Perpetual Gloom 012g

[8/8/2013 11:34:05 PM] Kate: Jamaros is awakened in the middle of the night by dim blue light overing over his chest. Amara and the baby are still asleep, and don't seem to have noticed anything at all. [8/8/2013 11:34:48 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros carefully gets up without waking them and sneaks his way toward the blue light, gripping his sword and a knife as he does so. [8/8/2013 11:35:15 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros looks up at the blue light and reaches for his sword nearby [8/8/2013 11:35:22 PM] Jamaros: ((Sorry, misread the line)) [8/8/2013 11:36:17 PM] Kate: The light runs into him, and there's a momentary bright flash. [8/8/2013 11:36:34 PM] Kate: He goes blind for a second or two. [8/8/2013 11:37:57 PM] Kate: When the light dims enough to be able to see again, he finds himself in a seeming void--a sort of 15-foot round area of light surrounded by blackness. It's quiet, with no sound at all except his own breathing and that of the person in front of him--Jamaros's sister Cyrrique. [8/8/2013 11:38:23 PM] Jamaros: ...Cyrr? [8/8/2013 11:39:06 PM] Kate: She steps over and gives him a hug, and the typical poke-in-the-ribs-with-a-dagger that signifies "glad to see you!" in Tarkishi. Probably no blood drawn. ... probably. [8/8/2013 11:40:09 PM | Edited 11:40:23 PM] Jamaros: /me very confused, stands up and looks around. [8/8/2013 11:40:40 PM] Jamaros: ...Ok...this is a weird dream, I will grant you that. [8/8/2013 11:41:00 PM] Kate: Cyrr: It *is* a dream, but it's a real dream. [8/8/2013 11:41:35 PM] Kate: Cyrr: If you had *any idea* what I had to do to find you! Well let's just say you owe me. Where the hell are you, anyway? She said it looked like you were underground. [8/8/2013 11:42:06 PM] Jamaros: Drow territory, long story. I also may have adopted a baby dragon, you'd love her. [8/8/2013 11:42:36 PM] Kate: Cyrr's eyes widen. "... adopt like a pet or adopt like a kid?" [8/8/2013 11:42:36 PM] Jamaros: And I thought I was making my intentions about not being found pretty clear when I ran away. [8/8/2013 11:42:46 PM] Jamaros: More like the second one. [8/8/2013 11:42:50 PM] Jamaros: Again, long story. [8/8/2013 11:43:40 PM] Kate: Cyrr: Well *I* thought you ran away from our father, not from me. If you don't want to hear what I have to say I *can* have her drop the spell you know. [8/8/2013 11:44:04 PM] Jamaros: I'm sorry. What do you have to say, Cyrr? [8/8/2013 11:44:47 PM] Kate: She pauses, frowning. "... somebody tried to kill father. And that's normal, but this time..." [8/8/2013 11:45:25 PM] Jamaros: ...hold on, I'm sorry, let me see if I can find my violin anywhere for dear, not-yet-departed dad. [8/8/2013 11:45:43 PM] Kate: Cyrr: Jamaros, this is serious! [8/8/2013 11:46:36 PM] Kate: Cyrr: This time it almost worked. And he's been *extra* paranoid ever since. He won't let anyone in to see him except Zharn. [8/8/2013 11:47:49 PM] Jamaros: Hm, paranoia and preference for Zharn over the rest of the family, wow, that is a major personality shift. [8/8/2013 11:48:05 PM] Jamaros: Next you'll say he's all scowly and angry all the time. [8/8/2013 11:48:28 PM] Kate: Cyrr: I don't know, you big dweeb, he won't let me in the room either. [8/8/2013 11:48:33 PM] Kate: