<Login> D has connected from ppp-170.icehouse.net on

Sat Jun 23 14:28:49 2001 EST.

D has arrived.

D sits down on the comfortable couch.

D lies back on the comfortable couch.

D says, "Yo dudes"

<Login> Rahab has connected from AC8849C3.ipt.aol.com

on Sat Jun 23 14:29:15 2001 EST.

D says, "I see we're all showing up early.."

(remotely) Rahab will be here as soon as possible...going to a family reunion

this afternoon. i -should- be back by 10 when I can get online.

Rahab has arrived.

<OOC> Rahab sticks her nose in long enough to tweak Eclipse and Koi.

D says, "Howdy"

Rahab waves. "Not really here...off to a family reunion before long."

D nods.

D waves.

Rahab isn't supposed to be online when ppl might call anyway :P

D nods.

Rahab [to D]: What do you think of the character sheets?

D says, "pretty sweet! I like em alot =)"

Rahab claps. "Great! I'm so glad."

D nods.

Rahab poofs now before she gets in trouble.

<OOC> Rahab teleports out via @home.

D waves.

<Logout> Rahab has disconnected on Sat Jun

23 14:33:33 2001 EST

D goes to sleep. She is now dead to the world.

D wakes from her voluntary sleep, rubbing her eyes and yawning with

well-rested satisfaction.

D goes to sleep. She is now dead to the world.

User Conn Idle RP-Stat `@my tag is ...`

D wakes from her voluntary sleep, rubbing her eyes and yawning with

well-rested satisfaction.

D sits up on the comfortable couch.

D goes to sleep. She is now dead to the world.

D wakes from her voluntary sleep, rubbing her eyes and yawning with

well-rested satisfaction.

D lies back on the comfortable couch.

D goes to sleep. She is now dead to the world.

<OOC> Koi prods D.

Koi says, "Wake up D! Wake up! "

Koi laughs like mad

Koi says, "Okay, this place is buggy as hell"

You say, "Buggy? I'll have to set out some roach motels or something..."

You say, "Look at the date on the @who list..."

Koi laughs

You say, "If this is December, I'd hate to be here in June..."

D wakes from her voluntary sleep, rubbing her eyes and yawning with

well-rested satisfaction.

D sits up on the comfortable couch.

D lies back on the comfortable couch.

You say, "Good afternoon."

D says, "G'afternoon"

Eclipse listens to NPR and cooks rice, while cackling over his game notes.

D says, "Oooo.. Sounds like we're going to have fun."

D says, "I must warn you, I'm going to be wierder than usual."

You say, "I'll be as weird as usual. That should be sufficient."

D says, "Much caffeine plus rereading the SpaceMoose archieves=bad bad bad

combination"

You say, "I'll get the caffeine soon enough. And reading my notes is quite

enough to put me in my usual evil mood."

D says, "2 hours to go"

D sighs.

D says, "Direct quote from one of the strips "Tonight I dine on Moose feces!"

I'm sorry, but this is gonna get wierd"

D says, "We gonna make Landsend today?"

You say, "Have some wench. I'm going to be eating rice in about fifteen

minutes."

!!! A checkpoint has begun. During the next few minutes, you will experience

slow response time (AKA lag). Be patient, grasshopper.

D eats some of her Barbequed Wench. About three-quarters of it remains.

!!! The checkpoint has finished. After a suspenseful 2 seconds, the world is

saved once more.

D eats some of her Barbequed Wench. About three-quarters of it remains.

D eats some of her Barbequed Wench. About two-thirds of it remains.

You say, "As long as you don't let Iph escape again."

D eats some of her Barbequed Wench. More than half of it remains.

D says, "Oh, I'll try not to."

D says, "Would Ahab have Fava Beans and a nice Chianti?"

You say, "I wouldn't encourage him, if I were you. You are evil to subject

them to Ahab."

D says, "Muahahahahahaha!"

You say, "What am I saying? _I_ am evil for subjecting all of YOU to Ahab!"

D says, "Hey, might as well enjoy the freedom of evil while I can."

D says, "It's going to be interesting to see how you convince them all to not

kill me"

You say, "No, it's going to be interesting to see how YOU convince them all

not to kill you."

D says, "......"

D says, "I see.."

D says, "Well. Barring an oppurtunity to be really heroic, this will be a

challenge."

You say, "Yup."

D sings along with DoHT "Herbert was a sailor, he sailed the seven seas, he

made love to a fish. He made love to a fish. He made love to the fishies, he

made love to the fishies.."

D will just have to milk the "Helpless pawn" angle, then

<OOC> Koi laughs

Koi errs...laughs even.

D says, "You don't mind if I alter D's age just a wee bit?"

You say, "How much of a change are we talking about, here?"

D says, "2 years perhaps? From 17 to 15? Just to help make D more pitiable,

and thus lengthen her lifespan."

Koi chuckles.

Koi says, "Dang...I don't ever think I considered Koi's actual age..."

You say, "Why bother? I see her more as early 20s anyway. She is old for her

age, as it is. And I don't think the PCs care one whit about your age.

Oriana is pissed because you are helping her husband's murderer turn her into

a puppet. And that is only the beginning..."

D shrugs

D says, "Just felt I could milk that for a bit more personal angst/pity. Maybe

Iphi'd protect me.."

Koi [to D]: What are you worried about? All we need to do is keep them ground

under an iron boot. ;)

You say, "Only if she survives. Since Icelas failed to rescue her, take a

wild guess who's looking for her now..."

D says, "Who?"

You say, "Three guesses..."

D [to Koi]: They'll get out eventually. And it'd be best if they had reason to

NOT kill me..

D says, "Her father?"

Koi grins. "They're good...they don't kill people." :)

You say, "Maybe... Remember the Guiltbearer philosophy?"

D says, "Oriana prolly will.. and AlMarth just might."

D says, "Nope."

Koi chuckles.

You say, "'If it's evil, it must be destroyed.' Not good, huh?"

D says, "Hmmm.... True true.. How would that affect Iphi's chances of

survival?"

Koi imagines they'll just try to nuke us next time they see us. ;)

You say, "The question is, 'How will Iph's death affect YOUR chances of

survival?'"

You say, "You DO know who her father is, don't you?"

D says, "Iphi's death would probably mean we'd all die. Koi and I due to

Veriant, and I'd do my damnedest to take the rest with me.."

D says, "Argos"

You say, "And what is he?"

D says, "Patron of the Guiltbearer Clan"

D says, "You're saying he'd sacrifice his own daughter, just to be rid of us?"

Koi muwah. "If we go down, we're taking the goodins with us dang it."

You say, "Patron? "

You say, "Try Archmage..."

D says, "This isn't good."

You say, "Happy begging for mercy!"

D says, "So pretty much, we're screwed coming AND going."

Koi ughs.

You say, "You're starting to see the big picture here, aren't you?"

Koi says, "We need to get off this ship...."

D says, "We've been forced into a damned if we do, damned if we don't

position."

D says, "We need to get Iphi back to where ever the hell we came from."

D says, "And then hide under a bed."

Koi laughs.

Koi hmms.

Koi says, "We have to go right back through guiltbearer controlled waters

don't we...."

Koi erms.

Eclipse chuckles. "The Friday group has a very different game tone from

yours, wouldn't you say?

Koi says, "Actually...I think we're already in them... ;)"

D says, "And as an idle guess, even if we do survive, and get Iphi back, and

break free of the Ba'Lak, and I don't die and get the brainwashing removed,

I'm probably still going to get screwed on who D's real family is.."

You say, "You haven't SEEN the Guiltbearer fleet, yet..."

D says, "Well. This is going to be a blast.."

Eclipse grins. "I hope so."

Koi chuckles.

Koi [to D]: We need a Death Star.

D [to Koi]: Death Star? The Death Star is for wusses. We need the Sun Crusher.

Koi laughs.

Koi says, "Actually...we just need the force. ;)"

Koi says, "Then nothing could stand against us!"

D says, "We're so screwed."

Koi [to D]: Dark lords of the Sith always lose. ;)

D says, "You ARE going to give us a chance to survive through all this, aren't

you?"

D [to Koi]: Merely because of dramatic neccessity.

You say, "So, it is your intention to blast holes in my planet. The last

party who blew up all the area included in my map got sent backward in time

and lost seven real time weeks of progress."

D says, "We wouldn't exist in that case."

Koi laughs.

D says, "This is only the third week."

You say, "I'm not heartless. I'm actively evil."

Koi [to D]: We should suddenly repent. ;)

You say, "Yes, because you know _I_ won't."

You say, "GM needs carbs to absorb megadoses of caffeine!"

D says, "I don't think it'd work unless Eric gave us a good reason to

repent..."

D says, "Maybe we should 'accidently' end up back at the isle and let

ourselves be captured and taken to Icelas for removal of the brainwashing?"

You say, "You'll have one, when the time comes. Trust the Storyteller. The

Storyteller is your friend..."

D says, "With friends like you, we need npc villains?"

You say, "What are you talking about? I AM the NPC villains."

Koi hehs.

D says, "Bleh."

Koi idles for a min.

You say, "Ever feed a pigeon rice? That's how I feel right now."

D says, "Like a flying a flying shit machine?"

<OOC> D says, "Ignore that second 'a'"

You say, "Like a flying shit machine that is about to explode. I had

forgotten how much rice expands when you cook it, and made almost too much."

D says, "Mmm.. Rice.."

D says, "Hmm.. Unconditional love... Putting Iphi to the test will be

interesting."

D says, "1hr, 15 min"

You say, "Counting down, are we?"

D says, "Yes."

!!! A checkpoint has begun. During the next few minutes, you will experience

slow response time (AKA lag). Be patient, grasshopper.

!!! The checkpoint has finished. After a suspenseful 2 seconds, the world is

saved once more.

D says, "Heh. Only a pc in the company of wiz's."

D drinks some of her Mountain Dew. Almost all of it remains.

D drinks some of her Mountain Dew. About two-thirds of it remains.

D drinks some of her Mountain Dew. Half of it remains.

D drinks some of her Mountain Dew. About one-third of it remains.

D drinks some of her Mountain Dew. Almost none of it remains.

D finishes up her Mountain Dew. *burp*

D rises from the comfortable couch.

D exits.

D has arrived.

D says, "Kewl, did you know you can pick up the vending machines?"

Koi [to Eclipse]: Would you like me to make a mailing list for Malikai? So you

can post messages for it and so people can leave other messages?

Koi bonks D.

Koi grabs a Soda Machine from D.

Koi grabs a vending machine from D.

D says, "Hey!"

Koi goes and locks these down. ;)

Koi exits.

D drops the Wench Dispenser.

D drops a Pot of Manch.

Koi has arrived.

D flops down on the comfortable couch.

Koi cackles.

Koi says, "Geeze"

Koi has received your page: "Sure. That would be useful. I've mostly been

posting on GCP and paging."

D keys in her request on the Wench Dispenser.

Wench Dispenser: *bing* "Replication successful."

D opens the Wench Dispenser.

D removes a Barbequed Wench from the Wench Dispenser.

D closes the Wench Dispenser.

Koi locks down the sofa's and chairs while he's here.

You take the Wench Dispenser.

I don't understand that.

D says, "Ah..."

You take the Pot of Manch.

You drop the Mountain Dew.

You take the Mountain Dew.

You drop the Wench Dispenser.

A female voice from the Malakai says, "I've only got 6!"

I don't understand that.

Koi has received your page: "How do you lock them down?"

You drop the Pot of Manch.

I don't understand that.

Try this instead: @lock pom with

<Login> Zyka has connected from h24-67-88-120.cg.shawcab

le.net on Sat Jun 23 16:17:56 2001 EST.

Koi pages, ""It's a message on the object. @locked_down (What you want them to

see when they try to pick it up). As long as it's set they can't pick it up."

Zyka has arrived.

Zyka says, "Yo Eclipse."

You set the "locked_down" message of Wench Dispenser (#348).

You say, "Hey, Zyka."

Koi says, "Are your wenches empty? Can't eat any more?"

You sit down on the rocking chair.

D says, "Not all of them, but some are"

Koi [to D]: The command is @recycle (object).

<Logout> Zyka has disconnected on Sat Jun

23 16:21:16 2001 EST

Koi [to D]: Careful, don't go recycling things accidentally.

D says, "Ah.. Permission denied."

You don't perceive a "#369" around here.

Koi laughs

Koi says, "Hmm...give em to me. ;)"

D gives the barbequed wench to Koi.

D gives a Barbequed Wench to Koi.

D gives a Barbequed Wench to Koi.

D gives a Barbequed Wench to Koi.

D gives a Barbequed Wench to Koi.

D gives a Barbequed Wench to Koi.

Koi says, "Eclipse made them for you last week right?"

D nods.

D says, "Actually, I got most of them from the machine"

Koi hmms.

D says, "Ooo.. Lunch is here!"

Koi thought the machines chainged ownership to who ever made them...

Koi plays mario

You say, "Those were the ones I made before I set the destroy_when_finished

message."

You sit down on the rocking chair.

You say, "afk"

You say, "Back."

D says, "30 minutes"

D says, "Ack.. The spicy chicken burgers are fighting back!"

You say, "Why do I torment myself by logging BEFORE the game actually starts?"

D snickers

Koi chuckles

<Login> Hugon has connected from 1Cust36.tnt1.midland.mi

.da.uu.net on Sat Jun 23 16:43:24 2001 EST.

Hugon has received your page: "Hey, Eus. What's up? Spying tonight?"

Hugon pages, "If that's okay with you."

D says, "ow, stomache ache ow"

Hugon has received your page: "Sure. The parties might be on opposite sides

of the same story, but the details of the stories are very different."

Eclipse laughs.

You say, "Oh, I thought you were making a reference to something I did

yesterday. Maybe an unkind mage with Cor 3 Life 3 has decided to take a

dislike for you, D..."

From the Nexus: bing

You drink some of your Mountain Dew. Almost all of it remains.

D says, "Ow, no I have a real one."

Hugon has arrived.

D says, "Howdy Eus"

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. Almost all of it remains.

Hugon sits down on the comfortable couch.

Hugon says, "Hey. BTW, the soda machine is broken."

Eclipse frowns. "I'll fix it..."

You throw a Mountain Dew at Hugon.

You throw a Mountain Dew at D.

The Mountain Dew bounces off Hugon and hits the floor.

The Mountain Dew bounces off D and hits the floor.

You give the Mountain Dew to Koi.

D says, "Ow!"

Koi laughs

D picks up a Mountain Dew.

Hugon picks up a Mountain Dew.

Koi drinks some of his Mountain Dew. Almost all of it remains.

Hugon drinks some of his Mountain Dew. Almost all of it remains.

D says, "Bastawd, dat was my nobe."

Hugon says, "Nice aim."

You say, "It works. There were just three sodas in it. Next time, use 'take

first md'."

Hugon says, "Ahh. It just started yelling at me, saying I couldn't take it."

D stole the machines earlier

D says, "But Koi took them away.."

Hugon needs his Mountain Dew with his Wench.

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. About three-quarters of it remains.

Hugon drinks some of his Mountain Dew. About two-thirds of it remains.

Eclipse (OOC)

A man dressed in a black cloak with the hood pulled up, almost concealing the

slight smile he constantly wears. A black medallion with a silver crescent at

the edge hangs from his neck. Malakai's anthropomorphic representation of

divine chaos, it seems somehow fitting that Eclipse should be your

Storyteller.

He is carrying a Generic Sobe and a Mountain Dew.

You aren't wielding anything, armed only with your fists.

D says, "Hey Eclipse, are these VIRGIN bbq'd wenches?"

D says, "Because lately they've been lacking a certain... something."

Koi hmms.

<Login> Oriana has connected from 12.2.97.131 on Sat

Jun 23 16:53:23 2001 EST.

You say, "Of course! I wouldn't feed you something a dragon wouldn't eat!

Maybe I need to add something to the barbeque sauce."

From the Nexus: bing

Oriana has received your page: "Hello, Beth."

Game Room Nexus (An IC-Neutral Location)

From here, you can enter into the rooms for various games. Each exit leads to

it's own game. If the DM/ST/GM is not on at the moment, the game will not be

in session.

You see a Soda Machine, a vending machine, the Wench Dispenser, a Pot of

Manch, and Oriana here.

Obvious exits include Malakai (Mal) and Player Start (ps).

You say, "Boo."

Oriana keys in her request on the Pot of Manch.

Pot of Manch: *bing* "Replication successful."

Oriana opens a Pot of Manch.

Oriana removes a Manch from a Pot of Manch.

Oriana closes a Pot of Manch.

Oriana has left.

Malakai (An IC-Neutral Location)

The room for the Mage: Epic Fantasy games.

The rocking chair is invitingly empty. Hugon (OOC) is sitting on the

comfortable couch. D is sprawled out on the comfortable couch. The lumpy

sofa is invitingly empty.

You see Koi (idle) and Oriana here.

Obvious exits include Nexus (out, o).

Oriana sits down on the rocking chair.

Eclipse paces.

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. About three-quarters of it remains.

Koi giggles.

Oriana says, "Very funny, D. How goes it?"

<OOC> D says, "That started playing the moment before Beth logged on.."

Oriana rises from the rocking chair.

Hugon drinks some of his Mountain Dew. Half of it remains.

Oriana sits down on the rocking chair.

Oriana rises from the rocking chair.

Hugon says, "Sit sofa"

Oriana says, "I don't WANT to sit in the chair dammit!"

Oriana sits down on the rocking chair.

You sit down on the comfortable couch.

You rise from the comfortable couch.

D says, "Stand, sit second sofa?"

Oriana says, "That's what I typed...oh well."

Oriana rises from the rocking chair.

Oriana sits down on the rocking chair.

You sit down on the comfortable couch.

You rise from the comfortable couch.

Oriana says, "AAAAAUGH!"

You say, "Stand up. I'll take the chair"

Oriana rises from the rocking chair.

D says, "Damnit Eclipse, get off my couch, you're wrecking the ass grooves."

You sit down on the rocking chair.

Oriana sits down on the comfortable couch.

Oriana says, "THERE we go."

You say, "There. Happy now?"

Oriana says, "Yes. Definitely. (c: How's it going?"

D says, "Yes."

You say, "My coding is buggy."

Oriana eats some of her Manch. Almost all of it remains.

Koi pushes Oriana off the comfortable couch.

Koi giggles

D says, "Spiffy. Much much caffeine, and I reread the entire SpaceMoose

archieves, so I'm allready!"

Oriana says, "The new vending machines are a nice touch..."

Oriana sits down on the comfortable couch.

Hugon ises flipping through his binder. "It appears as though it's just going

by the first letter instead of the word."

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. About two-thirds of it remains.

Hugon drinks some of his Mountain Dew. About one-third of it remains.

Oriana says, "Alphabetizing problems, Hugon?"

You say, "I'm doing fine. I am utterly amazed at how two groups can play so

completely differently. Friday and Saturday are like night and day, as far

as tone is concerned."

Hugon chuckles.

D says, "Yeah, well I got something even worse for Oriana and AlMarth"

D says, "My most insidious torture yet"

Hugon says, "We don't allow no stinking angst."

Oriana says, "I haven't seen Friday, but I have a feeling that it's a much

happier place. (c:"

Hugon says, "Much happier now..."

You say, "AlMarth can't make it tonight."

D says, "I know, but I can still include his char in on this."

D says, "Don't worry, it won't leave marks."

Oriana says, "I don't think that's very fair..."

D says, "Physical ones, at least."

Hugon shoulds make a really angsty-character for this group and play in both

sessions. @#;+).

You say, "It's gotten a BIT darker. The party was almost killed by a mage

with Cor 3/Life 3 and samples of the cabal's hair."

Oriana says, "The last thing we need is more angst..."

D says, "I tried that, but Eclipse won't let me"

Hugon says, "Understandable. More of a joke really."

Oriana is happy because she got two Changeling books for under $20 the other

day...

D claps

Hugon says, "Mean, mean mage...that was painful to fight off."

Koi oos.

Hugon says, "Which ones?"

Oriana says, "The local comic book store has half off all their White Wolf

books...my friends and I barely escaped with our bank accounts intact."

D begins drooling

You say, "It only took what, 50 or 60 successes in an extended ritual?

Meanwhile, Al and Megathan are hemmorhaging..."

Hugon lookses wide-eyed at Beth. "Uhhh..."

Oriana says, "Book of Houses 1 and the Dreaming sourcebook..."

Oriana says, "Eus, maybe that's worth a plane ticket home? Clairemont Comics

went NUTS!!"

