PBA 030

When our story begins, we find the group eating breakfast, or not eating breakfast, in the galley one morning. The morning after you met a rather reprehensible lawyer and somehow managed to stop Nate from turning him into cinders, and also turned another one of the White Circles into water.

[5:19:47 PM] Kali: Tarak and Grayson are there; Allys and Bellami aren't.

[5:19:57 PM] Wynn: Wynn chews.

[5:19:58 PM] Kali: The two of them keep eyeing each other when the other isn't watching.

[5:20:28 PM] Nilani: Nilani munches on a piece of fruit while reading a book.

[5:20:48 PM] Janis: Janis eats

[5:20:57 PM] Wynn: Honestly, you two. It's been a week. Can't you just get over it?

[5:21:10 PM] Janis: ...get over what?

[5:21:26 PM] Wynn: Tarak and Grayson.

[5:21:31 PM] Kali: Grayson: Get over what?

[5:21:39 PM] Kali: Tarak: Can't help it, it's fuckin' creepy.

[5:23:06 PM] Janis: Wait, this still?

[5:24:00 PM] Kali: Tarak: Hey, I'm not chopping his head off.

[5:24:16 PM] Kali: Grayson: Uh, yeah, I would definitely object to having my head chopped off.

[5:24:51 PM] Wynn: I'd hope you were a little more disciplined than that.

[5:25:30 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns and continues eating.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:25:56 PM] Janis: Shouldn't we be thinking about what we're gonna do about the goo guys?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:26:17 PM] Janis: The one we caught said they were already everywhere, and they seem pretty intent to get us.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:26:35 PM] Kali: Tarak: Nothing to do with discipline, everything to do with eldritch horrors from planes beyond that take the shape of real people.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:27:18 PM | Edited 5:27:24 PM] Kali: Grayson eyes Tarak. "... I don't even have any tentacles."

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:28:09 PM] Wynn: I wonder which devil they were referring to.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:28:24 PM] Janis: The goo guys don't seem to have tentacles.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:29:19 PM] Kali: Tarak: Could be hidin' 'em.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:29:24 PM] Kali: Grayson: *Where*?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:29:33 PM] Wynn: Not everything bad has tentacles.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:29:39 PM] Kali: Tarak: I'd tell ya, but it'd make Wynn blush.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:29:41 PM] Kali: Grayson blushes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:29:51 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:30:06 PM] Janis: Janis turns to Tarak "How's Bell?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:30:20 PM] Nilani: Nilani sinks into her chair, hiding behind her book.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:30:59 PM] Kali: Tarak: Probably shouldn't say in mixed company. She's still avoiding everybody but me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:31:21 PM] Kali: Tarak: Had an idea about that, though. At first I was going to do it myself, but she just doesn't like me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:31:30 PM] Kali: Tarak: She *hates* you lot.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:31:46 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns again. "I'd hoped to counter that a bit."

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:32:15 PM] Janis: What did I do?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:32:44 PM] Wynn: So... what's your idea?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:34:21 PM] Kali: Tarak: Well, my sister Allys is the one she reallly hates, but some of you were around... she's a mite prideful for her own good.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:34:43 PM] Kali: Grayson: Great to know my taste in women becomes terrible.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:35:23 PM] Wynn: I don't think Bellami is "terrible." Just caught in an awkward situation.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:35:48 PM] Kali: Tarak: She's a bitch. Which isn't always a bad thing.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:37:02 PM] Wynn: And?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:37:11 PM] Janis: Yeah, what do you wanna do?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:38:10 PM] Kali: Tarak: Get her some better clothes. Or cloth she can use to make things herself. She's been working with a few things I found, but...

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:38:28 PM] Wynn: ...that's it?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:38:51 PM] Kali: Tarak: Yeah. Like I said, I was gonna do it. Oh, and sewing kit stuff. Managed to scrabble up some of it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:39:00 PM] Kali: Tarak: But it's not that good.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:39:18 PM] Kali: Grayson: Nice girlfriend you got. She hates us, doesn't like you and apparently complains about everything.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:39:23 PM] Kali: Tarak: Yeah, kid, she's not my girlfriend.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:39:54 PM] Wynn: I guess she wouldn't be interested in joining us on one of our shopping trips, then.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:40:19 PM] Kali: Tarak: Considerin' she's hellbent on avoiding everybody, including me? Probablly not.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:40:41 PM] Wynn: I'm not terribly eager to leave again while we're on this plane, but I'm sure we can find something at the next one.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:41:39 PM] Kali: Tarak: Yeah? What's wrong with this one?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:41:56 PM | Edited 5:42:05 PM] Janis: Aside from the goo people have infiltrated it?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:42:07 PM] Wynn: ....I can't take my gear.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:42:24 PM] Janis: Also, the lawyer we're connected to might sue us.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:43:05 PM] Janis: It does kind of suck that I can't use my bow here, though.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:43:07 PM] Kali: Tarak: What, you've never been threatened with a lawsuit before? And what do you need gear for?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:43:34 PM] Wynn: I don't like being without my shield.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:44:37 PM] Janis: What if we get attacked?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:45:04 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... it sounds like a city, do you guys get attacked in cities a lot?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:45:26 PM] Kali: Tarak: Need a babysitter, huh?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:45:46 PM] Wynn: We seem to get attacked everywhere.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:46:05 PM] Wynn: And no, not a babysitter. We handled the problem. I just don't like it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:47:26 PM] Kali: Tarak: Why're you wearin' your armor, anyhow?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:47:54 PM] Wynn: Because bad things happen when I don't.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:48:01 PM] Janis: Last time she didn't, she did get attacked by a...what did Talas call it...a rhino?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:48:30 PM] Kali: Tarak: Well, you're gonna start havin' problems if you wear it all the time. Fatigue, mainly.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:48:47 PM] Wynn: Then I'll deal with it when it comes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:49:41 PM] Kali: Tarak: No. While yer out there, buy somethin' lighter and wear that or you'll cripple yourself.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:50:24 PM] Janis: Janis turns to Nilani "did the guy say when we would get all the parts for Nation?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:50:46 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns at Tarak.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:51:57 PM] Wynn: Doubt they sell armor here anyway. They don't allow weapons.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:52:03 PM] Nilani: They should be ready in a few days

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:52:23 PM] Janis: Janis nods to Nilani

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:52:23 PM] Kali: Tarak: They don't allow weapons in town. Lotta places don't.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:52:51 PM] Wynn: As far as I can tell, it's *all* town. Their world is a hellhole.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:52:53 PM] ?: A male elf steps in the doorway. He is fair-skinned, with blue eyes, dark unruly hair, and a rough beard. He's fairly handsome, with a kind of half-unkempt, roguish look. He dresses in light, normal clothing, no armor. "So!  Who put you up to this?  Ven?  It was Ven, right?  That bastard. He's gonna take over while I'm gone!  He's had it out for me from day one!  Well, I have a message for Ven.  Get some paper."

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:53:14 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks up and sighs.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:53:30 PM] Nilani: Nilani tiredly looks up from her book.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:53:31 PM] Janis: ...................hello?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:53:36 PM] Kali: Tarak: ... at least he ain't another me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:53:38 PM] Wynn: Take a seat. We'll explain what happened.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:53:43 PM] Nilani: Nilani waves at the guy

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:53:53 PM] Kali: Grayson: I second that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:54:11 PM] Janis: Janis looks at the elf, suspiciously.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:54:31 PM] ?: Ohhhh, I'm terribly sorry if my kidnapping is tiring! No one's getting paper.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:54:54 PM] Wynn: You weren't kidnapped... by us at least. The ship is malfunctioning and abducted all of us.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:55:08 PM] Wynn: Well, except these two and their sister. And the ghost in the forest.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:55:10 PM] ?: Message begins:  Ven, you backstabbing cur. I bedded your mother, you know.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:55:29 PM] Kali: Grayson re-blushes a little bit.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:55:44 PM] Janis: Who's Ven?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:55:50 PM] Kali: Tarak: ... not even sure where we've *got* any paper.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:56:03 PM] Wynn: Do you have a name?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:56:12 PM] ?: He's the one who got me kidnapped, I'm fairly certain.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:56:49 PM] ?: ... you couldn't pronounce it. I go by Iskandar.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:56:58 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... maybe we should put a sign up.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:57:11 PM] Janis: ((10 SM on his name))

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:57:17 PM] Wynn: Wynn grins slightly. "I'd thought about it."

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:57:27 PM] Nilani: Nilani pulls out a piece of paper and some chalk and pushes them towards the guy, hoping they'll calm him down.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:57:43 PM] Wynn: Well, Iskandar... we were all kidnapped just like you. We're not at fault and you can't get back. Not right now, anyway.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:57:53 PM] Nilani: Nilani shuts her book and puts it on the table in front of her.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:58:04 PM] Iskandar: Message continues:  I will have my revenge, you goldbricking milksop.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:58:28 PM] Iskandar: So Ven got you, too, huh? Did you also sleep with his mom?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:58:46 PM] Wynn: I don't know who this Ven is.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:58:56 PM] Kali: Grayson: What does goldbricking mean?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5:59:27 PM] Iskandar: Mean's he's a lazy, good-for-nothing scheming son of a very attractive woman.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:00:02 PM] Iskandar: So why can't I go back?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:00:07 PM] Wynn: You're cursed.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:00:11 PM] Iskandar: No kidding.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:00:19 PM] Wynn: The ship, the crew. All of us. Can't leave permanently.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:00:30 PM] Wynn: We'll all die in five years if we can't figure it out and fix it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:00:34 PM] Wynn: ...or less.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:00:44 PM] Nilani: Also, we're hopelessly lost

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:00:48 PM] Janis: If you try and leave you end up back in the pod room when we take off.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:00:54 PM] Janis: It's hopeless.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:01:12 PM] Iskandar: This is a ship?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:01:28 PM] Wynn: I'm hoping that once we fix the bridge, we can find our way home, and the ship's builders can fix it and uncurse us.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:01:36 PM] Kali: Grayson: Except me, I'm not cursed. And neither is he.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:01:40 PM] Kali: Grayson gestures to Tarak.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:01:44 PM] Wynn: Yes. Plane-shifting.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:02:00 PM] Wynn: Right. These two, their sister, and the ghost are kind of like planar hitchhikers.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:02:17 PM] Kali: Tarak: I'm her teacher.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:02:27 PM] Iskandar: Wait, so I'm not only trapped, but we're on a different plane and can't get back?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:02:54 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks at Tarak. "Can't you at least go with "mentor" or something? Teacher makes me sound like I'm 12."

