Session 58: A Violet Woman and a Manderville Man

Apr 09 22:51:39 <~zoofman>	So Chase was planning to take a trip home to speak with Alicia, huh?
Apr 09 22:53:04 <Chase>	That's right. He figures that now that things have settled down a bit and she's probably had time to speak with people, catch up on current events, talk to her former employer, and relax for a bit, that he'd drop in to visit.
Apr 09 22:55:26 <~zoofman>	Okay - though one note.  Before you did head out to Red Blade, Ammy had a request for you.  She handed you a cute little gift baggy with packing paper, tinsel and a little bow.  A gift for your Mother!
Apr 09 22:57:20 <Chase>	Haha, alright. Cute. He finds that sweet of her and tells her she'll probably love whatever it is and he'll make sure to give it to her.
Apr 09 22:57:36 <Chase>	(Though I imagine it's a pokemon egg given the discussion they had before)
Apr 09 22:58:00 <~zoofman>	It's actually a bit light and small for an egg!
Apr 09 22:58:50 <Chase>	Interesting. Well, he'll probably see what it is when he gets there.
Apr 09 23:00:47 <~zoofman>	Either way you make your way home to your folks house without much issue at all, or any weird things going on around you.  It's around eight PM by the time you do arrive, the majority of the light is from streetlights, houses and the ambient glow from that Oh-Ho on top of the Capitol building itself.
Apr 09 23:03:09 »»	Chase pulls in and gets out of the car when he does get there, grabbing the little bag, before heading over to the door and knocking. He probably did call ahead of time.
Apr 09 23:05:11 <~zoofman>	Mom opens the door, looking you up and down, frowns and asks. "You put on weight?  Eating too many sweats and drinking too many sugary drinks aren't you?"
Apr 09 23:06:11 <~zoofman>	"Just kiddin, hun.  Come on in and give your Mom a hug!"
Apr 09 23:08:02 <Chase>	He just grins and heads in, giving her a hug, and passing the bag onto her. "Hell, good to see you too, Mom. Here, Ammy got you a little somethin'. I miss anything since last time I came over?"
Apr 09 23:14:04 <~zoofman>	"Aw, how nice of her!" Mom starts to dig around in the bag as she talks.  "I'm not sure what gave your Father more of a heart attack, news you were seeing his boss's daughter or Alicia just suddenly came home out of the blue.  He's been trying to get leave to return home, but apparantly the situation is tense in his neck of the woods still."
Apr 09 23:14:43 <~zoofman>	Your mom pulls out one of Kent's signiture Pokeballs.
Apr 09 23:15:20 <~zoofman>	"Hmm...?  Is this what I think it is?  How do you open these things again, Chase?"
Apr 09 23:15:48 <Chase>	He grins when he sees that, and then looks at her. "Honestly, I wish I could have seen his face. And... really, Mom? Just tap the button here." he shows her where.
Apr 09 23:17:01 <Chase>	Chase knows full well that being a pokemon trainer is sort of a luxury in Visiwa due to the wilds but basic pokeball technology? Come ooon.
Apr 09 23:18:27 <~zoofman>	"Really? That's it? No fancy juggling or throwing them like they do on television..?" She taps the button...a beam of light releases a Fennekin!  It has a little leather collar and a pink metal nametag that reads 'Mama's Girl.'
Apr 09 23:19:00 <Chase>	"How she been, anyway?" he shuts the door behind himself, glancing around and kicking off his shoes near the door - no sense tracking any mud over the white carpet with his raggedy-ass ghost boots.
Apr 09 23:20:12 <Chase>	"Naw, s'at simple. And hahhh, that's a Fennekin, one of those new species they have over at the safari zone in Goldcloud. Probably the kid of the one Anna grabbed for Ammy. Cute little thing."
Apr 09 23:20:39 <~zoofman>	It's out for literally less than a second before your mother practically squeels with delight and scoops it up.  You didn't know she could move that fast.  "Awwww.  Just look at you!  Mama's Girl, huh?  Well I guess I am your new Mama."  She starts to hold and rock the little fox like a baby.  It squirms briefly but then makes a cooing noise and settles in.  It seems pretty young.
Apr 09 23:22:45 <Chase>	He smiles and reaches over to scratch its ears. "They don't get huge when they evolve, either. Saw this whole pamphlett with that stuff. Got a name in mind?"
Apr 09 23:23:16 <~zoofman>	"Not quite yet.  I think some bonding time's in order - I knew she was serious about what we discussed last time, but didn't think it'd be this soon!"
Apr 09 23:24:20 <~zoofman>	"So if you'll excuse me I'll be spoilin' my new baby as I think of a name for her - Alicia's upstairs in the lounge, I think."
Apr 09 23:24:31 <Chase>	He nods, grinning. "I'll leave ya to that. Thanks, Mom."
Apr 09 23:25:08 <Chase>	He slips off and upstairs, looking for Alicia.
Apr 09 23:27:02 <~zoofman>	Your mom heads to the kitchen to find some milk or something to spoil her new friend with.  The lounge was like a second living room - one more for you and your sister.  It had a desktop computer in it, a television and old beat up couches (basically the ones that used to be downstairs before they were replaced), sort of a hangout spot.
Apr 09 23:30:14 <~zoofman>	The lights are on, well as the television - looks like the documentary channel is on for background noise, as Alicia's not actively watching it.  She's sitting on the couch, already in sweatpants and a t-shirt, and focused on a laptop she's got in her...well, lap.
Apr 09 23:32:45 <Chase>	He flops down onto one of the other couches and stretches out, idly holding his metarift guitar but not really playing anything - just looking at it. He glances over at her and leans back on the arm of the couch, looking over at her. "Been a long time since this room was used for much." he mentions, somewhat cheerfully.
Apr 09 23:36:39 <~zoofman>	You actually startle the crap out of her when you flop on the couch.  She flails around and nearly drops the laptop.  Almost yelps, but catches herself.  She looks over and takes a deep breath, hand on her chest.  "...That didn't happen just now."  She exhales and smiles.  "It was a bit dusty at first, but it's just as cozy as I remember it.  When did you get here, Chase?  Knew you were coming but sort of lost track of t
Apr 09 23:36:39 <~zoofman>	ime."
Apr 09 23:36:44 <~zoofman>	Roll me Perception by the way
Apr 09 23:37:45 <Chase>	3d6 Let's spend a couple of AP
Apr 09 23:37:46 <DiceMaid-9001>	Chase, Let's spend a couple of AP: 13 [3d6=5,6,2]
Apr 09 23:40:40 <~zoofman>	You notice there's a lot of paperwork all over the place, some even taped up on the walls.  And a few empty energy drink cans and a coffee thermos on the little table in front of the couches.
Apr 09 23:40:42 <Chase>	He snickers. "Heh. Sorry. Just a few minutes ago, actually Ammy got mom a pokemon, so I had to watch her squeal over it. You seemed a bit focused...?"
Apr 09 23:41:06 <Chase>	And after looking around, "Hell girl, haven't you gotten any sleep?"
Apr 09 23:44:45 <~zoofman>	"Did she?  What did she give her?  Mom's sorta picky - or at least my Blaziken seemed to intimidate her a bit.  Have to keep the poor guy in his ball a lot."
Apr 09 23:45:12 <~zoofman>	She looks around, "I've been sleeping fine, just a bit fixated on something at the moment."
Apr 09 23:48:45 <Chase>	"A Fennekin. It's this little fox pokemon you can catch over in Goldcloud. You probably heard about the Safari Zone and all by now. Arguably a lot more adorable than Vulpix, and a damn sight more housetrainable than most anything we prolly got.." he laughs. "Anyway, what's up?" he gestures around. "You seem to be adjusting back to things well enough."
Apr 09 23:53:00 <~zoofman>	"Course I've heard about that, been all over the news - and caused quite an uproar.  Tourism is up like 300% or something silly.  Fennekin huh?  Guess you're the middle child now.  Sucks to be you, bro."
Apr 09 23:54:24 <~zoofman>	She looks at some of the papers in front of her. "I guess I'm getting along okay.  At first I spent a lot of time just trying to catch up on what all has happened in the world in the last five years.  Now, trying to piece together what exactly happened to us five years ago."
Apr 09 23:54:59 <Chase>	He laughs at that one - "Damn, guess I'll have to find a new family." and then he seriouses up. "Yeah, that's what I wanted to talk to you about."
Apr 09 23:56:15 <~zoofman>	"It was clear enough to us on the island that we got set up somehow.  But survival was always the main concern.  Only now I've been able to sit back and think on it.  Still think I'm missing something here and there..."
Apr 09 23:58:21 <Chase>	"Apparently your arrival on the island was also around when the forest tribe began worshipping their 'new god' who's been a pain in the ass for the Explorer's Guild. I wouldn't be surprised if this setup was related."
Apr 10 00:00:24 <Chase>	"Why don't we start with your side?"
Apr 10 00:01:24 <~zoofman>	"Mmm...I understand something really serious is going on, at least.  That kid who seems to be the boss over in Goldcloud now was reluctant to tell me much.  Which was probably a good thing, given what we'd just come out of.  Not even sure I want to know," she sighs.  "Right..."
Apr 10 00:04:39 <Chase>	"Some of it's already come to light recently." he mentions, "But I'll tell you what I can, too."
Apr 10 00:05:12 <Chase>	"If you want, that is."
Apr 10 00:05:21 <Chase>	"Either way..." he waits on her side of it.
Apr 10 00:06:08 <~zoofman>	"Our crew took up a pretty standard shipping job - we were to take some sealed crates to a location at sea, and wait for another vessel to show up and pick up our cargo.  Nothing really out of the ordinary for our business, the contents of the crates didn't really matter to us."
Apr 10 00:08:51 <~zoofman>	"Early on in the trip the cargo team found we had a stowaway - I was made aware of it, but didn't make much fuss since far as I could tell the girl was confused and wasn't really sure how she got there.  There's tons of ways some random drunk could accidently get mixed up in the cargo, specially in Goldcloud."
Apr 10 00:10:25 <Chase>	"Uh-huh?" he's listening.
Apr 10 00:10:51 <~zoofman>	"I told the cargo team to take care of her till we got back to port.  Course that went to hell when at the rendevous point, the isle rose and smacked our up on it from the bottom.  Things went to hell in a handbasket after that."
Apr 10 00:12:06 <Chase>	He ponders on this a moment.
Apr 10 00:12:39 <~zoofman>	"The Elves and Dryads ambushed the scouts we sent out to take a look, and merfolk attacked our ship itself.  We tried to get out with evacuation boats, but a terrible storm was brewing, and that didn't exactly work either - we ended up washing right back on the isle, the eastern face."
Apr 10 00:13:34 <~zoofman>	"Which probably was a saving grace, because the guys up on that mountain didn't really seem to care much about us.  We poked around...lost a few more to traps in the woods...and eventually found that Temple with the Unowns.  The rest was sort of history."
Apr 10 00:13:48 <Chase>	"The Sirens... come to think of it..."
Apr 10 00:13:59 <~zoofman>	"The only other weird moments were there was occasional beams of light in the forest, but they were super sporadic."
Apr 10 00:15:03 <~zoofman>	"The weird thing is far as I can tell...the stowaway was not accounted for amongst the casualties, or the missing people reports...and we took a job from a dead man," She frowns, shuffling through some papers.
Apr 10 00:15:17 <Chase>	"What did the stowaway look like?"
Apr 10 00:18:38 <~zoofman>	"Black hair, blue eyes, almost sickly pale.  She was super jittery; was sure she was a drug addict or something.  The name she gave us was Jennifer.  Don't think she ever mentioned a last name, but I did know the members of my own crew...and there were very few of them who were not accounted for on those lists."
Apr 10 00:19:25 »»	Chase facepalms
Apr 10 00:19:44 <Chase>	"What are the chances..."
Apr 10 00:20:35 »»	Chase digs his phone out, setting his guitar aside and brings up a picture of Genevieve. "Something like this, with black hair, and obviously five years younger?"
Apr 10 00:21:12 <~zoofman>	"Our client was a Mr. Cabello.  Who was apparantly actually dead when he contacted me.  Murdered in his home, with his wife as well.  They didn't find the bodies till after we were shipwrecked, it seems."
Apr 10 00:21:40 <Chase>	"Cabello...? oh fuck me."
Apr 10 00:22:20 <~zoofman>	Mind you, she SAW Genevieve before.  She takes the picture and studies it.  "I didn't really think of it when I saw your Genevieve friend, but...hrm.  I guess they could pass as sisters.  I didn't get the closest look at this girl, and only saw her for a few minutes, Chase.  Just the fact she was so pale really stuck out in my mind."
