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  1. The Darkfeather Asylum is not nearly as grim as its name depicts. In fact you’d mistake it for a regular campus building in the University District if you weren’t looking for it - sure it’s fenced off and has armed guards, but lately in Darkfeather that’s been more a norm (though most civilians haven’t really thought to ask why). Miracle Eye is waiting for you in the entrance - and it seems she’s brought Annette with her just in case. They got a big ass bag with them with the needed equiptment.
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  3. You guys are soon introduced to a Dr. McDaniel - a long haired lady with a thick rimmed pair of glasses. She leads you through the facility to where they are holding their ‘V.I.P.’, as the staff call her.
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  5. Most this building looks fairly...tame, to you? You pass an open, windowed rec room where a lot of the people living here are going about playing games and doing arts and such. McDaniel explains that the vast majority of their patients suffer from more mild disorders, but they are equipped for handling what she calls ‘special cases’, such as Yanala.
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  7. You guys go down an elevator and pass a security booth with armed guards, to enter a much darker section of this building. Where upstairs, they had actual rooms and such for the paitents, these look more solitary confinement cells - big heavy doors and concrete walls. She stops before one door, and fiddles with a console next to it - passing an eye scan, finger prick blood test, and entering a password. It slides open to reveal the inner room - padded, with a security camera in one corner of the room. At the center is the girl you’ve been looking for - bound to a column in the center of the room, practically crucified. There’s an iv running from the ceiling, pricked to her arm.
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  9. “A straight jacket made of Hydreigon hide, matching slacks, a blindfold made from silks spun from a Dark Shifted Leavanny, earplugs from shed Scrafty skin, and some crafty use of accupressure...she’s not going anywhere, and is cut off from whatever supernatural force was controlling her. Their brainwashing is a different story, however,” McDaniel notes. “I’ve been led to believe you know much more of her situation than we do, and to trust you with treating her condition. I do however understand this could get dangerous, so will be watching from afar,” She nods to the camera.
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  11. Any questions for her, or Mir or Annette, Rosetta?
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  15. Rosetta is surprised to see Annette tagging along, though she absolutely doesn’t mind a chance to catch up after all the chaos recently. She spends the time as they travel into the asylum asking what her interest in the Dream World is and whether she and Mir learned the same techniques relating to it or whatnot.
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  17. She sombers up upon seeing the situation presented before them in Yanala’s cell though. “Dark types...that stuff blocks psionics and such, yeah? Then if we’re gonna be diving into her head, how much of that protection do we gotta remove, and what can we expect?” She’s asking really anyone here who might be able to answer that.
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  21. Annette’s along because Miracle Eye is sure something supernatural as all hell is in this chick’s head and doesn’t hurt to have another person around to try to help with that! Far as what Annette thinks about this, she’s admittedly more curious about seeing what this girl went through than dream world shenanigans.
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  23. Miracle Eye sets down her bag once you ask that, and pulls out a portable stove and a pot for incenses. “She can inhale still, it should be good enough. We just need to set up a dreamstate. The Dark Type bindings are like tinfoil hats, they don’t block out everything. Though we probably should remove the blindfold.” Miracle Eye does so, and the girl instantly snaps her eyes open. You can tell she’s sedated, as she looks groggy, but she’s watching you all like a very drowsy hawk.
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  25. “Any other questions? Concerns? Last minute confessions?” Miracle Eye plops down and sets up the burner, starting to heat a packet of incense she’s got with her.
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  29. Rosetta raises her hand. “Yeah, one concern. If I see anything kinky between her and my brother in her dream world thing I’m out of here.” She leans over to take a look at the equipment Mir’s setting over. “...But more seriously, what’s the danger level for doin’ this? How much are we gonna make ourselves open to mental attack or whatever? We can’t get physically hurt by whatever’s got a grip on her, can we?”
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  33. Kyaaaa Annette bluushes at your joke. “Didn’t the three seers in Sandseeker get afflicted with the curses of The Lake Guardians after seeing something?” comments Annette.
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  35. Mir sighs. “Yes, they did. I can’t say this will be without risk - I’m not actually -sure- what these things can and can’t do. What we saw in Thundercry defied reality itself, didn’t it? But from what The Writer told you in that letter, sounds more like this will be...less targeted at us, if it’s really the same. And I really, really hope that’s not what’s on her mind at the moment.”
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  37. A smoke starts to fill the room - minty. “Annnd now we wait…”
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  39.  
  40. … The transition is rather quick as the smoke thickens in the room. You’re suddenly wearing the ninja garb, and Mir the Time Mage robes, and Annette the White Mage robes. Looking around, through the still persistant smoke clouds, you appear to be in a stone temple - a giant marble and obsidian building with several pillars and statues. It’s a pretty linear pathway, with a wall behind you, and a hallway in front of you. The first statue depicts a teenage girl with very long black hair and a face that matches Yanala’s returning home from school to find her mother and father hung up from a rafter on the second story in the entrance to a home. A voice fills your heads.
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  42. This was where this all began - to this day, I still don’t know who killed them, or exactly why. I did learn very soon about my family’s history, though. So the why...I at least have an idea of.
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  44. “...I think I’d of prefered a scene with your brother greeting us at this rate,” sighs Mir.
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  48. “Yeah, this one’s gonna be a doozy, huh?” Rosetta hops to face the way further in and leans forward a little before taking a few tentative steps. “Though I was sorta expecting some sort of dream guardian creature representing the bonds Grant has on Yanala’s mind and yadda yadda. I’m not sure if what we’re seeing here has to do much with her brainwashing in particular. But I’m no expert on this sorta thing, of course.”
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  52. Annette squints at it as well, not really seeing much. Miracle Eye does speak up though. “Well, this is just the entrance…” She strolls on down the hallway - bringing her to the next statue.
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  54. This one depicts the same girl, standing next to an Ho-oh. The giant bird is looking down at her, and a figure stands in the distance. Roll me perception here, Rosetta.
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  58. [17:20:46] [DiceMaid-9001] castfromhp, 3d6+1: 11 [3d6=3,2,5]
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  62. Something’s weird here, and all three of you notice it but it’s not until the talking starts that it begins to click. That began at the funeral. Guests I had never met before, who knew my family. It was from them I learned of their past - my forefathers were royal guards of the late Queen. There had been generations of them in her long life, and each sworn to Shango - he who constantly scans the horizons of our land, seeking threats, and dispatching his devote and those of his kin to dismantle such threats. After her parting, things changed a little, but my family still held close ties to a group called The --SONS OF GRANT-- My father, in particular, still fought in their services, and they asked of me to do the same. Being young, suddenly without family, and awed by the prospect of a close pact with a being such as Shango, I agreed.
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  64. The mention of the Sons of Grant -really- felt wrong there, and you start to notice there’s two groups of figures, one closer to the figure of Yanala, and one farther away, as if lurking in the shadows.
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  66. “...This one feels a bit obvious, doesn’t it?” asks Mir.
