PBA 063

[4/26/2015 4:58:10 PM] Iskandar: When last we met, you guys saved a Dragon from a Princess.

[4/26/2015 4:58:24 PM] Janis: ((Yes, we did the awesome))

[4/26/2015 5:00:41 PM] Iskandar: In the process, you managed to get rewarded by both the dragon and the sultan! The sultan gave you guys all weird trinkets. Then you guys beat feet out of the palace before the memory-erased princess got enough of her barings to screw you over.

[4/26/2015 5:02:35 PM] Iskandar: So, you're back on the ship. Nation needs some time to hide out and recharge his jump drives before you can leave this plane. So you guys have time to rest and get fully healed back up.

[4/26/2015 5:04:30 PM] Iskandar: Anything you guys wanted to do in that down time?

[4/26/2015 5:04:48 PM] Janis: Janis hangs out in the forest

[4/26/2015 5:04:55 PM] Wynn: Wynn trains! And practices with her new rope.

[4/26/2015 5:05:46 PM] Nilani: Nilani continues perusing the library.

[4/26/2015 5:07:03 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian probably preached about democracy to some poor schmucks.

[4/26/2015 5:07:57 PM] Iskandar: Isk ranted to Quint a bit on the deplorable treatment of dragonkind in this culture.

[4/26/2015 5:08:59 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian entirely agreed with Isk.

[4/26/2015 5:09:25 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian -collective is also still acting kind of nervous around everyone, but.

[4/26/2015 5:11:34 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian doesn't really know what to do around Wynn.

[4/26/2015 5:12:04 PM] Wynn: ((Eh, neither does she. lol))

[4/26/2015 5:12:29 PM] Iskandar: Well, avoiding each other is definitely the way to deal with it!

[4/26/2015 5:13:29 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian is definitely not avoiding her.

[4/26/2015 5:14:24 PM] Janis: Janis exits the forest, making sure to wipe her boots off first.

[4/26/2015 5:15:17 PM] Iskandar: A day goes by, and the next morning, Nation is ready to jump again.

[4/26/2015 5:16:32 PM] Wynn: Wynn is in the lounge, shining some of her gear.

[4/26/2015 5:17:05 PM] Janis: Janis is eating some apples in the kitchen.

[4/26/2015 5:18:02 PM] Nilani: Nilani is up in the observation bubble, just looking around.

[4/26/2015 5:18:31 PM] Janis: Janis enters the lounge, eating an apple.

[4/26/2015 5:18:32 PM] Janis: Hi.

[4/26/2015 5:18:40 PM] Wynn: Janis.

[4/26/2015 5:19:48 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian turns up, carrying a book about dragons.

[4/26/2015 5:20:12 PM] Janis: Hi Quint.

[4/26/2015 5:20:20 PM] Quintilian: Good morning.

[4/26/2015 5:20:58 PM] Wynn: Morning, Quintilian. Studying?

[4/26/2015 5:21:25 PM] Quintilian: Yes. I hadn't realized so many people were anti-dragon.

[4/26/2015 5:21:55 PM] Janis: They haven't been before that plane.

[4/26/2015 5:22:03 PM] Janis: I think we just ended up on a bad one.

[4/26/2015 5:22:17 PM] Wynn: Well, there was the goo plane where they specifically warned us not to attack their boss.

[4/26/2015 5:22:47 PM] Janis: ...isn't that good advice in any business?

[4/26/2015 5:23:19 PM] Wynn: You shouldn't need to assume that your boss will be attacked on sight just because of what he is. Unless he's evil.

[4/26/2015 5:23:42 PM] Janis: Janis ponders this as she bites her apple

[4/26/2015 5:24:20 PM] Quintilian: Every plane seems to have decided someone or other isn't worthy of respect because of something they were born as.

[4/26/2015 5:28:38 PM] Wynn: Wynn continues shining her shield. "Seems pretty natural. Dumb, but natural."

[4/26/2015 5:30:34 PM] Quintilian: That sort of nature needs to be fought.

[4/26/2015 5:32:37 PM] Wynn: People tend to need something to fight against. They fight against each other until they have reason to fight something else together.

[4/26/2015 5:34:30 PM] Quintilian: There's always a better reason to fight than that.

[4/26/2015 5:34:45 PM] Janis: Like someone stole your sandwich?

[4/26/2015 5:35:26 PM] Quintilian: At least that grievance has a sliver of legitimacy.

[4/26/2015 5:38:41 PM] Iskandar: Nation:  I think I'm ready to jump.

[4/26/2015 5:39:06 PM] Wynn: Good.

[4/26/2015 5:39:59 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian sighs, and sits down, closing his book.

[4/26/2015 5:45:48 PM] Iskandar: Nation:  Jumping in 3, 2, 1....

[4/26/2015 5:45:51 PM] Iskandar: roll Will saves.

[4/26/2015 5:46:11 PM] Janis: ((21))

[4/26/2015 5:46:22 PM] Wynn: ((23. score))

[4/26/2015 5:46:41 PM] Iskandar: Yesss, use up those good rolls.

[4/26/2015 5:47:28 PM] Nilani: (( 14 ))

[4/26/2015 5:47:29 PM] Quintilian: ((11.))

[4/26/2015 5:49:13 PM] Iskandar: Okay, you guys are all fine as you feel that sensation of freefall and weightlessness and being stretched apart that fades as Nation settles into a new plane.

[4/26/2015 5:49:23 PM] Iskandar: Now. I need each of you to roll a d12.

[4/26/2015 5:49:36 PM] Janis: ((9))

[4/26/2015 5:49:41 PM] Wynn: ((9.))

[4/26/2015 5:49:56 PM] Quintilian: ((6.))

[4/26/2015 5:50:04 PM] Nilani: (( 6 ))

[4/26/2015 5:50:59 PM] Iskandar: Weird. Roll again, everyone.

[4/26/2015 5:51:03 PM] Wynn: ((what are the odds? lol))

[4/26/2015 5:51:16 PM] Wynn: ((3.))

[4/26/2015 5:51:24 PM] Janis: ((12))

[4/26/2015 5:51:26 PM] Nilani: (( 1 ))

[4/26/2015 5:51:45 PM] Quintilian: ((6, still.))

[4/26/2015 5:52:57 PM] Iskandar: Okay, good, I just wanted everone to have a different number.

[4/26/2015 5:55:44 PM] Iskandar: Okay. Hrm. How to do this. Everyone give me Fort saves.

[4/26/2015 5:55:59 PM] Quintilian: ((5.))

[4/26/2015 5:56:05 PM] Janis: ((22))

[4/26/2015 5:56:13 PM] Wynn: ((21.))

[4/26/2015 5:56:50 PM] Nilani: (( 13 ))

[4/26/2015 6:23:01 PM] Iskandar: Okay. Nilani, Wynn, and Quint are all in your respective cells, when you hear a weird, metallic voice call out "HELLO?  Who's out there?!"

[4/26/2015 6:23:52 PM] Iskandar: All of your doors have small barred windows on them.

[4/26/2015 6:24:20 PM] Wynn: Hello?

[4/26/2015 6:24:28 PM] Nilani: I'm over here.

[4/26/2015 6:24:36 PM] Nilani: Whoever you guys are.

[4/26/2015 6:24:51 PM | Edited 6:25:35 PM] Iskandar: The first voice to respond is feminine, high and almost sing-song.

[4/26/2015 6:24:59 PM | Edited 6:25:24 PM] Iskandar: The second is raspy and deep. But still feminine.

[4/26/2015 6:26:00 PM] Wynn: Who are you?

[4/26/2015 6:26:29 PM] Janis: You first!

[4/26/2015 6:26:51 PM] Nilani: I'm Nilani. You?

[4/26/2015 6:26:53 PM] Wynn: ((callback))

[4/26/2015 6:27:05 PM] Wynn: Nilani? It's Wynn.

[4/26/2015 6:27:21 PM] Janis: ...Wynn...Nilani? Wow, you guys sound weird too.

[4/26/2015 6:27:34 PM] Janis: I think something went really wrong, you guys.

[4/26/2015 6:27:41 PM] Iskandar: Janis' voice is all flanged and metallic.

[4/26/2015 6:27:53 PM] Wynn: Yes. Are you locked in a room too?

[4/26/2015 6:28:00 PM] Janis: Yeah.

[4/26/2015 6:28:08 PM] Janis: I don't know what happened.

[4/26/2015 6:28:11 PM] Janis: Also, I'm not me.

[4/26/2015 6:28:15 PM] Nilani: Everyone sounds weird. I warn you, we probably all look weird, too.

[4/26/2015 6:28:18 PM] Wynn: ...who are you?

[4/26/2015 6:28:19 PM] Janis: Something happened to my body.

[4/26/2015 6:28:37 PM] Janis: I'm like a big guy made of metal and wood and stuff.

[4/26/2015 6:29:05 PM] Nilani: I got claws and scales. Also I'm huge.

[4/26/2015 6:29:17 PM] Wynn: ...Janis?

[4/26/2015 6:29:26 PM] Janis: Yeah. Who else would I be?

[4/26/2015 6:29:39 PM] Wynn: Well we weren't the only ones in the room when we jumped.

[4/26/2015 6:29:44 PM | Edited 6:29:49 PM] Wynn: Quintilian, are you here too?

[4/26/2015 6:30:21 PM] Iskandar: There's no response.

[4/26/2015 6:31:03 PM] Wynn: Can either of you get out of your cells?

[4/26/2015 6:32:03 PM] Iskandar: The doors are all locked.

[4/26/2015 6:32:35 PM] Wynn: Wynn kicks at her door!

[4/26/2015 6:33:08 PM] Iskandar: It is not impressed.

[4/26/2015 6:33:35 PM] Wynn: HELLO!?

[4/26/2015 6:33:37 PM] Nilani: ((are my claws needle-like, or stubby?))

[4/26/2015 6:34:17 PM] Iskandar: ((They don't count as a natural weapon. But you could look around the cell for soemthing to try and jury-rig a lockpick, maybe.))

[4/26/2015 6:34:54 PM] Quintilian: Help!

[4/26/2015 6:34:57 PM] Quintilian: HELP!!

[4/26/2015 6:35:06 PM | Removed 6:35:47 PM] Nilani: This message has been removed.

[4/26/2015 6:35:28 PM] Janis: ((What's Quint sound like?))

[4/26/2015 6:35:37 PM] Iskandar: The voice in question is low, rumbly and feminine.

[4/26/2015 6:35:52 PM] Wynn: Who's there?

[4/26/2015 6:36:53 PM] Janis: ...Quint? Is that you?

[4/26/2015 6:37:30 PM] Quintilian: Yes! Oh gods I can't change.

[4/26/2015 6:37:49 PM] Wynn: Are you in a cell?

[4/26/2015 6:38:07 PM] Quintilian: I--I don't know.

[4/26/2015 6:38:25 PM] Iskandar: Yeah, everyone's voices sound weird.

[4/26/2015 6:38:36 PM] Nilani: Nilani shuffles around her cell, looking for bones, nails, sticks, or anything long, rigid, and thin.

[4/26/2015 6:38:43 PM] Wynn: It's Wynn, just... calm down until we figure this out. We've all apparently changed.

[4/26/2015 6:39:02 PM] Iskandar: Wynn's is high and singsongy, Nilani's is raspy, and Janis is run through autotune.

[4/26/2015 6:39:09 PM] Quintilian: I'm not supposed to be like this!

[4/26/2015 6:39:24 PM] Wynn: None of us are.

[4/26/2015 6:39:25 PM] Iskandar: Roll Search, nilani.

[4/26/2015 6:39:44 PM] Wynn: Do any of you know how we got here?

[4/26/2015 6:39:55 PM] Wynn: Last I remember, we had just jumped.

[4/26/2015 6:40:27 PM] Janis: Ditto. Then I woke as a warforged or whatever, and here we are.

[4/26/2015 6:41:29 PM] Quintilian: I'm stuck.

[4/26/2015 6:42:03 PM] Nilani: (( 33 ))

[4/26/2015 6:43:06 PM] Iskandar: Nice! Nilani, as you're looking through the small cell, you find and pull up a loose brick in the wall and find a makeshift shiv made of a narrow piece of metal.

[4/26/2015 6:43:14 PM] Iskandar: You could use it as a lockpick, you think.

[4/26/2015 6:43:27 PM] Wynn: It'll be ok. We'll figure it out. Just try not to panic.

[4/26/2015 6:43:50 PM] Nilani: Ooh. Prison shiv. Check your cells, guys.

[4/26/2015 6:44:13 PM] Nilani: Nilani trudges over and sets to work on the lock.

[4/26/2015 6:44:27 PM] Iskandar: roll open lock..

[4/26/2015 6:44:35 PM] Janis: Janis checks hers too, just to be sure ((9 search))

[4/26/2015 6:44:37 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian starts searching.

[4/26/2015 6:44:43 PM] Iskandar: Janis doesn't find anything.

[4/26/2015 6:45:02 PM] Wynn: Wynn searches without much hope ((but somehow wastes her 20))

[4/26/2015 6:45:11 PM] Nilani: (( 21 ))

[4/26/2015 6:45:19 PM] Quintilian: ((21.))

[4/26/2015 6:46:59 PM] Iskandar: Okay. Nilani gets the lock open! She breaks it, but I don't think she's worried about it. She can get the door open. Quint looks around his small cell and finds a dagger, a full-on dagger, with a sigil of some kind etched on the blade. IT's magical.

[4/26/2015 6:47:15 PM | Edited 6:47:28 PM] Iskandar: Wynn finds what seems to be a map drawn on some filthy rags.

[4/26/2015 6:47:48 PM] Wynn: ...huh.

[4/26/2015 6:47:50 PM] Nilani: Okay, I'm out.

[4/26/2015 6:47:59 PM] Janis: Come get us out!

[4/26/2015 6:48:08 PM] Wynn: Watch yourself though.

[4/26/2015 6:48:20 PM] Iskandar: You guys can see that Nilani is a tall, broad-shouldered woman with bronze scaly skin and a dragon's head.

[4/26/2015 6:48:23 PM] Wynn: Wynn holds the map up to the light to see what she can figure out from it.

[4/26/2015 6:48:29 PM] Iskandar: She also has a tail.

[4/26/2015 6:48:41 PM | Removed 6:49:18 PM] Nilani: This message has been removed.

[4/26/2015 6:48:44 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian grabs the dagger.

[4/26/2015 6:48:53 PM] Iskandar: Oh, you didn't break the shiv. You broke the lock.

[4/26/2015 6:50:24 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks cautiously around before setting to work on the nearest door.

[4/26/2015 6:51:00 PM] Iskandar: you don't spot any guards! You're in a hallway lined with these cells, eight on each side, and a door at each end, but the other cells in here seem empty.

[4/26/2015 6:51:31 PM] Nilani: Okay, which one of you guys is closest. Speak up.

[4/26/2015 6:51:40 PM] Janis: I'm over here!

[4/26/2015 6:52:01 PM] Iskandar: Go ahead and roll open lock once to get the other cells open.

[4/26/2015 6:52:18 PM] Nilani: (( 11 ))

[4/26/2015 6:52:48 PM] Iskandar: You can take 20, there doesn't seem to be a time crunch.

[4/26/2015 6:53:02 PM] Nilani: (( hokay then. ))

[4/26/2015 6:53:51 PM] Iskandar: Wynn, you can tell from the map that whoever was in that cell was plotting some kind of escape from this... prison? You think? It's not a complete map, but highlights a path.

[4/26/2015 6:55:24 PM] Iskandar: Nilani pops the rest of the locks.

[4/26/2015 6:55:27 PM] Quintilian: I'm still here. ... trying not to panic.

[4/26/2015 6:56:03 PM] Wynn: I've got a map. Looks like a possible escape route.

[4/26/2015 6:56:09 PM] Iskandar: Quint is a gruff looking female dwarf with dark skin, a shaved head and scars. Wynn is an adorable halfling woman.

[4/26/2015 6:56:22 PM] Iskandar: Fair skin, freckles, red hair.

[4/26/2015 6:56:32 PM] Iskandar: Nilani I described.

[4/26/2015 6:56:42 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian is shaking a bit.

[4/26/2015 6:56:53 PM] Iskandar: Janis is a warforged, done in wood and brass with green eye-lenses.

[4/26/2015 6:57:20 PM] Iskandar: ((ten minute break here, I have to deal with something. Sorry.))

[4/26/2015 7:07:34 PM] Iskandar: So yeah. You guys are all in weird bodies.

[4/26/2015 7:08:06 PM] Wynn: Wynn tries to find the prison on the map to figure out where it's telling us to go.

[4/26/2015 7:08:14 PM] Janis: Janis looks down at the others and kind of smiles "This is kinda cool"

[4/26/2015 7:08:33 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian shudders.

[4/26/2015 7:10:22 PM] Janis: ...so...what now?

[4/26/2015 7:11:02 PM] Wynn: We figure out who has us here, why, and how to get out.

[4/26/2015 7:11:06 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks at the map again.

[4/26/2015 7:11:17 PM] Iskandar: The map indicates the door to the north.

[4/26/2015 7:11:18 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian rubs her eyes.

[4/26/2015 7:11:38 PM] Wynn: ((lol can I tell which one that is?))

[4/26/2015 7:11:39 PM] Quintilian: ... I'm not going to be much use here, I'm sorry.

[4/26/2015 7:12:03 PM] Wynn: We'll figure it out.

[4/26/2015 7:13:13 PM] Quintilian: I know, I'm just... trying not to lose my mind.

[4/26/2015 7:14:09 PM] Janis: ...uh...probably a bad thought to have right now...

[4/26/2015 7:14:18 PM] Janis: But, if we're in the prisoners...

[4/26/2015 7:14:43 PM] Nilani: Myep.

[4/26/2015 7:14:50 PM] Wynn: Wynn squeezes his/her? hand. "We'll figure it out."

[4/26/2015 7:15:29 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian is currently a girl, it seems! A dwarfish one.

[4/26/2015 7:15:34 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian squeezes back.

[4/26/2015 7:15:54 PM] Quintilian: I don't think I've ever felt this claustrophobic in my life.

[4/26/2015 7:23:16 PM] Janis: ...you think any of the others ended up here too? Somewhere else in the prison, maybe?

[4/26/2015 7:23:44 PM] Quintilian: Gods I hope not.

[4/26/2015 7:24:03 PM] Wynn: They'll wind up back on Nation when he jumps again anyway.

[4/26/2015 7:24:13 PM] Janis: How do we know?

[4/26/2015 7:25:12 PM] Quintilian: It's certainly what we've been given to understand. Even gods couldn't break that curse for long.

[4/26/2015 7:26:05 PM] Janis: ...what if we just jump in these new bodies? What if our old bodies wound up somewhere completely different?

[4/26/2015 7:26:18 PM] Janis: We don't know anything, so we have to assume things won't work out.

[4/26/2015 7:26:49 PM] Wynn: We need to find out if our gear is here or back on NAtion too. I'm not leaving without my shield.

[4/26/2015 7:27:33 PM] Wynn: I had it when we jumped. It might be here.

[4/26/2015 7:28:55 PM] Quintilian: ... I don't see how it can be here. But yes, we definitely can't leave without our things.

[4/26/2015 7:30:00 PM] Wynn: It depends on how we got here. We might have been teleported here, but why would we be in these clothes? Maybe we left Nation and somehow had our memories erased.

[4/26/2015 7:30:06 PM] Wynn: And why the hell are we in different bodies?

[4/26/2015 7:30:27 PM] Wynn: Wynn scowls, but it probably looks more like an adorable pout.

[4/26/2015 7:32:14 PM] Quintilian: I'm not even sure who I am right now. Or if I'm anybody.

[4/26/2015 7:33:56 PM] Janis: I think we were prisoners.

[4/26/2015 7:34:00 PM] Janis: Or, our bodies were.

[4/26/2015 7:34:05 PM] Janis: ...maybe.

[4/26/2015 7:34:18 PM] Quintilian: That's not.... really what I meant.

[4/26/2015 7:34:43 PM] Wynn: You're not sure which of you has control?

[4/26/2015 7:35:02 PM] Quintilian: I think it's Val. I don't know.

[4/26/2015 7:36:19 PM | Edited 7:36:27 PM] Wynn: Hmm... what would you say if I told you dwarves are ridiculous little people who shouldn't be trusted?

[4/26/2015 7:37:50 PM] Quintilian: I'd say that was a very racist thing to say, and also not very polite, considering my current state. Discriminating against a sentient race is wrong.

[4/26/2015 7:38:14 PM] Wynn: ....Then I'd guess Valerian. Maybe Day. But Quintilian would've been more upset by that.

[4/26/2015 7:38:43 PM] Janis: I think Val. Day's usually scarier.

[4/26/2015 7:39:00 PM] Quintilian: I am upset by that.

[4/26/2015 7:39:13 PM] Wynn: But you're not fuming.

[4/26/2015 7:39:19 PM] Quintilian: It's just, ahahah, dwarfed by being upset by being imprisoned in a body that can't change.

[4/26/2015 7:39:54 PM] Quintilian: I don't have energy to fume. I'm entirely occupied by not having a nervous breakdown and curling up to cry.

[4/26/2015 7:40:25 PM] Wynn: ...I didn't mean it. I was just trying to help you figure out who you are.

[4/26/2015 7:40:48 PM] Quintilian: I know. Claustrophobia doesn't begin to describe this. I want to claw off my own skin.

[4/26/2015 7:46:14 PM] Quintilian: Or... whoever's skin this is.

[4/26/2015 7:46:57 PM] Janis: ...I miss my equipment.

[4/26/2015 7:47:03 PM] Janis: I feel kind of naked without it.

[4/26/2015 7:47:18 PM] Janis: ...although...I guess I'm kind of naked now.

[4/26/2015 7:47:39 PM] Wynn: You? Look at me. I'm tiny. And... I'd really like my shield.

[4/26/2015 7:48:27 PM] Quintilian: You're still adorable. It's still you in there.

[4/26/2015 7:48:31 PM] Janis: ...I wonder if I can still get hurt.

[4/26/2015 7:48:40 PM] Janis: Like, if I'd feel my arm being taken off.

[4/26/2015 7:49:02 PM] Nilani: It's probably best not to test that.

[4/26/2015 7:49:11 PM] Quintilian: Agreed.

[4/26/2015 7:49:29 PM] Nilani: Nilani swishes her tail around absent-mindedly.

[4/26/2015 7:49:53 PM] Janis: ...how well can you control your tail?

[4/26/2015 7:50:02 PM] Janis: Like, could you grab stuff with it?

[4/26/2015 7:57:45 PM] Nilani: I have no idea. I may as well try and figure it out.

[4/26/2015 8:29:32 PM] Iskandar: Okay,  so yeah. you guys are in new bodies.

[4/26/2015 8:30:05 PM] Wynn: Wynn has been studying the map to see which door is which (and trying to comfort Quint)

[4/26/2015 8:30:10 PM] Iskandar: Dwarf, halfling, dragonborn and warforged.

[4/26/2015 8:30:29 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian is still a little bit teary-eyed and on the verge of cracking up.

[4/26/2015 8:30:51 PM] Nilani: Nilani has been trying to figure out her tail's range of motion and if it is, in fact, prehensile.

[4/26/2015 8:31:12 PM] Iskandar: Not really. I mean, you can move it around, but fine manipulation is not a thing.

[4/26/2015 8:31:43 PM] Iskandar: There are four other cells in this hall, and they're all unoccupied.

[4/26/2015 8:33:17 PM] Iskandar: There is a door at either end of the hall.

[4/26/2015 8:33:32 PM] Iskandar: The construction seems to be all stone.

[4/26/2015 8:33:37 PM] Iskandar: Quint, roll a notice check.

[4/26/2015 8:33:50 PM] Nilani: Huh. Guess not. Guess I could tie a brush to it and sweep a floor, but that's about it.

[4/26/2015 8:34:10 PM] Quintilian: ((18.))

[4/26/2015 8:34:11 PM] Iskandar: Yeah, most of your tail's movements are instinctive and autonomic.

[4/26/2015 8:34:24 PM] Iskandar: You can tell, somehow, that you're underground.

[4/26/2015 8:34:29 PM] Iskandar: Quint can.

[4/26/2015 8:34:44 PM] Wynn: Wynn tucks the map away and heads for the door.

[4/26/2015 8:34:45 PM] Quintilian: We're in a cave. Or... underground, anyway.

[4/26/2015 8:35:22 PM] Iskandar: That's the thing, though you're in these bodies, they feel perfectly natural. There's no need to adjust for massively different centers of gravity or anything.

[4/26/2015 8:36:31 PM] Janis: ...any way you can tell how deep?

[4/26/2015 8:36:46 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian has no control of the body! It's like suddenly developing advanced Parkinson's.

[4/26/2015 8:36:52 PM] Quintilian: No. Sorry.

[4/26/2015 8:37:11 PM] Wynn: Wynn listens at the door for movement.

[4/26/2015 8:37:17 PM] Iskandar: Well, except for Quint, who has other issues.

[4/26/2015 8:37:23 PM] Iskandar: Roll notice, Wynn?

[4/26/2015 8:37:45 PM] Wynn: ((14.))

[4/26/2015 8:37:56 PM] Iskandar: You don't hear anything.

[4/26/2015 8:38:05 PM] Wynn: Wynn tries the door!

[4/26/2015 8:38:13 PM] Iskandar: Locked!

[4/26/2015 8:38:25 PM] Janis: ...Nilani, can you pick it?

[4/26/2015 8:38:41 PM] Nilani: Let's find out.

[4/26/2015 8:38:54 PM] Quintilian: I have a dagger, if that helps.

