Start of #Sharn buffer: Wed Jan 16 20:25:02 200 [17:28:16] [After an awkward echange between Loharath and Mari, with Mari taking the lion's share of the awkwardness, the group heads back to the skycoach stop in Skyway, discussing plans for the next six days before they can "ambush" the ir'Zelans at the Sky's Edge Bar and Grill.] [17:28:21] [Session Start] [17:31:51] "Look, six days, right? That's plenty of time. I plan on finding some sap who actually wants that miniature tree that ogre called a club. Then I'm gonna buy Lei something with what I get outta it. Like uh, a necklace or something." [17:31:53] * Sev eyes Aurora. [17:31:58] "Girls like necklaces, right? Right." [17:32:22] "I gonna go to de park." [17:32:39] Uh... yeah. But not all of them. [17:32:48] You know what Lei likes, don't you? [17:33:16] You'll get your share of the club, Sev. [17:33:18] I tihnk you should save your money. [17:33:20] "Heh, she doesn't like it when I walk up and.. er, I mean.." [17:33:24] We all worked to take it down. [17:33:35] "Huh? Oh, yeah, I meant that. Totally." [17:33:38] * Sev glances left and right. [17:34:32] Maybe, um, someone else should sell it though. We might get more if someone, who, uh...nevermind. [17:34:39] * Marianysa trails off awkwardly. [17:34:43] ... that's not nearly enough time. I have shittons of drinking to catch up on, but... beh, fine. I guess I can cram it into six. [17:35:07] * Mauz picks at his teeth. "In any event, now that we're sitting here and being relaxed, I barely know a thing about you crazies." [17:35:10] I can pass it on to Aun, and she can find a buyer. [17:35:39] "Except we don't know where she is." [17:35:55] "Look, I'll sell the damn thing and anyone who gets all up in my face about having it I'll break their teeth out." [17:36:00] Well... I guess we'll have to find a buyer ourselves. [17:36:22] Sev, I don't think you'd be good at selling it. They might think you're trying to mug them. [17:36:28] "I'm Phanos. I follow de vulchah, he dat sit on de bordah between life an def, light and dak. I orders around both, an I orders around me dogbos." [17:36:44] Nice puppies, might I add. [17:36:56] I am Aurora, Priestess of the Silver Flame. [17:37:03] You couldn't sell crazy to a quori, Sev. [17:37:46] And I'm Loharath, defender of the Silver Flame. [17:37:59] Aurora. You're sensible for a Flame. Couldn't quite believe it when I first figured it out. [17:38:12] * Mauz then points at Loharath. "You're just insane, but I can respect that." [17:38:36] "Fine. One of you sell it then. But I want my money!" [17:39:25] I'm, um, Marianysa Leyonard. I used to run...well, I guess I still do, technically, a store for scrolls and stuff. [17:39:59] Sensible? [17:40:17] Mari, you can have my share. I owe you money anyway. [17:40:26] "Tank-ya big big." [17:40:31] Maybe you could put it to good use. [17:40:57] Well, I did have an idea about that. [17:41:14] * Mauz just grins. "That, and you're a looker. I'm a sucker for a pretty face." [17:42:27] I was thinking, I can make us a homunculus that can make magic equipment. It'd save a lot of actual time and work. [17:42:42] "Wait." [17:42:49] Ooh. [17:43:00] "You have to MAKE something to make you stuff? ..Ugh, and I thought magic was practical." [17:43:14] No, see. [17:43:19] I could make it myself. [17:44:26] "Magic equipment? Lika de ring I wears give dem plantbos mo life?" [17:44:51] Or I could make this, and then I could actually help you guys instead of spending days cooped up working on your gear. [17:45:12] ... hey, that sounds pretty decent. [17:45:19] That sounds really great. [17:45:29] "Well whatever.." [17:47:42] I'd give up some money for that. [17:48:11] "I'll see what I've got left after I buy Lei her thing." [17:49:12] She your girl? [17:51:24] "Mmm, yeah." [17:54:21] [The group makes it into the fancy skydock station, complete with a large water clock to show the time, it's mechanisms hidden behind the wall of the structure. A little past 8 pm, a skycab approaches and settles in.] [17:54:28] "Where to folks? :D" [17:54:49] "Oh hey, don't I know you guys? Some of you at least..." [17:55:21] Maybe. We tend to travel a lot. Where did that elf live again? I bet she'd really like