Aside 30.1: Chase and Yaretzi talk about Auras n shit

Sep 14 18:45:05 <~zoofman>	Sometime during the week of you guys resting up, Roland arrived in the city.  He himself spent most his time at the hospital and carting Dahlia around in a wheelchair.  The few times you did see him he seemed pretty guilted.  Dahlia's injuries are pretty bad and she might not be walking for a while...
Sep 14 18:45:52 <~zoofman>	He brought Yaretzi along, much to the girl's annoyance.  But she has spent most her time up on Chione's level.  No one really bugs her there, and she's free to dress down in the more tribal clothing she's comfortable with, so she's, mostly, been in alright spirits.
Sep 14 18:49:39 »»	Chase is looking around the complex for Yaretzi, in fact. He kind of knocks on the door frame of whatever room she's in when he finds her. <Yaretzi?> he calls out in aura.
Sep 14 18:50:50 <~zoofman>	She's actually pretty easy to find
Sep 14 18:51:16 <~zoofman>	She's fixated with the robots up here, in particular, Cherry Boy, and will sit for hours staring at them.
Sep 14 18:51:22 <~zoofman>	or, rather, in their direction
Sep 14 18:52:55 »»	Chase approaches her, a bit amused by her fascination.
Sep 14 18:53:06 <~zoofman>	You find her in the garage facility, sitting indian style as Cherry Boy works on a car engine.
Sep 14 18:53:56 <~zoofman>	"What is it?" she asks, not turning toward you as you approach.
Sep 14 18:54:58 »»	Chase sits nearby. "Hey. I've been meaning to ask you a few questions for a while now, but I haven't really wanted to disturb you. Do you mind?"
Sep 14 18:55:09 »»	Chase of course, doesn't sit -too- close.
Sep 14 18:56:08 <~zoofman>	"No, what -is- it?"
Sep 14 18:56:23 <~zoofman>	With your intuition you figure out she means Cherry Boy, not what you want
Sep 14 18:56:33 <~zoofman>	"Clown girl just laughed when asked."
Sep 14 18:58:23 <Chase>	"Oh, sorry. Its name is Cherry Boy, and it's a robot. A man of metal that helps Chione out a bit. I'm... not actually sure how smart it is, if it thinks like we do or anything like that. I'm not sure how all that works - it's beyond my understanding."
Sep 14 18:59:23 <~zoofman>	"It feels, it acts, but no...thought." she frowns.  "Don't understand."
Sep 14 18:59:29 <~zoofman>	"What questions?"
Sep 14 19:01:14 »»	Chase nods. "First off... I was wondering if you knew anything about this gemstone the Flayed One left when I met him. I brought it up before, but I was a bit dumb - didn't really describe it. It's an Aquamarine." he gets it out. "Here." he offers it, if she wants to feel of it. He'll put it in her hand if she reaches out.
Sep 14 19:02:07 »»	Chase looks at Cherry Boy with his own aura vision, wondering to what extent she could sense it feeling.
Sep 14 19:03:25 <~zoofman>	When you hold the gem near her she reaches out and takes hold of it, fiddling around with it...
Sep 14 19:03:59 <~zoofman>	You see a thin, grey film around Cherry Boy.  It's dull, flat, and while obviously an aura, it's easy to see when compared to something living why it's confusing to her.
Sep 14 19:04:08 <~zoofman>	Specially when she can't physically see it, just an outline that looks like a person
Sep 14 19:04:31 <Chase>	"Wow, that -is- unusual." he comments, a bit surprised at that.
Sep 14 19:05:34 <~zoofman>	"It's...like...piece of Flayed One.  Connected.  Like this."
Sep 14 19:05:39 <~zoofman>	She tugs at your necklace.
Sep 14 19:06:39 <Chase>	"Aha, I see. Wonder if it could be made into something like that, then... I was actually thinking of trying to get Saryx to alchemize it - some combining magic. But I didn't want to do that without knowing more..."
Sep 14 19:07:02 »»	Chase fiddles with the One n Only's necklace too, not reaching out to him, but more being contemplative.
Sep 14 19:07:25 <Chase>	"You're still looking for him too... I wonder if it'd be better off with you than me."
Sep 14 19:07:33 <~zoofman>	"Not complete, just piece." She gives you the stone back.
Sep 14 19:07:40 »»	Chase takes it.
Sep 14 19:07:47 <~zoofman>	She then abruptly points in a direction. "That way."