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:03:02 PM] Nilani: Pretty much, yeah. At least we've got a library.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:03:16 PM] Kali: Tarak: ... touchy, touchy. Mentor, sure. Whatever.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:03:26 PM] Kali: He takes a swig of something; it doesn't smell bad for once. Just spicy.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:04:20 PM] Nilani: We'll likely be able to get back eventually, but that'll take awhile.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:04:23 PM] Iskandar: A mixture of anger and horror crosses his face. "DAMMIT.  Oh, that bastard.  I'm going to kill him so hard death is going to throw me an ice-cream party!!"

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:04:24 PM] Wynn: Would you like some breakfast while we talk?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:04:54 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar sits down heavily, burying his face in his hands.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:04:55 PM] Wynn: I don't know who Ven is, but I *seriously* doubt he had anything to do with your kidnapping.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:05:20 PM] Wynn: It seems to be pretty random, honestly.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:05:27 PM] Iskandar: Doesn't matter, if he did or not. With me gone and stuck here, HE'S GOING TO TAKE IT ALL.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:06:09 PM] Janis: Take what all?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:06:20 PM] Wynn: Well then, I guess the good news is you probably won't make it back to see it all gone.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:06:29 PM] Wynn: Wynn shrugs. "Usually bad news to the rest of the crew, but..."

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:06:34 PM] Kali: Tarak: Take what?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:06:53 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar buries his face in his hands. If you looked up 'despair' in the dictionary, he would be the picture next to the entry right now.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:07:15 PM] Iskandar: My *money* and my *jewels* and, and...

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:07:46 PM] Janis: Your stash.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:08:11 PM | Edited 6:10:32 PM] Nilani: Yours, or his mother's? ((SM: 10 ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:08:32 PM] Iskandar: *Mine*.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:08:43 PM] Janis: Who's was it first?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:08:54 PM] Iskandar: That is not relevant.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:08:55 PM] Janis: Janis is still giving him a very suspicious look over.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:09:49 PM] Kali: Grayson: How much money?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:10:06 PM] Wynn: Does it matter?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:10:29 PM] Wynn: He could be penniless when he gets back and it would still probably be better than being here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:10:31 PM] Kali: Grayson: He might be able to get it back.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:10:59 PM] Iskandar: Well, when I get back I'll kill Ven, so there's that. That's if he hasn't pissed it all away by then!

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:11:15 PM] Kali: Tarak takes another sip. "Seems to matter to him."

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:11:29 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... could just ask for it back.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:11:55 PM] Wynn: Just saying... being here tends to allow you to put things in perspective.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:12:38 PM] Iskandar: How much money did you lose when you ended up here?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:12:47 PM] Wynn: Didn't have any *to* lose.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:13:17 PM] Iskandar: So, you don't know what you're talking about, is what you're saying.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:13:40 PM] Kali: Tarak shrugs. "Didn't lose ours, either."

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:13:48 PM] Janis: I haven't seen a lot of elves with beards.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:14:12 PM] Kali: Tarak: Very few can grow 'em.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:15:26 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar pulls his face from his hands. "So, where were you all snatched from?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:15:46 PM] Wynn: Isanya.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:16:08 PM] Wynn: Some from Meneluinin. One Tarkishi. Couple or so from Solitaire.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:16:36 PM | Edited 6:17:05 PM] Wynn: One from 20 years ago.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:16:37 PM] Iskandar: So there's more than just you.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:16:37 PM] Wynn: Wynn grins.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:17:14 PM] Wynn: There's around 20 of us now.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:17:51 PM] Nilani: Melchior's Bastion. I'm not exactly sure which country it's in.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:18:32 PM] Kali: Grayson waves a hand. "I'm from 20 years ago. He's my evil twin."

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:18:39 PM] Kali: He gestures to Tarak.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:18:47 PM] Kali: Tarak: Beard's still comin' in.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:18:57 PM] Kali: Tarak: Give it time.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:19:02 PM] Wynn: We're not *all* from the same plane. We have one from a plane that has never seen humans.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:19:16 PM] Wynn: But most of us are. You?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:19:21 PM] Janis: She doesn't talk to us though.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:19:32 PM] Iskandar: Solitaire.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:19:37 PM] Kali: Grayson points at Tarak again. "His girlfriend."

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:19:45 PM] Kali: Tarak: She's not my girlfriend. Quit sayin' that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:20:23 PM] Wynn: Wynn bites back a grin.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:20:43 PM] Janis: How long have you been a thief?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:21:02 PM] Iskandar: How long have you been nosy?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:21:10 PM] Kali: Grayson: Yeah? You live in the same room, you act like bunnies and you want us to buy her presents. Just how exactly is she *not* your girlfriend?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:21:12 PM] Janis: It's part of my job.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:21:30 PM] Iskandar: And that would be?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:21:37 PM] Janis: Bounty hunter.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:22:02 PM] Iskandar: Oh. I'm going to put a bounty on Ven's head.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:22:03 PM] Wynn: Wynn chuckles.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:22:27 PM] Kali: Tarak: You don't have any money.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:22:39 PM] Kali: Tarak: ... and she's not my girlfriend, kid. You'll learn the difference when you get older.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:22:42 PM] Iskandar: And you have a better looking twin. We all have issues.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:23:27 PM] Iskandar: How big is this ship, then?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:23:40 PM] Janis: Big and getting bigger.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:23:48 PM] Janis: We found an upper deck last week.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:24:02 PM] Kali: Tarak: Younger, not better lookin'.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:24:18 PM] Wynn: Well, you're part of this crew now. Don't get violent with the other crew members and we'll protect you like we do the others.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:25:00 PM] Iskandar: Ah, outstanding. Press-ganged.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:25:13 PM] Wynn: Don't be mean to the dryad and don't open doors with blinking lights.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:25:20 PM] Nilani: Also, don't tease the hellhound.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:25:31 PM] Kali: Tarak: And don't piss off my sister.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:26:09 PM] Iskandar: I promise you, I vow to abide by all the rules you've just told me that I can be bothered to remember.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:26:15 PM] Janis: Keep an eye out for incredibly indistinct people.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:26:24 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar moves over to the pantry and starts rummaging.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:26:41 PM] Wynn: It's not exactly safe on the ship, but we haven't had anyone killed yet, so that's good.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:26:55 PM] Wynn: It's been three weeks since the first of us woke up in the pods.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:26:57 PM] Kali: Tarak: Yet.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:27:11 PM] Janis: Do we count the guy who got his head bashed in by the vampire?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:27:15 PM] Kali: Tarak: Bell's givin' it a damn good try.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:27:20 PM] Iskandar: So you all woke up in those egg things. Except you two guys.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:27:22 PM] Wynn: No, I hadn't welcomed him yet.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:27:29 PM] Wynn: Wynn gives a grimace-grin.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:27:52 PM] Nilani: Nilani stares stone-facedly at the table for a bit.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:28:14 PM] Kali: There's a knocking sound at the door to the galley. "Hello?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:28:23 PM] Wynn: ...hello?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:28:37 PM] Nilani: It's unlocked, come in.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:28:39 PM] Kali: Gareth steps in.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:28:57 PM] Kali: Gareth: Morning. That smells good.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:29:05 PM] Nilani: Nilani waves at him, smiling warmly.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:29:07 PM] Kali: Tarak: I made eggs. Have some.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:29:29 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar continues rummaging.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:29:30 PM] Wynn: How can we help you?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:29:47 PM] Kali: Gareth: Already ate, but thanks.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:30:02 PM] Kali: Gareth: ... I'm not sure where to begin.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:31:13 PM] Kali: Gareth: It may or may not be a coincidence, but our Bureau of Interplanar Incursion seems to have a credible report of extraplanar activity not far from here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:32:09 PM] Janis: Could be the White Circles.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:32:48 PM] Kali: Gareth: Normally we'd send a team to check it out ourselves, but in this case, doing that would be... politically complex. The Korrigan family is one of the most powerful, and it would be incredibly difficult for the Bureau if word got out that we had done any such thing.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:33:20 PM] Janis: The Korrigan family?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:33:23 PM] Wynn: But it's ok if a bunch of plane shifters does it instead?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:33:43 PM] Janis: What does this have to do with them? Who are they anyway?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:33:45 PM] Kali: Gareth: Maximum deniability is how we put it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:34:41 PM] Kali: Gareth: Mostly what they are is wealthy. They own more than half the shipping businesses, local and otherwise, on this plane. Also a large portion of the entertainment businesses.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:35:15 PM] Iskandar: Wealthy, you say?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:35:24 PM] Wynn: And what do you want us to do about it?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:35:37 PM] Janis: So, what does that have to do with an investigation into other extraplanar activity?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:35:58 PM] Kali: Gareth: I was hoping you'd be willing to check out the report of extraplanar activity in a Korrigan-owned home.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:36:24 PM] Janis: And now I get it

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:36:27 PM] Iskandar: I assume we'll be compensated for our services?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:37:05 PM] Janis: Don't think you can just steal your compensation from inside?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:37:06 PM] Wynn: I don't. What are we supposed to do about it?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:37:12 PM] Wynn: No stealing.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:37:47 PM] Iskandar: Wait. You guys use gold and silver as currency, right? We're on some weird world where it's, like, starfish or cabbages.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:38:19 PM | Edited 6:38:29 PM] Nilani: They use gold, yes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:38:49 PM] Janis: The only time we've had a problem with that was when we ended up in the crypt.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:39:33 PM] Kali: Gareth: Yes, we use gold and silver as currency.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:40:19 PM] Kali: Gareth: And yes, you'll be reimbursed generously for your efforts. Nothing should be stolen from the mansion, though--you have to make it look like you haven't been there. Like no one was ever there. That way it can stay secret.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:40:38 PM] Wynn: As I understand it, you have quite a few laws about trespassing and the like here. Not to mention that we have been discouraged from having our armor *or* weapons. What are we supposed to do about it?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:40:54 PM] Kali: Gareth: I'm not sending you there unarmed.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:41:18 PM] Kali: Gareth: ... if you get caught, we'll have to publicly deny we sent you, of course, but... just don't get caught.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:41:22 PM] Wynn: Subterfuge is *not* one of my strong suits.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:42:20 PM] Janis: Is there a backdoor?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:43:49 PM] Nilani: Do we still have the sets of armor we looted from the Circles who attacked us?

