suipokemon prologue 4

[22:10] <@Kaingaskhan> Prologue 4 - Lekha's Story
[22:15] <@Kaingaskhan> With a sharp, but fleeting pain that you're altogether unsure was real, you awake with a start. It takes you a moment to make sense of your surroundings... but you soon realize you are once again in the comfort of your home - a quaint little tree house some distance from the town of Pava, which is itself on the edge of the Emerald Marsh - a sprawling freshwater swampland in the esterlands
[22:15] <@Kaingaskhan> of Davadezi.
01[22:19] <Lekha> Lekha shakes her head and gets somewhat unsteadily to her feet, wobbling over to the easel she set up a few days previously and slashing red over the landscape she'd started to paint, watching uneasily as the paint sunk into the canvas. Unsatisfied with the result, she abruptly threw on whatever clothes were closest at hand and went outside, nearly tripping over the snivy napping on the wood platform that encircled her house as she went. She had to tell someone - this was important. This was, she could feel deep within herself, a future-dream, not a was-dream. And it wasn't a good dream.
[22:19] <@Kaingaskhan> The marsh borders the rainforestland some week and a half's journey from Spati, the capital of the entire nation. And yet this tiny little burg lies on no important traderoutes, with a handful of people making their living farming what they can in the mineral-rich soils and hunting local game. And here you are - A visionary, some might say, or a witch, others may cry. You are one of
[22:19] <@Kaingaskhan> the few that is visited upon in her dreams by visions of the future, or at least so you think.
[22:20] <@Kaingaskhan> And indeed, this 'future-dream' of yours could prove quite troublesome.
[22:20] <@Kaingaskhan> Euphemia startles from the noise and proximity and looks up at you with a touch of annoyance, before yaaaawning widely and stretching.
[22:23] <@Kaingaskhan> The marsh greets you as you head outside, and you find Euphemia climbing up your leg to hitch a ride to wherever it is you're heading. Pava itself is within sight over the tree line from this height. As for any immediate visitors, it seems no kids have made the trip today - at least not yet.
06[22:24] * Lekha scoops her up and tosses her around her neck like a particularly irate scarf before scampering down the ladder and heading - well, she didn't know. Into town, certainly, and then to grab whomever was awake at this hour. "Euphie, you know we're probably gonna get in trouble, yeah? Hope the kids don't decide they want to pay a visit today. Bad luck if they do." She nods sagely to herself, picking up the pace as soon as she's sure Euphemia isn't about to get knocked off by any sudden movements.
[22:27] <@Kaingaskhan> Euphemia curls up into the comfortable, familiar position, much more content now. She gives you a rather smug look at you descend down and head towards the town. You do think you remember the mayor is supposed to be holding a town council today on some topic or another.
01[22:28] <Lekha> Perfect! An audience. Oh. She might want to do something about her hair. Lekha does something about her hair by running her hands through it until it's untangled by way of foofing out everywhere, and continues charging towards the town hall - or, uh, what passed for a town hall.
[22:29] <@Kaingaskhan> You know your way around this land like the back of your hand! It only takes a few minutes before you're on the outskirts of the rural community. A few elders are napping or jawing contentedly on the porch of the only inn in town, and a handful of kids are playing in the midst of the road a bit aways, running back and forth. One sees you and waves, but they continue their game of tag
[22:29] <@Kaingaskhan> for now. You continue to charge forward til you get to the town hall - which is more like a large annex of the mayor's house.
06[22:32] * Lekha makes sure to take a second to wave back at the kid, then charges into the town hall. "Mr. Mayor! I kinda need to talk to you at the moment - something, you know, kinda important's come up, right? So. It's kinda probably gonna mean war."
[22:32] <@Kaingaskhan> The door is unlocked when you get there, and the mayor seems to be speaking when you step inside. He's an old man, balding, with thick-rimmed glasses, but a strong posture. "-and so, the journey is simply too far to make to reach this 'founder's festival' or whatever it is in Rivale. We simply don't have the time to spare the-"
[22:34] <@Kaingaskhan> The mayor pauses and looks a bit surprised. It seems he was addressing a small crowd of adults in the room. "...Miss Lekha? War? What's this all of a sudden?"
