Red Palm encounter

[2019-04-09 23:59:21] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 Nim was back home in Regulus, standing by herself in the gymnasium with her eyes closed, thinking.
[2019-04-10 00:05:45] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 She switched on her pip boy to hear some music. At least with this bit of technology, it was never far away. https://youtu.be/-fN-Xjpd-qE
[2019-04-10 00:34:37] <Esther_Deschain> <Goblin padded into the room and sat in front of her, staaaaaaaaaaaaaaring up at her.>
[2019-04-10 00:42:58] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 Eventually Nim would gaze down at Goblin and his searching eyes. "Hioh."
[2019-04-10 00:44:48] <Esther_Deschain> <His tail thumped on the ground and he scooted a little closer, nearly sitting on her foot now. Staaaaaaaaaaaaare.>
[2019-04-10 01:06:31] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 Nim would sit down and pet Goblin under the chin. "Hey boy~ How you be?"
[2019-04-10 01:07:14] <Esther_Deschain> <His tail thumped faster and he licked at her face, letting out a happy whine!>
[2019-04-10 01:16:14] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 Nim Soo chuckled and committed to petting Goblin with both hands. "You're a good boy... Nim remembers what it was like to be happy like you~"
[2019-04-10 01:17:36] <Esther_Deschain> <He leaned into the petting and rested his head on her lap, letting out a happy groan. His ears - what was left of them, anyway - pricked up at her words and he watched her. He couldn't talk, but he could listen.>
[2019-04-10 01:22:47] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Yahhh, happy like you~ Happy happy, so happy snappy~ You are dog."6 Nim smiled at Goblin with all her teeth.
[2019-04-10 01:23:42] <Esther_Deschain> <His tail wagging fast behind him, he drew back his lips in what was either a snarl.....or a grin~>
[2019-04-10 01:40:30] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Heeee~"6 Nim Soo flopped onto her back, holding her hands like dog paws. "You too much for Nim!"
[2019-04-10 01:43:59] <Esther_Deschain> <He let out a happy 'wuff!' and stood over her, playfully nipping at her face and pawing at her - though of course it wouldn't hurt.>
[2019-04-10 01:46:27] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Ahhh my face! My beautiful face! Nooooo~"
[2019-04-10 01:46:44] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 Nim Soo tried to grab onto Goblin with her arms and legs, though this wouldn't be enough to topple him.
[2019-04-10 01:49:19] <Esther_Deschain> <He playfully growled and flopped on top of her, his tail whappa-whappa-thumpa-whapping on the floor!>
[2019-04-10 01:56:04] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Haaa-ha~ ha ha ha haaaa~"6 Nim Soo enjoyed the simple time with Goblin. Suddenly the rest of the world didn't weigh on her, it was just her and the other animal-brained creature.
[2019-04-10 01:58:36] <Esther_Deschain> <And thus, the mission was a success~ Goblin managed to help Sharp-Teeth forget her worries, at least for a while~>
[2019-04-10 02:09:48] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Nim can always count on you, Goblin... must be why Essy loves you so much, always keeps you close."
[2019-04-10 02:11:09] <Esther_Deschain> <Goblin's tail thumped on the floor and he rested his head on her stomach, letting out a contented sigh.>
[2019-04-10 02:14:22] <Esther_Deschain> <Esther's voice came from above!> "Yeah....he's helped me through lotsa stuff, jus' by bein' 'round. he's good 'bout that kinda thing."
[2019-04-10 02:15:43] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "It's like Nim can hear Essy, even now..."6 Nim Soo pet Goblin's head, sighing wistfully.
[2019-04-10 02:16:47] — Esther_Deschain chuckles from the rafters, lounging up there comfortably. "He likes it best if ya scratch that spot right under his left ear, try that."
[2019-04-10 02:17:42] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Something tells Nim... if she tries this... maybe you like it."6 She began to scritch her claws against the underside of Goblin's left ear-stub.
[2019-04-10 02:18:50] <Esther_Deschain> <His head tilted against the scratch....and his hind foot started tappa-tappa-tapping against the ground as he let out a happy groan.>
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[2019-04-10 02:24:01] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Nim never got any pets... never anything like you, Goblin. Essy must have something Nim don't."
[2019-04-10 02:25:15] — Esther_Deschain drops down from the rafters and lays down on the floor beside Nim. "Naw, seestur....ya got somethin' better. Ya got them Nimnays'a yours...tha's somethin' more special."
[2019-04-10 02:27:02] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 Nim Soo jumped with shock, recoiling with a hand in front of her. "Aah! Essy?! Where you come from?!"
[2019-04-10 02:27:37] — Esther_Deschain grins at her. "From the shadows~"
[2019-04-10 02:28:23] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Nim shoulda known. You so sneaky... Nim wonders if she can sneak like you."
[2019-04-10 02:31:44] — Esther_Deschain curls up comfortably - and by that, we mean that she contorts her body in a way that can't possibly be at all comfortable UNLESS someone is part cat. "I betcha can...I been watchin' ya in missions an' stuff. Ya got plenty'a sneaky-beakyness yaself."
[2019-04-10 02:33:50] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "That's not all Nim has."6 She replied with a knowing grin.
[2019-04-10 02:34:23] — Esther_Deschain grins at her. "Nope, it ain't!"
[2019-04-10 02:38:23] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Oh, no... you not see this one. Nim get, ah... what's word..."6 She mulled.
