Start of #Sharn buffer: Thu Jun 21 00:19:58 2007 [17:27:54] [The group stands in the hallway, ready to quickly move past the oppressive heat of the burning room, hoping the crystal walls and granite doors of the appartments keep the fire localized. A staircase leading back down the tower is behind them, but they bravely decide to press on so they can find some meaning to all this madness.] [17:28:00] [Session Start] [17:29:11] * Phanos steers his zombies clear away from the fire, worried it might burn them as he continues on [17:30:01] * Aurora moves onward, her now bow readied. "I swear, if we don't find out what happened here, I am going to go crazy trying to figure it out." [17:31:16] "I just looka fo a good-good way out ya." [17:31:39] [That would be behind you] [17:31:58] (So there's stuff past the fire that we can't see?) [17:32:31] (It's just a burning apartment. The wooden doors inside of it burned away and the interior rooms are also on fire.) [17:32:47] If we don't find out what happened here, I don't know what else we could do. There might be some classified Citadel records, but there's no way we're getting those without more people wanting us dead. [17:33:27] (Oh, okay. Just asking because it looks like there's a doorway into something that isn't drawn in( [17:33:59] (There are doors to the south you haven't been in too) [17:34:23] There's gotta be more to this place. [17:34:45] "Well, I not de leadah, but I sez I tinks wez shuld try to get in de middle of de towah." [17:34:45] [There is indeed. To the north.] [17:35:17] [You were in the middle of the tower. It's an adamantine vault that went higher than even your light-sensitive eyes could see.] [17:35:23] (Didn't mean that in the literal sense) [17:35:32] (Ah) [17:36:59] Well, let's head on that way. [17:37:11] * Aun starts walking to the north, thinblade ready. [17:37:57] * Marianysa nods, following Aun. [17:38:17] [Sev nods with the rest and leads the way with his glowing maul.] [17:38:38] * Aurora follows [17:39:20] "THink I found the stairs. Double granit doors like all the others." [17:40:07] "Ya mon." [17:40:41] "Other rooms too." [17:40:57] * Aurora nods [17:41:55] [Don't forget to update positions on GT] [17:41:59] Let's clear the floor first. And stay together in case of more suprises [17:42:26] * Sev pushes into the hallway. [17:42:32] Yeah, sure, but let's clear the stairs first. Just in case. [17:43:05] [As they head north, the fire damage to the hallway is more pronounced. The rug is completely burned away, not just at the center, and scorch-marks shoulder high line the walls.] [17:43:29] "I hopa dis aint no mo burny mans." [17:44:07] I don't care what it is. I'll break its face. [17:44:48] * Sev continues down the hall, only turning back if he approaches an obvious dead end. [17:46:36] * Aurora goes on moving, staying just behind Sev [17:47:02] [Sev starts to feel the cool breeze of late-winter noon again. This corner of the tower having caved in.] [17:47:26] Mm.. Alright, looks like there's nowhere else to go but down. [17:47:32] * Sev points back to the double doors. [17:47:38] "Or up." [17:47:59] * Sev shrugs, kicking the door by him inward. [17:48:23] * Aurora frowns. [17:48:31] Let's take a closer look around here just in case. [17:48:43] [Following the pattern of every other floor you've been on, the stairwells on the north and south faces go up.] [17:51:56] Up, I guess [17:52:50] Let's check these rooms first. [17:53:10] I don't want to leave anything behind, and I want to get out as soon as I can on the way down. [17:53:40] * Sev was actually kicking the door on the south side of the hall. [17:54:29] [Sev kicks the door in, ignoring the broken and opened wall just a few feet down the hall from him.] [17:54:56] (Now that's what I'm talkin about!) [17:55:02] * Sev moves into the room, looking around. [17:55:18] * Marianysa checks around the corner. [17:55:39] * Sev moves to the door here, pushing that in as well. [17:56:16] [Theres a wooden door, still in it's frame.] [17:56:37] ... hm. [17:56:45] [The room itself is so damaged and exposed it's unrecognizable] [17:57:06] Looks like a real wreck. [17:57:58] [Sev looks into the room, seeing more moldering furnature. It doesn't look like the burning people came here, because there's no fire damage.] [17:58:14] * Phanos searches through the rubble. [17:58:42] * Aurora searches too [17:58:55] * Aun walks down the hall and pushes the north door open [17:59:34] You guys find anything? [17:59:49] * Marianysa looks through the rubble. [17:59:57] "I no-no yet." [18:01:28] [Phanos and Aurora look through the room, an old bedroom, and try to find anything useful. However anything that might have gave them a written account of the tower's last few days aloft crumble to dust in their hands.] [18:01:56] (Mari, search check) [18:02:05] * Sev shrugs, looking around passively and staying by the door. [18:06:56] * Aurora heals Sev while she's at it [18:07:41] "Notin in heyas. Les go someweah else." [18:09:56] * Aun heads into the room and begins looking through it, being careful not to damage anything. [18:10:05] * Aurora does not heal Sev [18:10:24] [The other two high-class appartments on the level are both fire-damaged beyond recognition. Some of the ashes are still glowing.] [18:10:31] * Sev shrugs, nodding to Phanos and Aurora as she passes. He starts out of the ruined room, walking the hall again. [18:10:50] * Aurora returns to hall [18:11:54] I guess they COULD have been the only ones and just ended up in that room, but... [18:11:57] "Can we go up now den?" [18:12:47] Yeah [18:12:50] Whatever. How about a nice massage, too? [18:12:55] * Sev mutters, heading for the double doors. [18:13:56] * Marianysa follows Aun. [18:15:53] * Phanos follows sev [18:16:03] * Aurora is heading there [18:16:15] [The group heads up the stairs, and to the next level. The structural damage isn't as severe on this level letting them find easy egress up to the next one. The levels are all partially fire-damaged in some way, but the damage seems old, having gotten moist in the humidity of the Depths.] [18:17:15] * Aun shakes her head. "So much of this's been ruined. What a shame." [18:17:33] Yeah... [18:18:12] Yes, very tragic. [18:18:50] * Sev pushes the door open on this floor, moving through it. [18:18:52] "Fancy houses..I no see why you say it roont. At leas dey got de roovs heah." [18:19:13] Well, it got smashed pretty badly. And flooded with nasties. [18:20:21] [Sev looks up and down the corridor. Oddly, this floor breaks the pattern, as there doesn't seem to be cheap interior apartments. Also, after noticing something else was different and a moment of not being able to place it, Sev realizes that the everlight lanterns on this level are functioning.] [18:20:28] I was talking more about any of the details of what happened here. We probably won't find much here, either. The entire building's been torn to shreds. [18:20:34] ..Wait a second..! [18:20:35] ... weird. [18:20:37] Maybe we're out