Apr 10 00:22:35 <~zoofman>	"...What?"
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Apr 10 00:23:41 <Chase>	"Yeah, I figured it'd be hard to tell after five years. Jennifer Webb is Genevieve's sister, who was raised by robots or something. I'm not sure of the whole story - I'd have to ask her. But Jennifer is one of our biggest enemies at the moment. She serves the same god the Forest Tribe did, and has been impersonating Genevieve all over the place."
Apr 10 00:24:40 <Chase>	"And I doubt this is just a coincidence, but someone who's been really deeply involved in all of this shit was named Yanala Cabello - basically like Rosetta's brother's girlfriend or something, and recently someone's been stalking MY girlfriend while pretending to be a ranger named Rosalind Cabello."
Apr 10 00:25:37 <Chase>	He thinks on it. "Come to think of it, I heard Yanala's family was killed."
Apr 10 00:25:45 <Chase>	"There are pieces here but how the fuck do they add up?"
Apr 10 00:26:45 <~zoofman>	Alicia seems a bit taken back by this.  "That girl was far too mentally unstable to be some high priestess of some evil God or something, Chase.  You didn't see her, it was like she'd never seen the sun before."
Apr 10 00:27:24 <~zoofman>	"The rest of this is pretty creepy though - why was someone impersonating a dead man to get us to carry cargo to this exact location?"
Apr 10 00:27:34 <Chase>	"That's how the Banisher works. Most of his top people -were- mentally unstable in some way or another."
Apr 10 00:27:46 <Chase>	"Easier to manipulate, I guess."
Apr 10 00:27:52 <Chase>	He thinks on that, though.
Apr 10 00:29:06 <~zoofman>	"The Banisher?  Just what are YOU involved in, Chase?  This...explains like one or two things, but just adds more fuel to the fire too.  I can't make sense of this." She sighs.  "I guess it was a huge mistake not to peek on what those crates were."
Apr 10 00:29:23 <Chase>	"Alright, alright. Lemme back up and explain what's going on."
Apr 10 00:30:50 <Chase>	"Our troubles started when we investigated a huge, wilted area around the shrine of Yemaja. It turned out she had been killed - and her heart eaten - by some crazy nutjob named Dandyman.
Apr 10 00:30:52 <Chase>	"
Apr 10 00:34:49 <Chase>	"Our investigations into him and related events, and into Rosetta's brother's own investigations eventually lead us into confrontations with two groups - The Sons of Grant, who are kind of irrelevant in this conversation I guess - and Rapture, a large organization controlled by the Banisher, a legendary pokemon from a different galaxy. We're dealing with intergalactic overlords,
Apr 10 00:34:49 <Chase>	sis. It's crazy as fuck. The higher-ups in Rapture, under the Banisher, were Dandyman, whose powers stemmed from this demonic ghost conglomeration called Pandemonium, Jennifer, whose ability to impersonate Genevieve and mastery of robotics and genetic modification had been really fucking with things in Thundercry until recently, Tialoc, the warchief of a tribe of wildlings who
Apr 10 00:34:50 <Chase>	now call themselves the Stag Lords, and Husk Rhasha, the husband of the Venomtalon gym leader, fuck if we know what he's been up to."
Apr 10 00:36:05 <~zoofman>	Alicia goes 'ah'.  "I know one of those names - Tialoc.  Guy was apprehended cause of the whole People Snagger thing."
Apr 10 00:36:23 <~zoofman>	"...There's some sorta crazy shadow war going on in our back yard?"
Apr 10 00:36:27 <Chase>	"Right."
Apr 10 00:37:09 <~zoofman>	"...Well I'm going to continue being a homebody for a while, I guess."
Apr 10 00:37:53 <~zoofman>	She thinks for a moment.  "This doesn't have anything to do with this chick, does it?" She takes out her phone and shows you a photo.  "I thought that was sorta weird."
Apr 10 00:38:25 <Chase>	He laughs. "I don't really blame you. Just... be careful who you tell this stuff to, yeah? I mean, people would think you're nuts without proof anyway, but - ah what am I saying, you're fine."
Apr 10 00:38:27 <Chase>	He has a look.
Apr 10 00:38:57 <~zoofman>	It's Octavia taking a selfie with a very confused Alicia at a supermarket.  You can recognize the isle.  It's the sweets one.
Apr 10 00:39:24 <Chase>	"Man this is almost getting passive aggressive."
Apr 10 00:39:27 <Chase>	He frowns.
Apr 10 00:39:27 <~zoofman>	"She took it and tapsent me a copy of it.  Thought she was a Russian tourist or something.  Now I don't know."
Apr 10 00:40:37 <Chase>	"Her name's Octavia, and she's one of the higher ups in the Sons of Grant - the other organization I mentioned. Our interactions with her are sort of complicated. I don't -think- she's going to try anything but be careful anyway."
Apr 10 00:42:03 <Chase>	"She's been sending us a lot of convient pictures basically saying, "Hey look I'm here with these people you know at pretty much any time I want to be", but she kind of owes us one, so this is probably some elaborate trolling scheme rather than blackmail."
Apr 10 00:42:17 <Chase>	"It's still pretty grating."
Apr 10 00:42:57 <~zoofman>	She tilts her head and looks back at the photo, fowning.  "This is the weirdest game of phone tag I've ever heard of."
Apr 10 00:43:06 <Chase>	"You're telling me."
Apr 10 00:44:37 <Chase>	"Anyway, lessee, what didn't we cover."
Apr 10 00:45:14 <Chase>	"Beams of light, huh... Might have been their UFOs. We saw something like that near Bravescar."
Apr 10 00:45:39 <~zoofman>	She tosses the phone aside for now, "Space Pokemon and UFO's," she says in a deadpan tone.
Apr 10 00:45:42 <Chase>	"The cargo might have actually been meant for the Forest Tribe... and the Sirens might have been trying to prevent it reaching them?"
Apr 10 00:45:43 <~zoofman>	You saw them ON the isle too!
Apr 10 00:46:46 <Chase>	Wasn't that the Sons of Grant that time?
Apr 10 00:47:12 <Chase>	The beams were in the southeast where Grant's people were, and the other forces were west
Apr 10 00:47:30 <~zoofman>	You saw UFO's too.  Later on you learned what happened was the Stag Lords had gotten 'picked up' during the night, and were being beamed down at that time
Apr 10 00:48:55 <Chase>	"Would I bullshit you?" he looks at her with his best, pitable eyes.
Apr 10 00:50:33 <~zoofman>	She shakes her head. "Not doubting you...makes sense why pipsqueak didn't want to talk about it at the moment, that's for sure."
Apr 10 00:50:38 <~zoofman>	"Assuming she's in on it."
Apr 10 00:51:31 <Chase>	"The League and Explorer's Guild have a general idea, some more than others, yeah."
Apr 10 00:51:56 <Chase>	"Especially gym leaders like Hendrix, though... we haven't really talked with Queen Rhasha much lately." he hrms.
Apr 10 00:53:13 <Chase>	"Either way... I dunno if you bear them any ill will, but we actually helped the Sirens rescue their matron from Tialoc and his people snatchers recently. We can ask them directly why they did what they did."
Apr 10 00:53:43 <~zoofman>	She turns off the tv and sits back, staring at the cieling. "You probably omitted the craziest parts just to give me cliff notes of the whole picture too.  Jeez.  What the hell did we get stuck in the middle of..."
Apr 10 00:54:54 <Chase>	"Yeah... I won't even get into the bidoof space troopers or the dittos... and then the Sons of Grant and... yeah just fuck explaining everything. I'll be happy to tell you anything on a case by case basis but if I just sit here and chat about it it's going to take forever and sound like a load of Rapidash shit."
Apr 10 00:55:08 <~zoofman>	"It's not really a hate thing.  There's just a lot of regret and trying to move on from it at this point.  Seems you had a good bit of the answers to the holes I couldn't fill, too."
Apr 10 00:55:31 <Chase>	"Fuck, I didn't even know what I was signing up for at the start of all this."
Apr 10 00:56:14 <Chase>	"But I don't really regret it, you know?"
Apr 10 00:56:31 <~zoofman>	"I always said you were the smart one, the one who'd go places - bossing around a bunch of butch sailor girls only gets you so far after all," She laughs.
Apr 10 00:58:54 <Chase>	"Pffft, I was going for pokemon psychology and was gonna try to be a pokemon somellier. I have to admit I haven't even given that much thought, lately. I ended up just playing music at a bunch of dives with the gang." he laughs. "Now I'm dating Ammy Myres and involved in alien conspiracies and answering to the Outer God of Truth and Bliss. Life has -really- gotten damn interesting."
Apr 10 01:02:27 <Chase>	"Smart? Not really. But going places? Definitely can't deny that one." he leaaans back on his seat, thinking.
Apr 10 01:03:21 <Chase>	"And hey, you did pretty well, didn't you? Not like you can control everything that happened to you."
Apr 10 01:04:22 <~zoofman>	"Well there's worst places to be than a main character in some sort of action movie, I guess.  Glad things are working out for you - you better stay safe as you can!"
Apr 10 01:04:56 <Chase>	He nods. "You too. Though..." he pauses a moment.
Apr 10 01:05:29 <~zoofman>	She shrugs. "I guess.  I'm seeing a therapist.  Think we all are, and will be, for a long time.  I'm really not sure where to go from here.  The other girls were really gung ho to join Hendrix's crew, which really surprised me but hey, maybe they missed it."
Apr 10 01:05:51 <Chase>	"I know, we actually ended up getting boarded by them."
Apr 10 01:05:54 »»	Chase grins.
Apr 10 01:06:19 <Chase>	"Those little snacks Cookie makes, I dunno what was in them but damn."
Apr 10 01:08:08 <~zoofman>	"Probably better you don't know, to be honest."  She snickers.
Apr 10 01:08:31 <Chase>	He looks a bit more serious, though. "If there's anything you'd like to talk to me about too, you can always drop a line, by the way." He pauses a moment, looking a bit unsure. "Man, this is really awkward to nose into and I totally get it if it's not my business, but... did you ever talk with Gabriella?"
Apr 10 01:13:16 <~zoofman>	"Hrm?" She seems surprised. "When did that cat get out of the bag..?  Mom and Dad don't even seem to know about it."
Apr 10 01:16:27 <Chase>	"Well, it's not like I've been going around telling everyone since I found out." he shrugs. "It was one night after this award night in Veilbeak. Gabriella got piss drunk and had to be helped back to her gym - but talking to her on the way I realized she was 'Sissy' and Tilde was 'Sunshine', names I found out while trying to find out what happened to you. And when I brought it up
Apr 10 01:16:27 <Chase>	to her, everything sort of spilled out."
Apr 10 01:17:34 <Chase>	"It's because of her that I was even able to find you, actually. I mean, Captain Arnaldo probably would have investigated the island too but there's no guarantee he would have found the lot of you."
Apr 10 01:21:44 <~zoofman>	"Like that, huh...wellllll, now you know, Big Sis likes the ladies too." She laughs and rubs her face. "Guess there wouldn't be much point to trying to avoid the topic anymore.  Sunshine rained down light on all of it for me."
Apr 10 01:21:58 <~zoofman>	"I haven't spoken with her, no."
Apr 10 01:23:29 <Chase>	"I don't really see why it's a big deal." he laughs. "You like what you like."
Apr 10 01:23:48 <Chase>	"But either way, arright, was just curious, really."
Apr 10 01:24:51 <Chase>	"I've been meaning to talk with her myself... might do that soon enough." he thinks hard on the things Alicia brought up, trying to think if he may have missed something in the conversation.
Apr 10 01:26:42 <Chase>	"I'm going to continue to look into all of this stuff concerning the events five years ago, sis. You're free to keep on too, maybe we can compare notes back and forth sometime."
Apr 10 01:27:13 <Chase>	"I'm thinking Jennifer didn't get in with the Banisher until AFTER you saw her that time, though."
Apr 10 01:28:03 <~zoofman>	"I figure this is harder for her to process than anyone.  I had given up on getting off that isle, honestly.  I knew she had lived, she would eventually move on.  I'm not going to push things.  I imagine she'll approach me when she's ready."
Apr 10 01:28:24 <Chase>	He nods. "Yeah, I figure she will too."
Apr 10 01:29:18 <Chase>	"I will tell you one thing, we all went back to that island not too long ago, to fight against Tialoc and the Forest Tribe, those elves and dryads. And she laid an unholy can of whoopass down."