[2019-04-10 02:39:05] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Is like get stronger. Nim get stronger, but not like... regular strong. More like, ah... she strong enough to hold a map that let her know exactly where to go and how to do something."
[2019-04-10 02:40:07] — Esther_Deschain perks her ears up. "Ya got a new thing...?" She blinked and tilted her head slightly...and given how she was contorted, it made her head go completely upside-down from where Nim was laying. "Hold a map... Oh! Do ya mean like a HUD?"
[2019-04-10 02:40:49] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Mmm... no, not like that. Not like anything you can touch or hold. Something you can only feel."
[2019-04-10 02:41:55] — Esther_Deschain blinks. "I....don' think I know what that is. ...can ya show me?"
[2019-04-10 02:49:25] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Yah. Nim can show you, but it has to be... right. Is hard to say, you know? Uh..."6 Why was her intelligence failing her now, when she was trying hardest to use it? "Uhh... hmm. Maybe. Nim don't know how easy she can ahhhh, control, never done like this before."
[2019-04-10 02:51:05] — Esther_Deschain shrugs, settling nice and comfy on the floor. "Tha's a'ight...if ya can't do it right this sec, it's okay. I jus' wanna spend time with my seestur."
[2019-04-10 02:56:37] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Maybe it might do good to practice it. Maybe... you right. Maybe if something go wrong, you can help Nim."6 She stood up methodically! "Wanna help your sestur get strong?"
[2019-04-10 02:57:37] — Esther_Deschain streeeeeeeeeeetches, full-bodied and even stretching her peets before hopping upright! She grins to Nim. "Heck yeah, le's do this! Watcha need me ta do?"
[2019-04-10 03:04:05] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Come with Nim and we gonna find somewhere nice and ... preye-vate? Somewhere sneaky to do this. Might get loud, hah?"
[2019-04-10 03:04:34] — Esther_Deschain nods, tail swishing. "Hm...maybe the secret hideout?"
[2019-04-10 03:09:04] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Works for Nim. Let's use the buggy."6 Nim would elect to fast travel in her car with Esther and Goblin.
[2019-04-10 03:10:31] — Esther_Deschain follows Nim Soo downstairs and suits up, and Goblin hops into the back of the buggy and sits with his head resting on the armrest between their seats!
[2019-04-10 03:19:34] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 After a brief travelling time, NIm pulled up to Esther's sneaky hideaway. "This the place?"
[2019-04-10 03:24:57] — Esther_Deschain nods and hops out of the dune buggy, grabbing a tarp from the back to hide it and preserve the secrets of the secret hideout! "Yup, this's it! Goblin, guard." He gave a 'wuff' and slipped under the tarp himself, out of sight but on guard! Once this was taken care of Essy hopped up onto the dumpster and opened the lid. "After you, sis."
[2019-04-10 03:27:37] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 Nim shut off her car, got out and locked it, climbing down into the secret hideaway.
[2019-04-10 03:30:19] — Esther_Deschain slips in after Nim and shuts the lid, sealing them into darkness. She led the way to the enterance and started climbing down, letting out a three-tone whistle as she did so. To tell the giant spider in her hideout that it was a friend coming down the ladder, and not food~
[2019-04-10 03:33:40] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 Nim Soo looked uncertain to find another pet down in the secret den. "You sure about this, Essy? Nim don't wanna scare."
[2019-04-10 03:36:33] — Esther_Deschain considers for a moment, tail swishing. "Hm....well....she might could go up ta the house 'bove us, if ya think that'd work?"
[2019-04-10 03:45:32] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Shokay. Long as nothing bad happen. You got stimpaks and stuff just in case? Ahhh, you got the papa-shock just in case?"
[2019-04-10 03:47:50] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 Nim Soo never had to look up the phrase "just in case". It had been ingrained by Syriana's training after all this time.
[2019-04-10 03:50:42] — Esther_Deschain nods, tail twitching. "Uh-huh, I got all'a that jus' in case, an' I even got NRG on speed-dial if we really really need ta go that far." She took a few minutes to lure Spooky up to the building above them, rewarding the spider with a big tasty beetle to eat and some pets before going back down to join Nim Soo! "A'ight, she'll be a'ight up there for a bit. So, watcha need me ta do?"
[2019-04-10 03:53:38] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Just give Nim little time... let her try do this."6 Nim Soo tried to find a clear patch of space in Esther's hideaway, and began to remove her armor pieces.
[2019-04-10 03:55:24] — Esther_Deschain nods and steps back, standing against the broken-down subway car. The main area of the hideout was pretty open, so she should have plenty of room to work! Essy stayed out of the way, patiently waiting to see what would happen.
[2019-04-10 04:00:10] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 With her skin exposed to the air, Nim claimed a simple sports bra for modesty, leaving her arms, hands and everything above the waist more or less uncovered. She elected to keep her pants on, as well as her boots. She would sink into a ready stance of tension, closing her eyes and focusing.
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[2019-04-10 04:17:17] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 Within the space of her own mind, Nim reared back with all her strength and catapulted her cognizance through every memory she had. Every time she could possibly remember when she'd been beaten down and smashed into the dirt. Every time something had been taken or killed from her. The inferno which consumed her first home and her family. The burning trek across the
[2019-04-10 04:17:18] <Saturnine> 6wasteland, wandering; Found by the slavers and beaten into the dirt, crammed into a cage. Dragged across the mojave, thrown into the prisons with the rest. Nim Soo's face contorted with sadness, but quickly began to turn into a snarl of anger as well. She remembered the crawl across the hot desert ground, the looks on the other slaves' faces just before they were blown to bits by landmines.