01[22:34] <Lekha> "Yeah. Bad luck, isn't it? I saw it when I was dreaming. A god, you know? Being tortured. Being used for war."
[22:35] <@Kaingaskhan> There's a bit of murmuring through the room and the mayor is starting to turn a little white.
[22:35] <@Kaingaskhan> "Another one of your... visions?" he asks, after a moment.
06[22:35] * Lekha nods. "Yes. Not a good one."
01[22:36] <Lekha> "Oh, and I died in it."
[22:36] <@Kaingaskhan> Euphemia gestures emphatically in her rather relaxed position, as if trying to emphasize your very important words!
[22:37] <@Kaingaskhan> The mayor coughs as a sort of awkward silence fills the room, and then he considers. "...Miss Lekha, could you give us a moment to discuss this matter? If you'd please wait outside."
01[22:38] <Lekha> "That sounds like a good idea." Lekha turns and heads out, turning to Eupmemia as she does. "I got everything, right? City copied from the stars, imprisoned god shrieking war, the people collecting blood to use for...something? And the part where I died. Right?"
[22:39] <@Kaingaskhan> Euphemia tilts her head a bit, and shrugs.
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01[22:40] <Lekha> "Right." Lekha nods back as the door shuts behind them.
[22:41] <@Kaingaskhan> You head out and one of the men closes the door rather abruptly behind you. You heat a rather heated debate begin to engage from the room beyond, but before you get much of a chance to eavesdrop (if you even would), one of the children from earlier runs over with some of his friends. Lazlo, this kid's called. And that one's Frey, and- well you get the idea. You know who these children
[22:41] <@Kaingaskhan> are. A mix of boys and girls that love to come visit you and listen.
[22:42] <@Kaingaskhan> Lazlo waves again. "Lekha!" he calls over happily. "Do you have any stories for us today?" There's a look of excitement in their eyes.
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01[22:45] <Lekha> "Well, huhhhh. Let me see. Once there was a city in a land far from here, except no one knew where it was because it was waaaaaay up in the clouds..." Lekha switches to talking about the landscape she'd been painting (before she splashed red paint all over it). Better that than war talk for a bunch of kids.
[22:46] <@Kaingaskhan> The huddle around, listening.
01[22:48] <Lekha> "...but it doesn't fly or anything, it's on stits, sort of like my house! No one really knows why the people there all wanted to move into the clouds, though. Maybe they were afraid of the earth?"
[22:49] <@Kaingaskhan> Lazlo: "Maybe they didn't like everyone else." D:
[22:49] <@Kaingaskhan> Lazlo: "It seems like it'd sure be lonely in a place like that..."
[22:50] <@Kaingaskhan> Frey: "Hey, you think a city like that really exists?"
[22:50] <@Kaingaskhan> Lazlo: "Miss Lekha isn't a liar!" he scowls. "A-anyway, I know she's telling the truth." he crosses his arms.
01[22:50] <Lekha> "Everything exists somewhere, I think."
01[22:51] <Lekha> "Whether it be an empire for ants or a god's summer home, I'm sure it exists!"
[22:51] <@Kaingaskhan> Lazlo: "Yeah!"
[22:52] <@Kaingaskhan> The door behind you opens, after a moment, and a man grunts. "Mayor wants you back."
01[22:53] <Lekha> "Oh. Gotta go, kids. Be good, okay? Tell your parents you love them. It's important." With these sage words, Lekha and Euphemia head back into the town hall.
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[22:53] <@Kaingaskhan> They wave and let you back in.
[22:54] <@Kaingaskhan> There's a bit more of a solemn atmosphere when you re-enter the building.
[22:54] <@Kaingaskhan> The mayor looks at you rather gravely.
06[22:56] * Lekha stares back, just as gravely.