Apr 10 01:31:49 <~zoofman>	Alicia laughs.  "Good.  It was probably a catharsis she's been waiting ages for.  How is she doing, anyway?  Other than being a Gym Leader.  I imagine that has some perks to it."
Apr 10 01:32:03 <~zoofman>	"More and more I wonder if this Jennifer -was- the parcel we were to deliver..."
Apr 10 01:32:21 <Chase>	"Somehow I don't think you're wrong."
Apr 10 01:32:33 <Chase>	"Space stag is this really obnoxious puppetmaster type."
Apr 10 01:32:40 <Chase>	"Oh, anyway..."
Apr 10 01:34:17 <Chase>	"She's doing pretty well. She recently became the champion of an elder god, if that helps." he pulls out his necklace and dangles it. "Same sort of deal, more or less." he puts it away. "She's..." He tries to think of events she's been involved in that don't involve mentioning Rosetta. That's not his place.
Apr 10 01:36:33 <Chase>	"She's been helping us for a good period of time now. She helped us take down Tialoc, she went with us to stake out a location that the Sons of Grant have a claim in...  Her gym trainers are pretty hilarious and have plenty of  energy, though I wonder about that Ymir guy sometimes."
Apr 10 01:37:30 <Chase>	"She's pretty good friends with Sudden Tempest, I think. The Bravescar gym leader. Dude seems pretty cool."
Apr 10 01:40:44 <Chase>	"I dunno what she was capable of when your crew was going strong, but she's also got a sort of reputation with this channeling power of hers, too. All in all she's earned her place as a badass gym leader and a good friend. She gave me some inspiration for a new move, too."
Apr 10 01:41:55 <Chase>	He gestures to his guitar. "She gave this to me when we beat her gym, as my prize. That was a while ago, and damn, it's helped out a lot."
Apr 10 01:43:43 <~zoofman>	"Hm." She melts into her chair.  "Sounds like she's changed a lot.  And much more confident.  Good."
Apr 10 01:45:33 <Chase>	"I think you were inspiration, if I had to guess."
Apr 10 01:45:40 <Chase>	*were her
Apr 10 01:46:01 <Chase>	"On the other hand I don't really know all that much about Tilde."
Apr 10 01:46:58 <Chase>	"Not really important." he shrugs.
Apr 10 01:48:02 <~zoofman>	"Tilde used to be much more like that Kali girl."
Apr 10 01:48:15 <Chase>	"Oh god, I can't see that at all."
Apr 10 01:49:11 <~zoofman>	"Have spoke with her briefly, she seems...very different, yes.  Almost like a different person.  I think most of it is just a facade, though.  I imagine her fiance knows a different side to her."
Apr 10 01:49:56 <Chase>	"The group she travels around with is a bunch of hardasses, so I wouldn't really be surprised if she just went with something to match."
Apr 10 01:51:15 <~zoofman>	"Everyone has their own way of coping, I suppose."
Apr 10 01:52:37 <Chase>	He nods, and though the obvious question hangs there, he doesn't say anything. "Anywaaay, I've probably given you enough to think about, huh. I'll be around until tomorrow morning or so, but we can probably put all of this behind us for a bit."
Apr 10 01:54:06 <~zoofman>	"Mmmm...yeah. You eaten?"
Apr 10 01:55:19 <Chase>	"Nah, I haven't. Wanna grab something?"
Apr 10 01:56:25 <~zoofman>	"Go see if you can teach Mom how to return her new friend while I put some actual damn pants on, and sure."
Apr 10 01:57:16 <Chase>	He laughs. "Had to tell her how to let her out, too. Arright, see you in a sec." He gets up and heads back downstairs!
Apr 10 01:57:41 <~zoofman>	And we'll call it </mini> there!

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Apr 10 20:07:25 <zooftop>	So while YOU guys nick up and get situated - here is the report you guys heard back from Harbinger.
Apr 10 20:07:41 »»	castfromhp is now known as Rosetta
Apr 10 20:07:42 »»	Domovoi is now known as Genevieve
Apr 10 20:08:53 <zooftop>	The 'man' and his devoute were sent out for two reasons - to strike back at The Banisher by laying Tialoc and his flock low, and to make an impression on the Visiwans.  So being both these goals were accomplished in one way or another, he's been very cooperative.
Apr 10 20:10:42 »»	Kain is now known as Chase
Apr 10 20:10:44 <zooftop>	He has a surprisingly strong sense of justice and agreed to discuss matters long as he was put on trial.  So they put a military court together and pressed several charges against him for the crimes he could be proven responsible for.  Apparantly Yanala was a witness brought in for this.
Apr 10 20:11:45 <zooftop>	Harbinger's mission was exactly as his name suggests - it was a title Grant gave him.  He was to be the first to battle, and fall in the main confrontation of this war, and is a showcase of things to come.
Apr 10 20:13:47 <zooftop>	The main things he confessed up were that Grant has a very stable operation and business on his home world, has been researching ways to better bridge the gap between the worlds, and as a result of that many of Harbinger's powers, including the ability to summon an avatar of his Goddess and the Grants being able to conjure up Celia, are becoming increasingly easier.
Apr 10 20:14:59 <zooftop>	Unfortionately a lot of the super relevant info in the immediate, you guys learned already by venturing to this world on your own.  He was asked a lot about it, the races there, his people...keep in mind this military court isn't exactly aware of the things you are, so this is super relevant information for them.
Apr 10 20:16:45 <zooftop>	One tidbit you heard about that was sort of curious was his defense attorny asking a very honest question - how the hell did he summon an avatar of an alien god on this realm.  His retort was, verbatum, "Heheheh.  Is it any different than the fish that fell from the sky?  I was not concious, but I have ears, and guards have mouths.  These concepts are not as alien as you would believe."
Apr 10 20:17:44 <zooftop>	When questioned on what Grant's end game was here, Harbinger's answer was, "To bring forth an age of prosperity for both your Earth, and my Hydaelyn."
Apr 10 20:18:41 <zooftop>	You guys heard about this from word of mouth yourself, mostly.  As it's mostly still under wraps.  Tialoc's being prepared next.
Apr 10 20:18:50 <zooftop>	But as for today, it's your show, guys.  What's cookin, good lookins?
Apr 10 20:20:21 <Chase>	Seems like the course of action right now is to head back to Eorza and speak with this investigator while keeping an eye out for any sign of our last unown.
Apr 10 20:20:44 <Chase>	We may need Zodiac's help with that part, though.
Apr 10 20:20:57 <zooftop>	I know that, but what are yall up to? :P I figure Chase has a thing or two to say to the others before you enter my magical realm.
Apr 10 20:21:07 <Chase>	Oh, right, that he does.
Apr 10 20:21:16 »»	Genevieve shares notes with whoever is nearby and most magic savvy, mostly to give the other half of the rundown on Eorzea.
Apr 10 20:21:28 <Chase>	He gets Gen and Rosetta together before they head back through the book.
Apr 10 20:21:34 <Rosetta>	Rosetta has been spending time with Rhapsody on the other side of the crystal, enjoying the local food, peeking in on Pokemon tournaments, and poking around the market. Of course, she's been gathering information this whole time as well, and when she's back on the boat to share, she's confident they can go in and do some investigation without seeming like a total derp to the locals. Right now, she's just chilling in her
Apr 10 20:21:34 <Rosetta>	room, though she's probably spent some time going over the info with Chase and Gen.
Apr 10 20:22:16 <Chase>	"...shit, you gathered a bunch of intel, huh? Well, I did some digging of my own."
Apr 10 20:22:46 <Chase>	"Alright, Gen, get this - five years ago? Guess who was on my sister's ship when they were attacked?"
Apr 10 20:23:38 »»	Genevieve counts on her fingers a moment. "Probably not Alice, Ammy, or Trice, so Jenn?"
Apr 10 20:24:13 <Chase>	"Good guess. Yeah, apparently they had Jennifer as a stowaway. Alicia said she seemed confused and scared and shit, but either way... She seemed to have been involved, maybe unintentionally, in that line of events."
Apr 10 20:24:38 <Chase>	"Possibly even a lead up to her becoming involved with the Banisher."
Apr 10 20:25:10 <Genevieve>	"That must have been just after she got free. Seems like kind of a stretch that it's just a coincidence she lands in Banisher territory, yeah?"
Apr 10 20:26:22 <Chase>	"That's not all, either. Alicia said that they were contracted by someone named Cabello - sound familiar, Rose? Alicia did some digging and it turns out he was actually dead at the time. Probably Yanala's family..."
Apr 10 20:26:59 <Rosetta>	"I never did ask Yanala what her family did. What do you think that means?"
Apr 10 20:27:26 <Genevieve>	"What happened with Yanala's body double anyway?"
Apr 10 20:28:19 <Rosetta>	"Rosalind? I dunno, wasn't someone looking into that?"
Apr 10 20:28:44 <Chase>	"Kali didn't move in on her because she was in public with someone. I asked her to ditch the whole soda thing anyway, I'm not sure it'd go down well. Fuck if I know what's going on, though. If Rosalind -is- a ditto then maybe she's also the one that impersonated the contractor."
Apr 10 20:29:37 <Genevieve>	"I should put D.C. to work on a Ditto radar."
Apr 10 20:29:40 <Chase>	"On that front, we're just waiting for recon."
Apr 10 20:29:51 <Chase>	"Not sure how these pieces add up, really."
Apr 10 20:30:30 <Chase>	"But Alicia at the very least suspects that Jennifer was the intended shipment."
Apr 10 20:30:52 <Genevieve>	"I believe it."
Apr 10 20:30:56 <Chase>	"They were supposed to deliver something to another vessel, but the island appeared instead and that's how all that shit started."
Apr 10 20:31:20 <Rosetta>	"Do you think they intentionally put them in the way of the island then?"
Apr 10 20:31:48 <Chase>	"I think the Sirens might know more, so we may as well ask them sometime."
Apr 10 20:31:58 <Genevieve>	"I do. The Banisher arranged at least some parts of the situation that got Dandy in his pocket right?"
Apr 10 20:32:26 <Rosetta>	"Yeah, that's true."
Apr 10 20:32:37 <Chase>	He nods. "That's what we suspect."
Apr 10 20:33:13 <Genevieve>	"For now, let's try to meet that investigator in fantasy land. See about disrupting Grant on both sides."
Apr 10 20:33:22 <Chase>	"Yeah, arright."
Apr 10 20:34:29 <Chase>	"While we're there, we need to remember to try and triangulate where the last bit of Alice is, too."
Apr 10 20:34:51 <Rosetta>	"I'll bring ZODIAC along, but given what's up there, I can't exactly keep him out in the open."
Apr 10 20:35:09 <Rosetta>	"In fact, it seems kinda risky to have Pokemon out at all, really."
Apr 10 20:35:56 <Genevieve>	"I want to see about securing some workspace. We should try to capture some of the creatures there, but I should be able to create some given materials and time."
Apr 10 20:36:45 <Rosetta>	"Make them? I guess it probably isn't much different from how we can make a Porygon or Castform, just...more magical."
Apr 10 20:37:02 <Genevieve>	"Alchemical, actually."
Apr 10 20:38:21 <Chase>	He thinks about it. "Man, I don't even know what kind of weird things I'd catch from over there."
Apr 10 20:38:23 <Rosetta>	"I'm actually not sure how that fits in with their types of magic."
Apr 10 20:38:28 <zooftop>	Lemee shine some light on how Bombs are made since Gen was looking into that - they are more or less made from something like a Firestone that attracts enough ambient spiritual energy to form a being much like a Koffing or a Voltorb.  Only with Fire.  As for why it's not working she's not sure.
Apr 10 20:39:20 »»	Genevieve shrugs. "It's a little more magical than what I do here, but it doesn't work on this side. So I figure maybe the giant sentient god crystal has some part in it. Like divine laws or something."
Apr 10 20:40:11 <Rosetta>	"That's so weird, to think of the basic way the world works changing so much. I mean, it's not like it's another dimension, right? It's just a really far away planet."
Apr 10 20:40:19 <Rosetta>	"Anyway, we should get goin'."
Apr 10 20:41:10 <Genevieve>	"Yeah, everyone get ready."
Apr 10 20:41:40 »»	Chase nods. "Ready."
Apr 10 20:42:43 »»	Rosetta goes to get the book, making sure she has the return crystal thing with her.
Apr 10 20:44:04 <zooftop>	Much like before, as you start to read it, you're sucked in, proppelled through time and space, into a big blue crystal, and...land more elegantly than last time at the Uldah Aeitherize Plaza.
