Start of #Sharn buffer: Mon Aug 24 22:43:29 2009 [16:59:13] * Marianysa (dlarmour@wnpgmb1309w-ad05-60-179.dynamic.mts.net) has joined #Sharn [16:59:19] * Darkheart is now known as Mauz [16:59:41] [Zol, Therendor 24th, 998 Y.K.] [16:59:41] After being informed of Aun's distress call coming from Xen'drik, the party made preparations to travel to the Shattered Land. Phanos insisted that his only chance at finding his true power rested in the towers of Hareth's Folly. [16:59:41] [Sar, Therendor 28th, 998 Y.K.] [16:59:41] With the planar conjunction days away and the next available vessel leaving for Xen'drik at least a week away, Phanos rented a room in the towers of Hareth's Folly. [16:59:41] He disappeared and did not return in time for the ship's departure. [16:59:42] [Sul, Eyre 8th, 998 Y.K.] [16:59:42] Unable to wait any further, the group boarded the Lady Typhoon, a private merchant-owned vessel heading to Stormreach with several other passengers, including a scholar going by the name of Johen ir'Hodgenhiem. [16:59:44] [Wir, Eyre 11th, 998 Y.K.] [16:59:44] The third day of the Lady Typhoon's voyage sees the vessel leaving the relatively saftey of the Dagger River, heading into the open waters of the Thunder Sea... [16:59:46] [Session Start] [17:04:10] * Mauz is as bald and as charmingly irritable as ever. It seems he's no fan of boats, although he at least hasn't been puking his guts out every other hour or so. [17:04:57] * Temper stands at the foremost edge of the boat, watching as the land receeds from his periphial vision. [17:07:02] * Aurora_L wobbles a bit, working to keep her footing. She's not in a good mood. [17:07:09] * Johen is a paunchy, middle-aged scholar, dressed in a Brellish blue suit. He seems to always be carrying a tome bound in strange leather, and has spent most of the voyage thus far below decks. He seems to have emerged briefly, scanning the horizon. [17:09:16] Whoever said this was a grand idea really, really should have their head looked at. Geh, I hate boats. Too much rocking, too much... nothing. Just water. Even worse at night. [17:11:19] * Temper looks back at Mauz. "But we have just reached open waters... you could see the banks of the Dagger River on the horizon up till now..." [17:12:13] * Johen continues looking over the water. "I must agree. I prefer travel by airship, but needs want as drives must." [17:12:29] * Mauz stammers to reply... then just grumps audibly and turns... oh hey, new face on the ship. Cue one big look of wary interest. "Eh. I suppose." [17:15:17] Life and fate makes for odd happenings. Just chalk me up as someone who prefers reliably solid ground. [17:16:23] Ugh. [17:17:37] * Marianysa makes her way onto the deck, quietly. She hasn't been very sociable throughout the voyage and has spent a lot of time in her cabin, occassionally coming out to practice on the deck with a sword that isn't either of the ones she usually carries. Her hair's a lot shorter than it used to be, the ponytail gone completely. She leans on one of the ship's railings and looks out over the sea. [17:19:40] How long is the damned trip in this rocking wooden tub, anyway? [17:20:00] Too long [17:20:14] A month, I believe. [17:20:53] * Mauz makes a sound like something small and furry just died in the back of his throat. [17:21:24] I don't have a month's-worth of rum, damn it all. [17:22:09] How much DO you have? [17:25:05] * Mauz pauses. "Maybe... shit. Ten days' worth? I was rushed!" [17:26:11] * As Mari gazes over the sea, she can see a dark shadow approaching the vessel. There's not a cloud in the sky, so it must be something under water. [17:26:35] Can't you stretch it? [17:27:49] ...something's coming. [17:28:33] Maybe. Eh, I'll figure something ou--ah? [17:29:44] * Johen frowns out over the water, flips open his book, and opens to a page midway through, holding it ready. [17:29:46] * As the shadow under the water gets closer, Mari can make out that it's not particularly large. [17:30:19] * The captain arrives on deck from his cabin. "No need to be alarmed." [17:30:37] *Captain "That's our