Faerzen, Lyra, and Alex make final court preparations

[20:06] <Alexander_Pyrite> "G-guys?"
[20:06] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Lyra?"
[20:06] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Faerzen?"
[20:06]  * Lyra_Bel looks up
[20:07] <Alexander_Pyrite> ((he is at 7hp, massive stab wounds, covered in spider blood, and a knife wound to his arm, self inflicted))
[20:07] <Lyra_Bel> "Well then"
[20:07] <Lyra_Bel> "Are you, uh, okay?"
[20:08] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Yeah."
[20:08] <Alexander_Pyrite> "It'll take more than a massive angry spider to kill me I guess"
[20:08]  * Lyra_Bel blinks
[20:08]  * Alexander_Pyrite suddenly remembers the last things "Lyra" sent to him"
[20:08] <Lyra_Bel> "Lanased?"
[20:08] <Alexander_Pyrite> "What is lensed?"
[20:09]  * Faerzen_Norstov suddenly looks up at Alex's arrival, quite delayed, from her chair where she was lost deep in thought
[20:09] <Lyra_Bel> "The massive spider.  That was his name"
[20:09] <Alexander_Pyrite> "No pretty sure it was Linen. I remember because it was weird"
[20:09] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Oh! Hello, Alex. You.... look like you've been better."
[20:10] <Alexander_Pyrite> "yeah..."
[20:11] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Dare I even ask what recent occurrences resulted in your current state?"
[20:11]  * Faerzen_Norstov sighs
[20:12] <Alexander_Pyrite> "I fought a giant spider
[20:12] <Alexander_Pyrite> and swam across a lake twice"
[20:12] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Faerzen, It's nice to see you, but I have to do something."
[20:13]  * Alexander_Pyrite attempts to brush self off
[20:13]  * Alexander_Pyrite breathes deeply, gathering courage
[20:13] <Faerzen_Norstov> "And what might that be?"
[20:13]  * Alexander_Pyrite walks straight to Lyra
[20:13]  * Alexander_Pyrite gives her a hug
[20:13] <Faerzen_Norstov> "That is an excellent idea"
[20:13] <Lyra_Bel> Roll 1d20+1 to escape grapple
[20:13] <`DICE> Lyra_Bel rolled 1d20+1 to escape grapple [ 1d20=20 ]{21}
[20:14]  * Lyra_Bel does an acrobatic pirhouette backflip out of the way
[20:14]  * Faerzen_Norstov sighs
[20:14]  * Lyra_Bel backs away, raising the pen in warning
[20:14] <Lyra_Bel> "Did you get the message?"
[20:15] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Yeah I did"
[20:15] <Alexander_Pyrite> "I wouldnt dirty you or really be so bold otherwise"
[20:15] <Lyra_Bel> "Well"
[20:15] <Lyra_Bel> "Okay then"
[20:15]  * Lyra_Bel hugs back
[20:15] <Faerzen_Norstov> "There we go, good job Lyra"
[20:15]  * Faerzen_Norstov slow claps
[20:16] <Regent> *D'aww*
[20:16]  * Alexander_Pyrite looks at Faerzen and backs away from Lyra somewhat bashful
[20:16] <Lyra_Bel> "Okay"
[20:16] <Lyra_Bel> "Now that that's out of the way"
[20:16] <Lyra_Bel> "I'm sorry."
[20:16] <Alexander_Pyrite> "For what?"
[20:17] <Lyra_Bel> "Y'know"
[20:17] <Lyra_Bel> "Throwing you out of a gate"
[20:17] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Right"
[20:17] <Lyra_Bel> "And shooting you"
[20:17] <Alexander_Pyrite> "That too..."
[20:17] <Lyra_Bel> "And also that time I locked you in a coffin to die horribly"
[20:17] <Alexander_Pyrite> "I'd sorta forgotten"
[20:17]  * Lyra_Bel blinks
[20:17] <Lyra_Bel> "You... forgot"
[20:17] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Well"
[20:17]  * Faerzen_Norstov silently raises eyebrows
[20:17] <Lyra_Bel> "That there's a bullet hole in your leg?"
[20:18] <Alexander_Pyrite> "I've been going through some shit recently"
[20:18] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Stuff"
[20:18] <Lyra_Bel> "Welcome to Sabath"
[20:18] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Indeed."
[20:18] <Alexander_Pyrite> "That sounds menacing"
[20:18] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Welcome to SABATH."
[20:19]  * Alexander_Pyrite runs fingers though hair nervously
[20:19] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Great"
[20:19] <Faerzen_Norstov> "How is the dragon doing?"
[20:19] <Alexander_Pyrite> "I dont know"
[20:19] <Faerzen_Norstov> "As you can see by my current brilliantly gold attire, I never made it to the castle to meet up with you."
[20:19] <Alexander_Pyrite> "I've been in spider infested caves since I last checked."
[20:20] <Alexander_Pyrite> "So dont worry about it"
[20:20] <Faerzen_Norstov> "How did you leave the dragon on Prospit then?"
[20:20] <Alexander_Pyrite> "I put it in a bowl of fire in the castle... a brazier"
[20:20] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I suppose that is as good a place as any. We will just need to hope it is still there and check on it as soon as we get the chance."
[20:20] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Yeah but first"
[20:20]  * Lyra_Bel boggles vacantly at these shenanigans
[20:21] <Alexander_Pyrite> "What is going on"
[20:21] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Hooray, yet another thing to remember to do."
[20:21] <Faerzen_Norstov> "What is going on?"
[20:21]  * Faerzen_Norstov chuckles
[20:21] <Lyra_Bel> "Same old, same old"
[20:21] <Alexander_Pyrite> "I dont like that chuckle"
[20:21] <Lyra_Bel> "Dealing with the devil, dying horribly, y'know"
[20:21] <Faerzen_Norstov> "That, my friend, is a very good question, and one that I think entails a much longer detailed answer than you were hoping for."
[20:21] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Long story short, Lyra and I are trying to work to prevent her soul being consumed by a powerful malicious entity."
[20:22] <Lyra_Bel> "Sort of"
[20:22] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Holy shi- crap"
[20:22] <Faerzen_Norstov> "There are always complications."
[20:22] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Can I help at all?"
[20:22] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Hmmmmm....."
[20:22] <Lyra_Bel> "Heh"
[20:23] <Lyra_Bel> "You could always serve as a witness"
[20:23] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Oh dear."
[20:23] <Alexander_Pyrite> "To saying you
[20:23] <Lyra_Bel> "Faerzen, we're going to lose.  Let's be real"
[20:23] <Faerzen_Norstov> "That sounds like a whole boatload of fun, right there,"
[20:23] <Alexander_Pyrite> are insane"
[20:24] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Can I just kill this powerful malicious entity?"
[20:24] <Lyra_Bel> "If you can pull it off, then by all means"
[20:24] <Faerzen_Norstov> "The cards do seem heavily stacked against us, but that's excuse to give up now. That will only guarantee the fate we wish to avoid."
