[19:32] <Aelanna> Anyways, I just wanted to establish a bit more background since your characters have been working together for a while before the events that are about to unfold
[19:32] <Break> Right.
[19:33] <Aelanna> You three work for a mysterious man who goes by "Three-Eye"
[19:34] <Aelanna> He got this name because in the presence of people he trusts, he wears a headband with a red gem on it.
[19:34] <Aelanna> But otherwise, he is an utterly unremarkable man.
[19:34] <Aelanna> Brown hair, brown eyes, average height and build.
[19:34] <Aelanna> He wouldn't be remarkable at -all- if it weren't for the fact that he has an uncanny ability to know... just about anything
[19:35] <Aelanna> Jacques and Emily have met him in person on many occasions
[19:35] <Aelanna> Morgan hasn't, but has worked through his agents a few times.
[19:35] <Aelanna> He is presumably Erathian, but no one knows whether he's beggar, noble, or in between.
[19:36] <Aelanna> His motives are cloudy, his means even more so, but he pays well and takes care of the people who work for him. About as much as you can ask for in the business of information.
[19:36] <Aelanna> About a month ago, he called the three of you together and informed you that something had been taken from one of his safe houses.
[19:36] <Aelanna> A small chest, the kind you store documents in, was stolen by a team of thieves, and he wanted you to get it back.
[19:37] <Aelanna> From the beginning it was pretty obvious that whoever paid them to do it had some serious horsepower. They had plenty of help, and it was a bitch tracking them down.
[19:37] <Aelanna> You chased a trail of decoys and dead drops across half the major strongholds before finally catching up with them in Aaia, where you ambushed them as they tried to leave the city of Haven For Now on horseback.
[19:38] <Aelanna> They fought hard, but you ended up killing three of them and a fourth got away.
[19:39] <Aelanna> You did recover the chest, though, and your contact in Haven has given you a set of coordinates at sea and instructions to rendezvous with a ship and hand the chest over in three days' time.
15[19:39] <~Doc_Burns> [brb store keep talking i'll only be a minute]
[19:40] <@DrMann> So, now we need to keep hold of the chest, keeping an eye out for baddie number four, and any other allies/help he or she might have.
[19:40] <Aelanna> Mmhmm.
[19:40] <Break> Alright.
[19:40] <Aelanna> You still have no idea who they were working for, only that from the manner of their dress and equipment that they were probably Telmorthian.
[19:41] <Aelanna> Your contact told you that you could probably secure passage from the Diamond Flush. It's resting idle at Haven and the crew is... trustworthy.
[19:42] <@DrMann> What sort of capabilities did they show in the earlier encounters?
[19:42] <Aelanna> Organization and manpower, mainly.
[19:43] <Aelanna> They were very professional, trained, worked well together.
[19:43] <Break> I assume we have the usual request to not look inside?
[19:43] <Aelanna> Aaaactually.... no, Three-Eye didn't specify.
[19:44] <Aelanna> The chest is about 20"x15"x6", flat, very well built, slightly ornate, and locked.
[19:44] <Aelanna> Jacques has some experience in thievery himself. The very reason he was picked to lead your group.
[19:44] <Aelanna> You could probably try to pick the lock if you wanted to.
[19:45] <Break> Any hints of bad magic within?
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[19:46] <Aelanna> You could try to analyze it ;)
[19:46] <Break> :o
15[19:47] <~Doc_Burns> what should we roll?
[19:47] <Break> !sw 1d12 Faith
[19:47] <Nala> Break: I don't understand what you want. :| (Parse Error)
[19:47] <Break> !sw 1d12
[19:47] <Nala> Break: I don't understand what you want. :| (Parse Error)
[19:47] <Break> Mrrr ._.