[4/26/2015 8:39:06 PM] Janis: Ok. Once you have the lock picked I'll open it.

[4/26/2015 8:39:22 PM] Janis: Janis looks smugly at Wynn.

[4/26/2015 8:39:22 PM] Nilani: ((I'll just take 10 on that.))

[4/26/2015 8:39:39 PM] Wynn: No you won't.

[4/26/2015 8:39:45 PM] Iskandar: It's also worth noting that both Wynn and Janis still feel a connection.

[4/26/2015 8:39:46 PM] Janis: And why not?

[4/26/2015 8:39:50 PM] Iskandar: To their various gods.

[4/26/2015 8:40:01 PM] Iskandar: You guys all still have access to your powers and spells.

[4/26/2015 8:40:03 PM] Wynn: Because nothing has changed.

[4/26/2015 8:40:27 PM] Janis: Janis looks at herself then back at Wynn "uh...seriously?"

[4/26/2015 8:41:05 PM] Janis: I am literally a walking suit of armor and I think you're smaller than I was back in my normal body.

[4/26/2015 8:41:14 PM] Wynn: It doesn't matter what we look like. I still feel the Saint. He still protects me. I still protect you.

[4/26/2015 8:42:19 PM] Janis: No offense, Wynn, but I don't think you're human shield routine is gonna work AS A TINY HALFLING WITH NO SHIELD!

[4/26/2015 8:42:54 PM] Wynn: This isn't up for discussion.

[4/26/2015 8:42:57 PM] Quintilian: She still has a calling.

[4/26/2015 8:43:31 PM] Wynn: And just because you're bigger than me right now doesn't mean you have the strength or skill that I have.

[4/26/2015 8:43:58 PM] Janis: I dunno. I feel pretty strong.

[4/26/2015 8:44:52 PM] Nilani: (( I took 10. does 17 open the lock?))

[4/26/2015 8:46:09 PM] Iskandar: Yep! It CLICKS.

[4/26/2015 8:46:22 PM] Janis: Janis shoves past and opens the door.

[4/26/2015 8:46:42 PM] Wynn: Wynn scowls. "You're going to get yourself killed."

[4/26/2015 8:47:06 PM] Nilani: Nilani gets to the side and sits there awkwardly, steepling her fingers and clacking the claws together, in sequence.

[4/26/2015 8:49:13 PM] Iskandar: Okay! The door opens, revealing what seems to be some kind of guard station. There's a cabinet, a couple of chairs and a desk, and another door. Unoccupied.

[4/26/2015 8:49:37 PM] Wynn: Wynn enters and looks for any weapons that might be lying around.

[4/26/2015 8:50:28 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks in the cabinet!

[4/26/2015 8:51:41 PM] Iskandar: The cabinet is locked! But the lock looks weird.

[4/26/2015 8:52:01 PM] Nilani: Nilani slinks into the room, looking around cautiously.

[4/26/2015 8:52:36 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian stands in the doorway, leaning against it.

[4/26/2015 8:52:53 PM] Wynn: Nilani, do you think you can open this one?

[4/26/2015 8:53:08 PM] Wynn: Wynn moves to the desk to see if she can find out anything informative.

[4/26/2015 8:53:46 PM] Iskandar: It's not really a desk, it's more of a table. There are a couple of empty goblets on there, and a metal pitcher knocked on its side.

[4/26/2015 8:54:47 PM] Nilani: I dunno, it looks weird.

(What does it look like?)

[4/26/2015 8:55:15 PM] Iskandar: Instead of a keyhole, it looks like a slit, vaguely shaped like a blade.

[4/26/2015 8:56:49 PM] Nilani: Hey, Quint. Can I see that dagger for a bit?

[4/26/2015 8:56:59 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian hands it to her silently.

[4/26/2015 8:57:25 PM] Nilani: Nilani compares the blade's width to that of the slit.

[4/26/2015 8:57:53 PM] Iskandar: It looks like it is a perfect fit.

[4/26/2015 8:58:01 PM] Nilani: Hm.

[4/26/2015 8:58:20 PM] Nilani: Nilani carefully inserts the dagger.

[4/26/2015 9:00:56 PM] Iskandar: You slide it in, and the cabinet opens, revealing a row of shortswords, light crossbows, and padded armor.

[4/26/2015 9:01:14 PM] Wynn: ...why was that in a cell?

[4/26/2015 9:01:32 PM] Janis: I think we jumped into these bodies on a prison break.

[4/26/2015 9:01:37 PM] Quintilian: I'd be the last to know.

[4/26/2015 9:01:56 PM] Nilani: Ooh.

[4/26/2015 9:02:05 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks at the armor (Any that might fit a itty bit?) and grabs a sword.

[4/26/2015 9:02:34 PM] Janis: Janis grabs a crossbow

[4/26/2015 9:02:39 PM] Iskandar: Yeah, there's 6 suits, 4 are for medium sized humanoids, 2 are for small.

[4/26/2015 9:02:47 PM] Wynn: Armor up.

[4/26/2015 9:02:49 PM] Iskandar: There are about 20 bolts.

[4/26/2015 9:02:53 PM] Wynn: Wynn puts some on!

[4/26/2015 9:03:03 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian looks for some.

[4/26/2015 9:03:12 PM] Quintilian: It could be a gladiatorial arena...

[4/26/2015 9:03:25 PM] Nilani: Nilani dons some armor and grabs some weapons.

[4/26/2015 9:03:46 PM] Wynn: We're not going to kill anyone. Not until we find out what's going on.

[4/26/2015 9:04:45 PM] Janis: Janis nods

[4/26/2015 9:05:12 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks around for any other items of interest in the room. Papers and writings, especially.

[4/26/2015 9:05:14 PM] Janis: ((Should I mark any AC changes, bonus or decreases?))

[4/26/2015 9:07:24 PM] Iskandar: ((YEsp.))

[4/26/2015 9:07:37 PM] Janis: ((...how so?))

[4/26/2015 9:08:20 PM] Iskandar: ((Well, your normal armor has been replaced by padded armor for the time being.))

[4/29/2015 3:58:21 PM] Ceiling Cat: When last we left, you had no idea what was going on. The last thing you remember was Nation jumping--- then all of a sudden, you guys were waking up in cells in strange bodies. Nilani was a dragonborn woman, Wynn was a halfling woman, Quint was a dwarven woman, and Janis was a warforged. You don't have any of your equipment, and were dressed in dingy prison clothes. You guys got out of your cells and found your way to a guard station where you were able to arm up a bit.

[4/29/2015 3:58:35 PM] Ceiling Cat: you found light crossbows, padded armor, and short-swords.

[4/29/2015 3:59:48 PM] Ceiling Cat: The padded armor, btw, doesn't really look like armor so much as uniforms. Each has a symbol on the right side of the chest piece, a stylized lock. But it's more protective then the homespun clothes you woke up in.

[4/29/2015 4:00:32 PM] Ceiling Cat: Each of you had also found some items hidden in your cells -- Wynn found a rough map, Nilani found a lockpick/shiv, and Quint found a magical dagger that seemed to work as a key for the weapons cabinet.

[4/29/2015 4:01:04 PM] Janis: ((Janis found nothing))

[4/29/2015 4:01:22 PM] Ceiling Cat: Janis found nothing. That's true.

[4/29/2015 4:05:49 PM] Ceiling Cat: At the very least, the selection of available weapons and armor suggests that the staff of this prison are commonly medium-sized and small-sized humanoids.

[4/29/2015 4:06:07 PM] Ceiling Cat: not... you know. Multi-limbed spider-people.

[4/29/2015 4:06:50 PM] Ceiling Cat: This guard station does seems like it was abandoned in a hurry, there's a spilled pitcher of watered-down wine on the table and a couple of half-empty goblets.

[4/29/2015 4:10:24 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian frowns.

[4/29/2015 4:12:32 PM] Ceiling Cat: Oh, the newly dwarven Quint can tell that you're underground.

[4/29/2015 4:14:01 PM] Ceiling Cat: So! There you are. There's the door you came through behind you, and another double door ahead of you. It seems to be locked with one of those locks opened by the dagger.

[4/29/2015 4:14:30 PM] Wynn: Let's get going, and try to stay quiet...ish.

[4/29/2015 4:14:44 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian nods.

[4/29/2015 4:14:54 PM] Janis: Janis looks at herself. "Not sure I am gonna be good at that."

[4/29/2015 4:16:06 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn is a pretty cute halfling with a charming, singsongy voice.

[4/29/2015 4:16:44 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads for the other door. "Nilani, you want to stick to unlocking things?"

[4/29/2015 4:17:10 PM] Nilani: Yeah, may as well.

[4/29/2015 4:17:28 PM] Nilani: Nilani goes up and listens at the door for a bit  before stabbing the lock.

[4/29/2015 4:17:49 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! Roll Notice.

[4/29/2015 4:18:29 PM] Nilani: (( 14 ))

[4/29/2015 4:20:21 PM] Ceiling Cat: You don't' hear anything on the other side of the door.

[4/29/2015 4:21:18 PM] Nilani: Nilani stabs the lock and slowly opens the door.

[4/29/2015 4:22:27 PM] Ceiling Cat: The door opens onto a t-junction... a door to the right, and to the left, and a spiral staircase going up and down.

[4/29/2015 4:22:43 PM] Janis: ...well...we wanna go up, right?

[4/29/2015 4:23:05 PM] Wynn: Makes sense.

[4/29/2015 4:23:09 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads up the stairs!

[4/29/2015 4:23:15 PM] Janis: Janis follows

[4/29/2015 4:24:25 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn first?

[4/29/2015 4:24:39 PM] Janis: ((Apparently))

[4/29/2015 4:24:51 PM] Wynn: ((Yup.))

[4/29/2015 4:24:55 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian lets anybody go.

[4/29/2015 4:25:00 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian isn't in any kind of shape to object.

[4/29/2015 4:25:32 PM] Janis: Janis is still upset about this.

[4/29/2015 4:26:47 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! Wynn goes up to the next floor, and it struck in the shoulder with a crossbow bolt for 4 pts of damage. Make a fort save.

[4/29/2015 4:27:08 PM] Wynn: ((26.))

[4/29/2015 4:27:47 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! there was some magic effect on the bolt, but it doesn't take hold.

[4/29/2015 4:30:02 PM] Ceiling Cat: You see a guy with a crossbow sitting against a wall to your left in a pool of blood. He's losing strength by the moment, and the crossbow kinda falls from his fingers after he fires at you.

[4/29/2015 4:30:20 PM] Ceiling Cat: He's dressed in the same uniform you guys are wearing now.

[4/29/2015 4:30:29 PM] Wynn: Wynn runs over to him and heals him a wee bit.

[4/29/2015 4:30:41 PM] Wynn: ((like 2 hp just so he's ok))

[4/29/2015 4:31:30 PM] Janis: Janis comes up behind her, crossbow pointed at the guy.

[4/29/2015 4:31:44 PM] Wynn: Wynn also moves the crossbow aside, just in case.

[4/29/2015 4:31:54 PM] Wynn: What happened here?

[4/29/2015 4:32:20 PM] Quintilian: ... what is this place? Where, I mean or...

[4/29/2015 4:32:53 PM] Ceiling Cat: He coughs, and looks at you weird, Wynn. "What the heck was that?"

[4/29/2015 4:33:03 PM] Wynn: I healed you.

[4/29/2015 4:33:21 PM] Wynn: Wynn pulls the bolt from her shoulder and tosses it aside. "What happened here?"

[4/29/2015 4:33:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: He coughs again. His wounds close up somewhat, but not totally. Roll a heal check, anyone that has the skill.

[4/29/2015 4:34:23 PM] Wynn: ((lol 4.))

[4/29/2015 4:37:46 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay. HE coughs again. "Don't act like you don't know what this all is, Marissa.  Nothing happens here without you knowing about it."

[4/29/2015 4:38:00 PM | Edited 4:38:08 PM] Janis: ...Marissa?

[4/29/2015 4:38:15 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns. "That's... complicated. I'm not actually whoever this body belongs to."

[4/29/2015 4:38:52 PM] Wynn: My name is Wynn. I'm a paladin of St. Cuthbert, and I just woke up in this body not long ago.

[4/29/2015 4:40:46 PM] Ceiling Cat: He looks at you weirdly. "Don't know what the game is, Marissa, but I don't have time for it."

[4/29/2015 4:41:27 PM] Ceiling Cat: He coughs again, a bit of blood coming up.

[4/29/2015 4:41:36 PM] Ceiling Cat: The cough turns into a coughing fit.

[4/29/2015 4:41:43 PM] Ceiling Cat: Then he shudders and goes still.

[4/29/2015 4:41:58 PM] Quintilian: Who is Marissa?

[4/29/2015 4:42:04 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

[4/29/2015 4:42:14 PM] Wynn: Apparently the person who belongs to this body.

[4/29/2015 4:42:17 PM] Janis: Wynn is. Apparently.

[4/29/2015 4:42:35 PM] Janis: Apparently you're like a mob boss here, or something.

[4/29/2015 4:42:46 PM] Wynn: That's the feeling I get as well.

[4/29/2015 4:44:22 PM] Wynn: Wynn sighs and stands. "Let's keep going."

[4/29/2015 4:44:50 PM] Quintilian: I must be an enforcer.

[4/29/2015 4:46:10 PM] Wynn: ((any exits to this room besides the stairs?))

[4/29/2015 4:46:21 PM] Janis: Or we could just be other random prisoners.

[4/29/2015 4:47:41 PM] Quintilian: Want to bet?

[4/29/2015 4:48:08 PM] Ceiling Cat: There are three doors. One to the left, one to the right, and one behind you that you came through. Then stairs up and down.

[4/29/2015 4:48:37 PM] Wynn: Quintilian, can you tell if we are still underground?

[4/29/2015 4:48:46 PM] Janis: ((We came through a door? I thought it was just upstairs to this level?))

[4/29/2015 4:48:51 PM] Quintilian: ((Can I?))

[4/29/2015 4:50:21 PM] Ceiling Cat: Oh, yeah, you're right. Well, the layout is the same as the room you came up from.

[4/29/2015 4:50:28 PM] Ceiling Cat: Yep, still underground.

[4/29/2015 4:51:17 PM] Quintilian: Yes. We're still underground.

[4/29/2015 4:51:29 PM] Janis: ...keep moving up then?

[4/29/2015 4:51:52 PM] Wynn: Yes.

[4/29/2015 4:51:56 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads for the stairs!

[4/29/2015 4:52:29 PM] Janis: I still say I should be leading here.

[4/29/2015 4:52:34 PM] Janis: Janis follows, though.

[4/29/2015 4:53:02 PM] Wynn: Being large is not a good indicator of leadership or skill.

[4/29/2015 4:53:14 PM] Quintilian: Indeed.

[4/29/2015 4:53:26 PM] Quintilian: Experience does help.

[4/29/2015 4:53:48 PM] Wynn: And apparently people around here are accustomed to seeing this body in charge anyway.

[4/29/2015 4:53:48 PM] Janis: I just mean walking in front. You know, in case there are any other arrows.

[4/29/2015 4:54:00 PM] Wynn: Wynn shrugs.

[4/29/2015 4:54:31 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! You go up another set of stairs, leading to another room, just the same as the last two. Roll notice, everyone.

[4/29/2015 4:54:44 PM] Wynn: ((11.))

[4/29/2015 4:55:17 PM] Nilani: (( 19 ))

[4/29/2015 4:55:26 PM] Janis: ((16))

[4/29/2015 4:56:38 PM] Quintilian: ((19, and there goes my 20.))

[4/29/2015 5:00:31 PM] Ceiling Cat: Again, the room is the same as the last couple, that t-section type room. No guard in this one, though, though Nilani and Quint are aware of another presence in the room, so they are not flatfooted when a dark-clad figure leaps off the stairs toward Quint!

[4/29/2015 5:00:53 PM] Quintilian: Wait, talk first!

[4/29/2015 5:01:01 PM] Ceiling Cat: What's your AC, Quint?

[4/29/2015 5:01:19 PM] Quintilian: ((Without my good armor? 13, assuming I put the padded on.))

[4/29/2015 5:03:25 PM] Ceiling Cat: The figure brings a dagger down on Quint! The strike does 6 damage. Roll a fort save. But in the body you're in, you get a total +3 to your normal save.

[4/29/2015 5:04:00 PM] Quintilian: ((20.))

[4/29/2015 5:04:48 PM] Ceiling Cat: You're fine! But you spot the dagger gleaming with a baleful green edge before he hits you with it -- it's poisoned.

[4/29/2015 5:04:54 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll initiative!

[4/29/2015 5:05:18 PM] Wynn: ((16! best init ever!))

[4/29/2015 5:05:30 PM] Nilani: (( 9 ))

[4/29/2015 5:05:31 PM] Quintilian: ((19.))

[4/29/2015 5:05:32 PM] Janis: ((13, assuming my dex bonus is unchanged))

[4/29/2015 5:05:45 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((It's the same.))

[4/29/2015 5:06:44 PM] Ceiling Cat: Round 1:  assassin, Quint, Wynn, Janis, Nilani

[4/29/2015 5:07:34 PM] Ceiling Cat: The assassin spins around and tosses a dagger at Janis, who is still flatfooted until her turn. What's your AC?

[4/29/2015 5:07:40 PM] Quintilian: Go away, you fool, I don't want to kill another alum.

[4/29/2015 5:08:17 PM] Ceiling Cat: Well, wait, flatfooted, it'll be 12, I believe.

[4/29/2015 5:08:53 PM] Janis: ((12, flatfooted))

[4/29/2015 5:08:59 PM] Janis: ((Sorry, had to get up))

[4/29/2015 5:10:58 PM] Ceiling Cat: The assasin flings a knife at Janis, which buries itself in her wooden abdomen for a total of 16 damage.

[4/29/2015 5:11:04 PM] Ceiling Cat: Quint

[4/29/2015 5:11:36 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian steps back five feet and throws an eldritch blast at him.

[4/29/2015 5:11:42 PM] Quintilian: ((16 ranged touch attack.))

[4/29/2015 5:12:03 PM] Quintilian: ((9 damage if it lands.))

[4/29/2015 5:12:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: Yep, that hits.

[4/29/2015 5:12:27 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn

[4/29/2015 5:12:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: The assassin reels at Quint's blast of energy, his body language betraying surprise, for some reason.

[4/29/2015 5:13:15 PM] Wynn: Wynn will attack!

[4/29/2015 5:13:31 PM] Wynn: Wynn must do math! lol

[4/29/2015 5:13:55 PM] Wynn: ((19.))

[4/29/2015 5:14:04 PM] Ceiling Cat: That's a hit!

[4/29/2015 5:14:15 PM] Wynn: ((6 dmg))

[4/29/2015 5:14:44 PM] Quintilian: I told you, you'll die. I can't make the blast not kill you if you persist.

[4/29/2015 5:15:10 PM] Ceiling Cat: Janis

[4/29/2015 5:16:10 PM] Janis: Janis pulls the dagger out of her chest and casts "Soften Earth and Stone" on the area behind him, catching him, but not Wynn

[4/29/2015 5:16:26 PM | Edited 5:16:31 PM] Janis: ((He needs a reflex save of, I think, 17 to not get caught in the mud))

[4/29/2015 5:17:25 PM] Janis: ((If he fails, he is stuck for 1d2 turns and cannot move, attack or cast spells))

[4/29/2015 5:18:24 PM] Ceiling Cat: He manages to ninja flip out of the area before he gets stuck!

[4/29/2015 5:18:31 PM] Ceiling Cat: Nilani

[4/29/2015 5:19:29 PM] Janis: ((Word of warning, anyone passing through that area he just was is slowed))

[4/29/2015 5:21:20 PM] Nilani: Nilani attempts to fire her crossbow at the chap!

[4/29/2015 5:21:45 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll! roll good. That's the secret, you know.

[4/29/2015 5:21:48 PM] Ceiling Cat: High numbers.

[4/29/2015 5:22:27 PM] Nilani: (( 19 ))

[4/29/2015 5:22:43 PM] Ceiling Cat: That's a hit! Roll damage.

[4/29/2015 5:24:49 PM] Nilani: (( 2 ))

[4/29/2015 5:25:53 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay!

[4/29/2015 5:26:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: Round 2:  Assassin, Quint, Wynn, Janis, Nilani.

[4/29/2015 5:26:35 PM] Ceiling Cat: The Assassin uses his action to disappear down the stairs, out of view!

[4/29/2015 5:27:01 PM] Janis: ...well...that was weird.

[4/29/2015 5:27:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: If you guys pursue, it will be Quint next. If not, that's the end of the combat.

[4/29/2015 5:27:51 PM] Janis: ...anyone in favor of healing me and pretending this never happened?

[4/29/2015 5:28:38 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns and heals her 10 as she walks to the edge of the stairs to watch for the assassin's return.

[4/29/2015 5:28:51 PM] Ceiling Cat: end combat

[4/29/2015 5:28:57 PM] Janis: ((So, I actually heal 5, right?))

[4/29/2015 5:29:01 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((Yep.))

[4/29/2015 5:29:05 PM] Wynn: ((oh yeah, sorry. lol))

[4/29/2015 5:29:24 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian shakes ... her head.

[4/29/2015 5:29:41 PM] Janis: ...Wynn...I think you're healing might be busted. I still feel kind of messed up inside.

[4/29/2015 5:29:46 PM] Wynn: Wynn pulls the map out and holds it out for Quint. "Here. I'll watch the stairs. Find our way out."

[4/29/2015 5:30:13 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns. "....seems it didn't work on the guard earlier either."

[4/29/2015 5:30:16 PM] Quintilian: ... I get lost, Janis should do this.

[4/29/2015 5:30:32 PM] Quintilian: She's warforged, that makes it harder.

[4/29/2015 5:30:32 PM] Janis: Janis tries reading the map.

[4/29/2015 5:31:26 PM] Wynn: I suppose that answers the question about which of us should be in front then.

[4/29/2015 5:32:00 PM] Janis: I still didn't get poisoned. Either you or Val could've.

[4/29/2015 5:32:35 PM] Nilani: I should've prepared Mending today. That may have helped.

[4/29/2015 5:32:46 PM] Ceiling Cat: It's a map, roughly traced from a more offical source, you're betting. not complete, but it details the rooms along what you'd bet is an escape route. It indicates that you should go up another floor, then proceed through a door through a section marked on the map with skull and crossbone symbols.

[4/29/2015 5:33:02 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian shrugs.

[4/29/2015 5:33:16 PM] Quintilian: I'm used to it. ... Val is.

[4/29/2015 5:33:30 PM] Janis: Janis shares this knowledge with the others.

[4/29/2015 5:33:56 PM] Wynn: Up it is then.

[4/29/2015 5:34:01 PM] Wynn: Wynn continues up the stairs!

[4/29/2015 5:35:43 PM] Janis: Janis follows

[4/29/2015 5:35:49 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian goes too.

[4/29/2015 5:35:50 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! nothing attacks you on this floor. Again, one of those t-section rooms. The route on the map indicates the door to the south, which is a heavy door, very secure looking, with strange symbols you don't recognize in way of warning.

[4/29/2015 5:36:02 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian rubs his eyes with the heels of his hands.

[4/29/2015 5:36:20 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads south.

[4/29/2015 5:36:49 PM] Ceiling Cat: You need to get a door open!

[4/29/2015 5:37:16 PM | Edited 5:37:16 PM] Wynn: Wynn went to the door! "Nilani, Quintilian?"

[4/29/2015 5:37:54 PM] Janis: Janis follows

[4/29/2015 5:38:13 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian too!

[4/29/2015 5:39:20 PM] Ceiling Cat: I believe Nilani has the dagger of opening.

[4/29/2015 5:40:59 PM | Edited 5:41:19 PM] Nilani: Nilani walks up, listens at the door, and stabs the lock if she doesn't hear anything. (( 15 ))

[4/29/2015 5:41:16 PM] Ceiling Cat: Notice check?

[4/29/2015 5:41:42 PM] Ceiling Cat: It seems a thick door. You can't really hear through it.

[4/29/2015 5:42:33 PM] Nilani: Nilani goes ahead and opens the door.

[4/29/2015 5:43:37 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! The door opens into another of those small guard station. No guard here either, though.

[4/29/2015 5:53:30 PM] Ceiling Cat: So yeah. Guard station.

[4/29/2015 5:53:38 PM] Ceiling Cat: Another of those cabinets, too.

[4/29/2015 5:53:51 PM] Janis: Wanna try the knife again?

[4/29/2015 5:53:58 PM] Janis: Maybe there's better equipment.

[4/29/2015 5:54:06 PM] Janis: These crossbows are kind of shit.

[4/29/2015 5:55:08 PM] Nilani: Yeah, let's see what's in here.

[4/29/2015 5:55:18 PM] Nilani: Nilani goes to stab the thing.

[4/29/2015 5:56:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! This one is stocked with spears. They're magical. Also, amulets, also magical.

[4/29/2015 5:58:06 PM] Wynn: ((longspears or shortspears?))

[4/29/2015 5:59:00 PM] Ceiling Cat: Shortspears, though slightly longer and weirdly shaped spearheads.

[4/29/2015 5:59:24 PM] Wynn: Wynn takes one to compare it to the door.

[4/29/2015 5:59:35 PM] Janis: Janis takes an amulet

[4/29/2015 6:01:13 PM | Edited 6:01:21 PM] Ceiling Cat: Compare what to the door?

[4/29/2015 6:01:43 PM] Wynn: (The spear to see if the head matches any holes or anything)

[4/29/2015 6:02:14 PM] Nilani: Nilani grabs an amulet and a shortspear.