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[22:56] <@Kaingaskhan> "Miss Lekha... your 'vision' is somewhat troubling. Gods being tortured, a war... and your own death. Whether or not your dream is the truth, I cannot say. ...But the people of Pava wish to have nothing to do with it. I regret to tell you that it has unanimously been decided that you must leave Pava. ...An omen of your own death is sure to mean that ill luck follows you. If you wish
[22:56] <@Kaingaskhan> for our wellbeing... then you must leave."
[22:58] <@Kaingaskhan> The rest of the adults in the room are giving you a hard look.
[23:00] <@Kaingaskhan> Euphemia seems a bit shocked.
01[23:01] <Lekha> Lekha bites her lip. Well, that certainly was bad luck, wasn't it? But on the other hand, well... "Yeah, I understand. You'll give me some time to pack up, right? I don't want what I saw to end up here either - not that I'm sure anyone can stop it."
[23:01] <@Kaingaskhan> The mayor nods solemnly. "...Of course."
[23:02] <@Kaingaskhan> There's a bit of a crash outside.
[23:02] <@Kaingaskhan> The mayor looks up with some confusion.
01[23:03] <Lekha> "Hm?" Lekha steps back to the door, opens it, and peeks out.
[23:03] <@Kaingaskhan> ...There's a pile of kids at the window. It looks like they were boosting someone, but then they all fell. Lazlo is picking himself up and trying to hold in sobs as he runs away from the rest of you - towards his house.
[23:04] <@Kaingaskhan> The other kids look up with a panic and scatter, themselves.
[23:04] <@Kaingaskhan> ...Seems like they heard what was going on.
01[23:05] <Lekha> "...how unlucky."
01[23:05] <Lekha> "I should probably talk to them, right?"
[23:06] <@Kaingaskhan> Euphemia thinks about it, then nods.
01[23:08] <Lekha> "Tell me what else Mr. Mayor has to say, all right?" Lekha drops Euphemia into the poor man's arms before taking off.
[23:08] <@Kaingaskhan> The mayor is a bit startled as Euphemia suddenly clings to him. You run off after Lazlo...
[23:09] <@Kaingaskhan> You find him before long back behind his house, tears running down his face. He's digging frantically behind a pile of stacked firewood.
01[23:09] <Lekha> "Heeeeey. Do you have a minute?"
[23:09] <@Kaingaskhan> The boy looks up, blinking and sniffling. ...He nods quietly, after a sec.
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01[23:10] <Lekha> "Okay. Come here. You heard all of that, didn't you?"
[23:11] <@Kaingaskhan> He nods again after a moment, then hurries over and latches on to you in a hug.
[23:11] <@Kaingaskhan> He sniffles. "Lek...Lekha... you're going to go away? You're going to go away and die?" He sniffs again. "I'll... never get to see you again?"
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01[23:16] <Lekha> "I'm going away, yes. But, you know what? You have to say goodbye before you can say I'm back, right? And I'm gonna say I'm back soon enough, just you wait." She ruffles his hair. "Falsehood is never in words, it's in things. What we see - even what I see - is sometimes just hiding another story, you know? So all we can do is keep going, and know that we're going to come back."
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[23:17] <@Kaingaskhan> He sniffles again, but it seems you've calmed him down a bit. "...I know you're telling the truth... but I don't think you're bad luck either..." He lets you go and goes back to searching the woodpile. "Or... I wouldn't have found this."
[23:18] <@Kaingaskhan> After a moment, he pulls out a brilliant blue feather that seems to shimmer in the light.
01[23:18] <Lekha> "I don't think anyone is bad luck. Or good luck. Luck happens, you can't store it up or bottle it away - oooh, that's pretty!"
[23:19] <@Kaingaskhan> "...ain't no bird in the whole marsh has feathers like this... it... it must have come from the city in the clouds! It must have!"
[23:20] <@Kaingaskhan> "You say that, b-but... take this anyway, okay? I'll believe it's good luck anyway."
[23:20] <@Kaingaskhan> "...and one day you'll be back! I know you'll be back." He tries to hold in his tears.
01[23:20] <Lekha> "I'm sure it did." Lekha develops a sudden mote of dust in her eye as she ruffles his hair again. "Luck or no, it'll still be important to me, and so will all of you."
