Session Start: Fri Mar 16 18:22:17 2007 Session Ident: #Aeoth [18:22:17] * Now talking in #Aeoth [18:22:17] * Topic is 'Website coming eventually. Keep your pants on. Srsly, keep them on. c.c' [18:22:17] * Set by Zegon on Fri Feb 09 18:28:48 [18:33:30] Cham, hop into #AeothOOC? [18:34:42] * NinjaDebugger is now known as Clarissa [18:36:05] * Zegon rubs his head. Well, don't know how you're going to go about this next part, so... Well, one way to find out. [18:43:00] [Again, we come to our heroes on the 20th of August in the wild elf village. Dara and Clarissa were off talking for a while, but they seem to be coming back about now as the sun seems ready to begin its descent over the tree tops. The sound of nocturnal creatures begins to pick up (in particular, insects), as they prepare for the night. Hank managed to find Leo, only to lose him again to some kids...] [18:44:08] [who apparently needed the much-needed help of a healer to patch up a boo-boo. For whatever reason, the adventuers are hanging out or approaching a small stable as a central meeting point. There's the passed-out swordsage still. Let's see what they decide to do!] [18:44:12] [Session start!] [18:46:32] * Hank rubs his head. "So how close are we to finishing up this laundry list?" [18:46:53] One thing left. [18:46:54] Not too far away, I think [18:47:22] Too bad that one thing is probably going to be really hard. [18:47:31] Great. [18:47:35] * Kardos frowns. "Laundry list?" [18:48:05] The tasks set us by the fey. [18:48:31] * Darsavfrahraek Vorelhaurach, aka Dara, hasn't left Clarissa's side yet from their earlier discussion. "What are you looking to find for your last deed? It can't be that hard to find if enough people look." [18:49:25] * Lucy frowns. "A child ghost." [18:51:05] Ah. I did not know the fey had us looking for lau-- oh, is it a metaphor? [18:51:15] Yeah. [18:51:20] Something like that. [18:51:21] Though I don't really get it myself. [18:51:29] I mean, I don't make a list of all my laundry, ya know? [18:51:36] I can't imagine anyone who would. [18:51:50] If you've got a closet like nobles do, you'd need to. [18:51:58] Except maybe a devil. They're all orderly and paranoid that their neighbors might steal their stuff just to be dicks [18:52:01] Oh, them too [18:52:22] Ghost? Huh... I don't know of any ghosts, I'm sorry. At least, none around here. [18:52:37] Exactly. [18:53:03] If Leo wasn't off doing random minor good deeds, he could be here on a line to Pelor, finding us some undead. [18:54:04] When Alcinoe is finished with her meditation, I'm sure she could put some time aside for you if I asked her nicely. [18:54:27] What's she good at? [18:55:01] * Kardos looks confused at Lucy's comment, but this is nothing new. [18:55:51] Even though she's technically a cleric, she looks more like a paladin if you ask me. Still, if you need a holy person to find some spirits, she could probably help. [18:56:11] * Lucy nods. "Sounds good." [18:57:09] Push comes to shove, we could go find a naughty kid and make one. [18:57:22] But, I'll be honest, I don't know how she would help. [18:57:51] I hope that's in jest. [18:58:08] As do I. [18:58:10] * Hank grins. "Of course it is." [18:58:37] We could ask the locals, perhaps, if there are any well-known hauntings locally. [18:58:46] * Lucy nods [18:59:55] That could be more fruitful, but be careful when seperating what's fact from fiction. [19:00:39] Indeed. A 'ghost' could be a diseased gibberling. [19:02:07] A gibberling doesn't need a spark to go to its final reward. [19:02:17] Unless the spark happens to be a lightning bolt. [19:03:01] * Kardos nods. [19:03:01] The spark bit is what confuses me. It's like.. the vaguest word there. [19:04:05] The words used in metaphysics are vague out of necessity. [19:04:19] Why's it necessary? [19:04:20] Spark, spark... Well, that could be fire, or it could be a lightning bolt, or it could be some form of