Cyrr: Obviously none of that is news. [8/8/2013 11:48:45 PM] Kate: Cyrr: The important part is this: He thinks you're behind it. And he's sending assassins. [8/8/2013 11:48:56 PM] Jamaros: ...HAHAHAHA! [8/8/2013 11:49:01 PM] Jamaros: Seriously? [8/8/2013 11:49:48 PM] Kate: Cyrr: Whoever did it used chaff, and so they figured out you did it, as some kind of ultimate insult. Except it wasn't *just* that, it was some kind of cocktail, and I'm *pretty* sure it's still affecting him, and Zharn won't let any healers in either. [8/8/2013 11:50:41 PM] Jamaros: .......What kind of cocktail? Anyone able to break it down yet? [8/8/2013 11:51:04 PM] Kate: Cyrr: No. I never had your gift for chemistry. [8/8/2013 11:51:21 PM] Jamaros: ...((In Draconic)) Who else is in the room with you? [8/8/2013 11:51:22 PM] Kate: Cyrr: Whatever it is, it's affecting his mind. [8/8/2013 11:51:55 PM] Jamaros: svaust else ui persvek wer cuaili mrith wux? [8/8/2013 11:51:56 PM] Kate: Cyrr, Dr: No one, at this point. This room is secure. [8/8/2013 11:52:17 PM] Jamaros: ...Dr: Who did you get to cast this spell? [8/8/2013 11:53:00 PM] Jamaros: svaust tira wux itrewic ekess rechan nomeno tija? [8/8/2013 11:53:45 PM] Kate: Cyrr shrugs. "Someone I randomly chose from a list. And they can't hear into this room; that was enchanted permanently separately last week. I don't trust anyone." [8/8/2013 11:54:00 PM] Jamaros: Good. [8/8/2013 11:54:11 PM] Jamaros: How long ago was this? [8/8/2013 11:54:28 PM] Kate: Cyrr: That includes you. It's just that I know you well enough that I *know* you'd've chosen something flashier and more impressive. [8/8/2013 11:54:50 PM] Jamaros: Thank you, always good to have a fan. [8/8/2013 11:55:00 PM] Jamaros: You say it's been affecting his mind, how so? [8/8/2013 11:56:10 PM] Kate: Cyr: I know he's in there, I've seen him through the door. I'm pretty sure he's stopped bathing, and he's put furniture in front of the windows and... talks about whispers. When there aren't any. [8/8/2013 11:56:30 PM] Jamaros: ...huh... [8/8/2013 11:57:15 PM] Jamaros: ...thank you for the warning about assassins, I think I can prepare for that. [8/8/2013 11:57:19 PM] Jamaros: My advice, run. [8/8/2013 11:57:27 PM] Jamaros: Get out of the colonies as fast as you can. [8/8/2013 11:58:00 PM] Kate: Cyrr: ... run, seriously? *That's* your advice? Our brother's just made a power play for the family and you're just going to let him *win*? [8/8/2013 11:58:12 PM] Jamaros: ...yeah, pretty much. [8/8/2013 11:58:42 PM] Jamaros: What did you expect me to do? [8/8/2013 11:58:50 PM] Jamaros: Run to Sarron's rescue? [8/8/2013 11:59:04 PM] Kate: Cyrr: No! I expected you to come help me kill the bastard and take what's ours! [8/8/2013 11:59:38 PM] Jamaros: If I were in a position to take over in the first place, I would've done so years ago when I left. [8/9/2013 12:00:14 AM] Jamaros: I will attack the family when I am good and ready, and if it's Zharn I have to worry about instead of Sarron, all the better. [8/9/2013 12:00:20 AM] Jamaros: He's typically easier to fool. [8/9/2013 12:00:47 AM] Kate: Cyrr: Before he started buying up magic items to bolster his own abilities, he was easier to fool, yes. [8/9/2013 12:01:27 AM] Jamaros: Look, even if I wanted to go, and I really don't now that