01[23:20] <Lekha> "Don't worry, I'll bring back all sorts of new stories!"
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[23:21] <@Kaingaskhan> He swallows hard and looks up at you. "...I'll be waiting. We all will..."
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01[23:23] <Lekha> "Of course. And, since you have to do things properly..." She takes a step back, then gives a deep curtsey. "I'll be going now, all right?"
[23:24] <@Kaingaskhan> He nods, after a moment. "S-safe travels." he tries to sound grown-up, but it still comes out stuttered a bit.
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01[23:26] <Lekha> "Sure thing. And you'd better stick around so I can say 'I'm back', right?"
[23:26] <@Kaingaskhan> "Of course I would!" he protests.
[23:26] <@Kaingaskhan> "We'll have a party and everything!"
[23:26] <@Kaingaskhan> "Like... like five birthdays!"
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01[23:28] <Lekha> "Oh wow. There'll be candied hibiscus on the cake, right? They're my favorite." She smiles, gets up again, and goes to collect Euphemia.
[23:29] <@Kaingaskhan> Euphemia chatters at you when you collect her, in the snivish way she does, and through the bond you share with her you think she thinks these people are all kind of jerks. >:| The mayor's alright, she guesses. No new developments, though.
[23:29] <@Kaingaskhan> ~Channelers~
[23:29] <@Kaingaskhan> Any business you'd like to take care of before leaving your home behind?
01[23:30] <Lekha> Packing up! Gathering my clothes, and as much of my paint as I can easily carry in jars. I can worry about canvases later~
[23:31] <@Kaingaskhan> You grab as much as you can and prepare to hit the road.
[23:31] <@Kaingaskhan> Despite the odds, you manage to haul quite a few jars along. ....
06[23:31] * Lekha sticks the feather behind her ear, as well - she'll find a way to set it as soon as she can.
[23:32] <@Kaingaskhan> And so, you set off, towards your fate...
[23:32] <@Kaingaskhan> But we ain't done yet.
[23:32] <@Kaingaskhan> ...A few weeks later...
[23:35] <@Kaingaskhan> You've been on the road for quite some time now. It's been pretty hard to make a living with your skillset, though you've heard lots of things about these people called Rune Hunters. You might have even tried a little rune hunting over the last bit of time. Whatever the case, you've managed to earn enough potch to carry you along further east, toward where the wind blows. You made it
[23:35] <@Kaingaskhan> quite far carrying all those jars of paint, too, but you've begun to become exhausted. You managed to find a ride with a trader's cart, heading along to some town or another.
[23:35] <@Kaingaskhan> But... your exhaustion has caught up with you. ...A quick nap wouldn't hurt, would it?
[23:35] <@Kaingaskhan> ....zzz...
[23:35] <@Kaingaskhan> https://app.roll20.net/join/863069/dkkOoQ
[23:37] <@Kaingaskhan> Your regain consciousness in a smoky, black void of sorts. Is... this a dream? It feels more real than many of your visions. Yet you're sure this is not reality either.
[23:37] <@Kaingaskhan> You hear screams in the distance, the clash of metal against metal, thunder and rain...
[23:38] <@Kaingaskhan> and you see shapes of faint substance all around you. Men, or women, you're not sure, are standing near you.
[23:38] <@Kaingaskhan> And some ways ahead, a massive creature, enshrouded in the darkness, maddened eyes the only point of light glistening within its form.
[23:39] <@Kaingaskhan> Your Pokemon are here as well... and you sense that this creature is not at all friendly.
[23:39] <@Kaingaskhan> The others around you seem ready to fight, as well.
01[23:40] <Lekha> Dream or not, the rules must be followed. Lekha motions to Euphemia, and reaches for her staff, the jangling rings echoing loudly in the void.
[23:41] <@Kaingaskhan> Battle vs The Beast in the Black
[23:42] <@Kaingaskhan> http://www.infinitelooper.com/?v=U43MUKTn-6A&p=n
[23:42] <@Kaingaskhan> Lekha's turn!
01[23:44] <Lekha> Lekha shares some of her power with Euphemia! Sage's Blessing! +8 DR!