Apr 10 20:45:20 <zooftop>	The same guard as last time is on duty, and nods to you guys as you arrive.
Apr 10 20:46:32 »»	Rosetta nods back as she hands some of the leftover gil from last time for the toll.
Apr 10 20:47:38 »»	Genevieve adjusts her scholar hat. "Alright, back in the chocosaddle."
Apr 10 20:47:43 <zooftop>	He counts it quickly, and says, "Thanks for your patronage, ma'am."
Apr 10 20:48:26 »»	Chase stretches and prepares to find that address they were given.
Apr 10 20:48:26 <Rosetta>	"You're welcome." Rosetta says cheerily as she walks on and takes a look at the address they were given last time.
Apr 10 20:49:32 <zooftop>	Given your snooping around you got a good idea where this place is.  It's in The Goblet, which is a high end housing district here in the city.
Apr 10 20:50:00 <zooftop>	So whoever this person is, they got some major cash flow.
Apr 10 20:50:37 »»	Rosetta hops around in place as she gets her bearings, then points toward the rich side of town. "This way!"
Apr 10 20:50:48 »»	Genevieve follows.
Apr 10 20:51:28 <zooftop>	Roll me Intuition, Rosetta.
Apr 10 20:51:41 <Rosetta>	is this one of those times where I get to sub it?
Apr 10 20:52:16 <zooftop>	Sure if you want to
Apr 10 20:52:40 <Rosetta>	5d6+1 perception why wouldn't I replace intuition? D:
Apr 10 20:52:40 <DiceMaid-9001>	Rosetta, perception why wouldn't I replace intuition? D:: 17 [5d6=4,2,4,1,5]
Apr 10 20:53:30 <zooftop>	Because hilarity could happen.  Rosetta does not get you lost in The Goblet while trying to find this house.  The addresses are strangly labeled, not by street names but by districts and land lots.
Apr 10 20:54:21 <Chase>	"I think we should probably keep things to ourselves unless it's necessary." he says as they walk, probably having already considered if they should be flat and out honest with the investigator. "Even with however this works out..."
Apr 10 20:54:38 »»	Chase is absolutely surprised Rosetta didn't get lost!
Apr 10 20:54:38 <zooftop>	You find the mansion after about twenty minutes.  It's...one of the largest buildings here, and even has a nice view of a natural oasis.  The Goblet is largely elevated over a cliffside looking down into the deserts and barrens around the city.
Apr 10 20:56:05 <Rosetta>	"Pretty swanky place." Rosetta stops to give the building a good lookover. "Alright, let's head in."
Apr 10 20:56:23 <zooftop>	As you approach the front entrance - after passing countless fancy fountains, bushes trimmed into sculptures of monsters, and a firepit with comfy lawn furniture, you can hear a loud banging sound coming from inside.
Apr 10 20:59:27 <Chase>	"Daaamn."
Apr 10 20:59:46 »»	Chase walks up and knocks.
Apr 10 20:59:48 »»	Rosetta goes up and raps a few times on the door.
Apr 10 20:59:50 <Genevieve>	"Nice place."
Apr 10 21:01:17 <zooftop>	The banging stops abruptly, and you can hear someone dashing for the door.  It swings open to reveal a shirtless, musclar man in his late 50's with a full head of grey hair.
Apr 10 21:02:04 <Genevieve>	"Hello."
Apr 10 21:02:08 <Rosetta>	"Heya." Rosetta waves in greeting.
Apr 10 21:03:03 <Chase>	"Good day, sir. You the uh, sleuth who needed help?"
Apr 10 21:03:08 <zooftop>	He looks over you three for a moment, and asks "Good day.  Hrm.  Adventurers, I take it?  I apologize if you are looking to have a piece restored or a custom order, but I am currently in the midst of a project at the moment."
Apr 10 21:03:56 <Rosetta>	"We heard at the Guild you were lookin' into something, and we thought we'd offer our help."
Apr 10 21:04:08 <zooftop>	"...Sleuth, you say?" He grumbles and frowns.  "I should have figured.  Oi! Nashu!" He shouts back into the house.
Apr 10 21:04:58 <zooftop>	A Miqo'te girl with brown hair and a pink doublet comes rushing down the stairs, "Yes, Mr. Mandervile?"
Apr 10 21:05:14 »»	Chase figures this guy must be a blacksmith or an artisan from the way he's talking, probably blacksmith from the incessant banging.
Apr 10 21:05:35 <zooftop>	"These Adventurers are looking for 'The Investigator.'  See them to that good for nothing freeloader."
Apr 10 21:05:59 <zooftop>	The older man walks back into a side door, and Nashu walks up to you guys.
Apr 10 21:08:46 <Genevieve>	"Freeloader, huh?"
Apr 10 21:08:57 <Rosetta>	"This bodes well."
Apr 10 21:09:30 <zooftop>	The girl speaks up, "Greetings, I'm Nashu Mhakaracca.  The Investigator's aide.  Please excuse the master of the house.  He's been upset that his son has not chosen to follow the family craft as of late..."
Apr 10 21:10:04 <Genevieve>	"Ah yes, the age old tale."
Apr 10 21:10:07 <Chase>	"It's no trouble, miss."
Apr 10 21:10:13 <Rosetta>	"Oh, family drama. Yeah, I know how that is."
Apr 10 21:11:26 <zooftop>	"He really should give his son more credit, but..." she shrugs.  "May I ask of the nature of your inquiery?"
Apr 10 21:12:03 <Chase>	"We're here on mention from the guild that he needed help with his investigation concerning Null Industries...?"
Apr 10 21:12:52 <zooftop>	"Ah!" She slams the door shut behind you.  "I was beginning to worry no one would be interested in this!  Come right this way!"
Apr 10 21:13:02 <zooftop>	She starts to lead you guys up the staircase, roll me Perception as well.
Apr 10 21:13:29 <Genevieve>	2d6+5
Apr 10 21:13:29 <DiceMaid-9001>	Genevieve, 2d6+5: 10 [2d6=1,4]
Apr 10 21:13:48 <Rosetta>	5d6+1
Apr 10 21:13:48 <DiceMaid-9001>	Rosetta, 5d6+1: 14 [5d6=3,3,2,4,1]
Apr 10 21:14:28 <Chase>	3d6-2
Apr 10 21:14:29 <DiceMaid-9001>	Chase, 3d6-2: 10 [3d6=4,2,6]
Apr 10 21:14:43 <zooftop>	You guys notice that this house is elaborately decorated with antiques that have been touched up with precious metals and gems, and many parts of the house are also gold coated - including the staircase railings.
Apr 10 21:15:04 <zooftop>	Rosetta notices as you walk by that the older man's work room doors are open.  He's working on a golden statue of himself, hammering away at it.
Apr 10 21:15:10 <Genevieve>	"Remember how we were wondering where Grant gets all his cash?"
Apr 10 21:15:24 <zooftop>	There's also several hunting trophies of rather powerful looking monsters.  Behemoths, Chimeras, Hydras, Marbolos, the works.
Apr 10 21:15:29 <Rosetta>	"He's making a gold statue. Of himself." Rosetta stares for a moment before moving on.
Apr 10 21:15:57 <Rosetta>	"Damn, I guess he's pretty good in a fight too." Rosetta comments as she passes the trophies.
Apr 10 21:16:10 <zooftop>	"I take it you are not familiar with Mr. Manderville's reputation?" Nashu asks as she leads you upstairs.
Apr 10 21:16:46 <Chase>	"We're from a bit abroad - what can you tell us?"
Apr 10 21:16:48 »»	Rosetta shakes her head. "We're kinda new to this area."
Apr 10 21:17:58 <zooftop>	"Ah, I see.  He's known as one of the best goldsmiths in the region, and is an expert on the restoration of antiques and artifacts of old.  Also has quite the reputation for felling monsters for raw materials for his work.  He dabbles in other crafts as well, but goldsmithing is what he is most well known for."
Apr 10 21:19:36 <zooftop>	Nashu leads you guys to another work room - one with a few bookshelves lined with volumes similar to those you borrowed from earlier in the week, a few lab stations with materials a forensic scientist would require, and countless newspaper clippings pinned up on the walls.
Apr 10 21:20:01 <Chase>	"Sounds like he's dedicated to his work for certain..." he casts a glance backwards before following.
Apr 10 21:20:32 <Rosetta>	"So what can you tell us about 'The Investigator'? How long have you worked together?"
Apr 10 21:23:02 <zooftop>	"The Investigator...has ran into quite an unlucky situation," She sighs.  "Before the Calamity he was well known as a solver of problems across Eorzea as a whole, and put countless thieves and murderers behind bars.  But alas, his involvement in the Calamity led him to a similar fate as the others who were at the final battle."
Apr 10 21:23:39 <zooftop>	"He disapeered for years, and was thought dead.  People forgot about him entirely, and his deeds.  And since I managed to find him again...business has been slow."
Apr 10 21:24:07 <Rosetta>	"Oh? Sounds rough."
Apr 10 21:24:30 <zooftop>	Sitting at a desk on the far side of the room is a man in his early 30's who is clearly the son of the older gentleman.  He has very similar features, and a head of brown hair.  Unlike his father, he's fully clothed in a dress suit, sporting both a monocle and a rose sticking out of one of the pockets.
Apr 10 21:25:05 <zooftop>	He's currently engrossed in today's paper.  "Is it tea time already, Nashu?  Heard Father shouting about something or another..."
Apr 10 21:27:10 <zooftop>	"No, sir. We have guests.  Adventurers have finally answered your posting at The Quicksand.  They are..."  She turns and realizes she hasn't asked for your names yet.
Apr 10 21:27:17 <Rosetta>	"Hi. We're here to help with the Null Industries case."
Apr 10 21:27:23 <Chase>	"We're here to help your investigation. I'm Chase Violet."
Apr 10 21:27:28 <Rosetta>	"Rosetta." She adds quickly, as Nashu turns to her.
Apr 10 21:27:42 <Genevieve>	"Doctor Webb."
Apr 10 21:29:32 <zooftop>	He puts his paper down, and looks up, honestly looking surprised. "My word - forgive my lack of notice.  The affairs of Null Industries have had the full of my attention as of late."
Apr 10 21:31:54 <zooftop>	He stands, and starts to make an exagerated, flexing gesture as he introduces himself, "I, am Hildibrand.  Agent of Inquiery, gentlemen investigator extraordinaire." He smiles as his flexing concludes, ans you swear his teeth glisten for a moment.  http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131214052043/finalfantasy/images/3/3d/Hildibrand_ARR.png
Apr 10 21:32:55 <Chase>	"Nice to meet you. What exactly are the details of the investigation thus far?"
Apr 10 21:33:32 <Chase>	He doesn't seem to comment about the guy's flexing.
Apr 10 21:33:37 <zooftop>	"In times past, I traveled these realms, lifting burdons from shoulders and thwarting evil deeds.  Where darkness crept, I was there, a humble servant to the people of Eorzea.  Alas, this was also the source of my...recession."
Apr 10 21:33:46 <zooftop>	Nashu pulls over several chairs for you guys to have a seat.
Apr 10 21:33:56 »»	Chase has a seat and figures he'll get around to it.
Apr 10 21:34:03 <Chase>	"Thanks." he whispers to Nashu.
Apr 10 21:34:19 »»	Rosetta takes a seat, trying not to laugh at how ridiculous this guy is.
Apr 10 21:35:32 »»	Genevieve sits. "Recession?"
Apr 10 21:37:09 <zooftop>	"I suppose it would do us no good to not be up front with each other.  Should I indulge you in the matters of my investigation, I would also ask for what interests you have in it."
Apr 10 21:39:35 <zooftop>	"And while it would be the gentlemanly thing to do to allow a lady to go first, I imagine you might wish for more context before doing so."
Apr 10 21:40:10 <Genevieve>	"That'd be appreciated, yes."
Apr 10 21:40:17 »»	Rosetta nods along.
Apr 10 21:40:53 <zooftop>	"Very well.  Nashu, retrieve the popout books." Nashu does just this, flinging several books his way.
Apr 10 21:41:50 <zooftop>	He opens the first, revealing a giant red orb above a battlefield.  This is quite elaborately made with construction paper, though the googly eyes on the cut outs of people distract from it.  "First i will ask, how new of arrivals are you to Eorzea?"
Apr 10 21:43:02 <Chase>	"Just arrived the other day, really."
Apr 10 21:43:50 <zooftop>	"Very well.  From the beginning then.  Five years ago, a war broke out between the country of Garlemand and Eorzea.  Garlemande invaded, wishing to add these lands to its Empire.  While I was closely involved with this conflict, my role was more subtle."
