Session Start: Fri Jun 16 18:03:32 2006 Session Ident: #Aeoth [18:03] * Now talking in #Aeoth [18:03] * Demotafk is now known as Lucy [18:06] * Robin has joined #Aeoth [18:06] * Robin is now known as Kardos [18:09] * Nasira is now known as Garret [18:09] * Zegon takes a deep breath. Okay. Uh... What day was last session? [18:09] In-game, not out-of-game. [18:10] [18:30] [Starting session, yo. Put OOC chatter in OOC channel, yo yo yeah.] [18:10] [18:32] [Day, day, hmmm... Sure, we'll start it on June 9th of... some stupid number. Let's go with 1221 because it's a palendrome. [18:11] * Schneeway has joined #Aeoth [18:17] Okay, let's get this train wreckarollin'. [18:19] Psh. [18:19] At the most, it'll be a bicycle wreck. [18:19] train wreck isn't until we're level 15 [18:19] ...mind, I once managed a very spectacular bicycle wreck. [18:20] Me too! [18:20] [Funky town! Is not where our heroes are today. They're on a caravan that got sacked last night, and even though they fended off the orc raiders, there seems to be much worry among the caravaners, espically since it's the next day and, even though you've made slow progress, Biggs has yet to return with his troupe of diversionary forces. It's the early morning and you've had time to put up defenses and spells, as well as pray, this morning. [18:21] (Cut? this morning.) [18:21] ] [18:23] [Presumably you've eaten too, but if not no big. You'll get plenty hungry later on. The caravan headmaster, Wedge Redshirt, looks particularly concerned for his brother (who was Biggs) as he asks to meet you as soon as possible. He mentions that you should be prepared to set out and fight.] [18:24] [You may meet him whenever you like to ask questions and continue in whatever line of reasoning you may. The sky is partly cloudy as it's late dawn when the session starts.] [18:24] [Session start!] [18:26] [Oh, as a note, Wedge is a fairly non-descript human, plainly dressed and slightly tanned.] [18:26] * Clarissa heads over as soon as she's finished preparing for the day. [18:27] [Wedge is concerned and stuff, and it shows.] [18:28] * Lucy finishes taking care of her horse for the time, and notices Wedge looking down. "Hey." [18:29] (Are we stopped or going right now?) [18:29] [The caravan hasn't started moving for the day yet.] [18:30] * Garret gets dressed. Always important. He prays, too. Also important. [18:30] * Garret then makes his way cross-camp to Wedge, because he has been summoned, hat on head and staff in hand. [18:31] Oh, hello hello. I'm very worried, he's always back before nightfall when he does that.... And he took some of the escort with him and they haven't come back either... [18:32] * Garret blinks. [18:32] I'm sorry? [18:32] His brother. [18:33] The one I have a bet with. [18:33] Oh, sorry, sorry. I'm speaking of Biggs, he's always returned or sent someone back if they've got a snag. Yes, that would be him. [18:34] Maybe he's lost? [18:34] Unlikely. [18:34] He seemed competent enough. [18:35] Oh no, we've gone down this path several times. And he's a trained ranger too. [18:35] And, and, he has others with him too. He's always been good at selecting help. [18:35] * Garret rubs at the scruffy stubble on his chin. "What did he leave for?" [18:36] Durring the attack he led the mounted orc raiders away from the caravan with those under his command. But even if he didn't handle it well, he should have sent word or something back... [18:37] * Kardos has awakened from where he slept (on the ground, in his armor and everything), has performed some stretches and wake-up exercises, and is now listening to the others converse with Wedge. [18:38] Ah... [18:38] * Garret pauses, thinking about just how many mounted raiders there were, then sighs. "Unfortunately, you might have to prepare for the worst." [18:39] Well, if he needs help, let's help him. [18:40] Provided we can do so without leaving the caravan unguarded. [18:40] * Garret looks at Kardos, just noticing he's there, and nods. [18:41] * Garret nods. "Yes, I know, but I know he's still alive too. He hasn't sent me a message, but he's still alive... Could you please go out and find him? It's why I asked for you and not the others, since they don't seem very well suited to any sort of speed." [18:41] (Dude, I'm talking!) [18:41] (Err... [18:41] * Kardos goes back to being obseqious. [18:41] (Wedge said that) [18:42] Of course he's still alive. We'll bring him back. [18:42] Tracking