Perpetual Gloom 015a

[9/17/2013 10:28:45 PM] Kate: Let's see, where to? Staying in the guest house? [9/17/2013 10:29:14 PM] Amara: Is there a way to get to where Maya's room would be? Central house I assume? But is that easily accessible? [9/17/2013 10:31:25 PM] Kate: While the Central house is easily accessible, you find out you can really only get into the lobby, where the butler meets you politely, asking what you need. [9/17/2013 10:31:57 PM] Amara: Just looking around, actually, but thanks. Love what's been done with the place. [9/17/2013 10:32:33 PM] Kate: The butler nods. "If you require access to any other part of this building, please let me know." [9/17/2013 10:32:37 PM] Kate: He departs. [9/17/2013 10:32:40 PM] Amara: Wait! [9/17/2013 10:33:06 PM] Amara: I need access to another part of this building... [9/17/2013 10:33:15 PM] Kate: Butler: Which part, madam? [9/17/2013 10:33:38 PM] Amara: ….bedrooms? [9/17/2013 10:34:12 PM] Kate: Butler: ... I'm afraid I cannot do that without permission, madam. [9/17/2013 10:34:29 PM] Amara: Well…I can't really *ask* permission... [9/17/2013 10:36:34 PM] Kate: Butler: No? [9/17/2013 10:36:45 PM] Amara: She's not exactly here right now. [9/17/2013 10:39:00 PM] Kate: Butler: Ah. I am afraid it will have to wait, then, mistress. [9/17/2013 10:39:34 PM] Amara: Aw come on. Can't help a poor innocent lady out. I just want to explore a little. [9/17/2013 10:40:10 PM] Amara: Amara attempts both an innocent, yet seductive face….if that's even possible! [9/17/2013 10:40:24 PM] Amara: What harm could I do? I'm do little to do any *real* damage. [9/17/2013 10:41:04 PM] Kate: Butler: In my experience, mistress, those are *precisely* the ones to watch out for. But truly, I have no discretion in the matter--orders are clear. [9/17/2013 10:41:56 PM] Amara: Amara pushes the butler against a wall. "Okay lookie here butler man, you let me into the room, or I'm setting your ass on fire. You understand?" [9/17/2013 10:42:44 PM] Kate: The butler closes his eyes. "I would prefer to burn to death than to disobey orders. Mistress Zebeyana can be very... emphatic." [9/17/2013 10:44:27 PM] Amara: Goddsdamn you! Can't you just help a girl out! My boyfriend broke up with me, I've got this baby kobold I sort of kind of adopted, I have no money to my name, hell I have no family to my name, and on top of all of that, I am really pissed off at the situation right now. So could you please, just this once, disobey orders and help a girl out?! [9/17/2013 10:45:48 PM] Kate: Roll Diplomacy! [9/17/2013 10:46:34 PM] Kate: Butler: I *can't.* [9/17/2013 10:47:26 PM] Amara: THAT'S IT! [9/17/2013 10:48:11 PM] Amara: Amara casts burning hand at the nearest tapestry/ flammable object (besides the butler. not that cruel) [9/17/2013 10:48:39 PM] Kate: He flinches! And the tapestry is on fire! [9/17/2013 10:48:53 PM] Kate: The butler hastily pulls it down and stomps on it to put it out! [9/17/2013 10:49:20 PM] Amara: Amara grabs him by the collar. "Look I'm having a really bad day. So you can either help me out, or I'm burning down the place." [9/17/2013 10:50:16 PM] Kate: Butler: Mistress! I will have to call the guards! [9/17/2013 10:51:05 PM] Amara: Amara releases him and neatens his collar. [9/17/2013 10:51:26 PM] Kate: He gulps. [9/17/2013 10:51:40 PM] Kate: Roll Intimidate! Unless I got rid of that one, I forget. [9/17/2013 10:52:29 PM] Amara: (( It's still there. Apparently even angry petite girls aren't that intimidating )) [9/17/2013 10:53:26 PM] Kate: Well, the smouldering tapestry adds a bonus, you know. :) [9/17/2013 10:53:48 PM] Kate: Butler: ... Mistress Alydia could give permission? [9/17/2013 10:54:08 PM] Amara: Why the hell didn't you say that earlier.  