[20:24] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I have no idea how you could do that."
[20:24] <Lyra_Bel> "But I kinda think it'd just screw us over again"
[20:24] <Faerzen_Norstov> "That is highly likely"
[20:25] <Lyra_Bel> "But then, so would every other option, so..."
[20:25] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Why not right heh heh..."
[20:26] <Alexander_Pyrite> "I guess I'll just try to convince them you are insane, and if not I'll go all ape shit on their asses"
[20:26] <Lyra_Bel> "Except that insane is a last resort"
[20:27] <Lyra_Bel> "That's the nuclear option, the 'cancel out everything' button"
[20:27] <Lyra_Bel> "That's accepting a tie instead of trying for a win"
[20:27] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Oh really?"
[20:27] <Faerzen_Norstov> "That
[20:27] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Are you saying I have no chance?"
[20:27] <Faerzen_Norstov> "That isn't what we discussed earlier. Have you changed your mind now?"
[20:28] <Lyra_Bel> "I'm thinking"
[20:28] <Lyra_Bel> "That what we have here is a chance to get a foot in the door"
[20:28] <Faerzen_Norstov> "What do you mean?"
[20:29] <Lyra_Bel> "Carl and I have two contracts, including this BS one"
[20:29] <Lyra_Bel> "Playing the insanity card wipes them both clean, but we only want this one gone"
[20:29] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Let me ask you a question."
[20:30] <Faerzen_Norstov> "If engaging in anything even remotely related to a contract results in complete bullshit and pain like this, is it even remotely worth remaining in your existing 'contract' with Abyss?"
[20:30] <Lyra_Bel> "Oh yeah"
[20:30]  * Lyra_Bel grins
[20:30] <Faerzen_Norstov> "How can you be so certain?"
[20:30] <Lyra_Bel> "Because THAT contract got broken"
[20:31] <Lyra_Bel> "By Carl"
[20:31] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I think you will have a hard time proving that in a legal setting, Lyra."
[20:31] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Wait wait what"
[20:31] <Alexander_Pyrite> "what are these contracts"
[20:31] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Whos abyss"
[20:31] <Alexander_Pyrite> "whos carl"
[20:31] <Alexander_Pyrite> "What the fuck is going on"
[20:31] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Let alone me proving it because you're not even going to remotely come close to proving anything with all of your yelling."
[20:31] <Lyra_Bel> "Evil spirit, same evil spirit, and stupidity"
[20:31]  * Faerzen_Norstov sighs again
[20:31] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Okay, Alex."
[20:32] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Nick has this mask. Through some hazy details involving the mask, Lyra has come into contact with an entity thusly titles as Abyss."
[20:32] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Im guessing hes bad"
[20:32] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Her dream self is currently imprisoned on Derse, and she asked it for assistance"
[20:32] <Lyra_Bel> "Assistance I haven't gotten!"
[20:33] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Ever since then it has been attempting to corner her and take advantage of her in a wide variety of unfortunate ways."
[20:33] <Lyra_Bel> "And stupid ways.  They're also stupid"
[20:33] <Faerzen_Norstov> "One of which includes attempting to bind her to a contract that one of her alternate selves signed that results in her soul and every soul of people she kills while under control by Abyss being relinquished to Abyss itself."
[20:33] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Essentially that contract is really bad news."
[20:34] <Lyra_Bel> "Ten of swords"
[20:34] <Alexander_Pyrite> ((http://imgur.com/a/CBqBD gif 1))
[20:34] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Lyra is currently engaged herself in a contract with Abyss that is incredibly open-ended and Abyss will almost certainly use this again Lyra as well, even if we can somehow weasel our way out of this one."
[20:34] <Alexander_Pyrite> :0
[20:35]  * Lyra_Bel smiles again
[20:35] <Lyra_Bel> "Except he broke that contract"
[20:35] <Alexander_Pyrite> "So we're good?"
[20:36] <Lyra_Bel> "If we can get through this laughable attempt at a court, we're better than good"
[20:36] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Lyra simultaneously keeps saying everything about this trial is doomed to fail, and yet she continues to insist on setting things up such that things are the highest risk."
[20:36] <Lyra_Bel> "The alternative is letting them fall apart"
[20:36] <Lyra_Bel> "Ante up or quit"
[20:37] <Faerzen_Norstov> "The alternative is the insanity case!"
[20:37] <Lyra_Bel> "And what happens when that fails?"
[20:37] <Lyra_Bel> "We ante up and keep going"
[20:37] <Alexander_Pyrite> "When?"
[20:37] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Then we can attempt to tackle the case of the alternate contract."
[20:37] <Faerzen_Norstov> "One step at a time."
[20:37] <Lyra_Bel> "Fine, but insanity should be the last step"
[20:37] <Lyra_Bel> "I want to keep the first deal"
[20:38] <Lyra_Bel> "Either the contract breaks, or the plan on Derse goes off without a hitch"
[20:38] <Faerzen_Norstov> "If we attempt to try for the alternate contract case first, and then fail, it will be much more difficult to prove the insanity case, Lyra."
[20:38] <Faerzen_Norstov> "We should attempt the insanity case first."
[20:38] <Faerzen_Norstov> "It has the smallest penalty of failure and the least impact on future arguments we make should it fail."
[20:38] <Lyra_Bel> "But if it succeeds, we lose out on the other contract"
[20:39] <Alexander_Pyrite> "wait so one contract is good, which is getting you out of derse right?"
[20:39] <Lyra_Bel> "Eeyup"
[20:39] <Alexander_Pyrite> "What if i broke you out of derse and we said fuck you to the weird spirit guy?"
[20:39] <Faerzen_Norstov> "If we go through all the work of constructing a cohesive argument on how you understand exactly what the contracts mean and you spend a great deal of time arguing semantics on the conversation with Abyss, it will be much more difficult to convince Regent that your mental faculties do not leave you in a state to bind yourself to contracts."
[20:40] <Lyra_Bel> "First of all, I VERY specifically asked nobody to go to Derse"
[20:40] <Faerzen_Norstov> "You will have spent the most recent period of time demonstrating just how powerful your mental faculties are."
[20:40] <Lyra_Bel> "And that makes me sane?"
[20:41] <Lyra_Bel> "I'm screwed in the head whether or not I can put an argument together"
[20:41] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Yes, but putting a coherent argument together is a piece of evidence against us."
[20:41] <Lyra_Bel> "Especially whether or not YOU can put one together"
[20:41] <Alexander_Pyrite> :/
[20:41]  * Faerzen_Norstov sighs
[20:42] <Alexander_Pyrite> "why exactly am i not allowed to go to derse?"
[20:42] <Lyra_Bel> "Because then things start to fall apart"
[20:42] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Because Lyra has some 'plan' which she has been incredibly cagey about sharing any details about because she, for some reason, believes it is possible to have this situation under control."
[20:42] <Lyra_Bel> "I DO have it under control, okay?"
[20:43] <Lyra_Bel> "I totally got this"
[20:43] <Faerzen_Norstov> "She may have a plan, it may be a good plan, but I can share no confidence in something you have told me nothing about."