of burning men. Wonder what else is in here. [18:20:37] * Sev looks around again. [18:20:38] Is this bit inhabited? [18:20:40] * Aurora looks around [18:20:57] This place is still working. That power source must still be working somehow. [18:21:05] Huh! If not inhabited, maybe it didn't get bashed up as well as the rest. [18:21:05] ..Be extra careful here. [18:21:10] * Phanos steps in after Sev. [18:21:15] "Dats why you go first." [18:21:28] We have a better chance of finding evidence here. And of getting killed, too, but that's the territory. [18:21:31] Either this is a bad sign, or this is the place we can finally find something that makes sense. [18:21:45] Or both. [18:22:01] * Sev starts down the hall, toward the first door on his left. [18:22:02] [Gametable Note: Light radius removed as you can see anything that's drawn.] [18:22:05] Just be extra careful... if you get hurt, I can't do anything but stabalize you... [18:22:12] Or both. [18:23:58] * Sev moves to the door, listening at it for a moment. [18:24:02] ... if we enter one of the rooms, it's probably a good idea to keep someone out in case someone approaches. [18:24:11] That way we won't get trapped inside so easily [18:24:50] As long as everyone stays in someone else's sight, there's no problem [18:24:51] .* [18:25:22] [Sev hears nothing beyond the door.] [18:25:26] Sounds empty. [18:25:31] * Sev pushes the door open, looking inside. [18:27:34] [Sev finds a tiled wall just beyond, and after stepping through and around the side... sees what was once a very nice lady's restroom. Glancing back at the door, a lighter shade of granite probably tells where the lady's room sign must have once hung.] [18:28:24] ... [18:28:33] * Sev looks around, turning back instantly. [18:28:38] Nothing here. Nope. ^_^' [18:28:39] [Now, though, the tiles are stained and chipped, more than half of them fallen out of the walls and dislodged from the floor.] [18:30:16] [A soft odor of long-decayed bacteria and algea line the bottom of the communal bath as well.] [18:31:06] * Marianysa rolls her eyes and pushes past Sev into the room. [18:31:19] Oh, Sev.. [18:31:19] Hm. A restroom this nice probably has those fancy matter-eating toilets, if they were around back then. I wonder if they're still working. [18:31:20] "Gots to potty?" [18:31:30] ... what, you mean with the oozes at the bottom? [18:31:38] * Aun follows Mari and looks for information, or fixtures to loot [18:31:41] Or some crazy magical toilet? [18:31:44] * Aurora follows [18:31:45] Nnnnn....no. [18:31:49] Yeah, the magic kind. [18:31:57] And I'm never visiting your house ever. [18:31:59] No. Let's just get out of here. [18:33:28] If you're that uncomfortable, you could stand outside and act as a lookout or something... [18:33:46] * Sev moves down to the next door, shaking his head. [18:33:57] If you ladies wanna poke around there, be my guest. [18:34:11] Yeah. It's just like a men's room, except without the peestanding. [18:34:26] It's for women. Do I look like a woman? [18:34:29] * Sev points at Phanos. [18:34:32] Don't say a thing. [18:34:34] [Mari discoveres there is little much else to see. The communal bath was once very elegant but now disgusting and most of the camodes lie in disrepair, and the whole ones probably have ceased functioning magically.] [18:34:54] Hm. [18:34:55] * Marianysa shrugs. "Nothing here." [18:35:09] * Aun tosses copper pieces down the drains of the whole ones, just to see what happens. [18:36:16] [Sev finds the smaller, much less luxurious communal male restroom.] [18:37:03] ..Well. At least it's here. T_T [18:37:07] * Sev shrugs, turning back around. [18:37:19] [Aun hears the coin plink and plunk for a moment, then plop into liquid of some sort. Shortly thereafter a foul smell wafts up the drain, stagnant dirty water disturbed.] [18:37:27] * Phanos looks. "Dis a throne room?" [18:37:56] Okay, that's gross and I'm not stealing it. [18:39:06] Eew [18:39:57] No, it's the men's room. [18:40:08] * Sev glances down the hallway past the turn. [18:40:19] I think we're done with this room [18:40:20] * Marianysa heads down the hall cautiously. [18:40:21] * Aurora leaves the bathroom [18:41:01] [Sev sees a large halway, seeing all the way down to it's end. Toward the south is a bunch of crystal-rubble, with two pannels of the stairwell's double marble doors stuck in it.] [18:41:24] * Sev follows Marianysa, looking to the doorways of the area. [18:41:43] [To the left, where the cheap appartments used to be, seems an inset alcove. Also, somewhere between the alcove and the rubble of the stairwell is a sign stuck face down.] [18:42:36] * Aun heads over and looks at the sign [18:43:54] * Marianysa listens at the nearest door. [18:44:18] [Aun picks up an edge of the large placard and flips it over so she can see the wording on it's front. It reads, in flamboyant letters dulled with age. "The Rainbow - Ballroom and Resturant." [18:44:19] ] [18:44:23] * Aurora moves and watches the double doors [18:45:13] [Mari hears nothing beyond the door. Aurora looks at the double doors, and notes an empty space above the door frame, a lighter shade than the rest of the wall, about the same size as the placard Aun just turned over.] [18:45:21] "Ooh, food." [18:45:33] * Marianysa pushes the door open. [18:45:54] It's probably all rotted [18:46:03] Or full of more corpses. [18:46:09] I don't know, this place is fancy. [18:46:10] * Sev shrugs, looking between the two large doors. [18:46:14] Which one? [18:46:29] If we're lucky, they might have a box that purifies the food regularly. [18:46:48] ... true [18:47:00] This is a fancy place after all [18:47:14] [Mari pushes the door open and finds a rather... less delaptitated apartment. It still reaks of mold and decay, but the furnature looks like its still in use.] [18:48:09] * Sev eyes Mari, following after her. [18:48:15] [The Rainbow, must also sit directly atop the adamantine vault, as this is the first level you've actually seen any door open up into the center of the tower since the bottom floor.] [18:48:22] If someone's fine living here, I gotta wonder about their personality. [18:48:39] * Marianysa goes to one of the inner doors, listening again. [18:48:50] * Aun follows behind Mari [18:48:58] (Roll listen) [18:49:14] [Mari doesn't hear anything.] [18:49:55] * Marianysa pushes the door open. [18:52:19] [Mari peers into a long bedchamber. Now this is odd. The carpet is of sarlonan design. Exceedingly expensive. The bed's sheets are silk, and the bed itself looks to be made of fine darkwood, with engravings on it. And it's all in very very good condition.] [18:52:35] * Aurora blinks. [18:53:01] We've found... well, something. [18:53:14] ... [18:53:16] * Marianysa frowns. [18:53:24] * Sev looks into the room, nodding. [18:53:28] (does the bed look like it's been used recently? [18:54:07] [The bed is perfectly drawn and made, the silk sheets reflecting almost like the surface of a lake frozen over.] [18:54:29] Alright, let's hope they have a desk with