Session Start: Fri Aug 11 22:21:30 2006 Session Ident: #lunar-iog2 * Logging #lunar-iog2 to 'logs\#lunar-iog2.log' * Angie changes topic to '-= Chapter 22: Food for Thought | Location: New Raculi | Pools: 3287 §, 6 MXP =- http://storen.rpgcafe.net/IoG/ (let me know about problem with files)' >> START, AND ALL THAT << AAAAH >> << ...Fit in a lude? Then what is THIS? >> «ooc: I have no idea! » <> << ;_; Want pub! >> << Missed most of last pub lude! >> «ooc: ... thought you guys would want to slot in your pub lude 'before this' » «ooc: Er, we COULD. I'm just not sure what we're doing HERE. » «ooc: we want to eat food. » «ooc: saki food. » << ANd get things explained >> <> «ooc: I got plan! » << I was sort of wanting EVERYONE to go to the pub. >> << I suppose we could have changed our minds and gone to Vytor's house instead >> <> <> << Well, they did say they'd be at the pub. Hrm. >> «ooc: Best solution? Pub is closed on account of partially destroyed town! » «ooc: It lowers the morale :( » << ...TRUE. >> <> <> «ooc: Alertness level red! » <> << This is a good solution. Okay, we show up at Vytor's door. *knock knock* Who could that be? *opens door* Hi. We're hungry. :| Feed us? >> <> <> <> >> Vytor's house is... still a horrendous mess. Early evening after one hell of a long day, it sure must be nice for the big blacksmith to come back to a house that looks and smells like a dozen rabid chefs whirlwinded through it. Pots and pans are scattered around with reasonably edible attempts at local food in them, some already half-munched through; most are still at least warm. Saki is pacing the living room looking mildly contrite at the mess and mi >> mildly nervous. * Vytor is in the kitchen working dilligently on some of the mess, in surprisingly good humor * Angie rises up on the balls of her feet and raps enthusiastically on the door. Saki? Can you get that please? * Mikel watches as Angie knocks away at the door, glancing around at the surrounding area. "Nice place..." * Niri walks down the street grumbling about the pub being closed. * Saki blinks out of a self-induced daze. "Mm." Tromp, tromp, tromp, mind the steamed sprouts, tromp, door open. She blinks blankly at Angie for a moment, then moves aside to let the group in. * Vytor starts moving dished into the drying rack to make room for the bigger stuff * Angharad nods. "Hi Saki." * Trune meanders behind Niri, hands behind his back, "Aw c'mon, you can't be pissed about a pub being closed on account of death and destruction. Half of the pubs front side was gone! I doubt that was patio seating." But I liked the food there. :( Yes, you can Trune. * Tanan waves tiredly. "Can we come in?" Most people want to drown their sorrows. * Saki drags a hand through her hair just a little shakily, and nods to Angharad. She even attempts a wavery smile. "... hey. ... been thinking a lot. Er. There's food around the place. ... literally." Prime business potential. * Mikel nods towards Saki as well as he makes his way in after the others, raising an eyebrow. "...literally?" * Angharad surveys the interior of Vytor's place. "So I see." Yeah, but...half the building being gone? That... that's a problem. * Vytor hollers from the kitchen, "Hi everyone! Make yourselves at home." * Angie skips across the threshold. "We didn't get in. It could be a conspiracy, or maybe not." She takes stock of the house and trails off. "What the hell did you do?" * Saki has the grace to mumble and shuffle her feet. "... think clearer while I'm doing something." Yeah, the doctor was... not ready to see people. Also sweet merciful heavens it smells great in here. * Angharad sniffs the air. "It's a lot of different things, but they all smell good." "If I had to guess, she cooked up enough food for all of the town?" * Vytor decides to leave the larger pots for later, and leaves them to soak in the sink. * Niri enters Vytor's house and sniffs the air appreciatively. She goes to investigate the dishes, sampling those that look appealing. * Vytor joins the others, drying his hands with a towel * Trune sniffs the air as well, "Oh wow what is that? Smells good." Saki's home cooking * Tanan jumps a little at the voices behind him. "Yi-! Where'd you guys come from?" Well, it beats handwashing. I had some stuff from a kiosk on the way back but I will rise to the challenge. * Saki blinks slowly, and waves a hand, slightly embarrassed. "... er. Vytor's home, my cooking. ... I don't think he's many groceries left." Help yourselves. I can always replace my larders * Trune grins, "My mom. Anyway...pub was closed so we headed back." * Angie skips forward a pace and spins around. "Oh hey! Did you guys just get back?" CLosed? Why? * Mikel glances back, waving to the new set of arrivals. "I suspect the attack had something to do with it." He glances over at Tanan, frowning for a moment. "How are you feeling, anyways?" * Ryllan shrugs, "Half of it was sorta gone." Oh. That's a good reason. Unfortunately, yeah. Like shit, to be honest. * Saki makes a valiant attempt to shepherd some of the more excitable cross-section of the group into the living room or at least out of small spaces. * Vytor finds seats for everyone. I can't imagine any of us are doing too great after all that though Hey, we should break in! If half of it's gone it'll be easy, right? Sit down, get comfy and all that jazz. Thanks, Vytor. * Mikel lets out a sigh. "Is that just because of the beating we got handed or due to the poisoning, though?" Oh right, how did that go, anyway? * Tanan thinks that over for a couple seconds. "Yes, probably." * Saki gives Ryllan a long, slow and utterly overtly suspicious look, before huffing out a breath and sitting down in the corner, some distance from most of the group. * Niri munches on something made with rice and sits down on the couch. Tanan? What's the status on your poisoning? * Mikel shoots Tanan a glare, before shaking his head at Ryllan. "Doctor Sonyele is still recovering, so no go." He winds his way through the group, grabbing a seat by Niri as he snatches some food from one of the various dishes. * Niri blinks. "Poisoning? Oh yeah! You okay, Tanan? :/ * Angharad finds some interesting looking stew in a pot and tries it out while the rest of the group talks. I don't think there's any immediate danger. I'll keep working on it. I guess I'll find out a ways down the line if I start growing another arm or my hair all falls out or something. * Trune grabs a bit of something Saki made that looks meaty and perhaps a touch spicy and sits down, taking a small bite. * Vytor shuts the door now that everyone is inside. ...What did you do to yourself, Tanan? * Mikel ponders. "Might make you more intimidating for your classes." * Tanan sighs. "We ran into some.. zombie-like people. One of them had a drill. Those suits are apparently not made to hold up to that kind of thing." It was a small hole, at least. But you ate some radiation. Oh yeah, I totally forgot! You guys didn't hear about what we found. It was super creepy. * Tanan nods. ...Zombie-people? O_o What the heck are you talking about? We ran into some very... strange humans out in the Bluetooth place. "People, but not... all the way there, it seems." * Tanan walks over to the table, sits down, and lays his head on an open space. "They were.. empty." It was all kinds of strange * Saki shivers just a little in her corner. "... they were empty. Nothing going on behind the eyes." * Niri shivers. "...Ugh." * Angie disappears into the kitchen, though her voice carries back into the main room. "There was this big facility underground, and there were guys with suits in there! Except they attacked us so we killed them all." She returns holding a bowl of chili in her left hand and prodding it wiht a spoon with her right. "If they weren't already dead, anyway." There were probably more. The numbers on their suits were pretty high You have such an...eloquent way of putting things, Angie. * Mikel lets out a sigh. "The worst part is that if we hadn't they would have fixed the problem anyways." * Saki winces just slightly, and chips in. "... and if we even stopped those ones permanently." They were almost like automitons or something. ...So what does that mean? That it was pointless for you to go at all? * Angie spoons a big lump of chili into her mouth and lets go of the spoon. She sits down, cradling the bowl in both hands and waggling the spoon handle around. No.. they were really slow. It looked like problems were cropping up faster than they were fixing them. We think Vytor sorted it out. I'd wager that if we hadn't gone, those things would have fixed the problem for us. That's what they seemed to be doing. Until we interrupted them. You fixed it? How so? He did things with stuff and.. er.. I have no idea. "Lots of know how and elbow grease?" Well, there were two steam lines, designed for the transfer of heat from one part of the steam loop to the other. A heat excanger. At some point one of the lines developed a breach, and the radioactive fluid bega to escape. * Angie sets the bowl down, undoes her coat, and spreads it over the chair. In an inside pocket is the booklet she found in the lab, which she tosses to Niri. THis was the reason why radiation began to move outward from the facility. * Tanan holds a hand against his side under the table, a faint glow coming from it. He reaches for some food with the other, and begins munching. Ahhh, I see. Ack! *barely catches the booklet Angie tosses at her* What's this? The fix was actually rather simple. Since the steam loop had been disengaged in order to fix the problem, the resulting breach could be repaired without compromising the system to further contamination. It's amazing you knew how to fix that, Vytor. * Angie pulls the spoon out of her mouth and points it at the booklet. "Plans and protocols. Got it off the head zombie guy. It looks like some neat stuff, eh? That's what was down there." It'll take forever to decipher it all, though. * Niri flips through the book to see if she can make any sense out of it. * Mikel shrugs. "You could give it to the Doctor or hand it over to the labs when you go maybe." * Saki rakes her hair. "... one more thing on the pile of research we have to do. Vytor and I caught about six other things." I wonder if it will tell us who they were and what they were doing there. * Vytor figets a little, but says nothing for a bit I can understand a bit of it. When we go to the labs I plan to shop it around, see if I can get any advice from people on it. ...They