-- Session 8: The Hidden Heart -- Session Start: Sun May 28 16:31:59 2000 --SESSION START-- >> Everything is dim beneath the clouded skies, and a soft drizzle falls, disturbing the rancid swampwater. The Guardian Shrine towers in the distance, algae coating most of its outer walls, and faint lights glimmering from the shuttered windows. «ooc: Lucca wants to know when the session will be over? 3-4 hours...and if you want to do her lude then. Cuz come Tuesday her time is very limited. » [Marlene:#WARPG PING] «ooc: We're waiting for Storen I think. » << You are? Gah. :) >> «ooc: Though anyone can pose. » «ooc: Damn this world. It took away my counter and evading skills. ;_; » * Neydisa feels suudenly overwhelmed by a strange force, then slowly adjusting her senses to take in her surroundings. «ooc: No, your being unable to use a staff did that. ^_~ » «ooc: Which is caused by this world. ;) » Is this still a dream? «ooc: Other people can talk, you know. ^_^ » * Marlene sloshes through the swampy scene "I guesso.. I know I didn't come here by myself..." «ooc: I wasn't completely sure that we were all together. Even after reading the intro and ending to last session. » «ooc: Oh. You are. » * Joseph stands up and shakes his head a little. «ooc: "the group somehow finds itself back together" » *** Scott is now known as LeBeau * Neydisa stands, the cold rain feeling distant to her touch yet right upon her skin. >> The air is thick with the smell of swamp gas, and huge insects buzz about. * Marlene swats wildly infront of her face "Eeew! That thing was huge! It had wings as big as my hands!" >> The only manmade object visible anywhere is the distant shrine...it's swamp everywhere else. Where are we? I don't know... it seems like the shrine, but it's different.. everything is so different... >> The group's clothing, possessions and equipment seem to be gone, replaced with strange, opaque yet somehow ephemeral weapons and armor. Hmph... * Joseph picks up his staff, but doesn't feel to comfortable with its weight. >> A green, slimy eyestalk pokes out of the muck, blinking at Marlene. Allen: I don't feel quite like myself. «ooc: Allen: I feel like SINGING! » * Joseph puts his away his staff and pulls out his boomerang. "Guess this will have to do." * Marlene takes a blind kick toward the slime, letting out a girly scream and falling on her butt * Neydisa looks down at her stuff, and then to the Shrine. "I feel the Guardians power from there.. it's so strong, almost consuming." >> Marlene hits the ground with a splat, sinking a bit. * Joseph looks at Marlene as she screams and walks over to her. >> The eye blinks and descends back under the murky depths. * Marlene flails around in the muck, fliging it everywhere "Gyaaaahh!! Get me out of here! There's something floating around!" «ooc: I'm reminded of the Star Wars waste disposal scene. » «ooc: Do I get a Light Saber? » >> Joseph gets a glob of swamp juice in his face. I want Lei's hair buns! Er.. Leia? ^^; * Joseph blinks then wipes his face clean...saying nothing. * Neydisa glances at everyone. "Marlene, Joseph.. let's go there, please?" * Marlene scrambles to her feet, and takes off running for 'there' "Haaai!! The sooner the better!" >> Behind Neydisa, a figure rises up slowly from the water, floating close to the land. * Joseph wipes his face again. "Fine." It's.... Yo-yo-yo-yo-yooooda! * Joseph starts to walk toward Neydisa. * Neydisa doesn't seem to seem the figure behind her, and starts moving towards the shrine... << er see >> * Joseph pulls out his boomerang and throws it at the figure behind Neydisa. >> It's purplish, slick, and covered in small goosebump-like protrusions. Placing one hand on the soft soil, it pushes itself out of the water, finned feet hitting the ground with a soft splat. Apparently surprised by the assault, it takes the shot right between the eyes, falling over and snarling. «ooc: [Figure] Why for you hit me? Help you I can yes...hmm! » * Neydisa ducks suddenly as she hears a whizzing noise of Joseph's boomerang. o_o * Marlene flail-zooms by Neydisa, kicking up a trail of sludge in place of a dust cloud >> The creature climbs to its feet and shrieks loudly, a grating-high-pitched sound. Several more shrieks answer from various parts of the swamp, and three more of the things burst out of the water, landing in the mud. * Joseph catches his boomerang as it returns to his hand. * Neydisa turns around to see the ugly monster, getting a bit pale. >> Marlene steps on unfirm ground, splashing into five-foot-deep water where strange bits of seaweed and angae float. «ooc: Note to self...it wasn't a good idea to attack him. Although Gayo was prolly counting on it. » «ooc: Actually, they were going to attack you, but if I was being mean i'd say they were nice and NOW they're hostile. ^_~ » Those certainly aren't figments of a dream..! >> "Gllllllahhhhhhhghgl!" --Combat!-- * Marlene flails around in the puddle "EEeeeek! The slimey thing's got me!" Enemy Front: Bog Man A&B Enemy Back: Bog Man C&D * Neydisa takes a few steps back behind Joseph. "They are alive.. but they feel like they've been twisted and polluted by something.." Round 1! Doesn't matter what they are. Here they come. «ooc: Is Marlene just flailing this round? ^_^ » I just.. it's so hard to make sense of this place.. everything is pulsing with energy.. o_o No ^^; «ooc: BTW, someone needs to take front row or there is none. ^_~ » «ooc: Yeah she goes crazy from then and knocks them all out! :D » Ally Front: Allen «ooc: Allen won't be happy. ^_~ » Ally Back: Joseph, Marlene, Neydisa «ooc: Ouch. » << umm.. I'd take front if I knew everyone is rear. ^^ >> «ooc: I'm rear now cuz I can't use my staff. » «ooc: You die slowest though. ^_~ » «ooc: Watch zath join the chan just as he is KO'ed. » *** LeBeau (bmscott@as2-238.netten.net) has left #warpg Neydisa charges! Force+2! * Neydisa also realizes she feels oddly pwoerful.. «ooc: Neydisa strong. Neydisa feel good. » Bog Man A uses Sludge Toss on Allen! << eww. :o >> >> The original creature grabs a huge pile of glop from the ground and whips it at Allen. Allen: O_o 73 damage! Bog Man B uses Sludge Toss on Allen! 