted for a few decades that a Joltik might take a seat at this ancient pantheon. If your father believed that he may have had a stone like that commissioned in hopes that when it did, it would 'activate,' if that makes sense."
  258. Jun 24 22:11:19 <Rosetta> "What would happen when it activated?"
  259. Jun 24 22:12:34 <@Roland_> "I'm not really sure. Nor am I sure how one would utilize these as a compass of sorts."
  260. Jun 24 22:12:37 <@Roland_> Roll intuition you guys~
  261. Jun 24 22:12:46 <Rosetta> 1d6-1
  262. Jun 24 22:12:46 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 1d6-1: 1 [1d6=2]
  263. Jun 24 22:12:55 <Chase> 6d6+6 he thinks.
  264. Jun 24 22:12:56 <DiceMaid-9001> Chase, he thinks.: 26 [6d6=1,2,6,3,3,5]
  265. Jun 24 22:13:20 <Genevieve> 2d6+1
  266. Jun 24 22:13:21 <DiceMaid-9001> Genevieve, 2d6+1: 5 [2d6=3,1]
  267. Jun 24 22:13:32 <Saryx> 4d6+2
  268. Jun 24 22:13:33 <DiceMaid-9001> Saryx, 4d6+2: 17 [4d6=6,2,6,1]
  269. Jun 24 22:14:21 <@Roland_> Rosetta realizes why kids love cinnamon toast crunch for a full milisecond, and thus reaches enlightenment for that full milisecond. It then fades, never to be remembered.
  270. Jun 24 22:14:48 <@Roland_> Genevieve is too busy hugging him to think of it but Saryx and Chase -did- relay that SCOUT was here to guide them.
  271. Jun 24 22:15:02 <@Roland_> And if you think about that text message bit...
  272. Jun 24 22:15:21 »» Chase turns to SCOUT. "Could we hear some input from the Writer?"
  273. Jun 24 22:18:24 <@Roland_> Saryx, are you still channeling SCOUT?
  274. Jun 24 22:18:44 <Saryx> Saryx' head tilts sideways, tapping his head with a finger as he tries to think. "... But if it was on purpose that he gave Alice the necklace... With her having the Joltik inside her now, and that being a compass to some place..." A pause. "... That's waaay too much coincidence there for me to like where it's going. You think it's any possible Mr. Rhasha might've known all
  275. Jun 24 22:18:44 <Saryx> this was going to happen a long while back? ... Roland, Sir, do the Keepers work with the Seers any?" He starts with his volley before turning to the Unown. "... That's... Actually what the Unown was here for, Chase!" And yeah, still channeling Scout.
  276. Jun 24 22:19:22 »» Chase watches its aura a bit, though waits in case Saryx wants to relay this.
  277. Jun 24 22:20:32 <@Roland_> Alice: "Naaaaaw...if...this was something my dad was planning it was probably more -for- me. I think what actually may have happened was just an accident."
  278. Jun 24 22:21:22 <@Roland_> Alice: "Can't be sure though...maybe he did know...he was sort of cold about those things."
  279. Jun 24 22:22:19 <Genevieve> "I don't think this is what he expected, given everything else."
  280. Jun 24 22:23:14 <Rosetta> "Yeah, I agree there. Still, let's hear what the Writer has to say, then actually figure out some sorta plan of action here."
  281. Jun 24 22:23:36 <Saryx> Saryx turns to the Unown once more, seeming to be gazing almost beyond it a second before speaking up. "... Hold on a second... The Writer's talking to me..." His gaze goes across the room, left to right, before he speaks up again. "... Okay... Two things. One, the Writer does want us to meet her, and Ess can take us to her the way the Deceiver got 'em in! Two, if I'm reading
  282. Jun 24 22:23:36 <Saryx> this right... The Unowns Rosetta makes are able to use the gemstones? Not too sure, but she's saying Ess can't 'cause he's manmade, unlike Razor's."
  283. Jun 24 22:24:57 <Rosetta> "Use 'em how?"
  284. Jun 24 22:26:03 <Saryx> "Wait, three! She gave me confirmation that Alice does have the spark for becoming one of the Outer Gods, too... Though it's gonna be kiiinda hard to awaken it. ... She didn't tell me anything specific about that, Razor. Least... Not yet, anyway."
  285. Jun 24 22:26:09 <Chase> "Empathica... what's Empathica, again?" he asks the others. "Apparently 'the road is being watched', that's just great."
  286. Jun 24 22:26:17 <@Roland_> (That's not what she said silly)
  287. Jun 24 22:26:44 <Saryx> (... It's... Not? Fuck.)
  288. Jun 24 22:26:55 <Chase> "No, no, she said One n'Only and Deceiver would have to confirm it."
  289. Jun 24 22:27:07 <Saryx> (... Fuck everything. I can't read for shit apparently.)
  290. Jun 24 22:27:32 <Chase> "We still can't verify it at this point."
  291. Jun 24 22:27:33 <Rosetta> (I'm so confused now. What's actually being relayed here and what was a mistake? ;o;)
  292. Jun 24 22:27:52 <Saryx> (I think I just fucked everything up.)
  293. Jun 24 22:28:08 <Rosetta> (well, I'll wait to respond until things are clarified)
  294. Jun 24 22:28:15 <Genevieve> "So, Scout here can lead us back to the Library, then Zodiac can take us to the shrines, yeah?"