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:44:14 PM] Kali: Gareth: Well, the good news is this. Our intelligence leads us to believe the building concerned is unoccupied.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:44:24 PM] Wynn: I've been keeping all the extra equipment in the training room.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:45:08 PM] Nilani: You could wear one of those. In fact, I should wear one, in case I'm seen by one of them.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:45:40 PM] Iskandar: I myself am fascinated with the 'getting paid' part. So you want us to go, check out this potential incursion. Deal with whatever it may be, and leave the house as we found it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:45:52 PM] Kali: Gareth: Yes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:45:58 PM] Iskandar: I'll do it!

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:46:12 PM] Janis: *sarcastically* goodie.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:46:15 PM] Kali: Tarak: Sounds like y'all got this one. I'll stay here and keep an eye on things. Just in case.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:46:38 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... there's a chance these could be the planehopping bad guys people keep telling me about, so I guess I'll go.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:46:50 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks at Tarak oddly. "You *approve* of this?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:47:22 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar looks at Janis. "Hoards don't start themselves, Short Bounty Hunter."

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:48:05 PM] Iskandar: And since Judgemental Girl here would likely take it as offense if I tried taking it from any of you, I have little choice!

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:48:29 PM] Wynn: My name is Wynn.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:48:33 PM] Janis: Janis glares at him

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:48:38 PM] Janis: And I'm not that short.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:49:02 PM] Kali: Tarak: You're breaking and entering to retrieve intelligence. Don't break anything, don't steal anything, and if they're innocent, that'll get found out too.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:49:45 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:49:52 PM] Janis: Maybe we should bring Val with us, too. He's an assassin, I bet he's good at getting in and out of places.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:50:08 PM] Kali: Grayson: I don't like that guy.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:50:29 PM] Janis: I don't like beard boy. We're bringing him along.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:51:00 PM] Nilani: I'd ask Kes to come along, but I haven't seen her in ages.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:51:08 PM] Nilani: I hope she's ok.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:51:24 PM] Kali: Gareth: ... there is a time factor, I'm afraid.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:51:28 PM] Iskandar: I was already going, shorty.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:51:52 PM] Wynn: Fine. Let's go.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:52:10 PM] Iskandar: Lead on, whoever you are!

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:52:45 PM] Janis: Janis grips her bow

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:52:48 PM] Janis: Let's go then.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:53:37 PM] Kali: Gareth hands Wynn a yo-yo. "Keep that with you."

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:53:52 PM] Wynn: Wynn peers at him. "Why?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:54:12 PM] Kali: Gareth: It disables the alarms on the property. You'll still have to unlock the front door but the alarms won't go off while that's with you.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:54:40 PM] Janis: And we can play with it, if we get bored.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:54:52 PM] Wynn: Wynn sighs and sticks it in her belt pouch.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:55:04 PM] Kali: Gareth: Yes. ... just don't break it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[6:55:18 PM] Kali: ((And now, 10 minute break. I need decaf.))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:06:51 PM] Kali: Just a few minutes later, you're all standing facing a gigantic wall made of stones. There doesn't seem to be any sort of door in it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:07:35 PM] Janis: ......ok...

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:09:16 PM] Kali: Gareth: Well. Good luck!

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:09:22 PM] Kali: He vanishes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:09:23 PM] Wynn: Where's the door?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:09:29 PM] Wynn: Wynn sighs.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:09:47 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... well. That's awkward.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:09:57 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar pokes at the wall.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:10:43 PM] Kali: His hand goes through.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:11:10 PM] Wynn: ...ok. Let me check it out.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:11:25 PM] Wynn: Wynn attempts to step through the wall.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:11:31 PM] Kali: Wynn vanishes into the wall.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:11:41 PM] Janis: Janis steps through

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:11:51 PM] Nilani: Nilani follows cautiously

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:11:59 PM] Wynn: Wynn sticks a hand back and waves the others through.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:12:16 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar follows!

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:12:48 PM] Kali: Grayson brings up the back and everyone is through the wall.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:13:15 PM] Kali: On the other side lies a beautifully-maintained gravel path with beds of flowers on either side and an extensive lawn beyond.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:14:07 PM] Kali: There are also quite a few trees along the pathway leading forward. You can't see the wall from this side--just a fantastic unobstructed view of grass and woods as far as the eye can see.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:14:22 PM] Wynn: Wynn starts walking down the path.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:14:27 PM] Kali: However, there's a little shimmer where the path peters out, showing that most likely, illusion is involved.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:15:17 PM] Kali: It's beautiful here, one way or another. If you didn't know that you were on a Jetsons-style platform above a sea of raging lava, you'd think you really were in a verdant grove.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:15:35 PM] Kali: It's a little warm, for those of you wearing armor.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:15:41 PM] Kali: The gravel crunches under your feet.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:16:06 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... it's weird that he was okay with this. Wasn't that weird?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:16:15 PM] Wynn: Wynn pretty much ignores everything else and walks down the path.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:16:17 PM] Janis: Who?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:16:19 PM] Iskandar: That who was okay with what?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:16:29 PM] Nilani: Tarak?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:16:36 PM] Kali: Grayson: Yeah, other-me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:16:50 PM] Janis: Why was it weird?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:16:59 PM] Wynn: Well... he did say I had a lot to learn about the real world... but yes, I thought it was odd.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:17:18 PM] Kali: Grayson: Well, I'm not. ... I guess as long as we don't take anything or break stuff it's not... that bad.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:17:36 PM] Wynn: Some state official wants us to do something he can't, that he'll deny if we're caught. Obviously it's something not within the laws of this land.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:17:47 PM] Nilani: He likely thinks similarly to the way you do. Is there a reason why you would object to this?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:19:01 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar looks around. "Why waste so much magic on an abadoned home?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:19:05 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... well, we're breaki... we're not breaking. We're entering a home that doesn't belong to us. You don't think that guy was setting us up, do you?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:19:07 PM] Wynn: I mean *technically* we're not breaking any of the Saint's laws as long as we don't steal anything or damage anything.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:19:50 PM] Iskandar: The Saint?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:19:54 PM] Wynn: He better not be.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:20:00 PM] Wynn: Saint Cuthbert.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:20:10 PM] Janis: Wynn and Grayson's God.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:20:11 PM] Iskandar: Oh. I don't worship him or follow any of his laws.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:20:12 PM] Kali: Grayson: I mean, they could catch us in the act and throw us in jail forever, couldn't they? He seemed pretty on-the-level, though.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:20:17 PM] Iskandar: ... you're not going to make me, are you?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:20:22 PM] Iskandar: I might have a problem with that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:20:27 PM] Wynn: *Any*?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:20:36 PM] Wynn: So you're a murdering, adulterous, thief?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:21:02 PM] Iskandar: That seems like a rather personal question.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:21:15 PM] Iskandar: And I'm not adulterous.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:21:24 PM] Wynn: I don't force my religion on others. "I will inspire others to convert to the Saint's Law by providing a strong example."

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:21:28 PM] Janis: ...what's adulterous mean?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:21:35 PM] Iskandar: Ven's mother is a widow.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:21:41 PM] Kali: None of you see a building.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:21:52 PM] Kali: Grayson: It means cheating on your spouse with somebody else.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:22:08 PM] Janis: .....cheating...like, at cards?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:22:25 PM] Kali: Grayson: No.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:22:31 PM] Kali: Grayson: Either sex or romance.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:22:32 PM] Iskandar: *And* she was just using me, really, to get her son on my crew.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:22:41 PM] Janis: ...oh...ew...

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:23:01 PM] Janis: Mask thinks the house might be at the end of the path.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:23:07 PM] Kali: Grayson: I don't know why anyone would get married if they were going to do that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:23:27 PM | Removed 7:24:05 PM] Iskandar: This message has been removed.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:23:32 PM] Janis: Janis follows

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:23:35 PM] Kali: The shimmery was the end that you came in on.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:23:43 PM] Wynn: Wynn hasn't stopped walking down the path.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:23:48 PM] Kali: You're all going the opposite direction.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:24:08 PM] Janis: ((Opposite to me and Iskander?))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:24:25 PM] Kali: When you stepped forward, the place where you came in was a shimmer.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:24:29 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar walking straight along the path, then.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:24:35 PM] Kali: There is otherwise no wall or place to tell where you came in.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:24:50 PM] Kali: All of you are walking forward on the path through the grove of trees.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:24:53 PM] Kali: Behind Wynn.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:25:20 PM] Kali: The path curves around and finally you spot a building as the trees draw to an end.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:25:39 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar murmurs under his breath.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:25:58 PM] Wynn: Wynn 's still walkin'!

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:26:11 PM | Edited 7:26:25 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks around cautiously as she walks.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:26:24 PM] Kali: It's a massive building, fully worthy of the term "mansion," built in solid-looking dark grey stone.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:26:44 PM] Kali: The windows are tall on every story, of which there seem to be four.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:27:15 PM] Wynn: Keep your eyes open. If it's not empty, I'd like to know as soon as possible.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:27:20 PM] Kali: The decorative pillars and the like on the building's exterior make it look a little less solid, but it's a massive house and no mistake, with two massive double doors  in the front.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:27:28 PM] Kali: Notice checks!

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:27:29 PM] Iskandar: Did whats-his-name mention why the building was abandoned?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:27:51 PM] Iskandar: ((23))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:27:59 PM] Wynn: I'd have to assume being wealthy means having extra houses if you so desire.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:28:03 PM] Wynn: ((5!))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:28:13 PM] Nilani: (( 19 ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:28:18 PM] Janis: ((19))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:28:20 PM] Iskandar: Awful lot of magic here for an abandoned house.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:28:44 PM] Iskandar: ... wait. Someone's in there.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:28:50 PM] Wynn: Wynn stops.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:29:08 PM] Iskandar: Saw something in one of the windows.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:29:15 PM] Iskandar: Movement.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:29:17 PM] Wynn: Then they likely know we're here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:29:32 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... we could knock and see.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:29:36 PM] Wynn: Indeed.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:29:40 PM] Janis: Oh yeah.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:29:44 PM] Wynn: Wynn continues walking up to the door.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:29:52 PM] Janis: "Hi, we're here to break into your house.  Please let us in."