Hugon says, "That was one *long* ritual. 6 1/2 hours worth, I think an hour

or so of gametime for the ritual..."

Hugon says, "If I didn't have to work tomorrow..."

Oriana LOL's

Hugon nows has a broadsword and zero dots in Melee.

Oriana now has a bunch of nice whip scars on her back

D says, "Rahab and AlMarth won't be here, just waiting for Shen, ja?"

D says, "And after tonight, you'll have some psychological scars to go with."

Koi nudges D.

You say, "That's scary... I just picked up three d10s, rolled them, and they

all came up 10s. Good thing I won't be using THOSE dice much, tonight!"

Hugon rolled 3d10: 6, 3, 5; totalling 14.

Hugon says, "I can't do that, see."

Oriana pets her shiny new Sorcerers Crusade book which was purchased from

Vince for way too cheap...

Koi needs one of those.

You say, "Yummy..."

Hugon says, "Better then Al though. Rolls 2 1's with 2 dice..."

D says, "Mmmm... sorcerer's crusade."

Koi says, "Heck...I still need a -Mage- book."

Hugon needses Sorcerer: Revised.

You say, "The only thing better than new gaming books is CHEAP new gaming

books."

Oriana wonders why Hugon's emotes keep coming up "needses" and "ises" and

stuff...

Hugon alwayses screw up these poses.

Oriana says, "Try typing : instead of pose..."

You say, "Because he keeps using a period instead of a colon, and it

conjugates the verb when you use periods."

Hugon trys it again.

Koi nods

Hugon says, "No, I always use pose instead of colon."

Oriana says, "No! Bad grammar! No!"

Koi says, " A pose is different, it parses what you say, so that you can say

it to specific people."

Koi smiles at Hugon. "Like this."

Oriana says, "Eus, you're the MUD god. You should know these things...*G*"

Hugon grumps and misses the days of emote.

Eclipse uses colons. "It's always conjugated correctly, and I have no

difficulty speaking in third person."

Oriana says, "Yes, I realize this is a MOO, and that makes it different..."

D needs to pick up some sourcebooks containing Dark Thaumaturgy and an

expansion on the demonic pacts mentioned in the first Sorc handbook

Hugon is the MUD god, not the MOO god.

Koi says, "Parsing is annoying though, It's just messes up too much."

Hugon nods.

Oriana is trying to think of the book that has that stuff...

D agrees with Hugon about him needing the Sorcerer:Revised.

!!! A checkpoint has begun. During the next few minutes, you will experience

slow response time (AKA lag). Be patient, grasshopper.

!!! The checkpoint has finished. After a suspenseful 2 seconds, the world is

saved once more.

Hugon says, "Yeah. They do have Mummy 1st Ed though."

Hugon says, "And 2nd Ed..."

Oriana got an invitation today to be a "Gamer Babe Of The Week..."

D says, "Ach! No! Mummy Bad! No Mummy! Mummy BAD! BAD BAD BAD!"

Oriana drinks some of her Mountain Dew. Almost all of it remains.

Eclipse chuckles. "Who extended the invitation? Was it your high school

group?"

Hugon says, "Ways to send Tyson into fits. 1) Threaten him with Mummy."

Koi grins at Oriana. "Did you take it?"

Oriana says, "No, it was a random guy via ICQ who is apparently making a

website..."

Oriana says, "Actually, I think I might take it, since I find that somewhat

amusing."

You say, "Okay. That's kind of weird. What would it entail?"

Hugon stays quiet. @#;+)

D says, "I just have issues with a critter that can only be mundanely killed

in the physical world with a nuke."

Oriana smacks Hugon. (c;

Hugon is used to it by now.

Koi laughs.

Hugon says, "You realize that because of your height where the only place you

could hit me is below the waist..."

Oriana says, "Having my picture posted on this page, apparently. Yes, I am

keeping my clothes on. *G*"

Hugon botches that sentance...

Oriana is very much aware of that. (c;

D says, "ahh.."

You say, "Careful, Beth. Remember one of the first lessons of GMing: beat

them often enough, and they'll learn to enjoy it."

Koi thinks we need more gamer babes out there...

Oriana LOL's, and admits that this is true.

Oriana says, "The hitting thing...I really wouldn't know about the gamer babe

thing...(c;"

Koi chuckles.

Hugon likes Elemental's old suggestion for the WoD. The Anime Zone.

D says, "Gamer Babe good. Mummies, bad."

You say, "How tall is she?"

Koi grins at D.

Eclipse agrees with D.

Hugon says, "IC? Like 2 1/2 feet."

You say, "ooc, silly."

Oriana thinks that is very scary, considering that her Mage cabal barely

survived the Hollywood Dream Realm, and the Anime Zone could only be worse.

Hugon says, "We're about the same height, actually. We're very similar.

*wink nudge Beth*"

Koi says, "Anime WoD would rule."

Oriana is 5'5" ooc, which actually makes her almost TALLER than Eus...

You say, "Since it will be HER picture on the page, not her character's"

Hugon is 5'7", thank you very much.

D says, "Kewl! Beth, Eus, one of you want to join the rest of us in a game of

midget volleyball?"

Oriana says, "Wow...I think 3 different conversation just collided right

there..."

Oriana says, "NO."

You say, "Don't feel bad. I'm 5'6""

Koi feels tall...

You say, "You are."

Hugon feels fuzzy still. He needs to shave.

You say, "Ask AlMarth if he kept that razor."

D stretches his six feet three inches w/o boots, and laughs at them

Oriana is used to being around tall people and feeling much shorter than she

really is...her roomate is 5'11", two of her best friends are both 6'4" and

still growing...

Oriana has to walk REALLY fast to keep up with them while going across campus.

(c;

You say, "I know the feeling. I'm the dwarf in most of my social circles,

too. Though I have a friend who is only 5'"

Hugon nods. "You walk fast anyway, Beth."

Hugon says, "Of course, you're usually late for something, so..."

Oriana says, "This is true..."

You say, "She would have to in order to keep up with the loping strides of 6'+

people she hangs out with."

D says, "Jeez.. You eastern folk sure don't grow much.. Hell, at 6'3" I was

one of the shortest guys in my school.. I think there're growth hormones in

the water actually"

Oriana says, "I walked fast before that, but now it's even worse..."

Hugon says, "Midwest, actually."

D lives in the great, butt ugly, north west

Hugon says, "Yeah, you were actually walking at my pace when I was back on

Memorial Day."

Oriana thinks that it has something to do with growth being stunted by too

much snow...

Koi [to D]: They make us short and sturdy for chucking hay bales around. ;)

You say, "I can out-walk just about everyone I know. I'm not in great shape,

but I have good stamina for light activity."

Oriana LOL's

Hugon nods. "Oh, hay bales are fun."

Koi says, "With a few exceptions for Basketball."

Hugon was unloading some for his grandfather a few years ago and managed to

knock his grandmother over with a misaimed bale of hay.

Koi hates baling hay. ;)

Oriana has to be short in order to climb around in small places as a

theatrical lighting person...

Koi laughs.

Koi oos.

D says, "Hehe"

Oriana says, "Hugon also punched my grandma once...is this a pattern in your

life? *G*"

You say, "Of course. But I think Bob Knight turned his players on the rack

during practice..."

Koi says, "That soulds like fun Oriana."

Koi says, "Sounds even."

Hugon laughs. "Oh yeah, at the graduation party." *g*

D says, "You punched Beth's Grandma?"

Hugon says, "It was an accident..."

D says, "Was she trashtalking you?"

D says, "Uh hu.. Sure..."

Oriana doesn't think her grandma could successfully trashtalk ANYONE...*G*

Oriana says, "He was waving his arms around gesticulating and accidentally

smacked her in the chest..."

You say, "He just has a very unique approach to helping them across the street

- by transferring kinetic energy..."

Hugon looks around. "At least our cabal isn't the only one that has missing

PCs."

Oriana says, "LOL!!"

Hugon snickers.

You say, "It saves him a two-way trip, too."

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. More than half of it remains.

Hugon drinks some of his Mountain Dew. Almost none of it remains.

Hugon finishes up his Mountain Dew. *burp*

D says, "Maybe Hugon should have bbq granny instead of wench?"

Hugon tosses the bottle in the trash.

Oriana says, "Let's see...Al'Marth isn't showing, me, Koi, and D are here...so

we're waiting on Shan and Rahab."

Koi laughs.

Hugon rises from the comfortable couch.

Hugon says, "BRB"

Hugon exits.

D says, "Rahab isn't coming"

You say, "Hey! We recycle around here!"

Oriana says, "Why?"

D says, "Ummm.. Birthday party or some shit.."

Oriana retrieves the bottle from the trash and puts it in the recycling bin.

You say, "Family reunion, I believe."

Oriana says, "Is Shan showing?"

Hugon has arrived.

Hugon sits down on the comfortable couch.

Hugon drinks some of his Mountain Dew. Almost all of it remains.

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. Half of it remains.

Oriana says, "You sticking around to watch the game, Eus?"

Eclipse shrugs. "My faith is limited in that area.

Hugon stills has plenty of Wench left, and yes, he's the spy tonight.

Oriana eats some of her Manch. Almost all of it remains.

Oriana says, "Okay, that time it said "stills.""

Hugon says, "That was me messing up."

You say, "MOO character sheets should be working. Not all of them are written

out, mind you, but it is possible to view them by typing '@sheet me'."

Eclipse can't remember the command for making changes to them...

Hugon says, "@setup"

D says, "@setup"

You say, "Yes. That's it..."

D says, "Ok, I'm all ready to go! Steeped in caffeine and crud humor,

twitching to the Mammal Song.. Lets gogogogogog"

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. Half of it remains.

Eclipse puts on his dragon medallion.

You go in-character. Your actions now reflect your character and not

necessarily yourself.

Hugon sits back and watches the Angst Wagon Roll on.

<OOC> Oriana says, ""Hooboy. Another fun night of psychological warfare,

coming right up..."

Oriana drinks some of her Mountain Dew. About two-thirds of it remains.

You say, "When last we left our angsty (if STILL nameless) cabal, you had just

helped drive off a Banshee."

Koi hrms.

<OOC> Oriana says, "We really DO need a name, guys..."

<OOC> Koi says, "A name?"

<OOC> D says, "Yup"

<OOC> D says, "Anyone else on deck?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "One that's not the Travelling Orgy..."

<OOC> You say, "Archmage Bait?"

<OOC> D says, "Dead Mages Walking?"

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. Half of it remains.

You drink some of your Mountain Dew. About two-thirds of it remains.

<OOC> Oriana says, "Dead TANAK Walking?"

Oriana eats some of her Manch. About three-quarters of it remains.

Hugon drinks some of his Mountain Dew. About two-thirds of it remains.

<OOC> D says, "Hmmm.. I suppose I do have to work on a reason for ya'll not

killing me when ya break free"

<OOC> Oriana says, "This is true."

D looks around (anyone else on deck?)

Eclipse thinks he can help somewhat with that...

Oriana is in her cabin

<OOC> Koi says, "We were all on deck."

You say, "Ahab and the first mate. Ahab appears to be kissing his newly

repaired helm."

D says, "Koi, if you would be so kind, please escort the Princess back to her

chambers. I'll see what we can do about that mast."

<OOC> Koi says, "The mast broke and we'd just finished getting beaten up by a

banshee ;)"

<OOC> Oriana says, "How long after the battle is this?"

You say, "Less than an hour."

D says, "I'll be along shortly to have a talk with her."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Yup, I would definitely be in my cabin, then."

<OOC> You say, "You could always row yourself the last 75 miles to Golgotha..."

D says, "Captain Ahab, I presume we can't repair the mast here, as a war

galley, we have oars and such I presume?"

Koi leads the Epagin back down to her captain and sets up a chair so he can

keep an eye on her.

<OOC> D says, "Stop reading my mind Eric.."

<OOC> D breaks out the Leadmaster 2000 antitelepathy helm and puts it on

<OOC> You say, "Sorry. Habit."

You say, "She offers no resistance, Koi. 'Would you care to tie me up, too?

Or are you more compassionate than your companion?'"

Koi says, "I'll make it simpler. If you try anything like that again you'll be

making the rest of the trip back unconcious."

<OOC> Koi says, "No...I don't actually know how to spell unconcious..."

<OOC> D says, "Test"

You say, "'We have oars, Ma'am! But they were designed for short bursts of

speed, not ocean travel, Ma'am!' He pulls out a dagger and puts it to his

chest. 'I will gladly die if my news displeases you, Ma'am!'"

<OOC> Koi says, "We're still here. ;)"

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. About one-quarter of it remains.

D says, "Captain captain captain.. Don't you understand? You're valuable to

Hemlock, and we don't want to see you dead.."

D says, "Could we make the rest of the voyage just with the oars?"

You say, "'Oh really?' She looks worried. 'Icelas will have no choice but to

inform my father of my kidnaping. I fear what he might do to you.'"

You say, "He still has the dagger out. He starts slightly at Hemlock's name,

and the point scrapes open his chest, drawing blood."

D says, "Put the dagger away."

You say, "'Yes, Ma'am!' He cries as he returns the dagger to its sheath."

D says, "Can we make it back to Landsend just with the oars?"

Koi smirks slightly. "Then we'll just have to avoid him...won't we?"

You say, "Ahab's expression falls. 'No, Ma'am! We'll have to hijack another

ship, Ma'am! It's the only way, Ma'am, unless your magic can repair tha

mast!'"

D says, "Hmm.. if we stopped at an island, could we repair the mast, or jury

rig a new one?"

<OOC> D says, "Why am I getting this horrible sinking feeling?"

<OOC> Koi Errs. "None of us have matter do we?" :)

You say, "She cocks an eyebrow at you, Koi. 'Avoid an Archmage? The only way

to avoid Argos's wrath now is to free me. You won't get any such offer from

a Guiltbearer, I fear.'"

<OOC> Oriana says, "That's the way the cookie crumbles..."

Koi smiles at the woman. "Hemlock will show us the way. Do not fear."

You say, "It would be difficult, D. If you can think of a way to repair or

replace the mast, great. Otherwise, you might have to steal a new ship.

Besides, if you tried to row that distance, the crew isn't large enough to

keep ahead of any pursuers who might be following you."

D says, "Well. Is there an island with a port within range?"

<OOC> Koi imagines changing ocean currents would take somewhere around forces

5? :)

You say, "'I think your faith in the Lord of Demons is somewhat misplaced,

Koi. Hemlock cares only for power, not his followers. And he has many

enemies.'"

You say, "Yes, Magrothea is only the largest island of the Magrothean

Archipeligo. There are other smaller ports in the area, perhaps 15 miles

away."

D says, "Well. We'll need to find one of these islands, abandon ship and then

steal one of the ones docked at the port."

You say, "'Yes, Ma'am! At once, Ma'am!' He grabs his whip, and begins

driving his crew into the oar room belowdecks."

D says, "So Captain, please put us on way to one of these ports. Not directly

to it, but a few miles away..."

D looks for the first mate

Koi chuckles at her. "My lord gives power to his followers so that we may do

his bidding...if one of us fails him, then he deserves his punishment."

You say, "'I will not argue theology with a religious zealot. You are no less

blind than D, and for the same reason. There will come a day when both of

you will renounce your alleigence or die. That is my father's way."

You say, "You find the first mate, D."

You say, "He's hiding behind some water barrels."

D says, "Yes, I was wondering if you could help me find a few things, or the

equivalant. And why are you hiding?"

You say, "He stands up, and pretends to have been doing something other than

hiding. He motions for writing impliments."

Koi offers the woman a thin smile. "If it were come to that, then we have

already failed, and death would be a much kinder punishment."

<OOC> You say, "Remember, he has no tongue."

<OOC> Koi cackles.

D cocks her head to the side and contacts him with telepathy "Just think it,

hon."

You say, "He gives a start. 'What were you looking for?'"

D says, "I'm looking for some fava beans, a nice chianti, a pot, a brazier and

a piece of metal suitable for cauterizing large wounds."

You say, "Iphigenia shrugs. 'Never argue with a fool. People might not know

the difference.'"

<OOC> Koi -eyes- D.

You say, "'I do not have beans or chianti, Ma'am. There is a pot and a

brazier, but I can't think of any metal objects we have that could be used to

that purpose.'"

<OOC> You say, "What's up, Oriana? Still with us?"

D says, "No beans of any kind? Or wine?"

D says, "I suppose I can use a dagger for what I need.."

You say, "'Grog, Ma'am, and hard tack. This is a sailing war vessel, not a

floating restaurant.'"

D says, "Those will do fine."

<Login> Oriana has reconnected from dial164.ecol.net on

Sat Jun 23 17:54:09 2001 EST.

<OOC> D says, "Wb Beth"

Koi shrugs back to the woman, letting the conversation drop.

You say, "He provides you with those items. Meanwhile, the captain has gotten

the oars almost synchronized. He doesn't have very good rhythm, but the whip

is keeping something close to time."

Malakai (An IC-Neutral Location)

The room for the Mage: Epic Fantasy games.

Eclipse is sitting on the rocking chair. Oriana (idle) and Hugon (OOC) are

sitting together on the comfortable couch. D (idle) is sprawled out on the

comfortable couch. The lumpy sofa is invitingly empty.

You see Koi here.

Obvious exits include Nexus (out, o).

D thanks the First Mate and heads to Iphigenia's room

You say, "Okay, D has arrived in Iph's room."

D places the objects on the table

D says, "Could I speak to Iphigenia in private please?"

You say, "She eyes them curiously."

Eclipse rolled 3d10: 10, 5, 4; totalling 19.

You say, "'What's wrong? Couldn't find Chianti?'"

D says, "Unfortunately not."

D says, "But this'll do.."

Koi raises an eyebrow at D, looking at the dagger. "I think I'll stay."

D says, "She'll live through it. I just want to ask her a few things, and then

explain why it's best to not try escaping again.."

You say, "She sings softly to herself. It sounds like a romantic ballad."

Koi [to D]: Now is not the time to be injuring our target.

D lights the brazier, putting the pot over it to warm. She also dumps the hard

tack into the water

Eclipse rolled 3d10: 9, 2, 4; totalling 15.

D says, "She won't be injured unless she makes me hurt her."

Eclipse rolled 3d10: 4, 6, 10; totalling 20.

D turns and slaps Iphigenia across the face "Stop that."

You say, "Your hand bounces off her cheek."

D says, "I see."

<OOC> D says, "I guess this means I don't get to eat her hands?"

Koi sighs and stands. "I thought I told you that if you did anything like that

again you'd make the rest of the trip unconcious...."

D says, "Koi, allow me a little chat with her, then you can beat her."

Koi [to D]: Talk all you want.

You say, "'I am merely defending myself. She intended to cut off my hands and

eat them. I can escape anytime I want to. I do not want to escape, yet. I

have patients to tend to.'"

D says, "Only if you made me."

D says, "You see.. I don't want to be so cruel.. I enjoy it, yes, but I don't

want to have to do it. I want this trip to be smooth, but you and our other

slaves manage to bring it on yourselves."

You say, "She gives you a level - almost un-Epagan - look. 'Then stop

threatening me, and say your peace. Your threats are pointless."

<OOC> D says, "Whoohoo! I'"

<OOC> D says, "Whoohoo! I'm starting to piss off an Epagan!"

<OOC> Koi woops!

D takes a seat

<OOC> Koi wonders if Oriana is having connection troubles.

D says, "You don't have any patients here, I might add."

<OOC> Hugon says, "She's not on AIM, FWIW. You all want me to call and see

what's up?"

<OOC> D says, "Could you? That'd be most appreciated"

<Login> Oriana has reconnected from dial168.ecol.net on

Sat Jun 23 18:05:06 2001 EST.

<OOC> Hugon thinks people forget that he does have her number and such. "I'll

BRB with an answer."

You say, "'Have I had any hand in their mutiny? You are expecting me to

resist, so you find false evidence that I am doing so. It is beginning to

bore me, D. You have more important concerns than your royal prisoner, yes?

There is a mast down, and your crew is shrinking, or haven't you noticed?'"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Argh...what'd I miss?"

<OOC> Hugon says, "Well, I was about to call and see what was up..."

<OOC> Hugon slinks back to lurker status.

<OOC> Koi hugs Oriana.

D says, "I have every intention of dispatching them all when we get to the

port and book passage on a new ship. Except Ahab.. he may be useful."

