Start of #Sharn buffer: Wed Oct 24 21:52:39 2007 [17:39:39] * Marianysa (~dlarmour@wnpgmb02dc1-21-178.dynamic.mts.net) has joined #sharn [17:40:31] [The party makes it through the night without further incident. Phanos decided to go back for two of the smaller hound corpses after Sev helped him with the giant one, but other than that Mari was left alone to deal with the mess and damage.] [17:40:55] [The next morning comes. Zol, Therendor 10th, 998 YK] [17:41:02] [Session Start] [17:42:24] [Mari finds herself being woken up by someone shouting her name and shaking her violently.] [17:42:29] "MARI! MARI!" [17:42:46] GAH! WHAT?! WHAT?! DID THEY COME BACK!? [17:42:58] "OH SOVEREIGNS! You're alive!" [17:44:08] * Marianysa rubs her eyes. "Oh... Oh! Uh, yeah, I guess this looks pretty bad..." [17:44:37] "What in gods' names happened here?!" [17:44:52] Um...well... [17:46:53] * Marianysa looks very serious. "You have to promise you won't tell my mother." [17:47:20] "M..Mari.. I... I already sent a messenger." [17:47:34] ...oh hell. [17:47:47] "The storefront was completely in tatters! I didn't even know you were still inside." [17:48:36] * Marianysa starts hurriedly dressing. "Still time to get out before she gets here, then." [17:50:31] * Marianysa slows down. "...no, I guess I have to face this." She sighs. [17:50:32] "What? Get out? But we have to clean this mess up!" [17:50:40] "Right." [17:52:23] * Marianysa sits down on her bed heavily. "But gods, how am I going to explain this?" [17:53:28] * NovaSeaker (~Novaseake@24.168.117.0) Quit (Ping timeout) [17:55:38] * Nova (Novaseaker@24.168.117.0) has joined #Sharn [17:57:42] * Nova is now known as NovaSeaker [17:57:45] * ChanServ sets mode: +o NovaSeaker [17:58:09] * NovaSeaker is now known as Lanni [17:58:36] "First, how bout you explain it to me. What did you do, piss off some droam thugs?" [17:58:59] "Looks like an ogre tried to squeeze through your hallway." [17:59:40] It was more of a dog. A big, burning, fiendish one. [18:00:01] "...Come again?" [18:01:43] * Marianysa sighs. "Last night, while everyone was here, the store got attacked by fiends. The truth is, I'm...kind of caught in some dangerous stuff. [18:04:22] "...Fiends like... 'those dastardly fiends' or like... claws and teeth and pure evil?" [18:04:35] * Lanni seems to be draining of color pretty fast. [18:05:04] "Mari, we have to get you out of here. Those people you're with, look what they're doing to you. You've... you've never been in so much danger before!" [18:05:16] * Marianysa looks away. "Claws and teeth and pure evil. And fire. There was a lot of fire." [18:05:32] * Lanni looks around as the scorch marks and melted carpet. [18:05:42] * Marianysa looks back quickly, scowling. "They're not doing anything to me." [18:06:10] "Except getting your home and business attacked by things human beings weren't meant to deal with!" [18:07:02] "Listen to me, Mari! I've always been there with you when you're mom was being overprotective and strict! But look at this! This isn't something a normal person should have to deal with!" [18:07:30] I chose to get involved when I tried to find out what happened to Aurelis. And they don't want to be involved in this anymore than I do! [18:08:47] [There's a crunching of glass out by the storefront and a moment later Aurelis's voice reaches the two women.] "Hello? Mari?" [18:09:23] Aur? I'm up here. [18:10:00] "Ah! I hope you'll forgive me taking my leave. I'm more help to you know that I'm rested." [18:10:08] "Ah! I hope you'll forgive me taking my leave. I'm more help to you know that I'm rested." [18:10:48] * Lanni frowns as Aurelis enters the living room and comes within sight of Mari's bedroom. [18:11:08] * Marianysa turns back to Lanni. "Anyway, SOMEONE has to deal with this." She grins slightly. "And that's why there's people who aren't normal." [18:12:13] [Aurelis blinks as he sees Lanni.] "Oh. Am I interrupting something?" [18:12:27] * Lanni turns on Aurelis. "Yes! Yes you are! Mari's life!" [18:13:08] "She's trying to make a name for herself and live her own way and then you