Session Start: Sun Jun 04 22:53:58 2000
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<TheStoryteller> Recap.. you allw e split up intog roups after travellign around the SPire dungeon..
<Tahn> lol
<TheStoryteller> er were
* DNW toddles off into muted land
<Haylee> Coot DNW
<Haylee> :D
<Haylee> so coooott :o
* Emili hasta go across town around 7:30 tomorrow and arrive at there at 8:30 for job stuffers.
<TheStoryteller> And this chronicles the events in the "Hope" John group... you all, plus El and Adam
<TheStoryteller> Capice? :)
* Tahn is ready adn willing for por...er, wait.
<Haylee> Capice!
<Haylee> Tahn!
<Emili> I thought John and Haylee were in different corners of the world. 
<Emili> Or groups
<Tahn> John's in both groups, Em :P
<TheStoryteller> John is in both since he's in half. ;)
<Haylee> He's everywhere :o
<Tahn> Remember, he's half the man he used to be
<TheStoryteller> Anyhow! ~~ SESSION START ~~
<Tahn> «ooc: <John ala Tom Servo> I'm HUGE! »
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<Emili> Oh... so half the testosterone....... Actually I think that's a good thing =)
<Haylee> «ooc: But if he's everywhere...does he have sperate testicles in each body, making him only half a man »
<TheStoryteller> << Oh hush. ^^ >>
<Tahn> «ooc: John's Tupac! »
<Johnathan> << Actually, Storen said each half was like.. translucent. >>
<Haylee> «ooc: So he's got no balls at all! He sounds like Pottle! ;) »
<Emili> <<Oh... so we can see his underwear like Superman can see Lois'? =)>>
<TheStoryteller> Last we left the group, they ahd been split up afetr an unfortunate fall into the lwoer reacehs of the Spire. A teleporter seemed the only way out, but where it took them was far from close to home...
<Johnathan> << More like you can see through him. I think. ;) >>
<Haylee> «ooc: you can see all his organs!? Ew! »
<Emili> <<That's not all that gross when you think about it *hint hint*>>
<TheStoryteller> You all start to make out colors and shapes as the effects of the teleport fade.. the first thing you see is jagged mountains, and feel a biting wind, freezing you to the very core.
<Haylee> «ooc: :o »
<Tahn> «ooc: Emmi no hentai! »
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<Johnathan> << What part of transluscent is so hard to understand? Straight through. >>
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<Haylee> «ooc: John: we know. we're poking fun. :D »
<Johnathan> << And.. uh.. Emili.. every dissect a pig or something? Those organs are ugly too. ;) >>
<Haylee> Holy Althena! O_o
* Johnathan shivers. "Gah... nice and... warm here.."
<Emili> <<I'm just playing, and yes I disected a pig and a frog.>>
<Haylee> «ooc: I discected a fetal pig ^^ »
<Haylee> «ooc: That was fun :p »
<TheStoryteller> It seems as if this land has had snow falling forever.. the ground itself seems like packed ice.
<Johnathan> << Ditto. It was.. hrm. Fun, sorta? >>
<Haylee> Where the heck did we end up?
* Emili looks at everyone, obilvous to the biting cold.
<Tahn> ...The...no. That can't be. Nope, uh uh, not possible...
<Haylee> What, Tahn? 
<TheStoryteller> In the distance, through the storm, you make out a shadowy building of some type, nestled at the base of one of the mountain peaks.
* Emili looks about.
<Tahn> I've...heard stories of a place like this.
<Tahn> Too cold to support any life...
<Emili> We can't be here...... It isn't possible.... is it?
* Johnathan looks up into the sky.
* Haylee 's face blanks. "Youdon't mean...?"
<Tahn> ...Yeah.
<Haylee> «ooc: Agh. My typing sucks. :p »
<Haylee> ...But...it can't be... ^^;;
* Haylee shivers.
<TheStoryteller> Looking up, you can see a faint orb of green in the sky. Could it be... Lunar?
<Emili> We're on the Blue Star
<Johnathan> No Blue Star there... which means.. we're there. So to speak.
<Johnathan> It's.. a rather odd feeling..
<Tahn> Oi.
<Haylee> You know, I'm not really dressed for this place... ^^; Not like you guys...can we move?
* Johnathan shivers again.
* Haylee points to her very bare arms and exposed belly button ^^;
<TheStoryteller> The cold is getting to you... you ahve to move or start freezing to death. :/
* Haylee hops ahead. ^^;
* Tahn goes ahead too
* Johnathan << Freezes to death >>
<Emili> It's not too cold for me... I can resist the cold to a certain extent but.... you guys can't....
<Haylee> «ooc: Freezes to death and the rats nibble on her corpse »
<Emili> Let's head for that building over there. 
<Tahn> I'm fine. Most of this is windchill, and I can filter that out. ^^;
<TheStoryteller> Haylee feels the presence of something in the barren wastelands.
* Emili points to the building in the distance.
* Johnathan starts along, shivering a little with every step and sort of huddling in his robe.
<Johnathan> I.... no.. actually..
<Emili> <<Wucia? =D>>
* Haylee blinks...
<Haylee> Something...?
<Johnathan> ..John could have done something to heat us up, but.. 
* Haylee shivers a lot now... ^^;
<Tahn> ...Yeah, that'd seem best... the rest of the group needs shelter, Em.
<Haylee> «ooc: I bet I'll pull an Amelia! ;) »
* Tahn holds Haylee close, helping her warm up a bit.
<Haylee> T..Thanks Tahn...
<Tahn> Yeah...
<Emili> This place.... seems oddly familiar though... 
<TheStoryteller> You all see a bit of movement in a nearby snowbank, but it's hard to see in the whiteout.
<Tahn> Eh?
<Haylee> Gah...I'm so cold.. -_-
* Tahn blinks and looks in that direction.
<Tahn> ...Thought I saw something...
<Haylee> «ooc: DNW sez bye :D »
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<TheStoryteller> << It's not modded yet. ;) >>
*** Tahn sets mode: +m
<TheStoryteller> You trudge farther on in the blizzard, remidned of Zeio's fort not too long ago. The same almost spiritual cold.
<Tahn> Gh...
<Tahn> C'mon... we have to make this...
<Haylee> Hang on, Tahn...
<Tahn> I'm fine.
* Haylee projects an image of a roaring fireplace in his mind. ^_^
<Tahn> It's just not that pleasant of a feeling. ^^;
* Tahn trudges forward, Haylee and the rest of the party in tow.
<TheStoryteller> The building becomes larger.. you can see it's surface is jagged, almost crystalline. Farther up it's towering heights is a star-shaped pattern.
<Johnathan> It's really not any worse than the glacier was... well.. much..
<Haylee> «ooc: Tahn: AHH! I'm burning! :o Haylee: Fuck! Thta's not what I wanted it to do! Tahn: ...Hey haylee! I like your name cuz it has not 1, not 2, but four vowels! »
<TheStoryteller> From behind, you hear some sort of muffled breathing... o_O 
* Haylee blinks!
* Tahn looks back. "Whozere?
<Haylee> Who's there...?
* Emili pulls out Rosebud and turns in the direction of the muffled breathing
<TheStoryteller> You're greeted by a huge lumbering humanoid figure, draped in skins and breathing harshly. :o
<TheStoryteller> It doesn't look friendly...
<Tahn> ...
<Emili> <<It caveman>>
<Tahn> Oh boy.