  295. Jun 24 22:28:27 <Chase> (I'll help then!)
  296. Jun 24 22:29:07 <@Roland_> (Chase just clarified the mistake.)
  297. Jun 24 22:29:24 <@Roland_> (She said the two who are awake and there -could- confirm it.)
  298. Jun 24 22:30:18 <Rosetta> "Alright, I can pick up Zodiac later. Didn't bring him along here cause, you know, ghost gym challenge. And...guess we're gonna have to pay some visits."
  299. Jun 24 22:31:16 <@Roland_> Roland mutters. "The One N' Only? Really? Suppose such a title was only to be expected."
  300. Jun 24 22:31:32 <Chase> "Also she said that Yaretzi's connection to the Flayed One could be extremely important, but it's not strictly necessary to look into it -now-, it's just as well later? And she could demonstrate the unown thing I think, she says it's hard to translate through two people.".
  301. Jun 24 22:32:18 <Genevieve> "I'd translate, but, well, not magic."
  302. Jun 24 22:32:50 <Chase> To Roland - "Familiar with'im?"
  303. Jun 24 22:32:59 <Saryx> "... Sorry... The Writer just said it'd just be easier for her to show us once we get to her." And a turn to Yaretzi. "... And that she'd be real helpful for us, too, if we were to ask for her... Yeah, that. ... I'd guess she might know something about what's going on with Yurnero, too, since he came from the same area as the rest of the Stag Lords. ... I'll have to get him at
  304. Jun 24 22:32:59 <Saryx> some point later, too, 'cause... Yeah, Fighting Types don't work all too well against 'em, either..."
  305. Jun 24 22:33:38 <@Roland_> "I believe the way he'd phrase it is I knew him before he got big. Not important really."
  306. Jun 24 22:33:46 <Rosetta> "Alrigh, so, do we sorta know what we're gonna do now?"
  307. Jun 24 22:34:54 <Genevieve> "Gym while we're still here, then Library, then Alice shrine."
  308. Jun 24 22:35:14 <@Roland_> Yaretzi seems rather indifferent to matters. Roland: "It does seem you five have a sense of direction on how to approach this. I will do what I can with the remaining operatives to keep our enemies here off your backs for a bit."
  309. Jun 24 22:36:44 <Genevieve> "You should probably figure out how to deal with Mewtwos if yall haven't yet."
  310. Jun 24 22:36:49 <Rosetta> "What sorta precautions do you recommend we take with Alice in tow?"
  311. Jun 24 22:37:13 <@Roland_> "This Mewtwo business in Thundercry is alarming but it's not a place that we can safely approach quite yet. What more could you tell me of what you witnessed there? Or any questions for us?"
  312. Jun 24 22:38:31 <Genevieve> "Well first, it's not just Thundercry. Grant has some completed ones on his side, though they're a slightly different strain. The Thundercry complex Mewtwo are more half-machine, cyborgs really."
  313. Jun 24 22:39:07 <@Roland_> "If any of us would know how to fight off a bioweapon on the scale of a Mewtwo, it'd be our resident tinkerer, Hobs. But he's currently at the Temple of Xipe Totec. Chances are it might be where our little scout leads you though."
  314. Jun 24 22:39:07 <Rosetta> "They've got a few varieties there, different sort of cyberaugs or mechanical suits for em."
  315. Jun 24 22:39:28 <Rosetta> "He's the one who put this together, yeah?" Rosetta taps the suitcase.
  316. Jun 24 22:39:36 <@Roland_> He nods.
  317. Jun 24 22:39:57 <Chase> "I had been thinking into trying to look into how Grant's getting so much military hardware into Visiwa. Smuggling routes? Unown powers? Just... lack of Rangers causing the sea patrols to miss them? Has the guy got deeper connections? We honestly don't know, and aside from all of the other leads we're looking into, if we could find out more about that, we could possibly even hamper
  318. Jun 24 22:39:57 <Chase> our enemies, here."
  319. Jun 24 22:40:28 <Rosetta> "Honestly, it's probably portals made with the Unown. Real hard to get customs on interdimentional travel, you know."
  320. Jun 24 22:40:54 <Chase> "Well, if that's the case I don't see how we could stop that."
  321. Jun 24 22:41:12 <@Roland_> "I'd side with Rosetta's theory on the actual transportation, but the supplying is another matter."
  322. Jun 24 22:41:56 <Rosetta> "I don't see how we can touch the supply chain either if it's foreign. I don't think we've got the resources to head to Russia and cut that off."
  323. Jun 24 22:42:41 <Chase> "Gotta focus on evasion then."
  324. Jun 24 22:42:47 <@Roland_> "You're best off seeking the information of the Privateer's for that sort of information or favors, however. They can act rather brazenly where many others can't."