and the other psychos just come wandering into the scene and drag ogres and and and DEMONS with you!" [18:13:41] To be fair, there haven't been any ogres yet. That I know of. [18:14:20] [Aurelis looks nonpulsed at Lanni's hysteria and looks to Mari.] "Actually, that two-headed giant was an ogre after a fashion." [18:14:23] "UGH!" [18:14:34] * Lanni throws her hands in the air and storms out. [18:14:58] * Marianysa sighs. "Well, that went better than I expected." [18:15:04] * Lanni is now known as Aurelis [18:15:16] * Aurelis watches silently at Lanni passes him. [18:15:29] "Was it something I said?" [18:15:51] Nah. Well, partly. I already started it. [18:16:11] "Sounds like she's just worried about you." [18:16:54] * Aurelis waves his hands and chants, and then nothing happens... until he starts waving his hands to and fro, brushing dirt and debris from the floor with hardly any effort. [18:17:03] She is, but...well, she had to find out sooner or later. [18:17:11] It's not like I can keep hiding all this. [18:17:19] Especially after it trashes my store. [18:17:22] * Aurelis nods. [18:17:29] Any of your stock ruined? [18:18:16] Probably. I was too exhausted to do much checking. [18:18:46] I'll help refill it when we have the time. [18:19:31] * Aurelis wrenches a bent wall support in place and casts another spell, and the two wooden beams merge back together. [18:20:47] * Marianysa smiles. "Thanks, Aur." [18:24:28] * Phanos shows up at Mari's shop, two very familiar looking, now green and plantlike hounds flanking him. [18:24:32] "Yo." [18:25:10] "Ah! My necromantic friend. Back to help with the clean-up effort?" [18:25:25] * Marianysa cringes. "Did you have to bring those dogs back here?" [18:25:58] "It's perfectly safe, Mari. They are bound to our friend Phanos's will by arcane threads stronger than adamantine!" [18:27:45] * Marianysa shakes her head. "I know they're not going to flip out and trash the place. I'm just not exactly ecstatic to see them back in here. No offense, Phanos." [18:29:19] "None taken, mam." [18:29:32] "I justa no got no zombos but dese here." [18:31:59] "The plant-matter on these hounds seems more... integrated than your previous zombified clansmen, Phanos. Is that cause you made the hybrid plant-undead from the start of the process?" [18:33:29] * Aurora calls out from outside. "Mari, you in there?" [18:34:32] Yeah, we're all up here Aura. [18:35:47] * Aurora steps in. "Ah, good. The Silver Flame has granted me some spells to help out with the cleanup." [18:36:44] * Aurelis mutters something under his breath. [18:38:01] * Marianysa rolls her eyes and mutters something back. [18:38:09] "Yah mon, whatevah you say." [18:38:23] * Phanos begins to pick things up, ordering his hounds to help as well. [18:38:28] "Dey sez dey sorry." [18:38:38] * Aurelis blinks at Mair. "Huh?" [18:38:42] Mari* [18:39:42] Mari, I can fix two pretty big things to be just as good as new today. LIke sections of wall. What do you want fixed up? [18:40:11] * Marianysa turns back to Phanos. "Well, in that case I accept their apology." She grins a little. [18:40:34] I'm guessing the wall beams are what you wanna get fixed up right away. [18:40:47] Hmm. Well, I guess it's more important that we make it structurally sound than anything else. [18:41:16] Alright. [18:41:57] * Aurora goes and runs her hand over the beams. Which sets them on fire. But not the bad kind of fire. The good silver kind that makes it solid. Instead of ash. [18:45:00] * Aurora does not set it on fire. Rather, her holy symbol lights up with silver flame. And the beam fixes itself. [18:45:21] * KesAFK (~crazysapi@ip24-252-34-39.om.om.cox.net) Quit (Quit: I was there, man. I was in the shit with the grunts.) [18:48:20] "So when we gon go get dis rakshasha fella?" [18:48:54] I did a little looking into things. Khyber's Gate isn't exactly heavily populated. Not a whole lot of residential districts. [18:49:28] [It takes little more than half an hour to fix Mari's apartment to be presentable. With Aurelis and Aurora fixing structures, and then the former using Prestidigitation