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- 04[13:31] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (I'm also starting to get some...weird vibes from some of the locations)
- 06[13:31] * bobbedNonsense PMs "Scott" : ( mm? )
- 04[13:32] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (They always seemed kind of...off to me. The hedrons)
- 04[13:32] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (Like they weren't quite right, or they didn't belong)
- 04[13:33] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (And I keep finding things like this)
- 04[13:33] * esotericRemnant sends bobbedNonsense the file "Monument.jpg" (( http://www.wizards.com/mtg/images/daily/stf/stf82_monument.jpg ))
- 06[13:33] * bobbedNonsense has downloaded the file
- 06[13:34] * bobbedNonsense PMs "Scott" : ( freaky )
- 04[13:34] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (Thats definitely not Echidna.)
- 06[13:34] * bobbedNonsense PMs "Scott" : ( she's your Denizen? )
- 04[13:34] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (Yeah)
- 06[13:35] * bobbedNonsense PMs "Scott" : ( well, probably something buried in the lore of your land )
- 06[13:35] * bobbedNonsense PMs "Scott" : ( do you read the lore? )
- 04[13:35] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (Maybe...)
- 04[13:35] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (Yeah)
- 04[13:36] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (The Dragons keep referring back to the sleepers. Or maybe that should be Sleepers. I don't know)
- 06[13:36] * bobbedNonsense PMs "Scott" : ( good, because some people start skipping it, which is stupid because it makes their quests appear more pointless and confusing and unintuitive, and then they start complaining )
- 04[13:37] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (Just...)
- 04[13:37] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (Every time I go into a dungeon or ruin or something and I'm alone)
- 04[13:38] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (I feel like somethings watching or judging me)
- 06[13:39] * bobbedNonsense PMs "Scott" : ( it's not the World having a different Mayhem permutation? )
- 04[13:39] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (Dunno)
- 04[13:40] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (The consorts also keep referring back to the Eye. And it...doesn't feel right, even hearing about it. Its...)
- 04[13:40] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (You ever get the gut feeling that something is /wrong/. Even if you don't know why?)
- 06[13:41] * bobbedNonsense PMs "Scott" : ( well for me it's an anxiety disorder, but i understand that other people get that 'someone walked over my grave' feel )
- 06[13:41] * openSystem has joined the memo!
- [13:41] <bobbedNonsense> hiya
- [13:41] <@gadflyGladiator> Hey
- [13:41] <openSystem> Heyas
- 04[13:41] * esotericRemnant PMs Sally (Its kind of like that)
- 04[13:41] <esotericRemnant> Hey Bash
- 04[13:41] <esotericRemnant> Been a while
- [13:41] <bobbedNonsense> mighta referred someone on to you about AI stuffs, Bash
- [13:42] <openSystem> Hm?
- [13:42] <dominoFeatherweight> Salutations.
- [13:42] <bobbedNonsense> a 'purple Nurple' apparently having problems with a whole list of code-y things
- [13:42] <openSystem> Also how's it goin, Scott.
- 04[13:42] <esotericRemnant> Been better
- 06[13:42] * stanzicApparati has connected to the memo!
- [13:42] <bobbedNonsense> and being remarkably unwilling to give me any information
- [13:42] <bobbedNonsense> so i guess apologies if they do contact you
- [13:42] <bobbedNonsense> hi timewolf
- [13:42] <stanzicApparati> Hey, Sally.
- [13:43] <openSystem> Eh, it'll be fine, unless they're trying to do something stupid
- [13:43] <@gadflyGladiator> Hiya
- 04[13:43] <esotericRemnant> Hey Zeimah
- [13:43] <stanzicApparati> Hey, Rache.
- [13:43] <stanzicApparati> Hi, Scott
- 04[13:44] <esotericRemnant> So
- 04[13:44] <esotericRemnant> I'm going to ask around, but
- 04[13:44] <esotericRemnant> Has anyone ever seen an underling that looked like this? Theres a mural in one of my dungeons and well
- 03[13:44] * dutOve|Online is now known as Mnem
- 04[13:45] * esotericRemnant links the file "Mural.jpg" (( http://media.wizards.com/images/magic/daily/td/td111_dust.jpg ))
- [13:45] <stanzicApparati> [You've actually made progress, today: you stepped out of your Spire and gone to one of the Consort villages and you're doing some minor quests.]
- 06[13:45] * stanzicApparati has downloaded the file!
- 06[13:45] * bobbedNonsense has downloaded the file
- [13:45] <stanzicApparati> ...that's a lot of tentacles there
- 06[13:45] * openSystem has downloaded the file
- [13:45] <bobbedNonsense> kinda, but not exactly
- 04[13:45] <esotericRemnant> Yeah, my thought too
- [13:45] <~ventricularPipefitter> Hm. Four arms, faceless head, betentacled torso?
- [13:45] <openSystem> ...uh
- [13:45] <@gadflyGladiator> My first instinct is to check for ichor
- [13:46] <stanzicApparati> I
- 04[13:46] <esotericRemnant> And bloody massive, those hedron crystals are hundreds of metres big
- [13:46] <stanzicApparati> uh
- 03[13:46] * itsAlana is now known as elegiacEmigre
- [13:46] <stanzicApparati> don't think I've ever seen any /Underlings/ that look like that
- 06[13:46] * elegiacEmigre joined the memo
- [13:46] <bobbedNonsense> i got most of my underlings as mercreatures, i expect my hecatoncheries may look a bit like that
- [13:46] <@gadflyGladiator> Maybe Colossus via prototyping, but you've got to have some seriously weird prototypes
- [13:46] <~ventricularPipefitter> You can see 'Underlings' that big, lategame. Lich Queens, Behemoths, etc...
- [13:46] <@gadflyGladiator> Hekatonchieres have a lot more arms
- 04[13:47] <esotericRemnant> mmm
- [13:47] <bobbedNonsense> i know
- 04[13:47] <esotericRemnant> We didn't prototype anything quite that odd
- [13:47] <bobbedNonsense> hence the 'kinda, but not exactly'
- [13:47] <~ventricularPipefitter> I really get that 'Denizen Minion' feeling, though.
- [13:47] <stanzicApparati> Didn't Snaplock get some fuck-off-huge Underlings in her first, 'cause of prototyping?
- [13:47] <@gadflyGladiator> Yeah, she threw in Fenrir
- [13:47] <stanzicApparati> Hello, eleemi.
- [13:47] <bobbedNonsense> hi eleemi
- [13:47] <elegiacEmigre> Oh. ventricularPipefitter, you are in this session, are you not?
- [13:47] <elegiacEmigre> Hello.
- [13:47] <@gadflyGladiator> Or a coin with a picture of Fenrir on it
- [13:47] <@gadflyGladiator> Hey
- [13:48] <elegiacEmigre> I didn't say that very clearly. Um.
- [13:48] <~ventricularPipefitter> You're one of my returnees, right?
- [13:48] <elegiacEmigre> Yes.
- [13:48] <elegiacEmigre> Hello.
- 04[13:48] <esotericRemnant> [You keep checking down the wall of the dungeon, most of the murals are completely destroyed, but theres another near the end.]
- 04[13:48] <esotericRemnant> Well this is...sort of encouraging?
- [13:48] <bobbedNonsense> [And with her arrival, your anger at Des doth return.]
- [13:48] <~ventricularPipefitter> I'm sorry, I'm still learning names--didn't have the chance to do so properly. You are?
- [13:48] <elegiacEmigre> My name is Isra.
- [13:48] <~ventricularPipefitter> Good to meet you, Isra. How've you been?
- [13:48] <elegiacEmigre> I've not really been... introducing myself around, much.
- [13:49] <elegiacEmigre> Alive.
- 04[13:49] * esotericRemnant links the file "Mural2.jpg" (( http://www.wizards.com/mtg/images/daily/ld/ld85_hyf45d7d7vgr43.jpg ))
- 06[13:49] * openSystem downloads the file
- 06[13:49] * bobbedNonsense has downloaded the file
- [13:49] <openSystem> ...okay what the hell is that
- [13:49] <bobbedNonsense> monster go kablooey
- 06[13:49] * elegiacEmigre has downloaded the file
- 04[13:49] <esotericRemnant> Theres a bunch more inbetween the one I linked earlier and this one, but they're damaged
- [13:49] <bobbedNonsense> you don't have any more uranium lying around, do you?
- [13:49] <elegiacEmigre> ... That's... interesting.
- 04[13:50] <esotericRemnant> Uhm
- 04[13:50] <esotericRemnant> Maybe
- [13:50] <@gadflyGladiator> You
- [13:50] <bobbedNonsense> well, 'least space is only inclined to BT once
- [13:50] <@gadflyGladiator> BTs are like
- [13:50] <@gadflyGladiator> Regular abilities you can use
- [13:50] <@gadflyGladiator> You're forced to do them once, but with inclination, you can pull them out whenever
- [13:50] <bobbedNonsense> yes, but involuntarily?
