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<[DM]> Lilly hesitantly overcomes her terror of the blade to touch the Dreamheart in book form.
<Alveri> "... I don't like it, but okay."  Alveri takes out the book and steps up to Inari, holding it infront of her.
<[DM]> The book snaps open, as a ball of darkness appears in front of its open pages.
<Alveri> Alveri looks to it with concern.  "Oof... so dangerous, all of this."
<Inari> Touchign the Dreamheart and the void-blade, Inari concentrates fiercely and wills the sword gone. Or rather, she focuses on existence, denying the blade its paradox of abscence.
<[DM]> The ball seems to flicker and distort, but grows larger and larger.
<[DM]> Those touching the book feel nothing, but Garrall and the nearby flowers bend towards the darkness in a powerful suction.
<[DM]> Then after a time, the blade thins and flickers out of existence.
<[DM]> The book slams shut without their urging, as if understanding the seriousness of it.
<Garrall> Not overly bothered by the suction, Garrall puts a hand on Ishin's shouldre to make sure he stays in place.
<Inari> "Whew."
<Alveri> Alveri pets Dreamheart once more before stashing it again, then leans to Lilly with a sigh.  "Twice in one day... no more, please. :<"
<[DM]> Lilly pets Alveri on the head reassuringly.
<Garrall> Hand still on Ishin's shoulder, Garrall frowns. "Ishin, I might have to kick your shcrawny assh when you wake up..."
<Alveri> Alveri smiles slightly, "Go easy.  Whatever he did, he seems to have been doing it for you, though misguided."
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<[DM]> The Dreamheart seems to fold in on itself, and turns into a metal ball with a skull shaped lock on it.
<[DM]> It FEELS about the same
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<[DM]> The night is restless, with everyone's dreams filled with a sense of wrongness and unseen watchers. The sensation breaks off at some point, with the sweet perfume of hundreds of blossoms washing the discomfort away with a pleasant haze. Dawn breaks, and everyone slowly rouses to find Inari missing and Lilly filling some bowls of woven leaves with red petals and golden nectar.
<Dox> Garrall snores stubbornly.
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<[DM]> Ishin meanwhile remains asleep, snoring intermittently with splutters, though his coloring appears to be greener rather than the paler shade he was the night before. Presumably that is a good thing for an orc.
<@Alveri> Alveri lays there some time after waking, contemplating her dreams, but eventually her curiosity reaches the tipping point and she stands, rubbing her eyes.  "Inaarii~ What are you having Lilly help you with? ;< Don't just do anything she says, Lilly."
<Chiiruno> Chiiruno wakes up and meditates, going through all the battle-dreams she just had, trying to glean more moves.
<[DM]> Lilly perks up and hovers to Alveri,  dripping whatever she was handling onto the paladin without thinking,"Miss Inari said to get her some of the red flowers and nectar. So I got enough for everyone!"
<Chiiruno> "Uh huh...so what's that for?"
<@Alveri> Alveri leaps and tumbles backwards. "No! |< Don't bring that stuff near me! Don't help her with that anymooore! Inari!! What are you planning?!"
<[DM]> Alveri finds the liquid sticky and pleasant smelling. Nectar it seems.
<Garrall> Garrall grunts and rolls over as Alveri screams. "Keep it down, will ya?"
<[DM]> "Breakfast!"
<@Alveri> "Bad! :<" Alveri shouts, before quieting down to almost a whisper, "Don't listen to Inari, she only has the worst of ideas."
<Chiiruno> "Uh huh..." Chiiruno waves Lilly away if she approaches her with that nectar. Taking out a pack of trail rations, she tucks in.
<[DM]> Lilly scratches her head, "Really? She took a big bag and some bottles for her friends. Also some of the fertilizer."
<@Alveri> Alveri squints slightly, "What friends...? Did she say?"
<@Alveri> glares*
<[DM]> "Friends!" Lilly throws her hands up excitedly, sprinkling everyone with drops of nectar.