[2019-04-10 04:17:18] <Saturnine> "AAaaahh...!!"6 Nim Soo burst out in audible and heavy grief, sucking in a gasp of air and beginning to breathe heavier through her open mouth. Tears were welling in her eyes, and her skin began to turn flush with heat. The memories flashed faster the more they progressed through time. Nim remembered finding the city for the first time, of being freed from her collar and her rescuers suffering
[2019-04-10 04:17:18] <Saturnine> 6for their heroic deed.
[2019-04-10 04:21:56] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 She remembered her own self-imposed exodus. Hiding out in the wasteland, surviving like a half-buried radscorpion in the utter desolation because she thought it was the only way. She remembered finally losing that strength in herself and wandering back to the city and its lights. The fresher memories surfaced one after the other. Those who had tricked her, those who had
[2019-04-10 04:21:56] <Saturnine> 6looked down on her, spat on her, hit her with things, insulted her. The overwhelming fear of the Enclave boogeyman, the disgust and horror at realizing she was too stupid to realize she was being tricked and set up by an Enclave agent. Her entire adopted family/gang's life being put at risk because of her own failure of intelligence. Her entire adopted family nearly devoured alive by clones
[2019-04-10 04:21:56] <Saturnine> 6of herself. The arsonist who burned to the ground the building which contained a particular human child to whom her own daughter owed her namesake. They died in flames because Nim wasn't perceptive, or lucky enough to notice otherwise. "AaaaAAAAAH!!"
[2019-04-10 04:24:05] — Essy flinches at Nim Soo's shout and takes a step forward...but manages to hold herself back and stays by the subway car. But a cold fist grabbed at her heart as she watched, wanting desperately to go to her, to comfort her, but knowing she can't...
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[2019-04-10 04:28:18] <Saturnine> 6Nim Soo screamed out in grief and rage, clenching her entire body tightly and  nearly doubling over from the strain she was putting on herself. Every blast, every bullet, knife, bomb and drop of poison that had tried to tear everything away from her again, again, and again and would never stop. Nim Soo blinded herself with her own compounded rage until she was driven insane by it, screaming
[2019-04-10 04:28:18] <Saturnine> 6and howling like a demon from hell, spending every single breath she took. When she took a pause from screaming it was only to growl and strain under an immense amount of pressure building up inside. Nim Soo clenched her jaw so hard, she thought her teeth would surely crack under the shaking pressure. Nim Soo's biology began to leap into mutative action at once, her metabolism skyrocketing
[2019-04-10 04:28:18] <Saturnine> 6and creating an immense amount of pressure and heat in her blood veins, which were being forced under great pressure by Nim's burst of insanity. Her skin began to blotch and discolor from its usual orange and gold, a blood-red color spreading across Nim's body until it had completely overtaken her from hair to boots. So intense was the heat coming from Nim's body that wisps of visible steam
[2019-04-10 04:28:18] <Saturnine> 6were rising from her solid red skin.
[2019-04-10 04:30:23] — Esther_Deschain takes a step forward, her fur standing on end. "N-Nim???"
[2019-04-10 04:33:22] <Saturnine> 4<Red Nim>6 The mutant threw back her head and unleashed a scream of layered voices, each one slightly different in pitch, all of them equally hysterical in their intensity. Standing noticably taller than she had before, Nim's body snapped and broke in rapid regeneration, putting her a foot taller than she previously had been. Her shoulders were a bit broader, all of her muscles expanded
[2019-04-10 04:33:22] <Saturnine> 6to proportionally fit her enhanced frame. Clenching her clawed hands into tight fists, Esther's sister grinned at her and all at once seemed to halt in her buildup of insane rage. Panting for breath through her nose, she stared at Esther with solid eyes. "Don't be afraid, Esther. Big sister is here."
[2019-04-10 04:36:02] — Esther_Deschain stares at her, worry evident on her face. "I...I know...but are ya....I mean..." She bites her lip, unsure how to say it, that her worry isn't for herself but for what this is doing to Nim Soo.
[2019-04-10 04:37:40] <Saturnine> 4<Red Nim>6 She would slowly stand up to her full height, straightening her back and even tilting her head left and right to feel her neck muscles. She untensed her posture some, so she wouldn't give Esther the impression she was about to attack.4 "Aaah... I can think so much more clearly now! This is incredible!"
[2019-04-10 04:39:19] — Esther_Deschain takes a step closer, still watching her worriedly. "...how ya feelin'? Ya a'ight, sis?"
[2019-04-10 04:41:44] <Saturnine> 4<Red Nim>6 Nim Soo swept her claws back through her hair, moving it away from her eyes.4 "I feel kind of tingly, and really hot."
[2019-04-10 04:43:15] — Esther_Deschain nods, stepping forward so that now she was standing in front of Nim, looking up at her. "Ya got steam comin' off'a ya... ....how'd ya do this?"
[2019-04-10 04:46:09] <Saturnine> 4<Red Nim>6 Esther's question made Nim chortle.4 "Just like mother always said..."6 She would kneel down to bring her height more on the level with Esther, flashing her that same cocky, knowing grin.4 "No short-cuts. The long, difficult path. It started years ago. Every single trauma I've endured, everything WE endured, it all led to this glorious moment!"
[2019-04-10 04:49:03] — Esther_Deschain blinks, watching Nim, her tail gently twitching softly. "So...what does this mean?"
