Chapter 7 - "The Hunted"

New Cast Appearing:
Storen/Criz as TheStoryteller, Gregory, Xavier the Ferret, Various NPCs
Session Start: Sun Jul 18 22:18:23 1999

Forest of Illusion, Elrika's Secret Garden

<TheStoryteller> Morning comes to the peaceful forest glade... Sunlight shines through the stained glass, prodding at your eyes to open and face a new day.
* Tahn is already up. ;)
* Scott has been up for a couple of hours already, practicing his sword techniques. Through all the slashes and intricate moves, he seems almost at peace with the blade in his hand.
* Emili sprinkles grass in everyone's faces. "Wake up time! Wake up time!"
* Haylee murmers about someone hitting the snooze button before she hits someone else instead.
* Tahn has been watching Scott..
* Ishtar gets grass in her mouth, coughing and waking up with a start. o_o
* Johnathan might or might not be awake, leaning up against a tree with his eyes closed.
* Bree happily plays with her new weapons.
* Haylee murmers and sits up.
<Haylee> @_x Bleh...
* Scott keeps on with his practice.
<Ishtar> Emili, was that you who put grass in my mouth? *spits it out* ^^
* Emili stretches her wings and plops down on the grass. "I love green stuff!"
* Haylee flops back down on the grass. O_o
<Tahn> Ya know, Scott..
<Scott> What is it, Tahn?
<Ishtar> *sits up* It's very nice.. I don't think I've ever slept on grass before..
<Tahn> I've never seen you use that technique before..
<Emili> I always sleep on grass.
<Tahn> It's almost like something in you has changed somewhat.
<Emili> And sometimes I sleep in trees too!
* Johnathan opens his eyes. "Ah.. we're up?"
<Scott> I always did want to be a swordmaster.
<TheStoryteller> Looking around, things seem exactly as you left them last evening.
* Haylee has fallen back to sleep. ^_^
* Scott sheathes the sword. "But I think something is suppressing my talent for swordsmanship."
* Bree admires her new weapons. "Aaah.. feel a bit more safer with these around..." She smiles.
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> Hmm..
<Johnathan> Maybe it's just you, Scott.. we all have our limits..
* Tahn uses a little smidgen of wind magic to blow in Haylee's ear from a distance ;)
<Scott> Maybe once I can confront Gregory about DarkStar, I can find out just what's going on.
* Emili looks about at Bree, Haylee and Ishtar.
* Haylee stirs a bit, smiling.
<Scott> I know that, but I always had this feeling that magic just wasn't my calling, John.
* Bree waves at Emili, weapon in hand.
* Tahn grumbles a little and tries it again. ^_~
* Johnathan smiles slightly. "I never was able to cast a simple flame spell.. first thing they teach you at the academy usually, right? Couldn't do it. Still can't."
* Emili bats her wings at Tahn. "Hey Tahn!"
<Johnathan> Some things we can do.. some we can't.
<Tahn> Maybe.. Maybe it has something to do with that stupid DarkStar thing?
* Haylee swats at the air. "Shoo...go 'way..." She goes back to sleep. ^_^
* Tahn looks at Emili. "Not now. I'm busy taunting Haylee." ^_~
* Ishtar gets to her feet, balancing herself a moment, and flexing a golden wing to it's full extent.
<Scott> You may have a point, Tahn...but John has a valid point too.
<Emili> Taunting?
<Emili> What's that?
<Tahn> Watch. ;)
* Tahn blows in Haylee's ear from a distance again.
* Haylee grahs and makes little hissy noises.
<Emili> Oh!
<Emili> Neat!
* Emili Bolt Trap's Tahn.
* Scott chuckles a little.
<Tahn> ...
<Emili> Now I'm taunting you! ^_^
* Johnathan breaks out laughing.
* Haylee awakens finally, rubbing her eyes...and blinks at Tahn. O_o
<Tahn> If that's how you wanna play it..
<Haylee> O...kay.
<Ishtar> Umm.. please don't fight.. ^^
<Emili> This is fun! ^_^
* Tahn wedges himself between the lightning bolts and out of the Bolt Trap. ;)
<Scott> Anyway, let's get started again.
<Tahn> Hehe.
* Emili Bolt Trap's Tahn again.
<Haylee> Well...good morning everyone... ^_^
* Johnathan struggles to hold back his laughter. "Emili, that's just wrong. Funny.. but wrong."
* Tahn escapes again, gets Emmi in a headlock, and noogies her. ^_^
<Johnathan> 'Morning, Haylee.
<Haylee> Morning John... *Smiles*
<Scott> Good morning, Haylee.
* Tahn looks at John and Hay. "Oh gag me with a spork, you two. I think Leon has a point there. Get a room."
<Ishtar> We have to find Sinel.. and this place is supposed to be like a giant maze..
* Emili follows up with Thunder Bolt and then, Vega Slice.
<Haylee> Um! Emmy! Don't kill Tahn! ^_^;
<Emili> Pow! Whack!
* Tahn gets Pow Whacked. X_x
<Scott> Let's get moving please...
<TheStoryteller> Ishtar tries to hold back Emili's enthusiasm. ^^
<Haylee> ...Huh? O_o
<Tahn> Geez! Does EVERYONE beat up on me?
* Haylee blushes.
* Johnathan slowly stands. "Scott's right.. as is Ishtar.. we need to find our way."
<Scott> Tahn, at least you don't have to deal with a certain malevolent spirit again...but...
* Emili looks at Ishtar with a big smile on her face. "It's fun!"
<Tahn> Yeah.
<Ishtar> Emili.. maybe you should save that for the BAD men? ^^
* Scott thinks to himself...
<Tahn> ...I have my own malevolent spirits to deal with, Scott. Just because they don't reside in my soul doesn't mean they're not just as dangerous.
* Haylee straightens out her hair, and washes her face off with water from a nearby pond.. (Or more like a non-dirty puddle)
<Scott> Let's get moving...
<Johnathan> I don't mean to be insensitive, people.. but it's far too nice a morning to waste fighting and brooding..
<Scott> John's right.

Forest of Illusion

<TheStoryteller> The sounds of the forest surround you.. trees as far as the eye can see.
* Johnathan grins. "Breathe deep. This might be the Forest of Illusion.. but there's still a certain life to the air."
* Scott straightens his suit and readies himself to leave the garden.
* Emili flaps her wings and heads into the forest.
<Scott> I know where you're coming from, John. Makes me want to get out there in it.
* Scott walks casually out of the garden.
* Ishtar ponders something for a moment, but decides against it.. walking after Emili and the rest.
* Haylee breathes deep.
* Bree stands up and dusts herself off and follows whoever's leading. ^^;
* Tahn hums a few bars to a song..
<Haylee> ^_^ Yeah...it's nice here.
<Emili> Hey ummm....
<Emili> Is this Gregory person a bad dumb dumb like Sinel?
* Johnathan closes his eyes briefly. "It'd be a nice place to spend some time, if we we're in such a huge hurry.."
<Scott> Oh hell yeah.
<Emili> Cause Sinel said he was nice, but he wasn't nice at all!
<Emili> He likes to hurt people!
* Johnathan opens them again, and starts after Scott. "Might be worth coming back some day."
<Ishtar> Well, people do lie, Emili.
<Scott> I think he's the one that possessed me with DarkStar. You be the judge, Emmi.
<Ishtar> It's nice to wish they didn't..
<Haylee> I don't know Gregory...but...he's prolly a dumb dumb Em. Based on what Scott said.
<Emili> Possessed? What's possessed and what's DarkStar?
<Tahn> Emili, don't ask.
<Tahn> Gregory?
<Haylee> Possessed is...well..it's like there's another spirit or person in your body, and this person takes control of you and usually does bad things.
* Emili scratches her head. "Ummmm.."
<Tahn> He's a bad dumb dumb worse than Sinel, Emili.
<Emili> I just did I think.
<TheStoryteller> Johnathan's eyes seem to be drawn to one of the trees in the path...
<Haylee> And DarkStar right now is in Scotts body...and he's doing bad things.
<Bree> Yeah.. kinda like being a puppet..
* Johnathan slows and stops, looking at the tree. "What's.."
<Scott> Something bugs me about that spirit, though. He always tends to use magic. Could he be responsible for most of my magic abilities?
<Haylee> A marionette at the whims of a mad puppeter...
<Emili> Oh kay!
<Haylee> ...John? What is it?
<Emili> Then I beat up DarkStar and Gregory!
<Tahn> Say what?
<Ishtar> I don't know.. I've never even seen a possession like yours, Scott..
<Johnathan> I don't know...
<Tahn> What's wrong, Johnny?
* Johnathan walks over towards the tree. "There's something about this one.. maybe it's nothing, but.."
<TheStoryteller> Johnathan thinks he sees a sort of doorway in the tree, but it seems so faint in the bright light.
* Haylee blinks.
* Scott looks at the tree.
* Emili flies up into the air. "Weee!"
<TheStoryteller> It looks like an ordinary tree to Scott.
* Johnathan stops in front of the tree. "Either I've gone insane and I'm hallucinating.. which I can't rule out.."
<Scott> I do feel a form of magic around here..
<Tahn> Hmm.
<Tahn> I feel it too..
* Johnathan gathers a little energy onto his fingers and reaches out to touch the doorway. "..or there's a door in this tree."
<Haylee> I believe you, John. :)
* Bree blinks. "Eh? I really don't think doors are in trees.. unless you're a Keebler elf..."
<Scott> Wait a minute, Bree. This is the forest of Illusion.
* Haylee wiggles her ears. "Uh huh." ^^
<TheStoryteller> Johnathan's hand reaches out, striking some sort of invisible field. The surface of the tree ripples in response..
<Tahn> True.
<Scott> There could be passageways in the trees that we can't see.
<Tahn> Whoa.
<Haylee> Whoa! O_o
<Tahn> Okay. I think I'm hallucinating too.
<Scott> Oro?
* Johnathan pulls his hand back quickly.
<Tahn> Or that tree just did the Wave.
<Ishtar> Wait, didn't they say faeries lived in here? Maybe it's magic..
<Bree> Yeah.. guesso.. I keep having to remind myself of that... *sweatdrops*
<Scott> Could very well be, Ishtar.
<Johnathan> I don't think there's any maybe about it.. this is profoundly weird.
<Haylee> Let's investigate!
* Haylee tries to put her hand through the tree.
* Scott reaches out to the tree.
<TheStoryteller> The same odd effect happens to Haylee, and Scott.. once their hand is through they can feel a damp moist air hitting it.
* Bree waits to see if everyone else passes through it, before blindly sticking her hand in.
<Scott> There's some sort of passageway in the tree.
<Johnathan> I wonder if it's big enough to..
* Johnathan cautiously tries to step through.
* Scott starts to walk toward the tree.
<Haylee> I think there's a sauna past this point, boys. ;)
<Scott> Or maybe a hot springs..
* Tahn walks through the tree. Or he runs into it. Which is it?
<TheStoryteller> Johnathan seems to stumble over some kind of root on the floor, and falls through.
<Johnathan> Ack!
<Haylee> John!
* Haylee jumps in after him!
<Tahn> John!
* Tahn leaps the rest of the way.
* Scott follows Haylee and John.
* Tahn intends to get there before Lover girl. :p
* Ishtar, takes a cautious step and goes after them..
* Johnathan slowly picks himself up, looking sheepish. "I seem to have been taken out by a tree root."
* Johnathan grins. "I may never live this down."
* Bree steps in the tree cautiously. "Ehehe... guess I follow... if there are any keebler elves around.. I wanna cookie!"