<TheStoryteller> >> COMBAT! <<
* Tahn unfurls his whip and takes the rear.
* Haylee sighs and pulls out her bow. ^^;
<TheStoryteller> >> Enemy Single: Missing Link
* Emili moves to the front line and prepares to fight.
<Tahn> «ooc: Gah! Utena ref! ;) »
<Haylee> «ooc: Link: AHH! Where is my Zelda?! :D »
<TheStoryteller> The big creature yells out into the storm!
<Haylee> «ooc: Link: You cannae take muh freedom! »
<TheStoryteller> A pack of Ice Mongrels leap from the backs and rush to it's side..
<TheStoryteller> << er backs of snowdrifts. :) >>
<Tahn> Hell. Anyone got some fire magic?
<Haylee> N...No...
<TheStoryteller> >> Ice Mongrel A-D join the fight! Form Front row, Missing Link back. :)
<TheStoryteller> >> Tahn's turn.
<Johnathan> << Aww.. if only Miko were here. Ice Mongrels! ;) >>
<TheStoryteller> [Elrika] I'm freezing.. I can barely concentrate to fight.. Xavier where are you?
<Emili> <<Ahh my nose is itchy...>>
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] Elrika.. this is no time to worry about that rat!
<Haylee> «ooc: You know life is good when your mom randomly makes you popcorn :D »
<TheStoryteller> << for the record, Missing Link is an EB enemy. ;) Not an Utena Ref >>
<Emili> <<brb>>
* Johnathan frowns absently. "Tube Rat."
<TheStoryteller> Elrika frowns, the cold obviously not helping thigns for her frail body.
<Tahn> Powers of Althena, be a shield to protect us... please...
* Tahn holds his hands above his head, spreading a thin, but sturdy shield over the party...
<TheStoryteller> >> Tahn casts Hope Defender! The party's Defense is up 789!
<TheStoryteller> << Oh well. :) >>
<Tahn> «ooc: oops brb »
<TheStoryteller> >> The Ice Mongrels A & B leap at Emili, clawing and scratching!
<Haylee> Emmy!
<TheStoryteller> >> 1: Crit! 64! 2: Crit! 70! 3: Crit! 66! 4: crit! 72!
<TheStoryteller> >> C & D similarly gang up on Adam, downing him in a furry mess. ^^
<TheStoryteller> >> He's not hurt much though.. 1: Crit! 14! 2: crit! 16! 3: 7! 4: Crit! 14!
<Haylee> «ooc: *poing poing poing poing!* »
<TheStoryteller> << That spell really helped. :) >>
<Haylee> «ooc: ^_^ »
<TheStoryteller> >> Elrika casts Death Touch on Ice Mongrel B! It falls over yelping, and quite dead. :o
* Tahn blinks
<TheStoryteller> >> Haylee's turn.
* Haylee closes her eyes, and clasps her hands in front of her face. She meditates, going into a trance like state....
<TheStoryteller> << for the record.. haylee, John, and Emili are weak. :) >>
<Johnathan> That.. really.. is..
<Johnathan> ..you just..
<Haylee> «ooc: weak? »
<TheStoryteller> >> Haylee Meditates! She gains 1330 wis! ^^
<Tahn> «ooc: You sleep! Sleep is for the weak »
<Tahn> «ooc: O_O »
<Haylee> «ooc: :O Yaaay! »
<Haylee> «ooc: Third level form rocks! »
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili's turn.
<TheStoryteller> << she still afk? >>
<Haylee> «ooc: Looks like it ^^ »
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili calls upon her Dragon Wings! Reaction & Dodge up 557!
<TheStoryteller> >> Adam swings his bastard sword around, planting it in Ice Mongrel A's noggin'.
<Haylee> «ooc: *splut* »
<TheStoryteller> >> Unfortunately it's way too quick! 1: Miss! 2: Miss! 3: Miss! 4: 34!
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] I can't see in this blizzard.. damn these things.
<Haylee> Gotta...keep...focused...
<TheStoryteller> >> The huge Missing Link breathes a stream of ciy air in Aam's direction..
<TheStoryteller> << er adam's >>
<Emili> When did Ice Mongrels get so aggressive?
<Haylee> D-dunno...
<Emili> <<back! Sorry needed to clear my nose>>
<TheStoryteller> >> In the chill air, he's stiff in seconds! o_O Adam is Frozen!
<Tahn> ...Hell.
<Haylee> «ooc: Oooh! Stiff huh? Huh huh huh. »
<TheStoryteller> >> Johnathan's turn.
<TheStoryteller> << lol. ^^ >>
* Johnathan sighs.
<Haylee> «ooc: Gah. ^^ I'm getting perverted. »
<Johnathan> I.. 
<Emili> <<Ooh perfect battle theme, Irwin on Reflection>>
* Johnathan begins to murmur, speeding himself up a little.
<TheStoryteller> >> Johnathan Mystic Vigors! He Concentrates! Wis up 235! He is Swiftened.. gains an additional action!
<Emili> <<Swiftened!  How... sqwiffy! =D>>
<TheStoryteller> >> Combat Round 2!
<TheStoryteller> << Emili wings make her speedy.. :) >>
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili's turn.
<Tahn> «ooc: Who needs healing? »
<Haylee> «ooc: Em does. »
<TheStoryteller> << Hay, you're at 100 HP.. ;) >>
<TheStoryteller> << er 101 >>
<Haylee> «ooc: Oh. Uh, we all do! »
<Tahn> «ooc: -_- Is there a front/back row? »
<Johnathan> << I'm at 11 HP. But then, my max is 90. So.. uh.. ;) >>
<Tahn> «ooc: Or are we all one row? »
<TheStoryteller> << Em, Adam front >>
<Haylee> «ooc: And uh...virtue boy is frozen :D »
* Emili points spear at the enemies and column of red light envelops her body a blackish silohette of her body appears within the column where her eyes should be they glow fiercely red.
* Emili lands on the ground filled with a new powerful strength.
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili is granted the Vigor of Dragons.. str up 1070! Max! :)
<TheStoryteller> >> Tahn's turn.
<Tahn> «ooc: Aw what the hell »
* Tahn holds his hands above his head, as healing energies begin to seep out over the party...
<Tahn> As tall as the tallest pillar... as bright as the darkest day... King of Darkness, Queen of Light, shining like gold upon a sea of chaos.. I call upon thee...swear myself to thee! With Althena's power, let the balance against the dark be restored! White...REFLECTION!
* Tahn drops to his knees and slams his hands into the ground, letting a surge of energy flow over the party, healing any damage previously wrought!
<TheStoryteller> >> Tahn uses White reflection! The entire group is refreshed beyond their wildest dreams! ;) Hp/MP Restored! Adam's status is cleared.
<Johnathan> Overskill.. 
<Johnathan> << Gah >>
<Tahn> «ooc: doh! »
<Johnathan> Overkill..
<Emili> <<Okay... whose copying Slayers chants now hmmm?  At least my chant didn't blantly worded it that way =)>>
<Tahn> Yeah, well, who cares. -_-;
<Haylee> «ooc: Ooh. Vay ref! Vay ref! »
<Tahn> «ooc: Em: It's not a direct Slayers chant. ;) »
<Tahn> «ooc: Em: It's from a slayers _fanfic_. therefore, it's fair game. ;) »
<Emili> <<Neither was mine but still you guys made fun of it =)>>
* Johnathan shivers. "Just saying... though who'd have thought.. considering who I was... that I'd have said that..."