- [13:50] <bobbedNonsense> only once
- [13:51] <elegiacEmigre> I'm not really sure what I can do, now, alive again as I am. I've already done the one thing that seemed important while I was dead...
- [13:51] <@gadflyGladiator> Do other things that seem important
- [13:51] <bobbedNonsense> ok i'll have a /little/ faith that he won't pull out the uranium and [Atomik Bonsai] at an ogre's sneeze
- 04[13:51] <esotericRemnant> heh
- [13:51] <@gadflyGladiator> Or wait for your chance and go back to the bubbles, I guess. That's an option
- [13:51] <elegiacEmigre> I don't want to be dead again.
- [13:52] <@gadflyGladiator> Alrighty then
- [13:52] <~ventricularPipefitter> Mm, well...
- [13:52] <@gadflyGladiator> Go back to "doing other things that seem important"
- [13:52] <@gadflyGladiator> Help someone else who needs it
- [13:53] <elegiacEmigre> I... mmm.
- [13:53] <@gadflyGladiator> That sorta thing
- [13:53] <~ventricularPipefitter> Reconnect with the living, if there's people you left behind. If you have a working Classpect, I believe there's a project to look for riddles and puzzles to put Abel and Charta's land back together. If you know anything about boats or sailing, I could use your help.
- [13:53] <elegiacEmigre> [The last time you went to try and help someone, he murdered you. You are a bit leery of being alone with other people, after that, but you think that might make you feel paranoid.]
- [13:54] <elegiacEmigre> I am still Fae of Law. I might be able to help on the project.
- [13:55] <elegiacEmigre> Who are Abel and Charta?
- [13:55] <@gadflyGladiator> Fae?
- [13:55] <@gadflyGladiator> Oh, right, you were in Vitt's archaic-title-session
- [13:55] <elegiacEmigre> ... Yes, I was.
- [13:56] <elegiacEmigre> [That was not the most important part of that session to you at ALL. You feel a little weird about it being defined like that!]
- [13:56] <stanzicApparati> I was Seer of Law last session. I can offer some tips on the Aspect, if you need them.
- [13:56] <elegiacEmigre> I... think I was doing well enough, before I was murdered.
- 04[13:56] <esotericRemnant> Shit
- 04[13:57] * esotericRemnant is now away (underling(?))
- [13:57] <@gadflyGladiator> Welp
- 06[13:57] * stanzicApparati PMs "Scott" : (Ping me if you need help.)
- [13:57] <~ventricularPipefitter> Abel and Charta are the two co-players of mine who share the mixed-up black-and-white Land with the glitchy name.
- [13:58] <stanzicApparati> [You doubt he will, since you've still yet to climb all the way out of Knight Syndrome. But the offer is made, at least.]
- [13:58] <bobbedNonsense> [Whaddaya know, you don't feel so much like trying to apologise for Desmond's actions. Progress??]
- 04[13:58] * esotericRemnant PMs Zeimah (Find out what the hell these things are.)
- [13:58] <@gadflyGladiator> Land of Gibberish and Clipping Errors
- [13:58] <@gadflyGladiator> And Frogs
- 04[13:58] * esotericRemnant sends Zeimah the image "underlings.jpg" (( http://www.wizards.com/mtg/images/daily/ftl/ftl87_spawnShire.jpg ))
- 06[13:59] * stanzicApparati PMs "Scott" : (I'll try and see if I can get any info.)
- [13:59] <openSystem> lovely.
- 06[13:59] * stanzicApparati has downloaded the file!
- [14:00] <~ventricularPipefitter> Remind me, Fae is the archaic title for...
- [14:00] <elegiacEmigre> I don't know.
- [14:00] <bobbedNonsense> Sylph, i'd think?
- [14:00] <@gadflyGladiator> ...
- [14:00] <@gadflyGladiator> Sylph
- [14:00] <elegiacEmigre> That was my first session.
- [14:00] <@gadflyGladiator> Thought it was obvious
- [14:01] <~ventricularPipefitter> Just making conversation, Adam.
- [14:01] <~ventricularPipefitter> Damn. I'm sorry.
- [14:01] <@gadflyGladiator> Rache
- [14:02] <dominoFeatherweight> Those murals are quite something.
- [14:03] <stanzicApparati> ow ow ow shit /ow/
- [14:03] <elegiacEmigre> Are you all right?
- [14:03] <bobbedNonsense> you right?
- 06[14:03] * stanzicApparati PMs "Scott" : (OKay, fIrst oFf? THose tHings aRe cOrrupted aS hEll)
- 06[14:03] * stanzicApparati PMs "Scott" : (FUrther dEtails pEnding)
- [14:03] <dominoFeatherweight> What's wrong?
- [14:03] <stanzicApparati> nOt rEally
- [14:04] <@gadflyGladiator> Get a hug, probably
- [14:04] <@gadflyGladiator> And maybe some Lifeshakes
- [14:04] <stanzicApparati> SCott sEnt mE a pIc oF tHe uNderling tHings hE's dEaling wIth
- [14:04] <stanzicApparati> GOing tO
- [14:04] <stanzicApparati> ANyways, lOng sTory sHort, I aM nOw bLeeding oUt tHe eArs aNd tHey lOok lIke bAsilisks cRossed wIth aNts aNd sQuids
- [14:05] <openSystem> oh dear
- [14:05] <bobbedNonsense> shit
- [14:05] <stanzicApparati> yEah
- [14:05] <dominoFeatherweight> [Frown.]
- [14:05] <@gadflyGladiator> Alright then
- [14:06] <stanzicApparati> aLready wArned hIm, aNd I'M pInging eVeryone eLse nOw tO wArn tHem
- [14:06] <~ventricularPipefitter> Mm.
- [14:07] <~ventricularPipefitter> They'll be disproportionately dangerous.
- 04[14:07] * esotericRemnant PMs Zeimah (Noted, I've blocked them off for now, but I'm kind of...stuck deep in here until my pluck comes back.)
- 06[14:07] * stanzicApparati PMs "list: whole session" : (SCott's gOt sOme kInd oF cOrrupted UNderling oN hIs lAnd, lOoks lIke a cRoss bEtween a bAsilisk, aN aNt aNd a sQuid. IT iS /hEavily/ cOrrupted, aNd iT wIll bE dIsproportionately dAngerous.)
- [14:08] <stanzicApparati> sHit
- [14:08] <stanzicApparati> hE sAys hE's bLocked tHem oFf fOr nOw, bUt hE's sTuck "dEep iN hEre uNtil mY pLuck cOmes bAck"
- [14:08] <@gadflyGladiator> Fun with ichor
- [14:08] <@gadflyGladiator> Oh
- [14:08] <@gadflyGladiator> Well then
- [14:08] <@gadflyGladiator> Get him to play his Homefree
- [14:08] <@gadflyGladiator> If he can
- 06[14:09] * stanzicApparati PMs "Scott" : (CAn yOu HOmefree?)
- [14:09] <~ventricularPipefitter> Player Commands don't take pluck, after all.
- 04[14:09] * esotericRemnant PMs Zeimah (Theres something else down here)
- 06[14:09] * stanzicApparati PMs "Scott" : (...dO yOu kNow wHat?)
- 04[14:09] * esotericRemnant PMs Zeimah (I will, just, give me a minute)
- [14:09] <stanzicApparati> ...hE sAys tHere's sOmething eLse dOwn tHere wIth hIm, aNd hE'll HOmefree iN a mInute
- 04[14:10] * esotericRemnant PMs Zeimah (You know how my dungeons and stuff have been relatively rocky and uneven and...natural? If thats the right word?)
- 04[14:10] * esotericRemnant PMs Zeimah (Like, caves and whatever)
- 06[14:10] * stanzicApparati PMs "Scott" : (YEah?)
- 04[14:10] * esotericRemnant PMs Zeimah (This one isn't like that)
- [14:10] <~ventricularPipefitter> That sounds like the set up to an unpleasant death deep underground.
- [14:10] <@gadflyGladiator> Well, he is tiered
- [14:10] <@gadflyGladiator> So permadeath isn't on the table
- [14:10] <@gadflyGladiator> Probably
- 04[14:11] * esotericRemnant sends stanzicApparati the file "???.jpg" (( http://www.wizards.com/mtg/images/daily/arcana/396_b43xpvqqqz.jpg ))
- [14:11] <@gadflyGladiator> But really should Homefree as soon as he can
- 06[14:11] * stanzicApparati PMs "Scott" : (HOw sO? ALso, eXploring cAn hAppen /lAter/, aFter yOu're nOt iN dAnger oF dYing)
- 06[14:11] * ~ventricularPipefitter PMs "Scott" ( (4:09:38 PM) stanzicApparati: ...hE sAys tHere's sOmething eLse dOwn tHere wIth hIm, aNd hE'll HOmefree iN a mInute (4:10:20 PM) ventricularPipefitter: That sounds like the set up to an unpleasant death deep underground. )
- [14:11] <bobbedNonsense> just leaves the chance of someone who is GT picking up potentially heavy corruption
- [14:11] <elegiacEmigre> Pardon me. I think I am going to go do something else for a while.
