Session Start: Wed Jul 25 16:40:48 2007 Session Ident: #Aeoth [16:40:48] * Now talking in #Aeoth [16:40:48] * Topic is 'Website coming eventually. Keep your pants on. Srsly, keep them on. c.c' [16:40:48] * Set by Zegon on Fri Jun 15 18:25:17 [16:52:04] * GMChuckles (isawa_chuc@ip68-225-143-174.om.om.cox.net) has joined #Aeoth [16:52:26] * GMChuckles is now known as Boonkin [16:58:26] * Zegon (zegond@c-24-15-245-98.hsd1.il.comcast.net) has joined #Aeoth [16:58:37] Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonkie! [16:58:42] * Hank (chamelaeon@ip68-225-175-166.om.om.cox.net) has joined #Aeoth [16:59:35] * NinjaDebugger is now known as Clarissa [16:59:56] * Demota is now known as Lucy [17:14:26] [After a *very* well deserved rest from dealing with incompetent hotel management staff at Festival Lodge in their 'premier' suite, which is really a lesser version of Mord's Mansion, but awesomer, our heroes awake to find sun shining in through their windows. All of them, even though that should technically be impossable.] [17:15:57] [The day is Monday, January 9th, 1222. There are several sights to see in town if you're so interested, and there's even a small pamphlet available if you want to read some of the more touristy attractions.] [17:16:08] [Session start whenever the hell you guys get up.] [17:16:41] * Lucy is up and exercising. [17:18:04] [Room to exercise is there, although it takes a while for the invisible servants to move the furniture out of the way.] [17:19:12] ( INVISIBLE SERVANT ) [17:19:15] * Clarissa comes out of her room, yawns loudly twice, and looks aboot. [17:19:42] (INVISIBLE SERVANT) [17:19:49] ...Lucy, what did you do to the furniture? [17:19:57] Me? Nothing. [17:20:19] SOme of the servants moved stuff to help me have room for a decent workout [17:20:28] Gotta stay in optimal shape! [17:20:30] ...right. Why didn't you just go inside? [17:20:35] ( outside ) [17:20:40] * Hank comes out of his room, scratching his beard. "Mornin'." [17:21:10] Dunno. [17:21:11] Morning! [17:21:52] * Boonkin wakes up, bleary eyed [17:22:21] [Food also appears to have come in before the morning. A well-sized breakfast, but not nearly as awesome as the kind with a higher version of this spell. It's still good, but not awesome enough to feed an army or give morale bonuses.] [17:23:30] * Boonkin gets dressed, whilst somehow juggling a book, a notepad, and a stylus. No, he doesn't know how he did it either. [17:23:34] * Clarissa blinks and wonders aloud, "Who's the short guy?" [17:24:00] He's the guy whose room I accidentally got assigned to [17:24:01] * Hank is gnawing on a loaf of something. Bread, maybe meat. "A misunderstanding." [17:24:16] Boonkiniferous Aluminiumphosphate the Third. It was the minor clash of scheduling betwixt me and the fine young lass over there that caused this change of scenery [17:24:37] You can call me Boonkin [17:24:46] * Boonkin sits down and starts eating [17:25:18] That's a good name, Boonkin. I am Clarissa Natalia Violet Alyssa Cherise Kaitlyn Huntington the Third, Summoner Errant of the Arcane Order. You can call me Clarissa. [17:25:46] * Boonkin blinks [17:25:53] Quite. Pleasure to meet you. [17:26:14] And you. [17:26:19] * Hank swallows. "Told you you'd like her." He reaches for some bacon. [17:26:40] Oh, right, might as well as long as I'm taking the time... [17:27:11] * Boonkin stands up, says a few words in Draconic and gestures to the people in the room. Any extreme of heat or cold you were experiencing seems to fade. [17:28:33] * Hank quirks an eyebrow, looking at Boonkin. [17:28:52] Just a bit of protection from the chill, I figure I might as well be a considerate room mate. [17:29:00] Saves money on those overpriced tacky cloaks [17:29:01] Ooh, thanks! [17:29:04] Standard endure elements, Hank, or I'd have started summoning. [17:29:12] So what do you do, anyway? We wander around and beat up bad stuff. [17:29:13] I wish we'd had you at the last inn. [17:29:14] * Boonkin grins at Clarissa [17:29:16] Next time, warn people first, Boonkin. [17:29:19] Well, there's a quirk or twooo [17:29:51] But yes, basically an endure elements [17:30:12] Well, Madame Lucy, I am a seeker of knowledge. [17:30:28] And a devotee of Hlal [17:31:35] Think