Perpetual Gloom 013

[8/15/2013 9:06:30 PM] Kate: Y'all can wake up whenever you want. When last we met, Jamaros and Amara were together. Along with a baby kobold. [8/15/2013 9:06:37 PM] Kate: ((No, I didn't like DS9 either.)) [8/15/2013 9:06:48 PM] Jamaros: (( D: )) [8/15/2013 9:07:13 PM] Amara: Amara rolls out of bed (quite literally) and checks on Tikk! [8/15/2013 9:07:39 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros wakes up in a start [8/15/2013 9:07:42 PM] Kate: Roll Ref, Amara! [8/15/2013 9:08:12 PM] Amara: (( 15 )) [8/15/2013 9:08:47 PM] Jamaros: LOOK OUT! [8/15/2013 9:08:52 PM] Kate: Amara easily avoids stumbling into one of the many tripwires strung around the room. [8/15/2013 9:09:20 PM] Jamaros: ...so...uh...how are you today? ^^; [8/15/2013 9:09:27 PM] Amara: Dafuq are these? [8/15/2013 9:09:36 PM] Jamaros: ...they're booby traps. [8/15/2013 9:09:37 PM] Amara: ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME [8/15/2013 9:09:41 PM] Jamaros: No! [8/15/2013 9:09:54 PM] Amara: Because we can solve this quite easily…. [8/15/2013 9:09:57 PM] Amara: Do you like fire? [8/15/2013 9:10:08 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros carefully gets out of bed and begins dismantling the traps. [8/15/2013 9:10:18 PM] Jamaros: I just thought...you know...better safe than sorry. [8/15/2013 9:10:39 PM] Amara: What they hell is going on? [8/15/2013 9:10:50 PM] Kate: The baby kobold snorts and sits up. [8/15/2013 9:10:52 PM] Jamaros: ...ok...look...don't tell the others ok... [8/15/2013 9:11:15 PM] Amara: If you don't tell me right now what's going on, I'll go tell them right now. AFTER I burn this room down. [8/15/2013 9:11:18 PM] Amara: SO START TALKING [8/15/2013 9:11:19 PM] Jamaros: But...there're some...things...going on back in Tarkishi and...my family is kind of trying to kill me. [8/15/2013 9:11:30 PM] Jamaros: Like, seriously, trying to now. [8/15/2013 9:11:36 PM] Kate: Tikkara rubs her eyes. [8/15/2013 9:12:08 PM] Jamaros: Apparently there was an assassination attempt on my Father and they think it was me. [8/15/2013 9:12:32 PM] Jamaros: So, my Father, under the advice of my brother...sent a group of assassins after me. [8/15/2013 9:12:43 PM] Amara: And how do you know all of this?? [8/15/2013 9:13:07 PM] Jamaros: My sister told me...in my dreams. [8/15/2013 9:13:15 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros holds up a small marble. [8/15/2013 9:13:19 PM] Amara: What the hell were you smoking yesterday? [8/15/2013 9:13:26 PM] Jamaros: She gave me this, to help us stay in touch. [8/15/2013 9:13:45 PM] Amara: Huh….interesting... [8/15/2013 9:13:55 PM] Jamaros: Which leads me to my next bit. [8/15/2013 9:14:06 PM] Jamaros: Do you know any anti-scrying spells? [8/15/2013 9:14:07 PM] Kate: Tikkara hops over to Amara and hugs her. [8/15/2013 9:14:31 PM] Jamaros: Because we're gonna need one...badly. [8/15/2013 9:15:06 PM] Amara: Amara hugs Tikkara back. "You'll have to find someone whose not me then." [8/15/2013 9:15:22 PM] Jamaros: ...well...we probably know one person who can help us. [8/15/2013 9:15:33 PM] Jamaros: But I was really hoping we wouldn't have to ask the Lich. [8/15/2013 9:15:48 PM] Amara: We should probably ask for favors *after* we complete the job. [8/15/2013 9:16:43 PM] Jamaros: I am not sure it's wise to drag our feet on this. The group my father sent is called the Hundred, and assassins; groups don't get names for being bad at their jobs. [8/15/2013 9:17:13 PM] Jamaros: Besides, we now have enough people after us that it's probably something we should ask about to begin with. [8/15/2013 9:17:19 PM] Jamaros: You know, given your own family. [8/15/2013 9:17:31 PM] Amara: Pssh. One person and I'm fine. [8/15/2013 9:17:54 PM] Jamaros: Amara, you just became an adoptive mother...anyone hunting us is probably not smart. [8/15/2013 9:18:23 PM | Edited 9:18:30 PM] Amara: Fine fine. We'll talk to the lich. [8/15/2013 9:18:40 PM] Jamaros: Khiro might be able to help us, but I'd rather keep the details between us if possible. [8/15/2013 9:19:07 PM] Amara: As long as you don't give me a reason to say anything, I'll keep my mouth shut. [8/15/2013 9:19:19 PM] Jamaros: Right, thanks. [8/15/2013 9:19:27 PM] Jamaros: ...and there's one more thing. [8/15/2013 9:19:33 PM] Amara: Isn't there always. [8/15/2013 9:19:50 PM] Jamaros: After this is over, I'll have to go into the Confederacy and deal with this. [8/15/2013 9:19:57 PM] Kate: Tikkara snuggles Amara! [8/15/2013 9:20:09 PM] Amara: I've always wanted to go there! [8/15/2013 9:20:28 PM] Jamaros: ...well, at least you'll get to do that then. [8/15/2013 9:21:03 PM] Jamaros: ...We should go meet the others. I'm gonna ask about a scry-blocking spell. But again, let's try and not get too far into my family background. [8/15/2013 9:21:50 PM] Amara: Amara changes clothes and grabs the sling for Tikkara. "Let's get going then! We don't have time to lose." [8/15/2013 9:22:09 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros throws on his drow attire and heads for the door [8/15/2013 9:22:14 PM] Jamaros: ...wait! [8/15/2013 9:22:26 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros disarms the trap above the door. [8/15/2013 9:22:29 PM] Jamaros: ...forgot one. [8/15/2013 9:22:30 PM] Kate: Tikkara, in a singsong voice: Wait, wait, wait. Wait? [8/15/2013 9:23:07 PM] Amara: Amara heads towards the kitchen(?) [8/15/2013 9:23:22 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros follows [8/15/2013 9:23:42 PM] Kate: When Amara gets to the kitchen she finds Alain already there, sitting at the table, along with Alydia. [8/15/2013 9:23:57 PM] Jamaros: Mornin' folks. [8/15/2013 9:24:03 PM] Amara: Good morning! How are you two? [8/15/2013 9:24:19 PM] Kate: Alydia: ... good. Good, I think. Yeah. Good. [8/15/2013 9:24:35 PM] Amara: Well….good….then… [8/15/2013 9:24:58 PM] Amara: I'm sorry, are you okay Alydia? [8/15/2013 9:25:19 PM] Jamaros: Let me guess...more trouble in paradise? [8/15/2013 9:25:53 PM] Kate: Alydia: ... no. No, I actually mean it. It's good. The waterperson... thingy... woke up. [8/15/2013 9:26:37 PM] Amara: Did you find out anything? Who he is? *What* he is? [8/15/2013 9:26:57 PM] Jamaros: Is he a he? [8/15/2013 9:28:04 PM] Kate: Alydia ponders the question for a long time before answering! [8/15/2013 9:28:10 PM] Kate: Alydia: ... well, yes, and also no. [8/15/2013 9:28:21 PM] Kate: Alydia: It's a construct, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a gender. [8/15/2013 9:28:49 PM] Kate: Alydia: Or at least, it has both genders, depending on whatever it feels like at the moment. It's ... kind of a weird little thing. Almost like a child. [8/15/2013 9:29:38 PM] Jamaros: What did he do to piss off Father so much? [8/15/2013 9:29:53 PM] Kate: Alydia: Apparently it refused to kill somebody. [8/15/2013 9:30:01 PM] Kate: Alydia: ... it's named Ayr. [8/15/2013 9:30:35 PM] Jamaros: Hm...it's not an assassin is it? [8/15/2013 9:30:48 PM] Jamaros: Do you know what it does? [8/15/2013 9:31:40 PM] Kate: Alydia: Ayr is pretty definitely not an assassin. Right now about all I know is that it's *very* cuddly. [8/15/2013 9:31:57 PM] Jamaros: Well, we seem to be picking up a lot of cuddly lately. [8/15/2013 9:32:01 PM | Edited 9:32:09 PM] Amara: Amara raides an eyebrow at Alydia. [8/15/2013 9:32:14 PM] Kate: Alydia: It's asleep cuddling Tae Li. [8/15/2013 9:32:22 PM] Jamaros: ...wait, what? [8/15/2013 9:32:24 PM] Amara: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA [8/15/2013 9:32:40 PM] Kate: Alydia: Well Khiro brought it into the room last night. [8/15/2013 9:33:14 PM] Amara: …..that's awkward... [8/15/2013 9:33:21 PM] Jamaros: ...I have no words...that's a very rare scenario...when I have no words. [8/15/2013 9:33:47 PM] Kate: Alydia rolls her eyes. "It's like a child. It kept talking about belonging." [8/15/2013 9:34:11 PM] Kate: Alydia: So we let it stay with us. Tae Li is weirdly paternal. [8/15/2013 9:34:25 PM] Amara: This whole experience just keeps getting weirder and weirder. [8/15/2013 9:34:57 PM] Jamaros: How many children are we adopting, anyway? [8/15/2013 9:35:13 PM] Jamaros: I just feel we may live some pretty dangerous lives to be running a daycare on the side. [8/15/2013 9:35:21 PM] Kate: Alydia: I don't know. It's making wedding rings for us today, probably. If it wakes up. I don't know how long water...thingies... sleep. [8/15/2013 