Session Start: Fri Oct 27 18:45:37 2006 Session Ident: #Aeoth [18:45:38] * Now talking in #Aeoth [18:53:18] [Continuing down the pathway, you are killing monsters and whatev along the way. Um... Wait, that's not very good. Let me try that again.] [18:55:23] [Proceeding down the pile of refuse, we join our intrepid heroes, or as they might prefer the term, 'Adventuring fellowship' or 'Quest Squad' or something, maybe 'Despensers of justice' works better... Ah, anyways, they continued down a path in the sewers that proceeded a good 100 ft. or so to exit into...]\ [18:56:24] [A giant room, extending further than your sight can see in the darkness. Motion can be detected faintly as well as heard in the, um... basin of refuse, sewage, and all the nastyness.] [18:59:18] [Your guide, Elijah, motions for you to be quiet and points along the wall to the left, following a ridge along the basin that follows the contour of the wall and exits to one of many entrances/exits to this immediate area. He whispers: "Whatever you do, stay *quiet*."] [19:00:00] [The ridge narrows to 1 ft. at some points, but usually stays a good 3-5 feet wide, and occassionally gets covered by small waves of filth from... whatever is in that basin.] [19:00:04] [Session Start!] [19:00:26] ...is such a structure common to the undersides theaters? [19:00:49] * Leo frowns but tries to stay quiet, doing his best to quiet the armor and his mouth [19:01:13] * Clarissa shushes Kardos. [19:01:20] * Hank keeps mum, but a ripple of distaste wafts across his face. [19:01:23] * Elijah shushes Kardos. [19:01:41] * Kardos is quiet. [19:06:34] * Clarissa tugs on Khrosk's sleeve and whispers something to him, then he picks her up and heads out across the ledge. [19:08:19] [You troop along the edge, staying as quiet as you can and almost reach the end without incident. On one of the narrow edges, though, Leo's foot scrapes the edge as he loses his balance and his foot falls into the muck. A noticable disturbance can be seen in the water, as if something was awoke by this motion.] [19:08:45] * Hank stops sliding along silently, and instead silently curses. [19:10:24] * Leo tries to pull his foot out of the muck, biting his tounge to keep from cursing this whole place and begging Pelor to burn it to the ground. [19:12:54] * Hank braces one foot against the wall, reaches out, and snags Leo by the cloak, pulling him back up onto the ledge. Then he takes a deep, silent breath. [19:13:00] * Kardos stops, turns to the water. He begins to pull Leo out, but Hank manages it first, so he just keeps an eye on the water until the cleric is righted. [19:14:04] [Waves are getting closer as a formless, multi-tenticled huge blob can be seen at the edge of your vision. If I had sanity checks in this game, now would be a good time to make you roll. Elijah blinks and in a paniced state runs torwards the exit.] [19:15:34] Khrosk, run after him! [19:15:49] * Leo gulps staying quiet still, not looking at ALL happy about this. [19:16:04] Leo! RUN. [19:16:51] * Khrosk runs after him. "No telling Khrosk twice!" [19:17:38] * Kardos charges after Elijah. He is fast. [19:24:36] * Clarissa looks back over Khrosk's shoulder as he runs, then digs her bloody hand into one pouch at her waist. She pulls a small, furry ball from the pouch and throws it back at the monster. [19:24:52] [You chase, as a bunch, after Elijah into the hallway as a *huge* creature, smelling and covered in sludge, sewedge, and ofal, meanders by, seemingly looking for something. It has three large tenticles that each end in a 5' or so spiked head, and two gaping, salivating mouths filled with jagged teeth. A solitary fourth stalk, covered in eyes, is doing most of the inspecting work. Other loud thunks can be heard nearby...] [19:24:59] [Apparently it's not the only one.] [19:26:27] PELOR! If you hear me! Send your loving, cleansing, just fire to embrace this hellish place! [19:27:22] [The furry wad quicklyt transforms into a boar which is subsequently and instantly pounced on before it can make a noise. The boar is ripped limb from limb, the blood splattering on the walls as it's grabbed and shoved by three pieces into the creature's two awating mouths.] [19:28:19] * Kardos hands Elijah off to the others and stands ready (and very quiet) to fight. [19:28:43] * Clarissa watches in awe. [19:28:54] Khrosk, run faster, please. [19:29:18] * Elijah looks freaked out as all hell and ready to bolt further down the corridor, which goes up to a metal-stepped staircase in much better repair than the rest of the surrounding stonework] [19:29:24] ( Oh, can we still move? ) [19:29:40] ( I thought we'd hit a dead end. x_x ) [19:31:36] * Leo