67 damage! «ooc: Allen is so dead. » Bog Man C uses Sludge Toss on Joseph! «ooc: Ranged attack. ^_~ » «ooc: K...I'm so dead. Good range attack since back rows can hit back rows. » «ooc: All ranged attacks allow that. *g* » 36 damage! * Joseph sees the attack heading his way and readies himself to endure it. Bog Man D uses Sludge Toss on Joseph! 35 damage! «ooc: Leave me alone! ;_; » * Joseph throws his boomerang this time at the attack Don't die in this place.. I don't know what might happen.. Joseph attacks Bog Man A! We'd all grow moss or something! Maybe even turn into one of these creepies! Bog Man A: Rar. * Joseph catches his boomerang and then throws it at the damn sludge monster. Miss! 7! >> The throw barely nicks the thing, but the boomerang is slimy as it returns. «ooc: Told you not to bother attacking. ^_~ » * Joseph catches the boomerang. "This thing sucks." «ooc: I know, but I didn't want it to seem like I knew I sucked. » Marlene attacks Bog Man A! «ooc: Now he knows he sucks. » «ooc: Oh. hehe. » * Marlene takes out her Ether gun, and squeezes the trigger "Eeeew! Giant walking boogers!" «ooc: *ponders* Is it worth 30 HP... » «ooc: Damn you Gayo...you took away my Heal Berries. » 78! Miss! «ooc: Takes him down to exactly 500. » «ooc: or did I waste them all. » «ooc: Everyone loses all items and tools. » Allen finally gets the glop off of his face and charges! Force+1! «ooc: Figures. » Round 2! «ooc: umm...what to do. » «ooc: Or should I attempt a restore...damnit. » * Neydisa holds out a hand. "Maybe if I can..." *** zathras (user@user9.inetarena.com) has joined #warpg *** zathras is now known as Allen *** Joseph sets mode: +o Allen «ooc: hey. Bree game back 30 secs after you left. ^_~ » <> «ooc: You didn't miss much. We're in a weird swamp that we came to after the dream, Amelia is gone. You were about to head to what looks like tyhe Guarian Shrine (?) but some bog monsters attacked you. » <> «ooc: And my attack power is suckier then yours was now! ;_; » <> «ooc: You have 64 HP btw allen. And 2 force. » «ooc: You took 2 shots for about 73 each. » «ooc: And Gayo put you on the front line. ^^; » <> «ooc: That's because someone needed to be, and no one volunteered. ^_^ » *shoves Allen to the front line* Dont shoot till you see tha' whites of their eyes boy! *takes refuge in the trenches* Neydisa summons Denogenos! * Neydisa gathers up the rare power of ehr will, calling out to the Guardian. "The willpower to overcome obstacles... come forth in flesh! Denogenos, please!" <> «ooc: [Neydisa] Denogenos Get your ass over here and help us out! » <> >> The giant saurian Summit Guardian appears, smashing his fist down in the middle of the Bog Man ranks and releasing a shockwave that sends them all reeling! 53 to A! 53 to B! 58 to C! 59 to D! «ooc: No, use that one guardian....Chrono's Rune. But use the WA2 version of it! :D From what my brother says...it kicks much ass. » Bog Man A uses Sludge Toss on Allen! Bog Man A uses Sludge Toss on Allen! Yeah! «ooc: @_@ » * Marlene blinks cutely "Do you think they used to be politicians? They're tossing a lot of muck at their opponents.." «ooc: Wait till you see this and B. » 71 damage! Allen survives with 1 HP! * Allen grimaces. "Eww... No one said I'd get all dirty..." Bog Man B uses Sludge Toss on Allen! Miss! <> «ooc: No kidding. » Bog Man C uses Sludge Toss on Joseph! «ooc: Me and Allen have damn bullseyes on us! » «ooc: Either that or they hate men. » «ooc: You're lucky these enmies are stupid or they'd all gang up on one person. ^_^ » 38 damage! Bog Man D attacks Joseph! 34 damage! «ooc: attack? How I'm in the back row? ;_; » «ooc: Er...Sludge Toss. » «ooc: I suck. » This place.. it's like we are closer to the Guardians themselves.. how else could I... Joseph is poisoned! «ooc: » «ooc: That last attack.....I should gain a force! » «ooc: No, those were two SEPARATE attacks. ^_^ » «ooc: It has to be in ONE. » «ooc: I know, but that last attack took more then half my HP » «ooc: Half your MAX HP. :P » «ooc: I had 47 left...now I havd 13. » «ooc: Oh...damnit. ;_; » «ooc: You suck Gayo » <> «ooc: Otherwise you could gain a force for taking 1 damage at 2 HP. » «ooc: Yeah! :D » Allen casts Heal on himself! <> «ooc: Cast Heal on me too! » <> «ooc: I chose your action this round because you came in after actions. » Regained 67 HP! <> «ooc: Can I change my move to recover? » «ooc: Please? ^^; » <> «ooc: No. :P » «ooc: Wah. » «ooc: Yes, you do. Or a Grimoire. ^_^ » «ooc: I'm dead. » «ooc: Neydisa...can you be nice and heal me...if you can. » «ooc: no one can. Except Allen. » << wish I could, but my heal berry is gone, and I cannot Justine. ^^ >> «ooc: Fine...then I'm dead unless I'm damn lucky. » «ooc: Don't worry, it's not as bad as it looks. » «ooc: You don't get it. I'm thinking of killing myself. » «ooc: Although Joseph doesn't know it. » «ooc: Uh... » Joseph charges! «ooc: If I fire an ARM...then I die. » «ooc: Oh. » «ooc: Right. » << o_O >> Joseph doesn't know it yet.. but, we've replaced his brains with Foldger's Crystals...... let's see if he notices the difference. Force+1! <> << lol >> <> «ooc: In this land it does. » «ooc: Damn Gayo. » <> Joseph takes 13 damage from Poison! KO'D! «ooc: Hahahah. :D » «ooc: Woo. » * Joseph drops to a knee and falls to the ground...face first. John Woo. Marlene attacks Bog Man A! >> Joseph makes bubbles in the swamp. * Marlene takes more pot shots at Booger Man A "Just go away you walking sinus cold!" Miss! 79! (79) «ooc: Hurt yourself and fire the Grenade Launcher! :D » >> A strange little white shape drifts down out of nowhere...its limbs are tiny, it has no legs, and its eyes and motuh are just three holes in its otherwise featureless face. Gaffling joins the fight! «ooc: A bowling ball? » «ooc: More like the Mononoke spirits... » «ooc: Its a capsule monster! :D » «ooc: Or a white bowling ball with a ghost body, » * Neydisa looks at the spirit. "Another? but you're different..." Gaffling: Meeee. Meeeeb. Gaffling uses a Potion Berry on Allen! Allen recovers to full. «ooc: He can use one item per turn, and can't be targeted, but can't fight. If you're curious. » «ooc: And no carrots. » «ooc: * Sue appears and grabs Gaffling..mistaking him for Puffy. "Go do it!" She throws him at the booger men. Meee! Mee! Mee! Meee! Meee! *returns to Sue* Meeeh. » * Marlene shys away from the scrawny white thing "I.. I dont like this place.. ^^;" * Neydisa closes her eyes. "You must be there watching us... give me power to go on if this truly is..." Round 3! Marlene, Neydisa and Allen gain a level of force! * Joseph is still blowing bubbles in the swamp. * Neydisa tries to see if she can somehow tap into the power of this strange land. «ooc: We're just waiting for Allen's action. ^^; » «ooc: He might be having comp problems. » *** Joseph sets mode: +o Allen << That's my pose, I'm grabbing food. ;) >> <> *** Gayo changes topic to 'Session 8: The Hidden Heart | oUTSIDE THE gUARDIAN sHRINE' «ooc: THE? » «ooc: It's not capitalized. » «ooc: Because it's "the". » <> «ooc: true. » Neydisa meditates! Regains 4 MP! «ooc: You should make it sESSION 8; tHE hIDDEN hEART | oUTSIDE THE gUARDIAN sHRINE » «ooc: No, the location is in caps lock to indicate that you're in Freaky World. » <> «ooc: Sorry zath. ^^; » «ooc: Allen: can't you change computers? » <> «ooc: Ahh. It figures. » <> >> The bog men snarl at Neydisa, still sore from the effects of the summon. <> Bog Man A uses Sludge Toss on Neydisa! «ooc: Lady Sure young man. You may reboot. Its a $5.00 charge though. » «ooc: [Lady] Sure young man. You may reboot. Its a $5.00 charge though. » 66 damage! Bog Man B uses Sludge Toss on neydisa! 75 damage! Well at least my Defense is still here it seems. * Neydisa opens her eyes, getting whapped hard. "I..I shouldn't be afraid here... ack..." >_< «ooc: ACK!!! » * Allen furiously digs through his notes to find an attack spell. «ooc: ;_; OOC THAT! » Bog Man C uses Sludge Toss on Marlene! 72 damage! * Marlene covers her face with her hands "Eeew! Dont sneeze on me booger head!" Bog Man D uses Sludge Toss on Allen! Miss! Allen uses Attack Roulette on Bog Man A! * Allen gets goo on his notes, tho. "You infidel!" A bolt of ice shoots at Bog Man A! «ooc: Mmmm...frozen boogers...ewww. » Bog Man A absorbs Water! Regains 17 HP! Allen casts Revive on Joseph! <> Joseph is revived with 32 HP! * Joseph lifts his head out of the swamp and stands up with a pissed look on his face. He doesn't even take the time to wipe the sludge from his face. «ooc: Talk about bad luck. That could help you in the long run though. ^_^ » Joseph does nothing. Marlene fires the Grenade Launcher! «ooc: What round is this? » «ooc: 3 » << whap pow. ^^ >> «ooc: Figures. » Wait.. if this is what I think doing that might... A wispy light emanates from Marlene's chest, momentarily weakening her as it is absorbed into the weapon. Marlene loses 50 HP! * Marlene takes out her trusty Grenade Launcher, and squeezes the trigger "This'll teach you to fling that nasty crud at me booger head!" «ooc: Hey Mr. Bowling ball...Heal me! :D » Gee, dont give me time or anything «ooc: Did you Lock that On? i forget. » «ooc: Oh, sorry. » Might as well have ^^; «ooc: Marlene should use her wings....or does that eat her HP away? » it eats hp too, it's an ARM «ooc: I know, but I mean does it take a lot of HP to use? » Misses A! Misses B! 307 damage to C! 313 damage to D! only 10 though «ooc: prolly cuz its level 0. » «ooc: Yep. » «ooc: damn my force is at level 0. Oh well. » * Neydisa steadies herself. Gaffling uses Potion Berry on Neydisa! Neydisa is healed to full! «ooc: Gaffling is mean. ;_; » Gaffling: Meeee. Eeeb! * Neydisa nods slowly. "Thank you... I won't give up." Round 4! «ooc: Ard! Ar-D! » >> The Bog Men snarl and begin gathering balls of wet swamp muck again. <> «ooc: Yes. » <> «ooc: This is gonna hurt me much. » <> «ooc: I already have that. ;) » «ooc: nope. Just gotta Assess/Analyze a lot. ^_^ » <> Neydisa summons Nua Shakks! <> * Neydisa raises a hand. "The fatal blow... waste no time in striking true, the silver horn of Nua Shakks!" >> The Thunder Lioness appears in a crackle of energy, gathering the ambient power of the area into her incandescent horn. She roars, and lightning arcs across the battlefiend with a loud crack . <> «ooc: Zath is smitten. :D » <> 58 damage to A! 51 damage to B! 54 damage to C! 52 damage to D! <> «ooc: Damn the back row has about 100 HP left...well 180 I think actually. » Gotta call tech support, but I dont have to disconnect.. <> «ooc: Them I think. » «ooc: I'm gonna commite suicide...almost. » * Neydisa looks very drained. "I'm not used to doing this..." :/ Bog Man A uses Sludge Toss on neydisa! «ooc: Now they're pissed. ^_^ » * Allen glances at