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  70. “A bit too rough and easy to spot, if ya ask me. It’s kind of a...violent procedure doin’ that to someone’s mind, isn’t it?” Rosetta winces then peers over toward the figures in the shadows. “So how do we restore the original part of the memory here or whatever?”
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  72. Rosetta levitates up closer to the figures to get a better look!
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  76. The statues behind her depict four figures: One, a shirtless man who you recognize as Grant, another appears to be that Octavia chick, another is a man with glasses and a labcoat ( http://i.imgur.com/9MyJiyN.jpg ) and the forth...well you’re not really sure what he’s wearing but it reeks of CULTIST ( http://i.imgur.com/XpZ1Ink.jpg ). The other side has a bunch of statues in one group : Husk, Dandyman, Genevieve Webb, Roland Fauxicore, Peyote and Kent Myres, and Father Ruth. Each of these statues seems like they are movable - not fastened to anything in particular.
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  78. Annette: “Um...what did the book you got from Miss Writer say about it, Rosetta? She mentioned it to us, briefly…”
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  81. “...” Rosetta bites her lip and pauses a moment before answering Annette. “The chapter on that part of The Writer’s journey says something about diving into her parents’ minds, finding a big machine there, and then one of her companions got drunk and used ‘vodka magic’ on it and blew it up with lightning. I...don’t know how much that’ll be helpful for us here.”
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  83. She flicks her wrist and reaches out with telekinesis, floating the four SoG statues up and shifting the statues of Roland, Peyote, and Kent into their places. She’s not quite sure at the moment what to do with the rest, though she gets a closer look at the Gen statue. Is there any way to tell if it’s Gen for sure or if it’s Jennifer?
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  86. Well, you know that the Sons of Grant suspected that Genevieve Webb was Jennifer for a long while, especially when Yanala went missing, if that’s any help. You can’t really tell a difference physically between them as statues.
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  88. “They used brute force to dispell it? This must have been a very forceful thing to apply then…”
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  90. As you start to move them, you sense something is stirring, starting to change, with the statue of the girl herself in this room. The statue itself has the TAKEN inscription upon it, with an actual unown.
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  93. “If it’s brute force we gotta look to…” Rosetta turns and points at the TAKEN Unown. “You think ripping that off’s the way to do it?” Regardless, she continues moving the statues, looking for any changes aside from the inscription that occur due to the move.
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  95. “Only other thing I can think of along those lines is smashing the statues having to do with the Sons of Grant.”
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  99. Annette helps you tug some around to see what reactions occur. Simply moving the Grant ones, the league and Keeper cult ones, and splitting up the others starts to have a reaction though as the TAKEN starts to...crack, as if it was also simply part of the statue.
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  101. ...The Sons of Grant..? No, no that’s not right...It was Husk Rhasha who reached out to me initially - he introduced me to The Keeper’s Cult, and from there...I was trained in the arts of the Silencer. Once I was ready, and my pact made...I was given a task - a task to keep an eye on some of the lesser pantheon, and...what else was I doing? Who are these other people?
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  103. The hallway continues on more after this, mind you. Miracle Eye hrrms. “I wouldn’t worry too much if you can’t quite figure it out - I imagine this tampering continues on a while, and little by little, the work can be undone.”
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  107. Nonetheless, Rosetta attempts to snap the Sons of Grant statues in half with her telekinesis. “Peyote and Kent are high level officials in the Explorer’s Guild, and Roland is part of the Keeper’s Cult as well.” She calls out, wondering if it’ll do anything - she’s trying to do more to jog the voice/memory that seems to be replaying here.
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  109. And then she turns to Annette and Miracle Eye as they walk. “Might as well go further in then and see what else there is we can touch and manipulate here, yeah? Though I wonder if they’ll all be this simple...”
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  112. ...Those names I remember. And...those were the Sons? Maybe…
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  114. The walkway to the next room has a few interesting sights.
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  116. You see a painting on a wall that depicts Yanala, Roland, Jeramiah, and a few others doing the whole ninja on a log training thing with Husk at the head.
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  118. You see another with Yanal traveling around the woods, sometimes in the company of something like an Articuno, or a Raikou, or one of the musketeers.
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  120. After that, a painting of a clearing in a forest where a tree has been struck down by lightning. You can see an injured Yanala fleeing as a man in black clothes fights with what looks like maybe Saryx and Alice.
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  122. The frame of the painting after that one is...well, blanked out a lot. You can see Yanala in what looks like a cave, huddled in a corner, but the rest looks like it’s had Unown plastered all over it.
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  124. After that, you come to the next room. ...Just what was it I was investigating? What changed?
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  126. In this room sits a lot of broken statues, with the only complete ones being Yanala’s own statue at the center of the room, and one of Husk and Grant on opposite sides of the room, with Grant facing Yanala, and the one with Husk facing her back. The Yanala one has the same branding as the previous one, even retaining the cracks.
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  128. Husk, my master and teacher, wished me dead for something? And Grant appeared, offering salvation. Is that right? It must be right. What else could it have been? And what changed to cause this..?
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  130. Annette kneels down to pick up one of the broken statue pieces - which happens to be someone’s arm. She yelps and drops it. Miracle Eye laughs and rubs her chin as she looks over the rubble. “Clearly some of these were individuals, but think there’s something else here…”
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  132. Roll me perception when you start to poke around the rubble.
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  134. castfromhp, I can use prob control here, right?: 11 [3d6=5,4,1]
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  136. Well, it doesn’t take you long to find fragments of a Corbin statue. You don’t recognize a lot of the other ones, but they seem to be child-sized limbs and such. Picking through other parts also shows that you could probably assemble a lot of the statues found in the last room - such as Dandy, Grant’s Librarian’s, Genevieve, Father Ruth, and even that Celia girl. A few Mewtwo based ones are very easy to recognize as well, but the larger ones are what confuse you. They seem to be bits of various Pokemon, but you’re not quite sure what goes where, nor is Annette.
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  138. “I think I brought some medical tape with me!” Annette says as she digs around in her white mage robes for some. “Maybe we could put them back together with this?”
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  140. Miracle Eye picks up some of the Pokemon based bits and starts to think on them…
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  143. “Yeah, I’ll uh...I’ll start with this one.” Rosetta quietly sets about reassembling the fragments of the Corbin statue, carefully turning them in the air with her telekinesis and putting them back together. “This one is…” Rosetta pauses and hesitates, then reaches for her cell phone, flicks open to the video folder, then sets it aside again as she continues to work on putting the statue back together.
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  145. “The hard part with this one is I’m not exactly sure what happened. Husk betrayed the Keeper’s Cult at some point, but I dunno how that intersects with Yanala being captured by Grant’s goons and brainwashed. Mir, just what the heck are those?” Rosetta takes a break from her reassembly to glance over at the bits she’s working with, tilting her head.
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  149. ...Corbin! How could I forget Corbin? He stuck with me through all of this, and …
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  151. “She seems even more stumped than we are. This...huh, it’s more like a normal Mew than a Mewtwo, isn’t it? Maybe not all of those are full on Mewtwo bits. Not sure on the other ones yet.”