must have been there from before...you know, maybe they were created in the time of the great wars. It makes me wonder, though -- what killed all the other people who went up there? Was it those guys? I can read the words and stuff, but heck if I know what it all means. I'm not mechanicist. Machinistist? Masochist! You're not Vytor, you mean? * Saki grimaces at Angie; apparently she's quite lucid today. "Maybe they were recruited rather than killed." Yes, and yes. * Angie stirs the chili before spooning up another big bite. ....Recruited? * Niri stares at Saki O_o Recruited? You got proff though? You guys are going to give me nightmares, you know. «ooc: proof ;_; » I suppose its a possible scenario. * Tanan looks at Saki. "That's.. a possibility. That or they have a procedure for dealing with bodies." * Saki winces. "... no proof. Just all-but-dead people behind very thick armoured glass." >> The ECC beeps softly. * Niri puts down her plate and buries her head between her knees. * Mikel frowns, considering. "We'll have to ask some of the kn- er." Hm? I hear beeping. Who's beeping? Who else? * Mikel glances at Niri, blinking. "You alright?" Huh? Looks like Dr. Webbly is ringing up a hello. Give me a moment...Niri, you okay? Urgh. Yeah. Just...this talk makes me feel ill. It's disturbing. * Saki blinks across at Niri, apparently at a complete loss as to what to do; after a few false starts she settles for attempting a friendly pat on the shoulder. "... uhm. ... sorry." * Mikel grins. "Says the person who tried to bite the ankle of a scarily powerful lady off?" * Trune rummages through his bag and pulls out the ECC, "If you're getting queasy over stuff like this, get ready. There're worse things." * Vytor goes to get Niri a glass of water * Niri sits up again. "'Sokay. It's just...ugh. I hope no one thinks badly of me if I say I'm glad I didn't go along." * DrWebbly speaks, his voice crackling as the signal synchronizes. "Trune? You guys alright?" Cheer up, Niri. Nothing bad happened to anyo-... ok, except for Ishtar, and.. um... hrm... right. So, Saki! What'd you put in this stuff anyway? Delicious. * Vytor returns with said glass of water and offers it to Niri And you, Mr. I've-Been-Poisoned-But-I'm-Fine-No-Really. Oh, thanks, Vytor. *Sips the water* We're okay. How's Neptune? * Saki puffs out a breath, blinks at Tanan, and looks absently at the kitchen. "... uh. ... something in the spice rack. Maybe the top shelf. Can't remember specifics." * Mikel eyes Tanan for a moment before shrugging at Niri. "No hard feelings. You helped out here while you were gone anyways, right?" * Vytor pokes Saki, "Oregano. Because you used it all." ...fine, sorry, shutting up. Mm. He's still recovering. And I had to resolder about forty circuitboards. He's not fit for much but bedtime stories and hot coco for a while. * Angie grins brightly, flashing teeth. "Fugue cooking!" she announces triumphantly. "She can only do it when her willpower is worn down. It's her limit break." Yeah...you know, I'd feel more guilty about Ishtar if it weren't for that fact that we did everything we COULD. So instead of feeling guilty, I just feel helpless and angry. Her WHAT, Angie? Limit...break? * Trune looks down, "Sorry...I shouldn't have called him. I should have known this wasn't gonna work. Give him my apologizes, okay?" O_o * Mikel stares at Angie for a couple of moments. "...what?" * Tanan looks up at Niri. "We can't ju-..." He trails off, glancing at Ryllan, and then turns towards Angie, frowning. A limit break is when everything goes wrong and you're all, "raaaah!" She claws the air with her free hand. Is the water person going to be okay? * Vytor raises an eyebrow at Angie A limit break is when everything goes wrong and you're all, "raaaah!" *he claws the air with her free hand.* * Saki looks lost over at Angie, then buries her head in her hands. "... you're... not far off, and that worries me." «ooc: fixed. » Thanks for the concern Trune. What happened to you guys after the signal cut? * Trune glances at Angie, "Does this mean little boys who hate their parents and hate themselves and are all like, "I hate my life I'm going to wear black and listen to hardcore music!' are superheroes? ...Baddass! We got the hell beaten out of us, doctor. Oh! Um...we got our asses kicked, mostly. Mostly? * Saki mutters under her breath. "... that and I /remembered/..." * Ryllan looks at Tanan, "Look, I can leave." Hmm. But you are still alive? With all your body parts? Last I checked, yeah. * DrWebbly holds up a smily face. * Mikel lets out a groan at Trune's comment before leaning back in the couch. "Just battered and discouraged it seems." Mostly. I think they decided not to kill us. * Niri stares at Dr. Webbly on the monitor, then bursts out laughing. I'll let Neptune know you asked after him to.. Angharad was it? Yes. * Saki lifts her head from her hands to glare at Mikel, and shakes her head, drawing herself up to her full height. "... not discouraged yet, at least." * Angie drops the spoon into the bowl and leans back in her chair, deflating with a loud sigh. Suddenly she seems a bit drained. "She doesn't want to kill us, she's just fucking around." Though, I just told him the story of Little Red Riding Hood.. I might leave it for a day. Doctor? Hmmm? * Angharad tilted her head, not understanding. "Why's that?" Don't you know the story, Angharad? * Mikel looks at Saki, blinking at the glare. "In that case, what do you plan to do about her then?" I'm afraid not. Oh.. ermm.. * DrWebbly holds up a cardboard sweatdrop. * Saki waves a hand absently, signalling to wait for the current topic to die down. It sort of involves a big bad wolf. * Angharad blinks. "Oh..." I'm sorry, but could you try to find out where the next of the elementalors is located? I'm not sure how long before we move out from here, but... we should try to free any of the ones we can. If we get more of them up there, they'll be more.... big... bad... * Tanan trails off and lays his head down again. * Vytor winces * Mikel nods, munching a bit more on the bit of bread he claimed from one of the dishes as he closes his eyes. Honestly, I'm not so jazzed on the elementalors plan any more. That so didn't work. Just how much more powerful WOULD they be together, anyhow? Not for her. We don't know yet. Well, eight is certainly better than one...but... * Saki shrugs lopsidedly at Angie. "... it can't hurt." "How many can you bring down at once?" Is it possible to call them all down at once? If the system is fully functional, yes. But maybe for their original use. * Angie searches the ceiling for interesting patterns. "Fully functional..." * Vytor stands and starts pacing Well. We all have to act as our consciences demand, no? * Angie muses half to herself. "Is that something you have to do anything for, or do we just have to get them all?" Would it kill them or something to try it that way, though? :P Knowing our luck, it would. * Mikel opens one eye. "So get Master Hylan and his wife, all of these Elementalors, and a handful of the strongest people around and see if that makes a difference. If she keeps knocking people off one by one it's gonna be ugly." Not to make it sound like we're just out to use them. Weapon-people have rights too. At the very least waking them up is the right thing to do for them * Saki leans back in her chair, frowning. "... in the end, they're also currently captives. ... I don't much like that idea, so... why not free them." I'm working on it at the moment. The more of the lads we gather, the more raw power we have for some of the devices. * Saki nods across at Tanan, raking her hair. Hmmph. We're running out of people to get knocked off one by one though. Yeah, who's left? John, Haylee, Emili, Xavier? I've been thinking about that. Mercury's trawling through sensor datas, seek etheric ellipses in the trans-cerebal waveform. * Angie ticks off future victims on her fingers. This one-by-one plan isn't working. * Trune glances down at his half eaten dinner plate, looking thoughtful. Would Xavier count? I'd heard that it was his... companion that was the Seeker. Individually, the old heroes are getting smoked. Even with our help. I donno. The stories aren't exactly clear. And there should be one more. What's his face. Hmm. Picking off the heroes of the past? What a strange plan. All powerful adepts or something? Even if he doesn't count, Xavier's a target. I mean, look at Adam. He's not a real boy and he got nearly torn in half. * Saki chips in with Vytor. "... we need to go back to the Academy. We've a half-dozen things to research, no obvious leads, and we need to kick John and Haylee until they tell us the damned truth." ...Agreed. And not these damn half-truths. * Angie frowns, scrunching up her eyes in thought. "Yeah, maybe not. Like, I thought Adam would count, but I guess it's only the people mentioned directly." She spoons another couple helpings of chili into her mouth, licks the spoon clean, and looks at her reflection in it. I'm with Saki on this one. I'm getting a little tired of being led by the nose in the dark. To some extent, doctor, yes. They were suppoedly part of some big thing back when people came back to the blue star here. * Mikel frowns, letting out a sigh as he closes his eye again. "Lady Ishtar might have had a better chance if she hadn't been watching out for everyone else as well..." He opens one eye again to look at Saki. "Speaking of which... can I get a somewhat more complete picture of what's going on from what you all know?" ...And a thought we should research. * Trune sighs, "Whoo, back to the Academy. Fun happy times." Though I'm not happy with this thought at all. Crazy lady made of a bunch of people from the past going around killing the old heroes to revive themselves and probably Zophar. That sum it up for you? * Angie snorts sardonically. "You're a member of the club now, Mikel! You get full privileges." * Tanan reaches for a piece of bread without raising his head off the table. ...We have a club? Since when? And why don't I get any spiffy pens or badges? This club is shitty. * Saki holds up a hand at Mikel. "... after this. Let us work through this first. ... sorry." She really does sound apologetic; then she's ticking off on her fingers. "... the Treatise, Rachel, whatever connection the prophets have to the south and this... tomb, where the last 3 heroes are, the Chronicle, and getting the truth out of John and Haylee. That's a lot of leads." * Niri leans her elbows on her knees and rubs