<Chiiruno> Chiiruno ignites herself before the nectar touches her.
<@Alveri> Alveri reflexively raises her arms up, covering her face, "Lilly!! That stuff is bad for us!"
<[DM]> The nectar burns off Chii to the smell of burnt wine.
<[DM]> "But Miss Inari ate a bunch of it..." She droops, seeming crestfallen.
<Garrall> Garrall slowly stirs as the liquid splashes over him. "Mmmrgh."
<@Alveri> "That's because Ms. Inari is a little weird. :< And the liquid makes weird people even weirder." Alveri nods sagely, though she doesn't really know for sure.
<Chiiruno> "Smells like burnt wine."
<Garrall> He raises to a sitting posture. "De hell'sh de problem...?"
<Chiiruno> "Don't get that nectar into your system." Chiiruno warns in a deadpan tone.
<Garrall> "Oh shuck it up you panshiesh." Garrall reaches out to get one of the bowls and takes a big gulp.
<Chiiruno> "And clean it off, else you'll find fire wanting to cling to you for some sweet loving."
<Chiiruno> "Why drink it when someone else can drink it for you instead?" Chiiruno shrugs and takes a bowl to pour the nectar into a bottle.
<[DM]> It tastes like someone mixed a bouquet of flowers with honey and wine. A little too sweet maybe, but it doesn't seem to do anything more.
<Garrall> "Meh. Tashtesh like elven crap. Not my t'ing." He hands his cup back to Lilly.
<[DM]> Lilly takes the bowl and spins around, "Want more?"
<@Alveri> "Hmmn... Well, either way, don't go flinging it around, please, Lilly. :< Alcohol is very dangerous!"
<@Alveri> "Impairs judgement. Andstuff." Nodnod.
<Chiiruno> "It is sticky alcohol."
<Garrall> Garrall rolls his eyes. "Lightweightsh."
<Garrall> He moves to check on Ishin.
<[DM]> She flies over to Alveri with some of the petals."Want some milady?"
<[DM]> Ishin meanwhile seems to be unconscious, but the snoring seems to indicate he was mostly fine.
<Garrall> Garrall seems relieved by that. "Sho... I guessh we jusht hang out while he shleeps."
<@Alveri> "D|... N-No, please don't bring those too close, the ones on your dress scare me enough. ;< And also... am I really 'your lady' still? I'd been thinking you'd, well, grow apart after I set you free..."
<Garrall> "Inari shay where she wash goin'?
<[DM]> Lilly spins around to offer some to Garrall, on the basis that he seems likely to eat anything, "Of course, though its a small milady now! Miss Inari just scooted out and said she had to catch the morning boat."
<@Alveri> Alveri nods to Garrall, "Apparently to visit some friends? I don't know what that means, but I'm not too worried.  She'll wander her way into finding us when she wants.  I'd like to pick up Dewdrop and possibly visit Zarah."
<Garrall> Garrall takes a few of the petals and bites in, apparently unconcerned. "Arright. Well, I ain' goin' anywhere wifout sheein' what Ishin'sh got to shay for himshelf. Guessh I'mma hang out here."
<[DM]> The petals seem crunchy, and surprisingly enough, taste like bacon.
<@Alveri> Alveri shrugs, "I have no problem waiting for that."
<Garrall> Garrall seems pleasantly surprised at the taste of the petals. "No sho keen on de wine, but I'll take a few a' dem petalsh Lilly."
<[DM]> "Okay!" She zooms off to come back with a bushel of them. "Is this enough!"
<Garrall> He grins. "For now, shure." He accepts the bushel and begins chowing down. Between bites, he says, "Sho, maybe onna you wanna try wakin' Ishin? I'm kinda worried I might knock him out harder."
<[DM]> Alveri gets a better look at the petals. Yep, Crimson Glory. Hopefully Inari told Lilly to wash them first. Hopefully.