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  155. “Corbin...was my brother. Uh, I’d like to ask more about what happened to him, once we have this all sorted out.” Rosetta carefully sets down the reassembled statue, then turns toward the Pokemon bits. “Lemme give these a shot then.” She grabs a few pieces and starts putting them together as best as she can guess from the shapes.
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  157. [13:05:16] [castfromhp] Zoof I'm going to roll INTUITION for Rosetta trying to piece together the unrecognizable Pokemon statue bits. :D
  158. [13:05:22] [castfromhp] 1d6-1 let's rock
  159. [13:05:23] [DiceMaid-9001] castfromhp, let's rock: 4 [1d6=5]
  160. [13:07:24] [castfromhp] 1d6-1 can I prob control for a 0?
  161. [13:07:24] [DiceMaid-9001] castfromhp, can I prob control for a 0?: 0 [1d6=1]
  162. [13:07:27] [castfromhp] YES I CAN
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  166. You end up spacing out and playing around with the tape, and make a little birdy statue that looks like this: http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121115155937/finalfantasy/images/1/17/Babychocobo.png
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  168. Miracle Eye and Annette have been patching the Mew together when they look over to see this. “...Having fun there?” Mir asks.
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  170. The real surprise is the voice that follows. I’ve seen a creature like that before...somewhere. When in the service of Grant.
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  174. “H-hey, see? It was productive.” Rosetta hurriedly grabs some other pieces and tries to look like she’s not fooling around. “Though uh...what? I’ve never seen a Pokemon like this, and I know bird species pretty well, I think. What other sorta weird stuff did Grant have then?”
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  176. Rosetta begins sorting the remaining pieces, focusing on reassembling the Celia statue and asks up at the voice: “Do you remember a girl like this? What the fuck is she?”
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  180. Celia. I know not what she is or her origins, but she and the unusual Pokemon species Grant commands are proof of his power. The man rejects reality, and replaces it with his own.
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  182. As Annette and Mir finish the Mew… ...There was significance here. Erzulie, her current champion, and her relation to the parties at war here. I do not recall -what-, however…
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  184. Mind you, there’s still tons of statue parts here. Pokemon and the people I described above.
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  188. “How does he do it? Is it just using the Unown in some way anyone can learn?” Rosetta then reaches over and starts putting together the Father Ruth statue. “And what about him? Where does he tie in to all of this?” She isn’t sure if she’s getting anywhere with undoing the hold Grant had on Yanala, but might as well put together all the pieces available here, one at a time.
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  192. No, no...not the Unown. His gift...I don’t think it came from the Unown, but another source. They might, however, have led him to that source, as he has blessed others with his gift, didn’t he? Like Harbinger. Celia is simply an extension of that power.
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  194. Miracle Eye taps her chin as you build the statue. “I think, as you poke questions at her, and build these, it’s forcing her to make sense of what she’s experienced versus her current perception. It’s good we caught this early, imagine doing this after years instead of months…”
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  196. Once you finish the Father Ruth… ...This man. A true enigma. The Sons are not fond of him, though I know not exactly why. Husk was in his company at some point… I feel as though he was related to something Corbin and I were ignorant of. Another party, perhaps. Annette hobbles over, carrying the Mew statue. Ah. Erzulie thought highly of him. That was it.
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  199.  
  200. “Got it.” Rosetta picks up the pieces for the Dandyman statue and starts reassembling them as well As she does though, she asks some more questions. “Erzulie, Mew’s Champion, thought highly of Father Ruth? Do you know why? His motives and agenda...we don’t really know them too well right now.”
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  203. (I think you might be a little confused. Erzulie = Mew. Or I might be parsing that sentence wrong)
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  205. She saw a man who had done many evils in his past, and truly wished to do good for the world. His motives...I do not know.
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  207. When you finish the Dandyman statue...It gets really cold all of a sudden, like a chilly wind. You hear the sound of someone shuddering. Dandyman. I can’t say enough about this individual. The first time I encountered him, I was nearly killed. I’m still not sure exactly how I survived that night. There is a lot I do know about him, but...so many questions, still. Is he a puppet, the puppeteer, or both? Just what is the root of his power? What was it you learned of him that actually angered him, Corbin? Why did you continue to push his buttons, even after it was clear he would kill you if you persisted? You knew what he did to me, and thus, I avoided him in our investigations. You...you wouldn’t tell me that. That stupid plan of yours - I know it worked, but at what cost? And...why were we seperated after you did it? ...And just -what- was it we were investigating?
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  209. Crack. The TAKEN unown fractures a bit more. “There’s something here that someone does -not- want her to recall, for some reason…,” Mir says, looking over things. “And I think she could answer a lot of these questions better when she’s...free from this. So, let’s think. What among these remaining...I think they are Pokemon, and individuals is key to this?”
  210.  
  211. Annette picks up a statue piece that resembles a bird beak. “Huh, there’s a few bird looking things here…”
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  220. Dec 01 19:57:14 <~zoofman> Okay, so this isn't the best starting point for a session, but fuck it we're doing it live. Rosetta, Miracle Eye, and Annette are currently suspended in the dreamworld, inviting themselves into the mind of Yanala. They are within a structure that closely resembles a stone temple, with the current room hosting several broken statues, a few that have been cobbled together, and even fewer in tact ones.
  221. Dec 01 19:57:47 <~zoofman> Going off where we left off, Annette picks up a beak-shaped statue bit, and comments to herself. "There sure are a lot of bird parts left..."
  222. Dec 01 19:58:51 <Rosetta> "So Father Ruth really does have something good in mind? Then why's he been seen with Husk....- !" Rosetta hops to face Annette as soon as she says 'bird.' "Ooh, I think I can help with those."
  223. Dec 01 19:59:25 <~zoofman> Annette: "Okay! Let's try to put this one together!"
  224. Dec 01 19:59:32 <~zoofman> Mir, having witnessed all of this, facepalms.
  225. Dec 01 19:59:54 »» Rosetta gets to gathering the bird pieces!
  226. Dec 01 20:01:00 »» Elizabeth is now known as Morty
  227. Dec 01 20:01:19 <~zoofman> Roll me Intuition.
  228. Dec 01 20:02:11 <Rosetta> 1d6-1
  229. Dec 01 20:02:19 <Rosetta> dicemaid pls
  230. Dec 01 20:02:20 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 1d6-1: 5 [1d6=6]
  231. Dec 01 20:05:23 <~zoofman> For once in your life, you're not totally birdbrain'd. Which hilariously enough might have been of been very helpful here. But alas, after hunting around parts, and making more of those little fuzzy bird statues...
  232. Dec 01 20:05:43 <~zoofman> You and Annette finally realize you're looking at the pieces to an Ho-Oh statue.
  233. Dec 01 20:06:21 <Rosetta> "Oh that actually makes sense. Her family served Shango and all, yeah?"
  234. Dec 01 20:06:40 <Rosetta> Rosetta very carefully sets the other little bird statues in a row. :> She adjusts them a bit for maximum kawaii arrangement.