<OOC> Oriana made the mistake of trying to download anime MP3s while

playing...froze my puter very nicely

<OOC> You say, "Only D threatening to eat Iph's hands, and Iph getting annoyed

with it."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Ah, same old, same old."

<OOC> Hugon says, "Just remember what happens when Epagans get angry

(remembers Naph...>"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Did the veggie elf explode in boundless rage?"

!!! A checkpoint has begun. During the next few minutes, you will experience

slow response time (AKA lag). Be patient, grasshopper.

!!! The checkpoint has finished. After a suspenseful 2 seconds, the world is

saved once more.

<OOC> D says, "They didn't have any fava beans or chianti, so I had to make do

with hard tack and grog."

<OOC> Koi would rather we lose ahab and grab the rest of the ship. ;)

<OOC> Oriana says, "Wow...I'll have to read about this in the log...just my

luck to miss that..."

Oriana drinks some of her Mountain Dew. Half of it remains.

You say, "She smiles at you knowingly. 'Why do you keep that madman around?

Does he remind you that there are people even more insane than you?"

D says, "I'm not insane. And fanatics are always useful if you're careful."

You say, "She smiles. 'Yes. They are.'"

D says, "Now Koi, I'd like to speak with her alone for a bit. Since she's

protected herself, I don't think you'll need to play bodyguard."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Does Iph have some sort of spell on herself?"

<OOC> D says, "Yup."

<OOC> You say, "Yes. The same one she used on you and Al the other day."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Oh, guess I wouldn't know about it anyway, since I'm in my

cabin..."

<OOC> Oriana says, "I should shut up. I don't exist. (c;"

Koi frowns, beginning to look slightly annoyed. "As I said...I think I'll

stay. Your not the only one who was charged with bringing her back D."

D says, "Allright then."

<OOC> Koi grins. "Bah! Slaves always speaking up out of place." :)

D says, "I suppose what I want to keep private I can communicate otherwise.."

<OOC> Koi says, "Damnit...and I only have mind 1"

<OOC> Oriana has Mind 3, not like she would use it to help you guys or

anything...

You say, "The ship will take a full day to arrive near port. The crew can't

keep up a ramming speed for very long."

D looks at Iphigenia "I really thought Epagans did their best to heal, and not

hurt others."

<OOC> D says, "Gotcha.."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Or so you think..."

D says, "You remember what I said? That for all the trouble you give us, I'll

murder innocents. Your little escape attempt will cost people their lives. If

you just come peacefully from now on, nobody else will have to get hurt."

You say, "She breaks into a furious song. It sounds like a battle chant. You

can almost hear the sounds of horses and steel against steel."

Private roll of 3d10: 3, 6, 7; totalling 16.

From Eclipse: private roll of 3d10: 3, 6, 7; totalling 16.

<OOC> You say, "What's your WP, D?"

<OOC> D says, "6"

<OOC> Koi says, "oh my"

Eclipse rolled 3d10: 5, 6, 3; totalling 14.

Private roll of 3d10: 9, 6, 7; totalling 22.

From Eclipse: private roll of 3d10: 9, 6, 7; totalling 22.

<OOC> D says, "Do I get to roll wp to resist?"

You say, "You feel suddenly weak and sick, D. (-1 Str)"

<OOC> D says, "Neat, I'm at 0 str now."

<OOC> Oriana cackles maniacally

D slides out of the chair and collapses on the floor "What.. did.. you.. do to

me?"

You say, "Iphigenia stops her song, closes her eyes, and weeps openly. (-1

Purity sucks)"

<OOC> Koi says, "rofl."

<OOC> Hugon says, "Heh...he's as strong as Hugon is handsome..."

<OOC> Hugon says, "She..."

<OOC> D says, "Almost as ugly as Hugon to. 1 app =)"

Koi stands up, fury in his eyes. "I warned you woman..."

You say, "'I...I don't know. I think I've stopped you, but I can't be sure.

I'm sorry.'"

D says, "I can't feel my tail.."

<OOC> Oriana rofl's

<OOC> Koi laughs like mad.

<Login> Enola Galen has connected from m36-mp1-cvx1a.man

.ntl.com on Sat Jun 23 18:18:59 2001 EST.

Enola Galen has arrived.

<OOC> Hugon says, "waves to Enola."

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "(Mind if I lurk?)"

<OOC> Hugon forgets his colon.

<OOC> D says, "Allo allo. Np"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Eeeew! That sounds so WRONG!!!"

<OOC> Hugon says, "Sure. I can fill you in on what happened last night when

you disappeared. *g* It was fun..."

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "Sorry about that. Phone line went dead."

<OOC> Hugon says, "Ahh."

<OOC> You say, "So, what's next?"

Koi stalks over to Iphigenia, grabbing her by the hair and pulling to lift her

to her feet.

<OOC> Koi says, "Assuming she's sitting..."

D is laying on the floor, twitching softly

You say, "You pull her to her feet."

<OOC> Oriana waves at Enola. "Hey hey, sit back and watch the angst."

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. About one-quarter of it remains.

<OOC> You say, "It isn't THAT bad, D."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Why are you telling him this?! (c;"

<OOC> D says, "Your point is?"

Koi gives her a hard shove toward the bed.

<OOC> D says, "Can I even stand up at 0 str?"

<OOC> You say, "Ah, her tanak nature comes to the fore again..."

<OOC> Koi says, "You can. ;)"

<OOC> Koi says, "A 0 str is possible...you just kinda suck at strength

stuff...."

<OOC> Oriana is glad that karma (in the form of the ST, at least) is finally

coming back to bite D in the ass.

<OOC> Hugon says, "It's from leeching all my mojo last night!"

<OOC> You say, "You can stand. You can even carry up to 20lbs!"

<OOC> Oriana says, "WHAAAAT?!"

<OOC> D says, "Lets try for that third corruption point today.."

<OOC> You say, "I warned him..."

<OOC> Oriana says, "I take it D picked up a second last week?"

<OOC> You say, "Oh yes..."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Well, good."

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "I still think D deserves the Phantom of the Opera

noose."

<OOC> Koi laughs.

<OOC> Oriana says, "What's this mojo thing?"

<OOC> Koi says, "Magical Lasso."

D clutches at the chair and shakily pulls herself to her feet, glaring at

Iphigenia

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "Tyson came in last night and started draining our

luck."

<OOC> Koi says, "does she fall onto the bed Eclipse? :)"

D says, "How long is this (gasp) going to last?"

<OOC> Hugon says, "It didn't work though, did it?"

<OOC> D says, "Hey, it knocked Enola off."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Oh, I see. He has that effect on people, I'm told. *G*"

<OOC> D is just an innocent little bad luck charm

You say, "'I don't really know. I've never used my magic like that, before.

It shouldn't have worked at all!'"

D says, "Well, it did, now make it (pant) stop."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Hello? Anybody there?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Oh never mind..."

Koi glares at Iph. "Yes...fix it...now."

You say, "She fails to pull her head free of Koi's grip. She sniffs. 'No.

If the magic worked on you, then it is protecting many other people from you.

It's the only thing that makes any sense. Epagans can only protect and heal

people.'"

D barks a weak laugh "You fool.. anything that can be used to heal, can be

used to harm. If you wanted, you could be as deadly as any Ba'Lak."

<Login> Ayoka has connected from co3020170-a.belrs1.nsw.

optushome.com.au on Sat Jun 23 18:29:17 2001 EST.

D leans against the table "I see Argos' blood breeds true.. You enjoyed it,

didn't you? Working your magic against me.. Congratulations. You've taken the

first step down the path to the dark side.. I think you'll like hurting

people even more than healing them.."

You say, "She shakes her head violently, horror in her eyes. 'No! The magic

doesn't work like that. I can only help people who have no one to protect

them. I chose to use magic, but the magic chose the form it took. I am

nothing like you!'"

<OOC> Oriana says, "When did D become Darth Vader?"

<OOC> You say, "Thank-you Lord Sith."

<OOC> D says, "Vincinni, Darth Vader, it's all good."

D sneers "Of course not, you're to stupid and weak right now. But soon, you'll

be even worse than me."

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "Strike her down and your journey to the dark side

will be complete. Or maybe not. Strike her down anyway to be sure."

<OOC> Oriana says, "LOL!"

<OOC> Hugon thinks that Tyson has an issue with 'Star Wars' type characters...

D looks Iphigenia in the eye "Perhaps I should I begin calling you Sister, as

almost certainly Veriant will allow you to join the Ba'Lak, after a bit of

training."

You say, "She frowns sadly. 'I do not want you to suffer. I can heal you, in

time. But first, you must swear to Hemlock that you will not harm Oriana or

Al'Marth or any of your other slaves.'"

<OOC> You say, "Psst! It's Variel!"

<OOC> D says, "Whatever.."

<OOC> Oriana says, "You keep butchering my nemesis' name more and more every

time, Tyson...it's Variel. (c:"

<OOC> Hugon says, "Boo! Hiss!"

<OOC> Oriana says, "LOL!"

<OOC> Koi hmms. "I somehow think Hemlock would understand you going back on

this promise." ;)

D says, "Why? You want that privilege for youself?"

You say, "She laughs in your face. 'You will be far better company when you

have been healed, D.'"

D says, "By refusing to heal me, aren't you further corrupting yourself from

your ideal?"

D says, "Isn't part of your faith healing everyone? Unconditional love and all

that bullshit."

Koi smirks. "She can't even follow her own ideals."

D says, "Hypocricisy! You'll fit right in Sister."

You say, "'Perhaps, but I am willing to sacrifice my soul to heal and protect

the innocent. I love you, D, but I must stop you. This is the only way I

know!'"

<OOC> You say, "Unconditional Utilitarian Love."

D snickers "Variel will open your eyes and remove the false delusions you

harbor that obscure your true nature."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Ugh, this lag is pissing me off..."

D says, "And Hemlock wouldn't expect me to keep any such vow."

<OOC> You say, "Isn't it great how they both want to 'help' each other?"

You say, "'Then swear by Michael. He will hold you to your oath.'"

D sneers "I follow none but Hemlock. The name of any false power would burn my

tongue and choke in my throat."

Koi twists his grip on her hair. "You -will- heal her...or we -will- hurt the

others..."

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. Almost none of it remains.

<OOC> D says, "As I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Lag, I shall fear

no evil, for by the time I see it, it'll be loooong gone."

<OOC> Koi ahhs and sits back lagless...

<OOC> Hugon thinks we need a lag vending machine. He'd enjoy leg of lag.

<OOC> Oriana says, "The last thing we need is MORE lag in the vicinity of my

puter..."

You say, "'You do not want to do that, Koi,' she says softly. (what's your

WP, Koi?)"

Private roll of 3d10: 8, 2, 5; totalling 15.

From Eclipse: private roll of 3d10: 8, 2, 5; totalling 15.

<OOC> Koi says, "8"

Private roll of 3d10: 10, 8, 5; totalling 23.

From Eclipse: private roll of 3d10: 10, 8, 5; totalling 23.

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. Almost none of it remains.

Hugon finishes up his Barbequed Wench. *burp*

<OOC> Oriana says, "BRB - gonna go make some pasta."

You say, "'In fact, you will take command of this expedition and take me to

Variel without causing further trouble for myself or your servants.'"

<OOC> Koi umms...

You say, "Koi, what she is saying makes perfect sense. This torture is only

making the journey drag on longer than necessary. It is wasting energy and

it is wasting time."

<OOC> Koi says, "Don't I get to resist or something?"

<OOC> You say, "She accumulated her successes. Unless you spend a WP, what

she just said will continue to make perfect sense for the rest of the day."

Oriana eats some of her Manch. About three-quarters of it remains.

<OOC> Oriana says, "Come on, Koi, have a heart. *G*"

<OOC> You say, "Well, Beth. As long as they're harrassing Iphigenia, they

aren't torturing you, right?"

<OOC> Koi says, "Well I'm going to spend it. ;) Who said anything about

letting this lady push me around."

<OOC> D says, "Yet!"

<OOC> Oriana says, "This is true. *G*"

"beth" is not the name of any player.

<OOC> Koi says, "So...err...how do I do this?"

Oriana has received your page: "You could probably manage an ritual Mind

Effect to pacify D somewhat. It's not like they've told you you can't, yet."

Oriana pages, "You know, that's a really good idea...can I start gathering

some successes?"

<OOC> You say, "Spend a point of temporary Willpower, and you shake the

effects of her magic."

<OOC> Koi says, "And this lasts how long?"

Oriana has received your page: "Sure. Her WP is 6."

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 9, 2, 9; totalling 20.

Oriana pages, "How many successes would I need to get it to last the rest of

the voyage?"

<OOC> You say, "It simply deletes the effects on you."

<OOC> Koi says, "Oh..."

<OOC> Koi marks off a point and....

Hugon drinks some of his Mountain Dew. Half of it remains.

Koi lets go of her hair and shifts to deliever a punch to her sternum

Oriana has received your page: "Precisely what are you trying to manage? It

would probably take 8 successes."

<OOC> You say, "Roll damage."

<OOC> Koi says, "She's not dodging?"

Oriana pages, "I'm trying to create an effect which would essentially cause

her to ignore AlMarth and me."

<OOC> You say, "No. Are you inflicting Bashing or Lethal?"

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 9, 2, 5; totalling 16.

<OOC> Koi says, "bashing"

<OOC> Koi says, "do I get all the dice then?"

Oriana has received your page: "Hmmm... Interesting."

<OOC> Koi says, "Or do I need to still a roll to hit?"

<OOC> You say, "Roll an attack, first."

<OOC> Koi says, "eats that extra a"

Koi rolled 7d10: 6, 5, 8, 7, 5, 2, 7; totalling 40.

<OOC> Koi says, "target number?"

<OOC> You say, "6"

<OOC> Koi says, "4, rolling damage"

Private roll of 5d10: 10, 1, 5, 2, 8; totalling 26.

From Eclipse: private roll of 5d10: 10, 1, 5, 2, 8; totalling 26.

Koi rolled 7d10: 6, 2, 4, 1, 3, 6, 8; totalling 30.

<OOC> Koi says, "bleh, 2"

You say, "She doesn't even flinch when you hit her, and it does not appear to

cause any damage."

<OOC> Koi attempts to prime his hands. ;)

Oriana pages, "What's the difficulty for that effect, if it's even possible?"

D says, "Enough of this. We have better things to do."

<OOC> Koi would assume it knocked her back at least? Kenetics?

D says, "Princess, I want you to swear by your Michael and Celest and whatever

other gods you worship that you'll go with us peacefully. If you don't I'll

be forced to hurt others. So please.."

<OOC> Koi says, "stops his attempt to prime since D hollered. ;)"

Oriana has received your page: "Dif WP (-1 w/ special focus). You can make an

extended ritual with the same dif by spending fifteen minutes of game time

per Arete roll. It's bad if you get interrupted. You'll have to make

seperate Effects for Al'Marth and yourself. Watch your timing..."

Oriana pages, "Okay, that's 3 successes in half an hour..."

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 4, 8, 8; totalling 20.

You say, "She looks at you calmly. 'Did I not make the same promise when you

first kidnaped me?'"

Oriana pages, "I mean 4 in half an hour...now 6 in 45 minutes"

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 10, 5, 10; totalling 25.

D says, "I want you to swear to your gods this time, and to swear to stop the

escape attempts."

Oriana has received your page: "Okay, I'll start the clock shortly after you

were confined to quarters."

D says, "This will make the trip more pleasent for us all."

Oriana pages, "Okay, I get the effect for me done in a little less than an

hour, right?"

D says, "I won't have to hurt anybody, and you won't have them on your

concious."

You say, "She smiles. 'I swear not to make any further escape attempts. If

you do not believe in the authority of the gods, and Hemlock allows lies,

than how will swearing by one or all of them bind me more than my own word?'"

Oriana has received your page: "Yes."

Oriana pages, "I'm trying for the same thing on Al'Marth now..."

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 3, 9, 3; totalling 15.

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 2, 3, 9; totalling 14.

D says, "Because I think you're one of the stupid types who'll try to hold to

her word."

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 2, 7, 7; totalling 16.

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 10, 2, 4; totalling 16.

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 10, 1, 3; totalling 14.

D stands up, still a bit shaky, steps over to Iphigenia and kisses her lightly

on the forehead "Good night, Sister. Sleep well, because we'll be busy

tomarrow."

D leaves for her cabin.

You say, "Only a fool trusts others to follow a code of ethics stricter than

hes own."

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 1, 1, 5; totalling 7.

Oriana has received your page: "Did you have Scourge from last week?"

D says, "Fine. We'll keep watch on you then."

Oriana pages, "Crap...can I spend a WP to hold that last one together? And I

had 1 point of Scourge."

Oriana has received your page: "Sure."

Koi smirks. "Something I was already doing..."

D is going to her cabin to sleep this thing off

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 8, 5, 9; totalling 22.

Oriana pages, "Okay, looks like I get the one for Al'Marth in 1 1/2 hours...so

2 1/2 hours total of ritual stuff."

"You're" is not the name of any player.

Oriana has received your page: "You're lucky. D forgot about you..."

You say, "The night passes quietly, with only the occasional sound of a

cracking whip stirring the cool night air."

Oriana pages, "I know..."

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "D & Al'Marth?"

<OOC> D snickers

<OOC> D says, "No, I'll save that for when I get my dot of str back.."

Oriana has received your page: "Gotcha. D cannot perceive you with any of her

senses until the end of the story. This is going to be fun."

You say, "D, you wake up in a cold sweat. You clearly have a fever. (-1 Sta)"

D grits her teeth and tries to bear it out

<OOC> D says, "What happens at 0 stamina?"

<OOC> Koi says, "Nothing. ;)"

<OOC> Koi says, "Well...besides really sucking at stamana stuff."

<OOC> You say, "No soak."

<OOC> D says, "Ick."

Koi spends his night watching Iph closely.

<OOC> Koi says, "Oh...that too."

You say, "Iphigenia makes no attempt to escape."

D pages, "What kind of fever?"

D pages, "Do I hallucinations?"

D pages, "get even"

D has received your page: "A high fever. Not yet..."

Oriana has received your page: "The Scourge is gone. You now have a severe

headache for the rest of the day. (-1 to dice pools)"

You say, "Shortly after noon, the ship reaches a small harbor just north of a

small port town."

<OOC> Koi grins. "Good...next morning?"

<OOC> D says, "Wait, I told him several miles FROM the harbor.."

<OOC> D says, "Not the harbor itself"

!!! A checkpoint has begun. During the next few minutes, you will experience

slow response time (AKA lag). Be patient, grasshopper.

!!! The checkpoint has finished. After a suspenseful 2 seconds, the world is

saved once more.

<OOC> You say, "A natural harbor, i.e. an uninhabited one."

<OOC> D says, "Ic. Didn't read closely enough"

Oriana pages, "How close is the town to the harbor?"

Oriana has received your page: "6 miles."

D rolls out of bed and leaves her room, using her sheathed sword as a crutch

and shaking slightly

D goes looking for Ahab

<OOC> Koi says, "Does a sailor let me know we're comming into harbor? :)"

You say, "He's at the helm, as usual, foaming at the mouth at the sight of

land."

<OOC> You say, "You hear the 'land ho!' at the appropriate time."

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "Could be worse...you could have Captain Bligh."

D says, "Ahab, we'll have to abandon this ship and steal a new one. Please

have the crew transfer the supplies to shore"

D says, "As much as can be carried."

You say, "'Of course, Ma'am!' He makes the appropriate arrangements, using

his whip to emphasize the importance of the orders he is barking."

D says, "How many crew do we have?"

<OOC> You say, "23 crew, 4 marines, Ahab, and the first mate."

<OOC> D nods

You say, "Though 5 of the crew seem to be missing..."

<OOC> Koi says, "Rahab says hi. ;)"

D says, "Aren't there supposed to be five more crew emembers Ahab?"

You say, "He stares at you in complete confusion. 'Maybe they overslept,

Ma'am!' He draws his dagger and races toward the crew quarters. 'I will

punish them for their tardiness, Ma'am!'"

D hobbles after him "Wait!"

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "THat's not Ahab, that's LeChuck!"

<OOC> You say, "Ahab has a peg leg, so he is kind of hobbling, too."

<OOC> D points at Ahab "Mommy, make the bad man go away!"

You say, "You catch him just as he opens the door to the empty cabin."

D says, "Ahab! Never mind that now, it doesn't matter. Just get the crew and

the supplies ashore."

You say, "He starts looking under the hammocks, opening water barrels, looking

for the missing crew members..."

Koi takes a sheet and begins gesturing toward Iph. "Come here."