guide through The Teeth." [17:31:04] So long as it's not one for taking souveniers. [17:31:14] * Johen warily lowers his book, slipping a ribbon bookmark between the pages and nods. [17:31:48] * A webbed, slimey hand breaches the surface of the water, and what can only be described as a fish-man soon climbs up the side of the vessel. Oddly enough there are handholds on the Lady Typhoon's side, probably for just such a purpose. [17:32:58] * Mauz gets this odd look in his eyes for a moment, and then goes back to normal. He does mutter something about rum, though. [17:33:02] * It slides over the railing, and brushes the water from his shark-skin cloak. A white film blinks over his huge black eyes as he looks around, then walks over to the captian. [17:33:30] * They converse for a moment in some language. [17:35:59] * The captain nods, then hands over... a necklace?... and retreats back into his cabin. [17:37:23] Nothing like good ol' barter to get things done. [17:37:52] * The fish-man peers at Mauz. "Sshsk... is not barter. Is for saftey." [17:38:21] * He then chucks the necklace overboard, shouting something with "Shargon" in it. [17:39:47] * Marianysa watches the fish-man. "...huh." [17:40:10] Safety from waht? [17:40:58] * He blinks, oogling Aurora. "Kkksshhhk.... From the sea." [17:46:12] * Johen nods. "The Devourer." [17:47:27] * Marianysa blinks, looking over at Johen. "A sacrifice?" [17:47:48] Nnnn. [17:48:00] * Mauz sighs. "Whatever works, I guess." [17:48:14] * The sahuagin turns to Johen. "No. Shargon. kssshkkk... to you, the Devourer is... nowhere. But we will be traveling through Shargon's Teeth." [17:48:51] So long as you know they way and we don't die? You'll become my new, scaly friend. [17:48:57] And we don't want the Devourer to... Devour. [17:49:14] "Shargon eats. You cannot stop it." [17:49:45] So what's the necklace for, then? [17:49:51] "But we give meaning to it, so that it eats memories and not ourselves." [17:50:07] "kssssh... Hopefully." [17:50:52] * Mauz snickers. "I doubt it wants mine, but I've seen and heard weirder." [17:51:31] * Marianysa frowns, turning to look back out over the sea. [17:52:42] Oh, of course. Presumably, it's like that time I travelled through Keepersburg and had to give a man my gold to keep from being murdered. Offerings to the Dark Six are very important in certain situations. [17:52:54] *The fishman blinks at Mauz, then the others. "I will be...shhk... accompanying you for many days. My name is.. Ksksshsk'sgglg... kssssk... you may call me Kesk." [17:54:13] Kesk? Kesk. I'm Mauz the White. Just another somebody. [17:56:21] [Many days pass as the ship sails further south. As the voyage stretches on, the tumult of the sea gets worse and worse, and there are many days where you are strongly advised to stay below decks as thunderstorms rage about you.] [17:56:54] [Mol, Dravago 2nd, 998 Y.K.] [17:57:55] * Johen is sitting below decks, having summoned a Light in midair to read by [17:58:19] [The Lady Typhoon is, according to her navigator, less than a week's travel away from the port of Stormreach. Kesk asures everyone that the worse danger has passed, but the experienced crew knows that Shargon is not the only danger on the route, and there is constantly a crewman in the crow'snest on the lookout for ships flying black colors.] [18:00:06] * Mauz is busy with the task of taking a razor (carefully) to his skull. All those days have shown that Mauz grows hair quickly. Hard to say why he shaves it though. On the upside for him, all the random fuzz falls neatly into the hood of his cloak. On the downside, he's nicked himself a few times. [18:01:20] * There is a knock on Mauz's door. [18:01:29] * Aurora_L occasionally peeks above deck just to see the sky again, but for the most part, she stays below decks. [18:01:49] * "Scuse me... there.. there's a situation above decks." [18:02:16] * Marianysa is in her room, reading. [18:03:02] ... well, shit. [18:03:38] * Mauz flicks the razor aside and marches on out as he empties the hood and pulls it over his head. "This better be