  235. Dec 01 20:07:17 <~zoofman> "Yeah!" Says Annette, and the two of you set to putting the Ho-Oh together. Miracle Eye is slowly shuffling through and dividing the other statues inbetween people parts, BIRD PARTS, and Mewtwo parts.
  236. Dec 01 20:08:30 <~zoofman> Before too long you got a fully assembled Ho-Oh. It's not life sized, but it does got a pretty huge wingspan - to the point you two had to be careful not to tip it over while rebuilding it.
  237. Dec 01 20:08:41 »» Lenore is now known as Aori_Radidjiu
  238. Dec 01 20:09:03 <Rosetta> "This is pretty shiny. I wonder how many bird statues there are in my head."
  239. Dec 01 20:10:41 <~zoofman> When all is said and done, the voice continues: Shango...There's something HERE, something very important - it's just on the tip of my tounge. Just out of reach.
  240. Dec 01 20:10:47 <~zoofman> The Unowns continue to crack, crack, crack.
  241. Dec 01 20:11:31 »» Rosetta looks at the cracking Unowns with some curiosity and worry. "You know, I wonder why there isn't some sorta automated defense with all this stuff Grant's shoved in her head."
  242. Dec 01 20:13:17 <~zoofman> Miracle Eye hmmms. "I think the better question is why did he not feel it was required."
  243. Dec 01 20:13:28 <~zoofman> Miracle Eye taps you two on the shoulder. "Look at this..."
  244. Dec 01 20:13:57 <Rosetta> "Well, she does a lot of ninja-y and teleport-y stuff like me. Guess he must've figured she'd be hard to capture, yeah?" Rosetta peers over.
  245. Dec 01 20:14:34 <~zoofman> She walks over to a collection of stone parts. "I've seperated out what I think are just more Evolved versions of that one bird, with these. The people, the Mewtwos, those make sense...what the hell is this?"
  246. Dec 01 20:16:04 <~zoofman> The parts she's standing around...you can clearly see three structures that look like wings, and two talons. Pieces to make an avian head, and a...feathery mane of sorts, like a Mandibuzz would have, but larger.
  247. Dec 01 20:16:48 <Rosetta> "Well, it's a Mandibu- wait no, uhh...." Rosetta picks up some of the pieces with telekinesis and turns them over, clicking some together if they look like they fit.
  248. Dec 01 20:17:35 <~zoofman> Roll me Intuition again, Mir and Annette are stumped on the three wings bit.
  249. Dec 01 20:17:42 »» Rosetta tilts her head. "Maybe it's another form of that other bird? Some Pokemon change a ton when they evolve, yeah? Or it's like...a stone evolution?" She's clearly grasping for straws as she tilts her head and examines it.
  250. Dec 01 20:17:45 <Rosetta> 1d6-1
  251. Dec 01 20:17:45 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 1d6-1: 3 [1d6=4]
  252. Dec 01 20:17:48 ---» Domovoi ([email protected]) has Joined #easternislesrhapsody
  253. Dec 01 20:18:49 <~zoofman> Okay, you find the source of the confusion after some thought. These aren't three wings, it's two wings and a tail.
  254. Dec 01 20:19:34 <~zoofman> The tail looks a lot like the wings do - the tell was mostly that the two 'wings' had some jagged, feathered bits where the tail had...jagged bits from the legs being severed.
  255. Dec 01 20:19:58 <Rosetta> "This is some funky-ass tail."
  256. Dec 01 20:20:47 <~zoofman> To be honest calling these things wings is a bit of a strech too. They aren't feathery, and what's at the end of them...
  257. Dec 01 20:20:58 <~zoofman> Needless to say, you think you got a good idea how this thing goes together now.
  258. Dec 01 20:21:53 <Rosetta> "Alright, I think it's like this..." Rosetta begins giving Mir and Annette instructions to help put this thing together.
  259. Dec 01 20:23:07 <~zoofman> After a lot of guess work, doubting and head shaking, you guys finally assemble what you can only assume is a miniture version of some...thing. You aren't sure if it's really a "bird."
  260. Dec 01 20:23:08 <~zoofman> http://i.imgur.com/fNUrSy4.png
  261. Dec 01 20:23:48 <Rosetta> "Is this another of those creatures Grant designed?"
  262. Dec 01 20:24:13 <~zoofman> . . . The Devourer. No, it's not quite right, it's more like...
  263. Dec 01 20:25:27 <Rosetta> "Sounds ominous." Rosetta mutters but keeps lsitening.
  264. Dec 01 20:25:42 <~zoofman> The statue of the bird-creature starts to crack, and peel, like an Ekans shedding a coat. Beneath lies a coating of Unown - not just plastered around this thing, but actually making up the entirety of this creature. It's much larger than this as well... And hence, it starts to grow, bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger...
  265. Dec 01 20:26:06 »» Rosetta hops back up and backs up as it expands.
  266. Dec 01 20:27:38 <~zoofman> Before too long, you're standing in front of a twenty foot tall monstrocity, completely composed of Unown. It's wing span and tail extend much further. Each of the claws on the end of its wings and tail easily reach six feet in height.
  267. Dec 01 20:28:35 <Rosetta> "God damn I -hope- Grant didn't make something like this. That video game girl and the Registeel were bad enough."
  268. Dec 01 20:29:14 <~zoofman> It is the heart of The Collective - suspended in a cursed sleep. The being he wishes to awaken. I remember now... HE make this? No, no. This has existed long before he was born..."
  269. Dec 01 20:29:23 <~zoofman> (Minus the " there :P )
  270. Dec 01 20:29:49 <~zoofman> Miracle Eye: "Uh...." She also backs up. "I think. We need to ask The Writer to clarify just. What this thing is. She showed it to you too, right? Sleeping in that pit?"
  271. Dec 01 20:30:14 <Rosetta> "Yeah, yeah."
  272. Dec 01 20:31:29 <Rosetta> "At least...it isn't going to hurt us in here, right? There's no defense here..." Rosetta looks over at the Unowns that were cracking before to see if they're changed any.
  273. Dec 01 20:32:20 <~zoofman> ...I remember how now, how I came into Grant's service... Rosetta, far as you can tell, it is immobile. Yanala just corrected how she percieves it.
  274. Dec 01 20:32:48 <Rosetta> "Do tell."
  275. Dec 01 20:33:37 <~zoofman> There's a flash of light from one of the corners of the room, and a new doorway appears. ...Help me, please.
  276. Dec 01 20:34:28 »» Rosetta zips that way with a 'come on' gesture to Mir and Annette.
  277. Dec 01 20:34:57 <~zoofman> Annette moewaddles and Mir hurries.
  278. Dec 01 20:35:47 <~zoofman> The path here...leads into a library, sort of? You're suddenly walking on carpet, and there's bookshelves to your left and right. As well as a television overhead every 10 feet or so. They all are playing the same scene on loop.
  279. Dec 01 20:38:25 <~zoofman> This will be a bit segmented as a type it. It begins in a morgue. A guy bringing in a corpse on a stretcher - it's night, and clearly no one's around. Yanala sneaks in through a window, hurries over to the freezers and starts pulling open drawers until she finds Corbin - mind you, Rosetta, you never -saw- the pictures from the murder, but you were told he was mutilated. This body's A-OK.
