Start of #Sharn buffer: Wed Mar 07 22:42:27 2007 [18:09:02] [The group of individuals connected by circumstance and fate stands in the plaza just outside the Blackstone Cathedral. The massive building with elegant, towering archways and spires stretches up from the roof of a short tower, exposed to the pelting rain and towerspit. Normally at this time of night, Sev and Aurora know that the doors should be locked and barred to protect from wandering bands of ravers.] [18:09:38] [However, this night, the smaller door set into the massive twenty-foot gates is open, flapping in the wind.] [18:09:45] [Session Start] [18:10:03] * Aurora rushes head. [18:10:07] * Aurora rushes ahead. [18:10:30] * Aun follows, sword drawn. Even if she doesn't have knowledge of policy, she's pretty sure that's unsafe. [18:10:54] * Phanos follows as well, his zombie cohort and he bringing up the read of the group [18:11:28] * Sev rushes forward toward the door, keeping in the front and his maul in grip of both hands. [18:12:51] * Marianysa rushes after Aurora. [18:13:50] [As the group approaches the door, the entior of the main hall, usually kept tidy and clean by Aurora and Faela and other volunteers, is instead a cluster of mess as beds look like they've been overturned and pushed aside in some sort of struggle. Shadows and collumns hide the east and west walls, and what little light there is is provided by blue fire candles.] [18:18:18] "Des be a bit too hektik for you types." [18:18:50] * Aurora rushes around, looking for any idea of where they could be [18:18:53] What're you talking about? Do you know what's going on here?! [18:19:05] Aura wait! [18:19:23] "Bad housekeepin?" [18:19:38] * Marianysa runs after her. [18:20:06] We need to find where everyone is [18:20:08] * Sev grits his teeth and there's an audible grinding. He looks back forward, mumbling something about violence under his breath. [18:20:34] Yeah, but we can't just rush in. [18:20:37] [Aurora steps inside the cathedral, and once inside she can see no one. It looks like everyone fled whatever happened here.] [18:20:55] * Phanos ambles patiently after the group with his shuffling cadre. [18:21:09] Screw the patience! This is too far! [18:21:28] * Sev charges a door beside Aun and Aurora, trying to force it open regardless of its state. Mainly because those two are in the open one. [18:21:48] It's not patience, it's- Moron! [18:21:51] "I sorry, my zombos dont go walkin de snake shuffle na." [18:22:05] * Marianysa points to the first pillar on the left. "Over there!" she hisses quietly. [18:22:15] Job one might be rescuing people, but a very close job two is _not being eaten_. [18:22:25] * Aun looks over to the pillar [18:22:35] * Aurora moves [18:22:49] [Init] [18:23:00] 1d20 [18:23:08] 1d20 [18:31:25] * NovaSeaker (~Novaseake@cpe-24-168-42-22.si.res.rr.com) Quit (Ping timeout) [18:32:43] * NovaSeaker (Novaseaker@cpe-24-168-42-22.si.res.rr.com) has joined #Sharn [18:32:52] wb [18:38:31] [Just as Aurora is about the make her way to the man hiding behind the pillar to the left, another man bolts from a pillar on the right. He stops in the middle of the room and does not draw his weapon.] [18:38:39] [Aun's turn] [18:39:05] * ChanServ sets mode: +o NovaSeaker [18:39:41] * NovaSeaker changes topic to 'Init: Aun, Sev, Phanos, Aurelis, Mari, Aurora' [18:39:49] * Aun holds out the hand not holding her sword. "Hold on! You're not ravers. We're here to help." [18:40:22] "Y... you're not ravers either..." [18:40:58] We got an anonymous message saying the cathedral was under attack and came as soon as we could. What happened here? [18:41:09] Show me where the ravers are! Come on! [18:41:45] "Shit man.. we don't know. We hid when they got here." [18:42:32] [Sev's Turn] [18:46:22] * Sev (~crazysapi@ip24-252-34-39.om.om.cox.net) Quit (Ping timeout) [18:51:46] [Sev merely grunts his acknowledgement and peers around weerily....] [18:53:10] * Kesuke (~crazysapi@ip24-252-34-39.om.om.cox.net) has joined #Sharn [18:53:12] [The man suddenly brings his hands up, palms outward. Everyone can clearly see and angry red glare