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:30:07 PM] Wynn: We're not here to break in.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:30:11 PM] Wynn: We're here to investigate.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:30:47 PM] Janis: If Gareth thought they'd let people investigate, he'd've probably done this officially.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:30:52 PM] Kali: There's a set of steps up to the door.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:30:54 PM] Wynn: He couldn't.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:31:03 PM] Wynn: Wynn walks up the steps to knock.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:31:19 PM] Kali: She knocks! Thud. Thud. Thud.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:31:29 PM] Kali: ... there's no answer.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:31:55 PM] Janis: If extraplanar stuff has been happening here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:32:03 PM] Janis: ...maybe what saw us isn't who lives here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:32:20 PM] Wynn: Maybe. Either way, nothing was lost by knocking first.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:32:34 PM] Iskandar: No, likely not.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:33:04 PM] Nilani: Nilani says nothing, but looks quite mortified at the noise Wynn made.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:33:15 PM] Wynn: Wynn knocks again, just in case.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:33:20 PM] Iskandar: Could just be a invisible servant. There's a lot of magic maintaining the garden outside, it would make sense that they'd invest just as much on the interior.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:33:40 PM] Janis: Either way, we need to get in.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:33:45 PM] Wynn: Wynn raises an eyebrow at Grayson. "What do you think?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:34:16 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... well. It could be abandoned. It could not be abandoned. If there's somebody in there they're either not supposed to be, or maybe they can't answer the door and need help.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:34:35 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... if there was anybody in there who's *supposed* to be, I'm pretty sure they'd've answered the door.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:34:48 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods. "I suppose that's true."

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:35:00 PM] Janis: Nilani, can you get the lock?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:35:01 PM] Wynn: Wynn tries the doorknob.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:35:16 PM] Kali: The door is indeed locked.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:35:53 PM | Edited 7:36:49 PM] Nilani: Nilani waits for Wynn to step away, then pulls out her picks and sets to work. (( 18 ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:36:07 PM] Kali: Roll for it!

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:36:15 PM] Kali: Or take 10 or 20.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:36:50 PM] Kali: The lock wriggles a bit but slips under her hands. Roll notice, Wynn!

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:37:43 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar looks up at the windows again!

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:37:56 PM] Wynn: ((17))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:39:41 PM] Kali: Nilani can try again, or take 20.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:40:22 PM] Nilani: ((bleh, fine))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:41:11 PM] Wynn: Wynn reaches into her pouch and pulls out the "yo-yo"

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:41:13 PM | Edited 7:41:30 PM] Nilani: ((that'd be a 28, unless Wynn intervenes))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:41:38 PM] Kali: After a while, the lock click open under Nilani's expert fingers.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:42:08 PM] Iskandar: Nice work!

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:43:14 PM] Kali: The double-doors swing open into a smallish antechamber.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:43:16 PM] Wynn: Let me go first.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:43:24 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks around first, though!

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:43:56 PM] Janis: Janis looks inside for anything awry.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:44:11 PM] Wynn: Wynn steps inside.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:44:11 PM] Janis: ((21 search check))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:44:38 PM] Nilani: Nilani gets up and cautiously proceeds.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:44:49 PM] Janis: Janis follows

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:45:03 PM] Kali: It's pitch-black inside.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:45:14 PM] Kali: Grayson brings up the rear and the door closes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:45:15 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar casts dancing lights.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:46:19 PM] Kali: It brightens up, and you're in a dim antechamber, with a much larger room a bit further in.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:46:36 PM] Janis: You're a spellcaster, too?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:46:42 PM] Iskandar: Of course.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:46:56 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... hope you have good aim with a fireball, then.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:47:05 PM] Wynn: Well, just keep your eyes open, everyone. Let's go towards the window.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:47:16 PM] Wynn: Wynn pulls her shield down to her arm.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:47:22 PM] Wynn: Where did you see the movement?

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:47:23 PM] Iskandar: Fire is for brutes and savages.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:47:41 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar looks around, trying to pin down the direction of the window he saw the movement in.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:48:21 PM | Edited 7:48:34 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks around for anything that looks like a trap, or otherwise dangerous object or entity.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:48:58 PM] Wynn: Wynn sticks the yo-yo back in her pouch.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:50:05 PM] Janis: Janis keeps her bow ready.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:51:40 PM] Kali: The movement was off to the left as you stand facing the larger room.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:52:51 PM] Iskandar: That way.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:52:52 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar points left.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:53:00 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods and heads that way.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:53:09 PM] Janis: Janis follows

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:53:29 PM] Kali: You end up in a coatroom, it appears, but there's another room on the other side of that one, with a shut door.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:53:33 PM] Kali: Roll Notice!

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:54:00 PM] Wynn: ((19))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:54:11 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks around cautiously (( 24 ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:54:20 PM] Iskandar: (( 8 ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:54:24 PM] Janis: ((29, nat 20))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:55:18 PM] Janis: Janis grabs the arm of anyone in front of her and points to the coats

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:55:58 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:56:22 PM] Janis: Janis aims her bow in the direction

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:56:33 PM] Kali: One of the coats jiggles!

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:56:34 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar looks over there!

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:56:52 PM] Wynn: Wynn reaches out to push the coat aside and look behind it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:57:20 PM] Kali: Something pounces Wynn's face from the coats! Roll Initiative!

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:57:41 PM] Iskandar: ((5))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:57:48 PM] Wynn: ((15))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:57:54 PM] Janis: ((16))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:58:12 PM] Nilani: (( 15 ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[7:58:57 PM] Kali: * Janis * There is a very large calico cat trying to kill Wynn's face.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:00:19 PM] Janis: ....um...should I shoot it?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:00:38 PM] Janis: It looks like just a cat.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:01:47 PM] Janis: Janis lowers her bow.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:02:05 PM] Janis: Janis runs up and tries to wrestle the cat off of Wynn.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:02:48 PM] Kali: Janis successfully gets the cat off Wynn, though not without incurring a few minor scratches.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:02:51 PM] Kali: End init.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:02:58 PM] Kali: The cat spits and wriggles ineffectually.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:03:13 PM] Janis: Janis uses handle animal to try and soothe the cat.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:03:42 PM] Janis: Janis pets the cat and makes soothing shush-y sounds ((18))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:03:45 PM] Iskandar: So, cat. Are you an extradimensional invader?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:04:10 PM] Janis: You speak cat, too? What else do you do?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:04:34 PM] Wynn: Wynn glares at the cat.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:04:46 PM] Kali: The cat growwwwwls.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:04:56 PM] Wynn: Wynn slams her visor shut.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:05:01 PM] Iskandar: We should check Wynn for lycanthropy. Could be a were-cat.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:05:12 PM] Nilani: Nilani eyes the cat cautiously.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:05:19 PM] Wynn: The Saint would not allow me to be overcome by disease.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:05:35 PM] Kali: Grayson: I think that was a joke. ... probably.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:05:42 PM] Janis: Janis is still petting the cat.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:05:55 PM] Iskandar: That's charitable of him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:06:52 PM] Kali: The cat seems to have calmed down a little bit, though it does seem to know none of you are supposed to be here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:07:15 PM] Kali: Or maybe that's how cats act around everyone.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:07:16 PM] Wynn: Let's go. We can shut the door behind us and leave it here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:07:29 PM] Wynn: Wynn continues on.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:07:41 PM] Janis: We should finish checking the house first, though.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:08:01 PM] Wynn: I meant here in the closet.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:08:05 PM] Janis: Oh.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:08:09 PM] Wynn: We can let it out when we leave.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:08:12 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar inspects the coats.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:08:27 PM] Janis: Janis puts the cat down and follows Wynn.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:10:34 PM] Kali: The cat follows after you.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:10:36 PM] Kali: Roll notice!

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:10:58 PM] Wynn (v): ((19))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:11:01 PM] Nilani: (( 10 ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:11:11 PM] Janis: ((14))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:11:19 PM] Iskandar: ((15)

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:11:29 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar turns away from the coats, following the others.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:12:16 PM] Wynn (v): Wynn (v) stops.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:12:18 PM] Nilani: Nilani follows, rummaging around in her pouches for something

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:12:41 PM] Wynn (v): Janis, can you put the cat back?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:12:58 PM] Janis: Janis looks back and tries to heard the cat into the closet again.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:13:33 PM] Janis: ((21 Handle Animal))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:14:26 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar looks around!

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:15:13 PM] Kali: The cat purrrs in Janis's arms, flipping over for a tummy rub.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:15:28 PM] Wynn (v): ...are you sure the movement you saw was in this direction?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:15:39 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar nods.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:15:44 PM] Iskandar: Fairly sure.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:15:57 PM] Wynn (v): You guys hear that music? It's coming from back the other way.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:15:59 PM] Janis: Janis scratches the cats tummy, puts her back down, and shuts the door behind her as they exit the closet.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:16:20 PM] Janis: I don't hear anything.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:16:22 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar strains to listen.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:16:26 PM] Janis: Janis listens closely.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:16:56 PM] Wynn (v): Wynn (v) shrugs. "Let's keep going this way, then we'll check out the other side. Don't want to disturb the cat again."

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:17:36 PM] Iskandar: Right. You already might be a were-cat.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:17:36 PM] Kali: Cat: Mrow.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:17:42 PM] Wynn (v): Wynn (v) continues walking in the original direction.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:18:09 PM] Kali: Cat: Mrowww.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:18:15 PM] Kali: You head back to the door!

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:18:19 PM] Kali: It's still there.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:18:21 PM] Kali: Roll Notice again!

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:18:33 PM] Janis: ((28))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:18:44 PM] Iskandar: (( 8! ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:18:51 PM] Wynn (v): ((17))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:18:52 PM] Nilani: (( 15 ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:19:17 PM] Janis: ...singing...