  280. Dec 01 20:39:22 <Rosetta> "Wait, wait, what?" Rosetta stops in her tracks and stares up at the TV, floating up to get a better look.
  281. Dec 01 20:39:54 <~zoofman> Yanala takes a needle, and sticks Corbin with it. He jumps awake with a yelp. Yanala latches on and starts shaking the body furiously. "Corbin you idiot! That was the stupidest damned thing you could have done, whhhhhhy!"
  282. Dec 01 20:41:04 <Rosetta> "Hold on...did he...fake his death? Is that...why the body had to be..."
  283. Dec 01 20:41:55 <~zoofman> Corbin's just...laughing. "I can't believe it worked. It fucking worked. He thought he killed me. He -really- has no idea what we did there."
  284. Dec 01 20:42:56 <~zoofman> Yanala: "What you did was wasteful! We don't know how many more chances Shango can bestow u-..." There's a heavy breathing in the room, like Darth Vader tier.
  285. Dec 01 20:43:28 <Rosetta> "What the fuck, Binny?" Rosetta stares and watches.
  286. Dec 01 20:46:10 <~zoofman> The camera pans, and Yanala and Corbin stare at a hunched figure, wrapped in various robes, and with a rather disturbing face mask. You saw a statue of him earlier. http://imgur.com/Q0ct7Dy
  287. Dec 01 20:46:34 <~zoofman> In one hand, he holds a lantern - it glows with prismatic light. A lantern made of Unown.
  288. Dec 01 20:47:34 <~zoofman> "YES. Do TELL. Information that is MOST HELPFUL to the savior's CONQUEST."
  289. Dec 01 20:49:19 <~zoofman> Yanala goes to move - but a second figure jumps from the shadows, literally. The girl you know by name as Octavia. She pins Yanala to the ground, and and does...some sort of hand movement. Roll me Combat Skill to try to recognize it.
  290. Dec 01 20:49:57 <Rosetta> 4d6+5
  291. Dec 01 20:49:58 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 4d6+5: 23 [4d6=4,5,6,3]
  292. Dec 01 20:51:18 <~zoofman> Corbin tries to get up as well, but the masked figure is already upon him, holding him down. He holds the lantern above Corbin's head. "Your BAPTISM cometh. Welcome, BROTHER WHITACRE." There's...screaming from Corbin as Yanal struggles on the ground, she can't teleport or anything.
  293. Dec 01 20:51:31 <~zoofman> Rosetta, that looked like some sorta pressure point shit straight out of a kung fu movie.
  294. Dec 01 20:52:37 »» Rosetta strains to see what's happening on Corbin's side of the TV screen.
  295. Dec 01 20:52:51 <~zoofman> "How do you know how to do that?" Yanala is yelling. "WHO taught you that!? Corbin! CORBIN - " The masked man turns to her next, the lantern tips, and the screen goes black...and then loops.
  296. Dec 01 20:53:14 <~zoofman> It looks like he's pouring liquid Unown onto his face, Rosetta.
  297. Dec 01 20:54:52 <~zoofman> Annette is too D: to speak. She just clings to you in terror. Miracle Eye "...Uh...wow. Just wow. I am so sorry. I -think- that might be the creepiest thing I've seen thus far."
  298. Dec 01 20:55:02 <Rosetta> "So...Binny's not dead?" Rosetta slowly floats back down to the ground. She takes a moment to take in what she just saw. "But if he's been brainwashed too, where the fuck is he now?"
  299. Dec 01 20:55:59 <Rosetta> "What the fuck was up with that lantern though?" She shivers. "Yeah! Creepy as hell, right? Shit, who comes up with that? Why can't they just play 'derpy pokedex sketches' with their Unown instead of that shit?"
  300. Dec 01 20:56:57 <~zoofman> Annette was clinged the moment you floated down. "If...he knows something that's very important to them...that she didn't..."
  301. Dec 01 20:59:22 <~zoofman> The hallway stops, and you're at a common's room in a library. Yanala, herself, not a statue, is sitting in a big, comfy leather chair, with a book.
  302. Dec 01 20:59:23 <Rosetta> "So...that big fort, some sorta other base? Shit, what exactly -did- he know that's so valuable? Bondye, Corbin, why are you such a reckless idiot?"
  303. Dec 01 21:02:37 <Rosetta> "Uh...Hey?" Rosetta walks in.
  304. Dec 01 21:03:48 <~zoofman> You three slowly move toward her. The book she's reading...is sorta funky looking, to be honest. No cover or words, but it's got a rather colorful, multi-colored leather bind.
  305. Dec 01 21:03:50 <~zoofman> She doesn't reply.
  306. Dec 01 21:05:13 <Rosetta> "Heya. C'mon we went through a lot of trouble to undo this brainwashing thing." Are there images on the book or is it just patchwork colors?
  307. Dec 01 21:06:13 <~zoofman> No images - though weird thing is the pages are blank too.
  308. Dec 01 21:06:26 <~zoofman> She's just staring down at empty pages.
  309. Dec 01 21:07:14 <Rosetta> "Is there still something missing then?" Rosetta remarks as she looks down at the blank pages. She spins around to take another look around.
  310. Dec 01 21:07:43 <~zoofman> Mir and Annette got really concerned looks, you don't see anything.
  311. Dec 01 21:07:48 <~zoofman> Roll me Occult.
  312. Dec 01 21:07:55 <Rosetta> 3d6+1
  313. Dec 01 21:07:56 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 3d6+1: 10 [3d6=2,5,2]
  314. Dec 01 21:08:08 <~zoofman> Clearly somthing funky is going on here, but you're not sure what.
  315. Dec 01 21:09:05 »» Rosetta reaches out toward the book with telekinesis and gives it a light tug.
  316. Dec 01 21:09:26 <~zoofman> Hah. Hahahaha.
  317. Dec 01 21:09:45 <~zoofman> You reach out to grab this thing with your mind and THUNK. Everything goes black.
  318. Dec 01 21:11:04 <~zoofman> You wake up to a WARKing sound. In a hay stack.
  319. Dec 01 21:12:03 <Rosetta> "What. Shit. What happened?" Rosetta hops up and brushes the hay off herself. "Mir? Annette?"
  320. Dec 01 21:14:03 <~zoofman> Those cute little bird things are around, along with what look like fully evolved ones. Mir and Annette are not around. You seem to be in a stable for these...WARKING birds.
  321. Dec 01 21:14:14 <~zoofman> There's the sound of a bustling city outside of the stable as well.
  322. Dec 01 21:14:50 <Rosetta> "Okay these guys are pretty cute but...what?"
  323. Dec 01 21:18:11 »» Rosetta approaches one of the birds and tries to pet it while looking outside to see what's out there. She doesn't wanna rush straight out just yet.
  324. Dec 01 21:18:42 <~zoofman> It lets you pet it just fine - seems it's accustomed to being handled by strangers. It WARKS and nuzzles you.
