Perpetual Gloom 011a

[7/21/2013 10:58:08 PM] Kate: Cira flies along with him! And lands on his shoulder and tries to talk some sense into him! [7/21/2013 10:58:26 PM] Kate: Cira: Mrorowl, mew mrorowl, mrr mrrow? Mrlrowl! [7/21/2013 10:58:44 PM] Jamaros: ...I can't kill him. [7/21/2013 10:58:51 PM] Jamaros: There's gotta be a way to kill him. [7/21/2013 10:58:55 PM] Kate: Cira: Meowr? Mrrw? [7/21/2013 10:59:10 PM] Kate: Cira paws the side of Jamaros's face. "Mewww." [7/21/2013 10:59:42 PM] Jamaros: ...I had it all planned out...and now Amara, and the kid...I need to cook. [7/21/2013 10:59:48 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros goes into the room. [7/21/2013 10:59:52 PM] Kate: Cira: Mew? [7/21/2013 11:00:06 PM] Kate: It's a big room, with a large conference-style table on one side and a bedroom setup on the other. [7/21/2013 11:00:17 PM] Jamaros: Perfect. [7/21/2013 11:00:33 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros dumps out his poison kit and the supplies he swiped from Chara. [7/21/2013 11:00:45 PM | Removed 11:00:57 PM] Jamaros: This message has been removed. [7/21/2013 11:00:50 PM] Kate: Cira hops onto the table to watch, licking her paws neatly. [7/21/2013 11:00:51 PM] Jamaros: Can you keep a secret? [7/21/2013 11:00:57 PM] Kate: Cira nods. "Mew." [7/21/2013 11:01:07 PM] Jamaros: ...I'll assume that's a yes. [7/21/2013 11:01:27 PM] Kate: Cira: Mew. [7/21/2013 11:01:40 PM] Jamaros: I wasn't supposed to be here. [7/21/2013 11:01:49 PM] Jamaros: Heh, I was never supposed to be here. [7/21/2013 11:01:54 PM] Kate: Cira: Mew? [7/21/2013 11:02:24 PM] Jamaros: I was never supposed to leave home, but I did. [7/21/2013 11:02:37 PM] Kate: Cira: Mrwowl? [7/21/2013 11:02:38 PM] Jamaros: And since then, I've plotted and planned schemed. [7/21/2013 11:02:45 PM] Jamaros: And do you know what it's gotten me? [7/21/2013 11:03:01 PM] Kate: Cira watches him set up his poisons work, curiously. [7/21/2013 11:03:15 PM] Kate: Cira: Mrowwl, mrr, mew mrorwl, murrr? [7/21/2013 11:03:16 PM] Jamaros: NOTHING! [7/21/2013 11:03:21 PM] Jamaros: Not one damn thing! [7/21/2013 11:03:39 PM] Kate: Cira flops over onto her back and points her tummy at Jamaros pointedly. [7/21/2013 11:03:50 PM] Jamaros: ...seriously? [7/21/2013 11:03:58 PM] Kate: Cira: Mew! [7/21/2013 11:04:07 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros sighs and scratches Cira's belly. [7/21/2013 11:04:18 PM] Kate: She stretches out luxuriously, purring.