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:19:21 PM] Janis: Someone's here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:20:00 PM] Janis: Janis heads in the direction of the singing

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:20:02 PM] Janis: Come on.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:20:12 PM] Wynn (v): Wynn (v) walks up and ahead of Janis.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:20:17 PM] Nilani: Nilani quietly follows.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:20:28 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar follows!

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:20:43 PM] Janis: Janis rolls her eyes as Wynn passes her.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:20:46 PM | Edited 8:21:31 PM] Kali: Grayson brings up the rear again and you head back through the entryway and onto the other side of it. There's a door.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:22:11 PM] Wynn (v): Wynn (v) opens it!

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:22:29 PM] Janis: Janis readies her bow again

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:23:16 PM] Kali: You walk into a nice little sitting room.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:23:35 PM] Kali: This room also has a door, though, and the music is coming from beyond it; it has a strange echoey sound and it's very faint.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:24:15 PM] Iskandar: ((What kind of music?))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:24:47 PM] Kali: A single person singing from the sound of it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:25:08 PM] Wynn (v): Wynn (v) walks up to the door.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:26:00 PM] Janis: Janis follows, arrow ready.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:26:19 PM] Kali: The singing person is probably not in the next room. It's pretty faint and echoey even from here--it's a miracle Wynn heard it from the other side of the house, really.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:26:22 PM] Wynn (v): Wynn (v) opens the door!

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:27:29 PM] Kali: Wynn opens the door into a set of stairs, leading both up and down.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:27:37 PM] Kali: The sound is coming from below, still pretty faint.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:27:46 PM] Wynn (v): Wynn (v) starts down the stairs.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:28:00 PM] Janis: Janis follows

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:28:06 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar follows along, keeping his eyes peeled upstairs as he goes down.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:28:24 PM] Nilani: Nilani follows, cautiously glancing back occasionally.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:29:34 PM] Kali: The steps are stone, and there's no rug here, so every one of your steps is clearly audible. Except Nilani the ninja.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:30:00 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar casts Light.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:31:07 PM] Kali: And the steps brigten up quite a bit.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:32:17 PM] Kali: The singing gets louder. It's just one person, for sure.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:32:33 PM] Janis: Why is someone just...singing?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:33:25 PM] Wynn (v): Why not?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:33:36 PM] Iskandar: ((Is it a male or female voice? What are they singing?))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:34:17 PM] Kali: Impossible to tell.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:34:48 PM] Kali: Though it's a ragged, weak voice.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:34:58 PM] Wynn (v): Wynn (v) goes a little faster.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:34:59 PM] Kali: You get to the bottom of the steps; it's a very large room with a white tiled floor.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:35:27 PM] Kali: There are a few tables out that you can see, in pairs.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:36:03 PM | Edited 8:36:10 PM] Kali: A large table with restraints and a small table with tools--knives, tweezers, clamps and the like.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:36:13 PM] Iskandar: .... oh, fantastic.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:36:16 PM] Janis: .........................

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:36:27 PM | Edited 8:37:13 PM] Nilani: http://i.imgur.com/Z9oXJra.png?1

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:36:34 PM] Janis: That doesn't look like fun.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:36:44 PM] Kali: Along the other side of the wall you can see ... well, mostly bars. It's darker over there.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:36:44 PM] Janis: Janis starts to look...very not good.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:36:53 PM] Wynn (v): Wynn (v) looks for the source of the song.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:37:17 PM] Kali: It seems to be coming from a heap of leather in the corner.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:37:41 PM] Wynn (v): Hello? Do you need help?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:37:45 PM] Kali: The voice stops as you get closer with the light, though. "It's not time. It's not time, go away. I'm so hungry, please, it's not time."

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:37:59 PM] Kali: It's a male voice with a strange accent.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:38:02 PM] Wynn (v): Wynn (v) raises her visor and slowly approaches.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:38:19 PM] Kali: Everyone should make an Int roll!

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:38:35 PM] Wynn (v): ((8 sigh))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:38:39 PM] Janis: ((13))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:39:15 PM] Nilani: (( 15 ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:39:17 PM] Kali: "It's not time, it's not time, it's NOT TIME."

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:39:23 PM] Iskandar: (( 9 ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:39:42 PM] Wynn (v): I'm not here for Pelor. I'm just looking for whoever is responsible for this.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:39:43 PM] Janis: ((Nevermind, mine's a 10))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:40:31 PM] Kali: "Pelor cares, she said. She wouldn't lie."

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:40:59 PM] Wynn (v): I'm sure he does. What happened here?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:41:27 PM] Janis: She?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:41:30 PM] Kali: "She promised to come back but she never did. She never came back."

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:41:41 PM] Wynn (v): Does anyone have food?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:41:54 PM] Nilani: Nilani nods

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:42:18 PM] Kali: "No choice. There's never a choice."

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:42:39 PM] Wynn (v): Are you talking about the.... Korrigan's, was it?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:42:47 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar looks around the room.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:42:57 PM] Nilani: Maybe that person would understand Abyssal better.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:43:16 PM] Kali: The pile of leather moves a little bit. "I don't want to do it anymore. Can't I stop?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:44:10 PM] Wynn (v): Wynn (v) kneels next to the leather and reaches out to move it aside.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:44:22 PM] Kali: You can't. He's on the other side of the bars.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:44:34 PM] Kali: There *is* a door into the cage, but it's closed.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:44:42 PM] Wynn (v): What are they making you do?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:44:51 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar looks in the other cages.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:45:08 PM] Wynn (v): Wynn (v) points to the cage door and looks at Nilani.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:45:15 PM] Kali: The others seem to be empty.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:45:37 PM] Kali: "So hungry..."

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:45:43 PM | Edited 8:45:52 PM] Iskandar: ....you sure you wanna do that?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:46:02 PM] Wynn: He needs help. I'm going to help him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:46:22 PM] Janis: He doesn't seem...quite right. We probably shouldn't let him out until we know what's going on.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:46:37 PM] Wynn: Then lock it behind me. I'm going in to help him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:46:42 PM] Kali: The leather rustles again, and suddenly a person stands up from the pile and rams into the cage door.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:46:58 PM] Wynn: Hey, calm down.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:47:03 PM] Kali: There's a banging noise from it and you also see what you're dealing with.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:49:12 PM] Kali: It's a horrifically emaciated, naked man with filthy, matted red hair and a massive pair of red wings, though they seem to be shedding nasty greyish castoff scales everywhere. He also has a pair of horns that curve back from his forehead; the tip of one of them is missing. Oh, and he has a lot of scars.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:49:30 PM] Nilani: Nilani approaches the bars, holding out a piece of candy bread, staying far enough away that he guy won't be able to grab her or whatever.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:49:41 PM] Wynn: You should let me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:50:16 PM] Kali: He sniffs at it, and then sniffs at Nilani. His hands are shackled even inside the cage.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:50:31 PM] Kali: Anyone have any Knowledge skills?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:50:37 PM] Wynn: ((religion))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:50:58 PM] Iskandar: ((Arcana.))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:51:00 PM] Janis: ((Nature))

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:52:00 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar looks around the rest of the room.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:52:26 PM] Wynn: Nilani, step back.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:52:54 PM] Janis: Janis looks at Wynn

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:52:57 PM] Wynn: Wynn steps between him and Nilani. "What were they doing to you?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:53:39 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks questioningly at Wynn, keeping her hand far enough away that he can't bite it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:54:08 PM] Iskandar: ... I don't like the Korringtons that much.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:54:32 PM] Janis: I'm not sure this is them.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:54:35 PM] Kali: "... it's not time. Please don't make me do it again."

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:54:38 PM] Janis: It might be the other plane.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:55:03 PM] Wynn: What were they.......

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:55:21 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... maybe we should give him some pants.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:55:36 PM] Iskandar: What did they make you do?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:55:43 PM] Wynn: He's an incubus.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:56:03 PM] Wynn: I think I can guess.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:56:30 PM] Janis: ...incubus?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:56:53 PM] Kali: He stares at Wynn. "You're different."

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:57:14 PM] Wynn: Perhaps. Are you willing to speak?

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:57:54 PM] Nilani: Nilani gives Wynn the bread, looking sorrowfully at the guy.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:58:04 PM] Wynn: Wynn takes it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:58:24 PM] Kali: "I'm speaking. Or I imagine myself to be speaking."

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:58:40 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods. "No sudden moves."

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:59:12 PM] Wynn: Wynn holds the bread out for him close enough that he can reach it even with his hands tied.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:59:40 PM] Iskandar: If he's an incubus, that *might* not be what he's hungry for.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:59:42 PM] Kali: He just stares at it, baffled.

<p class="MsoNormal">[8:59:48 PM] Janis: Janis readies her bow and aims at the incubus

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:00:00 PM] Wynn: ...I suppose not.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:00:03 PM] Wynn: Wynn steps back.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:00:50 PM] Wynn: Then I suppose my guess as to what they were doing to him is inaccurate as well.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:00:56 PM] Wynn: Who was holding you here?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:01:04 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks questioningly at Iskandar, then turns quite pink as the realization dawns.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:01:21 PM] Kali: "Children. They want children. They all want children."

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:01:25 PM] Nilani: Nilani slowly edges away.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:01:37 PM] Janis: Janis tightens her grip on her bow

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:02:01 PM] Wynn: They're using you to breed?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:02:35 PM] Kali: He kind of slumps down up against the bars, clearly exhausted.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:04:16 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar frowns.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:04:32 PM] Kali: "I'm so hungry. Please."

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:04:51 PM] Wynn: ....I don't know that I want to know the answer to this, but hungry for what?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:06:06 PM] Kali: "You. Her. Anyone. ... not the crying frightened ones. Please. It's not natural. Not natural."