You say, "He stands up. 'Yes, Ma'am!'"

D says, "I'll be up shortly"

You say, "She shrugs and obeys."

D hobbles towards Iphigenia's cabin "Oriana! AlMarth! Shen! Get your ready,

we're going ashore"

<OOC> D says, "I cannot type today"

You say, "You don't hear any response."

D stops and makes her way to their cabin

Koi fashions a nice gag and motions. "Turn around...now."

You say, "It is empty, D."

<OOC> Koi peers at Oriana.

You say, "She does."

<OOC> Oriana keeps her mouth firmly shut

D pages, "I'm looking around with telepathy for Oriana and the others"

<OOC> You say, "It's like herding cats, isn't it?"

<OOC> D says, "Yup."

<OOC> Hugon says, ""Meow""

D has received your page: "You don't detect anything."

D curses and gimps over to Iphigenia's cabin

Koi ties the gag, rather tigntly over around her mouth.

You say, "Koi has just finished gagging her."

D glares at Iphigenia "Ungag her. What did you do with them?!"

You say, "She looks confused."

Koi lets the gag lose enough for her to talk.

D says, "I know this is your fault somehow."

Oriana has received your page: "This is funny stuff!"

D turns slightly and coughs loudly

Oriana pages, "This is BEAUTIFUL!! (c:"

You say, "'I...I don't know what you're talking about. What's my fault? What

did I do with WHOM?'"

Oriana has received your page: "Mind is my favorite Sphere."

D says, "AlMarth, Shen, and Oriana. They're gone, and I want to know where you

sent them."

D glares at Iphigenia, fur all poofy

Koi blinks.

<OOC> D says, "That include Rahab?"

You say, "'Perhaps a Miracle rescued them, and a Lantern guided them home.

Wherever they have gone, I don't know anything about it.'"

<OOC> You say, "No. Rahab is still there."

D hisses angrily, then turns "It doesn't matter. You're the important one. Gag

the bitch again."

Koi growls. "They're gone?"

D says, "Yeah"

Koi baps Iph across the back of the head. "Where are they?"

D coughs again and hobbles out, collecting Rahab and going up

You say, "She looks at you fiercely. 'I don't know.'"

Oriana pages, "When I hear them going to the top deck, I'm going to motion for

the others to follow me and use my Stealth and Arcane to follow behind them

unseen, at least until I get on land."

Oriana has received your page: "You'll have to run this as a classic illusion.

Koi can see you, but D's mind will try to rationalize whatever he doesn't

see. She IS expecting to hallucinate, soon..."

Hugon drinks some of his Mountain Dew. About one-third of it remains.

<OOC> D says, "Enjoying the spying so far Hugon?"

Oriana pages, "Can I just try to stealth along at the back of the group, then?"

Eclipse rolled 10d10: 6, 1, 1, 10, 7, 3, 5, 9, 10, 5; totalling 57.

<OOC> Hugon says, "It's lovely. I've been keeping busy. You all operate a

bit...different...then we do. *g*"

Koi growls and pulls the gag back up, tighter.

<OOC> Oriana says, "You noticed?"

Oriana has received your page: "You manage it."

Oriana pages, "Cool."

<OOC> Hugon says, "I'm not feeling the love here. @#;+)"

<OOC> Koi cackles.

<OOC> D says, "Shoulda been here the first night, woulda felt da love then"

<OOC> Koi says, "We'll operate more smoothly once we've turned them to the

dark side. ;)"

You say, "It takes most of the rest of the afternoon to unload the ship."

Oriana pages, "How long and difficult would it be for us to walk to the town?"

Koi also binds the womans hands, rather roughly.

Oriana has received your page: "How are you and Al getting to land?"

D pages, "Another point of stamina?"

Oriana pages, "How are the rest of them reaching land?"

You say, "The port town is about 6 miles away."

D has received your page: "No. It is more gradual than that. Maybe after

you've exerted yourself on the walk to town..."

D says, "Ok men, gather the supplies. We'll make our way to town, and hide

just outside it until after midnight. Then we find ourselves a new ship."

D says, "Oh Koi, if you would be so kind, could you sink the ship? Wouldn't

want it giving us away."

Oriana has received your page: "Row boats."

Oriana pages, "Okay, we get in a different boat from D and Koi, once again as

far away from them within the group as possible, and try to stay hidden

within the group of soldiers we're sharing it with."

Eclipse rolled 6d10: 8, 7, 3, 3, 5, 10; totalling 36.

D says, "A nice big fireball or lightning bolt would do the job."

<OOC> Koi laughs.

Oriana has received your page: "Ahab notices you, and motions you

surreptitiously onto his boat, lifting a tarp big enough for you to hide

under."

Koi smiles. "Why don't we just fire one of the catapults at it?"

<OOC> Oriana is still thinking in M:tA terms..."My lord, imagine the paradox!"

D says, "Did we bring the catapults?"

D says, "I don't think we'll be able to take them with us."

<OOC> You say, "Um, no."

Oriana pages, "I smile at him and hide under the tarp. (Hmm, this is an

interesting development...Ahab helping us out...)"

<OOC> Koi says, "Point the gun at the deck."

<OOC> Koi muwahs

Oriana has received your page: "Remember how everyone said they thought Ahab

would be around for a long time? Consensual reality in action..."

<OOC> D says, "That'd be too dangerous."

Koi sighs. "If I set it afire, it will attract attention."

D says, "Just put a hole in the side, let it sink, taking all the rats on

board with ti."

<OOC> Oriana has just about bitten a hole through her tongue trying to keep

quiet about this...*G*

D says, "At waterlevel, of course."

<OOC> Hugon snickers.

<OOC> D says, "Hmm?"

<OOC> D says, "Whats so funny?"

<OOC> Eclipse laughs maniacally. "Now you know how _I_ feel every day!"

<OOC> Oriana says, "You'll find out soon enough."

You say, "You get to shore and march within a mile or two of the town. It

looks to be little bigger than the town on the Island of Hospitalers."

Eclipse rolled 10d10: 7, 10, 8, 7, 4, 1, 9, 7, 9, 10; totalling 72.

<OOC> D says, "Did we sink the ship?"

<OOC> Koi sinks the ship?

<OOC> Koi pokes Eclipse.

Eclipse rolled 6d10: 7, 7, 3, 8, 9, 7; totalling 41.

You say, "Sure, Koi. It's just wood, and it doesn't have to sink quickly..."

Oriana has received your page: "You and Al tail them quite nicely."

<OOC> Koi grins. "Good." :)

You say, "Ahab clearly has trouble walking on dry land. He kind of sways when

he walks, then blushes in embarrassment when he catches himself doing so."

D hobbles as long as best she can

Oriana pages, "How long would it take Al and me to walk to town from the place

where we make camp for the night?"

Koi keeps Iph with him, giving her random unneccessary shoves.

Oriana has received your page: "Less than an hour."

You say, "You make camp for the night."

Oriana has received your page: "Keep in mind that you still can't betray the

Ba'lak."

Oriana pages, "Would asking for passage to the Island of Hospitalers, where we

would then get the Mind effect removed, count as betrayal?"

<OOC> Eclipse ponders. "Hmmm...I wonder what would happen if a Mind mage used

his magic to create a split personality that was disobedient to the Ba'lak..."

D says, "Right, Ahab Koi and I will go in, sometime after midnight, find a

fast ship and kill the crew. Then we sneak in as many crew needed for a short

voyage, and sail back around near here, and load the rest of the crew?"

<OOC> D says, "I'd be forced to kill myself."

Oriana has received your page: "Sorry, red herring time. Yes, that would

break the rules. So would the thing I just mentioned..."

<OOC> Koi laughs.

<OOC> Hugon says, "Mind Mages...just a load of trouble. Shoot them on sight.

@#;+)"

Koi nods to D. "If we need a fast one...preferably unguarded."

<OOC> Koi eats that If.

D says, "I want this done asap. Probably they'll only be lightly guarded, if

that."

D says, "So, rest well gentlemen."

Oriana pages, "How about sneaking in behind D and Koi and sabotaging their

ship-stealing mission? Technically, that's not part of the mission we're

supposed to help, it's a sub-mission..."

D says, "We have a busy night."

<OOC> D says, "what time is it?"

Koi nods.

Oriana has received your page: "That's pushing it. You could force them to

choose the worst ship for the mission, though..."

<OOC> You say, "Just after dark."

D sets some sailors to watch and to wake them at about 1 am

Oriana pages, "Okay. Then the plan is to stealth after them into town when

they leave for the mission."

D curls up somewhere for a nap

"Gotcha." is not the name of any player.

Oriana has received your page: "gotcha"

Koi does to, after tying Iph's legs.

Oriana pages, "I take a nap while I wait for them to leave, hoping to sleep

off some of that headache. Will the negative modifier still be there when I

wake up?"

You say, "Midnight arrives."

Oriana has received your page: "No."

D wakes up and stands, looking over the camp

You say, "D, you see Oriana standing across the firepit from you. She's

making a face at you."

Oriana has received your page: "Trust me. and be quiet."

D says, "I see you're back."

Oriana pages, "Agreed. (c:"

D says, "Where'd you go off to?"

You say, "'Never left, Ma'am!' shouts Captain Ahab's voice."

<OOC> Koi says, "Ahh hell..."

<OOC> Hugon says, "LOL"

D says, "Yes Ahab, fates decided that we deserve to keep you, I see."

<OOC> Oriana lies on the floor twitching uncontrollably with laughter

You say, "You blink, and realize that it is only Captain Ahab."

You say, "'I would have it no other way, Ma'am!'"

D says, "Hmmm... How interesting."

You say, "Someone taps you on the shoulder, but you don't see anyone there."

<Logout> Enola Galen has disconnected on

Sat Jun 23 19:48:45 2001 EST

Enola Galen has lost their link.

D pages, "Ok, I'm probing around for other minds"

D pages, "Oriana and the others in specific"

D has received your page: "You don't detect them."

D raises her voice a bit "Come out little halfling, where I can see you.."

<Login> Enola Galen has connected from m216-mp1-cvx2a.le

e.ntl.com on Sat Jun 23 19:50:12 2001 EST.

Enola Galen has connected.

Koi opens his eyes, looking around.

You say, "But you do detect a powerful and terribly intelligent mind with

tentacled arms."

<OOC> You say, "Oops, that was supposed to be a page."

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "It's the Tentacle Porn Monster from the Werewolf

game!"

<OOC> D says, "My besm character is here?"

<OOC> Hugon says, "Hey now, I thought the Tentacled Porn Monster was exclusive

to my WebRPG Campaign! It's moonlighting!"

<OOC> Oriana says, "There was a Tentacle Porn Monster?? Tell!"

<OOC> You say, "I was thinking more along the lines of Cthulu..."

You say, "It speaks in your mind in a language you don't understand."

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "A running gag we have."

D pages, "I think back "Uh.. Hello?""

Koi looks over at D. "What's the matter?"

<OOC> Hugon says, "...or so they think that's all it is..."

D says, "Ugh.. I think that bitch's curse is starting to make me hallucinate."

You say, "It says, 'What's the matter?' in Koi's voice."

<OOC> Oriana doesn't want to THINK about hentai...some of her college friends

had Hentai Tuesdays during Interim...just KNOWING they were going on scarred

her for life. (c;

<OOC> D says, "Whats wrong with Hentai?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "It's...hentai. *G*"

<OOC> You say, "It was a tough choice between Agg damage and hallucinations,

really it was..."

<OOC> D says, "So? Nothing wrong with Hentai."

D says, "Koi, I didn't know you had tentacles."

<OOC> Koi says, "rofl"

<OOC> Oriana just doesn't find huge tentacled monsters very sexy,

thankyouverymuch.

Koi blinks at D.

You say, "He doesn't, but the image you have in your mind does..."

<OOC> D says, "Having sex with tentacled monsters is a tradition!"

Koi [to D]: I want you to close your eyes...something is effecting you.

You say, "It's like seeing his true form or something..."

D says, "Ok.."

D closes her eyes "I still see the tentacles.."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Just because it's a tradition doesn't mean it still can't

be disturbing! *G*"

D starts laughing

You say, "No, you see your own eyes looking back at you like reflections in

your eyelids."

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "I'm not looking forward to visiting the Anime Zone in

the Umbra...."

D says, "Koi.. I'm staring at me.. Make me stop."

<OOC> Hugon is jotting down these suggestions. "Keep them coming..."

<OOC> Oriana says, "ROFLMAO!!"

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "I had that problem when I first started wearing

reading glasses."

<OOC> D says, "There's nothing disturbing about young girls having sex with

tentacled demons."

<OOC> You say, "Especially if there's a lot of light coming over your

shoulder."

Koi's frown deepens. "Concentrate your mind D...focus."

<OOC> Koi says, "Okay...I'm getting a bit weirded out. ;)"

D leans over and throws up on Koi's shoes

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "Those two setances ran together for a second..."

<OOC> Oriana would be glad to visit the Anime Zone, so long as she ended up in

the Shoujo Region where there would be a lot of tasty bishounen-type

characters wandering around...*G*

<OOC> D says, "Lol"

<OOC> D says, "Sailor Moon! As long as I have a high enough shapeshifting path

to look like Darian.."

D opens her eyes again

You say, "D, would you care to spend a WP to banish the hallucinations for the

rest of the night?"

<OOC> D says, "Hmmm..."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Fushigi Yugi! Tamahome! *slobberdrool*"

<OOC> D says, "The joy of hallucinations.. or getting on with the plot"

You drink some of your Mountain Dew. Half of it remains.

D focuses and banishes them from her mind

You drink some of your Mountain Dew. About one-third of it remains.

Hugon drinks some of his Mountain Dew. Almost none of it remains.

You drink some of your Mountain Dew. Almost none of it remains.

D says, "There.. thats better."

Oriana eats some of her Manch. About two-thirds of it remains.

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "Sorry, Eclipse....there, have your game back."

Hugon finishes up his Mountain Dew. *burp*

Oriana drinks some of her Mountain Dew. About one-third of it remains.

<OOC> You say, "Does a body good..."

Koi [to D]: -Concentrate-

Oriana eats some of her Manch. More than half of it remains.

<OOC> D says, "Ok, spending wp"

<OOC> Enola Galen says, "This could be the only campaign to spawn a

cookbook...."

You say, "Okay, Cthulu/Koi is no longer a tentacled Elder God."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Awww...too bad."

D sighs "Ok, better now." Looks at Koi and blanches "Actually, I think you

looked better with the tentacles."

D says, "Ok, time to go. C'mon Ahab."

You say, "'Seeing things?' Iphigenia asks, suddenly behind you."

Koi raises an eyebrow. "Right....shall we get moving...something is wrong here

and we shouldn't stay."

<OOC> Koi says, "Err...feet untied?"

Oriana pages, "I'm going to stealth after them into town."

You say, "Her gag is gone, and she is no longer tied up."

<OOC> Koi ahh hells again.

D glares at Iphigenia "Not that it's your business, but yes. Probably that

halfling whore playing with me."

You say, "She smiles sweetly. 'I never promised to do everything you wanted.

THAT would be poetic justice, wouldn't it?'"

D just growls and turns from her "I suppose we should bring you along to keep

an eye on you."

<OOC> You say, "Get the lassos. It's time to herd the cats, again..."

<OOC> Hugon meows.

You say, "'Are you afraid that my word is no better than yours, D?'"

D says, "I'd rather not leave you here, only to come back to find the crew

dead."

You say, "She smiles VERY un-Epaganly. 'It would be your own fault, D. Isn't

that what you always say?'"

<OOC> Koi blinks.

Koi's eyes narrow.

D ignores her

Eclipse rolled 6d10: 7, 4, 8, 5, 8, 7; totalling 39.

D says, "What do you say Koi, bring her along? Or leave her here. We can't gag

it her it seems.."

Koi walks over to look at her for a moment, then shoots a hand out for a punch

to the face.

<OOC> Koi giggles.

!!! A checkpoint has begun. During the next few minutes, you will experience

slow response time (AKA lag). Be patient, grasshopper.

<OOC> D says, "I thought I was the violent one?"

!!! The checkpoint has finished. After a suspenseful 2 seconds, the world is

saved once more.

You say, "Ahab starts singing a sea chanty."

<OOC> D says, "So, we're playing bad cop/worse cop now?"

<OOC> Koi says, "Now wait..."

<OOC> You say, "roll a hit, koi"

<OOC> Koi says, "Init ehh? If Ahab is going to beat me to the punch. ;)"

Koi rolled 7d10: 7, 5, 7, 6, 6, 1, 5; totalling 37.

<OOC> Koi says, "4"

<OOC> You say, "bashing or lethal"

<OOC> Koi says, "it's to the head"

<OOC> D says, "Go for lethal!"

<OOC> Koi says, "even bashing is leathal to the head ;)"

<OOC> Koi says, "Err...I think"

<OOC> Koi says, "At least that's the only way bashing weapons can deal lethal."

Oriana pages, "While Ahab is singing, I'm going to take the opportunity to use

that noise to cover my own singing for a Mind effect. When we get to the

harbor, I want to reverse their perceptions of the ships so the well-kept

ones look bad, and vice versa. Difficulty/number of successes needed?"

<OOC> Koi says, "Maybe you still get a choice, doesn't matter, we're going

lethal"

<OOC> Koi rambles

Oriana has received your page: "You'll have to affect both of them. Dif 5 for

D. Dif 7 for Koi. Three successes each, and will last for that scene only.

Four to make it last an entire day."

<OOC> You say, "Then roll"

Oriana pages, "That scene meaning, while they're in the harbor?"

Oriana has received your page: "Yes."

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 6, 6, 5; totalling 17.

Koi rolled 7d10: 7, 6, 4, 5, 6, 5, 4; totalling 37.

<OOC> Koi says, "three"

Oriana pages, "Okay, I've got D. I'm spending 1 Quintessence on Koi's."

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 6, 5, 7; totalling 18.

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 7, 8, 9; totalling 24.

You say, "You break her nose. She is bleeding freely as she falls backward to

the earth."

Oriana pages, "Got 'em both for that scene."

D laughs at her

Oriana has received your page: "Cool."

Oriana pages, "Does Koi's last all day, then? I got 5 successes for him..."

Koi looks at D. "Tie her..." Then he turns and starts to walk toward Ahab.

You say, "Ahab starts his sea chanty over when it ends. The dry land clearly

makes him nervous."

D pulls out some rope and ties Iphigenia upside down from a tree branch

D gags her with one of Ahab's dirty socks.

Oriana has received your page: "Sure."

Koi looks at Ahab closely. "Stop singing."

Oriana pages, "After they move away from Iph, can I try to untie her behind

their backs?"

<Login> Enola Galen has reconnected from

m10-mp1-cvx1a.man.ntl.com on Sat Jun 23 20:14:45 2001 EST.

You say, "'Can't stop. Land serpents will eat me, sir!' he sings."

<OOC> Oriana says, "ROFL!"

D says, "Could you just hum instead?"

Koi draws a dagger and holds it out hilt first toward Ahab. "Then kill

yourself. You are starting to annoy me."

<OOC> D says, "Go Koi! Release the evil!"

Oriana has received your page: "She can escape if she wants to. Life 3 -

laying hands as specialty focus"

You say, "Ahab cocks his head slightly and stops. 'Sorry, sir! It won't

happen again, sir!'"

D pages, "I'm probing Ahab"

Koi's eyes flare and he holds the dagger closer. "Kill yourself....-now-."

You say, "'In a heartbeat, sir!' He draws his dagger and puts it to his

chest..."

Oriana pages, "Oh okay, never mind then"

Koi [to Ahab]: -Now!-

D has received your page: "You detect only a mad devotion to Hemlock."

D says, "Koi.."

D says, "Ahab, hold for a moment."

Koi turns to D. "Let me deal with this D."

You say, "Ahab jumps in surprise at Koi's tone, and stabs himself through the

chest. He misses his heart, though."

<OOC> Koi says, "rofl"

You say, "Ahab is bleeding profusely. He needs healing NOW."

D says, "I'm only picking up devotion to Hemlock from his mind.."

D unties Iphigenia

D says, "Heal him."

You say, "Iphigenia sings and lays hands on Ahab."

Private roll of 3d10: 5, 10, 5; totalling 20.

From Eclipse: private roll of 3d10: 5, 10, 5; totalling 20.

Private roll of 3d10: 8, 9, 2; totalling 19.

From Eclipse: private roll of 3d10: 8, 9, 2; totalling 19.

You say, "She eventually heals him completely."