Forest of Illusion, Hidden Path

<TheStoryteller> Soon, you all have that strange feeling of going through a barrier.. then you are promptly in a cave.. the sides wooded. You are inside the tree, obviously. Looking back, you can now clearly see the entrance.
* Haylee helps John to his feet, chuckling.
* Scott lands on his feet.
<Haylee> Careful. ^_^
<Scott> You ok, John, Haylee?
* Johnathan chuckles. "Thanks, Haylee.. I think I'll keep that in mind for the next time I walk blindly into a tree."
<Ishtar> I wonder why this was kept hidden like that...
<Haylee> ...Hm....
<Scott> Let's follow this path.
<Johnathan> There was probably a reason..
<Scott> Maybe we'll find the answers at the end.
<Haylee> Let's march blindly forward... ^_^; Ha, ha, ha!
* Scott starts down the passageway.
* Haylee follows behind Scott.
* Johnathan laughs, and starts forward. "Or maybe not, Scott. If you had the ability to make a tree passage and conceal the entrance.. wouldn't you do it just for kicks? I might.."
<Haylee> Since Leon's comatose this morning...I think I should sing again, don't you? ^_-
* Emili follows Scott, keeping her wings open and read to bring her into the air in case something happens.
<Scott> I think so, Haylee.
<Johnathan> Go for it...
<Haylee> Thanks you guys...I got a good one today....
* Haylee clears her throat.
<Haylee> ~Now the tears of pain are gone,~
<Haylee> ~though once they flowed free~
<Scott> We'll see what happens when we get to the end, John.
<Johnathan> Indeed we will..
* Scott walks along, hand on his sword just in case.
* Emili sings. "I'm the muffin man!"
<Emili> Muffin man!
<TheStoryteller> The passage continues a bit farther.. you notice roots and dirt upon the walls and cieling.. it must wind right underneath and through the forest..
<Emili> Ummm.... Yeah, I'm moist and soft and ummm....
* Tahn looks at Haylee.
<Emili> Yummy!
<Emili> Oh, I'm the muffin man! The muffin man!
<Tahn> Uh..
<Tahn> Emmi..
<Tahn> O_o
<Emili> People like to eat the muffin man!
<Emili> Muffin man...
* Haylee continues the song. ^_^
<Haylee> ~fear imprisioned hearts and trapped destiny~
<Tahn> ~and hope came to me...~
<Emili> Uh.....
<Haylee> ~yet the hopeful prayed on~
<Tahn> Eh...
<Haylee> ~and hope came to be...~
<Tahn> I missed a line.
* Tahn looks at Haylee. "I thought it was 'came to me'".
<Leon> ... not that damn singing again.
* Scott listens to Haylee's song. "Beautiful voice. I'll bet Althena couldn't do any better herself."
* Haylee arches an eyebrow, as if saying. "Um. No. ^_^"
<Haylee> ~Where are the dreams once shared between us~
<Tahn> ~What happened to that innocent place?~
<Haylee> ~What happened to that innocent place?~
<Scott> Duet...cool.
<Emili> Duet!
<Emili> Duet!
<Emili> Ummm...
<Tahn> Umm...
<Emili> What's a duet?
<Scott> When two people sing together like Tahn and Haylee are.
<Ishtar> It's when two people sing a song together.. if they are lucky, the harmony is even more beautiful combined than seperate. :)
<Emili> Oh!
<Emili> Neat!
<Emili> I can sing too!
<Emili> Watch!
<Emili> See ummm....
<Scott> We really oughta pick up the pace, folks.
* Johnathan laughs, looking at Emili. "Haylee, Haylee.. what have you done?"
* Scott starts to move faster through the cavernous passage.
<Tahn> ~Can we get it back? Or has it passed? Can we get it back, can we start again?~
<Emili> ~Can we get it back? Or has it passed? Can we get it back can we start again?~
<Tahn> Hmm.
<Tahn> Trio.
<Emili> ~Sentimental thoughts~
<Tahn> ~Sentimental dreams..~
<Emili> ~Sentimental dreams~
<Emili> ~Cascade within me~
<TheStoryteller> Up ahead you start to see a light.
<Emili> ~There is a destiny that's waiting just for me!~
<Tahn> ~There's a destiny that's waiting just for me..~
* Scott moves even faster toward that light. "Looks like an exit, folks."
<Emili> ~With a power I've only come to know!~
<Emili> ~What does the future of our feelings truly hold?~
<TheStoryteller> Upon closer inspection, it is indeed an exit. Nearly exactly like the one you enetred.. beyond the opening you see more woodland.
* Johnathan walks towards the light. "This might be the end, Scott.."
<Emili> ~Whether good.~
* Haylee stops singing and let's the others handle it. ^_-
<Tahn> ~Whether bad..~
<Emili> ~It's ahead!~
* Scott goes right through the exit blindly, rushing headlong into the unknown.
<Emili> ~Take my hand and let's go!~
<Tahn> ~You can resist fate!~
<Emili> Yeah!
<Emili> I can sing too!
<Emili> See?
<TheStoryteller> Scott stumbles through that barrier effect again, landing in a clearing.
* Emili follows Scott.