- 06[14:11] * elegiacEmigre left the memo
- [14:11] <~ventricularPipefitter> Take care.
- 06[14:11] * elegiacEmigre disconnected from the server
- 06[14:11] * stanzicApparati PMs "Scott" : (IT cOunts aS JUst iF yOu gEt cOrrupted aNd tHen dIe aS a gOdtier)
- [14:11] <@gadflyGladiator> And there she goes
- 04[14:12] * esotericRemnant PMs Zeimah (I...yeah. One second.)
- 06[14:12] * bobbedNonsense PMs "Scott" : ( please don't be stupid, you can research later, when there /isn/t/ ichorbubbling underlings about )
- 04[14:13] <esotericRemnant> [You're looking at this...crystal? You're not sure what it is. The shrieks of whatever the hell those were reverberting through the halls.]
- 06[14:13] * stanzicApparati PMs "Scott" : (OKay. ONe sEcond's nOw uP.)
- 04[14:14] <esotericRemnant> [You're about to reach out and touch it when Zeimah PMs you. Right, Homefree, now.]
- [14:14] <@gadflyGladiator> And death clears. He'll be fine, corruption wise. Probably
- [14:14] <openSystem> ...is he still being a dumbass?
- 04[14:14] <esotericRemnant> [ <Homefree> ]
- [14:14] <@gadflyGladiator> Possibly
- [14:14] <@gadflyGladiator> Reckless, certainly
- [14:14] <stanzicApparati> IT oNly cLears iF yOu dIe /pRe/-gOdtier, RAche.
- 04[14:14] <esotericRemnant> [...that was suppose to do something.]
- [14:15] <stanzicApparati> IF yOu dIe cOrrupted /pOst/-gOdtier, iT's /JUst/
- 04[14:15] * esotericRemnant PMs Zeimah (Problem. Homefree isn't doing anything)
- [14:15] <stanzicApparati> .../sHit/
- [14:15] <stanzicApparati> hE sAys HOmefree iSn't wOrking
- [14:15] <dominoFeatherweight> [Oh dear.]
- [14:15] <~ventricularPipefitter> Then you'd better get back out /manually/.
- [14:15] <@gadflyGladiator> Nnnnno?
- [14:15] <openSystem> Isn't that where the lovely things are, though?
- 06[14:16] * stanzicApparati PMs "Scott" : (CAn yOu sAfely gEt bAck oUt mAnually?)
- [14:16] <stanzicApparati> I'M aSking iF hE cAn sAfely gEt bAck oUt mAnually
- [14:16] <@gadflyGladiator> Dying as Just requires you to have killed or attempted to kill someone. Which happens as a result of corruption, but
- [14:16] <@gadflyGladiator> Just being corrupted and then dying clears
- [14:16] <@gadflyGladiator> But this is probably something that can wait
- 04[14:17] * esotericRemnant PMs Zeimah (I sealed the hall behind me. There was too many of them to fight.)
- [14:17] <~ventricularPipefitter> He's in some kind of zone with different rules. Compare how a psychoruin prevents global sburban bullshit wi-fi connections.
- [14:18] <~ventricularPipefitter> He'll need to get out of it, one way or another.
- [14:18] <stanzicApparati> iT's a dUngeon, bUt iT lOoks dIfferent fRom hIs uSualy oNes
- [14:18] <~ventricularPipefitter> He'll need the exit, then. When you're going through Hell, keep going.
- [14:18] <stanzicApparati> aNd hE sEaled tHe hAll bEhind hIm, sAys tHere wEre tOo mAny tO fIght
- 06[14:18] * stanzicApparati PMs "Scott" : (ANy oTher eXits?)
- 04[14:19] * esotericRemnant PMs Zeimah (Wait for pluck to come back and try and portal out that way. Otherwise theres this door with the crystal. In the picture I sent you.)
- 06[14:20] * stanzicApparati PMs "Scott" : (OKay.)
- [14:21] <stanzicApparati> ONly wAys oUt aRe wAiting fOr hIs pLuck tO rEgen aNd sEeing iF hE cAn pOrtal oUt, oR tAking a dOor nEar a gIant fLoating cRystal
- 04[14:23] * esotericRemnant PMs Zeimah (I keep finding myself wanting to touch it. So I've backed away from it for now.)
- [14:23] <stanzicApparati> wHIch hE kEeps wAnting tO tOuch
- [14:23] <stanzicApparati> FOrtunately, hE's bEing a sMart bOy aNd iS kEeping tHe hEll aWay fRom iT
- [14:23] <@gadflyGladiator> Tell him to poke his head through the door and see what's there
- [14:24] <@gadflyGladiator> Or. Wait, he's still on the memo
- [14:24] <~ventricularPipefitter> Door.
- 04[14:24] * esotericRemnant returns from away
- 04[14:24] <esotericRemnant> Locked.
- 04[14:24] <esotericRemnant> Crystal is set in it
- 04[14:24] <esotericRemnant> One sec
- [14:25] <dominoFeatherweight> [Watch.]
- 04[14:25] * esotericRemnant links the file "Crystal.jpg" (( http://www.wizards.com/mtg/images/daily/arcana/396_b43xpvqqqz.jpg ))
- [14:25] <@gadflyGladiator> Geometric as all hell
- 06[14:25] * openSystem has downloaded the file
- [14:25] <@gadflyGladiator> Probably continue to not touch it
- 06[14:25] * bobbedNonsense has downloaded the file
- 04[14:26] <esotericRemnant> Yeah well
- [14:26] <openSystem> ....that's not ominous at all
- 04[14:26] <esotericRemnant> Homefree didn't work. I can still hear all the skittering and screetching of the monsters behind me
- 04[14:26] <esotericRemnant> I'll have enough pluck for a short portal in a few minutes, but if Homefree didn't work...
- [14:26] <bobbedNonsense> how's your pluck doing?
- [14:26] <bobbedNonsense> ah
- [14:26] <bobbedNonsense> try it regardless?
- 04[14:27] <esotericRemnant> Yeah
- 04[14:27] <esotericRemnant> Why I'm waiting
- [14:27] <~ventricularPipefitter> Remind me your class again?
- 04[14:27] <esotericRemnant> Ward
- 04[14:29] <esotericRemnant> Alright, trying
- 04[14:30] <esotericRemnant> [Frogjump]
- 04[14:30] <esotericRemnant> ...
- 04[14:30] <esotericRemnant> Nothing
- [14:31] <@gadflyGladiator> Well, fuck
- [14:31] <dominoFeatherweight> ...
- [14:31] <@gadflyGladiator> Is there anything that'll restrict the time you have?
- [14:31] <@gadflyGladiator> Any enemies or way they can get to you?
- [14:31] <~ventricularPipefitter> So now you're pluck-drained, /and/ stuck down there. excellent.
- 04[14:32] <esotericRemnant> Unless they come through that door or start-
- 04[14:32] <esotericRemnant> oh come on
- 04[14:32] <esotericRemnant> They're trying to batter down the blockage
- [14:33] <@gadflyGladiator> Is my suggestion of "rest and recuperate your pluck" feasible, or...?
- 04[14:33] <esotericRemnant> To what end? I can't portal out, and theres still too many to fight going backwards
- [14:33] <@gadflyGladiator> To be ready for anything when going forwards
- 04[14:34] <esotericRemnant> Yeah
- 04[14:35] <esotericRemnant> I'll stay as long as I can, but I don't exactly want to be here when they can get to me
- [14:35] <@gadflyGladiator> Obviously
- 04[14:35] <esotericRemnant> [You start pacing. Trying to think of something else to do.]
- [14:39] <~ventricularPipefitter> Okay, so. Door and crystal. Tell us about it again.
- 04[14:40] <esotericRemnant> Not sure what there is to tell
- 04[14:40] <esotericRemnant> It feels /wrong/ though, but my entire land has been given me that small tinge since the start, so I've tried to ignore it
- [14:41] <stanzicApparati> WRong hOw?
- [14:41] <@gadflyGladiator> Geometric, bright, glowing, wrong-feeling
- [14:41] <@gadflyGladiator> You might need a hug, later
- [14:41] <bobbedNonsense> mhm
- 04[14:41] <esotericRemnant> I know
- [14:42] <bobbedNonsense> ggg
- [14:42] <bobbedNonsense> fuck
- [14:42] <@gadflyGladiator> ?
- [14:42] <bobbedNonsense> Dionysus is calling
- [14:42] <bobbedNonsense> i need to go
- 06[14:42] * bobbedNonsense has disconnected from the memo
- 04[14:43] <esotericRemnant> I mean
- 04[14:43] <esotericRemnant> Theres lore in my land
- 04[14:43] <esotericRemnant> About the sleepers or Sleepers, and something called the Eye
- [14:44] <gordianStranger> [Finish up with the most recent engrossing consort escapade, and drag out your computer. You know you heard a PM alert earlier.]