9:35:38 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros stifles a chuckle [8/15/2013 9:36:11 PM] Jamaros: Ok then...so...do you think this maternal thing might be helping with our Tae Li problem? [8/15/2013 9:36:37 PM] Kate: Alydia: I said paternal, not maternal. Hugging, not playing sports or teaching how to fight. Also, what problem. [8/15/2013 9:37:00 PM] Jamaros: The "I will flood your city and destroy your people" problem. [8/15/2013 9:37:19 PM] Kate: Alydia: Oh yeah. No, I'm pretty sure she wouldn't kill her own inlaws. [8/15/2013 9:37:31 PM | Edited 9:37:38 PM] Amara: I'm sorry - inlaws? [8/15/2013 9:37:54 PM] Jamaros: ...now I'm just confused. [8/15/2013 9:37:56 PM] Amara: Is someone getting married? [8/15/2013 9:38:19 PM] Jamaros: Well Khiro and Aly have been engaged for...maybe a week now I guess. [8/15/2013 9:38:35 PM] Kate: Alydia: She's marrying us. Oh, I'm not gay by the way. [8/15/2013 9:38:36 PM] Jamaros: I still don't see how Tae Li is suddenly family now. [8/15/2013 9:38:45 PM] Jamaros: ...Wait...what? [8/15/2013 9:38:46 PM] Amara: Amara 's jaw drops. [8/15/2013 9:38:54 PM] Amara: Be kind, rewind. What's going on now? [8/15/2013 9:38:57 PM] Jamaros: ...I have no words again. [8/15/2013 9:39:20 PM] Kate: Alain, from the stove: I do. "Wow." That pretty much covers it. [8/15/2013 9:39:35 PM] Amara: What happened to you two hating each other? [8/15/2013 9:39:47 PM] Kate: Alydia: I never said I hated her. [8/15/2013 9:40:05 PM] Jamaros: No, we just read it in the massive subtext between you two bickering. [8/15/2013 9:40:19 PM] Amara: Yeah! What he said! [8/15/2013 9:40:20 PM] Jamaros: Oh my God, was that the sexual tension? [8/15/2013 9:40:50 PM] Kate: Alydia: I bicker with everyone, I'm not marrying them. [8/15/2013 9:40:53 PM] Amara: WHEN THE HELL DID THIS BECOME A BLOODY DATING SERVICE! I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST DOING A GODSDAMN JOB! [8/15/2013 9:41:13 PM] Jamaros: This has been a weird week. [8/15/2013 9:41:17 PM] Kate: Alydia: ... well I had no idea you'd object. [8/15/2013 9:41:36 PM] Kate: Alydia: I'm sure if you want she can go back to threatening us with *genocide.* [8/15/2013 9:41:37 PM] Amara: I'M NOT OBJECTING. DOES THIS LOOK LIKE I'M OBJECTING?! [8/15/2013 9:41:40 PM] Jamaros: I'm not objecting exactly... [8/15/2013 9:41:44 PM] Jamaros: We're not objecting. [8/15/2013 9:41:55 PM] Jamaros: It's more just...what? [8/15/2013 9:42:16 PM] Amara: BUT HOLY GODS WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON AROUND HERE. IS THERE SOMETHING IN THE WATER?! IS EVERYBODY DRINKING CRAZY WATER?! [8/15/2013 9:42:37 PM] Kate: Alain: Woah, woah. Calm down. [8/15/2013 9:42:43 PM] Amara: I AM CALM!!! [8/15/2013 9:42:57 PM] Jamaros: Wait, so the three of you are getting married? [8/15/2013 9:43:11 PM | Edited 9:43:19 PM] Jamaros: I thought drow culture was all about female row having multiple males? [8/15/2013 9:43:28 PM] Kate: Alydia winces. "... you're kind of shouty, and yes, we are, and yeah, it wouldn't be legal here." [8/15/2013 9:43:39 PM] Jamaros: ...where would it be legal? [8/15/2013 9:44:00 PM] Kate: Alydia: Solitaire, obviously. [8/15/2013 9:44:04 PM] Jamaros: Ah, obviously. [8/15/2013 9:44:14 PM] Jamaros: ...why didn't I think of that? [8/15/2013 9:44:26 PM] Kate: Alydia shrugs. "I don't know, that's where he's from." [8/15/2013 9:44:37 PM] Khiro: Khiro joins the party. "What's with all the shouting?" [8/15/2013 9:44:48 PM] Amara: WHAT SHOUTING?! [8/15/2013 9:44:51 PM] Kate: Alydia: Oh good, she didn't kill you. ... I hate goodbyes. [8/15/2013 9:45:00 PM] Kate: Alain: ... should I be worrying about flammability? [8/15/2013 9:45:01 PM] Jamaros: Wait, what now? [8/15/2013 9:45:05 PM] Kate: Alydia: Nah, just inflammability. [8/15/2013 9:45:14 PM] Kate: Alain: You do realize that's the same thing, right? [8/15/2013 9:45:22 PM] Jamaros: That's the joke Alain. [8/15/2013 9:45:33 PM] Kate: Alydia frowns. "Really? ... damn, that explains a lot." [8/15/2013 9:45:35 PM] Jamaros: And, who is killing Khiro? I thought you were all getting married? [8/15/2013 9:45:56 PM] Kate: Alydia: We are, but we're leaving Tae Li behind today to keep an eye on Ayr. [8/15/2013 9:46:11 PM] Jamaros: I thought we were leaving Gus behind for that? [8/15/2013 9:46:12 PM] Khiro: And, you know, to rescue us if we need it. [8/15/2013 9:46:51 PM | Edited 9:47:00 PM] Jamaros: Or can she watch Tik too? Then Gus can go see my ex, and Alain can come with us. [8/15/2013 9:47:27 PM] Kate: Alain: I'm going to see your ex. I haven't seen Gus. [8/15/2013 9:47:44 PM] Kate: Alydia: And I'm pretty sure he's not as good at healing as Tae Li is, either. [8/15/2013 9:48:01 PM] Kate: Alydia: ... pretty sure you could leave the baby with her, too. [8/15/2013 9:48:12 PM] Jamaros: We are not bringing Gus with us! [8/15/2013 9:48:38 PM] Amara: Amara is sitting muttering to herself, little flames flickering on the tips of her fingers. [8/15/2013 9:48:44 PM] Jamaros: The guy seems real nice, and I am glad he helped us, but he turns to putty at the first sign of trouble. [8/15/2013 9:48:50 PM] Jamaros: He's a liability we cannot afford. [8/15/2013 9:49:17 PM] Amara: WHY DOES IT MATTER?! I THOUGHT WE WERE FINDING A GIRL ANYWAYS! [8/15/2013 9:49:30 PM] Jamaros: Ok, honey, the shouting really is getting old. [8/15/2013 9:49:30 PM] Kate: Alydia flinches. [8/15/2013 9:49:54 PM] Amara: AND WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT CALLING ME HONEY [8/15/2013 9:49:55 PM] Kate: Alain: ... look, how about I sort it all out. You can leave the baby with me. [8/15/2013 9:50:27 PM] Jamaros: That still leaves Gus, and why do you think the job to visit a girl is actually about going to visit a girl? [8/15/2013 9:50:33 PM] Jamaros: When has it been that simple? [8/15/2013 9:50:40 PM] Kate: Alydia: Wait, don't spiders eat their babies? [8/15/2013 9:51:01 PM] Khiro: Alydia, don't help. [8/15/2013 9:51:01 PM] Amara: Amara shudders and runs out of the kitchen! [8/15/2013 9:51:23 PM] Kate: Alain raises a hand. "... aranea, not... spider.... nevermind." [8/15/2013 9:51:25 PM] Jamaros: Amara? Dear, it's ok, no one is eating Tik! [8/15/2013 9:51:27 PM] Kate: He rubs his forehead. [8/15/2013 9:51:45 PM] Kate: Alydia: ... man, what's eating her? [8/15/2013 9:51:48 PM] Jamaros: ...thanks Aly. [8/15/2013 9:51:57 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros follows after Amara. [8/15/2013 9:52:07 PM] Kate: Alydia: Sorry! I just wanted to make sure she wasn't leaving her baby with a cannibal! [8/15/2013 9:52:31 PM] Kate: Alain: ... I'm not a cannibal. Besides, that would only apply to aranea anyway. And I don't eat sentients. [8/15/2013 9:53:39 PM] Khiro: Alydia, apologize to Alain for insinuating he was a cannibal. [8/15/2013 9:54:04 PM] Kate: Alydia rolls her eyes. "Fine, fine. I'm sorry." [8/15/2013 9:55:27 PM] Khiro: Was that so hard? [8/15/2013 9:55:48 PM] Kate: Alydia: Yeah! [8/15/2013 9:56:03 PM] Khiro: Well, keep working at it. [8/15/2013 9:56:34 PM] Kate: Alydia glowers. "Bossyboots." [8/15/2013 9:57:22 PM] Kate: Alain: Yeah, well. Don't expect surface men to obey your every whim. [8/15/2013 9:57:22 PM] Khiro: You know it. [8/15/2013 9:57:37 PM] Kate: Alydia: Drow men don't either! They're just not usually as direct, that's all. [8/15/2013 9:59:20 PM] Khiro: ...is there any breakfast about? [8/15/2013 9:59:41 PM] Kate: Alain: Sure, what do you want? After this I'm pretty sure I can get a job anywhere as a short-order cook. [8/15/2013 9:59:54 PM] Kate: Alydia: You do know you're not *actually* a slave, right? [8/15/2013 9:59:56 PM] Khiro: Aim for the sky, my friend. [8/15/2013 10:03:28 PM] Khiro: You don't need to make us anything, Alain. Just point out where there's some food ready to eat. [8/15/2013 10:03:29 PM] Kate: Alain: ... sky. I don't think I can cook a sky. [8/15/2013 10:03:42 PM] Kate: Alain: Hey, I don't mind. I don't get to cook a lot myself normally. [8/15/2013 10:04:48 PM] Khiro: Something simple will be fine, then. [8/15/2013 10:05:35 PM] Kate: Alain nods, and starts rustling up some ingredients. [8/15/2013 10:05:52 PM] Kate: Alydia: You know, I'd make a remark about how long they've been gone but they have the baby with them. [8/15/2013 10:06:33 PM] Khiro: True. Hmm. [8/15/2013 10:06:46 PM] Khiro: ...I wonder who this woman is. And I hope she's not just a sacrifice. [8/15/2013 10:08:02 PM] Kate: Alydia: ... maybe