light. Or it could be life, even. [19:04:42] Primarily because mortals such as our humble selves do not have the means of directly observing what is discussed within. [19:05:07] I have heard the term 'spark' used to describe the spirit of an outsider, that which makes it the exemplar it is. [19:05:21] * Clarissa laughs up. [19:05:30] ( cracks up, even ) [19:05:32] Uh... huh. [19:06:03] * Clarissa doubles over, holding her gut in pain, she's laughing so hard. [19:06:10] ... man, some days I'm glad I'm not a wizard. [19:07:03] Uh... huh. [19:07:33] Weird [19:07:42] K-k-kardos, HAHAHAHA you need to joke more often. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA [19:07:46] Are you well, Clarissa? [19:08:22] * Clarissa tries to get control of herself, but every time she calms down for a moment, she visibly repeats the words in her head, and snorts into more laughter. [19:08:51] Well, so long as Clarissa's happy, things're fine. [19:09:00] * Hank pats Clarissa on the back. "Breathe, kiddo." [19:09:43] * Clarissa quiets herself down to a stuttered giggle. [19:10:45] You don't wanna get hiccups later [19:10:51] So. We're waitin' for the cleric? [19:10:59] Or, the term spark can just be used for something to confuse you. [19:11:36] These *are* the fae you mentioned, correct? [19:12:03] Yeah. I'm pretty sure it's just a riddle. [19:12:05] Like finding you. [19:12:09] Yeah... [19:12:17] We thought you were a dragon or something. [19:12:24] True. It could simply refer to any sort of impetus. [19:13:22] * Clarissa giggles. [19:14:38] I'm hoping the kid's friendly. But not like, too friendly. Like those ghosts you hear about that play a ton of tricks on people. [19:14:50] And they just think everyone's having a wonderful time [19:17:37] Well, yes. [19:19:55] We're not waiting for Leo. [19:20:12] If he wants to go off chasing minor good deeds while doing a large good deed, that's between him and Pelor. [19:20:17] We can manage without him. [19:20:53] Poltergeisting is a tricky thing to avoid. If I were a ghost, espically as a kid, I would have loved to play pranks on people with that. [19:21:35] Oh yeah. [19:23:42] * Clarissa shakes her head to clear it. [19:23:44] Okay. [19:24:08] First off, we need to talk to this Alcinoe person. The next best thing to a diviner is a line to a deity. [19:25:54] [As Clarissa says that, this Alcinoe feller comes walking down the way looking for her companions, finding Dara talking to this band of human adventurers. And Khrosk. KHROSK SMASH, but not here. [19:25:56] ] [19:26:19] That her? [19:27:24] * Alcinoe looks much like a paladin of Heironeous. Big thunder-bolt gripping hand, full plate, longsword, shield, bigass horse... yeah. And red hair w/ the ears that mark her as a half-elf. [19:28:15] Yup. That's her. [19:28:16] * Clarissa looks at Dara disbelievingly. "You -sure- she's not a paladin?" [19:28:34] Ooh. Excellent timing. [19:28:48] Yeah, but don't tell her I said that. [19:28:53] * Lucy just plain walks up to her, arm waving. "Hi there!" [19:29:19] * Alcinoe finally reaches the group and waves. "Howdy. What'cha doin' with these folk, Dara?" [19:30:30] Just talking magic. Look, they're in a little trouble and I'm wondering if you could, you know... help them out a little. What do you think? They need to find a ghost of some kind. [19:31:15] After that, we're finally supposed to be able to talk to some fae we're trying to find. Assuming this isn't some kind of prank. [19:32:55] Which it could. [19:33:26] * Alcinoe scratches her head. "Uh, sure, but ah don' know how I'm gonna do that." She regards the group. "What do ya need ta find a ghost fer again?" [19:33:51] Supposed to send the ghost to a "final reward". Their wording. [19:35:56] * Clarissa sighs. [19:36:23] We have to find a child ghost and send it to its final reward, in order to gain entrance to the fey courts. [19:36:31] * Kardos tilts his head at Alcinoe. [19:37:38] How