[4/29/2015 6:02:23 PM] Ceiling Cat: Nope.

[4/29/2015 6:02:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: And you have no idea what the amulets do.... they're rather plain metal disks with some arcane runes etched into them.

[4/29/2015 6:03:54 PM] Wynn: Wynn tries the door anyway!

[4/29/2015 6:04:25 PM] Ceiling Cat: It is locked!

[4/29/2015 6:04:43 PM] Wynn: You guys have any ideas?

[4/29/2015 6:05:00 PM] Janis: Try the knife again?

[4/29/2015 6:05:44 PM] Nilani: Well, let's see...

[4/29/2015 6:05:51 PM] Nilani: Nilani stabs the thing.

[4/29/2015 6:06:26 PM] Ceiling Cat: The door opens! It reveals a darkened hallway. There's a bit of moisture in here, with a low-lying mist around your ankles.

[4/29/2015 6:07:07 PM] Janis: ..................

[4/29/2015 6:07:27 PM] Nilani: Well, that's not creepy at all.

[4/29/2015 6:07:42 PM] Wynn: Wynn steps inside.

[4/29/2015 6:08:09 PM] Nilani: Nilani casts light on a crossbow bolt and chucks it down the hallway.

[4/29/2015 6:08:14 PM] Wynn: Wynn sets her spear down, opting for the sword instead.

[4/29/2015 6:08:28 PM] Janis: Janis follows, crossbow ready.

[4/29/2015 6:09:45 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! This hallway is lined with cells. As you toss the Lighted bolt down the hall, you hear a hiss from one of the cells down by where it lands.

[4/29/2015 6:10:10 PM] Nilani: Welp.

[4/29/2015 6:10:12 PM] Janis: ......that's not a good sound.

[4/29/2015 6:10:34 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads down that way, sword ready.

[4/29/2015 6:11:20 PM] Ceiling Cat: There's also a weird smell.

[4/29/2015 6:12:50 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! Wynn is first. These cells are different than the ones you woke up in -- these have doors that are made up of metal bars rather than the heavy wooden doors of the cells you woke up in.

[4/29/2015 6:13:30 PM] Janis: ...so...these guys must be the real nasty ones.

[4/29/2015 6:13:49 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn! Make a will save.

[4/29/2015 6:14:20 PM] Wynn: ((11))

[4/29/2015 6:16:13 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn starts walking toward a cell on the left.

[4/29/2015 6:16:30 PM] Janis: Janis charges in to grab her!

[4/29/2015 6:17:01 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! Um. I think it's an attack roll to grapple halfling Wynn.

[4/29/2015 6:17:43 PM] Janis: ((Melee roll?))

[4/29/2015 6:17:55 PM] Ceiling Cat: Yep.

[4/29/2015 6:17:59 PM] Janis: ((Unnat 20))

[4/29/2015 6:18:27 PM] Ceiling Cat: It's a melee touch attack, so you grab Wynn. Now you both roll STR checks against each other.

[4/29/2015 6:18:46 PM] Janis: ((3, shit))

[4/29/2015 6:18:54 PM] Wynn: ((17.))

[4/29/2015 6:19:58 PM] Ceiling Cat: Tiny Wynn easily squirms out of RoboJanis' grip!

[4/29/2015 6:20:02 PM] Wynn: Wynn shrugs her off. "Would you stop, Janis?"

[4/29/2015 6:20:13 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads to the cell door.

[4/29/2015 6:20:17 PM] Janis: What are you doing?

[4/29/2015 6:20:25 PM] Wynn: Opening the door.

[4/29/2015 6:20:47 PM] Janis: WHY?!?

[4/29/2015 6:20:56 PM] Janis: Someone stop her!

[4/29/2015 6:21:10 PM] Ceiling Cat: You see a hooded figure in the back of the cell, sitting in a metitative pose.

[4/29/2015 6:21:18 PM | Edited 6:21:50 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks for a lock or something.

[4/29/2015 6:21:37 PM] Ceiling Cat: There is a lock! Not a knife lock, though.

[4/29/2015 6:22:07 PM] Janis: Janis turns to Nilani and Quint

[4/29/2015 6:22:14 PM] Janis: "GUYS?!?"

[4/29/2015 6:23:18 PM] Janis: Janis tries to grapple her again

[4/29/2015 6:23:28 PM] Janis: (music)

[4/29/2015 6:24:12 PM] Ceiling Cat: Nope, Wynn brushes that off.

[4/29/2015 6:24:15 PM] Wynn: Nilani, can you unlock this?

[4/29/2015 6:27:29 PM] Nilani: Nilani 's dragon-y brow furrows in a worried expression.

[4/29/2015 6:27:32 PM] Nilani: Why do you need this door open?

[4/29/2015 6:27:50 PM] Wynn: Because he needs help. I help people. Open the door.

[4/29/2015 6:28:03 PM] Nilani: Who is "he"?

[4/29/2015 6:28:11 PM] Nilani: That hooded figure?

[4/29/2015 6:28:26 PM] Janis: He's a prisoner.

[4/29/2015 6:28:29 PM] Wynn: Yes. Can you open it or not?

[4/29/2015 6:28:33 PM] Wynn: So were we.

[4/29/2015 6:28:45 PM] Janis: No, we were put in the bodies of prisoners.

[4/29/2015 6:28:49 PM] Wynn: And regardless, he needs help. Or is his life worth less than ours?

[4/29/2015 6:28:53 PM] Janis: And once we get out, they are going back in.

[4/29/2015 6:29:08 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll notice, you guys.

[4/29/2015 6:29:21 PM] Janis: ((21))

[4/29/2015 6:29:26 PM] Nilani: (( 19 ))

[4/29/2015 6:29:27 PM] Wynn: (5.)

[4/29/2015 6:30:10 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay, both Janis and Nilani notice that the figure's head bobs up a bit when you say 'we were put in the bodies of prisoners'.

[4/29/2015 6:30:32 PM] Janis: ............wait a minute.

[4/29/2015 6:30:53 PM] Janis: ...did you do this?

[4/29/2015 6:31:07 PM] Janis: Janis points to the figure "are you responsible for this?"

[4/29/2015 6:31:19 PM] Wynn: Do what?

[4/29/2015 6:31:29 PM] Ceiling Cat: You guys hear a voice in your mind, low and raspy. "No.  I just found it interesting."

[4/29/2015 6:31:45 PM] Wynn: Nilani, can you open the door please?

[4/29/2015 6:32:00 PM] Janis: This doesn't change anything.

[4/29/2015 6:32:07 PM] Janis: I am a bounty hunter and you are a paladin.

[4/29/2015 6:32:17 PM] Janis: We respect the law, and the law put him here for a reason.

[4/29/2015 6:32:26 PM] Nilani: We still have no idea who this person even is.

[4/29/2015 6:32:27 PM] Ceiling Cat: Also, Nilani and Janis can give me a couple more notice checks.

[4/29/2015 6:32:45 PM] Wynn: That doesn't mean we can't help him.

[4/29/2015 6:32:52 PM] Nilani: (( 27 ))

[4/29/2015 6:32:54 PM] Janis: ((17))

[4/29/2015 6:33:14 PM] Janis: It means we can't go breaking prisoners out just because they ask us to.

[4/29/2015 6:33:47 PM] Janis: What if he's a serial killer? We know nothing about him except he knows we were body swapped.

[4/29/2015 6:33:54 PM] Janis: And he doesn't have a face.

[4/29/2015 6:34:15 PM] Janis: ...that's not a reason, it's just the only other thing we know about him.

[4/29/2015 6:34:38 PM] Janis: We can't just trust people randomly.

[4/29/2015 6:35:33 PM] Nilani: Nilani walks up, holding the spear casually.

"Why are you even in here, anyway?"

[4/29/2015 6:35:48 PM] Wynn: Wynn rolls her eyes and tries the door anyway.

[4/29/2015 6:36:13 PM] Ceiling Cat: It is locked!

[4/29/2015 6:37:05 PM] Ceiling Cat: The figure shrugs at Nilani's question. "Someone paid the masters of this place to put me here.  Just like you.  Or perhaps, not you?"

[4/29/2015 6:37:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll sense motive.

[4/29/2015 6:37:45 PM] Janis: ((7))

[4/29/2015 6:37:53 PM] Nilani: (( 12 ))

[4/29/2015 6:38:19 PM] Wynn: ((20))

[4/29/2015 6:41:37 PM] Nilani: ...That doesn't really help. At all.

[4/29/2015 6:42:17 PM] Wynn: You need help, right?

[4/29/2015 6:43:11 PM] Ceiling Cat: Again, that telepathic voice in yoru heads seems to be how he communicates. "I wish to leave, yes.  The cell prevents that."

[4/29/2015 6:43:53 PM] Janis: Well, gee. You're in a prison and you wanna get out. Who'd've thought that?

[4/29/2015 6:44:12 PM] Janis: Janis shoots a disapproving look at Wynn

[4/29/2015 6:46:15 PM] Ceiling Cat: He stands up, and you see that he is very lithe and lanky, roughly human sized.

[4/29/2015 6:47:07 PM] Wynn: Nilani?

[4/29/2015 6:47:19 PM] Quintilian: You're not a mindflayer, are you?

[4/29/2015 6:47:52 PM | Edited 6:48:54 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  .... that is an insulting term for my people. We are illithid.

[4/29/2015 6:48:10 PM] Quintilian: Oh. I'm sorry, I honestly didn't know that.

[4/29/2015 6:48:30 PM] Ceiling Cat: And sure enough, he pulls down his hood and reveals his squid head.

[4/29/2015 6:49:47 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  ... and you are definitely not Finn Lechance, killer of humans, are you?

[4/29/2015 6:51:00 PM] Quintilian: Nnnot that I'm aware of?

[4/29/2015 6:51:05 PM] Quintilian: If I am, I'm terribly mentally ill.

[4/29/2015 6:51:31 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  No. The mind is different. You are... several people.

[4/29/2015 6:51:47 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  Perhaps....

[4/29/2015 6:51:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: He gestures at Wynn.

[4/29/2015 6:52:11 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

[4/29/2015 6:52:30 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  Perhaps we can be.... civilized about this.

[4/29/2015 6:52:46 PM] Janis: Nothing you've said has changed anything.

[4/29/2015 6:52:47 PM] Quintilian: You're not going to try to eat somebody's brain, are you?

[4/29/2015 6:52:52 PM] Wynn: Perhaps we could've tried that first.

[4/29/2015 6:53:32 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  Marissa Swiftheart has no love for my kind. I thought you were her.

[4/29/2015 6:53:40 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  No.

[4/29/2015 6:53:53 PM | Edited 6:54:18 PM] Ceiling Cat: He gestures to a collar around his neck. "No need to feed."

[4/29/2015 6:54:21 PM] Wynn: Do you know what's going on here?

[4/29/2015 6:54:35 PM | Edited 6:54:41 PM] Nilani: Because we certainly don't.

[4/29/2015 6:55:11 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  A jailbreak, of course. Many prisoners from the Eastern Block started a riot.

[4/29/2015 6:56:27 PM] Janis: Ok, but do you know how we ended up in these bodies?

[4/29/2015 6:56:54 PM] Quintilian: That's convenient. The collar, not the ... anything else, actually. Sorry about our primitive method of speech.

[4/29/2015 7:01:04 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  I do not know. Powerful magic to pull you here, and surpress the minds of your hosts.

[4/29/2015 7:02:01 PM] Quintilian: Suppressed? Oh gods, are they still in there?

[4/29/2015 7:02:29 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  Yes. Sleeping, I suppose, is the closest thing to describe it.

[4/29/2015 7:02:54 PM] Quintilian: Oh, thank goodness. I'd hate for them to be... awake and unable to move or speak or something.

[4/29/2015 7:03:05 PM] Janis: Well that's scary.

[4/29/2015 7:03:19 PM] Janis: Good to know they aren't running around in our bodies though.

[4/29/2015 7:03:28 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  It is very strange magic. Powerful, and very specific in its effects.

[4/29/2015 7:03:59 PM] Quintilian: Why would anyone put us in here?

[4/29/2015 7:04:08 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid: I do not know. Do you konw where you are?

[4/29/2015 7:04:19 PM] Nilani: Nope.

[4/29/2015 7:05:06 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  A trade then. I will tell you everything I know, and you open the cell door so I can plane shift away from this prison.

[4/29/2015 7:05:12 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  Here is a freebie...

[4/29/2015 7:05:28 PM] Ceiling Cat: He points at the amulets that Nilani and Janus are wearing.

[4/29/2015 7:05:50 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  Put those on before you proceed further into this wing of the prison.

[4/29/2015 7:06:15 PM] Janis: Janis looks at the amulet. "...why?"

[4/29/2015 7:07:16 PM] Ceiling Cat: He gives a low chuckle. "To stop entities less charitable than me from enspelling you as I did to not-Marissa here."

[4/29/2015 7:07:46 PM] Ceiling Cat: He sits back down in his cell, cross legged.

[4/29/2015 7:07:58 PM] Janis: ...good advice.

[4/29/2015 7:08:01 PM] Wynn: Why are you in here?

[4/29/2015 7:08:30 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  It is as I said. Enemies paid the masters of this place to store me away.

[4/29/2015 7:09:25 PM] Wynn: And who are the masters?

[4/29/2015 7:09:41 PM] Ceiling Cat: He shakes his head.

[4/29/2015 7:09:52 PM] Quintilian: Is he radiating negative energy, Wynn? I can't tell.

[4/29/2015 7:10:12 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  Your word that you will open my cell first, then I will answer any question you wish.

[4/29/2015 7:10:23 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  Then you open the cell and I leave.

[4/29/2015 7:11:08 PM] Wynn: I can't tell either.

[4/29/2015 7:11:43 PM] Quintilian: Oh. Well, best to let him out, then. He is helping, after all.

[4/29/2015 7:12:52 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

[4/29/2015 7:13:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  The cell blocks divination magics.

[4/29/2015 7:14:06 PM] Wynn: I'm only asking to determine whether we should let you out. If you are truly innocent, then it shouldn't matter whether you tell us or not. I want to know why you are locked up and that by letting you free, I won't have someone else's blood on my hands.

[4/29/2015 7:14:25 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  I told you why I am here.

[4/29/2015 7:14:37 PM] Janis: Why did they want you here?

[4/29/2015 7:14:51 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  No more answers until I have your word.

[4/29/2015 7:15:18 PM] Janis: I guess we should be going then.

[4/29/2015 7:15:54 PM] Ceiling Cat: He is silent!

[4/29/2015 7:16:03 PM] Quintilian: Let's just let him out.

[4/29/2015 7:16:38 PM] Janis: And what if he turns out to Shpeelunk the Killer of Small Children, or something?

[4/29/2015 7:16:45 PM] Wynn: I don't like it.

[4/29/2015 7:16:57 PM] Janis: Thank you.

[4/29/2015 7:17:25 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  Ask your questions before letting me out. You can always choose to break your word.

[4/29/2015 7:17:40 PM] Quintilian: She doesn't generally do that.

[4/29/2015 7:17:59 PM] Janis: And you can read minds, so you probably know she doesn't do that.

[4/29/2015 7:18:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  Only surface thoughts. I cannot read deeper. Only my familiarity with the workings of the mind let me perceive what you really are.

[4/29/2015 7:20:46 PM] Wynn: Regardless, I will not give my word because I will not break it. If you are unwilling to share what put you in the cell, we will continue on.

[4/29/2015 7:22:39 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  Good luck.

[4/29/2015 7:23:46 PM] Quintilian: Who were your enemies, anyway?

[4/29/2015 7:24:08 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll diplomacy.

[4/29/2015 7:24:35 PM] Ceiling Cat: As he is otherwise not interested in continuing the Q and A.

[4/29/2015 7:25:04 PM] Quintilian: ((35.))

[4/29/2015 7:26:15 PM] Ceiling Cat: His tentacles twitch. "The Elder Brain of my community betrayed us.  I led an insurrection.  My side lost."

[4/29/2015 7:27:10 PM] Ceiling Cat: His mental voice is tinged with feelings of anger.

[4/29/2015 7:27:19 PM] Quintilian: That's awful. I didn't even know that could happen. I'm sorry.

[4/29/2015 7:27:32 PM] Janis: Betrayed you how?

[4/29/2015 7:28:27 PM] Quintilian: Good question.

[4/29/2015 7:31:02 PM] Ceiling Cat: His mental voice hisses as his face-tentacles wriggle aggressively. "The Elder Brain developed a consciousness of its own, and began taking over.  Its priority shifted from from the well-being of the community to its own satisfaction.  This is an abomination."

[4/29/2015 7:31:09 PM] Ceiling Cat: ...says the squid-headed aberration.

[4/29/2015 7:32:23 PM] Quintilian: Awful.

[4/29/2015 7:32:40 PM] Janis: .......if you answer our other questions, we'll let you out.

[4/29/2015 7:33:11 PM] Quintilian: Are you going to go back and try to rescue them?

[4/29/2015 7:37:36 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  Yes. I will return and overthrow the Elder brain.

[4/29/2015 7:38:31 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian nods.

[4/29/2015 7:38:38 PM] Quintilian: We should let him out. People are depending on him.

[4/29/2015 7:39:08 PM] Janis: First, is there anything else you can tell us about what's ahead, or how to put our minds back?

[4/29/2015 7:40:09 PM] Wynn: Wynn just stands back.

[4/29/2015 7:40:51 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  I have your word?

[4/29/2015 7:41:03 PM] Janis: You have mine.

[4/29/2015 7:41:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: He looks at Wynn!

[4/29/2015 7:41:21 PM] Nilani: Sure.

[4/29/2015 7:42:26 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

[4/29/2015 7:43:56 PM] Wynn: I have no reason to doubt you or keep you locked up, besides your decision to force your way into my brain earlier. I agree with them for now... but I cannot give my word.

[4/29/2015 7:44:32 PM] Wynn: Unless something you say is terribly off, I will let you go free, but I cannot make a promise without full knowledge of the situation.

[4/29/2015 7:47:45 PM] Ceiling Cat: He gives a mental sigh.

[4/29/2015 7:48:47 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  Very well.

[4/29/2015 7:49:33 PM] Ceiling Cat: he looks at you guys expectantly!

[4/29/2015 7:49:42 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  Ask your questions.

[4/29/2015 7:50:17 PM] Janis: Do you know anything about the prison up ahead?

[4/29/2015 7:53:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  You are on the prison plane of Carceri. This is one of many prisons on this plane. If you proceed through this wing, there will be more creatures descended from the far realms. Then you will find yourself in the area where the undead are incarcerated.

[4/29/2015 7:53:56 PM] Janis: Is there an exit? And, if so, where does it lead?

[4/29/2015 7:57:02 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  Of course there's an exit. Though it is magical, you will need to find one of the High Wardens make use of it.

[4/29/2015 7:57:17 PM] Quintilian: What do they look like?

[4/29/2015 7:57:27 PM] Quintilian: And how do we get back to our original bodies? Any thoughts?

[4/29/2015 7:58:40 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  The High Wardens are fiends. YOu will know them when you see them.

[4/29/2015 7:59:12 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns again.

[4/29/2015 7:59:32 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  .... no. YOu were brought here for a reason, though, perhaps if you fulfill that purpose the magic will be broken.

[4/29/2015 7:59:41 PM] Ceiling Cat: Everyone roll K:  Planes.

[4/29/2015 8:00:00 PM] Wynn: ((everyone or if we have it?))

[4/29/2015 8:00:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((You can make a straight Int roll if you don't have it.))

[4/29/2015 8:00:28 PM] Quintilian: ((6.))

[4/29/2015 8:01:07 PM] Janis: ((11))

[4/29/2015 8:01:22 PM] Wynn: ((6.))

[4/29/2015 8:02:01 PM] Nilani: (( 4 ))

[4/29/2015 8:03:22 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! None of you know what a Carceri is.

[4/29/2015 8:03:48 PM] Ceiling Cat: But you can't be blamed, there's a million billion planes out there.

[4/29/2015 8:03:51 PM] Quintilian: Literal fiends or.... metaphorically?

[4/29/2015 8:05:03 PM] Ceiling Cat: The Illithid chuckles. "Literal, of course.  Carceri is an infernal plane.  A plane of imprisonment."

[4/29/2015 8:05:58 PM] Quintilian: So people put here are generally not put here for good reasons.

[4/29/2015 8:06:01 PM] Quintilian: Or, more literally, are.

[4/29/2015 8:08:10 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  This place is mercenary. People are put here because the masters of this prison are paid. Morals don't enter into it.

[4/29/2015 8:08:48 PM] Ceiling Cat: He points at Quint. "The body you wear was a murderer. Killed humans, many humans."

[4/29/2015 8:09:23 PM] Ceiling Cat: He points at Wynn. "One who commanded other criminals."

[4/29/2015 8:09:45 PM] Ceiling Cat: He points at Janis. "This one was an adventurer who angered the wrong demi-lich."

[4/29/2015 8:10:00 PM] Quintilian: What's a demi-lich?

[4/29/2015 8:10:34 PM] Ceiling Cat: He points at Nilani. "And this one was a freedom fighter on her plane."

[4/29/2015 8:11:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  A demi-lich is an ancient lich. Flush with sorcerous power, but reduced to being only a skull.

[4/29/2015 8:11:31 PM] Quintilian: ... that's... I'm sorry, I just don't see how that could possibly be worth it.

[4/29/2015 8:11:48 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid shrugs.

[4/29/2015 8:13:04 PM] Quintilian: I can barely stand being like this.

[4/29/2015 8:13:35 PM] Janis: Do you have any idea what beings on this plane could and be able to place us in these bodies?

[4/29/2015 8:14:34 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  Powerful magic. Perhaps even a Wish spell.

[4/29/2015 8:14:43 PM] Quintilian: Why would anyone do that?

[4/29/2015 8:14:43 PM] Wynn: Why us?

[4/29/2015 8:16:42 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  I do not know.

[4/29/2015 8:17:09 PM] Janis: You said if we let you out of the cage, you would jump to another plane, yes?

[4/29/2015 8:17:40 PM] Ceiling Cat: Ilithid: Whoever did this either made a very specific wish -- or one not specific enough and you got caught up in it.

[4/29/2015 8:17:47 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  Yes.

[4/29/2015 8:18:15 PM] Janis: So, could you jump us to our ship? So we could just bypass the High Wardens?

[4/29/2015 8:18:35 PM] Wynn: That wouldn't solve the problem of not being in our bodies.

[4/29/2015 8:19:16 PM] Janis: We could check the library or with Kalor and some of the wizards, though.

[4/29/2015 8:19:39 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  Where is your ship?

[4/29/2015 8:19:56 PM] Janis: .....here...ish...maybe...we don't know.

[4/29/2015 8:20:58 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  If you knew the plane it was on, I could get you there, but the effect is not terribly precise.

[4/29/2015 8:21:26 PM] Janis: ...ok...so much for that plan. Any advice on how to beat the Wardens?

[4/29/2015 8:22:32 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  ... there is no glowing spot to attack to deal more damage. Deal with it as you would other fiends.

[4/29/2015 8:23:52 PM] Janis: ...ok...what's your name?

[4/29/2015 8:25:33 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  Vrskthd.

[4/29/2015 8:25:47 PM] Ceiling Cat: It is not a name that is made to be pronounced aloud, you can tell.

[4/29/2015 8:25:54 PM] Quintilian: Vrskthd. You don't really believe in vowels, do you?

[4/29/2015 8:26:08 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illthid:  Unnecessary.

[4/29/2015 8:27:04 PM] Quintilian: True.

[4/29/2015 8:28:40 PM] Janis: ...well, I can't think of any other questions.

[4/29/2015 8:29:31 PM] Quintilian: Is there anything else you think we should know?

[4/29/2015 8:30:27 PM] Ceiling Cat: Illithid:  Do not forget the amulets.

[4/29/2015 8:30:51 PM] Quintilian: Got it. Let's go.

[4/29/2015 8:31:05 PM] Wynn: ...I'll go get the amulets.

[4/29/2015 8:31:09 PM] Janis: ...um...Nilani? You got this door?

[4/29/2015 8:31:41 PM] Wynn: Wynn eyes the illithid before running down the hall (at super-barbarian speed!) and returning with amulets for everyone!

[4/29/2015 8:31:48 PM] Nilani: Of course.

[4/29/2015 8:32:20 PM] Nilani: (( 15 ))

[4/29/2015 8:35:27 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! you guys all get amulets.

[4/29/2015 8:35:32 PM] Ceiling Cat: You can take 20 on it.

[4/29/2015 8:36:12 PM] Nilani: ((Yeah, I'll do that.))

[4/29/2015 8:37:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: YOu get it open! It clicks and he steps out.

[4/29/2015 8:39:20 PM] Nilani: Safe travels.

[4/29/2015 8:39:31 PM] Quintilian: Good luck.

[4/29/2015 8:40:32 PM] Ceiling Cat: He stretches a bit. "Ahhhh.  Yess. Good luck.  We will not meet again."

[4/29/2015 8:40:40 PM] Ceiling Cat: He vanishes in a burst of purply energy.

[4/29/2015 8:42:02 PM] Quintilian: I wonder how he knows that.

[4/29/2015 8:42:28 PM] Janis: Maybe it's a saying where he comes from.

[4/29/2015 8:45:29 PM] Wynn: Let's go.

[4/29/2015 8:45:35 PM] Wynn: Wynn puts on an amulet and starts walking.

[4/29/2015 8:45:35 PM] Quintilian: Right.