to sweep the debris from the floor, it only looks like Mari had a rather wild party the night before.] [18:49:39] (You did not do looking in) [18:49:46] (I told you what common knowledge was.) [18:49:53] (I didn't see any Gather Info checks) [18:50:03] ( You didn't ask for any. ^^; ) [18:50:11] (You didn't roll any.) [18:50:21] ( Because you didn't ask for any. ) [18:50:42] (Because I'm not railroading you. Make your own damn choices about what to do.) [19:02:16] "Well, so we jus go an ask around den?" [19:04:41] Well, I did some asking around in Blackstone... one person passes through Khyber's Gate on occasion. [19:05:37] He said he'd never seen any high quality furniture or anything like that being carted in. Rakshasa like that stuff. But he did mention expensive raw materials move between the foundries via train. [19:05:53] The trains MIGHT be a way that they could sneak that stuff in. Or sneak out of the place undetected. [19:06:40] Well, it's a start! [19:06:40] They usually hire adventurers from the two guilds to help protect the train in case the Daask raid. [19:07:00] (Blackstone is the church, Fallen is the district) [19:07:06] ( Yeah. ) [19:07:16] ( SHe was asking in/around Blackstone in Fallen. ) [19:10:17] "I'm not sure how raw materials for foundries would be the same as imported riedran silk and aerenal livewood chairs." [19:11:06] They wouldn't be. I can't think of another way to bring expensive things into the area, though. [19:11:17] At lesat, without everyone seeing it and talking about it somehow. [19:11:32] It could be nothing, but this is all I have. [19:11:58] "...We are dealing with beings capable of contracting *interplanar* assassins." [19:12:20] "They might have just *teleported* or... hell, *planeshifted* it in." [19:12:27] "Dis is true." [19:12:33] Hm. .. yeah. [19:12:34] "He might know de mansion spell." [19:12:46] I guess we're back to no info. [19:12:52] dat be de case, he be anyweah. [19:13:59] "I'm not sure how Mordenkainen's Mansion would let you transport furnature..." [19:14:04] Hey, it was worth a shot. [19:14:32] "He be IN de mansion, is what I say maybe to." [19:14:34] Just because it didn't pan out doesn't mean it was a waste of time. [19:14:44] "aint der no spell that findys de people?" [19:14:51] "Also, I'm fairly certain if he was inside a Mansion, we wouldn't have been able to scry him. Interplanar scrying is insanely difficult." [19:14:58] Maybe we found out something that we'll be glad we found out later. [19:15:39] "Maybe we go der ourselves, ya." [19:15:49] "Get familiah wif de area." [19:16:24] Yeah. The residential area isn't too big, so it might b eeasier to keep an eye on. [19:16:29] ... if they're in the residential area, anyway. [19:16:37] (I didn't say it wasn't big.) [19:16:51] (It's bigger than Central and Northedge combined.) [19:17:02] ( ah. o.o ) [19:17:06] ... well, "easier" being relative. [19:17:10] It's still huge. [19:20:08] Do any of you have ideas? [19:20:25] "Not especially, no." [19:21:16] Mari? [19:21:29] * Marianysa scratches her head. "Right now, I got nothin'. We don't want them to come to us, so...damn." [19:21:31] "I hate being a sittin' duck, mon." [19:21:42] "Well I think that's merely a matter of time." [19:22:02] I'm still a little frazzled from last night. I need some time to think. [19:22:07] "They sent a kyton after us early yesterday morning, and then a pack of hellish dogs that night." [19:22:33] "It seems to me our main man is rather a coward." [19:22:37] I'm wondering what's next. They seem to have changed their opinion of us a bit. [19:22:51] He's a rakshasa. They're all cowardly, sneaky, selfish creatures. [19:23:07] "We scryed on him, and according to Aurora's translation, he was contemplating attacking us himself." [19:23:30] "But he's what, 100 million years old? And we've managed to kill one of his kind before." [19:23:39] A lower caste, though. [19:23:58] "...True. Still though. He has 100 million years of history to try and preserve." [19:24:01] "We could take heem, metinks." [19:24:07] "ave is own dogs eat him, ya. [19:24:26] Well, even