* Haylee still freezes. ^^;
<Tahn> «ooc: So? »
<TheStoryteller> >> Ice Mongrels A, B, C decide to try and nip Emili's wings off. :D
<Emili> <<So I get to make fun of your chant cause its close to it>>
<Tahn> «ooc: kay »
<Emili> <<Quit picking on my just cause I'm powerful! =D>>
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili dodges most of the hits, thanks to her newfound speed.. All missed!
<TheStoryteller> >> Ice Mongrel D cowers a little, whimpering. :(
<Haylee> «ooc: aww. I want to hug it now! ;_; »
<Haylee> «ooc: !! Agh!I remember what I gotta do next week now ;) »
<Johnathan> << B is dead. ;) >>
<Emili> <<What?>>
<Haylee> «ooc: winks. It's a vay thing. :) »
* Johnathan looks at the whimpering little ice mongrel. "...do we have to kill that one?"
<TheStoryteller> << true ^^ >>
<TheStoryteller> >> Elrika casts Vine Scourge! Somehow the plants seem to grow if only for a second in this harsh environ, to lash at Ice Mongrel A!
<Haylee> If it doesn't kill us... 
<Johnathan> It's kinda...
<Johnathan> ...I can't believe I'm about to say this...
<TheStoryteller> >> Ice Mongrel A takes 980 damage! It urks and goes splut. x_x
<Johnathan> ..cute.
<Tahn> If it doesn't attack us, we don't attack it. Simple. ^^;
<TheStoryteller> >> Haylee's turn.
* Johnathan scratches his head, still shivering. "Wonder what kind of pet one of these things would make.."
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] I don't want to find out..
<TheStoryteller> [Missing Link] Roargh... :O
<Emili> <<agh, brb again>>
* Haylee floats up slightly in the air, holding her hand outward as it courses with energy. "Be entrapped within my mind's eye...MindFlayer!"
* Haylee flings out a wave of psychic energy at all enemies!
<Tahn> «ooc: Gah! »
<Tahn> «ooc: <Brandon> That »
<TheStoryteller> >> Haylee's mental energies lash out onto the field of battle! ^^
<Tahn> «ooc: evil »
<Haylee> «ooc: That spell was named in hornor of Brandon :D »
<Tahn> «ooc: <Brandon> That's MY skill! :O »
<Johnathan> Well.. not that big thing. It's just irritating. But that little one there... it's kind of cute. I'm serious.
<Haylee> «ooc: Mind's eyes is a cooler name though. Why didn't I name it that? :| »
<Haylee> Sorry...John...That spell...is kind of...uncontrollable.. ^^;
<TheStoryteller> >> Ice Mongrel C takes 2367 damage! Slain! D takes 2260! Slain!
<Johnathan> You just...
* Johnathan sighs.
<Tahn> ...Doh. ^^;
<TheStoryteller> >> The energies seem to have less of an effect on the big ogre.. it is strong to Mind! 589!
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili's turn.
<Haylee> ..S..sorry...
* Tahn patpats John. "I'll get you a puppy when we get home." :P
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili delays..
* Johnathan looks at the little ice mongrel for a moment or two, then takes the opportunity to glare at Tahn.
<TheStoryteller> >> Adam tries his luck again, looking to make the creature pay for the cold shoulder before. :o
<TheStoryteller> >> 1: 118! 2: 134! 3: crit! 266! 4: 126!
<Tahn> Well, I don't suppose you have the skills to bring it back, do you, John?
<TheStoryteller> >> Johnathan's turn.
<TheStoryteller> << He doesn't have revive in this form. :) >>
<Johnathan> Possibly I used to...
<Tahn> Well, do you want to take it with us? -_-;
<Emili> <<Back!>>
<Johnathan> I never really realized just how powerful I was... not until Zeio got in our way... and I.. or rather John.. went a little too far.
<Tahn> I think it'd be rather unnerving to carry a dead animal with us, John, cute or not. -_-;
* Johnathan sighs again, and shakes his head.
<TheStoryteller> << Ok Em, I ahd skipped you ^^ >>
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili can act!
<TheStoryteller> << targets remainign are the big guy. ;) >>
* Johnathan frowns. "Depends on if it's dead, Tahn.. or just knocked out."
<Tahn> ...
<Johnathan> Who can say what a creature from this place can take? After all.. if they can survive in.. well.. this.
<Tahn> Can we stop this morbid little conversation now?
<TheStoryteller> The two Ice Mongrels that Haylee downed seem totally unhurt, like they just had their tiny brains shut off...
* Emili holds her spear up toward the air, in a brillant flash of light a beam shoots up from the spear and an even larger beam slams down on the unsuspecting enemy "Holy light, penatrate the deepest darkness with your light. Divine Justice!"
<Emili> <<Sue me!>>
<Haylee> «ooc: LOL! so they're like Hikaru now, Stor? ;) »
<Haylee> «ooc: ducks »
<Tahn> «ooc: HEY! »
<Tahn> «ooc: :P »
<Johnathan> << lol.. >>
<Emili> <<Hikaru?>>
<TheStoryteller> << heh ^^ >>
<Tahn> «ooc: My WARPG character »
<Johnathan> << <Ice Mongrel> Plot Device. >>
<Haylee> «ooc: LOL!! »
<Tahn> «ooc: *whaps John cuz he didn't duck fast enough* »
<Haylee> «ooc: Ice Mongrel B: 'Karu! »
* Johnathan << dies because he's only level 13. >>
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili's Divine Wrath strikes the large creature.. it takes 1907 damage!
<Emili> <<When is the WARPG on anyway?>>
<Tahn> «ooc: Ask Gayo, he's GM »
<Haylee> «ooc: 2 pm PST :D »
<Emili> <<No status effects?>>
<TheStoryteller> >> Missing Link falls Asleep! Missing Link is Poisoned!
<TheStoryteller> << Iw as chekcing for each. :) >>
<Emili> <<That's better =)>>
<TheStoryteller> >> Johnathan's turn.
<Emili> <<Ahh =)>>
<Tahn> «ooc: BRB potty »
<TheStoryteller> It seems odd as the huge Neanderthal-like beast snoozes before you.
* Johnathan makes a face, and starts to murmur under his breath.
<Haylee> «ooc: Neandrethal: Plot...device...zzz. »
<TheStoryteller> >> Johnathan Swiftness action.
<Haylee> «ooc: brb. Potty too :o »
<TheStoryteller> << forgot, this first. ;) >>
<Emili> <<Hmm... anyone wanna see my SD3 party?  Hawkeye Riese and Carlie level 47 and can kill the final boss with no difficulty =)>>
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* Johnathan surrounds himself ever so briefly with a weak aura of light, before sending an ethereal spear at the snoozing ape-thing
<Emili> <<Hm?  Interesting spell... what is it?>>
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<Johnathan> << Nothing too amazing. Just Concentrate and Spirit Pierce. >>
<Tahn> «ooc: Spirit Pierce »
<TheStoryteller> >> Johnathan Mystic Vigors! he concnetrates.. Wisdom reaches 650! Max! He then Spirit pierces the enemy.. Missing Link loses 249 ME
<Emili> <<Never saw you use that spell before>>
<TheStoryteller> >> Combat Round 3!
<Johnathan> << He has.. occasionally. >>
<TheStoryteller> << He used it all the time. ^^ >>
<Johnathan> << Aw, come on.. I lost my natural action? ;) >>
<TheStoryteller> << ack! >>
<TheStoryteller> >> Johnathan's turn.