  325. Jun 24 22:42:48 <Rosetta> "What I can do though is, once I get acquainted with some of this stuff," Rosetta taps the suitcase again, "I can take a better look into what they've got goin' on in Thundercry and see if that leads to a better plan."
  326. Jun 24 22:42:55 <Chase> "We might have to travel the wilds a bit more instead of taking the trains."
  327. Jun 24 22:42:58 <Rosetta> "Risky but probably worth it."
  328. Jun 24 22:43:46 <Chase> "Yeah, I was thinking about asking a certain Captain Bastard about it."
  329. Jun 24 22:43:58 »» Chase says to Roland
  330. Jun 24 22:44:08 <Chase> "So we'll see how this works out.
  331. Jun 24 22:44:08 <Chase> "
  332. Jun 24 22:44:25 <@Roland_> "If Grant has his own Mewtwos and whoever the Dandyman has allied with is making cybernetic variations...this is boiling up rather fast." He looks over to Alice. "Just how public is it yet that she's traveling with you?"
  333. Jun 24 22:45:06 <Genevieve> "A little bit?"
  334. Jun 24 22:45:22 <Rosetta> "She's been chilling on our boat for the past week. Nothin' big advertised really. Not doing League Challenges or anything with us."
  335. Jun 24 22:46:21 »» Chase glances at the social media page on his phone.
  336. Jun 24 22:46:22 <@Roland_> "It won't stay under cover for too long that the Gym Leader of a town has gone on haitus, but who she keeps company with is another matter. Avoiding public routes for a while would probably be wise, especially after the tank incident."
  337. Jun 24 22:46:23 <Saryx> "She was with us on the train when we got attacked, though... Could that be any problematic for us in terms of them knowing?"
  338. Jun 24 22:47:15 <@Roland_> Alice: "I don't think a Gym Leader being around when heroic stuff is happening would be -that- weird? Would it?" Roland nods. "Fairly minimal."
  339. Jun 24 22:47:26 <Rosetta> "All the ones who mighta actually seen her got taken into custody. I don't think we left any witnesses to report, and the ones who saw her didn't have tattoos to automatically report back, right?"
  340. Jun 24 22:48:01 <Rosetta> "Might be good for you to travel incognito for a while though."
  341. Jun 24 22:48:43 <@Roland_> "They didn't seem entirely interested in anyone who didn't witness what happened in Thundercry."
  342. Jun 24 22:48:47 <Chase> "I wanted Alice to feel like part of the team, but under the circumstances... guess it can't be helped."
  343. Jun 24 22:49:26 <@Roland_> Alice: "Guess it can't be, huh..."
  344. Jun 24 22:49:29 <Rosetta> "All she's gotta do is take on another persona while with us. Shouldn't be hard with our connects to fake a new identity, yeah?"
  345. Jun 24 22:50:18 <@Roland_> Roland: "If you have her take on a breakfast themed alibi I may have to fire you." It's hard to tell if he's serious or not with such low Intuition.
  346. Jun 24 22:50:19 »» Chase crosses his arms and thinks a little bit.
  347. Jun 24 22:50:28 <Genevieve> "That seems like a lot more work than just trying to keep a low profile."
  348. Jun 24 22:50:39 <@Roland_> Alice: "Oh! Oh! I got a badass nick name in mind then!"
  349. Jun 24 22:51:15 <Rosetta> "What about soda-themed then?"
  350. Jun 24 22:51:57 <Rosetta> "And yeah, it would be," Rosetta turns to Gen, "but it'd give Alice more freedom to move and us as well."
  351. Jun 24 22:53:07 <@Roland_> He shakes his head and rubs where his eye patch is. "I'll leave those choices in your hands. On another topic, have you learned anything more on this Dandyman or his dolls?"
  352. Jun 24 22:53:16 <Chase> "Is it 'Zap Cannon'?" he eyes Alice suspiciously.
  353. Jun 24 22:53:59 <Chase> "You totally yelled that out back in the forest when we were with Connor."
  354. Jun 24 22:54:29 <Rosetta> "There weren't any more dolls in this whole city. Was sorta weird. We know this definitely shuts down the dolls," Rosetta holds up the cube again, "but we don't really know what the deal is between Dandyman and the Mewtwos and underground city."
  355. Jun 24 22:55:42 <Genevieve> "I don't think they're on the same side. I'm thinking it's more of a three evils situation."
  356. Jun 24 22:55:51 <@Roland_> Alice's cheeky grin holds for a bit then slowly slips. "Noo-yes. Dammit."
  357. Jun 24 22:56:14 <Rosetta> "Why would Dandyman have known to use the power to find lost children to locate us so quickly then?"
  358. Jun 24 22:56:34 »» Chase laughs and nudges Alice a little. "S'fine, it works!"
  359. Jun 24 22:56:38 <Chase> "You could pull it off."
  360. Jun 24 22:57:00 <Chase> "Anyway." he turns to Rose and Gen. "Don't forget that Corbin's videos said something about Dandy working with some tech-lady."
