Session Start: Sun Jul 21 21:28:01 2002
Session Ident: #Pureland
* Logging #Pureland to 'logs\#Pureland.log'
<GMStoren> ~~ SESSION START! ~~
<Rhiana> You could play Niki..but you'd have to be really annoying
<Rhiana> So who played me :P
<Rhiana> When I was gone
<GMStoren> « everyone did. hehe. ;) »
<Roric> «ooc: we voted. »
<Rhiana> «ooc: ...Roric didn';t sleep with me, did he »
<Heather> <<I tried to but I kept getting lost in your bra ;_;>>
<Cody> «ooc: Occasionally I stuck my hand up Rhaian's back and forced her to say her boobs give her horrible scolosis. »
*** Heather is now known as Rachel
<GMStoren> last we left our noble band they averted battle at the hands of three eager dopplegangers, only to face a leap of faith of cosmic proportions!
<Rhiana> «ooc: ...My boobs aren't that bi..okay..they are..but that's no reason to sexually abuse me :( »
<Cody> «ooc: *hugs Rhi* Hey, if you make fat jokes about me, it's only fair play ;) »
<GMStoren> As you hurtle down from the vastness of space, you feel a thump as you pierce the clouds of the immense gas giant... you seem to be alive. Getting your senses back slowly, you find yourself whipped about by fierce winds, lightning arcing through the turbulent skies dangerously close by.
<Rhiana> «ooc: I'm fat in all the right places, baby :o »
<Cody> «ooc: :D »
* Roric picks him up slowly, shielding his eyes with both hands. His hair is whipped back with such force that it seems to be trying to escape.
* Cody hits the ground with a hard thump, and groans softly, his clothing and hair whipping about wildly.
<GMStoren> You're not standing or falling anymore, but aloft on a sheer mealstrom of intense forces... it's hard t tell which way is the right direction, but there's obviously no way back where you came for the moment.
<Cody> «ooc: er, take out ground then! ;) »
* Rachel grits her teeth and attempts to look about, her hair flying freely. "....right! Next time, Joch leads!"
<GMStoren> In the distance, a bolt arcs past you, making your hairs stand on end, and zips somewhere behind your view, sizzling as it hits something.
* Rahne glances around.. * I would not have thought that such a place could exist..
* Roric lifts his foot and stomps hard, testing the solidity of the surface beneath him.
* Cody is still on the 'ground', trying to pick himself up, "Well, at least...we're alive..."
<GMStoren> Kyle tries to get his bearings, green hair whipping about madly. The winds seem to form a floor beneath you, at this, the calmest part of an eternal storm.
<Rachel> Which way do we go?!
<Rhiana> Anyway but down
<GMStoren> Another lightning bolt zips dangerously closeby, lightning up your vision with violent yellow energy, before also going the way of it's brother behind your position. You can make out some kind of protrusion, like a lightning rod, jutting out from a tower that cuts the clouds sharply.
* Roric peers up into the eternity of wind and clouds, eyes squinted nearly shut. "Or up, apparently!"
<Rhiana> ...I was about to say that myself.
* Rachel jerks her head towards the jutty thing. She points a little against the howling wind. "There! We go there! C'mon!"
<Cody> Nugh...just as soon...as I can stop my head from spinning.
* Cody manages to push himself to his knees.
<Rhiana> Oh yeah, that looks like a good spot/
<GMStoren> [Kyle] Looks like a good a clue as any right now. You alright, Cody?
* Roric runs full-bore into the wind, towards the tower. Though his legs are pumping violently, he moves no faster than had he been walking in still air.
<Cody> I'll be okay...Don't worry. Just a lot of chaotic energy here...
<GMStoren> [Kyle] I feel it.. we're getting much closer. It's not far if it's this bad...
* Rachel squints a bit and looks to Cody before wagging her fingers a little. "C'mon, stud...let's follow the big burly woodsman..."
* Cody grins a little at Rachel and pushes himself the rest of the way up, "All right..."
* Rachel turns and lunges forth into the winds, struggling against them to head for the tower...
* Cody tries to follow Rachel as best as he can!
<GMStoren> roric gets a better view of what the lightning is striking. It's what appears to be a tower, not unlike the architecture of Vandole castle... on this rampart, there is a door... though you can almost walk through the holes in the battered walls just as well.
<GMStoren> There are stairs going down below the clouds (hopefully), as well as something else in the distance beyond this off to your right.
* Roric continues running -- the shouts of the party are drowned behind him, carried in the opposite direction by the shrieking gale.
<Roric> «ooc: Rache can pick the path. »
* Rachel staggers to a stop. "Suggestions?!"
<Rhiana> The way where we don't die?
* Rachel attempts to yell above the wind, though is very much muffled sounding ^^; She casts Rhi a rather amusingly windblown look.
<GMStoren> The lightning crackles dangerously around the area beyond this safe haven, making it seem like the obvious one danger wise.
<Rhiana> Just a suggestion
* Cody tries not to be struck by random bouts of lightining.
<GMStoren> « ie, if you move forward to the other thing, you will have to likely dodge lightning ^^ »
<Roric> «ooc: Wait! Instead of advancing, let's see if we can dodge the lightning 200 times! »
* Cody notes that even though they look close, he's not close enough to be struck, yet.
<Rachel> <<So there's a door, there's the stairs and there's another thing?>>
* Cody feels rather dumb. :D
<GMStoren> « lol. actually, the door leads into the tower with stairs down somewhere. you can also try to reach the distant structure if you like. »
<Cody> «ooc: Well, considering the ways that are least danger filled seem to be the RIGHT paths...but he could be tricking us! »
<Cody> «ooc: least = most »
<Rachel> Tower! 
* Rachel heads for the door, grimacing..
* Rahne peers in a battered hole, keeping her ears down.. *
<GMStoren> The door opens, though half of it almost disintegrates when you touch it from all the erosion it has suffered. The stairs inside seem welcoming, but there is a disconcerting howl of pressurized wind rushing down them... if you step to far you'll likely be sucked right off your feet.
<Rachel> (m) ...nice....making all the good choices today, Rache...let's jump off into space and fall into a wailing wind tunnel where we find a tower that will most likely lead to our eventual deaths! Wee!
* Roric stumbles inside, clinging to the doorframe and panting. After taking a few breaths, he examines the tower, seeking for a way to block the entrance through which the wind is blowing.
* Cody is looking quite worn. Being rather thin and having next to no stamina is not exactly helpful in places such as these.
* Rachel reaches out to tug Cody against her, placing him between her and Ror in the doorway, affording him something of a less tiring position.
<GMStoren> The wind's being blown down the tunnel through a series of currents behind you. Every time the lightning strikes the rod, another gust erupts, flying downwards.
<GMStoren> They seem to happen at roughly every minute or so.
<Rachel> ....should we make a run for it?
* Roric carefully peers down the stairs, estimating the distance. "Yer call, boss."
<Cody> We may have to...
<GMStoren> You don't think you can make it all the way down, but the passage is not entirely straight down... hiding on the sides might be possible, behind the loose blocks that litter the sides.
<Rachel> Right....we time this correctly and then run for it...as soon as one gust dies down, we make a mad dash. Duck behind the loose blocks there....see 'em?
<Roric> Way I see it, we can try'n bust up that lightnin' rod, or 'ead down 'ere. I'll take wind over lightnin', given the choice.
<GMStoren> The wind blows down again, rushing past you and kicking up dust as it shakes the ones that jut out, taking a few specks with it into the darkness below.
<Rachel> ...I'm with you, Ror. Let's do this.
<Roric> Niki, yer the dumbest. Wanna go first?
<Rachel> <<ROTFL>>
<Cody> Hey! ^^;
<GMStoren> « o_O »
<Rahne> << ^^; >>
<Cody> I mean...I...er..
* Cody can't help but chuckle into his hand at that comment.
<GMStoren> « does doom want to respond to that? ;) »
* Rachel snorts and shakes her head, taking off shortly after the next blast of air! "Heroes first!"
<PMDooM> <<You shouldn't insult people who arn't here to Defend themselves>>
<GMStoren> The next blast comes and goes, and Rachel makes a run for it down the stairway! :o
<Peaches> << I always do myself. >>
* Rachel skids to a stop behind the closest block, huddling for safety. She glances at the others..
<Cody> «ooc: So I'm confused, are we running too? ^^; »
<Roric> «ooc: I always do myself too. »
<Rachel> <<No. I went first. >D>>
<Cody> «ooc: Wee :D »
<Rachel> <<You can all go next time! After I don't die.>>
<Rahne> << I was peering in a blown out hole. :P >>
<GMStoren> The pressure beginning to build, along with the telltale sonic boom. the passage is soon battered by another blast, nearly taking rachel with it, but she holds on.
* Cody bites his lip, watching Rachel.
<GMStoren> [Kyle] You little daredevil! But looks like it works!
* Rachel nearly utters a yelp but instead forces herself down to the block....she yells back after it passes. "C'mon!"