Forest of Illusion, Clearing

<Tahn> ~Now tears of pain are gone..~
<Tahn> ~and the hardship is through..~
* Scott stops and looks around...
* Haylee giggles. "Pretty good. ^_^"
* Tahn follows Scott and Emmi.
* Johnathan walks out, being careful not to trip on any random tree roots this time.
<Emili> ~Now there is no why, or how, just you! ~
<Emili> ^_^
* Haylee follows John.
<Emili> I can sing!
<Emili> La la la la la..
<Haylee> Yes you can! Anyone can! ^_^
<TheStoryteller> Scott feels something furry scurry past his feet...
<Scott> Hmmm?
* Scott looks down.
<Johnathan> You'd be surprised, Haylee.
<Haylee> Well, I didn't say anything about how WELL people can sing. ;)
* Tahn chuckles. "Hey, I'm not that bad!"
* Emili leaps up pounces on the moving critter!
* Johnathan laughs. "Fair enough."
<TheStoryteller> Then out of the bushes comes a familiar girl... she seems to be chasing something..
<Elrika> Xavier?
<Tahn> What the..?
<Elrika> Xavier come here..
<Haylee> Hey...isn't that...?
<Scott> O_o
* Johnathan looks up at the girl, and blinks. "I believe so.."
* Scott jumps out of the girl's way so she doesn't run straight into him.
<Haylee> Excellent. Sinel didn't get here before us.
<Elrika> Hi, i'm Elrika.
* Tahn coughs. "I assume this pretty much ruins the song.." ^^;
<Haylee> Hey Elrika. :)
<Scott> Hi..
* Emili holds the little critter in her hands. "I got it! I got it! See?"
<Haylee> ^_^; Eh, I had to stop. You guys were outstaging me! ^_- Such talent.
<Scott> Hehehe...
<TheStoryteller> The animal you saw before jumps out of Emili's hands and lands nimbly around the elven girl's shoulders. :)
<Elrika> Oh thank you!
<Tahn> Sure. I just remember that song. My mom sung it to me when I was a littl'n. ^_~
<Emili> Hey!
<Emili> How'd it do that?
* Elrika looks at Xavier.
<Johnathan> Hello, Elrika..
<Tahn> Noone really knows, Emmi.
<Elrika> This is my friend Xavier.
<Tahn> Elrika...
<Scott> My father usually got me to sleep by telling me stories of his training expeditions. He's a swordsman from Horam.
* Tahn blinks.
* Emili fumes and looks up at the elf girl.
<Scott> Hi, Elrika.
<Emili> Hello!
<Emili> Hi pretty person!
* Elrika smiles.
<Emili> I'm Emili!
<Emili> Nice to meet you!
<Haylee> ^_^ Hey Miss Elrika...did a guy who was wearing funny robes visit you recently?
<Emili> ^_^
<Elrika> Hi Emili.
<Ishtar> I'm Ishtar.. Miss, Elrika?
* Ishtar then acks as she forgot to hide her wings of gold.. o_o
<Emili> That's your pet?
<Emili> It's veddy pretty too!
<Emili> I wish I had a pet..
Xavier> Hey, watch who you're calling pet...
<Elrika> Xavier is not a pet. He is a friend.
* Tahn hums a tune to himself while listening to the conversation.
<Emili> A friend?
<Elrika> No. I havent seen anyone in a funny robe.
<Scott> Xavier? That's it's name?
<Emili> Coolies!
<Elrika> Yes, a friend.
* Haylee is largely ignored. -_-
<Emili> Can I be your friend too?
<Elrika> Emili, everyone and everything is my friend.
<Scott> A strange man named Sinel hasn't been by here lately, has he?
<Haylee> Oh...you haven't...? But...weren't you?
<Elrika> Yes, Sinel was here and he was very nice to me.
<Haylee> Um. Elrika.
<Scott> Now there's a change for Sinel...
<Xavier> Do you mean that guy in the green? I don't like him Elrika.. something about him..
<Haylee> He's....
<Emili> Sinel!
<Tahn> ...
<Emili> Sinel's not a nice person!
* Johnathan looks at Haylee, and mutters. "You know.. it might not be wise for three of the people he wants for whatever to be in one place.."
<Emili> He's very mean!
<Elrika> Xavier, you shouldn't talk about people like that.
<Emili> He says he's nice!
<Haylee> I know. We should leave as quick as possible. One of us.
<Haylee> Or maybe all of us O_o
<Emili> But he's not!
<Scott> Xavier's right, Elrika. He kidnappedHhaylee and Johnathan here...we lucked up to be able to rescue them.
<Emili> He's a dumb dumb-poo poo head!
<Tahn> He kidnapped Haylee and John here..
* Elrika looks at Ishtar.
<Xavier> *props himself up on her left shoulder, pouting a little* Well, I'm just trying to warn you..
* Haylee waves. "I'm Haylee...sorry I didn't intoduce myself. I'm on a stupid streak today, it seems."
<Johnathan> Congratulations, Xavier.. you're the most perceptive... ferret...?.. I've ever seen.. Sinel's..
<Elrika> Why do you have wings?
* Emili growls and tightens her fists and poises her wings in an attacking manor.
* Ishtar shrinks away a bit...
<Scott> To call Sinel a jerk would be an understatement, John.
<Haylee> Emili?
<Ishtar> Well.. I..
<Elrika> Emili has wings too.
* Tahn mumbles. "Tahn Igtenos. Pleasure is mine, until Sinel shows up."
<Johnathan> I can't describe him in polite company, Scott.
<Scott> That's also part of Sinel's work. They used her as some sort of weapon..
<Ishtar> It's something the church did to me, Elrika.. :/
* Elrika steps away from Emili.
* Haylee sighs at Ishtar. :(
* Elrika gets angry.
* Emili growls fiercely. "Hee hee..."
<Haylee> Hey...what's going on?
<Elrika> The church is bad.
<Tahn> I'm afraid to find out, Hay...
<Elrika> They hurt the forest..
<Scott> And I can't describe Gregory in polite company either, John. I have a good feeling that he's behind more than we know...
<Xavier> Outsiders have a lot of problems...
<Haylee> Elirka...Sinel was one of the heads of the Church!
<Johnathan> Sinel's a high ranking member of the church, Elrika.
* Tahn looks at Scott. "Lucky.. I can't rightly describe Gregory in impolite company."
* Emili leaps out into the bushes in such speed she's a blur.
<Elrika> No he can't be. He is too nice to be one of them.
<Haylee> Emmy!
* Elrika looks around.
<Ishtar> Well.. I thought so too at first.. but now..
* Emili starts growling and ripping apart.... something....
<Elrika> Where did she go, and why did she leave?
<Scott> You know him better than I do, Tahn. The only time I ever was near him was in the Star Chamber.
<Haylee> What is up with that girl?
<Haylee> No idea...
<TheStoryteller> Emili catches a rabbit by total surprise! o_o
<Scott> Emmi?
<Elrika> By the way, what are the rest of your names?
<Scott> I'm Scott.
<Johnathan> I'm Johnathan..
<Tahn> If you didn't hear me the first time, it's probably not worth my time to repeat myself.
<TheStoryteller> Emili feels Elrika's eyes on her, as she clutches her catch.
<Elrika> Drop him.
<Elrika> Please dont hurt the rabit.
* Emili pops back with everyone, holding up a dead rabbit. "I got it!"
<Emili> Huh...?
* Emili turns to Elrika.
<Emili> But.... I'm hungry...
* Elrika looks down.
<Xavier> Hey, nobody said this was open season...
<Scott> I get it..she's the protector of this forest. Am I right, Elrika?
* Tahn shakes his head in disbelief.
<Elrika> You most leave this forest.
<Tahn> Great. You just got us kicked out, Emmi! :P
<Emili> Huh....?
<Elrika> You are right. I protect the forest and all that live in this forest.
* Emili gets really confused.
<Scott> We're here for your protection, Elrika. Sinel will stop at nothing to capture you for some odd reason.
<Haylee> Yeah....that's why we came. To protect you.
* Johnathan turns and walks away from the group slowly, not going far but putting a little distance there.
* Emili shrugs and wanders off to eat the rabbit.
* Ishtar looks worried.
* Scott points to Emili as field of smoke surrounds her. "Smoke Choke."
<Haylee> Scott! O_o
<Tahn> Scott!
<TheStoryteller> Emili resists the effects of Scott's spell since she's already a good distance away.
<Tahn> What the?
<Scott> That kid....
<Haylee> ^_^; Scott, I know you're angry...but if she gets knocked out, imagine how much more ANNOYING she'd be when she wakes up.
* Emili hums along as she chews up the rabbit.
* Scott shakes his head.
<Ishtar> How can she do that...
<Scott> I have no idea, Ishtar, but I wish she'd THINK BEFORE SHE ACTS.
<Haylee> I wish she would too. :/
* Johnathan slowly walks back over. "Does she think after she acts?"
<Johnathan> ..no, I'm being unfair.. I'm sure she thinks.. I just have no idea what she's thinking."
<Scott> Quite frankly, it's my opinion that she's not capable of rational thought.
<Xavier> Yeah, well, I think all these people showing up recently is bad for the forest...
<Haylee> She's like a little child...
<TheStoryteller> The ferret scampers down Elrika's arm.
<Johnathan> Except far more dangerous, Haylee.
<Scott> I know Sinel is. He wants to capture Elrika, Xavier.
<Ishtar> You feel that way too, Haylee?
<Haylee> Yeah...She acts like a toddler....curious...exploring things without thinking...
<Xavier> I don't blame him.. she's very special.
<Scott> We've seen his intents with John and Haylee....and for some reason, Elrika also fits into that same fold.
<Scott> Whether it's magic he's after, or something else, we don't know yet.
<Scott> Honestly, Elrika, that's why we're here. To protect you from Sinel.
<Haylee> It's true. Please believe us...
<Elrika> But Sinel was so nice.. how could he be bad?
<Haylee> Because he's a very good actor.
<Elrika> I'm sorry. I can't believe this.
<Scott> That's a lie, Elrika. He's not a nice person. I've fought against him already. When he kidnapped Haylee and John.
<Xavier> You know, Elrika, they say the nice ones are the ones to watch out for..
<Johnathan> Elrika.. he's nice for one reason, and one reason alone..
<Elrika> Xavier, I trust you.
<Johnathan> ..he wants your cooperation in something, eventually..
* Haylee sighs and leans up against a tree, focusing her mind to see if Sinel is in the vincinity...
<Johnathan> ..he already tried with Haylee and failed to gain her trust..
<Haylee> !
<Elrika> But it is too hard for me to believe.
<Haylee> ...He's close...
<Scott> Sinel is?
<Haylee> Yes!
<Haylee> We need to move NOW. All of us!
* Elrika walks toward the trees.
* Scott puts his drawing hand on his sword. "OK, I'll take point. You guys follow me. Let's get the hell outta here."
* Elrika puts her hand on tree.
<Elrika> He's not too far. You all most leave.
<Ishtar> I wonder if he knows about all the these paths.. maybe we could hide.
* Johnathan looks towards Haylee sharply. "He is? She's right.. NOW.. let's get out of here.."
<Haylee> You're coming with us, Elrika. He wants YOU.
<TheStoryteller> You all suddenly hear a branch snap.
<Elrika> No, I can not leave the forest. Who will protect it?
<Scott> Whether he's after you for magic or some other reason has yet to be seen, but he's after you none the less.
<Tahn> (w) OH SHIT! HIDE GUYS!
* Scott jumps up into a tree.
* Tahn hides behind said tree.
* Haylee hides behind a tree.
* Johnathan tries to duck into the illusionarily covered passage and find cover within.
* Ishtar tries her best to leap into a tree with a controlled thrust of her jets.
* Haylee then pulls Elrika behind the said tree. ^_^;
<TheStoryteller> Another branch snaps as Haylee gets a sharp chill down her spine.
<Tahn> (w) It is him, isn't it. ^^;
* Scott looks around from his high vantage point.
* Haylee shudders. (w) "Yeah..."
* Emili is still away in the bushes eating the rabbit.
<Tahn> (w) Fuck.
<Haylee> (w) Someone grab Emili and shut her up. Now is a good time to knock her out.
<TheStoryteller> From a distance, you all see the ever so elegant and generous...Bishop of the church...Sinel.
<Haylee> (w) You know she'll call him a dumb-dumb or something...
<Sinel> *looking down into a small device* Yes, the girl is closeby...
<Tahn> .oO(Hmm..I wonder if I can get a good shot to the heart from this point.. hell, the boss may give me more money come to think of it.. two birds with one stone..)
* Haylee's breath catches in her throat.
<Scott> (w) Hmm...maybe I can hit him with my sword from here.
<Leon> *aims from behind some bushes* I'm going to turn him into a human pencil this time.
<Tahn> (w) I'll help, Leo.
<Emili> .oO (Mmmm, tastes just like chicken, I wonder if I can get a chicken around here....)
<Scott> (W) Then allow me to sharpen that pencil...my sword is just asking for a fight.
<Sinel> *stops* Hmm..
* Elrika gives Emili an evil look.
* Tahn unsheathes his Kunai dagger (m) "Let's see if the assassin training really paid off..."
<Elrika> .o( Try it and you're next. )
<Sinel> Interesting... looks like this won't be boring after all.
* Haylee shakes.
* Scott unsheathes his silver rapier. (w) "Time to slice that jackass to ribbons."
<Haylee> (w) Please don't let him see us...plese don't let him see us...Please don't let him see us...
<Sinel> *puts away the tracking device* Well, aren't you going to shoot? That is what you want to do isn't it?
<Haylee> (w) Damn damn damn...
<Emili> .oO(Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow mix)
<Leon> Damn straight. *fires*
* Elrika ducks.
* Tahn chucks a dagger towards Sinel's head at the same time as Leon's gunshot.
<Elrika> NO NO NO! PLEASE STOP!
<Haylee> (w) This must be a trap....!