<[DM]> Lilly meanwhile hovers up and down, "Me! Me! Let me wake up Mister Greeny!"
<@Alveri> Alveri nods and strolls over to Ishin's side, but stops and looks over her shoulder to Lilly. "Alright, alright. :< Do it!"
<[DM]> Lilly creeps up to the snoring Ishin, then sticks her hands into the carpet of flowers, closing her eyes, "Hmm hmmmm~"
<[DM]> Then Ishin yelps like a little girl and literally leaps awake, landing with a crash in something invisible, with rootlets and vines popping free of his clothes.
<[DM]> Guess he was ticklish.
<[DM]> Lilly collapses into giggles at the tree'd orc.
<Garrall> Garrall snorts a laugh as well, standing to help his friend down. "Hey Ishin."
<@Alveri> Alveri just barely manages to stiffle her giggling, raising her scarf to hide her goofy grin. "Good morning, Mr. Ishin."
<[DM]> "H-hey Garrall." He looks a little unsteady, trying to find something to grab onto to climb down, eventually settling on using Garrall to get down. "Where am I? I thought we were in Hell?"
<Garrall> Garrall sets him on the ground. "We're in Shtarfall Lake, man. I've been here de whole time. What de HELL got into you?"
<[DM]> "Huh, but that guy said he knew where to find you..."
<[DM]> The orc seems almost featherlight, he might be awake and moving again, but he definitely isn't well.
<Garrall> Garrall passes him his plate of petals. "You ain't learned your lesshon 'bout trushtin' shtrangersh yet?"
<@Alveri> Alveri flicks on her vision as she checks Ishin over curiously.
<[DM]> Ishin hungrily chows down on the flowers, with an expression of doubt at first, then surprise and delight at the taste, "I had to find you. And they say demons never lie right?"
<Chiiruno> "Depends on which you talk to, but you're still screwed at the end." Chiiruno growls.
<[DM]> She sees much the same as she did, a ragged soul, held together by some dark energy.
<Garrall> "Who de hell ish 'dey' and shinshe when ish it okay to do what a damned demon shaysh anyway!? What de HELL, Ishin!?"
<[DM]> "This guy with purple eyes and...huh, why can't I remember his face." He holds his head gingerly, poking for holes.
<@Alveri> ". . ." Alveri looks to Garrall worriedly.
<Garrall> Garrall seems to be biting down anger at this point. "Alright. Jusht... Shtart at de beginning."
<Garrall> "What DO you remember?"
<[DM]> "I just went back to that river, you know, where you can cross over. Figured I could grab that faerie and get another one of them compass things out of him."
<Garrall> Garrall looks to the others, not comprehending.
<[DM]> "I think I crossed it wrong or something. There was a big fish thing, and then it all gets fuzzy."
<@Alveri> "While in faerie, Ishin.. traded away his fear for a compass leading to you, Garrall, while you were taken by Martulzhen."
<Garrall> "D--sherioushly?"
<@Alveri> Alverinods.
<[DM]> Ishin shrugs sheepishly, "Its not like I had any use for that."
<Chiiruno> "Too bad he cannot get a refund." Chiiruno sighs.
<Garrall> "You shtill aughta know better 'an t' deal wif de fey!"
<Chiiruno> Chiiruno steals a glance at Garrall.
<Garrall> Garrall fails to notice it.
<[DM]> "There was no other way at the time, he said."
<Garrall> Garrall facepalms. "Dere you go lishtenin' t' shtrangersh. Anyway, keep goin'..."
<[DM]> "A-anyways, I woke up inside this big black place. I was turning into a fish or something, then purple eyes showed up and asked me if I wanted his help."
<[DM]> "He just needed me to give him something...I can't remember what, and he'd fix me up in a new body and get me out of there."
<@Alveri> "Was it, by chance, anything to do with your soul?"
<[DM]> "Uhh, he said something about needing to rebuild it."
<Garrall> Garrall's jaw is clentched, his expression difficult to read.