[2019-04-10 04:50:41] <Saturnine> 4<Red Nim>6 Nim Soo would attempt to scoop Esther up, to seat her in her right arm.4 "It means anyone who messes with us is dead meat. It means I've reached a new evolution. A super mutant!"6 beat.4 "Not the dumb green ones!"
[2019-04-10 04:52:33] — Esther_Deschain squeaks as she's picked up, settling herself on Nim's arm! "It looked like it hurt a lot....are ya sure ya a'ight? ...are ya gonna stay like this, or is it like how mom's hand goes glowy sometimes?"
[2019-04-10 04:54:52] <Saturnine> 4<Red Nim> "Hmm... I guess you have a point. We still need to find the off switch."6 Nim would pick up her helmet and place it upon her head. After a few seconds of calming breathing, Nim began to gradually revert to her previous form of orange/gold skin, back into her original proportions.
[2019-04-10 04:55:09] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 The transformation left her shaky. "Ohhwow... waddarush."
[2019-04-10 04:56:13] — Esther_Deschain hops down as Nim Soo starts to change again, and is there to support her as she starts shaking! "I gotcha, seestur...ya a'ight? Ya wanna sit down?"
[2019-04-10 04:57:04] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Aaahhh Nim think she better."6 Nim Soo flopped down onto her backside and let Esther go, pulling off her helmet and sheafing her claws through her hair. She did not transform again. "GHahh... Nim all sweaty."
[2019-04-10 05:08:04] — Esther_Deschain smiles, relieved that Nim was alright. "Here, c'mere...I got a comfier spot for ya ta sit." She would help Nim up and attempt to help her get into the subway car, flicking on the christmas lights so they had a little light to see by as she led her to the blanket/pillow pile.
[2019-04-10 05:09:00] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 As Nim Soo was helped into a resting space, she let out a delighted, weary giggle at seeing the lights. "You made it so pretty in here~"
[2019-04-10 05:12:20] — Esther_Deschain chuckles at that. "I found 'em an' figured they'd work, since the lights in here don' work...are ya hungry? I betcha some nice molerat stew would be real tasty right now, huh?"
[2019-04-10 05:13:19] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Awww~ You thought of everything!
[2019-04-10 05:13:21] <Saturnine> "
[2019-04-10 05:17:27] — Esther_Deschain grins and kisses her forehead. "You betcha! Be RIGHT back." She slipped out of the car and let Spooky back into the main chamber, and then returned to Nim Soo with her backpack, and took out a big thermos and two bowls! She poured a hearty helping into both, offering the first one to Nim - thanks to the thermos, the contents were still steaming~ "I thought if there was somethin'
[2019-04-10 05:17:28] — Esther_Deschain trainin' goin' on, ya might work up a appetite," she said, grinning. She also took out a paper bag of fresh buns bought just this morning from the Row, setting the bag between them.
[2019-04-10 05:19:56] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 Nim Soo chomped and devoured the stew, though she had to stop on more than a few moments because it was so hot.
[2019-04-10 05:21:59] — Esther_Deschain grins at Nim's enthusiasm and picks out a bun, tearing it in half. "If it's too hot, try this out," she said, dipping one half of the bread into the stew and leaving it for a moment to let it soak up some of the broth, and then took a bite of the roll!
[2019-04-10 05:23:50] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Awww how you so smart about food! ...mm... you know... Nim think of a funny just now."
[2019-04-10 05:24:53] — Esther_Deschain flicks on the heater, shivering a bit. It was one of those electric heaters, battery-powered, and she had made sure to charge the batteries before leaving last time. "Hm? Watcha think 'bout?"
[2019-04-10 05:26:24] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Nim felt sad because life felt easier when she was not so smart. Nim missed how she felt then. Try to reach out and grab it, but can't. But now -- Nim get smarter with what she do, and then she go back. She get smarter, then she get not-smarter. Maybe sound weird, but feeling leave Nim satis... uhhh, sattisfuuhh... sateesfeye."
[2019-04-10 05:26:52] — Esther_Deschain leans against Nim. "Satisfied?" she offered.
[2019-04-10 05:40:26] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7>6 Nim Soo sighed happily and hugged Esther to her side. "You know it."
[2019-04-10 05:42:28] — Esther_Deschain purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs and snuggles up to Nim Soo, tugging a blanket over them. "....hey, Nim? Can I talk to ya 'bout somethin'?"
[2019-04-10 05:43:20] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Anything you need. Nim listen."
[2019-04-10 05:49:01] — Esther_Deschain hesitates, stirring her stew a bit as she collected her thoughts. "I....had this dream...I saw mom, but she won't mom. She even tol' me in the dream she won't..." She looks over to Nim. "She was someone called 'Red Palm'...she....said she was the one who would keep mom alive, from doin' what Palm an' Seltec want her ta do tha's gonna get her killed. But...mom says she's a real bad
[2019-04-10 05:49:02] — Esther_Deschain thing..."
[2019-04-10 05:54:16] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Ohhh... oh no, more of them? How many palm-pipul mom knows, anyhow? What's these Red Palm... want... they want to -- wait. They want to SAVE mom?"
[2019-04-10 05:56:07] — Esther_Deschain nods, her tail flicking as she frowned, looking uncertain about the whole thing. "Tha's what she SAID, anyway...but when I tried askin' for more info, Lilly an' Palm busted in on the dream an' ended it, an' I ain't seen her since. I don' know WHY she'd wanna do it...or what she'd want in exchange."