- 06[14:44] * gordianStranger has connected to the memo
- [14:44] <stanzicApparati> HEy, VRu
- [14:44] <gordianStranger> What's this I'm hearin' bout more corruption in this session?
- [14:45] <@gadflyGladiator> Scott's trapped in a dungeon
- [14:45] <gordianStranger> Oh fun
- [14:45] <@gadflyGladiator> There's a crystal that's probably corrupted
- [14:45] <@gadflyGladiator> Hugs and Lightshakes and Hymns
- [14:45] <gordianStranger> Can I play the dashing prince, off to rescue him?
- [14:46] <stanzicApparati> NOt rIght nOw
- [14:46] <gordianStranger> Aw
- 04[14:46] <esotericRemnant> I'm trying to remember the lore
- [14:46] <@gadflyGladiator> Let him get out, then go, I think
- [14:46] <stanzicApparati> 'cAuse hE's tRapped iN a hAll bY tHings tHat lOok lIke a cRoss bEtween bAsilisks, aNts aNd sQuids
- [14:46] <gordianStranger> Why not?
- [14:46] <stanzicApparati> wHich aRe cOrrupted aS /fUck/, bY tHe wAy
- [14:47] <@gadflyGladiator> Which means they're tough as shit
- [14:47] <gordianStranger> Can't I, like, try and distract 'em so he can get out? I'll gargle lightshake while I do so
- [14:47] <stanzicApparati> .../nO/
- 04[14:47] <esotericRemnant> I'm pretty sure its otherwise, not angelic
- [14:47] <gordianStranger> Okay then
- [14:47] <gordianStranger> What do I do then?
- 04[14:47] <esotericRemnant> The monsters anyways, the crystal...
- [14:47] <@gadflyGladiator> Wait for Scott to get through the dungeon
- [14:47] <@gadflyGladiator> ...Wait
- [14:47] <stanzicApparati> IF yOu gO iN, yOu're gOing iN wIth hElp aNd iT'll bE /aFter/ I aSk NAn tO cOme uP wIth sOMething tO kIll bAby OThers
- [14:48] <@gadflyGladiator> The crystal's probably Angelic, and the underlings are Otherwise
- [14:48] <stanzicApparati> oH, lOvely
- [14:48] <stanzicApparati> oPposing cOrruption tYpes.
- 04[14:48] <esotericRemnant> I...I think its a lock
- [14:48] <@gadflyGladiator> That'll be an interesting combination, if they get together
- 04[14:48] <esotericRemnant> The Eye is what keeps the Sleepers, well, asleep
- [14:49] <stanzicApparati> WHy tHank yOu, gAme, jUst wHat I wAnted fOr TWelfth PErigee's EVe, hOw eVer dId yOu kNow
- 04[14:50] <esotericRemnant> The Sleepers...
- [14:50] <@gadflyGladiator> And is this crystal thing the Eye?
- 04[14:50] <esotericRemnant> [You try and remember, its hard. Your head is pounding and the screeching is not helping.]
- [14:50] <@gadflyGladiator> Because the Host seem to go for no eyes
- [14:50] <@gadflyGladiator> As a general rule
- 04[14:50] <esotericRemnant> I think its set to watch them
- [14:50] <~ventricularPipefitter> As a general rule, you don't see Angelic influence north of the Underworld.
- [14:51] <~ventricularPipefitter> This is not a 'general' situation.
- [14:51] <gordianStranger> [Twirl your axe, and stash it in your specibus, making your way towards your boat. May as well be ready by the Gate to go do the huggy thing when they let you.]
- [14:51] <@gadflyGladiator> Mm. Point
- [14:51] <@gadflyGladiator> And your land is irregular to begin with. In an interesting way, but
- 06[14:52] * stanzicApparati PMs "Nan" : (CAn yOu cOme uP wIth sOmething tO kIll a tHing tHat lOoks lIke a bAby OTher aNd iS /hIghly/ OTherwise-cOrrupt?)
- 04[14:52] <esotericRemnant> The Sleepers, they feed on the energy of worlds. I thought it was hyperbole at first but
- 04[14:52] <esotericRemnant> Its a Space land, it might be literal
- [14:53] <@gadflyGladiator> Hm
- 06[14:53] * openSystem has idled out!
- 04[14:54] <esotericRemnant> [Your pacing has brought you right next to the crystal again. Without even thinking about it.]
- [14:54] <@gadflyGladiator> Angels leech off the Heart of the Land
- 06[14:55] * unknownEntity PMs "Timewolf" (...maybe. What's going on?)
- [14:55] <@gadflyGladiator> Whether or not that's the same sort of thing, I dunno, but it's an interesting coincidence, considering the crystal
- 04[14:55] <esotericRemnant> I...I've seen the images on the murals and ruins and...well
- 04[14:55] <esotericRemnant> They don't seem angelic
- [14:56] <@gadflyGladiator> Too many tentacles, not enough wings?
- 04[14:56] <esotericRemnant> I...yeah
- 04[14:56] <esotericRemnant> [You force yourself away again.]
- 04[14:56] <esotericRemnant> Hang on, I've got some images
- [14:56] <@gadflyGladiator> That explains how the Angelic crystal is something that can keep them down
- [14:57] <@gadflyGladiator> In a "light a fire to keep animals at bay" sense
- 04[14:57] <esotericRemnant> Maybe
- [14:57] <gordianStranger> [Okay so maybe you've popped through the Gate and are sitting on his spire, dangling feet over the edge and looking out across the hedrons.]
- [14:57] <gordianStranger> [Drag out your alimentator and start making some chips to eat while you wait.]
- 04[14:57] <esotericRemnant> Some of them have names, mis-remembered maybe but
- 06[14:57] * stanzicApparati PMs "Nan" : (SCott's tRapped iN a dUngeon bY tHings tHat lOok lIke a cRoss bEtween bAsilisks, aNts, aNd sQuids. WE dOn't kNow yEt iF hE'll bE aBle tO gEt oUt.)
- 04[14:58] <esotericRemnant> Cosi, or Talib, or something else entirely
- 06[14:59] * unknownEntity PMs "Timewolf" (Okay, so, lava's out because Scott has to come back out... Lemme see if the Voices or the consorts have any ideas.)
- 04[14:59] <esotericRemnant> But they have the same images
- [14:59] <@gadflyGladiator> HM
- [14:59] <@gadflyGladiator> None of 'em sound familiar to me
- 04[14:59] * esotericRemnant links the file "Mural_Cosi?.jpg" (( http://www.wizards.com/mtg/images/daily/stf/stf82_koz.jpg ))
- [14:59] <@gadflyGladiator> Not that that means a lot, but
- 06[15:00] * stanzicApparati PMs "Nan" : (THank yOu.)
- [15:00] <@gadflyGladiator> Wow
- [15:00] <@gadflyGladiator> That sure is a thing
- 04[15:00] <esotericRemnant> I...think those are eyes in its arm
- 04[15:00] <esotericRemnant> Its hard to tell, but
- [15:00] <@gadflyGladiator> Maybe?
- 06[15:00] * gordianStranger has downloaded the file
- [15:00] <gordianStranger> Dang
- [15:01] <@gadflyGladiator> Certainly not Angelic
- [15:01] <stanzicApparati> OKay, NAn iS nOw dOing rEsearch.
- [15:01] <gordianStranger> That's pretty fucking Otherwise looking to me
- 04[15:01] <esotericRemnant> [You check the barrier again. You can feel them bashing against it.]
- [15:01] <stanzicApparati> [You pack up and start heading for Scott's Spire, sipping at a Lifeshake as you go.]
- [15:02] <@gadflyGladiator> Also something along the magnitude of "fucking huge"
- [15:02] <gordianStranger> Yuh huh
- 06[15:03] * unknownEntity PMs "Timewolf" (...which kind of shake is it again that helps with otherwise?)
- 06[15:04] * stanzicApparati PMs "Nan" : (V idshake.)
- 06[15:05] * unknownEntity PMs "Timewolf" (Okay, thanks. I might have an idea, let me put it together and I'll head over.)
- 04[15:06] <esotericRemnant> Don't know how much longer it'll hold
- [15:06] <stanzicApparati> WEll, oN tHe uPside, NAn sAys sHe mIght hAve aN iDea.
- [15:06] <gordianStranger> I am right here ready to spring into action, forreal
- [15:06] <gordianStranger> Where are you anyway?
- [15:06] <gordianStranger> Soes I know where to go when I /can/
- [15:07] <stanzicApparati> [On the other hand, you pretty much gave Nan free reign to Raindance at weaponry. This may or may not end up being a wise choice.]
- 04[15:07] <esotericRemnant> About a third down the world from the Spire. About 10 degrees to the left if you were headed to the consort capital
- [15:07] <gordianStranger> How close can I get before people start yelling at me?