<Haylee> «ooc: Yeah! You suck, Rasis! ;) »
<Johnathan> << I know I'm weak, but geez! ;) >>
<TheStoryteller> << it's so clsoe to dead.. ^^ >>
<Emili> <<Already?>>
* Johnathan tosses another spear, then stares at the thing in intense concentration, making a small gesture and attempting to push its body into a sort of reversed time.
<Emili> <<And I beefed up so much and only attacked once... goodness, what a waste>>
<TheStoryteller> << Well, this is my warmup fight. :) >>

Session Time: Mon Jun 05 00:00:00 2000

<TheStoryteller> >> Johnathan Vigors.. he uses Spirit Pierce once more.. the thing's ME is quite 0 now. ;)
<TheStoryteller> >> A distortion envelops the monster, as it seems to degenrate slightly...
<TheStoryteller> >> Missing Link's level decreases by 1.
<Haylee> «ooc: It's now turning into Xavier! :D »
<Emili> <<It must be de-evolving =)>>
<TheStoryteller> >> Missing Link is Poisoned! It takes 250 damage!
<Johnathan> Well, I'll be.
<TheStoryteller> >> Combat Round 3!
<Haylee> N...nice J--John...
<TheStoryteller> >> Emili's turn.
<Johnathan> It actually worked..
* Emili attacks the big balooka.
<Johnathan> << Nothing like.. what... lowering every stat? ;) >>
<TheStoryteller> << yep. :) >>
<Emili> <<Reminds me of Carlie's Black Curse =)>>
<TheStoryteller> >> In it's weakened state it's no match.. Emili impales it for 1026!
<TheStoryteller> >> It falls down, waking only to a cold grave.
<TheStoryteller> >> Victory!
<Tahn> Hmm. For you, John, I'm willing to be nice. ;P
* Tahn goes and checks the Mongrel's pulse.
<Emili> <<Sigh... I wish my fighter characters were more stylish like Finn or Adam... oh well =)>>
<Haylee> «ooc: Finn. :P~~ »
<Haylee> «ooc: I miss Andrew :/ »
<TheStoryteller> >> The party gains 140 xp & 0 sp.
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<Emili> <<But poor Emili just isn't that stylish at all>>
* Johnathan follows Tahn over, shivering again as his time-alteration wears off.
<Haylee> «ooc: ! No, ST! Gimme one sp! :o »
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<Tahn> «ooc: He meant $P. »
<Haylee> «ooc: ...I love you ST! :D »
<Johnathan> << No silver pieces on the Blue Star? Figures. ;) >>
<Emili> <<Well I make another character that'll be just as cool and stylish as Finn and Adam =)>>
<Haylee> «ooc: Yaay level 30 mind :D »
<TheStoryteller> The place is quiet ocne again, except the howling perpetual storm..
<TheStoryteller> The tower isn't far away now.. you could make it in a god walk.. if you can stay warm long enough. :)
* Emili looks like she's sweating now "Whew that warmed me up."
<TheStoryteller> << er good! >>
<Johnathan> << God walk! ;) >>
* Emili beams!
<Emili> ^_^ 
<Johnathan> Dare I ask, Tahn..?
<TheStoryteller> The Mongrel has a pulse, but it's not moving.
<Emili> Race you to the tower! 
<Haylee> «ooc: Actually, if it was brain dead, it would be dead, cuz it couldn't support life functions ^^ »
<Tahn> It's alive. But barely.
<TheStoryteller> It's like it's brain was shut off.
* Haylee is looking a touch blue. ^^;
* Tahn lifts the mongrel over his shoulder and starts off.
<Tahn> C'mon, let's go...
* Haylee tries to follow, keeping quiet.
<TheStoryteller> [Elrika] I msis Xavier.. I'm so cold.. -_-
* Johnathan watches Tahn for a moment, then actually chuckles a little. "It seems John misjudged you..."
<Haylee> «ooc: Johnathan: ...But you killed my Mongrel, Fluffy! I know John misjudged you, Haylee! You buttmunch! »
<TheStoryteller> The storm seems to abate a little as you approach.
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<TheStoryteller> Just as you're about to reach the crystalline threshold, Haylee starts feeling ehr legs go numb.
* Johnathan shivers, and smiles. "Honestly, I'm rather pleased to see that he.. I.. whoever.. was wrong. Lugging a half-dead animal in from a storm on behalf of the remnant of someone who wasn't much of a friend anyway..."
<Haylee> . o O ( Can't...make...can't... )
* Haylee quietly falls to the ground with a plop.
<Tahn> ...Hay!
<Johnathan> ...oh dear.
<Johnathan> Haylee?
<TheStoryteller> [Elrika] H..H..haylee?
* Tahn tries to pick Haylee up, but finds juggling Haylee and the mongrel is rather, uhm, difficult.
<Haylee> «ooc: ^_^ yes! It's the tradition now! All my characters have to faint becasue they dress like sluts! »
<TheStoryteller> Adam goes to help Tahn.
<Tahn> «ooc: Amelia doesn't dress like a slut ;) »
<Tahn> Don't worry about me. Help Haylee, Adam. ^^;
<Haylee> «ooc: Although if we get to a cold place in SOM, Cody prolly won't faint. he's got the wundershawl. »
* Johnathan looks at Haylee, then at his semi-not-there hands, and sighs. "I'd help if I could.. but I'm really not sure I can."
<Haylee> «ooc: Wundershawl! :D »
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] We're not dieing in this place.
<Tahn> «ooc: We're not spelling either. »
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<TheStoryteller> Adam supports Haylee, picking her up out of the snow.
<Johnathan> Maybe I can warm us up.. if I..
<TheStoryteller> Aside from your frozen companion, the structure before you seems to give off a warm glow almost, despite the fact it seems to be made out of ice..
<Tahn> ...
* Johnathan keeps walking and shivering, but starts murmuring again.
<Tahn> I don't suppose...*uff* there's a front door?
<TheStoryteller> There are a pair of double doors, shut to the outside. There's no lock seemingly. Maybe it reacts to something.
* Tahn walks up and knocks the door...with his head ^^;
<Haylee> «ooc: LOL! Jeu! »
* Johnathan pauses in front of the door, his eyes widening for a moment.
<TheStoryteller> Tahn gets nothing but a bruise. But his head does graze the symbol of Althena on the door.
<Tahn> What? My arms are full, and it's impolite to kick a door... ^^;
* Haylee is pretty unconscious. ^^;
<Tahn> ...Even though I have no clue what this symbol's here for.
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] Hey, that insignia..
<Tahn> Yeah, Adam? ^^;
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] It's the same one the Cult uses.
<Tahn> So how are we supposed to open it? :P
<TheStoryteller> Adam holds Haylee carefully, and takes off his badge that he stole from Zlyk..
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] Maybe this would do soemthing. It's the same thing.
<TheStoryteller> Sure enough, it has the same pattern in a gold motif.
<Tahn> ..Then use it, baka ^^;
<TheStoryteller> Adam reaches his free hand to the door, bringing it close. There's a sort of humm as the two come together.
<Tahn> «ooc: I think I scared John to death »
<TheStoryteller> The doors shake, and open a crack...
<TheStoryteller> Considering their sheer size, a crack is way wide enough for a person. ;)
<Haylee> «ooc: Hmm...what a buttcrack... »
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] Looks like it worked.. let's get her inside.