some maps or plans drawn up [18:54:40] ..Hold on. [18:54:48] * Sev moves to the other door in the first room, listening. [18:55:19] * Aun whistles lowly and begins to poke through the room, clearly amazed. [18:55:20] * Marianysa starts poking around the room. [18:56:01] * Aurora pokes around the room. All the cool kids are doing it. [18:56:29] * Phanos has his zombies stand guard. [18:56:32] [Mari finds that the carpet is well pressed and as seen new footprints recently. The carpet is also new, as there are little to no frayed ends.] [18:57:13] Even got a cleaning service in here. [18:57:29] "Looksa like a mageboi make his home heah. Dis aint non warriah house no. Gots to be a magika." [18:57:30] [Sev hears nothing from the other doorway.] [18:58:13] A warrior isn't an unthinking brute, y'know. He could have a taste for the finer things. [18:58:18] * Sev smashes his foot into the door to kick it open. [18:58:20] Just not all of them. [18:58:30] Hm. [18:58:46] * Aun lifts the bed experimentally. [18:59:35] [Aun finds the bed extremely hard to lift, being made from solid darkwood.] [19:00:31] * Marianysa listens at the door (assuming this isn't a closet) [19:00:55] [Sev enters... a fine kitchen, with a woodless stove, a sink, and cubbords. The smell of exotic spices wafts into his nostrils.] [19:00:56] How did they even get this bed in here? [19:01:04] A wizard did it. [19:01:26] Mfh.. [19:01:28] "Ya. Das what I say." [19:01:43] [Mari opens the closet, to find it an immensely large walk-in variety, almost as big as the bed chamber itself. The hangars are lined with long robes of exotic and elegant silks.] [19:01:52] Let's grab whatever we can of value. [19:01:54] And BURN it. [19:02:00] Talk about loaded... [19:02:06] "Ooh." [19:02:11] * Phanos turns on the magic eyes. [19:02:13] That'll piss this sod off. [19:02:44] That's bullshit. This all needs to go into my next apartment. [19:02:47] * Marianysa returns to the main room. [19:02:56] Y'know.. [19:02:59] I'm not sure we should be intentionally pissing anyone off yet. [19:03:03] I wanna know why this guy isn't here right now. [19:03:06] ... how did he even GET all this stuff? Last I checked, being in the "Make crazy people and people-on-fire" business doesn't pay well [19:03:29] [The woodless stove, obviously, radiates magic, as well as the sink.] [19:03:40] Yeah, but the 'kill people and take their stuff' business sure does. [19:03:50] Does it? [19:04:11] Well, we got in on the ground floor for it with the weapons that assassin had. [19:04:26] We only needed one guy and that was still more than I make in a few months. [19:04:41] huh. I guess it does. [19:04:46] * Sev looks around. [19:04:54] I imagine if you were really really devoted to killing people and taking their stuff, it'd be a goldmine. [19:04:58] Hmfh. Still, this isn't right. [19:05:04] Why wasn't the door locked, at least? [19:05:18] Because nobody could possibly get in past the Raver swarms, faceless men, and men-on-fire. [19:05:19] Whoever it is, they must still be in the tower. Can't see them going very far from this place... [19:05:36] ...unless they're the one who can control Ravers. [19:05:41] Nobody? Well we did. [19:05:46] And we aren't exactly generals of armies. [19:06:06] That's what I was thinking, yeah [19:06:13] * Sev nods, looking around. [19:06:26] And Sev, we were just really lucky [19:06:27] * Phanos looks over the wardrobe. [19:06:30] Let's get out of here. Everyone being in this place is just begging to get caught in a trap. [19:06:34] Remember taht big raver swarm we saw on the way in? [19:07:16] Yeah, speaking of that, let's take everything not nailed down, check for hidden stuff in the things that are, and get the hell out. I'm with Sev. [19:09:03] "How else we gon get dis close again?" [19:09:13] Never, pretty much [19:09:21] "We heah mon. If he's heah, we take him, we end de ravah problem." [19:09:22] Or until the Raver threat is finally dealt with [19:09:30] "Possibly." [19:10:20] * Aun hesitates. "Alright. Let's be quick about it, though. This is all for nothing if we end up eaten." [19:10:20] What I'm worried about is what the ravers were leaving for... [19:10:25] We HAVE come all this way. [19:10:25] * Aurora looks around [19:14:11] Well, let's keep moving then. [19:14:50] Yeah... maybe once we deal with the raver threat once and for all, we can come back and take this stuff with us at our leisure [19:14:51] After we loot the room. [19:16:26] Even if we take out their boss, there'll probably still be ravers, and this is probably going to be very dangerous to come back to [19:16:39] And we haven't even found any documents as to who lives here. [19:16:44] True. [19:17:21] After that, let's look at that room that's above the vault. I'm curious what they'd put on such a thing [19:17:37] [A Ballroom and Resturant.] [19:17:46] * Aun looks for drawers or cabinets or other things that might hold papers or a spare ID or something [19:18:03] (But what KIND of ballroom and resteraunt? :downs:) [19:18:23] * Aurora esarches too [19:18:36] [Nothing. Just more expensive clothing. Oddly enough the ones in the drawers are halfling-sized, while the ones in the walk-in-closet are human sized.] [19:18:56] "Two wizads." [19:19:06] ... hm. [19:19:13] * Aurora checks pockets, not really expecting to find anything [19:19:18] * Phanos steals clothing, as well as a bed leg, using it as his new club. [19:19:47] [Strength Check, please] [19:19:53] * Aun steals clothes as well. [19:20:00] On the way out, we need to take the rug. [19:20:14] * Phanos gets a zombie to do it. [19:20:15] It'd probably sell pretty well, and it definately ties the room together. [19:20:56] Not to mention, easier to carry once it's all rolled up [19:20:59] [Phanos finds he's too weak to snap the wood off the bed.] [19:21:11] Hold on. Lemme do that for ya. [19:21:17] * Sev steps up besides Phanos, grabbing his maul. [19:21:23] Gotta have a use somehow! [19:21:43] You guys really wanna wreck that bed, don't you? [19:21:56] Me? No, I could care less. [19:22:05] * Sev starts smashing into the bed with his maul, smirking. [19:22:58] "I just wanna have someting to say I got dis fah." [19:23:29] (Sorry, this is Densewood. I confused it with the DMG material.) [19:23:48] Careful about how it's broken. Maybe we can find someone who can make something nice out of it. [19:23:56] The bed is already nice. [19:24:00] * Sev continues smashing! [19:24:36] * Phanos takes a leg when he can. "Okay, les go." [19:25:14] [Sev's maul hits it with a loud clang, barely even denting it. That's some hard wood.] [19:25:23] ... wow. [19:25:28] Grugh. This is harder than Lei can.. [19:25:31] * Sev blinks, shaking his head. [19:25:38] Screw the bed, we're done here anyway. [19:25:42] Right. [19:25:51] Let's check the ballroom out, then. [19:25:55] If we get a chance to come back, let's see if we can get the bed made into something more practical. [19:25:58] * Sev looks at Phanos. [19:26:04] Like armor. [19:26:04] * Marianysa