as he presses his palms together. Squiggles on his flesh from each hand combine in a pattern not unlike a dragonmark. In mere moments the angry red glare flares out and flame shoots from his hands in a fifteen foot cone.] [19:03:36] * NovaSeaker changes topic to 'Init: Aun, Abberant, Sev, Phanos, Aurelis, Mari, Aurora' [19:03:44] [Sev's Delayed Turn] [19:03:57] * Kesuke 's face contorts in anger as he's brushed with fire. [19:03:59] [19:04:01] * Kesuke is now known as Sev [19:04:03] * Sev 's face contorts in anger as he's brushed with fire. [19:04:18] "Oh that's it! You're DEAD!" [19:04:58] [Abberant] "...moma said there'd be days like this." [19:05:25] * Sev charges into the church, his maul swinging in a loop for the punk's head. [19:06:14] [Sev's miscalculates and his maul hits the door behind him, interrupting his swing.] [19:06:24] [Phanos's Turn] [19:09:09] "Quentin, you get dat man! The rest of youj, to me!" Phanos waggles his fingers and chants as a zombie shambles towards the marked man, a skeleton digging its way from the negative energy plane and up through a suddenly appearing black hole in the ground. [19:10:08] * Nova (~Novaseake@cpe-24-168-42-22.si.res.rr.com) has joined #Sharn [19:10:13] * NovaSeaker (Novaseaker@cpe-24-168-42-22.si.res.rr.com) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [19:13:47] * Nova is now known as NovaSeaker [19:13:48] * ChanServ sets mode: +o NovaSeaker [19:17:28] [The other man from behind the left pillar comes sliding out and runs toward Aurora. His right arm is left bare and a sickly, blue-green tangle of lines on his forearm glows purple as he tries to grab onto Aurora.] [19:18:10] * NovaSeaker changes topic to 'Init: Aun, Burning Hands, Sev, Phanos, Inflict, Aurelis, Mari, Aurora' [19:20:14] [The man gets his hand on Aurora's shoulder and her flesh errupts into an open wound.] [19:21:12] * Aurora cries out a bit. [19:21:20] Aurelis will come to the rescue! The master of magic weaves the very essence of power into his hands and lets forth a bolt of unerring force! [19:21:51] [The magic missile streaks out and hits the burning hands guy in the chest.] [19:22:22] [Mari's Turn] [19:26:04] Who do you freaks think you are?! You don't have the right! [19:26:25] * Marianysa darts forward, thrusting her sword at Aurora's assailant. [19:26:58] "Don't blame us. Blame whoever hired House Tarkanan. Or better yet, blame yourself for being a target." [19:27:48] "Dat don't matter none no..now..you mess wit de black one, you no tell nothing to anybody evah again." [19:28:20] * Marianysa smirks. "Well, thanks for being forthcoming." [19:28:57] "You'd have to be morons not to figure it out for yourself, toots." [19:29:56] [Even as the burning hands guy brags, obviously the more talkative of the two, the inflict wounds guy is stabbed in the shoulder by Mari's blade.] [19:30:30] [Aurora's Turn] [19:31:33] * Aurora leaps back, drawing an arrow and raising her bow. She fires it at the guy who just attacked her [19:34:26] ( cancel that ) [19:34:43] * Aurora drops her bow, lifts her mace up, and swings it at him [19:36:26] [Aurora's blow connects but is absorbed by the man's armor.] [19:36:32] [Aun's Turn] [19:37:32] * Aun begins chanting as she weaves through the crowd, moving behind the searing hands guy as he's occupied with the zombie, and tries to stab him in the back. [19:41:32] "Six, you guys are tough." [19:42:32] [The man retreats from Aun and the zombie, ducking under and leaping over any attacks they through his way. He turns around as he brings a potion to his lips and drinks from it.] [19:43:43] [He smirks as the wound Aun just inflicted, plus some of the trauma from Aurelis's magic missile heals before your eyes.] "Would be a shame if something were to happen to Faela though...." [19:43:52] [Sev's Turn] [19:47:56] * Sev steps past Aun and "Quentin", moving after the aberrant that scorched his face, his maul held high. [19:48:02] Don't run! DONT RUN! [19:50:30] [The man is whacked in the jaw, dislocating it with a crunch.] "AUGH!" [19:50:53] "AUHP MEH!" [19:50:58] Guess you can't tell us what