[2019-04-10 05:57:17] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "So Red Palms wanna save mom cuz they say Seltec no good... but Mom says Red Palms is no good, huh?"6 She was piecing it together, as fast as her normal state could.
[2019-04-10 05:59:17] — Esther_Deschain nods. "She....Red Palm....she did make a few good points....'bout how they wanna have Lilly step in mom's shoes, how Seltec wants mom ta sacrifice herself..."
[2019-04-10 05:59:58] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "What even means that? Step in mom's shoes. Why? What for? What's that mean?"
[2019-04-10 06:01:46] — Esther_Deschain shakes her head. "Sacrifice herself ta save the world, I think? I....ain't too sure..."
[2019-04-10 06:02:40] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Nim will talk to mom about it later. Will be good to learn."
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[2019-04-10 06:04:07] — Esther_Deschain nods, hugging her a little more tightly. "....part'a me really wanted ta take her up on it," she said quietly.
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[2019-04-10 06:30:04] <Saturnine> 7<5Nim Soo Sin7> "Well then we both gonna find out."
[2019-04-10 06:32:30] — Esther_Deschain looks up to Nim. "...if she really IS bad....we're gonna hafta kill her, somehow...an'....an' figure out a way ta keep mom alive ourselves."
[2019-04-10 06:39:11] <Syriana_Deschain> <'Red Palm'> If someone were able to kill me, it would have happened by now, kiddo. *Suddenly in the room with them, a voice to their right. When they turned to look, she'd be there, in the form of their Mother. But this time they'd both instantly know it wasn't Syriana, her eyes red, her teeth a little too sharp, a red aura of some kind that you couldn't quite describe eminating from her
[2019-04-10 06:39:11] <Syriana_Deschain> body.*
[2019-04-10 06:40:10] — Esther_Deschain jumps slightly at that; they were in the broken-down subway car of her hideout, and seeing Red Palm suddenly there, and so close...her fur stood on end as she narrowed her eyes at the apparition. "You an' me didn' get a chance ta finish our talk b'fore."
[2019-04-10 06:42:10] <Syriana_Deschain> <'Red Palm'> We did not. Your side's shield kept interupting. Just like she did when I was talking to Cassie. Alas, the cost of doing business. *Looks at the subway car.* We should have more time here.
[2019-04-10 06:43:53] — Esther_Deschain watches her, wary, holding tightly to Nim....who had apparently dozed off. "....so talk. Ya kept sayin' all this stuff ya could do if I struck up a deal with ya. But ya never said what YOU'd get outta somethin' like that."
[2019-04-10 06:44:42] <Syriana_Deschain> <
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[2019-04-10 06:45:54] <Syriana_Deschain> <'Red Palm'> ...What -I- get is your removal from the board. *She extends her hands to the world around them as 'the board'.* You convince your family to leave. Go North. Like I said before, whatever I did. Whatever my plans for the Wastelands. I'd leave you all alone. For the rest of your days. Let you live in peace. In return, I get you to be gone. Your mother, the maniac the shield, all
[2019-04-10 06:45:54] <Syriana_Deschain> of them are gone.
[2019-04-10 06:49:11] — Esther_Deschain straightens at that. "The...'board'? ...an' what kinda game is it ya playin', Red?"
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[2019-04-10 06:50:28] <Syriana_Deschain> <'Red Palm'> Would it matter? *A big, charming, scary smile.*
[2019-04-10 06:50:54] — Esther_Deschain didn't smile back. "It does." Point blank, blunt.
[2019-04-10 06:53:15] <Syriana_Deschain> <'Red Palm'> I plan to bring this world to heel. *A small shrug.* Something that's needed to happen for a thousand years, or more. Had I managed it before the Great War, lots more people would be alive, wouldn't they?
[2019-04-10 06:56:13] — Esther_Deschain studies her... Her hand goes to her ear as she attempts to tap a general call on her codec, to the main Regulus frequency - which, hopefully, would get all of them at once: ... --- ... "Lotsa folks in history have tried it. It ain't ened pretty for any of 'em."
[2019-04-10 06:59:11] <Syriana_Deschain> <'Red Palm'> *Narrows her eyes for a moment, then smiles.* Calling dear old Mom to come save you?
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[2019-04-10 07:01:25] — Esther_Deschain shrugs. "Doesn' hafta be her....but I ain't takin' my chances with you. They were right...an' as temptin' as ya offer is, I'm 'fraid I gotta say no."
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[2019-04-10 07:04:12] <GMSyri> <'Red Palm'> Ah... I see... that's... unfortunate. *Her smile would get a bit wider. All humor gone from it.* I figured you'd be the more reasonable one. You walk so close to the right side side of things as it is... *As she said the word 'right' Esther would get a single frame of an image pushed into her brain. One of the people she had tortured, the aftermath of it. The gruesome remains.*
[2019-04-10 07:04:13] <GMSyri> I would think you hadn'tfooled yourself into thinking you were one of the goody two shoes... *Again, on the word 'fooled' the same thing, but a different scene. This time of her with Caesar's head, cleaning it into a skull.*
[2019-04-10 07:08:42] — Esther_Deschain flinches instinctively as the images suddenly popped into her head. She narrows her eyes at Red Palm. Again, the frequency: ...---... "Well, ya see, I don' like gettin' a leash put on me an' my family. We ain't gonna stick ta someplace jus' 'cause ya say so. THIS is our home. An' we ain't leavin' so ya can take over everythin' as ya please. As for those...." She shakes her head. "I
[2019-04-10 07:08:42] — Esther_Deschain got my reasons. I got my demons. But THEM....I figured out how ta keep THEM on a leash."