do ya suppose Ah'm gonna do that? Ah ain't no diviner or somethin', an' Ah don't know any legends or somethin'. [19:38:09] Well, we were kinda hoping you could maybe ask someone who might know... [19:43:06] * Hank strokes his beard a little. [19:43:25] Hm. you know, ghosts don't have to be like... undead. [19:43:47] Yah, but... Ah can't really ya know, just ask a random question out there. [19:43:49] * Kardos blinks and turns to Lucy. "Come again?" [19:43:50] Yeah, I was having the same thought. [19:43:50] I think they tripped us up on another one of those fancy words. [19:44:50] Oh, that's right. Can't a ghost be someone who just isn't noticed? [19:45:21] Or someone who used to be a lot more. you know, "ghost of their former self" or something like that? [19:45:33] Boy, this sure turned complicated. [19:45:45] * Kardos blinks, then gets a look on his face as though something someone had once said to him were now explained. [19:47:17] Or a ghost of an idea. [19:47:59] Kardos? [19:48:03] * Khrosk shrugs. "Khrosk remember ghost in village who not really ghost. Just really good at sneaking." [19:48:17] Ooh, that too [19:49:42] So, ah... What do ya want now? [19:49:54] Hm? [19:50:54] You got this really thoughtful look on your face. [19:51:39] Oh. Something that was said here brought light to something that was said to me some time ago. That is all. [19:52:18] Wanna talk about it? [19:52:37] * Kardos shakes his head. "It is unimportant." [19:53:22] * Clarissa marches over and looks right up at Alcinoe. "Since nobody else will say it, we're trying to figure out what in the world the fey mean for us to do, and we'd like to know if any gods happen to have some input on the matter." [19:53:26] * Khrosk yawns. "Khrosk bored. Find ghost, give spark,.." [19:55:19] Ah might be able ta help there. Ah need ta rest for the night, though, ta prepare th'spells. [19:55:29] Maybe a spark is like... I dunno. Some kind of idea. Like when some wizard realizes "Hey, maybe crossing the streams isn't so bad after all" or whatever. Strokes of genius and the like. [19:55:49] * Clarissa nods. "We're fine with that. Thank you." [19:55:59] * Kardos nods. [19:56:50] No problem in waiting [19:57:00] More time to take in the sights. This is a beautiful place [19:57:04] [The sun has been dipping below the horizon for a while now, and by this point some lights are showing in the village, but other than that you'll only see by the moonlight in a matter of minutes.] [19:58:37] * Khrosk flexes. "Khrosk smash stuff now?" [19:59:07] Maybe tomorrow... it's kinda late. [19:59:56] I don't think the chances are good that there are going to be bad guys to smash in the hours before we have to turn in. [20:00:14] Right. [20:00:16] I'm going to bed. [20:00:19] * Clarissa looks -really- tired. [20:00:20] * Dara smiles to Clarissa. "I'm glad we could help you on your quest. I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for." [20:01:30] Good night to you all. I wish you luck, and may the light of Bahamut guide you. [20:01:39] Good night, Dara. SLeep well [20:01:56] * Kardos nods. "Pleasant dreams, Dara." [20:02:04] Ah should be goin' too if ya want this done early in the mornin'. See ya t'morrow. [20:02:28] * Alcinoe and Dara walk off, but nt holding hands or really in the same direction. Just at the same time because the GM is lazy. [20:04:29] * Hank looks around. "We gonna get some shut eye or keep hunting?" [20:04:34] Yeah, sounds good. [20:04:36] ...Hank, does this town have a palce we can stay? [20:04:49] Well, there's always Big Bird's. [20:05:07] ...no. Campground? [20:05:35] * Hank smirks. "Sure. Just thataway." He points. [20:05:58] thank you [20:06:02] * Clarissa trudges off in that direction. [20:06:10] Looks like we're sleeping under the stars tonight, Kardos. [20:06:30] That is well. [20:06:30] * Hank folloes. [20:06:54] * Lucy goes to sleep [20:07:27] * Kardos waits until he finds a