at her temples with her thumbs, sighing. "I need to talk to my mom. She needs to help me find some answers." Anyway. I need to make paper hats for a birthday party at somepoint. Is there anything I can actually help with? Mysterious ruins? Ancient Artifacts? Magic swords? Well, you got that thingy that summons elementalors. I don't think you will want to be a part of this "club" Mikel. Sometimes I do not know why I am still here. True! * Vytor continues to pace, considering things. Guys... * Angie cosks her head. "Actually..." She gives the doctor a sly look. "Doctor! You said something before about Zophar. I was wondering if you could elaborate on that a bit." * Tanan turns his head to take a bite of the bread * Trune stops for a moment, "Wait, Birthday party? Who's?" ...yeah, good question, Angie. I'm sure someone's is going to turn up before the year is out. Mmm. Zophar? * Niri blinks at Dr. Webbly. Man, you really plan ahead. O_o * Saki leans back from her checklist, waiting for the other threads of conversation to finish before she goes on. Lesseee. You ever hear of the Yooo-Enn? * Mikel opens his eyes, wincing at Tanan's summary before shrugging at Angharad. "Well, I can't exactly leave it alone, can I?" The United Nations, right? You mentioned it, but that's all I know. Well. It was first like.. erm. A thing. With countries. Trying to avoid.. bad things. Like.. erm. With the guns. War? Fighting? * DrWebbly shudders with a fizz of sparks. O_o Doctor? "...er, you alright?" I think he's just remembering bad stuff, guys. Yeah. Just a bad sector. Oh hell do not blow up that is an order * Angie looks incredulously at the tiny image, squinting. "That doesn't sound much like Zophar." I concur with Tanan. (For once.) Zophar and a thing of countries? Well, this UN got a bit.. selfish. That's beacuase Zophar used to be a guy. A normal human guy. Right, Doctor? Isn't that what Jupiter told us? And Zophar climbed to the top. And yes, everyone was just a normal guy then. * Vytor listens as he paces * Angie traces around the rim of her bowl with the pad of her index finger. "I wonder...I wonder how he did it. It must have something to do with what she's doing now, right?" How exactly do you go from normal guy to horrible being of destruction anyway Well, first you probably have a really messed up childhood. Everything else gets into twisted politics, but he basically tried to become like.. King of the World. Through military might That just can't work out. How else does one become king of the world? Being on the opposite side, I don't know if he had like... early Adept powers. Or a cult of weirdos, or what. And then Althena stopped him. But Althena was a person then too, that's what you said, right? * Saki cocks an idle ear to the conversation as she waits for it to finish, while simultaneously dipping into her own cooking a little. Some of it gets disapproving looks, as if it had slighted her mother. * Mikel listens to the talk, content to sit on the couch for now. Though he does raise an eyebrow at Niri. "Messed up childhood leads to becoming a being of pure destruction?" Hmmm. Stopped him? I'd have to see if I can find any news records of that time. But it seems unlikely. * Niri shrugs. It could happen! << Er, add quotes to that >> Messed up childhood leading to.....Oh Goddess if that's the case I might as well just go all leather-pants tattoo lovin' crazy bastard right now. She started a strange branch of Christianity, if I recall correctly. Define strange. And Christianity. But I was busy in the lab, most of that time then I.. em... had my.. aahh... accident. "You're not allowed to, Trune. Sorry." It was a major religion, Ryllan. A bunch of the books they've found in the ruins have been about it It might have been after, uh, after everyone died. *She looks away, momentarily embarrassed, and falls silent.* I've never actually read through one though. * DrWebbly cocks his head to one side. "Monothesist religion. Most of the rest is window dressing." It's because they'd make my ass look big woul---oh Goddess I sound like a girl. But you ARE a girl, Tr- I mean, uh... * Niri looks cute and innocent * Mikel snickers. Wait what seriousl- * Trune waves a spoon in Niri's general direction, "Don't make me come over there, Princess!" ...you're being facetious huh. But.. ahh.. I could see what.. I can find. Give me a shout if you find some.. mm.. computers still working. * Tanan looks up. "I found some of those spinny round things back in.. what's that place." I dare you to try it, Rainbow Sunshine! ;) * DrWebbly sags a little. "Everything is so different.. just what did they fire in those dark days, to destroy so much?" "...Rainbow Sunshine?" I don't remember the details very well, but the basic way our religion goes is Althena moved humanity from the Blue Star to the Silver Star when Zophar destroyed the Blue Star. And she gave life to the Silver Star, which didn't have it before. *She stirs the last remnants of the chili into a little pile in the bottom of the bowl, scoops it up, and eats it.* Then nothing happened for a while. Then she died. Hmm. Shiny round things? How big? Okay, see, now you're just stringing words together for nicknames! You're not even trying anymore! * Tanan reaches over and rummages around in his bag for a bit, produces one, and holds it up Of course, Mikel! Doesn't he just like like a colorful iridescent ray of light reflecting on mist in the sunshine? He's like a little fluffy bunny of springtime. << look like >> Ah! A data disc! Where did you find it? Does it have a label? Please say you haven't scratched it, or covered in it peanut butter! * Vytor throws Niri and Trune a bizzare look ...Peanut butter? * Trune grins, "Oh man, she totally wants me!" * Trune sounds like he's competely utterly not serious at all, though. * Angie stands up and walks out of the discussion in search of more food. O_o Wha...? Ugh, no! Down, you two. Keep the hormones outside. In some ruins near the... where was that. near the academy I guess. Yeah. Can't wash it off, and it stinks to high heaven. * Niri sticks a tongue out at Trune. * Mikel raises an eyebrow, grinning. "I can think of worse things to be called..." He blinks a couple of times at Trune, glancing back and forth between Niri and Trune. "Lover's spat?" They seem to be in ok condition, but I haven't found anything to put them in. Maybe the people at the labs here would.. What? No! I'm kidding! Geez. Why does everyone keep saying that? Ew. Please, it's like a bratty little brother. * DrWebbly leans fowards and peers at peoples plates. "Hmm. Oohh. Chilli and chips! Or fries. Are you americans in that regard?" "I think that's worse than Rainbow Sunshine. That's just me though." * Saki looks up from a plate of leeks and carrots at Mikel. "... they're in denial, don't worry about it." There's a ghost of a smile on her lips. * Trune crosses his arms, "Excuse me, if we have to be compaired in a brother-sister light I'm so the older brother who is a fountain of wisdom. You are the younger sister who I can trick into locking in the closet." * Mikel blinks at Saki, considering that. "Ah." * Niri raises an eyebrow. "You try it and you'll be bruised from head to toe, wimp boy!" * Tanan stifles a laugh when Trune says 'fountain of wisdom' Just stop. Both of you. This isn't the time. But yes. Try to keep the shiny rainbowy surface free of scratches and stuff, Prof! I'll see if there's any way for me to get whats on them, without taking a shuttle back down. If you don't midn? * Trune coughs, "Yeah, sure." Could we maybe send them up with one of the elementalors? * Mikel grins. "Mind your ankles, Trune." * Trune gives Tanan a look shakes his head, "Yeah, sure." * Tanan carefully stows the disc again Mayyybe. I need to recalibrate the nodes anyway. What the hell did that woman *DO*? The energy feedback overran the buffers utterly! "Maaaassive magic spell." She basically took space and time, make a big ball of it, and punched us in the face with it. Repeatedly. I don't want to talk about it. * Tanan mutters something along the lines of "wish I could do that." I think that's a fair assessment of what happened. Space and Time. Odd. Doesn't seem like a normal way to willforce things. Oh, Saaaaaakkiii! "Fits. She isn't normal." Only really know of one other person who does it. It's not. But it's damn effective. * Saki blinks across in a burst of movement, wide-eyed and not a little scared. "--whu...?" Do you want my new recipe? ...we should really introduce the elementalors to the Hylans if we go back there. I call it.... Remember the trouble we had with this? * DrWebbly holds up a big mug of hot chocolate, with marshmallow shapes floating in it. "MOOOON CHOCOLATE!" O_o ..? ...Very well, Ryllan. Can we just not go there. Still bitter. * Saki staaaares. ".....what." The metal man cooks too? O_o Apparently * Tanan perks up a little. "Chocolate?" * Mikel glances at Trune, frowning. "What's up?" * DrWebbly brings the mug up to his faceplate. Then puts it down, and lifts up a sign with a crying face on it. And yes, Ryllan. Yes. But if they were actually involved in the whole trying-to-talk-to-them thing it might work * Angie returns with a large plate holding a pasty, a small pile of vegetables, and some unidentifiable glop. But I can't have any. Pity? It's a long story, Mikel. It's kinda not the time to bring it up. "Fair 'nough." * Saki slumps, head in her hands. As she speaks there is a note of helpless expectancy in her voice; "... it's... I uh. ... will be sure to try it out." Okay. It's like normal hot chocolate but.. you make it on the moon! And cut out moon shapes from marshmallow. * Saki nods, head still in her hands. "... I guessed." * Niri stares at Dr. Webbly. "You're crushing her will to live." * Vytor startes a Dr. Webbly I'm not sure we can do that. On account of we're not on the moon and stuff? Which reminds me! Any chance we'll eventually be able to get up there somehow? * Angie sits and hovers over the plate with her fork, working out the best plan of attack. Um. Okay. * Tanan sounds hopeful. "...do we have any hot chocolate?" This sounds crazy, but.... Quite possibly. No more than a decade or so, if we can find the parts. I'm wondering if maybe we should stop trying to protect the Seekers. I have some baking chocolate. Does that count? ...I will eat it if you let me. * Vytor goes to fetch some Stop trying to protect them? Why? * Angie sets down the fork and stares sternly at Niri. For a moment, she says nothing. Then, finally, "I