this. [17:55:41] * Loharath shrugs [17:55:49] "I ain't never seen you before. This is a skycab, right, not a public forum?" [17:55:54] * Sev rubs the back of his neck. [17:55:54] "De park." [17:55:57] * Phanos points. [17:55:59] * Mauz raises an eyebrow. Happy usually means either clueless or clued-in. "And why're you so happy today, ah?" [17:56:35] "No, I'm pretty sure you guys asked me to go to Fallen once." [17:56:39] "Names, Sammy!" [17:56:44] (-s comma) [17:56:52] :D [17:57:17] Aah, yeah. [17:57:43] "Well hope aboard. Skysedge Park was it?" [17:57:48] "..Fallen, huh? I'm gonna be heading there pretty soon, keep that in mind." [17:58:18] [His smile falters again.] "uh, sure thing! I hear it's a lot safer there nowadays." [17:58:21] * Mauz regards this Sammy with a frown, but simply grunts and goes back to picking his teeth. [17:58:41] Yeah, now that we dealt with those Ravers. [17:58:41] "Well yeah, I beat the crap outta all the ravers. Anyway.." [17:58:45] * Sev steps onto the skycab. [17:59:23] * Loharath (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [17:59:26] * Loharath (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) has joined #Sharn [18:00:38] [Sammy waits for everyone to hop aboard, then takes a long meandering dive, nice and gentle, toward Upper Central directly below Skyway. He brushes up next to a skydock on a bridge lined on both sides with large trees with drooping wispy leaves.] [18:01:15] "That'll be 2 silver folks! :D" [18:02:30] * Loharath pulls a gold piece from his pocket and hands it to the cabbie. "Why are we here, anyways? I'm not sure how this leads to selling the club or stopping further evil." [18:02:35] "Hey Phanos, how long are you gonna wanna be here?" [18:02:48] "Til I shows ya de vulchah." [18:03:00] Vulture? [18:03:03] "Uh, yeah, how long is that gonna take?" [18:03:17] * Sev looks to Sammy and whirls his finger around his ear while gesturing to Phanos. [18:04:11] Vulture, eh? Fine, sure, I don't mind seeing new things. [18:04:23] "I dunno mon." [18:04:37] * Mauz catches Sev's actions and snickers. "One's man's insane is another man's liberated." [18:04:44] * Phanos steps off with his dogs, walking among the park. [18:04:45] * Sev sighs, shaking his head. [18:04:54] * Sev heads off the skycab after Phanos. [18:05:53] * Marianysa gets out of the cab, looking around. [18:05:55] [Sammy looks at the gold, then at Loharath.] "Wow, you guys are amazing tippers!" [18:06:08] :D [18:06:17] ... and some people just smile too much [18:06:21] * Aurora gets out of the cab. [18:06:45] [Sammy looks unphased as he pilots the skycab away.] [18:06:47] * Loharath gets out of the skycab. "If they made you go to Fallen, you deserve it, kid." [18:07:29] * Sev blinks, turning around and gritting his teeth. [18:07:39] "Just what's that supposed to mean, pal?" [18:08:00] [The skydock is surounded by cobblestones but the bridge actually only has one stone path down the center, with grass lining the rest of the bridge, closer to the edges.] [18:08:38] It was wall to wall screaming cannibals until a few weeks ago. I read the news. [18:08:39] * Phanos takes the path, his dogs walking alongside him, looking for a caretaker. [18:08:46] [It seems the park extends over the tops of several towers, including the bridges connecting them.] [18:08:56] Well, I have the news read to me, since I'm usually too busy hitting things in the morning. But still. [18:09:30] "Watch your mouth about Fallen. I ain't gonna let you badmouth it." [18:09:42] * Sev looks back to the front, muttering as he hustles to catch up with Phanos. [18:09:47] "Just who is this Vulture anyway?" [18:10:02] We took care of the cannibal problem. [18:10:13] Yeah, I had that read to me. [18:10:31] Say, anyone heard about the Divine Arrow? He seems like a stand-up guy to me. [18:11:15] * Phanos seems to be taking his time. "You aint heard me when I say it so many time?" [18:11:32] "Not when it sounds like some dream you had." [18:11:35] * Mauz trudges along, looking classy and more than a bit irritated with the happy person. "Point between death and life, blah blah. I know that line, it's fun to walk." [18:11:40] "Vulchah grant-a me de powah ova de life, de def, de dak, de