if we don't have a way to take it to them, we better stick together for when they try again. [19:24:29] "He's going to be careful and use pawns." [19:24:47] I don't like the sneaky approach, but could it be possible to set a trap for him? [19:25:00] "I imagine he doesn't have infinite resources of them, ready to die for him." [19:25:27] "Well, at least, extraplanar entities." [19:26:01] "They could go back to using mortal assassins...." [19:26:07] "hrm.." [19:26:27] * Aurelis seems to have overthought himself and looses his confidence in speaking. [19:26:32] loses* [19:27:27] "Dey all seem mortal to me." [19:27:33] "considerin we made em all ded." [19:28:04] What is it you were going to say, Aurelis? [19:29:39] I don't like the idea of waiting them out. Say they keep sending assassins to get us and we keep winning. They just get a better idea of our capabiilites. [19:29:45] "Well... even if he runs out of extraplanar allies, there's no telling what kind of Eberron-native monsters a rakshasa could wrangle up, and then if we manage to get through those, he has had 100 million years to gain wealth, so purchasing assassins would be... a small matter for someone like that..." [19:29:52] ... yeah. [19:29:56] "Maybe waiting for him to come out himself is a bad idea..." [19:30:44] We need to go on the offensive. The first thing to do, I suppose, would be to go to Khyber's Gate. Though that would tip him off that we saw his converstation. [19:31:13] ...He could be scrying on us right now. [19:31:17] "Or we could pretend be der fo someting else." [19:32:47] True. [19:32:50] "Yes. And... in disguise?" [19:32:56] That'd probably be how he knew we were in Mari's shop. [19:33:17] Alright, so let's assume he's watching us at all times. How do we deal with that? [19:33:38] ...Speak telepathically? [19:34:38] ... huh. That would work, if we could figure out a cost-effective way to do that. [19:35:42] * Yonjuuni (~dlarmour@wnpgmb02dc1-21-178.dynamic.mts.net) has joined #sharn [19:35:55] * Marianysa (~dlarmour@wnpgmb02dc1-21-178.dynamic.mts.net) Quit (Ping timeout) [19:36:35] * Yonjuuni is now known as Marianysa [19:40:47] * Marianysa frowns. "Could they get around that, though? I mean, couldn't they have some way to pick up our thoughts while scrying, with how advanced they are?" [19:41:15] It's possible. [19:41:44] They've got to have some limitation. They're not invincible. We've beaten one of them. [19:42:01] "A lower caste..." [19:42:03] I mean, obviously they can't just read our minds or they'd be doing a lot better, but maybe thoughts that we were trying to direct...dammit, I _hate_ Rakhasa. [19:42:06] Reading minds is something rakshasa ar eknown to do, though. [19:42:53] As for HOW to speak telepathically...we could use rings of sound. it'd be expensive, but it's an idea. [19:43:03] What are those? [19:44:43] "I tink dis too smancy." [19:45:43] (Circles of Sound) [19:45:57] (woops, sorry) [19:45:59] Sets of linked magical rings, allow us to whisper to anyone within the ring's range. But it's still technically audible, so they might be able to pick it up without telepathy. [19:46:08] "If he seed us all de time, he know we know where he be, ya, den he jus move anyway." [19:47:06] * Marianysa facepalms. "That too." [19:47:25] "so I dont be tinkin he do." [19:47:56] Could he possibly scry more than one of us at a time? [19:48:22] "What about dat spell, de one dat find objects?" [19:50:49] "Someting we see him be wearin' on him." [19:51:00] "Ask a wizzah to fin dat ting." [19:51:14] "We only saw his cloak." [19:51:31] "And if he's not and immense idiot, he would have destroyed it by now." [19:52:01] * Phanos tries to think back to anything else he'd seen of note at the time of the scrying. [19:52:08] "I don't think we need worry about him reading our minds, however. The scrying spell only allows specific magical effects to be channelled through it, none of which can read minds." [19:53:36] Oh. Whew. [19:54:53] I guess we could be overthinking this. [19:55:15] "I tinks we is, ya." [19:55:22] Those rings sound like a good measure, but... they're