Session Start: Mon Mar 03 00:00:00 2003 Session Ident: #Exalted [15:59:18] * Okay. Last session, you tracked down the recently exiled Jiunan Nightwarden, who explained, via a creepy nymphomaniac love story, whyhe was exiled from Sijan. We return, still in his cabin in the rural village, shortly after his story was completed. [15:59:35] * Bugger. [15:59:58] (My options window won't spawn. It'll be rocky going for NPCs tonight.) [16:01:01] * Nightwarden (CHBoucher@dialup-67.25.2.194.Dial1.Manchester1.Level3.net) has joined #Exalted [16:03:36] [Session Start] [16:06:15] Hm... [16:06:24] Any clues where she may have been swept off to? [16:07:30] We should follow tha river! [16:09:45] That is what I plan to do, yes. [16:11:00] * Kitsuki (Kitsuki@dyn-169-146.paonline.com) has joined #exalted [16:11:03] You want some help, or is this somethin' you'd rather do by yourself? [16:12:29] ( Re, Kits ) [16:12:33] If you wish to help, I will not stop you. [16:12:41] ( Yes, hiyas, Kits! ) [16:12:54] We wanna help! [16:13:11] (::waves quietly with a smile before settling down to watch...::) [16:13:55] I will help as well [16:14:54] * Deyton shrugs from behind Kane's shadow and grins. "This sounds like love lost and justice unheeded. I'll come along." [16:16:44] I'd sure like ta help. [16:17:30] * Alitheia winks. "Besides, it'd be good inspiration for a new story." [16:19:08] ( oh god I feel awful. assume I agree to help. ) [16:19:12] I am leaving in the morning. It may be for the best if you rest before then. [16:19:46] * Lenoria nods. [16:19:48] Thank you. [16:20:11] (Zer: You want to sit this session out?) [16:20:32] ( ... yes. ) [16:20:43] ( sorry everyone. I hate allergy season. ) [16:20:45] * Kane is now known as Zereth [16:21:59] ( No prob ) [16:23:20] * So, I assume, the Circle goes to sleep for the night. [16:23:57] ( Good plan. ) [16:24:14] ( Sure. ) [16:24:56] (zzzzz) [16:25:39] * The morning comes without event, and with Jiunan having left the cabin before any of you awoke. [16:27:39] * Lenoria wakes up, and looks outside for Jiunan [16:28:35] * Alitheia looks around quickly, then goes outside. [16:28:59] * Deyton remains under a skin he's kept in his pack, despite the morning's sounds, before getting up and packing himself for the day. [16:29:44] * Ximena looks around,"hey! he's gone!" and heads outside. [16:30:19] * Nightwarden is already fully dressed, and waiting by the river. He wears his heavy grey cloak, while a quiver and longbow is on his back. He carries a grimcleaver in his right hand, embellished in cold, grey steel, with screaming faces etched into the axe's head. [16:30:30] Ah, good. [16:30:57] * Alitheia heads back inside and quickly dresses, then shoulders her pack and heads back outside. [16:31:06] Greetings, Nightwarden. [16:31:30] * Deyton follows Ximena calmly, and shrugs his pack back onto both shoulders. He seems happy and bright. [16:31:41] Sorry to keep ya waiting. [16:32:41] * Ximena blinks at Nightwarden's weapon,"Whoa... creeeeeepy." [16:33:12] * Lenoria goes back to get her own items, then returns. [16:33:20] Fascinating weapon. [16:33:29] May I ask of the history behind it? [16:34:02] * Deyton inwardly wonders how many weapons are smaller than his own... [16:34:14] ( Oh, come ON. Where do you THINK he got it? ) [16:34:46] It was taken from a Nemissary when I Exalted and used it to put him and his companions to rest. [16:35:13] ( Exactly. ) [16:35:37] Can it do anythang special? [16:36:35] * Nightwarden begins walking downriver. "Possibly, though I doubt it." [16:36:50] Fascinating. [16:37:04] * Lenoria follows along [16:37:37] Were it anything other than a simple Soulsteel grimcleaver, I would expect it to be in the hands of a Deathknight