Neydisa with a "My sympathies" look. * Neydisa tries to evade the wet projectiles, thinking what else she can do in this sitaution. In fact, screw individual postings, everyone uses Sludge Toss on Neydisa! «ooc: I just noticed something. Where are my accessories? ;_; » Neydisa gets overwhelmed by swamp water and mud! «ooc: You lost them too. » «ooc: It figures. » 73! Miss! Miss! 71! (144) * Neydisa tries to fight through the pile of glop! «ooc: That doesn't count as getting force. » waah.. no hold music... <> «ooc: Because those were really 4 separate attacks. ^_~ » << I know. ^^ >> <> Allen casts Flame on the back row! «ooc: Wow, everyone will have 0 force after this turn. » * Allen summons fray and sends a gash of heat across the bog. «ooc: Thats gonna hurt them. :) » >> The beasts shriek horribly, beating the flames with their webbed hands. «ooc: Whew. You onlty had a 60% chance to hit, but both did. » reminds me of Creature from the Black Lagoon * Neydisa hacks, managing to breathe. "Maybe I know something... *cough* that could..." <> Bog Men are weak against fire! 55 damage to A! 48 damage to B! «ooc: Not TOO weak against it, sadly. *g* » Oh, and Neydisa is poisoned! I forgot to mention. Hehe. << Well I'm gonna be in lala land soon. ^^ >> Joseph fires the Cormorant at Bog Man A! «ooc: Me too! » * Joseph pulls out the Cormorant and fires it at Bog Man A...for some reason he drops to a knee breathing heavily after it fires. "What the hell..." «ooc: Yeah! I got 2 HP left! :D » Joseph loses 30 HP. Miss! «ooc: That figures. Your cruel Gayo. ;_; » «ooc: (had 22 % chance, difference of 15 ) » Don't use ARMs.. this place is pure spirit *cough*... «ooc: You rolled a 17 out of 100. ^_^ » «ooc: Your still Cruel Gayo. » <> Marlene uses Electrocute on Bog Man B! «ooc: You didn't graph mystic. » «ooc: And it costs 6 MP. :P » * Marlene flips out her cattle prod and fries the boogers gumbo style! <> * Joseph coughs up a little blood then looks at Neydisa. "I don't...care what you say." Zot! Bog Man B is stunned (asleep). <> <> Gaffling uses a Potion Berry on Joseph! Joseph regains all HP! Round 5! * Joseph wipes the blood from his lip then stands up. "I owe you my thanks." «ooc: SEE! I acted nice! :D » Gaffling: Meeb «ooc: Be funny if Joseph said. "But your not gonna get it." » «ooc: You guys might just need to play defensively for a bit. O_o » «ooc: Trust me...I have a small plan. » «ooc: Heh. These are the hardest normal enemies yet. » «ooc: Waiting on marlene, Allen and Joseph. » «ooc: oops » erk.. tech support «ooc: Ah. » * Neydisa sits up. "Can I do it? I feel like I've been buried *cough* in more than body..." *** LeBeau (bmscott@as2-238.netten.net) has joined #WArpg Neydisa charges! Force+1! Neydisa takes 15 damage from poison. «ooc: Whats the hit percent from the M. Gun? » «ooc: One sec... » «ooc: What's its Hit? » «ooc: Its prolly like 12% » «ooc: Yeah for these enemies. » «ooc: ...what's it's hit? :P I don't wanna look. » «ooc: *shrugs* Your choice. » «ooc: .. » «ooc: You don't know what I'm talking about, do you? » «ooc: Prolly not. » «ooc: Hit as in the thing next to "Machine Gun" that says "hit". :P » << I think he's saying you don't have a chance in hell of it working. :) >> «ooc: it's 8. » «ooc: I said hit percent against these enemies...not just plain ol. hit. ;_; » «ooc: But I need to know the hit to calc the hit percent. :P » /ooc Thats easy enough. Its level 0...so the hit is 0. «ooc: ARGH!!! » «ooc: Anyway. It's 52% per shot normal, 78% per shot locked. » HAHA! I stumped the techie! He has to CALL me back! ^_^v «ooc: No, the hit is 8. Like it says. The level thing is how many times you've BOOSTED hit. » «ooc: it's next to AP. » «ooc: Oh, alright. » «ooc: ANYWAY. :P » Bog Man A attacks Joseph! «ooc: Er...sluddge toss » «ooc: Why did you need to call a tech Marlene? » News server isn't working In fact, they all Sludge Toss Joseph! Because he was annoying about Hit! << ^^;;; >> << B is stunned though. don't forget. >> «ooc: Ahh...and Gayo you little bastard. » «ooc: Yeah. » 35! 36! 36! (107) «ooc: Well 110 HP gone for me. » «ooc: I was close. » «ooc: one sec... » Bog Man B is stunned. Allen charges! Force+1! Joseph charges! Force+2! «ooc: Woo! Force +2 » <> «ooc: You rolled a 98. ^_^ » * Neydisa gets to her feet.. «ooc: Er, wait. 90 something. » <> Marlene attacks Bog Man B! «ooc: How come I couldn't have rolled that when I fired the Cormorant. » «ooc: Oh well. » << Blame yourself or God? :) >> I wanted A ^^; I dont want to knock the guy awake! ^^;; «ooc: heheh. » «ooc: Oh. Okay. » Marlene attacks Bog Man A! * Marlene fires at Mr A (related to Mr T?)! «ooc: You have away better chance of hitting B, but...you've been getting good rolls. » Miss! Miss! «ooc: Until now. » <> «ooc: Murphy's Law. Gayo said something about it. » <> Murphy Brown? oh, he's the pizza guy. «ooc: Not sure. » <> * Neydisa looks at the Gaffling, then at the muck at her feet. "Maybe..." Gaffling uses Potion Berry on Neydisa! Regains full HP! Round 6! Everyone gains force! «ooc: +3 force...Woo! :D » «ooc: Whoa, this is a long-ass fight. :o » <> «ooc: Well at least you picked the right session to have a long ass fight. » «ooc: now...whose ass should we kick this turn, my Bog compatriots? » «ooc: Allen and Joseph? » «ooc: Sorry. ^^; » «ooc: Think we'll go for Joseph, he has the most force and I'm still annoyed about the hit thing. ^_~ » «ooc: I knew that would happen. » «ooc: Alleeeeen » Alleeeeen! «ooc: I'm always the Smite Magnet. » Neydisa uses Dance of Tide on Joseph! * Neydisa holds her arms out, and starts a small chant, the droplets of water in the swamp rising up and