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[23:44] <@Kaingaskhan> Euphemia's turn!
01[23:45] <Lekha> Euphemia hops forward, and lashes out with the vines around her neck.
01[23:45] <Lekha> 1d20 vine whip
[23:45] <PsychoRoll> Lekha, vine whip: 6 [1d20=6]
[23:46] <@Kaingaskhan> Hits!
01[23:46] <Lekha> 2d6+8+9
[23:46] <PsychoRoll> Lekha, 2d6+8+9: 23 [2d6=5,1]
[23:47] <@Kaingaskhan> You see a flash, almost of an older, stronger Euphemia lashing out. The attack is absorbed into the darkness, cutting a portion of it away, but the creature seems barely harmed on the whole.
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[23:48] <@Kaingaskhan> The shadows cut at Euphemia in return. Winds of Darkness Aura! Euphemia takes 40 damage, reduced by defense and DR.
[23:48] <@Kaingaskhan> Typeless...?
[23:49] <@Kaingaskhan> One of the shadows moves forward, lashing out with quick movements that seem to reach past the extent of their weapon.
[23:49] <@Kaingaskhan> Another circles the beast from the left, unleashing a barrage of thunderous missles.
[23:50] <@Kaingaskhan> The third raises their hand and the sound of a rune intones, calling down a powerful blast of indistinct magic.
[23:50] <@Kaingaskhan> The Beast in Black.
[23:50] <@Kaingaskhan> It ignores all other combatants for the moment, focusing on Lekha.
[23:51] <@Kaingaskhan> "Why do you stand firm? Does Death favor you so that you fear it not?"
[23:51] <@Kaingaskhan> The voice doesn't seem to come from the beast, but from all around.
01[23:52] <Lekha> The rules must be followed, even in a not-dream. Lekha smiles defiance at the beast. "I said I would return home. Falsehood is never in words, it is in things."
[23:52] <@Kaingaskhan> It responds with an attack beyond comprehension at Lekha.
[23:52] <@Kaingaskhan> 1d20+5 ??a??? ?????t
[23:52] <PsychoRoll> Kaingaskhan, ??a??? ?????t: 20 [1d20=15]
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[23:53] <@Kaingaskhan> 3d12+10+90
[23:53] <PsychoRoll> Kaingaskhan, 3d12+10+90: 129 [3d12=7,11,11]
01[23:53] <Lekha> pow
[23:53] <@Kaingaskhan> One of the three shadowy allies moves in front of the blow.
[23:53] <@Kaingaskhan> And is destroyed.
01[23:53] <Lekha> "W-wait! No!"
[23:53] <@Kaingaskhan> Lekha's turn.
01[23:54] <Lekha> Lekha shoves the shadows aside and pushes forward, swinging her staff at the beast.
01[23:55] <Lekha> 1d20 clang clang rending spell
[23:55] <PsychoRoll> Lekha, clang clang rending spell: 19 [1d20=19]
01[23:55] <Lekha> yep, that'll chomp off a tick of hp
[23:55] <@Kaingaskhan> ZZZAP
01[23:56] <Lekha> 1d8+8+11
[23:56] <PsychoRoll> Lekha, 1d8+8+11: 20 [1d8=1]
[23:56] <@Kaingaskhan> The spell shaves off more darkness, but its light quickly fades.
[23:56] <@Kaingaskhan> Euphemia!
01[23:57] <Lekha> Nore vine whips!
01[23:57] <Lekha> 1d20
[23:57] <PsychoRoll> Lekha, 1d20: 17 [1d20=17]
[23:57] <@Kaingaskhan> Hits!
01[23:57] <Lekha> 2d6+8+9
[23:57] <PsychoRoll> Lekha, 2d6+8+9: 26 [2d6=4,5]
[23:58] <@Kaingaskhan> Oh, and as the first attacker, Lekha takes 40 physical from Winds of Darkness aura.
01[23:59] <Lekha> Ow
[23:59] <@Kaingaskhan> The vine whip slams into the creature, driving it back a bit now.