  361. Jun 24 22:57:14 <Chase> "We may as well assume they're working together for now."
  362. Jun 24 22:57:18 <Rosetta> "That's why we suspected the relationship in the first place."
  363. Jun 24 22:57:30 <@Roland_> "That makes a lot of assumptions on how such gifts of divinity function, Rosetta. It may not be something he has to conciously do."
  364. Jun 24 22:57:45 <Genevieve> "For now is what I meant. I don't think other Gen is in it for whatever Dandy's end game is."
  365. Jun 24 23:00:21 <Chase> "Alright then, I guess what we need to figure out then, is what lead to follow first."
  366. Jun 24 23:00:25 <Saryx> "Yeah, that would've meant he'd have to know about all those other kids and who they were, the ones that were actually going around planting the dolls, before finding them. ... So it kinda does sound like something that just happens."
  367. Jun 24 23:00:57 <Rosetta> "Well, if he just senses them all unconsciously, he'd still have to know this kid in particular was worth lookin' into."
  368. Jun 24 23:01:19 <Rosetta> "Anyway, somethin' else about Dandy we could use an answer on..." Does Roland actually have his knives on him now?
  369. Jun 24 23:02:17 <@Roland_> You can see it along his belt, yes.
  370. Jun 24 23:03:22 <Rosetta> "What's up with those knives? How exactly do they work?" Rosetta points. "Gen's got one that we've seen work first-hand, and we know Dandyman uses 'em. There's gotta be some way to recover from the wounds, yeah?"
  371. Jun 24 23:03:47 <@Roland_> "The dolls disapeering bothers me, along with these children he seems to have under his thumb, but I've no more insight into that than you do."
  372. Jun 24 23:04:14 <@Roland_> He looks a bit disbelieving as you say that.
  373. Jun 24 23:04:16 <Rosetta> "Maybe he's realized the dolls are too easily shut down?"
  374. Jun 24 23:04:48 <@Roland_> "What do you mean by 'those knives?' exactly?"
  375. Jun 24 23:05:34 <Rosetta> "Shadowblades."
  376. Jun 24 23:06:10 <Chase> "Oh, huh, yeah, you've got the same kind of knife Gen does." he says.
  377. Jun 24 23:07:31 <@Roland_> He slowly draws it and places it on the coffee table. "I don't recall them having a name like that, but I suppose it's a fitting one."
  378. Jun 24 23:07:51 <@Roland_> "How did you come into the possession of one of these? And you say the Dandyman wields them?"
  379. Jun 24 23:08:17 <Rosetta> "Yeah uh..." Rosetta takes out her phone and loads up one of the videos that shows them prominently, then slides it over to Roland.
  380. Jun 24 23:08:23 <Genevieve> "It's the name of mine. I just...bought it."
  381. Jun 24 23:08:42 <@Roland_> "May I see it?"
  382. Jun 24 23:09:07 <Genevieve> "Sure." She gets it out of her supplies an unsheathes it for him.
  383. Jun 24 23:10:16 <Chase> "Yeah, we have evidence he uses the same kind of knives."
  384. Jun 24 23:10:26 <Chase> "What -is- the deal with them?"
  385. Jun 24 23:10:44 <Genevieve> "They're just alchemized."
  386. Jun 24 23:12:17 <@Roland_> He flips it over and looks to the flat butt of the hilt for the coat of arms there. He shakes his head. "I knew this was a terrible idea of hers." She offers it back. "These were alchemized by my sister. She made six of them in all, one for herself, one for me, and pawned the other four rather suddenly before running off to lord knows where she is at the moment."
  387. Jun 24 23:13:04 <@Roland_> "She once met a man who claimed he could punch someone in their Aura. She wondered why you'd stop there and made something that could cut someone's Aura. And these are them."
  388. Jun 24 23:13:17 <Genevieve> "That's pretty much what I heard, though not the sister part."
  389. Jun 24 23:13:34 <Rosetta> (Dandy uses two, right?)
  390. Jun 24 23:13:38 <@Roland_> (yup)
  391. Jun 24 23:13:43 <Chase> "They -what-? Damn..."
  392. Jun 24 23:13:59 <Rosetta> "So two here, two with Dandy, one hopefully still with your sis, and one...?"
  393. Jun 24 23:14:26 <Rosetta> "What happens when you cut someone's aura?"
  394. Jun 24 23:16:24 <@Roland_> "Who knows where the last one could be at this rate? The wounds they leave aren't physical." He even doinks his palm to try to demonstrate. Doesn't leave a mark. "An intent to harm is needed. All living things have an Aura, fracturing it can lead to a very quick demise."
  395. Jun 24 23:16:40 <@Roland_> "Reversing it requires the attention of an Aura practitioner as well as medical care."
  396. Jun 24 23:17:07 <Rosetta> "Is that something any Aura practitioner can learn?"
  397. Jun 24 23:17:48 »» Chase flexes his fingers a moment. "I could do that...?"
  398. Jun 24 23:18:24 <@Roland_> "I can't think of many ways one could learn it other than very frantically on the spot. Have you harmed anyone with this blade?" He offers it back to Gen.