dancing about Joseph... "Become as the sea, elst it consume you.." «ooc: Woo. :D » Joseph's water resistance is at level +4! <> «ooc: Yeah, its Dance of Tide with Color Guard. » <> The Bog Men all use Sludge Toss on Joseph! * Joseph nods at Neydisa then notices the incoming attacks. .oO( Please... it has to work.. ) «ooc: Holy shit, it missed. That's 1 in 10. » <> «ooc: O_o » even sleeping ugly? ^^; «ooc: no, one. » «ooc: But you rolled a 94. ^_^ » <> «ooc: :D » <> Joseph absorbs water! Regains 31 HP! Regains 34 HP! «ooc: Yeah, Holy Shit is sacred. » Joseph is poisoned! <> Allen uses Attack Roulette on Bog Man D! * Allen picks a spell at random... «ooc: Well if they attack me it will counter my poison now. :D » * Neydisa looks somehow stronger. "Yes.. it IS the way...!" Shards of earth bombard the slavering creature! <> «ooc: This's the way! » <> <> << Like, Rock'n dude. >> 34 damage! Allen charges! Force+1! Joseph uses Lock On and fires the Machine Gun at Bog Man A! * Joseph pulls out his new ARM...the Machine Gun. "This thing better work." He locks on Bog Man A and pulls the trigger. * Allen finds his center of focus. He throws a dart at it. Bulls Eye! (force +1) The Machine gun drains 10 HP from Joseph. 55! 57! 47! (159) «ooc: Yes, it sucks. But it hasn't been meistered at ALL yet, mind you. ^_~ » «ooc: I know you were kind enough to show me once. » «ooc: Oh yeah...heheheh. » «ooc: I didn't want to waste 30 HP this time though. » Marlene uses Electrocute on Bog Man A! Miss! * Marlene swings her cattle prod around again like a pro! or not ^^; <> Oh, and Joseph loses 13 HP. Wee. «ooc: (poison) » «ooc: I know. :) » Gaffling uses Potion Berry on Marlene! Healed to full! «ooc: Damn I thought there was a move that allowed you to protect other members in the party during battle...guess not. » Round 7! <> «ooc: I'm adding it on the next major overhaul. ^_^ » <> «ooc: Ok. :) » «ooc: Waiting on Allen and Joseph. » «ooc: Argh...I keep fogetting. » * Neydisa tries to fight the spiritual poisons in her system. "I can do this..." Neydisa Recovers! Failure! << aww.. :( >> «ooc: Rolled an 8. » «ooc: Needed a 70 or more. ^_^ » <> The Bog Men use Sludge Toss on Allen! B snoozes. << I thought I needed a little more than that.. sheesh. ;) >> <> 66! 66! (132) Oh, and Neydisa took 15 damage. I suck at remembering that. <> «ooc: Maybe our capsule monster feels like healing you. » «ooc: No, those count as separate attacks so you don't. ^_^ » << *keeps laughing at that* >> <> <> Allen charges! Force+1! Joseph uses Recover! Poison is cured! * Joseph summons his inner strength to drive the poison out of his body. << Well, least your worked Jo! :) >> Marlene attacks Bog Man B! «ooc: Yeah. :D » * Marlene bustsa cap in'iz ass! Miss! Critical-108! Bog Man B awakens with a hole in his ass! lol! <> Gaffling uses a Potion Berry on Allen! Healed to full. «ooc: from 24 Hp to 204 HP. » Round 8! «ooc: Wait...is it 8? » << Yep. >> «ooc: Yep. » «ooc: ya » Neydisa charges! Force+1! The Bog Men use Sludge Toss on Allen! * Neydisa is still trying to get it together... Gaffling: Meeee... 73! Miss! 66! Miss! (139) Allen uses Holo-Doppleganger! He gains a mirror image! << Hey, stop ripping Lynna! ;) >> << &chuckles* >> Joseph Locks On and fires the Cormorant at Bog Man A! * Joseph draws the Cormorant and locks on to Bog Man A. "Here, take this to go along with the mark my boomerang left on your face," He fires away. (to hologram) Wait a minute. I was here first. You imposter! * Joseph feels a pain in his chest, but endures it. Joseph loses 30 HP. 125 damage! «ooc: DEI! » «ooc: I've been kicking his ass too. » «ooc: Heh. These guys all have almost 600 HP. :D » «ooc: Well how much does he have left? » «ooc: Dunno. :O Assess. ^_~ » Marlene attacks Bog Man B! «ooc: No thanks. I have other plans in mind. » << My guess is about 175 :) >> * Marlene shoots for his other butt cheek! 67! Miss! (67) «ooc: [Marlene] There! Now I really can call you Buttface! » Gaffling uses a Mystic Carrot on Neydisa! She regains 10 MP! Round 9! Everyone gains a level of force! << Oh hey.. ^^ I thought yous aid ebfore.. ^^ >> «ooc: I lied. » «ooc: None of the good carrots though. just the wussy ones. » * Neydisa looks at the creature. "You must be one of those sub-spirits..?" Gaffling: Meeb! «ooc: Allen, Marlene? » erk, ditto last time ^^;; «ooc: okie. » Nothing much I can do but that «ooc: Damn you Gayo. I just remembered you took away my spare clip in this world. ;_; » «ooc: heheh. » Allen evades! Neydisa summons Moa Gault! * Neydisa raises a hand. "Fiery passion... give light to the darkness.. and retribution to the evil ones in our way! Moa Gualt, your pwoer, I beg.." >> The swamp bursts into incandescent fire momentarily as the sulphuorus gas bursts aflame. «ooc: Make sure no one farts right now. » << lol ^^ >> 81 to A! 87 to B! 76 to C! 81 to D! Bog Man D is KO'd and collapses, burning. << I got one! whoo! ^^ >> «ooc: Hey! I can kill Bog Man D now...even with my wussy attacks! » «ooc: Cuz C and D have been getting hit equally. » «ooc: Actually, it'd take two turns worth of wussy attacks, maybe more if you miss. ^_~ » «ooc: Aww, figures. » The Bog Men angrily lob massive balls of mud at Allen! «ooc: Maybe I can double critical if I'm super lucky. » Miss! Miss! Miss! «ooc: But that would take a miracle. » The Image remains in place, unharmed. * Allen smiles «ooc: [Allen_Image] Help me Obi Wan Kenobi. » * Neydisa slumps back, the poison still sapiing some strength for her. "It's up to you guys..." nah nah nah nah boo boo «ooc: *the balls go past allen and hit Joseph!