sighs. [19:26:06] The money we get from selling this guy's stuff will be all the proof you need. [19:26:16] * Aurora moves towards the ballroom and tries to listen at the door [19:26:26] * Phanos shrugs, picking his old club back. [19:26:51] [Listen check!] [19:27:49] [Gametable Note: Update your pogs, bearing in mind Aurora left to go listen at the resturant's doors.] [19:32:02] [Aurora hears muffled sounds... almost like an animal whining in pain, and a deep resonant voice cooing words she can't make out that sound soothing in tone.] [19:32:26] ... [19:32:44] * Aurora backs up a bit and speaks quietly. "Sounds like a beast tamer in there or something..." [19:32:54] Really, now. [19:32:59] * Sev nods, moving up to the door. [19:33:01] We can go in, but we're practically guaranteed a fight. [19:33:09] "Ya mon, so?" [19:33:15] Then let's go in. [19:33:16] My advice is, we hope the restaurant still has tables, kick one over, and use it as cover. [19:33:24] Gotcha. [19:33:29] * Phanos orders his zombies to stand before him. [19:34:04] They MIGHT not be hostile, but in all honesty... the chances aren't that great. [19:34:08] Sounds like a plan. [19:34:30] If they aren't hostile, we might be able to talk them down after we wreck the door and a table. [19:34:43] * Phanos smirks. [19:34:50] What, should we knock? [19:34:56] Hell no. [19:35:44] Let's get this over with, eh? [19:35:59] Right. [19:36:30] * Sev pushes the door open! [19:39:27] [The doors swing open and the group sees the interrior of The Rainbow. The floors are a muted, dirty mosiac of tiles, and two raised platforms hold empty spaces that might have once been used for dancing. The floor in front of him is empty for about two dozen paces, and might have once held tables. Doors to the side of the corridor lead to what probably were private dining and party halls, and obstensively one of them leads to a kitchen [19:39:30] (Not done) [19:41:25] [However, those minor details pale in comparison to the monsrocity of throbbing red... cables. Or veins. It's hard to tell. On the furthest raised platform is a black mass that hurts to look at, with spikes and prines jutting up from the floor to arch away and then toward the center. In front of it, slightly hunched over, is a figure in a deep crimson robe. He turns to you as the door opens, stepping to the side a bit, revealing...] [19:42:44] [...some poor soul stuck in the black machine, strapped standing to it's horrible devices. Wicked tools extend from the folds of the cloaked figure's sleaves, and you see that the restrained figure's skull is open... you can only assume he was proding those tools into the prisoner's grey matter.] [19:42:58] "My my... this is a suprise." [19:43:21] Hello. You get to die now! [19:43:23] "You got de zombo ritual all rong." [19:43:38] "Dey gotta eat de plants foist." [19:44:01] * Marianysa clenches her swords. "You. No running this time." [19:44:15] * Aurora readies her shiny new bow [19:44:16] [From behind the first dance platform, two ravers come forward. They don't charge, but instend have an air of caged animals.] [19:44:29] "Run? As I recall you were the ones scrambling for your lives." [19:44:38] SHUT UP. I am so gonna rip you apart! [19:44:45] * Sev 's teeth clench against themselves. [19:44:52] "I nevah ran." [19:45:09] It's time to even it up, then. [19:45:11] Aurora, fire. [19:45:34] ((Fuck one second)) [19:45:39] ((My mouse is doing weird shit)) [19:45:43] ( Wireless? ) [19:46:01] ((yes, but not that. clicking on your msgs in mIRC are automatically closing them)) [19:47:04] ((Alright)) [19:47:31] ( Alright. OKay to act now? ) [19:47:36] "So hastey to die are we? I suppose you've been tarrying long enough." [19:47:55] [He turns back to his victim and resumes poking around in his head.] [19:49:02] "You simply don't appreciate what we're trying to do here. But you'll find out soon enough." [19:49:21] You sick bastard! You deal with us and you leave him alone! [19:49:48] * Aurora casts a spell upon Sev, tapping him lightly, then points her bow at the cloaked man, drawing an arrow. [19:50:47] Repent! [19:50:50] * Aun begins chanting in a low, deep, burbling cadence that brings hobgoblin drums to mind. [19:51:36] "To repent you need to have done something wrong." [19:51:56] "You, of course, believe I have wronged these people. But I merely gave them purpose." [19:52:51] Dying because you don't have a mouth to eat with isn't purpose! [19:53:26] Traveller take your eyes, we don't care what you have to say for yourself. Repentant or not, we're going to kill you and do awful things to your corpse. [19:53:31] "Of course it is. It all has a purpose." [19:53:45] "Raving madness... blind fury... burning anger... All of these are mere aspects of a greater whole. A purity of passion... of Wrath. We will keep searching for it, and when we find it... you will tremble... in awe." [19:54:11] Well, I've got a purpose for you, and it's pointy. [19:54:13] [Aurora's Arrow flies] [19:55:01] * Aurora seems to seethe with an otherworldly fury. Her voice rings out, clear and full of purpose, and her silver hair seems especially noticable. "THIS IS THE JUDGMENT OF THE RIGHTOUS." [19:55:08] * NovaSeaker changes topic to 'Init Order: Aun, Phanos, Mari, Sev, Aurora' [19:56:31] [Aurora fires her arrow... and the entire shaft turns pure silver light. It flies and strikes above the cloaked one's shoulder, hitting the dark mechanisms of his machine. He whirls around, his face still shadowed but his posture showing the most agitation since you entered.] [19:56:38] "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT BOW?" [19:56:46] [Aun's Turn] [19:56:50] ON THE FLOOR. [19:57:09] ((Oh awesome.)) [19:58:19] * Aun frowns and make sharp quick gestures and a throaty chuckle at the robed man, before ducking behind the wall. [19:59:04] ((Look. At gametable.)) [19:59:48] (For what? I assume I'm in spell range, and there are walls for me to duck behind) [20:00:04] ((Oh I misread)) [20:02:23] [Phanos's Turn] [20:02:41] * Phanos begins to chant as well, a dark portal opening up before a raver, a pile of bones flying forth and assembling itself, the jawbone the final piece of a now cackling, red-eyed skeleton. [20:03:33] * Phanos points into the room, his zombies filtering in. He points to the one the skeleton just appeared before and fires a ray at it. [20:05:53] * NovaSeaker changes topic to 'Init Order: Aun, Phanos, Ravers, Mari, Sev, Aurora' [20:09:02] [One of the Ravers claws ineffectually at the skeleton and the other seems to cower in place, unable to cope with its weakened body.] [20:09:12] [Mari's Turn] [20:11:29] [Gametable Note: I forgot to draw the steps onto the platforms. Any other way onto the platforms is blocked by a railing.] [20:13:29] * Marianysa runs into the room. [20:14:29] [Sev's Turn] [20:15:29] * Sev moves quickly into the room, ducking past the zombies and moving up to the weakened raver. He casts a glare at the robed figure, yelling at him. [20:15:41] You're gonna PAY for what