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:06:37 PM] Janis: ........I don't think I like where this is going.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:06:50 PM] Wynn: Yep. I didn't really want to know.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:07:07 PM] Iskandar: ... I think we should put him out of his misery.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:07:52 PM] Wynn: .....perhaps. He *is* a demon.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:08:05 PM] Kali: He slumps back over again and covers himself up with his wings.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:08:08 PM] Janis: Who wanted you to do this?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:08:10 PM] Iskandar: Id on't care that he's a demon. Just that he's suffering.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:08:31 PM] Iskandar: It ain't right. Especially with what they're using him for.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:09:04 PM | Edited 9:09:29 PM] Wynn: I'm sorry. We can't feed you. Tell us who is responsible and we'll make them pay for it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:09:58 PM] Kali: Sounding even more exhausted and thin than before, he says "I don't want to kill anybody else. Please. Please."

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:10:24 PM] Iskandar: ... We should search the rest of the house.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:10:42 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:11:03 PM] Wynn: We'll be back.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:11:23 PM] Wynn: One way or another, I won't let you starve to death in there.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:11:59 PM] Kali: There's no answer, but he starts singing again, still curled into a ball.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:12:31 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads back to the stairs. "Let's go see who else is here."

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:12:32 PM] Janis: Janis stops Wynn from leaving.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:12:38 PM] Wynn: What?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:12:42 PM] Janis: If we're gonna kill him we should do it now.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:12:59 PM] Wynn: ...I don't know that we will.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:13:10 PM] Kali: Grayson: We're definitely not leaving him here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:13:22 PM] Wynn: We'll be back. We can see what else is here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:13:29 PM] Janis: It's mean.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:13:39 PM] Janis: You just said we might kill him in front of him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:14:00 PM] Janis: You're leaving him to wait in a cage, thinking we might come back and kill him at any time.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:14:40 PM] Wynn: I'm not ready to decide yet.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:15:05 PM] Iskandar: If we search the house, we might be able to find some clue to who he is, where he comes from, and what they were doing here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:15:35 PM] Wynn: He's singing a hymn to Pelor and seems repentant. He's also been mistreated. However, he's also a demon. It's a little more complicated than "pick A or B right now."

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:15:35 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... that's fine, but we're definitely not leaving him here like this.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:15:48 PM] Wynn: We *will* be back and we'll decide then.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:16:04 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... right, but that's right off the table. Let's go look.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:16:40 PM] Janis: ...ok...just remember what you're doing.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:16:57 PM] Janis: Janis holsters her bow and heads up the stairs.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:17:33 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar leaves the basement, looking for papers or records or anything of that sort.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:17:54 PM] Kali: You search the house!

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:17:57 PM] Kali: Roll Search.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:18:50 PM] Iskandar: ((12))

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:18:53 PM] Nilani: (( 23 ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:18:58 PM] Wynn: ((yeah... 4))

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:19:03 PM] Kali: It's a pretty big house and it takes a couple of hours to search it all.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:19:32 PM] Janis: ((11))

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:22:35 PM] Kali: When it's done you meet back in the ballroom, which is dark and shadowy.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:22:39 PM] Iskandar: ... lots of torturing goin on here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:23:48 PM] Nilani: If I'm interpreting what I found correctly, This family has been doing this to him or another incubus for at least four generations.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:24:07 PM] Janis: What are they doing, exactly?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:24:27 PM] Iskandar: Trying to breed heirs with fiendish blood, I'd guess.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:24:52 PM] Janis: .......ew....

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:25:11 PM] Wynn: But why?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:25:43 PM] Iskandar: Lots of power in fiendish blood.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:25:54 PM] Iskandar: Could explain why the family is powerful.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:25:56 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... why would they even think that's worth it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:26:36 PM] Iskandar: Because they're horrible people.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:26:40 PM] Wynn: What do you think they'd do to him if we turned him over to Gareth?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:27:14 PM] Janis: How do you think we turn him over to Gareth without him eating one of us?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:27:26 PM] Wynn: I don't think he wants to *eat* us.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:27:37 PM] Kali: Grayson: .... how does that work, anyway?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:27:57 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks quite stonefaced, but does not turn pink this time.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:28:05 PM] Wynn: I'm... not really sure. But it's not something I'd be willing to do, nor would I ask Nilani to.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:28:47 PM] Iskandar: You have sex with them, they get energy from it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:29:07 PM] Kali: Grayson: I thought they kissed the life out of you.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:29:32 PM] Nilani: He said he didn't want to kill anyone. Does that kill the other person?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:29:46 PM] Wynn: Would you trust him if he said no?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:30:00 PM] Iskandar: I don't know. I'm not exactly an expert in the subject.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:30:41 PM] Wynn: Regardless, the options I see now are to kill him, turn him over to Gareth, or to hold him on Nation until we reach an amiable plane.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:30:43 PM] Kali: Grayson: I'm thinking he might be missing a few marbles, too.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:31:10 PM] Iskandar: I think he's a bit too damaged to be trusted.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:31:26 PM] Janis: Why is he singing to Pelor though?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:31:35 PM] Wynn: Maybe he's reformed.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:31:38 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... we could always let him out and if he goes for us, kill him. I mean... then we'd know, right?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:31:54 PM] Iskandar: Or it was Clerics of Pelor that tortured him into submission.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:32:12 PM] Wynn: But what would we do with him if we didn't kill him?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:32:15 PM] Wynn: That's what I want to know.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:32:23 PM] Wynn: What would Gareth do with him?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:32:33 PM] Wynn: What would *we* do with him?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:33:05 PM] Iskandar: From what you guys said about the people here, they'd likely execute him. Perhaps punish this powerful rich family for their part.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:33:11 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... pretty unlikely, Pelor clerics are usually not the torturing kind.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:33:44 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... hey, isn't there a library in here? Do they have anything on demons, maybe?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:34:35 PM] Wynn: ...how did they capture him? Maybe he can return to his own plane once he's freed.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:34:52 PM] Iskandar: Maybe.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:34:56 PM] Iskandar: Let's find the library.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:35:11 PM] Nilani: Nilani leads them to the library

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:35:16 PM] Janis: Janis follows

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:35:25 PM] Wynn: Wynn follows and puts her shield back on her back.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:36:12 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar looks for books on demons.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:36:17 PM] Kali: You all head to the library!

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:36:26 PM] Kali: It has a *suspiciously* extensive section on demons.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:37:18 PM] Janis: Well, look at that. The demon-obsessed family has a lot of books on demons.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:37:44 PM] Nilani: Once there, she points out a certain tapestry and shows you "an embroidered family tree. It goes back several generations--these people do appear to be humans--and while it doesn't *say* anything particularly unusual, some of the children are in red for no obvious reason--and these are also apparently all, without exception, single parents."

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:38:25 PM] Nilani: Nilani then looks through the demon books

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:38:40 PM] Wynn: ....I think we should go talk to him. It'll be faster than rifling through an entire section of library.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:38:42 PM] Iskandar: So... where are these people now? Why aren't they here?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:39:21 PM | Edited 9:39:40 PM] Nilani: Well, they can't exactly hold parties in a house with a singing demon in the basement.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:39:35 PM] Wynn: Someone find out how they eat.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:39:39 PM] Kali: You find several guides to succubi and incubi.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:39:43 PM] Kali: They do include eating habits.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:40:29 PM] Kali: Apparently while they *can* drain your energy through sex they can also drain it through kissing or even, some of the books say, other "acts of passion." The racier books include lists which I will not repeat.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:41:29 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar opens a book and narrows his eyes at a fold out section.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:41:39 PM] Kali: The problem with the kissing is that when you start generally you want them to keep going.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:41:41 PM] Iskandar: That just seems excesssive.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:42:08 PM] Kali: Grayson is pretty much permanently blushing during this time, by the way.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:44:05 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks at one of the more scientific ones, but still looks a bit pink.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:44:07 PM] Wynn: Ok, so we know that now. We still don't know what would happen to him if we didn't kill him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:44:30 PM] Wynn: I think we have enough hostile creatures on Nation.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:44:48 PM] Iskandar: We either hand him over or kill him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:44:52 PM] Kali: It's not mentioned anywhere as to whether they can actually starve to death, but it seems likely.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:45:06 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... I don't think we should hand him over and I'm... still not sure we should kill him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:45:29 PM] Nilani: They'll probably just kill him here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:45:30 PM] Wynn: Anyone see anything about them being able to recall back to their own planes?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:46:34 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar reads on incubi post-mordems. "I seem to recall reading something about how when a demon is killed on the material plane, their energy or what have you goes back to their home plane and reforms them eventually.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:46:50 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... so send him back to hell? What if he doesn't want to go back?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:47:18 PM] Wynn: Well let's go talk to him. It might be preferable to what would happen to him here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:47:47 PM] Iskandar: That or he starves to death on your ship, or he starves to death here, or we kill him, or Gareth kills him and possible exposes this family's ... debased practices.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:47:58 PM] Wynn: We can expose them without him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:48:28 PM] Iskandar: We're non-entities. What proof would we bring forward?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:48:51 PM] Wynn: Well, for one, as soon as we speak to Gareth, he has reason to come in with his own people.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:49:09 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... I don't think we should bring them in.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:49:22 PM] Kali: Grayson heads down into the basement, shaking his head.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:49:36 PM] Wynn: Wynn follows Grayson. "What do you mean?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:50:07 PM] Kali: Grayson: I don't know that I trust them to do the right thing, is all. I mean, I didn't meet them until today, so maybe you know something I don't.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:50:18 PM] Janis: Janis follows

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:50:40 PM] Wynn: ...I suppose that's a valid concern.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:50:48 PM] Wynn: I don't know.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:51:02 PM] Janis: We need them to expose the family, or they'll just summon another demon.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:51:12 PM] Janis: Even if we kill him, we've done nothing.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:51:14 PM] Wynn: Let's go see if he can get home if we free him. Then we'll move from there.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:51:30 PM] Kali: The demon is still singing. He sounds exhausted.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:52:10 PM] Wynn: Wynn approaches the cage. "Do you have a name?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:52:25 PM] Wynn: Wynn tosses the clothes she picked up inside.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:52:51 PM] Kali: He stops singing. "... name. I forgot it."

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:53:40 PM] Kali: He uncurls and stares at the clothes for a moment before putting them on; they're too big given how emaciated he is, but it's still better than nothing. He leans against the bars again; the shackles he's wearing have a faint shimmer to them.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:54:00 PM] Wynn: Are those keeping you here?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:54:18 PM] Wynn: Can you get home if we take them off?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:54:50 PM] Kali: "... yes. Home?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:55:17 PM] Iskandar: Wherever you come from. Do you remember where you came from?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:56:00 PM] Kali: "Darkness and pain."