you're doing here now, huh? TOO BAD! [19:51:31] * Marianysa grins at Sev's victim. "See, that's what happens when you talk too much." [19:51:36] [Phanos's spell just goes off and his skeleton crawls forth from the ground, straight from Mabar] [19:51:57] [Phanos's Turn] [19:52:05] * Phanos grunts as the skeleton pulls itself from a hole in the ground and slices at burning hands guy, dealing more damage than the norm due to flanking and the bard's work. He begins to chant, pointing a sickly green finger at the armored individual, a ray of weakening energy shooting out from his fingertip. Quentin takes a lunging claw at the man as well. The dead are hungry this night. [19:59:54] [The skeleton moves over to the inflict wounds mark and rakes a boney claw across his face] [20:00:18] [The man stumbles back, blood flowing freely from his face and he silently takes out a potion and drinks.] [20:00:38] (AoOs from Skelly, Zombie, Mari, and Aurora) [20:04:38] [The man is skewered from multiple directions at once, dropping to the floor before he can even uncork the potion vial.] [20:05:38] Aurelis thinks that no further help on his part is especially needed, Go team! [20:05:45] [Mari's Turn] [20:06:47] * Marianysa turns her attention to the second man. "You just don't get what you're dealing with, do you?" She darts forward, stabbing at him. [20:08:31] [Mari charges forward and lunges. Her blade slides between folds of his studded leather armor and between his ribs as well. The man's eyes go blank and he falls backward off Mari's blade, staining the church's floor with blood.] [20:10:42] [With the man's fall, the sound of rain hitting the roof and walls of the church fills the silence.] [20:10:58] * Sev grips his maul tightly. [20:11:02] Let's finish this off! [20:12:28] Wait, Sev. We might be able to get some information out of him. Well, if he survives. [20:12:29] No time-wasting. We find Faela and the others. [20:12:35] * Phanos pats the skeleton on the head gently as it crawls back into its hole. "Tankyou granpa." [20:12:47] His jaw's busted, no info out of this bastard! [20:12:55] * Sev grips his maul, holding it up shakily. [20:13:01] * Aurora frowns. "Sev. Faela first." [20:13:02] ..Bah, who cares.. He's not worth it. [20:13:02] * Phanos and his zombie cadre move in. They huddle around him quietly as he leans over the corpse of the dead man and searches it. [20:13:41] * Sev glances around the ruined chamber toward the two doors in the rear. [20:13:46] * Aurora moves. [20:14:21] "Some pokeys, some ahmah, some juices, some jink, some baggles." [20:14:25] * Marianysa wipes her sword off, and nods at Aurora. [20:14:43] "Anybudy want zees?" [20:14:45] * Aun nods. "Let's divvy it up later. For now, we need to find Faela." [20:15:14] Let's try her room... [20:15:28] * Aun nods. [20:15:37] * Phanos searches the other guy as well. [20:15:45] "I told you mon." [20:15:52] [As Sev moves down the hall, he sees a body off to the side, between pews and propped up against a pillar. It's his girlfriend, and there's blood surrounding her.] [20:16:55] * Aurora frowns, moves back, then goes to prop the guy up to slow down blood loss. [20:17:25] * Phanos collects things from the bodies and the dying man. "Big vulchah. He foller meh, e tell me, stan' vigil ya, take wat you can." [20:19:02] * Sev is silent for a moment, then moves into the pews, shoving them aside this way and that. [20:19:13] * Aurora frowns, then smacks the guy. [20:19:21] ...Sev? Did you find something? [20:21:26] * Aurelis (~Luvcnkll@c-69-254-70-77.hsd1.ga.comcast.net) has joined #Sharn [20:22:48] * Sev kneels by Lei, not responding. He gently lifts her head, looking her over. [20:22:51] Lei, get up! [20:23:04] * Marianysa runs over. "Sev? What..." [20:23:11] Sev? [20:23:23] * Phanos stands vigil over the church's exit while the drama unfolds [20:23:44] * Marianysa gasps, covering her mouth with one hand. "Oh no..." [20:23:47] [Lei is unresponsive and hangs limply in Sev's arms.] [20:24:12] Get that bastard's potion and BRING IT OVER HERE NOW. [20:24:12] * Aurora goes over to check over Lei [20:24:58] * Phanos tosses one over [20:26:03] * Sev takes the bottle from the ground, holding Lei's head up and trying to get her to drink it. When that fails, he slowly pours it into her mouth for her. [20:26:41] Aurelis shakes his head and thinks to himself, I got them involved in this, this is my fault. [20:26:50] [A moment passes and nothing visible happens... then she groans and blinks her eyes open.] [20:27:02] * Aurora sighs with relief. [20:27:12] * NovaSeaker is now known as Lei [20:27:24] Aurelis continues his thought, alteast she didn't die, that be on my conscience. [20:27:30] * Lei looks up at Sev and gasps, sucking in breath. "SEV!" * Marianysa rounds on Aurelis, eyes flashing angrily. "Can't something not be about you for once?" You there? You awake now? Calm down..! * Lei throws her arms around him and begins bawling. * Marianysa turns back, eyes lighting up. "Oh, thank the gods..." * Sev groans as he drops his maul, falling to a seated position against the wall with Lei. Aurelis shrugs his shoulders and looks at Mari, you never think things to yourself? Calm down, ain't gonna do any good to get in a fit.. Just.. Guh.. I was so scared... * Aun approaches slowly, trying to remain unobtrusive. She's whispering to herself, and making small hand signs that look more religious than her normal arcane signing. * Lei sobs into her shoulder. * Sev holds her, seeming to ignore Aun's advances and everyone else present for the moment. He strokes her back gently. Shh.. It's alright. * Lei just repeatedly whispers in Sev's ear "you came... you came..." [20:31:53] * Demota is now known as Aurora [20:33:31] Hey, how many of these guys were there? [20:34:26] * Sev gently sets Lei against the wall, getting up. [20:34:44] "Where are you going?" [20:34:44] You rest easy here, alright? I'm gonna make sure this place is safe. [20:34:58] Aun, do you still have any rope? We need to make sure this guy isn't going anywhere. And then we're going to have a nice long chat with him. [20:35:05] But only AFTER we've found FAela [20:35:36] Yeah, I've got my rope. Is he going to be alive by the time we're done? [20:36:09] Aurelis shakes his head and thinks to himself, should kill him afterwards. [20:36:31] "E Won't jibbah." [20:36:50] And can any of us even tie a rope? I mean, that's kind of why I got Miashta. [20:36:52] He's stable. [20:37:03] "don't mean e's gonna talk." [20:37:43] * Marianysa folds her arms. "He seems like the talkative type. And between you and Sev, I think you can scare him pretty good." [20:37:53] * Lei gets up shakily, she seems more confident after a while, taking her hand away from her abdomen where the blood on her shirt radiates from. [20:38:27] "What you sayin? We ain't scurry." [20:39:07] * Sev glances back at Lei, grunting. [20:39:32] This place is the best spot to stay, okay? We're here. We can close the doors down, I don't want you trying to go off anywhere. [20:39:46] Go ahead and tie him down. [20:39:58] * Marianysa holds back a giggle, and turns to Sev and Lei. "Are you sure you'll be okay?" [20:40:06] O-oh kay.. [20:40:12] Can't I go with you? [20:40:22] * Sev glances back at Marianysa, then to Lei. [20:40:24] * Aun shrugs. "It's not really my thing, but alright." She takes out the silk rope and gets to work [20:40:54] I don't want you in any danger. I can't protect you and get back at these guys at the same time. It wouldn't be good for you to see, regardless. [20:41:02] Aurelis shakes his head an thinks, it's not safe she's a liability. [20:41:15] * Sev snaps his neck as he glares int Aurelis' direction. [20:41:24] Shut UP! NOW! [20:41:52] Aurelis looks around and points to himself, "oh, yeah, forgot." [20:42:14] * Marianysa says sweetly "Aurelis, I could stab you too if you want." [20:42:51] C..can;t you stay with me instead? [20:43:09] Aurelis shrugs, "I doubt it'd help, otherwise I'd agree, I miss keeping my thoughts to myself." [20:43:22] * Sev looks back at Lei. [20:43:39] I.. I want to, but I can't just let this slide.. Don't you want Faela to get found? [20:44:07] But there's a lot of people here...I need you