you did to my parents you sick bastard! [20:16:11] * NovaSeaker changes topic to 'Init Order: Aun, Phanos, Ravers, Mari, Sev, Cloaked One, Aurora' [20:17:05] [The cloaked figure turns to Sev and his voice envolpes him like thick honey.] "Oh my, I'm sure you can understand I only thought what was best... can't you see I only want what's best for you?" [20:17:13] [WILL SAVE] [20:18:13] * Sev grumbles, looking around. [20:18:32] "Please.. don't let your friends interrupt my work. They don't understand me like you do." [20:18:46] [Aurora's Turn] [20:19:54] * Aurora moves forward, up next to the zombies so they don't block her line of sight, and sets her bow pointed at the Cloaked One... [20:20:20] D-don't! Don't hurt him! [20:20:36] * Aurora fires the arrow [20:20:43] Hey! [20:22:29] * Aurora misses terribly. [20:23:57] [Aun's Turn] [20:24:12] [Aurora's Arrow once against turns to a piercing silver shaft of light.] [20:24:55] * Aun points at Sev, and her chant raises to a fever pitch [20:27:34] [Phanos's Turn] [20:31:27] * Phanos sends his zombies moving in, making no move to attack the man in red, letting them wander around pahnos and the skeleton, getting ready to rip the ravers apart. Phanos himself moves in as well [20:36:06] [The weakend raver swings feebly at Sev.] [20:36:40] [It misses pathetically.] [20:36:47] [Mari's Turn] [20:37:14] * Marianysa darts forward, intent on the cloaked man. [20:40:37] [Sev's Turn. He looks between his friends wondering why they have to fight each other, and suddenly without comprehending the words coming from Aun's mouth he snaps out of it, her droning chant washing away the sticky grime of the cloaked figure's voice from his head.] [20:42:23] * Sev blinks, lifting his hammer back up. [20:42:40] After I smash that guy's skull into the ground I want a drink. [20:45:34] [The weakened raver goes down without so much as a yelp.] [20:47:18] * Sev pulls his maul up, grinning. [20:47:59] [The cloaked one looks down at Mari. His cloaked head looks up to Aun and pauses for a moment and then back down to Mari.] "Little point in charming you with your True Speach chanting friend." [20:48:18] (Speech*) [20:48:35] (ER, no wait, it was right the first time?) [20:49:28] ( Speech ) [20:50:29] [The trools from from his sleaves and he ducks down, spreading his legs out wide until they're almost at right angles to his feet, ankles bent completely to the side. He hops forward while bending at such an extremely low angle and snaps upwards, his loose sleaves flaping in the wind caused by his palm strikes to Mari's torso and jaw.] [20:50:37] (tools*) [20:52:49] [The first strike to her chest misses, his palm grazing up her torso only to have his elbow snap into her solar plexus. Mari manages so twist to the side and back as his left arm streaks past where her jaw would have been.] [20:54:09] * Marianysa staggers. "That...all you got?" [20:54:23] [His voice is cold, not boasting.] "Hardly." [20:54:34] [Aurora's Turn] [20:56:10] * Aurora steps up the platform and moves to a corner to get a clearer shot at the cloaked man, and fires an arrow [20:59:37] [Aurora fires another arrow which turns to silvery light mid-air. It strikes the cloaked figure in the shoulder, then disappears, leaving a tattered hole in his robe.] [20:59:55] [Aun's Turn] [21:02:26] * Aun moves closer to the fight, readying her weapon for when she has to enter the melee. [21:02:57] (Double move?) [21:03:18] [Phano's Turn] [21:03:25] * Phanos steps up onto the platform alongside Aurora, her white-streaking arrow being followed by a dark ray of negative, unholy energy. The miniature cadre of zombies seeming like an angry enough horde as they approach the red-cloaked man, shuffling behind sev and mari to back them up, the skeleton rushing for the cloaked figure, hopping up and taking a slice at him as his bones get pulled back to the netherworld. [21:06:15] [The Robed figure throws itself to the ground, balanced on his ankles again until he's almost flushed with the floor. Phanos's ray goes wide.] [21:08:05] [The first raver to go down slowly gets back to its feat in halting, jerking motions.] [21:08:52] * Marianysa is too focussed on the robed man to notice the change. [21:08:57] [It shudders, then starts loping toward Aun and one of Phanos's zombies.] [21:09:13] [Mari's Turn] [21:09:33] [Hold for explaination] [21:12:57] * Marianysa dives past the man, rolling to her feet behind him. [21:16:00] * Marianysa immediately thrusts her sword at the man's unprotected back. [21:16:19] [He dodges out of the way, somehow having seen the attack coming.] [21:16:47] [Sev's Turn] [21:18:16] * Sev winds his arms back as if he's about to swing his maul, then hopping forward five feet next to the robed figure and whirling entirely, swinging from the opposite direction. [21:18:36] This one's for my mom! [21:18:37] * Phanos (~rustangel@ip-116-200.atvci.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [21:18:43] [Just as Sev is about to swing his maul he feels something nudge him in the ankle. His inertia already started he can only wonder as he swings why a rat is putting a paw on his leg. And why he feels so much stronger.] [21:19:01] * Phanos (~rustangel@ip-116-200.atvci.net) has joined #sharn [21:22:39] * Sev catches his breath. [21:22:42] Face it pal, your shit's over with. [21:22:45] [Grunting as the maul hits him, despite him throwing up a forearm to block the swing, the cloaked figure rolls with the blow, turning a full circle and ducking, striking out with a leg at Mari and then coming up to rain palm strikes on Sev.] [21:24:33] * Marianysa crumples to the ground. "N-urgh..." [21:26:37] [The cloaked one settles back on his heels as the last palm strike goes over Sev's shoulder.] [21:28:52] * Sev 's eyes widen, he tilts a bit, his maul hitting the ground. [21:28:59] [Aurora's Turn] [21:29:32] * Aurora steps up to the edge of the platform, reaches back, and fires another arrow. [21:30:13] [Aun's Turn] [21:31:27] * Aun tries to climb over the side railing [21:32:52] * Aun vaults over the rail, reels back and hacks at the cloaked man with no apparent skill with her weapon [21:34:10] [Phanos's Turn] [21:34:14] * Phanos grunts, jumping down upon the other raver, bearing down on its prone neck with his scythe's wide and and pressing down in an attempt to decapitate it before it gets back up. His zombies cluster around the cloaked figure, three taking five foot steps and striking. Another stumbles towards the reanimated raver. [21:37:54] [The last Raver makes a swipe at one of Phanos's clansmen.] [21:39:20] [Mari] [21:40:21] [Sev is stunned.] [21:40:51] ._. [21:41:59] [The Cloaked one watches as the zombies approach then speaks.] "I have no use for these lifeless husks. They cannot know the depths of His wrath." [21:42:14] "Dey likes de brains." [21:42:39] [He then pivots on one foot as he kicks out with another, striking for all three in one swoop.] [21:45:37] [The zombies rattle and the cloaked one's heal leaves a gouge through