good." [18:03:49] [The party is slowly gathered by the crew to stand above decks, where they see... six fishmen. Except several of them look quite a bit tougher than Kesk, and one in particular is particularly intimidating with his four scaley arms. One of his four hands is palming a huge perl the size of a cantaloupe.] [18:05:04] [He surveys the lined up passengers, gurgling in his native tongue to another fishman by his side as they both look at the pearl.] [18:05:38] * Mauz is up, on his feet, and working his stubble-covered jaw slowly. He looks slightly more irritable than usual. [18:05:48] * Marianysa frowns. "What's going on?" [18:05:56] * Johen arrives on deck. "Oh dear." [18:06:05] [The four-armed fishman points out Aurora, Mari, and Mauz from the line-up.] [18:06:49] * Kesk whispers to Mari. "They're looking for certain people... I don't know why." [18:07:15] * Mauz lets out a flat, unhappy 'Joy'. [18:07:33] And they want us to find them? [18:07:36] * Marianysa mutters "Figures." [18:09:10] * Marianysa whispers to Aurora. "More likely they're looking for us for some reason." [18:09:55] * Johen palms his book and begins opening to a certain page, keeping it open with his index finger [18:11:03] * Mauz remains somewhat calm. He does pause to scratch his ass for a moment, though. [18:14:03] * Kesh shakes his head at Aurora. "No.. they think you are them... But they say a few are missing." [18:14:42] * The huge four-armed monstrocity suddenly bellows in common. "THIS IS NOT ALL OF THEM, CAPTAIN! WHERE ARE THE OTHERS!" [18:15:27] * Arms crossed and quite a bit peeved, the captain shouts back. "This is everyone aboard! If you're looking for a bigger party then you've got the wrong ship!" [18:16:28] Well, at least this breaks up the monotony. [18:16:44] * Grinning with a mouth full of shark-like teeth, the fish-monster chuckles. "We shall see. You've yet to reach port. Perhaps you'll take on more passengers soon?" [18:17:47] * Johen whispers out of the corner of his mouth to Mauz. "Should we do something about this?" [18:18:52] * Just as Johen starts to think this might turn ugly, the giant fish-man makes a dismissive jesture with one of his hands. "Go about your business captain. You won't even notice we're here..." [18:19:19] * The fish-man and his retinue dive off the side of the ship. [18:19:28] Guess not. Usually the dangerous ones don't give you a chance to actually do anything. [18:21:28] I suppose not. [18:21:48] Wonder who they're looking for. [18:21:59] ... I wonder if they'd tell us. [18:22:02] * Marianysa scowls as the fishmen leave. "If they're here for us, who else would they be expecting? Phanos? Or..." she trails off with a pained expression. [18:22:09] Us, obviously. Someone's got our number. [18:22:17] Or if not us, someone we know or will probably know. [18:22:18] * Out of the corner of Aurora's eye, she can see the shadow of the fish-men circling the ship.. like sharks. [18:23:48] * Aurora_L watches them circling uneasily. [18:26:21] * Johen sighs, shakes his head, and opens his book again. "If they try something, let's be ready." [18:28:03] Right [18:28:25] Always ready, but I guess that goes without saying. [18:29:27] Pretty easy for them to board the ship at night while we're asleep. We might need someone to stand watch. [18:30:06] [Kesh explains that his people are called the Sahuagin, and that four-armed indivudals are a common mutation among the most powerful indiviudals of his race. It does not happen at birth, but is earned somehow. Kesh is silent on the details.] [18:30:06] [Zor, Dravago 5th, 998 Y.K.] [18:30:06] [Several days have passed with the sahuagin baron and his retinue shadowing the Lady Typhoon. Other vessels are sighted only on the horizon, even just a few days away from the port of Stormreach, as if giving the Lady a wide berth.] [18:30:06] [Suddenly, the Baron and his men return to the deck and begin shouting for indiviudals who match Mari, Aurora, and Mauz's description.] [18:31:50] Took them long enough. [18:31:53] * Baron "Bring them to me now!" [18:32:25] I hope they're