light." [18:11:58] "He ain't no dream, mon!" [18:12:18] We've heard of him... why? [18:13:19] I was just thinking of things that were read to me from the paper, and I was thinking about how great it is that there are other people fighting for justice. [18:14:52] Last week or so, he shot a few priests of the Flame, and usually I don't go in for that sort of thing. But it turned out they were laundering donation money into deals with crime groups. Seems like quite a fellow to me. [18:15:10] * Aurora nods. [18:15:26] "Hmfh. Y'know not everyone who does good stuff has to be some idealistic plate-wearing sword-swinging zealot." [18:15:28] I wish he'd expose their crimes publically before doing that, though. [18:15:33] [Phanos leads the way through the tower-top park, leading them toward a large iron statue that seems to overlook the greenery from it's center. It's a massive depiction of a full-helmed knight, sword pointed down in front of him.] [18:16:05] "Who dis, you know?" [18:16:08] * Phanos looks for a plaque. [18:16:33] Aside from neat-looking, no idea. Never was one for swords, though. [18:16:37] You're right, Sev. This one uses a bow. [18:16:41] * Loharath nods self-assuredly. [18:16:51] * Sev mutters, looking the statue over. [18:16:53] Let's see... [18:17:05] [When Phanos leads them up to the iron statue, they realize it towers 100 feet tall. The plaque on it's massive base reads "The Iron Guardian: Gifted to Skysedge Park and the City of Sharn by House Cannith"] [18:17:37] "Psh.. Now this is a shame. They could probably outfit a regiment if they broke this thing down for material." [18:18:13] "I wondah if it moves." [18:19:07] If it moved, it'd probably be worth that regiment. [18:19:46] "Well I ain't gonna argue that. House Cannith? Wouldn't be surprised." [18:19:48] It would also make an unholy racket. Can you imagine how heavy the damn thing is? [18:19:49] * Sev looks around. [18:19:51] "Dat ain't art, dats just big. Dukey heah, Fred, DEY art." [18:20:08] [Uninterested in works of iron and engineering, Phanos's eyes wander. Off in the distance, through the foliage, he makes out a squat hut, almost like the one Grimnebin lived in in Cloudspool park.] [18:20:10] "Makes you wonder how they got it here." [18:20:11] * Phanos looks around at the trees. "Dis art." [18:21:13] If it can walk, wouldn't it be easy to get it up here? [18:21:21] At least they wouldn't need to carry it [18:21:28] * Phanos looks over to the hut. [18:21:34] Magic, likely. How else? [18:21:49] "Little man at de fake flowah pak wanna me to say hello to de groundskeepah eah. Say he might help." [18:22:06] * Phanos bounds over towards the hut, his dogs following, without much more prompting. [18:22:41] * Mauz trails along, shaking his head and idly pondering his next drink. [18:22:51] * Marianysa follows Phanos. "Help with what?" [18:23:13] "Upon approaching the hut, an odd sense of perspective reveals that the building is actually much furhter than he thought, as if the park was constructed with an optical illusion in mind to keep passerby from being interested in the building.] [18:23:26] [ [18:23:34] Hm? [18:23:36] * Aurora follows. [18:23:46] * Marianysa scratches her head. "Weird." [18:24:01] * Phanos keeps walking towards it steadfastly. [18:24:20] [A long walk later, Phanos reaches the building, which is actually more of a full-on house than a hut.] [18:24:34] * Sev grunts, keeping pace with him. [18:24:50] ... I really, really hope this won't be a blank trip. [18:24:50] * Phanos looks outward from the house grounds, seeing if the view has a similar effect on the park. [18:24:56] * Loharath runs to catch up with everyone else. [18:25:17] [Looked at the other way, the iron statue is clearly far in the distance.] [18:25:39] * Phanos walks up to the door, knocking three times. [18:28:10] [After a moment, theres a shuffling noises behind the wooden door, a creak, and then the door swings open. Behind it is a creature with deep forest-green skin, pointed ears, wide feline eyes, and long hair and stubble of brownish-yellow moss. He speaks with a slight accent of a forgiener who's lived here for a quite a while.] [18:28:15] "Can I help you?" [18:28:46] "Oh come on. More walking