thier flesh, only the one toward the end showing less damage as the power of his kick was absorbed by the first two.] [21:45:47] [Aurora's Turn] [21:47:57] [Aurora fires another shot the the shaft of lie goes wide.] [21:48:01] [Aun's Turn] [21:48:14] "Step back, lady." He tells Aurora. [21:48:28] ((Ooooh)) [21:48:46] * Aun keeps swinging away. Something has to hit eventually! [21:49:50] [As Aun swings she feels her strength increase, helping her attack faster by way of sheer muscle power. After she swings she notices the rat about her feet as well.] [21:51:14] [Phanos's Turn] [21:52:27] * Aurora moves back [21:53:14] * Phanos hops down, pushing aurora a bit back as he does, straining as his eyes become black, tendrils of darkness spilling out from his body along where his veins would be, clinging to his zombies and healing them. [21:58:09] * Phanos 's zombies, freshly healed, lash out at the monk to no avail, one menacing zombie clawing at the throat of the reanimated raver [21:58:44] [The raver falls to the floor.. then opens its eyes as lashes out at the zombie from the ground.] [21:59:25] [Sev's Turn. He is no longer stunned.] [22:00:02] * Sev groans, shaking his head. He grabs his maul from the floor, glaring at the figure. [22:01:41] [Finishing his roundhouse kick of the zombies, the Cloaked one darts his fingers, toward Sev's exposed neck as he bends.] [22:06:55] * Sev shoves the attack away, swinging warily at the Cloaked One. His arms still seem a bit affected, though, overswinging. [22:07:55] [The cloaked figure barely notices Sev's attack. He merely "hmphs" at the healing undead, then pummels one repeatedly.] [22:09:12] [Finishes with a palm thrust to its head, and tears it off, throwing it asside.] [22:09:27] "Nothing but toys." [22:13:40] [As the wave of negative energy explodes forth from the zombie's body, the cloaked figure leaps in the air, barrel rolling and twisting, landing on one foot, completely evading the energy.] [22:14:18] * Aun vaults up onto one of the vein wires to dodge the blast of negative energy, sliding down it and hopping off to resume her previous position [22:14:32] * Sev falls over, blood spattering out of his mouth. He hits the ground, the wounds off his body not continuing to bleed. [22:15:31] [Nix that, Sev was not caught in the blast.] [22:18:28] [Aurora's Turn] [22:19:32] * Aurora reaches for another arrow and sends it flying at the cloaked man's general direction [22:21:01] [The cloaked figure staggers back, as it takes another light-arrow to the chest.] [22:21:48] [Aun's Turn] [22:22:11] Submit yourself to the Silver Flame and face judgment! [22:22:18] * Aun swings even more! [22:26:34] [The rat skitters from Aun's feat and runs to an empty space. It then begins to grow. Its skin splits but inside isn't gore but more limbs. It's fur recedes until it and its skin are a cloak attached to a rapidly growing humanoid, unfurling as if from a crouch as it grows and stands to a noble height and bearing. The man has iron-grey hair and eyes, and seems to be of Karnathi descent. His face is set with a look of grim determination.] [22:27:21] * NovaSeaker changes topic to 'Init Order: Aun, Karnathi, Phanos, Ravers, Mari, Sev, Cloaked One, Aurora' [22:27:26] [Phanos's Turn] [22:27:59] * Phanos steps back, growling ferally but playing things smart as he retreats, a zombie carelessly stepping over the fallen form of its companion, three renewed zombies, teeming with charged negative energy, clumsily grasping for the agile monk with their slow, clawing hands. "Heya! Crazy zombo mon, yopu helpa us, I givea you me secrets!" [22:28:52] * NovaSeaker changes topic to 'Init Order: Aun, Karn, Phanos, Ravers, Mari, Sev, Cloaked One, Aurora' [22:30:36] "Indeed." [22:30:52] "Splodey zombos." [22:31:01] * Phanos spits blood on the floor. [22:31:23] "We will discuss arrangements after, yes?" [22:31:31] "Ya mon!" [22:32:23] * Aurora reels from the exploding zombie. And then the GUY POPPING OUT OF NOWHERE. [22:33:00] * NovaSeaker changes topic to 'Init Order: Aun, Karn, Phanos, Mari, Sev, Cloaked One, Aurora' [22:33:05] [Sev's Turn] [22:34:34] * Sev spits on the floor, mumbling something to himself as he lifts his maul up, swinging for the cloaked figure. [22:34:46] And this one's for me.. See you in hell! [22:37:54] [Sev swings acurately.. but the Cloaked One glances at him and backhands the maul off-course.] [22:38:16] * Sev grits his teeth, standing there with a sigh as the head of the maul hits the ground. [22:38:36] "You look angry. I like that." [22:38:50] "You look outnumbahd and about to die." [22:38:56] "You'll make a fine addition... maybe you'll be the one." [22:38:57] "I make you a zombo." [22:39:28] [The cloaked one swings his arm around and strikes for Sev's throat.] [22:40:27] * Sev is struck dead-on, falling to the floor with a loud thud. [22:40:40] Mgah.. Lei.. [22:40:44] [Sev is unconcious for a most two hours.] [22:42:17] [Almost simultaneously with his punch, he lashes out back toward Aun with two kicks.] [22:43:35] [Aurora's Turn] [22:44:20] * Aurora sees Sev go down and pulls out another arrow and launches it at him. Via the bow. [22:45:04] * Aurora is shooting the Cloaked GUy. Or rather, shooting the air next to him. [22:45:22] [Aun's Turn] [22:45:50] * Aun goes for yet another stab. That seems to be going well [22:45:50] "Miss, might I suggest a coordinated attack?" [22:46:09] (Delay) [22:46:22] Sounds like a plan. [22:47:45] [He nods and jumps to the side, standing over Sev's unconcious form.] [22:51:09] * Aun swings and misses! [22:51:57] [As Aun pulls back she see's the Karn's rapier puncture the cloaked figure's chest.] [22:52:21] [The cloaked figure drops.] [22:54:33] Take his cloak. I want to see what manner of person he is before we finish him. And I don't think there's an alternative. He can't possibly be held captive. [22:55:57] [The karn nods.] "Indeed." [22:56:20] Where'd you come frmo? [22:56:57] * Aun pulls his cloak off of him and turns him with her foot until he's facing up [22:57:11] [He looks up.] "My name is Trevor Therimbol. I live in Graywall." (That's a district in Sharn) [22:57:27] I see... how'd you get in here? [22:57:49] * Aurora moves forward, past the zombies. She stands over the cloaked man, bow at the ready [22:58:00] [The cloaked one breaths raggedly, blood sputtering from his lips weakly. He is a tall human male, looking somewhat of Aundarian descent.] [22:58:20] "I followed you. I have business with Phanos." [22:58:35] I see.. [22:59:09] * Aurora pulls out an arrow and readies it, pointing down at the man's heart. "Any objections?" [22:59:24] "None." [23:00:06] * Aun frowns. "I suppose not." [23:01:12] Alright. Then by the Silver Flame, I pass judgment on him. [23:01:14] * Aurora shoots. [23:01:14] * Aun sits down next to the man. "I'd feel worse about this if you weren't such a wretched little half-man." [23:02:58] * Aun idly plays with his cloak for a few seconds and then begins methodically looking him over for jewelry or