<Emili> Hmmm what a buttcrack. 
<Haylee> «ooc: EM! ^^;;; »
* Tahn walks in, shaking his head at Em's comment.
<TheStoryteller> [Elrika] A.. w..w.what?
<Johnathan> ...right.
* Johnathan walks in
<TheStoryteller> Elrika looks at Emili, and then the gawking Johnathan.
* Emili walks right in
<TheStoryteller> She and Adam go inside with you.
<TheStoryteller> As soon as you step in, you feel as if you are in another world. In contrast to the outside, here it feel like summer.
<Tahn> ...
<Haylee> «ooc: Lucia: Yay for my A/c! »
<Tahn> Oi. It's kinda...hot in here. ^^;
* Haylee mmms.
<Haylee> Waaaaaaarmer....
<Tahn> «ooc: Store: Is this a CA summer or a Maine summer? :P »
<TheStoryteller> You're standing in a long hallway... towering stone warriors line the walls... standing in silent observance.
<Haylee> «ooc: Tahn: You've been to Maine? :p »
* Haylee opens her eyes.
<Emili> <<Or Las Vegas summer? =)>>
<Tahn> «ooc: Yeah »
<Haylee> «ooc: Cool! :D »
<Tahn> «ooc: ONCE. »
<Haylee> «ooc: I was there a few weeks ago ^^ »
<Tahn> «ooc: Yes it is, actually. In the not-hot sense ;) »
<Emili> <<Oohh EB2 ref!>>
<Haylee> Where are we?
* Tahn walks forward, carrying the mongrel, idly glancing at the statues.
<Emili> I think... 
<TheStoryteller> Above, the high cieling seems very detailed and ornate... obviously sculpted with impeccable skill.
<Tahn> I dunno. But...it feels lime something in here's leading me somewhere...
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<Tahn> «ooc: lime = like »
* Haylee hops out of Adam's arms. "Be careful, Tahn..."
* Johnathan stares at the statues. "I wonder if perhaps these are guardians... like that thing from the blue spire was there..."
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] You alright now?
<Haylee> ...Oh, thanks Adam. ^_^
<Haylee> ...Yeah...
<Haylee> Sorry about that... -_-
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<TheStoryteller> You feel watched, yet the same time protected from the harshness otuside.
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<TheStoryteller> >> Emili's turn.
<TheStoryteller> << gah >>
<TheStoryteller> << whoops ^^ >>
<Johnathan> << lol.. >>
<Tahn> «ooc: What? O_o »
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<TheStoryteller> << wrong popup. :) >>
<Johnathan> They might just be... it'd fit, wouldn't it?
<Haylee> «ooc: Poor Storen. That's like when I put =session end!== on a cutscene ;) »
<TheStoryteller> Tahn walks down the hall.. it seems to go on forever...
<Johnathan> If we really are on the Blue Star... maybe this is the Blue Spire's other half?
<Tahn> ...
<Haylee> We have to find everyone else..
<Johnathan> Or perhaps the 'large blue tower' thing is just a coincidence.
<TheStoryteller> Eventually he reaches a pit of some sort. But it has an odd wind about it, blowing up into an opening above you.
* Johnathan shakes his head. "Not here, Haylee. I don't think they're here. I'd probably feel it if I were nearby..
<Haylee> «ooc: USE TIM'S MIST CLOAK! »
<TheStoryteller> Haylee definitely can't feel her friends.
<Tahn> ...
<Haylee> Hey...Tahn...?
<Tahn> Hmm.
* Tahn looks up.
<Haylee> Can I see the mongrel for a moment?
<Tahn> ...Maybe if I were to...
<Tahn> wha?
<Tahn> Oh..sure ^^;
<Tahn> Don't fry it, please...I won't forgive you if you do ^^;
<TheStoryteller> However, the farther you go in, the more you feel as if a faint mental pattern is takign shape.
* Tahn lies it on the ground
* Haylee takes the Mongrel in her hands, and tries to send a little psychic impluse into it's brain, to wake it up. ^^;
<TheStoryteller> The thing jolts awake! o_O
<TheStoryteller> [Mongrel] Bowrrr! o_o
* Haylee blinks and pets it slowly. ^^;
<Haylee> Shh.... ^^;
<Tahn> ...
<TheStoryteller> The call echoes, and is taken upward by the gusts..
<Haylee> «ooc: Watch it kill me :o »
* Tahn continues down the path, his mind now on the odd pattern.
<Tahn> Hmm.
<Tahn> So maybe if I...
<TheStoryteller> It looks really scared.
* Tahn whistles. "Ey guys, c'mere! Or I'll leave ya behind!"
<Haylee> Shh...Don't be scared...Uncle John'll take care of you... ^^;
* Haylee follows the others, and hands the Mongrel to John.. ^^;
<TheStoryteller> [Mongrel] *whimpers* Aroo?
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* Johnathan blinks, and takes the Mongrel. "Thanks, Haylee..."
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<Haylee> No problem. ^^
<Tahn> You guys ready?
* Johnathan smiles faintly. "Just once, I wanted to not leave everything dead in our wake. A momentary lapse, I think."
<TheStoryteller> Johnathan holds onto the creature.. though it's fuzzy fur seems distant to his touch.
* Johnathan grins. "Quite.."
* Tahn extends his hands and prepares a spell....
<Tahn> Wings of Bahamut, Focus your strength and deliver us to the holy land! Aether Wing!
* Tahn casts Aether Wing, and the party is lifted up by an unseen wind!
<Haylee> Whoaa! O_o
* Tahn uses the spell to send the party up up up gaw :O
<TheStoryteller> As soon as Aether Wing is cast, Tahn's magic seems to be amplified many times over!
<Emili> Wow I'm flying! 
<TheStoryteller> The party rockets up!
<Tahn> Gah! Too fast! Too fast!
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* Emili then uses her wings to steady her ascend
<Haylee> Taaaahn! O_o
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* Tahn slows down, but can't completely stop (obviously)
* Johnathan takes the flying calmly, falling up not being any weirder than half the stuff that's already happened.
* Tahn pulls the party into the nearest alcove
* TheStoryteller you stop, landing on a platform at what you guess to be the 4th floor. You're very dizzy. ^^
<TheStoryteller> You stop, landing on a platform at what you guess to be the 4th floor. You're very dizzy. ^^
<TheStoryteller> << gah :P >>
<Tahn> Oi...mommy, can we stop the merry-go-round? Is making me sick...oooogh..
* Tahn flops over
<TheStoryteller> [Elrika] Tahn, I had no diea it was that strong a spell..
<Johnathan> Wooo.. what a ride..
<Haylee> Ughhh @_@....Dodongo dislikes smoke...
<Tahn> «ooc: lol! »
<TheStoryteller> << o_O LOL >>
* Haylee grabs onto Tahn. "Let's play money making game!"
<Johnathan> Every think of...
* Johnathan blinks.
* Tahn blinks. "Uh, kay."
<Johnathan> ...did she just proposition you, Tahn?
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] Haylee, you sure you didn't get hit when you fell?
* Emili floats up "Uh what's with you guys?"
<Tahn> I dunno. O_o
* Haylee grabs Tahn's wallet and flops over. "I win!'
<Johnathan> I think you may have spun her around too many times.
<Tahn> ...My, my. That was an oopsie ^^;
* Tahn takes his wallet back
* Johnathan looks concerned. "Haylee?"