D says, "What was that all about?"

<OOC> Koi says, "Is ahab still singing?"

<OOC> You say, "No. He stopped before you told him to kill himself."

<OOC> Koi says, "Can I get surface thoughts with mind 1?"

You say, "Ahab points at Koi. 'Sorry, Ma'am! He ordered me to do it, Ma'am!

I'm sorry I failed to kill myself effectively, Ma'am!' He draws his own

dagger and puts it to the hole in his shirt. 'Only say the word, Ma'am!'"

<OOC> Koi says, "Err...I think it's emotions rather."

<OOC> You say, "You can only sense emotions with Mind 1, Koi."

D is watch Iphi tend Ahab, kneeling beside them both, she has a comforting

hand on ahab "Shh, Koi was just testing you Ahab, and you passed wonderfully.

Don't kill yourself."

<OOC> D says, "What race is Ahab?"

Oriana has received your page: "Somehow, I got the bitch cat to fall in love

with the insane captain..."

<OOC> You say, "Wint, of course."

Oriana pages, "Now, that's just disturbing. (c:"

D looks at Iphigenia "Is he all healed?"

You say, "She nods."

Koi watches closely, eyes still suspicious.

<OOC> Koi imagines he picked up a few corruption points for that one. ;)

D says, "Good. Now to tie you back up."

D stands up

<OOC> Oriana is distracted due to the Celebrity Jeopardy sketch being shown on

the SNL rerun...

<OOC> You say, "Yes. If you roll a 1 on the first die of your Arete check,

you automatically take 1 point of Scourge Backlash..."

<OOC> Koi says, "rofl"

<OOC> Koi says, "I'm watching that too!!"

<OOC> Oriana says, "What a coincidence! (c:"

<OOC> Koi giggles at Sean Connery. ;)

<OOC> You say, "Shall we continue?"

D reties Iphigenia upside down from a tree branch and regags her with Ahab's

dirty sock

D *pings Koi* What was that all about?

D says, "Come along Koi, Ahab."

D starts to the village

Oriana pages, "I stealth after them..."

You say, "Ahab continues his...meandering gait. You cover the distance in

under an hour."

Oriana has received your page: "Okay."

Koi thinks back. ( Something's not right...iphigenia isn't acting right...and

Ahab hesitated. )

D halts outside of town and watches it

<OOC> You say, "Of course, D is acting strangely, too. Maybe YOU'RE the one

going crazy, Koi!"

<OOC> D says, "Any wall/gate/guard towers?"

D *Pings Koi* I see what you mean...

You say, "All is quiet. There is no wall, and the guard tower on the docks

appears abandoned. There are three ships in the harbor."

<OOC> Koi says, "That's the problem!"

D watches Ahab closely

<OOC> Koi is going nuts ;)

D says, "Ahab, which one is the fastest?"

<OOC> D says, "Hmm.. can you hit more than 1 person with a page?"

<OOC> D says, "So I can cut the dm in for telepathic conversation but leave

the others out?"

Koi thinks at D. ( Would Iphigenia stab herself to keep us from discovering

her? )

You say, "He studies the ships carefully and then points at one guarded by

forty armed men. 'That one!' he announces loudly."

D says, "Ahab. Kneel. Eyes to the ground."

You say, "'Yes Ma'am!' he cries, foaming at the mouth as he hastens to obey."

D *pings back* Well. That tears it.

D pulls out her scimitar and removes Ahab's head

D says, "The first mate strikes me as being much more stable."

Oriana pages, "Can I teleport the scimitar somewhere far, far away?"

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The room for the Mage: Epic Fantasy games.

Eclipse (offline) is sitting on the rocking chair. Oriana and Hugon (OOC) are

sitting together on the comfortable couch. D is sprawled out on the

comfortable couch. The lumpy sofa is invitingly empty.

You see Koi and Enola Galen (offline) here.

Obvious exits include Nexus (out, o).

Eclipse has connected.

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<OOC> Oriana says, "He has returned!"

<OOC> Hugon says, "WB"

<OOC> Koi cheers!

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. About three-quarters of it remains.

<OOC> You say, "What the hell happened?"

You're already sitting on it.

<OOC> Hugon says, "You got kicked?"

<OOC> D says, "Wb"

<OOC> D says, "Ja"

<OOC> Oriana says, "We were just about to ask YOU the same thing!"

<OOC> Eclipse nods.

Hugon drinks some of his Mountain Dew. About two-thirds of it remains.

<OOC> D says, "Btw, did you get my actions?"

Oriana eats some of her Manch. Half of it remains.

<OOC> You say, "You decided to lop off Ahab's head, right?"

<OOC> D says, "Pretty much, because his either Iphigenia or Oriana in

disguise."

<OOC> D says, "We want the real Ahab back"

"orina" is not the name of any player.

Oriana has received your page: "You'd need Matter, too."

<OOC> Koi we're probably nuts. ;)

<OOC> You say, "How do you figure?"

<OOC> D says, "Koi told me so."

Oriana pages, "Damn...bye-bye Ahab, I guess."

<OOC> Koi laughs like mad.

<OOC> Eclipse honestly has no idea how they came to this conclusion.

<OOC> Hugon continues eating his wench, drinking his dew, and looking

innocent.

<OOC> Oriana is kind of bemused by it too.

<OOC> D says, "Umm.. if his the real Ahab, could we ignore the entire head

chopping off incident?"

<OOC> Koi's logic get's a bit twisted at times.

<OOC> You say, "Roll attack and damage, D. There's always a chance, I

suppose..."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Hop in the way-back machine, you mean?"

<OOC> D says, "Yeah, pretty much."

<OOC> Hugon says, "Retcon anyone?"

<OOC> D says, "But I don't wanna kill him now."

<OOC> You say, "That was one HELL of a final transmission to receive!"

<OOC> Koi says, "We don't -really- want to kill Ahab...but damn it...your

messing with our heads. ;)"

<OOC> Koi laughs.

D realizes Koi is an idiot and pulls the strike

<OOC> Koi smacks D.

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. About three-quarters of it remains.

<OOC> Oriana looks very innocent indeed.

<OOC> You say, "Alrighty, then. If we have our heads on straight, again..."

<OOC> D says, "Hey, it's your fault. You're the one who told me he was an

imposter"

D says, "Ok Ahab, stand. What about the other two ships? Are they any good?"

The resolution of Enola Galen fades. With a hiss of static their disconnected

body implodes into a single point of light, then blinks out of existence.

<OOC> Koi didn't tell you to -kill- him. ;)

Oriana eats some of her Manch. Half of it remains.

You say, "He scrambles to his feet, seemingly disappointed that you did not

choose to send him to Hemlock."

D *pings Koi* Maybe we should kill him, just to be sure. But I like him.

You say, "'One is a fishing trawler, but the other will do, Sir and Ma'am!'"

D checks out the flag and uniforms of the guards on the first ship

Oriana pages, "Is he telling the truth?"

Oriana has received your page: "That was too damn close! I thought they were

onto me!"

Koi pages, "Iph isn't acting like herself exactally, Orianan is missing, Ahab

sang when I swung at Iph, something -Iph- would do. And he didn't kill

himself...."

Oriana pages, "Ahab I mean?"

Koi pages, "Oh yeah...and lots of things are messing without heads. ;)"

D says, "I really don't like this, not at all."

D says, "I get the feeling we're walking into a trap."

Oriana has received your page: "In a manner of speaking, yes, but he doesn't

say which is which..."

Koi thinks at D. ( Don't kill him...that might be a serious mistake. )

Oriana pages, "Oh, I see...hrm..."

Koi has received your page: "When was the last time Ahab was off his ship?"

D says, "Maybe we could just buy passage tomarrow?"

D says, "Pose as innocent travelers whos ship sank?"

Oriana pages, "Crap! )c:"

D *pings Koi* We could kill most of the crew, as we wouldn't need them

anymore.

Koi pages, "Not a clue, but I'm trying to cover all my bases here...and dang

it...mind tricks play with -my- head. ;)"

Oriana has received your page: "I tried. At least my plot element NPC is

still alive..."

Oriana pages, "np"

Koi has received your page: "That's the point..."

Koi thinks at D. ( We might have to...though the fewer we kill, the less

notice we'll make. )

(remotely) Koi grins. "So you see...I'm refusing to claim responsibility...and

besides. I -didn't- think that we should -kill- Ahab." ;)

<OOC> You say, "Of course, tomorrow D will be hallucinating again..."

D *We'll be long gone before the corpses are discovered. Take them a few miles

back, tell them to go to rest up, behead them in their sleep*

<OOC> D says, "Neato"

D *We should have killed the halfling and the Tanak too once they started

rebelling.*

<OOC> Oriana says, "But aren't you guys under the same Mind effect?"

<OOC> D says, "Not exactly"

You say, "So, D and Koi are returning to the ship?"

<OOC> D says, "Ours is actually closer to brainwashing."

<OOC> D says, "We're discussing it."

<OOC> D says, "And you don't count, anyways"

<OOC> You say, "You are, but you actually believe in all of it?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Still, the no-killing-fellow-Ba'Lak would still apply..."

<OOC> D says, "You're not Ba'Lak, you're slaves."

<OOC> You say, "No question mark there. Sorry."

Koi thinks at D. ( More killing means a better chance of discovery while we do

it...pick the one that seems to have fewer people. )

<OOC> Eclipse raises his hand. "Actually..."

D *It'd be easier just to book passagge tomarrow, killing only our crew.*

<OOC> D says, "They didn't go through the training, and they're own actions

mark them as unwilling servants."

Oriana pages, "Will Koi's Mind effect still apply tomorrow?"

Oriana has received your page: "Until after dark, it will."

Koi thinks at D. ( What ship would wish to take us where we are going? And I

doubt we have enough money. )

<OOC> D says, "Besides, we're in charge, which means if they were Ba'Lak,

they'd be of lower rank, which means we can kill them at will."

D says, "Ahab, how much money did our masters give you to fund the voyage?"

You say, "'Most of what they gave us was supplies, Ma'am! We were given only

a little money, Ma'am!'"

D says, "I see. Well. I suppose we'll have to steal one of them"

<OOC> D says, "What flag does the heavily armed one fly? and what uniforms do

the guards have?"

<OOC> You say, "Roll me a Per + Cultures, dif 5"

<OOC> You say, "test"

D rolled 3d10: 9, 5, 4; totalling 18.

<OOC> You say, "Arcadia, Argos's homeland."

Oriana has received your page: "Only show them what you WANT them to see..."

D says, "Thats an arcadian ship, one of Argos' fleet. We can't steal one,

they'd probably come for us, as they've likely been alerted to the princess'

abduction."

D says, "We'll just have to sink their ship on the way out."

Koi nods. "Probably."

<OOC> D says, "How heavily guarded is the second best?"

You say, "You can see a single man sleeping on the deck. It might not be big

enough for the entire crew, though, as it is smaller than the Storm Crow

was."

<OOC> Koi says, "Does it look faster?"

D nods "How many men do we need to get that one over to the harbor we arrived

at?"

D says, "Not fully man it, not just yet."

I don't understand that.

You say, "Five competent men could probably manage it."

You say, "It looks like a racing yaght of some kind."

<OOC> Eclipse frowns at spelling...

D says, "Good. I'll go kill the watch, while you and Koi go back and get 5

men. Have the rest take the supplies back to the harbor, we'll pick them up

there."

D says, "It might be best to bring Iphi back with you Koi."

<OOC> You say, "Yacht..."

Koi nods. "I'll bring the men...just don't get caught."

D says, "I won't."

Oriana pages, "When Koi leaves, I'm going to renew the Mind effect on D...how

many successes to make it last until the ship leaves the harbor?"

D concentrates for a moment, then begins to walk down to town

D pages, "turning on psy invis 3"

Koi stands briskly and motions to Ahab. "Let's get moving."

(to Oriana) Eclipse muses... "That's right. he can't hear you. Make another

5 successes, dif 5.

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 5, 6, 1; totalling 12.

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 10, 4, 3; totalling 17.

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 4, 2, 2; totalling 8.

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 1, 3, 7; totalling 11.

Oriana has received your page: "But first, give me a Per + Alertness, dif 6"

D has received your page: "Okay."

From Oriana: private roll of 4d10: 3, 1, 9, 2; totalling 15.

You say, "Koi, you and Ahab return to camp."

Oriana pages, "None on the Perception check...total of 2 so far on the Mind

thing."

Private roll of 10d10: 4, 5, 9, 5, 7, 2, 1, 8, 6, 6; totalling 53.

From Eclipse: private roll of 10d10: 4, 5, 9, 5, 7, 2, 1, 8, 6, 6; totalling

53.

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 1, 2, 10; totalling 13.

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 10, 6, 7; totalling 23.

Oriana pages, "Okay, there we go...took me 6 rounds I guess..."

Koi grabs 4 of the more competent looking men, and has them get Iph down out

of the tree.

Oriana has received your page: "In the middle of your spell, D vanishes."

You say, "D, you sneak up to the ship?"

Oriana pages, "Does the spell still go off? Anyway, I use Correspondence to

search around for her."

D pages, "Yup yup. Also probe to see if anyone else is on the ship"

Oriana has received your page: "Okay. But you'll have to begin again."

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 9, 8, 9; totalling 26.

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 6, 6, 10; totalling 22.

You say, "D, no one. Just one man."

Oriana pages, "Okay, that time it only took 2 rounds...MUCH better. (c:"

Oriana has received your page: "Nice rolls."

!!! A checkpoint has begun. During the next few minutes, you will experience

slow response time (AKA lag). Be patient, grasshopper.

Oriana pages, "Why thank you. (c:"

!!! The checkpoint has finished. After a suspenseful 2 seconds, the world is

saved once more.

D pages, "It within easy viewing of the guarded ship? Or anyone for that

matter? Or do I have a bit of privacy?"

You say, "It is some distance from the armed ship. You would have to have

very bad luck for them to notice you."

D pages, "Ok then, I strip off my clothes, pull out a dagger, and begin the

sacarament, quietly. Don't suppose the magic would be enough to hold him

still?"

Koi has one of the more burrly men sling Iph over his shoulder and starts to

lead the troup back, leaving orders with the rest of them to stay alert.

Oriana has received your page: "Actually, there are no guards on the nice

ship, and it is flying Magrothean colors. D is about to assault Santiago's

fishing boat."

<OOC> Koi says, "Or..wait..was I supposed to send them back to the harbor? ;)"

<OOC> D says, "Yes."

<OOC> D says, "With the supplies"

You say, "D, roll a Stealth + Dex check, dif 6"

D rolled 10d10: 1, 8, 5, 8, 9, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4; totalling 48.

<OOC> D says, "1!"

Koi orders them to stay alert and head back to the harbor with the supplies

then. ;)

Eclipse rolled 2d10: 8, 2; totalling 10.

<OOC> Hugon continues leeching away D's good mojo.

<OOC> D bites down hard on Hugon's jugglar and begins sucking it back

You say, "He wakes up with a cry of terror. He's an old man."

<OOC> You say, "I warned you not to try to suck my mojo yesterday, D! You

didn't listen!"

D pages, "Crap. Um.. don't suppose I could use tp 3 to convince him it was

just a dream?"

<OOC> Oriana hopes never to hear the phrase "suck my mojo" again...*G*

<OOC> Hugon says, "You never try to suck a ST's mojo. Now that you've got

mine, it'll haunt you tomorrow too. @#;+)"

You say, "He is WIDE awake now. You'll have to act quickly if you want to

keep him quietly."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Oh YUCK...there is something very wrong about this

conversation..."

<OOC> Hugon says, "*slurp slurp*"

D pages, "I plunge the dagger into his heart"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Maybe we need a mojo vending machine in the Nexus?"

<OOC> You say, "Which reminds me, D. I still haven't forgotten the Closet

Incident or the results of that roll..."

You say, "D, roll me an attack, dif 6"

<OOC> D says, "Uh.. uh oh?"

<OOC> Oriana thinks Eclipse REALLY knows how to induce fear in his players...

<OOC> You say, "Just wanted to let you know that. You said I'd forget it..."

D pages, "Dagger lowers diff by 1, 3 mana, diff 2"

D rolled 10d10: 6, 3, 2, 9, 7, 6, 1, 6, 10, 3; totalling 53.

<OOC> Oriana says, "The page about the butt ugly kittens is my favorite quote

on the quote page..."

Eclipse rolled 1d10: 2; totalling 2.

<OOC> You say, "roll damage"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Yeah, but he didn't have a fellow PC doing it to him to

prove a point..."

<OOC> Koi says, "...ouch..."

D pages, "diff 5.. 2 mana, diff 3"

D rolled 11d10: 4, 10, 9, 6, 5, 5, 6, 10, 7, 8, 6; totalling 76.

<OOC> Oriana says, "OUCH..."

<OOC> D says, "11 lethal."

<OOC> Koi blinks. "Is four the target for damage?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "That last ooc thing was supposed to be a page...please

disregard it...thanks."

<OOC> D says, "Mmm.. flow of ki.."

<OOC> Koi bahs.

<OOC> Koi giggles at Oriana.

You say, "You plunge the dagger so far into his eye that you lose it in the

skull, which scrapes against your hand."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Well, now that I've got that out of my system, I won't let

anything really important slip. :P"

<OOC> You say, "So much for Santiago..."

<OOC> Koi cackles.

<OOC> Oriana says, "He had a name? Did you just kill a plot hook, Tyson?"

D pages, "Before life fully fades, I perform the rest of the Sacramant and

slice his heart from his chest. Holding in the air I pray "Hemlock, Father of

Demons, Lord of the utter darkness, true ruler of this world, I, your humble

slave, offer this sacrifice to you. I beg you my lord, return my strength to

me, and give me the power and wisdom I recquire to fullfill your will upon

this earth." Quickly eats the heart"

<OOC> D says, "Whoops."

<OOC> You say, "He killed a POTENTIAL plot hook. All NPCs are potential plot

hooks, though."

Oriana pages, "While D is doing all this, I hide in the shadows until the

others come back and I can follow them onto the ship."

<OOC> D says, "Killed 'im, and ate his heart. W/o fava beans, or chianti,

mores the pity."

<OOC> Oriana felt like she was in her Changeling group there for a minute...

Oriana has received your page: "You can walk right past D, if you like. She

can't see you, and you can hide under the fishing nets, if you like..."

<OOC> D says, "Test"

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. About two-thirds of it remains.

You say, "Koi, you return with the 5 crewmembers. Their eyes go wide at the

sight on the deck, but they say nothing..."

D pulls her dagger out of the old man's eye, and puts her clothes back on over

bloodstained fur

Koi looks on impassivly, then looks at Ahab. "Get this ship ready to go."

<OOC> You say, "Take her out of harbor, Mr. Sulu?"

<OOC> Koi grins

<OOC> D says, "Btw, any effect from the ritual?"

<OOC> Koi says, "Full impulse."

You say, "D, you regain a point of WP"

<OOC> D says, "Whoo hoo."

You say, "Ahab pulls the whip out of his pants and begins to beat the crew

into action. None of them seem to be able to move out of range of the

lashes."

<OOC> D says, "Hemlock's a cheap bastard. Whats the point of a demonic patron,

if cutting out and eating the hearts of innocents doesn't put you in his good

book?"

You say, "There is no sign of pursuit, and the lights of the harbor fade from

your view."

D leans on the rail, licking her daggers clean of blood

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D says, "I'll take the princess below, shall I?"

You say, "The skeleton crew proves remarkably efficient, manning the large

vessel as though it were a mere fishing boat."

Koi looks over at D and frowns. "Perhapes I should...you should probably

rest."

<OOC> You say, "Sure, D."

D says, "I feel a bit better actually"

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Oriana has lost her link.

You say, "Ahab is singing a happy sea chanty as he mans the helm of his brand

new ship."

D says, "Like the new ship Ahab?"

Koi nods quietly. "Very well then...don't harm her though please..."

<Login> Oriana has connected from dial170.ecol.net on

Sat Jun 23 21:26:31 2001 EST.

Oriana has connected.

You say, "He nods emphatically, tears in his eyes."

<OOC> Hugon says, "WB"

<OOC> Koi glues Oriana to the moo.

<OOC> Oriana says, "Argh...what'd I miss this time?"

D says, "Don't worry. I'm still glowing over the old man."

D leads Iphigenia below, looking for a cabin to stow her.

<OOC> Oriana's puter REALLY doesn

Oriana says, "...doesn't like it when I try to check my email."

<OOC> You say, "What was the last thing you saw?"