friendly. [18:32:43] Oh fuck me. [18:32:50] * Marianysa eyes Aurora as she exits her room. "You can't be serious." [18:33:10] * Mauz preps himself for more annoyances, marching out. Clean-shaven this time, anyway. "I doubt, but we'll see." [18:33:21] * Johen heads abovedecks, a curious expression on his face. "Oh dear, again?" [18:33:28] * Aurora_L frowns, and heads up. [18:33:39] * Temper stands at the doorway at the top of the steep stairs leading to the deck. "I will acompany you in case there is trouble." [18:34:19] * One of the powerful sahaugin next to the baron points excitedly at Johen and garbles to the baron. [18:34:49] * The baron eyes Johen appraisingly and nods, but as if trying to convince himself. [18:35:15] * Marianysa heads up onto the deck and folds her arms, looking at the four armed sahaugin. "Well?" [18:35:55] [The tropical noon-day sun glares down from a fairly cloudless sky.] [18:36:04] I've a feeling they're bargaining. [18:36:51] * Johen nods. "It looks as if I may have become part of it." [18:37:00] * The sahuagin still converse amongst themselves and checking with the giant pearl and the lined up people before them. [18:37:58] * Mechazawa is now known as Phanos [18:38:11] * Phanos A rush of color flickers over what seems like the entire noonday sun for a flicker of a second, enough to encourage anyone with open eyes to look up. In the sky, you see that prism descending into the form of a man, and that man descends from the sky to land safely onto your ship. He looks to the group. This man bears an uncanny resemblance to Phanos, but his skin is an almost stark shade of white. [18:38:14] * Phanos He wears a finely tailored suit , and his long, flowing white hair bears hints of his prismatic descendance. [18:38:54] * Marianysa stares. "...Phanos? Is that you?" [18:39:25] * The sahuagin KEEN into the air, the fins in their neck shaking. [18:39:35] * Phanos grins. "Yammon!" [18:39:50] * Mauz looks up, then over, then down... then facepalms almost to the point of leaving a red handmark on his face. "Great, pretty appearances are bound to rile up the local---theeeeere we go. Fucking grand timing there!" [18:39:52] * The Baron draws his trident and two javelins. "THE DESTROYER COMES!" [18:39:56] Missed you, by the way. [18:40:06] "IT'S THEM!" [18:40:07] * Phanos arches a brow, turning around. [18:40:13] [Roll Init] [18:40:48] What the... [18:44:19] Well, on the bright side, we have some entertainment! [18:45:16] "Fishymons!" [18:46:03] * NovaSeaker sets mode: -nt [18:46:36] * NovaSeaker changes topic to 'Init: Raiders 25, Temper 22, Guard 21, Phanos 20+, Baron 20, Johen 20-, Aurora 18, Mari 13, Mauz 8, ' [18:51:57] "FOR THE MAW!" The Baron bellows, as two of his strongest retainers surge forward and strike at the newly arived Phanos with their tridents, but only enough using the blunt end. The other of the stronger sahuagin throws a javelin, quite noticably sharp-tip-forward, at Mari, but it bounces off thin air before connecting with her. [18:55:40] * Aurora_L grips her head. "Nngh." [18:55:59] Not now. [18:56:30] * Temper surges forward and slams his battlefist into one of the Sahuagin who attacked Phanos. It backs up and rethinks is priorities. [18:56:54] "Tanks mon!" [18:58:39] * Temper "Welcome back." [18:59:29] * One of the weaker Sahuagin slips a trident through Temper's defenses as he's distracted, scraping gouges into his body plating. Another one chucks a javelin at Aurora, catching her before she can act. [18:59:35] [Phanos's Turn] [18:59:52] Gah! [19:03:09] * Phanos looks to the surrounding enemies. "Not I no frontline fightah mon!" he suddenly blows away with the sea wind, dissipating into what seems to be flower petals. [19:04:42] ... pretty trick. [19:04:49] * The Baron KEEEENS as Phanos disappears then barrels through his allies to begin attacking Mari in a frenzy, using two hands to stab at her with his trident and raking her with two free webbed claws, but all of them scrape and bounce harshly off thin air before her. "WHERE IS THE DESTROYER?!" [19:04:58] How'd he learn to... I'll ask