- 04[15:08] <esotericRemnant> Hell if I know
- [15:08] <@gadflyGladiator> Don't enter
- 06[15:08] * unknownEntity has joined the memo
- [15:08] <@gadflyGladiator> Baby Others
- [15:08] <@gadflyGladiator> Not good
- [15:08] <gordianStranger> Okay I guess I'll start walking until people start yelling
- [15:08] <@gadflyGladiator> Heya
- 04[15:08] <esotericRemnant> Look for the two large crystal formations and then the one half stuck in the ground
- [15:08] <unknownEntity> Scott, coordinates, brace for impact and get ready to get in the tank
- [15:08] <gordianStranger> [Stash your alimentator, pick up your chips, and head off, munching away.]
- [15:09] <gordianStranger> That sounds like I should stop walking should I stop walking hi Nan
- [15:09] <stanzicApparati> YEs yOu sHould sTop wAlking
- [15:09] <gordianStranger> Okay stopped walking
- [15:09] <stanzicApparati> I aSked tHe KNight oF RAin tO cOme uP wIth sOmething tO kIll bAby OThers.
- [15:10] <gordianStranger> Walking backwards now
- [15:10] <stanzicApparati> GOod pLan.
- [15:10] <unknownEntity> [Horde of Nan: pop out onto Scott's land. Assemble Orbital Retracting Tank Cannon, get it mobile]
- [15:10] <@gadflyGladiator> Maybe jog backwards
- [15:10] <gordianStranger> Perhaps even turn around and run in the other direction
- [15:10] <@gadflyGladiator> That's the spirit
- [15:11] <unknownEntity> Okay, firing in five
- [15:11] <gordianStranger> [Pick up speed, back up the spire.]
- [15:12] <stanzicApparati> [You're just gonna...hang out in Aelf's Spire, next to the gate to Scott's Spire, for now.]
- [15:12] <unknownEntity> [A tank, coolants replaced with voidshake, is launched from the sky at probably lethal speeds into the dungeon.]
- 04[15:12] <esotericRemnant> [You brace yourself]
- [15:12] <gordianStranger> [Stop, just outside the second Gate, and look back, towards where Scott's location should be.]
- [15:12] <unknownEntity> [We have impact]
- [15:13] <gordianStranger> [...pull out binoculars and squint though them.]
- [15:14] <gordianStranger> Well that sure was a tank
- [15:14] <gordianStranger> I think
- [15:14] <gordianStranger> It's very small from this distance
- [15:14] <@gadflyGladiator> I guess that's one way to solve a problem
- [15:15] <unknownEntity> ...this is not where I aimed for.
- [15:15] <gordianStranger> Is that a /chain/ on the tank?
- [15:15] <gordianStranger> Did you
- [15:15] <unknownEntity> You okay in there, Scott, I'm gonna try firing again
- [15:15] <gordianStranger> build a yo-yo tank
- [15:15] <gordianStranger> She did
- [15:15] <unknownEntity> [Tank: retract]
- [15:15] <unknownEntity> Orbital Tank Cannon.
- [15:15] <gordianStranger> Oh my god
- [15:16] <gordianStranger> You are so cool
- 04[15:16] <esotericRemnant> Nothing happened
- [15:16] <unknownEntity> It needs more rockets, still.
- [15:16] <gordianStranger> Why didn't I know you were in this session earlier
- [15:16] <unknownEntity> But short notice.
- [15:16] <@gadflyGladiator> Wow
- [15:16] <@gadflyGladiator> I
- [15:16] <@gadflyGladiator> Jesus
- [15:16] <unknownEntity> ...nothing at all? Can you give me exact coords? it's sorta hard to tell from inside the tank.
- [15:17] <gordianStranger> You're in the tank?
- 04[15:17] * esotericRemnant sends unknownEntity "Coordinates.txt"
- [15:17] <unknownEntity> Of course I am, how else am I supposed to help Scott up?
- 06[15:17] * unknownEntity has downloaded the file.
- [15:17] <stanzicApparati> oF cOurse sHe -- yEah
- [15:17] <gordianStranger> ...that is a valid point
- [15:17] <unknownEntity> Alright, here goes.
- [15:18] <unknownEntity> [Tank v. Dungeon: Round Two, Fight!]
- 04[15:19] <esotericRemnant> .....?
- 04[15:19] <esotericRemnant> Whats happening out there?
- [15:19] <unknownEntity> ...why do I feel like this is still wrong?
- [15:19] <@gadflyGladiator> Yoyo tank, I think
- [15:19] <gordianStranger> She shot it again
- [15:19] <unknownEntity> I shot down the hole, but...
- 04[15:20] <esotericRemnant> but....
- [15:20] <dominoFeatherweight> [Boggle.]
- [15:20] <unknownEntity> ...Okay, Coords say I'm close, and on the right path, but it's not nearly deep enough. I didn't actually... hit anything?
- 04[15:21] <esotericRemnant> Try again?
- [15:21] <gordianStranger> [Sit back on the edge of the spire, still watching with your binoculars.]
- [15:21] <unknownEntity> [Tank: retract again. Nan: Be frustrated]
- [15:21] <gordianStranger> Aaand up it goes
- [15:21] <dominoFeatherweight> Damn.
- [15:21] <unknownEntity> Okay, switching into jackhammer mode
- [15:22] <gordianStranger> Oh boy
- [15:22] <unknownEntity> Let's see how this goes.
- [15:22] <stanzicApparati> ...well, Nan's doing A Thing.
- [15:22] <unknownEntity> [Fire repeatedly.]
- [15:22] <stanzicApparati> Beyond that, fuck if I know right now. Which is probably for the best, when the Rain player's doing A Thing.
- [15:23] <gordianStranger> I
- [15:23] <gordianStranger> Should be filming this
- [15:23] <gordianStranger> Why aren't I- lemme fix that
- [15:23] <gordianStranger> [Camera.]
- [15:23] <unknownEntity> You'd best be
- [15:23] <gordianStranger> I am now
- [15:23] <stanzicApparati> ...right, I'm coming over there.
- [15:23] <unknownEntity> Scott, anything?
- [15:23] <stanzicApparati> I don't wanna miss this.
- 04[15:24] <esotericRemnant> Nothing
- [15:24] <gordianStranger> Bring binoculars
- [15:24] <unknownEntity> Hmn.
- [15:25] <stanzicApparati> Yeah. Do you have popcorn?
- [15:25] <stanzicApparati> 'Cause I can bring popcorn, too.
- 04[15:25] <esotericRemnant> Shit
- 04[15:25] <esotericRemnant> Last chance Nan
- [15:25] <gordianStranger> I have popcorn and chips
- [15:25] <unknownEntity> [Nanclones on cannon: Tinker. Obviously it's not going fast enough yet. Though the hole being gradually made in the land probably says otherwise]
- [15:26] <gordianStranger> [Drag out your alimentator and chips again. Make popcorn.]
- [15:26] <stanzicApparati> Awesome. I'll be right over.
- [15:26] <unknownEntity> how long do you have until they break through?
- [15:26] <stanzicApparati> [Get the binoculars and then bounce through the Gate and head up to join Vru.]
- 04[15:26] <esotericRemnant> 5 minutes, tops
- [15:26] <unknownEntity> Because if this doesn't work I'm going to have to drive the tank solo and drag the chain along
- [15:27] <unknownEntity> Alright, jackhammer's no good, coming down manually.
- [15:28] <gordianStranger> [Wave at her distractedly, still staring through your binoculars at the increasing crater above where Scott should be.]
- [15:28] <unknownEntity> [The cannon stops firing, leaving the tank on the ground, and it starts to drive downward.]
- [15:29] <stanzicApparati> [You wave back and sit next to Vru, pulling out your binoculars.]
- [15:29] <stanzicApparati> Welp
- [15:29] <stanzicApparati> That sure is a thing there
- [15:30] <gordianStranger> You missed the best part, unless she wants to start up the jackhammer again
- [15:30] <gordianStranger> [Can't talk, mouth full of chips.]
- 04[15:30] <esotericRemnant> I'm glad this is so amusing to you guys
- [15:30] <stanzicApparati> There's a cannon full of tank.
- [15:30] <gordianStranger> Well, it's either take what enjoyment I can from this or uselessly worry myself silly
- [15:31] <gordianStranger> Moment I get leeway to come help out, I promise I am /so/ there
- [15:31] <unknownEntity> [Tank: Stop moving.]
- [15:31] <stanzicApparati> Basically, the thing Vru just said.
- [15:31] <unknownEntity> ...There is a wall here
- 04[15:31] <esotericRemnant> ...?
- [15:31] <@gadflyGladiator> Make it not there
- [15:31] <@gadflyGladiator> I thought that was the point
- [15:31] <unknownEntity> tiny little hedronthings
- [15:31] <unknownEntity> they...
- [15:32] <unknownEntity> they're not moving at all, they look like teeth.
- 04[15:32] <esotericRemnant> ...
- [15:33] <gordianStranger> Teeth?
- [15:33] <unknownEntity> ...murals of giant things. ...teeth.
- [15:33] <gordianStranger> Y'alright there, Nan?