<Scott> .oO(While Leo and Tahn have him distracted....I can attack from...above..I knew this was a good hiding place.)
<Tahn> (w to Hay) Probably, don't care either way.
<Elrika> You might hurt the forest! Please.
* Johnathan winces to himself in his hiding place at the sound of gunfire. "Leon you idiot.."
<Haylee> Elrika...the forest is gonna be more hurt by this guy than by us. Trust us!
* Scott watches Sinel for an opening.
<TheStoryteller> Sinel dodges all your attacks just barely, but falls to his knees... looking up at his targets.
* Elrika starta to glow and stops the bullets from hitting a nearby tree.
<Sinel> Looks like you've got me...
<Tahn> (w) Elrika.. life isn't always how you want it to go. Live with it.
<Scott> .oO(One thing about the sword, you have to get in close to attack.)
<Tahn> .oO(I don't trust this one bit..)
* Haylee telepathically calls to Scott. "Scott! Divebomb him from above!"
<Elrika> Xavier, come to me!
* Xavier curls around her arm, hissing slightly at Sinel.
* Scott jumps from the tree, sword in hand. He brings the sword toward Sinel in a downard arc.
* Scott quickly jumps back into the foliage to conceal himself once again.
<Emili> .oO(Mmm... I'm still hungry... wonder if there are any heaven's steaks around?)
<TheStoryteller> Scott's attack cleaves Sinel in two, as if he was made of paper. Sparks fly everywhere, as Sinel...short circuits???
<Tahn> Shit!
<Haylee> ... O_o A robot???
<Tahn> You were right, Hay.
<Tahn> Okay.
<Tahn> So it's a robot.
<Haylee> ^_^; Yes. Now you should listen to me more often. Yes you should.
<Sinel> *voice from the bot* Haha.... such simpletons!
* Elrika looks shocked.
<Tahn> That means.. Sinel now knows exactly where we are.
<Haylee> Oh bite me!
<Scott> Show yourself, you evil son of a bitch.
<Tahn> I think I can best sum it up in 7 words.
* Haylee sticks up her middle finger.
<Elrika> What is this?
<Tahn> LET'S GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.
<Tahn> ...
<Haylee> What's the point. He knows where we are! He can track us!
<Tahn> .oO(Sure. I'm the only sane one here, apparently.)
<Tahn> The point isn't a blitz attack.
<Scott> How unless...oh great...
<Sinel> Of course... I've been tracking you the whole time...
<Tahn> The point is we have to hit him right where it hurts.
<Tahn> ..
<Haylee> So what are you going to do about it?
<Tahn> Ishtar?
<Scott> How are you able to track us, Sinel.
* Tahn looks to the girl.
<Tahn> I think I know how, Scott..
<Ishtar> You don't think...
<Tahn> The wings.
<Haylee> Oh no. :/
<Scott> He's tracking Ishtar's wings....
<Ishtar> No.. I think somebody has a transmitter...
<Tahn> They still have some kind of connection to Virtue's crew.
<Tahn> Transmitter?
<Haylee> Who?
* Ishtar looks at Elrika.
<Scott> Transmitter?
* Elrika looks confused.
* Haylee puts her hands on Elrika's shoulder, then back, trying to feel for a bug or transmitter.
<Ishtar> Did Sinel put anything on you? Something small?
<Scott> I'm not carrying my guard issue radio transmitter...I left it in Vane when I left for the announcement.
* Tahn looks at Elrika, Xavier, back to Elrika..
* Elrika searches herself.
<Elrika> No, but had a nice shiny thing.
* Johnathan steps out of his hiding place, walking towards the middle of the clearing. "...So now what, Sinel?
<Scott> Let's see it, Elrika.
* Haylee continues to ...ahem...frisk Elrika. :P
* Elrika goes in a pocket.
<Sinel> *voice now seems to be from Elrika* We play a little game..
<TheStoryteller> While Haylee searches on Elrika's back, she notices a small shiny device.
* Haylee grabs it!
<Haylee> Here!
<Haylee> This is it!
<Scott> Let me see it, Haylee.
* Johnathan stares in an apparently arbitrary direction. "We've no patience for your games, Sinel."
<TheStoryteller> The device explodes in Haylee's hand, sending Haylee to the ground on her rear end.
* Haylee cries out and falls down hard on her behind!
<Scott> You ok, Haylee?
* Johnathan whirls, quickly making his way over to Haylee. "Are you all right?"
* Elrika looks at Haylee.
<Haylee> @_@ Oh wow.. I'm never frisking that girl again...
<Xavier> That guy did put something on you, Elrika! I knew he couldn't be trusted!
<TheStoryteller> You notice something coming out from beneath you all.
<Tahn> AGH!
<Scott> Hmmm?
* Ishtar looks down...
<Tahn> Someting.. is.. coming.. up from down there..
<TheStoryteller> Vines are growing rapidly from the ground wrapping themselves around your legs!
<Tahn> I think we better move!
<Haylee> Ahh!
<Ishtar> The.. the ground... it's.. aaaah!
* Tahn tries to run before the vines get him.
* Elrika looks sad.
<Scott> I think we'd better get the hell outta dodge.
<Elrika> AAAAAAAHHHHHH...
<TheStoryteller> You're all stuck, unable to move.
* Johnathan pauses in the act of trying to help Haylee up. "...oh no."
* Haylee is sitting on the ground, therefore, she gets wrapped up right away!
<Tahn> Shit!
* Elrika glows and touches a vine.
* Scott starts trying to fry the vines with Fire magic.
<Haylee> John...god....this is...strangling me...
<TheStoryteller> The vines themselves seem mechanical... Elrika's magic seems to have no effect on the cybernetically grown vines.
<Tahn> SINEL! YOU COME OUT HERE AND DIE LIKE A MAN YOU *starts calling Sinel every unprintable name under the sun*
<Elrika> XAVIER, HELP!
<Sinel> Oh of course.. far be it from me to disappoint you all...
<Scott> That no good son of a bitch. Where the fuck is that bastard.
<Tahn> Sinel.... ¬_¬
* Haylee sighs.
<Emili> .oO(.......ummm why did Tahn call Sinel a dweeb? .... What's a dweeb?)
* Johnathan tries to reach Haylee, failing. "I'd help if I could.."
<Haylee> It's okay John...just help yourself...
<Scott> John, try using magic on those vines.
* Emili floats upward and decides to investigate the area from a elevated distance.
* Elrika glows and touches Xavier.
<Haylee> Maybe you can twist reality here...
<Sinel> *appears before you all* A shame, really...
* Tahn continues to pry his legs out of the vines, millimeter by millimeter.
<Tahn> You..
<Scott> A shame you have to exist, Sinel.
<Haylee> Don't hurt them, Sinel!
* Xavier jumps off Elrika and attacks the vines!
* Johnathan closes his eyes. "And watch these things explode on us or something?"
<Sinel> I exist to make my dreams a reality.. and that is why I am here..
<Haylee> It's either that or slavery...
<Tahn> We're not the ones going to get hurt, Haylee.
<Tahn> Your dreams..
<Haylee> What a selfish little prick you are...
<TheStoryteller> The vines shock Xavier, knocking him back.
<Tahn> We'll make your nightmares come true, Sinel.
* Elrika looks at Xavier.
<Haylee> What dreams...
* Scott slices at one of the vines with his sword.
<Elrika> Xavier are you ok?
<Leon> Damnit! These vine are tangling my gun arm.. bastard.
* Johnathan opens his eyes, staring at Sinel. "There's more than one path to a dream, Sinel.. you've chosen an evil one."
<Xavier> Yeah.
<Tahn> And never in the history of Lunar has the evil path won out.
* Sinel calmly walks through the party, up to Elrika.
* Elrika looks at sinel.
<Sinel> Surprised?
* Johnathan forms a small ball of energy in each hand, sending one down to the 'vines' near his feet to see what happens.
<Sinel> Don't trouble yourself.. I'll make this very quick. How painful it is is up to you..
<Elrika> You said you where my friend.
* Tahn manages to move enough to spit at Sinel's head.
* Elrika smacks Sinel.
<Scott> Smooth move, Elrika.
<TheStoryTeller2> The spit hits Sinel right on his forehead, as he is slapped hard by Elrika.
* Elrika GETS MAD.
<Haylee> ^_^ You go girl!
<Sinel> *holds his face, red marks and spit upon it* You worthless lifeform...
<Haylee> Lifeform...?
<Scott> The only worthless one is you, Sinel.
<Haylee> You think you're god almighty now?
<Sinel> You are only good for one thing to me.. and that is why I tolerate you.
<* Sinel pulls out a needle.
<Elrika> TOLERATE THIS.
<Scott> Why are you so hellbent on capturing Haylee, John, and Elrika?
* Elrika headbutts Sinel.
<TheStoryteller> The vines get tighter around the party, stopping Elrika.
<Elrika> AGGH!
<Haylee> Stop!
<Tahn> Sinel.. your methods of getting Haylee and John may have been sensical, but convincing a young innocent that you're her friend, and then this. You are a comple *erk!* complete BASTARD!
* Sinel jabs the needle into her side, extracting a tissue sample.
* Haylee whimpers.
* Johnathan clenches his teeth. "This is low, Sinel.. low.."
<Elrika> AAAAHHHHH!
<Scott> He's going to try to clone Elrika...
<Sinel> Oh.. yes.. the third one...
<Tahn> Sinel, if I could get out of these things, you would so find your brains splattered on a nearby tree.
<Scott> And just who is the fourth?
<Elrika> LET US GO OR ELSE!
<Scott> If I didn't split your candy ass in two.
<Sinel> Tahn.. how about I do that your instead? They might make useful study..
<Haylee> Do that and I'll kill you!
<Sinel> But you're not the one I want.
<Tahn> Where as yours have no use except preventing the air from whistling through your ears.
<TheStoryteller> Sinel holds up three vials, bearing Haylee, John, and Elrika's names.
* Scott begins to get worried.... "Control your emotions, Scott. You can't afford for the seal to break now."
<Haylee> O_o The hell...?
* Johnathan casually launches the other ball of magic at the vials.
* Tahn casually launches a dagger at the vials.
* Sinel hides them before John's blast or the dagger can touch them.
<Elrika> Xavier, get those vials from him.
<Sinel> Well.. now that you no longer serve my purposes..
* Tahn growls
<Scott> .oO(Haylee, is it just me or would this be a great time for DarkStar to show up? He might be useful.)
* Xavier rushes toward Sinel jumps to get the vials!
<Haylee> . o O ( It's not worth the risk. )
<Johnathan> You're a fool to think you can duplicate what I know from my genetic material, Sinel..
<Scott> .oO(Too true..)
* Sinel swats the beast away. "Hmmph."
<Sinel> How about I show you MY pet, Elrika.
<Haylee> You know the clone will be messed up and my other half will be a lazy slob.
* Xavier hits the ground.
<Sinel> Maybe he'll enjoy being your good friend as much as I do...
<Elrika> How dare you lie to me..
<Tahn> Sinel..
<Elrika> I trusted you.
<Tahn> You spineless worm.
<Scott> You worthless son of a bitch!
<Haylee> Let us go!
<Sinel> Your mother should have taught you better girl, now you're going to learn your final lesson.
* Sinel snaps his fingers.
* Elrika looks at Sinel.
<Elrika> What do you know about my mother?
<Haylee> Sinel! You puss filled zit! Get back here so I can beat you into the ground!
<Scott> Control your emotions, Scott. This is not a time for DarkStar to show up...can't afford for the seal to weaken.
<Ishtar> Sinel.. you.. you...
* Scott begins to concentrate on controlling his anger.
* Ishtar tries in vain to escape the electrical vines.
<TheStoryteller> With Sinel's snap, you all then start to hear loud movement within the bushes, as a tree falls down...
* Johnathan sighs deeply. "And today started so well, too.."
<Elrika> SINEL WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MY MOTHER?!
* Tahn kicks one foot free of the vines and quickly loses his balance.
<Elrika> TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW!
<TheStoryteller> You then hear a loud howl that incites pangs of fear within all of you.
<Scott> .....
* Tahn shudders.
<Sinel> I'm afraid I can't divulge that information, Elrika..
* Elrika shakes.
* Tahn then regains his balance and works to get his other foot free.
<Scott> Please let me keep control here....
* Elrika begins to cry.
<Elrika> Please tell me what you know.. please!
* Scott begins to slice through the vines with his rapier.
<TheStoryteller> Behind Sinel, a large silver colored, mechanical wolf comes out. The eyes are beady and red, as his breath is hot like fire. He looks at Elrika...and howls once more.
<Sinel> *smiles* Isn't nature unbridled so deadly.. and with science to help it, oh so perfect.
* Haylee growls.
<Haylee> You so need a lobotamy. Then I will call science perfect.
<Sinel> Maybe you'll find out Elrika.. if you can survive, that is.
<Tahn> You god damned Gorgon humper!
<Johnathan> ..am I the only one who's noticed that we're in deep shit here?
<Haylee> Gogon...humper?
* Haylee snickers dispite herself.
<Elrika> Xavier, come to me!
<Tahn> Hay..
<Bree> I don't think I want to know what a Gorgon is... *sweatdrops*
<Tahn> Get some of yer songs ready..
* Haylee nods.
<Scott> John, Haylee, Tahn.....
<Tahn> We're gonna need 'em.
<Tahn> Yeah, Scott. I know.
<Scott> It's TIME TO KICK BUTT!
* Xavier jumps on Elrika.
<Haylee> If we survive this, Sinel is so getting a bloody carcass in package sent to his house...from me!
* Tahn pries his other foot loose only to get entangled by more stupid vines.
<TheStoryteller> Sinel vanishes, as the wolf attacks!