we should ask first. ... although you know, he *could* probably crush us like bugs. [8/15/2013 10:08:16 PM] Kate: Alydia: Maybe we shouldn't go back. [8/15/2013 10:09:00 PM] Khiro: ...we've already done this much. He'll just find someone else if we don't do it. [8/15/2013 10:09:10 PM] Jamaros: Who will find someone else? [8/15/2013 10:09:23 PM] Khiro: And if that's the case, then we won't be around to possibly try and stop him. [8/15/2013 10:09:25 PM | Edited 10:09:46 PM] Amara: Amara returns, possibly in a worse mood, but not in a shouty mood. [8/15/2013 10:09:33 PM] Kate: Alydia: The lich. [8/15/2013 10:09:45 PM] Kate: Tikkara is cooing again, singing a little tune. [8/15/2013 10:10:05 PM] Jamaros: ...yeah...uh...I actually need to talk to Khiro about that...kinda... [8/15/2013 10:10:10 PM] Kate: Alain hands Khiro a mushroom-mold omelet. [8/15/2013 10:10:18 PM] Kate: Alydia: Yeah? Go ahead, just don't have too much fun without me. [8/15/2013 10:10:28 PM] Jamaros: What defensive spells do you know? [8/15/2013 10:10:46 PM] Jamaros: Like, to protect yourself from other magic? [8/15/2013 10:10:57 PM | Edited 10:11:04 PM] Khiro: None, really. [8/15/2013 10:11:10 PM] Jamaros: ...figures. [8/15/2013 10:11:14 PM] Jamaros: Ok then... [8/15/2013 10:11:17 PM] Khiro: Not terribly good at Abjurations. [8/15/2013 10:11:30 PM] Kate: Alydia: What kind of spell do you want cast? [8/15/2013 10:11:42 PM | Edited 10:12:26 PM] Jamaros: So, you wouldn't know anything about preventing someone from scrying on you? [8/15/2013 10:12:32 PM] Kate: Alydia's eyes narrow. "Why, who's scrying on you?" [8/15/2013 10:12:44 PM] Jamaros: ...it's really not something I want to get into. [8/15/2013 10:12:51 PM] Jamaros: I'll tell you if it becomes an issue. [8/15/2013 10:13:35 PM] Jamaros: ...I'm guessing' the answer is no then...great... [8/15/2013 10:13:43 PM] Jamaros: Guess I will have to talk to the Lich. [8/15/2013 10:14:34 PM] Kate: Alydia frowns. "... I don't know, you guys, I'm having second thoughts about this." [8/15/2013 10:14:45 PM] Jamaros: ...Now?!? [8/15/2013 10:14:53 PM] Jamaros: NOW YOU'RE HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS?!? [8/15/2013 10:15:05 PM] Khiro: No, we're going to finish this. [8/15/2013 10:15:08 PM] Amara: Godsdamn it [8/15/2013 10:15:29 PM] Jamaros: Where the fuck were these thoughts when I was playing drug dealer to a fucking killer dragon?!? [8/15/2013 10:15:40 PM] Kate: Alydia: All right, all right. Man. Forget I said anything. Men. So *emotional.* [8/15/2013 10:16:00 PM] Jamaros: Oh, well forgive me for actually having emotions. [8/15/2013 10:16:12 PM] Jamaros: I guess you only bother to get them when they're convenient. [8/15/2013 10:16:28 PM | Edited 10:16:33 PM] Jamaros: Is that why you haven't mentioned your sister in about three days? [8/15/2013 10:16:35 PM] Kate: Alydia rolls her eyes, and *pop* turns into a man. He looks agonized suddenly. [8/15/2013 10:16:55 PM] Kate: Alydia: ... exactly *what* do you mean by that? [8/15/2013 10:17:09 PM] Jamaros: Oh nothing. [8/15/2013 10:17:19 PM] Jamaros: I guess I'm just wondering what happened to finding her. [8/15/2013 10:17:33 PM] Jamaros: I've at least got a spy out for her. What have you done lately? [8/15/2013 10:19:19 PM] Kate: Kalanor looks even more uncomfortable. "... nothing. All right? Nothing. I'm totally useless because I'm a musician instead of a priestess like mother wanted to me to be or a wizard like father did. All right? Are you happy now? Okay?" [8/15/2013 10:19:38 PM] Jamaros: No, I'm not happy. [8/15/2013 10:20:12 PM] Khiro: But at least everyone else is miserable now too, right? [8/15/2013 10:20:41 PM] Kate: Kalanor: I can't even ask around to see if people have seen my sister, because the social cues are all wrong and I don't know *how* to be a man, all right? I *don't know how.* [8/15/2013 10:23:10 PM] Khiro: Tell you all what. I'm the one that made this deal with the Lich, I'll do the last task myself. You all can stay here and keep looking for Maya, or screaming, or both at the same time. No worries. [8/15/2013 10:23:42 PM] Kate: Kalanor: What, you think I'm going to let you just walk into a lich's tower by yourself? [8/15/2013 10:24:29 PM] Jamaros: Look, we're gonna finish this up with the Lich, and then we're all gonna get back on topic here. [8/15/2013 10:25:01 PM] Jamaros: After today, we can find out if Zarra actually knows anything and then pool what we know about Maya's disappearance. [8/15/2013 10:25:32 PM] Jamaros: In the meantime...we all said some things we regret...so...let's just get some cooler heads and carry on. [8/15/2013 10:25:33 PM | Edited 10:25:41 PM] Jamaros: Ok? [8/15/2013 10:25:46 PM] Khiro: I didn't say anything I regretted. [8/15/2013 10:25:49 PM] Kate: Alain: I didn't either. [8/15/2013 10:25:49 PM] Khiro: Khiro eats his eggs. [8/15/2013 10:25:54 PM] Amara: Nor did I. [8/15/2013 10:25:56 PM | Edited 10:26:06 PM] Kate: Kalanor: ... I wish I was dead. [8/15/2013 10:26:06 PM] Jamaros: Well, you'll get the chance, Alain, when you go shopping with Zarra. [8/15/2013 10:26:32 PM] Kate: Alain: ... what do you mean? [8/15/2013 10:27:05 PM] Jamaros: Same plan as before, Tae Li's staying with the...water...guy...thing. Gus will watch Tik, and you get to go see Zarra again. [8/15/2013 10:27:22 PM] Kate: Alain: Right. [8/15/2013 10:27:35 PM] Kate: Alain: I'll stick with Tik til Gus gets up. [8/15/2013 10:27:44 PM] Jamaros: ...right. [8/15/2013 10:27:54 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros changes into his Drow form. [8/15/2013 10:28:02 PM] Khiro: Tae Li can keep an eye on Tik, too. [8/15/2013 10:28:22 PM] Amara: ….Riiiiight. Not sure how I feel about that one... [8/15/2013 10:28:24 PM] Kate: Alain nods. [8/15/2013 10:28:25 PM] Jamaros: Not sure how comfortable I am with that. [8/15/2013 10:28:38 PM] Kate: Kalanor: ... she's really sweet. [8/15/2013 10:28:50 PM] Khiro: It'll be fine, I promise. [8/15/2013 10:28:54 PM | Edited 10:29:05 PM] Jamaros: You were ready to kill her 15 hours ago. [8/15/2013 10:29:18 PM] Kate: Kalanor: Yeah, well, I didn't, did I? [8/15/2013 10:29:35 PM] Kate: Alain: If you guys don't stop fighting, I swear I'm going to drug you all. [8/15/2013 10:30:06 PM] Khiro: I'm with the Aranea gentleman. [8/15/2013 10:30:08 PM] Jamaros: I'm not arguing. I am discussing...in a slightly antagonistic manner. [8/15/2013 10:30:22 PM] Jamaros: Look, I had a bad night, let's just go. [8/15/2013 10:30:52 PM] Khiro: ...mine was pretty great, if that helps. [8/15/2013 10:30:53 PM] Kate: Kalanor, gloomily: I didn't. [8/15/2013 10:30:54 PM] Khiro: Khiro grins. [8/15/2013 10:31:46 PM] Jamaros: Ok, so Khiro had a good night, and no one else did. Let's go and silently hate him for it on the way. [8/15/2013 10:31:54 PM] Kate: Alain pats Amara on the shoulder. "Good luck." [8/15/2013 10:32:06 PM] Amara: Good luck with what exactly? [8/15/2013 10:32:25 PM] Kate: Alain: ... everything you do. Here, hand me the baby. [8/15/2013 10:32:39 PM] Amara: Amara passes Tikkara and the sling over. [8/15/2013 10:33:46 PM] Kate: Alain cuddles Tikkara, who climbs up a bit as he does. "Hey, watch the claws there. Careful." [8/15/2013 10:34:32 PM] Jamaros: Right...I think we should get this underway. Everyone ready to go? [8/15/2013 10:35:06 PM] Kate: Kalanor: Yeah. [8/15/2013 10:35:10 PM] Khiro: I'm ready. [8/15/2013 10:35:33 PM] Jamaros: Good...let's go then. [8/15/2013 10:35:39 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros heads for the door. [8/15/2013 10:35:55 PM] Kate: Alydia hesitates. [8/15/2013 10:35:58 PM] Kate: Then follows him. [8/15/2013 10:36:32 PM] Khiro: Khiro goes! [8/15/2013 10:36:42 PM] Amara: Amara follows Khiro out. [8/15/2013 10:36:58 PM] Jamaros: ((Can we just skip ahead to the tower?)) [8/15/2013 10:37:13 PM] Kate: No. [8/15/2013 10:37:20 PM] Jamaros: ((Damn)) [8/15/2013 10:37:30 PM] Kate: But it's a quiet walk. Kalanor seems upset. [8/15/2013 10:37:47 PM] Khiro: Khiro puts his drow face on and walks beside Kal. "What's wrong?" [8/15/2013 10:38:15 PM] Kate: Kalanor shakes his head. "Later." [8/15/2013 10:38:21 PM] Kate: You reach the tower! [8/15/2013 10:38:45 PM] Kate: The two armor-guards outside are wearing very shiny silvery armor now, and the outside of the tower is several shades lighter than it was the last time you were here. [8/15/2013 10:38:46 PM] Kate: Very clean! [8/15/2013 10:39:00 PM] Khiro: We're here