* Nah... » * Allen raspberries the Bog men. Allen uses Attack Roulette on Bog Man C! * Allen hopes the wheel doesn't land on Bankrupt... << I'd like to buy a vowel. ^^ >> Wheel of Morality... turn turn turn... show us the lesson that we should learn... <> The air bursts in an explosion above Bog Man C's head, but it's only knocked back a bit. Miss! «ooc: And the lesson is Number 3. » «ooc: Never put cream pies down your pants. » Joseph uses Beatdown on Bog Man A! * Joseph runs up to Bog Man A..kinda pissed at him for not dying...he starts to smack the bog man with his boomerang, near all of his key pressure points and joints. Miss! * Allen gets raspberried by Bog Man C. hmph. «ooc: This boomerand sucks. » Bog Man A remains unfazed. Apparently these things are a bit differently arranged. «ooc: That has nothing to do with the boomerang, it had to do with your shitty Per. ^_^ » «ooc: Yeah cuz you took away my glasses. » «ooc: Actually, I'm gonna increase the success rate of Beatdown by 10%. But it still missed. » «ooc: must be a real crappy roll. » <> «ooc: You don't have to. :P » <> «ooc: I'm not putting a gun to your head. » «ooc: I put half my points on Per last level up. » <> «ooc: Joseph: Yep. otherwise you'd have no chance of hitting anything. ^_^ » Marlene attacks Bog Man B! Miss! Miss! >> The bog man screeches its defiance. or I can just not pose at all.. «ooc: Er, sorry. » «ooc: Forgot. » «ooc: ^^; » saves me the trouble, just have her fire at anything on the enemies side that moves Gaffling uses Potion Berry on Joseph! Healed to full! «ooc: Okie doke. » Round 10! * Joseph looks at his body as it is slightly glowing blue. "Time to give these things a new target." Neydisa charges! Force+2! * Neydisa is still down, partially winded, and partially amazed at the turn of events this fight. Neydisa takes 15 damage from poison. «ooc: Woo, Neydisa is Cond Green. » << Nope. I summoned. ^^ >> «ooc: Nope. Lost 2 force last turn. » «ooc: Oh...oh well. » «ooc: Guess he isn't Cond. Green. » The Bog Men use Sludge Toss on neydisa! * Neydisa tries to back away from the sludgy projectiles! <> >> She dodges, but is overwhelmed and knocked the ground. 63! 64! 64! 62! (253) Neydisa is KO'd! «ooc: Ouch. » Allen charges! Force+1! Joseph moves to the front row. * Joseph step up next to Allen. << um.. >> «ooc: Or his image...your choice. » << there was only 3 ^^ >> «ooc: Oh. You still bit it. ^_^ » << But I is still dead. :) >> «ooc: It's actually be...191, I guess. » Marlene attacks Bog Man B! * Neydisa slips in the muck, becoming half covered in it and out cold. She'd apologise for her weakness if she could. :/ «ooc: Rouse doesn't restore KO'ed people anymore? » «ooc: It never did. » * Marlene opens fire once again! ^^ «ooc: Oh. ^^; » «ooc: Oops. » «ooc: That's sleep. » Miss! Miss! Gaffling uses a Revive Fruit on Neydisa! Neydisa recovers with 30 HP! «ooc: ~Gaffling fight good!~ » Round 11! «ooc: [Gaffling] Here...eat this you corpse. » * Neydisa coughs, coming to and looking at the Gaffling with lonesome eyes. "This.. is so straining.." -_- «ooc: Neydisa? » Neydisa evades! * Neydisa claws her way out of the pile of wet dirt, shaking tryignt o anticpate attacks.. << er shakingly ^^ >> the Bog Men attack Joseph, swarming and slashing at him with slimy claws! * Joseph stands ready...almost knowing this was gonna happen. 11! 10! (21) Miss! Miss! Critical-16! 10! (26) << huh? ^^ >> <> «ooc: They suck at attacking. » << Oh right. :) >> «ooc: So much for water based attacks. Only sludge is water. » «ooc: But they're really weak attackers. ^_^ » «ooc: I can see. » Allen charges! Force+1! «ooc: And I have better armor then most. » Marlene attacks Bog Man B! <> << They failed. :) >> «ooc: Bad Scott. No cookie for you. » << Fire was the way. ^^ >> * Marlene shoots and shoots.. and shoots ^^;; 78! Miss! (78) Gaffling uses a Potion Berry on Neydisa. Healed to full! «ooc: Gaffling is faster now. :D » «ooc: Nope. » «ooc: Always goes last. » «ooc: What happened to my attack then? ;_; » << but you skipped allen? ^^ >> «ooc: i forgot. » <> «ooc: Allen charged. I forgot Joseph. » * Joseph throws his boomerang around the first two Bog Men, aiming for the one standing behind them. Joseph attacks Bog Man C! << ah. Beat em down big boy. >> «ooc: I'm a wimpy boy right now. » Miss! Miss! (0) «ooc: See. » Round 12! Everyone gains force! «ooc: And both of my ARMs are empty. » <> «ooc: Well since I have nothing better to do.... » «ooc: But it will prolly fail. » «ooc: Marlene, attacking B? » naturally Neydisa meditates! Failure! Bog Man A attacks Joseph! * Neydisa struggles to get a bit of power... but can't quite seem to. :/ << What is with my luck today. :( >> <> 10! Miss! (10) Bog Men B and C use Sludge Toss on Allen! * Allen cowers Allen is evading, too. * Allen cowers and evades. << he does the Sailor Moon cower/miracle dodge. :) >> One shot hits the illusion, dissipating it. The other hits Allen. 