She gives me permission. [9/17/2013 10:54:27 PM] Kate: Butler: I would have to hear it directly from her, mistress.... [9/17/2013 10:54:52 PM] Amara: Is she over here or in the guest house? [9/17/2013 10:55:15 PM] Kate: Butler: She is in the kitchen. [9/17/2013 10:55:29 PM] Amara: Amara drags him to the kitchen! [9/17/2013 10:55:56 PM] Kate: The door won't open, and the butler eeps. "I have to authorize you to get into the kitchen! Just a moment!" [9/17/2013 10:56:15 PM] Amara: Amara looks around for the nearest tapestry [9/17/2013 10:57:38 PM] Kate: He eeps, and touches the door, pushing it open. "Go ahead!" [9/17/2013 10:58:40 PM] Amara: Amara walks in. "Come on. Let's get her authorization." [9/17/2013 10:58:59 PM] Kate: The Butler swallows and follows Amara! [9/17/2013 11:02:55 PM] Kate: ((One seeeeeec.)) [9/17/2013 11:03:27 PM] Amara: (( can i take a biobreak for like 2 seconds? I'll be back super quick )) [9/17/2013 11:04:21 PM] Kate: ((Take five minutes. Good timing.)) [9/17/2013 11:05:48 PM] Amara: (( back! ))

[9/17/2013 11:05:57 PM] *** Kate added Khiro *** [9/17/2013 11:06:24 PM] Kate: Amara and Khiro, Tae Li and Ayr pop into the kitchen almost at exactly the same time, quite close to each other. [9/17/2013 11:06:43 PM | Edited 11:07:13 PM] Khiro: ..this house is confusing. But that's the point, isn't it? [9/17/2013 11:07:14 PM] Amara: Can I *please* just have your authorization to go snooping? [9/17/2013 11:07:29 PM] Kate: Alydia isn't there. [9/17/2013 11:07:34 PM] Khiro: We're looking for Alydia, Amara. [9/17/2013 11:07:42 PM] Amara: Goddsdamnit butler man you lied to me. [9/17/2013 11:07:47 PM] Kate: Instead, the group walks into a huge, cavernous, bustling kitchen filled with slaves. [9/17/2013 11:07:49 PM | Removed 11:08:02 PM] Amara: This message has been removed. [9/17/2013 11:07:49 PM] Kate: The butler isn't there either! [9/17/2013 11:08:00 PM] Kate: He wisely stayed behind, away from the scary lady! [9/17/2013 11:08:10 PM] Kate: You can roll perception to see if you can spot Alydia. [9/17/2013 11:08:24 PM | Edited 11:08:31 PM] Kate: Tae Li: I do not see her. [9/17/2013 11:08:53 PM] Amara: (( What's that butler scared of anyways! I didn't *actually* set him on fire! )) [9/17/2013 11:09:31 PM] Kate: Ayr: ... this one smells something burning? [9/17/2013 11:09:32 PM] Khiro: ((25!)) [9/17/2013 11:09:47 PM] Amara: (( 16 )) [9/17/2013 11:09:55 PM] Kate: Ayr sniffs at Amara delicately. [9/17/2013 11:09:58 PM] Amara: It's probably just the food, Ayr, don't worry about it. [9/17/2013 11:10:33 PM] Amara: (( 19 for the bluff….if it helps )) [9/17/2013 11:10:58 PM] Kate: Ayr nods gravely. [9/17/2013 11:11:28 PM] Amara: Amara wipes the sweat from her brow. "Okay Khiro, where's your wife or whatever she is?" [9/17/2013 11:11:32 PM] Khiro: Khiro heads off to one side of the kitchen. "There she is." [9/17/2013 11:11:50 PM] Amara: Amara follows closely behind [9/17/2013 11:12:25 PM] Kate: So do Ayr and Tae Li, looking a bit despondent in the latter's case. [9/17/2013 11:12:37 PM] Khiro: Khiro glances at Tae Li. [9/17/2013 11:13:13 PM] Kate: Tae Li: ... remember, here she is no one's fiancee. [9/17/2013 11:13:27 PM] Khiro: Yes. And you and I are married. [9/17/2013 11:13:36 PM] Amara: Blah blah blah. I just have a quick question and I'm gone. [9/17/2013 11:14:04 PM] Khiro: ... and you and Tae Li are sisters. [9/17/2013 11:14:19 PM] Amara: Yes yes yes I remember. [9/17/2013 11:14:26 PM] Kate: Tae Li: If someone you cared for pretended *you* did not exist, you would not be happy either. [9/17/2013 11:15:35 PM] Kate: You make your way through the kitchen, a crowded mass of people moving from one place to the next carrying food, raw, cooked and finished and unfinished alike, and various hot instruments of deliciousness being bandied about with wild abandon. [9/17/2013 11:17:12 PM] Kate: On one end is Alydia, in a quiet corner, leaning up against a wall, eating a cookie and talking to a thin adolescent Drow boy with a mop of untidy, curly white hair. [9/17/2013 11:18:01 