plants?" [18:28:50] "Yah mon, dis fred, dukey, and me Phanos." [18:29:26] "Wesa looka fo a way to get to see de vulchah. Grimbebebebebein in de fake pak tole us come down look fo you." [18:29:38] [The creature frowns at Sev.] [18:29:55] * Mauz makes a somewhat intrigued face, but doesn't exactly seem like he's finally enjoying the excursion. "Hey." [18:30:21] Hi [18:30:42] * Marianysa blinks. [18:31:03] "Oh ya mon, dem, dey me patee." [18:31:07] "Grimnebin? Yes, he comes to talk to us when trying to perfect the imitation of a new plant. I know not of any vulture nests in Sharn, however. Wrong climate." [18:31:39] "No mon, it de spirit vulchah, de one stan ova life an def. Dwellah of de thresold." [18:32:32] [The creature blinks at Phanos.] "I... know not of which you speak. Hold a moment, perhaps Ghraal can help." [18:33:04] "Ya mon, we wait." [18:33:09] [He closes the door, giving the party a moment to themselves.] [18:33:50] * Phanos claps his hands. He seems very excited, like a child about to meet santa. [18:33:56] Seriously, Phanos, if this ends up being a meeting with some tree-hugging forest-prancer, I'm gonna.. [18:34:11] Easy. They're usually pretty okay. [18:34:13] This is going to be weird. [18:34:22] * Mauz pauses. "Loopy, and occasionally smelly, but okay." [18:34:35] * Phanos looks to Sec. "Whatsa wrong with huggin me trees? Dukey an Fred sleep in de same room. Dey likes hugs, ya." [18:34:42] * Phanos pets Fred's leafy head. [18:35:12] [A minute or so later, the door opens again, to a wisened old orc, who still stands 6 feet tall.] "Hello there." [18:35:43] "Hey mon." [18:35:55] "Dis fred, dukey, and me Phanos." [18:36:09] "Wesa looka fo a way to get to see de vulchah." [18:36:15] "My name is Ghraal. Lazrinak said you.. yes." [18:36:27] * Phanos nods. [18:37:19] [Ghraal looks to the party and to Phanos and sees the plant-dogs. He looks back to Phanos and says something in a completely foreign language.] [18:37:19] * Marianysa watches curiously. [18:38:06] * Mauz raises an eyebrow, then looks at the others. "Doesn't make any sense to me. You?" [18:38:14] * Loharath shakes his head. [18:38:26] Not me. [18:39:12] [After a moment he fails to see recognition in Phanos's eyes and merely shrugs.] "Please, come in." [18:39:22] "I heah de elves talk like-a dat, but dey not tell me what dese words mean." [18:40:15] "Elves eh? Curious." [18:40:38] * Phanos steps inside, bringing his dogs with him, motioning the others come. [18:41:02] [He ushers the group inside the building. Everything seems to be made of stone, and the floor is covered in soft sod.] [18:41:25] * Mauz hesitates... then grunts and follows. "Almost reminds me of home. Except not. Mebbe it's the floor." [18:41:31] * Aurora moves along. [18:41:32] "So you're trying to find some sort of spirit vulture?" [18:41:48] * Loharath comes inside and sits down. [18:42:24] [The stone chairs and sofa actually seem to give for a bit of comfort.] [18:42:38] * Marianysa sits down next to Loharath, watching Ghraal carefully. [18:43:31] * Sev heads inside, taking a seat quietly. [18:43:33] "Ya mon." [18:43:59] [Lazrinak, the plant-cat-man from before is already seated in a chair. At his side, he pets a large boar.] [18:44:27] * Sev eyes the pig for a while. [18:44:32] Nice hog. [18:44:44] [The boar snorts at Sev.] [18:44:48] * Mauz doesn't sit. He's too nervous for that. "Pet?" [18:44:52] "Not really." [18:45:05] * Sev chuckles, nodding and watching the pig s'more. [18:45:14] "I bet I could eat you in one sitting. Who's a good boy?" [18:45:18] * Sev sits back, stretching. [18:45:37] "I bet you could try." [18:45:44] Fred sniffs the boar. [18:46:30] [The boar sniffs at the plant-zombie and his hair raises on end. Lazrinak eyes it.] "What's wrong with your hound?" [18:47:04] "He walka de bordah." [18:47:11] "Plant-bo." [18:47:56] "It's... unnatural...." [18:48:11] [Lazrinak sniffs the air.] [18:48:48] "Na mon, is as natural as it get." [18:49:06] "Every flowah grows from de ashes of de flowah before it." [18:49:27] "Hm. You seem to have a tradition quite far apart from our own..." [18:49:39] "De bodies of a battlefield are taken by natchah, an trees grow wheah warriahs fall." [18:50:40] "Lazrinak, why