[4/29/2015 8:45:44 PM] Janis: Janis follows

[4/29/2015 8:46:09 PM] Ceiling Cat: So you head down the rest of the hallway?

[4/29/2015 8:46:18 PM] Wynn: Yep.

[4/29/2015 8:46:25 PM] Janis: ((Wearing the amulets))

[4/29/2015 8:48:33 PM] Quintilian: ... I feel better.

[4/29/2015 8:48:36 PM] Quintilian: I think we helped him.

[4/29/2015 9:00:18 PM] Ceiling Cat: So you proceed down this hallway, lined with cells. This seems to be an Aberration wing -- You spot a few Neogi, one very old Beholder with its big eye put out, and other weird monstrosities.

[4/29/2015 9:02:51 PM] Wynn: Wynn keeps going.

[4/29/2015 9:03:20 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian does too.

[4/29/2015 9:04:17 PM] Ceiling Cat: No one really triest to engage you, though. They might have tried to mind-control you, but the amulets protect you.

[4/29/2015 9:05:32 PM] Ceiling Cat: Vrksthd seemed to be the only one willing to parley as equals. The rest are ither so wird and alien you don't know what they're thinking or they think you're beneath them.

[4/29/2015 9:06:27 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian feels weird and alien him/herself right now!

[4/29/2015 9:07:42 PM] Ceiling Cat: But you get through that section, to another large heavily secured door.

[4/29/2015 9:09:45 PM] Quintilian: Nilani, care to do the honors?

[4/29/2015 9:10:15 PM] Nilani: Sure.

[4/29/2015 9:10:45 PM] Nilani: (( Is it a normal lock or a stabbystabby lock? ))

[4/29/2015 9:11:04 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((Stabbylock.))

[4/29/2015 9:12:11 PM] Nilani: Nilani stabs the thing.

[4/29/2015 9:13:23 PM] Ceiling Cat: It opens up! Another guard station. They seem to place them between every cell block. However... there are two guards at this one!

[4/29/2015 9:14:53 PM] Quintilian: Excuse me, we seem to be a bit lost.

[4/29/2015 9:14:57 PM] Quintilian: We were told to report to intake.

[4/29/2015 9:15:41 PM] Ceiling Cat: Two guards, a human woman and a gnomish man. They look up at you! "Wha..."

[4/29/2015 9:15:54 PM] Quintilian: ((Should I roll bluff?))

[4/29/2015 9:15:58 PM] Ceiling Cat: Yeeeeep.

[4/29/2015 9:16:18 PM] Quintilian: ((28.))

[4/29/2015 9:18:13 PM] Ceiling Cat: They look at you very unsure. "You know damn well where you're supposed to be during a riot, Finn," the gnome says.

[4/29/2015 9:18:59 PM] Quintilian: ... there's a riot?

[4/29/2015 9:18:59 PM] Janis: ...is it here?

[4/29/2015 9:19:03 PM] Quintilian: How did I miss that?

[4/29/2015 9:20:08 PM] Ceiling Cat: The woman looks at you guys, her hand moving down to her belt. "What is wrong with you guys?"

[4/29/2015 9:20:35 PM] Quintilian: Having a bad fucking day.

[4/29/2015 9:21:06 PM] Janis: We're not really feeling ourselves.

[4/29/2015 9:23:20 PM] Quintilian: Just give me the instructions or I'll kick your ass.

[4/29/2015 9:23:40 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll intimidate!

[4/29/2015 9:24:07 PM] Quintilian: ((24. Hopefully I get a bonus from being an actual murderer.))

[4/29/2015 9:25:25 PM] Quintilian: ((Oh, er. 27. I forgot about the circlet again. Sorry.))

[4/29/2015 9:25:39 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((Sokay, you don't have any of your gear, remember.))

[4/29/2015 9:26:08 PM] Quintilian: ((Oh right! Sorry.))

[4/29/2015 9:26:20 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((It's fine!))

[4/29/2015 9:28:03 PM] Ceiling Cat: The male gnome blanches a bit, but the human screws her mouth and pulls a hand crossbow. "You know damn well where you're supposed to be, back in your damn lockdown cells." Her hand is trembling.

[4/29/2015 9:29:03 PM] Wynn: Wynn narrows her eyes and steps forward a bit. "I think you're going to let us pass."

[4/29/2015 9:30:20 PM] Wynn: ((28 intim for what it's worth))

[4/29/2015 9:31:30 PM] Quintilian: No one needs to get hurt, just give us the instructions. You have more important riots to take care of, remember?

[4/29/2015 9:31:40 PM] Quintilian: ((Diplomacy 34! Because change in tactics.))

[4/29/2015 9:33:06 PM] Ceiling Cat: The woman forwns. "Fine.  I'll take you back to your cell.  She reaches down to her belt and pulls out a small stone with a glowing rune on it."

[4/29/2015 9:33:39 PM] Wynn: Wynn charges to knock it from her hand!

[4/29/2015 9:33:54 PM] Janis: Janis draws crossbow

[4/29/2015 9:34:40 PM] Nilani: Nilani fires up Mage Hand in an attempt to knock the thing away.

[4/29/2015 9:34:58 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! I'll give you guys a surprise round. Wynn, roll an attack to knock the thing out of her hand.

[4/29/2015 9:35:20 PM] Wynn: ((21))

[4/29/2015 9:37:22 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! Now make a Str roll.

[4/29/2015 9:37:44 PM] Wynn: (14.)

[4/29/2015 9:38:28 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! you knock it from her hands, onto the floor! Janis?

[4/29/2015 9:39:07 PM] Janis: Janis puts the crossbow away and runs up to the other guard ((will that use up all my actions?))

[4/29/2015 9:40:18 PM | Edited 9:41:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: Yeah, you can run up and still do a thing.

[4/29/2015 9:40:41 PM] Janis: ((I don't understand.))

[4/29/2015 9:41:18 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((Sorry. Getting tired.))

[4/29/2015 9:41:46 PM] Janis: Janis has run up, if I have an action left, I attempt to grapple, if not, I end my turn

[4/29/2015 9:42:35 PM] Ceiling Cat: To which one?

[4/29/2015 9:42:47 PM] Janis: ((The one whom Wynn is not in combat with))

[4/29/2015 9:42:56 PM] Janis: ((Who did not pull the thing))

[4/29/2015 9:43:05 PM] Janis: ((22 to attack and 11 to grapple))

[4/29/2015 9:43:07 PM] Ceiling Cat: The gnome. Okay.

[4/29/2015 9:44:26 PM] Ceiling Cat: You grapple him!

[4/29/2015 9:44:36 PM] Janis: ((Hooray))

[4/29/2015 9:44:37 PM] Ceiling Cat: Nilani, what would you like to do?

[4/29/2015 9:45:59 PM | Edited 9:45:59 PM] Nilani: ((I'm going to Mage Hand the stone away from them.))

[4/29/2015 9:45:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: Well, it's out of her hands, so it's easy enough to float it into your waiting hand.

[4/29/2015 9:45:59 PM | Edited 9:45:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: No roll needed.

[4/29/2015 9:47:03 PM] Nilani: (( Ah. Wait, does MH even have a somatic component? ))

[4/29/2015 9:47:21 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((I dunno. you should check on that. ))

[4/29/2015 9:47:31 PM] Ceiling Cat: Quint, you have a round to do a thing.

[5/7/2015 5:07:18 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! When last we left, you guys were still in your weird bodies. You had just subdued a pair of guards.

[5/7/2015 5:08:03 PM] Janis: Janis has the gnome (I think) in a headlock.

[5/7/2015 5:08:17 PM] Ceiling Cat: I'm just gonna say you won the fight.

[5/7/2015 5:10:51 PM | Edited 5:12:49 PM] Janis: ((...ok...so...now what?))

[5/7/2015 5:11:59 PM | Edited 5:12:27 PM] Ceiling Cat: You had wrested an object from the female human guard, a polished stone with a glyph on it that quint can tell radiates magic.

[5/7/2015 5:12:31 PM] Wynn: ((Are they knocked out or still awake?))

[5/7/2015 5:12:46 PM] Ceiling Cat: Either dead or unconscious.

[5/7/2015 5:12:57 PM] Crow: That stone is magic, but I'm not sure how.

[5/7/2015 5:13:01 PM] Ceiling Cat: The weapons you have access to are swords and crossbows.

[5/7/2015 5:14:02 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks at the map to determine where to go next.

[5/7/2015 5:16:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: The route on the map leads you through this guard station and through another cellblock.

[5/7/2015 5:16:26 PM] Wynn: Let's go.

[5/7/2015 5:16:37 PM] Wynn: Wynn goes the way indicated.

[5/7/2015 5:17:12 PM] Janis: Janis follows

[5/7/2015 5:17:54 PM] Nilani: Nilani slinks along with you guys.

[5/7/2015 5:18:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: You learned from a friendly mind flayer that you are in a mercenary prison on the prison plane of Carceri.

[5/7/2015 5:19:01 PM] Quintilian: A sending-stone, I think.

[5/7/2015 5:19:08 PM] Wynn: Like an alarm?

[5/7/2015 5:19:28 PM] Quintilian: No, it lets the guards communicate with other guards, probably.

[5/7/2015 5:19:57 PM] Janis: ...so...could we keep track of the other guards with that?

[5/7/2015 5:20:22 PM] Ceiling Cat: The glyph on the stone starts glowing, blinking on and off!

[5/7/2015 5:21:33 PM] Quintilian: No, we could talk to them, and they could talk to us.

[5/7/2015 5:21:40 PM] Quintilian: .... that must mean someone is trying to get through.

[5/7/2015 5:21:55 PM] Janis: ...what happens if they don't check in?

[5/7/2015 5:22:00 PM] Wynn: Leave it. Answering will only get them here faster.

[5/7/2015 5:22:16 PM] Quintilian: Either the guards come running in or they have a device to knock out everyone in the room.

[5/7/2015 5:22:20 PM] Wynn: They'll come check on these two, but they won't know we're here.

[5/7/2015 5:23:37 PM] Quintilian: Right. Unless they lower a knockout spell into the room.

[5/7/2015 5:23:57 PM] Ceiling Cat: blink blink blink

[5/7/2015 5:23:59 PM] Wynn: We'll already be gone. This way.

[5/7/2015 5:24:10 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads to the door!

[5/7/2015 5:25:44 PM] Ceiling Cat: It's locked, just like all the doors leading to and from these security stations.

[5/7/2015 5:25:52 PM] Ceiling Cat: Also, this room has another cabinet.

[5/7/2015 5:27:21 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian checks the cabinet!

[5/7/2015 5:29:18 PM] Ceiling Cat: More padded armor/uniforms, more shortswords and crossbows, but this one also contains three wands, and four vials.

[5/7/2015 5:29:24 PM] Ceiling Cat: Filled with a purple liquid.

[5/7/2015 5:29:42 PM] Janis: Are they magic?

[5/7/2015 5:29:57 PM] Ceiling Cat: Yep.

[5/7/2015 5:30:29 PM] Quintilian: Yes.

[5/7/2015 5:30:35 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian inspects the wands!

[5/7/2015 5:30:58 PM] Ceiling Cat: K: Arcana.

[5/7/2015 5:34:34 PM] Ceiling Cat: Also, remember, you got those amulets that protect against Mind Control as well.

[5/7/2015 5:34:46 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian has one on!

[5/7/2015 5:34:53 PM] Wynn: ((We all do!))

[5/7/2015 5:35:02 PM] Ceiling Cat: Yep, just reminding you/me.

[5/7/2015 5:35:04 PM] Quintilian: Wow, those wands are wonderful.

[5/7/2015 5:35:17 PM] Quintilian: Cure Moderate Wounds.

[5/7/2015 5:35:23 PM] Quintilian: From a range.

[5/7/2015 5:35:59 PM] Wynn: Can we go now? Nilani? The door?

[5/7/2015 5:36:12 PM] Janis: What about the vials?

[5/7/2015 5:37:02 PM] Nilani: I'll get it. (is this another stabbydoor?)

[5/7/2015 5:37:32 PM] Ceiling Cat: You can roll on the vials too.

[5/7/2015 5:38:02 PM] Quintilian: ((21.))

[5/7/2015 5:38:16 PM] Ceiling Cat: Potions of Lesser Restoration.

[5/7/2015 5:38:57 PM] Quintilian: Potions of Lesser Restoration.

[5/7/2015 5:42:01 PM] Janis: Janis grabs a bunch and waits for Nilani.

[5/7/2015 5:42:17 PM] Ceiling Cat: Yeah, the door is a stabbydoor.

[5/7/2015 5:42:39 PM] Nilani: Nilani stabs it, then!

[5/7/2015 5:42:49 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian takes all the magic stuff!

[5/7/2015 5:43:22 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay, you open the door to another cellblock. The first thing that hits you here is the smell.

[5/7/2015 5:43:45 PM] Nilani: Bleah.

[5/7/2015 5:43:59 PM] Wynn: Wynn moves inside.

[5/7/2015 5:44:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: Smells like deeeeeeeath. And rot.

[5/7/2015 5:45:48 PM] Wynn: You'd think this escape plan wouldn't run through so many guard stations.

[5/7/2015 5:46:13 PM] Janis: I guess it's possible your host body wasn't very smart.

[5/7/2015 5:46:33 PM] Quintilian: Ugh.

[5/7/2015 5:46:47 PM] Ceiling Cat: The sending stone continues to blink in Quint's hand.

[5/7/2015 5:49:18 PM] Quintilian: ... I wonder what they want.

[5/7/2015 5:49:30 PM] Quintilian: ... and if they have an otyugh in here.

[5/7/2015 5:49:52 PM] Ceiling Cat: IT's also very dark in this cellblock.

[5/7/2015 5:49:54 PM] Janis: ...we should probably keep going. That blinking can't be good.

[5/7/2015 5:50:30 PM] Wynn: Light, anyone?

[5/7/2015 5:51:46 PM] Janis: Janis casts light on one of the crossbow bolts

[5/7/2015 5:52:19 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian nods.

[5/7/2015 5:52:33 PM] Janis: Janis heads down

[5/7/2015 5:52:57 PM] Wynn: Wynn walks.

[5/7/2015 5:54:53 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! Roll notice.

[5/7/2015 5:55:08 PM] Janis: ((19))

[5/7/2015 5:55:12 PM] Wynn: ((11.))

[5/7/2015 5:55:12 PM] Quintilian: ((13.))

[5/7/2015 5:55:31 PM] Nilani: (( 14 ))

[5/7/2015 5:56:37 PM] Ceiling Cat: You guys pass a couple of cells that look empty.

[5/7/2015 5:56:53 PM] Janis: Janis looks in on a cell to her left.

[5/7/2015 5:58:08 PM] Ceiling Cat: Something charges forward in the cell and throws itself against the bars, skinny, wiry arms reaching out from between the cell bars to try and grab the nearest person to it with clawed fingers.

[5/7/2015 5:58:21 PM] Quintilian: Augh!

[5/7/2015 5:58:23 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian jumps back.

[5/7/2015 5:58:27 PM] Wynn: Wynn pulls Janis back.

[5/7/2015 5:58:43 PM] Janis: ...ok then.

[5/7/2015 5:58:49 PM] Janis: Do not get close.

[5/7/2015 5:59:26 PM] Ceiling Cat: You see an unbelievably emaciated creature that was probably once human. Said creature is almost skeletal, and hisses and screams at you guys.

[5/7/2015 5:59:48 PM] Ceiling Cat: You hear other creatures stirring in the cells ahead of you in response.

[5/7/2015 6:00:05 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

[5/7/2015 6:00:19 PM] Janis: Well, at least their in their cells.

[5/7/2015 6:00:27 PM] Quintilian: ... for now.

[5/7/2015 6:00:29 PM] Janis: So long as we keep our distance, we should be fine, right?

[5/7/2015 6:00:31 PM] Quintilian: Maybe we should hurry.

[5/7/2015 6:00:49 PM] Janis: Janis heads back down the corridor, a little bit faster now.

[5/7/2015 6:01:20 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads down as well.

[5/7/2015 6:02:24 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian follows.

[5/7/2015 6:02:28 PM] Ceiling Cat: The smell si bad! The first one doesn't really seem sentient, its compltely feral. Not so for the others. Some seem half-feral, punctuating their cries with curses and entreaties for aid.

[5/7/2015 6:03:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: It's not till you get to the fifth cell on the left that you see a being who is not hissing and spitting at you. He's at the door of his cell, a gaunt dwarven man. Which seems odd.

[5/7/2015 6:04:12 PM] Janis: Janis plans to keep moving

[5/7/2015 6:04:33 PM] Ceiling Cat: ".... hey!  Hey.  Can you guys let me out?"

[5/7/2015 6:04:57 PM] Janis: Why would we do that?

[5/7/2015 6:04:57 PM] Quintilian: Wynn?

[5/7/2015 6:05:25 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll notice.

[5/7/2015 6:05:27 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

[5/7/2015 6:05:41 PM] Wynn: ((11.))

[5/7/2015 6:05:42 PM] Janis: ((12))

[5/7/2015 6:05:53 PM] Nilani: (( 24 ))

[5/7/2015 6:07:00 PM] Nilani: Um.

[5/7/2015 6:07:41 PM] Wynn: This block is full of evil. These prisoners are clearly not being held properly, but short of prison reform, I'm not sure what we can do.

[5/7/2015 6:08:05 PM] Wynn: An offer of a quick death, I suppose.

[5/7/2015 6:08:56 PM] Nilani: I think this guy is a vampire.

[5/7/2015 6:09:07 PM] Ceiling Cat: Dwarf:  I am!

[5/7/2015 6:09:21 PM] Janis: ...how is that a compelling argument to releasing you?

[5/7/2015 6:09:35 PM] Ceiling Cat: Dwarf:  I can be quite useful.

[5/7/2015 6:09:50 PM] Quintilian: You don't sparkle, do you?

[5/7/2015 6:10:08 PM] Ceiling Cat: Dwarf:  No. What kind of self-respecting vampire would sparkle?

[5/7/2015 6:10:36 PM] Ceiling Cat: Dwarf:  We're all undead here. That's why you see it as full of 'evil', halfling.

[5/7/2015 6:10:54 PM] Wynn: Let's continue.

[5/7/2015 6:11:00 PM] Janis: I concur.

[5/7/2015 6:11:05 PM] Janis: Janis gets ready to move on

[5/7/2015 6:11:13 PM] Wynn: Wynn walks.

[5/7/2015 6:11:37 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian frowns.

[5/7/2015 6:11:44 PM] Quintilian: ... are we sure we want to just leave them?

[5/7/2015 6:12:06 PM] Wynn: It's that or kill them. I doubt they'd be willing.

[5/7/2015 6:12:37 PM] Ceiling Cat: Dwarf:  I'd just as soon you left me if those are my only options.

[5/7/2015 6:13:11 PM] Janis: We already released one prisoner today. That is the complete opposite of what I do.

[5/7/2015 6:14:49 PM] Quintilian: Not all intelligent undead are bad people.

[5/7/2015 6:15:29 PM] Quintilian: Don't you assume humans are all right if you can't tell?

[5/7/2015 6:15:54 PM] Wynn: No. Not really.

[5/7/2015 6:16:11 PM] Quintilian: So if a bunch of ordinary people were in there you'd leave them too?

[5/7/2015 6:16:43 PM] Ceiling Cat: Dwarf:  As a suggestion, I wouldn't let out the screaming ghouls.

[5/7/2015 6:17:01 PM] Wynn: Wynn huffs.

[5/7/2015 6:17:18 PM] Quintilian: That... doesn't really sound like you.

[5/7/2015 6:17:23 PM] Janis: How many people are we gonna let out? This is still a prison, we have to assume at least some of these guys wound up here for a reason?

[5/7/2015 6:17:34 PM] Wynn: What are we going to do with people we let out? They'll likely get killed trying to escape. They probably are in here for a reason. We can't babysit them.

[5/7/2015 6:17:47 PM] Wynn: We need to get back and figure this mess out.

[5/7/2015 6:18:10 PM] Quintilian: What if that reason was "They had stuff and someone else wanted it?"

[5/7/2015 6:18:33 PM] Janis: What if that reason is "they eat babies"?!?

[5/7/2015 6:18:41 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns even more.

[5/7/2015 6:18:44 PM] Janis: Janis turns to the Dwarf-pire "No offense"

[5/7/2015 6:18:54 PM] Ceiling Cat: Dwarf:  I love children! But I could never eat a whole one.

[5/7/2015 6:18:57 PM] Quintilian: Right, that's my point. We can't tell.

[5/7/2015 6:19:45 PM] Wynn: Look, I don't want to leave innocents in here. I don't. You know that. But we're not really in a position to do anything about it right now. We can't draw attention to ourselves in our current state.

[5/7/2015 6:20:09 PM] Quintilian: I think the riot is probably offsetting anything we'd do.

[5/7/2015 6:20:29 PM] Wynn: I think the riot is giving us the only chance we have to get back to Nation with our lives.

[5/7/2015 6:21:28 PM] Wynn: Barring some evidence that shows particular prisoners are innocent, I am going to put your lives over theirs. I'm getting you three out of here.

[5/7/2015 6:22:01 PM] Wynn: Then we can come back, fully armed and armored and figure the rest out.

[5/7/2015 6:22:23 PM] Ceiling Cat: "Oooh.  That sounds exciting," The dwarf vampire says.

[5/7/2015 6:22:28 PM] Wynn: You shut up.

[5/7/2015 6:22:38 PM] Ceiling Cat: "It does!   The Harrowing of Hell."

[5/7/2015 6:22:56 PM] Quintilian: It's a pay-for-prison scheme, that's all. On the balance, if they were really guilty they'd've been imprisoned somewhere else, probably.

[5/7/2015 6:23:19 PM] Wynn: We can talk about prison reform when we're in our own bodies. I'd rather not meet the warden like this.

[5/7/2015 6:23:22 PM] Janis: How do you know?

[5/7/2015 6:23:35 PM] Ceiling Cat: Dwarf: Well, it's a hell. Not the Hell.

[5/7/2015 6:23:41 PM] Janis: One of our bodies was called "The Human Slayer" or something like that.

[5/7/2015 6:23:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: Dwarf:  But 'Harrowing of a Hell' doesn't have the same ring.

[5/7/2015 6:23:57 PM] Janis: That sounds like a friendly type, doesn't it?

[5/7/2015 6:25:20 PM] Quintilian: It sounds like somebody who reads a lot.

[5/7/2015 6:25:36 PM] Wynn: We don't really have a lot of time to argue about this.

[5/7/2015 6:26:01 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian nods.

[5/7/2015 6:26:06 PM] Quintilian: What would you do if we let you out?

[5/7/2015 6:27:06 PM] Quintilian: Would you come with us, or stay and let the others out?

[5/7/2015 6:27:33 PM] Wynn: It's not coming with us.

[5/7/2015 6:27:37 PM] Ceiling Cat: Dwarf:  I could help you! Some of the people here.... aren't really people anymore.

[5/7/2015 6:27:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: Dwarf:  But the Wardens are paid a lot to keep them... well, not alive, but existing.

[5/7/2015 6:29:21 PM] Quintilian: All right, let's go.

[5/7/2015 6:29:27 PM] Quintilian: Sorry.

[5/7/2015 6:29:46 PM] Janis: Janis nods and moves on

[5/7/2015 6:30:08 PM] Wynn: Wynn walks.

[5/7/2015 6:30:15 PM] Ceiling Cat: Dwarf:  Good luck! Also, I''m not an 'it'.

[5/7/2015 6:30:39 PM] Nilani: Nilani continues on.

[5/7/2015 6:31:40 PM] Quintilian: I hope we'll come back and help.

[5/7/2015 6:32:12 PM] Ceiling Cat: You move on! You spot a couple more vampires. One snarling and threatening, one ignoring you. They all have on the same collars that the illithid did, some kind of sustenance enchantment so they don't have to be fed.

[5/7/2015 6:33:55 PM] Ceiling Cat: But no one really tries to engage with you after that.

[5/7/2015 6:34:29 PM] Ceiling Cat: One or two fthem try to charm you or whathave you, but it doesn't work with your amulets.

[5/7/2015 6:35:14 PM] Janis: Janis just keeps walking.

[5/7/2015 6:36:12 PM] Ceiling Cat: You get to the end of the cellblock, and you face another door. The sending stone has stopped blinking.

[5/7/2015 6:37:51 PM] Janis: Nilani. Door.

[5/7/2015 6:38:21 PM] Nilani: Nilani stabs the thing, if it needs stabbing.

[5/7/2015 6:38:53 PM] Ceiling Cat: Yep! Most of the big doors between cellblocks do.

[5/7/2015 6:41:49 PM] Ceiling Cat: It opens up, revealing another of those rooms with stairs up and down. The map indicates that you should go down, but there are also doors to the left and the right.

[5/7/2015 6:42:23 PM] Janis: I say we follow the map. Down we go.

[5/7/2015 6:43:22 PM] Wynn: Right.

[5/7/2015 6:43:25 PM] Wynn: Wynn goes down.

[5/7/2015 6:43:33 PM] Janis: Janis follows

[5/7/2015 6:43:53 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! you head down the stairs. The map indicates you should take one more flight down.

[5/7/2015 6:44:06 PM] Wynn: Wynn follows the map!

[5/7/2015 6:44:39 PM] Ceiling Cat: You go down two flights! The sending stone starts blinking again.

[5/7/2015 6:45:30 PM] Ceiling Cat: You step down into what seems like a dead end, used for storage -- many crates and barrels full of odds and ends and sundries -- no weapons, but just basic supplies.