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:56:31 PM] Wynn: ...if you were free, where would you go?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:56:58 PM] Kali: "Free?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:57:27 PM] Nilani: Unshackled and released from this basement.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:57:51 PM] Kali: He rattles the manacles.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:58:40 PM] Iskandar: What would you do if we let you go?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:58:54 PM] Kali: He slides his hands out through the bars, having to hold them sideways because of the manacles.

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:59:51 PM] Iskandar: That's not an answer. That's doing something, not saying something. What would you do?

<p class="MsoNormal">[9:59:52 PM] Wynn: Why do you sing to Pelor?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:00:20 PM] Kali: "She said he'd hear me. Even here. She said he'd care. Even for me."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:00:32 PM] Janis: ((18 SM on the demon))

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:01:25 PM] Wynn: We know someone who would assure you that is true.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:01:42 PM] Janis: Who's she?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:01:44 PM] Kali: He jiggles the manacles again.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:01:48 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks at Wynn, holding up a lockpick. "Objections?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:01:59 PM] Janis: Hold on.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:02:09 PM] Janis: She. Who was she?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:04:03 PM] Kali: "... she came here sometimes. She didn't... she never hurt anyone. And she had magic. She spent magic on me. Things were always better when she was here, and she let me... no one had to die, she said. But she doesn't come anymore."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:04:34 PM] Wynn: Do you know her name?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:04:42 PM] Wynn: What she looked like?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:05:21 PM] Kali: "She smelled like fresh bread and oranges."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:05:45 PM] Iskandar: So... a mage who came down here to help with the breeding experiments.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:05:53 PM] Wynn: Sounds more like a priestess.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:06:10 PM] Wynn: A witness or accomplice.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:06:25 PM] Janis: Why would they let a priestess down here?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:06:47 PM] Wynn: It sounds like she healed him and the people he "fed" on.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:06:49 PM] Kali: He rattles the manacles again, slipping down onto his knees, hands still outside the cage.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:06:56 PM] Iskandar: to help keep the demon in line.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:07:26 PM] Kali: "She never brought anyone else."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:08:37 PM] Wynn: I'm going to let her take those manacles off. Just be warned. If you make *one* move against any of us, I *will* kill you. Understand?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:09:32 PM] Kali: "Still here. I'm still here."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:09:47 PM] Wynn: Wynn draws her mace and nods to Nilani.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:09:56 PM] Iskandar: ....it could be that there's soemthing keeping him addled.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:10:09 PM | Edited 10:10:41 PM] Iskandar: Could be mental damage, but it could be a spell or binding, too.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:10:22 PM | Edited 10:11:45 PM] Nilani: Nilani tries to pick the lock (( 18+2=20 ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:10:25 PM] Iskandar: He could get a lot of his faculties back if you unshackle him. For good or ill.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:10:25 PM] Wynn: You're a caster. Do you detect magic on anything besides the manacles?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:10:26 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... I don't know that I'd be all that sane after being kept in a dungeon for breeding purposes for 80 years either.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:10:44 PM] Kali: Roll for it, Nilani!

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:11:18 PM] Iskandar: All over the place, really. He's magic himself.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:12:01 PM] Kali: Nilani has a hard time of it--the manacles, like everything else in his cell, are filthy, and covered with blood, and dried blood seems to have gotten into the lockworks, and there's some slipperiness with the blood that isn't dry--he seems to be oozing a bit from the wrists where the manacles touch him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:12:52 PM] Kali: But after a few seconds the lock pops open and there's a bright, bright flash of light. Roll fort, everyone!

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:13:12 PM] Wynn: ((13))

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:13:20 PM] Janis: ((4, nat 1 ;)

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:13:28 PM] Nilani: (( 6 ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:13:54 PM] Iskandar: ((21))

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:14:06 PM] Kali: Everyone gets knocked over, except Iskandar.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:15:27 PM] Kali: When you get your vision back the incubus doesn't look like an incubus anymore--instead it's a fairly good-looking human man with red hair in a tidy ponytail, and blue eyes. He's not horribly gaunt anymore, either--but he *is* still in the little prison cell.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:15:42 PM] Wynn: Wynn stands.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:15:54 PM] Janis: ...ok...

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:16:00 PM | Edited 10:16:15 PM] Nilani: Nilani attempts to get up and dust herself off

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:16:04 PM] Kali: "... who are you, and why did you do that?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:16:14 PM] Wynn: Who are you?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:16:23 PM] Wynn: Do you know your name now?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:16:50 PM] Kali: Grayson hauls himself to his feet too.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:17:08 PM] Kali: "... I doubt it would mean anything to you, but yes."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:17:27 PM] Wynn: Do you remember anything about the people who were holding you here?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:18:25 PM] Kali: "Yes. You're not with them, are you?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:18:33 PM] Wynn: No, we aren't.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:19:18 PM] Kali: He takes a step back, rubbing his wrists. They're still bleeding. "Good."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:19:24 PM] Nilani: We need to get out of here before someone suprises us.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:19:29 PM] Wynn: I can heal you.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:19:46 PM] Iskandar: YEah. If they're detecting extradimensional magic, they'll definitely detect that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:20:11 PM] Kali: "I'm not... sure that's a good idea. I'm still *very* hungry."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:20:14 PM] Wynn: We still need to decide on what to do with him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:20:30 PM] Wynn: ....I meant your wrists.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:21:13 PM] Kali: "I *think* I could prevent myself from killing you."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:22:21 PM] Wynn: I meant more traditional healing.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:22:33 PM] Wynn: Positive energy.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:23:21 PM] Kali: "That would take care of the wrists, yes. And bring you within grabbing distance."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:24:11 PM] Iskandar: Can you plane shift yourself out of here?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:24:18 PM] Wynn: Wynn narrows her eyes. "And if you did, our decision would be made much easier."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:25:13 PM] Kali: "Too weak. And why do you think I stepped back? You all smell extremely edible to me right now and I'd rather not hurt anyone."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:26:54 PM] Iskandar: What's your opinion on Pelor? In your previously addled state you seemed to be a fan.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:27:23 PM] Kali: "... what difference does it make?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:27:52 PM] Wynn: We have a decision to make. Free you or kill you.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:28:05 PM] Iskandar: None to me. Might make some to the paladins.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:28:25 PM] Kali: "Well, I'd prefer not to die."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:29:31 PM] Kali: "... someone who followed Pelor was kind to me once. I owe them a debt. I owe you too. Even if you kill me at least I have my mind back."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:29:38 PM] Wynn: What would you do once free?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:30:15 PM] Kali: "... if you let me, I'd go with you."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:30:23 PM] Wynn: Go with us?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:30:45 PM] Kali: "Yes. Out. Whereever you're going. It's got to be better than here."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:30:57 PM] Wynn: And how are we supposed to trust you?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:31:15 PM] Janis: We can watch him. Like how you watch me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:32:22 PM] Wynn: What say the rest of you?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:32:26 PM] Kali: "At this point, you shouldn't. I changed my appearance; I can't change that I'm starving to death. And I can't guarantee I won't... hurt someone."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:32:40 PM] Janis: ...can we try the bread again?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:33:20 PM] Kali: "It's a kind thought, but it won't help."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:33:22 PM] Iskandar: I just got here. Do you have any other demons aboard?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:33:35 PM] Janis: A hellhound.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:33:39 PM] Wynn: A half-demon and the mask that lives in Janis's face.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:33:43 PM] Janis: And a part demon shapeshifter.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:33:55 PM] Nilani: I believe I mentioned the hellhound already

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:33:59 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... apart from that, no.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:34:25 PM] Kali: Grayson: What happens if we *don't* take you with us?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:34:44 PM] Kali: "I'll die here."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:35:54 PM] Iskandar: You going to be able to help him not starve?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:35:55 PM] Wynn: ...well, I suppose the worst thing that could happen if he turned on us on the ship is that Nation would disintigrate him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:36:37 PM] Wynn: I have to admit... I'm a bit conflicted about all this, and could use some guidance from a "mentor".

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:36:53 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar pulls the graphic book he brought from upstairs out and unfolds the fold-out toward Wynn!

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:37:00 PM] Kali: SEXY

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:37:13 PM] Wynn: Wynn glares at Iskandar.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:37:51 PM] Iskandar: It'll have to be dealt with.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:38:09 PM] Wynn: I thought we found other methods.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:38:16 PM] Kali: "I can't help being what I am."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:38:23 PM] Wynn: We *do* have a powerful priestess on the ship that may know what to do.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:39:21 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar looks at the incubus. "No.  But I also assume you don't want to starve to death on our deathship."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:40:11 PM] Kali: "No. ... we could always try it and you could shoot me if I don't... stop quickly enough."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:40:32 PM] Wynn: Can it wait until we're on the ship?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:40:58 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar shrugs. "I'll defer to the rest of you on this one."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:41:07 PM] Iskandar: I have nothing against demons per se.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:41:23 PM] Kali: "... I only *look* better. I'll never make the stairs."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:42:13 PM] Wynn: Wynn holsters her mace.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:43:35 PM] Nilani: Nilani strides towards the bars. "Bleh. We need to leave, you guys are taking too long, and we need you restored."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:43:41 PM] Wynn: Nilani, stop.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:43:58 PM] Kali: He backs up.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:44:09 PM] Nilani: Nilani does so, and looks questioningly at Wynn

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:44:33 PM] Wynn: You honestly think I'm going to let someone else put themselves in danger?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:45:05 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... maybe I should do this.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:45:11 PM] Wynn: Wynn shakes her head and walks forward. "I trust you all to stop him."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:45:20 PM] Nilani: If you go down, I'm not going to be able to carry you to a cleric.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:45:29 PM] Wynn: Grayson's strong enough.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:46:13 PM] Wynn: Open it, Nilani.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:46:20 PM] Wynn: Janis, get your bow ready.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:46:33 PM | Edited 10:47:01 PM] Nilani: Nilani attempts to do so. (( 16 ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:47:19 PM] Janis: Janis readies her bow and aims

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:47:25 PM] Kali: Grayson: Wait a minute, wait a minute.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:47:36 PM] Kali: Grayson: I should be the one doing this. I'm literally redundant.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:48:12 PM] Kali: "No one's redundant. And I'd prefer everyone to agree on what's going to happen here as I don't want to get shot."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:48:15 PM] Wynn: Oh, yeah... and then go back and have your other you *and* your sister kill me for letting you get killed? I don't think so.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:48:41 PM] Wynn: Besides... you'll be better to stop him than I will.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:49:13 PM] Iskandar: ... are you all really arguing over who is less important enough to potentially martyr themselves?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:49:28 PM] Iskandar: I just want to make sure that's what's going on.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:49:39 PM] Janis: How about this,

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:49:46 PM] Janis: Wynn, take him, or I shoot.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:50:12 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... that was not a good way to phrase that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:50:31 PM] Wynn: Door open, Nilani?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:50:34 PM] Janis: .....what...no...I mean just...help him out already!