was thinking about that too." ...That makes three. Niri... might be right. Following the prophetess around isn't doing anything. Because we're not doing any good! We might even be putting them in more danger. But even if we aren't, we just got our butt kicked when we give it everything we had. * Mikel sobers up, frowning. "I take it your last few attempts ended up like this one?" Hmm. Anyway. I should get Neptune his dinner. Press the flashing bit if you need to speak to me again! Cheer up all. Where's there is life there is hope, and what not? Stiff upper lip? I mean, when teeth applied to ankles are your last resort, you have a problem. Pretty much. Last time we just stood there as she desouled Leon. We need to do something unepected... and we need to take into account the idea that we might not be able to stop her. * Angharad privately thinks that's one of the most sensible things she's heard yet. * Saki lifts her head up, waving at Niri this time. "... hang on. Vytor and I are way ahead of you." She glances at where Vytor's disappeared, and calls out to the kitchen. "... Vytor, mind if I start...?" * Vytor shouts back from the larder, "Go for it!" * Angie grimaces in response to Mikel's question. "Pretty much. Leon's the strongest, and she didn't have any trouble with him, so I don't see the others faring any better. Sad part is this is actually the best we've done against her." So maybe we should go out and try to gather all the offensive power we can mu- oh. Okay, Saki. Go ahead. I donno. I'm not sure Leon w-.. this is a dumb argument. >> The hologram flickers away as Webbly stands up, picking up the mug of MOOON CHOCOLATE, and a teddy bear. * Saki ticks off on her fingers again, apparently for her own memory more than anyone else's. "... the Treatise, the Chronicle, the last 3 heroes, and the truth from Hylan and Haylee we're going to find at the Academy. Rachel and the south... I've some information, but it's scattered. I'm trying to--... contact her. I might be able to do that better at Horam, and we could use some downtime. We've no definite leads right now, after all." * Vytor returns, and sets a plate in front of Tanan, with a few broken bricks of chocolate on them. * Saki shakes her head, mumbles a little, and carries on. "... this connection to the south is a wildcard. It might tell us more about Rachel, the prophets as a whole, or might be an angle of attack right to the Prophetess' main base. We don't know, but... it's better than nothing." * Tanan smiles tiredly. "Chocolate. I will love you forever. Platonically." I'll sleep better knowing that. ;) * Tanan grabs a piece, pops it in his mouth, and closes his eyes. * Vytor sits down again * Niri stares at the chocolate, then slowly, surreptitiously walks her fingers over toward the plate. * Tanan quickly reaches out and grabs Niri's wrist Do you want some as well, Niri? ;) Hey! ;_; Please? Oh. Oops. Sorry. No, go ahead. * Tanan lets go, looking a little sheepish * Vytor stands up and returns to the larder once again * Niri snickers and takes a small piece. * Saki sits back, almost slumps in her chair. "... the Academy, Meribia, and then to the south if we can. ... that's my guess." What about the Elementlors? I need to talk to my mom. There's something fishy going on there. I was thinking about that a lot, yeah. *She gestures vaguely with the piece of boiled carrot on the end of her fork." Both your and Ryllan's possessing soul are connected to the south. We can't beat the prophetess, but maybe if we go there we can destroy the individual prophet souls. * Mikel mulls. "Well, the Academy's on the way to Meribia from here anyways..." * Niri clears her throat. "Um...did anyone else notice anything...strange...while we were in the temple?" Strange? Like what? Strange? Like the statues of Queen Virtue. There were things that weren't strange? ...That's a thought, Angie. Did they look a little...familiar to any of you? What about them? * Mikel glances at Niri, frowning. "Hm?" Uh... * Saki blinks at Angie. "... that's... another thing. I've... got to at least tell you what I know of Rachel now." * Trune glances away from Niri. * Vytor bangs a few more chunks off the brick, and sets a large plate of chocolate on the table for anyone to partake of Well, they looked like Queen Virtue. *She looks from Niri to Saki, then holds out her hands.* Okay, hit me. Well, yes, but uh....they also kinda looked like my mom. "...really?" * Tanan frowns at Niri for a second or two, then smiles at her. "Try talking to her. If we head back out that way maybe you'll run into her again? There might be some sort of connection" * Niri nods. "Yeah. Creepily so." 'Lucia, last of the goddess tribe' and all that. * Saki rakes her hair again, then frowns at midair before finally trying to speak. "... I'm not-- I don't think I'm possessed. It's never been anyone trying to take me over. If you called me Rachel right now I think I'd answer. Vytor reckons Rachel and I--Rachel and Saki mixed when Rachel was cut off, became the minus one." She winces. "... something like that, at least." Yeah Tanan, or I could try to contact her. Depends on if we're going back soon, how quickly we need these answers, and whether it might be better to talk to her in person...but there's got to be a reason for this and I want to know what it is. Maybe she was related or something? * Niri stops and stares at Tanan. "Goddess tribe? What?" * Vytor stands and starts pacing again, thinking * Tanan stares at Niri. * Angharad gives Saki a look of confusion. "What do you mean by cut off?" Do you uh.. listen to anything people tell us? When she left, betrayed. * Mikel falls silent, watching and listening again. * Angie becomes absorbed in Saki's explanation and loses the thread of the main conversation. She leans forward, brow furrowed in thought. "The minus one?" Selective hearing, I guess. * Saki shakes her head and gestures at Ryllan. "... like he said, Rachel's the minus one. A missing piece of the eight Prophets. Disconnected. Maybe ... maybe back at the Unravelling." Sometimes, when I'm not suffering from overstimulation and panic. Remind me when this was? The prophecy! the headmistress told it to us. I guess there sort of was a lot going on. So...if you're the same as Rachel, do you know what she knows? Do you want what she wants? I just don't understand the mixing thing. I remember Saki thinking she was Rachel, but the mixing I don't understand. Haylee has a tendancy to spit out tons of information and it takes a while for it to register. Not of the eight. There are eight of them in there. She's a ninth. «ooc: Haylee = the Headmistress » I...guess I sort of blocked that out. It didn't make any SENSE. It still doesn't! Well no it kinda does. Okay, how? * Saki shrugs helplessly, pretty much babbling. "... maybe Rachel got mixed with me. Maybe Rachel /is/ me. Or both. I've got pieces, but scattered so far. I can go through them now if you like... but I'm trying to contact her. Drag more out." * Tanan starts ticking things off on his fingers. "It said that Zophar'd come around, Lucia would be involved in banishing him, but he'd come back. We know your dad was the one who beat him, maybe your mom was involved too?" But how did she kept mixed with you? Was it in that fight we just had? Like Ryllan? <> Also, your singing. Althena was called a song goddess, right? Maybe you've got some sort of connection through your mom there. "That's a bit worrisome, Saki... speaking of which, how are you going to keep a handle on the one in you, Ryllan?" * Tanan pauses as he raises a third finger. "Also.. um.. I forget. There was something else" He's weakened, which should help. Ideally, I want to consuld with the headmistress on that. ...Oh. Okay, I'm starting to remember now. But...come on, that's impossible. Isn't it? I mean, either something got messed up in the translation, or there's another Lucia, or the prophecy is wrong, or the stories of what happened are wrong, or.... * Saki looks across at Angharad, giving it some thought. "... I don't know. I just know that I've never argued with myself like Ryllan did. ... I've had exorcists tell me I'm all... well, me in my head. I've been like this as long as I can remember." And anyway, how does Queen Virtue fit into all this? I don't get it. * Angie nods, dead seriousl. "That's for the best, if you don't think she'll take you over. But..." She exhales through her nose and sits back again, shifting uncomfortably. "Not to be too harsh, but...if you ARE Rachel in some way, how can we be sure you won't help the Prophetess?" Can I interject here? ? Rachel betrayed them. She's not part of it. Well, the prophecy called Lucia the last. Maybe she and Virtue were the last two, and now that Virtue is gone? That'd explain why they kinda look similar. Virtue was supposed to be all religionishy and stuff. ...religionishy what the hell Tanan that is not a word Mayyybe.... But didn't she die too? * Saki looks back over at Angie, and this time her eyes are flashing and hard as rock. "She /hates/ them to the bone. Some betrayal, or... something. She's... she's out of the loop." Saki trails off. "... I need more answers, but..." Let's see...Virtue lived right before the Unraveling, right? I donno! Ask her about it. Or maybe we can ask the headmistress or her husband. They worked with Virtue, right? * Mikel reaches out to swipe a piece of chocolate from the plate, popping it into his mouth as he listens. * Tanan grabs another piece while there's still some left. * Saki falls silent, waiting for Vytor. * Angie matches Saki's stare for just a second, then looks down at her plate. Saki and I hammered on this earlier, and we were wondering if this whole mess is some kind of attempt to 'fix' things, as far as the Prophetes is concerned. Perhaps the world that is, isn't what was intended to be. We have little knowledge of the Unravelling, how it was suposed to happen, or what did actually happen. And whose decision was it on how the new world was to be? So are you saying they didn't want the unravelling to happen at all, or happen in a different way? I remember the Unravelling was not pleasant, but I was very young. That would explain why she turned on the Truth Seekers if she was originally aligned with their cause. If there was some kind of conflict surrounding it, maybe that conflict is being expressed now. * Tanan falls silent for a moment, thinking. "How'd it go.. Lucia, last of the goddess tribe, through love and sacrifice would.. gain... knowledge? Power? Zophar