[7/21/2013 11:04:30 PM] *** Kate added Amara *** [7/21/2013 11:04:41 PM] Kate: ((Feel free to knock on the door.)) [7/21/2013 11:05:11 PM] Amara: Amara knocks softly on the door. "Jamaros? Jamaros it's me." [7/21/2013 11:05:16 PM] Amara: "Can we talk?" [7/21/2013 11:05:23 PM | Edited 11:05:29 PM] Jamaros: It's ok, come on in. [7/21/2013 11:05:47 PM] Amara: Amara opens the door, walks in, it pushes the door shut with her foot. [7/21/2013 11:06:00 PM] Kate: Amara finds Jamaros scritching Cira's tummy. Cira's purring. [7/21/2013 11:06:14 PM] Jamaros: This cat is insane, you know that? [7/21/2013 11:06:25 PM] Amara: …yeah…. [7/21/2013 11:06:32 PM] Kate: Cira: Mew. [7/21/2013 11:06:34 PM] Amara: Amara sets the bowl of stew down on a table. [7/21/2013 11:06:45 PM] Kate: She nips at Jamaros's hand, but deliberately misses. [7/21/2013 11:06:48 PM] Amara: Are you….are you mad at me? [7/21/2013 11:06:56 PM] Jamaros: What? No. [7/21/2013 11:07:00 PM] Jamaros: I'm not mad at anyone. [7/21/2013 11:07:09 PM] Amara: Well, obviously something is wrong [7/21/2013 11:07:14 PM] Jamaros: I'm just...things haven't worked out like I expected. [7/21/2013 11:07:28 PM] Jamaros: I...I wasn't just going to distract the dragon. [7/21/2013 11:07:58 PM] Amara: Amara sits quietly, listening. [7/21/2013 11:08:00 PM] Jamaros: And now...I have no endgame. [7/21/2013 11:08:23 PM] Jamaros: So, when we go in...I don't even know if I have any leverage and... [7/21/2013 11:08:31 PM] Jamaros: ...let me know if I start to make sense. [7/21/2013 11:08:47 PM] Amara: When you start, I'll tell you, but you're not quite there yet. [7/21/2013 11:08:55 PM] Jamaros: Ok. [7/21/2013 11:09:05 PM] Jamaros: I...I was trying to get on the Lich's good side. [7/21/2013 11:09:24 PM] Amara: ….okaaaay…. I got that. Get on his good side by returning the box, right? [7/21/2013 11:09:36 PM] Jamaros: There was a secondary objective... [7/21/2013 11:09:40 PM] Amara: There was? [7/21/2013 11:10:01 PM] Jamaros: He wanted the dragon...removed. [7/21/2013 11:10:24 PM] Amara: And you don't know if you can actually do that anymore, right? Because…he just…doesn't die? [7/21/2013 11:10:39 PM] Jamaros: Yeah, and there's more to it than that. [7/21/2013 11:11:01 PM] Jamaros: My safety in the negotiations was that I could make him see me as more profitable than his hatred for the kid. [7/21/2013 11:11:21 PM] Jamaros: So, if he can't die, but he's afraid of the kid...we're not going to get out of here alive. [7/21/2013 11:11:36 PM] Jamaros: Even if you guys get the box...I don't think I'm going to make it back. [7/21/2013 11:11:43 PM] Kate: Cira: Mew? [7/21/2013 11:11:48 PM] Amara: Amara smacks him on the arm. [7/21/2013 11:11:55 PM] Amara: Don't you dare talk like that. [7/21/2013 11:11:56 PM] Jamaros: ...ow. [7/21/2013 11:12:03 PM] Jamaros: That hurt. [7/21/2013 11:12:37 PM] Amara: Amara looks concerned, and quickly kisses his arm where she hit him. "Better?" [7/21/2013 11:12:46 PM] Jamaros: ...a little. [7/21/2013 11:13:06 PM] Jamaros: ...Look...maybe you should go with Khiro tomorrow, be part of the extraction team. [7/21/2013 11:13:44 PM] Kate: Cira goes back to purring. [7/21/2013 11:14:20 PM] Amara: I'm not leaving you. Not now. If Father *is* afraid of Tikkara and that's why she was banished, wouldn't he