continues to run clanking in his armor, not looking like the brave shining warrior cleric of Pelor he did on the set out. [19:31:51] [Do you proceed up the ladder? [Y/N]] [19:31:54] * Kardos keeps on keeping on. [19:31:57] * Hank runs like hell behind Leo. [19:32:19] * Elijah bolts to and up the stairs after the blood and splattering happens.] [19:32:42] [Khrosk is close enough that some of the blood hits his lower thighs, but he doesn't seem to care as he (almost merrily) runs along] [19:32:58] * Kardos makes sure everyone else is clear before going on himself. [19:40:36] [The Otyugh, for those of you who identified it, takes a blind swipe at you, hitting Kardos solid in the back with one giant tenticle just as Khrosk runs past the daring adventurer.] [19:40:53] Run run run oh my god oh my god oh my god. [19:41:15] * Kardos takes it and likes it because nobody else had to take it, and runs the hell on after everyone else is clear. [19:41:52] * Leo frowns as he hears the blow. "Who ever got hit, You need attention when this is done." [19:42:55] [Pretty obvious Kardos took it, since he's bleeding.] [19:43:41] * Lucy runs, but glances back as Kardos gets hit. SHe continues moving, hoping Kardos can still run [19:43:43] * Kardos catches up to the others before saying, through clenched teeth, "In truth, I do." [19:44:19] [The creature makes a couple charges against the wall to get more of the meal, but the tentacles simply do not reach that far and the stonework is *very* solid. Apparently it's strong enough (or bearing enough of a load) that it doesn't collapse from such punishment. After about 10-15 minutes of this, it retreats back.] [19:44:47] How bad is it? [19:44:51] [Clean(er) air can be smelled and felt from above/forward as you climb the stairs.] [19:45:08] * Leo frowns looking over Kardos. "Let me patch you up before we go on." [19:45:10] * Hank takes a deep sniff. "There we go. Not so bad, was it?" [19:45:22] Um, uh... I don't want to go back. I really REALLY don't want to go back. [19:45:50] * Kardos bleeds a trail behind him, but doesn't let it cramp what very little style he has. "It's interesting. I have never been cut by something covered in refuse before. And thank you, Sunmaster." [19:46:10] I, um, never thought I'd get to see an otyugh up close. [19:46:17] Your sentiments are shared, Elijah. [19:46:23] They're rather larger than the stories say. [19:46:48] That was an unusual specimen, I am certain. Apparently it has been eating well in the city. [19:47:26] * Hank looks at Clarissa. "What did you say it was called?" [19:47:54] An otyugh. And now I know approximately why. [19:47:56] Never saw one of those things before... are they always this aggresive? [19:48:13] * Leo mutters and puts his hand on Kardos healing some of those wounds. "Usually they stay away unless hungry." [19:48:15] Considering their normal diet, we must look pretty tasty to them. [19:49:23] Indeed. Why, I even had a dash of mint to liven my flavor. [19:50:00] * Lucy nods. [19:50:19] Well, I'm glad we all made it out, at least [19:50:23] * Kardos nods. [19:50:32] Where are we, now? [19:50:38] That's a good question. [19:50:43] * Clarissa climbs down from Khrosk's arms. [19:50:56] Hopefully inside, or close to it. [19:51:05] Underneath the backstage of the theater. [19:51:31] Splendid. [19:51:39] Excellent. [19:52:26] How did that thing even get into here? [19:52:44] I... I do hope that these things are known. [19:53:29] Yeah, uh, there are at least two basins like that under the city. They all have creatures like that, only they're usually... smaller. And a lot more easy to avoid. [19:53:39] Ah.. [19:54:41] I'm...throughly disgusted. [19:55:04] * Clarissa casts a quick spell and sets about vigorously cleaning herself, piece by piece. [19:55:14] Yeah, well, now you know why the rich people never live on top of one of these pit things. [19:55:17] Well, we're nearly out. And we can probably take a different route on the way back. [19:55:34] Clarissa, could you spare another such spell for our cleric friend, and perhaps for my back? [19:55:49] * Hank looks down, and shakes off his cloak. [19:56:19] * Elijah shakes his head. "Only way out from here is either exiting the theater by the doors in the place. Or making a door. Could do that, I guess." [19:56:59] I'm sure that third option is the best. [19:57:56] Are we not attempting to reach the theater anyway? [19:58:30] * Clarissa is quite distracted by cleaning herself off, and says slowly, "I think... we should wait... and grab him when he's alone." [19:59:34] Khrosk smash skull? [19:59:45] Khrosk good at smashing skulls. ^_^ [20:01:03] * Hank rubs his chin. "It's a good plan, if we can find