will be banished by her hand once more, but his return is inevitable, he'll come back to try to ruin the world? ...I'm probably getting it slightly wrong." They want bodies. * Angie responds to Angharad's comment with a limp laugh. Whatever they're doing, it involves them living again. Vytor's got a good point... The problem is, we just don't know for sure. * Tanan nods. "Their prophecy goes on about them sleeping until it's time to set everything right." Things happen, they go wrong, and the world is not... too bad. Most of the time. Is it necessary for anyone to fix it? At this point that sounds nice. Can we just sleep till everything's fixed? Please? * Saki nods, rubbing her forehead with one hand. "... we need answers. That's why we need to go back to the Academy. And... maybe back at Horam, /at my home/, I might be able to relax and meditate a bit better, maybe... contact Rachel somehow. ... and rest a little." I don't think she's there to contact, Saki. Not as such. I don't.. know. I think we've been nominated to do the fixing. It talks about the 'truth seekers' having to do it. The problem is, 'right; in this case is purely subjective * Angie snorts and rubs her nose with the back of her hand. "If the fixing involves Zophar I'm not sure I'd want to wake up." Do we really have time to do all that though? How long is the Prophetess gonna sit around? And she called us that. Well.... I don't know. Who knows if what the Prophetess invisons is any better than what we have? * Mikel frowns, looking more than a little confused as he tries to follow the conversation. This is going to sound heretical at this point, but maybe bringing back Zophar so he can be killed for good is part of fixing things? We can't rule out that her goals aren't good just because her methods are shit. That's dangerous. What if something goes wrong? ...I can't believe I just said that. * Saki shrugs at Ryllan. "... contact or remember. Either or." She rakes her hair yet again, and mutters in Trune's direction. "... she said we were part of this now. If that's true then why isn't she still leading us around? The answers must be somewhere in here for us to find." * Vytor begins pacing again, looking agiated "We all die, Trune?" Vytor? There's something smelly about this whole damn situation. Yes Niri? * Tanan shakes his head. "Either way, the academy... they said master Hylan was working on an anti-zophar weapon and had bee doing so for some time." I dunno. I'm not really huge on the Zophar-hate because, I mean, he's been dead for my entire life, but...if half the stuff about him is true it's hard to imagine him doing any good. Something isn't right. She /can't/ be that blindly arrogant as to tell us her every move. * Trune nods to Mikel, "Basically, yeah." Unless she's trying to get us to do something. Just wondering what you're thinking. You got any ideas? :/ She HAS to be. Why not just kill us otherwise I'm fresh out, beyond basically just going out to look for as much firepower as we can muster. What do you think she wants you to do? * Angie chews thoughtfully on a particularly tough piece of meat. By the time she finally swallows, she has a question prepared. "Saki. Do you remember anything more about Rachel or about what she wants right now?" * Vytor rubs the bridge of his nose, "The problem is we're groping around in the dark. We know very little about how we ended up here, and what circumstances were going on when it happened." Seekers, seekers, seekers.. damn. What'd she say! Witnesses, we are. How can we be expected to act when we're doing so from a place of ignorance? * Trune glances at the floor, "She said we were now baptiazed by fire." It's time to be more than witnesses, something about zophar, something about it not being our ultimate fight, or trial, or something... It's amazing how getting fried just does wonders for the memory * Mikel mulls, closing his eyes. "...unless she's preparing you for something?" * Saki nods at Angie, and takes a long time to try to muster her thoughts. "... she was a magic guard of Vane. A prophet. She used to ... work for Noah and the Prophetess. ... not quite for, not quite with. She was... their guard. Then she was betrayed, and burnt for it." We were witnessess before, then seekers. Now we're Truth Seekers, in her eyes anyway. * Vytor stops Trune, you are a genius! I think... I am? O_o * Angharad lifts her head and looks at Vytor. "What?" ...So either she's coming after us next... Saki! Remember what we talked about earlier? * Tanan frowns, quietly muttering. "...I think she wants us to kill Zophar. That sounds insane and really arrogant though." The Prophetess has been leading us around by the nose all this time. Now all of a suden, she's making us do more of the work. * Saki frowns, eyes focused on somewhere further away for just a moment before she blinks up. "... bh...?" It's a notable few moments before she's back into reality. Huh? What did Trune say? Why's he a genius? We were witnesses when she was leading us, but now we're trying to find things out! Son of a bitch. Hence, we're Truth Seekers...geez. * Saki nods curtly. "... time to research. Time to get the answers. Time to beat it out of Hylan and Haylee." We're dancing to her tune, but we can't damn well not. She's practically TELLING us what to do next. "...so, what. She did this to get you interested in finding something out?" She's trying to show us something. She wants us to figure something out. So, what ARE we supposed to do next, and why does she want us to? And why should we trust her? Something she can't or won't tell us. Why would she not be able to? She must just not want us to know. * Saki shakes her head at Niri. "... we've no end of things to research. And information on it's own isn't good or evil. It's just information." No offense intended, but what is remarkable enough about the people in this room to warrant special attention from someone as powerful as her? * Vytor starts pacing again, faster this time Session Time: Sat Aug 12 00:00:00 2006 Hey, speak for yourself! I'm totally remarkable. "You guys started chasing her and trying to stop her?" Everyone here is... unique to some extent. * Saki grins toothily over at Angharad. "I'm an ex-colleague." Wouldn't it be more efficient for her to do her work herself? That's a good question, Angharad. I suppose I've got famous parents and all, but that doesn't make me superhuman. ...At least, I THINK it doesn't. * Mikel eyes Niri. "Maybe it takes time." She's doing this for a reason. We just don't know why yet. * Angharad nods to Saki. "Well, I suppose so... but I don't understand the rest..." What takes time? She's been too deliberate and methodical. She's spared us time and again. Now she's feeding us bread crumbs. "Becoming super human." * Tanan starts pointing around the room. "Saki is somehow connected. Niri may be like 1/8 goddess or something. Trune hears voices of old weapons. You're not human and have some amazingly sharp senses. Ryllan is stu- messes with magic in strange ways. Angie is some sort of crazy analytic genius type. Vytor's one of the most gifted smiths and mechanics we've seen. Leah... I don't even know WHAT Leah does exactly." O_o What? Hey, no! * Angie sputters in irritation. "I don't like getting jerked around. Should we really be thinking about doing what she wants us to?" Also, Leah gets me into trouble. That's what she does. * Vytor looks at Angie There are others not human besides me... And I don't think she means anything for me... * Saki shrugs expansively at Angie. "... we're just talking about finding things out. That's better than being in the dark, surely?" * Mikel snickers. "I thought that was adventuring, NIri?" But don't you see? Whe's not forcing us to do this, not this time. << Niri* >> Mikel - Same thing! ^_^ She's pointing a direction out, rather than making us chase her down it in a mad rush to save someone's life. You're rare by virtue of being yourself, Angharad. You're a better person than a lot of people I've met and you have lots of reasons to be all bitter and resentful instead. Also, you can tell a lot of things just by sniffing the air that I'd take years to figure out. We all have some sort of skill that none of the rest of us do. I can make balloon animals. Can you make me a little dog? * Vytor leans on the railing on the large window behind the kitchen table, looking out on the hill behind his house. * Angharad shakes her head, ears droops slightly. "I am me, but I am nothing special. The wolf guard have never been more than a footnote in the greater history we know. It's not like my kind to take part in these things." * Angie points an accusing finger at Niri. "I'm going to hold you to that," she announces. When we get back to the Academy, sure! You can make balloon animals? ...Can you make me a puppy? I always sorta wanted one. ...Don't laugh. * Tanan smiles at Niri for a few moments. :D Okay, Sunshine! ;) * Tanan turns back to Angharad. "maybe the very fact that you ARE is part of it. Stop trying to sell yourself short." Hey, I'll make sure Leah lets you hug Shiro if it'd help. Here's your chance to change that, Angharad. If you want to. * Saki casts about her for a sheet of paper and a pencil; finding one after a little digging, she starts scribbling out a list, muttering it off to herself as she does. "... Treatise. Chronicle. Truth of Unravelling; John, Haylee, Lucia. Rachel. South. Elementalors. ... anything else?" * Mikel blinks at Niri and Trune some more before shaking his head, gesturing. "You're more along in it than I am. I'm just an interloper according to the crazy lady." * Vytor resumes pacing ..getting that thing out of Ryllan's head and maybe into something small we can step on? Zophar. And we should find about about that United Nations and Christianity, if we can. There might be some hint as to just what they did. The Prophetess talked about becoming a god, right? I think Shiro would probably bite me. ...Our best bet for that would be the Headmistress, I expect, Tanan. We need to find out exactly what happened to Althena and Zophar back during the wars. Oh geez yes. We need to talk to your dad, Niri. Hmm. Maybe my mom and dad could help - yeah, what Tanan said. * Angharad hesitates. "Change that? I don't know. I don't think that Althena ever intended anything for us..." * Saki tilts her head, and nods. "... Noah. Hiro. Zophar. UN." She looks at the list, frowns, and scratches her head. "... there's a lot. The Academy and Meribia seems like