<Haylee> ...Crap. I just did something stupid, didn't I?
<Tahn> ...Yeah. ^_^ I'm proud of you, weed-hopper.
<TheStoryteller> Haylee spins around, comign to ehr senses. In doing so she almost trips over something.
* Haylee eeps and looks down. ^^;
<Haylee> «ooc: I KILLED THE MONGREL DIDN'T I!? ^^ »
<Tahn> «ooc: doh »
<TheStoryteller> It's a rolled up piece of parchment on the floor..
<Haylee> Hmm...
<Emili> Haylee be careful! 
* Haylee picks it up, carefully. ^^;
<Tahn> ...?
<TheStoryteller> It's in a case, sealed with the insignia of Vane.
<Haylee> ...Hmm..
<Emili> You've could've destroyed that piece of paper. 
<Haylee> This could be something for you, Tahn..
<TheStoryteller> [Mongrel] Rrrr.... -_-
* Tahn chuckles. "Emmi, I think you need to slow down here. Hehe."
<Tahn> ...For me?
* Tahn blinks
<Haylee> I mean, you're from Vane and all...but John too...
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> Lemme see it, Hay..
<Haylee> But John's sorta translucent right now. I'll let you have it, Weed-hopper sensei :p
* Haylee gives it to Tahn.
* Tahn opens the case, undoes the seal, and reads the parchment...
<TheStoryteller> Opening up the letter, it reads...
* Emili laughs at Tahn "Weed-hopper sensei? BWAHAHAHA......"
<Johnathan> I highly doubt its for me.
<Johnathan> There's nothing to tie me to Vane anymore, after all.
* Johnathan digs a little piece of dried meat from his pack and offers it to the mongrel.
<TheStoryteller> "I, Kash Ausa, do hereby commit the expiditon to the Blue Spire under my authority as Priemier of Vane.. to Kazin & Ruriko Igtenos..."
* Tahn chokes and wideeyes. "What the...! It can't be!!" O_o
<Tahn> ...Does that mean they're...here?
<Haylee> Tahn? What's wrong?
<Tahn> ...
* Tahn rolls up the parchment. "It's..a long story, Hay. I'll tell you later."
<TheStoryteller> "The purpose of said mission is to recon the unusual energy felt in that region after recent events, and report to myself with your findings. Althena be with you."
<Haylee> Erhm...Okay? ^^;
<Tahn> ...So it wasn't a plot? Or was it...? Goddess, already I'm confused... o_o
<TheStoryteller> [Elrika] Tahn?
<TheStoryteller> The monrgel sniffs at the peice of meat warily.. ^^
* Tahn regains his composure. "I have to find out something. C'mon."
* Tahn continues on, more determined than ever.
* Haylee follows Tahn. ^^
* Johnathan speaks soothingly to the little critter, not sure what Tahn's worked up about, but following anyway
<TheStoryteller> You pass more of the stone guardians, this time they seem to hol great spears overhead, supporting the roof artistically.
<TheStoryteller> The mongrel eventually nibbles the meat, warming up to John. :)
<Haylee> «ooc: It hates Hay though! ;) »
<TheStoryteller> Haylee feels that small rpesence getting more pronounced.
<Haylee> Something's here.
<Johnathan> I certainly hope so...
<Tahn> ...That's what I'm trying to find out, Haylee.
<Johnathan> It'd be such a letdown if this place was uninhabited.
<TheStoryteller> You reach an intersection after much more walking. You can go left or right.
<Emili> <<Hate to say it.. but I have to go soon I need to get up early tomorrow>>
<Tahn> .oO(Okay, help me out here...which way?)
<Tahn> «ooc: oi oi oi »
<Haylee> «ooc: Me too ^^; »
<Haylee> «ooc: I got about 40 minutes left. »
<TheStoryteller> << hmm.. ^^ >>
<Tahn> «ooc: @(*%(_*@_(% you can't leave ;_; »
<Haylee> «ooc: I have a job ^^ »
<TheStoryteller> << Ok then, short evrsion! >>
<TheStoryteller> << :D >>
<Tahn> «ooc: ... »
<Tahn> «ooc: ..... »
<Haylee> «ooc: Live with it, Tahn ^^; »
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<TheStoryteller> Looking down the left path, you see another item on the floor.
<Tahn> «ooc: I wanna know what me means bye "short version" »
<Tahn> «ooc: me = he »
<Johnathan> << I need to get up too, but amazingly, I don't care. I'll be miserable and tired anyway. ;) >>
* Tahn turns to the left and picks up the item.
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<TheStoryteller> It's a hairclip. It's inscribed with Ruriko's name.
<Tahn> ...
<Tahn> «ooc: Gained item 'Rena's Hairpin,. »
<TheStoryteller> Farther down is another lift..
* Tahn puts the hairpin in his pocket and motions for the group to follow.
<TheStoryteller> This one has a stable platform on it though, hovering on a magical breeze.
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] Where is all this leading..
<Johnathan> Upward, I'd say
<TheStoryteller> [Mongrel] Ruff.
* Tahn (and the party) get on the lift. ^_-
<Haylee> This is crazy...
* Johnathan steps onto the platform, scratching the mongrel behind the ears.
<TheStoryteller> As before it acknowledges your presence and begins going up.. gently this time.
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<Tahn> ...Yes, it is. I just hope it's not a wild goose chase.
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<Tahn> ...It BETTER not be, or I will be PISSED.
<TheStoryteller> Just as the elevator of sorts cmes to a halt at the next level, you see something horrid.. :(
<Haylee> «ooc: It's their rotting bodies! :o »
<Haylee> «ooc: no! Richard Simmons~ »
<Johnathan> << Nah. >>
<TheStoryteller> Oh the floor, lay spawled two people, a man and a woman, dressed in the black robes of Vane. They seem too still to be alive, clutching onto each other. :/
<TheStoryteller> << er on >>
<Johnathan> << It's Leon and Xavier >>
<Johnathan> << Oh. Nevermind. ;) >>
<Tahn> ...No... No, it can't be.... NO, GODDESS DAMN IT, NO!
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<TheStoryteller> << er too still.. as in dead. >>
<Haylee> Oh no...
* Tahn rushes to the couple.
<Tahn> ...No...
<Johnathan> << It's.. Enygma. Illicitly in the channel. :o >>
<Haylee> What could have...?
<TheStoryteller> Tahn sees it's who he thought.
* Tahn shakes the two... "Wake up, come on... Please...don't leave me here, alone..."
<Tahn> ...Please...
* Tahn starts to cry...
<Haylee> Tahn...
<Tahn> D..don't leave me...
* Haylee doesn't know what to do...
<Emili> <<Its Sonny and Cher! =D>>
<Johnathan> Oh dear...
* Emili stays unusually quiet..
<TheStoryteller> There's no response.. :( It seems as if they ahve been this way for years... yet suprisingly haven't decayed one bit.
* Haylee gently puts a comforting hand on Tahn's shoulder...knowing Tahn might not want her support.
<Tahn> M...mom, Dad...
<TheStoryteller> [Elrika] Oh no..
* Tahn holds them close.. "NO! This ISN'T HAPPENING!"
<TheStoryteller> The Mongrel whimpers more, nuzzling John.
<Haylee> Tahn...I...
<Tahn> ...What have I been fighting for?
<Tahn> ...
<Haylee> Tahn? What are you talking about?
<Tahn> All this...all...for nothing!