instead. [16:38:02] * Deyton trots behind Lenoria and Jiunan, near the river shore. Morning feeding for the insects and more! [16:38:33] * Alitheia follows. [16:38:56] Was she from sijian originally? [16:40:37] Was who? The lady? Session Start: Mon Mar 03 16:44:26 2003 Session Ident: #Exalted [16:44:27] * Now talking in #Exalted [16:44:27] * Topic is 'Welcome to #Exalted, take three levels of Italian damage. | Exalted: Session 5 Monday | S. Institute: Session 5 Feb 19, 3:30 PST. | Paradise Hunters: Coming someday. Talk to Yon | Net Agents Story: Sunday Afternoon. | Contact In Al Amarja: In' [16:44:27] * Set by Yonjuuni on Fri Feb 28 22:46:41 [16:44:30] Yah, her! [16:44:39] ( Gah. ) [16:44:44] ( What was the last that happened? [16:45:16] ( Alitheia winced at the questions. That is all. ^ ) [16:45:25] ( What questions? ) [16:46:09] ( Your last ones ) [16:46:15] ( Ah ) [16:46:58] * Lenoria frowns at the soulsteel. [16:47:27] Hm. We should find a suitable replacement, that the dead may have their rest. [16:48:35] D'you really know enough about Soulsteel to know how to free the souls? [16:49:28] I don't think it's so simple. [16:49:56] I suppose... [16:49:56] There's really souls stuck in that? Even more creepy... but I'm sure we can get them out! [16:50:16] I pray each day that I shall find some method of doing so [16:50:55] * Deyton picks up the pace so as to be alongside Jiunan. "If you don't mind my interrupting your thoughts and being so forward as to ask, what are today's plans for our sojourn?" [16:51:27] It's a horrible thing...but the horror won't be ended by simply not wielding it. [16:52:17] I plan to follow the river until it leads to a larger city. [16:53:05] * Lenoria nods. [16:53:09] An excellent plan. [16:54:01] Then I plan to search that city, and if the woman is not there, to continue following the river and doing the same until it terminates. After that, I do not know what I will do. [16:54:23] I was gonna say.. if she wasn't from Sijian to start with.. she mighta tried ta go home. [16:54:57] * Deyton shrugs. "We'll find her when we find her." [16:55:34] I imagine she was from Thorns. [16:56:07] * Nightwarden pauses in midstep. "Which is one of the last places I would wish to go." [16:56:19] I don't believe that she would go to Thorns. [16:56:33] It would be going directly to the Mask of Winters himself. [16:56:40] Yah... so much for that idea. [17:00:07] * You continue following the river, and slowly, it curves around, beginning to head back west. After another half-day of walking, you reach a village, with houses made of cut logs, and a large fire-pit in the central commons. [17:00:46] * Lenoria looks over to that village, and nods [17:01:54] * Ximena looks at Nightwarden,"Hm... hope we don't scaer tha locals too bad." [17:03:03] * The village is still. As it is midday, it's entirely possible most of the able-bodied population have left to go hunting. [17:03:47] ( ::has to go off to do some schoolwork:: Good night everyone! Good luck with the game! ) [17:03:48] * Kitsuki (Kitsuki@dyn-169-146.paonline.com) Quit (Quit: ) [17:03:54] Hm. [17:04:00] What did this woman look like? [17:05:58] (He already said. Incredibly pale skin, red lips, full black hair, and dead.) [17:06:32] I can go in and ask around...I'm not too intimidating. [17:07:37] Ah'll go with yah! [17:07:46] ( Ah. ^^; ) [17:07:50] * Lenoria nods. [17:07:56] I will stay here. [17:08:03] We may need to also wait a while, for more people to return [17:11:47] Hm. I suppose we should be discreet -- the rest of us, I mean -- and stay subtly out of view? Not in an assassin sense, but just out of the eyes of the populace, so they may overlook us upon their return. Across the river, perhaps? [17:12:22] At least, this is