- [15:33] <unknownEntity> [Fire a single shot from the Tank. Nothing.]
- 04[15:33] <esotericRemnant> Times up
- 04[15:34] <esotericRemnant> Try and get out or go deeper
- [15:34] <unknownEntity> [Shit. Shitshit.]
- [15:34] <gordianStranger> Uh what are you planning on doing?
- [15:34] <stanzicApparati> ...right. Vru, Nan, how are you for weapons that are made of fire?
- 04[15:34] <esotericRemnant> I don't /know/
- 04[15:35] <esotericRemnant> [Theres tentacles coming through the gaps in the stones. You've backed up close to the door.]
- [15:35] <@gadflyGladiator> Light, too
- [15:35] <gordianStranger> Uh, I got my axes, they ain't too friendly to fire in their natural state-
- [15:35] <unknownEntity> Lava's all I've really got.
- [15:35] <gordianStranger> Gimme ten minutes with an alchemiter, and I'll see what I can do
- 04[15:36] <esotericRemnant> I don't /have/ ten minutes
- 04[15:36] <esotericRemnant> They're coming through
- [15:36] <gordianStranger> Fuck
- [15:36] <@gadflyGladiator> Go out through the door?
- [15:36] <gordianStranger> [Be already on your feet and pelting down the spire.]
- [15:36] <unknownEntity> I'm going to try on foot. Might be able to pry a way in, but there's no entrance here anywhere
- [15:36] <unknownEntity> I think it's sealed you in.
- 04[15:36] <esotericRemnant> Fuck
- 04[15:37] <esotericRemnant> Alright, here's hoping its not a horrible mistake
- [15:37] <stanzicApparati> /Fuck/
- [15:37] <unknownEntity> [Nan: Climb out of tank. Attempt to pry apart some of the hedrons.]
- [15:37] <gordianStranger> [The land's too /big/. It'll take you too long, even if you're running breakneck. Curse your lack of any flying equipment.]
- 04[15:37] <esotericRemnant> [You turn and press your hand against the Crystal. It burns briefly but then goes cool and dark. The door opening in front of you.]
- [15:38] <stanzicApparati> [Get up, start heading for the Alchemiter and gesture for Vru to come with. "I've got a flying ship. We need better /weapons/, though."]
- 04[15:38] <esotericRemnant> [A terrible keening sound echos out from the open door. You clasp your hands to your ears, but it does nothing to damped the noise.]
- [15:39] <gordianStranger> [Grit your teeth, hating the delay, and start to fuss with the alchemiter. Whatever you have in your pockets- whatever works.]
- 04[15:39] <esotericRemnant>
- [15:39] <unknownEntity> Scott?
- [15:39] <stanzicApparati> [Dig through your sylladex for anything helpful.]
- 04[15:39] * esotericRemnant has exceeded the microphone volume
- [15:39] <stanzicApparati> ...why do I even /have/ a jar full of jalapenos?
- 04[15:39] * esotericRemnant has been muted
- [15:39] <stanzicApparati> /fUck/
- [15:39] <@gadflyGladiator> That's always a good sign
- [15:40] <stanzicApparati> rIght aLongside tAg cHanges, yEs
- [15:40] <stanzicApparati> [Toss Vru the jar of jalapenos.]
- [15:40] <@gadflyGladiator> There's no Angels, supposedly. He's not going Singer
- [15:40] <unknownEntity> Okay I don't know what the hell these teeth things are but they're fucking impervious to everything I've got.
- [15:40] <gordianStranger> [Use them.]
- 04[15:41] <esotericRemnant> [You turn around, hands still clasped to your ears, but the wall of minions is still there. They're keeping distance though. It's hard to judge, but from the way they're moving, it seems like they're /afraid/.]
- 04[15:42] <esotericRemnant> [You stagger through the door.]
- [15:42] <gordianStranger> [Create Hackbanero- whose head glows and steam rises in wreathes around it. Feel the heat burn off it, and stash it in your specibus.]
- [15:42] <gordianStranger> ["Ok you make something, go go." Bounce on your feet, and pray to every Whispering you ever had that you two can still get there in time.]
- [15:43] <stanzicApparati> [You don't need to be told twice. Or even once - you're crowding up at the alchemiter as soon as Vru backs away, starting to combine a claymore and the jalapenos.]
- [15:44] <unknownEntity> [Nan: continue attempting to find some kind of way in]
- 04[15:45] <esotericRemnant> [The keening lessens...or maybe your hearing is going. And you manage to type something, staring at the sight in front of you.]
- 04[15:45] <esotericRemnant> It's...
- [15:46] <@gadflyGladiator> Yes?
- [15:46] <unknownEntity> Please tell me I'm not standing on the mouth of something you're standing inside of.
- 04[15:46] * esotericRemnant links the file "KeeningStone.jpg" (( https://www.wizards.com/mtg/images/daily/stf/stf85_keening.jpg ))
- 06[15:46] * gordianStranger has downloaded the file
- [15:46] <gordianStranger> oh fuck
- [15:47] <gordianStranger> that doesn't look good
- 06[15:47] * unknownEntity has downloaded the file
- [15:47] <@gadflyGladiator> I felt that. Fuck
- 04[15:47] <esotericRemnant> I...I think /that/ is the eye
- [15:48] <stanzicApparati> [You pull the Jalaepeeno into your specibus. "Right. Let's go." You head for the balcony.]
- [15:48] <gordianStranger> [Follow close after her.]
- [15:48] <unknownEntity> ...well
- [15:48] <tenebrousPsycher> [Watch]
- [15:48] <@gadflyGladiator> Can you keep going to get out?
- [15:48] <unknownEntity> [Nan: Get in the tank, retract it. Fire volley of missles before sending the tank back down to investigate.]
- 04[15:49] <esotericRemnant> This is it. Nothing but abyss elsewhere
- [15:49] <stanzicApparati> [You pull out the Skyskimmer as soon as you're out there. It's got room for several people, and you wait for Vru to enter with you before kicking it into gear and sending it speeding as quickly as it can towards Scott's location.]
- [15:52] <unknownEntity> ...so you can't get out, and we can't get in.
- 04[15:53] <esotericRemnant> Seems like
- [15:55] <unknownEntity> Fuck.
- 04[15:55] <esotericRemnant> [You move closer, passing through the swirling energy without issue. You rub a hand along it. It's...]
- 04[15:56] <esotericRemnant> It's brittle
- 04[15:56] <esotericRemnant> And flaking
- [15:56] <gordianStranger> What is?
- 04[15:56] <esotericRemnant> The Eye
- [15:56] <gordianStranger> the stone?
- 04[15:56] <esotericRemnant> Yes
- [15:56] <unknownEntity> ...it's breaking down, and that means
- 04[15:56] <esotericRemnant> [You pull your hand back, you've got flecks of the stone on them.]
- [15:57] <unknownEntity> The Eye watches the Sleepers, so if it breaks, what the hell are the Sleepers and how the hell do we deal with them
- [15:57] <@gadflyGladiator> Big-ass monsters, and copious amounts of weapons
- [15:57] <gordianStranger> can we focus on the more immediate thing right now
- [15:57] <gordianStranger> like getting Scott out
- [15:58] <unknownEntity> He can't go foreward, he can't go back, we can't go foreward, which way do you want us to go, I can't find turnways through this wall
- [15:58] <gordianStranger> I don't /know/
- 04[15:58] <esotericRemnant> ...I think the Eye is whats keeping me here
- [15:58] <gordianStranger> okay
- 04[15:59] <esotericRemnant> [The World is screaming at you. And you can feel Space bending and twisting around it.]
- [15:59] <@gadflyGladiator> Break it?
- [15:59] <gordianStranger> okay do the stupid thing which is neither heroic or just and I don't know punch the thing or something
- [15:59] <gordianStranger> and you can res and it'll all work out
- [15:59] <unknownEntity> I'm getting back in the tank in case this wall just goes away.
- [16:00] <gordianStranger> maybe retract yourself up
- [16:00] <gordianStranger> you can always drop yourself back down
- [16:00] <unknownEntity> 's the plan.
- [16:00] <unknownEntity> [Tank: Retract, hopefully for the last time.]
- 04[16:01] <esotericRemnant> If I break it though
- 04[16:01] <esotericRemnant> The Sleepers won't be asleep anymore
- [16:02] <gordianStranger> we'll deal with that when it happens
- [16:02] <gordianStranger> you don't really have any other options right now, Scott
- 04[16:04] <esotericRemnant> ...I could not
- [16:05] <gordianStranger> and then what happens?
- [16:05] <@gadflyGladiator> And then he stays down there forever
- [16:05] <@gadflyGladiator> And dies of starvation/thirst
- [16:05] <stanzicApparati> Which, not Just or Heroic, so
- [16:05] <tenebrousPsycher> That is neither just nor particularly heroic.
- [16:05] <gordianStranger> yeah, and that's not happening, cos I ain't telling Kil her clover's entombed himself forever to be Heroic and save us all
- [16:05] <stanzicApparati> Yeah. Same.