really expensive. [19:55:23] "This might be a time where that's a good thing." [19:55:38] "Letsa go down der, ask aroun about places people keep away from." [19:56:01] "Chances aah dis guy set up wher nobody wan'go." [19:56:06] "We... we can go head-first into Khyber without a plan, but remember that this thing we're dealing with isn't alone." [19:56:10] "He not gonna be livin in no apatments." [19:56:31] "Dis to scout, mon." [19:56:31] Yeah. [19:56:37] "That very sexy assassin he has working for him came after me and was like... death on legs." [19:56:59] How did she fight? [19:57:39] "She dual wielded bastard swords. Like nothing I've ever seen." [19:57:53] "Dat ain't very efficient." [19:58:13] "She killed guardsmen left and right. Looked efficient from where I was hiding." [19:58:56] "Pah." [20:00:45] Maybe Aun's got some ideas. She did send Loharath to us. [20:01:00] "Where is that guy anyway?" [20:02:16] I guess wherever it is he keeps his spare pants. [20:02:49] If he hasn't found something else to beat up already. [20:03:17] "I kinda wandah why he be aftah us anyway..I mean..how he know it be us killed his kinmon?" [20:03:28] "Why, did something happen to his pants after I left, Mari?" [20:03:41] He was probably watching the fight. [20:04:02] "Well the lesser rakshasa we defeated knew where to find us." [20:04:20] "As evidenced by assassins showing up at our places of business and homes." [20:04:26] "Oy. Dis give me one big headhurt." [20:04:27] he said he lived in Overlook [20:04:37] "Because he hired the Seekers of Truth." [20:04:46] * Marianysa reddens. "It was a joke! He said his apartment was mostly just where he kept his spare pants." [20:04:54] "All it would take is for the baby rakshasa to tell the daddy rakshasa who he was trying to kill." [20:05:35] * Aurelis grins at Mari. "Why are you so flustered then?" [20:05:46] H-hey... you're not interested in him, are you? [20:06:23] * Marianysa glares at Aurelis. "You should talk, you still won't stop talking about how sexy the woman who tried to kill you was." [20:06:31] "Maybe I ask de elves or de bloodies." [20:06:46] You think they might know something? [20:07:02] "Nevah hurt to ask." [20:07:07] "Oh she was. Should have seen the things she let me do to her. And for my first time to!" [20:07:07] :D [20:07:18] * Marianysa groans. [20:09:29] * Loharath (~CharlesHB@c-71-233-188-2.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) has joined #Sharn [20:09:31] If we kill her, we'll be sure you get first dibs on the body. [20:09:48] "I bring it back too, it just smell like lotus." [20:10:26] * Marianysa STARES at Aurora, then bursts out laughing, slapping her on the back. "That was GREAT! I didn't know you had it in you." [20:10:32] * Aurelis opens his mouth to say something, then closes it. [20:10:51] "She like dat boy, be gettin all defensive." [20:13:00] "I would never consider defiling a corpse." [20:13:06] * Aurelis says this academicly. [20:13:19] "He a little hansome, I spose. Not so bright though. In de mental sense, not de shiny one." [20:13:39] "He needs to put a shirt on, too." [20:13:42] "He pretty shiny, jus like you." [20:13:58] "Making me look bad." [20:14:17] "Ya mon, dont be not wearin no shirt." [This coming from someone who wore next to nothing for a good while] [20:14:37] "Not my fault it learning to bend reality with formulas and rituals eats into my personal workout time." [20:14:43] * Loharath (~CharlesHB@c-71-233-188-2.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: ) [20:14:48] * Loharath (~CharlesHB@c-71-233-188-2.