~~ COMBAT!~~


<TheStoryteller> >> The party is all under partial Freeze condition, save Xavier... no physical attacks can be made!
<TheStoryteller> >> Combat Round 1!
<TheStoryteller> >> Enemy: Fenrir Mark I

* Xavier begins to chew away at Elrika's vines...
<Bree> Lalalalalaa... I hate being a immobile target.. takes all the fun out of battle....
* Elrika looks down.
* Haylee struggles.
* Tahn chuckles
<Elrika> Hurry Xavier.
<Scott> Use whatever magic you can. John, try your twist spell as soon as you can.
<Haylee> This was such a Stay-in-bed-turn-off-the-alarm-clock-roll-over-and-go-back-to-sleep kind of day...
<TheStoryteller> The cybernetic wolf howls, sending chills down all of your spines.. it then pounces upon Leon, who can't even raise his gun to stop it...
* Johnathan nods gravely at Scott's words. "Yep. All these targets, Scott.."
<Tahn> LEO!!!
<Elrika> Ouch..
<Haylee> O_o Oh boy.
<TheStoryteller> >> Critical Hit! Leon takes 51 damage!
* Johnathan winces. "Oh, that's going to hurt.."
<Scott> Let's see how this thing likes to be hit with cosmic energy while reality is twisted around him.
<Scott> That's going to leave a mark.
* Haylee struggles more.
<TheStoryteller> >> Bree cannot move to attack...
<TheStoryteller> Xavier gnaws away at the vines...he bites into a wire as Elrika's vines fall to the ground, dead.
<Bree> Great.. I feel more useless than normal now...
<Tahn> Yeah! Go ferret! ^_^
<Scott> Elrika, get us free as fast as you can.
<TheStoryteller> >> Elrika is freed!
* Haylee cheers Xavier on! ^_^
<TheStoryteller> >> Johnathan's hands are free enough to cast..
<Elrika> Thank you, Xavier! Now free the others.
<Tahn> Go free Bree and Leon first, you two! They can't use spells and are disadvantaged here!
* Elrika runs toward Leon.
<Elrika> Are you ok?
<TheStoryTeller2> Xavier runs up to Haylee and begins to gnaw at her vines.
<Leon> No.
<Haylee> ^_^ Thanks little guy...
<Bree> Yeah.. I'm kinda at a severe disadvantage.. unless I can talk the thing to death! *tries in vain to squirm*
* Johnathan bows his head, murmuring to himself. "Magic.. come to me, focus on me.. flow through me.."
* Tahn mutters a similar incantation.
<TheStoryteller> >> Johnathan's Wisdom rises by 74!
<TheStoryTeller2> The vines glow for a second as they take off 4 HP off of everyone who is tangled up.
<TheStoryteller> >> Elrika's turn.
* Elrika starts to chant and looks at Leon.
* Elrika casts Purity Litany.
<Haylee> Ow ow ow...
<Tahn> Agh!
* Tahn is zapped by the vines.
* Johnathan winces. "Agh..".
* Bree winces and sighs. "Hurry up and get me free!"
<TheStoryteller> >> Elrika's spell courses through Leon.. but it has no effect on the unnatural paralysis.
<TheStoryteller> >> Tahn can cast...
* Tahn starts chanting as an ever-so-familiar green aura encompasses him. Not that long after, he finishes the incantation and starts his actual spell... "Winds of Fury, Winds of Wrath! Poisonous.. Cloud!" He then centers the ever-so condensing winds around the Fenrir Mark I, trying to poison it!
<TheStoryteller> >> The air seeps into the wolf's open maw.. Fenrir is poisoned for 5 rounds!
<Haylee> Take that!
<Haylee> ^_^ Whoo!
<TheStoryteller> >> Haylee focuses her mind...
* Scott begins chanting as he calls to the forces of the cosmos.
<Johnathan> Apparently that wolf is part organic..
* Haylee clasps her hands together and closes her eyes. Opening her mouth and lifting her head slightly upward, a beautiful song escapes from her lips and echos off the walls. The song fills Leon's ears and mind and seems to heal him from within!
* Johnathan grins slightly, and winks at Haylee. "Lovely song. Ten to one he bitches about it."
<TheStoryteller> >> Leon makes an exception to appreciate singing.. he is healed by 54! (Now 92)
<Haylee> ...No...he hasn't said anything. That's better than him bitching.
<Haylee> Thanks though, Jon. ^_^
<TheStoryteller> >> Scott seethes with power...
* Scott releases a ball of cosmic energy into the skies as a rain of stars falls on Fenrir Mark I. "SHOOTING STARS!"
<TheStoryteller> >> The meteors dent into the beast's plating.. 11 damage.
<Scott> O_o;
<TheStoryteller> >> Leon burns with rage.. he gains 30 AP!
<Ishtar> If only I could get myself free...
<Bree> Join the club.. I'd like to get free too... *sweatdrops*
<TheStoryteller> Ishtar tries hacking at the vines with her wings.. but it will take more that one turn to snap the titanium tanglers.
<Tahn> I can wait, but it would be nice.
<TheStoryteller> >> Poison takes effect! Fenrir Mark I takes 16 damage.