my opinion. *pause* [17:12:26] Sure. [17:13:01] I'll come seeya again as quick as I can. [17:13:10] * Alitheia heads into the town. [17:13:19] * Ximena hurries after! [17:14:09] * Alitheia looks around for people. [17:14:46] * Lenoria waits with Nightwarden [17:14:48] * So Ximena and 'Theia ventures into the village, while Jiunan, Deyton, and Lenoria wait accross the river from the entrance of the small, walled town. The common area is still, though the few fruit trees growing in the center seem to be recently wilted. Several longhouses, nearly a dozen, sit a fair distance into the town, while the largest, a two-story building, looms over the walls, and seems built almost like a small [17:15:33] ( Cut after small, if you need the note. ) [17:15:53] (Small fortress.) [17:17:00] Interestin' place. [17:17:00] ( Hai. ) [17:17:14] ( I gotta idle for a bit. Dishes. ) [17:17:39] (ebil) [17:18:27] ( Life is. ) [17:18:54] (Well, consider this an intermission, then.) [17:19:23] ( Perfect timing, ne? ) [17:21:03] (Yeah.) [17:21:26] (And this lets me work a bit more on EnD stuff.) [17:21:28] ( Guuuuuu ) [17:22:38] ( When is EnD slated to start? ) [17:23:12] ( Also, when Yon returns: From sometime in April to "someday"? This means...? ) [17:23:25] ( Back. ) [17:23:51] ( Griever: It means that the game is somewhat on the backburner right now. ) [17:23:58] (It'll begin when I get another sheet in and can think of an intro session.) [17:25:02] ( Nuuu ) [17:25:35] ( Charles: know what days of the week, and time? ) [17:27:41] (IIRC, it was Thursday. It depends when the players can make it.) [17:29:52] ( Uh, can we unpause or whatever? ) [17:30:02] ( My next question exactly. ^^ ) [17:30:14] ( Voom ) [17:30:44] (I was waiting for you or Gally to make the next move. ^^;;) [17:31:05] Yah, lets go check out that large buildin`! [17:31:20] ( And thus, there was life... ) [17:31:30] * Alitheia nods, and heads for the entrance to the walled town. [17:33:14] * Ximena heads there as well, looking all around as she goes. [17:34:12] * You enter the town, and head for the largest hall. The windows appear to have been boarded up, but the front door is unlocked. The inside is dark, naturally, as the windows allow hardly any light to enter. [17:34:29] Huh... maybe this place ain't so nice after all. [17:34:58] * Alitheia frowns. "We should go back and get the others. I don't like this." [17:36:27] * Ximena looks around for any people,"Maybe yah right.." [17:36:39] * Alitheia heads back out. [17:38:41] * Ximena follows after her after a moment. [17:38:49] * You hear a shuffling behind you as you leave, though that's soon put behind. The common is as it was before, though it seems that clouds are beginning to gather. [17:39:35] * Ximena hurries up a tad. [17:40:07] * Deyton mumbles about the rain, and how he likes it. Consequently smiles, despite the darkening skies. [17:42:20] * Alitheia heads out of the town, and back to the group. [17:42:49] * Lenoria nods a greeting to Theia [17:42:54] This ain't no normal town! [17:43:09] * The town's gates are still open, however, a figure is now present, a shortish woman with light brown hair and pale skin. She's dressed in simple clothes, and wears a pair of glasses. She is sitting against the gate, idly humming to herself as Alitheia passes her by. [17:43:58] * Ximena stops just after she passes the woman and turns around,"Pardon me, ma'am, but can yah tell me whats goin` on here?" [17:44:55] * Deyton straightens as 'Theia emerges from the town, and shifts his packs. [17:46:16] * The woman looks up. "Most of the town has passed on. And those who left soon will." [17:46:48] Why? [17:47:03] Passed on? Like dead? There a plague? [17:47:07] * Alitheia comes to a stop. "What