Oriana pages, "It was my page to you about hiding in the shadows waiting for

the others to come back."

Oriana has received your page: "Here's everything you might have missed: You

say, "The skeleton crew proves remarkably efficient, manning the large"

I don't understand that.

I don't understand that.

Eclipse <- OOC> You say, "Sure, D."

I don't understand that.

Try this instead: D

Eclipse <- Logout> Oriana has disconnected on Sat Jun

Eclipse <- Login> Oriana has connected from dial170.ecol.net on

Eclipse <- OOC> Hugon says, "WB"

Eclipse <- OOC> Koi glues Oriana to the moo.

Eclipse <- OOC> Oriana says, "Argh...what'd I miss this time?"

Eclipse <- OOC> Oriana's puter REALLY doesn

Eclipse <- OOC> You say, "What was the last thing you saw?"

Oriana has received your page: "Nevermind. I just spammed myself..."

You say, "Anyway. Koi, what are you doing while you're sailing?"

You say, "D, the cabins are more cramped than the ones on the Storm Crow

were."

Oriana pages, "Okay, in that case, I sneak aboard the ship and hide in an area

where I would still be able to observe most of the goings-on..."

D finds a spartan one to stash Iphigenia in

<OOC> D says, "The corpse still on the deck?"

Koi stays up on deck, watching the seas for danger. ;)

Oriana has received your page: "You could hide under the fishing nets."

<OOC> You say, "Yes."

Oriana pages, "Okay, that's what I do, then."

<OOC> D says, "Did I manage to send his soul to Hemlock?"

You say, "Koi, there does not appear to be any danger. The ocean seems larger

than it did when you were on the Storm Crow."

<OOC> You say, "I'm not going to answer that question. It would defeat the

purpose of faith, wouldn't it."

<OOC> Koi tries to figure out what that means...

<OOC> D says, "I suppose."

You say, "You arrive in the natural harbor"

You say, "Within minutes, the ship is fully manned and supplied."

<OOC> Koi says, "woo!"

<OOC> Koi says, "Let's get the hell out of here. ;)"

You say, "Ahab spins the wheel happily, grinning at all his crew around him.

Away you go, into the darkness."

<OOC> D says, "How poetically fitting."

<OOC> Koi grins.

Oriana has received your page: "This is going to be fun..."

D *ping Koi* Perhaps you should search the ship, see if theres anything

interesting aboard. I'll watch Iphi

<OOC> Oriana is having Joseph Conrad flashbacks. "The horror...the horror..."

Oriana pages, "I agree...that is, if Koi doesn't find me first..."

Koi nods toward D and turns to head below decks.

Koi searches the ship.

D is watching Iphi and feeling miserable

<OOC> D says, "We did bring Rahab, didn't we?"

<OOC> Koi nodsnods. ;)

Oriana has received your page: "Roll me a Stealth + Arcane + Dex, dif 5"

<OOC> Koi says, "We covered her eyes around the body though. ;)"

From Oriana: private roll of 10d10: 2, 9, 3, 1, 8, 4, 2, 7, 1, 3; totalling

40.

<OOC> You say, "Koi, give me a Per + Alertness check, dif 7"

Koi rolled 5d10: 6, 3, 3, 9, 6; totalling 27.

<OOC> Koi says, "woo! One!"

Oriana pages, "Ouch, only 1 success with all those dice...can I spend a WP,

make it 2?"

Oriana pages, "Oh maybe I don't need to..."

D says, "I'm a bit hungry. *pings Ahab* Could you have a sailor bring me the

right arm of that old man?"

Oriana has received your page: "You have to announce it in advance..."

Oriana pages, "Oh never mind then."

<OOC> Koi eews..

<OOC> Oriana says, "It HAS become my Changeling group!"

You say, "Koi, you find Santiago's underwear drawer. Congratulations."

<OOC> D says, "Hey, this a yacht, do they have Fava Beans and Chianti?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "LOL!!"

<OOC> D says, "Go Koi!"

<OOC> Koi laughs.

You say, "<default GM response>"

<OOC> Koi tries on a pair.

<OOC> Koi says, "Err...I mean...wait."

<OOC> Oriana rofl's.

<OOC> D says, "Are they frilly and pink?"

<OOC> Eclipse grins. "Is that IC?"

<OOC> Koi nahs. "Koi doesn't wear underware." :)

<OOC> You say, "No. They're battered and brown..."

<OOC> D says, "Huh. All the evil pc's don't wear underwear then. Is it a union

thing?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Eeeeeeew."

D waits for dinner to show up

<OOC> Koi giggles.

You say, "It arrives almost immediately, D, almost as though it were only ten

feet from your cabin and the crewmember were practically on top of it."

Oriana has received your page: "As long as they don't take my similes

seriously, you're fine."

<OOC> D says, "Good service."

<OOC> Oriana says, "When did D become a cannibal? Is this just to give her

that little extra bit of ookiness?"

You say, "There's not a lot of meat on the bone, however."

<OOC> You say, "Does she NEED anymore ookiness?"

D dismiss the sailor and settles down. She watches Iphigenia over the arm as

she takes a large bite

You say, "Iphigenia get sick on you."

<OOC> D says, "She's a merry little sociopath."

<OOC> Koi chuckles.

D turns green (neat trick for a catwoman) and worfs on Iphigenia

You say, "The little cabin is now covered in vomit. Everyone on deck, you can

smell it."

D *Pings Ahab* Could you send down a sailor with a mop and a bucket?

D takes another bite out of her arm

<OOC> D says, "Besides, his not a Tanak, so it's not cannabalism"

<OOC> Koi tries to stay in his chair.

You say, "Ahab does so. You now have vomit in your mouth, now, too."

D spits it out and cleans the arm off on something

<OOC> You say, "Umm...actually it is. Same species, different race - get it?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "All right, now, this campaign is getting a little bit

absurdist."

<OOC> Koi is just waiting for Eclipse to drop the hammer...

<OOC> You say, "How about on Santiago's underwear?"

<OOC> D says, "Hey, I was good today. I didn't ask to go to the Fellatio barn,

even once."

<OOC> You say, "Already been dropped..."

<OOC> Oriana says, "What? Drop the hammer on Santiago's underwear?"

<OOC> Hugon just watches the cabal and nods. "Quite different..."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Huh? Fellatio barn?"

<OOC> You say, "On the entire party, though it's not MY fault, this time..."

<OOC> D says, "It's from SpaceMoose"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Ah, okay..."

<OOC> D says, "Nice webcomic."

<OOC> D says, "If you like crude humor. "Tonight, I dine on Moose feces!""

<OOC> Oriana says, "I think I'll pass on that comic, thanks...*G*"

<OOC> Koi chuckles.

<OOC> D says, "So, does that sailor get the room cleaned yet?"

You say, "You don't remember the archipeligo being this big, but the trip past

the harbor takes twice as long as it did the first time. Maybe it's because

Ahab is feeling generous and is actually avoiding hitting the other ships..."

<OOC> You say, "Yes."

D munches on the now clean arm

You say, "But your clothes and Iph's clothes are a mess."

D speaks to Iphi through a full mouth "I don't suppose you'd care to heal what

you did to me?"

You say, "'And make it even easier to commit such attrocities? I don't think

so.'"

D swallows "Oh well, it'll wear off soon enough."

You say, "'Perhaps...'"

D watches Iphi for a few hours then pings Koi for his turn

Koi takes his turn, but move to a not quite so vomit sticky room.

You say, "You eventually get through the Archipeligo just as night falls."

D pages, "Ok, I find a cabin and root for some new clothes."

Oriana pages, "At some time during the night, I sneak out to get food and

stuff, then sneak back...I'll just repeat this for however long we're on the

ship."

You say, "D, you must be hallucinating again. You're seeing the ship as a

fishing boat, now..."

Oriana has received your page: "cool"

You say, "Your hovercraft is now full of eels. They are slithering up your

leg, D."

<OOC> Oriana says, "ROFLMAO!"

<OOC> Hugon falls down laughing.

D starts screaming and slapping at them

You say, "Now they're climbing up your arms, too."

D curls up under a bunk, and starts crying

D says, "No.. leave me alone.. go away.."

<OOC> Koi says, "wouln't be that far away, can I hear?"

You say, "There's no room under the bunk. It's a two-man fishing boat,

remember?"

<OOC> You say, "Oh yes."

<OOC> Koi says, "And is Iph asleep?"

D hides under one of the Hovercrafts seats

<OOC> You say, "No. She's hovering over D nervously."

<OOC> Koi says, "Umm...she left?"

<OOC> Koi was the one watching her.

D looks at Iphigenia with glazed eyes "Mommy? I'm sorry, please don't hurt me

anymore, I'll be good, I don't wanna go back in the closet"

You say, "She seems to have followed you to D's cabin, and gotten there before

you."

<OOC> Eclipse CHOKES!

<OOC> Koi giggles.

Koi's eyes narrow as he takes in the scene, steping forward with the intention

to practically toss Iph away from D.

<OOC> You say, "Practically? What are you doing, then?"

<OOC> You say, "Getting all this, Oriana? You still breathing?"

<OOC> Koi says, "Practically is my way of saying I'm grabing for her with the

intention to throw her backward into a wall away for D."

<OOC> Oriana says, "OH yes...and I'm breathing...just barely..."

Oriana pages, "Did I cause her to have a nervous breakdown? (c;"

You say, "You fling her across the cabin with a strength you did not know you

had. She hits the wall and falls unconscious at your feet."

D begins crying harder and sucking on her thumb "Please don't hurt my mommy!"

Oriana has received your page: "Iphigenia gave her a fever, too. That's only

making things more fun for me."

Oriana pages, "This is BEAUTIFUL! It all came together so well!"

<OOC> D says, "Hello?"

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. More than half of it remains.

Hugon drinks some of his Mountain Dew. Half of it remains.

Koi kneels over D and puts an arm under her, peering at her face. "D...snap

out of it...it's me, Koi."

Oriana eats some of her Manch. About one-quarter of it remains.

Oriana drinks some of her Mountain Dew. Almost all of it remains.

D just keeps crying

Oriana has received your page: "It's about to get a little better, I'll wager.

Watch."

Oriana pages, "IC do I know all this is happening?"

D says, "I want my mommy!"

<OOC> Koi says, "Okay...can I get any hints with one dot of mind about what's

going on in her head? Also prime to check for magic use."

You say, "D, the cabin is too cramped for all three of you to be in here at

the same time. The air is thick with breathing."

D begins clawing at her chest and panting "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!"

Oriana has received your page: "You know that they think this fishing boat is

a racing yacht, and you know that D is hallucinating sometimes."

Oriana pages, "Do I hear the commotion? If so, can I use Corr 2 to scry on

them in the cabin?"

<OOC> You say, "Give me an Arete, dif 3, Koi. 2 Successes."

Koi rolled 3d10: 7, 5, 6; totalling 18.

Oriana has received your page: "Certainly and yes."

<OOC> Koi says, "woo!"

Oriana pages, "Diff/successes needed?"

Oriana has received your page: "dif 4, 2 suc"

From Oriana: private roll of 3d10: 8, 3, 10; totalling 21.

Oriana pages, "Yup, got that"

You say, "Koi, you feel the fever and terror D is experiencing. For a moment,

you see the cabin as she sees it - a tiny little room on a two-man fishing

vessel. But for some reason, when your effect ends, you still see the tiny

cabin of a fishing boat."

<OOC> D says, "Uh oh.. it's infectius"

(to Oriana) Eclipse grins. "Told you so."

<OOC> Koi says, "And iph, is she still there?"

<OOC> Oriana is falling out of her chair...her stomach hurts from laughing

Oriana pages, "The page command is the greatest...I *never* could've done this

in a tabletop group."

!!! A checkpoint has begun. During the next few minutes, you will experience

slow response time (AKA lag). Be patient, grasshopper.

!!! The checkpoint has finished. After a suspenseful 2 seconds, the world is

saved once more.

You say, "Iphigenia is still there, though the three of you are practically

piled up on top of each other."

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. Half of it remains.

Hugon drinks some of his Mountain Dew. About one-third of it remains.

Oriana has received your page: "Neither could I."

Oriana eats some of her Manch. About one-quarter of it remains.

You finish up your Mountain Dew. *burp*

<OOC> D says, "Does he see the screaming eels?"

You say, "No, he does NOT see eels, only the dimensions of a fishing boat."

Koi's eyes narrow as he sees his surroundings, quelling the momentary panic

that rises in his heart. "D! You have to pull yourself together...:"

D is trying to wake Iphigenia "Mommy, wake up!"

You say, "She stirs slightly. There is a lump on her head."

Koi moves to slap D across the chin, no damage, just an attempt to bring her

back.

D keeps trying "Mommy, get up! I'm sorry, I love you!"

<OOC> You say, "WP, D?"

<OOC> D says, "But I'm enjoying this.."

<OOC> D says, "Hell, might as well continue, just to see what Iphi does."

<OOC> Eclipse would like to finish at least ONE chapter tonight...

<OOC> Koi nods.

<OOC> D says, "Ah.. If you insist."

<OOC> Oriana says, "But this is much more fun than any plot! (c;"

<OOC> D says, "Ja! I wanna see what Iphi does"

<OOC> Hugon is having a hard time pulling himself away to get sleep for work

tomorrow, and he's just watching.

<OOC> You say, "But not as much fun as the denoument."

You say, "She wakes, eventually. She clearly seems shocked by the proximity

of the two of you in the tiny cabin."

D hugs her "Mommy, you're awake!"

You say, "She hugs you, and pats your back comfortingly."

<OOC> Hugon cheers as he looks at his work schedule again. "I don't work

until 10! Woohoo, no 6 am wake up!"

D just starts snivelling "I'm sorry"

You say, "'There there, D. I'm here. You just need some sleep.'"

Eclipse rolled 3d10: 10, 7, 3; totalling 20.

Koi looks at the Epagain firey eyes. "What have you done woman?"

<OOC> You say, "D, you go to sleep unless you burn WP."

D goes limp and falls asleep

You say, "She smiles at D's sleeping form. 'I just put her to sleep. The

fever will overtake her more quickly if she doesn't get plenty of rest.'"

Oriana pages, "I can't believe D still thinks Iph is behind all this..."

Oriana has received your page: "I can't believe I managed to convince the two

players that Ahab is harmless..."

<OOC> Oriana cackles maniacally

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. Half of it remains.

Koi says, "No...this." He gestures around. "What have you done to us?""

Oriana eats some of her Manch. Almost none of it remains.

Oriana has received your page: "I just want to know what they'll do when (if)

they realize they stole a fishing boat."

You say, "'Done? I don't recall having done ANYTHING to you, lately.'"

Oriana pages, "I can picture them turning around to return it and setting us

back even more...)c:"

Koi growls. "Bring her up on deck, now."

Oriana has received your page: "You folks will reach Golgotha eventually..."

Koi turns to head up above decks.

<OOC> D sings along with DotHT "Robert was a sailor, he sailed the seven seas,

he made love to the fish, he made love to the fish. We made love to the

fishies, ya, we made love to the fishies."

D starts sucking on her thumb

You say, "All around you, it is a fishing boat. The crew consists of Ahab and

the first mate. There is barely room for the five of you, even."

<OOC> Oriana REALLY needs to find some stuff by that band...alas, their CDs

are not very forthcoming here...

<OOC> D says, "Mmm.. Napster."

<OOC> Koi says, "The rest of the men aren't here?"

<OOC> Koi says, "Or Oriana?"

You say, "Nope."

Koi calls up to the captain. "Captain...where are the rest of our men?"

<OOC> You say, "Make me an Int + Enigmas check, Koi"

<OOC> Koi says, "Oh lord"

Koi rolled 2d10: 9, 5; totalling 14.

<OOC> Koi says, "Ooo..."

You say, "'Back at the island, Sir! Where you told me to leave them, Sir!'"

<OOC> Koi says, "Might get one."

You say, "Koi, you realize that your senses have been fucked with."

<OOC> Koi laughs. "That's an understatement." ;)

<OOC> Koi says, "Ahab and the first mate still look alright right?"

You say, "Ahab is foaming at the mouth, as usual, and the first mate remains

reticent."

D pages, "Heres an interesting thought, would brainwashing affect someone, if

they developed amnesia?"

Koi says, "Captain! When did I tell you that?"

D has received your page: "Let's not find out..."

<OOC> You say, "Give me a moment..."

<OOC> Koi says, "No prob. ;)"

You say, "'You told me to bring as many men as could fit on the ship, Sir!

With the three of you, only two others could still fit, Sir! Is there a

problem, Sir!?'"

<OOC> Oriana falls out of her chair and starts spastically pounding the floor

<OOC> D says, "Hey does Iphi see the same things?"

<OOC> Eclipse does the Obi-Wan voice, "This is the fastest ship in the port."

<OOC> You say, "Why don't you ask her yourself?"

Koi shakes his head at Ahab. "No captain...we went back and brought back 5

men...I didn't tell you to only get enough."

<OOC> D says, "Because I'm asleep, sucking on my thumb?"

<OOC> Koi is getting there dang it. ;)

<OOC> D says, "Gotta love the Rocket Science song.."

You say, "'That was okay for our brief jump from one harbor to another, Sir!

But we couldn't fit enough water onto the ship for 8 people, sir! There is

enough water for five people for five days, sir! Which means we will only

have to drink our urine for two days, sir! That is why we run with a crew of

two men, sir!'"

<OOC> D says, "Did he say.. Drink our urine?"

<OOC> Koi says, "rofl"

<OOC> You say, "Yes. He most certainly did..."

<OOC> D says, "I thought he did."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Oh stop...no...I'm gonna die..."

Koi growls, mind racing as he tries to make sense of what's happened. He turns

on Iph. "And you, have you known the whole time?"

<OOC> D says, "Hey, Iphi's got life! Could she make us piss vodka?"

<OOC> You say, "Water water everywhere, nor any drop to drink. Hey, you just

gonna dump that over the side?"

<OOC> Hugon says, "Aren't you already seeing enough strange sheeeeet?"

<OOC> You say, "Probably, but Ahab wouldn't know that."

<OOC> D says, "Hey, if she does, you could make Ahab drink from the bottle"

<OOC> D says, "I'm sorry. I just had to say that."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Eeeeeeeew."

<OOC> D says, "I really am sorry."

You say, "Iphigenia smiles faintly. 'I did not know I had a voice in this

expedition, sir. You and D selected the vessel, not I.'"

<OOC> Koi giggles.

<OOC> Oriana says, "Oh...this is TOO good..."

<OOC> Koi poinks Oriana.

<OOC> Oriana poinks Koi right back. :p

<Login> Naphtali has connected from AC8F7D8C.ipt.aol.com

on Sat Jun 23 22:38:25 2001 EST.

<OOC> You say, "This is like the Odyssey, only evil."

<OOC> Koi says, "I want to do the same with Ahab and the first mage Eclipse."

<OOC> D says, "lol"

<OOC> Koi says, "Check for magic in general, and mind tampering."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Awesome...*G*"

<OOC> Koi says, "err....first mate"

D continues contentedly sucking her thumb

<OOC> You say, "How?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "The first mage? Ever?"

<OOC> Koi says, "Prime and Mind"

<OOC> Koi thinks he only needs prime 1 to check for magic use right?

<OOC> You say, "It's a rank. First mage equals Adept among the Void

Explorators"

<Login> Rahab has connected from AC8F7D8C.ipt.aol.com

on Sat Jun 23 22:40:25 2001 EST.

You say, "For active magic use, yes."

Rahab has arrived.

<OOC> D says, "Wb"

<OOC> Rahab peers. "Everyone's idle..."

<OOC> You say, "Have we got a story to tell YOU!"

<OOC> D says, "What happened to her?"

<OOC> Koi laughs. "Rahab...things are getting even weirder.

<OOC> Oriana is laughing too hard to explain it, right now.

<OOC> You say, "Oops, six people for five days, then. I always forget about

the characters of absent players..."

D pages, "I'm not going to be waking up anytime soon, am I"

D has received your page: "No. You're sick, even if the Mind magic's duration

is short."

<OOC> Koi says, "D...next time we just kill everyone and go back to tell him

they resisted. ;)"

<OOC> You say, "And I can't post my log until this whole situation resolves

itself."

<OOC> D sits back in the barcalounger and munches on popcorn.

<OOC> D says, "Agreed"

<OOC> D says, "Grr.."

<OOC> Rahab says, "Oh, lord. What happened to me, then..."

<OOC> Hugon says, "I'll get a log if you want it, Eclipse. I can backlog."