  325. Dec 01 21:20:16 <Rosetta> "Awww, it's adorable. C'mon, maybe...wherever I am, it'll look more natural if I'm with one of you guys." She tries to lead it out of the stable as she peeks out for a glance around.
  326. Dec 01 21:20:18 <~zoofman> Outside...There's a stone walls and walkways, elaborate fountains, and people in rather old fashion apparal. And when I say people I also mean members of races that aren't human.
  327. Dec 01 21:20:54 »» Rosetta stops right there at seeing the latter.
  328. Dec 01 21:21:23 »» Rosetta makes a mental note to herself that she probably found where Celia came from.
  329. Dec 01 21:21:27 <~zoofman> "Uh." For example, the stable hand whose looking at you is tall with lean muscle and silver hair - elf comes to mind. "You okay, Miss? Lil early for people to be passing out in the stables..."
  330. Dec 01 21:22:31 <Rosetta> "Yeah, uh...just the heat, you know? Can I trouble you for a glass o'water?"
  331. Dec 01 21:24:04 <~zoofman> "Oh, you must be a new arrival huh?" He tosses you his canteen. "Gotta be careful about that here in Ulduh. Not as temprate as it is back in Ivalice huh?"
  332. Dec 01 21:24:29 <Rosetta> Am I still in the ninja garb?
  333. Dec 01 21:25:28 <~zoofman> Of course you are.
  334. Dec 01 21:26:52 <Rosetta> "Yeah, yeah, and you know, it doesn't help wearing something like this." She tugs at her outfit, then takes a slow, slow drag on the canteen to get a better look around her, looking for anything at all that's familiar or seems like something she recognizes, just also transformed into this weird fantasy realm.
  335. Dec 01 21:27:31 <~zoofman> Roll me Perception.
  336. Dec 01 21:28:16 <Rosetta> 3d6+1
  337. Dec 01 21:28:16 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 3d6+1: 13 [3d6=3,3,6]
  338. Dec 01 21:29:44 <~zoofman> Okay, so, across from the stables is a building with a fountain and two stairwells on either side of the fountain. There's a blue crystal thing where people seem to just be POOFING into existance next to this every now and then, always armed.
  339. Dec 01 21:30:25 <~zoofman> Some of them are handing letters to this little white fuzzy thing with a pom pom on its head. It's fluttering by the entrance to this building with a mail satchel.
  340. Dec 01 21:30:57 <~zoofman> There's some folks your age, you think, playing some sorta hologram card game with...wait that's a PIkachu.
  341. Dec 01 21:31:31 <~zoofman> And a Sandslash. They are sitting on the steps to this building.
  342. Dec 01 21:33:12 »» Rosetta wipes her mouth with a sleeve as she hands the canteen, then feigns shock. "Shit, I forgot I was 'sposed to get a letter or something." She hopes the guy doesn't think she's supposed to be working here right now, but if he does then she hopes that excuse works well enough. She dashes off in that direction.
  343. Dec 01 21:34:01 <~zoofman> You dash up the stairs to where the pompom creature is "Kupo! Hello!" It waves at you.
  344. Dec 01 21:34:23 <~zoofman> The silver haired elf just takes hia canteen back and laughs as he gets back to work.
  345. Dec 01 21:35:45 <~zoofman> Behind the moogle, you see someone open the door and walk in. There's laughter and chatter in there, and the smell of cooked meat and booze.
  346. Dec 01 21:35:46 <Rosetta> "Heya. I don't suppose you have a letter for a Yanala, do you?" She steals a glance at the two Pokemon as she asks.
  347. Dec 01 21:37:40 <~zoofman> "Yanala? Oh, I know a Yanala! Sorry, I can't answer that question about someone else's mail!"
  348. Dec 01 21:38:48 <Rosetta> "Well, I was 'sposed to check on her and uh...get her mail and all, but...ah, nevermind alright, you know where she'd be now?"
  349. Dec 01 21:40:25 <~zoofman> "Kupo kupo! Of course, silly! She's set up in the Adventurer's Hall at the moment, selling those really popular cards!"
  350. Dec 01 21:41:47 <Rosetta> "Thanks!" Rosetta waves and turns to leave, then Natu-hops around again. "Which way's that again?"
  351. Dec 01 21:42:56 <~zoofman> The fuzzy little creature laughs "Ku Ku Kupo! You're right in front of it, silly! You're not from around here, huh?" It flutters around you. "Where you come from? Ivalice? Vanadiel? The Garlean Empire?"
  352. Dec 01 21:44:34 <Rosetta> "Ivalice, yeah." Rosetta parrots what the elf said before. "First day here, and I got sorta woozy from the heat, so sorry if I'm a little scatterbrained, yeah?"
  353. Dec 01 21:46:02 <~zoofman> "Aha! Well, don't get stung by a Cactaur if you leave town, Kupo!" Some other 'Adventurers', you assume, come by to drop off letters with the creature, so it turns its attention away from you.
  354. Dec 01 21:47:05 »» Rosetta nods and goes up to the adventurer's hall doors. "Thanks again."
  355. Dec 01 21:49:04 <~zoofman> Inside, well, it's pretty much like any Explorer hangout, like The Crabby Krabby, but for fantasy adventure world. Wherever the fuck you are. Live music, dancers, bar tenders, cat girls holding hands, food, drink, and people playing various card games - including the one with the holographic Pokemon.
  356. Dec 01 21:49:39 <~zoofman> There's also some more serious looking discussions going on at some desks around the room, but largely it's about what you'd expect from a bar.
  357. Dec 01 21:49:59 »» Rosetta reaches in her pockets and checks for her pokeballs as she walks further in.
  358. Dec 01 21:51:12 <~zoofman> Where your Pokeballs would be, are six cards - they aren't really paper thin either - more like chiseled stone, about a quarter inch thick and with elaborate paintings on the front.
  359. Dec 01 21:51:37 <Rosetta> "Well, fuck me."
  360. Dec 01 21:52:36 <~zoofman> That said - the marking around your neck is still there.
  361. Dec 01 21:53:50 »» Rosetta looks around for anyone looking like Yanala.
  362. Dec 01 21:55:22 <~zoofman> Well, there's a lot lof folks here, so it's hard to tell at first. That said you do see a lot of people playing with these cards, and the white pompom thing did mention she was selling them! So roll me Guile!
  363. Dec 01 21:55:34 <Rosetta> 4d6+1
  364. Dec 01 21:55:35 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 4d6+1: 12 [4d6=1,1,3,6]
  365. Dec 01 21:57:08 <~zoofman> You approach another one of these little fuzzy guys - one playing cards, who boasts : "I have all the rare cards, even the holographic Mew with the Ivalice text!" and inquier where the lady is who sells them. He points out her out - you woulda missed her as she's a bit out of the focus of things.
  366. Dec 01 21:58:25 <~zoofman> Along the walls of this room are semi circle desks for various purposes - far as you can tell Adventurers get 'cards' very similar to the Pokemon ones, but they are more like mission briefings or something. Least that's what you pick up while waiting in line. Yanala...is wearing an outfit much like yours, actually.
