Start of #Dragonstar buffer: Thu Jun 26 21:39:31 2008 [19:35:14] [Last time on Dragonstar, our heroes made their way from a spaceport, to wilderness, and after a long drive, a keep. [19:35:48] [After picking up a stranger who happened to come from said keep, at least] [19:36:15] [As we begin today, they have just been allowed in. And then some people had to go to the bathroom. Oh dear!] [19:36:18] [Session Start] [19:36:52] * Xivilai sips her drink. [19:37:49] * The drink is sweet and fizzy. Just the way she likes it [19:39:40] * As a reminder, you are here to investigate the disappearance of a merchant. [19:39:43] * Xivilai looks around. "So, what're we here for again?" [19:41:22] "I yaint sure." [19:42:22] * Xivilai blinks. "You what sure?" [19:43:16] * Xivilai smiles. "I didn't know you'd been yainted. What church are you a yaint in?" Then she changes to a frown. "...and why does that matter?" [19:43:29] Got me. [19:45:51] "Iy ain't sure." [19:46:06] * Xivilai blinks. "Oh! Sorry." [19:46:31] * Xivilai chuckles. "I have a hard time with accents." [19:46:53] "Seems you do." [19:48:51] If you can, you might want to adjust the accent a little. I'm having a hard time understanding you too. [19:49:45] * `Away is now known as Hex [19:49:49] "Then buy me a new chip." [19:50:25] * Xivilai quirks an eyebrow. "Chip?" [19:51:34] "Arr, a voice chip." [19:51:55] We have come here to find the missing merchant who sells the parts we require for the Champagne Supernova. [19:52:06] Can't speak without it, or it fills in missing languages? [19:52:48] "It'll alter me speech, aye." [19:53:57] * Xivilai nods. "Okay. Is your current chip accessible without surgury?" [19:55:17] * Hex holds out his hand to Rock_Phoenix. [19:56:21] "I don't *got* a chip in, this be the way I talk." [19:56:35] Oh. [19:56:35] "Got a spot fer one, aye." [19:56:41] * Hex lowers his hand. [19:57:04] Do you have a slot for a chip that'll make you insist on picking up the tab for meals, too? [19:57:44] * Hex wanders over to a wall. [19:58:29] "Thar might be one, but I yain't gonna put it in." [19:59:16] * Hex has an electro-crayon out, and seems to be using it on the wall. [20:00:04] * Xivilai nods. "Arright. Well, easier than grammar lessons with marbles in your mouth." [20:00:51] * Hex draws on the wall easily. [20:00:52] * Jadel rolls his eyes. [20:01:21] * Xivilai points accusingly at Jadel. "Hey, you've heard the way I was raised to speak. Don't gimme that." [20:02:58] Sounds painful for everyone involved. [20:03:21] It was, trust me. [20:06:10] * Hex finishes his scribbling, leaving three lines of text on the wall as he wanders off. [20:06:18] * Xivilai looks at the wall. [20:06:28] * THe wall reads: [20:06:38] * "We seek a merchant" [20:06:44] * "He has goods we desire" [20:06:53] * "Can you locate him?" [20:06:55] * Then it ends [20:07:04] * In three neat lines. [20:07:15] Hm. Good handwriting, for a dead kid. [20:08:40] I don't see why your handwriting would get worse just because you're dead. [20:09:01] Practiced handwriting, unexperienced at ectoplasmwriting? [20:09:02] Well, normally it makes moving a pen kind of hard. [20:10:18] Normally dead don't turn into ghosts either. [20:12:04] This is also true. And when they do, they're not ususally friendly. [20:13:46] * Xivilai looks around. "So, where shall we try first? Ask some people how crooked the local cops are, or just check some bars?" [20:16:08] * Hex is merging into the larger crowd, such as it is, and likely getting out of sight. [20:16:30] * Xivilai follows along, if for no other reason than to make sure the kid doesn't get lost. [20:16:55] * Hex doesn't seem to have a plan for where he's going. He's just looking around, curiously. [20:17:59] * Xivilai thinks, to the contrary, that this is in fact a great plan. [20:18:11] * Hex sees a variety of locations, after some wandering. A tavern, some shops, police stations... [20:19:51] * They're all open and well-lit. [20:21:07] * Hex wanders into a shop with candy and toys, his blue hair and garb seeming paler in the bright light. [20:21:46] * Rock_Phoenix pads along after them. [20:21:58] * A happy little ditty plays in the shop [20:22:23] * Jadel ruffles his feathers, then smooths them out. "Candy. More candy." [20:24:11] * Xivilai seems dubious that this will produce wanted results, and so looks around a bit more. She stops the first person who doesn't look like an idiot and says, "Excuse me, hello. I'm from out of town, and I'm looking for someone who's gone missing. Who'd be best to talk to about that?" [20:27:32] * A male half-elf answers. "I'd say you might want to talk to the police. They keep a record of anything unusual." [20:30:19] One might think so. Right Xivilai? [20:30:53] The police are this way. *points off with the hand that isn't holding a lollypop in his mouth* [20:32:36] Sure! As long as they're not like the police on that last world. [20:32:56] You know, the "Nice tush, you're under arrest for suspicion of hotness" ones. [20:33:04] You haven't destroyed significant amounts of public property here, either, though. [20:33:16] No, no, the other ones. [20:33:36] The ones that prompted me to destroy signifficant amounts of public property. Totally earned it, too. [20:33:48] * Zhou-ning facepalms. [20:33:55] Trite