* Roric sighs, limbering up. "Wish I 'ad me ol' grapple..." He takes off, running for the first indentation.
* Rachel darts out again, moving down once more to duck behind the next outcropping!
<Cody> «ooc: The rest of us follow now? :) »
<Roric> Only a couple at a time!
<Cody> «ooc: Oh, kay :D »
*** Peaches is now known as Noonye
* Cody follows after Roric, reaching an outcropping of his own and huddling behind it.
<GMStoren> At this, the group begins following down, some laggarts getting the brunt of another place, smooshing them into Rachel's or Cody's position comically... ^^;
<GMStoren> « er place = blast ^^ »
<GMStoren> The quarters are a bit cramped here, but it looks as if you're about a third of the way down from here. At the bottom there is some light shining...
<Rachel> <<Mm....shiny...>>
* Rachel squints... "What is that..."
<GMStoren> Another blast goes by you, heading towards and mangling the light. The next brickface isn't far off.
*** Noonye is now known as Mia_Ausa
* Rachel dashes forth, wildly leaping to the safest point!
* Roric makes his way towards the next barrier as soon as the wind recedes.
<PMDooM> <<What is this, Death Peak?>>
* Cody struggles to make it to the next barrier, obviously tired.
<GMStoren> « actually it's like a cave in sd3, but ^^ »
<GMStoren> Another blast goes by, but this time it's a bit too much, Cody feels pushed forward a bit too strongly... his balance knocked off as he gets near to the barrier.
<Cody> N--No!
<Rachel> ..?! Cody!
<GMStoren> « whee. ;) »
* Cody fails wildly, trying to find someplace solid to hold onto before he goes flying off into the unknown! O_o
* Rachel lunges stupidly out in an attempt to stop Cody from falling!
<Cody> «ooc: Yay! We die now :D »
<GMStoren> Cody tumbles a fair distance but finds purchase thankfully on the last block. Rachel in her lunging also hits this one along with him in a heap. x_X
<Rachel> <<Cody and Rachel die. <Roric> Well. Bugger. Guess t'world's gonna snog it. Wanna knock boots, toots? <Rahne> ... >>
<Roric> «ooc: <Chrys> Cody! <Niki> Cody! <Rachel> Cody! <Rahne> Cody! <Rhiana> Cody! <Roric> Cody! <Tori> Cody! >> Cody takes 10 damage! »
<Rahne> << Death's nice. ^^ >>
<Roric> «ooc: Hee hee. Snog. »
<Rachel> Ack! 
* Rachel slams into the block with Cody and grunts ^^;
* Cody nughs, holding on for dear life, "S...Sorry about that..."
* Roric continues descending by slow intervals, unwilling to risk reaching out to Rachel and Cody.
<Rachel> Hey, n-no problem....all in a day's work..!
<GMStoren> Down at their level they can see the light is a shining gateway the wind seems to funnel into.
<Rachel> Hey now...look at that..
<Cody> Whoa...
<GMStoren> Roric and the others manage to proceed downwards with the opening, getting close to the two and the sight of their destination. You could probably let go at this point and cruise right into it. But there is also another passage off to the side of this obvious gate, leading into the tower further.
<Roric> Well. Any preference?
<Rachel> No. You choose this time. I'm having a bad day for leading. ^^;
* Roric shrugs and goes further into the tower. "Sick of this bloody wind."
<GMStoren> « one second please. bathroom. ^^ »
<GMStoren> Roric waits for his chance and opts for the passage. Looking down this way reveals a long corridor, the floor broken in many places with just turbulent air filling the gaps. It's a long way down.
<GMStoren> Near the end of it is a diminuitve shadowy shape, which turns around as it feels your presence. It's vaguely humanoid but transparent black, with a single eye...
* Rachel hurriedly follows after Ror....she grimaces as she examines the floor.
<Roric> «ooc: does it look like I can make the jumps? Or at least the first jump? »
<GMStoren> [Shadow] !
* Cody follows the group, this time not tripping over himself. Yay!
<Rhiana> «ooc: We're playing Metal Gear now? »
<GMStoren> It quickly hops out of your view farther down, running away... :o
<GMStoren> « you can jump them, it's not seriously far. »
* Roric takes a deep breath, crouches, cracks his neck to either side, and then takes off at a run, leaping.
<GMStoren> « now if Niki was here she'd recognize that thing... ^^ »
* Rachel watches Ror, taking a step back. She looks to the others with a grimace before shrugging, taking off as well and lunging forth!
<Cody> «ooc: Yeah, hahah that she's not here. *grrr* »
<Rahne> << Indeed. :P >>
<Roric> «ooc: Roric and Rahne would recognize it, I think. Roric assumes it's a chaos illusion and is leaving it be. »
<GMStoren> Roric makes a serious of well calculated leaps, hopping over the expanse deftly. It seems stable enough. At his end, there is no trace of the shadow, but a T intersection, where you can go left or right.
<GMStoren> « er series »
<Roric> «ooc: Did I catch which path the spirit took? »
* Roric looks around suspiciously, eyes slitted.
<Rahne> << I would, were I there.  I'm back peering in this #&$!@ hole waiting for a &*@#$ description of what's there, only it seemed to have been forgotten when you three moved on and the rest lemminged. :P >>
<GMStoren> « you looked into a hole? there was nothing to say. ^^ »
<GMStoren> « the only holes were the damaged walls of the tower, and of course said stairway. »
<GMStoren> Looking to the walls it seems as if you've left Vandole architecture and are now within the venerable halls of Wendel. On the floor down the right path is what appears to be a pink wrapped candy.
* Roric snaps up the candy, then takes the left path.
* Rachel looks back once more and slinks after Ror, her hand on the hilt of her sword..
<PMDooM> <<* takes bets that it's a doppler>>
<Roric> «ooc: BRB »
<GMStoren> It's not far when you go down the left path that you reach a dead end... :o
<Cody> «ooc: brb :D »
<GMStoren> the passage stops, trailing off into empty sky, of which you catch some light on the horizon. But it is a burning, scorching sunrise, not at all pleasant to the eye.
<GMStoren> Kyle looks uncomfortable. "I've got a bad feeling..."
* Rachel grimaces...
<Rhiana> ...I always have one of those
<Rahne> << <Kyle> I opened up a chest and inside was...  <Kyle> A pile of smelly poo!  <Kyle> This is definitely -not- the way! >>
<GMStoren> Roric feels the candy he holds in his hand begin to jump about violently...! o_O
<GMStoren> « assuming he comes back that is ^^ »
<Cody> «ooc: Pop Rocks! »
<PMDooM> <<Shoulda taken that bet, guys.>>
<GMStoren> Hopping out of his grasp like some possessed jumping bean, it melts into the form of a grey doppler slime midair, splitting in two and attacking with a satisfied goofy grin at it's clever ruse. >:)
<Rachel> ...you've got to be kidding me.
<Cody> My mom always said stay away from candy.
<GMStoren> >> Dopplers A & B appear! Ambushed! :o
<Cody> ...Guess she was right.
* Rachel blinks and looks at Cody in amusement.
* Cody grins just a little. ^^
<GMStoren> [Kyle] never trust candy from strange dark gods... :p
<GMStoren> >> Doppler A morphs into a master Ninja! Doppler B morphs into a Mama Poto!
<Roric> Well, I'm glad I didn't eat it. Pheh. All right, let's get this over with, fuckers.
<GMStoren> >> Master Ninja whips out a katana and strikes at Cody!
<Cody> Agh! O_o
* Cody raises his staff in defense!
<PMDooM> <<Anything I should know about these people before I attempt to fight them?>>
<GMStoren> >> 202 damage.
<GMStoren> « doppelrs shift forms. they take those weaknesses... and abilities ^^ »
<Roric> «ooc: They're weak against giving roric all your items. »
<Cody> Agh..
* Cody stumbles back a little, blood dribbling onto the ground.
<PMDooM> << I meant these specific forms. ^^;>>
<Roric> «ooc: Agh! Agh... Agh? Agh. »
<Cody> «ooc: No! Agh?! »
<Rahne> << Hmm..  I have an available spell slot..  I wonder what manner of ungodly effect I should put in there.. >>
* Rachel growls and tugs her sword free, watching the enemies as she considers her options..
<GMStoren> >> Mama Poto wails and casts Enlighten! It's wisdom is boosted by the rushing waters.
<Roric> «ooc: How about 'defeats dopplegangers immediately'? »
<GMStoren> « well, one is a ninja, the other is a blue lizard ^_- »
<GMStoren> >> Tori's turn.