<OOC> D says, "Yeah, we'll go Lapd all OVER their asses"

<OOC> Koi says, "Your stuck on the voyage of the damned Rahab."

<OOC> You say, "Go for it. Mine is full of evil pages..."

<OOC> Oriana asks that her pages would please be edited out...*G*

<OOC> Koi grins at D. "Exactally!"

<OOC> Rahab says, "Gods and daemons."

<OOC> D says, "Our new official motto is "Kill em all, and say they resisted

arrest.""

You say, "Koi, roll me an Arete check."

Koi rolled 3d10: 6, 10, 2; totalling 18.

<OOC> Koi says, "whew...still no 1's"

You say, "dif 4"

<OOC> Rahab wakes up in the middle of -what-?

<OOC> Koi says, "two"

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23 22:45:01 2001 EST

Hugon has lost his link.

You say, "It appears that D and Koi have stolen a fishing boat for an ocean

voyage..."

<OOC> D says, "Damnit, it was a yacht last night."

Private roll of 5d10: 3, 10, 3, 6, 1; totalling 23.

From Eclipse: private roll of 5d10: 3, 10, 3, 6, 1; totalling 23.

<Login> Hugon has connected from 1Cust36.tnt1.midland.mi

.da.uu.net on Sat Jun 23 22:45:41 2001 EST.

Hugon has connected.

<OOC> D says, "It shrunk in the wash."

<OOC> Koi laughs like mad.

<OOC> Hugon says, "So much for that..."

<OOC> Rahab chuckles.

<OOC> Koi duct tapes Hugon to the moo.

<OOC> Hugon goes to see how much of the log he got.

<OOC> D says, "Really, it happens to every sailor at least once. You go to bed

with a bigass yacht, and wake up with a dinghy."

You say, "Koi, they are both under the influence of gobs of Mind magic. Of

course, so are you and D and everyone else that was on the crew. The only

one NOT under its effects is Rahab."

Hugon pages, "Doh, only got part of the log..."

<OOC> D says, "Oriana doesn't have enough mind to do all this.."

Hugon has received your page: "S'alright. I'll figure something out..."

<OOC> Koi says, "Okay...the question is, does it seem different than the kind

of mind magic I'm used to? A different resonance perhapes?"

<OOC> You say, "You don't say..."

Oriana pages, "I say we just let them think that... (c;"

You say, "You can't quite tell. Variel doesn't do ALL the brainwashing among

the Ba'lak..."

<OOC> Rahab wakes up from a nap in the cabin, or some such. She sleeps a lot,

to get healthier. :)

<OOC> Koi says, "Well hell."

<OOC> Koi says, "Are we making good time in our fishing boat? :)"

D keeps sucking her thumb, and starts crying in her sleep

<OOC> You say, "For a fishing boat? Great time. For a sailing vessel,

though, pretty terrible."

<OOC> D says, "We'll get there, eventually."

Rahab peeks out the door of the cabin. "I'm hungry."

<OOC> You say, "Koi, roll me an Int + Survival, dif 6"

<OOC> Koi says, "well crap...and we're way out of port aren't we?"

<OOC> D says, "After drinking our fill of urine."

Koi rolled 2d10: 6, 3; totalling 9.

<OOC> Eclipse nods.

<OOC> Koi says, "dang it...stop with the int rolls. ;)"

You say, "Do the math, Koi. At this pace, there is no way you will reach "

You say, "Golgotha in only 7 days. It will be more like 14."

<OOC> Koi says, "How far out of port are we? Half a day?"

<OOC> You say, "Yes. The biggest port of Magrothea is only half a day behind

you."

Oriana has received your page: "How's THIS for sabotaging the mission?"

Koi says, "Captain! Are the men waiting for us back on the island?"

Oriana pages, "Damn good, thanks. (c;"

<OOC> You say, "Wrong island. That one is a full day behind you, directly

through the main Magrothean harbor. Remember, there was an Arcadian ship at

that little island where you stole this fishing boat..."

<OOC> Koi errs.

<OOC> Koi says, "okay..."

<OOC> Koi says, "change that"

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Oriana has received your page: "The best part is I've done so little to CAUSE

all this confusion! This infighting makes my job easy."

Koi says, "Captain! Is there a port near here? Not in Magorthea?"

<OOC> You say, "Give me a sec..."

Oriana pages, "This has *got* to be one of the highlights of my gaming

career...*G*"

Oriana has received your page: "I'm pleased to hear that."

<OOC> Koi says, "Of course."

You say, "'Yes, Sir! A small fishing village not ten miles from our current

location, Sir! It is on our way, Sir! Shall I set a new course, Sir?!'"

Oriana pages, "Was that *really* an Arcadian ship in the harbor?"

Oriana has received your page: "Nope. But THEY don't know that, do they?"

Oriana pages, "*evil laughter*"

Koi says, "Yes Captain, with all speed..."

You say, "And Iph will be damned if SHE'S going to say anything about it!

People see what they expect to see..."

You say, "'Yes, Sir!'"

Rahab repeats herself, a little louder, with the egocentrism of the young.

"I'm -hungry-."

<OOC> Koi assumes we have hardtac or something to eat?

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.mi.da.uu.net on Sat Jun 23 22:57:56 2001 EST.

You say, "You will reach the tiny island just after dawn, if Ahab's

calculations are correct."

<OOC> D says, "So.. am I just going to be left laying on the deck"

<OOC> D says, "?"

You say, "Of course. Enough food to sustain you for about five days."

<OOC> Koi says, "I'm getting to that D. ;)"

<OOC> You say, "You were in the cabin, D."

<OOC> Koi says, "No, Iph has her."

<OOC> Koi get's confused.

<OOC> Eclipse has decided to name the boat 'Hemmingway's Revenge'.

<OOC> Koi goes ahead and poses anyway.

<OOC> Hugon falls down laughing.

<OOC> Eclipse shrug.

<OOC> Hugon wonders if Eclipse is another Hemmingway fan.

Koi says, "Iph(whateverhernameis), take D below and put her to bed. I'll be

along shortly. Don't try anything or I'll turn Ahab here lose on the folks at

the fishing village." He turns and smiles at the child. "Come on...let's get

you some food.""

<OOC> You say, "Despise him. "Old Man and the Sea" was the only book I could

stomach because it's short, and there aren't enough characters in it to

maintain the constant 'realistic but dull' dialogue."

Rahab nods, smiling back.

<OOC> Rahab sposes she should set up her own sheet...

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Sat Jun 23 23:02:07 2001 EST.

<OOC> You say, "I can appreciate what H was trying to do with dialogue, but I

just can't read it for any extended period of time."

<OOC> Oriana doesn't think it's safe to get Eus started on Hemingway...*G*

<OOC> You say, "He has some good short stories, though."

Koi leads Rahab to get some food and plops her down someplace out of the way,

then goes to find Iph.

Rahab curls herself into a tiny corner and munches.

Oriana eats some of her Manch. Almost none of it remains.

Oriana drinks some of her Mountain Dew. About two-thirds of it remains.

<OOC> Hugon bites his tongue for the group's sanity. "Another day." @#;+)

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. Half of it remains.

You say, "Dawn breaks over the ocean. You can see some small fishing vessels

a few miles from the beach of the island up ahead. The village looks more

like a fishing hamlet."

<OOC> D says, "Am I still asleep?"

You say, "D, you wake up the next morning, convinced that you are the Empress

of Golgotha, and this is your luxury yacht."

Koi informs Iph that she is to do everything within her power for for D, and

to come find him if anything changes about her.

D is looking through her closet for some regal to wear

You say, "She chuckles at that, Koi. 'YOU do something for her.'"

!!! A checkpoint has begun. During the next few minutes, you will experience

slow response time (AKA lag). Be patient, grasshopper.

!!! The checkpoint has finished. After a suspenseful 3 seconds, the world is

saved once more.

Koi glares at Iph. "I'm afraid there's little I can do...my skills lie

elsewhere...and you know that."

<OOC> D says, "Ok Alex, I'd like to buy a vow-spend a willpower."

You say, "D, you find a beautiful dress. (a pair of holey brown underwear)"

Rahab eats her food and then gets up and wanders the ship.

<OOC> D says, "Hold that.."

D puts it on the dress and looks for ye olde crown

You say, "'Precisely. I suggest you learn my skills, because I refuse to aid

him until one of my kind arrives to heal him. I will keep him alive, but

nothing more.'"

<OOC> D says, "Him?"

You say, "D, you find an elegant tiara. (a chamber pot)"

<OOC> You say, "Sorry, her."

<OOC> D says, "Is it full?"

<OOC> Koi cackles. "Oh...did we forget to tell you another change D?" :)

<OOC> You say, "No."

D puts it on

<OOC> Hugon says, "Good, no repeats of Oct's little adventure..."

D goes looking for a slave to castigate

Koi's eyes narrow at Iph. "You -will- help her...or I'll find a way to

convince you to help her."

<OOC> Oriana says, "What happened to Octavius?"

You say, "Three servants meet you at the door. (barrels of water)"

Oriana pages, "I'm not doing this, am I? (c;"

D spends a few minutes telling them how incompetent they are and threatning

execution, then follows the sounds of conversation.

You say, "'I will keep her alive, nothing more. I have no further sense of

self-preservation, and you have no one else to torture.'"

Rahab wanders, looking for people to watch.

Oriana has received your page: "No, this is the fever hallucination talking."

You say, "Rahab, your choices are limited. There are only six people on the

entire boat."

Koi smirks slightly. "Oh? We -are- approaching a helpless fishing village are

we not? Do you wish to see Hemlock's wrath turned upon them?"

<OOC> D says, "Two crazy, one mute, 1 evil, and 1 becoming evil"

<OOC> Rahab says, "Wherever sounds most interesting."

<OOC> Koi one being forced to be -more- evil than he likes. ;)

You say, "'Perhaps his illness is contagious,' she hisses. 'Wouldn't that be

a shame, Koi? What if you take ill or you master's daughter or your crew?

What would you do then?'"

<OOC> You say, "Damn! SHE"

<OOC> You say, "Her, rather..."

Eclipse rolled 3d10: 8, 8, 10; totalling 26.

D walks in, dressed in nothing more than Santiago's underwear and a chamberpit

<OOC> Oriana says, "And, the smack gets laid down on somebody..."

You say, "Koi, you begin to feel feverish."

<OOC> D says, "Chamberpot"

<OOC> Koi says, "...ouch.... :("

<OOC> Oriana is laughing her little halfling ass off at all this...*G*

<OOC> You say, "So is the Supreme Being..."

D looks around "Why are you not on your knees before your mistress, the

Empress of Golgotha?!"

Rahab will also follow the sounds of conversation. Or a glimpse of D.

You say, "Koi, there is an Arcadian warship behind you, and it is gaining

quickly."

<OOC> Oriana falls out of her chair again

Koi's eyes sharpen, glaring at Iph. "Stop it...I will sooner kill everyone on

this ship than succumb to you."

You say, "Rahab arrives now."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Oh perfect timing..."

D says, "We do not care to be ignored by our slaves! (points at Koi) You will

show proper respect, or I shall castrate you and your little dog (points at

Iphi)"

You say, "'You just have to ask yourself one question, patient: will you have

any choice in the matter?'"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Oh stop...please...no more..."

Rahab walks in the door, and stops.

<OOC> You say, "Actually, they're all on the deck."

<OOC> D says, "What do I see Rahab as?"

You say, "She looks like a walking rain barrel."

D says, "Damn royal wizards need to learn how to behave. (Starts shooing the

barrel away) Shoo! Shoo! Go back to the hold where your kind belongs!"

<OOC> Rahab just stops dead, then.

<OOC> Koi tries to keep from laughing too hard so that he can still be the

strong, totally screwed warrior type.

Rahab says, "What?"

D says, "What? What?! I won't take any backtalk from a walking rain barrel!

Guards!"

Rahab frowns. "Who's a rain barrel?"

Koi glances over the back of the boat, at the approaching warship. "Captain!

More speed." He turns back to Iph. "Who's going to stop me? You?":

D says, "You are you silly thing."

D says, "In fact, I feel a bit thirst."

Rahab says, "I am not. You're the silly thing, with that pot on your head."

You say, "Two giant walking playing cards arrive and attempt to drag the rain

barrel away."

D reaches over starts prying on the top of the barrel

You say, "There is a splash as the anchor falls off of the boat."

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<OOC> D says, "Now that'd be an interesting idea.. A marauder with infectious

madness."

<OOC> Koi says, "off? As in totally off? Or we're weighing anchor?"

Oriana has received your page: "The Arcadian ship is real."

<Login> Rahab has reconnected from AC8F7D8C.ipt.aol.com

on Sat Jun 23 23:22:26 2001 EST.

Oriana pages, "*hugs Eclipse* Yay!"

<OOC> Koi says, "Not that setting the anchor would do much good in the middle

of the sea...but...yeah."

D gives the rainbarrel a vicious yank "Open up! I, the Empress of Golgotha,

command it!"

You say, "The ship comes to a halt as the Arcandian ship closes in on you."

<OOC> You say, "D, make sure Rahab gets that message when she arrives

again..."

<OOC> Koi says, "Okay...wait a second...anchors only work in harbor."

<OOC> Rahab says, "Uhm, Eclipse...is she yanking on my hair?"

D reaches over starts prying on the top of the barrel

D gives the rainbarrel a vicious yank "Open up! I, the Empress of Golgotha,

command it!"

<OOC> D says, "So.. yeah.."

<OOC> Koi says, "They aren't long enough to hit bottom in deep sea."

Rahab shrieks. "OW!" She's got lungs, for such a little kid.

<OOC> You say, "Remember, Koi. You were only a few miles away from the island

when the sun first rose."

D says, "Shut up you silly barrel and give me my water!"

You say, "The rain barrel shrieks and objection."

<OOC> Koi says, "This is a -really- shallow sea then...."

<OOC> Koi shrugs.

Koi glares up at the captain. "What the -hell- are you doing?!"

Rahab [to empty_space]: Help me!

<OOC> You say, "You are in an archipeligo, between two islands only 12 miles

apart."

Rahab has received your page: "Declare a magical action and roll me an Arete."

D says, "Ha, Doctor No can't help you now barrel!"

<Login> AlMarth has connected from h24-68-236-247.cg.sha

wcable.net on Sat Jun 23 23:25:30 2001 EST.

You say, "Ahab looks shocked. 'What do you mean, Sir?!'"

Rahab rolled 3d10: 7, 1, 9; totalling 17.

D gives a vicious yank

Koi growls. "You dropped the anchor you idiot!"

You say, "The Arcadian ship is only 200 yards behind you, now."

You say, "'No I didn't!' he objects."

AlMarth has arrived.

<OOC> D says, "Wb Al"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Hey Al...have we got a story to tell you..."

<OOC> D says, "You missed an interesting game.."

<OOC> Koi says, "Lo Al...welcome to the voyage of the Damned"

Rahab pages, "There?"

<OOC> Eclipse tries with little success to climb back into his chair. "You

missed SO MUCH, Al!"

<OOC> D says, "Hows that for a cabal name? The Damned?"

Rahab has received your page: "What are you trying to do?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "I like it. I like it a lot. (c:"

D tries twisting the top off

<OOC> AlMarth says, "it figures I miss a day where a whole bunch of stuff

happens"

D turns to the talking dog (Iphi) "Don't just sit there Talking Dog, help your

empress get the top off this damned treacherous rainbarrel!"

(remotely) Rahab is shooting for making her let go, any way she can.

Koi manages to keep himself from screaming, focusing again. He issues orders.

"Captain, get that anchor up and get us underway, now! Iph....get D off of

Rahab...she's hurting her..." And with that he starts toward the back of the

ship, eyes on the approaching battleship."

Rahab hums something under her breath.

You say, "D, your hands turn into giant cotton swabs, and you fall backward

onto the deck."

Rahab pages, "Perfect."

D looks at her hands and starts screaming

<OOC> AlMarth sighs "Captain Ahab is still here?"

<OOC> D says, "Of course, despite attempts to kill him"

Rahab smooths her hair down. "Be -nice-." she tells D in a no-nonsense tone.

"Be -good-."

<OOC> D says, "Did they REALLY turn into cotton swabs, or do I just see that?"

You say, "'I don't think that will be necessary,' says a deep voice to Koi's

immediate right. Koi, you feel the tip of a dagger against your back."

<OOC> AlMarth wonders where he is in all this

D says, "My hands, my hands, somebody stole my hands!"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Eclipse, maybe you should tell Al what happened to HIM?

*G*"

<OOC> You say, "I wasn't joking, D. They're back to normal again, though."

<OOC> D says, "Btw, just so you get the full effect, D is wearing nothing but

brown holey underwear and a chamberpot on her head"

Koi stops...starting to turn to face whoever it is. "Get off my ship..."

D says, "Guards! Have this rain barrel beheaded!"

You say, "The playing card guards seem to be having trouble lifting her."

Rahab [to D]: You -hush-. You're not a nice lady.

D says, "Damn pansy ass cards. I knew I shouldn't have listened to the Red

Queen"

Rahab addresses the empty spot. "Can't you glue her lips shut or something?"

You say, "The tall man stares directly into your eyes, Koi. You see no fear

there. 'I release you.'"

Eclipse rolled 9d10: 10, 1, 8, 10, 9, 2, 2, 6, 7; totalling 55.

D gets up and kicks one of the guards

Oriana pages, "Do I hear this?"

<OOC> Koi says, "Err...what if I don't want to be released? ;)"

Oriana pages, "If so, I get out from under the fishing nets!! (c:"

<OOC> Koi says, "Dear god that was a lot of dice by the way..."

You say, "Koi, memories flood across your consciousness. You realize they are

YOUR memories, memories stolen from you by the Ba'lak when they spirited away

from your home."

Oriana has received your page: "Yes."

<OOC> Koi says, "Oh boy..."

<OOC> Koi says, "That was fast."

You say, "Ahab nods at the man in recognition."

Koi stumbles back, cluching at his head. "What...what are you doing to me...?"

You say, "'You Majesty."

D says, "What?"

Oriana pages, "I climb out from under the nets and stand behind the man who

just "released" Koi."

You say, "'I set you free. Your life is your own again.'"

Rahab turns around suddenly, ignoring D for the new distraction.

Eclipse rolled 9d10: 8, 6, 3, 4, 1, 9, 2, 3, 9; totalling 45.

You say, "Koi, you can feel the conditioning slipping, letting you go free of

their bonds."

<OOC> AlMarth says, "can I be free again?"

You say, "D, a dragon just crawled out from under the nets of your pleasure

yacht."

D shrieks and tries to kill it

Rahab [to tall_man]: Who are you?

Koi falls to his knees, still cluching at his head, mind reeling.

"What...what...stop...."

<OOC> AlMarth says, "if he gets to be free, I should too"

You say, "D, Ahab trips you, and you fall on the ground."

Rahab says, "And what are you doing to him?"

D says, "Dammit Francois, are you blind? Help me kill the dragon"

You say, "He looks at Rahab. 'I am King Argos Guiltbearer. I have come at my

daughter's request to rescue you."

D scrambles to the dragon, pulling an imaginary sword

You say, "Iphigenia touches D."

Eclipse rolled 3d10: 8, 6, 4; totalling 18.

You say, "'Go back to sleep. You are safe.'"

You say, "D, WP or obey."

Rahab looks a bit confused. "Rescue?"

D goes back to sleep, sucking her thumb

<OOC> AlMarth says, "what about me?"

<OOC> D says, "You aren't there"

<OOC> AlMarth says, "where am I then?"

<OOC> You say, "I think he's more worried about the brainwashed ones, at the

moment. Al, you were hiding under the nets with Oriana."

<OOC> AlMarth says, "I see"

You say, "Argos nods. 'Yes. I will explain in a little while. I must free

the others.'"

You say, "He turns to D. 'I release you.'"

Eclipse rolled 9d10: 2, 7, 5, 8, 8, 6, 1, 6, 7; totalling 50.

D snores through it

Rahab goes over to Koi, frowning, and pokes at him.

Tears are streaking from Koi's eyes as he tries to make sense of all the

images. He sinks even lower, shivering. [Koi]

You say, "Oh no. You wake up screaming as everything you've ever known

evaporates before your eyes. I'll give you an extended description of it

later, but suffice to say that - considering the effects of the fever - the

shock Awakens you."

You say, "'I set you free. Your life is now your own.'"

