Start of #Dragonstar buffer: Thu Jun 05 21:42:21 2008 [20:08:33] [Last time, on Dragonstar, our heroes made planetfall. They were tasked with finding a merchant, whose shipments did not reach the station they were trying to get repairs at.] [20:08:44] * Mandoric is now known as Zhou-ning [20:09:22] Okay, guys! Let's go find that merchant! The one whose shipments did not reach the station I banged up when we left! [20:09:56] Okay. [20:10:03] Which way? [20:10:05] * Xivilai powerposes. [20:10:08] Which way? [20:10:13] [They decided to rent a van and head towards a small settlement where he was supposed to have delivered his goods.] [20:10:18] Man, I dunno. I figured one of you guys would pay attention. [20:10:21] [Jadel volunteered to drive before Xiv could] [20:10:31] * Jadel drives, glad he's driving instead of Xiv. [20:10:45] * Xivilai sighs, sad she isn't able to drive. [20:11:20] * Hex rides, quietly watching the scenery. [20:12:40] [After a few hours of driving through mountains, you see someone standing by the road...] [20:12:45] [Session Start] [20:13:39] Is that the merchant? *points* [20:13:40] [20:13:45] *glances [20:13:55] ( Er, hang on a second. To #Dice) [20:14:18] * Conil is now known as Naddross [20:14:40] We can find out! [20:15:53] * Hex tilts his head curiously. [20:17:07] * Jadel stops the van close enough for the others to ask. [20:17:53] * Zhou-ning slouches back in a window seat, watching the apparent hitchhiker, a hat pulled down over his face to block the brightest of the daylight. [20:18:01] * Naddross has brown hair, blue eyes, and stands at about 6 feet with a light build. He's wearing a casual clothes, long-sleeve shirt and jeans, and a backpack with a rather long black case sticking out of it, over his shoulder. [20:18:51] * Hex opens a window. He's a young boy with blue hair and eyes, wearing a cape of similar color that wraps wholey around him. "Hello, traveller. Are you the merchant late to the station?" [20:19:59] * Naddross is also wearing some glasses, that appear to be very made, and have small text running across the lenses. "...No?" He says dubiously, stopping and turning around to face the van. [20:20:25] *very well made [20:21:48] Oh. Sorry for bothering you, then. Have you seen him? [20:23:04] * Naddross looks vague on that. "Well... No..." He looks around the barren terrain, and then back to the van. "...Can I have a lift?" He asks hopefully. [20:24:44] * Hex looks back in. "The gentleman who is not Douven Staul desires transportation. Can we assist him?" [20:26:52] * Naddross loiters around, watching the van. He's armed, to note, with a pistol in a holster strapped to his upper right leg, and that case of his probably doesn't carry cookies. [20:26:56] Yes we can! [20:27:21] * Jadel looks over at the kid. He, himself, is a winged elf of moderate height and somewhat handsome features. Notably are the rainbow-feathered wings. He's dressed in pretty normal clothing as well, and is unique among the party in that he's *not* armed. "Who are you?" [20:28:02] * Hex isn't armed, either. But Jadel is unique amongst the adult population of the party. [20:28:12] * Xivilai pops her window and leans out. She's an uncannily pretty elf girl with fiery red hair and dazzling green eyes. She also seems rather intelligent until she opens her mouth. "Come on in, stranger we've never met before until just now out in the middle of nowhere!" She seems genuine about it. [20:28:52] Hold on Xiv. Let him answer the question first. [20:29:01] * Naddross looks to Jadel. "Naddross Yuthen." He says, and raises an eyebrow at Xevilai. "...Ok..." [20:29:40] We know your appelation. What is your vocation, and how do you choose your avocation? [20:29:49] * Jadel takes out a datapad and hands it over to Naddross. "Do you agree to the predescribed conditions, that our actions do