Session Start: Fri Jul 28 18:18:23 2006
Session Ident: #Aeoth
[18:18:23] * Now talking in #Aeoth
[18:49:30] * Robin is now known as Kardos
[19:05:38] <Zegon> Okay, well, I'm going to have to start SOMETHING.
[19:05:55] <Zegon> People IC, which is good.
[19:09:18] <Zegon> Okay, ready to do some stupid shit and probably get you guys killed!
[19:09:36] <Zegon> Actually, I'm not, but that's never stopped me before.  It has?  Shut up!
[19:09:37] <Clarissa> Yep!
[19:10:46] <Kardos> XD
[19:10:50] <Kardos> Go, Zeg, Go!
[19:17:41] <Zegon> [You guys are SO dead.]
[19:19:36] <Zegon> [Anyways, when we last left our adventurers, they had 'surrendered' (and thus given exp) to a charmed orc friend so he could take them to his camp where, presumably, Biggs is being held.  It is, I'd suppose, their idea to go in, get Biggs or some evidence thereof, and get out with said evidence WITHOUT becoming target practice for their archers OR practice dummies for their warriors.]
[19:22:08] <Zegon> [Being a good sport about it, Khrosk is cheerfully leading you guys through the forest, almost expecting everyone to take you in as 'friendly slaves' and being a superpowerful orc warrior.  The elven Ranger, Huthar, went ahead of you guys and hasn't been seen since.]
[19:26:06] <Zegon> [It's a bit after midday, about two or three hours, before you start approaching any sembelance of civilization.  For the most part you've been going southwest, which would make sense as it'd place the Orcish settlement on the edge of the forest.]
[19:26:28] <Zegon> [You guys have a while to talk before you enter 'No turning back' territory.]
[19:26:31] <Zegon> [Session Start!]
[19:27:25] <Kardos> So, why are we allowing ourselves to be prisoners of orcs, again?
[19:27:36] <Lucy> So we can understand each other.
[19:27:43] * Clarissa shushes Kardos.
[19:27:52] * Kardos sighs. "Yes. Of course."
[19:27:55] <Garret> Because Khrosk defeated us.
[19:28:09] * Kardos rubs his face.
[19:28:34] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Khrosk STRONG!
[19:30:23] <Kardos> Yes, quite. 
[19:30:32] <Lucy> You're the man.
[19:30:35] <Clarissa> Orc.
[19:30:38] <Garret> The orc man.
[19:30:40] <Lucy> Orcman.
[19:30:45] <Garret> Yes.  Very good.
[19:33:43] * Clarissa drops back beside Kardos and whispers, "To get near the camp."
[19:34:24] * Kardos frowns, is silent a moment, then nods.
[19:35:21] <Clarissa> How much further, Krosk?
[19:35:46] <Zegon> Not much further!
[19:35:53] <Garret> (Khrosk said that.)
[19:35:59] <Kardos> ( Oh, shit! It's Zegon Destructacon! )
[19:36:06] <Zegon> (err, yeah.)
[19:36:11] <Kardos> ( *dives for cover* XD )
[19:36:33] <Zegon> <Khrosk> You like Khrosk home.  Good place.  Plenty of ale and meat!
[19:37:02] <Kardos> Ale and meat? ...Doesn't sound bad, actually. 
[19:39:54] <Clarissa> So how much do you get paid for this whole caravan bandit thing, Krosk?
[19:41:03] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Um...  *counts on his fingers.* Not much.  Me still very new.  You make Khrosk get lots of money though!
[19:41:12] <Lucy> We sure will.
[19:41:27] <Clarissa> I guarantee it, Krosk.
[19:41:38] <Clarissa> You guys only raid the small caravans, right?  Easy targets?
[19:41:58] * Kardos lets the people with guile do their work.
[19:43:05] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Yes, but boss wanted to raid big caravan this time.  Very weird.  Say we moving up or something!
[19:43:32] * Clarissa snorts. "Yeah, and look how well -that- turned out. And even if you -had- succeeded, you'd have got so little that it wouldn't be worth it."
[19:44:01] <Clarissa> Your boss had the right idea, but he's got no head for tactics.
[19:47:31] * Kardos arches an eyebrow at Clarissa.
[19:47:47] * Garret just smirks.
[19:47:58] * Clarissa rides up next to Khrosk.
[19:48:34] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Boss always kinda stupid.  But at least he listen to shamans.  Sometimes.