right now Sev... I thought I died... [20:44:08] Sev, do you want to stay here? [20:44:14] ..I gotta. [20:44:24] * Aurora nods. "Alright. Be safe, okay?" [20:44:27] * Sev sits back down with Lei, holding her again. [20:44:34] I'll come after you guys as soon as I can. [20:45:01] * Lei holds onto Sev tightly, as if she's scared of being taken away from him. [20:45:08] Aurelis shakes his head, "we'll come with you." [20:45:36] "I can leave quentin." [20:45:37] Do what you have to do, guys. We'll make sure that Faela's safe. [20:45:46] * Aurora moves onward. [20:46:27] * Aun follows, sword at the ready. "Where's her room?" [20:47:07] * Sev makes a gesture to the rear door on the left. [20:47:14] Take a couple rights.. Aurora should know.. [20:47:27] Well, lead the way, then, Aura. [20:47:29] * Aurora moves on! [20:48:14] [Aurora takes a few turns into the hallways of the church until she gets to her door.] [20:48:31] * Marianysa nods gratefully at Phanos, then follows Aun and Aurora [20:49:37] [When the door is opened to their mutual room, Aurora finds faela on her bed, tied and gagged, and at the very least unconcious.] [20:49:54] * Aurora looks around the room. Quickly. [20:50:20] * Lei is now known as NovaSeaker [20:51:08] [Aurora's rushed view of the room reveals no threats] [20:52:15] * Aurora motions towards the beds, then points down. SHe doesn't say a word. [20:54:43] [Faela spots an ugly bruise on her cheek, perfectly rectangular as if she was smacked hard with the flat of a blade.] [20:55:11] * Marianysa nods at Aurora, readying her sword. [20:56:25] * Aun nods [20:57:34] * Aurora walks carefully. Then drops, mace at teh ready, and thrusts it at the area under her own bed. Hard. [20:58:07] [Aurora almost topples over as her momentum goes unchecked as she swipes very hard at air.] [21:00:18] * Marianysa blinks. [21:00:38] Well, I think if anyone was going to ambush us, they would have done it then. [21:00:52] No one there... [21:00:55] * Aurora checks Faela. [21:03:23] * Aurora frowns. "Someone help me make sure she's okay." [21:04:10] * Aun nods. "Let me take a look." [21:04:19] "I'm not so good with that." [21:05:33] [Aun takes 2 minutes to read Faela's pulse, and she can feel a pretty strong one. The woman is just unconcious.] [21:05:59] Is she okay? [21:06:21] She's definately alive. I'd say someone just knocked her out. [21:07:10] I mean, looking at that bruise and the fact that she's not bleeding and doesn't have broken skin, it looks like she was just knocked out and dumped here. [21:07:18] It makes sense. I think we're the ones they want. [21:08:20] * Marianysa frowns. "All this just to get to us?" [21:09:24] * Aurora goes to untie her [21:09:34] Well, I don't know about the raver situation, but the assassins implied that we were the targets here. [21:09:55] And Faela just got mixed up in it because of her connection to Sev and Aura. [21:12:49] * Phanos (~rustangel@ip-116-200.atvci.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [21:13:03] * Aurora checks Faela for other wounds. [21:13:40] [Faela does have a few minor cuts and scrapes. Apparently she tried to put up a fight.] [21:14:57] * Phanos (rustangel@ip-116-200.atvci.net) has joined #sharn [21:15:11] * Aurora tries to gently shake Faela awake. [21:20:12] * Marianysa stays with Aurora. [21:20:47] * Aurora just waits and tends to Faela, hoping Sev is okay [21:20:59] * Aurora has probably gotten someone to tell Sev how we're doing. [21:22:37] [After a few hours and searching the church to make sure no one else was injured or hiding, Faela slowly wakes up.] [21:22:44] aahh.. [21:22:49] * NovaSeaker is now known as Faela [21:22:52] aahh.. [21:23:55] My head hurts... [21:24:09] * Faela rests in bed, not up to too much activity. [21:26:11] Faela, are you alright? [21:26:13] What happened? [21:26:31] ahh.. Aurora.. it's so good to see you... [21:26:39] I knew... you had it in you... [21:27:13] * Aurora nods... [21:27:19] The.. the abberant dragonmarked men... they came in just as I was about to close for the night.. [21:27:52] They.. said something about bait... I don't