flirtation? [20:34:21] No, they really were trying to arrest me. [20:34:45] I'm pretty sure handcuffs come after you've successfully flirted, not before. [20:35:28] They sound uncouth. [20:36:51] Would you prefer I speak to them? They may find me difficult to confine, should their predillections be the same as those of which you speak. [20:38:23] No, it should be fine. [20:38:39] Because Jadel is here, and he is calm. And Zhou is here, and he is boring. [20:38:58] Right on both accounts. [20:39:26] I prefer to think of it as "marked for not-death". [20:39:28] * Xivilai smiles. "They shall speak to the fine constbulatory forces of this stronghold, and that will drastically reduce the chances of a horrible conflagration." [20:41:03] Then in their capable hands shall we leave it. [20:44:22] * Hex leads the way to the police station, lollypop-in-mouth. [20:46:35] * Hex arrives there without complication. The building looks simple and functional. [20:47:19] * Hex waits for somebody else to open the door so he can follow them in. [20:48:40] * Xivilai opens the door and holds it for Zhou and Jadel. For funs, she attempts to trip Zhou, although she fails. [20:49:21] * Zhou-ning , for his part, completely fails to notice. [20:49:34] * Hex follows Zhow-ning inside, leaving Xivilai to bring up the rear. [20:51:27] * Xivilai stays outside. [20:52:16] * You step inside. It's nice and cool and clean. There's a female half-elf at the counter with clean short hair, and blue-I-mean-grey eyes. [20:52:57] You crack me up Xivilai. [20:53:00] * Jadel walks in. [20:53:30] * Xivilai grins. "I aim to please, Jadel." [20:53:50] Better than having a drive to please, I guess. [20:54:55] Oh, she does that too. [20:55:26] But she's so much better at aiming than driving. [20:55:51] * Hex walks up to the counter, and looks up at the half-elf lady, blue eyes meeting grey eyes. He doesn't say anything, though, just sucks on his lollypop and stares at her unblinkingly. [20:57:36] * The half-elf looks down at Hex. "Hi there. Can I help you?" [20:59:24] Yes, please. My friends are looking for something. [20:59:47] * "OKay. What are they looking for?" [21:01:39] I am unsure, but it must be important. *looks over his shoulder at the others* [21:03:21] "A marchant, aye." [21:04:10] Jadel, want to take this one? [21:06:07] * Jadel sighs. "I suppose." [21:07:35] * Jadel walks up to the police desk. "We're looking for one *merchant full name here* who went missing recently. I heard he may be in the area, so I was wondering if you have any records that may involve his abouts." [21:09:15] * "One moment while I look this up..>" [21:10:40] * She pokes at a terminal for a bit. Then frowns. "He was due to arrive here some time ago. He was on his way here from a nearby town to deliver supplies, but he didn't make it here. I'm hoping he didn't try to take the shortcut." [21:16:19] What, pray tell, is this shortcut that we will most definetly not investigate due to insurmountable danger? [21:17:18] * Xivilai is outside, but her ears wiggle as she detects fun beginning nearby. [21:17:50] * "Well, a while ago, there was a bit of disturbance. More of an armed uprising, really. Some goblins, kobolds, orcs and the like got kinda feral and aggressive, and started conducting raids. They were beaten down, but the remnants are still out there. That's what this town's so heavily defended for." [21:18:18] * "If he was in a hurry, he might have tried to go straight through some of their territory." [21:19:31] * Zhou-ning returns from his casual, inconspicious hunt for an unguarded coffee machine, and begins to nonchalantly check the police staffer's, erm, medals and affiliation. [21:20:50] * She is well decorated. [21:21:17] * Jadel wonders if Zhou-ning is checking out another something on her chest. [21:21:57] If he was in a hurry, being captured would only make him later. [21:22:00] * "It's a valley, maybe west of here." [21:22:11] Of course, and out of pure curiosity, how 'feral' or 'agressive' are they being? [21:23:39] * "Well, they use guns to try to steal things. Maybe some weird evil god cult. I'm not sure. They occasionally try to raid the town and steal supplies." [21:25:42] Do they steal anything else? Not because we'd try and find them, now. [21:26:37] * "They take anything they can get their hands on. Food, fuel, money, guns, bombs, booze..." [21:29:01] Wonder what they're doing with money and fuel if they're really 'feral'. [21:29:08] Sounds like some thugs to me. [21:29:47] * "Well, maybe feral was the wrong word to use, but they're pretty savage and thuggish, yeah." [21:29:53] * "Just plain uncivlized." [21:30:48] We should see if your merchant is with them. [21:31:31] * She looks you over. "I wouldn't recommend going out there, but if you ARE, be careful, alright?" [21:32:30] Oh, most assuredly, we will take the path of utmost caution and safety given our knowledge. [21:35:17] * She nods. [21:36:26] May I have a map? [21:36:48] * "Sure, one moment." [21:37:38] * She works a bit, then hands over some handy map on LCD paper. Or its futuristc tech equivalent. [21:38:38] * "Here you go." [21:38:48] * Hex takes it, carefully. "I thank you, Officer," he says, studying it and walking out of the station. [21:38:54] [Session End] End of #Dragonstar buffer Thu Jun 26 21:39:31 2008