PM] Kate: He's pretty tall, and very gangly. [9/17/2013 11:18:44 PM] Amara: Amara rushes up to her. "Alydia, Alydia, Alydia, Alydia, Alydia, Alydia, Alydia, Alydia I need your permission." [9/17/2013 11:18:49 PM] Kate: Alydia: ... for what? [9/17/2013 11:19:04 PM] Amara: Access to private rooms. [9/17/2013 11:19:10 PM] Kate: Alydia: No, you can't marry any of my brothers. ... what? Whose? [9/17/2013 11:19:47 PM] Kate: Perception checks! [9/17/2013 11:19:56 PM | Edited 11:19:59 PM] Amara: Hmm? Brothers? Didn't think about that. Damn. I wanted to look at Maya's room…see if anything comes from it. Figure it couldn't hurt. Also, scale of 1-10, how attractive are your brothers? [9/17/2013 11:20:15 PM] Khiro: ((Are you asking this in front of this kid?)) [9/17/2013 11:20:47 PM] Amara: (( She's not exactly thinking straight. So yeah probably. She's pissed and wants to hurry up with getting in there )) [9/17/2013 11:21:08 PM] Khiro: Khiro manages to not wince. [9/17/2013 11:21:11 PM] Kate: Alydia: Well, my full-blood brother isn't old enough, but my other ones? ... kind of a creepy thought, but I'd say seven or eight? [9/17/2013 11:21:31 PM] Kate: Kid: You know Maya? [9/17/2013 11:22:21 PM] Amara: Eww too young. Maya? Yeah isn't she great! She's so sweet. I think I left something in her room, so I wanted to go look for it, but I need permission to go in there. [9/17/2013 11:22:41 PM] Khiro: Khiro does visibly wince. [9/17/2013 11:23:02 PM] Kate: Kid: I'm not *that* young. [9/17/2013 11:23:17 PM] Amara: Amara ruffles his hair. "Of course not! I'm just very very old." [9/17/2013 11:23:31 PM] Kate: Alydia: You're too young, Taryn. [9/17/2013 11:23:37 PM] Amara: Would *you* like to show me to her room? [9/17/2013 11:23:44 PM] Kate: Taryn: I'm older than I look! Sure. [9/17/2013 11:24:07 PM] Amara: Lead the way, kind sir! [9/17/2013 11:24:30 PM] Kate: Taryn nods, and heads through the kitchen with Amara in tow. ((Back to your divided rooms, folks!))

[9/17/2013 11:25:01 PM] Kate: Taryn: You're one of the ones who brought Alydia back, right? I thought she was dead. [9/17/2013 11:25:25 PM] Amara: Well she's not! Good news. It's so sad that Maya is still missing though. [9/17/2013 11:26:09 PM] Kate: Taryn: We all just thought they ran away. Annnnd now I'm kinda worried. [9/17/2013 11:26:41 PM] Amara: To be honest, I'm pretty worried too [9/17/2013 11:26:42 PM] Kate: He leads Amara through a door directly into a smallish sitting room lined with books and paintings. The decor is mostly violet, gold and black in here. [9/17/2013 11:27:22 PM] Amara: Pretty room. So do you have a theory? Of what happened to Maya? [9/17/2013 11:27:27 PM] Kate: Taryn: It was okay when we thought they ran away. I mean... Alydia could keep her safe. [9/17/2013 11:27:59 PM] Amara: ….and now Alydia's here and Maya's not. Are you close with them? [9/17/2013 11:28:55 PM] Kate: Taryn: Some, I guess. More Maya than Alydia. [9/17/2013 11:29:59 PM] Amara: I just want to find her, you know? I want to know where she is. When Alydia told me she was missing, I became so overwrought with worry that I could barely move. I have a theory. Do you want to hear it? [9/17/2013 11:30:20 PM] Kate: Taryn: Yeah! [9/17/2013 11:30:24 PM] Amara: (( Also, can I have an estimation on how old Taryn is? I don't want to come off as TOO creepy )) [9/17/2013 11:30:52 PM] Kate: It's hard to say--probably the Drow equivalent of 16-18. It's a wide age range, but he's very gawky. [9/17/2013 11:31:10 PM] Amara: (( Okay it could be a lot worse! )) [9/17/2013 11:32:17 PM] Amara: My theory is someone she knew grabbed her. Happens all the time in the stories I read. Someone she knew took her and is keeping her somewhere, for political gain, or monetary gain, or hell just to cause pain and mischief. What do you think? [9/17/2013 11:33:45 PM] Kate: Taryn: ... someone she knew? But who? [9/17/2013 11:33:59 