[5/7/2015 6:45:52 PM] Janis: ...THE MAP WAS A FILTHY LIE!

[5/7/2015 6:45:55 PM] Ceiling Cat: The map indicates you should take a door to your left, but there is no door there.

[5/7/2015 6:46:16 PM] Quintilian: Hidden door, maybe?

[5/7/2015 6:46:29 PM] Wynn: Can you look?

[5/7/2015 6:46:29 PM] Nilani: Nilani scrutinizes the wall where the door should be.

[5/7/2015 6:47:13 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll Search!

[5/7/2015 6:47:24 PM] Ceiling Cat: Nilani and QUint.

[5/7/2015 6:47:26 PM] Quintilian: ((24.))

[5/7/2015 6:47:57 PM] Nilani: (( 21 ))

[5/7/2015 6:48:47 PM] Ceiling Cat: Quint finds it first! One of those glowstone scones in the wall that seems loose that, when you pull it, causes the stone brick wall to split open and reveal a passage!

[5/7/2015 6:49:46 PM] Wynn: Now this looks more like an escape plan.

[5/7/2015 6:49:53 PM] Ceiling Cat: the map warns about some kind of danger in the passageway, but it doesn't specify, of course.

[5/7/2015 6:50:04 PM] Wynn: We should probably watch for traps.

[5/7/2015 6:50:16 PM] Janis: ((Is my bolt still glowy?))

[5/7/2015 6:50:33 PM] Quintilian: Or monsters.

[5/7/2015 6:50:43 PM] Ceiling Cat: Yep, you still have a light source.

[5/7/2015 6:51:15 PM] Janis: Janis throws the bolt down the passageway.

[5/7/2015 6:51:24 PM] Ceiling Cat: How far?

[5/7/2015 6:51:50 PM] Janis: ((Not far, about five feet))

[5/7/2015 6:52:05 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay, you don't see anything.

[5/7/2015 6:53:44 PM] Janis: Janis reaches in and grabs it again.

[5/7/2015 6:54:31 PM] Wynn: Wynn sighs impatiently and starts walking, slowly.

[5/7/2015 6:54:37 PM] Janis: Janis follows

[5/7/2015 6:55:07 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! You can really only move in a single file line.

[5/7/2015 6:55:13 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll notice, Wynn.

[5/7/2015 6:55:30 PM] Wynn: ((lol 2.))

[5/7/2015 6:57:43 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay. Halfling Wynn moves forward through this stone passage. Gimme a Fort save, Wynn.

[5/7/2015 6:58:11 PM] Wynn: (( woo 30 with a nat 20))

[5/7/2015 6:59:28 PM] Ceiling Cat: Nice! Okay! Wynn moves forward and suddenly seems to get lifted off of her feet as it seems the air around her shimmers and ripples. Everyone else can roll Spot.

[5/7/2015 7:00:06 PM] Nilani: (( 30 ))

[5/7/2015 7:00:31 PM] Janis: ((28))

[5/7/2015 7:00:42 PM] Quintilian: ((1!))

[5/7/2015 7:02:17 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! Both Nilani and Janis can now see a sheen to the air before you, like Wynn just got sucked up into some kind of near-transparent.... jello mold. It's gelatinous. Definitely cube shaped.

[5/7/2015 7:02:29 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn takes 8 damage and is currently grappled inside this creature, though she's not paralzyed.

[5/7/2015 7:02:35 PM] Quintilian: ... Wynn?

[5/7/2015 7:02:48 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll initiative, everyone!

[5/7/2015 7:03:04 PM] Janis: ((18))

[5/7/2015 7:03:13 PM] Nilani: (( 6 ))

[5/7/2015 7:03:23 PM] Wynn: ((11.))

[5/7/2015 7:04:30 PM] Ceiling Cat: QUint?

[5/7/2015 7:05:04 PM] Quintilian: ((20.))

[5/7/2015 7:05:39 PM] Ceiling Cat: Round 1:  Quint, Janis, Gelatinous Cube, Wynn, Nilani

[5/7/2015 7:05:47 PM] Ceiling Cat: Quint, gimme another spot check.

[5/7/2015 7:05:58 PM] Quintilian: ((3!))

[5/7/2015 7:06:44 PM] Ceiling Cat: BK.

[5/7/2015 7:07:53 PM] Ceiling Cat: Bardic Knowledge, that is.

[5/7/2015 7:08:54 PM] Ceiling Cat: Quint?

[5/7/2015 7:10:02 PM] Ceiling Cat: Janis

[5/7/2015 7:10:11 PM] Quintilian: ((22))

[5/7/2015 7:10:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: Whatcha gonna do, Janis?

[5/7/2015 7:12:05 PM] Janis: Janis casts bull strength on herself and then attempts to pull Wynn out.

[5/7/2015 7:12:24 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! Gimme a reflex save, first.

[5/7/2015 7:12:42 PM] Janis: ((crit fail, 9)) :(

[5/7/2015 7:14:30 PM] Ceiling Cat: You reach in to try and grab at Wynn.... but get pulled in yourself! Luckily, your roboid body is immune to the paralysis slime. But you take 8 pts of damage and are also grappled.

[5/7/2015 7:15:10 PM] Ceiling Cat: The cube moves forward slowly in Nilani's direction!

[5/7/2015 7:15:11 PM] Quintilian: Gelatinous cube! ... how the hell did that even get here? Do they use them as crowd control?

[5/7/2015 7:16:08 PM] Ceiling Cat: The cube lurches forward, throwing some of its mass at Nilani, but misses.

[5/7/2015 7:16:15 PM] Ceiling Cat: Nilani

[5/7/2015 7:17:24 PM] Nilani: Nilani shuffles backwards a ways, out of its immediate reach, and attempts to cast magic missile!

[5/7/2015 7:17:55 PM] Ceiling Cat: Good call! Roll damage.

[5/7/2015 7:18:54 PM] Nilani: (( 11 ))

[5/7/2015 7:19:09 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! Quint, I'll give you a turn this round.

[5/7/2015 7:19:13 PM] Ceiling Cat: Quint

[5/7/2015 7:19:18 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian blasts at it.

[5/7/2015 7:19:36 PM] Quintilian: ((9 ranged touch. Geeeeez.))

[5/7/2015 7:19:45 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((It's AC is 4.))

[5/7/2015 7:19:54 PM | Edited 7:19:59 PM] Quintilian: ((16 damage, then!))

[5/7/2015 7:20:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: Nice!

[5/7/2015 7:20:23 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn

[5/7/2015 7:20:35 PM] Ceiling Cat: You are grappled, so it's an opposed strength check to break free.

[5/7/2015 7:20:57 PM] Wynn: ((hahahah no. 4.))

[5/7/2015 7:21:02 PM] Janis: ((Can I assist?))

[5/7/2015 7:21:16 PM] Janis: ((Like try to push her loose, or something?))

[5/7/2015 7:21:53 PM] Ceiling Cat: Nope. Not until you're free yourself.

[5/7/2015 7:22:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn, you take seven points of damage.

[5/7/2015 7:22:36 PM] Ceiling Cat: Round 2:  QUint, Janis, Cube, Wynn, Nilani

[5/7/2015 7:22:39 PM] Ceiling Cat: Quint

[5/7/2015 7:24:03 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian blasts at it again!

[5/7/2015 7:24:12 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll!

[5/7/2015 7:24:19 PM] Quintilian: ((10 damage.))

[5/7/2015 7:24:26 PM] Quintilian: ((Assuming its AC did not change.))

[5/7/2015 7:25:05 PM] Ceiling Cat: IT is still super slow!

[5/7/2015 7:25:13 PM] Ceiling Cat: Janis

[5/7/2015 7:25:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll STR to escape the grapple!

[5/7/2015 7:25:28 PM] Janis: ((5))

[5/7/2015 7:25:36 PM] Ceiling Cat: You remain engulfed!

[5/7/2015 7:25:49 PM] Ceiling Cat: You take 8 damage.

[5/7/2015 7:26:38 PM] Ceiling Cat: The Cube continues moving tward Nilani! Does 17 hit your AC?

[5/7/2015 7:27:18 PM] Nilani: (( Yep ))

[5/7/2015 7:28:06 PM] Ceiling Cat: It lashes out out at you with some kind of pseudopods (that's not even a real pod) for 8 damage.

[5/7/2015 7:28:42 PM] Ceiling Cat: Nilani

[5/7/2015 7:29:37 PM | Edited 7:30:59 PM] Nilani: Nilani tries to pull someone out of the thing! (Let's go with Janis, first.)

[5/7/2015 7:31:01 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll a reflex save first.

[5/7/2015 7:31:58 PM] Nilani: (( 25 ))

[5/7/2015 7:32:34 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! You avoid getting engulfed! Make a STR check.

[5/7/2015 7:33:03 PM] Nilani: (( 19! Nat 20 ))

[5/7/2015 7:35:10 PM] Ceiling Cat: You reach in and start to haul robo Janis out of the jello mold.

[5/7/2015 7:35:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: WYnn

[5/7/2015 7:35:23 PM] Ceiling Cat: Make a STR check.

[5/7/2015 7:36:09 PM] Wynn: ((13.))

[5/7/2015 7:37:16 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! you manage to pull yourself out, gasping for air.

[5/7/2015 7:37:27 PM] Ceiling Cat: Round 3

[5/7/2015 7:37:29 PM] Ceiling Cat: Quint

[5/7/2015 7:37:54 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian blasts at it again, backing up if it seems to be getting close to him. ((11 damage!))

[5/7/2015 7:38:53 PM] Ceiling Cat: Quint blasts it with more energy from his hands, and the thing shudders, trembles, then just kinda loses cohesion and becoming more liquid.

[5/7/2015 7:39:04 PM] Ceiling Cat: End combat

[5/7/2015 7:39:08 PM] Quintilian: Wynn, Janis, are you all right?

[5/7/2015 7:39:20 PM] Janis: ....no...I don't think so.

[5/7/2015 7:39:28 PM] Janis: I feel like it's in my gears.

[5/7/2015 7:39:35 PM] Quintilian: Ugh.

[5/7/2015 7:39:55 PM] Ceiling Cat: While Janis' metal parts are actually okay, it's her wooden bits that took the hits.

[5/7/2015 7:39:57 PM] Wynn: Wynn coughs. "I'm fine."

[5/7/2015 7:40:08 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian gets out one of the wands!

[5/7/2015 7:40:46 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll notice, everyone.

[5/7/2015 7:41:10 PM] Janis: ((16))

[5/7/2015 7:41:15 PM] Wynn: ((15))

[5/7/2015 7:42:03 PM] Quintilian: ((14.))

[5/7/2015 7:42:37 PM] Ceiling Cat: You see a glint of something in the remains of the cube! Something metal all mixed with the dirt and dust of the passage.

[5/7/2015 7:42:46 PM] Nilani: (( 14 ))

[5/7/2015 7:43:06 PM] Janis: Janis picks it up

[5/7/2015 7:44:50 PM] Ceiling Cat: You find some money, three lockpicks, a homemade metal shiv, a sending stone, and a short sword.

[5/7/2015 7:45:19 PM] Janis: Well, either someone got eaten, or this was part of the escape plan.

[5/7/2015 7:45:33 PM] Wynn: I'm guessing the first.

[5/7/2015 7:46:02 PM] Janis: ((Did Quint wand me?))

[5/7/2015 7:46:26 PM] Ceiling Cat: I don't know. It's a wand of cure Moderate with 10 charges.

[5/7/2015 7:49:21 PM] Janis: ((Quint...you still awake?))

[5/7/2015 7:49:33 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((I think she's on the phone.))

[5/7/2015 7:49:41 PM] Janis: ((Oh))

[5/7/2015 7:49:56 PM] Janis: Janis takes a wand and uses it on herself...himself...whatever.

[5/7/2015 7:50:42 PM] Janis: ((4...which I guess means 2 for me... ;)

[5/7/2015 7:51:26 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((It's 2d8+5 per charge.))

[5/7/2015 7:51:38 PM] Quintilian: ((yeah, I was gonna SAY.))

[5/7/2015 7:52:06 PM] Janis: ((Ok...in that case I got a 9 which goes down to a 4 or 5...I think))

[5/7/2015 7:52:20 PM] Janis: ((So I am at 6 hp))

[5/7/2015 7:52:43 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((Round up.))

[5/7/2015 7:53:00 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian takes the wand and bonks Janis with it again.

[5/7/2015 7:53:08 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((And you have three of them.))

[5/7/2015 7:53:17 PM] Quintilian: ((14 HP. So take 7, I guess!))

[5/7/2015 7:53:35 PM] Janis: ((Ok, I am at half health now, that's respectable))

[5/7/2015 7:54:13 PM] Wynn: Ready to move?

[5/7/2015 7:54:37 PM] Wynn: ...thank you for trying to get me out, but next time, you should probably just kill it.

[5/7/2015 7:55:11 PM] Janis: All my magic involves lighting it on fire. I didn't want to risk that with you inside.

[5/7/2015 7:55:54 PM] Wynn: Well, in the future, I give you my permission to do whatever it takes to kill the thing I'm in. It'd be better than have you die trying to save me.

[5/7/2015 7:55:59 PM] Quintilian: ... I"ll admit, I was really starting to worry.

[5/7/2015 7:57:15 PM] Quintilian: Do you need any healing at all?

[5/7/2015 7:57:21 PM] Wynn: Wynn smiles at Quint, turns and continues heading down the hall.

[5/7/2015 7:57:25 PM] Wynn: I'm fine

[5/7/2015 7:57:30 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian nods.

[5/7/2015 7:57:30 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn's still first?

[5/7/2015 7:57:37 PM] Quintilian: Lots of charges left on these wands.

[5/7/2015 7:58:41 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll reflex, Wynn.

[5/7/2015 7:59:02 PM] Wynn: ((21))

[5/7/2015 7:59:47 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn stops just short of stepping on a discolored tile of stone.

[5/7/2015 8:00:12 PM] Wynn: This looks odd. One of you want to take a look?

[5/7/2015 8:00:17 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian nods.

[5/7/2015 8:00:28 PM] Quintilian: ((24 search.))

[5/7/2015 8:01:01 PM] Ceiling Cat: There's a trap! You step on that stone and the two sides of thie stone hallway close on you and try to smoosh you.

[5/7/2015 8:01:25 PM] Quintilian: That's a trap, for sure.

[5/7/2015 8:01:54 PM] Quintilian: ... I could probably bypass all the traps by myself, but I can't take everyone with me, so that won't help.

[5/7/2015 8:03:18 PM] Janis: Nilani, can you switch them off?

[5/7/2015 8:05:00 PM] Nilani: I'll see what I can do.

[5/7/2015 8:05:39 PM | Edited 8:07:37 PM] Nilani: Nilani fiddles with the thing. (( 14 17, then. ))

[5/7/2015 8:05:54 PM] Ceiling Cat: You can take 10.

[5/7/2015 8:08:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! You're not sure you can disarm it, but it's easy enough to avoid it.

[5/7/2015 8:09:30 PM] Nilani: Yeah, it might still be active. These are kind of weird. Make sure not to step there.

[5/7/2015 8:09:34 PM] Nilani: Or there.

[5/7/2015 8:09:51 PM] Nilani: That tile over there's suspect, too.

[5/7/2015 8:09:55 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian just walks on the wall and stays away from them all.

[5/7/2015 8:10:11 PM] Janis: Janis continues avoiding them.

[5/7/2015 8:10:25 PM] Ceiling Cat: You can point out where they are to them. You think it was likely that the traps were designed to work on people running from gelatinous cubes.

[5/7/2015 8:11:09 PM] Wynn: Wynn continues too!

[5/7/2015 8:12:26 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! Now both sending stones are blinking.

[5/7/2015 8:15:17 PM] Quintilian: I really hope that doesn't mean two more of those things are coming after us.

[5/7/2015 8:15:19 PM] Quintilian: Let's hurry.

[5/7/2015 8:15:33 PM | Edited 8:15:40 PM] Wynn: I think it was just down here for escapees.

[5/7/2015 8:15:54 PM] Nilani: Can we close the wall behind us?

[5/7/2015 8:16:51 PM] Ceiling Cat: If you triggered the trap, maybe!

[5/7/2015 8:18:39 PM] Ceiling Cat: I will let you roll Disable Device.

[5/7/2015 8:19:23 PM] Nilani: (( 27! ))

[5/7/2015 8:20:04 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay. As you go to activate the trap, you realize that setting it off will start other masher mechanisms down the rest of the hall.

[5/7/2015 8:20:22 PM] Nilani: Ehhhh... Nevermind.

[5/7/2015 8:20:39 PM] Quintilian: Let's hurry.

[5/7/2015 8:20:51 PM] Nilani: Yeah, let's just go.

[5/7/2015 8:21:16 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! Roll a search check, wynn, since you're still up front.

[5/7/2015 8:21:32 PM] Wynn: (5.)

[5/7/2015 8:22:00 PM] Ceiling Cat: Reflex save.

[5/7/2015 8:22:23 PM] Wynn: (14)

[5/7/2015 8:22:53 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn sets off another masher, only barely rolling forward out of the way!

[5/7/2015 8:24:18 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn's on the other side, but it's a reflex check for everyone else to get by it.

[5/7/2015 8:25:00 PM] Wynn: ...sorry.

[5/7/2015 8:25:00 PM] Quintilian: ((26!))

[5/7/2015 8:25:18 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian is a goddamn ninja even in this body.

[5/7/2015 8:25:26 PM] Janis: ((15))

[5/7/2015 8:25:30 PM] Nilani: (( 29 ))

[5/7/2015 8:25:36 PM] Ceiling Cat: Everyone gets through fine!

[5/7/2015 8:26:30 PM] Ceiling Cat: Again, these traps seem designed to to work on groups running away from gelatinous cubes.

[5/7/2015 8:27:55 PM] Wynn: Wynn continues.

[5/7/2015 8:28:09 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian follows! Still on the wall.

[5/7/2015 8:28:19 PM] Janis: Janis onwar

[5/7/2015 8:28:23 PM] Quintilian: I hope I'm not getting used to this body.

[5/7/2015 8:28:25 PM] Wynn: Wynn is also attempting to avoid the thingies.

[5/7/2015 8:28:29 PM] Nilani: Nilani continues along!

[5/7/2015 8:28:40 PM] Wynn: Not having a panic attack is a good thing.

[5/7/2015 8:29:06 PM] Ceiling Cat: YOu get to the end of the passageway.

[5/7/2015 8:30:25 PM] Quintilian: That's true.

[5/7/2015 8:30:28 PM] Wynn: Wynn checks the map.

[5/7/2015 8:31:00 PM] Ceiling Cat: There is apparently another door here in this dead end.

[5/7/2015 8:31:14 PM] Wynn: Can you check for a door?

[5/7/2015 8:32:11 PM] Ceiling Cat: roll search!

[5/7/2015 8:33:14 PM] Quintilian: ((30.))

[5/7/2015 8:33:17 PM] Janis: ((28))

[5/7/2015 8:33:35 PM] Ceiling Cat: You find the switch easily!

[5/7/2015 8:33:46 PM] Nilani: (( 15 ))

[5/7/2015 8:34:54 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian opens it!

[5/7/2015 8:35:01 PM] Ceiling Cat: When this one is switched, the wall slides away, revealing metal rungs leading to a hatch on the ceiling.

[5/7/2015 8:36:26 PM] Wynn: Wynn starts climbing!

[5/7/2015 8:36:38 PM] Janis: Janis follows

[5/7/2015 8:36:55 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian does too.

[5/7/2015 8:36:56 PM] Nilani: Nilani clambers along behind!

[5/7/2015 8:37:11 PM] Wynn: Wynn will try to cautiously open the hatch to look for observers at the top.

[5/7/2015 8:37:16 PM] Quintilian: ... I was wrong, I'm not getting used to it.

[5/7/2015 8:37:23 PM] Quintilian: I keep thinking my arms are longer than they are.

[5/7/2015 8:38:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: It opens up into a room. You don't see anyone, but you hear something that sounds like a dull, distant roar of combat.

[5/7/2015 8:38:27 PM] Wynn: Wynn opens the hatch and climbs out then.

[5/7/2015 8:38:41 PM] Wynn: Wynn helps the others up before turning to the map again.

[5/7/2015 8:39:10 PM] Quintilian: ... that must be the riot.

[5/7/2015 8:40:40 PM] Quintilian: We should probably avoid that if we can.

[5/7/2015 8:40:47 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods.

[5/7/2015 8:40:49 PM] Janis: Janis nods

[5/7/2015 8:42:16 PM] Quintilian: All right, where to now?

[5/7/2015 8:42:18 PM] Wynn: ((Map?))

[5/7/2015 8:42:20 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian also peers at the map.

[5/7/2015 8:43:20 PM] Ceiling Cat: This is apparently a service tunnel used by prison personnel. You're not going through anymore cellblocks now.

[5/7/2015 8:43:24 PM] Ceiling Cat: Everyone roll notice!

[5/7/2015 8:43:38 PM] Janis: ((28))

[5/7/2015 8:43:46 PM] Wynn: ((11..))

[5/7/2015 8:44:15 PM] Quintilian: ((3! ... Honestly, you can probably just not even have me roll for that.))

[5/7/2015 8:44:19 PM] Nilani: (( 16 ))

[5/7/2015 8:44:43 PM] Quintilian: ((I think this body normally wears glasses and Val didn't pick them up off the bedside table in the cell.))

[5/7/2015 8:46:02 PM] Ceiling Cat: This room is mostly small and empty, with some heavy wooden doors at one end.

[5/7/2015 8:46:12 PM] Janis: ...something's coming.

[5/7/2015 8:46:20 PM] Janis: From behind the doors.

[5/7/2015 8:46:26 PM] Wynn: Wynn readies her shortsword and steps to the front.

[5/7/2015 8:47:17 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian takes a deep breath and gets ready to blast.

[5/7/2015 8:48:08 PM] Ceiling Cat: Something is thrown through the doors, splintering them to bits! A large humanoid figure flies past you into the room.

[5/7/2015 8:48:29 PM] Nilani: GAH!

[5/7/2015 8:48:42 PM] Quintilian: They have a cave troll?

[5/7/2015 8:50:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((Hold on, trying to find it))

[5/7/2015 8:51:04 PM] Ceiling Cat: It looks like a large, anthropromorphic bear!

[5/7/2015 8:51:27 PM] Quintilian: Cave... bear... thing?

[5/7/2015 8:51:34 PM] Ceiling Cat: Fairly beaten and bloody.

[5/7/2015 8:51:40 PM] Wynn: ((It was thrown in?))

[5/7/2015 8:51:54 PM] Quintilian: ... maybe we should go through the door.

[5/7/2015 8:51:59 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks back at the door to see what caused it to fly in here.

[5/7/2015 8:52:06 PM] Ceiling Cat: Seems like.

[5/7/2015 8:52:35 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads toward the door trying to keep an eye on the bear and the doorway.

[5/7/2015 8:54:09 PM] Quintilian: Is it souldark?

[5/7/2015 8:55:37 PM] Ceiling Cat: The bear growls at Wynn! "No, don't!"

[5/7/2015 8:55:51 PM] Wynn: Don't what?

[5/7/2015 8:56:00 PM] Wynn: Wynn shakes her head at Quint.

[5/7/2015 8:56:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: Bear:  It'll kill you...

[5/7/2015 8:57:38 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian hits him with a Cure Moderate from the wand.

[5/7/2015 8:57:43 PM] Wynn: What will?

[5/7/2015 8:59:17 PM] Ceiling Cat: The bear points, beynd the door. "Warden..." You guys look and see a six limbed creature with hard chitonous plates covering its body and weilding a trident, contending with another creature.

[5/7/2015 8:59:48 PM] Wynn: ...right. Is there another way out?

[5/7/2015 9:00:26 PM] Quintilian: Is that a Marilith? Or a... what are those spidery things that eat demons.

[5/7/2015 9:00:50 PM] Ceiling Cat: Bear:  Mezzoloth, I believe.

[5/7/2015 9:01:04 PM] Ceiling Cat: He looks at Quint. "... Finn?"

[5/7/2015 9:01:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: Bear:  WHy are you healing me?

[5/7/2015 9:01:24 PM] Quintilian: I'm not Finn, I'm someone else who's apparently stolen Finn's body for the moment.

[5/7/2015 9:01:33 PM] Quintilian: And I don't want you to die.

[5/7/2015 9:01:46 PM] Janis: ...it's a long story. You help us get out, we'll tell you all about it.

[5/7/2015 9:02:22 PM] Ceiling Cat: Bear:  That's clear. Fin wouldn't ever help anyone but herself.

[5/7/2015 9:02:39 PM] Quintilian: Yes, how do we get out of here?

[5/7/2015 9:03:18 PM] Ceiling Cat: He wipes some blood from his mouth. "If I knew that, I wouldn't be here.  Why aren't you Finn?"

[5/7/2015 9:03:32 PM] Janis: We don't know.

[5/7/2015 9:04:02 PM] Janis: What's your name?

[5/7/2015 9:04:36 PM] Ceiling Cat: Bear:  Braff.

[5/7/2015 9:05:19 PM] Janis: Braff, got it. Is there anything you can tell us about the warden or the riot, anything we can use?

[5/7/2015 9:05:48 PM] Quintilian: Maybe he hates smoke, or can't stand loud noise, or can be lured away with bait...

[5/7/2015 9:06:43 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  .. it's been a long time coming. Some of our people got into the armory. Set off some of the magical arsenal. But the Wardens got there too fast.

[5/7/2015 9:07:01 PM] Ceiling Cat: Everyone, go ahead and roll K: Planes if you got it.