<@Alveri> "So, by that time, damage to your soul had already occured... hm...."
<Chiiruno> Chiiruno shudders at her past experience.
<[DM]> "Then he dumped me in a forest. Its all nice and sparklylike."
<@Alveri> "Dream..."
<@Alveri> "So purple-eyes is probably somehow related to that infiltrator, then."
<[DM]> "I don't know about that, but there was this shining man and AUGH!" Ishin suddenly keels over clutching his head. "Ow, I don't think I can talk about that one."
<@Alveri> ".... What kind of deal did you make that prevents you from talking about the one you brokered it with?.... Ishin."
<Garrall> Garrall startles as Ishin cries out, moving to hold him up.
<[DM]> He seems wobbly, and winces a few times as he composes what hes going to say.
<[DM]> "Ok, and then I got this sword, Sunderer, and he said I could find you behind those wards things, that a devil had you captive."
<[DM]> "All I needed to do was chop them open and open the book."
<Chiiruno> "Where is this sword?"
<@Alveri> "It's the one we sealed back inside Dreamheart, Chii."
<Garrall> "Ishin, you complete dumbassh..." Garrall looks down to his friend with a frown.
<@Alveri> "I think so, anyway."
<[DM]> "After that, everything went red and black and you were on a rock. On fire. It was months of fighting, this body doesn't get tired at all, he said."
<[DM]> He seems to frown, "What the hell's with all these holes and booby traps in my head...."
<@Alveri> "Your soul is in tatters, Mr. Ishin... One would expect such side-effects."
<[DM]> "It is?" He pats himself all over, "It feels fine. I think."
<@Alveri> "I assure you, it isn't.  That said, booby traps... are another thing, did you allow this demon direct access to your mind?"
<[DM]> "I...actually I can't remember what I talked to him about now. Huh."
<@Alveri> "Then it would seem you did, though with as powerful as this guy seems, I doubt he needed your consent."
<Chiiruno> "If its that fish thing...Helen told me about that encounter. Its that powerful freak fish yeah?"
<Garrall> Garrall sighs. "We should get you to shee Helen or shomet'in'. Between whatever Alveri'sh sheein' and your weight, no telling what all elshe is wrong wif you."
<[DM]> "The fish? I don't know, everything is fuzzy there, except being covered by some sticky goo thing. And gills." He feels his neck, as if checking to see if he has gills still, nothing there, as far as they could tell.
<[DM]> "Also, uh, whats wrong with my weight?"
<Garrall> "You ain't notished? You don't weigh nuffin', Ishin."
<Chiiruno> "Alveri, what's he composed of right now?"
<@Alveri> Alveri blinks, "What do you mean?"
<Chiiruno> "Look at him!" Chiiruno points at Ishin.
<[DM]> "Huh? 'I' feel about the same as always." He gets up and picks up Lilly experimentally, "See? Just as strong."
<Chiiruno> "That whatever sight you and your order is endowed with."
<Garrall> "Try jumpin'."
<[DM]> "Uh..." He abruptly lets go of Lilly, "Woah, girl's like a strong beer."
<Garrall> "It'sh doshe leavesh I t'ink..."
<@Alveri> "Mm, well, as I've said, he has a soul but it is in tatters... Barely held together by some bindings, evil ones."
<[DM]> Ishin then experimentally leaps a clean 20 feet into the air. "Wha?"
<[DM]> He drifts to the ground without any apparent harm from the fall.
<[DM]> "I didn't think I could do that."
<Garrall> "Like I shaid. You don't weigh nuffin'."
<Chiiruno> Chiiruno conjures a small ice cube and throws it at Ishin. "Don't dodge."
<[DM]> "Wha-ogh!" The ice cube catches him clean in his open mouth. "Mmmfffhmmfff?"
<[DM]> He spits it out, "What?"
<Garrall> Garrall tilts his head too, curious what Chii was thinking there.
<@Alveri> ".  .  ."