[2019-04-10 07:09:54] <GMSyri> <'Red Palm'> ....Have you? *A wider smile.* I wonder what would happen... were I to BREAK that leash.... *She took a small step closer, her right hand suddenly glowing red.*
[2019-04-10 07:11:19] — Esther_Deschain glares at her, putting up her own hand. There was something her mom told her....it worked in a dream before. It may not work this time...but maybe....just maybe.... "I CALL UPON THE LIGHT! MOM, I NEED YA!"
[2019-04-10 07:13:09] <GMSyri> INT/LEVEL/LUCK ESTHER
[2019-04-10 07:13:44] <Esther_Deschain> `roll 1d20+9
[2019-04-10 07:13:44] <GameServ> Esther_Deschain rolled 1d20: 12  <Total: 12(+9) = 21>
[2019-04-10 07:14:50] <GMSyri> A BLUE LIGHT SPARKED INTO BEING AS RED PALM REACHED FOR HER. RED PALM WOULD STOP, TAKE A STEP BACK, AND SUDDENLY HER FORM SHIFTED. SHE TURNED INTO AN ALL BLACK ENTITY FOR A SECOND... THEN THAT BLACKNESS TURNED INTO... CROWS? THEY WOULD FLY AWAY, THE BEATING OF WINGS, AND THE CAWING OF THE BIRDS COULD BE HEARD AS IT SUDDENLY VANISHED INTO THE NEARBY BLACKNESS.
[2019-04-10 07:17:20] — Esther_Deschain stares at the crows as they fly away and retreat into darkness. She waited for several long minutes, ears perked up as she listened for any sign of the entity returning...if there was no such sign, she tapped her codec again, finally letting out the breath she'd been holding. <c>"Mom? Anna? Someone?"<C>
[2019-04-10 07:17:39] <GMSyri> <Anna> <c> Yo! What's up, dude? <c>
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[2019-04-10 07:19:04] — Esther_Deschain let out a trembling breath. <c>"We're headin' home...jus' had a visit from our Red 'friend', it's....we need ta be home."<c> She carefully picked up Nim and climbed up out of the hideout, going back to the dune buggy as quickly as they could manage.
[2019-04-10 07:21:30] <GMSyri> <Anna> <c> Oh, shit... okay. Hurry home! <c>
[2019-04-10 07:22:18] <Esther_Deschain> <c>"Stay on the line, okay? Nim's asleep, I'm drivin' her buggy."<C> She buckles Nim Soo in and makes sure Goblin is secure before speeding away, heading back to Regulus HQ!
[2019-04-10 07:22:39] <GMSyri> SHE RETURNS TO THE HQ WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
[2019-04-10 07:23:19] — Esther_Deschain parks the buggy once inside but remains seated for a few minutes, still gripping the steering wheel even after the buggy is shut off. She's shaking...
[2019-04-10 07:23:35] <GMSyri> <Anna> *Walks over and hands her a Nuka Cola.* Rough one?
[2019-04-10 07:24:35] — Esther_Deschain takes the Nuka Cola and drains the whole thing in several big gulps, catching her breath once it was empty. "Y-yeah...ya could say that..."
[2019-04-10 07:25:00] <GMSyri> <Anna> Well, you're safe here... I think.
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[2019-04-10 07:27:26] — Esther_Deschain takes a deep breath, looking around. "Where's....where's Lilly or mom?"
[2019-04-10 07:27:41] <GMSyri> <Anna> Aunt Syri is out, but Lilly is in the kitchen.
[2019-04-10 07:28:32] — Esther_Deschain nods and slowly gets out of the car, going to the kitchen!
[2019-04-10 07:29:02] <GMSyri> <Lilly> *Is there at teh table eating what looked like eggs and some home made bread. Her legs are kicking a bit under the chair as she humms.* :D SIS! *Goes over and hugs her!*
[2019-04-10 07:30:16] — Esther_Deschain hugs Lilly tightly, still shaking a little. "....y'all was right....I'm sorry I doubted."
[2019-04-10 07:30:48] <GMSyri> <Lilly> Doubted what? :o *Looks up at her*
[2019-04-10 07:31:20] — Esther_Deschain looks down at Lilly. "Red showed up 'gain, jus' a li'l while ago."
[2019-04-10 07:32:23] <GMSyri> <Lilly> Oh.... Oh! *She looks around.* Are you okay?
[2019-04-10 07:34:32] — Esther_Deschain nods. "Y-yeah...jus' shook up is all...I ah..." She shakes her head. "I dunno how, but I called up some'a that blue light? She went all black an' turned inta this flock'a crows that flew 'way."
[2019-04-10 07:35:39] <GMSyri> <Lilly> *Nods.* That makes sense! You've been exposed to Lotuses enough, anyway! :3
[2019-04-10 07:36:14] — Esther_Deschain blinks. "I have? ...but...I mean, I ain't like you or mom when it comes ta that stuff. I don' even really know much 'bout it."
[2019-04-10 07:36:55] <GMSyri> <Lilly> ....Well... *She thinks real hard.* You know them books about vampires we got in the library?
[2019-04-10 07:37:45] — Esther_Deschain nods. "Yeah, I read a couple'a them...ain't really my thing, but they're still cool."
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[2019-04-10 07:38:21] <GMSyri> <Lilly> Think of it like a cross. The evil is scared of what can hurt it. You showed a cross, and it got scared and ran away.