to see the wizard. [8/15/2013 10:39:10 PM] Kate: The guards let you in! [8/15/2013 10:39:27 PM] Kate: .... into an anteroom filled with light from a skylight... which doesn't make sense as you're under ground. [8/15/2013 10:39:30 PM] Jamaros: ((Nobody sees the wizard, not no way, not no how :) )) [8/15/2013 10:39:43 PM] Khiro: ((Apparently we do!)) [8/15/2013 10:39:50 PM] Khiro: Huh, neat trick. [8/15/2013 10:40:00 PM] Kate: The decor has lightened up further, with lots of blues and silvers to go with the occasional grey. [8/15/2013 10:40:07 PM] Jamaros: Is it still a trick if it's magic? [8/15/2013 10:40:08 PM] Kate: And the butler is still just as handsome as he was last time. [8/15/2013 10:40:32 PM] Khiro: Especially if it's a trick. [8/15/2013 10:41:12 PM] Jamaros: ((To Butler)) Look, we've seen all the glamor and glitz, can we move along please? [8/15/2013 10:41:31 PM] Kate: The butler nods and leads you up the glittering, clean, clean, clean stairwell. [8/15/2013 10:41:48 PM] Amara: Hey was it this clean last time we were here? [8/15/2013 10:41:57 PM] Kate: Butler: No, miss. [8/15/2013 10:42:04 PM] Amara: Shiny. I like it. [8/15/2013 10:42:06 PM] Kate: Butler: The Master is preparing for a visitor. [8/15/2013 10:42:38 PM] Amara: A visitor, huh? Does this visitor happen to have anything to do with our next task? [8/15/2013 10:42:43 PM] Kate: When you finally get up the stairs, he motions you toward the same door you saw last time. [8/15/2013 10:42:47 PM] Kate: Butler: I believe so, miss. [8/15/2013 10:42:50 PM] Kate: Only this time it's clean. [8/15/2013 10:43:16 PM] Amara: I assume she's not a sacrifice then. Nobody goes through this amount of effort for a sacrifice. [8/15/2013 10:43:36 PM] Jamaros: No, I think we're back to the pimping theory. [8/15/2013 10:43:49 PM] Kate: Butler: Pimping, sir? [8/15/2013 10:43:57 PM] Kate: Kalanor opens the door to the lich's study and steps in! [8/15/2013 10:43:57 PM] Jamaros: ...uh... [8/15/2013 10:44:10 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros follows Kal in a panic [8/15/2013 10:44:27 PM] Jamaros: ((For someone with an 18 Cha, I have a tragic case of foot-in-mouth)) [8/15/2013 10:45:03 PM] Khiro: Don't worry about it, my good sir. [8/15/2013 10:45:09 PM] Khiro: Khiro goes in! [8/15/2013 10:45:15 PM] Amara: Amara follows behind [8/15/2013 10:45:48 PM] Kate: Everyone heads into the lich's former chemistry lab/kitchen. [8/15/2013 10:46:20 PM] Kate: ... now it's an ornate study, filled with bookshelves on the round walls, and couches, cushions, tables and chairs, with a skylight above (impossibly; also, this one shows it's night outside). [8/15/2013 10:46:28 PM] Jamaros: ...seriously? [8/15/2013 10:46:43 PM] Kate: It even smells nice, and everything looks very elegant, but not so much so that it would be uncomfortable. [8/15/2013 10:46:52 PM] Kate: The lich is seated at a desk. [8/15/2013 10:47:01 PM] Khiro: ...very nice. [8/15/2013 10:47:32 PM] Jamaros: Somebody's trying to make a good impression. [8/15/2013 10:47:45 PM] Kate: He stands up, still black robed and ominous, and turns to face you. "... it can't hurt." [8/15/2013 10:48:22 PM] Jamaros: I guess not...before we head out, I need to talk to you. [8/15/2013 10:48:45 PM] Jamaros: ((to the lich)) [8/15/2013 10:49:11 PM] Jamaros: I need to make a separate deal with you. Preferably, with a price to be paid later. [8/15/2013 10:49:39 PM] Khiro: Khiro blinks. [8/15/2013 10:49:46 PM] Kate: The lich eyes Jamaros. "... after you get back." [8/15/2013 10:49:54 PM] Jamaros: ...ok... [8/15/2013 10:50:02 PM] Kate: Galdor: I can't really guarantee anything at this time. [8/15/2013 10:50:12 PM] Kate: He slams his staff down on the ground and the portal opens, just as it has before. [8/15/2013 10:50:33 PM] Khiro: Where are we going this time? [8/15/2013 10:51:09 PM] Kate: Galdor: I'm honestly not sure. Wherever she is. [8/15/2013 10:51:17 PM] Khiro: Who is she? [8/15/2013 10:51:18 PM] Amara: And who is "she"? [8/15/2013 10:51:57 PM] Kate: Galdor: Malfindl. [8/15/2013 10:52:06 PM] Kate: Galdor: Go on. Oh, I almost forgot. [8/15/2013 10:52:23 PM] Kate: He tosses Khiro the stick that allows you to get back; even that has lightened into grey. [8/15/2013 10:52:26 PM] Khiro: ... I don't know her by name. Give us a little more to go on, will you? [8/15/2013 10:52:47 PM] Jamaros: At least a basic physical description. [8/15/2013 10:53:05 PM] Kate: Galdor: ... it's been eons since I've seen her. [8/15/2013 10:53:16 PM] Kate: Galdor: I don't know what she looks like; she's put up antiscrying measures. [8/15/2013 10:53:27 PM] Jamaros: ...you don't say... [8/15/2013 10:53:49 PM] Amara: (( brb )) [8/15/2013 10:53:50 PM] Kate: Galdor nods. "As I have, of course. But hers are very... elegant. Go on." [8/15/2013 10:53:59 PM] Kate: ((Ah, let's take a 5 minute biobreak.)) [8/15/2013 10:54:04 PM] Jamaros: ((K)) [8/15/2013 10:55:47 PM] Amara: (( haha sorry - I really needed a quick biobreak! )) [8/15/2013 10:55:47 PM] Khiro: ((good idea.)) [8/15/2013 10:57:18 PM] Kate: All right. We all back? [8/15/2013 10:57:31 PM] Amara: (( I am )) [8/15/2013 11:00:35 PM] Khiro: ((Back.)) [8/15/2013 11:00:37 PM] Jamaros: ((Back)) [8/15/2013 11:00:47 PM] Kate: ((Woot.)) [8/15/2013 11:00:59 PM] Kate: Galdor: ... go on, now,  you'd better get through. This portal won't last forever, you know. [8/15/2013 11:01:07 PM] Kate: Kalanor sets his jaw and steps through it. [8/15/2013 11:01:08 PM] Khiro: Where are we going, at least? [8/15/2013 11:01:19 PM] Jamaros: ((He just said he doesn't know)) [8/15/2013 11:01:28 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros hesitates but goes through [8/15/2013 11:01:30 PM] Kate: Galdor: I'm not sure. Sorry. [8/15/2013 11:01:42 PM] Khiro: Khiro goes on through. [8/15/2013 11:01:50 PM] Amara: Amara goes through. [8/15/2013 11:02:01 PM] Kate: You find yourself outside Galdor's tower! [8/15/2013 11:02:06 PM] Kate: ... except you're not. [8/15/2013 11:02:12 PM] Jamaros: ...ok, what of all the fucks? [8/15/2013 11:02:39 PM] Kate: It looks very similar to Galdor's tower, though, it's just an even lighter color, and the top seems to have a crownlike structure on it as decoration rather than a smooth top. [8/15/2013 11:03:07 PM] Kate: Also, you're outdoors, apparently on top of a big hill, with green grass under your feet and sunshine over your head, with a blue sky to boot. [8/15/2013 11:03:28 PM] Khiro: Khiro squints, looking for landmarks. [8/15/2013 11:04:03 PM] Kate: Apart from the big tower? Lots of big boulders, some pretty flowers, forest a little way away. [8/15/2013 11:04:22 PM] Jamaros: ...so...are we still in Meneluinin or what? [8/15/2013 11:04:41 PM] Khiro: Hmm. [8/15/2013 11:04:44 PM] Kate: Kalanor rubs his eyes, and then grabs his sunglasses. [8/15/2013 11:04:52 PM] Kate: Kalanor: I don't know, but it's bright. [8/15/2013 11:05:16 PM] Khiro: Khiro shifts back to his non-drow form. [8/15/2013 11:05:30 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros does the same [8/15/2013 11:05:40 PM] Jamaros: Now I wish I'd brought my regular clothes. [8/15/2013 11:05:49 PM] Amara: Amara also changes back! [8/15/2013 11:06:01 PM] Kate: Kalanor: Think she's in the tower? [8/15/2013 11:06:01 PM] Khiro: Khiro pulls his normal clothes out of his Haversack. [8/15/2013 11:06:21 PM] Khiro: I don't think so. I think he's got several towers connected by conjuration magics. [8/15/2013 11:06:50 PM] Jamaros: ...well, fortune favors the bold I guess. [8/15/2013 11:06:57 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros approaches the door [8/15/2013 11:07:08 PM] Jamaros: ((Let me guess, we see two other armor guards?)) [8/15/2013 11:07:14 PM] Kate: You do! [8/15/2013 11:07:28 PM] Jamaros: ...hey...we're looking for...uh...what was her name again? [8/15/2013 11:07:31 PM] Kate: They're white, though, and they look female. [8/15/2013 11:07:48 PM] Amara: We're looking for Malfindl. [8/15/2013 11:07:57 PM] Jamaros: Yeah, her. [8/15/2013 11:08:10 PM] Amara: Do you by chance know where we could find her? [8/15/2013 11:08:22 PM] Khiro: Khiro is putting his clothes on. Also his armor. [8/15/2013 11:08:42 PM] Kate: Armor: To what purpose? [8/15/2013 11:08:52 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros, ignoring what he said before, pulls his armor and cloak from his haversack [8/15/2013 11:08:59 PM] Jamaros: We just want to talk to her. [8/15/2013 11:09:44 