Apr 10 21:44:23 <Chase>	He stares at the construction paper popup books during all of this, finding the whole thing... comical, really but he tries his damndest to keep a serious face.
Apr 10 21:44:38 <zooftop>	"In the days leading up to the final confrontation, the moon known as Dalamund began to approach the planet.  This was a curious manner, and I suspected occult actions at work.  I began to investigate an organization called the Cult of Dalamund."
Apr 10 21:44:44 <Rosetta>	"Wait, this war has somethign to do with Null Industries?" Rosetta asks, wondering how long they'll be looking at pop-out books.
Apr 10 21:45:04 <zooftop>	"(He's getting there)" Nashu whispers to you.
Apr 10 21:45:13 <Rosetta>	"Okay."
Apr 10 21:45:41 <zooftop>	"Nashu and myself discovered that Dalamund was not a moon at all.  But a giant, ancient, prison for a powerful Primal.  Bahamut, the Dragon Lord."
Apr 10 21:46:05 <zooftop>	"The Garleans had devised a devise that could release this prison, and the CUlt of Dalamund was their forefront for this operation."
Apr 10 21:46:15 <zooftop>	(device*)
Apr 10 21:46:50 <zooftop>	"In the moments before its detonation, I thrust myself in the path of Dalamund, providing just enough time for the people of Eorzea to react."  He pulls a little lever, and a cut out of himself flies at the moon.
Apr 10 21:48:01 <zooftop>	"Alas, my efforts only could do so much.  The device was triggered, and Bahamut was set free.  He reigned destruction all across the world.  My sacrifice was not in vain, however, as it allowed just enough time for a sage to cast an ancient ritual to both seal the demon once more, and spare the combatents of the battle."
Apr 10 21:48:07 <zooftop>	"We...vanished from this world, for five years."
Apr 10 21:48:35 <zooftop>	"People forgot our names, our histories, just that we had vanished without trace.  They gave us a name, Warriors of Light."
Apr 10 21:48:56 »»	Chase tries to keep a straight face at him describing himself saving the world like that, but a little skepticism leaks through.
Apr 10 21:49:45 »»	Rosetta is just staring at the little cut-out books, not sure if to be impressed at the work put into them or whether she should think this guy is completely silly.
Apr 10 21:49:57 <zooftop>	"...A few months ago..." he turns a page, showing his cut out in front of a gravestone, surrounded by zombies.  "I found myself digging my way out of my own grave.  Of course there was no body, as all of us had vanished, but most had presumed we perished.  I found myself surrounded by the undead, who after witnessing my act, believed me to be one of their kind.  They welcomed me with open arms."
Apr 10 21:50:22 <zooftop>	"For about a week after that, I was Zombibrand, Undead Overlord Extraordinaire."
Apr 10 21:51:11 <zooftop>	"I made dandy fellows out of those zombies, which disturbed the living to the point that Nashu herself investigated the matter, and found me.  She helped me remember who I was.  My memory is spotty, from those five years of absense, but over time things started to come back to me."
Apr 10 21:52:14 <Chase>	Is lie detector triggering on any of this?
Apr 10 21:52:36 <zooftop>	"I recalled being sent to another world, for those five years.  One very unlike the one we live in.  I traveled, learned, and did my best to serve as an Investigator.  I was given a title during that time, Looker."
Apr 10 21:52:44 <zooftop>	He is 100% serious, Chase
Apr 10 21:53:02 <zooftop>	He turns a page to show a city not unlike one you'd be familiar with, with his cut out.
Apr 10 21:53:07 <zooftop>	And people with Pokemon.
Apr 10 21:53:11 <Genevieve>	"Oh my Bondye."
Apr 10 21:53:19 <Rosetta>	"I think it's margarita time."
Apr 10 21:53:51 <zooftop>	"Upon my return to Eorzea, I took notice of Null Industries because their trade mark product, this card game...struck a very familiar nerve.  Especially their logo."
Apr 10 21:54:08 <zooftop>	He turns a page to show NULL INDUSTRIES in runic script
Apr 10 21:54:48 »»	Chase sits up and blinks. "Well then."
Apr 10 21:55:07 <zooftop>	"My story may sound insane, but I fear something is very amiss here.  Something I can't put my finger on.  And the fact that Null Industries has set up their base of operations in the remains of the fallen moon of Dalamund does little to make my doubt my own, shattered memories."
Apr 10 21:55:16 <Rosetta>	"This is what happened to everyone who disappeared during that battle?"
Apr 10 21:55:26 <Rosetta>	"You know anyone else who got sent to this world with you?"
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Apr 10 21:56:28 <zooftop>	"I cannot say.  But within the last few months, the Warriors of Light did return.  Their own memories blanked as well.  I am uncertain of my condition was unique because of my proximity to the source of the Aetherial corruption, or not."
Apr 10 21:56:53 <Chase>	"Mr. Hildibrand, your story isn't insane at all, quite frankly."
Apr 10 21:57:21 <zooftop>	"I dunno the dapper zombies were quite disturbing," Nashu mentions.
Apr 10 21:57:50 <Chase>	"Well, yeah obviously some of it sounds absolutely silly but we've seen quite a few things in our time too."
Apr 10 21:58:15 <Rosetta>	"Do you know how long Null Industries has been active here?"
Apr 10 21:58:17 <zooftop>	Hildibrand seems intruiged by your reaction, Chase.  "Quite frankly I would not expect that response from anyone.  This is about the time when most Adventurers simply leave."
Apr 10 21:58:57 <zooftop>	"Their foundation was aproximately four years ago, as their founder, Grant Null, introduced his card game to Eorzea."
Apr 10 21:59:09 »»	Chase looks between Rose and Gen for a moment, then at Hildibrand. "Well, actually... you may be pretty much one of the few people we can trust here. I think it's time we tell you about our stake."
Apr 10 21:59:46 <Chase>	"We're from that world you spent five years in."
Apr 10 21:59:51 »»	Rosetta shrugs. "Yeah, why not? We're from here." She points at the book with Pokemon as she pulls out a card.
Apr 10 22:00:03 <zooftop>	What one do you pull out, Rosetta?
Apr 10 22:00:08 <Rosetta>	"And we're looking into Null Industries cause the man behind it is taking monsters from -your- world into ours to cause trouble."
Apr 10 22:00:26 <Rosetta>	Let's say she pulls out Nocturne. And taps the button.
Apr 10 22:01:12 <Chase>	"Four years..."
Apr 10 22:01:26 <zooftop>	Nashu flips out and yelps as she backs off when Nocturne is released.  He just sits on your head.  Hildibrand looks at him, and says "A Shedinja.  How do I know that word."
Apr 10 22:02:02 <zooftop>	He groans and grips his forehead. "Excuse me, please, do continue."
Apr 10 22:02:06 <Chase>	"I take it your memories of that time aren't completely clear?"
Apr 10 22:02:29 <Rosetta>	"You probably saw a few while you were working as an investigator in our world." Rosetta turns to Nashu and gives her a sheepish smile. "Don't worry, Nocturne's friendly."
Apr 10 22:02:30 <zooftop>	"A-are you alright, Inspector?" Nashu asks from behind a chair, clearly disturbed by all this.
Apr 10 22:03:01 <zooftop>	"But...it's a monster...and isn't trying to eat us..."
Apr 10 22:03:18 <Genevieve>	"I was under the impression that a lot of monsters here don't try to eat you."
Apr 10 22:03:25 <Chase>	"It's a pokemon. A real one, not like the cards."
Apr 10 22:04:36 <zooftop>	"You jest, right, ma'am?" She asks Gen.  "It...came out of the card?  They can do that?  And are tamed?"
Apr 10 22:04:37 »»	DiceMaid-9001 gets out of the car
Apr 10 22:05:00 <Chase>	"Anyway... we're from Earth - the region of Visiwa specifically. Grant Null, as far as we know, anyway, is also from our world, and he leads a cult by the name of the Sons of Grant., which is currently leading one side of a three way war while our country's main military force is occupied elsewhere. We've been investigating his activities for some time, and eventually... things
Apr 10 22:05:00 <Chase>	led us to discover this world, and a magical artifact in the form of a book that could take us here."
Apr 10 22:05:06 <Rosetta>	"The cards being sold around here? Probably not."
Apr 10 22:05:42 <Chase>	"Our pokemon are definitely tamed, you don't have to worry."
Apr 10 22:05:45 <Genevieve>	"Oh, right, your definition of monster is a little more narrow. They're just like creatures here - some are wild and dangerous, some are domestic and tame, some cross from one to the other."
Apr 10 22:05:48 <Rosetta>	"What we've got is Pokemon we've actually caught and tamed in our world and brought over here. The devices we used to catch and tame them just happen to turn into cards in the journey. It's pretty handy, actually."
Apr 10 22:06:27 <Rosetta>	"They work on the creatures of your world too. Look." Rosetta brings out Rhapsody's card and taps that one too. "Shiny, huh?"
Apr 10 22:06:33 <zooftop>	Hildibrand is nodding, clearly piecing together something in his head. "What can you tell me of the...activities of these Sons of Grant?"
Apr 10 22:06:55 <zooftop>	Nashu seems a lot more calm after a cute little Chocobo chick plops into Rosetta's lap.
Apr 10 22:07:15 <Rosetta>	"They're kinda your bog standard apocalyptic cult driven by delusions of grandeur. Uhh, it'd be a long story to get into specifics."
Apr 10 22:07:18 <Chase>	"They're Rune Masters for the most part - Unown users. Rosetta is one, too. We're still trying to figure out their end goals as well, but they seem to intend to replace one of our world's gods with one of their making."
Apr 10 22:07:31 <Rosetta>	"Yeah, that."
Apr 10 22:07:38 <Chase>	"Grant has convinced his people this will somehow lead to an age of prosperity for both our world and this one."
Apr 10 22:07:50 <zooftop>	"..." They both stare silently. "By the twelve..." Hildibrand mutters.
Apr 10 22:08:07 <Genevieve>	"At this point, I'm betting on replacing one of our gods with a Primal, so Eorzea subsumes our world."
Apr 10 22:08:10 <zooftop>	"Forgive me, friends, if you truely are of another world, you might not understand the implications of such an act."
Apr 10 22:08:30 »»	Chase nods and gestures for Hildibrand to continue.
Apr 10 22:09:03 <zooftop>	"That...yes...my gut reaction, Doctor Webb.  You are as wise as you are beautiful. Hrm hrm hrm."
Apr 10 22:09:13 <zooftop>	He shuffles through the books. "What do you know of Primals?"
Apr 10 22:09:33 <zooftop>	"Or the metaphysical make up of Hydaelyn?"
Apr 10 22:10:03 <Rosetta>	"Uhh, we know a little about them I guess? That each beast race worships their own?" Rosetta turns to Gen, since she did all the research.
Apr 10 22:10:49 <Genevieve>	"Not as much as I'd like to, admittedly."
Apr 10 22:11:04 <Chase>	"Some kind of dark gods or another."
Apr 10 22:11:43 <zooftop>	"We shall start from the basics," Hildibrand pulls out a book, and opens it to show three figures - one dressed as a Summoner, a White Mage, and Black Mage.  Rosetta's poked around enough to recognize this.  There's a bunch of blue glowy stuff around them.
Apr 10 22:13:35 <zooftop>	"All around us is a substance known as Aethir.  Magic, more or less, is a manipulation of this matter.  Conjurers beckon upon it to invoke elements of nature.  Thamaturges pull upon it to invoke powers from themselves, and Arcanists manipulate it to summon minions and weaken their foes."  He pulls a string to make a rock appear near the White Mage, fire by the Black Mage, and a Carbuncle by the Summoner.
Apr 10 22:14:12 <zooftop>	"Aither is in all things, and manipulating it can cause sickness.  Primals, at their very nature, are composed entirely of corrupted, toxic Aither."
Apr 10 22:15:22 <zooftop>	He turns a page to show a giant dragon breathing fire, and big yellow cysts of crystal all over a land. "You probably have not seen it much.  But when beckoned they corrupt the land around them, spreading like disease."
Apr 10 22:15:35 <zooftop>	Roll me Occult Education, guys
Apr 10 22:15:49 <Genevieve>	7d6+5 ok
Apr 10 22:15:49 <Rosetta>	4d6+1
Apr 10 22:15:50 <DiceMaid-9001>	Genevieve, ok: 33 [7d6=6,1,4,3,4,5,5]
Apr 10 22:15:50 <DiceMaid-9001>	Rosetta, 4d6+1: 15 [4d6=1,1,6,6]
Apr 10 22:16:06 <zooftop>	"This corruption is what births monsters." He pulls a string and a Marbolo pops out near a cyst in the land.