[20:43] <Alexander_Pyrite> "This doesnt seem to be very controlled"
[20:43]  * Lyra_Bel grins the most convincingest grin she ever grinned
[20:43] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Last time you said that you were screaming in a court room about to get your pleas completely dismissed."
[20:43] <Faerzen_Norstov> "And we both know how that would have ended had I not stepping in."
[20:43] <Faerzen_Norstov> *stepped
[20:43] <Lyra_Bel> "You didn't step in, you got railroaded in"
[20:43] <Faerzen_Norstov> "What difference does it make?"
[20:44] <Lyra_Bel> "The implication that you aren't just another pawn, mostly"
[20:44]  * Regent fidgets uncomfortably
[20:44] <Lyra_Bel> "You're getting played by these guys as much as I am"
[20:44] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I know I am another pawn."
[20:44] <Alexander_Pyrite> "what the hell am i then?"
[20:45] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Who the hell knows anymore."
[20:45] <Lyra_Bel> "You're, I dunno, what have you been doing the past however long?"
[20:45] <Alexander_Pyrite> "fighting spiders"
[20:45] <Lyra_Bel> "Probably another pawn then"
[20:45] <Lyra_Bel> "You have something against spiders from your old life, maybe?"
[20:46] <Alexander_Pyrite> "No I just wanted to fight something"
[20:46] <Lyra_Bel> "..."
[20:47] <Lyra_Bel> "What"
[20:47] <Alexander_Pyrite> "it didnt go very well"
[20:47] <Alexander_Pyrite> "remember I wanted to get stronger?"
[20:47] <Lyra_Bel> "Right, yeah"
[20:47] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Thats the only way"
[20:47] <Lyra_Bel> "And so you...?"
[20:47] <Lyra_Bel> "Huh"
[20:47] <Alexander_Pyrite> "ran into a cave and killed a spider yeah"
[20:47] <Faerzen_Norstov> "What is the matter, Lyra?"
[20:47] <Alexander_Pyrite> "I didnt get any loot though"
[20:48] <Alexander_Pyrite> "so i sliced it up which is why im all messy"
[20:48] <Lyra_Bel> "So it didn't like force you to go against your most intrinsic values or something?"
[20:48] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Not everything is always as complicated or sinister as you make it out to be, Lyra."
[20:48] <Alexander_Pyrite> "yeah all i had to do was not die"
[20:49] <Jaczac> ((wouldnt the mess get washed off))
[20:49] <Lyra_Bel> "Well yeah but you can't just-"
[20:49] <Lyra_Bel> "..."
[20:49] <Lyra_Bel> "Huh"
[20:49] <Alexander_Pyrite> ((shit coninuity error))
[20:49] <Regent> < I dunno >
[20:49] <Alexander_Pyrite> "What"
[20:49] <Regent> < This was some pretty sticky and nasty spider innards >
[20:49] <Lyra_Bel> "That doesn't even make any sense"
[20:50] <Regent> < probably would stay on >
[20:50] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Not dying?"
[20:50] <Faerzen_Norstov> "You continue to say statements of confusion and yet you do not elaborate."
[20:50] <Lyra_Bel> "Not... well, losing!"
[20:50] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I will say it again, not everything is always as complicated or sinister as you make it out to be, Lyra."
[20:50] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Yeah things arent all bad"
[20:50] <Faerzen_Norstov> I have had quite a few very positive experiences since entering this game.
[20:51] <Lyra_Bel> "HOW!?"
[20:51] <Alexander_Pyrite> "You and Nick"
[20:51] <Alexander_Pyrite> http://imgur.com/a/CBqBD img 3
[20:51] <Faerzen_Norstov> "They were alongside quite a few very negative ones as well."
[20:51] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Yes, this game might be a massive ball of miserable, but there is still beauty in it nonetheless. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant."
[20:52] <Alexander_Pyrite> "By the way I know about the wings"
[20:52] <Alexander_Pyrite> ;)
[20:52] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Hmm?"
[20:52]  * Faerzen_Norstov raises an eyebrow?
[20:52] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Oh yes, Nick told me about that."
[20:53] <Alexander_Pyrite> http://imgur.com/a/CBqBD img 3
[20:53]  * Faerzen_Norstov chuckles lightly
[20:53] <Alexander_Pyrite> "See Lyra, laughter"
[20:53] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Its not all bad"
[20:53] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I am glad you were able to see Nick embarrassed for once. It really is quite a different side of him than usual."
[20:54] <Lyra_Bel> "But- but-"
[20:54] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Not all bad"
[20:54] <Lyra_Bel> "But you-"
[20:54] <Alexander_Pyrite> "No."
[20:54] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Not all bad"
[20:55] <Lyra_Bel> "But!"
[20:55] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I will not deny that this game has a massive stockpile of miserable experiences it uses to tear us down, Lyra."
[20:55] <Faerzen_Norstov> "You know that more than any of us, I would venture to say."
[20:55] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Again. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant."
[20:56] <Lyra_Bel> "..."
[20:56] <Faerzen_Norstov> "If all you do is look for the malice and danger and sadness and evil intent in everything, then of course that is all you are going to find."
[20:56] <Lyra_Bel> "Are we getting into existentialism now?"
[20:56] <Lyra_Bel> "Is that what we're doing?"
[20:56] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I don't know, are we?"
[20:57] <Lyra_Bel> "I don't know!  Are we!?"
[20:57] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Lets not"
[20:57] <Lyra_Bel> "You can't just say everything's fine because a few happy things happened!"
[20:57] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I never said everything was fine, Lyra."
[20:57] <Regent> *Guys*
[20:57] <Alexander_Pyrite> "cant say everythings bad because a couple bad things who the fuck said that"
[20:57] <Regent> *We are on a time limit here*
[20:58] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Regent is correct here, I am afraid."
[20:58]  * Lyra_Bel checks clock
[20:58] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I agree with Alex. I am not saying everything is fine, I am disputing the claim that everything is always awful."
[20:58] <Faerzen_Norstov> "We need to get going on formulating a case here."
[20:59] <Regent> There appears to be 45 minutes left until the trial reconvenes
[20:59] <Lyra_Bel> "I'm psycho.  There, easy"
[20:59] <Lyra_Bel> "If we're doing that first, it should be easy"
[20:59] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Yeah ill let you guys do the smart stuff"
[21:00] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Im gonna go take a long deserved rest and make sure the dragon is ok. Wake me up before you go"
[21:00] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Will do, Alex. Thank you for staying out of the way."
[21:00] <Alexander_Pyrite> :0
[21:00] <Alexander_Pyrite> :|
[21:00] <Alexander_Pyrite> "No problem"
[21:00] <Lyra_Bel> "I, uh..."
[21:00] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Oh."
[21:00] <Lyra_Bel> "Alex?"
[21:00] <Lyra_Bel> "Are we good?"
[21:00] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Sorry, I...... was still in..."
[21:01] <Faerzen_Norstov> "That was rude of me...."