[5/7/2015 9:07:28 PM] Quintilian: ((6!))

[5/7/2015 9:07:40 PM] Wynn: So you were in on it?

[5/7/2015 9:07:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  Of course.

[5/7/2015 9:08:19 PM] Janis: Didn't...um...I forget her name...

[5/7/2015 9:08:24 PM] Janis: Janis points to Wynn

[5/7/2015 9:08:34 PM] Janis: Didn't she tell you what to do after this bit?

[5/7/2015 9:09:08 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  Marissa? Marissa wasn't part of it.

[5/7/2015 9:09:20 PM] Wynn: She had a map.

[5/7/2015 9:09:27 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  ... though maybe she had her own plan to take advantage of it.

[5/7/2015 9:09:41 PM] Janis: Who was behind it?

[5/7/2015 9:09:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  Us. A bunch of us.

[5/7/2015 9:10:20 PM] Ceiling Cat: His form shifts and changes, becoming a halfling man dressed in prison clothes like you guys.

[5/7/2015 9:10:49 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian sighs.

[5/7/2015 9:10:58 PM] Quintilian: Do we have to get past the Warden?

[5/7/2015 9:11:27 PM] Ceiling Cat: That's the only way out of this room, but you might be able to sneak past him, he seems preoccupied with the minotaur.

[5/7/2015 9:11:46 PM] Janis: ...he has a point?

[5/7/2015 9:12:04 PM] Quintilian: Right. Let's go.

[5/7/2015 9:12:15 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

[5/7/2015 9:12:18 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  WHo are you people?

[5/7/2015 9:12:40 PM] Janis: ...big damn heroes. That's who.

[5/7/2015 9:12:46 PM] Wynn: Wynn rolls her eyes.

[5/7/2015 9:12:59 PM] Quintilian: Usually.

[5/7/2015 9:13:12 PM] Quintilian: Currently I seem to be trapped in a congealed body of an appalling gangster.

[5/7/2015 9:14:07 PM] Janis: Quint, don't explain the line. That makes it less cool.

[5/7/2015 9:14:34 PM | Edited 9:14:42 PM] Wynn: Wynn sighs. "I'll go last so I can charge if he hears you."

[5/7/2015 9:14:48 PM] Janis: Janis nods and heads over to sneak past.

[5/7/2015 9:14:53 PM] Quintilian: It's better than bursting into tears.

[5/7/2015 9:15:01 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian sneaks too! He takes the wall route again.

[5/7/2015 9:15:06 PM] Ceiling Cat: There's an explosion from the hallway beyond the room!

[5/7/2015 9:15:12 PM] Ceiling Cat: Everyone roll reflex.

[5/7/2015 9:15:29 PM] Janis: ((critical fail, 9))

[5/7/2015 9:15:30 PM] Quintilian: ((18.))

[5/7/2015 9:15:30 PM] Wynn: ((nat 20 25))

[5/7/2015 9:15:35 PM] Janis: ((Of course))

[5/7/2015 9:15:47 PM] Wynn: ((ninja tank))

[5/7/2015 9:15:49 PM] Nilani: (( 26 ))

[5/7/2015 9:18:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay. Janis falls prone as the explosion shakes the stone hallway and masonry flies inside. The Warden takes the brunt of the shrapnel stone damage and is also knocked prone. Okay, now you guys can roll stealth checks.

[5/7/2015 9:18:40 PM] Janis: ((What's my penalty?))

[5/7/2015 9:19:14 PM] Quintilian: ((17. Plus whatever I get from being on the wall and not the ground.))

[5/7/2015 9:19:27 PM] Janis: ((24 without penalty))

[5/7/2015 9:19:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! Nilani? Wynn?

[5/7/2015 9:20:38 PM] Wynn: ((bah 4 even with a +1 to my dex as a tiny person. lol))

[5/7/2015 9:21:11 PM] Ceiling Cat: Nilaaaaaani?

[5/7/2015 9:21:33 PM] Janis: ((She said she was gonna be AFK. Had to relocate))

[5/7/2015 9:22:54 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay. Well. the Warden noticed Wynn anyway as it was getting up! "Ahhhh, Marissa.... doublecrossing us after doublecrossing them, are you?"

[5/7/2015 9:24:41 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian shoots him in the face.

[5/7/2015 9:24:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! Roll!

[5/7/2015 9:25:18 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll to hit.

[5/7/2015 9:25:29 PM] Quintilian: ((14 ranged touch.))

[5/7/2015 9:25:48 PM] Ceiling Cat: That's a hit. He's looking very rough.

[5/7/2015 9:26:26 PM] Quintilian: Stand down, I don't want to kill you.

[5/7/2015 9:26:38 PM] Quintilian: ... because I'm not actually Finn, so whatever.

[5/7/2015 9:26:50 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll damage.

[5/7/2015 9:27:02 PM] Wynn: Wynn stands ready with her shortsword anyway.

[5/7/2015 9:27:12 PM] Quintilian: ((9!))

[5/7/2015 9:27:23 PM] Janis: Janis draws her crossbow.

[5/7/2015 9:27:34 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! Initiative.

[5/7/2015 9:27:53 PM] Quintilian: ((15!))

[5/7/2015 9:28:05 PM] Janis: (music)

[5/7/2015 9:28:32 PM] Wynn: ((15))

[5/7/2015 9:29:20 PM] Ceiling Cat: Round 1:  Warden, Wynn/Quint, Janis

[5/7/2015 9:31:28 PM] Ceiling Cat: The Warden pulls back his trident and throws it at Quint! Does 15 hit?

[5/7/2015 9:31:52 PM] Quintilian: ((Yep.))

[5/7/2015 9:32:03 PM] Quintilian: ((er.))

[5/7/2015 9:32:12 PM] Quintilian: ((Wait, yes, it does. Sorry.))

[5/7/2015 9:32:51 PM] Ceiling Cat: The trident flies out and hits Quint, doing 10 points of damage before it disappears and reappears in the Warden's hand.

[5/7/2015 9:33:00 PM] Ceiling Cat: Quint

[5/7/2015 9:33:06 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian shoots him again!

[5/7/2015 9:33:16 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll to hit!

[5/7/2015 9:33:16 PM] Quintilian: ((22!))

[5/7/2015 9:33:22 PM] Ceiling Cat: That is a hit.

[5/7/2015 9:33:52 PM] Quintilian: ((9 damage!))

[5/7/2015 9:34:17 PM] Ceiling Cat: Quint blasts the Warden a second time!

[5/7/2015 9:34:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn

[5/7/2015 9:34:27 PM] Wynn: ((How bad does he look?))

[5/7/2015 9:34:40 PM] Ceiling Cat: He's looking pretty rough.

[5/7/2015 9:34:58 PM] Ceiling Cat: He's got ichor coming from wounds and orifices.

[5/7/2015 9:35:03 PM] Wynn: Wynn rages and goes for an attack.

[5/7/2015 9:35:27 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay!

[5/7/2015 9:35:32 PM] Wynn: ((19.))

[5/7/2015 9:35:37 PM] Ceiling Cat: That is a hit.

[5/7/2015 9:36:05 PM] Wynn: ((9.))

[5/7/2015 9:36:51 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn rushes forward and goes ARGLEBLARGLE and hits the Warden with her shortsword.

[5/7/2015 9:37:00 PM] Ceiling Cat: Janis

[5/7/2015 9:38:08 PM] Janis: Janis tries her last "Soften Earth and Stone" spell to turn the ground beneath him to mud. He needs to make a 17 reflex save to not be trapped.

[5/7/2015 9:38:29 PM] Ceiling Cat: How deep an area does that affect?

[5/7/2015 9:38:55 PM | Edited 9:39:03 PM] Janis: ((4 feet deep))

[5/7/2015 9:40:38 PM] Janis: ((Actually, how tall is he exactly?))

[5/7/2015 9:40:52 PM] Janis: ((If he's taller than four feet, it's four feet))

[5/7/2015 9:41:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! You guys hadn't really noticed yet, but beyond the hole in the stone wall created by the explosion is a purplish reddish void. As the Warden disappears into the mud beneath his feet, he seems to keep going, even after he hits that four foot mark as he falls into the void...

[5/7/2015 9:41:48 PM] Janis: Janis looks shocked

[5/7/2015 9:41:59 PM] Wynn: Wynn jumps back.

[5/7/2015 9:42:02 PM] Janis: Oh no...I didn't mean to...

[5/7/2015 9:42:11 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll reflex, Wynn!

[5/7/2015 9:42:23 PM] Wynn: ((22))

[5/7/2015 9:42:29 PM] Quintilian: ... well, that's different.

[5/7/2015 9:42:31 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay, you get clear.

[5/7/2015 9:42:45 PM] Ceiling Cat: It would appear that this stone hallway is actually a stone tunnel.

[5/7/2015 9:42:53 PM] Ceiling Cat: The Warden just floooooooats away.

[5/7/2015 9:43:02 PM] Wynn: Let's go.

[5/7/2015 9:43:05 PM] Quintilian: Right.

[5/7/2015 9:43:11 PM] Quintilian: He was warned.

[5/7/2015 9:43:28 PM] Janis: .......

[5/7/2015 9:43:32 PM] Ceiling Cat: Looking through the holes, you can see that this whole complex is built into a huge hunk of rock floating through the void.

[5/7/2015 9:44:00 PM] Wynn: It's fine, Janis. You did nothing wrong.

[5/7/2015 9:44:08 PM] Janis: ...right...let's go.

[5/7/2015 9:44:10 PM] Quintilian: Right. We told him to stand down.

[5/7/2015 9:44:22 PM] Quintilian: He had at least ten seconds to surrender, that's plenty of time.

[5/7/2015 9:44:25 PM] Wynn: We can discuss it later, if you wish.

[5/7/2015 9:44:39 PM] Janis: I said let's go, so let's go!

[5/7/2015 9:44:41 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  He was an asshole. Yugoloths aren't the nicest beings.

[5/7/2015 9:44:52 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  But he took a lot of pleasure in his work.

[5/7/2015 9:45:39 PM] Janis: ...the whole complex is just floating in here...so, how do we get out?

[5/7/2015 9:45:47 PM] Wynn: Wynn takes the lead, sluggishly at first.

[5/7/2015 9:46:02 PM] Quintilian: Wynn, do you need more healing? We might have to fight again.

[5/7/2015 9:46:13 PM] Wynn: I wasn't hit.

[5/7/2015 9:46:21 PM] Wynn: Are you ok?

[5/7/2015 9:46:26 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  Sounds like Marissa was the one who sold us out.

[5/7/2015 9:46:55 PM] Quintilian: Yeah. Apparently boobs aren't as much like armor as I'd hoped.

[5/7/2015 9:47:10 PM] Wynn: ....I'm not sure what would give you that idea.

[5/7/2015 9:47:28 PM] Janis: Aren't you a girl a quarter of the time? Shouldn't you know that?

[5/7/2015 9:47:34 PM] Quintilian: I don't know, I've never had much up there worth speaking of.

[5/7/2015 9:47:41 PM] Wynn: As far as the double-crossing goes, do you think that means the map won't be as useful?

[5/7/2015 9:48:11 PM] Quintilian: Holly's hardly got breasts anyway.

[5/7/2015 9:48:37 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  No. She betrayed us, then while we were fighting the Wardens, she intended to get out herself.

[5/7/2015 9:48:50 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  That's very Marissa.

[5/7/2015 9:48:59 PM] Quintilian: A good plan.

[5/7/2015 9:49:03 PM] Quintilian: If you're an asshole.

[5/7/2015 9:49:11 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  Again. Very Marissa.

[5/7/2015 9:49:11 PM] Janis: ...so...if we were Marissa, where would we go?

[5/7/2015 9:49:45 PM] Wynn: Keep following the map.

[5/7/2015 9:49:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  Seems a good idea. Can I see it?

[5/7/2015 9:50:48 PM] Wynn: Wynn eyes him and holds it out.

[5/7/2015 9:51:26 PM] Quintilian: What are you in for, anyway?

[5/7/2015 9:52:10 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff looks at it, not taking it from you. "Rabblerousing.  Same as a lot of people in here.  Corruption of the youth.  Infecting people with lycanthropy, or so they say."

[5/7/2015 9:52:35 PM] Wynn: You're a werebear? I thought it was more like Janis's ability.

[5/7/2015 9:52:48 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  Nope. But I was born a werebear.

[5/7/2015 9:53:03 PM] Janis: That explains why you didn't look like a bear bear.

[5/7/2015 9:53:10 PM] Janis: More like a human bear.

[5/7/2015 9:53:13 PM] Quintilian: Did you infect anybody?

[5/7/2015 9:53:21 PM] Quintilian: It doesn't seem like a bad thing to be.

[5/7/2015 9:53:48 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  Of course not. There are a lot of us back home, but the non-weres don't like us. We're second class citizens.

[5/7/2015 9:55:20 PM] Wynn: Thank you for the warning. You can continue with us, but I'll warn you against turning on us.

[5/7/2015 9:55:54 PM] Ceiling Cat: He studies the map. "Seems like her plan was to get to one of the portal rooms."

[5/7/2015 9:56:12 PM] Wynn: Where do these portals go?

[5/7/2015 9:56:31 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  They connect to various planes.

[5/7/2015 9:56:59 PM] Quintilian: ... we need to find one.

[5/7/2015 9:57:20 PM] Quintilian: And you'd think people wouldn't be stupid enough to be awful to someone who can literally turn into a bear at will.

[5/7/2015 9:59:00 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  You'd think.

[5/7/2015 9:59:10 PM] Quintilian: Well, I'm not.

[5/7/2015 9:59:13 PM] Janis: Ok, let's head for it then.

[5/7/2015 9:59:15 PM] Quintilian: Let's go to the portal room.

[5/7/2015 9:59:26 PM] Wynn: Wynn takes the lead again!

[5/7/2015 9:59:36 PM] Janis: Janis follows

[5/7/2015 9:59:39 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  I'll go with you for a bit, but then I have to help out more of my guys.

[5/7/2015 10:00:07 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian nods.

[5/26/2015 4:32:54 PM] Ceiling Cat: When last we left, you guys were still in hiijacked bodies of criminals!

[5/26/2015 4:35:02 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn was in a halfling woman, Janis in a warforged, Nilani in a Dragonborn, and Quint in a dwarf woman!

[5/26/2015 4:35:28 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian may need counseling after this.

[5/26/2015 4:35:50 PM] Ceiling Cat: You had followed a map detailing an escape plan that took you through several blocks of this extradimensional prison you're in.

[5/26/2015 4:36:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: There was an illithid you set free, a gelatinous cube, and you came to the rescue of a halfling werebear named Braff.

[5/26/2015 4:39:13 PM] Ceiling Cat: You had defeated one of the Wardens of this place, a yugoloth, who had insinuated that the woman that Wynn is currently inhabiting had been 'in' on the jailbreak, and had also betrayed the jailbreakers to the Wardens, and then had betrayed the Wardens to enact her own escape with her cronies, probably the other three people you guys jumped into.

[5/26/2015 4:40:36 PM] Ceiling Cat: You're in a mercenary prison on the hell plane of Carceri, a place were people pay the Wardens to incarcerate various troublemakers, criminals, outcasts rebel-rousers and the like.

[5/26/2015 4:40:58 PM] Janis: ...ok...so...stick with the plan then?

[5/26/2015 4:41:17 PM] Wynn: Seems like the best option.

[5/26/2015 4:41:29 PM] Quintilian: We have no reason to doubt Marissa's capability. ... just her integrity.

[5/26/2015 4:42:03 PM] Janis: We can worry about that from the comfort of our own bodies, for now, we gotta go.

[5/26/2015 4:42:03 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff the halfling is still there. He seems to be the ringleader of the iinitial jailbreak, and seems a decent sort.

[5/26/2015 4:42:21 PM] Wynn: Well... other than going through several guard stations and nearly being eaten by a gelatinous cube, anyway.

[5/26/2015 4:42:45 PM] Janis: Braff, if you were leading this stage of the jailbreak, what was the next step?

[5/26/2015 4:42:53 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  .. can I see the map you mentioned?

[5/26/2015 4:43:12 PM] Wynn: Wynn hands it to him.

[5/26/2015 4:46:10 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff looks at it. "Godsdammit, Marissa.  I didn't want to trust her, but didn't have a lot of choice." He looks at the rest of you. "The plan was disrupt the magical protections.  Not take them down -- there's a lot of dangerous critters in this place.  But enough so that we could bust out some of the constructs to do some real damage."

[5/26/2015 4:46:52 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  Those of us that could fight were supposed to draw the wardens' attention so that those that couldn't fight could make it to the portal rooms.

[5/26/2015 4:47:49 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  But the Wardens were ready.

[5/26/2015 4:48:02 PM] Janis: ...and what was gonna happen to those who could fight afterwards? I can't imagine a lot of prisoners were up to be the distraction in an escape attempt.

[5/26/2015 4:48:08 PM] Wynn: Marissa tipped them off?

[5/26/2015 4:48:22 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  She always had schemes in schemes.

[5/26/2015 4:48:34 PM] Janis: I'm getting that.

[5/26/2015 4:49:09 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff: This map gives a path that skirts the heaviest fighting.

[5/26/2015 4:49:52 PM] Quintilian: I really don't like Marissa.

[5/26/2015 4:50:33 PM | Edited 4:51:02 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff looks at Janis. "If we could get out, we get out.  If we couldn't, well.  Thse of us that could fight would have an easier time surviving here then those that couldn't anyway.

[5/26/2015 4:51:24 PM] Wynn: Awfully altruistic for a bunch of criminals. I'm assuming at least some of the people here are real criminals.

[5/26/2015 4:51:46 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  Everyone's a criminal by someone's reckoning, lady.

[5/26/2015 4:52:16 PM] Janis: Ok. So, about this path...

[5/26/2015 4:52:23 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  There are planes where it's illegal to breathe.

[5/26/2015 4:52:53 PM] Quintilian: And it's common for slavery to be legal.

[5/26/2015 4:53:19 PM] Janis: Again, path...

[5/26/2015 4:54:25 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff looks at the map. "Waht about it?  You have a map.  MArissa didn't let me in on the details of her secret triple-cross.

[5/26/2015 4:54:46 PM] Janis: Ok then. You coming with us?

[5/26/2015 4:55:46 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  Though this route does go through the extra-dimensional detention block. The area is locked up very tightly.

[5/26/2015 4:56:06 PM] Quintilian: Extra-dimensional detention block?

[5/26/2015 4:56:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff :  Outsiders. Demons, Devils, Angels, etc.

[5/26/2015 4:57:01 PM] Quintilian: Angels. Interesting.

[5/26/2015 4:57:15 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

[5/26/2015 4:57:30 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  I'll go with you for a bit, then I have to peel off to help my guys salvage this. Last I heard, we got at least some people out.

[5/26/2015 4:58:00 PM] Janis: Ok then. We should get going.

[5/26/2015 4:58:14 PM] Quintilian: Right.

[5/26/2015 4:58:23 PM] Quintilian: To the angels and demons.

[5/26/2015 4:58:51 PM] Janis: ((Who actually has the map right now?))

[5/26/2015 4:59:02 PM] Quintilian: ((Braff.))

[5/26/2015 4:59:13 PM] Wynn: Which way?

[5/26/2015 4:59:27 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff hands the map back.

[5/26/2015 4:59:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: Right now, youre in a half-shattered hallway with a good view to the void.

[5/26/2015 5:00:27 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks at the map to determine which way to go!

[5/26/2015 5:00:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: The map indicates a door at the end of the hallway.

[5/26/2015 5:01:03 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads thataway!

[5/26/2015 5:01:28 PM] Ceiling Cat: The door is locked, with another of those dagger-locks.

[5/26/2015 5:02:09 PM] Nilani: Nilani moves up to stab the door, unless anyone stops her.

[5/26/2015 5:03:02 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian shakes her head.

[5/26/2015 5:03:43 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay, you open the door. this leads to one of those rooms with the stairways going up and down -- the map indicates down.

[5/26/2015 5:04:03 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads down the stairs.

[5/26/2015 5:04:16 PM] Nilani: Nilani follows.

[5/26/2015 5:04:24 PM] Janis: Janis too

[5/26/2015 5:04:54 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian also.

[5/26/2015 5:06:21 PM] Ceiling Cat: So you head downstairs, three flights. You find three dead prison guards on the way.

[5/26/2015 5:06:57 PM] Janis: Is that good sign? Or a bad one?

[5/26/2015 5:07:08 PM] Quintilian: Would it matter either way?

[5/26/2015 5:07:09 PM] Wynn: Could be either.

[5/26/2015 5:07:15 PM] Wynn: Let's just keep going.

[5/26/2015 5:08:05 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian nods.

[5/26/2015 5:09:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: You go down three flights and find yourself with a door tot he north, to the south, and one to the east. The door nort has a complicated lock a bit more elaborate the the standard stab-lock. The door east isn't locked at all, and the south door has sthe standard stab-lock.

[5/26/2015 5:10:03 PM] Ceiling Cat: The map inidcates the the door north is the way to go.

[5/26/2015 5:10:24 PM] Wynn: We need to go that way.

[5/26/2015 5:10:25 PM] Wynn: Wynn points.

[5/26/2015 5:10:36 PM] Ceiling Cat: Marissa felt compelled to mark this door as special, but not in a way you understand, as there's just the picture of a smug happy face there.

[5/26/2015 5:10:59 PM] Janis: Janis checks the door to the east first, just to see what's there. She opens it a little and peers in.

[5/26/2015 5:11:10 PM] Nilani: Nilani examines the north door before fiddling with it.

[5/26/2015 5:12:12 PM] Ceiling Cat: Janis, the east door opens into a small hallway. You smell food wafting down that way.

[5/26/2015 5:12:26 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  That way leads to one of the larger guard stations.

[5/26/2015 5:12:31 PM] Janis: Janis closes the door

[5/26/2015 5:12:35 PM] Janis: Ok then.

[5/26/2015 5:12:40 PM] Ceiling Cat: Nilani, roll Search.

[5/26/2015 5:12:58 PM] Ceiling Cat: Quint too, if you are inspecting the door.

[5/26/2015 5:13:11 PM] Nilani: (( 25 ))

[5/26/2015 5:13:32 PM] Quintilian: ... Wynn? Would you promise me something?

[5/26/2015 5:14:02 PM] Ceiling Cat: The door is trapped, somehow. You're not sure how, but it's almost certainly meant to go off if the lock is not opened appropriately.

[5/26/2015 5:14:15 PM] Wynn: .... you know I probably won't.

[5/26/2015 5:14:23 PM] Quintilian: ((13))

[5/26/2015 5:14:39 PM] Ceiling Cat: The north door requires a specific key. Not one of the magic daggers.

[5/26/2015 5:14:44 PM] Quintilian: I just want you to hold Marissa down while I punch her. Just once, though. One good punch, that's all I'm asking for.

[5/26/2015 5:15:04 PM] Wynn: I can probably do that.

[5/26/2015 5:15:17 PM] Quintilian: Just once. That seems more than fair.

[5/26/2015 5:17:16 PM] Wynn: What's behind the other door?

[5/26/2015 5:17:44 PM] Wynn: Braff, do you know how to open this door?

[5/26/2015 5:18:52 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff shakes his head. "It takes a special key.  Not one that I've seen."

[5/26/2015 5:19:28 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff looks at the south door. "That one leads back to the fighting.  Cafeteria E, I think.

[5/26/2015 5:20:43 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian checks above the door to see if the key is just lying on the ledge there. Who knows, people are stupid, right?

[5/26/2015 5:20:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: It is not.

[5/26/2015 5:21:16 PM] Janis: ...might we find the key at the guard station?

[5/26/2015 5:22:00 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  I can tell you one thing. Marissa wouldn't have decided to come this way unless she was sure she could get through the door somehow well before she got here.

[5/26/2015 5:22:30 PM] Quintilian: Is she wearing anything unusual? Pockets? Anything?

[5/26/2015 5:22:36 PM] Wynn: Maybe that's why we had to go through all the guard stations.

[5/26/2015 5:22:47 PM] Wynn: Wynn checks herself.

[5/26/2015 5:22:57 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll search!

[5/26/2015 5:24:09 PM] Wynn: (18.)

[5/26/2015 5:24:24 PM] Quintilian: She could have hidden it away at any one of them in any location.

[5/26/2015 5:24:52 PM | Edited 5:25:02 PM] Ceiling Cat: Wynn doesn't find anything on her person.

[5/26/2015 5:25:08 PM] Wynn: Well that's not good.

[5/26/2015 5:25:25 PM] Wynn: Can you pick it?

[5/26/2015 5:26:23 PM] Janis: ...If Marrisa made a deal with some of the guards, maybe she made one with these guys to the East. That could be how she was planning to get the key.

[5/26/2015 5:26:51 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  ... possibly.

[5/26/2015 5:27:04 PM] Wynn: That wouldn't make much sense.

[5/26/2015 5:27:22 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  She would want to be sure of her plan before she doublecrossed everyone in the prison.

[5/26/2015 5:27:27 PM] Wynn: If I made a deal with someone, I'd want them to leave the key somewhere for me.

[5/26/2015 5:28:15 PM] Janis: Maybe. But we're running out of options, and if that door is trapped, I don't think it's smart for Nilani to just go picking it.

[5/26/2015 5:28:28 PM] Wynn: Can you disable the trap, Nilani?

[5/26/2015 5:28:42 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff eyes Janis.

[5/26/2015 5:29:00 PM] Janis: ...what?