Sep 14 19:08:22 »»	Chase follows her pointing, frowning. "We really ought to get to tracking him down sometime. I know that's important to you."
Sep 14 19:08:35 <Chase>	"But Roland's kind of been dragging you around instead, huh?"
Sep 14 19:09:43 »»	Chase probably doesn't really have the innate directional senses to figure out where she's pointing
Sep 14 19:10:45 <~zoofman>	You imagine it's like she can more sense what direction he's in, yeah.
Sep 14 19:11:34 <~zoofman>	"Roland needs help to see stupid lizard."
Sep 14 19:11:52 <Chase>	Any idea who that is?
Sep 14 19:13:49 <~zoofman>	You're not really sure what she means by that, no
Sep 14 19:16:21 <~zoofman>	"Why you need find?"
Sep 14 19:18:41 <Chase>	It -sounds- like she may mean Giratina given Roland's family's connection to the thing? Oh well, not his business. "Well, maybe we can still coordinate sometime. Why we need to find the Flayed One? Well, the Writer suggested at that meeting it'd be pretty important. And there are a few things we still don't really know, like why he was locked in that freezer I found him in, what
Sep 14 19:18:42 <Chase>	happened with the aliens crashing... and maybe I missed something but he should have a presence in the same realm as the other Outer Gods, right? And I don't remember anything like that when we went."
Sep 14 19:19:50 <Chase>	"There are a lot of things I don't really understand."
Sep 14 19:21:20 <Chase>	"I'm kind of curious about what's between you and him myself, but I didn't really come here to pry if you don't want to answer that."
Sep 14 19:25:07 <~zoofman>	"I was pick berries for food.  Found ... Weavile?" She seems unsure of the word, like it was something that was explained to her, "Was hurt, stuck under rock.  I was scared, but...helped Weavile out.  It looked so sad."
Sep 14 19:25:51 <~zoofman>	"Weavile ran off, but would always come back when I go pick berries.  I shared some.  It was happy."
Sep 14 19:25:59 <~zoofman>	"One day, Weavile stopped coming back."
Sep 14 19:26:16 <~zoofman>	"Then Flayed One appeared, and...thanked me." She seems unsure of the accuracy of that wording.
Sep 14 19:27:46 »»	Chase is a bit curious, too. <We can speak like this if you think it'd be more accurate...>
Sep 14 19:29:41 <~zoofman>	<Was something I said confusing?> It's certainly easier for her this way.
Sep 14 19:30:05 <Chase>	<You just seemed hesitant to put it that way - how did he 'thank' you exactly?>
Sep 14 19:31:39 »»	Chase has a feeling he knows how, but he wants to make sure.
Sep 14 19:31:43 <~zoofman>	<He shared his power with me.  He took my sight, and replaced it with Aura.>
Sep 14 19:32:10 <~zoofman>	<He meant it as a gift.  I didn't take it that way, and lashed out at him.  He fled.  I haven't seen him since.>
Sep 14 19:33:14 »»	Chase nods. <That must have been a difficult and strange experience for you... And now you want to find him - to what, apologize for lashing out? Try to get your sight back?>
Sep 14 19:34:14 <~zoofman>	<What was taken can't be returned.  I want to apologize.  Start fresh.>
Sep 14 19:34:37 <~zoofman>	<Roland says he's no longer the creature I knew, but I want to see that myself.>
Sep 14 19:36:14 <Chase>	<I'm sure that some part of him is still in there. But... we'll find out, yeah? I'll try and find some time to help you in your search.>
Sep 14 19:37:45 <~zoofman>	She nods. <I'm paitent.  It's my job to be.>
Sep 14 19:39:40 <Chase>	<This does go a little into another of the things I wanted to ask you. I was given my own aura powers by my own patron, the One N'Only, though I had signed a contract to help him out. Little bit of a different situation. I've had these powers for a while now, but I've still not really gotten to understand them. I've been trying to look for someone to... teach me, really, more
Sep 14 19:39:40 <Chase>	about the Aura. You seem like you've had a while to figure this gift out, and probably in ways no one else has. I was wondering... if you'd be willing to share your knowledge with me.>
Sep 14 19:41:34 <~zoofman>	<I lived around these powers all my life - but only some men had them.  I was no stranger to it.  I am no master of it, but what confuses you?>
Sep 14 19:43:02 <Chase>	<Understanding what I'm seeing, how I can call this power forward better, and... well. This is going to sound silly but there was something I was practicing with the Gym Leader of Veilbeak.> he tries his best to replicate the aura music note he figured out before.