don't you go find Henzra. He's running a bit late." [18:51:02] * Loharath (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) Quit (Ping timeout) [18:51:42] * Loharath (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) has joined #Sharn [18:51:49] [Laazrinak stands and narrows his eyes at the dog, then Phanos. He says something in that foreign language and then leaves, patting his hip to signal his boar to follow him.] [18:52:33] "Dammit. I was hungry."' [18:52:40] [Ghraal waits for Lazrinak to leave the hut then looks to Phanos.] "I appologize for his behavior. He's manifesting the hunter today and is a... bit more predatory than normal." [18:52:58] "Ya mon, not everybody de same." [18:53:19] * Phanos had met his gaze without wavering away, hardly seeming intimidated. [18:53:44] [Ghraal nods.] "Now you said you are looking for a spirit animal?" [18:54:44] "Ya mon, de vulchah." [18:55:07] * Mauz regards Phanos again. "You know what he's talking about?" [18:55:20] Almost never. [18:55:24] No idea. [18:55:37] Lunatic. [18:55:52] We just sort of sit aruond and let him do his thing. [18:55:52] Can be hard to follow. [18:56:00] "The word "spirit" can be a tricky thing. Some people might use it to refer to ghosts, wraiths, and other undead. Other people might use it to speak of creatures from other realms of existance..." [18:56:32] "But the way you speak of this spirit is almost as an idea." [18:56:48] "The spirit vulture represents life and death, you say?" [18:57:10] "Dey tink I crazy, but I not, mon. I dont believe in no little girl or no burny snake or no bloody necromanga, since me tink different, dey tink me crazy." [18:57:22] "Ya mon. He represents de threshold." [18:59:28] [Ghraal leans forward in his chair and speaks a few words. The grass in front of him parts and the turns to sand.] "How familiar are any of you in the concept of layered reality?" [18:59:57] Uhhh. What? Are you gonna start talking about this nonsense too? [19:00:16] Hey, it might be important. Never pass up a chance to learn something. [19:00:26] A little bit. [19:00:47] The parts that didn't have to do with Dal Quor weren't ever that important to me. [19:01:06] [Ghraal nods.] "Yes, good, Dal Quor." [19:01:11] Not at all. [19:01:14] * Marianysa leans forward. [19:01:22] "You mean like de spirit realm?" [19:01:23] [He draws a circle in the sand with a gnarled finger.] [19:01:40] The idea's something I'm not unfamiliar with, but I was more into perfecting my art at the time. G'won. [19:02:29] "This circle represents our reality." [19:02:51] "This is the world we live in, the stars we see at night, and the air we breathe." [19:02:56] * Marianysa nods. [19:03:16] * Aurora looks [19:03:22] "Dal Quor and the spirit realm are two other circles." [19:03:51] [He draws two circles so that the one representing your reality is in the center of them.] [19:04:12] "These are completely separate realities from our own." [19:04:41] "The rules of nature are different. Gravity, magic, even time, might work differently there." [19:04:50] Uhh.. kay.. [19:04:54] * Sev scratches the back of his head. [19:05:02] * Phanos nods understandingly. [19:05:13] "The towers of Sharn can only exist as they do because...." [19:05:40] [He draws another circle, then a line between it and the center one.] "The reality of Syrania connects to our reality right here." [19:06:21] [Syrania, the one plane an average resident of Sharn might be familiar with, insofar as "that place where flying is easier touches our world here so the towers don't fall."] [19:06:36] * Aurora nods [19:06:45] Well yeah. Duh. Syrania. [19:07:29] "The spirit realm is a part of Lamania, the Twilight Forest. It is a reality of ever-expanding and wild nature." [19:07:50] * Mauz hrms, rubbing his scalp slowly as he watches on. [19:08:01] "It is a world where the rules of architecture and engineering simply don't exist." [19:08:22] "There are no right angles on Lamania, only pure and wild nature." [19:08:32] "I hear it touching now. Dat why de walk heah take so long, ya?" [19:09:22] [Ghraal smiles, his orcish tusks stretching his lips.] "No, not touching yet. And the walk here was long because you walked halfway across the district to get