PM] Jamaros: We were sent to find her. [8/15/2013 11:09:45 PM] Kate: Armor: She is in the tower. [8/15/2013 11:09:48 PM] Kate: Armor: Who sent you? [8/15/2013 11:09:57 PM] Jamaros: ...uh... [8/15/2013 11:10:09 PM] Amara: I think it's an old friend of hers. He would like to see her again. [8/15/2013 11:10:23 PM] Kate: Armor: An old friend? [8/15/2013 11:10:26 PM] Amara: (( should I roll bluff since I don't know if this is true? )) [8/15/2013 11:10:29 PM] Kate: Yep! [8/15/2013 11:10:30 PM] Khiro: Galdor Ar'Finiel. [8/15/2013 11:10:46 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros whisper yells "KHIRO!" [8/15/2013 11:10:51 PM] Amara: (( 22 for bluff )) [8/15/2013 11:10:56 PM] Jamaros: ((Hot damn)) [8/15/2013 11:11:03 PM] Jamaros: ((Nice roll)) [8/15/2013 11:11:11 PM] Kate: Very! [8/15/2013 11:11:17 PM] Kate: The two sets of armor move aside. [8/15/2013 11:11:18 PM] Amara: (( why thank you! that'll be my only one for the evening! )) [8/15/2013 11:11:45 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros puts on the last parts of his clothes and enters, quickly [8/15/2013 11:12:28 PM] Khiro: Khiro goes in, clothed and armored! [8/15/2013 11:12:37 PM] Kate: Kalanor follows, still quiet. [8/15/2013 11:12:41 PM] Amara: (( Just as a note, Amara is staying in her drow dress.)) [8/15/2013 11:13:04 PM] Kate: It's beautiful inside, but it's still brighter than Galdor's place. It does look eerily similar, but all in white marble and alabaster trimmed with gold. [8/15/2013 11:13:51 PM] Jamaros: Well, if he was hoping to impress her, he may fall a tad short. [8/15/2013 11:13:54 PM] Kate: There doesn't seem to be a butler. [8/15/2013 11:13:57 PM] Kate: Kalanor: I doubt it. [8/15/2013 11:14:05 PM] Kate: Kalanor: Something's not right here. [8/15/2013 11:14:17 PM] Khiro: Khiro looks around. [8/15/2013 11:14:21 PM] Jamaros: You mean because we're not being attacked by anything yet? [8/15/2013 11:14:32 PM] Jamaros: I will admit, that is an unsettling change of pace. [8/15/2013 11:15:01 PM] Kate: It's pretty. [8/15/2013 11:15:03 PM] Kate: Roll spot! [8/15/2013 11:15:25 PM] Kate: Well, Notice. [8/15/2013 11:15:34 PM] Khiro: (25!)) [8/15/2013 11:15:42 PM] Jamaros: ((17)) [8/15/2013 11:15:44 PM] Amara: (( 11 )) [8/15/2013 11:16:00 PM] Jamaros: ((Amara never seems to be paying attention :P )) [8/15/2013 11:16:04 PM] Khiro: It is too quiet here. [8/15/2013 11:16:22 PM | Edited 11:16:25 PM] Amara: Seems normal to me! [8/15/2013 11:16:54 PM] Jamaros: I dunno.  This is...eery. [8/15/2013 11:17:11 PM] Khiro: Very. [8/15/2013 11:17:23 PM] Khiro: Hello? [8/15/2013 11:17:28 PM] Amara: Amara looks around for stairs or doors [8/15/2013 11:18:10 PM] Kate: Khiro's voice echoes! [8/15/2013 11:18:19 PM | Edited 11:18:34 PM] Khiro: There's nothing alive here. [8/15/2013 11:18:26 PM] Kate: There's the same set of stairs that in Galdor's tower, leads up to his office/kitchen/chemistry place/library. [8/15/2013 11:18:34 PM] Amara: Amara bounds up the stairs [8/15/2013 11:18:43 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros chases after Amara [8/15/2013 11:19:05 PM] Kate: So does Kalanor. [8/15/2013 11:19:13 PM] Kate: Your steps clatter, echoing through the tower. [8/15/2013 11:19:33 PM] Kate: Finally you get to the door of the study. It's white, just like all the other things here. [8/15/2013 11:19:46 PM] Amara: Amara knocks on the door [8/15/2013 11:19:52 PM] Jamaros: It's like the anti-Galdor [8/15/2013 11:20:38 PM] Kate: A voice comes from inside: "Come." [8/15/2013 11:20:57 PM] Amara: Amara pushes through, excitedly! She still finds nothing strange about all of this. [8/15/2013 11:21:04 PM] Jamaros: Amara. [8/15/2013 11:21:08 PM] Kate: Kalanor is too depressed to even make a dirty joke, and just follows Amara dispiritedly. [8/15/2013 11:21:09 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros follows [8/15/2013 11:21:29 PM] Jamaros: ...ok, Kal...seriously, are you ok? [8/15/2013 11:22:07 PM] Khiro: Khiro follows the others in. [8/15/2013 11:22:11 PM] Kate: This place... well, it's actually more like Galdor's chemistry room, with alabaster tables and chemistry apparatuses on top. Everything is gold and white; there's a single person there with its back turned to you, all in white robes and a white cowl, head to toe. [8/15/2013 11:22:18 PM] Kate: Kalanor: Just... something you said. I have to think. [8/15/2013 11:22:45 PM] Jamaros: ...why do I feel like I entered the regal bathroom version of Galdor's lab? [8/15/2013 11:22:55 PM] Amara: ….Hello?... [8/15/2013 11:23:32 PM] Amara: Sorry to just barge in, but we're sort of looking for Malfindl. Do you know where we can find her? [8/15/2013 11:23:42 PM] Kate: The cloaked figure goes still, but doesn't turn around. "I am Malfindl. What is it?" [8/15/2013 11:24:03 PM] Jamaros: We were sent here to offer you a request. [8/15/2013 11:24:09 PM] Jamaros: An invitation, as it were. [8/15/2013 11:24:26 PM] Kate: Malfindl: From whom? [8/15/2013 11:24:48 PM] Jamaros: ...we believe an old friend and acquaintance in wizardry. [8/15/2013 11:24:54 PM] Jamaros: ((bluff?)) [8/15/2013 11:25:09 PM] Khiro: Khiro decides not to blurt anything out this time. [8/15/2013 11:25:20 PM] Kate: Depends. Do you believe it? [8/15/2013 11:25:23 PM] Jamaros: ((Smart move)) [8/15/2013 11:25:25 PM] Kate: Malfindl: Yes? [8/15/2013 11:25:27 PM] Jamaros: ((I think I do)) [8/15/2013 11:26:01 PM] Jamaros: ...a great and powerful wizard. ...and one who seems to share your taste in interior decoration. [8/15/2013 11:26:08 PM] Kate: ((No bluff needed.)) [8/15/2013 11:26:13 PM] Kate: All of you should roll Diplomacy, though. [8/15/2013 11:26:24 PM] Kate: Malfindl: *Who?* [8/15/2013 11:26:26 PM] Kate: Roll Notice! [8/15/2013 11:26:35 PM] Jamaros: ((16 Dip)) [8/15/2013 11:26:48 PM] Jamaros: ((14 Not)) [8/15/2013 11:27:21 PM] Jamaros: Um...well he's...uh... [8/15/2013 11:27:36 PM] Jamaros: He would rather remain anonymous at this time, we believe. [8/15/2013 11:28:37 PM] Kate: Malfindl: Then I am not interested. Leave. [8/15/2013 11:28:52 PM] Jamaros: ...Galdor, his name is Galdor. [8/15/2013 11:28:52 PM | Edited 11:29:00 PM] Khiro: Galdor Ar'findel. [8/15/2013 11:29:34 PM] Kate: Malfindl: ... you came from Galdor? [8/15/2013 11:30:01 PM] Amara: My apologies for being so crude, but would you mind turning around? It's polite to look at your guests when you're speaking to them. [8/15/2013 11:30:45 PM] Khiro: (("That's where we'll find it, the Undead Connection, the Bodaks, the Liches, and me...)) [8/15/2013 11:31:00 PM] Kate: Malfindl turns around! And fireballs you all. Reflex checks! [8/15/2013 11:31:32 PM] Khiro: 5.)) [8/15/2013 11:31:43 PM] Amara: ((4)) [8/15/2013 11:31:46 PM] Khiro: ((Good knowing you all!)) [8/15/2013 11:31:56 PM] Jamaros: ((12)) [8/15/2013 11:32:01 PM] Kate: Ouch! [8/15/2013 11:32:06 PM] Kate: You all take 10 damage! [8/15/2013 11:32:11 PM] Kate: Roll Initiative! [8/15/2013 11:32:22 PM] Kate: Angry caster is angry! [8/15/2013 11:32:44 PM] Khiro: ((11.)) [8/15/2013 11:32:49 PM] Jamaros: ((19)) [8/15/2013 11:33:55 PM] Amara: ((19)) [8/15/2013 11:34:17 PM] Kate: Amara, Jams, what're your dex scores? [8/15/2013 11:34:24 PM] Jamaros: ((+ 2)) [8/15/2013 11:34:38 PM] Jamaros: ((Sorry, score, 14)) [8/15/2013 11:34:56 PM] Amara: (( score 10 )) [8/15/2013 11:35:04 PM] Kate: Round 1: Jamaros, Amara, Khiro! [8/15/2013 11:35:07 PM] Kate: * Jamaros * [8/15/2013 11:35:25 PM] Jamaros: ((What action would it be to apply poison to my blade?)) [8/15/2013 11:35:52 PM] Kate: Not a move, the other one. [8/15/2013 11:35:57 PM] Kate: Can't do it and fight on the same turn. [8/15/2013 11:36:16 PM] Jamaros: ((Ok...)) [8/15/2013 11:36:46 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros tries to apply carrion crawler juice to the blade without being seen, and moving behind her [8/15/2013 11:37:13 PM] Kate: Can't really do that without a hide check, and getting behind her would take more than one round. [8/15/2013 11:37:24 PM] Jamaros: (y) [8/15/2013 11:37:42 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros draws his sword and attempts to feint her [8/15/2013 11:37:53 PM] Kate: You don't really have cover or concealment, so you can't really hide, either, is the thing. Ah, right, feint. [8/15/2013 11:37:58 PM] Kate: Roll bluff. [8/15/2013 11:38:16 PM] Jamaros: ((Can I take 10?)) [8/15/2013 11:38:42 PM] Kate: No, you already rolled. [8/15/2013 11:38:46 