<GMStoren> « suggested actions? »
<Roric> «ooc: Hmm. What's his Charge? »
<GMStoren> « 2. »
<GMStoren> « 34 MP. »
<Roric> «ooc: I'd say attack A. »
<PMDooM> <<Zip, according to the sheet>>
<Roric> «ooc: Sheet's wrong. »
<GMStoren> « that sheet is not current. ^^ »
<PMDooM> <<Ah. ^^;>>
<PMDooM> <<Anyway, attack the ninja then?>>
<Roric> «ooc: That's what I would do. »
<GMStoren> « I'd say so. these are not too lethal... but remember you need to hit it's weakness. ^^; »
<PMDooM> >> Tori fires a shot at Master Ninja!
<GMStoren> >> The bullet strikes true, but like with the others, the effect is not like it would normally be.. 27 damage. charge at 3/6.
<GMStoren> >> Rahne's turn.
<Roric> «ooc: Best to conserve MP here. »
<Rahne> << You think?  Hmm.. >>
<Rahne> << What is my current MP situation?  The stats on the page seem not to be current. >>
<GMStoren> « full mp. full charge. »
* Rahne twirls her spear, and weaves a cloth of spun magic, chanting quietly under her breath. Wind buffets the long strand of ethereal material, and runes on the glittering cloth shine a bright cerulean, before exploding in a shower of brilliant sparks! Rahne casts ¤Windwalker! *
<GMStoren> >> Rahne is Speedy! She may take a free action.
<GMStoren> « next my dear? ^^ »
<Rahne> << I know.. sorry..  trying to get supper ready at the same time here...  running back and forth. ^^; >>
* Rahne twirls around, dropping low and extending her spear to it's full length! The weapon's shaft collides with Master Ninja-Dopple's feet, knocking them out from underneath it! Taking the oppertunity to strike, Rahne dashes towards her off-balance twirling her spear just moments before stabbing at the enemy! *
<Rahne> << I hope for instant death effect. >>
<GMStoren> « normal hit? 8checks* Sorry, not this time. ^^ »
<GMStoren> >> rahne deals the master ninja a blow for 19 damage. charge is maximum. No fallen opponent just yet...
<GMStoren> >> Kyle attacks the Ninja as well for 39 damage!
<GMStoren> [Kyle] Get those elementals working... i think this is weak to Light magic!
<GMStoren> >> Cody's turn.
<Cody> «ooc: Hmmm...Sorry. Hmm. »
<Cody> «ooc: Oh, it is, huh? Hehehe »
<GMStoren> « 38/69 mp ^^ »
<Cody> «ooc: Kay :) »
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*** ChanServ sets mode: +h Dekar_Zol
<Cody> Hot light of id. Warm light of ego. Cold light of superego. Harvest your impulses into my thoughts and ignite the fury of our passions into glory and luminance!
<GMStoren> « Dekar! ^^ »
* Cody stares with wide eyes fixed forward, and his eyes gleam. The gleam suddenly takes on a life of its own and bolts forward in front of Cody's intended target. It hovers for a moment, before bristling suddenly with spines of intese light, spearing the target several times!
*** AshAFK is now known as Chrys
<Cody> «ooc: I see a tttyyypo :D »
<Dekar_Zol> «ooc: Never go out for food then return to people working on the lawn or you will feel compelled to help. »
<PMDooM> <<Guess that's two I don't have to sub for.>>
<GMStoren> >> The Lucent Beam streaks at the ninja as he prepares a deadly move, harming him severely... master Ninja hates Wisp! 589 damage!
*** Dekar_Zol is now known as Niki
<GMStoren> >> Doppler A in it's guise of the Ninja, counters, running straight at Roric with a sword gleaming of darkness, slicing multiple times and juggling him into the air! Chirijiraden! :o
<GMStoren> >> 369 damage.
<Chrys> «ooc: Someone mind filling me in? »
<Niki> «ooc: Me too »
<Rahne> << Wind.  Lightning.  Tower.  Dopplegangers.  Fight. <- You Are Here. >>
* Roric reels as an old tear in his clothing is reopened, and blood begins to seep into the fabric. "Ngh. It takes more than that..."
<GMStoren> >> Doppler B slinks over as the Poto, casting another watery spell... as a hail of Acid rain buffets the party. Defense is down on all but Rachel.
<GMStoren> >> Niki's turn.
<GMStoren> « what a nice snopsis ^^ »
<Roric> «ooc: We wandered around a lot. Through some places. Then we hit a dead end and the candy roric took turned into monsters. Monster A is a ninja clone, monster b is a baby dragon thing clone. »
<Niki> «ooc: Next question »
<Niki> «ooc: Who's left »
<Roric> «ooc: <-- the candy roric took turned into monsters (Roric had sex with a hottie and accidentally knocked her up) »
<GMStoren> « two targets. you're all up. cody and roric wounded ^^ »
<Niki> «ooc: Okay »
<GMStoren> « niki has 0 charge and 0 mp i believe ^^ »
<Niki> «ooc: 0 charge? O_o »
<Niki> «ooc: I didn't use my charge last battle! ;_; »
<GMStoren> « what was it last time.. I think I lost it. »
<GMStoren> « was it 4? :o »
<Niki> «ooc: No, it was max. :P »
<Niki> «ooc: I had Anima going the entire battle. »
<GMStoren> « oh I see. sorry... ^^ »
<GMStoren> « your'e correct. »
<Roric> «ooc: math 449 - 369 »
<GMStoren> « 80 ror ^^ »
<Roric> «ooc: ..I always do that. It would be less embarrassing to just do it in my head. »
<Roric> «ooc: Also quicker, if I'm going to make an error every time. >_< »
<GMStoren> « I would remind you Niki, you can't deal with these guys with a simple un aligned charge. ^^ »
<Niki> «ooc: huh? »
<Roric> «ooc: Doesn't charge cut through defense? »
<GMStoren> « if you don't hit them with the right prpoperty against what they are copying (spirit exlcuded) it will only do small damage. »
<Niki> «ooc: That what I thought. »
<Niki> «ooc: Oh »
<Niki> «ooc: And has anyone sabered at all? »
<GMStoren> « not yet... cody hit master with light some. »
* Roric squares his feet and swallows, preparing.
<Roric> «ooc: Master is light-weak. We don't know what the other thing is. »
<Roric> «ooc: I'd guess Air, but that's a wild guess. »
<Niki> «ooc: Niki is NOT an elemental fighter. ^^; »
<PMDooM> <<It's been using water spells, think that's a hint? ^^>>
<Niki> «ooc: At times like this, I like to... »
<GMStoren> « look at what spells it's casting and think fo a certain boy's hometown.. ^^ »
<Niki> «ooc: Use a Midge Maller! ;) »
<Niki> «ooc: Maller... »
<Niki> «ooc: Uh »
<GMStoren> « mallet ;) »
<Niki> «ooc: I'm gonna throw a mini duck at it! »
<GMStoren> « midge mallard! :o »
<Roric> «ooc: Doesn't air beat water though? »
<Roric> «ooc: Bleh. Confused. OK. »
<GMStoren> « fire is the opposed element. I don't make those rules. :) »
<Chrys> «ooc: Fire beats water! Fire always beats water except in Lost Kingdoms »
<Roric> «ooc: And FF. »
<PMDooM> << Isn't that Fire/Water?>>
<Niki> «ooc: Should I use a mallet? ;) »
<GMStoren> « just go :o »
<Rahne> << In real FF games, Lightning beats Water. ^^; >>
<Cody> «ooc: no! Lightning beats mechs! »
<Niki> «ooc: At times like this... »
<Chrys> «ooc: True. FF sucks anyway »
<Roric> «ooc: That's because mechs are made of water. Stupid! »
<Rachel> <<Can we play? ;)>>
<Niki> «ooc: I wish I could implement the Skies element attack system. ;) »
<Roric> «ooc: No, we can't. We're WAITING FOR DEKAR. »
<Niki> «ooc: And I was asking for suggestions! »
<Roric> «ooc: I'd say use a multi charge. But that's just me. »
<Niki> «ooc: Doing little damage to it? psh. »
<Roric> «ooc: You CAN'T do a lot of damage to it, and if you attack you'll be getting charge when you're already full. »
<Niki> «ooc: Wait, I thought we jumped to our doom last session to AVOID these things. »
<Roric> «ooc: We did! There's more. Storen is mean. »
<GMStoren> « yes you did, but Roric picked up candy from dark gods in this wind battered tower ;) »
<GMStoren> « and you saw a Shadow Zero for a second. »
<Niki> «ooc: Oh, okay. »
<Niki> «ooc: NUUUUUUUUUU! »
<Niki> «ooc: You suck Storen! »
<GMStoren> « it ran the other way, but you're trapped now haha :D »
<Niki> «ooc: You need ME around when Shadow Zero shows up. »
<GMStoren> « oh it'll show up. ^^ »
<Cody> «ooc: YOu were supposed to be here ;) »
<Cody> «ooc: Don't blame Storen ;) »
<Roric> «ooc: Is Shadow Zero the dark Zero that sigma makes in MMX2? »
<Niki> «ooc: I was helping landscape. »
<Roric> «ooc: JESUS FUCK JUST ACT »
<Roric> «ooc: ...ahem »
<Niki> «ooc: Can I use my charge on Roric? :D »
<Niki> «ooc: j/k »
<Niki> «ooc: Oh screw this. »
* Niki trots on over to Doppler A and looks at him. She waves for a second with a smirk then whaps him upside the head with a Midge Mallet.