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) has joined #Sharn [20:16:04] * Marianysa just smirks at Aurelis. [20:17:16] "We'll see whose smiling when I gain enough power to reforge myself in any image I want." [20:17:22] * Aurelis crosses his arms. [20:17:37] What image would that be? [20:18:00] "Probably looka-like me." [20:18:00] "Anyone that I want." [20:18:06] "HAH!" [20:18:25] "I be handsomer den you, mon." [20:18:26] "No, I merely meant there are rituals out there to make a mage as good a fighter as any knight, or as sneaky as any assassin." [20:18:43] "So I'll be able to do everything they can do, and them more." [20:18:48] then* [20:19:22] * Marianysa rolls her eyes. [20:20:36] I guess we could go talk to Aun... [20:20:43] Maybe she might know something [20:21:56] "Mebbe." [20:22:24] Or at least, maybe she could figure out how to get us a nice price break on those Circles. [20:27:47] "so les go." [20:28:07] Mari, Aurelis? [20:28:58] * Marianysa nods. "Sounds good to me." [20:29:20] "It is a plan." [20:29:25] * Aurelis gets up. [20:29:50] Alright, let's go. [20:29:58] * Aurora starts moving, now that the shop is semi-cleanish [20:30:54] * Marianysa locks up after everyone leaves, then follows the group. [20:31:24] * Loharath is standing outside, leaning against a guard-rail. "Lower Dura doesn't know who sent the dogs." [20:31:42] * Aurora blinks. "Ah, Lohorath, you were here?" [20:31:45] ..."You asked Lower Dura?" [20:32:26] Not all of them. Just the ones who looked particularly likely to know about the dogs. But they mostly just passed out before they said anything. [20:32:27] Oh hey! [20:32:31] * Marianysa waves. [20:32:46] * Aurora nods. [20:32:51] We're going to visit Aun. You coming? [20:33:12] * Loharath gives a short wave to Mari. "Hello, Mari. And I may as well. It's been a few days since I've been back home." [20:33:38] Alright. [20:33:39] And it's Lo*har*ath, kid. Less 'whore'. [20:33:52] ( Typo. D: ) [20:34:04] Right. Sorry about that. [20:34:14] (Wasn;t the first one. And O and A are to far apart on the keyboard for it to be a typo. :P) [20:34:22] ( bah ) [20:34:42] * Aurelis guffaws. [20:35:31] [In just under an hour, the group manages to find a skycab and arrive in Overlook.] [20:35:41] * Marianysa snickers. "Well, I don't think we got anything done to figuring out this mess any better than you did, so let's see if Aun has any ideas." [20:36:10] * Phanos hops on with his mutts. [20:37:14] [When they arrive, they realize they aren't too sure of where she is, until they notice Loharath walking with knowledge of where he's headed.] [20:37:46] * Aurora follows. [20:38:09] You know where Aun is? [20:38:46] You ask a lot of questions. [20:39:08] "Why aint you wearin' no shirt?" [20:39:32] I kinda have to. [20:40:27] Yes. Why aren't you wearing a shirt? [20:41:11] A man doesn't need to hide behind armor, and a shirt is nothing but the lowest sort of armor. [20:41:44] I don't wear clothes for protection! [20:42:03] I wear them because! ..... [20:42:18] ... [20:42:27] Help me out here, Phanos. [20:43:40] * Marianysa laughs. [20:43:51] "Because I don't like lookin at yo nipples." [20:45:21] "Well I wouldn't have put it so... abruptly.." [20:45:49] Right... [20:45:56] [Thankfully, the group makes it to Miashta's doorstep, somewhere low in Overlook, bordering Middle Dura.] [20:46:12] * Aurora knocks on the door [20:46:59] [A six-foot, really mean-lookin bugbear opens the door.] [20:47:36] * Aun (~CharlesHB@c-71-233-188-2.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) has joined #Sharn [20:48:00] Oh, it's you. Come on in. [20:48:07] * Marianysa gapes for a moment, before managing a weak "...Aun?" [20:48:27] Ah... hello. You weren't expecting trouble... were you? [20:48:48] I'll tell you when you're older. [20:48:54] * Aurelis snerks. [20:49:25] * Loharath shoulders past Aun into the apartment, and sprawls on one of the couches [20:49:44] * Marianysa snickers. [20:49:58] * Aurora walks in. "Um... okay. Thanks for Loharath, by the way." [20:50:04] [A voice from upstairs difts down.] "Aun? Who's at the door?" [20:50:23] We were in the middle of getting attacked when he showed up. [20:51:01] * Aun grins, barely-aligned fangs sticking out from her goblinoid maw. "It's the kids! Apparently they can't go three days without Mama Aun." [20:51:26] (Or one. It's Tomorrow, from Aun's point of view.) [20:52:00] (The skycab attack was the morning of the same day that Loharath showed up) [20:52:07] (Aaah) [20:52:48] * Aun closes the door behind everyone once they enter, and shifts into an eerily-beautiful form with long black