know... [21:28:13] * Aurora frowns. [21:28:17] They attacked me and most of the people fled... [21:28:25] Lei... poor Lei... [21:28:31] * Faela closes her eyes. [21:28:35] She tried to help me. [21:28:50] They cut her down like it was nothing... [21:28:50] She survived. [21:28:56] Did she? [21:29:03] * Faela looks incredibly relieved. [21:29:07] Thats... thats wonderful... [21:29:15] * Marianysa nods. "She's okay. We took care of all of them!" [21:29:15] Who else was still here? [21:29:34] We fought two men. One of them is down. The other is tied up and, last I checked, unconscious. [21:29:44] ANd stripped of weapons. Not that they need them. [21:30:24] * Faela she nods. There were only two. [21:30:30] They were members of House Tarkanan. [21:30:30] +" " [21:31:04] I was afraid when the whole place looked empty. [21:31:07] Assassins... [21:31:14] * Faela shakes her head. [21:31:32] "Everyone else fled at the first sign of danger.... I don't blame them... Blackstone was supposed to be a sanctuary..." [21:31:47] * Aurora nods. [21:31:54] Aurora... you have what it takes. [21:32:02] * Marianysa looks away. "Sorry. This is our fault, somehow. Even if I don't understand it." [21:32:11] * Faela reaches up and grabs Faela by the arm. [21:32:13] We fought some Ravers on the way here. I was afraid they'd gotten in and swarmed it. [21:32:13] er [21:32:19] * Faela reaches up and grabs Aurora by the arm. [21:32:31] You are a champion Aurora. [21:32:40] * Disconnected [21:32:45] * Attempting to rejoin channel #Sharn [21:32:46] * Rejoined channel #Sharn [21:32:46] * Topic is 'Init: Aun, Burning Hands, Sev, Phanos, Inflict, Aurelis, Mari, Aurora' [21:32:46] * Set by NovaSeaker on Wed Mar 07 19:16:10 [21:32:49] You are a champion Aurora. [21:33:53] The Flame burns in your soul. [21:34:07] * Faela drops her hand back down to her side. [21:34:38] * Aurora nods. "I'm just glad you and Lei are alright." [21:35:37] Aurelis thinks, we should talk to those inquisitives tomorrow..." [21:36:25] How are you feeling? [21:37:29] I'll be okay... just tired... [21:38:00] * Faela touches her cheek. "They silenced me really quick when they figured out I was a spellcaster." [21:38:07] Aurelis continues, I think I'm over my addiction though. [21:38:39] * Marianysa gives Aurelis a strange look. [21:39:02] Aurelis shakes his head, "That must suck. I'd hate to be in that position." [21:39:26] * Faela nods. [21:40:05] Do you think you need any extra protection? If they came once, there's no guarentee they won't come again, before we stamp this out. [21:40:49] I.. I don't know... [21:41:05] We don't have the money for guards... [21:41:38] * Marianysa winces. "I...I didn't think of that." [21:41:40] Aurelis shrugs, what about us? [21:42:20] Well, we captured one of them. [21:42:25] * Phanos wanders in. [21:42:27] We get him to talk, and we can find out who's trying to get to us. [21:42:36] No payment, no assassins. [21:42:51] * Aun nods. "It's not the fanciest place in Sharn, but our last base was compromised. We need someplace new to operate out of for a while, and we could protect you then." [21:43:49] That.. that would be wonderful... I'll set up some rooms for each of you... [21:44:03] I appreciate all of your concern [21:44:29] "You got de rooms for de zombos?" [21:44:41] On the other hand, I don't think you'll have to worry about Tarkanan. If their hitmen are taken out, they tend to give up. [21:44:42] ..excuse me? [21:44:47] Uh... [21:44:50] "Me zombos." [21:44:59] Still, I don't think that mad bastard with the club was Tarkanan. So we've still got issues at hand [21:45:02] ...What exactly are "zombos"? [21:45:29] "Dey be Quentin, Cale, Shik-shik, and Dooba." [21:45:49] * Marianysa sighs. [21:45:53] Aurelis stares, Phanos, don't you get stares for having them around? [21:46:03] A Spynx told us to pick him up. He runs a... delivery service. Staffed by undead. He doesn't seem to be doing anythning particularly threatening with them. For all I know he found them in the wild and trained them. In fact, I'd prefer to think that's the case. [21:46:24] (You saw him summon a