15[19:47] <~Doc_Burns> remove the 1
[19:47] <@DrMann> !sw d12
[19:47] <Nala> DrMann: d12=4 (4)
[19:47] <Aelanna> yeaaah
[19:47] <Aelanna> i need to fix that, sorry
[19:47] <@DrMann> !sw d6
[19:47] <Nala> DrMann: d6=3 (3)
[19:47] <Aelanna> Nala has issues :<
[19:47] <Break> !sw d6
[19:47] <Nala> Break: d6=2 (2)
[19:47] <@DrMann> !sw d4
[19:47] <Nala> DrMann: d4=6 (4+2)
15[19:47] <~Doc_Burns> aelanna what should I be rollan
[19:47] <@DrMann> !sw d6
[19:47] <Nala> DrMann: d6=3 (3)
[19:47] <Aelanna> either Notice, Investigate, or Faith (for Emily)
15[19:48] <~Doc_Burns> !sw d8 Investigation
[19:48] <Nala> Doc_Burns, Investigation: d8=7 (7)
15[19:48] <~Doc_Burns> !sw d6 Investigation Wild
[19:48] <Nala> Doc_Burns, Investigation Wild: d6=3 (3)
[19:48] <Aelanna> I need to add wildcard rolling to nala too ._.
15[19:48] <~Doc_Burns> !sw d6 notice
[19:48] <Nala> Doc_Burns, notice: d6=5 (5)
15[19:48] <~Doc_Burns> !sw d6 notice wild
[19:48] <Nala> Doc_Burns, notice wild: d6=1 (1)
[19:48] <Aelanna> Break? ^^
[19:49] <Break> I already rolled.
[19:49] <Aelanna> err, right
[19:50] <Aelanna> The chest seems to have magical tracings on it, but it's not a ward.
[19:50] <Aelanna> It has an Erathian craftsman's mark on it, and the enchantment may just be a preservative spell
[19:50] <Aelanna> Which means it's pretty expensive.
[19:50] <@DrMann> And did my lockpicking attempt succeed?
[19:51] <Aelanna> What did you roll?
[19:51] <@DrMann> Six.
[19:52] <Aelanna> Nope. It's not magical, but it's a -damned- well made lock.
[19:52] <@DrMann> Blast.
15[19:52] <~Doc_Burns> Can I roll strength to try and bust the lock>?
[19:53] <@DrMann> No.
[19:53] <Aelanna> That's up to you :U
[19:53] <@DrMann> Jacques promised to deliver the chest back to Three-Eye, and therefore that he shall do.
[19:54] <@DrMann> If he might be able to peak into it at some point...  Well, his employer never said not to.  But to damage it would be a betrayal of that promise.
15[19:55] <~Doc_Burns> Mm.
15[19:55] <~Doc_Burns> Fair point. Just hope there ain't nothin' sinister in there.
[19:55] <Aelanna> Does anyone have any questions real quick? I'ma head home in a sec here :3
[19:56] <Break> None at the moment.
15[19:56] <~Doc_Burns> Hm
15[19:56] <~Doc_Burns> Apart from this job
15[19:56] <~Doc_Burns> Have these characters ever worked together
[19:57] <Aelanna> Jacques and Emily have worked on and off together for Three-Eye for... probably at least 5 or 6 years now.
[19:57] <@DrMann> And always a pleasure, mon ange de l'air.
[19:58] <Aelanna> Three-Eye prefers to work through single agents, but if a job demands special skills, then he'll get people he trusts who have said skills.
[19:58] <Aelanna> When the two of you first met
[19:58] <Aelanna> Jacques tried to hit on Emily
[19:58] <Aelanna> And Emily hit him with about 5000 volts.
[19:58] <Aelanna> After that, you two got along pretty good. :p
[19:59] <Aelanna> Morgan has done a few things for Three-Eye in the back, but mainly was hired recently because of his reputation.
[19:59] <Aelanna> in the past*
[19:59] <@DrMann> I find rubber-soled boots help.
[19:59] <Break> Pffft, voltage doesn't matter.