later. [19:05:20] [Johen's Turn] [19:05:38] * Marianysa eyes the Baron coldly. "That all you've got? And I wouldn't tell you if I knew." [19:09:54] [Aurora's Turn] [19:10:29] * Johen ducks up the stairs, shouting a chain of guttural, arcane syllables. First, a suit of zilmesh armor appears around him, roughly encasing his bulky form. Next, a howling void appears in the air above the ship, grasping tentacles whipping through the air, as if in a panic. Finally, with a painful howl, an acidic ooze forces itself out of the Baron's mouth, nose, and ears, encasing him in a mound of corrosive gel [19:14:15] * Aurora_L grips her head. "Something feels wei-" [19:14:59] [Mari's Turn] [19:15:58] * Aurora_L staggers backwards away from the Sahuagin as she explodes into a burning pyre of silver flame. It starts to spread in a tall neat row where she used to stand, shimmering with a holy power. Faint images of people can be seen within. One figure, much clearer and brighter, made of silver flame, leaps out of her and lands behind the large Sahuagin, bearing silver flame in the shape of a sowrd. [19:17:32] That wasn't what I was trying to do.. [19:19:55] * Marianysa unsheathes her sword and slices into the Sahaugin in one smooth motion, the sword erupting into flame as she does so. A deafening impact rings out as the sword cuts into it's hide. [19:20:44] [Mauz's Turn] [19:30:09] * Mauz spits on a curse and points damningly at the Baron -- a few choice snatches of Deep Speech, and then unloads a nasty, reeking cloud of death his way. His job done, he grins and quietly backs away, wavering a bit as darkness from... somewhere wreathes his white-clad frame. [19:35:06] *One of the Sahuagin strikes at Temper, piercing the leathery cords on his abdomen, though Temper doesn't seem to be slowed much. Another one strikes at the being of silver fire, creating an opening for his companion to leap back and throw another javelin at Aurora. [19:36:59] *Temper ignores the stronger of his opponents in favor of taking out the weaker, slyer one. He throws a fake punch over the fish-man's shoulder, making it dodge directly into the spiked battlefist cruising toward its face, shattering its skull. [19:37:33] *The other weaker goblin chokes on the noxious fumes emanating from the cloud of death on the baron. [19:38:52] [Phanos's Turn] [19:39:26] What forms behind the beast that called Phanos out seems to be blown together from the wind. It heavily resembles one of Phanos' plant beasts, but it is larger, nobler somehow, with golden glowing eyes. This creature seems to be made completely from vibrantly colored plant life, quills erupting from its back that glisten in the sunlight, a rainbow of color blowing from its body as it leaps out towards the creature. [19:45:01] * The Sahuagin Baron moves into a more advantageous position... [19:48:06] * Phanos lashes out, snapping at its heel, the hide of the creature too thick to feel the bite. [19:48:50] * Marianysa rakes her flaming sword across the monster again. "You're not going anywhere." [19:51:54] * The Sahuagin Baron launches into a frankly terrifying frenzy of claws and stabs, too fast to keep track off. But it's useless. Mari's wards are too strong for him. [19:52:04] [Johen's Turn] [19:53:55] * Marianysa scowls up at the baron after turning aside his attacks. "Really? That's it?" [19:54:41] * Mauz takes a moment to focus, and quietly shepherds a little sliver of refreshing energy over towards Aurora. "Hang in there, girl." [19:55:00] * Aurora_L wobbles a bit, and the wall of silver flame lashes out, helping to parry some of the worst of the attacks directed at Marianysa [20:01:48] [Aurora's Turn] [20:05:13] * Johen flips furiously through his tome, and continues shouting streams of what sounds like arcane gibberish. A strange, tesselating beetle burrows out of one of the raiders and begins furiously warping time and space around itself, and the deck opens up, the timbers reshaping themselves into razor sharp teeth and a seeking fleshy tongue [20:06:21] ... oooh, nasty. [20:09:59] * Aurora_L tries to maintain her