there's a bounty on my head, I'm kind of caught up in some stuff right here. [8/9/2013 12:01:36 AM] Jamaros: Did I not mention the baby dragon? [8/9/2013 12:01:40 AM] Kate: Cyrr: What could *possibly* be that important? [8/9/2013 12:02:08 AM] Jamaros: Hell, compared to saving Sarron, getting an especially bad case of head lice is more important. [8/9/2013 12:02:41 AM] Jamaros: Besides, what do I do when I get there? [8/9/2013 12:02:46 AM] Kate: Cyrr: I wasn't talking about saving him and you know it. [8/9/2013 12:03:01 AM] Jamaros: Accuse Zharn of treason against dad. [8/9/2013 12:03:06 AM] Jamaros: Yeah, that'll go well. [8/9/2013 12:03:32 AM] Kate: Cyrr: ... kill him. Or kill Zharn. With the two of us, we could. [8/9/2013 12:04:07 AM] Jamaros: I kill him and Yaral just takes the throne instead, and he's practically Zharn's puppet. [8/9/2013 12:04:28 AM] Jamaros: I'm practically last in line for anything, the servants get more than I do. [8/9/2013 12:04:57 AM] Kate: Cyrr: Without Zharn he's nothing. And we could invoke the Old Laws. [8/9/2013 12:05:23 AM] Jamaros: ........This was so not how I had this planned. [8/9/2013 12:05:44 AM] Jamaros: ...Look...I'll see when I can get there, but in the meantime, I'm serious. [8/9/2013 12:05:46 AM] Kate: Cyrr: Well how did you have this planned? [8/9/2013 12:05:51 AM] Jamaros: Get the fuck out! [8/9/2013 12:06:08 AM] Jamaros: Get to anywhere else! [8/9/2013 12:06:19 AM] Kate: Cyrr: I can't. If I go I lose my claim. [8/9/2013 12:06:40 AM] Jamaros: If you stay, Zharn will kill you. [8/9/2013 12:07:03 AM] Jamaros: ...And...I really can't come yet. [8/9/2013 12:07:35 AM] Kate: Cyrr: not if I'm careful. Why *not*? [8/9/2013 12:07:41 AM] Kate: Cyrr: What the hell is down there that's so important? [8/9/2013 12:07:49 AM] Jamaros: ...there's this girl... [8/9/2013 12:07:58 AM] Kate: Cyrr: You're *joking.* [8/9/2013 12:07:59 AM] Jamaros: It's kind of complicated. [8/9/2013 12:08:36 AM] Kate: Cyrr: You *must* be joking. This is the *family*. [8/9/2013 12:08:53 AM] Jamaros: ...This is your family. ...It's not mine. [8/9/2013 12:09:37 AM] Kate: Cyrr: You don't mean that. This *is* your family, it's just that father is too stupid, and now, too crazy, to recognize that. You're more his son than his born sons. [8/9/2013 12:11:03 AM] Jamaros: ...Why do you even care? You're first-born, he should've thrown all the praise on you he could. But he didn't care one bit about you! [8/9/2013 12:11:12 AM] Jamaros: About anyone but Zharn! [8/9/2013 12:12:28 AM] Kate: Cyrr balls up a fist. "By the Old Laws, this is *my* family, and *I* am the heir." [8/9/2013 12:12:59 AM] Jamaros: The Old Laws this, the Old Laws that! [8/9/2013 12:13:07 AM] Kate: Cyrr: It means I can challenge. [8/9/2013 12:13:54 AM] Jamaros: You know what? Then you challenge him! Because guess what? Even in the old laws, there are no rights for Bastards! [8/9/2013 12:14:46 AM] Kate: Cyrr: There are rights if they are *given* rights! [8/9/2013 12:14:51 AM] Kate: Cyrr: ... fine. I'll do it myself. [8/9/2013 12:15:00 AM] Jamaros: Fine! [8/9/2013 12:15:28 AM] Jamaros: Do that! [8/9/2013 12:16:08 AM] Jamaros: Go right ahead! [8/9/2013 12:16:44 AM] Kate: Cyrr: I *will*. And maybe I won't countermand the Hundred, either! [8/9/2013 12:16:54 AM] Jamaros: ...wait, what now? [8/9/2013 12:17:28 AM] Kate: Cyrr: Oh, didn't I mention that dear Father had sent the infamously deadly Assassin group known as "The Hundred" after you? No? Oh, silly *me.