<TheStoryteller> >> Combat Round 2!

* Haylee tries to help the little ferret out. ^_^
<TheStoryteller> Haylee's vines short circuit...Xavier cuddles up on Haylee's leg and runs off.
<Bree> Say.. Um.. those of you free... can you HELP ME OUT HERE!
<TheStoryteller> >> Haylee is free!
* Scott surrounds himself in a aquamarine aura as he begins to channel his water magic.
* Haylee stands up!
<Haylee> Thank you, thank you! ^_^
<TheStoryteller> >> The tremendous beast leaps at the now free girl, shocking her in it's electrified teeth.
<Tahn> Haylee!!!
<Scott> HAYLEE!
<Tahn> No!
* Tahn squirms to get out of the damned tentacles. ;)
<TheStoryteller> >> Haylee takes 15 damage from it's weapon skill...
<Johnathan> Haylee!
* Xavier runs up to Scott and carefully gnaws at his vines.
* Haylee cries out and stumbles back.
<Haylee> ...Graah...
* Johnathan reaches out to try to steady her, since he was already right next to her.
<Tahn> Haylee!
<TheStoryteller> The vines shock everyone tangled up for 8 damage.
<Haylee> I'm okay...don't worry...
* Johnathan twitches. "Ok.. not fun.."
* Bree stares off, pissed and frustrated
* Haylee wonders if she could try to help Jon out without shocking herself...
<Scott> .oO(may as well up my speed a bit since I'll be free shortly.)
<TheStoryteller> >> Bree is still immobilized...
<TheStoryteller> >> Johnathan can cast...
* Johnathan forms another tiny ball of energy, throwing it at the wolf. "A shame that some of your 'captives' can fight back, isn't it.. I hate to use such a lousy pun, but, well.. get bent."
* Johnathan tosses the sphere to the wolf.
* Haylee giggles. ^_^ "Good one!"
* Tahn chuckles.
* Scott snickers.
<TheStoryteller> >> The energy crackles and forms a tremendous spike of solid metal, that drives right through it's shell.. 125 damage!
* Bree grumbles to herself.
<TheStoryteller> Fenrir roars out in pain!
<Haylee> Take that!
* Johnathan smiles faintly. "Didn't like that.."
<Tahn> Yeah! Go Johnny boy!
<TheStoryteller> >> Elrika's turn.
* Haylee hugs Jon, and her hair sticks up from static cling. ^_^;
<Haylee> Nice! ^_^
* Haylee lets go and concentrates on the battle.
<Elrika> Now it's my turn to be the nice one Sinel!
* Johnathan grins. "Thanks, Haylee... but it's not over."
* Elrika crosses her arms around her chest as she begins to chant. Vines start to crawl around her and encircle her as they start to gather. She quickly opens her arms and points towards the wolf. "VINE WHIP!"
<TheStoryteller> >> The vines sprout out of the ground and beat at the creature mercilessly, as if they have a mind all their own.. 39 damage!
<TheStoryteller> >> Tahn's turn.
<Elrika> That's what you get!
* Tahn starts chanting and lets off a blue aura...
<Tahn> Powers of Althena, let energy return! Heal Litany!
* Tahn holds his hands above his head as all of the blue aura courses through them, and then over to Haylee.
* Bree stares helplessly at the battle. "....kuso...."
* Haylee blinks. O_o
<Haylee> Thanks Tahn! ^_^
<Tahn> No prob. ^_^
<TheStoryteller> >> Tahn casts Heal Litany.. Haylee is restored to max HP!
<TheStoryteller> >> Haylee's turn.
* Haylee draws her bow.
<Haylee> Let's see how well you handle this!
<Haylee> Take this!
* Haylee draws the bow, and aims a bolt HARD into the Fenrir's chest!
<TheStoryteller> >> The arrow pierces a portion of it's more furry skin and sticks there.. 45 damage!
<TheStoryteller> >> Scott's turn.
<Johnathan> Nice shot..
<Haylee> Thanks... ^_^
* Scott closes his eyes as he calls to the stars. he then opens them as he now can read his enemy....WARNING!
* Bree closes her eyes, anger building, speaking through clinched teeth. "Dammit....."
<TheStoryteller> >> Scott gains 34 to his Dodge%.
<TheStoryteller> >> Leon is still immobilized..
<TheStoryteller> >> Ishtar is still hacking at the vines, loosening several..
<TheStoryteller> Everything suddenly goes black for a few seconds, when a cat-like roar can be heard throughout the surrounding area. Suddenly, the Fenrir Mark I is hit by three black strikes of a blade across its body...
<Tahn> What in the name of Bahamut was that?!
<TheStoryteller> >> Fenrir takes 59 damage!
<Scott> Oro?
<Haylee> Huh?
<TheStoryteller> >> Reinforcements have arrived! Emili appears... :)
<Haylee> Emili!
<Emili> Da da dum da da! Charge!
<Scott> Emmi!
<Haylee> ^_^ Thank god.
<Tahn> EMMI! :D
<Emili> ^_^
<Tahn> YAY! ^_^
* Emili floats about.
* Emili poses. "I got style!"
* Bree opens her eyes and glances around angrily. "......."
<Tahn> Now we can really kick ass and take names! ^_^
<Johnathan> Heh.. The cavalry has arrived.
<TheStoryteller> >> Poison takes effect.. Fenrir loses 16 HP.

<TheStoryteller> >> Combat Round 3!

* Haylee blinks. "Where did Emmy learn that phrase?"
<Emili> Ummmm....
<Emili> What's style?
<Emili> Coolies! ^_^
<TheStoryteller> >> Suddenly all the vines begin to drop away... they must be tied to the wolf's energy..
<Tahn> Heeeey! Coolies!
<Tahn> ^_^
<Haylee> Yes!
<TheStoryteller> >> Everyone is freed.
* Haylee helps John and Tahn up. ^_^
* Bree tosses the vines away. "ARRGH!! Bout' @#$@#$#@$ TIME!!" She kicks at them wildly, very pissed.
* Scott lands on his feet and sheathes his sword. He readies his hand to draw as soon as he can attack.
<Elrika> Is it dead?
<TheStoryteller> >> The wolf-like machine rears back, not out of the fight yet.. it lets go a howl that shakes your very bones..
* Haylee hisses. "Die you....freak!"
* Tahn yawns as the thing lets out its... what? 15th bone shattering howl? :P
* Emili floats down and wraps her wings around her body.
* Bree folds her arms defiantly, glancing out of the corner of her eyes at the monster. "I'm not impressed.."
<TheStoryteller> >> Everyone feels a bit of their strength ebb away.. the party looses 20 AP.
* Haylee blehs.
<Haylee> That didn't feel good ..
* Johnathan blinks. "No it didn't."
<TheStoryteller> >> Bree's turn.
* Bree sits down where she's at, crossing her arms like a ticked off child. "I'm not fighting!" *turns away*
<TheStoryteller> >> Bree Defends, her heart somehow not in it..
<TheStoryteller> >> Johnathan's turn.
* Johnathan forms and throws another sphere. "Well then.. lets try for a repeat performance, shall we..?"
<Haylee> ^_^ Go for it John! Boom boom boom!
<Tahn> ^_^
<TheStoryteller> >> John gets a much different effect.. a tree falls on the wolf. 114 damage.
<Tahn> O_o
* Tahn hops out of the way of a falling tree. O_o
* Johnathan blinks.
<Emili> Neat!
<Emili> I wanna knock down a tree too!
<Tahn> NO, Emmi.
<TheStoryteller> The wolf is dented in many places, but somehow is still standing..
* Bree sits by herself and mumbling more obscenities than actual words. ".....##@$@#$#@$@!^@^....."
<TheStoryteller> >> Elrika/Xavier's turn.
<Emili> Ummm.... okay...
<Tahn> Worry about knocking the wolf-bot thing down instead.
* Johnathan looks sheepish. "Er.. You know.. heh... that wasn't supposed to that.. my apologies, Elrika.."
* Scott eyes his opponent.....
* Bree just sits there grumbling and cursing "...damn monster..."
<TheStoryteller> >> Elrika casts Poison Litany, impaling the wolf with spikes.. it's poision lasts another 6 rounds...
<TheStoryteller> Xavier uses the opening to launch it's tiny feral body at the creature..
<TheStoryteller> >> Unbelievably, the little ferret hits! Attack 1: 5!, 2: 7!..
<TheStoryteller> >> Attack 3: Critical! 73?!
<Haylee> O_o Go little ferret go!
<TheStoryteller> >> Xavier goes clean through the thing...
<TheStoryteller> >> Fenrir Mark I shuts down from the intense damage...