Garl Glittergold, but with Dragons instead of Gnomes [17:31:38] * Boonkin smiles [17:32:19] An obscure draconic deity, Lucy. Patron of storytelling and trickery, and brass dragons. [17:32:24] Aah, huh. Interesting. [17:32:51] Sounds like you and I'll get along, too. [17:32:59] * Hank pours himself a cup of coffee and leans back in his chair. [17:33:19] (You may notice now that it's daytime, he has small, sleek scales on his skin, slightly red-tinged) [17:34:01] Well, it's good to see another friendly person! [17:34:19] Oh indubitably, this city is, however, not entirely filled with such [17:34:29] a great deal of underhanded deeds occur in the back allies here [17:34:50] Part of the reason I set up shop here, so to speak. Where there are rogues, there are tomes! [17:35:27] Hm. Underhanded deeds, you say? [17:36:52] Quite, this city is quite the, ah, fence [17:36:59] if you will [17:37:02] * Hank grins. "Now I wonder if that could have anything to do with these." He plops a few small packets on the table. [17:37:19] That reminds me. [17:37:44] * Schneeble (chatzilla@c-24-99-106-107.hsd1.ga.comcast.net) has joined #Aeoth [17:38:04] * Clarissa tosses Hank a small, yellow-glowing globe, and tosses a reddish one to Lucy. [17:38:46] Ah? What's this? [17:38:50] * Lucy catches [17:38:58] Remember those globes you disarmed in the forest, Hank? [17:39:06] I finally got them identified. [17:39:38] * Hank catches it. "Excellent. What've we got?" [17:39:48] Get some mesh netting and hang it from your belt. Reach down and touch it during battle, it will surround you in an aura of the apropriate energy type. [17:40:14] Oh, nice. [17:40:45] Lucy, you've got fire, Hank, you have lightning. [17:45:56] * Hank tosses it about in his hand. "Neat." [17:46:48] Gotcha. [17:49:30] * Hank tucks it away and points at the packets. "Not sure what those are, but the captain of the ship seemed to think they were worth my silence about some bribes." [17:50:35] Really, now. [17:50:41] Open 'em up and let's have a look. [17:51:05] * Hank grabs one that's already been opened. "Powder of some sort. Black." [17:52:13] * Clarissa frowns. [17:56:44] Kinda tingles if you taste it. [17:56:53] * Boonkin blinks [17:56:58] A bit lightheaded [17:57:09] Oh, wow. I wouldn't advise getting near that stuff right about now [17:57:30] It's pretty powerful. [17:59:07] Hmm. I figured, but wanted to make sure. [17:59:18] We can probably get a nice chunk of change for it on the street. [18:00:08] What, for money? [18:00:33] ... or gems, or equipment. Take your pick. [18:00:52] Keep it in reserve. [18:01:08] We may need to pay for a resurrection at some point. [18:01:22] You sure? I don't know if we can fence this stuff just anywhere. [18:01:41] Neither do I. [18:02:01] Ask around, see what you can get for it. [18:02:19] * Hank nods. "I'll get on it tonight." [18:02:44] Don't sell for less than five grand until you have more information, though. [18:03:04] * Hank whistles. "That's a hell of a bribe." [18:03:40] It's probably more than the stuff is worth. [18:03:51] But until we have more information, better safe than deceived. [18:13:28] We need to visit the local Arcane Order branch to look for your gnome, Hank. [18:13:56] From there, we can either visit those ruins in the north, head after that gnome, or join the dungeon crawl here. [18:14:01] Right. [18:14:24] Anything's fine with me [18:14:29] * Boonkin 's eyebrows quirk at the mention of Ruins [18:15:45] Ruins sound like more of a plan to me. I hate competition. [18:17:08] Ruins could be interesting, now that I think about it. More travel is good [18:17:15] Though that gnome could be helpful [18:17:26] I mean, if he knows about the sword, what else might he know? [18:18:04] Cloak, Lucy. [18:18:16] You shouldn't smoke so early in the morning. [18:20:05] Well, we don't know where the gnome IS yet, if anywhere. Let's plan once we know a little more. [18:20:27] Guess so [18:23:55] Right. [18:24:08] Let's go hit the Arcane Order branch. [18:25:11] Sure! [18:25:39] * Hank nods. He heads into his room, and comes back out wrapped in HIS CLOAK, SEE, HERE IS THE CLOAK, and with a weasel sitting on his shoulder. He picks up the packets off the table. "I'll see what I can do in the