a pile of orc rangers would be easy, but you'd best be prepared to defend your caravan without us if we do this. [18:42] Sure. [18:42] (orc riders, even.) [18:43] Yes, yes, we have another group who's prepared to defend the caravan. I think you can track his group without too much issue, since it did not rain. [18:44] I'll do my best. [18:44] * Kardos nods. [18:44] We'll bring him back to you, mister. Don't worry. [18:44] * Clarissa smiles brightly. [18:45] (Aw, she's such a cute kid.) [18:45] * Wedge nods to Clarissa and smiles. "That's nice of you to say little girl." He's clearly paying more attention to the older people, though. In particular Garret. [18:46] * Clarissa frowns. [18:47] Which way did he go? Can you point it out? [18:48] * Wedge points in a direction to the south and east, which eventually proceeds along some very sparse woodland. [18:49] * Garret takes a look, squinting at the sun a bit, then nods. "We'll see what we can do, but I make no promises." [18:49] * Garret nods to Wedge, then starts walking southeast. [18:51] * Kardos looks thoughtful for a moment, gives Wedge a gesture halfway between a nod and bow, and proceeds after Garret. [18:51] I undrestand. We'll move slowly for about five days north, which should let you catch up easily. If you don't find anything in that time, please return. I wouldn't want your loss on my conscience. [18:52] * Clarissa turns around and runs after Garret. [18:52] 5 days? I bet we could probably do it a lot faster than that. [18:52] I hope so, yes. [18:52] * Garret smiles at Clarissa as she catches up to him. "Never a dull moment, right?" [18:53] * Clarissa hmphs. [18:55] * Lucy looks in the general direction of the sun, though not directly at it. "Think this is a good time to get going?" [18:55] It's ALWAYS a good time to get going. [18:55] It's always an- I was just about to say that. [18:55] So sayeth Fharlanghn. [18:55] In any case, saddle up, Lucy. We have quite a journey. [18:56] * Clarissa pricks her finger lightly and quickly summons Starbright, big, scary looking rainbow horse of DOOM. [18:57] (*puts a colon in place of that first comma) [19:01] * Lucy smiles softly. [19:01] * Lucy heads to her horse and mounts [19:02] * Kardos does not go for the horse he does not have. [19:02] * Garret stretches a bit, then starts walking towards the woodlands. [19:03] * Kardos walks alongside and slightly behind Garret. [19:04] * Clarissa walks her wondrous horse alongside Garret. [19:08] * Garret finds a set of tracks. He taps at one of the hoofprints with the butt of his staff and says, "This ought to be it." That done, he follows them. [19:09] [You follow tracks! Yay tracks! Following tracks... tracks... yay. tracks.] [19:09] You're pretty good at this. [19:10] Let me know when we get close. [19:10] * Garret nods. "Fortunately, we're entering a forest." [19:10] They'd have to slow down. [19:11] * Kardos looks about silently. [19:14] [You reach the forest! The tracks go alongside it for a little length, it looked like the horse riders were trying to take the fight into the woods while the wolf riders were hesitant to continue in, but eventually both sets of tracks plunge into the sparse woodland.] [19:16] [The woodland, like so many in this area, is composed primarily of deciduous trees. Given the climate is fairly warm for most of the year, they tend to do very well here.] [19:17] * Garret heads right into the woodlands, paying attention to the tracks. [19:17] We might run into elves. -they- might run into elves. [19:17] I'm afraid that if they ran into elves, it was probably more like running over them. [19:19] The elves would be more likely to side with the humans, at least. [19:19] * Kardos frowns, and doesn't seem to understand the joke, but does not comment. [19:20] [For those of you familiar with elves and orcs, elves and orcs don't get along. At all.] [19:20] [Something about Elves liking woods and orcs liking firewood.] [19:21] (Fire + Wood = Firewood! BRILLIANT!) [19:29] [The tracks continue on for some time. A note, it's about midday when you reached the woodlands, so it took about a few hours to travel from the caravan to the forested area where the tracks entered the woods. It's about a half hour of following the tracks before there seems to be a standoff between the two forces.] [19:30] [A number of arrows and other broken items and discarded bottles litter the ground. The bulk of the tracks go