  367. Dec 01 22:00:47 <Rosetta> "Heya." Rosetta waves to Yanala.
  368. Dec 01 22:02:28 <~zoofman> She seems a bit confused at first about something when she sees you, but shakes it off. "Hello - how may I assist you? Are you looking for work or...?"
  369. Dec 01 22:04:19 <Rosetta> "I came here to learn 'bout my brother actually. His name was Corbin. You seem like someone who'd know who's who 'round here, yeah?"
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  371. Dec 01 22:05:18 «--- Domovoi ([email protected]) has Quit (Ping timeout)
  372. Dec 01 22:06:50 <~zoofman> If she had a drink she would have spit take when you said that. So instead it's a very awkward laugh. "HAH. HA. HAHA. You're - you're his sister. No wonder you looked sort of familiar. Um... Truth be told I have not seen Corbin in a number of months. He left to visit home not long ago...funny, you must have just passed each other."
  373. Dec 01 22:07:09 <~zoofman> "I think the Moogles might have better luck connecting you again than I...but he hasn't written either," she sighs.
  374. Dec 01 22:08:03 <Rosetta> "Last I heard he had some trouble with someone called 'Dandyman'? And the Sons of Grant?" Rosetta shrugs but makes sure to clearly ennunciate and emphasize the names as she speaks in case that jogs memories.
  375. Dec 01 22:09:42 <~zoofman> She scratches her hand. "Corbin's in trouble with the Cultists of Dalamund? Agaiiiiin?" She sighs. "And...Grant, as in Grant Null? What did he do, steal a high cultist's Pokemon cards?"
  376. Dec 01 22:09:58 <~zoofman> "Wow this is a terribly awkward way for us to meet, um."
  377. Dec 01 22:11:03 <Rosetta> "Yeah, sorry. Uh, you wanna chat 'bout this somewhere else?"
  378. Dec 01 22:13:09 <~zoofman> "Sure, um...Cucucho!" She shouts at a little short guy - other race, stands like three feet, whose shining glasses not far off. "Cover for me real quick, can you?" The little guy SIGHS and nods, and Yanala follows you to where ever you feel like talking.
  379. Dec 01 22:14:01 »» Rosetta glances around for anywhere that'd be more of a private place to talk.
  380. Dec 01 22:16:01 <~zoofman> Oh, if you're looking for private, she snags an inn room - this building proves to be really big and loaded with inn rooms for travelers and adventurers. "Whoever was here checked out, and the maids haven't got to it yet, so no one's going to care," She unlocks the door and in you go!
  381. Dec 01 22:16:22 <~zoofman> Simple little room with a bed, dressor, armor stand, weapon rack, table and a stained glass window looking out into the desert city.
  382. Dec 01 22:17:43 »» Rosetta takes a deep breath. "Okay, this is gonna be kinda nuts, alright? Just don't freak out or write me off immediately, yeah?" She sighs again and mutters to herself. "This is so stupid."
  383. Dec 01 22:18:05 <~zoofman> "Huh?"
  384. Dec 01 22:18:36 »» Rosetta takes out her card for ZODIAC and taps at it, shakes it, and generally abuses it until something happens.
  385. Dec 01 22:20:39 <~zoofman> Tapping it is all it takes - almost like an app on a phone. There's a heavily stylized image of ZODIAC, and tapping it causes the hologram to pop out. If you can call it that. Honestly this looks more like pure magic mumbo jumbo, little apparations that hover around the surface of the card.
  386. Dec 01 22:21:03 <~zoofman> ZODIAC looks as uninterested in everything as usual, until it realizes somethings not, right, then just stares at you like this is all your fault.
  387. Dec 01 22:22:35 <~zoofman> "Oh! That's a rare one...wait, what's up with it? Never seen more than one character on a card before."
  388. Dec 01 22:23:35 <Rosetta> "Yeah, you think that's weird. Watch this." Rosetta pulls down her collar to reveal her tattoo. She swirls a finger around the edges, then takes a deep breath before plunging her hand in and pulling out an Unown. Gather! (pretty sure it's been weeks since I've remembered to use this ;-;)
  389. Dec 01 22:25:02 <~zoofman> Oh yeah you pull out a real one, not a card.
  390. Dec 01 22:25:08 <~zoofman> Roll a letter, any letter
  391. Dec 01 22:25:25 <Rosetta> 1d26
  392. Dec 01 22:25:25 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 1d26: 19 [1d26=19]
  393. Dec 01 22:25:56 <Rosetta> Is that...S?
  394. Dec 01 22:26:18 <~zoofman> Think so. Yanala looks at it and goes pale. "You. Just. A real one."
  395. Dec 01 22:26:45 <~zoofman> "Wait no that can't be real - was that Time Magic? Illusions and such. Wasn't Ninjstusu..."
  396. Dec 01 22:27:04 <Rosetta> "Okay! So now that I have established my credibility as someone who can break the rules of this world or at least do really weird shit, would you believe me if I said you were brainwashed into believing you're in a fantasy world?"
  397. Dec 01 22:27:28 »» Rosetta has no patience for this shit right now this is so dumb to her. Except for the chocobos. Those are okay.
  398. Dec 01 22:28:20 <Rosetta> "Look, you can touch him." Rosetta shoves the new Unown at Yanala.
  399. Dec 01 22:31:39 <~zoofman> The S floats over, and she does so. SHe's...really frazzled. "I...what?" Roll me Perception.
  400. Dec 01 22:31:49 <Rosetta> 3d6+1
  401. Dec 01 22:31:50 <DiceMaid-9001> Rosetta, 3d6+1: 12 [3d6=4,5,2]
  402. Dec 01 22:33:54 <~zoofman> Yanala doesn't have a tattoo here - no TAKEN brand. But her skin is starting to flash red where they would be.
  403. Dec 01 22:34:11 <~zoofman> Seems she's trying to piece together her memories here.
  404. Dec 01 22:34:25 <~zoofman> "...If that's true, then where is Corbin?"
  405. Dec 01 22:35:14 <Rosetta> "He's brainwashed too, but fuck if I know where he is. I thought he was dead until just a few minutes ago!"
  406. Dec 01 22:35:33 <~zoofman> "By who?"
  407. Dec 01 22:36:20 <Rosetta> "Dandyman. But no, apparently it was some sorta dumb ruse where he faked his death or came back to life or something and ughhh this is dumb. What do I have to do to make you remember everything we were just talking about before I found you in that chair with the stupid blank book?"
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  409. Dec 01 22:36:47 <Rosetta> "Er, I thought he was killed by Dandyman. He's brainwashed by Grant, same as you've been."
  410. Dec 01 22:37:10 <Rosetta> "I think it has to do with this world with these creatures." She jerks a thumb at the Unown. "Every time I go in, I show up in this outfit. I guess it's all linked to this place."
  411. Dec 01 22:37:19 <~zoofman> Her eyes are darting back and forth..."Dandyman...Dalamund...Dandyman...Dalamund..."
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  413. Dec 01 22:38:01 <Rosetta> "Keeper's Cult. Shango the Keeper. Roland Fauxicore. Father Ruth. Any bells?"