<TheStoryteller> Tahn's voice echoes down the hallways....
* Tahn bursts into tears, still holding the two close.
<TheStoryteller> Then you here the echo change and distort.
* Haylee blinks.
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<TheStoryteller> [Voice] Nothing... Nothing...
<Tahn> G...goddess damn it...
<TheStoryteller> [Voice] Goddess demand it...
<Tahn> ...This...you...but I..
<Tahn> «ooc: Demand? »
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<Haylee> «ooc: Enygma? ^^; »
<Tahn> «ooc: Oi. »
* Johnathan gently scratches the mongrel's back, watching Tahn with a sad expression on his face.
<Xellos> «ooc: YOu know, Leon would really feel for Tahn here. »
<Tahn> «ooc: Just to op yourself. »
<Haylee> What is this...?
<Tahn> ...
<TheStoryteller> << aw well. ^^ >>
<Xellos> «ooc: What's this i hear about Haylee being an ice mongrel? »
<TheStoryteller> The voice seems to come from farther down the path.
<Tahn> «ooc: lol »
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] I don't like this.
<Tahn> ...Why? Why, Althena, why? ...Am I just YOUR whipping boy, too?!
* Emili gets ready in case of an ambush attack.
<Haylee> Tahn...!
<TheStoryteller> [Voice] Why? Why? The boy is true...
* Tahn lifts his head...
<TheStoryteller> << Youc an go fartehr down you know. :) >>
<Tahn> ...Who are you? ...You did this, didn't you!
<Tahn> «ooc: Tahn doesn't want to leave the two ^^; »
<Emili> <<I hate to do this but... if I am not needed for the remainder of the session then  I must leave... I've got to leave the house by 7:30 tomorrow so I will need my rest... sorry>>
* Johnathan starts walking down the path. "All right, whatever you are, you can quit playing mind games with Tahn, now. It's in exceptionally poor taste, and you're starting to piss us off."
<TheStoryteller> << agh, no.. one more minute! ^^ >>
* Haylee follows John
<Emili> <<Okay.. but just one more =)>>
<Xellos> «ooc: Poor Tahn, and Leon would sooo feel for him right now ;) »
* Tahn remains by the side of his late parents..
<TheStoryteller> As John moves forward with Haylee, an image forms in front of a huge door that bars the way forward.
<Xellos> «ooc: It's Al Roker! Oh no! »
<TheStoryteller> It solidifies into a huge knight, made entirely out of the very crystal you walk upon on the floor.
<Xellos> «ooc: <Al> The Blue Star has been under ice for thousands of years..because of me! I predicted it, I am the weather man, BWHAHAHA! »
<Tahn> «ooc: lol »
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] You cannot go further. Or you shall be like those who came before.
<Haylee> You killed them!? O_o
* Tahn hears this.
<Haylee> «ooc: Tahn: No beer and no parents make Tahn go crazy! »
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] No, I did not.
* Tahn stands up and marches forward to the Sentinel.
<Tahn> ...WHO DID, THEN?
<Haylee> Who did?
<Johnathan> And what did you do to them?
<Tahn> I want ANSWERS. NOW.
<Haylee> «ooc: See?! Give Tahn beer! ;) »
<Tahn> «ooc: lol »
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] The doubt they carried from the world beyond overtook them, as it will you, and as it did the Hero.
<Tahn> Overtook them my ass.
<Scott> <<Beer hell..give him a Long Island tea or 2...maybe 3.>>
<Haylee> Doubt? O_o
<Tahn> I have no doubt whatsoever that I am not going to give up until I see, with my own eyes...
<Tahn> ...Until I see the truth.
<Haylee> I'm with Tahn. Step aside!
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] Do you really want to see the Hero? Do you think you are reay?
* Tahn wraps his whip around the sentinel's neck. "I know how fragile crystal is. Let us pass or you'll see how ready I am."
* Johnathan watches the sentinel calmly. "We've things to do... and we're not going to.. Tahn, stop that, there's no need to get violent."
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] If you are the Seekers, then I must test your resolve. Lucia of the Blue Star commands it.
<Tahn> ...
<Johnathan> ...as I was saying.. we're..
<Johnathan> Well, shit.
<Tahn> Lucia can kiss my ass right now.
<Emili> ......
<Xellos> «ooc: <Tahn> But she kinda creeps me out..no nipples and all.. »
<Tahn> I know my parents are looking down on me from heaven...and I know they won't let me die like they did.
<Haylee> «ooc: And no privates... »
<Emili> Is this really nessacary?  I mean I am the Star Dragon Ascendant... doesn't my position allow us to see her now?
<Haylee> Tahn...
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] Even the Star Dragon cannot pass until merit has been proven.
<Tahn> WILL YOU SHUT UP ABOUT THIS MERIT CRAP?!
<Haylee> Tahn! 
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] Show me your power, and you shall see what you must. That is all.
<Tahn> I don't want to see Lucia. I WANT MY PARENTS BACK!
<Haylee> «ooc: Sentienel: Go away or I shall taunt you a second time! »
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] If you're ready, you have a world to gain, not lose.
<TheStoryteller> The crystal warrior throws off Tahn's whip, and advances..
<TheStoryteller> >> Boss Battle!! <<
<Haylee> «ooc: ^^ You sure you can do this, ST? OI gotta go in 20. »
<TheStoryteller> >> Enemy Single: Crystal Sentinel
* Tahn snarls.
<TheStoryteller> << There's a catch. :) >>
<Tahn> «ooc: Like a cheap sweater. »
<Haylee> «ooc: Ooh »
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] Show me your powers... show me how far humanity has come to the Goal.
<Tahn> ...
<Johnathan> Why must you throw yourself in our way as a stumbling block? We've passed so many challenges along the way.. do you really believe you'll stop us?
<TheStoryteller> >> Sentinel does nothing.
<TheStoryteller> >> Tahn's turn.
<Emili> <<I can't stay for this fight... I need to go.... just NPC my battling techniques... sorry guys>>
<Tahn> ...
<TheStoryteller> << aww.. :( >>
<Tahn> I see how this is.
<TheStoryteller> << I'm fudging this to speed it up. ^^ >>
<Tahn> The power to succeed...
* Tahn stands his ground.
<Tahn> ...Is the power to go on with life. To not hold grudges.
* Tahn snarls. "I hate you, now, but I know that the past cannot be undone. Therefore, I'll let you be. If you attack, I will retaliate. But otherwise, there's no point in senseless violence."
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<Tahn> ...John showed me that.
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] So you think peace is mroe important.
<Emili> <<Bye everyone... good luck!>>
<Johnathan> << Seeya, Em >>
<Haylee> ...
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<TheStoryteller> >> Tahn does nothing..
<Tahn> I KNOW peace is more important. Lives are not foolishly thrown away.
<TheStoryteller> [Elrika] I don't want to hurt people to get my friend back.. :/
<TheStoryteller> >> Elrika does nothing.
<TheStoryteller> >> Haylee's turn.
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] Then why do you still fight and kill your fellow man?
<Tahn> ...I fight because a fight is needed. There cannot be peace without war.
<Haylee> ....I care about protecting my friends, and what's important...Sometimes that involves fighting, but I don't enjoy bloodshed...and I don't fight when it's not nessicary.
<Tahn> It's a balance, like creation and oblivion.
<Tahn> In order to have peace, one must remove threats.
<TheStoryteller> >> Haylee does nothing..
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] So you are willing to sacrifice for the future?