[19:59] <Break> It's all about current. :3
[19:59] <Aelanna> Current kills, voltage hurts.
15[19:59] <~Doc_Burns> Muwahhaha
15[20:00] <~Doc_Burns> Aelanna
15[20:00] <~Doc_Burns> I'm making up a nickname for Morgan to go with his reputation.
[20:00] <Aelanna> >_>
15[20:00] <~Doc_Burns> Morgan "Black Shuck" Jackson
[20:00] <Aelanna> wat
15[20:00] <~Doc_Burns> :3
15[20:00] <~Doc_Burns> And on that note, dinner.
09[20:00] * ~Doc_Burns awayyyyy
[20:00] <Aelanna> okay, anything else before i leave? :U
15[20:00] <~Doc_Burns> nope
[20:00] <Break> Um.
15[20:00] <~Doc_Burns> this is gonna be fun
15[20:00] <~Doc_Burns> :D
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[20:01] <Break> Get me dinner on the way home? :U
[20:01] <Break> =P
09[20:01] * ~Doc_Burns ^5 aelanna
[20:01] <Aelanna> :U
[20:01] <Aelanna> maaaybe
[20:01] <Aelanna> bbl
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[22:38] <Aelanna> Aha, people are still in here e.e
[22:40] <Break> :3
09[22:40] * Break holds out Admiral.
09[22:40] * Aelanna hugs penguin X3
[22:40] <Break> * Admiral squeaks.
09[22:42] * Aelanna waggle
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[22:42] <Hark> Soz
[22:43] <Break> "Hated that fucking kid."
[22:43] <Hark> [Lemme know when you guys are ready.]
[22:43] <Break> (( Ready. ))
[22:44] <Hark> "So. I'll get down to brass tacks."
[22:44] <Hark> "A. Jacques, we were being watched on the docks."
[22:45] <@DrMann> "So, our break, she was not so clean as we might have hoped."
[22:45] <Hark> "No. B. The crew might be pirates."
[22:45] <Break> "The crew? -This- goddamn crew?"
[22:45] <Hark> "Yep."
[22:46] <@DrMann> "You do not think they have stolen the boat, do you?"
[22:46] <Break> "Son of a -bitch-. We walked right into this."
[22:46] <@DrMann> "Paronez-mois, the ship."
[22:46] <Hark> "Can't tell. They may have, they may not have."
[22:46] <Aelanna> (( But the ship has been in dock for two weeks. And your contact specifically told you to come here. There's no way they could have gotten here before you, could there? ))
[22:46] <Hark> "I've heard tell of a pirate named Amberly, with red hair. But the talk said she had her own crew and ship."
[22:47] <@DrMann> "Hmm.  No, I do not think so.  The contact...  He was watching the ship.  He told me to talk to the crew here."
[22:47] <@DrMann> "He would know if it was stolen.  This is Mister Gully's crew."
[22:47] <Hark> "We should keep a wary eye out just in case. After all, if worse comes to worse..." Morgan smiles. It's unpleasant. "I'm sure I can find someone to pay for their heads."
[22:48] <@DrMann> "Hmm.  We shall take them for who they are, at least for now.  But keep eyes open widely, yes?"
09[22:48] * Break lightly smacks Jacques on the back of the head. "This is why you need to stop and think. It won't end well just because there's tits on the other end."
[22:48] <Aelanna> (( Mind if I advance time on MT? ))
[22:48] <Hark> "Aye. I've run into too many prostitutes in Telmorthian what would fool any man."
[22:48] <Break> Emily stops to consider. "I could check the ship for signs of struggle. Try to corroborate their story."
[22:49] <Hark> "Good. I'll do some prowling of my own."
[22:49] <Aelanna> (( :3 ))
[22:49] <@DrMann> "What else could we have done?  This is the ship we were to take.  Our contact was insistent about that.  And he would have warned me if these were the ones who are following us."