[19:48:46] <Lucy> What do the shamans do?
[19:49:55] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Shaman stuff!  Like cast spells...  like Frost Shock!
[19:50:07] * Kardos blinks.
[19:50:18] <Clarissa> Riiiiiiiight.
[19:50:38] <Clarissa> That is -so- suboptimal.
[19:51:45] <Clarissa> So tell me, why are you actually going back to these guys?
[19:52:07] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Meat and ale!
[19:52:29] <Clarissa> Is that -all- you want?
[19:52:37] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Shinies too.
[19:52:39] <Lucy> I think he said something about gold
[19:53:05] <Clarissa> Okay, Krosk.  How much gold do you normally get from a good raid?
[19:55:20] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Um...  This much?
[19:55:41] <Zegon> * Khrosk pulls out a one-pound gold bar.  Market value: 50 gold pieces.
[19:55:47] * Clarissa laughs.
[19:55:49] <Clarissa> That's it?
[19:56:20] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Until Khrosk get better!
[19:56:34] <Clarissa> Krosk, from fighting you guys -twice-, we got more than twenty of those.  Each.
[19:57:01] * Garret eyes the bar, appraising it. "Yup."
[19:58:58] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Of course!  You fight stronger orcs!
[19:59:20] <Clarissa> We also fight in smaller groups.
[19:59:33] <Clarissa> So we're more powerful than you, AND better equipped than you.
[19:59:42] <Clarissa> So why aren't you on -our- side?
[19:59:54] <Zegon> <Khrosk> ...  Khrosk not get memmo?
[20:01:27] <Clarissa> Get with the program, Krosk.  Come with me.  You be my bodyguard, you'll be safer, I'll equip you properly, pay you more than you could get as a leader in this little bandit gang, AND you'll have all the meat and ale you can take.
[20:02:37] <Garret> Plus, she's a pretty girl on a horse.
[20:02:39] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Okay, but what program Khrosk get with?
[20:02:39] <Garret> Hard to say no to that.
[20:02:52] <Clarissa> My program, Krosk.
[20:03:11] <Clarissa> Come with me, do the adventurer thing.  It pays better, it's safer, and it's more profitable.
[20:04:11] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Village always say Khrosk special. ^^
[20:04:28] <Clarissa> You are special.  If you weren't, I wouldn't be making you this offer.
[20:04:47] <Clarissa> It's time to move up in the world, and adventurers are higher ont eh food chain than bandits.
[20:05:44] <Zegon> <Khrosk> ...  You eat bandits?
[20:05:52] * Garret snickers.
[20:06:23] <Clarissa> We kill them and take their stuff.  That's pretty much the same thing.
[20:07:37] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Not really.  Bandits taste funny unless cook just right.
[20:08:14] <Clarissa> ...right.  So it's not the same thing, but the point stands.  Bandits prey on caravans, adventurers prey on bandits.
[20:08:21] <Clarissa> That means being an adventurer is better than being a bandit.
[20:08:45] <Kardos> Just as being an eagle is better than being a rabbit.
[20:08:51] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Do caravans prey on adventurers?
[20:09:00] <Clarissa> No, they hire us as protection.
[20:09:19] <Lucy> Adventurers get money from caravans... so I guess from that point of view, adventurers prey on caravans too.
[20:10:38] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Khrosk adventurer then!
[20:11:11] <Clarissa> So you're gonna join up with us?
[20:13:54] <Zegon> * Khrosk nods.
[20:14:40] <Clarissa> Great!  Perfect.  That makes everything a lot easier.
[20:14:45] <Garret> Don't tell the other orcs.
[20:14:48] <Garret> They'd probably get angry.
[20:15:07] <Clarissa> Yeah, see... the first thing we gotta do is get a guy out of the bandit camp.
[20:19:33] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Oh?  What guy?
[20:21:26] <Clarissa> The guy's name is Biggs.
[20:21:44] <Clarissa> He led the riders from that last caravan.
[20:21:48] * Garret nods.
[20:22:50] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Khrosk also need new name!  Khrosk not good enough, need Khrosk the Destroyer, or Khrosk the Raider!
[20:23:25] <Clarissa> How about Khrosk the Intelligent?
[20:23:57] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Intellegent not spark fear and terror in enemies.
[20:24:05] <Garret> It *should*.