PM] Kate: Now roll attack! [8/15/2013 11:39:03 PM] Jamaros: ((13)) [8/15/2013 11:39:12 PM] Jamaros: ((I am so gonna die)) [8/15/2013 11:39:16 PM] Kate: Hit! [8/15/2013 11:39:23 PM] Kate: Roll damage! You do have sneak. [8/15/2013 11:39:29 PM] Jamaros: ((I do...ok)) [8/15/2013 11:39:49 PM] Kate: Yep. [8/15/2013 11:40:02 PM] Jamaros: ((14 points)) [8/15/2013 11:40:17 PM] Kate: Where's the 8 coming from? [8/15/2013 11:40:25 PM] Jamaros: ((...sorry, 12)) [8/15/2013 11:40:32 PM] Jamaros: ((I meant 6)) [8/15/2013 11:40:32 PM] Kate: Usually sneak would be 1d6+1d6 or something like that. [8/15/2013 11:40:43 PM] Kate: Ah, okay. [8/15/2013 11:40:55 PM] Jamaros: ((Wait, no, 2d6 + 4 [8/15/2013 11:40:55 PM] Jamaros: )) [8/15/2013 11:41:02 PM] Jamaros: ((I missed a roll)) [8/15/2013 11:41:14 PM] Kate: *nod* Sounds more like it, though 4 seems like a lot. There we go. [8/15/2013 11:41:35 PM] Kate: Jamaros hears a weird *clink* noise when he connects with the mage, like dishes clinking together as you put them into the cupboard. [8/15/2013 11:41:37 PM] Jamaros: ((I'm level 3 and I have weapon finesse)) [8/15/2013 11:41:45 PM] Kate: * Amara * [8/15/2013 11:41:55 PM] Jamaros: ((And it was twelve anyhow, 6 + 2 + 4)) [8/15/2013 11:42:26 PM] Amara: Amara casts burning hands and prays to all the deities (that she only kind of believes in) that she doesn't die. [8/15/2013 11:42:29 PM] Jamaros: ...guys, I don't think... [8/15/2013 11:42:45 PM] Kate: If you're careful, you can avoid hitting Jamaros with that! Roll for it. [8/15/2013 11:42:56 PM] Jamaros: ((Dammit Amara)) [8/15/2013 11:43:07 PM] Amara: (( am I rolling attack? )) [8/15/2013 11:43:29 PM] Kate: Nope, just damage. [8/15/2013 11:43:32 PM] Kate: It's a cone. [8/15/2013 11:43:38 PM] Kate: 3d4 damage. [8/15/2013 11:43:48 PM] Kate: She *does* get a reflex check. [8/15/2013 11:43:54 PM] Amara: (( 6 )) [8/15/2013 11:44:07 PM] Jamaros: ((please don't hit me, please don't hit me)) [8/15/2013 11:44:10 PM] Kate: Which she passes, as she nimbly dodges the brunt of the flames! [8/15/2013 11:44:35 PM] Kate: Nah, Amara was careful about aiming around Jamaros. Of course there's a bookshelf on fire, but the chemicals in here are probably inflammable, right? Thank goodness. [8/15/2013 11:44:38 PM] Kate: * Khiro * [8/15/2013 11:44:52 PM] Jamaros: ((Try moving to the side of her so I can flank her next turn)) [8/15/2013 11:45:40 PM] Khiro: Khiro calls out. "Does it make a difference if we say he just wants to talk to you?" [8/15/2013 11:47:27 PM] Kate: Mal: No! [8/15/2013 11:47:36 PM] Kate: Take your turn! [8/15/2013 11:48:05 PM] Khiro: Khiro can really do nothing but stab her with his sword. "What would make a difference?" [8/15/2013 11:48:24 PM] Kate: Malfindl: Killing him for me! [8/15/2013 11:48:34 PM] Kate: Roll attack! [8/15/2013 11:48:41 PM] Khiro: ((1.)) [8/15/2013 11:48:41 PM] Jamaros: ((Maybe we can use non-lethal damage to subdue her)) [8/15/2013 11:48:48 PM] Kate: ... you really have the worst luck ever. [8/15/2013 11:48:53 PM] Khiro: ((He can't even do that.)) [8/15/2013 11:49:13 PM] Kate: * Malfindl * [8/15/2013 11:49:18 PM] Kate: She backs away and downs a potion! [8/15/2013 11:49:27 PM] Jamaros: ((Motherfucker!)) [8/15/2013 11:49:48 PM] Jamaros: ((Kal do anything?)) [8/15/2013 11:50:10 PM] Kate: Kal backs away and starts chanting. He's pretty badly singed. [8/15/2013 11:50:41 PM | Edited 11:50:56 PM] Kate: * Round 2* Jamaros, Amara, Khiro, Malfindl, Kalanor [8/15/2013 11:50:45 PM] Kate: ** Jamaros** [8/15/2013 11:51:02 PM] Jamaros: ((First, I use a free action to roll a notice check and get a closer look at her)) [8/15/2013 11:51:13 PM] Jamaros: ((23)) [8/15/2013 11:51:18 PM] Jamaros: ((That I do well)) [8/15/2013 11:52:21 PM | Edited 11:52:27 PM] Jamaros: ...I don't think she's real, guys. [8/15/2013 11:52:35 PM] Jamaros: She looks, porcelain. [8/15/2013 11:52:54 PM] Khiro: I noticed she wasn't breathing. [8/15/2013 11:53:05 PM] Amara: And the clinking when she talks [8/15/2013 11:53:30 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros tries another flank and attack "Doesn't mean anything at this point" [8/15/2013 11:53:42 PM] Kate: Right! Roll for it! You can get flanking with Khiro! [8/15/2013 11:53:48 PM] Jamaros: ((11, oh come on)) [8/15/2013 11:53:50 PM] Kate: Hit! [8/15/2013 11:54:00 PM] Jamaros: ((That was just the bluff)) [8/15/2013 11:54:03 PM] Kate: Oh, right. [8/15/2013 11:54:18 PM] Kate: I'm so rusty. [8/15/2013 11:54:26 PM] Kate: >.< [8/15/2013 11:54:34 PM] Jamaros: ((7 on the attack...bomb)) [8/15/2013 11:54:35 PM] Kate: That's a miss, unfortunately! [8/15/2013 11:54:38 PM] Kate: ** Amara ** [8/15/2013 11:55:38 PM] Amara: Amara is shaking, but casts burning hands again, hoping for better luck this time. [8/15/2013 11:55:48 PM] Amara: and avoiding Khiro and Jamaros! [8/15/2013 11:56:29 PM] Kate: Well. You can step forward and avoid both of them. Carefully. *Very* carefully. [8/15/2013 11:56:35 PM] Kate: They're gonna feel the heat, though. Roll damage! [8/15/2013 11:56:45 PM] Amara: (( 7 )) [8/15/2013 11:57:14 PM] Kate: ** Khiro** [8/15/2013 11:57:48 PM] Jamaros: ((Did it hit her?)) [8/15/2013 11:58:05 PM] Kate: Oh yes, it's a cone. [8/15/2013 11:58:07 PM] Kate: It has to hit her. [8/15/2013 11:58:28 PM] Kate: Even if she dodged she'd still take damage, and this time she was too slow to dodge out of the way of most of the fire. [8/15/2013 11:58:32 PM] Kate: Her robes are even on fire now. [8/15/2013 11:58:42 PM] Amara: (( whoops )) [8/15/2013 11:58:56 PM] Khiro: Khiro casts Silent Image, creating an image of Galdor, to test a theory. Galdor as he appears now, not when we first met him. [8/15/2013 11:59:23 PM] Kate: ... cunning. [8/15/2013 11:59:36 PM] Kate: ** Malfindl** [8/15/2013 11:59:50 PM] Kate: Malfindl turns and fireballs the shit out of the silent image. [8/16/2013 12:00:05 AM] Kate: If that were a person it would be a tiny pile of ash now. [8/16/2013 12:00:17 AM] Kate: ** Kalanor ** steps back a bit and casts something. [8/16/2013 12:00:37 AM] Kate: *** Round 3: Jamaros, Amara, Khiro, Malfindl, Kalanor [8/16/2013 12:00:48 AM] Kate: *** Jamaros*** [8/16/2013 12:01:04 AM] Jamaros: Jamaros moves into flanking position with Khiro, and attacks he while she's distracted [8/16/2013 12:01:13 AM] Jamaros: ((Flanking is a +2 bonus, yes?)) [8/16/2013 12:01:26 AM] Kate: Yep! To attack. [8/16/2013 12:01:34 AM] Jamaros: ((All I need)) [8/16/2013 12:01:45 AM] Jamaros: ((20)) [8/16/2013 12:02:08 AM] Jamaros: ((I assume that's a hit)) [8/16/2013 12:02:10 AM] Kate: Yep! [8/16/2013 12:02:12 AM] Kate: Hit! [8/16/2013 12:02:20 AM] Jamaros: ((Is there any additional damage bonus?)) [8/16/2013 12:02:27 AM] Kate: Nope. [8/16/2013 12:02:36 AM] Kate: Had you *rolled* a 20 it would've been, but. [8/16/2013 12:02:39 AM] Jamaros: ((11 Dam)) [8/16/2013 12:03:42 AM] Kate: She slumps down onto the floor onto her knees; they clink as they hit the ground. A good portion of her robe has been crisped away by this point, and you can see that her legs are bone-white, with joints at the ankle like those of a doll. Her hands are jointed too, each one a beautiful picture of perfect articulation that any dollmaker would be proud of. [8/16/2013 12:03:48 AM] Kate: End initiative! [8/16/2013 12:04:12 AM] Jamaros: Ok, someone wanna explain what just happened? [8/16/2013 12:04:22 AM] Amara: Who the hell *are* you? [8/16/2013 12:04:40 AM] Kate: Malfindl falls onto her hands and knees. "I'll... I'll kill him. I'll kill him." [8/16/2013 12:04:48 AM] Kate: Kalanor: *What* the hell is she? [8/16/2013 12:05:13 AM] Kate: Her mask clatters to the floor as she tries to catch her breath. [8/16/2013 12:05:23 AM] Khiro: Can we now talk like rational beings? [8/16/2013 12:05:38 AM] Jamaros: ...you were dead, weren't you? [8/16/2013 12:06:30 AM] Kate: Malfindl: I was alive! I was alive, and then... [8/16/2013 12:07:12 AM] Jamaros: ...then what? [8/16/2013 12:07:58 AM] Kate: Malfindl: Then I was this! [8/16/2013 12:08:31 AM] Kate: She pulls back her cowl! It's quite a bit like a doll's head, stark white, totally hairless, and unfinished-looking. [8/16/2013 12:09:43 AM] Jamaros: I'm guessing Galdor had a little experiment go very wrong. [8/16/2013 12:09:46 AM] Jamaros: ...or very right. [8/16/2013 12:10:07 AM] Kate: Malfindl sobs. "He ruined my *life.