Apr 10 22:16:34 <zooftop>	Genevieve, this explains exactly what you saw that Summoner doing.  She was manipulating the matter around that Chimera to make it ill, and weaken it.
Apr 10 22:16:55 <zooftop>	The thing she summoned was likely composed of it as well.  This would be consistent with what Rosetta saw Harbinger do.
Apr 10 22:18:00 <zooftop>	"If this man has found a way to, as you must have, travel to and from worlds, and intends to deal with these primordial powers, his actions could be catastrophic on both realms."
Apr 10 22:18:32 <Genevieve>	"Which we sort of figured, this just elaborates on 'how' exactly."
Apr 10 22:19:18 <Chase>	2d6-2
Apr 10 22:19:18 <DiceMaid-9001>	Chase, 2d6-2: 9 [2d6=6,5]
Apr 10 22:19:33 <zooftop>	He hrms. "This is much more grave than I ever imagined.  I can only assume it was fate that brought you here, an act of Hydaelyn herself.  Yes."
Apr 10 22:20:12 <Genevieve>	"Mostly it was a little fish girl."
Apr 10 22:20:22 <Chase>	"And here I thought it was just our world at stake for the longest."
Apr 10 22:20:45 <Rosetta>	"Guess the question is where to go from here, yeah? We don't really know much about what Grant's got set up here, so maybe you tell us that and we can fill in with what we know about how he runs back on our side."
Apr 10 22:21:01 <Rosetta>	"You said he's set up where that Dalamud thing used to be?"
Apr 10 22:21:02 <zooftop>	"A Lamia?" Nashu asks, confused.  She's picking all this up as well but doesn't have much to contribute.
Apr 10 22:21:05 <Chase>	"We learned some of this information we told you by capturing one of his higher-ups - a Tonberry that was called the Harbinger."
Apr 10 22:21:34 »»	Genevieve looks through her phone for a picture of Pi. "Sort of. Emphasis on fish."
Apr 10 22:21:56 <zooftop>	"A TONBER-" She is distracted by this unusual device and the photo.  "...huh."
Apr 10 22:21:59 <Chase>	"Right, anything you can tell us about Null Industries may help."
Apr 10 22:22:12 <zooftop>	"It is a 'cell phone', Nashu." Hildibrand nods.  Least he thinks that's correct.
Apr 10 22:22:21 <Chase>	"Yep."
Apr 10 22:22:30 <zooftop>	"it's primary uses are similar to a linkshell.  And sending photographs of oneself to others."
Apr 10 22:23:19 <Genevieve>	"Hey, this isn't the time for a selfie."
Apr 10 22:23:38 <zooftop>	"Ah, yes, that was the term for it. 'Selfie.'" He nods.
Apr 10 22:24:14 <zooftop>	"Anyway, as you asked...his business operations."
Apr 10 22:25:21 <Chase>	He's trying really hard not to laugh.
Apr 10 22:25:31 <zooftop>	"Null Industries is at its heart, an entertainment provider.  Its primarmy operations are the printing and maintaining of its Pokemon Card Game.  It has recently broadened this to funding skalds and entertainers as well."
Apr 10 22:26:19 <Chase>	"They have an interest in stories and music?" he finds that kind of curious.
Apr 10 22:26:35 <Rosetta>	"The thing we've gotta figure out is what they're printing the Pokemon cards out of. I don't think they're actually Pokemon."
Apr 10 22:26:36 <zooftop>	"Their head quarters is about two days travel from here on Chocobo.  The ruins of the shell of Dalamund.  Which is of Allagan make, meaning...it's as technically complicated as something from Earth is."
Apr 10 22:27:07 <zooftop>	"It is a heavily guarded facility.  Grant employs many Adventurers."
Apr 10 22:27:51 <Rosetta>	"Given how popular the game is, I imagine he could hire a lot just by offering cards."
Apr 10 22:27:54 <Chase>	"Yeah, I don't think it's a prime idea to go in for a heavy assault like last time." he says to Rose and Gen.
Apr 10 22:27:54 <zooftop>	"Grant was known for making public appearances over the past four years, but as of the last few months has not been seen in person."
Apr 10 22:28:10 <Chase>	"We've never seen the guy in person either, come to think of it."
Apr 10 22:28:55 <Chase>	"Visiwa is an island region with plenty of water all around - his base of operations there seems to be a warship that he can probably teleport at whim."
Apr 10 22:29:01 <Genevieve>	"Smarter than than the Four Horsemen, then."
Apr 10 22:29:06 <zooftop>	Nashu speaks up. "I have.  He's certainly a real person, that's for sure.  A Summoner with a really...unusual Carbuncle.  Carbuncles are basically a generic manifestation of Aither that Arcanists call upon."
Apr 10 22:29:31 <zooftop>	"His tattoos were creepy, the eyes seemed to follow you."
Apr 10 22:29:38 <Chase>	"They probably did."
Apr 10 22:30:17 <Rosetta>	"Yeah, those tattoos were made out of Pokemon. Uh, I can show you one of 'em, if it won't freak you out too much."
Apr 10 22:30:22 <Rosetta>	"He's a bit of a grouch though."
Apr 10 22:30:35 <zooftop>	(You could also make one <:3c)
Apr 10 22:31:05 <Rosetta>	(I'm sure that would freak her out much less)
Apr 10 22:31:18 <zooftop>	Nashu seems slightly paranoid but nods.  Hildibrand has stood up and is flexing again, with a finger from each hand pointing to his head.  Seems to be thinking.
Apr 10 22:32:05 <Chase>	"Letters with eyes - unowns, are also a type of pokemon and a source of power for Rune Masters. They can draw on their power to use attacks with any of the 17... or I guess 18 elemental types of our world, as well as make portals, speak to each other without things like cell phones or linkshells or whatever... that kind of thing. Grant's followers follow a different sort of practice
Apr 10 22:32:05 <Chase>	than Rosetta does."
Apr 10 22:33:10 »»	Rosetta pulls out ZODIAC's card and taps the release. "He looks like a hologram now, but you can tell he's actual material, unlike what you see in the cards when people play with them."
Apr 10 22:34:26 <Chase>	"What was this about Carbuncles?"
Apr 10 22:34:37 <Chase>	"He can call on something, you said?"
Apr 10 22:35:11 <zooftop>	ZODIAC seems a bit grouchy, yes, Nashu stares and pokes at him.  He zaps her with a weak Hidden Power "Eep! Oh, it was black and gold.  They usually are emerald or topaz colored."
Apr 10 22:35:39 <Rosetta>	"Did it look the same as a normal Carbuncle? I don't 'spose you've got a drawing or picture of it. Could've been a Pokemon."
Apr 10 22:36:17 <zooftop>	Hildibrand speaks up. "Allow me to elaborate on another element of the Primals.  They are creatures born of myths and belief.  They actually do not aim to kill those who face them, but brainwash them into servants.  The more followers a Primal has, the stronger it is."
Apr 10 22:36:41 <zooftop>	You guys don't need to roll Occult Education for this.  This is PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY what the Outer Gods are.
Apr 10 22:37:13 <Genevieve>	"Ours don't use brainwashing. Most of the time anyway."
Apr 10 22:37:15 <Rosetta>	"Oh, we've got gods like that, just without all the evil connotations."
Apr 10 22:37:17 <zooftop>	"So let us assume, at the least, Grant intneds to somehow birth a new Primal upon your own realm, and open a permanent bridge between the two."
Apr 10 22:37:44 <zooftop>	"...This is not unlike what the Moogles did just a few months ago."
Apr 10 22:38:22 <Rosetta>	"What'd they do?"
Apr 10 22:38:26 <Chase>	"Really."
Apr 10 22:38:26 <zooftop>	"Out of fear of the recent surge in Primal awakenings, they attempted to call upon their own God.  Good King Moggle Mog the 12th.  It worked, and they brought their own Primal into existance."
Apr 10 22:39:18 <Chase>	He scratches his head and briefly wonders if the eight entities that were banished were originally from this world.
Apr 10 22:39:30 <zooftop>	"Adventurers swiftly - may his pom ever shine brightly - put down the beast, returning it to pure aither.  For when they are defeated, they simply return to aither to be called upon again."
Apr 10 22:39:58 <zooftop>	"Summoners have learned to do similar, and bring upon minor manifestations of these Gods." THIS is not unlike how capturing a Legendary works.
Apr 10 22:40:16 <Chase>	"I seeee... "
Apr 10 22:40:25 <Rosetta>	"Huh, I think I'm beginning to get where this ties together."
Apr 10 22:41:53 <zooftop>	Roll me Occult again though guys, and Pokemon Education.
Apr 10 22:42:07 <Genevieve>	7d6+5;6d6+5
Apr 10 22:42:08 <DiceMaid-9001>	Genevieve, 7d6+5: 28 [7d6=6,3,3,1,5,2,3]; 6d6+5: 31 [6d6=5,5,2,4,5,5]
Apr 10 22:42:09 <Chase>	"What bothers me... is that everything seems to go back to things that occured five years ago."
Apr 10 22:42:13 <Rosetta>	4d6+1 occult; 2d6+1 pokemonz
Apr 10 22:42:14 <DiceMaid-9001>	Rosetta, occult: 12 [4d6=6,2,1,2]; pokemonz: 10 [2d6=4,5]
Apr 10 22:42:24 <Chase>	2d6-2 Occult 3d6 Pokemon education with 2 AP
Apr 10 22:42:24 <DiceMaid-9001>	Chase, Occult 3d6 Pokemon education with 2 AP: 6 [2d6=2,6]
Apr 10 22:42:31 <Chase>	oops
Apr 10 22:42:33 <Chase>	2d6
Apr 10 22:42:33 <DiceMaid-9001>	Chase, 2d6: 4 [2d6=3,1]
Apr 10 22:42:37 <Chase>	er
Apr 10 22:42:38 <Chase>	3d6
Apr 10 22:42:39 <DiceMaid-9001>	Chase, 3d6: 12 [3d6=6,4,2]
Apr 10 22:42:46 <Chase>	That's pokeducation
Apr 10 22:42:52 <Chase>	Gen has it anyway
Apr 10 22:43:07 <zooftop>	Gen, you have little issue putting a few things together here.  Those Moogle things look very fae in nature and myhtology.  And given the events on Earth, reguarding the Fae, and how you saw Celia manifesting these powers in a very different manner than you've seen The Banisher's guys doing...
Apr 10 22:43:33 <zooftop>	You get the feeling this struggle is more about how this Fairy Type is going to manifest than two different Types, and Grant might have had a hand in this Moogle Primal as an experiment.
Apr 10 22:44:15 <Genevieve>	"It's all about Courts."
Apr 10 22:44:24 <Chase>	"Courts?"
Apr 10 22:45:12 <Genevieve>	"Fairy Courts. The Banisher and Grant are trying to create two different, but similar, embodiments of Fairy type."
Apr 10 22:45:52 <zooftop>	"Yes, this Grant fellow must be brought to justice," Hildibrand totally misunderstands. "My other worldly friends, I will extend the use of the Manderville Estate as your home of operations here on Eorzea, if it would help, and assist in any manner I can...just do not upset my Father, for your own sake."
Apr 10 22:46:15 <Chase>	"We very much appreciate that, Hildibrand."
Apr 10 22:46:21 <Genevieve>	"Seelie and Unseelie Courts, in Gennish myth."
Apr 10 22:46:36 <Rosetta>	"That sounds shiny. But uh, what do we gotta do to keep him happy? He doesn't seem to like what you're doing much."
Apr 10 22:47:15 <zooftop>	"The occasional massage and dance of our people is usually enough to subside his wrath."
Apr 10 22:47:55 <Chase>	"Dance... of your people. Aha."
Apr 10 22:48:11 »»	Chase is a pretty good dancer but no telling if he's a manderville man.
Apr 10 22:48:14 <zooftop>	He demonstrates, with song as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkHmETqGQkc
Apr 10 22:48:27 <zooftop>	Nashu seems completely unphased by this bizarre display.
Apr 10 22:48:48 <Rosetta>	"Well, that's sure something."
Apr 10 22:49:18 <Chase>	"I'll... keep that in mind."
Apr 10 22:49:24 <zooftop>	"It is the most coveted of family secrets," he assures you.
Apr 10 22:49:32 »»	Genevieve seems equally unphased. "Can I perform alchemy here?"