happened?" [17:48:44] A plague, yes, brought by Canis from the Mask of Winters. [17:48:49] (Fuck.) [17:49:05] I see. [17:49:08] ( Meh. No real worries. ^^ ) [17:49:08] ( What's Canis? ) [17:49:17] ( Should we know what Canis is?) [17:49:29] (No, you shouldn't.) [17:49:42] Canis? [17:50:06] Canis? Like a dog? [17:50:59] Yes. His dog, one of his Deathknights. [17:51:05] (...fffuck.) [17:51:08] (ahhaha) [17:51:21] * Lenoria frowns. [17:51:24] ( What's a Deathknight? [17:51:25] (I need to figure out how to get the Options menu to spawn again.) [17:51:44] ( ...an Abyssal. 0 [17:52:08] ( A big 'un. :P ) [17:52:59] Can you tell us more about what happened? [17:53:29] ( Ah. ) [17:54:03] Can we do ANYTHANG to help? [17:55:07] "No, not much. I have only been here for a day, and I came long after Canis. I did what I could to prevent the plague from spreading, as my mistress asked, though some had already left." [17:55:36] * Lenoria nods... [17:55:48] Where is Canis? [17:56:33] * Ximena looks at Lenoria,"Do you think you could help people with your healing charms?" [17:56:33] Your mistress? Would you be able to tell us who that is? [17:56:35] * The woman shrugs. "I do not know. I was sent to guard the village." [17:57:07] * Deyton slowly follows the conversation on wisps of wind as he nears, and eventually leans against the opposing town wall as the women speak with the woman. [17:57:34] * Lenoria nods.. [17:57:56] Darkness's Ruby In The Frost. [17:58:01] (Fuck!) [17:58:13] (No, maybe later) [17:58:50] * It's a name somewhat familiar to those who study the Deathlords as a minor ruler of a Northern shadowland. [18:00:50] Hm. What about him? [18:00:51] * Alitheia frowns. "That so." [18:01:26] ( Him who? ) [18:01:28] (What about who?) [18:02:19] ( Darknesses' Ruby in the Frost. ) [18:02:25] ( The name was mentioned out of the blue. ^^; ) [18:02:29] ( .... oh, wait. ) [18:02:32] ( MISTRESS. ) [18:02:35] ( Gah. I misparsed. Cancel that line. ) [18:02:47] I see. [18:04:57] * Alitheia turns back to look at the others. "Looks like we've run into something bigger than we thought, here." [18:06:13] We gotta do sumthang! [18:06:40] Yes... [18:06:41] * Lenoria frowns [18:07:45] * Alitheia turns back to the woman. "So why's she want you protecting the town?" [18:09:38] "The mistress does not approve of what was done here. The Mask of Winters' methods are inelegant and hasty, ripping the life from the people and land where there is no need." [18:09:49] "All will be as dust anyways." [18:11:00] There any people still left in town? [18:12:07] "None alive." [18:12:22] * Alitheia frowns. "Then what're you guarding it for?" [18:12:35] * Ximena frowns,"We have to advenge them!" [18:12:57] "The walking dead." [18:13:59] Was afraid so. [18:14:41] * Lenoria frowns. [18:15:12] The people in the town are risin` up? [18:16:09] * Deyton straightens and frowns, but remains quiet. A difficult task, but done. [18:16:24] "Yes. I am to make sure none leave, so as to prevent the plague from spreading any further than the escapees will take it." [18:16:58] * Ximena looks at Alitheia,"Can yah like purify 'em?" [18:17:24] I can prevent any bodies from rising, yeah. [18:17:30] * Lenoria nods. [18:17:37] That would be appreciated. [18:18:19] * Charles nods once. "Yes. Quite." [18:18:27] But I got my limits. I might need to rest, if there's a lot. [18:18:28] (heeheeeee) [18:18:31] (Goddamn.) [18:19:09] (Mind if we wrap up soon? I'm feeling kind of tired, and the inability to easily launch a proper NPC is beginning to get to me.) [18:19:14] ( No problem. ) [18:19:28] ( No problem here at all. ^^ ) [18:19:36] ( Sure thing. ) [18:20:05] * Session End. Session Close: Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 2003