daylight." [18:27:41] * Boonkin burps and sighs, pushing away from the breakfast table, full. [18:27:48] Anyhow, off to make my daily bread. [18:27:59] Where? [18:28:09] * Boonkin heads to his room, slips into his fitted armor, and tosses a cape over his shoulders. [18:28:29] A novel little place, a facsimile dungeon where commoners fight gladiatorial style [18:28:36] The prizes are rather good if you win [18:28:46] and it's a lot less boring than peddling meat pies [18:29:19] You go it alone? [18:29:29] * Boonkin leathery wing sprout from his back, and fold up under the cloak. [18:29:33] I don't know if I wanna kill people for money and prizes alone. Sounds icky. [18:29:35] Well, normally I'd find some mooks. [18:29:43] Always safety in numbers, you know. [18:30:10] Well, you could always stay at the hotel, Lucy. Try and earn some coin that way. [18:30:10] Come with us, then. [18:30:44] And there are several safety precautions, no one gets irretrievably harmed [18:30:51] Oh? Awesome. [18:30:56] Sounds like fun and a great way to practice, then! [18:31:00] * Hank grins and has another scone-like thing. [18:31:40] Wherever we're going, there's going to be less competition. You seem reasonably competent and conscious of group tactics. We are certainly quite a bit better than random mooks. [18:31:54] And I think Khrosk is considering retirement, after that roc attack. [18:32:07] * Boonkin considers it for a moment [18:32:14] Alright, you seem like an interesting enough group. [18:32:16] * Boonkin nods [18:32:35] Aw. [18:32:49] Don't worry, the dungeon is available most days [18:35:49] * Hank grabs the packets and a piece of fruit and heads out the door. "Meet back here for lunch, then?" [18:36:23] Fine with me. I'll send a message if I can't make it. [18:36:25] That sounds good, I think. [18:37:59] * Boonkin snaps his fingers [18:38:01] Almost forgot! [18:38:51] * Boonkin goes back into his room, and grabs his grimoir and notebook [18:38:58] Never know when you'll need to record something [18:55:49] [Time passes! After everyone has headed out and regrouped in the room (Lucy had a nice talk and smoking session with the hostess), the party gets together to discuss their next course of action at about lunch time. Food is there too.] [18:56:37] * Lucy waves at everyone else, then moves onto food. :D [18:56:54] Ello there [18:57:11] I have good news, and I have bad news. [18:57:13] * Hank sits down to eat. "Hey." [18:57:17] Bad news first. [18:59:35] The bad news is, the last time your gnome was seen, Hank, it was on the Daedra Coast, about ten years ago. [18:59:42] That's a long, LONG way to go to pick up a trail. [19:00:39] * Hank curses into his food. [19:01:00] What's the good? [19:02:06] The good news is, we have a decent quality map to those ruins, and the means to get there. [19:02:53] Looks like fate's pushing us at the ruins. [19:04:17] Yup. No sense taking the long route when we've got the good pickings right in front of us. [19:04:31] * Boonkin nods [19:04:31] Maybe we'll learn something on the way [19:08:35] How long will it probably take us to get tot he ruins? [19:08:44] ... what're those ruins FROM, anyway? [19:09:38] The capitol of a long dead nation. [19:09:41] Some kind of Ancient Tyrannical Empire? A noble but tragic kingdom that fell to traitors from within? [19:10:14] Perhaps the remnants of some long extinct race, a dim memory of their past glory? [19:10:38] Or maybe it used to be underwater, and is the palace of some kind of Sea King. [19:10:52] Fuck Yeah [19:11:54] Could be a large outhouse, you know. [19:12:21] I'd hope for no buried treasure, then [19:12:57] Oh, I'm sure if it were a large outhouse, anything nasty would have attracted a gigantic ooze population that might have formed its own civilization in the ruins of the old one. [19:12:59] Or not. [19:14:01] ... leaning towards not. [19:14:20] Oozes are unintelligent by nature. [19:15:26] Not if they eat the right magic stuff from a ruined palace of a Sea King. [19:15:45] Lucy, I thought we agreed we were going to SELL the packets, not USE them. [19:15:58] ...you were with me all day, I know you haven't been smoking anything. [19:16:15] Nah, of course not. [19:16:22] Are you a closet alchemist? [19:16:43] gotta disapear for 15mins [19:16:48] * Boonkin is now known as BoonAFKin [19:17:26] (Apparently Boonkin can become invisible *shrug* <.