<GMStoren> >> Niki baps the dopple slime with the mallet, and is plesantly surprised when it reverts to a tiny little ninja, the size of a toy! o_O Chibikoed!
<Niki> Wee!
<Roric> «ooc: ...huh. »
<GMStoren> >> Chrys's turn.
<Niki> «ooc: You didn't think I was gonna go the entire game w/o using that in battle did you. ;) »
<Chrys> «ooc: What are the dopplers? »
<Chrys> «ooc: One's a chibi-ninji, but what's the other »
<GMStoren> « you have one chibi master ninja, and a mama poto lizard. ^^ »
<Roric> «ooc: One of those dragon things that eats people. »
* Chrys extends his hands, an aura of flame covering them, chanting. "Salamando, keeper of the flame, extend your power to my will!"
* Chrys shoots out two gouts of flame, which proceed to devour the Mama Poto in a blaze of glory!
<Chrys> «ooc: Blaze Wall »
<GMStoren> « well the hungry babies eat people a lot :) »
<Rhiana> «ooc: I just realized I havent had a turn yet :) »
<GMStoren> « this is first rotation still. »
<Rachel> <<We're slow as potatoes, Rhi, it's okay! >D>>
<GMStoren> >> Blaze wall engulfs the Poto, making it yelp o_O
<Niki> «ooc: <Rachel> <<We're slow as potatoes, Rhi, it's okay! >D>> >> Rachel's turn. »
<Niki> «ooc: *ducks* »
<GMStoren> >> Hates Salamando! 156 damage! Engulfed!
<GMStoren> >> Roric's turn.
* Roric falls to his knees. "I refuse to yield!" He places a hand on the ground before him and concentrates briefly. "Observe!" Standing slowly, he draws up intertwining vines of mystic energy from the ground, which collect around his hands. He clasps his hands, and the light suffuses his body.
<GMStoren> « we didn't start the fire... ^^ »
<GMStoren> « aura? »
<Roric> «ooc: You got it. »
<GMStoren> >> Roric replensihes his charge to maximum levels.
<GMStoren> >> Rachel's turn.
*** TrueBlue (~trueblue@usercom.lunarnet.org) has joined #Pureland
*** GMStoren sets mode: +v TrueBlue
* Rachel tilts her head a bit and uses ¤Succession on Cody!
<TrueBlue> « OOC: Kill kill kill! »
<Cody> «ooc: Oooh! Thanks for that candy, Rachel! »
<Niki> «ooc: Ya slacker! »
<GMStoren> >> Rachel, so self sacrificing... Cody may act!
<Rachel> <<Candy? >D >>
<Cody> «ooc: Hmm, to heal or to kill the ninja? »
<Cody> «ooc: Heal, sadly enough. »
<Cody> «ooc: Damn you wussy Roric. »
<Niki> «ooc: Thats my toy ninja. ;_; »
* Cody curls his hands together, and slowly unfurls them upwards, cupping his hands to the sky.
<Cody> To mother's smile and mother's sorrow, like rain and tears to life and joy. I give now my heart and love, to that strength that is within, and beyond me, from me, to you, to us, to all.
* Cody opens his hands, and a pulsing globe of soft green light opens like a flower, releasing pollen and glimmer into the air. It whirls about and whispers of precious things, bringing back both strength and renewed courage to all it touches.
<GMStoren> « this is all..? »
<Rahne> << Hmm.. with Rahne's uber turn manipulation, and Rachel's ability to spur another action.. I wonder what sort of freaky chain moves could be put together.. >>
<Cody> «ooc: Oh, do I have another turn? »
<Niki> «ooc: None »
<Niki> «ooc: Rachel only uses that stuff on Cody. She's evil in that way. »
<Cody> «ooc: I think its because we have meaningful sex all the time. »
<Rahne> << true.  Hmm.. >>
<GMStoren> « no i meant healing multi? ^^ »
<Roric> «ooc: Probably not too much, Rahne. You'd need that Overdrive thing, and it's mad expensive. »
<Cody> «ooc: Healing Multi, yeah. Roric and I both need it. »
<Rachel> <<Hrmph.>>
<Rahne> << I need more MP, yeah.. >>
* Roric moves with renewed vigour as his wounds begin to close. He nods to Cody.
<Niki> «ooc: Cody As long as its meaningful. »
<GMStoren> >> Vitae soul! Roric recovers 305 hp! Cody recovers all HP.
<GMStoren> >> Rhiana's turn.
<Roric> «ooc: Jesus. »
* Cody nods back, and waits for another chance to act.
<Rahne> << Maybe that should be my final spell..  Well Of Endless Mana..  that's nice and broken.. and I could chain together infinite actions then.  That's be nice and trademark cheap. ^^; >>
<Cody> «ooc: WHICH WILL BE A VERY LONG TIME FROM NOW :D »
<Roric> «ooc: Then you'd be John. »
<GMStoren> I hope rasis watches the final battle for one reason.. ^^
<Cody> «ooc: I wanna be John. Who wouldn't want to be John? John was so broken... »
<GMStoren> « ack »
<GMStoren> « ! »
<Niki> «ooc: LOL! »
<Rachel> <<lol>>
<Niki> Really voice of the sky.  Me too!
* Cody waves to GM man, "HI GM MAN! :D"
<Niki> «ooc: *high 5's Cody* »
<Cody> «ooc: Sorry, I had to. I have no self control. »
<Niki> «ooc: Me too. »
* GMStoren goes back to hiding behind the scenery, erasing the characters memories of this moment. :p
<Niki> «ooc: LOL »
<PMDooM> <<*Cough* *Snicker* *Bursts out laughing*>>
<Niki> huh, what happened?
<TrueBlue> « OOC: me helps Storen push the fourth wall over, crushing Cody mercilessly. »
<TrueBlue> « OOC: * TrueBlue helps Storen push the fourth wall over, crushing Cody mercilessly. »
<GMStoren> « who shall ye fry Rhiana? ^^ »
<GMStoren> « a chibi master ninja a little beat up, or the fire dancing hp dropping like a rock lizard ^^ »
<Roric> «ooc: I think Rhi is ded. »
<Rhiana> «ooc: I am not :P »
* Niki looks at the chibi ninja and starts to laugh.
<Rhiana> «ooc: I was peeing :P »
<GMStoren> « maybe she's scrambling for a house in ac :o »
<GMStoren> « or that. ^^ »
<Rhiana> «ooc: I don't wanna waste MP soo.. »
<GMStoren> « 27 Mp right now rhi. ^^ »
<Niki> «ooc: * Rhiana picks her nose »
* Rhiana hauls out her whip and lashes it wildly at the Ninja
<Niki> «ooc: I want the ninja to jump into the air holding its ass and yelling out 'Mommy' in a squeaky voice. ;) »
<Rhiana> «ooc: I'm waiting housing...Daya's carrying the dead ass of every creature in Dereth... »
<GMStoren> >> Rhiana attacks, lashing the tiny terror for 15 Hp, though the sheer force makes it hop up in the air squeeling for mommy Entropy.
<Niki> «ooc: WOO! »
<GMStoren> >> Charge at maximum.
<GMStoren> >> Rahne is speedilicious! Action?
<Niki> «ooc: *tastes Rahne* Ooh, your right. speedilicious! *gets high off of speed* »
<GMStoren> « how's that for a bahaism :D »
*** TrueBlue is now known as TrueNWN
<Niki> «ooc: TrueNWN »
<Chrys> «ooc: Nah, that'd be like Rahnecrackbaby »
<Niki> «ooc: Does that mean the NWN I'm playing is fake? »
<Niki> «ooc: *coughsohhellyescough* »
* Rahne rushes towards Master Ninja-dopple, and vaulting off of her spear, she smashes a sandled foot into the maw of her opposition sending it flying backwards! * Take that, swine!
<Rahne> << Sure.. I go to stir the bloody noodles, and I get to go while I do that. ^^;; >>
<GMStoren> >> Rahne attacks for 21 damage! This time the gae Bolg claims another victim! Slain!
<Niki> Aww, I wanted to play with the toy ninja some more.
<GMStoren> >> Doppler slime B in a panic manages to shake off the effects of Engulf, mainly by shifting to the form of a Fire Imp!
<GMStoren> >> Tori's turn.