Sep 14 19:44:26 <Chase>	<It's a little like, well, walking blind - no offense.>
Sep 14 19:45:18 <~zoofman>	:|
Sep 14 19:45:26 <~zoofman>	She shrugs the comment off but it was a bit jarring.
Sep 14 19:45:57 <~zoofman>	<I hear there are people who can read minds, understand what a person thinks.  You are seeing who they are - their emotions, intentions.>
Sep 14 19:46:01 <Chase>	<Sorry, sorry. I couldn't think of a better metaphor.> he scratches the back of his head awkwardly.
Sep 14 19:46:41 »»	Chase nods. He knows the basics there.
Sep 14 19:46:58 <Chase>	This is still helpful, though.
Sep 14 19:48:52 <~zoofman>	<What you're conveying to me at the moment is a small part of your intentions at the moment, how you feel, base desires.  What was that you just did?>
Sep 14 19:49:01 <~zoofman>	She, mind you, couldn't really see -what- you did to make that noise.
Sep 14 19:52:37 <Chase>	<I'm a musician. I play an instrument - the guitar. I was imagining my guitar there in my hands, and focusing my aura there to play a note. It's taken a lot of getting used to, it isn't quite the same, like it has its own form to learn.>
Sep 14 19:53:30 <~zoofman>	<What is music?> She doesn't mean literally, you can sense that.
Sep 14 19:56:04 <Chase>	He thinks about that. <It's expression, yeah? The best songs are written from the heart with a message to give or an emotion to display. Is that how I should be thinking about this? If aura is 'who we are'...>
Sep 14 19:58:49 <~zoofman>	<How is it any different in form, then?>
Sep 14 19:59:01 »»	Chase ponders this.
Sep 14 20:00:29 <Chase>	<Because... I had to learn to express my music with my body and with an instrument instead of my soul? It's hard to explain, but when I was trying this, it felt like I was learning from scratch all over again.>
Sep 14 20:03:59 <~zoofman>	She seems confused, but maybe it's just because she doesn't play an instrument, or sing.
Sep 14 20:04:09 <~zoofman>	<Why not just try to make others feel how it makes you feel?>
Sep 14 20:05:49 <Chase>	<Is that possible...? And... is that something I -should- be doing?>
Sep 14 20:06:06 »»	Chase is a bit worried about the moral implications of that.
Sep 14 20:06:33 <Chase>	<It feels weird to consider trying to force others to feel a certain way.>
Sep 14 20:08:01 <~zoofman>	<Isn't that what you're doing right now though?  You're influencing me to understand you, and I to you.>
Sep 14 20:08:14 <Chase>	<Is that how it works?>
Sep 14 20:08:47 »»	Chase ponders that a moment. <See, I told you I didn't really understand some things.>
Sep 14 20:10:43 <~zoofman>	<I am not certain either, but it would make sense, wouldn't it?>
Sep 14 20:11:05 <Chase>	<On some level, I guess so...>
Sep 14 20:11:19 <Chase>	<Would you mind if I tried that, then?>
Sep 14 20:11:58 <~zoofman>	She thinks about it for a bit, then nods. <Only if I can as well.>
Sep 14 20:13:02 <Chase>	He thinks about that a moment... but hell, why shouldn't he trust Yaretzi? <That's fair, I guess.>
Sep 14 20:17:58 <Chase>	He tries to think of how to go about this. He reaches down, deep into himself, thinking of a song that pumps him up. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCZjnuS6ESc ) He imagines himself playing the guitar notes, hearing the other accompanying instruments, but he also tries to FEEL the song itself, the excitement, the energy, the struggle and inevitable triumph, and tries to project
Sep 14 20:17:58 <Chase>	that outward.
Sep 14 20:18:39 <~zoofman>	Roll me Focus
Sep 14 20:19:10 ---»	DiceMaid-9001 (DiceMaid-9@sux-EADD5C74) has Joined #easternislesrhapsody
Sep 14 20:19:17 <Chase>	4d6+6
Sep 14 20:19:18 <DiceMaid-9001>	Chase, 4d6+6: 15 [4d6=3,2,1,3]
Sep 14 20:21:43 <~zoofman>	Yaretzi jolts and jumps to her feet with a gasp.
Sep 14 20:22:40 <~zoofman>	"What was that?"  Weird to think its' been silent for a while in here.