68! Allen is KO'd! <> «ooc: They got FREAKISAHLY GOOD ROLLS O_o » * Allen apparently didn't cower too well. He topples over into the mud. Joseph recovers! Failure! Marlene attacks Bog Man B! * Joseph tries to focus his mind to regain his strength....but he sucks at it. * Allen blames himself and fate. «ooc: AND » * Marlene fires once again at Mr. B ^^; «ooc: And I have pretty good Willpower too. Oh well. » 79! Miss! Gaffling uses a Revive Fruit on Allen! «ooc: Wow, these guys never even used one move they have. » «ooc: Oh well. It'd needlessly prolong things. ^_^ » «ooc: Neydisa, Allen? » * Allen sits up with a start, "yes mum, I'm just packing my satchel.." >> Allen sits up with goop on his face. * Neydisa keeps trying, determined to save everyone... <> «ooc: Oh. » «ooc: I suck. » Round 13! * Joseph readies himself for another attack from the bog men.. «ooc: Cuz my move is preemptive. :) » «ooc: Waiting on Allen. » Please.. just a little more.. «ooc: That was ecchi Storen. O_o » << Hah! I was waiting for that! :) >> «ooc: heh. » << You happy perverts. ^_^ >> «ooc: Okay, Allen evades. :P » Allen evades! Joseph defends! Neydisa Meditates! Regains 4 MP. << Thank you god. ^^ >> Bog Man A uses Sludge Toss on Allen! «ooc: Poor Allen. » <> 63 damage! Allen is KO'd! Bog Men B and C attack Joseph! «ooc: This should be cute. » «ooc: LOL » 6! Critical-8! (14) 5! Miss! (6) «ooc: To bad I'm using a boomerang..otherwise I would counter. » «ooc: Er, A and B attacked, C used Sludge toss. That works right. » Marlene attacks Bog Man B! Miss! 77! Bog Man B is KO'd! * Marlene looks frustrated "Just die you big booger!" * Marlene blinks "Woah.. he listened to me..." >> The second Bog Man crumples, a bullet between its eyes. Gaffling uses a Revive Fruit on Allen. Allen recovers with 34 HP. Round 14! «ooc: Now I don't mind if I have the bullseye. I just moved up front so the back row wouldn't if Allen died. ;) » Joseph defends! * Joseph keeps his stance...ready for the oncoming attacks. Neydisa charges! Force+1! * Neydisa continues focusing... feeling the realm's energy flow through her. Bog Man A attacks Joseph! 5! Miss! (5) «ooc: LOL » Bog Man C uses Sludge Toss on Allen! «ooc: I would jump in the way, but Joseph doesn't like Allen yet and Gayo would be pissed if I did. » 64 damage! Allen is KO'd! * Allen is whacked in the ass whilst crawling to the back row. «ooc: You're lucky uoi have Gaffling. ^_^ » Allen.. please hang in there.. Mommy! x_x «ooc: And me as there target practice. » Marlene attacks Bog Man A! * Marlene opens fire on one of B's Brotha'z "Nasty.. icky.. booger people!" 67! Miss! Bog Man A is KO'd! Gaffling uses a Revive Fruit on Allen! Allen is revived. Wee. «ooc: You forgot to say Bog Man C moves to the front row. ^_- » Round 15! Everyone gains a level of force but Allen! Bog Man C is shifted to the front row! «ooc: it now happens at the start of the next round, i decided. » «ooc: Or you didn't ^^; » Neydisa fries Bog man C. The end., * Neydisa puts everything she can muster into one final call to the powers that be! "Smoldering wrath.. end the suffering of your people with your unrelenting blaze.. Moa Gault!" «ooc: LOL » Victory! 100 Experience, everyone gets a Heal Berry! «ooc: Even Gaffling? » «ooc: Blah...can I vanish for 20 mins? We only have like 20-30 mins left.,.. » «ooc: Sure, whatever. he has an infinite supply. ^^: » * Allen lies there in the muck. I dont mind if you vanish, it makes a tidy bowl. >> The creatures lie dead on the ground...almost immediately their bodies begin to rot and dissolve, smoking horribly and melding with the swampy ground. Gaffling: EEeeeeeeeeeeeeem. * Neydisa falls to her knees, exhausted in her hard-fought victory. ^^ >> The gaffling floats towards the shrine. * Allen continues to lay there. * Joseph stumbles back a little from the fact that he was used as target practice. * Marlene waves the smoke from her face with one hand, holding her nose with the other "Eeeeeww...." * Neydisa shambles over to rouse Allen. * Allen munches on his newly acquired heal berry. Allen uses a Heal Berry! REgains 50 HP! «ooc: ha ha, you get healed totally soon. :D » «ooc: I figured a much. ;) » «ooc: besides, Gaffling is an item bank. ^_^ » * gets up * I'm okay. «ooc: He can't give them to anyone though. Funny, that. ;) » << ooc: I was hoping the little wheels in the Gaffling's head would land on Carrot. >> «ooc: I did whatever I thought was best. » << ooc: I know :) >> «ooc: Most NPCs in this game are as smart as me. » «ooc: Though the bog men were a bit dumber. » is that a good, or bad thing? ^^; * Neydisa nods. "We can't stay here.. let's follow the spirit..." >> The Gaffling turns around and stares at the party with its hollow, uneven eyes. * Joseph stands up and looks around. "I agree, lets go." * Allen trudges through the muck after the Gaffling. >> The party rushes to the giant stone temple, hurrying in case more yucky things are out there somewhere. ^^; * Neydisa gets enough energy back to walk out of the marsh, blindly advancing towards the shrine. ^^ * Joseph follows everyone...keeping a lookout for anymore monsters. *** LeBeau has quit IRC (Ping timeout) .oO(I wonder if the Princess will pay for my dry cleaning. Oh wait, these are real clothes.) >> The strange mirror image of the Guardian Shrine looks bigger than the real thing, and up close its walls glow faintly with energy from under their mossy coating. << ooc: aren't >> << ooc: gah. >> >> The giant double doors creak open on their own, and the Gaffling floats in. * Joseph follows him. * Allen follows too * Neydisa looks at the glowing holy place, heading in. "It almost is like this is the true face of the place... I wish I understood more." * Marlene blinks, and follows cautiously after the Gaffling "I feel like I'm being led around..." >> The inside of the shrine is surreal...illuminated dimly by torches that burn white without any fuel, semi-transparent spirits similar to the helpful one float about slowly in perfect silence, most smaller, a few larger. << ooc: puu puuu! oh wait. eem! >> «ooc: If one of them is Mokona then help us all. » << fleabags. ;) >> «ooc: Fleebags. It's a pun. ^_^ » Well...now where do we go? >> At the end of a long red carpet leading straight ahead lies an altar similar to the one where Zed kneeled when they first met him, but this is much larger, and a white flame burns on it. * Neydisa