other goods likely to be magic [23:03:23] [Aun's words are oh-so-ironic as the arrow pierces the "mans" heart and with his death rattle he begins to change. He shrinks to a third of his height and sprouts hair, stripped brown and black, and his ears broaden, flatten, and point, then move upward on his head. His face elongates into a feline muzzle... and his hands twist backward.] [23:03:50] ... [23:03:54] Huh. [23:03:59] (Knowledge Religion and Bardic Lore checks) [23:04:05] I suppose he WAS a wretched little half-man [23:05:39] * Aurora KICKS it. [23:06:23] This is a Rakshasa. Not a half-blood, but the real thing. And the weakest of its foul kind. [23:06:56] Well, shit. [23:07:02] We haven't beaten him today. [23:07:10] Rakshasa never die. [23:07:18] They just come back over and over [23:07:23] Do they come back to the same body? [23:07:41] They don't keep bodies or memories or experiences. [23:07:48] Just numbers. [23:08:18] ... I will take his body back to the church as proof of what happened here today. [23:08:25] Well, we might not have killed him for good, but we DID beat him. [23:08:39] I guess. [23:08:51] Whatever the Rakshasa've been doing here's been shut down, or at least put on hold. [23:08:51] "Ya mon." [23:08:57] * Aurora looks at the specimen uneasily. [23:09:00] * Phanos moves over to the zombie's prone form, kneeling. [23:09:15] * Aun frowns. "And I so wanted to do bad things to his corpse, too." [23:09:36] [The man looks at all of you, whimpering.] [23:09:44] "Kanyeba. You blow up good ya mon." [23:10:01] * Aurora frowns, and tries to figure out if she can do anything for him... [23:10:09] "I tell de story to ya faddah. He see everyting, you know. Now you come wit me." [23:10:23] [Kanyeba's head still lies against the far wall, ripped from the torso of the zombie before it exploded.] [23:10:40] * Phanos moves over to the head. [23:10:52] "See, you skull, it go heah, on me shouldah." [23:11:17] There's a chance this one might not come back... if he's just rank and file. [23:11:24] * Aun looks at the man. "I don't know if we can save him. I think it'd take a better, fresher cleric than you to save him, and maybe an artificer without a full rack of broken ribs. [23:11:28] Some are more powerful than others from this breed. [23:11:43] * Phanos takes it and puts it into his pack. It's surprisingly nonsmelly and nondrippy. In fact, most of the zombie's exposed innards are flecked with petals of various rare flowers and..dirt? [23:11:53] ... well, his personality might not come back, anyway [23:12:09] Aurora, shut up and help me come to a decision. [23:12:16] Right. [23:12:39] I... don't think there's anythign I can do for him. [23:12:45] It looks like we have three options, and none of them are good. [23:13:20] What are they? [23:13:25] We either kill him here, leave him to suffer and try to come back with someone who can help him, which is a longshot and in the meantime he's like this, or we try to get him out, and that last one won't work. [23:13:47] * Phanos steps up to the tortured man. [23:13:50] "I do it." [23:13:59] "Too scad in de head if e lives." [23:14:08] "Wont life normal no mo, no." [23:14:13] "Best he die heah." [23:14:13] * Aun nods. "Thank you, Phanos. I didn't want to have to do the job myself." [23:14:20] [He shudders, every movement provoking unknown amounts of pain and fear.] [23:14:48] [Trevor stands back and crosses his arms grimly.] [23:14:49] Yeah... sorry we couldn't do anything more for you. I only hope that you rest easy. [23:14:59] * Aun nods at the man. "If you can hear me, you're going home. Sorry about all this." [23:15:03] * Phanos looks to the specemin, putting a calm hand over its mouth. "Sshh..you come wit me now, we go wit de spirits, cross de threshold..nothing to feah deah. Me an vulchah take you, ya?" [23:15:55] [Eyes constantly wide, no real sign of comprehension, the man just continues to whimper... his vocal cords might have been removed.] [23:16:41] * Aurora turns away. And gives the Rakshasa corpse one more solid kick. [23:16:42] * Phanos seems compassionate in his actions, looking the blank-eyes man in the face as his scythe's blade presses into his neck. After a jerk, the head is severed and falls from his shoulders. [23:17:18] [The whimpering stops.] [23:17:53] I guess this is... mostly it. I don't think there's much of the tower left to explore. [23:17:55] * Phanos looks to Karn. [23:18:04] "Tanks fo de help mon." [23:18:15] * Phanos looks around to see if anything's magical. [23:18:30] "Yes. Well.. there is a favor you can do in return." [23:18:35] Oh? [23:18:42] "Ya?" [23:19:12] "My... congregation didn't approve of my "unhealthy" interest in your ways. They said something about breaking too far with tradition.... so please don't mention to anyone that I followed you." [23:20:18] "Taint no problem, mon. I used to standin out too ya." [23:20:31] * Aun nods. "You'll be anonymous, best as I can do it." [23:20:42] Yeah... sure. [23:20:42] "Thank you. That is much appreciated." [23:21:00] "Well then... I guess I'm done here." [23:21:14] [23:21:32] ... how'd he do that? [23:21:42] * Phanos looks to Aurora. [23:21:46] "Lycant." [23:21:55] * Aun nods. "I suppose we are, too. Just need to look in the last few rooms, get the bodies and evidence and gear all together, and hope we get out alive." [23:21:56] (Too small of a rat for that) [23:22:07] (We are done, that is. Not we are lycanthropes.) [23:22:07] I don't think so. Too small... [23:22:17] * Phanos shrugs. [23:22:19] Huh! [23:22:23] "He see me again ya, I ask im." [23:22:28] Thanks... [23:22:29] * Phanos searches around. [23:22:30] That's the same sort of scurrying I heard in the tunnel with the angel! [23:22:41] He must have been the one to summon her. [23:22:47] .. huh. [23:23:02] Or, you know, there's more than one rat in this tower [23:23:18] But this doesn't seem like a friendly environment for anything, even vermin. [23:23:23] So we need to continue searching this tower, then gather the bodies, evidence, and loot together, get everyone awake, then head home? [23:23:32] Yeah. [23:23:34] "Dats de mon wit de bloody zombo cult wanna me to join it." [23:23:39] "Wanna know bout my zombos." [23:24:23] I see.. [23:24:26] * Aun bites her lip. "I think we did good today. I'm really not too sure, but I think everyone we killed either wanted it or needed it and I guess that's how good gets done sometimes." [23:24:51] * Aun chants briefly while looking around the room. [23:25:05] I guess. There's a bit more to explore, but... not with everyone down like this. [23:25:18] I don't think we'll have a second chance either. [23:27:16] This black machine is incredibly magical. [23:27:18] * Phanos coughs up some blood. "So we look." [23:27:21] ... huh? [23:27:30] With all those cables? [23:27:49] Overwhelmingly so. I think it's what's making the ravers and what all else we fought. [23:27:51] Yeah. [23:27:58] ... hm. [23:28:10] We need to find some way to break it before we leave [23:28:12] * Aurora