<Tahn> One is only a threat, however, if they start a fight.
<Tahn> I am not willing to sacrifice for the future. I am willing to sacrifice for happiness.
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] There's been enough death and sacrifice. It has to end, but not by making it worse.
* Johnathan smiles faintly, again petting the ice mongrel. "Sometimes people have to fight to stop others from destroying... that will probably always be true. Peace is a wonderful thing.. but we must always remain vigilant.."
<TheStoryteller> >> Adam does nothing..
<TheStoryteller> >> Johnathan's turn.
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<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] The question is, do you have the resolve to back these words up.
<Tahn> ...The answer is...do you?
* Tahn looks at the Sentinel quizzically.
<TheStoryteller> >> John pets the Mongrel, not attacking.
* Johnathan looks intently at the Sentinel. "Sometimes the resolve to get something dne has to be tempered by the wisdom to know when not to act blindly."
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] ....
<Haylee> «ooc: Mongrel: Rowr? *Attacks* Party: YOU STUPID PUFF! :O »
<Johnathan> If we blithely destroy everything in our path, how would we be any different from those we're trying to stop?
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] Maybe you actually have learned these millenia.
<Tahn> ...
<TheStoryteller> ?b The Sentinel backs away, and moves aside.
<TheStoryteller> >> Victory!
<Haylee> «ooc: Do we get experience? ;) »
<Tahn> We have learned..in merely this lifetime.
<TheStoryteller> >> The party gets 300 xp! :D
<Haylee> «ooc: ^_^ »
* Haylee nods slowly.
* Tahn closes his eyes and sighs. "Mom..Dad...I'll miss you, but I know you'll always be here watching over me..."
<TheStoryteller> [Sentinel] Then see what you must. See the one who paved the way for your race's salvation. My duty is ended.
<TheStoryteller> The warrior turns to dust instantly.
<Haylee> Incredible...
<TheStoryteller> The door dissapears.
<Tahn> ...
<Johnathan> Well!
<Johnathan> That was refreshing.
* Tahn walks through the doorway, not speaking. He doesn't seem to have gone into his usual trance, however.
<Haylee> Let's go.
<Johnathan> Not often we run into a guardian willing to listen to reason, is it..?
*** Retrieving #Lunar-IoG info...
* Haylee follows Tahn.
*** TheStoryteller changes topic to '-= Chapter 41a: Frozen Hope | Crystal Spire, Central Chamber | 8723 $P =- +140'
<Haylee> «ooc: 10 minutes! :o »
* Johnathan looks at the pile of dust, shrugs to himself, and follows the others.
<TheStoryteller> You step into the room beyond, greeted by a strange sight...
<TheStoryteller> In the cenetr of the circular room floats in midair a green crystal, rotating slowly. Inside you see a shape, a person..
<Tahn> «ooc: It's Zelda! »
* Haylee drops her bow in shock! O_o
<TheStoryteller> A small walkway is all that bridges the gap over another gaping windy chasm.
<Haylee> This is what I saw in Virtue's mind!
* Tahn stands there, unflinching.
* Tahn advances towards the crystal, not caring if he dies.
<Haylee> «ooc: Tahn: ...Slipping into Hikaruism! :D »
<Johnathan> In Virtue's mind?
<Tahn> «ooc: More like Leonism atm ;) »
<TheStoryteller> Adjusting your eyes to the motion, you see inside.. it's a man. A young man, with black hair.. and dressed in blue travelling clothes. He has a tattered cape curled about his body, and a boomernag by his side.
<Haylee> ...Is that who I think it is?
<Tahn> The one they call...Hiro.
<Haylee> «ooc: No! It's poppin' fresh mail! »
<Haylee> Yeah...
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] What? That one who disappeared 100 years ago?!
<Haylee> Why is he in there...?
<Tahn> ..Take a wild guess.
<TheStoryteller> Haylee feels the presence, Hiro's mind. It seems to be echoing the words "Lucia" in a searching manner...
<Haylee> ~Hiro...?~
* Tahn reaches out and touches the crystal.
<TheStoryteller> Tahn's hand hits the solid surface, stopping the movement.
<Haylee> «ooc: Tahn: Aww fuxor! I broke it! :O »
<TheStoryteller> The surface ripples once outward, but nothing else. It's like it's sealed to you.
<Tahn> ...Hiro.
<Tahn> ...
* Tahn turns back. "I think Lucia's the only one who can break this."
<TheStoryteller> You notice near the base, there is a control panel of some sort.
* Tahn blinks...
<Haylee> But didn't Lucia come back to the Blue Star at some point?
* Tahn looks at the panel
<TheStoryteller> It's in strange writing you can't understand... but it seems to be conencted to the crystal somehow.
<TheStoryteller> [Emili] Wait.. let me see!
<Haylee> «ooc: ^^ hurry Storen... »
* Tahn steps aside.
<Tahn> «ooc: Argh, Hay. »
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<Tahn> «ooc: Why can't you sneak it like I do? »
<TheStoryteller> Emili looks at the small display...
<Haylee> «ooc: It's not a matter of sneaking. Being a recepsionist at that place requires you to be awake. The first day I got no sleep. That SUCKED. »
<Tahn> «ooc: ;_; what's 10 minutes? »
<TheStoryteller> [Emili] It says something about Lucia's access aura? And something about stasis.
<Tahn> ...
<TheStoryteller> [Emili] I guess so she put him in here? But why?
<Haylee> The guard said something about doubt...
<Tahn> Only she can answer that.
<Johnathan> Perhaps to keep him alive?
<TheStoryteller> [Elrika] Maybe he couldn't survive here, like Tahn's parents?
* Tahn shoots a glare at Elrika.
<Haylee> ^^; Tahn...she didn't mean it in a bad way...
<TheStoryteller> [Elrika] *looks down* Sorry.. I.. knwo how it is.. -_-
<Tahn> «ooc: Oops. Wrong key. /me shoots a flare at Elrika. »
<TheStoryteller> [Emili] Hey there's somethign else
<TheStoryteller> [Emili] *bends closer* Operation Virtue?
<Tahn> ...WHAT?!
<Haylee> O_o HUH?!
<Tahn> ...You're telling me that VIRTUE is the one behind all this?!
<TheStoryteller> [Emili] Yeah! It's waiting for something caleld that!
<Tahn> Oh, she is SO dead now...
<Haylee> ...No...wait..
<Johnathan> Virtue's reach can't possibly extend to here.... or could it?
<Haylee> What if...Lucia is...
<Haylee> No, that can't be right. O_o
<TheStoryteller> [Adam] You think that's really possible?
<Tahn> ....
<Tahn> Excuse me. I have some asses to kick.
<Haylee> Yeah...What if Viritue and Lucia are the same person...
<TheStoryteller> As you ponder the turn of events, the space at your backs seems to distort slightly... sending a chill up your backs.
<Tahn> ...
<Haylee> ...Et oh. O_o
* Tahn turns around.
<Tahn> «ooc: REMY! »
<TheStoryteller> << er behind you :) >>
<Haylee> «ooc: ^_- »
* Johnathan flinches away from it, turning around and backing away at the same time
<TheStoryteller> The Mongrel hides in John's robe... as they take shape..
<Haylee> «ooc: The Telemarketers... »
<TheStoryteller> 6 beings.. but not your friends.
<TheStoryteller> ~~ SESSION END ~~
Session Close: Mon Jun 05 01:31:35 2000