[2019-04-10 07:40:08] — Esther_Deschain blinks in surprise at that, and looks down at her hand. A cross, huh.... "....I don' s'pose...there's a way I can learn more 'bout how ta do stuff like that?" she said slowly, thinking. "...she said she's talked ta Cassie too....an'....she's knowed a lotta stuff I done....I get the feelin' we're gonna be seein' lots more'a her."
[2019-04-10 07:40:41] <GMSyri> <Lilly> You'd have to become a monk, which probably isn't something that we have time to do right now.
[2019-04-10 07:42:28] — Esther_Deschain blinks and rubs the back of her neck. "That an' I don' think I'm 'xactly the monk type. ....how'd mom learn it though? She ain't a monk...she don' wear none'a them robes. ...an' you don' neither."
[2019-04-10 07:42:52] <GMSyri> <Lilly> *Giggles at that.* You don't need robes to be a monk! They just wear them cause they're comfy and protect them from elements!
[2019-04-10 07:44:30] — Esther_Deschain blinks again, looking confused as all hell. "Wait so...you an' mom ARE monks? Since when?"
[2019-04-10 07:44:41] <GMSyri> <Lilly> >.> Well, mom is.
[2019-04-10 07:45:00] <GMSyri> <Lilly> *Waves her arms.* How do you think she knows all the kung fu and how to fight and stuff? And how she can punch through walls!
[2019-04-10 07:45:28] — Esther_Deschain shrugs, grinning sheepishly. "Jus' by bein' a badass?"
[2019-04-10 07:46:13] <GMSyri> <Lilly> That all required training. She found the monks after the second Raider War somehow. She's the only one that convinced Steel Palm to.... *Blinks, then looks at Essy, then shakes her head.* Uhh.. neermind
[2019-04-10 07:47:02] — Esther_Deschain frowns. "....convinced him ta what?"
[2019-04-10 07:47:39] <GMSyri> <Syriana Deschain> *From behind them.* Nothing important. This is silly. *She walks into the room and pulls them both into a hug, patting Esther's fur gently.* I heard.
[2019-04-10 07:49:25] — Esther_Deschain frowns a little more....she'd remember that. She hugs Syriana tightly though. "....she knew, mom....I dunno how, but she knew 'bout..." She glanced to Lilly, then back up to Syri. "....the worst stuff I done..."
[2019-04-10 07:50:11] <GMSyri> <Syriana Deschain> *Goes and gets two Nuka Colas from the fridge, giving one to Esther as she sat down.* Finish your eggs, child. <Lilly> ... They're cold now >.> <Syriana> ..... <Lilly> *Sits down and starts picking at them.*
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[2019-04-10 07:50:29] <Syriana> They always seem to have a way of finding out, Child. To use things against you.
[2019-04-10 07:51:54] — Esther_Deschain takes a sip from the Nuka and sits down beside Syri, gently tracing the logo on the label with her claw. ".....but how? I mean...there won't nobody 'round when any of that happened...it was jus' me...."
[2019-04-10 07:52:31] <Syriana> When something enters your mind it can snatch up all sorts of things. Likely, it just got lucky.... *Gets up and starts to cook some breakfast for Esther.* ...
[2019-04-10 07:53:42] — Esther_Deschain watches her, quiet for a while....eventually, she spoke up. "....what was it ya made Steel Palm do, mom?" she asked quietly.
[2019-04-10 07:54:04] — Syriana doesn't answer right away. In a few minutes, she'd make Esther some eggs and toast and put it in front of her. "Eat.."
[2019-04-10 07:55:07] — Esther_Deschain gently takes hold of Syri's arm as she set the plate down, looking up at her. "....please, mom?"
[2019-04-10 07:56:14] <Syriana> ..... *Sits down and sighs, sitting next to Esther as she looked at the table. Clearly remembering things that happened a lifetime ago for her.* After the second war I left New Reno for awhile. What happened with Horrigan... the elements at play.... I wasn't strong enough to make a difference. I was a soldier battling on a field of Gods. I needed more power.... *She starts to reminisce.*
[2019-04-10 07:57:39] — Esther_Deschain starts to eat as Syriana talks, to hopefully keep her story going! She watched her carefully as she talked though, ears perked up as she listened.
[2019-04-10 07:57:58] <Syriana> <Lilly> *Listening intently as well!*
[2019-04-10 07:59:32] <Syriana> I wandered. I didn't even know where I was going, but I knew I had to head South. I left Jacob and O'Connor in charge of Regulus HQ. At the time, I was confident Benton was coming back... *Shakes her head.* Still.. they managed not to burn the place to the ground in my absence... For two months I walked, going North... ish. At first I thought I was going back to... where my parents were
[2019-04-10 07:59:32] <Syriana> killed.... I stopped there, paid my respects... kept going
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[2019-04-10 08:00:46] — Esther_Deschain reaches over with her free hand and gently squeezes Syriana's hand, attempting to comfort her at that thought....it was one she understood well.
[2019-04-10 08:02:37] <Syriana> And... *She smiles as she took Esther's hand.* One night... I saw the blue lights. In the distance, I saw them. Walking across the horizon. I had no clue how far away they were, how fast they were moving... WHAT they were... but I felt compelled. To follow. It took me WEEKS to track them down... I was just a little smarter than your average Wastelander. I figured they were human. So rather
[2019-04-10 08:02:38] <Syriana> than follow them visually, I knew we were in a canyon that had only one water source. I climbed a mountain as a shortcut and got there before them...