Apr 10 22:49:51 <zooftop>	"To know this dance is to make us blood brothers and sisters.  And...yes, I suppose my forensics lab would suffice for alchemical work."
Apr 10 22:50:46 <Chase>	"Man, Saryx sure picked a bad time to head back to Bravescar..." he mentions idly. "He doesn't really know what he's missing here."
Apr 10 22:51:21 <Genevieve>	"His brain might explode."
Apr 10 22:51:47 <Rosetta>	"So, one thing we've kinda used to back home is fighting alongside Pokemon. Without them, we're a bit outmatched by the adventurers here, honestly. Are there any monsters that are tamable here and it wouldn't be weird to drag around as a pet?"
Apr 10 22:52:15 <Rosetta>	"I mean, the way you reacted earlier, it sounds like they're not as easy to tame as Pokemon are."
Apr 10 22:52:27 <Genevieve>	"We also need to make sure that being here doesn't dampen yours or Chase's powers much."
Apr 10 22:52:39 »»	Chase tries forming an Aura Sphere above his hand.
Apr 10 22:52:41 <zooftop>	Nashu speaks up. "Honestly...if you are recognized as being affiliated with the Manderville family, there's very little that would actually cause alarm."
Apr 10 22:52:48 <zooftop>	She walks over to a window and points.
Apr 10 22:53:53 <Rosetta>	"Well, my Rune Master abilities seem intact. I could even summon up an Unown here."
Apr 10 22:54:08 »»	Rosetta warps over near the window though, to test her teleportation.
Apr 10 22:54:11 <Chase>	He'll have a look out the window once he's done testing things, sure.
Apr 10 22:54:29 <Chase>	If the sphere forms fine, he dissipates it harmlessly by clenching his fist around it.
Apr 10 22:54:48 <zooftop>	Your Aura Sphere manifests a bit different than it normally would, different coloring, mostly, but far as you can tell it's just a painful to get hit with as back home.
Apr 10 22:55:01 <zooftop>	"You are...a Monk?" Nashu tilts her head.
Apr 10 22:55:11 <zooftop>	"You're dressed as a Bard."
Apr 10 22:55:30 <zooftop>	There's a giant dog house with a Behemoth snoozing in it.  It has a collar on it, and a name plate so big you can clearly read "Cid" on it.
Apr 10 22:55:45 <Chase>	"Music's my bread and butter, but not my only bag of tricks." he grins.
Apr 10 22:55:50 »»	Genevieve looks out the window. "Oh, nice!"
Apr 10 22:56:13 <zooftop>	Roll me Intuition, Chase.
Apr 10 22:56:20 <Chase>	6d6+6
Apr 10 22:56:20 <DiceMaid-9001>	Chase, 6d6+6: 21 [6d6=2,1,1,1,5,5]
Apr 10 22:57:12 <zooftop>	Based on her reactions, and how Rosetta's teleporting works but seems to take on a slightly different trapping - like she's shifting through shadows, and that thing Gen did last time you guys were here.  You're starting to think maybe the things you're capable of just get rationalized in a different light here.
Apr 10 22:57:52 <Rosetta>	"Okay, that seems to work fine. And the lightning seemed okay too." Rosetta crackles some electricity down her arm again though, just in case.
Apr 10 22:58:14 <Chase>	"Okay, I think I get it... we can still do the same stuff we can back home, it's just appearing how they'd be interpreted here."
Apr 10 22:58:14 <zooftop>	It works just fine but has a more shadowy tint to it than the normal yellow.
Apr 10 22:58:52 <Genevieve>	"A little strange that I could almost cast spells over here, then."
Apr 10 22:58:56 <Chase>	"Some of my abilities probably seem a lot more like Bard tradition and others like these Monk adventurers."
Apr 10 22:58:59 <Rosetta>	"Yup, no worries here."
Apr 10 22:59:37 <Rosetta>	"I guess this thing I do is kind of Black Mage-ish. Do you think that'll make us stand out too much? Everyone else seems pretty rigidly into one role."
Apr 10 22:59:42 »»	Rosetta tilts her head.
Apr 10 23:00:13 <zooftop>	"Actually it's more Ninja-esque.  They utilize a art known as Ninjutsu," Nashu chimes in.
Apr 10 23:00:35 <zooftop>	"A Black Mage's powers are much more...elementally aligned?"
Apr 10 23:00:38 <Rosetta>	"Oh. I just saw those guys slinging lightning and stuff. Well, guess I'll fit in fine then."
Apr 10 23:00:54 <Chase>	"What the heck is that, anyway?" he asks, concerning the creature outside.
Apr 10 23:00:55 »»	Genevieve focuses and tries to do whatever she was doing before.
Apr 10 23:01:42 <zooftop>	An apparation of a Mew with Butterfree wings coeaslesces near your shoulder.  Given your understanding of Aither now, it was just a matter of how to think about it.
Apr 10 23:02:01 <zooftop>	It looks to Nashu, who ZODIAC hurt a little, and beams a stream of energy at her, much like your Medigun does.
Apr 10 23:02:22 <zooftop>	"Oh, that's a lot different looking than any fairy I've seen!" Nashu says.  "Thanks!"
Apr 10 23:02:25 <Genevieve>	"Haha, look at that, I have a Mu over here, too."
Apr 10 23:02:41 »»	Genevieve gives the fairy a scritch under the chin.
Apr 10 23:02:59 <Chase>	"Huh, that's kind of neat, Gen."
Apr 10 23:03:32 <zooftop>	"Mew~" it purrs and flutters around you.
Apr 10 23:03:49 <Genevieve>	"But I guess with this, we know that we'll be fine if we venture out of town."
Apr 10 23:04:01 <Chase>	"Yep."
Apr 10 23:04:09 <Chase>	"Still, we should be careful."
Apr 10 23:04:21 <zooftop>	During all of this Hildibrand was shuffling through some newspapers. "Now...as for the quest before us.  I do have one lead you might find interesting.  Yes, a frontal assault would be foolish...however..."
Apr 10 23:04:24 <Rosetta>	"We need to catch ourselves some monsters though."
Apr 10 23:04:46 <Rosetta>	"I'm good at doing the sneaky infiltration thing." Rosetta raises her hand. "If the costume didn't make that apparent."
Apr 10 23:05:18 <zooftop>	"One of Grant's rising starlets is having a show in Uldah soon, and as I understand there are also job postings related to her future entourag, costume staff, management, ect."
Apr 10 23:05:52 <zooftop>	He hrms, looking over the paper. "Now I recall why her stage name seemed so odd to me."
Apr 10 23:06:13 <Chase>	"Hm?"
Apr 10 23:07:54 <zooftop>	He offers you the advertisement.  It's a piece of art in an add in the paper.  A Miqo'te with her back turned to you, wearing a backless gown.  She's got an E Unown tattoo on her back.  "Coming Soon: Steel Wing, live in concert!  Tickets are available at various retailers."  The trademark at the bottom reads for Null Industries.
Apr 10 23:08:07 <Chase>	"...No way."
Apr 10 23:08:42 <Genevieve>	"Convenient."
Apr 10 23:09:06 <Chase>	"...I think we have business with her one way or another."
Apr 10 23:09:07 <zooftop>	"Her musical style is very unusual for today's trends, and utilizes Allagan technology for aspects of the performances," He explains. "I would be lieing if I said I was not a fan, admittedly."
Apr 10 23:09:17 <Rosetta>	"Shiny. But if there's anyone who's actually from our world working this, there's a chance they'll recognize us if we don't disguise ourselves well."
Apr 10 23:09:49 <Chase>	"Allagan technology?"
Apr 10 23:11:04 <zooftop>	Nashu explains. "The Allagan Empire was an ancient, advanced civiliation.  They had a grip on the sciences that was lost to the ages, and part of the reason the Garlean Empire is so powerful is they have made great leaps in understanding it.  It was what brought forth airships, for example.  It's...not far off from your Cell Phone."
Apr 10 23:11:18 <Chase>	He thinks and pulls out his electric guitar, strumming it.
Apr 10 23:11:26 <zooftop>	"Their empire was destroyed when Titan was birthed by the Kobolds.  But their relics are found all over the realm."
Apr 10 23:11:35 <zooftop>	"Ah! Something like that as well.  Yes."
Apr 10 23:11:51 <Genevieve>	"Alice's soul confirmed, then."
Apr 10 23:12:39 <Chase>	"Right. I think Grant's little starlet here may be imbued with a soul blessed by one of our world's gods."
Apr 10 23:12:42 <Rosetta>	"We've gotta figure out how to remove it, safely."
Apr 10 23:12:59 <Rosetta>	"I can probably look into that."
Apr 10 23:13:13 <zooftop>	The pair seem a bit lost about that remark, but let it slide. "Anyhow, I believe I should be able to aquire a plethora of tickets and possibly back stage passes for this event.  How we approach it...well, it seems maybe it is you three who have a better grip on that than I do."
Apr 10 23:13:31 <Chase>	"Apart from that, what are we doing? Applying for jobs and getting close to her to get close to Grant?"
Apr 10 23:13:46 <Chase>	"Hrm..."
Apr 10 23:13:48 <Rosetta>	"Well, we've got a clear aim for what we're going for, but what's the angle here for getting closer to Grant's operations?"
Apr 10 23:13:54 <zooftop>	"That was admittedly my own plan until you came to this estate."
Apr 10 23:14:12 <Rosetta>	"I don't see a backstage job at a show opening the gates to the factories and other places of interest for us."
Apr 10 23:14:39 <Chase>	"You never know what getting connections might lead to."
Apr 10 23:14:53 <Chase>	"Any 'in' is good, really."
Apr 10 23:15:22 <zooftop>	"The fear you might be recognized, yes.  It is a concern, at least."
Apr 10 23:15:25 <Rosetta>	"Grant seems smart enough to keep a safe distance between people he'd hire off the streets or with an ad and people he'd trust with the parts of his plans that matter."
Apr 10 23:15:46 <Chase>	"Is it unusual for performers to wear masks?" he wonders.
Apr 10 23:15:53 <zooftop>	"Though we have about a week until the performance.  There is plenty of time to prepare our rusi."  That isn't the plural for Ruse, but he goes with it.
Apr 10 23:15:53 <Genevieve>	"At the very least, we need to get close enough to this girl to get the Unown back."
Apr 10 23:16:04 <Genevieve>	"Grant is secondary to that, for now."
Apr 10 23:16:08 <Rosetta>	"Yeah, definitely."
Apr 10 23:17:04 <zooftop>	"Masks...might not be out of place with the nature of her style."
Apr 10 23:17:10 <zooftop>	Nashu says, thinking on that.
Apr 10 23:18:09 <Chase>	"Alright, I think we can get the basis of something worked out here."
Apr 10 23:18:23 <zooftop>	"If she's potentially borrowing power from something from your realm...hm." She leaves the room for a bit and comes back wheeling a vinyl record player.  The wind up kind, with the big trumpet thing.
Apr 10 23:18:59 <zooftop>	She cranks it up, and plays a song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQcOvB3Nze0
Apr 10 23:21:01 <Chase>	He bobs his head a bit. "Hey, not bad."
Apr 10 23:21:14 <zooftop>	"It's rather alien by today's standards," Nashu says. Hildibrand is dancing in place.
Apr 10 23:23:21 <zooftop>	You think she might be suggesting this would be an event that would encourage masquerade attire, Chase.  But she doesn't have the words for it.
Apr 10 23:24:35 <Genevieve>	"So, we'll get some tickets, sneak in, grab the Unown."
Apr 10 23:24:39 <Chase>	"Not so much by ours." he nods. "It's got a little old school in with some new. I think they call styles like this neoswing? Arright, we can work with this."
Apr 10 23:24:58 <Chase>	"Now wait a sec, I agree that's pretty important, like number one priority, but what about the rest of the plan?"
Apr 10 23:25:20 <Rosetta>	"That last part's tricky. Are we planning on kidnapping this girl? Even if we manage to do it in a way that's not super obvious, we're not exactly going to avoid making a scene."
Apr 10 23:25:52 <zooftop>	"Well...there is a week to ponder these things," Nashu reminds you.
Apr 10 23:25:56 <Rosetta>	"I'll whip up a replacement E Unown while we're doing the rest of the prep."
Apr 10 23:26:23 <Rosetta>	"That'll give us a good spy into what Grant's doing if we can pull it off, but the tricky bit is actually performing a swap or removal without it being super obvious."
Apr 10 23:27:19 <Genevieve>	"We can always just try talking to her."
Apr 10 23:27:22 <Rosetta>	"...I could bring Minuetta along, to erase some memories. But we'd have to get everything done super fast."