hair and Adaran features. It bears a vague resemblance to her half-elven form, were it kalashtar instead. [20:53:07] "Well, it's just that we've hit a dead end. Our scrying revealed a few things, but we need someone to put their ear to the ground, as it were..." [20:53:38] * Marianysa smiles sheepishly. "Well, we're kind of at a loss right now, and since Loharath showed up at just the right time, we thought you might know something we didn't." [20:55:02] Well, I just figured that if people are trying to murder us, I would be remiss in leaving without sending some big guy to help you not die. [20:55:36] I haven't heard anything yet, but I'm here to help. I can go out and beat the sticks, see what comes up. [20:55:50] * Aurora nods. [20:55:59] We found out they're in Khyber's Gate... [20:56:12] "The rakshasa." [20:56:23] * Aurora digs out some paper. "We scryed them, and caught some of their conversa-..." [20:56:53] ... wait a moment. If he's spying on us, he could have seen we tried to scry him. And make up a fake conversation to throw us off the trail. [20:57:10] Unless that's what he wants us to think, and he really is in Khyber's Gate... [20:57:23] [Miashta's younger sister walks downstairs and stares at all of you before heading off to talk with Loharath.] [20:57:42] * Aurora waves at Miashta's sister. [20:57:58] * Aurelis pinches the bridge of his nose. [20:58:08] We've beem talking in circles like this all morning. [20:58:11] * Marianysa sighs. [20:58:28] "you makin dis TOO complicated." [20:59:10] Look, I'm going out to see what's happening in Khyber's Gate. You all can keep arguing about scrying and counter-scrying, and I'll be back in an hour. [20:59:22] Thanks Aun. [20:59:40] * Aun gets her coat on and heads out the door [20:59:50] Good luck [21:00:06] So.. [21:00:07] * Marianysa sighs, looking embarassed. "Thanks Aun." [21:00:27] * Aurelis twiddles his thumbs as Miashta heads down to see Aun off. [21:01:02] I guess we can rest in the meantime. [21:01:41] Miashta. I can't help but notice how... attractive... your people are. [21:01:50] "Want someone come along?" [21:01:55] "Why thank you." [21:02:23] Ahem. Yes. Well.... do you have any friends that are looking for a date? [21:02:34] Thanks again for sending Loharath for us... [21:02:44] (SHE LEFT) [21:04:51] [Miashta's smile doesn't falter a bit.] "I'll see what I can do." [21:06:16] [Miashta turns to Aurora.] "Don't worry about it. Aun was worried about leaving you alone, and she told me you were a Purified so I thought Loharath would like to help." [21:06:33] Nice to see your priorities are straight as usual, Aur. [21:06:54] * Aurora smiles. [21:07:00] Come now, Mari. It's not as if we're in competition. [21:08:38] * Aun is too busy talking to Lanashta to say wether he actually likes to help or not! [21:08:53] ( Thanks Aun. :V ) [21:09:12] How did you come to meet him, anyway? [21:09:21] (Derp, wrong window) [21:11:02] * Marianysa grins at Aurelis. "What, I can't be concerned for whatever poor woman you inflict yourself on?" [21:13:16] * Aurora glances occasionally at Loharath and Lanashta. Maybe a bit more often than she otherwise would. [21:15:19] * Marianysa eyes Aurora briefly, looks at what she's looking at, then shrugs and goes back to annoying Aurelis. [21:18:37] "Me and Loharath? Well, we're considered somewhat outside the norm for Kalashtar so we've found comfort in each other's company more than once." [21:18:38] * Aun returns after just over an hour, and closes the door behind her. She changes back to her kalashtar form, and sits on the floor. "Alright, here's the deal. To keep the trail clean, I just asked about people recruiting local toughs, people performing magics to summon evil outsiders, and local recluses. I got you three leads." [21:18:56] I see... [21:19:19] * Aurora doesn't notice Aun come in for a moment or two after she starts talking [21:19:33] Oh, thanks [21:19:48] "Excellent. Thank you Aun." [21:20:53] There's a old temple to the Dark Six the Silver Flame, in their wisdom and benevolence, decided to raid. Now the daask use it as a hideout, and