[22:50] <@DrMann> (( Go ahead, Aelanna. ))
[22:50] <Hark> "Oh, I've no doubt old three eyes knew. But if it'd have mattered he would have told us."
[22:50] <@DrMann> "That is my thought as well.  Perhaps we will find trouble with them.  But for now, we wait."
[22:51] <@DrMann> "Keep eyes open, as I said.  If you see signs that there is trouble afoot, we act as we must."
[22:51] <@DrMann> "Until then, let us not forget we have trouble enough outside the ship."
[22:51] <Aelanna> (( If you guys want to do any poking around on the ship, lemme know. :3 ))
[22:53] <Hark> (( I'd figure we roll investigation. ))
[22:53] <Break> (( Going to go incorporeal and stealth around, Big Sis. ))
[22:54] <Aelanna> (( casting roll and stealth then :U ))
[22:55] <Aelanna> Investigate 4?
[22:55] <Aelanna> The ship is in pretty good condition.
[22:55] <Break> !sw d12 Casting
[22:55] <Break> !sw d12
[22:55] <Aelanna> hold on
[22:55] <Break> .....mrrrr ._.
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[22:56] <Aelanna> The Flush has seen some fighting before, but not artillery, and not within the last few months.
[22:56] <Aelanna> !se d6 test
[22:56] <Aelanna> !sw d6 test
[22:56] <Nala> Aelanna, test: d6=2 (2)
[22:56] <Aelanna> ._.
[22:56] <Aelanna> k go ahead
[22:57] <Break> !sw d12 Casting
[22:57] <Nala> Break, Casting: d12=7 (7)
[22:57] <Aelanna> aaand stealth
[22:57] <Break> !sw d6 Casting Wild
[22:57] <Nala> Break, Casting Wild: d6=3 (3)
[22:57] <Break> !sw d6 Stealth
[22:57] <Nala> Break, Stealth: d6=9 (6+3)
[22:57] <Break> !sw d6 Stealth Wild
[22:57] <Nala> Break, Stealth Wild: d6=5 (5)
[22:57] <Aelanna> Emily turns into a breath of wind and passes through each room unseen.
[22:57] <Aelanna> The crew's cabins are, for the most part, clean and well-organized.
[22:58] <Aelanna> There are no signs of a struggle, and the ones that belong to Amberly, Vicks, and Wedge seem to indeed to be theirs.
[22:59] <Aelanna> There's nothing to indicate that they're lying.
[23:00] <Break> For fun, how does each ones' posessions line up with their characters in the book?
[23:01] <Aelanna> Probably pretty boring and unassuming :U
[23:01] <Aelanna> Benjy took most of his stuff with him
[23:01] <Aelanna> Hark probably has a few books with eyebrow-raising titles
[23:01] <Aelanna> Isabel's room has a few clothes, but nothing nearly as racey as they describe her wearing.
[23:02] <Aelanna> (and she doesn't seem nearly as well-endowed as they say she is)
[23:03] <Break> Diamond's room, Mann?
09[23:04] * Aelanna points at MT
[23:05] <Aelanna> Break ^^
[23:05] <@DrMann> (( Oh, sorry. ))
[23:05] <@DrMann> (( Diamond's room has a finely made gaming table in the middle, currently covered in maps. ))
[23:06] <@DrMann> (( Also a few nicknacks, souvinirs, things of that nature.
[23:07] <Aelanna> Oh, Break
[23:07] <Aelanna> How exactly do you sneak into each room? :3
[23:07] <Aelanna> Just through the crack in the door?
[23:08] <Break> Pretty much. Cracks in the walls between rooms, if possible.
[23:08] <Aelanna> mmkay
09[23:14] * Aelanna prods Butts
[23:31] <Break> Admiral is chubby, Big Sis. ._.
Session Time: Sat Jan 29 00:00:01 2011
09[00:30] * Aelanna twirls about
[00:32] <Aelanna> Three-Eye prides himself on being a non-person
[00:33] <Aelanna> His anonymity, and that of his agents, has always been his highest priority.