here." [19:09:37] "Smooth, Phanos." [19:09:58] "But, Lamania is growing closer..." [19:10:01] "Didnt look-a-so far." [19:10:08] "Because you see, these worlds aren't static." [19:10:26] [he erases the circle he drew to represent Lamania and then draws it closer.] [19:10:54] "Realities eb and flow, growing closer, and sometimes touching. Lamania touches Eberron every spring." [19:11:36] "Places that wouldn't normally have ties to these realities spontaneously attain those connections. Or places with faint connections grow stronger." [19:11:53] "We... keep track of those such connections here in the city." [19:12:23] Huh. [19:12:50] * Marianysa nods again. "Mm." [19:13:28] "There is a district in Menthis called 'Hareth's Folly'. It's mostly an eyesore and a tourist attraction. An architect centuries ago had a grand vision of bringing architectural styles from all over Galifar to Sharn and he was granted the liscence to see his vision complete." [19:13:52] "Only he completed his tour of styles from Galifar and still had room left over." [19:13:57] Sounds fun and dangerous. Don't want the job, but you're a stand-up fellow for doing it. [19:14:17] "So he borrowed styles from Sarlona, the Demon Wastes, even Xen'drik ruins." [19:14:24] * Phanos nods. [19:14:38] "And when he was done doing that, there was still space left over." [19:15:11] "Some say he was simply mad, and after seeing him construct the Tower Pandora, they'd have every right to." [19:15:43] "Except that Hareth wasn't simply going on imagination to fill the left over space, he reached into these other realities." [19:16:15] Spooky. [19:16:22] * Loharath whistles. [19:16:43] ..Wha? [19:16:47] * Sev stares off into space. [19:17:02] "One of these, The Heartwood, is his vision of what people on Lamania live like, inside gigantic trees and on furnature grown not built." [19:17:17] "He wasn't exactly wrong." [19:17:43] Taking inspiration to the next level, Sev. [19:18:01] ..Sometimes I think I'm the only sane person in this city. [19:18:05] * Sev mutters to himself. [19:18:15] "We... aren't entirely sure if he built The Heartwood, or any of his other planar-inspired towers, specifically to gain resonance with these alternate realities, or if he was such a fantastic architect that the truth of his buildings cam [19:18:23] can't be refused by the planes." [19:18:45] (-cam) [19:19:51] * Marianysa frowns. [19:19:58] "So wat it look like now dat Lamania close?" [19:20:02] "But when the corresponding reality becomes coterminus... that is..." [He erases the Lamania circle again and this time draws it so it's edge and the edge of the central circle touch] "When the reality touches our own, Hareth's towers become a gateway. Well... the ones we haven't sealed." [19:21:06] "Ya aint sealed em?" [19:21:07] [Ghraal rubs his chin and mumbles something about the Dal Quor tower never working in the first place.] [19:21:45] "Some of them are harmless. Like Lamania. The gateways aren't strong enough to pull anything dangerous through, like behemoth lions." [19:22:02] ...how many of these have you sealed? And how many not? [19:22:49] Dal Quor tower? I might like to see that. [19:23:14] What's in Dal Quor? [19:23:42] So. Trouble with realm crossover. Sounds simple enough. Bet it isn't, though. Different rules do different things to different people, I bet. [19:24:57] [He sits back and crosses his arms over his chest.] "Well lets see... we've sealed... Tower Pandora, Gloomshadow, Burning Spire, Darkstar, The Glass Tower, Warrior's Rest... and we thought it best to seal The Court of Winter and Summer." [19:25:09] Kid, you don't want to know about what's in Dal Quor. [19:25:40] Must be bad. [19:26:03] [He looks up] "Oh, I was just talking to myself about that. Dreamwyld, the tower corresponding to Dal Quor, has never opened a gateway. It may have to do with the fact that dreams are mutable, and don't follow a pattern, even one of utter chaos." [19:27:42] "So Lamania, how I get dere through de tavern?" [19:27:50] "Tavern?" [19:28:37] "District. Sorry mon, me words common not so good." [19:29:02] "It's a clunky language, isn't it?" [19:29:31] * Phanos nods. [19:29:37] Psh. [19:29:52] Serviceable, though. [19:30:13] "Anywho, the