* [8/9/2013 12:18:04 AM] Jamaros: ...He sent The Hundred to kill me. ...wow, I didn't think he even cared about me that much. [8/9/2013 12:18:25 AM] Kate: Cyrr: He does *now*, yes. [8/9/2013 12:18:43 AM] Kate: Cyrr: ... they'll just keep coming, Jamaros. They'll keep coming and coming until he calls them off or you're dead. [8/9/2013 12:18:54 AM] Kate: Cyrr: And their name is *not* an exaggeration, there are actually a hundred of them. [8/9/2013 12:19:04 AM] Jamaros: ...................................... [8/9/2013 12:19:12 AM] Jamaros: ...........Fuck. [8/9/2013 12:19:26 AM] Jamaros: Jamaros scratches the back of his head and paces. [8/9/2013 12:19:27 AM] Kate: Cyrr: You *have* to help me. It's self-defense! [8/9/2013 12:19:57 AM] Jamaros: ...Dad's right, you are too fucking smart. [8/9/2013 12:20:17 AM] Jamaros: ...Fine...Where do you want me to meet you? [8/9/2013 12:21:16 AM] Kate: Cyrr: ... nowhere, yet. I'll let you know. I still have some people I need to put into place before we'll be ready to move on Zharn. Just be careful. You're pretty remote right now but you'd better get some anti-scrying measures if you want to live. [8/9/2013 12:21:45 AM] Jamaros: Right, that should give me some time to finish up here. [8/9/2013 12:21:46 AM] Kate: Cyrr hands him a round marble; its insides are swirling a bit with blueish glitter. [8/9/2013 12:22:47 AM] Kate: Cyrr: This will let me--and only me--scry on you, even if you get protection. And you *want* protection, trust me. The first assassins are already after you, I'm pretty sure. One of them is a dragonblood of some kind. [8/9/2013 12:23:21 AM] Jamaros: Damn, I cannot seem to get away from Draconics these days. [8/9/2013 12:23:37 AM] Jamaros: ...thanks. [8/9/2013 12:24:05 AM] Jamaros: ...Hey, uh...if I'm gonna be heading home soon...I should probably know... [8/9/2013 12:24:18 AM] Kate: Cyrr nods. "... just be careful. You're the only brother I can really stand. ... know what?" [8/9/2013 12:24:32 AM] Jamaros: ...what happened with Elmara? ((fiancee)) [8/9/2013 12:25:17 AM] Jamaros: You know...after I didn't show up? [8/9/2013 12:25:41 AM] Kate: Cyrr: ... you wouldn't believe me if I told you. Now go and get some antiscrying protection and keep that marble with you so I can still get ahold of you! [8/9/2013 12:26:05 AM | Edited 12:26:15 AM] Jamaros: I might know a lich who can hook me up with that. I'll keep this close by, and thanks again. [8/9/2013 12:28:21 AM] Kate: Cyrr hugs him again, and Jamaros wakes up. [8/9/2013 12:28:32 AM] Jamaros: Jamaros checks his hand for the marble. [8/9/2013 12:28:37 AM] Kate: It's there, slightly warm. [8/9/2013 12:28:51 AM] Jamaros: Jamaros thinks to himself, it's not a dream and looks around the room for intruders. [8/9/2013 12:29:41 AM] Kate: No one's there but Amara and the babydraconic. [8/9/2013 12:30:54 AM] Jamaros: Jamaros gets out of bed, his heart pounding, and lays some crude booby traps around the door (sets some of his Carrion Brain Juice to a wire so those who open it un announced become paralyzed). [8/9/2013 12:31:04 AM] Jamaros: Jamaros then goes back to bed and doesn't sleep.