* He *took* my life! [8/16/2013 12:10:11 AM] Khiro: Khiro frowns. [8/16/2013 12:10:28 AM] Khiro: What... did he do? [8/16/2013 12:10:33 AM] Jamaros: Why can't the job ever just be the job? [8/16/2013 12:10:58 AM] *** Kate sent malfindl.jpg malfindl.jpg malfindl.jpg malfindl.jpg *** [8/16/2013 12:11:31 AM] Kate: She covers her face in her doll-hands, fingers clinking against it. "He took my life. He took it away from me." [8/16/2013 12:11:48 AM] Kate: Malfindl: And he became a *lich.* [8/16/2013 12:12:13 AM] Khiro: Wait.  Two boxes.  One dark and one light.  I'm picking up on a theme here. [8/16/2013 12:12:23 AM] Jamaros: ...oh? [8/16/2013 12:12:44 AM] Khiro: Khiro points around at the tower that's a double for Galdor's, except in white. [8/16/2013 12:13:06 AM] Jamaros: Ok, so what do you think he wants to do? [8/16/2013 12:13:55 AM] Jamaros: Cure her? [8/16/2013 12:14:07 AM] Kate: Kalanor: ... I don't know. [8/16/2013 12:14:33 AM] Kate: Malfindl: I keep sending people to kill him, and no one has ever succeeded. [8/16/2013 12:14:52 AM] Amara: Well why don't you go? You can see what he wants? [8/16/2013 12:15:03 AM] Amara: Maybe he wants to help you [8/16/2013 12:15:04 AM] Jamaros: And if you don't like it, you can kill him. [8/16/2013 12:15:34 AM] Kate: Roll diplomacy! [8/16/2013 12:15:45 AM] Jamaros: ((25)) [8/16/2013 12:15:48 AM] Kate: Malfindl: Why would he help me? He'd *never* help me. [8/16/2013 12:16:01 AM | Edited 12:16:18 AM] Jamaros: Guilt? [8/16/2013 12:16:02 AM | Edited 12:16:12 AM] Jamaros: Completion? [8/16/2013 12:16:09 AM] Jamaros: Curiosity? [8/16/2013 12:17:04 AM] Khiro: Over the last few days, he's turned his tower from this... *casts a silent image showing the original tower* to this *shows the tower as it appeared when they left.*  He's been.... I don't know. [8/16/2013 12:17:20 AM] Khiro: getting it ready for someone, I think. [8/16/2013 12:17:31 AM] Kate: Malfindl: My father's a monster. And now so am I. [8/16/2013 12:17:41 AM] Jamaros: Your father? [8/16/2013 12:17:49 AM] Kate: Creepily, real tears drip out of her glass dolls-eyes. [8/16/2013 12:17:53 AM] Kate: She nods. [8/16/2013 12:18:01 AM] Jamaros: What about your father? [8/16/2013 12:18:36 AM] Amara: Amara mumbles "apparently everybody here has daddy issues" [8/16/2013 12:18:56 AM] Jamaros: Except Khiro. And Kal has mommy issues. [8/16/2013 12:19:05 AM] Amara: Not helping. [8/16/2013 12:19:10 AM] Khiro: ((And Khiro has two dads!)) [8/16/2013 12:19:25 AM] Jamaros: ((You seem to like both of them well enough)) [8/16/2013 12:19:33 AM] Kate: Malfindl: My father is a monster. I won't see him. [8/16/2013 12:19:42 AM] Kate: Malfindl: You can't *force* me. [8/16/2013 12:19:44 AM] Jamaros: ...Galdor's your father? [8/16/2013 12:19:52 AM] Kate: She nods tearfully. [8/16/2013 12:19:58 AM] Jamaros: ... [8/16/2013 12:20:01 AM] Jamaros: Jamaros laughs [8/16/2013 12:20:23 AM] Kate: Kalanor: ... wow, suddenly I feel less like an insensitive prick. No offense, Jams. [8/16/2013 12:20:25 AM] Jamaros: ...Haha...You're right Amara, everyone here has daddy issues. [8/16/2013 12:21:14 AM] Khiro: We won't force you. But he wants to see you. Maybe he can undo what's been done to you. He had us retrieve something for us... something I think might belong to you. [8/16/2013 12:21:33 AM] Kate: Malfindl: What is it? [8/16/2013 12:21:44 AM] Jamaros: Two boxes. One light...one dark. [8/16/2013 12:22:10 AM | Edited 12:22:16 AM] Kate: She perks up. "... what kind of boxes? What *kind*? Describe them to me." [8/16/2013 12:22:47 AM] Khiro: Khiro describes them. [8/16/2013 12:23:27 AM] Khiro: Whatever was in them... responded to who held them... like ribbons of light that get darker and brighter. [8/16/2013 12:23:46 AM] Kate: Malfindl: ... that's a soul. That's a soul. He has a soul. [8/16/2013 12:23:54 AM] Khiro: I thought that's what it was. [8/16/2013 12:23:57 AM] Khiro: Two of them. [8/16/2013 12:24:12 AM] Jamaros: ...you don't think... [8/16/2013 12:24:21 AM] Kate: Malfindl: No, no. The other one isn't a soul, it's... [8/16/2013 12:24:29 AM] Khiro: It's what? [8/16/2013 12:24:50 AM] Kate: Malfindl: ... there was somebody else. Somebody I cared for. It was a long time ago. [8/16/2013 12:25:45 AM] Khiro: Someone else's soul? [8/16/2013 12:26:35 AM] Kate: Malfindl: It's not a soul. It's him. All of him. The box is him. [8/16/2013 12:26:49 AM] Khiro: Oh. [8/16/2013 12:26:50 AM] Amara: ….we took a person? [8/16/2013 12:26:52 AM] Kate: Malfindl: Everybody knows lead is impossible to enchant. [8/16/2013 12:27:18 AM] Kate: Malfindl: Except that it isn't. It's just really... difficult. My father turned him into a lead box. [8/16/2013 12:27:40 AM] Amara: What in the fiery pits of fuckery is this? [8/16/2013 12:27:59 AM] Khiro: Family strife the mage way. [8/16/2013 12:28:19 AM] Khiro: ... will you come with us? We need his help, as well. [8/16/2013 12:28:26 AM] Kate: Malfindl: So that I couldn't change him back. Especially not after he took my life and turned me into this. I lost my magic. [8/16/2013 12:28:36 AM] Kate: Kalanor: ... suddenly my family seems very normal. [8/16/2013 12:28:47 AM] Jamaros: Mine still sucks. [8/16/2013 12:29:04 AM] Kate: Kalanor: Did your dad turn you into a really weird looking warforged? [8/16/2013 12:29:22 AM] Kate: Kalanor: ...which reminds me, stand up, Malfindl, would you? I have a present for you. [8/16/2013 12:29:48 AM] Kate: Malfindl hesitates, but clambers to her feet while Kalanor opens his haversack. [8/16/2013 12:30:30 AM] Kate: He pulls out one of the extra cloth pieces, and wraps it around her like a sari so that she's no longer a nude dollie. [8/16/2013 12:31:20 AM] Kate: Malfindl: ... what if it's all a trick? What if he just wants to torture me some more? [8/16/2013 12:31:31 AM] Khiro: We won't let him. [8/16/2013 12:31:39 AM] Amara: He wouldn't have redecorated if that was the plan [8/16/2013 12:31:43 AM] Jamaros: Mal, you're a doll. I don't think you have much further to fall. [8/16/2013 12:32:37 AM] Kate: Malfindl looks at the ground. Kalanor stares at her, frowning. [8/16/2013 12:32:46 AM] Kate: Kalanor: Oh, I know. [8/16/2013 12:33:03 AM] Kate: He takes another bit of cloth and folds it into a turban, covering up her bald head. [8/16/2013 12:33:27 AM] Kate: Malfindl: ... you won't let him? Are you as powerful as he is? [8/16/2013 12:33:35 AM] Khiro: Well.... no. [8/16/2013 12:33:45 AM] Jamaros: Not even close. [8/16/2013 12:34:01 AM] Khiro: We are *excellent* at running, though. [8/16/2013 12:34:10 AM] Jamaros: But we have this miraculous ability to stare absolute death in the face and somehow come out on top. [8/16/2013 12:35:08 AM] Kate: Malfindl stares at you all, and finally smiles a little bit. "... I'm sorry I tried to kill you. I didn't know." [8/16/2013 12:35:28 AM] Jamaros: It's ok. We're kind of getting that a lot. [8/16/2013 12:35:40 AM] Khiro: It's practically how we shake hands at this point. [8/16/2013 12:36:13 AM] Jamaros: There's an idea you do not want to run by Tae Li. [8/16/2013 12:36:33 AM] Kate: Kalanor: She's really not that violent. She's sort of shy, actually. [8/16/2013 12:36:47 AM] Khiro: She just tends to threaten people to compensate. [8/16/2013 12:37:00 AM] Kate: Malfindl: Is she your sweetheart? [8/16/2013 12:37:18 AM] Jamaros: Oh, that is so not a situation to talk about right now. [8/16/2013 12:37:21 AM] Kate: Kalanor: ... um. Well. Yes. Fiancee. [8/16/2013 12:37:32 AM] Jamaros: And yet, here we go. [8/16/2013 12:38:00 AM] Kate: Kalanor: Or let's not. Everybody grab Khiro and break that thing, I want a bath and something alcoholic, even if it *is* only 10 a.m. [8/16/2013 12:38:14 AM] Jamaros: Good plan [8/16/2013 12:38:20 AM] Jamaros: Jamaros grabs Khiro [8/16/2013 12:38:27 AM] Amara: Amara grabs on [8/16/2013 12:38:37 AM] Jamaros: All aboard! [8/16/2013 12:39:20 AM] Kate: Kalanor grabs him! ... surprisingly, not on the butt. [8/16/2013 12:39:26 AM] Kate: Malfindl hesitates, but takes Khiro's shoulder. [8/16/2013 12:40:01 AM] Khiro: Khiro nods. [8/16/2013 12:40:22 AM] Khiro: Khiro breaks the stick. [8/16/2013 12:40:55 AM] Kate: There's an odd whooshing noise, and you reappear back in Galdor's beautiful library. Malfindl looks around, blinking; the blinks make little clinking noises. [8/16/2013 12:41:10 AM | Edited 12:41:16 AM] Kate: Galdor stands up from his desk. "... please don't try to kill me." [8/16/2013 12:41:20 AM] Jamaros: Not yet, anyway. [8/16/2013 12:41:23 AM | Edited 12:41:34 AM] Kate: ((My hands are so dumb right now.)) [8/16/2013 