Atticus and Louise On the Beat!

19:04	GM	jestak first
19:04	Louise	"I apologize for leaving you in a bit of a lurch there."
19:04	GM	"That's...one way to put it."
19:04	GM	"That is you, right?"
19:05	Louise	"It is.  I don't look that different."
19:05	GM	"True."
19:05	GM	"But...that must have been rough."
19:05	GM	"Saving a man's life, then being thrown into lava because of it..."
19:05	Louise	"Yes, it was very painful."
19:05	Louise	"You acquitted yourself well today."
19:06	GM	"Thank you..."
19:06	Louise	"If you like, you are free to stay at my house.  You'll have to stay on the couch, as the guest bedroom has not been construtcted yet."
19:07	GM	"...thank you. Again."
19:08	Louise	"I do not know what you intend to do, but you will always have a place to rest your head."
19:08	Louise	*intend to do now
19:08	GM	"I...I'm not sure either."
19:08	GM	"Except fight."
19:08	GM	"I know I will fight."
19:10	Louise	"And there will be more fighting to be sure."
19:10	Louise	"I will find you a place in the crusades.  I promise."
19:10	GM	"You've...been so kind to me."
19:10	GM	"Even after I tried to kill you."
19:11	GM	"Why?"
19:12	Louise	"You thought that you had nothing left to live for.  Now you do."
19:13	Louise	*Now you know you do
19:14	GM	"...I say it too often, but thank you."
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19:16	Louise	"You are welcome Jestak."
19:17	GM	next is Jesker Helton
19:18	Atticus	"Glad to see you have joined us, Louise."
19:18	GM	"..."
19:18	Louise	"Thank you for the introduction Atticus"
19:19	Atticus	"I suppose we never were properly introduced to Jeskar, were we?"
19:19	GM	"So...you two...."
19:19	GM	"Saved me..."
19:19	Atticus	"Try four, Helton."
19:19	GM	"Right...right..."
19:19	Atticus	"Jestak and Fazij did help."
19:20	GM	"I'm sorry."
19:20	Atticus	"But yes, we did save you."
19:20	GM	"I'm...sorry."
19:20	Atticus	"It is quite alright, I do not know what that demon was possessing you, but it is dead now."
19:21	Louise	"So, why are you so glum?"
19:22	GM	"I..."
19:22		GM sits down, holding his head
19:22	GM	"I..."
19:23	GM	"I'm a disgrace."
19:23		GM tears start welling up in his eyes
19:23	Atticus	"Do you remember what happened while you were being inhabited?"
19:24	GM	"I don't even know when I was inhabited and when I wasn't..."
19:24	GM	"I just know that..."
19:24	GM	"It...."
19:24	GM	"It messed with my head...."
19:24	Louise	"You are not to blame for being targetted by the demon, or for the actions you took under its influence."
19:25	GM	"No, you don't understand."
19:25	Louise	"Describe it then."
19:25	GM	"It didn't possess me at first."
19:25	GM	"It just..."
19:25	GM	"Messed with me."
19:25	GM	"I don't know how to put it..."
19:26	Louise	"This have something to do with it?"
19:26	GM	"I...what?"
19:26		Louise takes copy of The Stag Queen's Bride from haversack and sets on table
19:26	GM	"Oh."
19:26	Louise	"Did it make you think you were the 54th?"
19:26	GM	"Her...her writings."
19:26	GM	"No."
19:26	Louise	"Unneeded?"
19:26	GM	"But it made me think."
19:26	Atticus	"Ah yes, the demon wench's ramblings..."
19:27	GM	"What if all cities were intrinsically evil?"
19:27		GM glares at Atticus
19:27	GM	"She wasn't a wench."
19:27	GM	"Erastil made that tomb for her."
19:27	Atticus	"I will not sugarcoat her insanity."
19:27	GM	"Or so it's said."
19:27		Atticus laughs "Says who? Her mad followers?"
19:27	Louise	"The demon didn't author the text Atticus."
19:28	Atticus	"I know, I was merely mocking her profanity."
19:28	GM	"...."
19:28	Louise	"If that is how you are feeling"
19:29	Louise	"Here is a counter-example."
19:30	Louise	"One of the planes in the Outer Spheres is Axis.  It is above the struggles of good and evil, standing only for law."
19:31	GM	"..."
19:31	Louise	"This plane takes the shape of a giant city.  The perfect city."
19:32	Louise	"If cities were intrinsically evil, then this plane would not be above good and evil."
19:33	GM	"..when you're made to be perfectly lawful, like any outsider, there is no chance of strife."
19:33	GM	"But we are mortal."
19:33	GM	"Fallible."
19:33	GM	"Human."
19:33	Atticus	"Fine, you want a mortal answer for our mortal realm?"
19:33	Atticus	"Where do cities come from?"
19:34	GM	"Families."
19:34	Atticus	"And agriculture."
19:34	Atticus	"Now, your god governs both these things, does he not?"
19:34	Louise	"Smaller settlements."
19:34	GM	"He governs them in-"
19:34	GM	"Yes."
19:35	GM	"Smaller settlements is what he governs."
19:35	GM	"Intimacy."
19:35	GM	"Simplicity."
19:35	Atticus	"If you were to say that cities are evil, you would be saying that the prosperity Erastil provides to us evil. You are rebuking his gifts."
19:35		GM flinches
19:35	Atticus	"Your Fall seems to agree with me on this point."
19:35	GM	"It's not as if I have much to lose at this point."
19:36	Louise	"What you did was not of your own doing, or your fault."
19:36	Louise	"If you ask for atonement, I expect it will readily be given."
19:36	Atticus	"You can be redeemed, as can any man. As you say, outsiders are incapable of strife, while we mortals are fallible."
19:37	Atticus	"However, outsiders are also incapable of another thing. Change."
19:37	Atticus	"We can be swayed, bent and broken, but we can also be fixed and set anew."
19:38	GM	"I..."
19:38	GM	"I would like to come back to the light."
19:38	GM	"But...I've betrayed my faith..."
19:38	GM	"How can Old Deadeye see me again..."
19:38	Atticus	"If you do not believe your faith would welcome you back, why would He?"
19:39	Atticus	"Faith is belief. So believe in your faith."
19:39	GM	"..."
19:39	GM	"...I don't know if I can."
19:39	Louise	"Here are your belongings."
19:39	GM	"But..."
19:39	GM	"I don't know."
19:40	Louise	"And here is money to provide for an atonement."
19:40	Louise	"Try it and see."
19:40	GM	"You."
19:40	GM	"Thank you."
19:40	GM	"But...I'm not sure."
19:40	Atticus	"Enough! Hesitation is for the weak. What happens to the hunter who fails to let loose his arrow? If you wish to regain Erastil's favor, fly straight and true as the shot that fells the deer and never question the hand that released you."
19:41	Atticus	"I have no more words for you."
19:41	GM	"...you're right."
19:41		GM slowly gets up and leaves
19:42	Atticus	"..That went well."
19:42	Louise	"Indeed."
19:43	Atticus	"You must learn to speak to the soul and not the mind with these types, Louise."
19:44	Louise	"I suppose."
19:45	Atticus	"Honeyed lies will always go farther than dry truths... Now then, I must be off, I will prepare to cleanse the forge tomorrow."