somewhere to wait." [20:02:06] You're the priest of the trickster, figure something out. [20:02:08] I dunno, Khrosk. Spilling his brains isn't quite the same as spilling his answers. [20:03:08] I usually have a day or so to investigate. Nevertheless, let's see if we can get backstage alone first. [20:04:36] * Kardos nods. [20:06:06] * Hank starts walking. "I'll be back shortly, I'm sure." [20:06:39] * Kardos nods. [20:12:11] Now. There will be no killing until we've got what we came for. [20:12:52] We don't want to be running all over the city trying to find where he hid it. [20:12:57] * Khrosk looks disappointed. [20:13:27] * Leo grunts. "I agree, but I feel like we've done it already." [20:15:19] The hardest part hasn't even happened yet. [20:32:21] THink he'll be alright on his own? [20:33:38] I'm reasonably certain. [20:34:05] The trickster doesn't choose priests for their looks, after all. Style, maybe, but not looks. [20:34:16] * Lucy nods. [20:34:31] Khrosk chose meals on taste. [20:34:34] Well, he should have an interesting story to tell us when he gets back. I love a good story. [20:34:36] * Khrosk grins toothily [20:36:18] * Kardos nods. "A sound policy, Khrosk." [20:36:24] I hope Khrosk isn't choosing Hank for his taste. [20:36:46] I have no idea what you were just trying to say. [20:57:07] He's been gone for a while. How long should we wait before going after him? [20:57:09] Khrosk know what Khrosk was saying. [20:57:09] * Clarissa pulls a small pack of food out of a pocket inside her cloak and eats, while she has a chance. [21:08:13] * Hank opens the door, enters, closes it softly, and waits for a moment. [21:09:02] * Clarissa waits patiently. [21:09:17] * Hank looks up. "I have a pretty good lay of the land, but no good information on where the cloak might be. [21:09:54] Welcome back, Hank. How was your trip? [21:10:22] * Kardos nods. [21:10:27] Business as usual. Ill-maintained doors and stairs. It's much easier stealing from rich people. [21:10:51] * Clarissa nods. [21:11:20] * Elijah is sitting on the stairs, eating away at some rations someone donated to him. [21:11:30] How's an honest footpad supposed to earn a living? 'struth. [21:11:58] * Elijah nods. "Rich peoples never look after their stuff. Don' think they can get robbed." [21:12:06] Well, there's spy work. [21:12:26] Though I suppose some people think it's too political. [21:12:30] So, where's this meeting happening, exactly? [21:13:38] * Hank points to his left, your right (you're facing the door). "Couldn't tell you. I know that way's a creaky stairway. Someone came down hauling something, so that may be it." He points the other direction. "A squeaky door and a set of stairs are in that direction. There's a group of people playing a game on the stairs. Both sets of stairs lead up." [21:14:18] * Lucy nods. [21:14:39] That hauling's probably the best bet, but the squeaky door could be a problem. Anyone got grease? [21:14:48] I seem to have mislaid mine. [21:15:06] * The door up top opens loudly, and you can hear two voices echo down, one of a teenager and the other of an older thug (20ish). "Now, I told Hank and Bert that I'd take the trash out if I lost the bet, but I didn't say I'd do it wearing a fuckin' dress." "So? You lost your bet on the weather today, and THAT means you're wearing a 'fucking dress' too." "Why when I'm done with this, your ass is grass man!" "Bring it. I could use the challen [21:15:07] I've got lamp oil, but I dunno if that'll do [21:16:07] * Clarissa shushes. [21:16:22] * Lucy is shushed [21:17:06] * The stepping proceeds downards torwards you, but there's no actual visibility. *thunk, thunk, thunk* and two steps of footsteps fall. "Hah, you look hilarious. If I just had one of those fancy picture boxes or something." "Oh shut the fuck up." [21:21:44] * Kardos sits still, silent, out of sight, and weapon at the ready. [21:22:23] * Lucy remains by the side, and as hidden as she can [21:23:22] [Around the corner of the stairs come two thugs, one in a very stupid-looking dress, but armed with a rapier. He's younger and is clearly a human youth. The other is half-elven by appearance, and has an Elven Courtblade strapped to his back. For a brief moment they look at the party of assembled adventurers and go... "Holy shit."] [21:23:29] [Session End!] [21:23:56] oooh. eeelves. [21:24:01] ELVES [21:24:03] IT'S DINNERTIME [21:24:06] XD [21:24:11] * Clarissa is now known as NinjaDebugger [21:24:37] * NinjaDebugger is now known as SleepDebugger [21:25:55] * Zegon is now known as Zegone [21:38:10] * Hank (chamelaeon@ip68-229-190-130.om.om.cox.net) Quit (Quit: ) [21:42:29] * Disconnected Session Close: Fri Oct 27 21:42:30 2006