D screams like a banshee and stares at nothing, twitching

Eclipse rolled 9d10: 1, 9, 2, 2, 9, 5, 10, 7, 9; totalling 54.

Rahab studies Koi, humming a little tune under her breath.

You say, "The Arcadian warship broadsides your fishing boat. The first mate

moves away from where he threw the anchor overboard."

<OOC> D says, "Oh my god! You killed the angst! You bastard!"

Oriana moves in front of Argos, looking up at him hopefully...

(remotely) Rahab is looking magically to make sure he's physically all right.

<OOC> D says, "Heh. J/k"

Rahab has received your page: "D is very sick, but not because of Argos."

<OOC> Koi sighs. "the good times of evilness are over." :(

<OOC> Oriana says, "WHAT good times? *G*"

<OOC> Koi cackles.

<OOC> D says, "Oh my god, I've lost my Evil!"

<OOC> You say, "A little earlier than expected, honestly. I had two more

chapters planned, yet."

<OOC> D says, "Heh. Got tired of the mean/nastiness?"

<OOC> D says, "Or can we thank Oriana for the reversal of roles?"

<OOC> Oriana is glad she could stomp all over Eric's carefully prepared plot.

*smirk*

You say, "Argos turns to Oriana, 'I release you.'"

Eclipse rolled 9d10: 8, 8, 6, 4, 8, 2, 10, 1, 7; totalling 54.

<OOC> Oriana says, "I'll explain at session's end for anyone who's curious..."

Rahab nods at Koi after a moment and turns to go look at D, frowning. "You're

sick," she tells D. "But you've been a Bad Person, so that's all right."

<OOC> Koi says, "Please!"

<OOC> D highfives Oriana "YEah! Go you! Hijack the plot wagon"

You say, "Oriana, your conditioning melts."

<OOC> Koi is just waiting for this guy to botch...that'd be awesome...

Oriana steps forward, tears streaming down her face, and hugs Argos in relief

before sinking to the ground.

<OOC> You say, "It turned out the way I had expected, just a little earlier in

the plot than intended."

D begins sucking Eclipse' good mojo

<OOC> Hugon was hoping he'd botch on Oriana...just for irony.

<OOC> D says, "Botch AlMarth.. Botch AlMarth.."

<OOC> Koi laughs like mad. "yes!

You say, "Iphigenia tends to D, singing."

<OOC> AlMarth says, "NO"

<OOC> Koi chants. "Botch, botch...botch...botch..."

<OOC> Hugon already sucked away all of D's good mojo tonight.

Eclipse rolled 3d10: 1, 9, 2; totalling 12.

<OOC> Hugon says, "See?"

Eclipse rolled 3d10: 1, 6, 7; totalling 14.

Eclipse rolled 3d10: 6, 8, 7; totalling 21.

<OOC> Oriana says, "Why are you guys doing this?!"

<OOC> D says, "Wanting to see him botch?"

<OOC> Hugon says, "It's magically delicious?"

You say, "It only took her THREE TRIES to remove the fever."

D is stilling staring inwards and doesn't even notice

You say, "Argos turns to Al'Marth. 'I release you.'"

<OOC> AlMarth says, "Fever?"

Eclipse rolled 9d10: 7, 5, 8, 7, 5, 2, 5, 3, 6; totalling 48.

<OOC> You say, "It's the reason she thought she was the Empress of Golgotha

for awhile there..."

You say, "Al, the conditioning disolves."

<OOC> D says, "And thought Iphigenia was her mommy =)"

<OOC> Koi says, "You don't wanna know Al."

<OOC> AlMarth says, "I need to read the log for this game"

<OOC> D needs to read it to, and he was there

<OOC> Oriana says, "Yes, you do."

<OOC> D says, "This'll add a bigass chunk to the quotes page"

<OOC> Oriana says, "I guess this means Eric can post the version with the evil

pages? *G*"

<OOC> Koi nodnods!

<OOC> Koi wants to see!

<OOC> Rahab always misses all the fun.

AlMarth Shakes his head, feeling odd as the magic leaves him. "I

have...another curse on me, would it be possible..."

You say, "Argos smiles in a not-at-all-gentle manner. 'Now you may continue

your mission, but your final objective has changed, somewhat. You will

return to the ones who ordered you to kidnap my daughter, and infiltrate

their base of operations. Then, you will contact me so I can put an end to

the one who enslaved you.'"

<OOC> Koi says, "Oh really....."

<OOC> You say, "Yes, I can post the entire log, now."

Oriana bows to Argos. "I will gladly do this and more."

Koi doesn't answer, still lost in a torrent of memories.

Rahab frowns at Argos. "Who? What?"

AlMarth nods, unable to speak sincerely

You say, "He smiles slightly at Rahab, a false paternal gesture. 'I am

sending you to arrest Yes-Father, little one.'"

<OOC> You say, "As in ALL of you, he means..."

Rahab nods slowly. "Will you punish him? He's been a Very Bad Man."

D pages, "Even though we have the conditioning and false memories removed,

what we do with it all is up to us, ja?"

You say, "Argos's smile turns into a grin. 'Yes, I will punish him.'"

Oriana [to Argos]: Your Majesty, may I ask a favor of you?

D has received your page: "Believe me, what you have just remembered of your

past life is sufficient to make you hate the Ba'lak even more than Oriana

does. They are the true reason your life has been a living hell. I'll send

you more info, later."

D pages, "Okies."

You say, "'What do you wish?'"

Rahab heaves a deep sigh. "Then maybe he'll be good again." she says, as if

to herself.

D pages, "Actually, more along the lines of interested to see if I have to be

a 'good' person, because I'm thinking Students of the Black Flame Weard

subgroup"

Oriana [to Argos]: I wish only that I would have the right to deliver the

killing blow to Lord Variel. He and I have a...score...to settle.

<Logout> D has disconnected on Sat Jun 23

23:57:25 2001 EST

D has lost her link.

<OOC> Koi eeps at D.

<OOC> Oriana says, "Oh no, come back D, we have some things to talk about..."

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. About one-quarter of it remains.

<Login> D has connected from ppp-99.icehouse.net on Sat

Jun 23 23:57:44 2001 EST.

D has connected.

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. About one-quarter of it remains.

Oriana finishes up her Manch. *burp*

D has received your page: "Just keep in mind that if you DECLARE yourself for

evil, you become an NPC (game-tone control measure). The Corruption Points

will hurt you a lot. You don't have to walk 'the straight and narrow', but

your destination should have good intentions."

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. Almost none of it remains.

<OOC> D says, "Bugger, what'd I miss?"

Hugon eats some of his Barbequed Wench. Almost none of it remains.

Oriana drinks some of her Mountain Dew. Half of it remains.

Hugon finishes up his Barbequed Wench. *burp*

Hugon drinks some of his Mountain Dew. Almost none of it remains.

Hugon finishes up his Mountain Dew. *burp*

D pages, "Oh, not evil. Just... unpleasent."

<OOC> D says, "Hmm.. thought you were going to ask to be allowed to kill D for

a bit there ;)"

You say, "Argos nods. 'I understand completely. No act is more satisfying

than ending an evil forever. I will do what I can.'"

<OOC> Oriana is being very quiet about that...*G*

Oriana bows again. "Thank you, Your Majesty."

You say, "'Very well. I wish you luck on your journey. Do not fail. Many

thousands of lives hang in the scales you must carry.' He takes a step back

and vanishes. You hear the orders on the warship to weigh anchor."

<OOC> Koi says, "What happens to iph?"

Rahab looks down at the ring hanging on its cord around her neck, seeming sad.

You say, "She's coming with you. You have a good cover story. The Ba'lak

will recognize you. Why do you think an Archmage chose you?"

Oriana draws her sword and walks over to D. She holds the blade against D's

throat and hisses, "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you right

now."

Koi manages a soft whisper. "Don't..."

You say, "Ahab laughs suddenly. 'Well, that was probably one of my most

interesting roles ever! I was certain D there was going to chop my head off

back there, and Koi gave me a start when he told me to kill myself. I

thought you had figured it out.' All signs of madness are gone."

D is still paying no intention to outside influences (out of it until Eric

tells me my characters history.. Don't wanna make a mistake..)

<OOC> Koi says, "Oh bah...he -was- working against us!"

<OOC> Koi says, "We should have killed him D!!!"

<OOC> D says, "I knew I should have killed him.."

<OOC> D says, "Dammit! Yanks of the leadmaster 2000 and special orders the

LeadMaster 5000"

<OOC> Koi cackles.

<OOC> Oriana says, "Well, if she's just sitting there..."

Koi repeats. "...don't..."

Oriana stares at D for a very long time, trembling slightly...

<OOC> Hugon says, "*ships D a 'modified' leadmaster 5000.*"

You say, "Oriana, she is helpless, and she WAS a tool - same as you, maybe

even worse..."

Koi pages, "Did you want me to make up my own background, or did you have

something in mind?"

<OOC> You say, "I'm going to email that file, now..."

<OOC> D regards it suspiciously

<OOC> D says, "K"

<OOC> Oriana says, "I know..."

<OOC> Koi laughs.

!!! A checkpoint has begun. During the next few minutes, you will experience

slow response time (AKA lag). Be patient, grasshopper.

!!! The checkpoint has finished. After a suspenseful 2 seconds, the world is

saved once more.

Rahab looks around. "Why are you holding that sword?"

<OOC> D says, "Thanks, I'm sure it'll make a great christmas gift."

<OOC> AlMarth says, "I'm really tempted to grab a razor and force d to shave

herself"

<OOC> D says, "Hey.. I've read your desc.. if anything, that would've raised

your appearence.."

Oriana turns away and sheathes the sword. "They got to you the same way they

got to me, D. I don't know who you are underneath all of that brainwashing.

I'm giving you a chance to prove you're someone I don't have to despise.

Please don't make me change my mind again."

<OOC> You say, "Sent."

<OOC> D says, "Got it"

<OOC> You say, "All those stories about lead blocking psychic energy are

bullshit, Tyson."

Koi lowers his head back to the deck, once he sees his old partner is safe...

<OOC> AlMarth says, "plus it gave me the chance to say 'Kiss my stubbled ass'

I'm just waiting for the right opportunity"

Koi has received your page: "I don't have details for you. I can help you

write one, though. Your original story is a distorted truth."

Oriana collapses to the deck and begins to cry

<OOC> Eclipse breaks out the popcorn and watches the PCs play the game without

him.

Rahab seems to be the only one in the room who's not a wreck. She looks at

that blank space beside her. "What do I do? Are they bad or good?"

AlMarth says, "I'm glad you were more merciful than I would be"

Oriana is crying too hard to pay any attention to Al'Marth

Koi pages, "Mostly he was a blank slate when he got there...so he could be

anything from a prince, to a scullery boy."

Rahab has received your page: "They will be okay in a few days. Yes-Father

hurt THEM, too."

Rahab nods understandingly. She goes to each person in turn and hugs them.

Koi has received your page: "I'll let you work out the bulk of the details. I

can give you specific names and other miscellaneous info, is what I really

meant, I guess."

You say, "Iphigenia looks angry, if anyone's interested..."

Rahab includes Iph in the group to be hugged.

AlMarth isn't sure how to respond to this, and sits down and begins to scratch

his head

<OOC> D says, "Yes, I know"

Koi rolls over his back, staring blankly up at the sky.

You say, "'Is there no way I can escape that family's manipulations? My own

father uses me as bait to trap an enemy cultist! Of course, without me, your

quest is over, and my father won't be able to save those people he goes on

about. What I have to put up with because of my own father!'"

D collapses, curls up and starts crying.

Oriana turns her tear-streaked face toward Iphigenia. "This man is not simply

an enemy cultist. This is our best and only chance to expunge a great evil

from the world. You must help us. Please."

AlMarth looks over at D, opens his mouth as if to say something, then turns

away

You say, "She shrugs, also crying. 'I seem to have little choice. At least I

will like my company better, this time.'"

Rahab looks at Iphigenea. "Won't you help, please?"

<OOC> Rahab bats her lag around.

<OOC> Oriana says, "Sooooo...the entire cabal is in tears. Can't go downhill

much further in one night, can it? (c;"

<OOC> You say, "Yeah, I'm already calculating XP..."

<OOC> Koi chuckles.

<OOC> D says, "Ry'leh could still rise from the sea."

<OOC> AlMarth says, "hey, I'm not crying"

<OOC> You say, "Yeah, you're not a tanak, either..."

<OOC> Hugon is still looking for the Tentacle Porn Monster to rise up from the

sea.

<OOC> Oriana says, "Not in Malakai it couldn't...*nervous glance to

Eclipse*...could it?"

<OOC> Rahab isn't quite crying.

<OOC> D says, "It's an infinitely large world. An infinite amount of Ry'leh

therefore have to exist."

<OOC> AlMarth isn't crying

User Conn Idle RP-Stat `@my tag is ...`

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Eclipse 3h 0s IC Wiz Rub the amulet to summon the Supreme Being...

AlMarth 56m 14s IC PC

D 24m 17s IC PC

Rahab 59m 27s OOC Wiz

Oriana 2h 39s IC PC Fear the wrath of the Angst Halfling!

Hugon 1h 41s OOC PC The Barber

Koi 1d 1m IC Wiz

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<OOC> AlMarth says, "yet"

<OOC> Oriana says, "There's still the question of how we're going to get off

this fricking boat..."

<OOC> You say, "Technically, it is possible, but so is a complete reversal of

the 'laws' of gravity. It is all a matter of probability..."

Koi crawls to his knees, ignoring everyone else. He moves to pick up D.

<OOC> Oriana says, "Laws of gravity...bah. I say, SUGGESTIONS for gravity."

AlMarth has received your page: "5 XP"

<OOC> AlMarth says, "I'd make a rousing speech to unite the cabal and cheer

everyone up, but I can't tell the truth without a willpower roll"

<OOC> You say, "Exactly..."

<OOC> Koi says, "At least Ahab will be a bit more....normal..."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Ahab could never be normal."

<OOC> You say, "Not if he wants to keep his true identity a secret..."

<OOC> AlMarth says, "He said 'a bit'"

D just stays a huddled ball of furry misery.

<OOC> You say, "Is anyone interested in the truth about the captain and his

first mate?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Sort of"

<OOC> D says, "Yeah"

Rahab finishes her hug-rounds.

<OOC> D says, "I want my Ahab back!"

D has received your page: "8 XP"

<OOC> AlMarth says, "be careful what you wish for..."

D pages, "Woah!"

<OOC> Hugon says, "At least when the ST is around..."

Rahab has received your page: "4 XP"

Koi finds a nice, deep dark place within the hull and puts D down, then curls

up himself to try to sort things out.

(remotely) Rahab noddles.

Koi has received your page: "7 XP"

Oriana has received your page: "11 XP"

Oriana dries her tears and says to Ahab in a small voice, "I suppose we should

head for the nearest island. We'll need to get supplies and find a better

ship, wouldn't you say?"

Rahab sighs and finds a corner to sit down with her empty space and figure out

what's happened.

You say, "Ahab nods. 'Yes. In a fishing boat, this is going to be a long

journey...'"

<OOC> You say, "How is everyone on time. You just finished the rest of the

story and are about to start another."

Oriana [to Ahab]: Then set course for the island. I think it would be best,

though, if we worked this all out in the morning.

<OOC> D says, "I've time"

<OOC> Oriana thinks it might be nice to stop here, since she has work in the

morning...

<OOC> Koi has time, but if Oriana needs to work.

<OOC> AlMarth says, "I have time, but I sort of want to know what happened

before we start a new story"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Oh yeah, I have to explain my little fun..."

<OOC> You say, "I am somewhat spent, at the moment. Twisting random factors

into a thickening plot can be exhausting..."

<OOC> D says, "Heh. Most of what happens next will likely just be pc

interaction"

<OOC> You say, "Give me a moment, and I'll see if I can't post it..."

<OOC> Oriana says, "Then what say we start the next chapter next week?"

Logfile from Malakai

<OOC> Oriana says, "It was so perfect the way it came together...if it weren't

for the page command...it never would have worked (aka in a tabletop

setting)."

<OOC> D says, "Oh, I just intended to tell Ahab you were losing your faith in

Hemlock and the Ba'Lak, and order you to listen to him quietly."

<OOC> D says, "Agreed. One reason I like online gaming =)"

<OOC> Hugon bows to the mighty page command.

<OOC> Oriana says, "That's annoying, but hardly lethal. *G*"

<OOC> You say, "I was actually ready for that one, D. I knew Ahab was a

traitor by the end of last week."

Eclipse removes his dragon medallion.

<OOC> D says, "I know, Eric said I couldn't beat you anymore"

You go out-of-character. Your actions should now be taken as your own and not

those of your character.

<OOC> D says, "Ah"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Funny how the NPCs that come out of nowhere sometimes

become the most important ones...I know it's happened to me..."

D pages, "Acrete, # dots in spheres?"

<OOC> Koi chuckles.

<OOC> Eclipse shrugs. "Every NPC is a potential plot device.

<OOC> D says, "What did you intend to do with Santiago?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "NPCs exist ONLY to be plot devices!"

<OOC> AlMarth says, "potential?!"

<OOC> Hugon says, "Well, after watching this crew in action, I have to say

that it is *much* different than the Friday crew."

<OOC> Oriana says, "You noticed?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Though hopefully we'll have real sticky soon

enough...*crosses fingers*"

<OOC> Hugon thinks the Friday group got all their sticky in place last week

with that Chain attack.

<OOC> Koi raises an eyebrow. "Sticky?"

<OOC> D says, "Ja. Our sessions more intense.. and yet funnier."

<OOC> Oriana says, "sticky = the forces that cause a group of characters to

stay together."

D has received your page: "This is going to be fun. Make a starting Mage with

your attributes and abilities. Then, spend XP and freebie points on paths

and other things. Tell me if you still come up really short; I'll probably

be willing to compromise, though I recommend Mind to save on the cost of

Telepathy and Psychic Invisibility."

<OOC> Koi laughs.

<OOC> Oriana says, "Funny if you get most of your humor from psychopaths, that

is."

<OOC> Koi says, "True D."

D pages, "K"

You say, "I wasn't sure how to use Santiago, at the time. I would have

figured it out if D had left him alive long enough."

<OOC> AlMarth says, "Hmm, I seem to have the only character who wasn't

dramatically changed by having the curse removed"

<OOC> D says, "Hey now, I felt the entire hallucination episode was pretty

funny"

<OOC> Hugon says, "Oh, it was funny..."

<OOC> Oriana wasn't dramatically changed so much as restored to full capacity

for revenge...*G*

<OOC> Rahab wasn't cursed to begin with :)

Eclipse agrees with D.

<OOC> Oriana says, "This is true."

You say, "What's my GM evilness rating up to now?" Eclipse grins."

<OOC> Oriana should really be going, if the session is over for the night,

since she has to get up in a very few hours to clean up the aftermath of a

wedding reception...

<OOC> Oriana says, "Actually, it may have dropped, since now the Mind effect

is gone...but I'm sure it'll be raised very soon indeed. (c;"

You say, "Ooo. Fun. <wince> See you later, Beth."

<OOC> D says, "Ick"

<OOC> Hugon nods. He must go too. He has to babysit microphones for many

hours tomorrow before coming for the W:tA session.

<OOC> Oriana says, "I just keep repeating to myself, I'm getting paid, I'm

getting paid..."

<OOC> D says, "Bye Beth"

<OOC> AlMarth says, "bye"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Bye all, see you next week! (c:"

Hugon rises from the comfortable couch.

Oriana rises from the comfortable couch.

<OOC> Koi laughs.

<OOC> Koi Waves to Beth!

<OOC> Koi says, "Er...Oriana."

<OOC> Oriana says, "waves back at Koi"

You say, "Fun prelude, eh?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Argh...need to emote"

<Logout> Hugon has disconnected on Sun Jun

24 00:42:11 2001 EST

Hugon has disconnected.

D says, "Prelude?"

<OOC> Oriana says, "Prelude to DESTRUCTION! *G*"

You say, "Prelude to the rest of the chronicle. This is only the beginning,

after all!"

Oriana says, "Adios amigos."

D says, "kewlies"

<Logout> Oriana has disconnected on Sun Jun

24 00:42:50 2001 EST

Oriana has disconnected.

Eclipse shrugs. "Close enough, Oriana..."

D says, "Guten Nacht"

<Logout> D has disconnected on Sun Jun 24

00:43:04 2001 EST

D has disconnected.

The resolution of Hugon fades. With a hiss of static his disconnected body

implodes into a single point of light, then blinks out of existence.