be…..welcome to the idea of us taking her away from here? Without a possibility of returning? Give them more distance? [7/21/2013 11:14:37 PM] Jamaros: ...it's possible. [7/21/2013 11:14:59 PM] Amara: It would be a fairly large gamble we'd take. We don't know why she was banished in the first place. [7/21/2013 11:15:26 PM] Jamaros: Another good point, but what do we do with her then? [7/21/2013 11:15:40 PM] Jamaros: ...Amara...we can't keep a baby dragon. [7/21/2013 11:17:00 PM] Amara: You don't have to. But I….I have to do this. I have to help her. Surviving without a mother or a father…no one to help, no one to teach you, no one to make sure you get fed. I'm not letting her go through that. [7/21/2013 11:17:23 PM] Amara: Amara 's eyes start forming a few tears. [7/21/2013 11:17:34 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros hugs Amara tightly. [7/21/2013 11:17:46 PM] Jamaros: Amara, I get it. Believe me, I get it. [7/21/2013 11:18:00 PM] Amara: Amara hugs back. "We can't just leave her." [7/21/2013 11:18:14 PM] Kate: Cira rumbles a bit. [7/21/2013 11:18:18 PM] Jamaros: Amara...you're on the run from your father. [7/21/2013 11:18:39 PM] Kate: The baby dragon-kobold stirs a bit, and curls up against *both* of you. 'cause you're huggin'. [7/21/2013 11:19:09 PM] Jamaros: Do you know how much harder it will be evading him with a baby? [7/21/2013 11:20:56 PM] Amara: Jamaros…I'm not running. I'm hiding. That's what I was doing for the past few months before getting this job. [7/21/2013 11:21:38 PM] Jamaros: So, what? You hold up in the middle of nowhere with a baby dragon from another dimension? [7/21/2013 11:21:50 PM | Edited 11:21:56 PM] Jamaros: You don't think that'll attract attention? [7/21/2013 11:22:48 PM | Edited 11:23:17 PM] Amara: I'm not going to sit back and watch another child turn into me - all alone, hiding from a father, a mother that's dead, and no one to go to for help. [7/21/2013 11:23:16 PM] Jamaros: I'm not saying that's the only option. We're not leaving it here, I guarantee you that. [7/21/2013 11:23:30 PM] Kate: Cira: Mew. [7/21/2013 11:23:32 PM] Jamaros: But you need to be realistic. We're adventurers. [7/21/2013 11:23:49 PM] Jamaros: We can't just settle down and hope trouble doesn't find us, cause it will. [7/21/2013 11:24:09 PM] Amara: Let's just, figure it out when we get back? [7/21/2013 11:24:26 PM] Jamaros: ...that's fair. In the meantime, I should still make the extract. [7/21/2013 11:24:40 PM] Jamaros: I would rather not face the immortal dragon with nothing. [7/21/2013 11:24:59 PM] Amara: I can help. [7/21/2013 11:25:20 PM] Jamaros: Excellent, the lab is all set up, Chara had more than enough ingredients. [7/21/2013 11:25:24 PM] Jamaros: Let's give it a go. [7/21/2013 11:25:36 PM] Jamaros: ((Ok, so, Amara rolls first I think, right?)) [7/21/2013 11:26:37 PM] Amara: (( or maybe I won't be helping with a roll like that! )) [7/21/2013 11:26:47 PM] Jamaros: ((Yeah, I don't think that did it)) [7/21/2013 11:26:57 PM] Jamaros: ((And it's a hard potion to make of course)) [7/21/2013 11:27:03 PM] Jamaros: ((Well, here goes nothing)) [7/21/2013 11:27:16 PM] Kate: You need a 15 or better to aid another. [7/21/2013 11:27:41 PM] Jamaros: That batch failed. [7/21/2013 11:27:54 PM] Amara: Try again? [7/21/2013 11:28:07 