<Chiiruno> "This weight has no bearing on his physiology. Or well the lack of it. Helen can give you a complete physical check to find out what the heck else is missing from you, but Alveri has got the gist of it, you are mostly souless."
<Chiiruno> "This metaphysical shit and all that. What's important now is to get you whole again, who knows when you'll unravel like a rotting yarn ball?"
<[DM]> His jaw drops, "Seriously? I thought I'd notice that!"
<Garrall> "Don't fink a pershon'sh shoul ish dat much a deir weight...? But eider way, yeah, we should take you t' Helen."
<[DM]> Meanwhile, Lilly, bored by the conversation, has begun quietly decking Alveri's hair with flowers.
<Chiiruno> "But if its my people...I think he traded more than his fear. Anyway he needs a full physical check."
<@Alveri> "You're misunderstanding.  One's soul is their connection to this plane.  With most of it gone, this makes perfect sense."
<Chiiruno> "When we know what's missing, we know what parts we're trying to find back."
<@Alveri> Alveri somehow manages to rettain a straight and serious face despite the various flowers being woven into her hair. |<
<[DM]> "Well I don't mind. I think."
<Garrall> Garrall rolls his eyes at that. "It ain't gonna hurt to have a doctor look you over. I don' fink we can do much more here. You guysh up for goin' t' shee Helen?"
<[DM]> "Say, you guys got a sword for me or something? Feeling kinda...poofy in all these flowers."
<Chiiruno> Chiiruno conjures a sword made of ice. "Here"
<[DM]> He looks at it doubtfully, then holds it, "Um...won't I get frostbite if I hold it like this?"
<[DM]> "Its kinda cold."
<Garrall> Garrall shakes his head. "If you fink my weaponsh're too heavy normally, you don' wanna even look at what I'm ushin' now."
<@Alveri> "I have a scythe you can use," Alveri murmurs as she stands and starts removing a couple of the more bothersome flowers.
<Chiiruno> Chiiruno takes some spare rags and wrap it around the handle.
<[DM]> Lilly helpfully  produces what probably is a staff, except its invisible save for the flowers she decorated it with.
<[DM]> "Here!"
<[DM]> "Sword!"
<Garrall> Garrall snrks.
<[DM]> Ishin takes it gingerly, "Well it's sword shaped. Is theresomething wrong with my eyes?"
<[DM]> "Kinda blunt."
<Garrall> Garrall 'gently' slaps Ishin on the shoulder. "Well get you shomefin' more manly while we're vishitin' Helen."
<[DM]> Ishin nearly goes flying, but stablises himself with what he decided was a giant wooden sword in time, "Alright. Least I got something."
<[DM]> "So uh...something wrong with my eyes or are we surrounded by some kind of giant blur thing?"
<Garrall> "Shome weird plant."
<[DM]> "If you say so." He shrugs, "I had as much  weird as I could ever use. Lead the way?
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<@Alveri> Alveri nods and walks on out to the boat, leading the way through the invisible oaks.
<@Alveri> Alveri stops after some time, "Lilly?... What happened to the corpses that were here?"
<[DM]> "Miss Inari took some of the fertilizer. I told you right?" The fairy looks puzzled.
<Garrall> Garrall blinks. "De hellsh Inari doin' playin' wif corpshesh?"
<[DM]> "I dunno, she took the ones with all the good bits gone."
<@Alveri> "... I'm not sure I want to know, but I'll have to find out.  Worrying, that."
<[DM]> "Is it a problem? I put lots of fertilizer in Mistress's cloak."
<@Alveri> "Well, not exactly.  Depends how they are used..."
<[DM]> As she speaks, the water starts being carpetd with giant lilypads.
<[DM]> Lilly hops onto the water's edge near the boat, "Mmm, I guess you are going to see Miss Helen then?"
<Garrall> Garrall nods. "Dat'sh de plan."