[5/26/2015 5:29:14 PM] Nilani: ((Did it look like something that could be disabled?))

[5/26/2015 5:29:16 PM] Wynn: Maybe you're the key.

[5/26/2015 5:29:33 PM] Ceiling Cat: It wont' be asy to disable, but you can try.

[5/26/2015 5:30:09 PM] Nilani: Possibly.

[5/26/2015 5:30:25 PM] Janis: Janis examines the shape of the lock in relation to her fist

[5/26/2015 5:30:28 PM] Wynn: Wynn examines the map for other little markings or a way around.

[5/26/2015 5:31:03 PM] Wynn: Do you have any loose parts?

[5/26/2015 5:31:19 PM] Janis: Janis shakes and feels around to see if anything comes loose

[5/26/2015 5:31:26 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll Search!

[5/26/2015 5:31:41 PM] Janis: ((12))

[5/26/2015 5:32:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: You hear something wrattling in your midsection, but you're not sure how to get in there.

[5/26/2015 5:32:32 PM] Janis: ...I'm pregnant with the key!

[5/26/2015 5:32:39 PM] Wynn: Nilani, why don't you take a look?

[5/26/2015 5:32:59 PM] Nilani: Hold still.

[5/26/2015 5:33:10 PM] Wynn: Or... wait, dragon claws. Maybe Quintilian would be a better choice.

[5/26/2015 5:33:26 PM] Quintilian: .... She's better at getting into things than I am, though.

[5/26/2015 5:33:44 PM] Janis: I am not sure how comfortable I am with all this.

[5/26/2015 5:33:47 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll Search, whoever is poking around at Janis' robot body!

[5/26/2015 5:34:10 PM] Janis: Isn't there some breathing thing I have to do?

[5/26/2015 5:34:20 PM] Wynn: You're not pregnant.

[5/26/2015 5:34:34 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  ... this is definitely pretty weird.

[5/26/2015 5:34:43 PM] Janis: ...does this body have a butt? Maybe if we give me some time and a little privacy...

[5/26/2015 5:34:53 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff:  And I'm a halfling that turns into a bear.

[5/26/2015 5:35:07 PM] Wynn: It's probably just shoved in behind some cables or something. Hold still.

[5/26/2015 5:35:16 PM] Janis: Janis does so.

[5/26/2015 5:35:17 PM] Wynn: Go ahead, Nilani.

[5/26/2015 5:35:45 PM] Janis: ...for the record...even for us...this adventure has gotten really weird.

[5/26/2015 5:36:12 PM] Nilani: Exceedingly.

[5/26/2015 5:36:15 PM] Nilani: Nilani gently examines Janis.

[5/26/2015 5:36:40 PM] Nilani: ((22 search))

[5/26/2015 5:37:24 PM] Ceiling Cat: Poking around, Nilani finds a catch that opens up a compartment on Janis' metal midsection!

[5/26/2015 5:39:10 PM | Edited 5:39:28 PM] Nilani: Okay, I'm going to undo this latch and it looks like a little hatch is going to pop open. Please don't freak out.

[5/26/2015 5:39:34 PM] Janis: Janis nods

[5/26/2015 5:39:52 PM] Nilani: Nilani gently opens the thing.

[5/26/2015 5:40:32 PM] Ceiling Cat: There's a little 'pff' of pressurized air, and a weird looking piece of a metal pops into Nilani's hand.

[5/26/2015 5:41:06 PM] Quintilian: ... strange.

[5/26/2015 5:41:28 PM] Nilani: Welp.

[5/26/2015 5:41:44 PM] Janis: ...well...that wasn't as invasive as I was expecting.

[5/26/2015 5:42:32 PM] Wynn: Let's go.

[5/26/2015 5:42:33 PM] Quintilian: Thank goodness.

[5/26/2015 5:42:35 PM] Quintilian: Right.

[5/26/2015 5:43:11 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff looks up. "I'm going this way, I hear some fighting." He nods toward the south door. "Good luck."

[5/26/2015 5:43:27 PM] Janis: You too.

[5/26/2015 5:43:40 PM] Janis: Thanks for helping us out. Hope you don't get killed.

[5/26/2015 5:43:41 PM] Quintilian: I hope you make it.

[5/26/2015 5:43:44 PM] Nilani: Fair Winds, and such.

[5/26/2015 5:44:44 PM] Wynn: Nilani, the door?

[5/26/2015 5:45:29 PM] Nilani: Yeah, I'll get it.

[5/26/2015 5:45:40 PM] Nilani: Nilani uses the key on the door!

[5/26/2015 5:46:07 PM] Ceiling Cat: Braff pulls out a dagger and uses it the south door, which closes behind him.

[5/26/2015 5:48:22 PM] Quintilian: Right. Let's go.

[5/26/2015 5:48:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: It takes a moment to figure out how to use it, but you put the key into a depression in the door, where mechanisms disassemble the key and reassemble it into a crescent shape, which then rotates around and seems to unscrew the main mechanism. The door slides open then.

[5/26/2015 5:50:02 PM] Nilani: Ooh. Fancy.

[5/26/2015 5:51:05 PM] Quintilian: There's a lot of magic here. It's... almost too much to look at.

[5/26/2015 5:51:06 PM] Ceiling Cat: You find yourself in a short hallway, with another recently vacated guard station.

[5/26/2015 5:51:42 PM] Janis: Wynn, you wanna take point, here?

[5/26/2015 5:52:27 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian checks the station for shinies.

[5/26/2015 5:52:27 PM] Wynn: Yeah.

[5/26/2015 5:52:45 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads in.

[5/26/2015 5:55:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! You find, in the dagger-locked cabinet, 8 short spears, all magical.

[5/26/2015 5:55:44 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian grabs 'em.

[5/26/2015 5:56:04 PM] Wynn: Can you tell what they do?

[5/26/2015 5:56:42 PM] Quintilian: They're magic.

[5/26/2015 5:57:04 PM] Quintilian: The spears are, I mean. I'd guess they come back to you when you throw them, but that's only a guess.

[5/26/2015 5:57:26 PM] Quintilian: The other magic in here.... well, it feels like magic circles, which would make sense given the extraplanar beings here.

[5/26/2015 5:57:54 PM] Wynn: Ok. Let's keep moving.

[5/26/2015 5:58:13 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads towards an exit.

[5/26/2015 5:58:41 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian follows her.

[5/26/2015 5:58:59 PM] Janis: Janis too

[5/26/2015 5:59:08 PM] Nilani: Nilani trudges along behind.

[5/26/2015 5:59:22 PM] Quintilian: ... no, I think some of the spears are evil or... something. I'm not sure.

[5/26/2015 5:59:35 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns. "What?"

[5/26/2015 5:59:41 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks at them.

[5/26/2015 5:59:54 PM] Quintilian: We can test them better on the ship, and destroy the ones that aren't... good.

[5/26/2015 6:00:04 PM] Quintilian: They hurt to touch. I mean, unless I'm evil.

[5/26/2015 6:00:17 PM] Wynn: Then put them down. There's no reason to carry them.

[5/26/2015 6:00:43 PM] Quintilian: It's not that bad, just a buzzing. I might just be allergic to whatever they're made of.

[5/26/2015 6:00:45 PM] Wynn: They're probably used against the angels.

[5/26/2015 6:01:08 PM] Quintilian: Possible.

[5/26/2015 6:01:37 PM] Wynn: These two.

[5/26/2015 6:02:40 PM] Wynn: Leave them and let's continue.

[5/26/2015 6:02:59 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads out!

[5/26/2015 6:03:04 PM] Ceiling Cat: Leaving all the spears?

[5/26/2015 6:03:13 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian nods, and drops the two.

[5/26/2015 6:04:17 PM] Ceiling Cat: So leaving the two radiate negative energy, that leaves you with six

[5/26/2015 6:04:30 PM] Ceiling Cat: Two of which are still uncomfortable for Quint to handle.

[5/26/2015 6:04:38 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian doesn't mention it.

[5/26/2015 6:06:09 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian follows Wynn.

[5/26/2015 6:06:26 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay. So you guys move to the next door, another complicated door.

[5/26/2015 6:06:51 PM] Ceiling Cat: By the way,t he previous door returned the key once it closed behind you.

[5/26/2015 6:07:40 PM] Nilani: Nilani tries using the key on this door, as well.

[5/26/2015 6:08:00 PM] Ceiling Cat: It opens up, into a large hall.

[5/26/2015 6:08:53 PM] Wynn: Wynn steps inside, sword ready in both hands.

[5/26/2015 6:08:54 PM] Quintilian: I'd halfway expect to fight something large in here.

[5/26/2015 6:10:00 PM] Janis: A big room doesn't always mean a big fight. It's not like there's some evil master of dungeons who sets these rooms up specifically to sick monsters on us.

[5/26/2015 6:10:50 PM] Quintilian: There are gods with that sort of sense of humor.

[5/26/2015 6:10:55 PM] Ceiling Cat: There are cells on either side of you, and a second elvel also lined with cellss.

[5/26/2015 6:12:18 PM] Janis: Which way, Wyyn?

[5/26/2015 6:12:48 PM] Wynn: Wynn stifles a sarcastic reply and checks the map.

[5/26/2015 6:14:36 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian watches the prisoners.

[5/26/2015 6:17:29 PM] Ceiling Cat: Looking at the nearest cell, you can tell that they have some of the same extradimensional properties that you're used to on Nation -- wherein some of the cells are bigger on the inside, and some seem to feature some creature comforts from their home planes.

[5/26/2015 6:18:00 PM] Ceiling Cat: Like, there's a genie, and the interior of his cell seems to be a blue sky cloudscape.

[5/26/2015 6:18:35 PM] Wynn: Wynn is looking at the map?

[5/26/2015 6:18:40 PM] Quintilian: ... interesting.

[5/26/2015 6:19:02 PM] Ceiling Cat: The map indicates the route should take you up to the second level.

[5/26/2015 6:20:50 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads that way!

[5/26/2015 6:21:08 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian follows her.

[5/26/2015 6:21:14 PM] Janis: Janis too

[5/26/2015 6:22:21 PM] Ceiling Cat: As you pass by more cells, though, you realize that there are just as many cells which are not so comfortable. Some in which their inhabitants are not only bound by the cell and the magical wards, but by metal chains inside the cell.

[5/26/2015 6:23:45 PM] Quintilian: Bribery, maybe?

[5/26/2015 6:24:09 PM] Wynn: Hmm?

[5/26/2015 6:24:14 PM] Wynn: Wynn hasn't stopped walking.

[5/26/2015 6:25:07 PM] Quintilian: Oh, just... why some of them are in chains.

[5/26/2015 6:25:39 PM] Janis: Maybe they're really that dangerous.

[5/26/2015 6:25:45 PM] Janis: Janis hasn't stopped either.

[5/26/2015 6:25:58 PM | Edited 6:26:05 PM] Janis: What difference does it make? We're not gonna talk to any more of them.

[5/26/2015 6:26:21 PM] Quintilian: You're not, you mean...

[5/26/2015 6:27:00 PM] Ceiling Cat: Everyone make notice checks.

[5/26/2015 6:27:19 PM] Wynn: (19. Despite her one-track mind)

[5/26/2015 6:27:43 PM] Janis: ((17))

[5/26/2015 6:27:47 PM] Nilani: ((14))

[5/26/2015 6:28:03 PM] Janis: Do what you want, but I'm done. I just want to get back to Nation.

[5/26/2015 6:28:18 PM] Quintilian: ((19!))

[5/26/2015 6:29:30 PM] Ceiling Cat: There's definitely a general sense as you pass through that more and more of the beings imprisoned here are becoming aware of your presence, which starts this semi-hushed wave of pleas, bargains, threats and promises.

[5/26/2015 6:29:40 PM] Ceiling Cat: "Set me free, please!"

[5/26/2015 6:29:50 PM] Ceiling Cat: "Set me free and I will give you all the power you need!"

[5/26/2015 6:29:54 PM] Wynn: Wynn keeps walking.

[5/26/2015 6:29:57 PM] Ceiling Cat: "Set me free and I will send you home!"

[5/26/2015 6:30:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: "Please, I can't stand it here anymore..."

[5/26/2015 6:30:33 PM] Ceiling Cat: This chorus just gets louder and louder.

[5/26/2015 6:30:42 PM] Ceiling Cat: You find the stairs up to the second level.

[5/26/2015 6:31:17 PM] Quintilian: Half of those people were celestials.

[5/26/2015 6:31:20 PM] Ceiling Cat: "Don't listen to them!  I can send you back to Nation!"

[5/26/2015 6:31:54 PM] Janis: Janis keeps walking

[5/26/2015 6:32:17 PM] Quintilian: We can manage that ourselves, thank you.

[5/26/2015 6:32:46 PM] Ceiling Cat: You're not even sure who said that last one. There's just this rising cacophony.

[5/26/2015 6:32:57 PM] Wynn: Keep walking.

[5/26/2015 6:33:53 PM] Ceiling Cat: Everyone roll notice again.

[5/26/2015 6:34:07 PM] Janis: ((25))

[5/26/2015 6:34:10 PM] Wynn: ((7.))

[5/26/2015 6:34:15 PM] Nilani: (( 17 ))

[5/26/2015 6:34:56 PM] Quintilian: ((14.))

[5/26/2015 6:36:35 PM] Janis: ...wait a second.

[5/26/2015 6:36:45 PM] Janis: ...who said that?

[5/26/2015 6:36:50 PM] Janis: Janis follows that voice

[5/26/2015 6:37:02 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll Search, Janis!

[5/26/2015 6:37:10 PM] Wynn: Janis, just keep walking. We can't help these people yet.

[5/26/2015 6:37:17 PM] Janis: ((28, top score))

[5/26/2015 6:37:46 PM] Wynn: You're still wearing your medallion, right?

[5/26/2015 6:38:09 PM] Ceiling Cat: Yep, you all still are.

[5/26/2015 6:38:42 PM] Janis: Someone called us by name.

[5/26/2015 6:38:43 PM] Ceiling Cat: And Janis, you can track the voice to a cell across the hall, over a catwalk bridge.

[5/26/2015 6:39:02 PM] Janis: Janis goes to that cell, looking more aggressive than anything else.

[5/26/2015 6:39:10 PM] Janis: Who are you?

[5/26/2015 6:40:16 PM] Ceiling Cat: Janis splits off from the group!

[5/26/2015 6:40:31 PM] Ceiling Cat: This isn't like five feet away from the rest of you, its like, 50.

[5/26/2015 6:40:41 PM] Wynn: Wynn rolls her eyes and follows after her. "Janis!"

[5/26/2015 6:42:16 PM] Ceiling Cat: Janis finds herself in front of one of the smaller cells, with a figure chained in the center. It's a male, with fairly flawless features. Very beautiful in an androgynous sort of way, wearing tattered robes and armor.

[5/26/2015 6:42:39 PM] Ceiling Cat: And hawklike bird wings that are shacked down behind him.

[5/26/2015 6:43:25 PM] Janis: ......have we met?

[5/26/2015 6:43:59 PM] Quintilian: And who is this?

[5/26/2015 6:44:11 PM] Janis: He recognized me and Wynn.

[5/26/2015 6:44:23 PM] Janis: I wanna know who he is and how.

[5/26/2015 6:44:33 PM] Ceiling Cat: Guy:  I know you all. I'm afraid I'm the reason you're here.

[5/26/2015 6:44:52 PM] Quintilian: Oh, are you.

[5/26/2015 6:44:54 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

[5/26/2015 6:46:23 PM] Janis: ...That still doesn't answer any of my questions. WHO. ARE. YOU?

[5/26/2015 6:47:27 PM] Quintilian: He thinks he's telling the truth.

[5/26/2015 6:47:42 PM] Wynn: I can't get a read on him.

[5/26/2015 6:48:09 PM] Ceiling Cat: Guy:  I'm Varian. I'm a Deva of the Third Battalion. I've been here for a very long time.

[5/26/2015 6:48:20 PM] Quintilian: How do we get you out?

[5/26/2015 6:49:15 PM] Janis: ...wait...I'm sorry. How do you know us?

[5/26/2015 6:49:28 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  I don't. Not personally.

[5/26/2015 6:49:53 PM] Janis: ...then why should we let you go?

[5/26/2015 6:50:10 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  ... I didn't bring you here to set me free.

[5/26/2015 6:50:26 PM] Quintilian: I didn't ask whether you did.

[5/26/2015 6:51:51 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  She did. You shouldn't waste time setting me free. There are too many layers of wards between me and freedom.

[5/26/2015 6:52:12 PM] Wynn: Then why are we here?

[5/26/2015 6:52:54 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  Because of a poorly worded spell. I didn't have time to think it out, and you got caught up in it.

[5/26/2015 6:54:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: By the way, the guy is on his knees. His hands are bound in shackles behind him, and the bottom of his face is covered with his metal collar/cowl thing.

[5/26/2015 6:54:37 PM] Wynn: What spell?

[5/26/2015 6:54:42 PM] Quintilian: What did you bring us here for.

[5/26/2015 6:55:05 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  .. the halfing. Braff. He needed to live. You saved him, right?

[5/26/2015 6:55:29 PM] Wynn: Thus far. He went back to the fight.

[5/26/2015 6:55:52 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian nods.

[5/26/2015 6:57:21 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  But he was going to die. for sure. you prevented it.

[5/26/2015 6:57:45 PM] Janis: Yes.

[5/26/2015 6:57:47 PM] Quintilian: You're an idiot. With all due respect.

[5/26/2015 6:57:49 PM] Janis: Pretty much.

[5/26/2015 6:59:29 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian gives a shrug. "I had moments to use the most powerful magic I had when the anti-magic field was disrupted.  I apologize for the pain I've caused.  I will pay for it.  Soon now, I think."

[5/26/2015 7:01:12 PM] Janis: ...ok then.

[5/26/2015 7:01:20 PM] Janis: I'm sorry.

[5/26/2015 7:01:34 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  No you're not.

[5/26/2015 7:01:37 PM] Wynn: Why is he so important?

[5/26/2015 7:02:04 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian shrugs. "I had my orders.  My superiors were invested in his survival."

[5/26/2015 7:02:09 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  I don't know why.

[5/26/2015 7:02:47 PM] Quintilian: I still think we ought to get you out. How.

[5/26/2015 7:03:31 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  Unlock the cell, dispel three Magic Circles, undo my chains.

[5/26/2015 7:03:48 PM] Ceiling Cat: The room shakes.

[5/26/2015 7:03:56 PM] Janis: And do it quickly, I guess.

[5/26/2015 7:03:59 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  ... not long now.

[5/26/2015 7:04:13 PM] Wynn: I can't do any of that.

[5/26/2015 7:04:16 PM] Quintilian: I don't think I can dispel any magic circles. Nilani?

[5/26/2015 7:04:39 PM] Quintilian: ... how do the guards move you from place to place?

[5/26/2015 7:04:49 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  They don't.

[5/26/2015 7:04:56 PM] Nilani: I've got one casting of Dispel Magic.

[5/26/2015 7:05:18 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  I believe they can move the cell if they need to. They haven't needed to for two centuries that Ive been here.

[5/26/2015 7:06:24 PM] Quintilian: ... hopefully we will come back. There are entirely too many celestials here.

[5/26/2015 7:06:33 PM] Quintilian: Braff is safe. I hope that helps.

[5/26/2015 7:06:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: There's another rumbling explosion. Everyone roll Reflex saves.

[5/26/2015 7:07:06 PM] Janis: ((19))

[5/26/2015 7:07:35 PM] Nilani: (( 15 ))

[5/26/2015 7:07:48 PM] Wynn: (15.)

[5/26/2015 7:08:11 PM] Quintilian: ((20))

[5/26/2015 7:08:37 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay, you all stay on your feet.

[5/26/2015 7:08:48 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  That won't be a problem for long.

[5/26/2015 7:09:06 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  And it does help, thanks.

[5/26/2015 7:09:12 PM] Janis: What's happening? That can't just be the prison break.

[5/26/2015 7:09:28 PM] Quintilian: Are they going to kill you? ... this place had better not be able to explode.

[5/26/2015 7:10:37 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  You know the spell that people call 'Wish'? The one that can potentially do everything? Do you ever wonder why the multiverse isn't a much worse place for its existence?

[5/26/2015 7:12:00 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  The Inevitables hate the Wish spell.

[5/26/2015 7:12:28 PM] Janis: The what?

[5/26/2015 7:14:24 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  Inevitables. They are... like the Multiverse's protection system.

[5/26/2015 7:14:36 PM] Quintilian: I'm not a fan of it either, after this experience. And Grayson.

[5/26/2015 7:15:04 PM] Janis: ...wait...are you saying the Inevitables are doing this right now?

[5/26/2015 7:15:13 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  They especially hate poorly worded, badly thought out Wish spells.

[5/26/2015 7:15:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian nods.

[5/26/2015 7:15:27 PM] Wynn: So we can't get you out, there seems to be impending doom... what are we doing now? How do we get out of here? Is there a way to get the other celestials out?

[5/26/2015 7:17:04 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  Well, if I stay here, and wait for them to come to me, they'll likely destroy all the protections and anti-magic spells to get at me. So the creatures here will be able to go free. Or be destroyed and return to their home planes to reconstitute themselves.

[5/26/2015 7:17:50 PM] Janis: What about Braff?

[5/26/2015 7:18:41 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  He's helping people get to the portals now.

[5/26/2015 7:19:02 PM] Janis: But what if he doesn't make it before this whole place goes ka-blooey?

[5/26/2015 7:20:29 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  The place won't be destroyed. The Inevitables are coming for me, not trying to destroy the place. They'll destroy anything in their way, of course, but they'll have killed me before the place is entirely destroyed.

[5/26/2015 7:21:00 PM] Janis: ...so, we should be getting as far away from you as possible?

[5/26/2015 7:21:30 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  I would recommend it.

[5/26/2015 7:22:56 PM] Janis: Janis turns to the others

[5/26/2015 7:23:37 PM] Wynn: We can't do anything for these ones, and they're the only ones I have any desire to help without a lengthy interview process. We need to go.

[5/26/2015 7:23:56 PM] Janis: Janis nods

[5/26/2015 7:24:38 PM] Quintilian: I'm sorry.

[5/26/2015 7:24:49 PM] Ceiling Cat: he raises an eyebrow at Wynn, then shrugs. "I'm sorry for getting you caught up in this."

[5/26/2015 7:25:12 PM] Wynn: Do you know how we can be returned to our own bodies?

[5/26/2015 7:26:41 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  I'm afraid the only way I know for sure is to kill the bodies. Your souls should find their way back.

[5/26/2015 7:27:00 PM] Quintilian: That would kill them as well.

[5/26/2015 7:27:06 PM] Janis: We can't do that!

[5/26/2015 7:27:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  Then I do not know.

[5/26/2015 7:28:33 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  The Inevitables might be able to help you.

[5/26/2015 7:28:46 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  ... but they're likely to do the same thing.

[5/26/2015 7:28:56 PM] Quintilian: I do not want to meet an Inevitable.

[5/26/2015 7:29:13 PM] Janis: ...so, we either wait for the guys coming to kill you and see if they don't kill us too, or kill the host bodies?

[5/26/2015 7:29:19 PM] Janis: ...these options suck.

[5/26/2015 7:29:53 PM] Quintilian: We could keep going, look for the portal room.

[5/26/2015 7:29:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  Those are the only ways I know. I'm a guardian angel. Not terribly smart beyond my duties.

[5/26/2015 7:30:11 PM] Wynn: Our bodies should be where we left them, right?

[5/26/2015 7:30:17 PM] Janis: No offense, but you don't seem that smart in them, either.

[5/26/2015 7:31:31 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  My charge is safe.

[5/26/2015 7:31:45 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  also, why do you mortals say 'no offense'?

[5/26/2015 7:31:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  You might as well say 'my next statement is an insult'.

[5/26/2015 7:33:09 PM] Quintilian: It's complicated.

[5/26/2015 7:33:21 PM] Quintilian: I hope you have a more pleasant er... reconstitution.

[5/26/2015 7:33:31 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  I won't. i'll be erased.

[5/26/2015 7:33:32 PM] Quintilian: Let's go to the portal room. What does the map say?

[5/26/2015 7:33:41 PM] Quintilian: You're very fatalistic.

[5/26/2015 7:33:49 PM] Ceiling Cat: Varian:  Realistic.

[5/26/2015 7:33:55 PM] Wynn: Wynn examines the map.

[5/26/2015 7:34:16 PM] Wynn: Goodbye then.

[5/26/2015 7:34:18 PM] Quintilian: I'm sure one of the good gods or other will rescue you.

[5/26/2015 7:34:38 PM] Ceiling Cat: The map indicates that you should proceed to the back of this cellblock, to an empty false cell, where there's some kind of secret door.

[5/26/2015 7:34:47 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads that way.

[5/26/2015 7:35:03 PM] Janis: Janis follows

[5/26/2015 7:35:17 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian heads after Wynn, waving to the soon to be dead guy.

[5/26/2015 7:35:32 PM] Ceiling Cat: He would wave, but he's all chained up!

[5/26/2015 7:37:36 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! You find the empty cell, after enduring and I'm assuming ignoring more pleas and threats and bargains.

[5/26/2015 7:39:00 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian pretends to be heartless, yes!

[5/26/2015 7:39:11 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian is gonna need SO MUCH THERAPY after this, you guys.

[5/26/2015 7:39:31 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll a reflex save as there's more rumbling.

[5/26/2015 7:39:47 PM] Janis: ((11))

[5/26/2015 7:39:57 PM] Wynn: (20.)