  399. Jun 24 23:19:37 <Genevieve> "Y...yes?"
  400. Jun 24 23:20:01 <Rosetta> "That means in a controlled environment, we could theoretically give someone a minor cut with the knife with medical attention standing by and hope that's enough to let Chase learn what to do?"
  401. Jun 24 23:20:46 <Chase> "We got him to a hospital within a few hours, though, after it was apparent how severe the wound was." he mentions. "...I wonder if they managed to plug it up..."
  402. Jun 24 23:21:39 »» Chase looks at Rose. "Whoa, whoa, that might be a bit much to risk, don't you think? If I can't do it, even a little cut could be a huge pain."
  403. Jun 24 23:22:16 <Rosetta> "If it's just a small cut, that might not be much of a problem, yeah? It -might- be worth the risk."
  404. Jun 24 23:24:26 <@Roland_> Alice is leaning away at this idea D:
  405. Jun 24 23:24:50 <@Roland_> Roland: "The Veilbeak crew? Huh. They were all healed by the time I became aquainted with them."
  406. Jun 24 23:25:06 <@Roland_> "I suppose whatever one you struck there had a guardian angel looking over them that night."
  407. Jun 24 23:25:39 <Genevieve> "So theoretically I just have to nick Grant, right?"
  408. Jun 24 23:25:58 <Chase> "Good luck getting close enough."
  409. Jun 24 23:26:08 <Rosetta> "He's got plenty of aura users under his command too, I imagine."
  410. Jun 24 23:26:13 <Chase> "But yeah, that's good to hear."
  411. Jun 24 23:27:10 <Rosetta> "But look, all I'm saying is, I'd rather we get Chase some practice with this shit in a controlled environment where we can call in other experts if we really need it."
  412. Jun 24 23:27:10 <Genevieve> "Please, alchemy is just ~magical chemistry~. I'll figure out how to turn this thing into bullets in no time."
  413. Jun 24 23:27:25 <@Roland_> "It might do the trick, yes. But that's hard to say with what little we know about him as a person at the moment."
  414. Jun 24 23:27:39 <Rosetta> "Better than one of us getting slashed out in the field and him having to try to figure it out on the spot, yeah?"
  415. Jun 24 23:27:41 <@Roland_> "And I think you'd find this particular enchancement is a bit more...personal than that."
  416. Jun 24 23:27:56 <@Roland_> He shudders at the thought of Beato being roped into MAGICAL BULLET CRAFTING
  417. Jun 24 23:29:34 <@Roland_> "Do keep in mind that if the Dandyman wields two of these himself that he's even higher risk than previously believed."
  418. Jun 24 23:29:38 <Chase> "...Aaaaaanywaay."
  419. Jun 24 23:29:56 »» Chase turns to Scout. "Does the One N'Only know about all this yet?"
  420. Jun 24 23:30:28 <@Roland_> Scout pauses some and shakes
  421. Jun 24 23:31:20 <Chase> "I see... I guess we'll get the chance eventually."
  422. Jun 24 23:32:36 <@Roland_> Yaretzi yawns and looks to Roland. "Done?"
  423. Jun 24 23:33:21 <@Roland_> He puts his own knife away and looks over you guys. "Unless you all have any other matters to discuss, I believe we are."
  424. Jun 24 23:33:38 »» Chase thinks.
  425. Jun 24 23:34:13 <Chase> "What's it like being in the Elite Four with Valdis, Saxton, and Thomas? We've met all of you guys by now... quite a crowd."
  426. Jun 24 23:37:41 <@Roland_> Roland "...If I didn't know better I'd be checking for a microphone and thining that was an interview question. Hm."
  427. Jun 24 23:38:10 »» Chase laughs. "Naw, man, I'm just genuinely curious."
  428. Jun 24 23:39:12 <@Roland_> "In most regions the Elite Four are more figure heads than active agents. Each of us had a specialty that the Explorers Guild, The League and the military recognized as a valuable asset in a region where the status quo for most just doesn't fly. But you probably meant on a more personal level."
  429. Jun 24 23:39:38 <Chase> "But I guess it's neither here nor there, it's been kind of a long day... You don't gotta indulge me."
  430. Jun 24 23:40:30 <Rosetta> "I don't really got anything business related to ask. Guess I'll send you a line if I need any help figuring this stuff out though, yeah?" Rosetta taps the suitcase.
  431. Jun 24 23:41:45 <Chase> "But yeah, I meant on a personal level." He gets up and stretches, then looks at SCOUT. "We'll need some time to come to a decision on what we're doing next, but we'll be sure to let you know, either way."
  432. Jun 24 23:43:31 <@Roland_> "Saxton is about as agreeable as you see on television. Very spirited enterprenuer, even if he is a bit unhinged. Thomas keeps a lot to himself, honestly haven't spoke with him much. Valdis is an enigma to everyone. Known her five years and still haven't a clue how she percieves the world."