- [16:06] <gordianStranger> keeping himself down there to save the Frogs and Land and his Coplayers?
- [16:06] <@gadflyGladiator> If he's doing that to save the rest of you from dealing with the things?
- [16:06] <@gadflyGladiator> Heroic
- [16:06] <gordianStranger> sounds Heroic to me
- [16:06] <unknownEntity> If you're not going to break the big stupid rock at least like, draw a stupid face on it or something
- [16:08] <gordianStranger> No, you're going to break the rock, and share the duties, Ward, and we will deal with it /together/
- [16:08] <dominoFeatherweight> You do not end here. You cannot.
- [16:08] <@gadflyGladiator> You think you can just bypass it and /not/ wake them up, anyways? That was never an option
- 04[16:09] <esotericRemnant> Isn't it my choice
- [16:09] <gordianStranger> Okay, tell us all the myriad of other choices
- [16:09] <gordianStranger> Aside from staying there, and aside from punching the stupid rock
- [16:09] <unknownEntity> Dying slowly is not a choice, by the way
- [16:10] <dominoFeatherweight> Close your eyes and ask the World, Scott. What does it wish?
- 04[16:10] <esotericRemnant> ...That this thing is wrong, but its holding back something worse
- [16:11] <@gadflyGladiator> Mmm. If you want to kill yourself, and leave everybody twisting in the wind, I guess that's an option
- [16:11] <gordianStranger> Okay, stop listening to the World
- [16:11] <@gadflyGladiator> And, I mean, it's breaking /anyways/
- [16:11] <@gadflyGladiator> So
- [16:11] <gordianStranger> What do you think will happen to us?
- [16:11] <gordianStranger> You have your pendant, you gonna leave us to deal with Other babbies and manual frogbreedin'?
- [16:12] <gordianStranger> Don't do that, Scott, I hate manual frogbreedin', it's icky as fuck
- [16:12] <@gadflyGladiator> I can help direct
- [16:12] <gordianStranger> Don't make it any less icky
- [16:12] <gordianStranger> (Who are you, by the way?)
- 04[16:12] <esotericRemnant> [Your head is ringing. Thats all you can hear. You need to think.]
- 04[16:12] * esotericRemnant has disconnected from the servers
- [16:12] <dominoFeatherweight> }:(
- [16:12] <gordianStranger> oh great
- [16:13] <unknownEntity> Scott I swear when you get out of there I am going to bury you in cake
- 06[16:13] * gordianStranger PMs esoRem|offline : ( you stupid bastard you better be ressing right now )
- 04[16:13] * esoRem|offline has bounced the message: User not online
- [16:14] <gordianStranger> gggg fuck can this fucking boat go any faster seriously
- 04[16:14] <esoRem|offline> [You go back out and look at the hallway. They're still there, they're still waiting. No escape that way.]
- [16:14] <@gadflyGladiator> Sigh
- [16:14] <dominoFeatherweight> [You don't know how this ends specifically.]
- [16:14] <dominoFeatherweight> [You only know that it does not end here.]
- [16:16] <~ventricularPipefitter> Dammit, Scott.
- [16:16] <~ventricularPipefitter> Of /course/ things have to get worse first.
- 06[16:16] * ~ventricularPipefitter shakes his head, sighs.
- 04[16:16] <esoRem|offline> [You come back and rest against the wall, staring at the Eye. You're tired. You don't want to subject everyone to whatever thats holding back.]
- 04[16:17] <esoRem|offline> [They're right though. It's breaking. They might have to deal with it anyways. And if that happens, it'll be without you. Not to mention everyone else that might need your help down the road.]
- 04[16:18] <esoRem|offline> [You sigh and sign back in.]
- 04[16:18] * esotericRemnant has joined the memo
- [16:18] <gordianStranger> oh thank fuck
- 04[16:18] <esotericRemnant> I'm breaking it
- [16:18] <unknownEntity> Did you draw a silly face on it yet?
- [16:18] <@gadflyGladiator> Are you going to - thank you
- [16:18] <gordianStranger> good
- 04[16:18] <esotericRemnant> I don't know what it'll do, but
- 04[16:18] <esotericRemnant> Whatever it is, it won't be good
- [16:18] <stanzicApparati> [You're attempting to coax even a /little/ more speed out the boat.]
- 04[16:18] <esotericRemnant> Nan, don't come down unless I say so. I'm going to try and portal out first
- [16:19] <unknownEntity> Alright.
- 04[16:19] <esotericRemnant> [You pull out a staff, not caring which, and approach the Eye.]
- 04[16:20] <esotericRemnant> Get ready
- [16:21] <gordianStranger> [Grip onto a railing. Try to brace yourself.]
- 04[16:21] <esotericRemnant> [You take the staff near the end, swinging it up and over your head in a two handed strike.]
- 04[16:22] <esotericRemnant> [The Eye shatters into a million pieces. The keening goes out in a burst that the entire session can hear before going quiet. The silence afterwards is absolute.]
- [16:22] <unknownEntity> also, stay out of range in case I have to fire.
- [16:23] <unknownEntity> ....what the hell was that
- [16:23] <gordianStranger> [Wince at the sound, clapping free hand over an ear.]
- [16:23] <gordianStranger> ow fuck
- 04[16:23] <esotericRemnant> [Then your land starts going dark, the three on your land can see off in the distance the ground rumbling. A massive, impossible shape rising up out of the ground.]
- 04[16:23] <esotericRemnant> [ http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lixcl36eJE1qau7e5o1_500.jpg ]
- [16:24] <gordianStranger> [Stare.]
- [16:24] <unknownEntity> ...okay, I'm not sure if I should fire at that thing, or wait in case scott needs help out
- [16:24] <gordianStranger> fffuck me sideways that is...
- [16:24] <stanzicApparati> ow ow ow /ears/ owwwhhhoooollly /shit/ that is
- 04[16:25] <esotericRemnant> [You took the worst of the burst, and you're stunned for several seconds. The warping of Space is gone and you portal to outside the dungeon entrance.]
- 04[16:25] <esotericRemnant> I'm outside. A pickup would be nice.
- [16:25] <gordianStranger> tank'll be faster
- [16:25] <@gadflyGladiator> What is it?
- [16:25] <gordianStranger> it's
- [16:25] <unknownEntity> I see you, coming down.
- 04[16:25] <esotericRemnant> [You look around, your land shouldn't be dark, and- bloody hell, that is massive.]
- [16:25] <gordianStranger> hang on, camera
- [16:26] <stanzicApparati> uh please be a tree please be a tree please be an angry tree
- [16:26] <unknownEntity> [Tank: Fire. Nan, pop out of the hatch, reach a hand out to Scott]
- 06[16:26] * gordianStranger has linked "whatthefuck.png" on PTowers! (( yeah same pic, but viewed through skyboat windscreen ))
- 04[16:26] <esotericRemnant> [You take it and climb in. "Go, /go/!"]
- [16:26] <@gadflyGladiator> ...
- [16:26] <gordianStranger> that's no tree
- [16:26] <stanzicApparati> dAmmit
- [16:26] <@gadflyGladiator> Wow, that does not answer my question. What the /fuck/
- [16:26] <unknownEntity> [Tank: Retract. Let Scott out onto the cannon's platform]
- [16:27] <gordianStranger> [Draw Hackbanero. Grip the handle nervously.]
- [16:27] <stanzicApparati> oKay, bAcking tHe fUck oFf, tHe SKyskimmer iS nOt aRmed fOr wHatever tHe fUck tHat iS yEt
- 04[16:27] <esotericRemnant> Run, we need to get away right now
- [16:27] <~ventricularPipefitter> Well. Damn.
- [16:27] <gordianStranger> i don't think hackbanero's gonna help at fucking all
- [16:27] <unknownEntity> Okay, Going to point the cannon at the thing and set it to auto, can we get a lift off this thing?
- [16:28] <stanzicApparati> [You start to slow the Skyskimmer down and then, on Scott's statement, wheel it around and start heading back for Scott's Spire.]
- [16:30] <gordianStranger> ["Timewolf we need to get them, turn this thing back around."]
- [16:30] <@gadflyGladiator> (Hackbanero?)
- [16:30] <unknownEntity> [The cannon turns towards the massive angry demon treemountain, and Nan climbs out of the tank. "Well, fuck, that's a thing."]
- [16:30] <gordianStranger> (new axe)
- [16:30] <gordianStranger> (made with jalapenos)
- [16:30] <gordianStranger> (it glows)
- [16:30] <@gadflyGladiator> (All the cool weapons do)
- 04[16:32] <esotericRemnant> [You remember a line your secret consort told you in regards to the Sleepers. "'Gods don't die. They merely slumber.'" You can see why they thought of them as Gods.]
- [16:34] <dominoFeatherweight> [Goggle at picture and delete]
- 04[16:39] <esotericRemnant> [The Sleeper turns slowly in the air. Hovering above the land, tentacles probing the land, grasping at the hedron crystals.]