they say there are some worshippers and priests there, too. [21:22:25] Similarly, there's an old wizard's guildhall, belonging to the Citadel of the Closed Circle. They were doing some pretty messed-up business there, so the other big two wizard guilds shut them down, with the help of some Flamers. It seems like a spookhouse nowadays. [21:23:09] Last, you've got Tyrial Dashar. He's a reclusive conjurer who set up shop in the Cogs so he wouldn't accidentally kill anyone. Or, at least, that's what he said. [21:25:57] "Hmm." [21:26:04] Thanks for the help. The term is "Purified", though. Anyway, those sound like pretty good leads. [21:26:41] Tackling them in reverse order might be best. The lone conjurer might be the fastest to complete our business with if it turns out to be a false lead [21:26:49] "I'd put my money on the Citadel. It's clean and simple. No one to pay off, no one to hide. Just an old ruin with lots of rumors about it to scare anyone away." [21:26:54] I took a year of comparative religions, Aurora, and I know what you like to be called. Yet I still find it irrelevant. [21:29:52] * Loharath looks up from the couch. "Flamer? Big words for someone who worships the Dark Six." [21:30:16] "I'd go wif de spookhouse." [21:30:24] * Aurelis blinks and glances between the two, then whistles slowly. [21:30:33] * Phanos nods to Aurelis. [21:32:10] Just the Traveller! And I only said it to get Aurora upset with me anyways. [21:32:17] Hmph. [21:32:40] Well, mostly just the Traveller. It never hurts to bribe the others and keep them from getting jealous. [21:33:16] Yes well... [21:33:46] It's still dumb. Come on, let's go hunt ghosts. We've got men's work to do. [21:33:49] I'll let it slide, since you've been a huge help. And we're friends and all. And you did send Loharath to us, so I guess you knew I'd be happy to have him around.. ah well. [21:33:52] * Aurora calms down a bit. [21:34:14] It sounds like Phanos, Loharath, and I are in agreement. To the Citadel? [21:34:26] "Ya mon." [21:34:34] The Citadel sounds like a good place to start. If it's abandoned, us going in won't have a ton of witnesses tlaking about us everywhere. [21:35:10] * Aurelis is now known as NovaSeaker [21:35:14] I sent him so you all wouldn't die, Aurora. Not so you'd go through puberty four years too late. [21:35:14] * NovaSeaker is now known as Aurelis [21:35:40] Well, yeah, but... never mind [21:35:49] * Aurelis laughs to himself. [21:37:06] "Well, once again, thank you Aun. I propose we spend the rest of today stocking up for our trip into The Cogs. Aurora and I have already expended many of our magical reserviors for today in cleaning Mari's apartment." [21:37:32] "And I also suggest we rent hotel rooms for the time being." [21:41:58] That sounds good. Might be useful to have rope... [21:42:19] "I'll close up shop tonight." [21:42:48] Right. [21:43:28] Probably food too, if we don't want to spend too much time in public... [21:44:00] * Aurora thinks of shopping stuff. [21:44:02] "Alright then. I suggest since we might be dead tomorrow, we live it up. Lets meet at the lobby of Lyrander Tower tonight and rent the highest class rooms we can afford." [21:44:34] ... how expensive are those rooms? [21:44:57] Might be dead tomorrow? Sounds like just another day for us. [21:45:27] But living it up sounds good anyway! [21:45:56] I guess I could take some time to enjoy myself... we haven't done anything but deal with one crisis after another for a while. [21:47:43] "Alright then. I'll meet everyone there." [21:47:55] * Aurelis thanks Miashta and Aun again, then heads out. [21:48:25] Later, Aun, Miashta. [21:48:40] I might show up. It wouldn't be terribly having one last shout with you guys after the damn taxi. [21:48:49] "I'm all for de party." [21:48:51] * Aurora walks along. "Thanks. We'll see you later." [21:51:57] [Everyone heads out to meet up alter that night for one (possibly) last hurrah.] [21:52:02] [Session End.] [21:52:22] * Aurora is now known as Demota [21:52:38] * Marianysa is now known as Yonjuuni End of #Sharn buffer Wed Oct 24 21:52:39 2007