Sep 14 20:23:16 <Chase>	"That... was me trying it out." he says, a little awkwardly. "Did I screw it up?"
Sep 14 20:23:40 <~zoofman>	"No words...just...energy."
Sep 14 20:23:52 <Chase>	"Yeah, that was what I was trying to go for."
Sep 14 20:23:58 <~zoofman>	"Like sugar.  Lots of sugar."
Sep 14 20:25:16 <Chase>	"So it did work... " he's a bit speechless. "We're really on to something here. Are you alright now?"
Sep 14 20:25:51 <~zoofman>	She's hopping in place and nods.
Sep 14 20:25:53 <~zoofman>	Sorta like Rosetta does
Sep 14 20:26:29 »»	Chase laughs a bit. He's since stopped, but he nods. "Great, great. If I can figure out a way to use this to help my team..."
Sep 14 20:26:46 <Chase>	"Thank you so much, Yaretzi."
Sep 14 20:26:57 <Chase>	"I think I can work with this."
Sep 14 20:27:15 <~zoofman>	"My turn, then?"
Sep 14 20:27:26 »»	Chase nods. "Yeah, go for it."
Sep 14 20:27:35 <~zoofman>	6d6+3
Sep 14 20:27:36 <DiceMaid-9001>	zoofman, 6d6+3: 20 [6d6=4,2,1,4,5,1]
Sep 14 20:28:08 <~zoofman>	Yaretzi stares in your direction, and suddenly everything goes dark.
Sep 14 20:28:15 <~zoofman>	Then...lights start to flicker, fade into focus
Sep 14 20:28:44 <~zoofman>	You see a green silhouette of Yaretzi where she's standing.
Sep 14 20:28:51 <~zoofman>	That and darkness.
Sep 14 20:29:03 <Chase>	"This is... what you see."
Sep 14 20:30:04 »»	Chase is a bit disturbed at having his vision removed, but he's not panicing, assuming this is only temporary. He tries feeling his way around, trying to imagine how Yaretzi moves.
Sep 14 20:30:57 <~zoofman>	"Like walking blind?" :D
Sep 14 20:31:13 <Chase>	"Haha, you got me." he chuckles. "I guess I deserved that one."
Sep 14 20:31:31 <~zoofman>	Your vision slowly returns as she lets loose of it.
Sep 14 20:31:39 <Chase>	"Yeah... I'm sorry about that. As smooth as I can be I sometimes just let dumb things slip."
Sep 14 20:32:08 »»	Chase frowns though. "You really do have it rough, though."
Sep 14 20:34:14 <~zoofman>	She starts to say something but knows she'll mess up the message, so, <Roland at least helped me see it's a gift, not a condition.>
Sep 14 20:34:38 <Chase>	<That's a really positive way of looking at it.> he responds.
Sep 14 20:36:01 <~zoofman>	"Nothing else you need help with?"
Sep 14 20:36:06 »»	Chase thinks.
Sep 14 20:36:19 <Chase>	"There was one more thing, but it's probably going to be a bit of an uncomfortable subject..."
Sep 14 20:36:54 <Chase>	"I wanted to ask you about your people. The Stag Lords, as they call themselves now."
Sep 14 20:37:34 <~zoofman>	She frowns. "oh."
Sep 14 20:38:01 <Chase>	"...It's alright if you don't want to, I understand. It's just... I don't know who else I'd turn to at the moment."
Sep 14 20:39:48 <~zoofman>	"I am outcast.  Blessed by demon lord.  Stag Lord no more."
Sep 14 20:40:01 <Chase>	"I'm sorry to hear that."
Sep 14 20:40:04 <~zoofman>	She doesn't really look like she wants to talk about it :<
Sep 14 20:40:20 <Chase>	"Okay... I won't force you into this conversation, then."
Sep 14 20:40:31 <Chase>	"Thanks for all of your help, Yaretzi."
Sep 14 20:41:47 <~zoofman>	She nods, "Thanks..." then returns to watching Cherry Boy as he works.
Sep 14 20:42:01 »»	Chase starts to get up, and... puts a comforting hand on the wildling girl's shoulder if she allows it. "We'll meet up later to find the Flayed One, sometime. Seeya around."
Sep 14 20:42:51 »»	Chase goes to leave, then, looking back briefly at her and Cherry Boy, before exiting the garage.
Sep 14 20:43:41 <~zoofman>	</mini> then !