12:41:57 AM] Kate: Galdor: Here. I can't fix what I've done, but I can try to make up for it. [8/16/2013 12:42:29 AM] Kate: Malfindl: ... but won't you die? [8/16/2013 12:43:04 AM] Kate: Galdor: No, I think I've worked out a way. Go on, take these. You know what to do. [8/16/2013 12:43:45 AM] Kate: He holds out the boxes to the doll, who reaches out and takes them, staring at them. [8/16/2013 12:44:21 AM] Khiro: Khiro watches it all. [8/16/2013 12:45:26 AM] Kate: The transparent box's glow shifts and dances inside... she drops both boxes, and there's a sudden burst of blinding light. When you can see again, and it does take several seconds, there's a cute blonde young woman hugging a good-looking redheaded guy in front of you. [8/16/2013 12:45:34 AM] Kate: Galdor, meanwhile, is on his knees. [8/16/2013 12:46:10 AM] Jamaros: Um, not to ruin the tender moment, but don't we need him? [8/16/2013 12:46:30 AM] Jamaros: Jamaros points to Galdor [8/16/2013 12:47:00 AM] Kate: Galdor: No, I'll be fine. I'm fine. I gave it back. Most of it. Everything but the bare minimum. [8/16/2013 12:47:17 AM] Khiro: Khiro rubs his eyes. [8/16/2013 12:47:29 AM] Kate: Kalanor: ... I can't see, what's going on? [8/16/2013 12:47:41 AM] Kate: Galdor stands up, very slowly, and carefully. [8/16/2013 12:48:00 AM] Jamaros: Ok then. That's good. [8/16/2013 12:48:29 AM] Kate: Galdor hands a little glass bauble to Kalanor. "Here. That's your spell." [8/16/2013 12:48:46 AM] Kate: Kalanor: ... wait, wait, you mean it's already... but I changed my mind, I wanted you to find my sister instead. [8/16/2013 12:48:56 AM] Kate: Galdor: ... oh dear. I'm sorry, it's... too late for that, I'm afraid. [8/16/2013 12:49:13 AM] Jamaros: ...Can't you do something? [8/16/2013 12:49:22 AM] Jamaros: Anything to help us? [8/16/2013 12:49:39 AM] Kate: Galdor: I'm weaker than you now. I'm sorry. [8/16/2013 12:49:57 AM] Kate: Malfindl: ... but I'm not. What do you need? [8/16/2013 12:50:15 AM] Khiro: We're trying to find Alydia's sister. [8/16/2013 12:50:20 AM] Khiro: Khiro points to Kal. [8/16/2013 12:50:39 AM] Jamaros: Also, I need something to help keep people from scrying me. [8/16/2013 12:50:56 AM] Jamaros: Either make it so they can't find me, or make it impossible for them to know it's me if they do. [8/16/2013 12:51:19 AM] Kate: Malfindl: The latter is going to be... almost impossible, really. That's high level magic unless I cast it on you every single day. [8/16/2013 12:52:01 AM] Kate: Malfindl: I can try to scry for your sister, though. [8/16/2013 12:52:15 AM] Jamaros: ...you can't help me at all? [8/16/2013 12:52:47 AM] Kate: Malfindl: The best way to do what you want would be to buy an item that kept out scrying eyes. [8/16/2013 12:53:04 AM] Jamaros: Right...thanks. [8/16/2013 12:54:07 AM] Kate: Malfindl: ... it would cost about 35,000 gold pieces. [8/16/2013 12:54:31 AM] Jamaros: Jamaros mouth drops open in shock. [8/16/2013 12:54:35 AM] Jamaros: ...well...fuck... [8/16/2013 12:54:42 AM] Kate: Malfindl: It's a third tier spell. [8/16/2013 12:55:05 AM] Kate: Malfindl: And that only lasts eight or ten hours. [8/16/2013 12:55:17 AM] Kate: Unless you have the item, as I said. [8/16/2013 12:55:49 AM] Khiro: But you can attempt to scry for Maya? [8/16/2013 12:55:59 AM] Kate: Malfindl picks up a little crystal ball from the table. "Yes. Give me a moment..." [8/16/2013 12:56:22 AM] Kate: She stares at it, eyes going weirdly blank. [8/16/2013 12:57:01 AM] Kate: Malfindl: ... she was taken first by one group, and stolen from them by... kobolds, it appears. [8/16/2013 12:57:09 AM] Kate: Kalanor: ... *what*? [8/16/2013 12:57:21 AM] Jamaros: Why would kobolds want your sister? [8/16/2013 12:57:21 AM] Kate: Malfindl: Kobolds. Little draconics. [8/16/2013 12:57:29 AM] Kate: Kalanor: I don't know, but they *eat* Drow! [8/16/2013 12:57:45 AM] Jamaros: Is she still with the kobolds? [8/16/2013 12:58:19 AM] Kate: Malfindl: Yes. She seems to be in good health. ... that's all I can tell right now, it's dark and I can't see anything else. [8/16/2013 12:58:33 AM] Khiro: Hmm. [8/16/2013 12:59:01 AM] Kate: Kalanor: But... [8/16/2013 12:59:04 AM] Jamaros: Kal, do you know anywhere in the underdark where we might find Kobolds? [8/16/2013 12:59:20 AM] Kate: Kalanor: Everywhere. Every once in a while they make an incursion into our territory. [8/16/2013 12:59:36 AM] Kate: Kalanor sighs and looks at the bauble in his hand. "What do I do?" [8/16/2013 12:59:51 AM] Kate: Malfindl: Crush it in your hands. [8/16/2013 12:59:53 AM] Kate: Kalanor does. [8/16/2013 12:59:57 AM] Kate: ... nothing happens. [8/16/2013 1:00:07 AM] Jamaros: ...the hells? [8/16/2013 1:00:17 AM] Jamaros: You selling us faulty work here? [8/16/2013 1:01:14 AM] Khiro: Khiro raises an eyebrow. [8/16/2013 1:01:45 AM] Kate: Kalanor: Wait, what happened? [8/16/2013 1:01:59 AM] Kate: Malfindl: ... father. You didn't cheat them, did you? Tell me you didn't! [8/16/2013 1:02:24 AM] Kate: Galdor shakes his head. "No, no. I simply thought you might not have learned everything you were intended to learn from that form." [8/16/2013 1:02:34 AM] Kate: Kalanor: So I'm *stuck* like this? After *everything we did for you*? [8/16/2013 1:02:51 AM] Jamaros: Can we go back to killing this guy? [8/16/2013 1:03:01 AM] Khiro: She wasn't intended to learn *anything* from that form! [8/16/2013 1:03:52 AM] Amara: This is so messed up. [8/16/2013 1:03:59 AM] Jamaros: This wasn't some crash course for a test, it's a curse. [8/16/2013 1:04:20 AM] Jamaros: Those are not usually cast by benevolent but mentor-like deities. [8/16/2013 1:04:35 AM] Kate: Galdor: No, no, no. You don't understand. You should be able to go back and forth between the forms now. Go on, try it. [8/16/2013 1:05:52 AM] Kate: Kalanor: ... how? [8/16/2013 1:06:07 AM] Kate: Galdor: ... er, thinking about it should be enough. [8/16/2013 1:06:13 AM] Kate: Kalanor closes his eyes. [8/16/2013 1:06:18 AM] Kate: ... nothing happens. [8/16/2013 1:06:26 AM] Kate: Kalanor: ... it's not working! [8/16/2013 1:06:50 AM] Khiro: ((23 SM on Galdor.)) [8/16/2013 1:07:05 AM] Jamaros: ((25 Sm)) [8/16/2013 1:07:22 AM] Kate: Galdor: Are you sure you really *want* to be a woman? [8/16/2013 1:07:36 AM] Kate: Kalanor: Of *course* I do, and if I *were* one I'd knock your block off right *now*. [8/16/2013 1:07:46 AM] Kate: He turns back into Alydia. [8/16/2013 1:07:53 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... oh thank all the gods. [8/16/2013 1:09:05 AM] Jamaros: Ok, so that's solved...I think...but now what? [8/16/2013 1:09:27 AM] Khiro: Kobolds. [8/16/2013 1:09:54 AM] Jamaros: I gathered that, but how do we find them? [8/16/2013 1:09:57 AM] Khiro: Khiro looks at Mal. "Can you tell who Maya was taken from?" [8/16/2013 1:10:04 AM] Kate: Alydia: Kobolds. We track the kobolds. [8/16/2013 1:10:14 AM] Kate: Malfindl shakes her head. "It was Drow." [8/16/2013 1:10:30 AM] Jamaros: Can you describe them at all? [8/16/2013 1:10:35 AM] Jamaros: Beyond Drow? [8/16/2013 1:11:36 AM] Kate: Malfindl shakes her head again. "I'm sorry, some of them *had* cast Nondetection." [8/16/2013 1:11:55 AM] Khiro: Khiro nods. [8/16/2013 1:12:08 AM] Jamaros: Great, so we're right back where we were before. [8/16/2013 1:13:00 AM] Khiro: ... we know that she's not in the city. [8/16/2013 1:13:31 AM] Khiro: We need to ask Alain, his people probably know where the Kobolds hole up. [8/16/2013 1:13:43 AM] Kate: Alydia: No, because we can find a kobold and beat the crap out of it until it tells us where they took my sister. [8/16/2013 1:14:02 AM] Jamaros: Ok, where are we gonna find that Kobold? [8/16/2013 1:14:17 AM] Khiro: Maybe Alain will know. [8/16/2013 1:15:40 AM] Kate: Alydia: ... we'll ask him. Let's go back to Charafay's. [8/16/2013 1:16:02 AM] Jamaros: Yeah, we can plan from there. [8/16/2013 1:16:39 AM] Jamaros: Mal, when you're scrying someone, can you only see what they look like, or could you tell if that was a particular person or not? [8/16/2013 1:17:52 AM] Kate: Malfindl: It depends. I only caught a glimpse this time; black skin, white hair. [8/16/2013 1:18:07 AM] Jamaros: But you knew Maya the moment you saw her? [8/16/2013 1:19:03 AM] Kate: Malfindl: Yes. Your friend was thinking of her. [8/16/2013 1:19:13 AM] Jamaros: *sigh* Ok, thanks. [8/16/2013 1:19:27 AM] Kate: You all start walking back to town, and we are going to stop there for the night.