not..." [20:30:10] And if you do, and sign here, we can take you in and not likely be sued. [20:30:31] * Naddross blinks at Hex, and looks at the datapad. "...Um..." [20:30:44] * Xivilai sighs. [20:32:14] Hey, I'm not letting what happened LAST time we picked up hitchikers happen again. [20:32:37] I did not mean to cause such difficulty. [20:32:40] ...What happened? [20:32:53] Oh, come on. That long protracted game of hide-and-seek with firearms was a blast. [20:33:17] * Naddross gives a dubious/nearvous grin to all of them. [20:33:24] *nervous [20:33:57] Yeah. It blew up half the bus too! [20:35:12] * Naddross laughs nervously a bit, eyes darting between the members of the group. "...Uuhhhh... Sure! I'll... Um..." He tosses the datapad to Jadel, and starts climbing in. "...Yeah." [20:35:14] * Xivilai grins, and sighs. "Yeah, it sure did." [20:35:32] Hey, you gotta sign first. [20:35:46] * Jadel holds out the fingerpad for him to thumbprint. [20:35:51] * Hex scoots over to make room. He isn't buckled in. [20:36:35] * Naddross thumbprints it, and sits down, and -does- buckle in. [20:36:59] * Naddross also of course sets the pack down before doing the last part. [20:38:01] * Jadel starts driving again. "So, Naddross, tell us a little about yourself." [20:38:34] * Xivilai reminisces about explosions she has known. [20:40:07] * Jadel finds a haiku on Xivilai's explosions on his datapad [20:40:38] Well... I haven't done very much, really... Just kinda wandering around looking for something to do, I guess. [20:41:10] * Zhou-ning fidgets through his pockets [20:43:01] So, what about yourselves? [20:43:24] What are you looking for, Zhou-ning? [20:44:06] Haven't done much? You seem pretty well equipped for not doing much and wandering around. [20:44:27] Well, ya never know what'll pop up... [20:44:45] * Naddross peers outside. "Like that thing." He says, pointing. [20:44:53] * Jadel grins. "Ain't it the truth?" [20:45:43] Hmm? [20:45:47] Nothing much. [20:46:06] * Naddross points at a tree stump. It wood leaf if it could, but it's roots are too deep. [20:46:37] * Jadel punches through the fourth wall and into Demota's face, that pun was so bad. [20:46:52] * Naddross grins at anyone who looked to where he pointed. "Made ya look." [20:47:06] Huh? [20:47:06] * Demota is punched. :( [20:47:20] * Xivilai didn't look. But she comes up with a can of soda. "Look where?" [20:49:19] [There's not much else remarkable outside. It's just road and mountain and trees and fog.] [20:49:44] * Naddross looks around the van for anything of intrest. [20:50:07] So you're simply a wanderer? Where you from? [20:51:02] * Hex 's unblinking pale blue stare meets Naddross's glance when the latter's look-around crosses the boy. He apparently is fascinated by the new person. [20:52:30] * Naddross puts his hand on his chin, and closes his eyes. "Well, I'm from over the great sea, through the dark forests, and across the burning wastelands." He says, with an absolutely straight face. [20:53:03] * Hex blinks. "Is this moon so differentiated?" [20:54:04] I don't know, he could just be delusional about space travel. [20:54:06] * Naddross looks at Hex. "No. I'm just from the town up on the next crossroads." [20:54:30] Visiting home again. [20:55:36] Oooo, burning wastelands. That and the dark forests sound cool. [20:55:52] Most wastelands are pretty hot, and forests tend to be dark, espically at night. [20:56:05] Well, yeah. That's part of their charm. [20:56:09] * Naddross leans back, waiting for the time to pass by. [20:56:19] No matter how far one roams, one cannot ever truly escape from home. [20:56:55] * Naddross glances at Hex. "Actually, that's the very reason for my visit. My uncle owes me money." [20:57:34] * Jadel laughs. [20:58:01] That works. [20:58:09] Money drives all things. [20:58:12] * Naddross grins at everyone. It's