Session Time: Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 2015
[00:00] <@Kaingaskhan> The one who fires thunder unleashes another torrent - what form its attacks take, you're not entirely sure, but they rip into the beast regardless.
[00:00] <@Kaingaskhan> The third weaves a spell that wraps around you, Lekha.
[00:00] <@Kaingaskhan> +2 Defense stages!
[00:00] <@Kaingaskhan> The Beast in Black.
[00:01] <@Kaingaskhan> "You claim you will return, but can all you call ally claim that right, as cocksure as you?"
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01[00:02] <Lekha> "My allies have their own stories to tell."
[00:03] <@Kaingaskhan> The beast responds with another attack towards you.
[00:03] <@Kaingaskhan> 1d20 ?????e
[00:03] <PsychoRoll> Kaingaskhan, ?????e: 1 [1d20=1]
[00:03] <@Kaingaskhan> This attack has Smite, however.
[00:03] <@Kaingaskhan> 3d12+10+90
[00:03] <PsychoRoll> Kaingaskhan, 3d12+10+90: 119 [3d12=11,5,3]
[00:04] <@Kaingaskhan> The shadowy ally to your left moves and intercepts the attack!
[00:04] <@Kaingaskhan> ...And is consumed in the blow.
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[00:04] <@Kaingaskhan> The touch they gave you to move out of the way was... assuring. Like a friend.
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[00:07] <@Kaingaskhan> Oh, and Lekha's turn.
01[00:08] <Lekha> Lekha stumbles back, shaking, and throws up a defensive Reflect barrier.
01[00:08] <Lekha> "I never asked you to do anything for me!"
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[00:09] <@Kaingaskhan> Euphemia's turn.
01[00:10] <Lekha> Euphemia gives her master a 'snap the fuck out of it' look and charges forward, stubby little arms grabbing onto the beast!
01[00:11] <Lekha> 1d20+1 grapple ac check
[00:11] <PsychoRoll> Lekha, grapple ac check: 20 [1d20=19]
01[00:11] <Lekha> yep
[00:11] <@Kaingaskhan> She clings to the shadows!
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01[00:11] <Lekha> 2d6+2 combat check to dominate grapple
[00:11] <PsychoRoll> Lekha, combat check to dominate grapple: 6 [2d6=3,1]
01[00:12] <Lekha> euphie pls
[00:12] <@Kaingaskhan> 2d6
[00:12] <PsychoRoll> Kaingaskhan, 2d6: 9 [2d6=6,3]
[00:12] <@Kaingaskhan> Euphemia is pulled partially into the cloud of darkness.
[00:12] <@Kaingaskhan> But she's trying, she's trying with all of her heart.
[00:13] <@Kaingaskhan> The last ally attempts to help Euphemia.
[00:13] <@Kaingaskhan> 4d6
[00:13] <PsychoRoll> Kaingaskhan, 4d6: 18 [4d6=5,4,3,6]
[00:13] <@Kaingaskhan> She nimbly scales the thing's indistinct form, as if she can see bits of it that you cannot, and manages to start helping to free Euphemia.
[00:14] <@Kaingaskhan> The Snivy clings tightly to the beast now.
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[00:14] <@Kaingaskhan> The Beast in the Black
01[00:15] <Lekha> (if euphie's got dominance, the beast loses a tick of hp)
[00:15] <@Kaingaskhan> Noted!
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[00:16] <@Kaingaskhan> "And yet, they are. Fate can be a cruel mistress. By which force shall this story be writ? By fate...? Or by fortune...?"
[00:16] <@Kaingaskhan> 1d20-6 G??a I??ac?
[00:16] <PsychoRoll> Kaingaskhan, G??a I??ac?: 13 [1d20=19]
[00:17] <@Kaingaskhan> A massive shockwave emanates from the creature, throwing the last shadow ally away and sending Euphemia clear of its body. You're engulfed too.
[00:17] <@Kaingaskhan> 4d10+20+90
[00:17] <PsychoRoll> Kaingaskhan, 4d10+20+90: 129 [4d10=10,5,1,3]
[00:18] <@Kaingaskhan> to both you and Euphemia.