south, but a few go east. Both sets of tracks contain wolf and horse prints.] [19:31] * Garret frowns at this set of tracks, and he starts pacing around. "Damn." [19:31] * Kardos frowns. [19:31] * Kardos examines the bottles. Have they been here long? [19:32] [The bottles haven't been here long. Whatever they contained has long been evaporated, but a couple have a distinct green residue on them.] [19:32] Heal potions? [19:33] Who knows? [19:34] Whatever they are, I don't think identifying them is going to be important... [19:34] * Lucy looks over the horse and wolf prints. [19:34] * Garret lets out a heavy sigh. "All right." [19:35] I can't tell which tracks he created. We need to go two and two. [19:35] Opposite directions? [19:35] South and east, really. [19:35] * Garret points out the break off. [19:36] We don't have two trackers, do we? [19:37] * Garret looks to Kardos. [19:39] Well, there are... how many orcs on each path? And two of us? [19:39] If we split up? [19:40] * Kardos shakes his head. "In the past, I have relied on tracks for avoidance, not pursual." [19:41] * Garret frowns. "All right." He looks at the tracks for a moment longer, then says, "This one." And he starts following the ones going east. [19:41] * Kardos nods after a moment, and follows. [19:42] * Lucy moves along [19:44] [Tracks are cool! And so are you!] [19:44] * Garret is actually quite warm, now that you mention it. [19:46] * Kardos is cool? [19:47] * Clarissa is plenty warm. [19:47] * Clarissa has her cloak on, now, in fact. [19:48] [Over and under the brush, it looks like these people knew what they were doing. Their mounts expertly avoided fallen logs and a couple ditches... Well, until one has an abrupt stop. And so did the wolf about 20 feet further.] [19:49] * Garret stops when they do. "Hm." [19:51] [They keep going, south, east, jockeying for position. The tracks eventually approach a clearing up ahead, with evening approaching as you do so. About five hours have passed since you've entered the forest.] [19:51] (Whoa, short days. Didn't we start fairly eary morning?) [19:52] (Oh wait, time to get to the forest. How long have we been traveling total?) [19:52] * Garret keeps walking after the tracks, and he peers into the clearing as he approaches, slowing. [19:53] [About 8.5 hours since you've started.] [19:53] * Clarissa yawns loudly. [19:53] I'd be more worried about my stomach. [19:54] * Clarissa turns red as her stomach lets out a loud gurgle. [19:55] how long has it -been-? [19:55] * Kardos looks up. "It is past noon." [19:56] [Oh, you guys realize you're really hungry.] [19:56] * Garret snickers. [19:56] * Clarissa grumbles and pulls a ration out from under her cloak. [19:57] * Garret reaches behind him, producing a ration in much the same fashion. And with a snazzy rhyme. He has a bite and chews thoroughly. [19:57] * Kardos glances around for something to eat. [19:58] * Clarissa wolfs down her ration as quick as she can. [19:58] C'mon, let's GO. [19:58] * Lucy removes a ration from her pack. It's bound loosely, and contains a large number of dried fruits. She begins eating quickly, taking her surroundings in. [20:01] * Kardos pulls some deer jerky out of his cloak and begins chewing. [20:01] * Garret is now in the clearing, one would hope! He looks for... more tracks! Or people. That's fine, too. [20:01] * Garret also eats. [20:05] [Kardos, Garret, and Clarissa hear the telltale signs of metal clashing in the distance.] [20:05] * Clarissa turns her head, then quickly turns her mount and rides. [20:05] * Lucy blinks, then follows, no questions asked. [20:05] * Garret looks that way, then starts jogging after Clarissa. He waves for the others to follow. [20:06] * Kardos blinks. "Astonishing." [20:06] * Kardos runs in the direction of the noise. [20:09] [Garret notices a couple figures in the distance fighting when he's at about 250 feet. The rest of you schmucks don't see it until you're within 80 feet or so, except Lucy, who has the misfortune of getting behind an inconvenient tree when she's running which obscures the fighters and sounds from reaching her.] [20:10] (Stupid pathing.) [20:11] (Tell me about it.) [20:14] * Kardos makes a beeline for the two combatants. [20:14] [Dicesuke must be rolling for both of them, because they can't seem to manage to hit eachother.] [20:15] * Kardos ignores the 4th wall collapsing and continues on at a run! [20:25] * Elfy-boy swings at the