the place to start. ... if we can't dig up anything concrete I'd say south afterward." You were brought here. Isn't that enough of a reason to try? Yeah, let's try going back to the Academy and see what we can find out. * Angie sets aside her plate very carefully, then leaps out of her chair in an explosion of movement, pointing at Angharad. "Angharad!" I came here to help Raculi's crops. Though it is odd that I am still with you... Angharad, so help me heavens, if you don't stop trying to put yourself down I am going to... to... scowl while I eat this last piece of chocolate. And that is a terrible thing to do to a last piece. * Angharad blinks and looks at Angie. "What?" * Tanan snatches it up Huh, wonder if I'm still wanted in Meribia. ".../wanted/?" It's nice to feel wanted. Not this kinda wanted. * Mikel gives Trune one of those evaluative looks. * Niri looks innocent I doubt it, Trune. The prophetess - probably, Trune - seems to be counting you as a seeker too, Angharad. Angh? Can I call you Angh? Is that rude? Not if Franz has been doing his job, anyway. * Angie gets into Angharad's face, waving her arms emphatically. "Stop being retarded! Maybe you haven't noticed, but practically everybody is dead! There are like a million people in the entire world, and most of those people sit at home and do daily things and worry about money and love and never accomplish anything!" She whirls around, pumping a fist. "This world is ours. There's no more history, no more establishment. Anyone who wants to "Why would you be wanted in Meribia, Trune?" can be great." He attacked Bree! * Mikel stares. * Vytor opens his mouth, can't think of how to respond, and shuts it again * Angharad echoes. "Angh?" The syllable isn't seem to break that way in her mind. "I guess that could work." * Mikel raises his hand and smacks the palm against his forehead. I did not attack Bree! O_o I...just took her staff is all. Well, you stole her staff. Stealing and attacking are totally seperate things! They're both stupid! ^_^ * Saki starts to slump again, waving a hand at Mikel. "... we'll... catch you up." She sits back, looking vaguely satisfied up at Vytor before huffing out a deep sigh and looking vaguely drained. "I'm suddenly very glad I didn't go to Meribia like I planned." I'm afraid I lack your enthusiasm, Angie. <> You know, Angharad, if you really want to go home, you shouldn't feel forced to come along. You don't have to. :/ I feel bad that you're caught up in this and you don't want to be. * Trune face twitches slightly at Niri's comment, but says nothing. Granted, I'm not sure any of us wanted to be, but... * Saki cracks open one eye, staring solemnly at Niri. "... I'm in it to the end. ... nothing's changed. She still has answers I need about myself." * Angie paces in a circle, waving one hand in a circle. At this point she seems to be talking to herself. "I mean, if you don't want to fight the Prophetess because she's invincible and we'll all die, that's one thing! But if you're just being a girl about it, that sucks. You have an opportunity to make a huge difference here, and if you give that up just because you don't think you're worthy of it, you...well..." She stops and looks around << Angh is sort of pronounced "Ong." It's a little unwieldy. >> <> looks around hastily, ending with her eyes on the wolf guard. "Well, that doesn't say anything very flattering about you!" * Mikel blinks a couple of times at Angie. "...you moonlight as a motivational speaker, don't you?" * Vytor throws Angie a strange look, yet he can't argue against her logic. When we can understand what she's saying, anyway I will fight for my own life, but I don't know that what she is doing involves me. I do not know why what she is doing is bad in the greater scheme of things or if it will eventually hurt me. That is why I don't know if it is such a good idea to get involved. * Saki stands up, stretching luxuriantly; as she lowers her arms she blinks across at Vytor, scratching at the back of her head. "... maybe you were right. I do feel rather better." Maybe it's best to see what happens. That.. does raise one point * Vytor nods to Saki, "Good." * Tanan looks at Mikel. "I'm sorry to single you out, but she called you an interloper. We've only done this once before, but if you stay with us your safety is not guaranteed." Well, that's...that's one thing. *She lets her arms fall limp, losing some of her energy.* But that's no excuse to just lay down! You don't have to do THIS, but you should damn well be doing SOMETHING awesome, even if it's just going around and learning about the plants of the world and how to fix things and...stuff. Stuff. * Tanan mutters "He did bring his own weapons though." «ooc: ....AGGGGGGHHHH » << ... >> << speechless >> ... * Mikel raises an eyebrow at Tanan, shrugging. "I tend to push my luck to the limit. If anything, I'll start going around to muster enough firepower to blow the damn bint from here to kingdom come." «ooc: STOP IT JUST STOP IT NOWWWW » * Saki leans against a table, crossing her arms. "... so to sum up: we're clueless, need to kick John in the shins -- we'll leave that to Niri, it appears to be a speciality -- and I'm an ancient heretic while Ryllan's just giving one a lift. Now who wants to catch Mikel up?" And she might even be cracking a faint grin. It... might not be a bad idea to get people ready. If we can't stop her.. Zophar... who knows what could happen. Well, he got killed once, right! So we just have to do it again! it can't be any harder than beating the Prophetess, right? Eheh. heh. * Angie sits down heavily. "...if it is, this is gonna be ugly." * Vytor raises an eyebrow at Angie if Niri's parents did it, I'd say easier. I mean, no offense Niri. Your dad is really badass. But he accomplished pretty much nothing against her at the festival Wait, Saki. Biting ankles is my specialty. I'm good at shin-kicking, but not as good. Can um * Saki frowns, arms still crosses. "... training." «ooc: crossed. » "...if you piss off the Headmaster I am not cleaning up the mess." Besides, I've only done that once before. Can we try non-violent means to get them to talk first? We've already been exploded once. Non-violent means are for sissies! Is living for sissies? The Headmistress can squash your brain like a grape or make you think you're a warbling monkey. Let's not piss her off. * Angie opens her mouth, about to fire back a retort. She closes it again and sits back, sulking. ...Training? I like my brain where it is. I also like my legs being in the same general timeframe as my torso. And whatnot. * Saki drags a hand through her hair. "... I don't mind asking. But we have to make it fairly clear that we need answers - badly." I kinda like just having a brain period. Ancient secret Art: Weasel bites the irresolute tree in the evening light. Someday you'll find out what it's like. There is the risk that if we go over there, she'll appear, right? Maybe it would be better to correspond through an intermediary. <> << harsh >> «ooc: Aw. » <> We have to try something. We need answers. And lots of them. I don't know. We've been back there a couple times so far. Saki? Are you getting any death-at-academy vibes? Only if we run into Trune's dad. * Saki shakes her head. "Nothing at all. No message, no directions." * Mikel blinks a couple of times. She's waiting for us, I think. Maybe she wants us to make the next move? Let's hope my dad is on a sabbatical. A long, long sabbatical. ... ... Hmmm. I don't feel like getting slapped in the face again. I wonder if biting Trune's dad's ankle would work better than it did on the Prophetess... If he does, we kick his ass. We should just bring your dad in to the meeting with the headmistress. That would shut him up all kinds of fast Or we could send Professor McVrey to fight the Prophetess. It would. * Saki nods slightly. "... that would be my guess. Let's follow this up and get some well-earned rest while we can." She smirks, just a little, as her eyes flash with pride. "... and while we're there we can stop in at Horam and I'll really treat you all." L-et's not. I'm pissed off at him, but I don L-et's not. I'm pissed off at him, but I don't want him dead. * Mikel glances back and forth at everyone, looking confused... then he frowns. "...McVrey? That grumpy jackass?" Does Horam have a hot springs? I forget. I expect you'll find him easier to deal with, Trune. * Angie hauls an ottoman over with one foot and kicks up her legs, then resumes picking at what's left of her food. "The Acacdemy is the centre of willworkers. There's bound to be someone with better analytical magic than me, and if we could find them we could have them give Saki and Ryllan a poke." Er...yeah, Mikel. He's Trune's dad. Not to mention the Headmistress, who's a specialty at mind tricks. "...oh. /Oh/." * Tanan looks at Niri. "Springs? In Meribia? Maybe. I donno. That would be relaxing. I don't know that we have time for an extended vacation though." Maybe not. *Looks downcast* * Saki frowns at Niri, trying to remember then shrugging one shoulder as if it hardly matters. "... don't know. But it has my specialities there. I'd do an annual feast for the dojo. You haven't seen anything yet." You'd probably look pretty good in a swimsuit, th-... erm. Pardon me. That was uncalled for. * Niri eyes Tanan * Vytor represses a smirk at Tanan Isn't there a regulation against that, Tanan? Right now I have to admit I'm mostly thinking about what's going to happen when we go to the lab. *She makes childish grasping motions at Niri.