  414. Dec 01 22:39:22 <~zoofman> Lot of names really fast? She drops to her knees, gripping her head and shaking. "Where? Where am I from then?!"
  415. Dec 01 22:40:52 <Rosetta> "Oh geez sorry, didn't meant to overwhelm you. Well, I did, but you know...not in a painful way." Rosetta stoops down too. "You're from a world where all those creatures on the cards are real. And all the stuff you see here is what people play with in their games. The...animal people, the little guys with pom poms on their heads, all that."
  416. Dec 01 22:42:10 <~zoofman> You think she was looking for a name to go with it, Rosetta :P
  417. Dec 01 22:42:46 <Rosetta> "Visiwa. The isles. Uh..." She tries to think of any other nicknames for the region.
  418. Dec 01 22:44:09 <~zoofman> That'll do. Crack.
  419. Dec 01 22:44:26 <~zoofman> Time stands stil. Everything around you? Shatters like glass, falls to nothingness.
  420. Dec 01 22:45:34 <~zoofman> ...You very quickly come to back in Yanala's solitary confinement cell, where she's still tied to the column in the center. The Unown that was once branded to her is falling off her face, falling like dried clay to the ground.
  421. Dec 01 22:45:50 <~zoofman> Annette and Miracle Eye both turn and stare at you. "What. The Fuck. Happened?" Mir asks.
  422. Dec 01 22:46:20 <Rosetta> "Ughhh that was sooo dumb."
  423. Dec 01 22:46:48 <Rosetta> "I got pulled into some stupid video game world, like...I think it's the one our costumes in the Unown dimension come from."
  424. Dec 01 22:47:13 <~zoofman> Clink.
  425. Dec 01 22:47:18 <~zoofman> Something falls to the ground.
  426. Dec 01 22:47:21 <Rosetta> "And then I had to convince Yanala she didn't belong in that world and was being brainwashed and stuff." She turns to look at Yanala. "She okay now?"
  427. Dec 01 22:47:44 <~zoofman> ZODIAC is by your side, glad to be freed from the card, at least.
  428. Dec 01 22:48:39 <~zoofman> Annette "Um, well, you looked at the book, tugged at it with telekinesis I think..? You and her started a tug-of-war over it, and then she let go and everything ended!"
  429. Dec 01 22:49:16 <~zoofman> Yanala...looks like she's asleep. You hear rushing from the hall as the medical staff start running.
  430. Dec 01 22:49:29 <Rosetta> "That sounds less dumb than what I just had to do. Can we get margaritas?"
  431. Dec 01 22:49:40 »» Rosetta glances around. Is S there still?
  432. Dec 01 22:49:49 <~zoofman> Well, that's what Miracle Eye just picked up.
  433. Dec 01 22:50:07 <~zoofman> "...You sure it was all dellusion?" She hands you the S card.
  434. Dec 01 22:50:51 <Rosetta> "I dunno, maybe that place is...real in some sorta sense? In that it's tied to the Unown, but Yanala definitely didn't remember this reality while she was in it." Rosetta starts to calm down a bit.
  435. Dec 01 22:51:10 <Rosetta> "Dandyman to her was some, uh, cult of Dalamund or somethin', for example."
  436. Dec 01 22:52:25 <~zoofman> Yanala's flocked by medical staff within minutes. "Breathing's normalized...the things came off like sand, huh? They comment about the Unowns - now just tattered remains on the ground. "She's out cold, damn..."
  437. Dec 01 22:53:09 <Rosetta> "Uh...she gonna be alright?"
  438. Dec 01 22:53:25 <~zoofman> The Psychologist who led you down here, Dr. McDaniel, waves you guys over, away from the girl. Miracle Eye collects her things and starts over to her.
  439. Dec 01 22:54:58 »» Rosetta hops to face the doc and then follows everyone else.
  440. Dec 01 22:55:48 «--- Aori_Radidjiu ([email protected]) has Quit (Ping timeout)
  441. Dec 01 22:56:20 <~zoofman> "So...how do you -think- it went?" She asks. "From our perspective it just looked like you all fell asleep, up until the end there."
  442. Dec 01 22:56:59 <~zoofman> "The Unown called itself out of the Pokeball at one point...and that thing seemed to hop out of you," She nods to Rosetta, pointing at the card.
  443. Dec 01 22:57:06 ---» Aori_Radidjiu ([email protected]) has Joined #easternislesrhapsody
  444. Dec 01 22:58:42 »» Rosetta squints at the S card. "So ZODIAC became a card in that world, but calling an Unown in there made a real one which then becomes a card in the real world. Okay."
  445. Dec 01 22:59:04 <Rosetta> "Uh, I think we broke her free of whatever had a hold on her mind, but towards the end there I wasn't exactly subtle about it." She admits.
  446. Dec 01 23:00:11 <~zoofman> Anette shrugs. Miracle Eye: "...Think we -may- have done more good than harm. Might have an increased appreciation for Flying Types."
  447. Dec 01 23:01:33 <Rosetta> "Hey, those fuzzy riding birds were pretty cute. I saw some of them in that fantasy world thing."
  448. Dec 01 23:01:39 <Rosetta> "Must be where Grant got them somehow."
  449. Dec 01 23:01:44 <~zoofman> McDaniel nods. "...Let us keep an eye on her for a few days, and if she shows signs of being free of it for good, we'll turn her over to the Fauxicore family - as I understand, she has no living relatives."
  450. Dec 01 23:01:51 <~zoofman> "...Fuzzy birds?"
  451. Dec 01 23:02:04 <Rosetta> "Er, nevermind."
  452. Dec 01 23:02:14 »» Morty is now known as Kain
  453. Dec 01 23:03:59 <~zoofman> The Doctor seems confused, but gives you guys a bit of a rough exit interview on your experiences and sees you out after that. "Well that went a lot better than expected...interesting development," Mir mentions.
  454. Dec 01 23:04:51 <Rosetta> "But...now we gotta find Corbin too. Where do I even start?"
  455. Dec 01 23:07:29 <~zoofman> Miracle Eye: "I think...she might have more to say when she's recovered. Seems we're missing something that wasn't super relative to her imprisonment."
  456. Dec 01 23:08:02 <~zoofman> Annette: "Oh! Oh! What could we do to upset them enough to send those guys after - wait, no, bad idea."
  457. Dec 01 23:08:03 <Rosetta> "Yeah, I getcha. So uh...margaritas?"
  458. Dec 01 23:11:12 <~zoofman> Miracle Eye's immediate response is: "Is that a question? Of course it is. Hell, we should have brought a pitcher in with us."
  459. Dec 01 23:11:18 <~zoofman> "Did they have fancy mixed drinks in fantasy land?"
  460. Dec 01 23:12:05 <Rosetta> "They had a pretty snazzy bar, but I didn't take the time to order anything. Kinda more pressing things, yeah? Maybe we can find our way back in..."
  461. Dec 01 23:14:25 <~zoofman> "Let's...think about that later," and then the three of you proceeded to get hammered because good fucking god Grant what did you do.
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