orc with a flurry of strikes, missing wildly with three of the four, but the third manages to find a kink in the orc's armor and draw a small amount of blood. The wound doesn't seem as severe as it should be, though. [20:29] * Kardos charges for the orc and swings his mighty sword down towards it when he's close enough. [20:31] [The attack chinks off of the orc's armor, causing no real damage.] [20:34] * Clarissa pulls herself up in the saddle as Starbright slows a bit, and just as soon as she's in range, draws a glowing pentagram in the air. Next to the orc, a fountain of ooze sprouts, and a tiny imp-like being flies up out of it, unleashing a blast of acid right into the orc's face. [20:36] [The orc doesn't get out of the way, but it doesn't seem it needs to as the acid has little effect other than an annoyance to the orc.] [20:37] * Clarissa frowns. [20:38] [The orc turns to Kardos, clearly annoyed by the charge and slashes at him with his great axe, scoring a solid hit.] [20:38] * Kardos grimaces. [20:40] * Garret holds one hand out to the orc and yells, "Fharlanghn, bind this danger to the roads!" His god doesn't seem to want to, though, because the orc is entirely unaffected and poor Garret curses impotently. [20:41] * Kardos has quit IRC (Quit: Red..... alert.) [20:41] [The orc is using a great axe and is wearing a breastplate, while the elf is using two thinblades and is wearing a chain shirt.] [20:45] [Oh, right, anyways, the elfy tries as hard as he might to hit the orc with a solid blow, but still fails.] [20:48] * Lucy finally sees what's going on, then leans forward and draws her axe, rocketing forward with her mount [20:51] * Lucy smashes her axe into the orc. THe horse tries to kick her enemy, but fails to connect. [20:52] [The orc grimaces, obviously injured by the axe hit.] [20:52] * Clarissa puts her heels gently t Starbright, and the horse fairly leaps ahead, thundering down on the orc with a vengeance, rearing at the last moment and slamming it with a hoof, even as the mephit tears at it from the other side. [20:57] * Kardos has joined #Aeoth [21:00] * Kardos weaves past Lucy and Clarissa's horses, bringing his sword around to the Orc; this time, it crackles with electricity that bursts as the sword tears into the Orc. [21:02] [The orc, seeing he's clearly outmatched, steps back a few steps, then grins as he puts his mouth forward and breathes a cone of acid on those who were in melee with him as he shouts a prayer in orcish.] [21:07] [The acidic cloud washes over you, causing damage as most of you suffer the brunt of the hit, although Kardos and Lucy's horse managed to avoid some of the worst of it. The half-orc looks ready to face you again.] [21:07] * Clarissa screams in pain. [21:07] (err, the orc.) [21:08] Aaugh! [21:08] * Lucy grits her teeth and talks to her horse. "Don't worry, you tried your best." [21:08] * The elf gets caught in the sideblast of the acid and suffers some serious burns. Coupled with the damage he recieved before you arrived, he collapses on the spot, unconscious but still alive... barely. [21:09] * Kardos turns to face the orc again. "Garret, tend the elf, please." [21:09] * Garret grunts and runs, acid eating at his clothes as he slams a hand on the elf's chest. "Get on your feet," he yells. "We're saving your hide, and that means *not* falling over!" [21:13] * Lucy moves forward quickly and methodically, raises her axe, then swings it horizontally. [21:14] * Lucy strikes true. Her axe flows throuhg the orc as if it were not there at all. Two seconds later, the orc's top half slides off his lower. [21:16] [Scratch Lucy's last statement.] [21:16] [Lucy's axe strikes true, slamming into the orc and rupturing some vital organs, splurting blood everywhere as the orc falls over onto his back, his eyes rolling back in their sockets.] [21:18] * Clarissa hurriedly banishes the ugly green mephit, then drops a presto and begins cleaning herself off. [21:18] Disgusting thing. [21:19] See if -I- ever get in melee combat again. [21:19] Noooo, I had to let Starbright do what she wanted to. [21:19] * Lucy gets off the horse and looks over the elf. "Hang in there." [21:20] * Clarissa dismounts and kicks the orc's corpse, then loots it. [21:20] [The orc's corpse kicks back. I mean, bleeds back.] [21:21] He'll be fine. [21:21] * Garret starts flicking acid off himself. "Good thing none of this stuff got on my hat." [21:21] And of course, you