gateways open up in somewhat at random. We've determined the floor of the tavern the gateway is on roughly corralates with the current celestial year, but once on the correct level of the tower, any bound space can be the gateway." [19:30:50] "However you also need something native to the plane to walk through it." [19:31:40] "Native to de plane?" [19:31:56] "Something from the reality you're trying to reach." [19:32:15] "That is our doing, by the way." [19:32:46] I imagine you either can't walk or you get hurt if you try? [19:32:54] "Even with the planes of existance that aren't immediately hostile to life from our world, we wanted to make sure there was a minimum of being wandering through the wrong door and ending up lost." [19:33:23] "No, if you don't have something from the reality you're trying to walk into, you merely walk through the door as normal." [19:33:47] "Any bound space can be the gateway, such as the front door, a window, or the entrance to the latrine." [19:34:09] "Well, hows I gonna find someting like dat?" [19:34:20] "From lamania?" [19:34:25] "Ya." [19:35:46] [Ghraal looks down as he opens a pocket on the inside of his robe and fishes around for something. He produces a book and tosses it to Phanos.] "Pressed niktar flower inside." [19:36:08] "Only grows on Lamania." [19:36:18] * Phanos nods. "Tank ya, mon. Dis gift you give me, it more den I can ask of a strangah." [19:36:29] "Psh. It's just a flower.." [19:36:32] * Sev mutters. [19:36:38] All this for some vulture that probably doesn't even exist. [19:36:46] "Well, you can thank me now, or after you meet the lycanthropes." [19:37:00] ... eh? What? [19:37:15] ... lycanthropes? [19:37:29] [Ghraal eyes Aurora and Loharath, both bearing symbols of the Flame.] [19:37:50] * Loharath frowns. [19:37:51] Wait, what? [19:38:54] [Ghraal looks to Mari.] "You didn't think the Church really killed *all* of them, did you?" [19:39:42] I was, y'know, thinking more about not planning on meeting any. [19:40:09] ... if we have to face them, then we need to be very. Careful. [19:40:18] "Well Lamania is an infinite expanse of nature. It's entirely possible you won't." [19:41:17] We live in an area with a pretty dense population. [19:41:32] The disease would spread like wildfire if it's brought back. [19:42:04] "Fortunately, we think the gateways are one-way." [19:42:15] "How we gon get back den, mon?" [19:42:18] "That is, our protections work vise-versa." [19:42:20] So if we go we'll be stu- Yeah. [19:42:37] "Meaning, you need a peace of our reality to get through from the other side." [19:42:44] "Your own flesh and blood should suffice." [19:43:02] "...whoever happens to be wearing it at the time." [19:43:11] [He shrugs.] [19:44:12] Lycanthropes can't spread the curse, Aurora. That's just a stereotype. [19:44:41] * Phanos nods. [19:45:05] Regardless, you have yourself a problem on your hands. Or not, depending. Me, I'd rather not deal with, but it's not been my year. [19:45:16] They can't? [19:45:59] The Flame prevents it now. [19:47:00] Huh. No limits? They just plain can't spread any more? [19:48:31] Well, the kids of two lycanthropes can. That's why birth control's important. [19:49:13] Ah. [19:49:52] "Also, I should mention, the gateway will only be open so long as the reality of Lamania touches our own. That means one week." [19:50:47] "Das how logn we have anyway, mon." [19:51:33] "Well you still have several weeks before it connects." [19:51:53] "ah, so no touchy yet den? [19:52:23] "No. It should become coterminus the 8th or 9th of Eyre." [19:52:29] (Next month) [19:53:10] "Ya mon, we go then den." [19:53:41] Hm. [19:53:45] "I should mention that you most likely won't find the spirit realm just by setting foot on Lamania." [19:53:58] "How does me find it den? [19:54:22] "Each reality is layered in it's own way. Our own is as well. There's the Dragon Above, the Dragon Below, and the Dragon Between." [19:54:45] "For Dal Quor, each person's individual dream is it's own layer of reality upon Dal Quor." [19:55:10] "An dere's Bahamut, Tiamat, Hlal, Io.." [19:55:36] "Tamara, Lendis, Chronepsis.." [19:55:51] "Lamania is the embodiment of nature, and you will see this in it's most obvious aspect