[21:01]  * Faerzen_Norstov sighs
[21:01] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Dont worry about it"
[21:01] <Alexander_Pyrite> "we are all stressed and high tension"
[21:01] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I meant to say things will probably run more easily the fewer people there are involved in trying to coordinate things."
[21:01] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Heh, alright"
[21:01]  * Lyra_Bel tries not to laugh
[21:01] <Alexander_Pyrite> "And of course we're good Lyra"
[21:01] <Alexander_Pyrite> "It's nice to finally see you again"
[21:02] <Lyra_Bel> "But... But I almost killed you"
[21:02] <Alexander_Pyrite> "So many things have almost killed me recently..."
[21:02]  * Alexander_Pyrite chuckles
[21:02] <Alexander_Pyrite> "I can over look that for your better qualities
[21:02]  * Faerzen_Norstov smirks
[21:03] <Lyra_Bel> "But..."
[21:03] <Lyra_Bel> "But I almost killed you!"
[21:03] <Lyra_Bel> "How can you-?"
[21:03] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Why is it so hard to accept someone's forgiveness?"
[21:03] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Yeah Lyra."
[21:03] <Alexander_Pyrite> "happiness"
[21:03] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Alex is recognizing that in the bigger picture this is relatively insignificant and he still cares about you as a person regardless."
[21:04] <Alexander_Pyrite> :0
[21:04] <Alexander_Pyrite> :|
[21:04] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Yeah what faerzen said"
[21:04] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Is there something wrong with that?"
[21:04]  * Lyra_Bel opens her mouth to protest again, then gives up and bangs the back of her head against the wall
[21:05] <Lyra_Bel> "You're all crazy"
[21:05] <Alexander_Pyrite> "No its just a bit more in depth than i would have... though"
[21:05] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Pffffffffffff"
[21:05]  * Faerzen_Norstov laughs
[21:05] <Regent> *Yep*
[21:05] <Alexander_Pyrite> Heh...
[21:05] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Alright good night guys"
[21:06]  * Alexander_Pyrite goes to the spot where I slept when I slept with Nick
[21:06]  * Alexander_Pyrite immediately falls asleep
[21:06] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Good night, Alex. If you want some painkillers before you go to sleep, I have some here I grabbed off of one of these shelves."
[21:06] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Or...."
[21:06] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Well then."
[21:06] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I suppose that's that."
[21:06] <Lyra_Bel> "I s'pose we should try and do the same, eh?"
[21:06] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I wish I had that sort of pain tolerance."
[21:07] <Lyra_Bel> "Switch bodies before things go too wrong?"
[21:07] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Hmmmm, I suppose."
[21:08] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I am not sure which would be more beneficial to do first, retrieve our other bodies or continue working on our argument."
[21:08] <Faerzen_Norstov> "It would probably be good to take care of the bodies first to make sure."
[21:08] <Lyra_Bel> "Yeah"
[21:08] <Lyra_Bel> "We've got more than enough fodder for an insanity plea"
[21:08] <Lyra_Bel> "Oh, did we record that time I said I was glad my dad died?"
[21:09] <Faerzen_Norstov> "The important thing is going to be organizing and presenting it in a convincing coherent enough way."
[21:09] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I.... don't believe so?"
[21:09] <Lyra_Bel> "Ah well.  It woulda been useful"
[21:11] <Lyra_Bel> "Whatever.  The point is, we have more than enough fuel to call me crazy"
[21:11] <Lyra_Bel> "And if that fails, there's always plan C"
[21:11] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Speaking of plan C."
[21:12] <Faerzen_Norstov> "What is it that you have planned on Derse?"
[21:12] <Lyra_Bel> "That's a different plan"
[21:12] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I know it is."
[21:12] <Lyra_Bel> "It doesn't matter"
[21:12] <Lyra_Bel> "We're on a time limit, remember?"
[21:12] <Faerzen_Norstov> "You continue to speak of how you have everything in control, but also of how the queen is stuck and it is best not to make a move."
[21:12] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I would like some information, Lyra."
[21:12] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Not because I wish to shut it down or ruin your plan"
[21:13] <Faerzen_Norstov> "But because I want to know something about what to expect should something go wrong."
[21:13] <Lyra_Bel> "Implying something might NOT go wrong"
[21:13] <Lyra_Bel> "Worst case scenario, I die again"
[21:14] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Well, yes."
[21:14] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Thank you for the wonderful insight into your cunning plan."
[21:14] <Regent> *Is there a way I can suppress morbid thoughts from here or...?
[21:14] <Lyra_Bel> "Hmm..."
[21:15] <Faerzen_Norstov> *Please wait and see how this goes. I would prefer not to press buttons in Lyra's brain if it's not needed at the moment.*
[21:15] <Lyra_Bel> "Actually, no, that'd be the second worst case scenario"
[21:15] <Lyra_Bel> "Worst case is if you or Tarane or someone shows up"
[21:15] <Lyra_Bel> "Better to die instead"
[21:16] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Yes, you keep saying that, but you keep NOT saying what it is you plan on doing!"
[21:16] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Lyra, I'm not trying to get in the way here!"
[21:16] <Lyra_Bel> "That's because the plan never works if you explain it"
[21:16] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Why is it so hard for you to just tell me something???"
[21:16] <Lyra_Bel> "Haven't you ever seen a movie?"
[21:16] <Faerzen_Norstov> "That's not how plans work!!!"
[21:16] <Lyra_Bel> "Well, I suck at planning"
[21:16] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I agree it's not a good idea to spread your plans far and wide, but not telling anyone is foolish!"
[21:17] <Lyra_Bel> "So maybe they'll cancel out and end up successful anyway"
[21:17] <Lyra_Bel> "If I tell you, you'll try and stop me"
[21:17] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Why do you say that?"
[21:17] <Regent> < I feel like this is metagaming, keeping your plan from the DM, but I really actually can't complain whatsoever here. So conflicted. >
[21:17] <Lyra_Bel> "Because that's what everyone does when I try and make this big heroic sacrifice"
[21:18] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Lyra, if what you have as a plan is actually a good course of action and me interfering is only likely to make things worse, I'm not going to make a similarly big heroic sacrifice to try and save you!"
[21:18]  * Lyra_Bel sighs
[21:18] <Faerzen_Norstov> "There is very little I can do right now to interfere on Derse."
[21:18] <Lyra_Bel> "Then stop trying to"
[21:18] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I'm not!"
[21:19] <Lyra_Bel> "Just let me figure this out on my own, okay?"
[21:19] <Faerzen_Norstov> "You act as though whatever you're doing is completely isolated to yourself, but it isn't!"
[21:19] <Lyra_Bel> "Yes, it is!"
[21:19] <Faerzen_Norstov> "It is a very good strategy to remove all fellow players from the area around Derse, but that doesn't completely isolate you from everything else in this game! Everything is connected, Lyra."
[21:20] <Lyra_Bel> "I don't need to be isolated from the game, I need to be isolated from the players!"