<Niki> «ooc: Water Saber us all! »
<Niki> «ooc: Wait »
<Niki> «ooc: Tori doesn't have Water saber. ^^; »
<PMDooM> << He has Earth, Fire, and Thunder, not Water.>>
<GMStoren> « he can only do it himself via an attack spell ^^ »
<Niki> «ooc: Yes I realized that after saying it. »
<Cody> «ooc: BRB gang. Need to open the windows and turn on the housefan. BB in 5 »
<PMDooM> <<However, he does have winter Calibre... But he probably won't last that long.  Attack okay?>>
<Rahne> << Cast something akin to "Innocent Sounding Yet Really Evil Rhyme Which Kills Everything In A Really Bloody Fashion" >>
<GMStoren> « sure attack some more.. get the charge up methinks. :) your call doom. »
<PMDooM> >> Tori takes another shot with the Ballad, this time aimed at the Fire Imp.
<GMStoren> >> Another direct hit, but merely a grazing strike... 26 damage. charge at 4/6.
<GMStoren> >> Rahne's turn.
* Rahne thrusts her spear at Imp-dopple, catching it in the side! Rahne then grunts a little as she struggles to hoist her impaled victim off the ground, whirling it around in the air a bit before forcibly bringing her spear point back down to the earth, sending her foe forcibly colliding with the ground! *
<GMStoren> >> Rahne is not so lucky this time.... it evades her wrath just enough. 20 damage. charge is already full.
<GMStoren> >> Kyle lashes out at the Imp as well, trying to distract it... 40 damage!
<GMStoren> >> The Fire IMp vrees and with it's enhances wisdom, casts Fire Boquet on the party!
<Cody> Hey! O_o
* Chrys gets boqueted. "Rrh.. you'll pay for that.."
<GMStoren> « one moment. ^^ »
* Roric gets hit by Fire Broquet! Except without the "r".
<Niki> «ooc: *steals Keylia's pendant and puts it on* Woohoo! »
<Rachel> <<Mine!>>
<Niki> «ooc: Can I at least touch it? »
<Niki> «ooc: LOL »
<Rachel> <<Kinky.>>
<Rahne> << Yeah.. I never knew where Lucca got that "r" from... >>
<GMStoren> >> Tori: 30, Rahne: 55, Kyle: 45, Cody: 5, Niki: 90, Chrys: 25, Roric: 50, Rachel: 13, Rhiana: 32. All Attack Powers drop, with the exception of Rachel.
<Cody> «ooc: It's cuz I'm special :D »
<GMStoren> >> Cody's turn.
* Roric blocks the blow with his arms, weathering the force of the attack. "Your weakness sickens me."
<Cody> «ooc: I ride the specil bus »
<GMStoren> « too bad that's weak. oh well ^^ »
<Cody> «ooc: I also have no idea what to do :) I'll probably just pittifully attack it. »
<Niki> «ooc: Damn that kinda ripped me »
<Niki> «ooc: Equinox it with yourself. ;) »
<Cody> «ooc: OH HO. You're right! »
<Roric> «ooc: You could always wait and Arc Force with the next person who uses a water spell. Assuming someone will. »
<Niki> «ooc: Or Temper Spirial all of us. »
<Roric> «ooc: Or yeah, that/. »
<Cody> «ooc: Considering I'll never use Eqninox in other other form. Gonna do that »
<Roric> «ooc: Or there's always Mana Siphon. »
<Cody> «ooc: That comes if it's still alive. :) »
<Cody> Cycle of season, balance and motion. Strength to weakness. Weakness to strength. Let the scales tip!
* Cody drives his staff into the ground, and points at Imp and himself. Images of the full moon and harvest moon appear before them. The blood red of the harvest moon bleeds into the full moon, while the light of the full moon purifies the harvest moon, and their target's energies are switched!
<Cody> «ooc: I forgot about the yummy mind boost too :D »
<GMStoren> >> Cody casts Equinox! Fire Imp becomes Defense and Attack downed! Cody's Mind raises and he is Fire sabered!
<GMStoren> [Imp] o_O
* Cody grins. ^_-
<GMStoren> >> Niki's turn.
<Chrys> «ooc: Why couldn't it've been MDef down ;_; »
<Niki> «ooc: Hmm...Def down? :o »
<Roric> «ooc: Not much, probably. »
<Niki> «ooc: True »
<Niki> «ooc: Oh forget it, It gets to die in style. »
* Niki raises her axe at the Fire Imp. "Time to go splat!"
* Niki holds her axe out in front of of her and closes her eyes. Flora's Hope starts to shine brightly, then vanishes from her finger. It reappears behind Fire Imp and takes the form of Flora herself. She forms the Spirit Cleaver Axe in her hands. They look at each other, nod, and speak in unison. "Ready...go!"
* Niki and Flora both run towards Fire Imp, running it through, leaving a bloody wake. They circle around and repeat the process several times. The blood left behind by the axes wake make take the form of a flower outline. Once the design is complete, the two jump up and strike Fire Imp in the heart, which causes it to spew out blood, filling in the blood petal outlines. Flora then vanishes and returns as a ring on Niki's finger.
<GMStoren> « ah what the hell... ^^; I need to move on anyway. I'll say cody stole it's chaotic shielding too. ;) »
<Cody> «ooc: Ooh ^^ »
<Chrys> «ooc: I would've ice-spiked it if Niki didn't kill it »
<GMStoren> >> Niki uses Sanguinary Rose!
<GMStoren> >> The weakened Doppler succumbs to her mighty attack.. 1675 damage! It's soon dust on the wind...
<Cody> «ooc: O_o That is...an insane amount of damage O_O »
<Rachel> <<Hrmph.>>
<GMStoren> « well you did def down it... ^^ »
<Niki> «ooc: Aww, no fair, my weapon had its attack lowered. »
<Rahne> << Suuuuuuuuuure it is, Mr.4000 damage against the Black Rabite. ^^;; >>
<GMStoren> >> Victory!
<Cody> «ooc: ...Quiet you! >:D »
<Niki> «ooc: Its to bad I can't link that with Odinson. :o »
<Roric> «ooc: That was really just Black Rabite doing 4000 damage to Black Rabite, though. »
<GMStoren> >> All participants gain 1222 xp.
<GMStoren> « level later lovelies. ^^ »
<Niki> «ooc: LOL »
* Roric fingers the bloody gash in his jerkin. "Lovely."
* Rachel sheathes her sword and frowns..
* Cody coughs, "...So where to now?"
<GMStoren> The path is now clear back across the split and cracked pathway, the right path the obvious one. You catch another fleeting glimspe of something down it but it's gone.
* Roric shrugs, and nods his head toward the other path.
* Niki blinks.
* Niki runs down the path waving her axe around. "ITS YOUUUUU!"
<Rachel> ...
<Roric> Careful. Thought I saw...
<Roric> ...
<Roric> eh, fuck it.
* Roric runs after Niki.
* Rachel rubs her neck, grimacing.
<Rachel> (m) She is so not babysitting the kid.
<GMStoren> Niki dashes ahead, like a bat out of hell, stumbling right into a gate at the end of the hallway, and sucking the rest with her into it's depths with little warning... ^^
* Rachel shrugs and follows!
<Cody> Niki!
* Cody runs after her!
* Roric undergoes the transition in mid-step, teetering unsteadil.
<Roric> y.
<Roric> «ooc: u hert? »
<Rachel> <<u suk>>
<Chrys> «ooc: Lemming me for a sec. »
<Roric> «ooc: When life gives you lemmings, make lemmingade. »
*** GMStoren changes topic to '-= Chapter 61: Closed Garden | Location: Mirror Holyland, Last Stand | 959 £ =- Yes, the show STILL goes on. ^^;'
<GMStoren> When you all shake off the dizzing effect, you find yourself in what appears to be the ruins of a very old shrine to the Goddess. As far as the eye can see it is overgrown with many plants of every description, the wall cracked and worn, the bright marble drained of it's former splendor to a drab grey.
<Rachel> Ugh..
<Chrys> ...This place looks like it needs an interior decorator...
<Roric> When I am finished, it will be thoroughly rearranged, rest assured.
* Roric flexes.
* Rahne remains silent.. unwilling or uncertain that if she speaks, her voice will not be consumed by the dreariness around her.. *
<GMStoren> The roof overhead is non-existant in most places, dim light illuminating the way ahead. Upon closer inspection you see that amidst the rubble seems to be something else...
* Chrys glances at Roric oddly.
* Cody stumbles foward a little.
<GMStoren> Kyle shivers a moment.
* Roric steels himself and strides toward the center of the garden, weapon at his side.
<GMStoren> [Kyle] i feel... a presence here... it's different from the rest.
<Cody> Me too...It's...strange.
<Rachel> Wonderful..
* Rachel tugs her sword free and trots after Ror..
* Niki is looking through every nook and crannie. "Where are you?!"
* Roric turns his head to his side, calling out in a sonorous voice, "Niki! Stay on your guard."
<GMStoren> Roric picks his way through the halls to the rough center of this once holy place, buried beneath the countless growths is a small golden glimmer.
* Roric kneels, pushing away at the grass and vines obscuring the buried object. He avoids touching it with his hands, remembering the experience in the ruined tower.