[5/26/2015 7:40:16 PM] Nilani: (( 14 ))

[5/26/2015 7:42:04 PM] Quintilian: ((Ack could someone roll for me and add 6?))

[5/26/2015 7:42:30 PM] Janis: ((Quint got a 10, sorry.))

[5/26/2015 7:42:47 PM] Ceiling Cat: Sokay, you're still on your feet, all of you.

[5/26/2015 7:42:55 PM] Ceiling Cat: You find the empty cell!

[5/26/2015 7:43:13 PM] Quintilian: ( ( .... add 8. Sorry!))

[5/26/2015 7:43:25 PM] Janis: ((Then she got a 12))

[5/26/2015 7:43:35 PM] Janis: ((He, sorry.))

[5/26/2015 7:43:52 PM] Janis: ((...probably he...))

[5/26/2015 7:44:07 PM] Janis: ((Very slim chance it's Holly, but I digress))

[5/26/2015 7:44:19 PM] Quintilian: Right. Start looking for the door.

[5/26/2015 7:44:44 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian does too. D20+11?

[5/26/2015 7:45:02 PM] Ceiling Cat: Yep, everyone roll Search.

[5/26/2015 7:45:20 PM] Wynn: (7.)

[5/26/2015 7:45:24 PM] Janis: ((I got 24, Quint got 17))

[5/26/2015 7:45:26 PM] Nilani: (( 14 ))

[5/26/2015 7:46:28 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay. Janis finds a suspicious wall that she thinks is hollow on the other side.

[5/26/2015 7:46:52 PM] Janis: Hey, look, a suspicious wall that I think is hollow on the other side.

[5/26/2015 7:47:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((+500 xp for roleplaying.))

[5/26/2015 7:47:29 PM] Janis: )

[5/26/2015 7:48:28 PM] Quintilian: Right. There should be a catch or a switch or something somewhere.

[5/26/2015 7:49:08 PM] Ceiling Cat: Now Nilani and Quint can make Search checks now that they know where to look.

[5/26/2015 7:49:33 PM] Janis: ((Do you still need me to roll for you Quint?))

[5/26/2015 7:49:46 PM] Nilani: (( 26 ))

[5/26/2015 7:50:06 PM] Nilani: Nilani pokes around the appropriate wall.

[5/26/2015 7:50:27 PM] Quintilian: ((28!))

[5/26/2015 7:51:38 PM] Ceiling Cat: Quint finds it a moment before Nilani does, pulling on a metal ring fastened to the wall for chains or whatever. A small passageway opens, narrow. Everyone but Wynn will have to crouch down.

[5/26/2015 7:52:12 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian crouches.

[5/26/2015 7:52:12 PM] Janis: Looks like someone wasn't expecting anyone else to make it.

[5/26/2015 7:52:28 PM] Wynn: Wynn steps inside.

[5/26/2015 7:52:37 PM] Janis: Janis crawls through behind Wynn

[5/26/2015 7:54:12 PM] Quintilian: I wonder why.

[5/26/2015 7:54:43 PM] Ceiling Cat: You crawl through this winding passage. Wynn is first, right?

[5/26/2015 7:55:12 PM] Janis: ((Far as I can tell))

[5/26/2015 7:55:57 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay. It winds for a bit. Occasionally you're buffeted by the facility rocking about.

[5/26/2015 7:56:10 PM] Wynn: ((Yes.))

[5/26/2015 7:56:29 PM] Ceiling Cat: Finally, Wynn finds the path forward stopped by a small wooden door in front of her.

[5/26/2015 7:56:47 PM] Wynn: Wynn opens it carefully.

[5/26/2015 7:57:49 PM] Ceiling Cat: As you start to open it, you can feel that it's not used, and the metal of the hinges is very oxidized. You can make a Stealth check to try and open it quietly.

[5/26/2015 7:58:05 PM] Wynn: ((nah.))

[5/26/2015 7:59:00 PM] Wynn: ((Just opening it careful for traps, not quietly))

[5/26/2015 8:02:39 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! The door creaks open. There's a largish room here, with a large door which is obviously the normal way to enter the room. One wall is taken up with these glowing plinths, two sets of three of them. Nearby there's a pedestal with glowing crystals.

[5/26/2015 8:03:09 PM] Ceiling Cat: Also, there's a large humanoid in there, wearing the armor of one of the Wardens of this place.

[5/26/2015 8:03:45 PM] Ceiling Cat: Green skin, dark hair, and a pair of short horns, with a greatsword slung over his back. he turns toward you as he hears the door creak open.

[5/26/2015 8:04:31 PM] Ceiling Cat: So far he's only spotted Wynn.

[5/26/2015 8:04:37 PM] Ceiling Cat: The rest of you are behind her in the tunnel.

[5/26/2015 8:04:54 PM] Ceiling Cat: Warden:  ...Marissa. I see you made it.

[5/26/2015 8:05:07 PM] Wynn: Wynn says nothing.

[5/26/2015 8:05:23 PM] Ceiling Cat: Warden:  Just you?

[5/26/2015 8:05:29 PM] Wynn: No.

[5/26/2015 8:05:45 PM] Ceiling Cat: He rasies an eyebrow in surprise. "Really.  How unlike you."

[5/26/2015 8:06:12 PM] Janis: Janis pushes forward into the room, if she can.

[5/26/2015 8:06:19 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian does too.

[5/26/2015 8:06:20 PM] Wynn: Wynn steps in and to the side.

[5/26/2015 8:06:22 PM] Quintilian: Get us out of here.

[5/26/2015 8:07:00 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll Bluff!

[5/26/2015 8:07:08 PM] Janis: ((Who?))

[5/26/2015 8:07:22 PM] Quintilian: Now.

[5/26/2015 8:07:29 PM] Ceiling Cat: Everyone.

[5/26/2015 8:07:47 PM] Wynn: ((Aww... do I have to, Dad? lol))

[5/26/2015 8:07:48 PM] Janis: ((Shit, 3))

[5/26/2015 8:07:59 PM] Janis: ((Lowest possible score))

[5/26/2015 8:08:01 PM] Wynn: (19.)

[5/26/2015 8:08:07 PM] Quintilian: ((31.))

[5/26/2015 8:08:23 PM] Nilani: (( 22 ))

[5/26/2015 8:08:54 PM | Edited 8:09:30 PM] Ceiling Cat: He looks over all of you, his eyes lingering on Janis a few moments. "What's with the Warforged?"

[5/26/2015 8:09:40 PM] Wynn: It's irrelevant. You get us out or we go through you.

[5/26/2015 8:09:42 PM] Quintilian: Who cares.

[5/26/2015 8:10:48 PM] Wynn: ((22 intim if it matters))

[5/26/2015 8:11:37 PM] Ceiling Cat: He doesn't seem impressed. You can tell he has a bag slung over his shoulder. "Whatever.Where to?"

[5/26/2015 8:12:14 PM] Wynn: Wynn glances at Quintilian.

[5/26/2015 8:14:14 PM] Janis: ((Someone who he doesn't find automatically suspicious answer him, please))

[5/26/2015 8:15:07 PM] Ceiling Cat: Warden:  Don't tell me you haven't picked out a thousand possible destinations.

[5/26/2015 8:15:34 PM] Quintilian: St. Benedict-Navarre. Ruling family owes me.

[5/26/2015 8:16:03 PM] Ceiling Cat: Warden:  That's... a Prime Material plane somewhere?

[5/26/2015 8:16:12 PM] Ceiling Cat: Warden:  There's a lot of those.

[5/26/2015 8:16:30 PM] Quintilian: So? What, I should have an address?

[5/26/2015 8:17:21 PM] Ceiling Cat: The Warden steps back fromt he pedestal, doing this grand sweeping gesture. "Then feel free to set the destination yourself, your majesty."

[5/26/2015 8:17:43 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

[5/26/2015 8:17:46 PM] Ceiling Cat: The place rumbles again. "Tick tick tick."

[5/26/2015 8:18:03 PM] Janis: Janis would be sweating if Warforges had sweat glands.

[5/26/2015 8:18:27 PM] Wynn: I arranged for a ship, but it seems to have gotten delayed. Is there a way to find it nearby?

[5/26/2015 8:18:41 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll bluff!

[5/26/2015 8:18:53 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian inspects the controls, glowering.

[5/26/2015 8:19:05 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll K:A or Spellcraft, Quint.

[5/26/2015 8:19:21 PM] Wynn: ((11. I've been hanging out with Val too much. Shouldn't be bluffing!))

[5/26/2015 8:20:12 PM] Quintilian: ((22))

[5/26/2015 8:20:27 PM] Ceiling Cat: He gives Wynn the stinkeye. "C'mon, Marissa, we've gotten this far, why try and play me now?"

[5/26/2015 8:20:55 PM] Wynn: There is a ship. I don't know where. That's all you need to know.

[5/26/2015 8:21:45 PM] Ceiling Cat: Roll SM Wynn.

[5/26/2015 8:22:04 PM] Quintilian: If he double-crosses us, I'm gonna pound him to ribbons.

[5/26/2015 8:22:05 PM] Wynn: (18)

[5/26/2015 8:24:39 PM] Wynn: Where're you going?

[5/26/2015 8:25:20 PM] Ceiling Cat: He snorts. "Not tellin' you.  After you're gone from here, we're square."

[5/26/2015 8:25:48 PM] Wynn: Then why does it matter if I have a ship or not? The question is whether you're skilled enough to find it and get us there.

[5/26/2015 8:26:02 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian taps in something on the keyboard.

[5/26/2015 8:27:03 PM] Ceiling Cat: Warden:  Well, your lacky seems to have it under control.

[5/26/2015 8:27:19 PM] Ceiling Cat: A glowing portal appears between two of the plinths!

[5/26/2015 8:28:14 PM] Quintilian: Bodyguard.

[5/26/2015 8:28:22 PM] Quintilian: And I'll go first. To make sure it's safe.

[5/26/2015 8:29:04 PM] Ceiling Cat: He shrugs, and enters some coordinates of his own. Another portal opens, and he shifts the bag over his shoulder. "See you never, Marissa.  But it was good doing business with you."

[5/26/2015 8:29:11 PM] Ceiling Cat: He moves to walk through his portal.

[5/26/2015 8:29:33 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

[5/26/2015 8:29:51 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian goes through his. Hers. Whatever.

[5/26/2015 8:30:01 PM] Ceiling Cat: Quint vanishes!

[5/26/2015 8:30:05 PM] Janis: Janis follows

[5/26/2015 8:30:17 PM] Wynn: ...

[5/26/2015 8:30:55 PM] Wynn: He better be right about this.

[5/26/2015 8:31:00 PM] Wynn: Wynn walks through too.

[5/26/2015 8:31:04 PM] Nilani: Nilani also follows.

[5/26/2015 8:32:05 PM] Ceiling Cat: Okay! You guys are swallowed by blackness.

[5/26/2015 8:32:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: And then you all have the familiar sensation of pods opening and disgorging you.

[5/26/2015 8:33:14 PM] Quintilian: ((Are we still in the awful bodies?))

[5/26/2015 8:33:24 PM] Ceiling Cat: Back in your original bodies.

[5/26/2015 8:33:50 PM] Janis: ....what just happened?

[5/26/2015 8:33:54 PM] Nilani: Welp.

[5/26/2015 8:34:12 PM] Quintilian: Oh, thank the gods.

[5/26/2015 8:34:20 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian is, it seems, still Quintilian.

[5/26/2015 8:34:25 PM] Wynn: Are you cr--

[5/26/2015 8:34:25 PM] Nilani: Oh, hey. I sound less like a habitual pipe-smoker now.

[5/26/2015 8:35:01 PM] Janis: ......what happened to the others? The bodies we were in?

[5/26/2015 8:36:00 PM] Wynn: Wynn rubs the bridge of her nose for a moment, calming down.

[5/26/2015 8:36:35 PM] Janis: And the warden guy? Where'd everyone go?

[5/26/2015 8:36:51 PM] Quintilian: We're home.

[5/26/2015 8:36:58 PM] Quintilian: I think.

[5/26/2015 8:37:06 PM] Quintilian: Am I still...

[5/26/2015 8:37:18 PM] Ceiling Cat: You have whatever you had on you before you found yourself in those new bodies.

[5/26/2015 8:37:47 PM] Wynn: ((Have my shield? just... verifying))

[5/26/2015 8:37:51 PM] Quintilian: ... we never got to punch Marissa.

[5/26/2015 8:38:34 PM] Ceiling Cat: Gnarmak and Iskandar come into the Pod Room! "Hey, there you are."

[5/26/2015 8:38:55 PM] Ceiling Cat: Gnarmak: We were ever so worried! you were comatose, and then you vanished!

[5/26/2015 8:39:20 PM] Ceiling Cat: Iskandar:  We talked about drawing on your faces. But some felt that would be disrespectful.

[5/26/2015 8:39:29 PM] Wynn: Wynn narrows her eyes at him.

[5/26/2015 8:39:33 PM] Quintilian: How long were we gone for?

[5/26/2015 8:40:05 PM] Ceiling Cat: Iskandar shrugs. "Non-draconic linear time is hard to keep track of."

[5/26/2015 8:40:38 PM] Ceiling Cat: Gnarmak:  You were unconscious for eight or nine hours, then you vanished for four more hours.

[5/26/2015 8:41:39 PM] Quintilian: Thank goodness.

[5/26/2015 8:41:44 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian shudders.

[5/26/2015 8:43:07 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian eyes Wynn.

[5/26/2015 8:43:17 PM] Wynn: ...yes?

[5/26/2015 8:43:30 PM] Janis: I had a key in me.

[5/26/2015 8:44:03 PM] Quintilian: ... nothing.

[5/26/2015 8:44:13 PM] Wynn: Wynn takes her shield (which was apparently in her hand) and puts it on her arm.

[5/26/2015 8:44:20 PM] Ceiling Cat: Gnarmak:  Of course you did. We all have a key inside us.

[5/26/2015 8:44:20 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns at him.

[5/26/2015 8:44:49 PM] Ceiling Cat: Iskandar rolls his eyes. "I'll tell the others you're back."

[5/26/2015 8:44:56 PM] Ceiling Cat: He heads off.

[5/26/2015 8:45:15 PM] Wynn: I think the rest of us will need some time to... recuperate. Are you ok, Quintilian?

[5/26/2015 8:45:27 PM] Quintilian: I'm fine. I think.

[5/26/2015 8:45:38 PM] Ceiling Cat: Gnarmak:  ... I imagine you'd be hungry.

[5/26/2015 8:46:25 PM] Quintilian: Not as much as usual.

[5/26/2015 8:46:45 PM] Ceiling Cat: Gnarmak:  Still, you should eat.

[5/26/2015 8:46:45 PM] Janis: I don't think I am.

[5/26/2015 8:46:55 PM] Ceiling Cat: Gnarmak:  Or at least have some water.

[5/26/2015 8:48:07 PM] Wynn: It's probably a good idea.

[5/26/2015 8:48:15 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads out to the galley.

[5/26/2015 8:48:48 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian rubs his forehead and follows them!

[5/26/2015 8:48:59 PM] Janis: Janis follows

[5/26/2015 8:49:41 PM] Nilani: Nilani also heads to the galley.

[5/26/2015 8:53:37 PM] Quintilian: ... I need some advice. I'll be back.

[5/26/2015 8:53:43 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian heads off.

[5/26/2015 8:54:23 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks for some easy to prepare fruit and sits, shield still attached to her arm.

[5/26/2015 8:56:06 PM] Janis: Janis sits and does nothing

[5/26/2015 8:56:36 PM] Wynn: Upset you're not big anymore?

[5/26/2015 8:56:55 PM] Janis: I dunno.

[5/26/2015 8:57:18 PM] Janis: ....how do you know when you're still the good guy?

[5/26/2015 8:58:53 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

[5/26/2015 8:59:09 PM] Wynn: It's a lot less obvious than I used to think.

[5/26/2015 8:59:20 PM] Janis: Janis nods "Yeah."

[5/26/2015 9:00:10 PM] Wynn: I was pretty lost there.

[5/26/2015 9:01:16 PM] Wynn: I don't know what the right answers were, so I just... kept moving forward.

[5/26/2015 9:02:27 PM] Janis: You're really good at that.

[5/26/2015 9:03:26 PM] Quintilian: Tarak turns up. He looks tired, with dark circles under his eyes, but hey, he's ambulatory. That's always good, right?

[5/26/2015 9:03:38 PM] Ceiling Cat: Gnarmak:  Tarak! They're back!

[5/26/2015 9:03:43 PM] Wynn: Tarak. You're not dead.

[5/26/2015 9:03:45 PM] Wynn: Wynn smiles.

[5/26/2015 9:04:02 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Nope. I am a-o-k.

[5/26/2015 9:04:08 PM] Janis: Good.

[5/26/2015 9:04:32 PM] Quintilian: He holds up a stein in a mock toast and drinks from it.

[5/26/2015 9:05:05 PM] Wynn: ....but you're still drinking?

[5/26/2015 9:06:01 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: It's water. I don't drink it, I get fireballs. An' I like my eyebrows.

[5/26/2015 9:06:24 PM] Janis: Fair enough.

[5/26/2015 9:06:40 PM] Wynn: Water's good.

[5/26/2015 9:06:41 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Really pulls the whole face together.

[5/26/2015 9:07:13 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: I'm told my liver will grow back. ... maybe.

[5/26/2015 9:07:31 PM] Wynn: I'm very glad the potion worked.

[5/26/2015 9:08:27 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Yeah. Prob'ly saved my life right there. I owe ya.

[5/26/2015 9:08:37 PM] Janis: Your welcome.

[5/26/2015 9:09:49 PM] Wynn: Come on Tarak... I can't let you die before you're done teaching me.

[5/26/2015 9:10:11 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: True, true. I got loads of priceless advice left.

[5/26/2015 9:10:59 PM] Janis: Janis gets up, grabs some water and begins sipping it.

[5/26/2015 9:11:14 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Like "Don't make faces or it'll stick that way," and "Never try to stand on your own face."

[5/26/2015 9:11:31 PM] Wynn: ...I think I've got those ones.

[5/26/2015 9:11:50 PM] Wynn: Janis had a good question earlier though.

[5/26/2015 9:12:06 PM] Janis: How do you know when you're the good guy?

[5/26/2015 9:12:46 PM] Wynn: ...for us it's pretty easy to tell because we've still got our powers, but... how do you know what to do before you do it? How do you know the decision you're about to make isn't going to make you fall?

[5/26/2015 9:13:01 PM] Wynn: How do people without a god's blessing know?

[5/26/2015 9:13:01 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: No way to know for sure, really.

[5/26/2015 9:13:35 PM] Janis: ...that's it?

[5/26/2015 9:13:45 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Basically, you make your best guess and hope.

[5/26/2015 9:14:08 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Yeah, sorry. Be real nice if the world was black an' white, wouldn't it? Nice sharp lines, clear definitions, us and them.

[5/26/2015 9:14:42 PM] Janis: Well, there's gotta be a line somewhere, right?

[5/26/2015 9:14:51 PM] Quintilian: Nope.

[5/26/2015 9:14:57 PM] Quintilian: Just kind of a slow gradient.

[5/26/2015 9:15:00 PM] Janis: We catch bad guys. I catch bad guys. If there's no line, how do I do that?

[5/26/2015 9:15:21 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Best guess. Hope.

[5/26/2015 9:15:45 PM] Janis: ...thanks, that's very useful.

[5/26/2015 9:15:55 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: 'course, there are ways of makin' yer guess more accurate.

[5/26/2015 9:16:01 PM] Janis: Janis chugs the rest of her water and puts the glass in the sink.

[5/26/2015 9:17:05 PM] Janis: ...like?

[5/26/2015 9:18:18 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Yer not gonna like my answer.

[5/26/2015 9:18:33 PM | Edited 9:19:01 PM] Janis: I already didn't like your answer.

[5/26/2015 9:19:08 PM] Janis: Try me.

[5/26/2015 9:19:23 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Yeah, well. Studyin'. Books and readin'.

[5/26/2015 9:19:43 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: The other way's just bein' around people until you get a sense for it. Takes both to get good, though.

[5/26/2015 9:19:58 PM] Janis: ...how does that help?

[5/26/2015 9:20:51 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Practice makes perfect.

[5/26/2015 9:21:16 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: The readin' just gives you a set of guidelines to apply, from there it's practicin' application.

[5/26/2015 9:23:43 PM] Janis: Janis nods

[5/26/2015 9:24:09 PM] Janis: ...well...I don't like it...but I guess it makes sense.

[5/26/2015 9:24:40 PM | Edited 9:24:42 PM] Wynn: Wynn finishes her fruit.

[5/26/2015 9:25:21 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Yep. Sorry.

[5/26/2015 9:25:30 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: S'why I make Wynn read so much.

[5/26/2015 9:26:10 PM] Wynn: I thought it was just because you didn't want to talk all the time.

[5/26/2015 9:26:12 PM] Janis: ((19 SM to see if he's really sorry))

[5/26/2015 9:27:27 PM] Quintilian: ((Little bit. He's more sorry the world sucks.))

[5/26/2015 9:27:33 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Nope.

[5/26/2015 9:27:42 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Just can't explain it as well as the books, that's all.

[5/26/2015 9:27:47 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Not that educated.

[5/26/2015 9:28:23 PM] Janis: I told the angel the same thing.

[5/26/2015 9:28:33 PM] Janis: He didn't believe me.

[5/26/2015 9:29:14 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: That moral choices are hard?

[5/26/2015 9:29:24 PM] Janis: No, that I was sorry.

[5/26/2015 9:29:55 PM] Janis: It's been a weird day.

[5/26/2015 9:31:26 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Wait, you met an angel? Where?

[5/26/2015 9:31:37 PM] Janis: On a prison plane.

[5/26/2015 9:31:41 PM] Janis: It was locked up.

[5/26/2015 9:31:53 PM] Janis: It said something called The Inevitables were coming to kill it.

[5/26/2015 9:32:08 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Shit-heads.

[5/26/2015 9:32:18 PM] Janis: Angels or Inevitables?

[5/26/2015 9:33:26 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Inevitables. Angels can be okay. ... sometimes.

[5/26/2015 9:33:55 PM] Janis: Not sure about this one.

[5/26/2015 9:34:13 PM] Janis: I guess he was trying to do the good guy thing.

[5/26/2015 9:34:57 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Not always easy.

[5/26/2015 9:35:04 PM] Janis: Clearly.

[5/26/2015 9:35:29 PM] Janis: There was also a halfling we had to save and I accidentally killed this guy.

[5/26/2015 9:35:47 PM] Janis: I didn't know we were there to save the halfling then.

[5/26/2015 9:37:19 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Sounds like you did the best you could.

[5/26/2015 9:37:29 PM] Janis: Janis shrugs.

[5/26/2015 9:37:45 PM] Janis: Did you see Quint on the way here?

[5/26/2015 9:38:40 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Nope.

[5/26/2015 9:38:46 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: He missin'?

[5/26/2015 9:38:56 PM] Janis: No, just upset, I think.

[5/26/2015 9:39:02 PM] Janis: He had a bad day.

[5/26/2015 9:39:08 PM] Janis: I think.

[5/26/2015 9:39:14 PM] Janis: I'm not always good at seeing that.

[5/26/2015 9:39:24 PM] Wynn: Probably worse than any of us.

[5/26/2015 9:40:07 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: How come?

[5/26/2015 9:40:30 PM] Janis: We were all trapped in the bodies of different people.

[5/26/2015 9:40:39 PM] Janis: Val doesn't like being stuck in one body.

[5/26/2015 9:40:56 PM] Janis: I think it messes with him.

[5/26/2015 9:44:32 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Oh yeah? How come?

[5/26/2015 9:44:57 PM] Janis: ...I think I need some time in the forest.

[5/26/2015 9:45:02 PM] Janis: I'll see you guys later.

[5/26/2015 9:45:07 PM] Janis: Janis runs off

[5/26/2015 9:45:08 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods.

[5/26/2015 9:48:14 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Huh. Wonder what that was about.

[5/26/2015 9:48:39 PM] Wynn: Like I said, we all had a rough day. Probably just needs some time off.

[5/26/2015 9:50:32 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: How you doin' with that boy?

[5/26/2015 9:50:48 PM] Wynn: Wynn raises an eyebrow.

[5/26/2015 9:51:30 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: ... right, gettin' too nosy again, huh?

[5/26/2015 9:51:54 PM] Wynn: Wynn smiles just a little. "Just wasn't expecting the question."

[5/26/2015 9:52:28 PM] Wynn: Things are a little... complicated, I suppose.

[5/26/2015 9:53:14 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Yeah?

[5/26/2015 9:53:42 PM] Wynn: Well, you know, right? He's a shapeshifter. With multiple personalities.

[5/26/2015 9:54:58 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Heard somethin' like that.

[5/26/2015 9:55:44 PM] Wynn: So it's complicated.

[5/26/2015 9:56:59 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: Yeah, I bet. Hard enough keepin' one person happy.

[5/26/2015 9:59:36 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: 'course, that's one crazy wizard-priest.

[5/26/2015 9:59:55 PM] Wynn: Wynn smiles. "How are things there?"

[5/26/2015 10:00:36 PM] Quintilian: Tarak: She's been nicer lately. Think it means she's about ready to bite my head off.

[5/26/2015 10:07:37 PM] Wynn: Good luck with that. I'm going to go train.

[5/26/2015 10:13:40 PM] Quintilian: Tarak nods. "Have fun. Smash a few dummies for me, I'm to stay out of there for a couple of days."

[5/26/2015 10:13:52 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods and heads out.