[2019-04-10 08:04:28] — Esther_Deschain listens, eyes wide as she absorbs the story. The food was forgotten by now, this was just too good to hear.
[2019-04-10 08:05:21] <Syriana> I waited, and eventually they showed up. Six of them, in long brown robes, to get water... What neither of us realized was that a pack of Deathclaws were coming to that watering hole. An extended family, eleven of them in total. They surprised the monks, the monks surprised them... And they fought. *She looks up at the ceiling.* The monks won, and didn't even kill a single Deathclaw. Their
[2019-04-10 08:05:21] <Syriana> respect for life wouldn't allow them to kill an animal who was just surprised at their presence. I'd never seen such grace. Such power before. When the fight was over, I approached.
[2019-04-10 08:07:12] — Esther_Deschain is just staring raptly at Syriana, not daring to even ask what happened next for fear that the interruption would stop the tale.
[2019-04-10 08:09:40] <Syriana> We talked... A long time we talked... I don't... remember a lot of it to be honest... But I begged them to share their power with me. Plead. For a long time they refused me... then one of them suggested I be taken to Steel Palm. After awhile... they agreed. I'd be given taken to their elder. Their wisest, oldest sage... I had no idea my Other and He shared a past. Were created from the same
[2019-04-10 08:09:40] <Syriana> experiments. Honestly, I don't even know if THEY knew for the longest time... But I was taken up the Mountains. I was taken to their home.... *She blinks for a moment.* It's... paradise. Heaven on Earth. Shangrila.
[2019-04-10 08:12:56] — Esther_Deschain leans against Syri, listening to the story and resting her head against her shoulder. She tried to imagine what that place must have been like...but she was pretty sure even her most vivid imaginings fell short.
[2019-04-10 08:14:19] — Syriana keeps going, "I was brought before Steel Palm. In a tent. I was expecting an old wise man wearing robes... He looked to be about 30 or so. Wearing pre-war Jeans and a casual pre-war shirt. He assured me he was very wise, very all knowing, and was very much the one who decided who lived here and who didn't. We talked for a long time. He asked me about myself. What I wanted to do with
[2019-04-10 08:14:19] — Syriana what he'd teach me... And after a long long time... he told me he wouldn't be training me."
[2019-04-10 08:15:19] — Esther_Deschain blinks in surprise and looks up at her, startled. He wouldn't? But then...how...? She wanted to ask, but she didn't dare.
[2019-04-10 08:15:47] — Syriana stops telling the story, staring at the table still.
[2019-04-10 08:16:50] — Esther_Deschain watches her, fidgeting anxiously, trying to wait patiently.
[2019-04-10 08:18:20] <Syriana> ....I don't remember why. *Flatly.*
[2019-04-10 08:18:58] — Esther_Deschain frowns slightly. "Well...I mean....he musta taught ya 'ventually....how'd ya get him ta do it? Why'd he do it in the end?"
[2019-04-10 08:20:59] <Syriana> He refused to train me... for some reason. I demanded he do so... He told me to leave.... *Struggling to remember.* And someone.... another monk.... told him if I was so adamanet to be trained, and refused to leave, I should be given a 'La-hee-low-ja'. An 'Impossible Task'. If I can do the Impossible Task, I would be allowed to train.
[2019-04-10 08:21:11] <Syriana> <Lilly> Only two people ever did those before! *Chimes in.*
[2019-04-10 08:21:46] — Esther_Deschain looks over to Lilly as she chimed in and back up to Syri. "So...so what was your task?"
[2019-04-10 08:22:29] <Syriana> Shangrila is protected by a dragon. *Flat. Matter of fact.* I was to best the dragon in combat.
[2019-04-10 08:23:54] — Esther_Deschain widens her eyes at that. "You did? An'....an' then he letcha train?"
[2019-04-10 08:24:15] <Syriana> I did. *Nods.* He did.
[2019-04-10 08:24:53] <Syriana> ...But not right away...
[2019-04-10 08:26:17] — Esther_Deschain blinks. "Huh? But....but ya fought the dragon, how come he didn' letcha?"
[2019-04-10 08:26:36] <Syriana> I don't.... Remember.... *Sounds confused.*
[2019-04-10 08:28:37] — Esther_Deschain watches her, anxious now. Would she ever know...?
[2019-04-10 08:29:21] — Syriana shrugs, "It is all a blur." Starts to eat her now cold eggs.
[2019-04-10 08:30:51] — Esther_Deschain sighs softly, poking at her own eggs. "Oh..." She sounded disappointed.
[2019-04-10 08:31:00] <Syriana> AWKWARD SILENCE.
[2019-04-10 08:31:12] <Syriana> Well... I suppose that's the end of the story.
[2019-04-10 08:32:30] — Esther_Deschain thinks for a minute... ".....hey....wouldn' Palm remember? I mean...he remembers EVERYTHIN'."
[2019-04-10 08:33:42] <Syriana> <Steel Palm> *From behind her, whispering in her ear.*
[2019-04-10 08:34:45] — Esther_Deschain jumps slightly...and widens her eyes. "O-oh....right."
[2019-04-10 08:35:09] — Syriana finishes her eggs and stands up, gathering plates and going to wash them, "Either way. I think I'll rest now, Child."
[2019-04-10 08:37:00] — Esther_Deschain nods and rubs tiredly at her eyes. "....I should pro'lly sleep too....we was fixin' ta sleep 'fore all that happened." She stood and yawned, stretching...and then scooped up Lilly and carried her upstairs, because she didn't want to sleep alone.
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