<Roric> «ooc: *runs around triggering every fight in the dungeon* »
<Chrys> «ooc: That's our Roric! »
<Cody> «ooc: Rawr! »
<Roric> «ooc: A can? I'll kick it! Screw you, cat! Let me stand on this glowing light! »
<GMStoren> The vines part a bit, and he finds it's what appears to be an arm.. cast of solid gold. It's not a person's, but rather that of a statue. Following it's resting place you see the growth especially heavy over a pillar-like object in the square.
<Chrys> «ooc: ROTFL I was thinking the same thing »
<Chrys> «ooc: Oh, you forgot to eat the cheese »
* Roric stands. "Enough gold there to live off of for a hundred years..." He shakes his head, walking towards the overgrown statue.
* Cody looks very tired, and rubs his half closed eyes a little.
<Rachel> ....
<GMStoren> Kyle steps forward, and starts helping Roric cut away the obscuring plant life. Soon you are greeted by the owner of the gilded arm... before you stands a statue of the Mana Goddesss, with wings extended heaven ward, a flowing robe touching the ground, and holding a sword in her right hand.
<Rachel> ...I bet you it comes alive and tries to kill us.
<Chrys> ...Don't jinx us, Rache.
* Cody smiles a bit at the statue, as if comforted somehow.
<PMDooM> <<Wasn'
<Cody> «ooc: WASSUP! »
<PMDooM> <<'t that LoM?>>
* Rachel eyes the aloft statue sword and looks at the one in her hand...
<Chrys> «ooc: Nope. It was SD3, actually. »
<GMStoren> You feel an immense calm eminating from it... it is such a strange, out of place feeling.
* Cody closes his eyes fully, basking in the calm feeling.
<Chrys> «ooc: Rachel grins and snatches the sword. "Shiny!" »
* Roric sighs, backing up a couple steps and looking up at the beatific face of the Goddess. "So. The queen bitch herself." He looks down at the boomerang, then holds it forth as if showing it to the statue. "Got your message. Been a long trip."
* Chrys gives Roric another funny look and just likes the fact that there's no immediate threat to his well-being.
* Rhiana folds her arms, not having much to say at this point
<GMStoren> Scanning the surrounding area, you notice on the walls are the remains of carvings, depicting most likely heroes who have held the mighty blade against evil. the nearest wall is painfully blank.
* Roric scuffs at the weeds with one foot. "I'm not sure where people go when they die," he says to the statue, "but I hope you've done good by the people I care about."
* Rachel blinks at the blank wall and tightens her hold on the sword..
<Rachel> ...
* Cody still has his eyes closed, apparently tuning everything out around him.
<GMStoren> Roric feels a soft voice in his head.
<Cody> «ooc: Soft Voice: Oh, I am a soft voice! Oh, Roric, I hear you! I pat your head! I purrrr! »
<Cody> «ooc: ...Right, shuttup now Lucca. Yis. »
<Rachel> Cody needs to lay off the crack.
<Rachel> <<....>>
<GMStoren> "Do not be fearful. This is the last refuge against the darkness. We have been waiting for you for a long time."
<Rachel> <<Fuck.>>
<GMStoren> The words echo to the others.
<PMDooM> <<*Cough*>>
<Cody> «ooc: Cody:It's not my fault I smoke cannibus, woman! I'm going to beCOME IT! »
* Niki starts to climb the statue. "Are you here?"
* Niki then looks up. "Huh?"
* Rachel heads for the blank wall and rests her hand against it...
<Cody> (m) Goddess...
* Rhiana snickers, "Hard to believe anyone's been waiting for me."
<GMStoren> Niki notices a faint outline of the statue appear hazily in the dark, misty air. It looks much like it's effigy.
<Chrys> .....
* Roric swallows hard. He draws a long breath, then lets it out slowly. "Yeah. So...um. Any advice? Because...this is it, you know." He sweeps the boomerang through the air. "After this, I'm through. I've done everything you wanted, even though I did everything to make sure I didn't. I'm...I don't know. I'm going to be normal, I guess. But after this...if there's still a world left, we're through."
* Cody smiles, a little bit to himself.
<Cody> . o O ( You'll be through, Roric, but my work will just begin... )
<Cody> «ooc: My work to, cough, you know, take over the world and eat your children. Riiiiight. »
<Rachel> <<Damnit, Cody, Rachel is going to save you even if she has to drag you by her teeth. ;)>>
<GMStoren> [Spirit] Even in the darkest depths, there is always hope. You've come here to save more than the world, but also yourselves.
<Cody> «ooc: He hopes! But he's realistic too ^^ »
<Niki> «ooc: *puts Cody on a time out* »
<Chrys> I believe that, even if you don't, Ror.
<Rhiana> I'm a lost cause, I'm afraid..I'm here for other reasons..
* Rachel blinks and tears her attention away from the wall...she gazes at Cody. "Ourselves."
* Cody opens his eyes and gazes at Rachel with a small nod.
<GMStoren> [Spirit] I can do nothing but offer you sanctuary before the final act of fate comes. I am cursed to remain here until the day the war is finally over...
* Roric tilts the boomerang from left to right until he catches his reflection in its razor edge. He looks at himself: a filthy, dishevelled vagabond, too old to be young, too young to be old. He looks away from the image. "Can you...speak to the dead?"
* Roric sighs. "I see."
<Chrys> The war shall end soon, we hope..
<Niki> «ooc: brb »
<Rhiana> Indeed, I'm not doing this for some stupid war to continue.
<Rhiana> I'm sick of war.
<GMStoren> [Spirit] This is the place of those who have come before... you can recah out to the infite cosmos from here.
* Rahne quietly surveys this final refuge.. *
<GMStoren> « er reach »
<GMStoren> [Spirit] in your pureland, this was the Great Shrine.
<Roric> War is for idiots. People who think they have a right to hold the life and death of humanity in their hands. Ambitious fools. Little men, grown fat on tea of bones steeped in blood. 
<Rhiana> War has made some of us into what we are today...and it makes some of us sick.
<GMStoren> Kyle hangs her head... "I can't let this be the true reality... I just can't..."
<Chrys> Or little women, respectively. Well said, Roric.
* Roric fixes the flickering form in his gaze. "The infinite cosmos. Spirit, do you know what I wish of you?"
* Rahne shakes her head, letting out a bemused sniff.. *
* Rhiana looks at Chrys, "Or little women?"
<Chrys> From what I hear, Entropy's in a female form at the moment, correct?
<GMStoren> [Spirit] You seek one who is very lost, but perhaps. I have not much power left. If it is what you will, then it will come to pass.
<Rhiana> Beats me, never met it.
<Chrys> And she's the biggest warmonger of 'em all.
* Cody sits on the grass and stones, lost in his own thoughts, and quietly watches the others.
<Rhiana> War has made me into the disgusting human being I am today..I don't want anyone to ever have to grow up to be like me, ever again.
* Roric steps over to the spirit, whispering. "Not here. Just...a bit away." He walks across the room and behind the great statue, buried beneath its shadow. "I am ready," he says softly, then, a moment later: "I am ready."
* Chrys scowls a little. "Far less disgusting than myself, and I was raised through peacetime."
<Roric> «ooc: Er, the second time was louder. »
* Rahne raises her head.. * ..I speak so little these days.. I've gone from a situation almost like a second family to being virtually surrounded by strangers..
* Cody turns away from Rahne, hurt by that comment.
<Rahne> ..strangers all too quick to think they know the answers to everything.. the wrongness of wars they didn't fight..
<Rhiana> Perhaps, but that doesn't make me an all right person.
<Rahne> What happened to the humility and humbleness of the beginning...?
* Chrys turns to Rahne, a bit of a hurt look in his eyes, too. "We got beaten for humbleness. Scars aren't as kind."
<Rahne> ..We are not changed for the better, as we stand here..  to have climbed such a mountain as we have, we still speak ill of everything..
<Rahne> How this is wrong, and how that is wrong, and how things should never have been...
<Rahne> ..but that is the way it was..  neither you nor I can know why it was that way..  do not fault events in the past because you think you have the benefit of hindsight..  you do not..
<Chrys> You speak as if you do.
<Rhiana> I speak ill, but to attone for that I wish to make the world a better place for all.  I was raised to help commit acts of agression and murder.  I don't want anyone to do that.
<Rahne> Quit being so immodest.  This..  this.. lie and this hatred and this pretend wisdom doesn't do anyone any good.
<GMStoren> Roric concentrates, as a face starts to take shape in the long shadows bit by bit.
<Rahne> Just be quiet for a bit.. and look around..  make your peace, because none of us know what's coming.
* Rachel quietly sits down as well, placing the sword in her lap. She looks at Cody and then to Rahne before shaking her head, running her fingertips along the flat of the blade...
<Chrys> Make my peace?
<Cody> (w) You're only in a den of strangers because you isolated yourself, Rahne. I'm too tired to fight with you anymore.