PM] Kate: Taryn: It's *not* Alydia if that's what you're thinking. She'd never do that, never ever. [9/17/2013 11:34:24 PM] Amara: Oh no! I know Alydia. She cares too much about Maya to ever do that. I'm not sure. Maybe someone in the family? [9/17/2013 11:34:33 PM] Amara: Amara shrugs. "Just a theory. I've heard others circulating." [9/17/2013 11:34:47 PM | Edited 11:34:52 PM] Kate: Taryn: *Our* family? Even Alak wouldn't do that! ... would he? [9/17/2013 11:35:31 PM] Amara: Amara shrugs. "Maybe he would. Maybe he wouldn't. You know your family better than I do. Maybe you and I should look into Alak. Maybe he's keeping a secret from everyone." [9/17/2013 11:36:15 PM] Kate: Taryn: ... why, though? It doesn't make sense. [9/17/2013 11:36:47 PM] Amara: Personal gain? It's crazy how far people will go to improve their own standing even if it hurts others. [9/17/2013 11:37:45 PM] Kate: Taryn: ... well, Haelra *would* be closer to the succession that way, but there's still Laele, and really, he'd get more advantage out of getting rid of my father or Alton. [9/17/2013 11:38:02 PM] Amara: Speaking of, who is your father? [9/17/2013 11:38:45 PM] Kate: Taryn: Oh, Valas. Alydia's father too, and Maya's. [9/17/2013 11:39:16 PM] Amara: Amara nods. "That does make sense.  Well, want to take a look at Maya's room with me?" [9/17/2013 11:40:20 PM] Kate: Taryn: This is Maya's room! Well, one of them. She also has a bedroom and her own sitting-room. [9/17/2013 11:40:39 PM] Amara: ….let's check out the bedroom... [9/17/2013 11:40:44 PM] Kate: Taryn: I mean, this is the sitting-room. [9/17/2013 11:41:50 PM] Amara: Amara shrugs and starts look around [9/17/2013 11:41:54 PM] Kate: For? [9/17/2013 11:42:07 PM] Amara: Anything suspicious or out of place. [9/17/2013 11:43:46 PM] Kate: Roll Search! [9/17/2013 11:43:56 PM] Kate: (Or an int check if you have no ranks.) [9/17/2013 11:44:51 PM] Amara: (( 3 )) [9/17/2013 11:45:55 PM] Kate: You find a blank book labeled Diary on the outside! [9/17/2013 11:46:01 PM] Kate: But there's nothing in it, alas. [9/17/2013 11:46:18 PM] Amara: Amara casts detect magic on it. [9/17/2013 11:48:26 PM] Kate: None. [9/17/2013 11:48:51 PM] Amara: Darn. Taryn, do you see anything suspicious or out of place? [9/17/2013 11:49:00 PM] Amara: Amara stashes the diary in her sack, just in case! [9/17/2013 11:49:29 PM] Kate: Taryn shakes his head. "Not really. Maya's never very tidy, so this seems normal to me." [9/17/2013 11:50:05 PM] Amara: Damn. Hey do you think Maya and I are about the same size? Maybe? [9/17/2013 11:51:15 PM] Kate: Taryn: She's smaller. Why? [9/17/2013 11:51:46 PM] Amara: I need something to wear for tonight…most of my clothes are fairly worn and I wanted to look presentable for once. Thought maybe I could borrow something from her. [9/17/2013 11:53:48 PM] Kate: Taryn eyes Amara. "... yeah, I don't think that'll work. Alydia's closer, but she's a lot less, uh... womanly." [9/17/2013 11:54:14 PM] Amara: Amara sighs. "Well, I need *something* to wear." [9/17/2013 11:54:51 PM] Kate: Taryn: Well, you're staying in the guest house, right? There's a ton of Unseen Servants over there, you could have one of them make something. [9/17/2013 11:55:08 PM] Amara: Oh you're right! Care to lead me over there? [9/17/2013 11:55:33 PM] Amara: Amara smiles at him! [9/17/2013 11:55:40 PM] Kate: Taryn: Oh, you can just go through the door. Everywhere is magically connected so you just go whereever you want to be. [9/17/2013 11:56:03 PM] Amara: …that is both brilliant and confusing. Well, I'll see you at dinner Taryn! [9/17/2013 11:56:14 PM] Amara: Amara goes through the door and searches for Unseen Servants [9/17/2013 11:58:06 PM] Kate: They're hard to find, being unseen and all! [9/17/2013 11:58:24 PM] Kate: You go through the door and end up in the living room where Jamaros is napping. ((Switch back to the main room!))