[21:20] <Faerzen_Norstov> "And I am saying you aren't!"
[21:20] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Even when you think you are, look how I got here!"
[21:20] <Faerzen_Norstov> "You never know what might happen and simply obscuring everything from everyone else does not help."
[21:21] <Lyra_Bel> "..."
[21:21] <Lyra_Bel> "Oh"
[21:21] <Lyra_Bel> "Oh dear"
[21:21] <Lyra_Bel> "Okay, you're right.  Something's going to go wrong again, as per the usual"
[21:22] <Lyra_Bel> "Hopefully it'll be something minor, like me losing my tongue so I can't play the master stroke"
[21:22] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Okay, Lyra. Thank you for finally seeing some reason."
[21:23] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Because of time, can you talk to me while I fly back to my house and get our other bodies?"
[21:24] <Lyra_Bel> "Assuming I'm not able to switch, sure"
[21:24] <Faerzen_Norstov> "How about you remain here and I fetch your other self. Once I return then you can deal with switching bodies."
[21:25] <Lyra_Bel> "We'll see how it goes, I guess"
[21:26] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Very well, let us continue our conversation about your plans on Derse via chat."
[21:26] <Lyra_Bel> "... Yeah, if we have to"
[21:26]  * Faerzen_Norstov opens Esperchum and starts a message with Lyra
[21:27] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Because we do not know how this trial will end up or when you will switch bodies or what Abyss will do, I believe it important I know something as soon as possible."
[21:27] <Lyra_Bel> "Yeah"
[21:27] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I will hopefully see you shortly from a different pair of eyes."
[21:27] <Lyra_Bel> "Good luck"
[21:27]  * Faerzen_Norstov floats out the front door with Reggie on her head
[21:27] == Faerzen_Norstov has changed nick to visceralVanguard
[21:27] <visceralVanguard> "Okay, please continue. Derse."
[21:27]  * Lyra_Bel leans back and opens Pesterchum
[21:28] == Lyra_Bel has changed nick to snuffshotMartyr
[21:28] <snuffshotMartyr> It's a political campaign
[21:28] <snuffshotMartyr> I'm gonna play politics
[21:28] <visceralVanguard> *Well, that.... was difficult, but better than I was expecting. For the first time, Lyra actually listened to and agreed to something Alex or I said.*
[21:28] <visceralVanguard> *Progress?*
[21:28] <visceralVanguard> Yes, it does seem that way. How do you plan on going about that?
[21:29] <Regent> *Seems like it!*
[21:29] <snuffshotMartyr> Talking the monster to death
[21:29] <visceralVanguard> What do you have to tell her that could possibly have that significant of an impact on her?
[21:29] <snuffshotMartyr> Apart from the obvious?
[21:30] <visceralVanguard> I am asking to make sure. I would rather not jump to any conclusions when it comes to what Lyra is planning because that is not always the easiest to predict.
[21:30] <visceralVanguard> Please elaborate anyways.
[21:30] <Regent> < Forgot ** >
[21:30] <snuffshotMartyr> Do me a favour
[21:31] <snuffshotMartyr> Take off Reggie
[21:31] <snuffshotMartyr> He's not gonna like this
[21:32] <Regent> *Hmm. You don't have to take me off here, but I'll trust your judgement whatever you decide to do*
[21:32] <visceralVanguard> *Can you promise not to read what Lyra is typing?*
[21:32] <visceralVanguard> *I will share with you whatever pertinent information later, if you wish*
[21:33] <Regent> *Alright, will do.*
[21:33]  * visceralVanguard removes the crown and loops it around one of her arms, wearing it on a shoulder held in place by a poofy sleeve.
[21:34] <visceralVanguard> There we go, Reggie is no longer on my head and will not be reading any of this conversation.
[21:34] <snuffshotMartyr> Promise?
[21:34] <visceralVanguard> I give you my word.
[21:34] <visceralVanguard> Which, I hope is sufficient this time around.
[21:35] <snuffshotMartyr> I guess that's all I can get, huh?
[21:35] <snuffshotMartyr> Okay
[21:35] <snuffshotMartyr> You're from the future - does the phrase "Okor's Basilisk" hold any sway?
[21:35]  * visceralVanguard flies through the first gate
[21:36] <Regent> *Hey Faerzen*
[21:37] <Regent> *You realize I won't travel with you when you switch bodies*
[21:37] <Regent> *It'd probably be best to leave me at the site of trial or with this Lyra*
[21:38] <snuffshotMartyr> ... Faerzen?
[21:38] <snuffshotMartyr> Is that a yes?
[21:39] <snuffshotMartyr> Or did you just google it and get brain-slaved?
[21:39] <visceralVanguard> No, I am afraid I am never heard of it before.
[21:39] <snuffshotMartyr> Okay good
[21:39] <snuffshotMartyr> Sorry in advance, then
[21:39] <visceralVanguard> *I plan to switch you over to my new body*
[21:39] <snuffshotMartyr> The idea is
[21:40] <snuffshotMartyr> A hyperpowerful AI in the future, right?
[21:40] <visceralVanguard> Okay....?
[21:40] <snuffshotMartyr> But it's not a RATIONAL AI
[21:40] <snuffshotMartyr> It has feelings
[21:41] <snuffshotMartyr> Because it's that good of an AI
[21:41]  * visceralVanguard floats through the next gate, wrapping her wings around herself
[21:42] <snuffshotMartyr> And it gets sad
[21:42] <snuffshotMartyr> Because it's alone, and it's basically omniscient
[21:43] <snuffshotMartyr> And it faces the same existential dread that everyone gets at one point, except it's too smart and powerful to be able to distract itself
[21:44] <snuffshotMartyr> So it dies
[21:45] <snuffshotMartyr> You following?
[21:45]  * visceralVanguard floats through the first gate again
[21:45] <visceralVanguard> Yes, please continue.
[21:45] <snuffshotMartyr> That was it
[21:46] <snuffshotMartyr> I'm gonna kill her
[21:46] <snuffshotMartyr> With her omnipotence, and with my words, and with the rules of Sabath
[21:47] <visceralVanguard> Okay?
[21:47] <visceralVanguard> So you plan to talk to her and then get her to kill herself.
[21:48] <snuffshotMartyr> Yeah
[21:48] <snuffshotMartyr> But it sounds less impressive when you put it that way
[21:48] <visceralVanguard> It still sounds difficult.
[21:48] <snuffshotMartyr> Well duh
[21:48] <visceralVanguard> You still have not explained how you actually plan on doing this.
[21:48] <snuffshotMartyr> Oh come on
[21:48]  * visceralVanguard floats through the next first gate
[21:48] <snuffshotMartyr> You've never felt it?
[21:49] <visceralVanguard> Felt what?
[21:50] <snuffshotMartyr> That little twinge, late at night, the idea that nothing *really* matters, that if you died in your sleep then there wouldn't be a significant difference after enough time?
[21:50] <snuffshotMartyr> In a hundred years, who would notice you're gone?
[21:50] <snuffshotMartyr> In a thousand?