* Chrys sighs and looks at Cody, mumbling quietly. "I'm sorry.."
* Rhiana folds her arms, "I understand your concern. Alas there's not much you can say or do now that'll change my stance."
* Cody shakes his head, "We're all under stress...we have been for a while. It'll be over soon..."
* Rahne lapses back into silence, looking off into the far distance again.. *
* Chrys turns back to Rahne, voice picking up a bit. "Do you REALIZE how much of a hypocrite you are, sage? All of us are to some extent, but most of us realize it. You, you're just blinded by your own fantasy ideals."
<Cody> Chrys...I don't think she's gonna change her stance either. Best to leave it alone.
<Rhiana> This really isn't the time to go jumping on her, Chrys.
<Rhiana> A pure heart like hers is rare..and a welcome sight in my eyes.
<Rhiana> I must prefer her fantasy world to reality.
<Rhiana> «ooc: must = much »
-> -Roric- *a tender voice pierces the silence* "...Roric?"
<Rhiana> I hope in time her world will be come reality.
<Cody> «ooc: Rachel will sure be fucked over if that is true! :D »
* Rahne snaps her eyes back to Chrys, unblinking, but they are not cold eyes.. * I'm just an optimist, that's all.. it's better to hope for the future, than to dwell upon the mistakes of the past..
<Cody> «ooc: *Cough* Ahem. That was mean. Apolgize now. »
<Rahne> ..I wish you could look to the future too, Chrys..
* Roric looks up abruptly. The distant darkness conceals his face.
<Rachel> <<Hrmph.>>
* Rahne turns back to her gazing.. *
-Roric- ...Lydia?
<Chrys> ....I'll give you that, Rahne. And I've looked to the future. I don't like what I see..
<Rhiana> The future I wish for is one without people like me.  Or a need for people with my skills.
* Chrys mutters quietly.
-> -Roric- [Lydia] You sound so far... it's hard to see your handsome face. I've... been waiting here... so long...
<Cody> . o O ( ...I wish I could provide for that future...but I don't konw... )
<Cody> «ooc: dammit, Parasite Eve music is making me angsty and thinking of mutated goth chicks. »
<Niki> «ooc: Well that killed it. »
<Chrys> «ooc: * Cody starts singing! Rahne's ears catch on fire! »
<GMStoren> « ^^; »
<Cody> «ooc: Yeah, I guess it did :D »
-Roric- *licks his lips* Is it...I...oh, Goddess, Lydia. I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. I never should have left you. I love you. I...I wanted to say that again. I love you. I love you! I...are you...does it hurt?
* Cody looks down at the ground, sighing.
<Cody> . o O ( No...this isn't the time. )
* Rachel murmurs softly. "Bickering amongst ourselves till the end. Heh."
<Chrys> The more things change, the more they stay the same?
<Cody> They do say families bicker as well as get along.
<Rhiana> I wouldn't call it bickering as much as I'd call it discussing.
* Rachel chuckles a bit.
<Rhiana> Bickering would be me telling Chrys I think his head is fat.
* Roric 's voice rises and falls from far across the room, muffled. A few words stand out: Goddess, never, love, hurt. He falls to his knees in the shadow of the golden effigy.
<Rhiana> ..which, by the way, it is.
<Rhiana> «ooc: Did Roric just cream his twinkie? »
-> -Roric- [Lydia] *sounds very sad* Roric... I... I don't feel anything anymore... just this emptiness... but.. to hear you say that... I feel.. so happy...
<Cody> «ooc: Stop! Leave Roric alone! He's character developing and we're not allowed to understand how! :o »
* Rachel shakes her head with a faint grin, noting the muffled tones of Roric but knowing his time is private right now...she lifts the blade from her lap and gazes into it...
<Rhiana> «ooc: Collapsing..private time..he's creamin' it hard. »
<Rhiana> «ooc: Get a box, he's gonna make a dozen »
<Cody> «ooc: Gah E stop! ^^; »
-Roric- Lydia. What do you want? What is it I can do for you? Anything you want.
* Cody stares at Rahne again, sad.
* Rahne feels eyes upon her, she cocks her head a bit, turning to look at Cody. She manages a warm smile. *
* Cody blinks, and smiles back, genuinely.
<Rhiana> «ooc: GOD everything is making me think of sex right now. You assholes have my cockradar up and running »
<Rachel> (m) ....a hero.... 
* Rachel shakes her head.
-> -Roric- [Lydia] I want to hold hands again.. under the spring blossoms... do you remember those days? I can't forget them... your warmth. I wish.. I wish... you weren't so far away...
* Rachel puts the blade down, eyeing the others quietly.
<Cody> «ooc: Rhi, your cockradar is always up and running, the fuck? ;) »
* Roric places a hand to his face.
<Rhiana> (m) You people think I've been hanging around you to brandish words like..justice..and goodwill?  I'm not fit enough to wield words of those calibur.
<Rhiana> «ooc: It isn't *always* up and running. »
* Rahne 's tail wags a bit.. *
<Cody> «ooc: You've also ben around to brandish words like moofle, peasoup, donglesandwitch, snog, Boobies, Nutcracker, and bloo. »
<Cody> «ooc: I kid, E. ^_^ »
<Rhiana> «ooc: I know ;) »
* Rachel allows her gaze to come to rest on Kyle.
<Rhiana> «ooc: Fetch the stick, Rahne, wanna fetch the stick? »
<Cody> Hey Rahne, can I ask you something?
* Rahne nods.. *
-> -Roric- [Lydia] Please Roric, don't be sad. I want you to smile. I want you to be the brave man I fell in love with that fleeting season.
<Cody> «ooc: Cody holds up his staff, "GO GET IT GIRL!" Rahne: NOT AN ANIMAL! ;_; »
-Roric- I never forgot you. I never stopped loving you. And I never loved again. I don't think I could. I...want to be with you. You have to know that. I...don't know what it's like being dead. But if you're still there, then...one day we can be back together. Please. I have to ask, Lydia: Please wait for me a little longer.
<Rhiana> «ooc: Raane: I AM IMPOTENT »
<Cody> What are you going to do...after this is all over? :)
<Roric> «ooc: SoM really needed an OOC channel, in retrospect. Oh well. »
<PMDooM> << Whose Raane?>>
<Rhiana> «ooc: Return to her Harem and turn out some hos »
<Cody> «ooc: Roric: Yeah, sadly, but it's hard to IC comment on Roric feeling his face up, you konw? »
<Rhiana> «ooc: Rhi just assumes he's drunk again? »
-> -Roric- [Lydia] *fainter* I'll wait forever for you Roric... there is nothing left for me anymore but my hope that we'll be together again...
<Roric> «ooc: I wasn't saying you should. And I'm just thinking in general. Seems like half the arguments in this game were about OOC. »
<Rahne> I..  I have a letter to deliver back home..  then, I guess, I'll just..  go back to studying..  doing things Sages are supposed to do..  wait around for the next big trouble, or find my own student..  and prepare her for the next big trouble.
<Chrys> «ooc: How many games have had SUCCESSFUL OOC channels, though, short of WA? »
* Rahne shrugs. * It's.. well.. so much of everything is really up in the air at this point in time..
-Roric- "I love you," he says. "Until the end of time."
* Cody smiles at Rahne, "I'm glad to hear that...Well, that you have plans...:) You'll be great at them, I know."
<Cody> «ooc: But I'll be even better when I come back from peeing! Brb ;) »
<Niki> «ooc: Okay, its now a fact. »
-> -Roric- [Lydia] No Empire, or evil power... or even death will.. change my feelings... I love you, Roric Fletcher... until the end of time. *there is the passing scent of her brushing by then the voice becomes inaudible*
<Niki> «ooc: Near the end of every RPG near the end of the sessions....Lucca has to pee. She did it in IoG too. »
* Roric stands, slowly, and begins walking toward the party. The shadows flow over him as he walks, and daisies sprout in the ancient earth with each footfall.
<Niki> «ooc: Okay, I need to ask Roric a favor now. »
<Niki> «ooc: Can you walk all over our lawn so daisys sprout up on it too? »
* Rahne walks over to Cody.. catching him up in a hug, nuzzling a soft ear against his cheek.. * ..This is how it's supposed to be at a place like this. Smiling and hope. No matter how small.. no matter how few.. ..this is the way it's supposed to be. There are things to persevere for..
<Rhiana> «ooc: Niki wants a box of twinkies »
* Cody hugs Rahne back, tightly, and smiles a warm smile, "You're right. :)"
<GMStoren> Kyle sticks the borrowed blade in the earth, as a green spark emerges from it. Slowly the soldier slumps to the ground, in eternal rest at the foot of the statue.... Emerald floats over it.
* Roric steps out from under the shadow of the statue, into the brilliant circle of light shining down from the crumbling ceiling. The dirt and blood on his face is smeared, and his forehead is gashed and lazily oozing blood from battle. He watches Cody and Rahne, and smiles softly, warmly.