[00:38] <Aelanna> Actually....
[00:38] <Aelanna> You passed through Flameskeep on your way to Aaia. You know that Three-Eye has at least one agent there.
[00:39] <@DrMann> Right.
[00:39] <@DrMann> But he may not be able to get us back to Erathia.
[00:40] <@DrMann> And our enemies are almost certainly watching Flameskeep, if they're this organized.
[00:40] <@DrMann> Jacques is overstating their case, but he /would/ prefer to get there on the Flush.
[00:40] <Aelanna> You won't be able to make a straight trip to Erathia either way.
[00:40] <Aelanna> You'll have to reprovision at Flameskeep or the Spire, unless you can somehow do so in the wild.
[00:41] <@DrMann> Hmm.  True, the Spire is closer.
[01:39] <Hark> "What the hell is going on Jacques?"
[01:39] <Hark> "Did you not hear me when I said the Telmorthians are swarming over this fucking rock?"
[01:40] <@DrMann> "All right. Our contact tells me there are three ships like the one that attacked the Princess, hence the Telmorthians."
[01:40] <Break> "-Swell-."
[01:42] <@DrMann> "He could tell me not very much else.  The Princess was lost.  There is another man here we might be able to contact, assuming we are to be able to take the time to find him."
[01:42] <Break> "And who would that be?"
[01:42] <Break> "Almost as important is, you know, the fact that it's going to be fucking impossible to get to 'im."
[01:43] <@DrMann> "His name is James.  He is a merchant, or at least claims to be.  If it is that he's still in town, he is at a tavern in the promenade.  He may have money.  We may need such money if we are to hire passage the rest of the way to Erathia."
[01:44] <Hark> "
[01:45] <Break> "And how do you think we're going to reach him, huh?"
[01:45] <Hark> "And how the fuck do you propose we get to the promenade without our cargo being stolen?"
[01:45] <@DrMann> "Emily, mon amour, could you sneak from here, and see to contacting him?  You are less conspicuous than the two of us.  We can make further plans if we know he is here, and that he can help us."
[01:46] <Break> "There's a -lot- of eyes in there."
[01:46] <Break> "I don't think I'm going to make it without being seen."
[01:47] <Hark> "...We could make a distraction."
[01:48] <@DrMann> "Our other option is trying to run away from three Telmorthian frigates that undoubtedly already know we're here."
[01:48] <@DrMann> "And that is if Mme. Amberly deigns to take us even further from her way."
[01:49] <Hark> "Oh she'll deign alright. Else it's me and her to the bounty office."
[01:50] <Hark> "Cap'n. Cap'n cap'n cap'n. Her crewmen can't keep a secret for shit."
[01:52] <Hark> "I say we try to find this asshole, and let her be the bait for the telmorthians."
[01:53] <Break> "Better than nothing."
[01:53] <@DrMann> "Non!  We owe her much already, Morgan, and this is how you would repay her?"
[01:53] <@DrMann> "I will not let her be staked out as though she were some sacrificial lamb!"
[01:54] <Hark> "Hey. We paid her. It's not like they'll kill her. Especially not with the Iounians here. Besides. We'll talk the big man into giving her a bonus."
[01:56] <Hark> "C'mon."
[01:56] <@DrMann> "...If she agrees.  I will not throw her to the wolves unknowing."
[01:59] <Hark> "Fine."
[01:59] <Hark> "Now. We've got to keep the chest with us."
[02:00] <Hark> "Jacques. If I start a distraction, will you be able to keep the chest safe until Emily can get passage?"
[02:02] <@DrMann> "Of course."
[02:03] <Hark> "Right. ...I might get captured."
[02:04] <Hark> "The chest takes priority. If you can rescue me and keep it safe, fantastic. If it's too dicey, split. I can handle myself."