gazes at the alter, overcome with awe at this place. >> The gaffling approaches the altar silently...the group realizes with surprise that the other spirits have silently crept closer to form a ring around the chamber. * Marlene rubs her eyes "I think whatever ol' grumpy was burning, has made us all high.." *** Salah (Windstar@cs2734-229.austin.rr.com) has joined #warpg * Joseph starts to walk toward the alter. "Come on, lets quit wasting time." * Neydisa looks down a bit at Marlene's comment.. "No.. this is more real than reality itself maybe." >> A pillar of flame rises slowly from the floor, flowing more like smoke than flame. When it reaches human height, it swirls into the shape of a very pale man with solid white eyes. «ooc: Is it the ammo man? :) » * Allen raises an eyebrow at Neydisa's comment. .oO(I guess it all depends on how you see things..) * Marlene blinks at Ney curiously, innocently "That's deep..." * Allen stares into the man's blank eyes, unnerved. * Neydisa glances at the man meekly. * Joseph walks up to the pale man. "Out of the way. I need to catch up with that thing." >> The figure raises a hand to the party, palm-down, and flames shoot silently from the floor beneath them, licking painlessly about and warming them. Their wounds heal, and the filth of the swamp burns away without a trace. The figure finally speaks, enunciating clearly in a quiet, androgynous voice. "Welcome to the world of spirits." >> The Gaffling comes to a stop next to the man and turns around to watch the others. Figure: You have found what you seek. Oh, and what might that be? * Neydisa bows a little awkwardly... * Allen glances down at his clothes .oO(wow! no dry cleaning necessary!) >> The man stares forward unemotionally, his eyes as blank as the Gaffling's. "The strength of the Guardians is not what it was in those old days when heroes moved mountains with the power of their hearts. You bear with you the curse of Luceid the Black Wolf,." * Allen 's eyes go wide at the name. * Joseph looks down...then back at the spirit. "Well do you know of a way to remove it then?" Mercy upon us... Luceid's curse... * Marlene blinks with a confused look on her face «ooc: * throws Boomerang I'm not a real boomerang! WAH! So? » But can't desire be turned to strength? Does it have to weigh us down like this? >> The figure looks down and folds his hands, his every motion painstakingly deliberate. "The Guardians draw their power from the hearts of men. In the physical world it is said that they are flourishing in the absence of Mother. This is a lie. The Guardians are weak and fading in your world. Only Luceid remains powerful, and the rest alone cannot break her curse." «ooc: Zed is prolly playing War Games with our empty bodies right now. » Figure: Desire alone is an empty thing. It is the craving of salt, and begets nought but itself. << ooc: except maybe high blood pressure. >> * Joseph 's mind goes blank and he walks back to Neydisa. "You handle this." *** Gayo sets mode: +o Neydisa «ooc: ...hehe. » * Neydisa sighs. "Maybe it's because people desire empty things.. money... and power... GaiaCo shows that." -_- But what about the people in the world that want to make a difference? To help others? Is there really so few of them left? >> The figure's head lifts, and it nods. "You have been beset by the Blights already in your short time here. They are bleak things that arise from human vice and live only to consume. Once, there were few Blights. Now their numbers increase with each rotation of the spheres. " * Marlene blinks "I try to help people when ever I can..." Figure: The road of virtue is a difficult one, and not to be travelled only in fair weather. Figure: Nonetheless...there is a way. * Joseph looks at the figure. "Which is?" If there's something I can do.. I want to make a difference.. I want to change things in at least a small way. * Allen looks up with a question in his eyes. Figure: True strength lies only in bonds. Odoryuk cannot heal you by himself, but with your help the Dauphin's curse may be lifted. «ooc: * Figure reads Allen's eyes. "Whats my name?" » << ooc: What's.. your favorite color? >> -> [Neydisa] PING << ooc: blue! uh.. no wai- augh! >> Well what should we do? Figure: You must descend to the hidden heart, the place where your souls are purest. There you must confront the curse and purge it from your souls. «ooc: Dah, too much "your souls". » «ooc: Think I'll change that in the log. » You mean send out minds into our own spirits to battle this curse? «ooc: out = our » Figure: Yes. It is not possible under normal circumstances, but with the help of Odoryuk you may succeed, if you are steadfast. * Neydisa falls silent... Then what are we waiting for. Lets do it. Anything to rid myself of this curse. * Allen is afraid. But no, he must go on. If we are going deep into our own souls, does this mean we have to take this journey alone? «ooc: *wonders if Odoryuk is related to Odor Eaters.* » If we came this far.. I shouldn't doubt now. If Odoryuk is helping then maybe... Figure: Very well. The hidden heart may be reached from all places in the spirit world, but it is easiest to penetrate in those places where the Guardians are strong. My servant...*he raises a hand to the Gaffling, which floats forward* ...will accompany you, and show you the way. I myself must remain. Fine. Lets go then. So.. we have to go into our hearts, and blow up this curse personally? >> The figure nods, and melts into flame, answering no more. * Joseph looks at the Gaffling. "Well, lead the way...and make it quick." --SESSION END-- Session Close: Sun May 28 23:15:49 2000