[00:18] <@Kaingaskhan> If you'd be knocked out, instead you are set to 1 HP.
01[00:18] <Lekha> Yeah, that'd knock both of us out
[00:20] <@Kaingaskhan> A silence hangs in the air, as if waiting for a response.
01[00:23] <Lekha> "They're the same thing. A monster under any number of names, binding us together - but so be it. We shall walk the path laid out for us - and never be afraid to step off into the grass." She glances at Euphemia. That was cool, right?
[00:23] <@Kaingaskhan> Euphemia gives an exhuberent thumbs up.
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[00:25] <@Kaingaskhan> "So be it, then."
[00:25] <@Kaingaskhan> There's a flash of light, and each of the shadowy allies appears once more by your side.
[00:25] <@Kaingaskhan> ...And then from behind you, certainly not in the direction of the Beast, you hear a sound like the flapping of wings.
[00:26] <@Kaingaskhan> ...And something clamps onto your shoulder. Both of them, as a weight rests upon top of you.
06[00:27] * Lekha tries to look up, just to see if she can.
[00:27] <@Kaingaskhan> You peer up as best as you can, and find the face of Death staring back at you.
[00:27] <@Kaingaskhan> http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/314/c/9/yveltal_by_doubleagent_bob-d6tr80g.jpg
[00:27] <@Kaingaskhan> And then, you awaken.
[00:28] <@Kaingaskhan> ...You're on the cart again. Euphemia is curled on your lap, but awakens almost immediately with you.
[00:28] <@Kaingaskhan> ....
[00:28] <@Kaingaskhan> The sky is overcast, though the wagon is thankfully covered.
06[00:29] * Lekha groans and tries to untangle herself from the cargo she's managed to burrow into. "Heeey Euphie? You're okay, right?"
[00:29] <@Kaingaskhan> The merchant transporting you is up front. Back here are a number of different boxes containing wares, as well as another passenger that was seeking fare.
[00:29] <@Kaingaskhan> The snivy nods and shivers. Seems she had the same dream.
06[00:30] * Lekha holds her up, then hugs her. "Don't worry. We're still here, right? We won."
[00:31] <@Kaingaskhan> The woman back here with you raises her head. "...hm? Is aught well?" she asks in a gentle tone. ...She's a woman of around perhaps 30 years, with long black hair and snow white skin. Her eyes are closed and she does not open them - you think she's blind,. maybe.
[00:31] <@Kaingaskhan> She has a long, slender rune of some kind embedded on her forehead, and she's wearing a white cloak.
01[00:32] <Lekha> "I'm fine. Everything's fine. Or it will be, eventually. I know it. We'll find the city in the clouds, and bring it back down to earth."
[00:32] <@Kaingaskhan> Euphemia snuggles up to you, clearly relieved.
[00:32] <@Kaingaskhan> The woman considers. "A city in the clouds, you say?"
01[00:33] <Lekha> "Right. Far away lies a city that would be invisible, if you didn't look up..." And she begins telling the story again.
[00:34] <@Kaingaskhan> "With lights countless in number, matching all the stars in the sky."
[00:34] <@Kaingaskhan> She says this before you mention that part.
01[00:34] <Lekha> "...Hm?"
[00:34] <@Kaingaskhan> "I'm sorry, please. Carry on."
[00:35] <@Kaingaskhan> Intuition.
01[00:36] <Lekha> 4d6+!, burnin' an AP
[00:36] <PsychoRoll> Lekha, burnin' an AP: 18 [4d6=3,6,4,5]
[00:36] <@Kaingaskhan> ...She... seems to be rather familiar with your story, as you tell it. And she just mentioned an element of the dream you had before you left home...
[00:37] <@Kaingaskhan> That's the impression you get.
01[00:37] <Lekha> "You've got the wrong city-" She hesitates. "The city of the stars is spread out before us."
[00:40] <@Kaingaskhan> "Dreams might show tmore than once a single thing from multiple perspectives." She seems sort of melancholy. "But forgive me. I'm being rude. My name is Leknaat. I am... a traveling oracle of a sort. Am I right to think you are possessed of the gift yourself?"