<@Alveri> "Mm."  Alveri pulls her cloak to the side, "Lilly, would you mind getting started re-planting your flowers inside my cloak? I'd like for you to join us on our journey, but we need to make sure we bring a sufficient life force for you... Till then, though, um.  I'm right here, my dress should work, right?"
<[DM]> "Mmm, I can use the dress. Just a bit dizzy with so little friends."
<[DM]> She starts messing with the cloak, "Funny cloak."
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<@Alveri> "Mm... Actually, on second thought, let's not get started.  There's something in there that might um, be mean to you.  We'll take care of that soon though, okay?"  Alveri reaches up to pat Lilly's head.
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<[DM]> "Okay!" She pauses from sticking her head through and hands the cloak back. then pats Alveri on the head back, causing even more flowers to bloom, the vines and roots tying Alveri's hair into pigtails.
<@Alveri> "D|..... U-Ugh...." Alveri quickly pulls her hood on in shame.  "E-Enough with the life-stuff.... Starting to make me a little sick. |:<"
<Garrall> Seeing that, Garrall smirks. "Hey, now that I fink about it... weren't you working on fixing de shriking deal? How'sh dat goin'?"
<[DM]> "Makes Mistress smell good!" The flowers finish growing onto Alveri's hood, making a paired cluster of blossoms on top.
<[DM]> Then she waves as the group sets off.
<@Alveri> Alveri blinks, looking back up at Garrall.  ".... I..... I forgot."  Alveri prods at Puchi and indicates to her wrist.... at which point, Puchi folds her arms and starts throwing a tantrum.
<Garrall> "I... what?" Garrall stares at her shadow, dumbfounded.
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<@Alveri> "Er..... Oh, right, you never saw that before, aha.  Mm.  More fey trickery... But I've gotten used to it.  Turns out this shadow is the one causing me to stay this size.  Something about wanting to be the same size as Inari's shadow. :<"
<Garrall> Garrall just shakes his head. "Nevermind, shorry I ashked..."
<[DM]> The early morning waters are calm, making for smooth sailing, save for a bit where the boat is assaulted by assorted crabs clambering on board.
<Chiiruno> And the party has a simple breakfast of boiled crabs, handled by a fairy who isn't afraid of the pinching.
<[DM]> The group, with their fresh catch of crabs, soon wind up back at the docks they left from yesterday.
<Chiiruno> Carrying Ishin, Chiiruno makes her usual jolly din as she goes off to find Helen. "Let's go! We're going to check him up!"
<[DM]> Ishin flails about in protest, "Lemme down!"
<Garrall> Garrall steps off the boat and follows Chii. "Covered in flowersh an' now gettin' carried by a little fairy girl. In a few minutsh he'll jusht bursht into flamesh."
<Chiiruno> "Oh my you're really light as a feather! Or did I just get stronger! Hehehehe!"
<Chiiruno> Letting him down, Chiiruno leads the way.
<Helen> Helen greets the party shortly after, a towel wrapped around her neck looking as if she had just finished the morning exercises. "What ails you my friends?"
<[DM]> Ishin is flushed a shade of purple-green by the time Chii lets him down to walk.  He looks sulky.
<Helen> "Oh my Ishin, you look something a mad alchemist spat out." She looks concerned. "Where did you guys find him?"
<Garrall> "It'sh... a long shtory. You fink  you could look him over while I find him shomefin' lessh shameful to wear?"
<[DM]> "Yes! Please do!"
<Chiiruno> "Uh sure. Alveri and Chiiruno, help me settle him down at the ward. I'll get my tools."
<Helen> Helen conducts a full physical on Ishin.
<[DM]> Helen's investigation exposes what looks like fine needles of bone embedded at regular intervals throughout his body, particularly the limbs(which bear a single line of needles each), spine and head(which is positively infested with the needles). Beyond these spots though, he appears to be in entirely perfect health.
<Helen> Helen carefully and slowly explains what she finds to the group, without Ishin hearing about it.