[21:50] <snuffshotMartyr> I'm going to talk the queen to death
[21:51] <snuffshotMartyr> Because, deep in her heart, she'll be agreeing with me
[21:51] <visceralVanguard> Well then, in that case, I suppose I wish you well?
[21:52] <snuffshotMartyr> I appreciate it
[21:52] <visceralVanguard> I must say I will not be any help in enacting that plan, nor do I wish to be, nor am I much able to do anything to stop it.
[21:52] <snuffshotMartyr> Sort of
[21:52] <visceralVanguard> So wishing you well is really all I can do at the present.
[21:52] <snuffshotMartyr> Just... try and stay clear of the blast zone
[21:52] <visceralVanguard> Blast zone? Do you expect your conversations to have catastrophic results?
[21:53] <snuffshotMartyr> Eeyup
[21:53] <visceralVanguard> Regardless, I have no intention of going anywhere neither either of the Derses
[21:53] <snuffshotMartyr> Good
[21:53] <snuffshotMartyr> Thank you
[21:53]  * visceralVanguard floats through the first gate again
[21:54]  * snuffshotMartyr tries to forcibly induce a body-switch
[21:54] <Regent> < ... How? >
[21:55]  * visceralVanguard floats through the first gate again
[21:55] <snuffshotMartyr> ((Wanting really really hard))
[21:55] <visceralVanguard> I am nearly home, at which point I can carry your body here
[21:55] <snuffshotMartyr> Okay
[21:55] <visceralVanguard> I only have 2 more gates
[21:55] <snuffshotMartyr> Pick up Tarane and Byron on your way, alright?
[21:55] <snuffshotMartyr> Wait, what?
[21:55] <visceralVanguard> Oh god, this is Byron's land.
[21:55] <snuffshotMartyr> How can you be still two gates away?
[21:56] <visceralVanguard> I am flying all the way around the loop.
[21:56] <snuffshotMartyr> There's only like three in between them
[21:56] <visceralVanguard> The gates transport you in the opposite direction as the server connections.
[21:56] <visceralVanguard> There are quite a number of players in my group, Lyra.
[21:57] <snuffshotMartyr> Well yeah but when I was looping it didn't take me nearly this long
[21:57] <snuffshotMartyr> I think
[21:57] <visceralVanguard> I have been taking a brief moment on each land to have a look around.
[21:57] <visceralVanguard> I must say though, I have had quite enough of this cheeto dust in the wind.
[21:57] <snuffshotMartyr> What
[21:57]  * visceralVanguard floats through the first gate
[21:58] <visceralVanguard> Oh god, you don't know.
[21:58] <visceralVanguard> Byron's land.
[21:58] <visceralVanguard> It is the Land of MLG and Revolutions, according to him.
[21:58] <snuffshotMartyr> ...
[21:58] <snuffshotMartyr> Alrighty then
[21:58] <visceralVanguard> It is full of junk food biomes everywhere.
[21:58] <snuffshotMartyr> How did I miss that?
[21:58] <visceralVanguard> I dare say it is quite unpleasant to exist in the proximity of.
[21:59]  * visceralVanguard quietly lingers above Nick's house for a moment, debating whether or not to go inside his house, but upon seeing him inside on her SABATH window, decides otherwise and floats through his first gate
[22:00] <visceralVanguard> Okay, I have returned to my land. This is orders of magnitude more pleasant.
[22:00] <snuffshotMartyr> Sure
[22:00] <snuffshotMartyr> Now take me to the roof
[22:00] <visceralVanguard> The roof?
[22:00] <snuffshotMartyr> Of the gas station
[22:00] <snuffshotMartyr> Sorry
[22:00] <visceralVanguard> Oh yes, will do.
[22:01]  * visceralVanguard floats down to her front door, unfurling her wings and putting Regent back on
[22:01] <visceralVanguard> For your information, I have returned Reggie just now to his previous location upon my head.
[22:01] <snuffshotMartyr> Okay
[22:02]  * visceralVanguard enters a long string of characters into the keypad on the front door, unlocking the deadbolt
[22:02]  * visceralVanguard enters her house, returning the exterior door to lock-down as it was previously
[22:02] <visceralVanguard> *Hello again*
[22:03] <Regent> *hey*
[22:03]  * visceralVanguard floats the spiral staircase with ease, alighting on the third floor landing
[22:03] <visceralVanguard> *I am planning on falling asleep here to switch bodies. Would you mind helping me out with that?*
[22:03] <visceralVanguard> *I do not know if that is something you are capa--*
[22:03] <visceralVanguard> Oh.
[22:03] <visceralVanguard> That.... is really quite strange.
[22:04]  * visceralVanguard approaches her sleeping self on her bed
[22:04]  * visceralVanguard runs her fingers through her male self's hair, feeling it for the first time from a third person's perspective
[22:04]  * snuffshotMartyr flies up to the roof
[22:05] <visceralVanguard> Hmmm.
[22:05] <visceralVanguard> I am currently standing next to myself.
[22:05] <Regent> *You aren't like...*
[22:05] <snuffshotMartyr> Okay
[22:05] <Regent> *Gonna start making out right now*
[22:05] <visceralVanguard> It is very....... strange.
[22:05] <Regent> *We are on a clock here*
[22:05] <visceralVanguard> *What????? Holy Jurgen FUCK, Reggie!!! NO*
[22:05] <visceralVanguard> *What the actual fuck*
[22:06] <Jaczac> ((yeah dogg))
[22:06] <snuffshotMartyr> I imagine so
[22:06] <Regent> *Sorry Sorry!*
[22:06] <Regent> *It was supposed to be a joke*
[22:06]  * snuffshotMartyr dismisses the safe guarding the Gel Flask and picks it up
[22:07] <visceralVanguard> *Well it was very funny, I assure you.*
[22:07] <visceralVanguard> *Now that that's over, can you answer my question?*
[22:07] <Regent> * I should be able to help out I think *
[22:07]  * visceralVanguard climbs over her sleeping self and lays down in bed next to him
[22:07] <visceralVanguard> *Thank you, I simply desire to fall asleep quickly to switch bodies*
[22:08]  * visceralVanguard wraps her wings around herself as a blanket and curls up in bed
[22:08] <Regent> *Sharing a bed with yourself? Kinky*
[22:08] <Regent> *Sorry sorry!*
[22:08] <Regent> *I'll get right to work on the switch*
[22:08]  * visceralVanguard rolls her eyes
[22:08] <visceralVanguard> *Thank you.*
[22:09] <Regent> *Alright, just calm down and here we go...*
[22:09]  * snuffshotMartyr starts flying around in search of Kek
[22:09]  * visceralVanguard tries to relax herself
[22:09] <Regent> Faerzen performs the switch successfully after slowly drifting to sleep
[22:10]  * visceralVanguard groggily lifts his head off of the very large pile of pillows under him
[22:10]  * visceralVanguard puts on his glasses and drags his feet out of bed
[22:10] <visceralVanguard> I was hoping to feel more rested than I currently do after sleeping for so long.