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:50:37 PM] Kali: Grayson: And I still think it should be me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:51:01 PM | Edited 10:51:33 PM] Nilani: ((I dunno. Door open, Kali? :P ))

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:51:46 PM] Kali: Yep.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:51:52 PM] Kali: This lock's much easier than the previous ones.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:51:59 PM] Wynn: Grayson, just be ready to smite him if he doesn't stop.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:52:22 PM] Nilani: Nilani holds the door open, looking worriedly at Wynn.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:52:54 PM] Wynn: Wynn steps inside. "You better stop."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:53:15 PM] Janis: Wynn, do you have the manacles he was wearing?

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:53:28 PM] Wynn: No.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:53:52 PM] Janis: Grayson, can you grab those. If the family has them, they might be able to transform someone else.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:54:16 PM] Kali: Grayson nods, and grabs them.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:55:31 PM] Wynn: Wynn maneuvers around the cell so that the others have a free shot at him if he can't/won't stop.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:55:31 PM] Kali: The incubus watches Wynn warily.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:56:17 PM] Wynn: .....you just need a kiss, right? None of that fold-out stuff.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:56:22 PM] Nilani: Nilani pulls out her cold iron dagger, just in case

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:57:02 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar watches.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:57:31 PM] Kali: "Yes."

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:57:55 PM] Wynn: Let's get this over with, then.

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:59:12 PM] Kali: He hesitates. "... are you sure?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[10:59:33 PM] Wynn: I trust them.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:01:06 PM] Kali: He nods. "Then so shall I."

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:03:09 PM] Kali: He takes Wynn's hands, and smiles at her tentatively. "It's all right. It won't hurt."

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:04:58 PM] Wynn: You don't have to do that. I'm not afraid. Just get it done.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:06:18 PM] Kali: "... I've never actually tried to do this with anybody with an attitude of grim determination before. It's rather disconcerting."

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:06:48 PM] Wynn: Well, sorry. I don't do damsel well.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:07:53 PM] Kali: "I've kissed more knights."

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:07:58 PM] Iskandar: I think, technically he's the damsel.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:08:36 PM] Iskandar: And... you're a load-bearing pillar, I think.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:09:33 PM] Wynn: Wynn glares at Iskandar.. again.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:09:48 PM] Iskandar: Just judging from the look on your face, I mean.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:09:51 PM] Kali: "I never thought a knight would *actually* save me. Usually the distress is pretense."

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:10:40 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar looks at Nilani. "Is there any coconut on board your ship?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:11:06 PM] Nilani: Ask Talas. I'm sure she can grow some.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:11:14 PM] Wynn: Wynn sighs and looks back at the incubus.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:11:24 PM] Iskandar: Coconut is awful.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:12:01 PM] Kali: He smiles a little bit, lets go of one of her hands to brush a bit of hair out of her face and kisses her. A little bit tentatively and then much, much less so.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:12:10 PM] Janis: He's eating people now, Isk. I think coconut might be an improvement.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:12:31 PM] Janis: HEY!

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:12:42 PM] Janis: Janis pulls back the bowstring

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:12:46 PM] Janis: BACK OFF!

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:13:53 PM] Kali: He doesn't!

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:14:08 PM] Wynn: Wynn starts to lean into him some.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:14:27 PM] Kali: At least, not for a couple of seconds. Then he takes a step back and detaches Wynn from him. With a bit of a shove.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:15:14 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar takes a step forward, a faint smell of ozone charging the air around him for a moment until he releases Wynn.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:15:46 PM] Wynn: Wynn kind of staggers back to the wall, breathing deeply.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:16:07 PM] Kali: He puts his hands up.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:16:15 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks concernedly at Wynn. "You ok?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:16:21 PM] Kali: Grayson: She better be.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:16:38 PM] Wynn: Wynn straightens. "I'm fine."

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:17:09 PM | Edited 11:17:23 PM] Nilani: Nilani switches her concerned gaze to the incubus. "Better?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:18:32 PM] Kali: "... I'm not dying anymore, yes. Thank you. That was very... you're a priest, aren't you?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:18:41 PM] Wynn: Paladin.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:19:15 PM] Kali: "You can always tell. Thank you. I think I can walk out under my own power now. Where are we going?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:19:54 PM] Wynn: First, out of here. Likely Gareth will be waiting for us.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:20:10 PM] Wynn: Are your wrists healed, or do you need actual healing still?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:20:28 PM] Iskandar: What are you we going to tell him?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:20:44 PM] Wynn: The truth, obviously.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:20:48 PM] Janis: The truth

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:21:02 PM] Janis: The family was taking demons to breed with them.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:21:10 PM] Kali: "I could use some healing, now that I'm sure I'm not going to jump on you."

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:21:25 PM] Janis: They were turning people into the demons, and we rescued this man just in the nick of time.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:21:32 PM] Wynn: Wynn takes his hand and heals him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:21:32 PM] Janis: ...wait, what?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:21:53 PM] Wynn: Turning people *into* demons?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:22:03 PM] Janis: Isn't that what the manacles did?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:22:13 PM] Wynn: No. We tell them the truth, and that we are taking him into our custody.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:22:35 PM] Iskandar: No, the manacles made him incapable of defending himself or escaping.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:22:37 PM] Wynn: No, they kept him under control.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:22:51 PM] Janis: ...oh...

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:22:52 PM] Kali: "... I've always been a demon, I'm afraid. Thank you for your concern."

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:23:16 PM] Kali: The wounds on his wrists  are gone; there aren't any scars.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:23:27 PM] Wynn: ....did you think normal people are healed by a kiss?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:24:48 PM] Janis: ...I am very confused here...and I kind of just want to get back to the ship.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:25:08 PM] Wynn: Let's go then.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:25:12 PM] Nilani: Nilani starts up the stairs

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:25:16 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar nods.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:25:27 PM] Wynn: Wynn will follow the demon... keep an eye on him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:25:45 PM] Janis: What do you mean you're not jumping with us?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:26:17 PM] Iskandar: What?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:26:45 PM] Wynn: He said now that he knows he won't jump *on* us. Or me, more accurately.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:27:00 PM] Kali: Everyone heads back upstairs and out of the house!

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:27:07 PM] Janis: ...oh...

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:27:31 PM] Janis: ...so...what is your name?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:27:37 PM] Janis: Now that you remember it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:28:49 PM] Kali: He shrugs. "I'd rather not use the same one."

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:29:07 PM] Janis: Ok...what can we call you then?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:29:09 PM] Wynn: Then what would you prefer to be called?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:29:20 PM] Kali: "Maybe one of you could think of something."

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:30:52 PM] Wynn: Maybe.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:31:01 PM] Wynn: Let's get back to the ship first.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:31:40 PM] Kali: You head to the end of the long walkway and you're out! Gareth is waiting on the other side of the wall.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:32:38 PM] Wynn: Gareth.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:33:00 PM] Wynn: They have been capturing and forcing demons to breed with them. Four generations at least.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:33:45 PM] Kali: Gareth: Demons! You're certain of this?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:33:56 PM] Wynn: Incubi, to be specific.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:34:02 PM] Iskandar: Pretty certain, yeah.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:34:23 PM] Nilani: In the library, there is evidence of this on one of the tapestries.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:34:32 PM] Kali: Gareth: How do you know?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:34:35 PM] Wynn: In the basement, you'll find cages, restraints, and the like. In the library is a rather large selection of books and the tapestry.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:34:42 PM] Wynn: Because we found one.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:35:05 PM] Iskandar: We found a pair of magical manacles they were using to control their demons.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:36:16 PM] Kali: Gareth: And you dealt with the demons?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:36:25 PM] Iskandar: Yes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:36:28 PM] Wynn: It's under control. The house is empty now.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:37:14 PM | Edited 11:37:16 PM] Wynn: Do you know if the people here have a priestess, possibly of Pelor, that might have been helping?

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:37:17 PM] Kali: Gareth: Good. ... harboring demons is most certainly against the law.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:37:52 PM] Kali: Gareth: ... not that I've heard, but we can investigate the matter. A priestess of Pelor was behind it, really? I'd thought them above that sort of thing.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:38:01 PM] Wynn: Not necessarily behind it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:38:22 PM] Wynn: She may have been forced into helping, or could have been motivated by pity for them. They were terribly mistreated.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:39:30 PM] Wynn: She apparently kept the parties healed and prevented the potential mothers from suffering the negative consequences of their union.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:39:59 PM] Kali: Gareth: I doubt anyone would feel sorry for the demons.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:40:25 PM] Wynn: I doubt you could look at what was happening down there and *not* feel some sort of pity.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:41:30 PM] Iskandar: You're likely to find plenty of residual energies indicting these people in some really nasty business, at any rate.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:42:16 PM] Kali: Gareth: ... well. Generally people feel that demons have it coming, but it doesn't matter, they've been dispatched.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:42:30 PM] Kali: The incubus doesn't say anything, and appears bored by the conversation.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:43:12 PM] Kali: Gareth hands Wynn a small bag. "It's not much of a reward, I know, but it's the best I can do off the books like this."

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:44:10 PM] Wynn: Glad we could help. To be honest, I wouldn't normally accept, but the items we're asking for from your brother are apparently quite expensive.

<p class="MsoNormal">[11:44:54 PM] Kali: He nods, and you guys go back to the ship!