  433. Jun 24 23:43:46 <@Roland_> SCOUT continues to be a good little hug pillow.
  434. Jun 24 23:44:01 »» Rosetta starts opening up the suitcase now that the talk is concluded.
  435. Jun 24 23:45:18 <@Roland_> Roland stands himself. "With this concluded then...hopefully you find my mother's challenge the 'bonding experience' it's meant to be." He nods at your mentioning about contacting him back.
  436. Jun 24 23:45:39 »» Genevieve looks down at Scout. "Destiny Bond joke."
  437. Jun 24 23:46:20 »» Chase nods. "Alright then, night, Mr. Fauxicore."
  438. Jun 24 23:46:38 <Genevieve> "Good night."
  439. Jun 24 23:46:47 <Chase> Mister. Dude's only four years older than him.
  440. Jun 24 23:47:02 <@Roland_> "Intended, but I meant it in a more literal sense. Good luck out there, and I apologize that you were dragged into this in such a manner, Alice."
  441. Jun 24 23:47:41 <Chase> "Yeaahh..." he just lets that hang.
  442. Jun 24 23:48:28 <@Roland_> Yeretzi gives the room one last scan, staring at each of you intently with those eerie blue eyes of hers, and then the two of them make their exit.
  443. Jun 24 23:48:49 <Chase> "Night, Yeretzi." he says to her, too.
  444. Jun 24 23:49:14 <Rosetta> "See ya." Rosetta waves tp the both of them as she examines the contents of the suitcase.
  445. Jun 24 23:49:17 »» Chase then looks around and sighs. "Well, then."
  446. Jun 24 23:49:41 <@Roland_> Inside the suitcase you find the following:
  447. Jun 24 23:50:27 <@Roland_> A body tight suit that blocks non-eye based sight, such as Aura or thermal.
  448. Jun 24 23:50:53 <@Roland_> A tool kit for breaking into places a lock wouldn't suffice, like those window cutters in spy movies.
  449. Jun 24 23:51:25 <@Roland_> A tranq gun with ten rounds that work humans and most Pokemon. Some Pokemon are hard to use this sorta thing on, like ghosts, steel types, things that are really BIG
  450. Jun 24 23:51:38 <@Roland_> A hook shot. Bit too big and clumsy to be used in a heated situation, like a fight.
  451. Jun 24 23:51:58 <@Roland_> The suit is a Trainer Body Slot, the Tranq Gun a small ranged weapon. the other two are offhands.
  452. Jun 24 23:53:37 <Rosetta> "Oh dude, this stuff is rad." Rosetta goes through it, examining the tool kit. "Guess I'll need to read up on how some of this works though."
  453. Jun 24 23:54:44 <Genevieve> "Point and click, I keep telling you." She stands up and sets Scout in the air. "Anything else we need to take care of tonight? Did Saryx decide if he's wussing out?"
  454. Jun 24 23:55:52 <Chase> "Mm... " Chase thinks a moment. "...you girls can go on, I'll talk to Saryx for a bit, okay?"
  455. Jun 24 23:55:56 <Rosetta> "Point and click's fine if you don't wanna care if you're heard. I bet there's a guide on optimal places to try to cut your way into a building or room."
  456. Jun 24 23:56:07 <Rosetta> "Yeah, alright, I'll go nerd out over my new toys."
  457. Jun 24 23:56:23 <@Roland_> Eventually a servant of the house stops by and takes requests for dinner. Accompanying her is a pair of ghostly Weaviles with little bow ties on. They push in a cart with a pitcher of margaritas, offering quick bows, and make their exit.
  458. Jun 24 23:57:11 »» Chase gives off his dinner request and takes a little alcohol, sure, with a thank you.
  459. Jun 24 23:57:36 <Genevieve> "Hell yeah." Gen takes a pitcher back to her room. "Whatever, I got Pokemon to hatch. Have your man-talk if you think it'll help."
  460. Jun 24 23:57:45 »» Marina is now known as zoak
  461. Jun 24 23:58:17 <Rosetta> A drink or two can't hurt. Rosetta pours herself a margarita and puts in a request for jambalaya, then heads to her room to figure out her spy tools.
  462. Jun 24 23:59:30 »» Chase looks around... Well hell, the lounge is a good a place as any, right, he sits back down and relaxes. "Alright, have a seat, man. I wanted to ask you a few things, alright?" he says to Saryx.
  463. Jun 25 00:02:01 <Saryx> Saryx pokes his head out from behind the couch where he'd jumped to hide once the phantom Weavile (... twins, are they? :D Are they the twins?) came in the room, taking a seat next to Chase only once he's certain they were all gone. "... Ummm... Sure thing, Chase. What do you got on your mind?"