first. Great beasts of nature, healtheir and stronger than anything you've seen here. Forests that dwarf Sharn." [19:56:06] * Phanos nods. [19:56:08] "The constellations?" [19:56:30] "De gods, mon!" [19:56:40] "You sees em too up dere ya?" [19:56:49] "...I only know those as constellations in the World Above." [19:57:14] [He produces a charm from around his neck. Phanos recognizes it as the pattern of stars in the Bahamut constellation.] [19:57:20] "I not know what dat word mean. It mean de holy blanket dey look through?" [19:57:31] "Ya mon, Bahamut." [19:57:34] "Bahamut represents protection and warding, and as gatekeepers we honor him." [19:57:48] * Loharath (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [19:58:24] "Dey each gets a day wit me, mon. Today be Chronepsis. He givey me powah, cast dem juju quiet-like." [19:58:27] "The stars in the sky. They're useful for determining planar coordinates." [19:58:33] * Loharath (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) has joined #Sharn [19:58:40] * Mauz grumbles something under his breath, toeing at the sod below. "Beh." [19:58:46] "Interesting. I've never known anyone to worship the stars." [19:59:35] "Dey easiah to see den de vulchah, but nobody believe me bout dem eidah." [19:59:54] "Hm. Well, back to your spirit vulture." [20:00:13] "Getting to the spirit world in lamania might be as difficult as reaching the stars in our world." [20:00:42] "It all depends. Unfortunately I've never had need to travel to that aspect of Lamania before, so I never sought the way." [20:00:58] "I in touch, mon, I find it." [20:01:00] * Phanos nods. [20:01:28] [Ghraal nods.] [20:01:37] "I think I may have put your friends to sleep." [20:02:07] "Sorry mon, but ya kept me eah, and I preciate dat." [20:04:04] "I gonna go. I preciate de time you take." [20:04:16] * Phanos rises, extanding a hand. [20:04:52] [He stands up and grabs Phanos's scaled hand in his leathery, calloused one.] [20:05:29] "IT an honor to meet somebody eah dat take my belief an no spittondem." [20:06:19] "Respeck." [20:06:36] * Phanos turns to the others. "Come now, lessa go where you wan go now, ya?" [20:06:46] Hey, I respect your ideas. Enough. [20:06:47] "It's always a pleasure to find someone with unique traditions. Most of those that think differently about the natural world than I do are merely exaggering parts of my beliefs to suit their needs, not following completely separate ones." [20:06:53] * Mauz looks ready to leave nonetheless. [20:07:04] * Phanos nods to him. [20:07:47] * Marianysa gets up, stretching. "I actually do want to meet your Vulture, Phanos. As long as meeting him doesn't involve me dying first." [20:08:06] "Depends you stand on de white o de black side." [20:08:11] Yeah, it should be interesting meeting a new kind of being. [20:09:06] "And I appologize again for Lazrinak. He's normally a very wise and sagacious person." [20:09:17] "You just caught him on a hunting day." [20:09:28] * Phanos nods. "None fence taken, mon." [20:10:56] [Ghraal nods and walks everyone to the door.] [20:11:41] * Phanos heads out, seeming cheerful [20:12:48] * Loharath (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [20:13:26] * Loharath (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) has joined #Sharn [20:19:35] * Phanos turns to Aurora as they leave. "He see dem too! He believe me! He just call dem constipations!" [20:19:36] Thanks for that. It was educational. [20:19:44] * Aurora follows Phanos out [20:20:04] [The party steps out into the late afternoon. The sun is setting across the Dagger river and from their vantage point in Upper Central they can see miles of countryside off to the horizon.] [20:20:07] * Loharath heads out [20:21:31] ... beautiful. Really shouldn't die anytime soon. I'd miss seeing stuff like this. [20:22:14] Wow... [20:22:46] "Like every day on Timbahnahtalikitaronosopa." [20:22:47] [The Iron Guardian seems to stand watch over the scenic view.] [20:23:08] * Loharath smiles a little. "Here we go, this is what we fight for." [20:24:10] [Session End.] [20:24:18] * Marianysa glances up at the statue. "Might be kind of artistic after all." she says quietly. End of #Sharn buffer Wed Jan 16 20:25:02 2008