[00:41] <@Kaingaskhan> "My eyes have no light, but I have learned to see things that escape the notice of others."
01[00:42] <Lekha> "I guess you could say something like that - Lekha, by the way. Lekha Satyasvapna. Mostly I dream about cities, not things."
[00:44] <@Kaingaskhan> "And a city is far from a thing, is it not?" she smiles briefly. "I'm sorry that I interrupted your story. It sounds wonderous."
01[00:45] <Lekha> "Things as in times." She shrugs, a little. "I'm pretty sure yo know the rest, right?"
[00:47] <@Kaingaskhan> "The future is quick to elude the grasp of those who would try to snatch it too firmly." she frowns, and listens as it begins to rain. "...But the 108 stars that adorn the heavens shall come to the earth to realize their destiny before long. I'm sure of it."
[00:47] <@Kaingaskhan> ....Of course there's way more than just 108 stars in the sky, right? The heck is this lady talking about?
01[00:48] <Lekha> "....Huh?"
01[00:48] <Lekha> Lekha's thoughts exactly, omnipresent narrator!
[00:48] <@Kaingaskhan> Occult for me.
01[00:48] <Lekha> 4d6
[00:48] <PsychoRoll> Lekha, 4d6: 17 [4d6=5,4,2,6]
[00:49] <@Kaingaskhan> You ponder on her words a bit. ...You think you've heard of a belief that influential individuals are often born under a particular star in the sky, 108 within a series of constellations. What this has to do with anything is anyone's guess.
01[00:50] <Lekha> "So, uh... what sort of story is that supposed to tell?"
[00:54] <@Kaingaskhan> "I am not certain myself." she admits after some time. "Do you believe in fate?" she asks, afterward.
01[00:55] <Lekha> "Funny, someone else asked me that recently." She leans back, pats Euphie, and shrugs. "I believe fate guides us, but that we can always retell the story."
01[00:55] <Lekha> "Falsehood is never in words, it is in things."
[00:56] <@Kaingaskhan> She nods. "An interesting philosophy."
01[00:57] <Lekha> "But it works."
[00:58] <@Kaingaskhan> "In much the same way, I feel that the currents of fate are beginning to pull. But which course the rowers take is uncertain. ...I only pray that tragedy can be avoided."
[01:00] <@Kaingaskhan> The man handling the wagon calls back from the front. "We'll be at Oakbridge by evening, and then Loanvil within another day. You ladies staying on the full way? There's a festival in Loamvil comin' up you know."
01[01:00] <Lekha> "Might as well, if you don't mind - a festival sounds pretty good right about now."
01[01:00] <Lekha> "How big is Loamvil?"
[01:02] <@Kaingaskhan> Merchant: "Eh, could be bigger, but it'll be packed come Founding Day. People coming from all over to sell their wares, participate, or perform."
[01:03] <@Kaingaskhan> Leknaat: "I'll be leaving northward from Oakbridge towards a settlement near Crystal Lake, so I'm afraid our paths will diverge there."
01[01:04] <Lekha> "Perhaps we'll see each other again though, right?"
01[01:04] <Lekha> "Er, uh, I mean-"
[01:05] <@Kaingaskhan> Leknaat smiles. "I would like that."
01[01:07] <Lekha> "Well, who knows? Maybe if fate allows."
[01:08] <@Kaingaskhan> She simply lowers her head, as a semi-nod or acknowledgement of some kind.
[01:08] <@Kaingaskhan> ...The ride continues for some time, Euphemia's mood improving well once more.
[01:08] <@Kaingaskhan> You arrive in Oakbridge, and Leknaat does indeed depart for the north.
[01:09] <@Kaingaskhan> And you and the merchant leave once again to the southeast come the next morning.
[01:09] <@Kaingaskhan> And so your travels, perhaps guided by fate, have brought you to the stage upon which the future shall play out.
[01:10] <@Kaingaskhan> What truth will your actions create?
[01:10] <@Kaingaskhan> Only time can tell...
[01:10] <@Kaingaskhan> Prologue 4 End.