looks over it. [23:28:23] (Disable Device!) [23:28:25] Break it or take it and have it studied for a cure... or something. [23:28:38] ( + Finding magic traps!) [23:28:45] ( = Disable Magic Device!) [23:28:55] ( I can't do any of those. ) [23:29:07] ( Ergo: Someone needs to get Mari up.) [23:29:21] ( We don't have any cure potions, right? ) [23:29:42] (So. Lesson for the month. When next going into Really Dangerous Areas of Sharn, stop by Jorasco first and load up on Potions.) [23:29:50] ( I guess. ) [23:30:00] (This has been a public service annoucnement.) [23:30:07] ( I can burn the rest of my orisons to cure 4 HP... but that's not enough ) [23:30:28] If you want to carry it, you're welcome to try. I'm frankly more interested in making sure that we don't get screwed if someone else learns to work it [23:30:33] (Doesn [23:30:46] 't Mari carry scrolls? One of them might be Cure Light.) [23:31:09] (3 of them are) [23:31:16] Hm... [23:31:19] * Aurora looks over Mari [23:31:46] ( :V ) [23:32:07] * Aurora grabs a scroll! [23:32:37] * Aurora whispers something to herself and starts reading over the scroll, then places her hand on Mari. [23:33:20] * Aurora frowns, and repeasts this. [23:33:31] * Aurora doesn't use a scroll, though [23:34:31] Mari, wake up. [23:35:16] * Marianysa coughs and sits up suddenly, looking around. "I...I'm not dead, right?" She winces. "Owowowowowow. Hurts too much to be dead." [23:35:32] * Phanos moves over to sev and pokes him. [23:35:57] * Marianysa takes in the scene. "What...what happened?" [23:36:12] We killed the cloaked guy. He was a rakshasa [23:36:25] Another one? [23:36:37] A full blooded one [23:36:50] Oh man. That's bad, right? [23:37:00] Yeah... real bad. [23:37:00] Very bad. [23:37:27] But we found that this machine might be the cause of the ravers. It's overwhelmingly transmutational. [23:37:34] We don't know how to break it, though. [23:37:39] And we were hoping you could. [23:37:44] * Marianysa groans as she creekily stands up. She looks over at the machine and gasps at the headless man on it. [23:37:51] Wha-wha-what... [23:38:27] "Had to put em out o ees misry." [23:39:02] He was driven mad by the pain of what the rakshasa was doing to him. It was all we could do. [23:39:27] * Marianysa looks like she's about to cry. "I...I couldn't do anything for him." [23:39:46] "Hey, Kanyeba die too." [23:39:49] "Again." [23:40:07] It was already too late when we got here... [23:40:20] We took out their leader. Now we have a chance at taking out their machine [23:40:26] "E ave de stare, like my zombos." [23:40:40] I...maybe this is something I can do. [23:40:42] * Aun puts a hand on Mari's shoulder. "We couldn't save him, but if you break the machine, nobody else will ever have to go through what he did." [23:40:47] * Phanos searches the rak's body. [23:40:51] * Marianysa limps over to the machine. [23:42:02] After... let us know about how you managed to break it. Just in case there are more of these things out there. [23:42:16] [The rakshasa didn't carry anything on him, keeping him free to perform those exotic close-combat maneuvers, and seems to have kept much of his wealth in his luxurious living space.] [23:46:27] [Mari spends the better part of an hour look over the machine. Paling several times at the unspeakable purpose of several of its parts, she finally finds out that the machine connects to the ceiling of the adamantine vault below it, siphoning off left-over planar energies and transfiguring them toward its own purpose. Going back down to the vault and completely destroying the crystal shaft should shut off the machine's power source.] [23:48:18] The vault is the key. That crystal shaft is powering this thing. [23:48:25] Ugh [23:48:33] Right... at least it's on the way out. [23:49:05] * Aurora checks Sev [23:49:16] "Tink we got time rest up now?" [23:49:22] [Sev is breathing steady.] [23:49:42] I'd rather not spend more time than is absolutely necessary down here... [23:49:56] But we're pretty exhausted. [23:50:15] If we run into anything else I don't think there's anything I can do the way I am now. [23:51:02] * Aurora nods [23:52:07] Let's take what we can from the bedroom and head back to the vault to rest up, then. [23:52:31] It looks like this bow was supposed to be used for smashing that crystal. Maybe it could be put to that use again. [23:53:57] He did seem horrified to see it. [23:54:07] * Aurora nods [23:56:07] * Phanos has a zombie pick up Sev. [23:56:11] "Les go mon." [23:57:12] By the way, Mari, I had to use one of your scrolls to wake you up... [23:57:45] Mind trying to help Sev wake up so we can maybe carry more stuff out? The stuff he can carry will probably make the scroll pay for itself. [23:57:53] Oh, no problem. Should we use one on S-sure. [23:58:15] Oh, come on, Aura, I'm not worried about the money. [23:58:56] Ah, cool. I was just tring to build a list of positives in my head. [23:59:04] * Marianysa goes and uses a scroll on Sev. [23:59:13] (UMD check pls) [00:01:45] * Marianysa glares at the scroll, massaging her temples. "Too sore to think properly" she mutters. [00:03:33] * Marianysa (~dlarmour@wnpgmb02dc1-61-189.dynamic.mts.net) Quit (Quit: ) [00:10:10] * Marianysa (dlarmour@wnpgmb02dc1-61-189.dynamic.mts.net) has joined #sharn [00:11:49] [The group manages to haul off with a small fortune in exotic silks, tapestry, and spices, descending the tower to reach the adamantine vault. There is no other sign of movement besides each other... Trevor seems to be long-gone.] [00:12:23] "Les blow dis ting up." [00:12:50] * Aurora stretches, and points an arrow at it. She fires. [00:13:29] *thunk* [00:13:32] ... hm. [00:14:00] I guess glowing shafts of light don't really hurt gigantic feet-thick crystal spires. [00:14:06] [One more arrows out of many. Curiously, this time the silver-light arrow rematerializes instead of disappearing when it strikes the shaft.] [00:14:22] This is going to re-... huh. Neat. [00:14:34] I wonder why it does that. [00:14:47] [It's still unusable, but the actual material is there.] [00:14:52] I think it's probably a good idea to rest before I fire another one. [00:15:07] * Marianysa looks excitedly at Aura's bow. "I'd love to take a good look at that thing." [00:15:21] Please, feel free. Once we don't have to use it, anyway [00:16:52] I really want to know what it does. [00:17:17] Mari, you could really use the rest. Sev, too. [00:18:02] * Phanos sends his zombies to clog the exit, instructing one of them to poke him when anything touches any of them. [00:18:14] "Now we sleep, ya?" [00:18:26] [It's about noon.] [00:18:38] [Spells won't reset just by resting 8 hours.] [00:18:40] Don't have to tell me twice. I feel like i've been dragged around behind a skycab. [00:18:43] Maybe not sleep, but taking a breather at least. [00:19:22] [The group resolves to take a little breather in the saftey of the vault before making the final run for civilization.] [00:19:25] [Session End] End of #Sharn buffer Thu Jun 21 00:19:58 2007