Apr 10 23:27:30 <Rosetta>	"Or there's that, yeah. I guesss." Rosetta shrugs.
Apr 10 23:27:43 <zooftop>	ZODIAC seems to be dancing with Hildibrand, he's unusually jolly.  It's almost unsettling.
Apr 10 23:27:49 <Rosetta>	"What are we gonna say? 'The tattoo on your back is part of the soul of one of our gods and we need it back'?"
Apr 10 23:28:10 <Genevieve>	"It kind of worked for Alice."
Apr 10 23:28:15 <Chase>	"Yeaaah, that's probably a bad idea."
Apr 10 23:28:34 <Chase>	"She's in Grant's employ, and I bet she gets part of her inspiration from that tattoo."
Apr 10 23:28:43 »»	Rosetta glances over at ZODIAC. "That's what it takes for you to stop being so grumpy? Shit, I'll teach you mariachi when we're back."
Apr 10 23:29:18 <Chase>	"There's like zero reason for her to go along with us if we just flat out tell her what's up, and then our cover is blown."
Apr 10 23:30:10 <Genevieve>	"We don't know enough about it to have just one plan is all."
Apr 10 23:30:25 <Chase>	"Alright, let's make some plan B's and C's, then. We got time to hash this out."
Apr 10 23:30:37 <Rosetta>	"That's why we'll do it all sneaky-like and replace the Unown. It probably won't do the same as Alice's soul, but maybe I can rig it up so it still helps. I mean, all I've gotta do is make it pump tunes from our world for her to use here, yeah?"
Apr 10 23:31:30 <Genevieve>	"I don't know if replacing one soul with another is really a great trade off. Nor is helping Grant function by making his artists good."
Apr 10 23:31:31 <Chase>	"Hildibrand, is there anything you'd like us to actually do once we're in position?"
Apr 10 23:32:39 <Chase>	"You're the one who had this idea in mind, originally, what was your course of action going to be?"
Apr 10 23:33:01 <zooftop>	"She is a beautiful, young aspiring starlet - who knows how far her ambition goes?  I am not above using a bit of trickery to make a bust, as well."
Apr 10 23:33:03 <Rosetta>	"It's not really trading soul for soul. I mean, it'd be like any other time I make a glyph outta Unown to spy on things."
Apr 10 23:33:29 <zooftop>	"Forgive me as my memories are flooding back bit by bit, but given some time I believe I could find out more about her as a person as well."
Apr 10 23:33:43 <Chase>	"That'd definitely be appreciated."
Apr 10 23:33:53 <Rosetta>	"If it'd help, we could probably dig up some stuff on who you were in our world to bring back here."
Apr 10 23:34:16 <zooftop>	"It would...most certainly be appreciated." he actually seems quite humbled by that offer.
Apr 10 23:35:28 <Rosetta>	"Shiny."
Apr 10 23:35:44 <zooftop>	"To promise her a stage unlike any Eorzea could offer, confront her with something she can't quite comprehend, use her as a mole whist she is unaware of it...though it seems this Unown that is affixed to her is quite valuable to you.  We shall collaborate to the best of our abilities, then."
Apr 10 23:36:47 <Rosetta>	"We should figure out who's in charge of her. Grant's gotta have a mastermind behind his entertainment arm, and figuring out who that is and how to keep tabs on them seems like what we need to do."
Apr 10 23:37:08 <Rosetta>	"So that's the next step after this, I guess." Rosetta owtilts her head.
Apr 10 23:37:10 <Genevieve>	"Hopefully it's not Octavia."
Apr 10 23:38:19 »»	Chase really seems to be into the idea of infiltrating her band for a short time.
Apr 10 23:38:50 <Rosetta>	"Octavia's too busy going around Visiwa taking selfies to be in charge of something like that."
Apr 10 23:40:05 <zooftop>	"Actually I could tell you who her direct manager is.  It's a...Moogle.  Puko Pako," Nashu says.
Apr 10 23:40:27 <Chase>	"Thanks."
Apr 10 23:42:33 <Genevieve>	"Awesome."
Apr 10 23:43:33 <Rosetta>	"Shiny. Guess we've got some stuff to work on this week."
Apr 10 23:47:47 <Genevieve>	"What should we do now then?"
Apr 10 23:48:18 <Rosetta>	"Tame some monsters."
Apr 10 23:48:31 <Chase>	"May as well."
Apr 10 23:48:38 <Rosetta>	"We're easily a match for the adventurers around here with our Pokemon, but obviously we can't flaunt 'em."
Apr 10 23:48:50 <zooftop>	Hildibrand is currently pacing back and forth while thinking things over.  "What gaps to close here...hm.  We may be very very close to finding a chink in this iron giant's armor, with your assistance.  As I said, I will extend use of this estate for your operations here, and beyond that...I suppose we all have our own work to see to, yes."
Apr 10 23:49:40 <Chase>	"I have to say, it feels pretty good having people you can talk to about this stuff."
Apr 10 23:50:02 <Genevieve>	"Let's go on a hunt, then. Give us some time to stew over the details."
Apr 10 23:52:17 <Rosetta>	"Sounds shiny."
Apr 10 23:54:48 <Rosetta>	"We've gotta find a place out of the way to hunt though. I think we'd attract a lot of attention with what our Poke Ball cards can do."
Apr 10 23:55:31 <Genevieve>	"Well, we're surrounded by desert, I'm sure we can find some place like that."
Apr 10 23:55:34 <Chase>	"Sounds like a plan."
Apr 10 23:56:47 <zooftop>	"Hunting grounds away from the eyes of others?  I could assist you in locating a few," Hildibrand chimes in.  Nashu, on the other hand, gets ready to immediately start sleuthing around.
Apr 10 23:57:35 <zooftop>	"What sort of Monsters are you interested in?" He pulls out a few beastaries if it'll help.
Apr 11 00:00:03 <Rosetta>	"My chocobo will make a great mount when it grows up. I dunno, I'm caught between something really big and imposing to distract from anything sneaky I'm doing, and something that can match me in stealthiness."
Apr 11 00:00:05 »»	Genevieve shrugs. "I was just going to brew up some Bombs later. From a scholarly standpoint, I'm most interested in the beastmen, but catching them seems a little unethical."
Apr 11 00:02:41 <zooftop>	"On a level of sapience, Beastmen are no less intelligent than you or I.  Their goals simply do not align with those who worship the Twelve.  Something large..." He flips through to show you things like Chimeras, Behemoths, Hydras, giant bears, Coeurls, Malboros, and Gobbues.  All very large, strong monsters.
Apr 11 00:02:43 <Rosetta>	"There are plenty of actual monsters here that seem more Pokemon-like."
Apr 11 00:03:23 <Genevieve>	"Otherwise, we could always catch a Primal."
Apr 11 00:04:11 <zooftop>	On the stealthy side, he points out Cactaurs, Ahrimans, and the unassuming Snurbles.
Apr 11 00:04:50 <zooftop>	Toss Adamantoise onto the big things too.
Apr 11 00:05:28 <zooftop>	Oh, Mandragoras are also small and unassuming.
Apr 11 00:06:18 <zooftop>	Your Primal suggestion causes Hildibrand to make an exaggerated face of fright. "Would such a thing even be in the realm of possibility? I...recall...these little spherical devices that were used to tame monsters, but..."
Apr 11 00:06:43 <Chase>	"Actually..."
Apr 11 00:06:46 <Genevieve>	"Of course."
Apr 11 00:06:54 <Chase>	"It's a rare but not unheard of practice back home."
Apr 11 00:07:15 <Genevieve>	"In our world, our Primal things would basically break off a tiny splinter that gets caught. Like an avatar rather than the entire thing."
Apr 11 00:07:20 <Rosetta>	"Yeah, it's not quiiiite like catching the creature as a whole. I mean, it's like what your Summoners do sorta."
Apr 11 00:07:22 <Chase>	"Deities are often enough 'legendary pokemon' that you can catch the essence of, basically like an avatar."
Apr 11 00:10:40 <zooftop>	"Hm...It...may very well be possible...though risky.  Granted I imagine with Grant's course of actions, you will find a chance to attempt it sooner than later."
Apr 11 00:10:46 <Chase>	"I think I might prefer trying something a liiittle less life threatening." he glances through the book he shows. "Behemoths, huh? So that's what that was out there."
Apr 11 00:11:05 <zooftop>	"As for the monsters of this realm, given the lessons my Father instilled in me as a youth, I have a fairly good idea where to find most species."
Apr 11 00:14:02 <Chase>	"Keep in mind that aside from adventurers, Grant has managed to persuade at least one Beastman to his cause as well, he could have more."
Apr 11 00:14:24 <Chase>	"So yeah, ending up fighting these primal things doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility anyway."
Apr 11 00:14:44 <Rosetta>	"This Mandragora thing looks adorable."
Apr 11 00:17:17 <zooftop>	"They are quite common, and could easily be found outside of every township on the continent.  Would be very easy to lure one away from the eyes of travelers."
Apr 11 00:18:05 <Rosetta>	"Are they strong fighters? Or can they be taught to be?"
Apr 11 00:18:56 <zooftop>	"Their screams are quite high pitched, and can throw even a seasoned veteran on tilt."
Apr 11 00:19:10 <Rosetta>	"Oh, that's unexpected."
Apr 11 00:19:33 <Chase>	He's a bit contemplative, looking between the pictures of the Behemoth, Hydra and Cactuar.
Apr 11 00:19:38 <zooftop>	"I wouldn't bet on one in a duel of fisticuffs, but a full confrontation is rarely..." He hrms. "Whimsicottish."
Apr 11 00:20:14 <Rosetta>	"Oh, huh, more of your memories coming back? Yeah, I get what you mean."
Apr 11 00:23:01 <Chase>	"What can you tell me about these three?"
Apr 11 00:23:14 <zooftop>	"Behemoths are rare, powerful creatures, as their appearance and name suggests.  The Hydra is much the same, though it employs more Ice and Fire than brute force."
Apr 11 00:23:40 <zooftop>	"Cactaurs are the most ungentlemantly creatures in this world.  Next to dragons."
Apr 11 00:23:49 <zooftop>	"They fill you full of needles, and run away."
Apr 11 00:24:20 <Rosetta>	"What about these?" Rosetta points at the Chimera and Goobbue. "I think we saw one of the former in the colosseum."
Apr 11 00:25:27 <zooftop>	"Chimeras are a middle ground between a Behemoth and a Hydra.  They are capable of both brute force and elemental majesty."
Apr 11 00:25:55 <zooftop>	"Goobbues are actually fairly easy to domesticate.  They are quite docile in the wild as is, unless you aggrevate them."
Apr 11 00:28:00 <Rosetta>	"Huh, well, I'll just see about the mandragora for now, and then worry about something big and imposing after that."
Apr 11 00:30:15 <Chase>	"Sounds like I'd have to go pretty out of the way for any of those... well, I'll just keep things in mind." he nods.
Apr 11 00:33:19 <zooftop>	"Very well," he collects the books when you guys are done and puts them up.
Apr 11 00:34:15 <Chase>	"We'll try and figure out our plan of attack and keep you informed. Thanks again for offering the place for our use. We'll keep in touch."
Apr 11 00:35:28 <zooftop>	"It is all in the pursuit of righteousness," he does his exaggerated bow/flex.
Apr 11 00:36:39 <Genevieve>	"Yes, thank you."
Apr 11 00:36:58 <Chase>	He laughs. "We'll get to the truth of all of this in time."
Apr 11 00:37:09 <Rosetta>	"Yup, thanks. We'll get you what we can on who you were in our world too and be back in a couple days."
Apr 11 00:38:02 <zooftop>	"Ah, yes, returning to Earth, the land of Selfies."
Apr 11 00:38:12 <Chase>	He snorts.
Apr 11 00:38:37 <zooftop>	He walks with you guys till you get to the front gate of the estate, and shakes hands with each of you as you prepare to depart.
Apr 11 00:39:33 »»	Chase shakes his hand!
Apr 11 00:40:10 »»	Rosetta shakes as well before getting the crystal ready for everyone to head back.
Apr 11 00:40:41 »»	Genevieve shakes hands with him and waves good bye to his assistant.
Apr 11 00:41:47 <zooftop>	You guys make your way back home then! Which will be </session>, but one last note from Harbinger I forgot to mention earlier
Apr 11 00:43:11 <zooftop>	There was motivation to take the Temple on the Isle as well.  Given it's affiliation to the Unown, Grant considered it as a possible layline for his future actions.