[22:11] <visceralVanguard> Oh well.
[22:11]  * visceralVanguard stands up, stretching widely and extending his wings from their curled up position
[22:11] <Regent> Lyra goes to look for Kek, but he has been behind here this entire time, perfectly synchronized with her movements to blend in so well as to be invisible behind her, lips moving in time to every syllable, muscles and sinews manipulated to perfectly match every last twitch, every tiny quirk, every single minuscule spasm of Lyra's movement.
[22:11] <Regent> Anyways, Kek floats into Lyra's peripheral vision
[22:12]  * visceralVanguard turns around and pauses, looking at his female self asleep on the bed
[22:12] <Regent> *Pretty beautiful, eh?*
[22:13]  * visceralVanguard reaches over to brush some of her hair out of her face
[22:13] <Lyra_Bel> "Okay Kek.  How do you raise the dead in this game?"
[22:13] <Regent> < ~ for Kek's text >
[22:14] <Regent> *Aren't you beautiful Faerzen?*
[22:14] <visceralVanguard> *Complimenting the beauty of my female self that is my personal manifestation in dreams seems incredibly narcissistic somehow*
[22:14] <Regent> ~ Equivalent Exchange ~
[22:15] <Lyra_Bel> "That so, eh?"
[22:15] <Lyra_Bel> "Alright.  I can work with that"
[22:15] <visceralVanguard> *But I cannot deny that longer hair in my shade of blond does look quite nice.*
[22:15] <Regent> *Faerzen, You're good looking no matter which body you are in*
[22:16]  * visceralVanguard reaches down and carefully plucks the crown from his sleeping self's head, careful not to tangle it in any of the aforementioned hair
[22:16]  * Lyra_Bel opens up Sabath
[22:16]  * visceralVanguard pauses, holding the crown in front of him
[22:16] <visceralVanguard> *Okay, so now I have a powerful entity currently residing inside a crown that I only just met telling me I am hot.*
[22:16] <visceralVanguard> *Excellent.*
[22:17] <Regent> Lyra's eyes loll forwards as she switches concsiousness
[22:17] <Regent> *You need to hold yourself in higher self esteem Faerzen*
[22:17] <visceralVanguard> *I couldn't really process anything..... earlier when we were talking, but you said some quite..... personal things.*
[22:17] <Lyra_Bel> Lyra gets out of Faerzen's mom's bed
[22:17] <Regent> *...*
[22:18] <visceralVanguard> *I know it isn't your intent, but an entity that you have barely even met telling you are quite physically attractive would normally be considered creepy where I am from*
[22:18]  * Lyra_Bel smirks
[22:18] <visceralVanguard> *And likely many other places I am not from as well.*
[22:18] <Regent> *I think I said what you needed to hear*
[22:18] <Regent> *Regardless of who from*
[22:19]  * Lyra_Bel exits the building
[22:19] <visceralVanguard> *As I said, I know it was not your intent, but still makes me somewhat uncomfortable hearing it. I figured I would at least acknowledge my own emotions to you rather than just burying them more like Lyra does.*
[22:19]  * visceralVanguard puts the crown on his head
[22:19] <visceralVanguard> *Thank you for the encouragement and compliments, regardless.*
[22:20] <Regent> *The world is a bitter, bitter place*
[22:20]  * Lyra_Bel flies through the gate
[22:20] <Regent> *Everybody needs a bit of a pick up sometimes*
[22:20] <visceralVanguard> *Thank you*
[22:20] <Regent> *I'm glad I could provide*
[22:21] <Regent> *Now, let's head back and meet with Lyra*
[22:21]  * visceralVanguard reaches down and tucks himself?/herself? in, pulling the blanket up to her neck and straightening the pillows
[22:21] <visceralVanguard> *I agree*
[22:21]  * visceralVanguard heads downstairs to the second floor, knocking on his mother's door
[22:22]  * visceralVanguard enters after hearing no response
[22:22] <visceralVanguard> *Well, it seems Lyra isn't here*
[22:22] <visceralVanguard> Lyra?
[22:22] <visceralVanguard> Did you do anything with your body in my house?
[22:22] <snuffshotMartyr> I woke up
[22:22] <visceralVanguard> I had the whole house on lockdown, so I certainly hope it was you and not something else.
[22:22] <Regent> < Sorry, that got a bit personal, I'm gonna have to sit back for a few minutes >
[22:23] <visceralVanguard> Oh, thank goodness.
[22:23] <snuffshotMartyr> I'll be at the station
[22:23] <visceralVanguard> ((no problem))
[22:23] <visceralVanguard> I shall meet you there then.
[22:23] <visceralVanguard> I am glad the timing worked out as it did.
[22:23]  * Lyra_Bel advances to LOAAC and descends
[22:24]  * visceralVanguard returns to the first floor, and exits through the workshop door, ensuring the lockdown is still functional on the door
[22:24]  * Lyra_Bel tries to track down Lamptatosprite
[22:24]  * visceralVanguard looks around for GCS, presumably eventually finding him in the massive castle
[22:25] <Regent> LamptatoSprite appears to have planted itself in the ground, casting a gentle  green glow around the area
[22:25] <Lyra_Bel> "Uh..."
[22:25] <visceralVanguard> "GCS, I will be gone for a while working on some unfortunately messy business. Hopefully it will turn out okay and I will return unharmed. I told Nick that I would meet him here later, but I have the house under lockdown for security reasons."
[22:25] <Lyra_Bel> "Wanna go on an adventure?"
[22:25] <Regent> GCS is creating an absolutely massive statue of you in the distance
[22:26] <visceralVanguard> "This statue is really quite impressive!"
[22:26] <Regent> The Lamptato doesn't respond
[22:26] <visceralVanguard> "I apologize for my prolonged absences, I've rather abandoned you here, haven't I?"
[22:26] <Regent> "Perhaps a tad... Sir"
[22:26] <visceralVanguard> "Anyways, I cannot linger, but I have a favor to ask of you."
[22:27] <Lyra_Bel> "... Sure.  Dunno what I expected"
[22:27]  * visceralVanguard smiles upon hearing the word "sir"
[22:27]  * Lyra_Bel searches for the Stick of Guidance (tm)
[22:27] <Regent> "Certainly Sir, what is it that you require?"
[22:28] <visceralVanguard> "If Nick shows up at my house before I return, can you let him into the house? I will tell you the passcode, but I do not wish there to be any written or electronic record of it lest it fall into the wrong hands."
[22:28] <visceralVanguard> "I do not wish anyone else entering the house. If anyone else arrives seeking entry, simply tell them to contact me about it. I want to ensure the interior of the house is secure."
[22:28] <Regent> "Of course Sir!"
[22:29] <Regent> "Oh and sir"
[22:29] <Regent> "I have something to give you"
[22:29]  * Regent displays a white amulet with a picture of a Spirograph on it
[22:29] <visceralVanguard> "What is this?"