~~ Victory! 18 XP, 610 $P, and 23 MEXP gained. ~~


<Haylee> O_o I like you, mister ferret. Yes I do.
<Xavier> *looks at Haylee* The name is Xavier.
<Haylee> ^_^; Sorry....Xavier. We owe you!
* Bree grumbles. "Yeah right..."
<Haylee> We should split before Sinel decides to come back...
<Tahn> Yeah.
* Ishtar finally hacks free.
* Johnathan nods. "Getting out of here would be.. a really good idea."
* Haylee nods.
* Tahn nods, not wanting to stop the trend.
* Elrika sits on ground.
<Elrika> It's finaly over.
<Tahn> Yeah.
<Haylee> No...we don't know who the fourth and final one is..
<Johnathan> No... I have a feeling It's only just begun.
<Tahn> I think Elrika meant the battle, guys.
<Tahn> ^^;
* Emili looks about and then down at her stomach.
<Emili> Hey ummm....
<Haylee> ^_^; Oh. Well..um. Okay.
<Emili> When can we eat?
<Scott> Elrika, will you help us bring the church down? Look what they did here. They're out to kill us, you included. Will you join us?
<Tahn> Didn't you just eat, Emmi?
<Haylee> You ate already, Em.
<Emili> I'm a hungry!
* Elrika looks, at Emili.
<Emili> Yeah but that wasn't enough!
<Emili> I'm still hungry!
* Bree stays sitting in the corner, grumbling and cursing to herself, arms crossed.
<Elrika> Only berries, no animals.
<Emili> Berries?
<Emili> Icky!
<TheStoryteller> The hulking machine lays at your feet, a reminder how cruel Sinel can be when he wants something..
<Emili> I hate berries!
* Tahn kicks the damn thing.
* Johnathan looks down at the wolf. "Such a shame.."
* Tahn bounces up and down on his now hurt foot. :P
* Elrika runs up to wolf and kicks it.
<Elrika> OUCH.
* Haylee sighs and plops on the ground.
* Bree twitches with silent anger "....grrrrr....."
<Tahn> You okay, Bree?
* Haylee turns to Bree and sings a soothing song, hoping to calm her down.
* Bree speaks through gritted teeth. "No.. I'm not okay.."
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> Uh.. Guys.
<TheStoryteller> Leon looks at Bree a moment, almost reminding her of what he said before.. "Don't become like me.."
* Haylee stops singing. :/
<Elrika> I'm sorry for not believing you all about Sinel.
<Haylee> It's okay, Elrika...
<Johnathan> With all due respect, people.. we shouldn't sit here. Fish in a barrel and all..
<TheStoryteller> There's some movement in the bushes.
<Tahn> ...
<Haylee> O_o
<Scott> Hmmm?
* Tahn looks over to the bushes.
* Elrika stands up.
<Elrika> What next?
* Bree stands up and dusts herself off, trying to act as normal as she can, surplus of anger showing through. "How much longer.. till the next town?" *glances at the bushes*
<TheStoryteller> Suddenly, a guardsman of Virtue grabs Tahn's neck!
<Haylee> Tahn!!
<Tahn> Aw fuck!
<TheStoryteller> [Guard] We've got you now, Infidels!
* Emili leaps at the guardsman.
* Scott rushes the guardsman and slices him with his blade.
* Tahn struggles the best he can, trying to escape and/or shove a dagger into the guard's crotch.
* Haylee quickly shoots a blast at the guardsman!
* Elrika drop-kicks guardsman.
<Tahn> Hey!
<Tahn> Watch it here!
<Johnathan> Oh, for crying in silence.. you're an idiot! They aren't infidels!
<TheStoryteller> The guard is pummeled into submission, but another 5 or six advance through the foliage...
<Tahn> Shit.
<Haylee> Oh no...
* Bree folds her arm again, defiantly doing nothing but watching. "....."
* Emili begins casting Dragon Anger...
<Scott> Let's take their asses DOWN!
* Haylee pulls Tahn up.
<TheStoryteller> Then 10 more from behind you...
<Tahn> Uh.
<Haylee> ....I think we're fucked.
<Scott> Not good...
<Tahn> We gotta come up with something REAL quick guys.
* Scott considers casting Shooting Stars again.
<Tahn> Or we're SOL.
<TheStoryteller> You hear thundering sounds.. could it be armored transports?
<Tahn> Oh, FUCK.
<Tahn> We are so screwed.
<Scott> They're pulling out all the stops here.
<TheStoryteller> [Guard] Give it up.. we have this forest surrounded.
* Haylee focuses her mind and tries to send horrid images into the guards minds, hoping to make them snap. ^_^;
<Bree> I guess this anwsers my question about how long till the next town....
* Johnathan keeps his voice low. "..think we can make it to the tree?"
<Elrika> Ahh.
<Tahn> (w) Probably not..
<TheStoryteller> Haylee feels a sudden twinge of pain rush to her head.
<Haylee> Agh...
* Scott whispers back. "We can always try."
<Tahn> Haylee!
* Haylee keeps trying regardless...
<Tahn> Hay!
<TheStoryteller> A man steps out of the bushes behind the platoon...
<Tahn> It's no use!
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> You...
* Bree sits back down, and crosses her arms. "No sense in my putting up a fight..."
<Scott> .....
<Haylee> No...other...choice...
* Johnathan puts a hand on Haylee's shoulder. "Stop it, Haylee.. it's not worth killing yourself over."
<Haylee> But...
* Haylee sighs and gives up.
* Scott assumes another fighting stance, blade in hand.
<TheStoryteller> He has purple hair, and long flowing black robes... so black.. almost as if you could drown in them eternally. They hang about him in a way that suggests he carries heavy armor underneath... yet his is armed with nothing but an ornate cane.
<Tahn> ...
* Tahn growls.
* Elrika joins Scott.
* Haylee blinks, her face paling..
<Haylee> Wait....
<Scott> .....
* Bree sits there pissed and passive, arms crossed. "...."
<Elrika> Who are you ?
<TheStoryteller> [Man] Well.. this little manhunt is over.
<Haylee> Who the hell are you?
* Scott holds his blade parallel to his outstretched free arm, using the free arm as a guide for his sword.
<Scott> Identify yourself, asshole.
<TheStoryteller> [Man] You're so commanding for a bunch of people about to face their execution.
<Haylee> WHAT?
* Johnathan sighs, still keeping his voice low. "...so much for trying to talk our way out of this, insult them, sure.."
<Haylee> What the hell did we do?!
<Scott> Haylee, if I start to lose it, you have to promise that you'll not hold back and attack with all your strength.
* Elrika gags.
<Haylee> Just keep cool, Scott..
* Bree looks up at the man, examining him. "I want out of this group... I'm sick of all this crap..."
<TheStoryteller> Haylee gets a strange feeling she has seen this man... and Emili even more.
<Elrika> Why do you want to kill us?
<Haylee> ....
<Tahn> Haylee, if Scott starts to lose it, quite simply, get rid of me too.
<Haylee> I know you....
<Haylee> No...that can't be right...
<Tahn> Why are you here?!
* Johnathan steps forward towards the man, figuring, what the heck. "It's a misunderstanding, sir.. these worshippers of Althena are hardly infidels.."
* Emili looks at the man.
<TheStoryteller> [Man] Oh.. I'm not the one to kill you. The people will decide that..
<Emili> Meanie!
<Haylee> Do I...know you...?
<TheStoryteller> The black grabed man reaches into his robes and pulls out a document.
* Haylee shakes her head.
<Bree> Grr.. dammit.. my whole life's wasted.. for this dumb moment.. and I haven't even done a thing....
<Scott> Who in the fuck are you, you son of a bitch.
* Haylee ignores Bree :p
<TheStoryteller> [Man] You are all hearby ordered to appear before the High Court of Vane.. for the crime of Treason...
* Elrika walks up tp black robed guy. "I demand to know who you are."
<Haylee> Treason? But we didn't do anything!
<TheStoryteller> [Man] And I, Gregory Windstar, shall lead you to that fate.
<Tahn> Why are you here?!
<Haylee> O_o
<Scott> Gregory???? YOU BASTARD!
<Tahn> ANSWER ME YOU BLOODY BASTARD!!
<Emili> Hey!
<Emili> Gregory!
<Tahn> Stay back Scott.
<Scott> Haylee, let's break the seal and show him just what he possessed me with.
<Emili> That's that that meanie dumb dumb!
* Gregory curls his lip into a refined sneer at Tahn and Scott...
<Haylee> No!
<Bree> Hey.. you.. I want out of all this.. I just want to leave all this.. and these people.. I want to make a deal...
* Bree looks at him dead serious.
<Haylee> I won't let that thing out Scott. End of discussion!
<Elrika> I am not leaving my home.
<Tahn> Bree, if you don't stay back, you'll suffer the same fate as him. *indicates Gregory*
<Gregory> Why, take it up with the Judge, my friends...
<Scott> Why don't you tell me why you possessed me with DarkStar, first?
<Elrika> What have you people got me into?
<Johnathan> And dare I ask who the judge is?
* Emili charges in a blurring speed at Gregory with her sword drawn ready to strike.
<Tahn> Forget the judge. This is personal, Windstar, and you DAMN WELL KNOW IT!!
<Bree> I'm sitting still.. how can I stay back if I'm not moving?
* Haylee begins to seethe.
<Haylee> You have no right....we've done nothing...
<Gregory> I wouldn't be making threats without the power to back up those words... unless of course you want me to bring Kash a bunch of corpses.
<Scott> You should know damn well what that spirit's capable of...wait...KASH? My magic instructor?
<Tahn> You never had the guts to kill me, Windstar.
<Haylee> Screw it...if he plans to kill us anyway...I say we fight for our lives...
* Elrika looks lost.
<Gregory> Oh no, Igtenos, that would be too nice of me...
<Tahn> You broke my bones, my mind, my spirit.. by you never had the guts to kill me. And I doubt you will now.
* Gregory snaps his head at Emili, as she freezes in place...and then falls.
<Elrika> I say we fight.
<Scott> You made me the puppet of a spirit that could destroy everything.....why?
* Bree anger raises again. "..dammit.. don't ignore me...." *twitches*
* Emili stumbles over and lands on her butt.
<Haylee> Bree...it's too late.
<Scott> Easy Elrika. I want to know why that bastard possessed me with DarkStar.
<Emili> Poo poo ninny head!
* Johnathan takes a single step back from Gregory, looking more resigned then anything.
<Gregory> Ah.. isn't this a surprise..
<Tahn> (to Scott, without moving his head) For his personal benefit.
<Haylee> Tahn...
<Elrika> We don't have time for this Scott.
<Tahn> ...
<Haylee> Why does everyone beat you up all the time...? :/
<Tahn> Stay out of this! Do you hear me?!
<Haylee> It's not fair.
<Scott> Then he'll get that benefit...as soon as the seal's broke and he DIES!
<Bree> I swear.. if I live.. I'm leaving all of you behind!!
* Bree pounds the ground a few times in anger.
<Haylee> Bree....in all kindness....shut up.
<Haylee> Being pissed at us will not make them go away.
* Johnathan sighs, bowing his head. "Oh, what's the use..."
<Tahn> Revenge, Johnathan.
<Gregory> .o(Hmm... her power is much greater than before..nearly threefold.. perhaps she can...)
<Haylee> ....
<Scott> You tell me now, Gregory. Why did you possess a simple child with that spirit. You know what it's capable of. It could destroy this world....TELL ME, ASSHOLE!
<Bree> ...it's not you guys I'm pissed at.... but.. none of you'd understand..
<Tahn> Every single student of Vane. Almost every trauma they face.. has Gregory at its root.
* Haylee puts a hand behind her back and charges it up with mental energy...
* Gregory turns his attention back to the party, snapping out of his thoughts.
<Gregory> Silence.. Just resign yourself to your fates..
<Haylee> Never...
<Scott> You tell me what I want to know, ASSWIPE!
* Haylee flings her hand forward and shoots the mental energy at Gergory as a last ditch effort!
<Gregory> I will share nothing with infidels...
<Tahn> Who's the infidel?!
<TheStoryteller> Gregory stares at Haylee, as she gets a mental backlash..
<Johnathan> They aren't infidels..
<Haylee> Aahhh!
<TheStoryteller> She sees the images.. from her vision.. the man..
* Bree slams her fist on the ground repeatedly cursing and swearing.
* Tahn takes a step forward.
<Haylee> ...That's where!!
<Tahn> Windstar..
* Haylee clutches her head. "My vision..."
* Elrika runs to Haylee. "Are you ok?"
* Gregory looks thoughtful after repelling Haylee's attack..
* Haylee looks at Emili, then Ishtar... "Oh my god.....impossible...It can't be..."
<Gregory> You surprise me...
<Tahn> It is, Haylee.
* Haylee painfully turns to Gregory. "What are you babbling about."
<Gregory> It is none of your concern...
* Bree stands up, insane with anger. "Ggrrr... dammit! Am I not @#$#$ important!!?!? AAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" She grabs the sides of her head and screams to the sky!
<Scott> Tahn, it's my concern when you cause so many of the ills of the Students in Vane.
* Elrika smacks Bree.
<Gregory> Now, will you still resist even in vain?
<Scott> And my concern because of DarkStar.
* Haylee narrows her eyes. "If you hurt anyone here...I swear I'll kill you."
* Bree tries beating the crap out of Elrika for that.
<Elrika> Snap out of it, woman!
<Haylee> With my own...bare...hands.
<Gregory> Guards.. grab them!
<Scott> Haylee, there's no choice......the seal....
<TheStoryteller> The troop advances upon the team..
<Haylee> It's not you!
<Haylee> It's not you I'm worried about Scott!
<Scott> The what is it?
* Bree keeps trying to beat Elrika to death, gone into a mad rage. "DAMN YOU! You're the #@#$ reason we're going to die!!"
* Emili flies upward and dives down at Gregory again. "Die MEANIE!"
<Haylee> ....I saw...that man...with a woman in black...with wings. and they both looked...
<Scott> Emmi?
<TheStoryteller> Gregory catches Emili's sword in his bare hands...
* Elrika starts to glow, casting herbal breeze upon Bree.
<Haylee> It might be...it might not be...but...
<Scott> If we release DarkStar, we could survive this.
<Gregory> So young and foolish... but that will change...
<Emili> Huh!
<Emili> Hey, let go!
<Haylee> Scott, if we let that thing out it'll slay us too!
<Scott> Who says they won't kill us anyway?
<TheStoryteller> He throws it to the side, knocking Emili down once more.
* Elrika runs up to Gregory and kicks him in his nuts.
<Haylee> And if we're dead, you'll run arond and kill innocents Scott. People you don't even KNOW.
* Emili flails about before landing into the ground.
<Scott> It's a catch 22 situation. We're dead anyway. Either by them or by the spirit...your chouce.
<TheStoryteller> The guardsmen grab the party.. there's just too many to resist forever..
* Johnathan doesn't even make a move to resist.
* Haylee grahs. "Stop grabbing my breasts you perverts! Ow! Watchit!"
* Scott tries to slice as many of them to ribbons as he can before he's taken captive.
* Elrika fights the guards off.
* Bree stands there huffing and puffing, staring at Elrika insanely and gets grabbed, flailing about, trying to beat the crap out of the guards. "Arrgh! I'll kill you all!!!! AAAAAH!!!"
* Emili flies upward to avoid the guards.
<Emili> Nya nya! Can't catch me!!
<Elrika> Hey Bree.
* Bree can't hear right now. ^^;;
<Scott> Listen to me, Gregory. I'll go, but I have one request. Which as a member of the guild, you must honor.
<Gregory> You WILL come, whether you desire it or not!
<Emili> No way!
<Emili> I'll beat you up, you meanie!