<@Alveri> ".  .  .  What."
<Helen> "He's a walking voodeedoo doll."
<Garrall> Garrall returns with some pants for the unfortunate orc. "Sho... what de hell doesh dat mean?"
<Helen> Helen smiles. "Let's find out more. Alveri, I need your sight on some of these needles, see if you can find anything off about them."
<@Alveri> Alveri looks in close.
<Garrall> "Don't... hurt him, alright?"
<Helen> "Just going to look dear, won't hurt him anymore than what he did to himself."
<Garrall> "He did a LOT to himshelf."
<Helen> "I have some suspicion that Ishin here is a Fetch, a Fey creation meant to replace a stolen mortal." She looks at Garrall, remembering that Fear trade business back then.
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<Chiiruno> "He's been using a cold iron greatsword, didn't burn. Not a Fetch."
<Helen> "I see. Then its soul work not done by Fey. But it certainly opened enough holes for anyone with the power to mess around."
<[DM]> <@Alveri> Alveri looks in close.<Garrall> "Don't... hurt him, alright?"<Helen> "Just going to look dear, won't hurt him anymore than what he did to himself."<Garrall> "He did a LOT to himshelf."<Helen> "I have some suspicion that Ishin here is a Fetch, a Fey creation meant to replace a stolen mortal." She looks at Garrall, remembering that Fear trade business back then.
<@Alveri> "It would seem that those needles contain all that is left of Ishin's soul.  How horrible..."
<Helen> Helen looks at Garrall and Alveri and Chiiruno last. "I'm sure you guys interviewed Ishin. We need to sit down and you tell me what he told you or we'll be chasing millions of leads and end up nowhere."
<Garrall> Garrall sighs, looking to Ishin sadly.
<Helen> Helen gets a twitch of curiosity, reaches to the needle where his little toe is and pulls it out slightly.
<[DM]> "AHHHHH!!!" The needle slides out, revealing a fleck of some kind of gleaming gemstone....and his toe seems to become translucent mist.
<@Alveri> Alveri quickly looks in at the gem.
<Helen> Helen quickly puts the needle back in gently.
<Helen> "Ok...that narrows it down a lot..."
<[DM]> "What the hell WAS that?"
<Garrall> "The fuck!?"
<Helen> "That my dear friends." Helen puts on some shades. "Is crystal clear to me now."
<Helen> Helen looks at Ishin, some weird nutty science ideas popping in her head like popcorn, a nice glint in her eyes. "Dear Ishin, dream a little dream with me, in a doll house."
<Helen> She turns to the party. "Remember our dwarven vampire and his harem of shit ass creepy dolls?"
<Garrall> "Yeah...?"
<@Alveri> ".... you aren't... thinking...."
<Helen> "Yes. This Ishin is an Data Integrated Thought Entity Humanoid Interface."
<Garrall> "D'wha...?"
<Helen> "Those crystals focus the dream-stuff that holds the 'thoughts and personality' Ishin into physical form."
<[DM]> "So uh...that bad?"
<Helen> "This is cutting edge golem-making people! This stuff is revolutionary!"
<@Alveri> "... I don't like it."
<Garrall> "Dish ish alsho my FRIEND here!" Garrall looks annoyed. "You shayin' de dollsh might be able to help him?"
<Helen> "I like it from a scientific point of view." Helen sighs at Garrall's expression. "He IS part of what made those dolls work. One step up."
<Helen> "Question is, are the soul imprints, because I'm not sure if any soul stuff here IS Ishin or not, all that's left of Ishin?"
<[DM]> "I'm a what?" Ishin looks bewildered, though not terrified as he should be.
<Helen> "This is your task. Find out where and what happened to the real Ishin. This one here is as real as personality and thoughts are, but that's all about it."
<Helen> "You're a next generation existence Ishin." Helen flashes a quick smile.
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<[DM]> "Is that good or bad?"
<Garrall> "Fuck if I know."
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