  464. Jun 25 00:03:03 <@Roland_> Alice also makes an exit after ordering a pizza and taking a big margarita herself~
  465. Jun 25 00:03:55 »» Rosetta is now known as castfromhp
  466. Jun 25 00:04:27 <Chase> "Well... I wanted to ask you about your phobia of ghosts, if you don't mind. Where did it start, exactly?"
  467. Jun 25 00:04:57 <Chase> Chase just probably got pizza too at this point.
  468. Jun 25 00:06:27 «--- Roland_ (zoofmaximu@sux-D2CC63B3.hsd1.nj.comcast.net) has Quit (Ping timeout)
  469. Jun 25 00:07:14 <Saryx> "My fear of ghosts?" Saryx doesn't even need to think on that. "You saw Orisha back when we were at my place, right?"
  470. Jun 25 00:08:40 »» Chase nods.
  471. Jun 25 00:13:27 <Saryx> "Well, as far back as I can remember, she's always been terrorizing me, Chase... Doing all sorts of horrible things to me like tripping me down flights of stairs or when I was helping Mom with the dishes, stuffing me into the oven... Mom always tells me she doesn't mean it, but I've never seen her do anything like that to anyone else. I'm honestly real surprised that she hasn't
  472. Jun 25 00:13:27 <Saryx> actually succeeded at killing me by this point."
  473. Jun 25 00:15:09 <Chase> "Not like... a TURNED ON oven or anything?" he says in disbelief.
  474. Jun 25 00:15:10 <Saryx> "And the ghosts around Darkfeather, whenever I went up there, I always caught them pulling similar kinds of stuff, though nothing as crazy as she did."
  475. Jun 25 00:19:08 <Saryx> "Mom heard me crying for help before she had the chance to turn it on. ... Not like she believes me, though. You heard what she said, right? She thinks it's just a game between me and her."
  476. Jun 25 00:20:52 <Chase> "Well, okay, so maybe your mom's haunter is a crazy bitch." he says, "Buuuut how did they get passed to other ghosts? You know, at their core, ghosts -aren't- malicious creatures, dude. A lot of them tend towards.. well, mischief, but it's only rare that you'll see any that actually mean harm like that once they're in a ball. And out of a ball, they're about the same as any pokemon
  477. Jun 25 00:20:52 <Chase> in the wilds."
  478. Jun 25 00:20:58 <Chase> *did that get passed to
  479. Jun 25 00:22:12 <Chase> "I just figure you'd have a really strong aversion to Orisha, then."
  480. Jun 25 00:22:22 «--- Genevieve (Domovoi@sux-B9D9571C.hsd1.il.comcast.net) has Quit (Ping timeout)
  481. Jun 25 00:24:33 »» zoofman has changed the topic to: +3 Trainer Exp from the session on the 26th!
  482. Jun 25 00:26:06 »» zoofman has changed the topic to: +3 Trainer Exp from the session on the 24th!
  483. Jun 25 00:26:34 <Saryx> "You see people running down the streets enough, screaming for their lives with a pack of ghosts chasing after them at night, Chase... Makes it real hard for me to trust any of them..."
  484. Jun 25 00:27:19 <Chase> "If they were really that bad, people would have banded together and put them down for good. This region is all about the supernatural, we could have done it. The truth is, most ghosts are like any other pokemon. You don't have anything to be afraid of... In fact, a lot of ghosts stop with the prankster shit if you just stand up to them."
  485. Jun 25 00:28:36 <Chase> "Even in that kind of scenario, the ghosts, to themselves, are just having a little fun. If those dudes tripped and the ghosts caught up, the worst they'd probably get is wedgies."
  486. Jun 25 00:29:07 <Chase> "That's just... kind of how they are. Some are bullies, sure, but it's not really a standard to set all of them by, and I want to help you see that."
  487. Jun 25 00:29:54 »» Chase pauses to sip his margarita.
  488. Jun 25 00:30:24 <Chase> "Besides, even if you -are- afraid, you're not alone, you know? You have your friends, and your pokemon backing you up."
  489. Jun 25 00:30:29 ---» Domovoi (Domovoi@sux-B9D9571C.hsd1.il.comcast.net) has Joined #easternislesrhapsody
  490. Jun 25 00:37:38 <Saryx> "... You really believe they aren't all terrible like that, Chase?" He asks, not in a condescending, snarky tone or what have you. "Like... This isn't just you saying all this to make me feel safe and secure around 'em for the Gym?"
  491. Jun 25 00:40:19 <Chase> "No, man, I'm not just saying this to you. In fact, it's okay if you take off from the gym, too. I can't really expect you to get over your fears so fast, can I? This is about me seeing -you, my friend, suffering, and wanting to do everything in my power to help you out. And I really do believe they're not all like that. You just have to get to know them. And I've got your back
  492. Jun 25 00:40:19 <Chase> in the meantime, arright?"
  493. Jun 25 00:41:21 <Chase> "I want to help you get past this, a little bit at a time if need be."
  494. Jun 25 00:42:29 <Chase> "That's what friends are for, man."
  495. Jun 25 00:52:51 <Saryx> "... Thanks, Chase..." Saryx starts to smile a little bit. "Really. Thanks a whole lot. You're the best friend I've had yet, you know that, Chase?"