[20:24:09] <Clarissa> It definitely should.
[20:24:19] <Clarissa> But if that won't do, we'll call you Krosk the Unbreakable.
[20:24:27] <Kardos> 'Crusher Krosk'?
[20:24:30] <Lucy> But it doesn't. No need to pick a name right now, though. Don't wanna settle on something too fast.
[20:24:38] <Lucy> Khrosk the Crusher sounds good, though.
[20:24:43] <Garret> ... Crusher Khrosk the Unbreakable.  I kind of like it.
[20:24:51] <Clarissa> Nonsense.  If he comes up with a better name later, he can always add it on.
[20:24:57] <Clarissa> The longer a name is, the better it is.
[20:25:10] <Lucy> Like yours?
[20:25:11] * Garret grins a little. "Like yours, huh Clarissa?"
[20:25:17] <Clarissa> My name is a -very- good name.
[20:25:21] * Kardos smirks. "Is that so?"
[20:25:31] <Garret> I've never heard one quite like it before, honestly.
[20:25:42] <Clarissa> That's because nobody is quite like me.
[20:28:28] <Garret> You can't be more right.
[20:28:30] <Zegon> <Khrosk> KRUSHER KHROSK THE UNBREAKABLE!
[20:28:44] <Clarissa> An excellent name.
[20:28:56] <Garret> I can *hear* the K's.
[20:29:11] <Kardos> I can feel them in my innards. An excellent effect. 
[20:29:18] <Clarissa> That's because there are an awful lot of them.
[20:30:53] <Clarissa> Unfortunately, getting you properly equipped will have to wait until we get to a proper city... or until we're forced to ransack this bandit camp.
[20:35:35] <Zegon> <Khrosk>  Khrosk could buy humanfriend without trouble?
[20:35:51] * Garret looks interested. "Really?"
[20:37:19] <Lucy> Ooh.
[20:37:26] <Lucy> THat'd be awesome. How much?
[20:37:57] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Khrosk don't know.  Depends on how handsome and strong and young.
[20:38:15] <Garret> Not very, kind of, and nope.
[20:38:21] <Lucy> What's handsome got to do with the price?
[20:38:35] * Garret looks at Lucy.
[20:38:39] <Garret> If you have to ask, you don't want to know.
[20:38:47] <Lucy> Just wanted to confirm.
[20:39:29] <Clarissa> He's probably pretty ugly, for an orc.
[20:43:42] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Your friend an orc?
[20:44:14] <Clarissa> No.
[20:45:25] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Then must be more handsome than orc.  Orcs ugly.  We know this.
[20:46:01] <Clarissa> Aha.
[20:46:42] * Disconnected
[20:46:50] * Attempting to rejoin channel #Aeoth
[20:46:51] * Rejoined channel #Aeoth
[20:46:57] * Dicething is now known as Lucy
[20:48:28] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Um...  If alive?  Uh...
[20:50:02] <Zegon> <Khrosk> Ten of these?  *points at his gold bar*  Maybe Khrosk can just steal though...
[20:51:15] * Clarissa reaches into her pack and pulls out a shining breastplate. "Take this. Steal him if you can, otherwise, offer this."
[20:52:10] <Zegon> * Khrosk takes the shield and grins.  "Shiny!  Definetly enough, yes!"
[20:52:53] <Zegon> (err, s/shield/breastplate)
[20:57:17] <Lucy> Excellent.
[21:17:49] <Zegon> [At about this time the orc encampment comes into view.  It's, well...  It's very orc.  Tents and stuff all over the place, and wolves and horses and, well, yeah.  The smell of meat and ale is pretty obvious, but it's definetly something you couldn't take on if they came after you.  We're talking a population who could support a fighter population of at least 200 combat capable people.]
[21:19:16] <Zegon> [It's mostly placed between the plains and the forest, with half of the encampment on each side.  Nobody has clearly seen you guys yet, so...  I'll end it here.  Session end!]
[21:20:52] * Clarissa is now known as NinjaDebugger
[21:21:04] * NinjaDebugger is now known as SleepDebugger
[21:21:33] * Garret (ardweden@c-24-15-245-98.hsd1.il.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: Less windows!)
[21:23:41] * Zegon (zegon@c-24-15-245-98.hsd1.il.comcast.net) has left #Aeoth
[21:25:02] * Disconnected
Session Close: Fri Jul 28 21:25:05 2006