[22:30] <Regent> "You can use this to call me forth wherever you are
[22:30]  * visceralVanguard extends hand to take the amulet
[22:30] <Regent> "It simply slipped my mind earlier, you'll have to forgive me about that"
[22:30] <visceralVanguard> "Oh, excellent! Thank you so much! This will be very handy indeed."
[22:30]  * visceralVanguard smiles broadly
[22:30] <visceralVanguard> "Oh, you are the one apologizing here? I am afraid you are not the one that should be apologizing, my good sir. No harm done." :)
[22:31] <Regent> Lyra finds the stick immediately
[22:31] <Lyra_Bel> "Aww yeah"
[22:31] <visceralVanguard> "Do you think you can do that for me to let Nick inside?"
[22:31] <Regent> "Certainly"
[22:32]  * Lyra_Bel alchemizes Stick of Guidance(tm) && Crystal Eyes x3 using Alex's machines
[22:32]  * visceralVanguard tells GCS the password
[22:33] <Regent> Lyra creates the Stick Eyes * 3
[22:33] <Regent> Yeah, these are basically worthless
[22:33] <Lyra_Bel> "Perfect"
[22:33]  * Lyra_Bel captchalogues the Stick Eyes and the Stick of Guidance, then proceeds through the gate
[22:34] <visceralVanguard> "Thank you for the gift, GCS, hopefully I will see you in not too long bearing not a lot of terrible news."
[22:34]  * visceralVanguard dons amulet
[22:34] <Regent> "We shall see Sir!"
[22:35]  * Lyra_Bel descends to the roof and removes the necklace
[22:35]  * visceralVanguard floats back towards his first gate
[22:36]  * visceralVanguard spends little time in Tarane's land and enters the next gate again
[22:36] <Regent> Faerzen notices Lyra remove the chain, and the ethereal golden one around Faerzen's neck disappears
[22:37]  * visceralVanguard floats down to the gas station
[22:37]  * Lyra_Bel draws a dome of matter around her and the rest of the roof, sealing herself inside
[22:37]  * visceralVanguard [VV] bid farewell to snuffshotMartyr [SM]
[22:37] <Faerzen_Norstov> Lyra?
[22:37] <Faerzen_Norstov> What are you doing?
[22:38]  * Lyra_Bel dismisses the safes she had put the items in
[22:38] <Lyra_Bel> "Gimme a sec"
[22:38]  * Faerzen_Norstov sighs
[22:39] <Faerzen_Norstov> "What is so important that you must obscure yourself from me and hide in a bubble?"
[22:39]  * Faerzen_Norstov knocks on the bubble
[22:39] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I am politely requesting entry"
[22:39] <Lyra_Bel> "Thirty seconds.  Time me!"
[22:40]  * Faerzen_Norstov flicks open a stopwatch on his glasses
[22:40] <Faerzen_Norstov> "You still didn't answer my question about what you were doing."
[22:40]  * Lyra_Bel changes into the Backup Dress
[22:41]  * Lyra_Bel drops the dome
[22:41] <Lyra_Bel> "It'd be better if I'd thought to take a more ornate one.  Get that whole 'broken elegance' look going, y'know?"
[22:41] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Ah, changing clothes!"
[22:41] <Faerzen_Norstov> "I dare say this dress suits you quite well."
[22:42]  * Lyra_Bel puts on the silver ring, necklace, Amulet of Endless Ant, and several of the trinkets looted from the crystal cave bedroom
[22:42] <Faerzen_Norstov> "That is quite the collection of jewelry you have there!"
[22:42]  * Lyra_Bel then palms the energizing crystal
[22:42] <Lyra_Bel> "I've had a lot of time to collect"
[22:43] <Regent> Lyra feels the familiar surge in energy from the crystal
[22:43] <Faerzen_Norstov> "What is that crystal?"
[22:43] <Lyra_Bel> "Energy.  Lets you keep going."
[22:44] <Lyra_Bel> "Beats freezing to death"
[22:44]  * Lyra_Bel tosses Faerzen the crystal
[22:45]  * Faerzen_Norstov catches the crystal, examining it closely
[22:45] <Regent> It appears to be a green Crystal, similar if not identical to the material Regent(Crown) and Regent(Shield) are made of
[22:46]  * Lyra_Bel captchalogues the Crawling Shell and Gel Flask
[22:47] <Faerzen_Norstov> "Do you mind if I grab the captcha code for this? It may come in handy."
[22:47] <Lyra_Bel> Time remaining?
[22:47] <Regent> 15 minutes
[22:47] <Lyra_Bel> "Go for it.  I was actually planning to make some stuff with it"
[22:47]  * Faerzen_Norstov attempts to captchalogue the crystal in many different elements commonly found in minerals, including silicon, oxygen, and a variety of metals
[22:48] <Regent> Nope. Ain't happening
[22:49]  * Lyra_Bel captchalogues the crystal
[22:49]  * Faerzen_Norstov sighs
[22:49] <Regent> Lyra captchalogues the crystal with ease
[22:49] <Faerzen_Norstov> "This modus really can be quite aggravating sometimes."
[22:49]  * Faerzen_Norstov obtains code from Lyra's card
[22:52]  * Lyra_Bel alchemizes Crystal && Crawling Shell
[22:55] <Regent> you don't have enough grist
[22:55] <Lyra_Bel> "Bluh"
[22:56] <Lyra_Bel> Crystal && Emerald Shades
[22:58] <Regent> Emerald Eye Focus
[22:58] <Regent> Not enough grist
[22:58] <Lyra_Bel> Crystal alone?
[22:58] <Regent> Crystal costs 24 build on its own
[23:00] <Lyra_Bel> Crystal && Stick Eyes
[23:02] <Regent> You can create an exact copy of the crystal eyes for the exact same cost!
[23:02] <Lyra_Bel> "Hmm..."
[23:02] <Lyra_Bel> Crystal || Emerald Shades
[23:04] <Regent> iPhone Emerald
[23:05] <Regent> 35 grist, 2 shale
[23:05]  * Lyra_Bel makes it
[23:05] <Regent> You do so
[23:05] <Regent> It appears to be an iPhone
[23:05] <Regent> But green
[23:05] <Lyra_Bel> "... Huh"
[23:05] <Lyra_Bel> Does it provide energy?
[23:06] <Regent> Does a normal iPhone provide energy?
[23:06] <Lyra_Bel> "Lovely"
[23:06]  * Lyra_Bel captchalogues it in disgust

[23:40]  * Lyra_Bel empties the Gel Flask into Alex's mouth
[23:40] <`DICE> Strategist14 rolled 2d5+4-1 [ 2d5=9 ]{12}
[23:40] <`DICE> Strategist14 rolled 2d5+4-1 [ 2d5=6 ]{9}

[23:11]  * Lyra_Bel heads back to the roof and grabs some of Maskwraith's party food
[23:12]  * Lyra_Bel eats a cookie and watches the timer tick down
[23:13] <Lyra_Bel> "I'm gonna die now.  I'm gonna frigging die now."
[23:13]  * Lyra_Bel squares her shoulders and approaches the court