- [16:39] <unknownEntity> ["...was it Sleeper or Sleeper/s/?"]
- 04[16:41] <esotericRemnant> ["...Sleepers."]
- 04[16:41] <esotericRemnant> ["And their broods."]
- [16:42] <unknownEntity> ["Okay fuck waiting we're getting out of here right the fuck now." You decaptchalogue a roughly surfboard sized brick, drop it on the ground hop on, and gesture for Scott do to the same.]
- 04[16:43] <esotericRemnant> [You're geussing thats what cornered you down near the Eye.]
- 04[16:43] <esotericRemnant> [You jump on. Staring at the monsterous shape off in the distance.]
- [16:45] <unknownEntity> [You cast [Fuck Gravity], and the brick takes off, leaving rainbow trails behind it as it goes. N(y)an Brick is go! ...wow that was terrible.]
- [16:47] <gordianStranger> [Watch the flying brick. "...okay we can go."]
- [16:49] <stanzicApparati> ["/Thank/ you." The Skyskimmer speeds back towards Scott's Spire at full throttle.]
- [16:50] <unknownEntity> So is the plan get to the spire and ollie out onto someone else's land?
- [16:50] <unknownEntity> Because uh
- 04[16:50] <esotericRemnant> [The last thing you see as the monsterous shape disappears is it tearing up chunks of your land.]
- 04[16:50] <esotericRemnant> Yeah. I don't think we should be here right now
- [16:50] <gordianStranger> sounds like a plan to me!
- [16:50] <gordianStranger> I can teach you all to row
- [16:50] <gordianStranger> or swim or something
- 04[16:53] <esotericRemnant> We need a session meeting
- [16:53] <stanzicApparati> ...I can doggie-paddle. Kinda.
- [16:53] <gordianStranger> Beachside session meeting!
- [16:53] <stanzicApparati> And Aelf was gonna call a session meeting, but we're...a while after she was planning to call it.
- [16:53] <gordianStranger> Everyone can wear their swimsuits
- [16:53] <stanzicApparati> So, yeah. Beach sounds good.
- [16:53] <unknownEntity> Sure why not, but let's get safe first
- 04[16:54] <esotericRemnant> Theres one thing I need to do before I leave here
- [16:54] <gordianStranger> what
- [16:55] <unknownEntity> ...Is it something stupid, because if it is I'm just flying this brick through a gate and not letting you do it
- [16:55] <@gadflyGladiator> My first thought is telling you to leave it
- [16:55] <@gadflyGladiator> So is my second thought
- 04[16:55] <esotericRemnant> No
- [16:55] <gordianStranger> What the hell could be more important than getting out and away from that- that /thing/?
- [16:55] <@gadflyGladiator> And my third thought
- 04[16:55] <esotericRemnant> It won't take more than a few seconds once I'm back at the spire
- 04[16:55] <esotericRemnant> And it isn't dangerous
- [16:55] <gordianStranger> Tell us
- [16:55] <unknownEntity> What /is it/
- [16:56] <@gadflyGladiator> I doubt anyone is going to let you if you don't give us details
- 04[16:56] <esotericRemnant> <Calamity>
- [16:56] <@gadflyGladiator> Do you need to grab something, or
- [16:56] <@gadflyGladiator> Oh
- [16:56] <gordianStranger> [Shudder.]
- [16:56] <gordianStranger> ok that works
- [16:57] <unknownEntity> ...alright then, setting you down.
- 04[16:58] <esotericRemnant> Get to the Spire first
- 04[16:59] <esotericRemnant> [Off to the distance to the right is another massive shape: http://archive.4plebs.org/foolfuuka/boards/tg/image/1369/94/1369949964234.jpg ]
- [16:59] <gordianStranger> ohhh god no that one is worse
- [16:59] <@gadflyGladiator> Should I ask for a picture?
- [16:59] <gordianStranger> hhhh god timewolf get us out of here
- [16:59] <unknownEntity> [Get to the damn spire, already. Stop so that Scott can get off]
- [17:00] <gordianStranger> may as well it's not like i'm doing anything but trying to not shit my pants right now
- [17:00] <gordianStranger> [Camera.]
- 06[17:00] * gordianStranger has linked "scottyourlandsucks.png" on PTowers! (( ggggguess which picture? ))
- 04[17:00] <esotericRemnant> [You take out your guitar. You're glad your hands are as steady as they are. You don't think you could play the song otherwise.]
- [17:00] <@gadflyGladiator> ...
- 04[17:00] <esotericRemnant> [ <Calamity> ]
- [17:00] <@gadflyGladiator> Scott what the fuck is up with your land
- [17:01] <gordianStranger> [Aaand gr8 now you feel even more panicked and upset.]
- 04[17:01] <esotericRemnant> Don't even start
- [17:01] <gordianStranger> [Make a quiet whining noise and cling to your handrail.]
- 04[17:02] <esotericRemnant> Alright, everyone through the gate
- [17:03] <~ventricularPipefitter> It doesn't take a Catalyst to have a Cataclysm.
- [17:03] <unknownEntity> [Up and away to anywhere not here]
- 04[17:04] <esotericRemnant> Zeimah, Vrumed. You two through?
- [17:04] <@gadflyGladiator> It appears not
- [17:05] <@gadflyGladiator> (Answering Ross, not Scott)
- 06[17:05] * luccht|online PMs "Cyma" (Okay. We've got a [Calamity] and a land that just went dark. Who's on pendant retrieval duty?)
- [17:05] <stanzicApparati> We are, yeah. Headed for Vru's land now.
- [17:05] <stanzicApparati> ...oh hello, Aelf-PMing-me.
- 04[17:06] <esotericRemnant> Ok good.
- [17:06] <gordianStranger> bout time she showed her face
- 04[17:06] <esotericRemnant> [You're the last one through then. You take a look at the massive shapes in the distance before jumping through the Gate yourself.]
- 06[17:06] * stanzicApparati PMs "Aelf" : (Scott's fine, session meeting on Vru's land. Do /not/ go through Scott's land if you can avoid it.)
- [17:06] <gordianStranger> [You slump down on the floor of the skyskimmer. You want to go back to your land and curl up in the sand and talk to Kil. This is not fun.]
- [17:06] <@gadflyGladiator> Tell her that Scott's land is now Shadow Of The Colossus mixed with Lovecraft
- 06[17:06] * luccht|online PMs "Cyma" (What?)
- [17:07] <stanzicApparati> Told her to avoid the fuck out of it, but I'll pass that on, yeah.
- 06[17:07] * stanzicApparati PMs "Aelf" : (It's apparently now "Shadow Of The Colossus mixed with Lovecraft", if that means anything to you.)
- 06[17:07] * stanzicApparati PMs "Aelf" : (I don't get the references, but - big scary things dripping ichor wandering about. Avoid like hell.)
- 06[17:08] * luccht|online PMs "Cyma" (...nope. Would you like warning triangles around the appropriate gates?)
- [17:08] <@gadflyGladiator> Also, don't forget the hugs et al
- [17:08] <gordianStranger> mhmm
- [17:08] <gordianStranger> fuckin hugpile i swear
- 06[17:08] * stanzicApparati PMs "Aelf" : (That would be handy, yes, but srsly - Vru's land. Now. Bring a bathing suit.)
- 06[17:08] * stanzicApparati PMs "Aelf" : (We can all tag the gates later.)
- [17:09] <@gadflyGladiator> Bet he's not the only one who needs a hug
- 06[17:09] * luccht|online PMs "Cyma" (Fair enough.)
- [17:09] <@gadflyGladiator> Although probably the only one who needs one for corruption purposes
- [17:09] <luccht|online> [> Aelf: Change, and then gate-hop.]
- [17:09] <gordianStranger> hence hug /pile/
- [17:09] <@gadflyGladiator> Yup
- [17:11] <luccht|online> [> Aelf: Show up. Flicker of wings as you spiral around the Spire, looking for the place of the meeting.]
- 04[17:11] <esotericRemnant> [You slump down on the other side of the gate. You're tired. And incredibly worried about what the hell you're going to do.]
- [17:14] <stanzicApparati> [You pilot the Skyskimmer through to Vru's land. "Lemme know where you want me to land this thing, Vru."]
- [17:15] <gordianStranger> [You pull yourself back to your feet, and move over beside her. Indicate wordlessly at an empty stretch of beach. It'll work well for landing pad and meeting location.]
- [17:17] <gordianStranger> gonna log off
- [17:17] <gordianStranger> later
- 06[17:17] * gordianStranger has disconnected from the memo
- 04[17:18] <esotericRemnant> I think I'm going to go try and rest
- 04[17:18] <esotericRemnant> [You've got a pounding headache, and you're so very tired.]
- [17:20] <@gadflyGladiator> You probably need it
- 04[17:20] <esotericRemnant> Stay safe people
- 04[17:20] <esotericRemnant> ping me if you need me for whatever reason
- 04[17:20] * esotericRemnant has left the memo
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