~~ COMBAT! ~~


<TheStoryteller> >> Enemy: Gregory Windstar
<Emili> You're just like that dumb dumb Sinel!
<Emili> MEAN!
<Gregory> Sinel.. he is a misguided fool who chases blindly for what he cannot attain.. But I on the other hand, already have it..
* Haylee struggles.
<Emili> What're you talking about?!
<Scott> Haylee, can you project my voice telepathically?
<Haylee> ...I'm not sure....I've never tried it.
<Emili> Aww... I don't understand! Let's fight!
* Haylee tries to project Scott's voice.
<Scott> Try it. I must get through to that bastard. If I can get him to let me talk to Kash, then we might be able to talk some sense into them.
<Gregory> Poor.. poor child...
<Haylee> Um. Scott.
<Haylee> Something tells me that this guy is an insane bastard.
<Scott> GREGORY...LISTEN TO ME....
<Haylee> And that whatever we try, will not work.
<Scott> Kash was my magic instructor. I have to talk to him.
<Haylee> Scott...didn't you even consider Kash might be in on it too?
<Scott> That's for me to find out.
* Bree struggles with the guards. "Eerggg!!!" She huffs and puffs, trying to calm down.
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili's turn.
* Emili sends down thunder bolts on the area.
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili's magic blazes.. the lightning paralyzes everything in sight! The party is Frozen!
<Scott> O_o;
<Haylee> Emmy...what...?
<Haylee> Ow! Em! Wrong people!
* Gregory lifts an eyebrow.
<Gregory> Well, well...
* Haylee then falls on her face. O_o
* Scott falls forward, his sword sticking into the ground.
<TheStoryteller> >> Gregory is unaffected.
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili's turn.
<Emili> How'd ya do that!?
<Gregory> Why ask me? The answer is closer than you think...
* Emili streaks around Gregory using her Guilt Blade technique!
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili swipes three times at Gregory, but his form seems to dissapate around her very weapon... 0 damage!
<Emili> Quit doing that!
<Emili> And quit talking strangely!
<Gregory> You're the one who is making no sense, Emili.. your very existence is a contradiction.
<Bree> .oO( Gotta...calm down.... )
<Emili> What's a contradiction?
<Emili> Grr...!
<Gregory> A shame.. I would have thought your mother would have given you more knowledge of things..
<Emili> Quit confusing me you meanie.... what?
<Emili> Mommy? You knew my mommy?
<Emili> I don't remember you!
<Gregory> Yes. She was a remarkable woman.. in many ways.
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili's turn.
<Emili> You're just a liar like Ishtar says!
* Emili flies high into the air. As the enemies look upward, they are blinded by the intense light of the sun as Emili arrives infront of it. Suddenly in a flash of light, everything is dark, and all the enemies can see are large, fiery, red meteors hurling toward them.
<TheStoryteller> >> Gregory again dodges all the rocks, his form quivering in space.. 0 damage.
<Gregory> Hahaha.... what is a liar if he will someday make what is true?
<TheStoryteller> >> Gregory's turn.
<Gregory> Good night Emili... allow me to tuck you in.
<Emili> Night?
<Emili> It's still sunny!
* Gregory raises his hand as swirls of darkness and light converge.
<Gregory> Forbidden Light...
<TheStoryteller> >> Suddenly Emili's body is torn apart by black and white lances of energy, while all her senses are blinded by the sheer force!
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili takes 999 damage... KO'd.
* Emili falls to the ground.
<Gregory> Sleep well.. you have a long day ahead of you...

~~ Emili is defeated... ~~


* Bree gets her time to calm down. ^^;
* Scott struggles to keep DarkStar sealed up.....
<TheStoryteller> Gregory waves his hand as the rest of the party is ushered into some transports bound for Vane. He himself picks Emili up off the ground...

~~ SESSION END ~~

Session Close: Mon Jul 19 01:57:04 1999