PM] Jamaros: ((I should be able to try again 4 more times)) [7/21/2013 11:28:14 PM] Jamaros: ((Can Amara try helping again?)) [7/21/2013 11:28:22 PM] Kate: Yep! [7/21/2013 11:28:36 PM] Jamaros: ...Maybe we should get Khiro or Aly too? [7/21/2013 11:29:00 PM] Amara: …Are they good at this type of stuff? [7/21/2013 11:29:20 PM] Jamaros: Help is help, and Aly is a drow. [7/21/2013 11:29:30 PM] Jamaros: So, her culture should be all about this stuff. [7/21/2013 11:29:43 PM] Amara: Guess it couldn't hurt. I'll go grab them. [7/21/2013 11:29:56 PM] Jamaros: Thanks. [7/21/2013 11:30:02 PM] Amara: Amara leaves the room! [7/21/2013 11:34:28 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros whistles

[7/21/2013 11:30:12 PM] Jamaros: Is Cira still in the room? [7/21/2013 11:30:58 PM] Kate: Yep! [7/21/2013 11:31:07 PM] Jamaros: ...can you still keep a secret? [7/21/2013 11:31:11 PM] Kate: Cira nods. "Mew." [7/21/2013 11:31:33 PM] Jamaros: ...I'm wondering how valuable a new baby dragon would be...especially to...NAH! [7/21/2013 11:31:39 PM] Jamaros: Even I'm not that cold. [7/21/2013 11:31:56 PM] Jamaros: Sure, the lich could really help me but...No. [7/21/2013 11:32:03 PM] Jamaros: ...Just...No...Right? [7/21/2013 11:32:21 PM] Kate: Cira: ...*mrowl.* [7/21/2013 11:32:32 PM] Kate: She shows her claws and makes a scratching motion at Jamaros. But doesn't actually do it. [7/21/2013 11:32:41 PM] Jamaros: ...I thought you'd feel that way. [7/21/2013 11:32:57 PM] Kate: Cira nodnodnods. "Mew." [7/21/2013 11:33:15 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros reaches into his pocket and finds...the amulet... [7/21/2013 11:33:21 PM] Jamaros: ...I forgot I had this... [7/21/2013 11:33:28 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros puts it back. [7/21/2013 11:33:33 PM] Kate: Cira: Mew? [7/21/2013 11:33:45 PM] Jamaros: Hm. [7/21/2013 11:33:59 PM] Jamaros: ...so, what do you think about our good lichee friend? [7/21/2013 11:34:19 PM] Kate: Cira shrugs.

[7/21/2013 11:34:39 PM] *** Kate added Khiro *** [7/21/2013 11:34:49 PM] Kate: (We'll just keep it in here to preserve some continuity.) [7/21/2013 11:34:54 PM] Jamaros: Gang's all here. [7/21/2013 11:35:15 PM] Kate: Cira is sprawled out on the table along with some poison-making apparatuses. Apparati? ... some poison-making stuff. [7/21/2013 11:35:23 PM] Kate: Alydia: Except Tae Li. [7/21/2013 11:35:27 PM] Kate: Alydia *eyes* Khiro. [7/21/2013 11:35:43 PM] Jamaros: Not sure I want Tae Li near my deadly poisons anyhow. [7/21/2013 11:35:56 PM] Khiro: Khiro looks around. "What do you need?" [7/21/2013 11:36:16 PM] Kate: Alydia peers at the stuff. [7/21/2013 11:36:23 PM] Jamaros: Right, see this powder...well first you *gives instructions* [7/21/2013 11:36:47 PM] Jamaros: ((Welcome back to Breaking Bad: Meneluinin Edition)) [7/21/2013 11:37:35 PM] Khiro: ((heh!)) [7/21/2013 11:37:37 PM] Jamaros: ((Amara successfully helped)) [7/21/2013 11:37:57 PM] Jamaros: ((Khiro next)) [7/21/2013 11:38:15 PM] Jamaros: ((I think you use your Int mod right?)) [7/21/2013 11:38:30 PM] Jamaros: ((Aly does dishonor to her people)) [7/21/2013 11:39:13 PM] Kate: Alydia peers at the stuff. "... I think you should probably use less water?" [7/21/2013 11:39:23 PM] Khiro: ((EIGHT)) [7/21/2013 11:39:28 PM] Khiro: ((Khiro dies.)) [7/21/2013 11:39:34 PM] Kate: She doesn't sound sure. But is enough to give you a +2 anyway. Because I went back to using my *other* dice roller. [7/21/2013 11:39:38 PM] Jamaros: KHIRO DON'T! [7/21/2013 11:39:47 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros grabs something away from Khiro. [7/21/2013 11:40:09 PM] Jamaros: ((Ok, so I have an additional +4 in total)) [7/21/2013 11:40:29 PM] Jamaros: ((And it's good enough, 27)) [7/21/2013 11:40:38 PM] Jamaros: ...I think we've go it... [7/21/2013 11:40:58 PM] Jamaros: This should be good for about 5 doses, which should be enough for a trial. [7/21/2013 11:41:16 PM] Jamaros: Thanks for the help guys. [7/21/2013 11:41:49 PM] Jamaros: ...Well...uh...I guess we should call it a night? [7/21/2013 11:41:51 PM] Khiro: You okay? You left the dining room in a hurry. [7/21/2013 11:42:01 PM] Jamaros: Oh that? Yeah, fine. [7/21/2013 11:42:12 PM] Kate: The kobold snuggles up to Amara in her sleep! [7/21/2013 11:42:13 PM] Jamaros: Just, uh...needed to think some things through. [7/21/2013 11:42:24 PM] Kate: Alydia: You're not the only one. [7/21/2013 11:42:27 PM] Kate: She *eyes* Khiro! [7/21/2013 11:42:42 PM] Jamaros: Hey, uh, Aly, can I talk to you for a sec? [7/21/2013 11:42:47 PM] Khiro: Yes, I see you looking at me. [7/21/2013 11:42:56 PM] Kate: Alydia: ... sure, I guess. [7/21/2013 11:43:04 PM] Kate: She sighs. [7/21/2013 11:43:12 PM] Amara: Andd that's our cue to leave. [7/21/2013 11:43:16 PM] Kate: Cira licks Jamaros's hand. [7/21/2013 11:43:18 PM] Amara: Amara pulls Khiro out of the room with her. [7/21/2013 11:43:27 PM] Jamaros: ...I need to ask a favor. [7/21/2013 11:43:37 PM] Khiro: Khiro gets yanked out!

[7/21/2013 11:44:39 PM] Jamaros: While you were out, the three of us concocted a plan for tomorrow. [7/21/2013 11:44:57 PM] Jamaros: I'm going to lead a diversion team to keep Father distracted while Khiro sneaks around for the box. [7/21/2013 11:45:08 PM] Kate: Alydia nods. "All right." [7/21/2013 11:45:33 PM] Jamaros: I need you to make sure that Amara doesn't end up alone with me and Father. [7/21/2013 11:45:45 PM] Jamaros: Cause, no matter how that turns out...it will be bad. [7/21/2013 11:45:54 PM] Kate: Alydia: ... why? [7/21/2013 11:46:09 PM] Jamaros: ...cause I'm going to try and kill Father for the lich. [7/21/2013 11:46:38 PM] Jamaros: I need to make a bargain with him and I feel like doing a little something extra will put me in a better position to do so. [7/21/2013 11:47:06 PM] Kate: Alydia: But it's an adult dragon. [7/21/2013 11:47:13 PM] Jamaros: I know. [7/21/2013 11:47:28 PM] Jamaros: And he's basically immortal here. [7/21/2013 11:47:58 PM] Jamaros: And even if I kill him I can't guarantee I'll get back out. [7/21/2013 11:48:13 PM] Jamaros: ...you know, the more I say it out loud, the dumber a plan it sounds. [7/21/2013 11:48:37 PM] Jamaros: ...point is...if things go bad, I don't want Amara to get hurt. [7/21/2013 11:49:21 PM] Kate: Alydia: ... then don't do it. It doesn't sound like a good idea. [7/21/2013 11:50:18 PM] Jamaros: ...well, good talk. I guess we should all go to bed. [7/21/2013 11:50:22 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros leaves the room. [7/21/2013 11:50:30 PM] Kate: Alydia waggles her eyebrows before he does. Jamaros