skeleton) [21:46:26] "Dey delivah messages an floweres mon, people come give me jink cause dey want em round eah." [21:46:35] ...A necromancer? [21:46:47] * Faela frowns. [21:46:52] "Shaman of de vulture." [21:47:09] ... flowers? [21:47:26] * Marianysa stares at Phanos. "You are...a very strange man." [21:47:32] Aurora... you do know that undead are a blight upon the living... [21:47:45] I know. [21:48:11] "Dey give me der lives, dey say, 'heah mon! you gonna go to de spires, ye takey us wit you, and we no eat, we give ahselves to yah mon!" [21:48:32] "Dey do de ritual, dey foller me an' listen. I takes good ceah o dem too." [21:48:34] ...they willingly sacrificed their own lives? [21:48:36] He's... new to this part of the world. [21:48:45] This is all very confusing. [21:49:00] "Dey still walksies jus fine! Dey live de breafless life." [21:49:13] * Marianysa just stares at Phanos, hopelessly confused. [21:49:39] ... [21:49:44] that is NOT life, necromancer! [21:50:01] "I ain't no necromanga, whatevah dat me." [21:50:03] It's a perversion! [21:50:11] What do you do, exactly? [21:50:25] He desecrates the dead aurora! [21:50:25] "It be de highest honah for a warrior of my tribe, mon!" [21:50:33] ...I have a headache. [21:50:47] ... so this is a form of veneration? [21:50:48] "I take good caeh! I tol' you!" [21:50:57] * Faela closes her eyes and leans back on her bed, holding her hand to her forehead. [21:51:17] I... I have not the energy to discuss this. [21:51:20] ... I think I'm just going to blame this on the elves. [21:51:28] "I get dem nicer clothes den me, I stuff dem with flowas. I braid de hairs." [21:51:37] Aurora... undeath is one of the foulest evils on the face of Eberron. [21:51:49] So, uh...whatever he does...it's, like...destiny for him to help us. Or something. [21:51:52] "You jes wait!" [21:52:03] "If you be undead, you be not dead, rite?" [21:52:10] "So, ain't we all not dead?" [21:52:18] "Sence we talkin right now?" [21:52:19] A seer said he would help us. I'm hoping that in time, he comes to see how we see things in this part of the world. [21:52:25] ... where did you come from, anyway? [21:52:52] "Timbahnahtalikitaronosopa." [21:53:01] ...I thank you all for your offer of guardianship, and my church is open to all. Except the undead. [21:53:15] "Dey walked in jes fine." [21:53:24] * Aurora facepalms [21:53:24] I sort of think that Phanos and the zombies are a package deal. [21:53:35] If it's true that fate has decided he walk with you, he can stay, but I'll not have undead desecrating this holy place. [21:53:37] Is there any way we could keep them out back, or something? [21:53:46] "Dey make it smell bettah." [21:53:56] They can wait outside. [21:54:06] "I sleep out back, I go back to my shop." [21:54:06] The ravers prefer fresh meat.. [21:54:19] "I ain't gonna protect no lady dat don't welcome my tribe." [21:54:47] * Aun nods. "Stay safe, then, Phanos. We'll send a message when we need you again." [21:54:56] "You outsidas, you see me as de ignorant wan." [21:55:18] "Yet not a damn one of you show any sign of wantin' to know what my cultchah is." [21:55:32] "Ya too deep set in yah society's own poo." [21:55:48] "Muck round, leave tracks, stat wars." [21:56:02] "All cause you too ignit to know." [21:56:16] * Phanos waves his hand dismissively at Faela, stepping out. [21:56:31] ....Make whatever speaches you want, necromancer. Undeath is evil. [21:56:42] I know that much. [21:56:46] "No, dat where ya wrong." [21:56:55] * Faela lies back in her bed. [21:56:56] Out. [21:57:00] "Zeal. Zeal and closed head be evil." [21:57:22] "I may as well cutcha head free myself. Youz full o de bad bad spirits." [21:57:39] * Phanos spits on the floor. [21:57:45] Hey! [21:57:51] "Hey nuttin." [21:58:07] This is holy ground. [21:58:08] "She disrespeks me, I got no respek for dis pile o bricks." [21:58:20] "Aint holy to me." [21:58:26] * Phanos steps out. [21:58:32] Ugh. [21:59:57] * Aurora goes to see about getting that cleaned up [22:00:09] * Aurora also checks on SEv and Lei. [22:00:13] As if we didn't see enough of "practical use" undead in