* Niri, can I have that book back? Careful, Prof! ;) I'll tell my dad on you! * Trune eyes Tanan as well. * Mikel raises an eyebrow. "If you lot go on vacation without telling me I'm going to be very put out." When does the lover's spats start for you two? ;) * Niri tosses the book to Angie. "Sure, Ang." «ooc: does = do » Don't make me bite YOUR ankle, Trune! These teeth should be registered weapons, I tell you. I don't think I'm going to live long enough to get drug in front of any disciplinary commitees for saying stupid things at this point, Ryllan. Teeth with GODDESS POWER. * Vytor finally can't help himself, and starts laughing That'd be the best superheroine ever. * Mikel ...turns to stare at Niri for a couple of moments before he begins to laugh. * Niri pose! We can make one just for you, Tanan. "I am super Niri, now let me take my shiny metal teeth and bite you soundly!" * Tanan starts to laugh. "Can't you just see it. You all go in to see the headmistress and she sends me down the hall for a performance review." * Angie catches the book by holding her hands up defensively in front of her face. The pages splay and it falls to her lap in a tangle, getting some gravy on it. She carefully wipes it off and flips to the reactor schematics. "I only have half a notion what this stuff is, but whatever it is, there might be enough information in here to build one. And that's definitely worth pursuing." * Niri starts laughing. "Metal? Hey now, I brush often! No cavity fillings for these pearly whites!" * Mikel shakes his head. "All you need now is a vehicle to use to make split second rescues in." * Vytor wipes a tear from his eye, "Ah yes. I needed that. Thank you." :) Nah, but...you know. Have a bit of teeth with flash! They're your super weapons! You have to have people see them and go apeshit! White teeth are so...vanilla for a superheroine. Also I humbly request not being killed by your dad. That would make this week... * Saki looks just a little lost, and blinks over at Vytor with a bemused expression on her face. "... I expected this to be a lot more morose." She looks, well, utterly lost. Oh shit. Vehicle. That's right. You wrecked the destiny * Niri hugs Vytor. ;) "Anytime, Captain Muscles!" * Mikel coughs. ...He what? * Ryllan looks at Mikel archly. It was kinda justified. Just a little wrecked. It can be fixed. Does this mean I can drive now? "I may have driven the Destiny up a ramp to get into the city that much faster and accidently crashed into the side of the Cathedral pleasedon'tkillme." * Angie jerks upright, one hand over her mouth in mute shock. Dude, you guys wrecked the Destiny? WITHOUT me? * Tanan gingerly touches the side of his head. "The walls are - no - still pretty solid." * Saki crosses her arms. "No." Oh good, let me know if you want some - /No/ - help, Vyt. I mean, he wrecked the Destiny! It'd be hard for me to up the ante. "I didn't wreck it!" Hmph. I get to go next time Mikel drives. He hasn't wrecked it enough that I can't fix it. You. Hit. A. Wall. In midair, at that! Awesome! Oh come on! I seriously want to drive it! * Saki sighs out, looking pained and put-upon as she drags her hands through her hair. "... alright. Next time the Professor gets severe radiation poisoning, it's Trune's turn. Then Niri's the 3rd time." Me first! * Tanan looks mournfully at Niri. * Mikel glances at Niri. "Find us a car and you're on. I doubt I'm gonna be let near the Destiny." And I seriously want to continue living. * Angie mumbles "My instruments!" through her fingers, looking horrified. She slumps back very slowly, making a high-pitched whining sound like a deflating balloon. "I forgot all about it." Wait wait wait what No No more rads * Niri sticks her tongue out at Saki. No more ramps You're freaking Tanan out. No more anything! "...hey, we hit the ground before we hit the wall." * Saki looks at Tanan pointedly. "That would be the basis of my evil plan to stop them driving, Professor," she deadpans. * Tanan drops his head back to the table, still chuckling a little. "Give me SOME credit." Come on, Tanan. * Vytor represses another round of laughter I think you should take Mikel on as your assistant. "...though I might have to apol- WHAT" I mean, what better way to teach about chaos? Credit? In this group? Ahahahahaha, oh wow that's funny. Field trip with Mikel at the wheel! * Mikel stares at Niri. "You want to get me killed, don't you?" * Niri looks cute. * Tanan looks at Niri. "Do you want me dead? Do I need to apologize for the swimsuit comment?" * Mikel points at her. "If I get killed you won't get to experience my driving." * Angie grabs her coat, fishing in the right pocket for a leather wallet. She pries it open and looks inside. "Guys, guys, I've got...two, four, six...eleven hundred silver in here. How much does everyone else have?" Hmm? Silver? Why? Exactly the same amount! That's creepy and coincidental. "I've only got about a hundred. Still waiting on my pay." About the same, yeah. Dunno, I think I may have spent a bunch on candy. I have about...1,300 silver. I've been saving! * Mikel eyes Niri. "No candy before driving." Okay, so with everyone, that's, like...eight thousand? Nine? *She rubs her forehead, whimpering.* * Saki ... looks sheepish. "... I'm out; I got some supplies today when trying to walk off my thoughts." * Vytor digs into his pocket to see what he has left, "I just spent most of my cash on supplies. I got a few coins at best left over." Maybe more like five Ha, like they'd ever let me drive in the first place. I think my dad's driving freaked them out. Six? How much do you think we need to repair the Destiny, Vytor? I'm still trying to figure out why they won't let me drive. * Vytor extracts a few pennies, a washer, 2 paperclips and a peanut Oh, that's plot based. It won't cost us anything. I mean...I'm not Niri OR her Dad. «ooc: hahaah » <<...sorry. ;)>> << *LOL* >> «ooc: hahahhaa » * Mikel coughs. "Because I grabbed the wheel while they were loading the professor onto the car. Radiation poisoning and urgent radio calls and all." Well, I have some extra industrial silver here. I can craft some parts from that. Beyond that, I guess we'll have to wait and see based on the damage I find. Okay, I haven't been able to look at the damage yet, but I'm guessing I need, like, 50000 silver. It's total age discrimination. Could be as much as twice that. * Mikel eyes Trune. "You can't be that much younger than me." How old are you? Let's not jump to conclusions Angie. Besides, I have lots of favors around town I can call in. What it /is/, trune, is you're certifiable. * Mikel shrugs. "Nineteen." Dammit all he's older than me. * Trune eyes Ryllan, "Certifiable in what way?" Ha! That's funny, Tanan. * Mikel eyes the Professor. I would love you forever if you could help me out with this, Vytor. *She fixes him with a lethally serious stare.* FOREVER. "Does that mean I get to lecture you on respecting your elders?" Crap, my clock is probably off too after getting so near that facility! If it even works. * Saki sits back down in her corner, looking both pained and drained; she just sighs, leans back, and closes her eyes. Insane, Trune. No, probably not. You can try though! "...Ryllan?" * Vytor looks suspiciously at Angie, "What are you after, exactly?" Well, we're all doing this, so we all count, but you especially. H--Hey! I'm not insane! "I think you're higher on that scale. You kept that thing IN you." Ryllan's more insane than Trune at this point. You know, what with the possession and all. ...Okay granted that is somewhat insane but I don't see how that impacts my ability to DRIVE. It «ooc: evil! » * Angie shakes her head, voice pained. "My...I have a lot of sensitive instruments in the Destiny. Surveying equipment, timepieces, geomantic measures...it's designed to take a bit of a jostling, and the case is padded, but I can't imagine more than half of it is still intact after that." It's not like going after the prophetess will impact my ability to make a turn signal or something! * Mikel holds up a finger. "Tell you what. We'll cajole or bribe someone to lend us one of their vehicles. Niri, Trune, and I can take turns driving about in it while you guys fix the Destiny." Sounds good. Woo! Awesome plan, Mikel! Oooh. I approve of this plan Ah, and you want to make sure your instruments are undamaged? Just make sure you have enough to pay them, because I'm not bailing you out if you damage something. I'd really rather Niri and Trune were still alive when we left. Like you care, Tanan. :P * Mikel eyes Tanan. "Hey, I can be responsible." I have nothing but love and concern for you both! Well. * Trune snickers. Also amusement. * Angie lets out a very long sigh. "I..." She pokes at her plate unenthusiastically. "I'm willing to bet they're not. Would you like to bet me that, actually? For, say, 50000 silver?" And bafflement Exasperation sometimes Once again, aren't there regulations about that, Professor? * Mikel leans over a bit to whisper to Niri. "Notice how he leaves me out of it." Pft, Regulations. You just want Trune for yourself. It's because you're a newbie. Give it time. He'll start making lovingly snide comments to you too. <<...cut that.>> «ooc: HA! » Tell you what. Instead of making a bet, how about this? Provided they aren't something alien or too fragile, I can fix them if any are broken. << ...bwahahahah >> Pft, Regulations. I'm all- I did not mean it that way. Trune is not even slightly attractive! * Niri gigglesnorts. Some of them are probably what you'd call "too fragile" -- a lot of it's sensitive stuff. But that'd be a super huge help. What, HEY! "...owch." * Mikel coughs. "That's gotta sting." Well, maybe to women. What the hell Trune, do you WANT me to be attracted to you? Let's see what there is, and we'll proceed from there. Fair enough? Aww, of course he is! Sunshine is so cute and adorable with his permanently cheery disposition... * Tanan sighs dramatically. * Mikel eyes Niri. "You sure you don't want him or something?" * Ryllan laughs, "Just stop digging, Tanan." I will find valuable minerals eventually and then who will be laughing. No no, Mikel, just watch! See the way his eye twitches everytime I say "Sunshine?" * Trune rests his head in his hands and groans, "Oh man, I'm just not gonna respond to any of this. It will end badly." * Angie grunts. "Yeah, that sounds best. Ungh." She rubs her forehead. "I have to recalibrate everything anyway. A lot of my stuff runs on ambient geomantic energy and it gets screwed up if it's taken too close to a well of elemental energy." * Saki speaks up at Vytor and Angie, her brow a little furrowed; she's apparently trying to get some much-needed rest in a room full of people chattering, maybe not the highest order of common sense. "... let me know if you need things lifted." "...well, I can't now that he's hiding his face." * Vytor nods to Saki, "I will. That things heavy." ...Is there any more chocolate on the table or did I really eat the last piece? * Angie offers Saki a wan smile. "You two are my best friends in the whole world, you know. WHOLE WORLD." "You ate the last piece." "For this crime, you're coming along when we go driving." "Professor." * Angharad nods. "I think Mikel is right." * Tanan sighs. "Oh well. All good things come to an end." * Trune looks up and smirks at Tanan, "Some of us are close to underage. We do need a chaperone. A teacher-figure to steer us in the right direction and make sure the 'oh shit!' handlebars