< >.>) [19:21:26] Who, me? [19:21:44] You've been huffing SOMEthing, clearly. [19:22:01] Naw [19:25:29] * Clarissa tries so very hard not to think about it. [19:38:44] * BoonAFKin is now known as Boonkin [19:38:51] * Boonkin reappears like magick [19:39:31] (No, not really.) [19:39:44] (He's just a gnome, that's it.) [19:51:32] The powder, Hank? [19:52:11] Hallucinogen called Clarity. Really nasty stuff. We should probably get rid of it, but the best offer I found was 4k. [19:52:38] * Lucy blinks. [19:52:53] How nasty? If it's bad enough, we ought to turn it in or destroy it. [19:53:12] It's not likely to kill anybody? [19:53:31] It's pretty addictive, but I doubt it'll kill you outright. Who knows what they add to the pure stuff on the streets, though. [19:53:46] * Clarissa nods. "Take the four thousand." [19:54:57] Got it. I'll do it on the way out of town. No sense taking chances. [19:56:14] I dunno... [19:56:18] I'm not sure I like this. [19:56:44] Well, let's compromise. [19:56:46] You don't have to spend any of the money. [19:59:01] Okay? [19:59:24] * Clarissa suppresses a snicker. Barely. [19:59:31] Sounds good to me. [20:00:13] Alright, lemme rephrase. I don't like this. [20:00:18] * Boonkin scratches his ear, and takes a bite of pie [20:00:50] I just don't wanna see anyone ruined by it [20:01:08] Anyone who gets this is likely to already be ruined, you know. Or soon to be ruined. [20:01:15] And they deserve it. [20:02:22] Look, we turn it into the police or something, and you can take the next six thousand out of my share of the treasure. [20:02:55] * Hank turns to look at Lucy. He scratches his beard. "... you're serious?" [20:04:31] Yep. Back home, we tolerate lots of stuff, but not this kind. [20:05:39] * Hank shrugs and tosses the packets to Lucy. "Good luck explaining how you got it in the first place. And you'd better not back out of this." [20:09:17] * Lucy catches it and puts it away with distaste. [20:10:25] Or you could just burn it here and now. [20:11:10] Burning it is a bad idea. Dump it in the river, or anything else relatively safe. [20:11:51] Hm. Maybe. Not in any drinking water, though [20:11:56] When this enchantments wears off, what happens to those things within it's space? [20:12:03] * Boonkin gestures to the room [20:12:23] You don't want to know. [20:12:28] I'd love to turn it into the police if I could figure out how to explain it. Maybe just outright tell them the truth and hope they believe me. [20:12:41] * Clarissa looks at Lucy like she just grew a third head. [20:12:54] I can't possibly have heard you correctly. [20:13:44] * Clarissa holds out her hands. "Lucy, give me the drugs." [20:14:02] What'll you do with it? [20:14:15] I'll destroy them. [20:15:29] Would you like me to render them useless? [20:15:43] Oh, excellent. [20:15:43] No fire, Boonkin. [20:15:45] * Lucy hands them over [20:15:49] C'mon, Lucy, you can trust Clarissa. [20:16:02] Not fire [20:16:15] I'm not stupid [20:16:17] * Boonkin looks cross [20:16:17] * Clarissa takes the bags and sketches a quick pentagram on the floor with the bottom of her staff. [20:17:25] * Clarissa says softly, "In my own name, *mumblemumble*, I summon the elements to my service." [20:18:11] * The pentagram lights up a deep green, and a vaguely humanoid shape composed entirely of water rises up in the center. [20:18:20] * Clarissa tosses in the bags. [20:18:39] * Clarissa raises her staff, slams it down on the floor, and banishes the elemental. [20:18:46] Thanks. [20:22:23] All's well that ends well [20:30:55] * Clarissa is now known as NinjaDebugger [20:31:04] [Session End![ [20:31:15] * Lucy is now known as Demota [20:33:53] * Hank (chamelaeon@ip68-225-175-166.om.om.cox.net) Quit (Quit: ) [20:34:28] * Boonkin is now known as IsawaChuckles [20:36:35] * IsawaChuckles (isawa_chuc@ip68-225-143-174.om.om.cox.net) Quit (Quit: ) [20:36:47] * NinjaDebugger is now known as SleepDebugger [20:37:53] * Schneeble (chatzilla@c-24-99-106-107.hsd1.ga.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.78.1 [Firefox 2.0.0.5/2007071317]) Session Close: Thu Jul 26 00:00:00 2007