*** PMDooM is now known as DooM_Fake_Sleep
* Rhiana realizes her time is probably done..so she sits down and meditates quietly.
* Chrys glances at Roric and tears off a strip of his shirt. "You should wipe that up before it dries."
<GMStoren> The fairy looks with a soft gaze to Roric as he draws near.
* Rachel looks at Roric for a moment and then towards Cody and Rahne...before she looks back down at her sword.
* Roric whips a toothpick from his belt and inserts it into his belt in a single fluid motion, pointing at Cody with the tip of the boomerang. "Looking good, kid." He accepts the rag from Chrys, spitting into it and wiping his face.
<Cody> «ooc: *Resists stabbity stab Rahne Rachel joke* »
<Rachel> <<hrmph.>>
* Cody blinks a moment at Roric, and blushes, "Ah...well...^^;"
<Cody> «ooc: No be mad. I nom your head. »
<Cody> «ooc: *nom* »
<Rhiana> «ooc: Cody wants to stab Rachel..heh heh »
<Rahne> << Rahne's gonna milk this hug for all it's worth.  She needed a good warm hugging. ^^;; >>
<GMStoren> [Emerald] *remains a little quiet, realizing something*
<Chrys> «ooc: That's not all she's milking, either. »
<Rhiana> «ooc: Rahne is gonna cop a feel »
<Rhiana> «ooc: and Cody is gonna have a stiffie »
<Rahne> << Do not seek to destroy the innocence of Rahne.  I bap. ><; >>
<Chrys> «ooc: Rahne is far from completely innocent. ;) »
<Chrys> «ooc: Closer than most, sure »
<Rhiana> «ooc: We've already figured out that Rahen's alter ego is a bi sexual dominatrix »
<Niki> «ooc: <Entropy> You will all die! <Rahne> Shut up, I'm not done hugging yet! »
<GMStoren> Emerald turns to the statue. "I'm sorry you had to suffer so long here cousin, but it'll be over soon."
<Roric> «ooc: And Rhiana's alter ego is Rahne. »
<Rhiana> «ooc: Whoa...that's odd »
<Cody> «ooc: That's actually really scary. »
<Rhiana> «ooc: Wait »
<Rhiana> «ooc: Rhiana isn't bi sexual. »
<Chrys> «ooc: Funny, I thought she wasn't a dominatrix. »
* Roric rubs his face off vigorously. It isn't clean -- it may never be clean -- but it looks better than it did. He lets the cloth fall to the earth.
<Cody> ...Is it time to go? So soon?
<GMStoren> [Spirit] I'm sure we will meet in the place beyond, lady Emerald... good luck. To all of you... the walls shall soon know your legend forever.
<Cody> I guess it can't be soon enough, huh?
* Rachel closes her eyes at the words.
<GMStoren> The presence is soon gone from the goddess statue.
<Roric> I am Roric Fletcher, son of Adrian Fletcher of the holy Gemma Knights, protector of Mana. I have come far and endured much to reach this citadel of tears. My arm is strong, my blade is sharp. In the name of the Goddess, and in the name of all the people of the earth...let's fuck some shit up.
* Niki climbs down the statue, having completely forgotten about the Shadow Zero.
* Rhiana shoots an eye open, "So noble..yet so Roric."
* Roric tosses the boomerang and catches it, marching towards the exit.
<Cody> ...Well, you ....have an intresting way of putting it, but yeah, that sounds like a plan. 
* Rahne smiles.. *
<GMStoren> [Emerald] Well now, that's my kind of speech!
<Rachel> ....yeah. Let's go.
* Rachel shuffles to her feet and slides her sword into its sheath.
* Chrys grins and nods. "Yeah. Time to do that."
<GMStoren> « now question.. do you want encounter part 1 or no? ^^ »
* Rhiana pulls herself to her feet, pulling down on her red dress to cover her bum
<Rachel> <<I have to drive eight hours straight tomorrow.>>
<Rahne> << I have to commit to sleep in about 20 minutes.. >>
<Rachel> <<No.>>
<GMStoren> « okay n/m. ^^ »
<Niki> «ooc: I vote we do all the last battles in one session. It would be better overall. »
<Cody> «ooc: I can, but no one else can, so boo. »
<GMStoren> « we will, just was asking if you wanted to skip some stuff. eheh. ^^ »
<Roric> «ooc: I think it'd be best to save it. »
<Chrys> «ooc: I'm easy either way,, though I believe Gayo wanted to bitch me out. »
<Roric> «ooc: Nah, we're square. »
<Roric> «ooc: I got my bitch on. »
<GMStoren> You find that from this shrine, only one path leads ahead to the north. It seems to be the origin of all the gnarled roots of this place.
<Roric> «ooc: Heh. It's funny. It used to be such a big deal for a last boss to have multiple forms. Now it would be shocking and surprising if a last boss only had one form. »
<Rhiana> Let's hurry this up.
<Rhiana> I'm hungry.
<Cody> «ooc: I think Vay's final boss was one form. He just summoned shit. »
<Niki> Really, me too.
<Cody> «ooc: Er, in my game. »
<Chrys> ...Figures.
<Chrys> «ooc: Vay had a final boss? »
* Rachel is quiet, gazing still at the blank stone..
<Chrys> «ooc: I forget. »
<Rhiana> What was that Mr. My Head is too big for my Body?
<Cody> Not now you guys... ^^;
<Chrys> Better my head than my ass.
<Rhiana> Well that would explain your stench.
<Chrys> ...
* Cody blinks, and goes back to Rachel, "Rachel...?"
<Roric> «ooc: >> Rhiana and Chrys embrace suddenly as the camera spins around and romantic music swells. »
<Niki> Oh forget it.  You all talk to much.
<GMStoren> Tori basks in the calmness another minute, then assembles to leave with the others...
<Rhiana> Niki said we talk too much
* Rachel doesn't respond for a moment before lifting her gaze to Cody.
* Niki goes down the path of the gnarled roots.
<Rhiana> There's the pot calling the kettle black.
* Cody reaches out and squeezes her hand, "Are you ready?"
* Chrys follows after Niki just so she doesn't get herself killed or tentacleraped or something.
<Rachel> Nope. But hey, let's do it. Not like I have anything else to do, right?
* Rachel cracks a faint grin.
<Niki> «ooc: But you just rented those movies that are due tomorrow! »
* Cody smiles, and leans over to gently kiss her on the lips, "I believe in you. Never forget that, no matter what happens."
<Rachel> <<"Aw shit, guys, I just remembered I left my oven on back in Pandora. Sorry!">>
<GMStoren> « * Kurik is inside, baked to a tender crisp. * »
<Rhiana> Come on guys, save it for the sequel.
* Rachel blinks and pulls Cody close, resting her forehead against his for a moment and gazing deep into his eyes. She ignores Cody, voice low. "Love you."
<GMStoren> « :o agh sequel. ^^ »
<Rachel> <<Fuck. Ignores rhiana.>>
<Rachel> <<Fuckity fuck fuck fucking fuckity fuck!>>
<Rhiana> «ooc: lol »
<Rachel> <<Hah.>>
<Rachel> <<I win.>>
<Cody> «ooc: Cody: So dejected...so....IGNORED! ;D »
<Rachel> << ;_; >>
<Cody> I love you too...
<Roric> «ooc: Fuckstones! Fuckbadgers! Fuckbeer! Fuckaminoacids! »
<Rhiana> «ooc: Just stick your dick in her already »
* Rachel nods a little and releases Cody, gently ruffling his hair. She turns and nods.
<Rhiana> «ooc: I mean...um..nevermind »
<GMStoren> « ^^;; »
<Rachel> Let's go.
<Cody> «ooc: We'll do it on the battlefield, just to make you happy :D »
<Roric> «ooc: ...end plz »
* Cody smiles, and heads into the jaws of hell itself.
<Cody> «ooc: That's a weird sentance. »
<Chrys> «ooc: Not referencing MGS and love blooming on a battlefield. »
<Roric> «ooc: Yes, it is. »
<Rhiana> «ooc: Rache's offering a BJ, it sounds like »
<Roric> «ooc: That's just you, E. »
<Rhiana> «ooc: Maybe »
* Rhiana sighs, "Hope you all make it back safely..." she says to herself..then lowers herself after everyone
<GMStoren> Striding away from this last respite, you follow the path ahead into the dense forests. What awiats you is certain, but what the legends will know is yet to be decided... the final act approaches.
<GMStoren> ~~ SESSION END ~~
* Roric does a little dance. "I get the last line! I win! I win! I beat you all! Ha ha! Who won? I did? Who's that? NOT you! Me!" He capers up and down the bridge, then trips on a root and falls off. "Bwahahah! I win! I win! Ow! Shit."
<Rhiana> «ooc: Let's have a Blazing Saddle ending »
<Rachel> ...
<GMStoren> agh :P
<Roric> ....delete that
Session Close: Mon Jul 22 00:52:30 2002