HAD to be immune to acid. Stupid orcs. [21:23] * Lucy nods to Garret. "Do we take him with us and head at that other trail til he wakes up? [21:23] * Kardos looks the freshly dead orc over. "This one was not with the group that attacked the caravan?" [21:24] * The elfrubs his head. "Oh man, what hit me?" He winces as he tries to get up, but falls back. [21:24] An orc. We hit him back, however. [21:24] Are you feeling well enough to talk? [21:24] * Garret leans against his staff. "He will in a minute." [21:25] Then we head up the other trail. There isn't much time. [21:25] That's good. [21:25] Yeah, yeah, I think so. [21:26] * The elf sits up and motions, curing himself of some of the wounds. "Thank you, if you didn't come I would have met my final reward much sooner than I would have hoped." [21:26] Glad to hear we were of service. [21:26] How did you encounter this orc? [21:26] * Clarissa silently hands a handful of vials over to Garret. [21:27] * Garret takes a look at them. "Barkskin," he says of the vile looking slosh, then glances at the clear ones. "Healing potions, all of them." [21:28] Please, introductions first. I'm Huthar, and to whom do I owe my life? [21:29] * Kardos nods. "My apologies. I am Kardos, adopted of the Willowhip family of Elanthor in Morn." [21:30] I'm Lucy Diamantes. [21:30] * Clarissa nods and tosses them in her bag, for now. [21:30] Hm? Garret Alephson. [21:32] * Clarissa looks up at the elf, one eyebrow raised, then recites carefully, "I am Clarissa Natalia Violet Alyssa Cherise Kaitlyn Huntington the Third, Summoner Errant, at your service." She sweeps her hat off and makes an excellent imitation of a swashbuckler's bow to the elf. [21:33] * Kardos blinks at Clarissa, but doesn't comment. [21:33] * Huthar nods to Kardos. "I'll put a good word in for you when I get back, so you have proof of your deed. As for how I came across that orc, I was tracking him. The orcs seemed to be gathering en masse in this area, so I decided to draw one of the orcs away. Little did I know the beast'd turn out to be more than I could handle..." [21:34] They're pretty well organized, I'll give them that. [21:34] * Garret glances at the sky, checking the time. [21:35] * Clarissa straightens up and eyes the elf. [21:35] * Dusk is approaching, but isn't here yet. [21:35] [Err, Dusk is approaching, but isn't here yet.] [21:35] * Kardos frowns. "Are orcs usually this well-organized?" [21:35] Not in my experience. [21:36] Well, they respect strength. [21:36] Sometimes, when they have a strong and capable leader. But I've only seen it a couple times in all my years. [21:38] * Lucy nods, and gets on her horse. "Come on, we'll talk on the way. Wouldn't wanna keep Biggs waiting." [21:38] Then perhaps we have more than orcs to worry about. ...as through they were not sufficient worry. [21:39] You said you were tracking him, right? [21:39] * Kardos shrugs. "Yes, let us proceed." [21:39] Let's go. We have better things to do than talk to an elf who couldn't kill an orc. [21:39] I can help track, if you'll have me. But my mount's been killed, so I don't know how quickly I can follow you. [21:40] (Huthar says that.) [21:40] (Err, Huthar says that) [21:40] * Garret nods. "You'll follow quickly enough. Come on, we still have some daylight." He starts doubling back. [21:40] Hop on the back of mine. [21:41] I don't mind sharing. [21:41] * Clarissa grinds her teeth. [21:41] * Clarissa remounts and rides off back the way she came. [21:42] * Huthar nods and, sheathing his blades, he starts backtracking, reviewing the tracks as they head back the way they came. [21:42] * Kardos follows. He seems to be thinking about something. [21:44] (And end here, if that's what you want to do?) [21:44] (Yeah.) [21:45] ( I guess. ^^ ) [21:45] ( sure. ) [21:45] ( That's fine ) [21:46] [And so our heroes proceed through the forest as night sets. Will they find Biggs? Will Biggs be dead already? Why are the orcs so damn organized? These questions and more MIGHT be answered next time, on Aeoth!] [21:46] [Session End!] [21:46] Whee! [21:46] * Lucy is now known as Demota [21:46] * Demota is now known as Demotafk [21:47] * Clarissa is now known as NinjaDebugger [21:54] * NinjaDebugger has left #Aeoth [21:54] * Garret has quit IRC (Quit: BAND AID MAN, AWAY!) [21:59] * Kardos has quit IRC (Quit: Wooo. x.x) [23:14] * Demota has joined #Aeoth [23:16] * Disconnected Session Close: Fri Jun 16 23:16:37 2006