nice spot at the campground before going to sleep. [20:08:47] * Lucy sleeps easily pretty much anywhere [20:11:05] * Clarissa flips out her cloak into a tent as soon as she gets to a halfway decent spot, crawls inside, and is asleep almost before her head hits her pillow. [20:12:01] * Hank finds a place sans rocks, grumbles a bit, and zonks out. [20:17:40] [The morning comes around! Will our adventurers just exchange one riddle for another in this exchange, or might they actually get a *straight* answer for once? Well, one way to find out. [20:17:42] ] [20:18:50] [The morning is clear, and you all slept well durring the night. Presumably, you got up early enough and found Alci at a pre-designated meeting spot near the closest thing this village has to a guard house. It's more like a 'guard tree', though.] [20:19:02] [Dara isn't there, Alcinoe can probably explain why.] [20:19:14] Morning! [20:21:21] * Clarissa waves a little to Alci. [20:21:31] * Kardos bows his head to Alcinoe in greeting. [20:22:35] * Alcinoe waves to Clarissa and Kardos. "Mornin'. Ya ready? Ah need to know what exactly tha question ya want to ask is." [20:23:06] (Oh, and Lucy too. :D) [20:23:13] ( I was about to bring that up. D: ) [20:23:20] ( She doesn't have to Hank, either. >:( ) [20:23:47] Clarissa, you're good at this [20:24:38] No I'm not. [20:24:42] * Kardos leans over to Lucy and asks her quietly, "I'm terribly sorry to be a bother, Lucy, but could you translate for me?" [20:25:20] * Lucy replies quietly. "Whatever you need. What do you need?" [20:25:35] We need to know where to go to find this child ghost we're supposed to send to its final reward. [20:26:05] * Kardos asks quietly, "I cannot understand the lady knight's manner of speech." [20:27:31] Ah. She says: "Morning. Are you ready? I need to know what, exactly, the question you want to ask is." [20:28:18] * Kardos considers this. [20:29:46] Thank you, Lucy. [20:31:57] Ah don't know if that'll give ya a good answer. But Ah can try that if ya want. [20:32:25] We don't need the answer to the riddle. We just need to be pointed in the right direction. [20:33:11] If ya say so. Ah need 'bout ten minutes or so. [20:33:25] * Lucy nods. "Anything we can do to help you out?" [20:36:15] * Alcinoe shakes her head as she takes a spare shield out of her backpack and starts lighting some incence. [20:38:35] * After about 8 or so minutes of Alcinoe meditating in this sense, she speaks in a perfect Common tongue. "Heironeous. How may these adventurers fare well on their quest to seek the ghost of a child?" [20:44:22] [After another minute passes, a deep voice can be heard from around Alcinoe. "A friend of the forest hare speaks to the ghost you seek."] [20:48:25] * Alcinoe comes out of her meditation a moment later, the shield having vanished in her trance. "There ya go. Ah hope that helped?" [20:50:45] In theory. [20:50:56] If we can figure out what exactly the friend of the forest hare is. [20:52:18] Why don't we just ask her? [20:52:28] Ah don't know who you're talking about. [20:52:57] Exactly. [20:53:04] There's this little girl around here, Spring Rabbit... we helped save her from some trolls. [20:53:18] Sounds like a lead to me. [20:55:04] Think she's awake already? [20:55:17] No telling. [20:56:53] * Lucy wanders off in that direction. "Let's go." [20:57:07] * Kardos nods and follows. [20:58:05] Ah ha. Well, see ya then. [20:58:20] * Clarissa waves. "Thanks for your help." [20:58:20] Thanks so much for this, Alcinoe! [20:59:52] Ah, no problem. *she walks off* [21:01:06] [And off they go to talk to Spring Rabbit for some quick discussion about, uh... something.] [21:01:12] [Session End!] [21:01:16] * Clarissa is now known as NinjaDebugger [21:05:45] * NinjaDebugger is now known as SleepDebugger [21:07:27] * Zegon (zegond@c-24-15-245-98.hsd1.il.comcast.net) has left #Aeoth [21:16:07] * Disconnected Session Close: Fri Mar 16 21:16:07 2007