are secure." * Niri can't seem to stop laughing. * Niri gasps for breath! * Mikel cracks up laughing as well, shaking his head. "You're doomed, Tanan. Doomed." Saki? You look a little fried. When was the last time you got some rest? * Tanan chuckles. "I should figure out what I want on my tombstone. Maybe a stop sign." Maybe, "Here Lies Tanan! We had trouble peeling him off the roof of the car." * Niri bursts into giggles anew * Mikel shakes his head, raising a hand. "Here lies Tanan. A paragon to responsibility until he met his end due to three crazy drivers." "...he lacked a bit of common sense though." * Saki opens one eye and looks vaguely blearily up at Angie, waving a hand idly. "... mm. Least I can do." She throws a glance Vytor's way, and waves the hand some more. "... I'm just... trying to deal with things. ... this is more information about myself than I've had in twenty years, after all." * Vytor grunts in response I haven't had three people planning my death since.. hrm. Midterms I guess now that I think about it. Here lies Tanan, now that he's gone kaput...we had lots of fun, but then he went splut. "Nursery rhyme angle? Nice." Ooh, I like that one. Can we work 'grave mistake' in somehow? I want a pun. Ooh, I like that. Tanan made a grave mistake...he hit the gas instead of the brake. * Vytor sits down again, feeling much better now that the tenseness of the former situation seems to have abated to some extent * Mikel considers for a couple of moments.. then cracks up laughing again. Hey, that's good! * Trune begins to laugh, "Best one yet." * Tanan smiles. "Oh dear." * Mikel shakes his head, clapping his hands together. "What do we do for the eulogy, though?" Have Niri sing. Angie can get up and start saying whatever. That'd work pretty well. Uh...hm. I dunno, if I was gonna have a funeral, and this is just my crazy self talking here, I'd want it to be a party. Why should people be down? I say we have a hot rod car there doing wheelies. "That can be arranged." By the by, who's spending the night here? I'll need get beds ready for everyone, eventually. I probably will. There's no need to stay at the church anymore... I will, if you don't mind. I don't need a bed though. * Tanan slowly loses his smile, looking a little melancholy as he reaches for another piece of bread. * Vytor looks oddly at Angharad, "You don't?" * Mikel mulls for a moment. "If it isn't any trouble, I will. I have the feeling all of the inns and such will be full of people whose homes were damaged." I can find somewhere else, if you need me to. * Angie closes her eyes and slips into a narrative voice. "He was a good man, he was a kind man, he was a soft man. He never let the world get the best of him, whether when teaching his class or hurtling violently through the air. I think Tanan would rather we remember him as he was in life -- intact." * Angie smiles privately as she finishes speaking. * Saki waves absently up at Vytor some more; she's all but falling off her chair. Forget dead on your feet; here she's dead on her seat, and it's bizarrely comical to see a normally composed and overly alert fighter slowly droop her way down to the floor. * Vytor waves a hand dismmissively at Ryllan, "its a big house. I can make room." * Angharad nods at Vytor. "I don't. A roof over my head is fine." Besides, you have a lot of people here. * Niri is now known as AmyAway * Vytor shrugs at Angharad, "You're the boss. Would you like a blanket by the woodstove at least?" * Angie clears her throat, finally addressing the question. "I'm gonna head back to the destiny, see what the damage is. If you've got a place for me I wouldn't mind crashing here afterward." Whatever you do, get Saki to bed first. * Mikel ehes. "I apologize for whatever got wrecked in that, by the way." Don't worry Angie, I'll find one for you. * Vytor blinks at Ryllan, then looks at Saki, noting her inertness. Ah I'd do it myself, but I'm not sure how well she'd take to it with my houseguest. Blanket is fine, Vytor. You're my hero. *She slides her plate aside and stands up, squeezing her eyes shut and stretching catlike.* Nggggh! Okay, I got some food in me, time to get back to work. I think we should probably all get some rest or something. I need some time to try to do a little more damage control anyway, if we're not in a big rush * Vytor walks over to Saki's chair, and carefully demonstrates the might of the LazyBoy system (tm) Rest is good. Speaking of rest... * Vytor heads to the closet to start grabbing blankets * Saki just about blinks up before her nose hits a pan of now-evil-smelling sprouts; she looks childish for a moment as she blinks around before pulling herself to some semblance of wakefulness. Another shake of her head and she's registering, and nearly bolts to her feet after Angie, just a little wobbly. "... Ah... wait. ... I'll help." * Trune glances at Niri, "She's sawin' logs." Down Saki. Tomorow. Saki! Bed. * Mikel nods. "I think everyone could use a bit of a breather after that." He glances over at Niri at Trune's comment, snickering. "So she is. Should we get her to a bed then?" * Saki blinks, and raises one bemused eyebrow at the both of them. Well, yeah, or she'll be cranky. * Vytor returns, gently pushes Saki back down, and loosely drapes a blanket over her legs Which is scary. "Is it possible for her to be cranky?" I wish I could just sleep like those two Yes. Sleep now. Work tomorow. Believe it or not, yeah! Just hang out with her enough. * Saki sighs loudly, capitulating like a very large sulky child. * Vytor drapes a second blanket in front of the raised wood-burning stove for Angharad * Angie smiles warmly at Saki. "Thanks," she says, uncharacteristic warmth in her tone. * Mikel sets his staff down, getting to his feet as he ponders. "...scary thought. I think I can carry her, if there's one ready for her." All right everyone. Listen up. I think there is. Hang on though, Vytor's got something to say. Trune and Mikel are getting the first guest room. Angie and Niri will get the second guest room. Tanan, you and Ryllan get the Master Bedroom, you can argue over who gets the bed and who gets the trundle * Tanan blinks a few times. Saki is apparently OK in the chair, and Angharad will take a spot by the stove. * Angharad snugs the blanket around herself and nods. "Works for me." * Ryllan shrugs at Tanan, "Rock, Paper, Scissors?" Wait, an arugment over the bed and trundle? Oh goddess can I watch? * Mikel does a mock salute, grinning at Vytor. "Yessir." * Vytor checks to see if he missed anyone. All right. On three? * Ryllan nods, "One." * Vytor seems satisfied, and goes back to the closet to start prepping beds for everyone. Two. Three. * Saki tilts her head towards Vytor, but gives Angie a just-about-with-it nod of recognition. "I claim this chair in the name of the Prophet Rachel," she deadpans, "Who I will now be communing with. If it looks like sleep I'm doing it correctly." * Ryllan holds his hand out in the shape of a pair of scissors! * Angharad chuckles at Saki. * Tanan holds up a hand with a small distorted sphere in it. "Shit. Chaotic disruption in fabric of reality loses to scissors every damn time!" * Angie suppresses a snicker. Not very well, though. * Angie walks toward the door, shaking her head and laughing silently. On the way past, she puts a hand on Tanan's shoulder. "You should have chosen rock," she says solemnly. "Rock beats scissors." * Ryllan snrks, "Cute. In honor of your novel tactic, however, I'll carry the kid to her room." Chaos beats rock, though! It's kinda like paper. * Vytor proceeds to set out blankets and towels for everyone * Mikel glances at Saki, raising an eyebrow. "We'll fight you for the chair another day, then." He grins before walking over to Niri, shaking his head. "I can do it, Ryllan. Besides, chaos could beat scissors. What it forms something able to break or melt 'em?" Could you? I would, but the way I'm feeling I'd drop her. * Trune sighs and shakes his head, "He's got her. She's surprisngly light." * Tanan shuffles off in the wrong direction for about five steps, then turns around and shuffles off. * Vytor returns to the main room. "All right, sleeping arangements are in order. Let me know if you need anything else. Tanan? *point* That way." * Ryllan slides his arms under Niri smoothly, "I've got her, Mik'. I don't trust you or something, remember?" He chuckles lightly. * Mikel eyes Ryllan, waggling a finger. "I'm not the one with another person in me, tho'." Mph. Thanks. Sorry. First guest room, down the hall and to the left. Second room is one door after. Master bedroom is at the end of the hall at the bend towards the bathroom * Etirs (~Nehn@dynamic-acs-24-239-126-40.zoominternet.net) has joined #lunar-iog2 * Trune sets mode: +o Etirs * Vytor heads back to the kitchen, to try and finish some of the neglected stuff in the sink. * Ryllan takes Niri into her room, first knocking politely to make sure Angie has remained decent. Ngh. What a day. Night folks. * Tanan (~Nehn@dynamic-acs-24-239-126-40.zoominternet.net) Quit (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Etirs))) * Etirs is now known as Ysmsm * Ysmsm is now known as Tanan Night Trune. I'm gonna sleep in till it's noon. Okay, not that late, but sleeping in sounds mighty nice. Thanks for housin' us, Vy. Sure thing. I enjoy company. :) * Mikel yawns, grabbing his staff. "I hope you don't snore, Trune." What if I did? ;) * Gayo|Gone (foon@stjhnbsu83w-156034199076.nb.aliant.net) has joined #lunar-iog2 "I'd have to give you a wake up shock or splash." "Take your pick." * Trune sets mode: +o Gayo|Gone Man, with a reaction like that maybe I'm safer to sleep with Ryllan 'I have someone in my freakin' head' Barak? ...Nah. * Mikel waves a hand. "Just don't snore and you're safe. I can save it for Niri if she sleeps in." I don't. No worries there. * Angharad is now known as Rune * Vytor tries to scrub pots quietly, as not to wake Saki or Angharad * Tanan is now known as Etirfk <> <> <> «ooc: Night Rune! » * Mikel nods as he makes his way towards the room. "Indeed." << G'night peoples >> * Ryllan frowns at the room, then murmers to Tanan, "Take the bed." He offers a quiet wave to Vytor as he slips out of the building, intent on finding a different place to sleep. «ooc: Seeya all. » * Gayo|Gone is now known as Gayo * Rune (~kazyr@pool-71-105-72-239.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net) Quit (Quit: Sleep!) «ooc: I'm done too. So stop anytime, Stel » >> End here then! >> Win Tah dah!