pretty obvious he's making pretty much everything up. [20:59:54] You hide the truth behind pretty lines. Where do you go with all your lies? [21:02:00] The store? [21:02:02] Joking a lot. Really, though, I do wander, this town up there -is- where I was born, but I really don't have a house or home to stay in. I'm coming back mostly because I've just finished my first loop around the world, and seen about everything. [21:02:24] ...Well, about everything on this world, anyway. [21:02:26] * Jadel starts whistling 'It's a small world'. [21:04:43] * Hex starts humming along after the third round of the song. [21:07:21] * Xivilai snores. [21:07:47] * Naddross puts his hands behind his back, relaxes, and lets himself slip away in the song. [21:07:51] [Some time later...] [21:07:58] "Are we there yet?" [21:08:37] No. [21:08:45] [Through the fog, you can see the outline of the walls of a large settlement.] [21:08:54] "There" is a where we do not yet know. [21:09:03] * Naddross peers out. "...Actually, that looks like a 'yes'." [21:09:31] But perhaps here is where our "there" may be. [21:10:24] * Naddross glances at Hex. "Are you an oracle? Or a powerful wizard?" [21:11:42] [Still a while to go, though] [21:11:47] I don't think so. I am a poet. I am sorry. I should not ramble so. [21:12:29] Like you, I am a stray and a tag-along. Xivalai, Jadel, and Zhou-ning have been kind to me. [21:12:44] * Naddross shrugs. "It's ok... As long as you don't talk like that if we actually need to do stuff fast." He says, and nods to Hex. "That's nice." [21:13:09] I don't know, I think it was a pretty simple reasoning. [21:14:50] Aww, I'm tearing up. It's so sweet. [21:16:45] Like chocolate? [21:17:21] Well, more emotionally sweet. [21:17:24] But yeah. [21:17:55] Emotionally sweet still brings cavities. [21:18:02] Sweet emotion is prelude to bitter pain. [21:18:26] But it, too, begats poingiant gain. [21:19:16] [As you draw closer, you can make out details. There are a few towers with sentry gun emplacements to keep bands of marauders out, and guards in blue power armor can be spotted on top of the walls.] [21:19:23] [Some signs advice travellers to slow down.] [21:22:36] Slow down? [21:22:37] Meh. [21:22:50] * Xivilai isn't driving, thankfully. [21:23:42] * Hex looks at the approaching building, standing on his seat and propping himself on Jadel's backrest with his hands so he can peer over the driver's shoulder. [21:24:23] * Jadel does slow down... a little. [21:27:09] * Jadel approaches a checkpoint with a scanner, camera, speaker, and stopping area close to the gate of the settlement. A voice crackles from the speaker. "We don't get too many travellers around this time of year. State your name and business." [21:29:14] We're a band of adventurers here looking for a Douven Staul; he's late on some of his orders. [21:30:24] * Naddross gets out of his seat, and goes forwards. "I'm Naddross Yuthen, hitchhiking with these people to visit my home, here, after some travelling." [21:31:03] * "Douven Staul? He said he was on his way here, but he never came." [21:31:40] * Naddross gave a glance to Jadel. [21:32:47] * "Naddross... hm. One moment... ... hm. Well, everything checks out with you. We're going to need the other names anyway, though." [21:34:14] Dr. Jadel Aquron [21:35:31] * Mechazawa (rustangel@ip-116-086.atvci.net) has joined #dragonstar [21:35:55] Lady Xivilai Shardae. [21:36:33] Ri Zhou-Ning. [21:37:21] Hex. [21:38:15] * "Hex.... ?" [21:38:57] Yes? [21:39:42] * "Do you have a family name?" [21:40:11] No. [21:40:44] * "... hm. I'll just leave that field blank." [21:41:17] * A force field around the gate temporarily lowers, and the door slides open. [21:41:55] * "You can go on in. Welcome to Castellan Keep, the Keep on the Borderlands." [21:41:57] [End Session] End of #Dragonstar buffer Thu Jun 05 21:42:21 2008