the Last War. [22:00:49] I'm terribly sorry, Faela. Phanos is... Well, I honestly don't know what he is. [22:01:17] He is misguided, that's what he is. [22:01:59] He grew up in some far corner of Eberron where his society ignored the dangers of Mabar and negative energy, where ignorant rituals of life and death confused undeath as part of the natural order. [22:02:00] * Aun pauses and frowns. "That and he's the guy who walked off with all our shit. Pardon my goblinoid." [22:02:54] He's...really confusing. That's...about all I can say. [22:03:08] I am sorry to cause trouble. I try and fight evil in my own way and normally that means helping people be the best they can be... [22:03:15] He... doesn't seem to have evil intent. I take comfort in that, at the very least. That, and the fact that even undead don't last forever. Eventually, undead return to death, and good comes out on top. Just like with the Flame. [22:03:21] We just have to be... patient. [22:03:27] * Aurora does not like that last word. It's easy to tell. [22:03:41] * Faela smiles and pats Aurora's hand. [22:04:03] Save his soul if you can, Aurora. Trafficking with undead will taint him eventually. [22:04:15] * Aurora nods. "I'll see what I can do." [22:06:01] Maybe if he saw what undead were really used for around here, he'd see things our way. [22:06:14] It's not just their use. Their presence. [22:06:21] Their existance. [22:07:18] Oh, I agree, but I meant more along the lines of convincing him. [22:08:15] Telling him "undead are evil" didn't work as well as I was hoping. [22:08:52] Indeed... he likely has a lifetime of social indoctrination.. [22:10:51] If only we could send missionaries out there. Too bad the church has enough problems on the inside to deal with. With our luck, the message would get tainted on the way out. [22:12:08] * Marianysa scratches her head. [22:12:16] ... [22:14:47] I don't think... we're that far gone... [22:16:05] Maybe you're right. There's at least one jerk I want shoved into the light and exposed for what he is, though. [22:16:35] * Aun frowns. "How long do you think we have until the assassin wakes up? I'm wondering about interrogating him." [22:17:08] ... hm. I don't know. Faela, let's finish this talk later. We need to keep tabs on this guy. [22:17:22] Though... hm. He did get hit pretty bad. [22:17:24] * Faela nods. [22:17:27] I don't think he'll be up for a while. [22:17:32] Good idea... I'd like to rest as well. [22:17:37] We just need to pour soup down his throat every once in a while. [22:17:46] Need us to get you anything? [22:18:06] I'm thinking it might be worth trying to impersonate his partner, and act like they were both taken captive. [22:18:17] Do you have any sort of cells or anything here? [22:18:34] There are lots of unused rooms. [22:18:57] I mean something that can give the impression of security. [22:19:27] * Aurora frowns. "I think there are a few rooms without light. I guess that could be made to look like it was secure?" [22:19:55] That's a start. And I'd need the sort of slipknot we had going into the arena, too. [22:20:12] * Marianysa blinks a few times, eyes no longer glazed over from the religious discussion. "Ooh, what a great plan!" [22:20:29] Ah.. maybe something to drink from the kitchen.. [22:21:11] * Aurora nods. "Anything in particular?" [22:21:25] As for clls.. there are the private study rooms.. but the doors don't lock [22:21:28] cells* [22:21:55] Well, Sev is strong. We could put something heavy in front. Or he could hold it closed. [22:22:17] I just want the illusion of security. [22:22:27] I want to get out as soon as I hear what I need to hear [22:22:32] Those will probably suit you then.. yes... [22:29:28] * Aurelis (~Luvcnkll@c-69-254-70-77.hsd1.ga.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: ) [22:31:30] * Marianysa is now known as Yonjuuni [22:37:39] * Yonjuuni (~dlarmour@wnpgmb02dc1-180-57.dynamic.mts.net) has left #sharn [22:38:19] [The group goes about making preparations for the abberant dragonmarked "prisoner".] [22:38:24] [Session End] End of #Sharn buffer Wed Mar 07 22:42:27 2007