  496. Jun 25 00:55:14 <Chase> "What, really? I'm just doing what anyone should for a friend." he laughs. "But I'm glad you feel that way. I hope we can get you past this, together."
  497. Jun 25 00:58:03 »» Chase puts his hand on Saryx's shoulder, trying to comfort him.
  498. Jun 25 00:58:45 <Chase> "If you -do- want to try the gym, I've got your back. But if you don't... then I'm not going to think any less of you. I just want you to know that, arright?"
  499. Jun 25 01:00:21 <Saryx> "It's not like you've got a whole big deal of competition, anyways~" He looses a little bit of a laugh. "Shawyun's probably the closest you got for competition, and he's gone and blown me off twice for Gen already, so... Yeah, Chase." He doesn't have any problem with Chase laying a hand on him.
  500. Jun 25 01:01:00 <Chase> "I'm actually kind of worried about that... we should all try getting along a bit better as a team too, you know. But I think that might be best saved for another day."
  501. Jun 25 01:04:46 <Saryx> "Well, Razor and Gen both aren't making it any easy for me to get along with the two of them..." The smile he had starts to fade away to a more neutral expression.
  502. Jun 25 01:05:28 <Chase> "Gen, I could see, but I'm not sure what's going on between you and Rose. But enough about that, huh? Like I said, another day."
  503. Jun 25 01:07:30 <Chase> "But while we're on the subject of ghosts... Y'know? I don't think I told you the full story about my aura powers, did I? They weren't natural talent, that's for sure. I developed them a few months before I joined the team. It was the result of a special cocktail served to me by the One N'Only after he pulled me into his nightclub. As a Forgotten God, he's a pokemon, y'know? And
  504. Jun 25 01:07:30 <Chase> his domains are Truth and Bliss, Ghost and Poison. He's a Gengar, Saryx. Classy dude, too. If you met him, you'd understand, I think. I played some sweet music with his ghost-pokemon band on stage, and had a pretty good time. Ghosts, they just wanna have fun. But... yeah, all those purple blasts of energy I've been shooting around? Those've been ghost-flavored, too. I think my
  505. Jun 25 01:07:30 <Chase> aura power is deeply rooted in the spiritual 'cuz of my connection with the big guy."
  506. Jun 25 01:07:33 <Saryx> Saryx had opened his mouth to speak, but upon hearing the last sentence, shut it for a second. "... Yeah, we can deal with that some other time."
  507. Jun 25 01:08:36 <Chase> "An' it's not bias or anything that I've been telling you ghosts are arright, it's just, I'm saying I have experience, here."
  508. Jun 25 01:11:20 <Chase> "So trust in me, buddy, we're gonna get you through this." he grins.
  509. Jun 25 01:11:56 <Saryx> "... You actually got your control over Aura... From a ghost, Chase?!?" Blink blink. "... That's..." A pause. "... If there's any ghost I could use as a starting place, well... Maybe he'd be the guy. If you're both good pals with one another, doesn't sound like The One 'n' Only can be all that bad a ghost..."
  510. Jun 25 01:12:38 <Chase> "Yeah, and hopefully we'll get to meet him soon enough." he nods.
  511. Jun 25 01:14:31 <Chase> "Arright then, I think that's all I wanted to cover... Let's go see if dinner came, and then I think I want to hit the hay..."
  512. Jun 25 01:18:09 <Chase> "Unless you wanted to talk about some stuff?"
  513. Jun 25 01:19:05 <Saryx> "Hopefully, yeah~" Saryx returns the nod. "... Alright, then, Chase. I guess after dinner I'm gonna see if I can't get to work on alchemizing that blade, or maybe even finishing painting up the truck if it doesn't take all too long... Figure I can at least I can get someone to test out the recipe I'm planning on using for a commission I'm working on."
  514. Jun 25 01:19:21 <Saryx> -I can (the second one)
  515. Jun 25 01:19:26 »» Chase nods.
  516. Jun 25 01:20:00 »» Lily is now known as Aori_Radisleep
  517. Jun 25 01:20:01 <Chase> "Arright then, try not to stay up too late." he laughs, and then goes to look for that pizza.
  518. Jun 25 01:23:15 <Saryx> "I'll be careful about that~" Saryx follows alongside Chase, considering they'd probably be going to get dinner together. "... Speaking of which, where did you guys park the truck? Last I recall before waking up to the sound of gunfire was that Gyarados giving me what I think was the most horrifying look I'd seen in my life."
  519. Jun 25 01:24:50 <Chase> "Oh, yeah... it's... on the other side of the lake."
  520. Jun 25 01:26:00 <Chase> "...Riight..."
  521. Jun 25 01:26:27 <Saryx> "Aaauuuuu..." Saryx lets out a heavy sigh. "... So much for that plan, then..." He'd probably talk to Chase about more casual things along the way to and during dinner.
  522. Jun 25 01:27:27 <Chase> And so they did.
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