footing. The silver flame being moves closer to the Sahuagin leader, taking an attack from the enemy that was next to it previously. Another translucent form of silver flame seems to warp into the world next to the blade-weilding one. They look to each other, then nod. Then Aurora gets whacked by the Sahuagin. [20:11:08] Ghhhn [20:12:52] * Marianysa vanishes the second the baron strikes Aurora, appearing on it's other side and slicing into it's body again with another strike of flame. "Your opponent is ME." [20:14:01] [Mari's Turn] [20:21:05] [Mauz's Turn] [20:22:54] * Marianysa darts away from the baron. "C'mon, bring it on." She sweeps her sword in a wide arc, sending bolts of pure force towards all the remaining sahaugin. [20:32:09] * Mauz takes a moment to curse the day one of the raiders was born, then grins and lets fly a nasty-looking sphere of roiling rainbow at the Baron. It strikes true, then splinters off to smack the freshly-cursed raider dead in the noggin. [20:32:18] Beh. Only two. I must be rusty. [20:33:15] * Aurora_L looks a little sick from all the rocking about. "I shouldn't have come back up here..." You could swear you see a little silver fire dripping out the side of her mouth. [20:37:49] * One of the raiders tries to disengage from Temper but gets a spiked knuckle to its shoulder anyway. It thrusts it's trident at Mari furiously, managing to pierce her wards. [20:41:21] [Phanos's Turn] [20:42:11] * Another raider further in the back scampers up the stairs to the forecastle and chucks another javelin at Temper, skewering him in the fibrious wood tissue between plates. [20:42:54] * The last raider chokes on venom, bleeds profusely from its nose and gills, and blindly chucks a javelin at Mari, then is rocked by spectral dragon fangs. [20:46:13] * Phanos bounds down the galley, seeming to bean straight for the wall. He bounds swiftly off from the wall, landing between the two raiders, biting at each savagely. [20:49:51] * The baron continues to fight Mari in a fury, actually catching her with one tip of his trident once. [20:50:15] [Johen's Turn] [20:50:47] * Marianysa staggers a bit. "C'mon! That all you go?!" [20:52:54] * Johen continues chanting as the maw finds the baron's leg with its tongue and wraps around it, drawing it into the maw's gnashing teeth. Reality wrenches apart, and an orb that glows with sickly light slips in next to the raider on the bow, tendrils drifting below it [20:56:04] [Aurora's Turn] [21:00:15] * Aurora_L staggers and explodes into another humongous plume of silver flame, leaving a brilliant celestial pyre burning on the deck, searing the wicked and providing safety for the injured. She points at Temper once she regains her composure, and some of his wounds become less severe. The blade-weilding silver flame being steps closer to Aurora, and into the original wall of flame. Aurora looks confused. [21:01:29] [Mari's Turn] [21:05:50] [Mauz's Turn] [21:07:05] * Marianysa slices at the sahaugin raider in front of her, vanishing as she does so. She appears behind the baron again in a flash of lightning, her flaming sword leaving a deep, seared wound. [21:12:47] * Mauz assesses the mess, and then turns both his cursing ire and a pinpoint of lancing death at the closest raider, attacking with a thousand points of light. [21:17:34] [Phanos's Turn] [21:18:29] *Temper rears up and clasps both of his ogre-sized hands together and slams them down on the Baron's face, cracking its nose with a splatter of dark blood, knocking it to the floor. [21:18:51] *Temper stumbles forward with the power of his own strike, off-balance. [21:20:51] * Phanos ducks, then suddenly springs out for the throat of the raider that dared attack him. [21:23:49] [Johen's Turn] [21:24:08] *The Sahuagin baron staggers unsteadily to his feat, shaking his head. [21:25:42] "Whatchu wan' wif me mon?" [21:26:05] "I ain't astroyed notta-ting!" [21:26:58] * Johen briefly stops chanting, and closes his eyes, directing his proxies across the battlefield. The maw snaps at the baron, while the fell taint moves to rein the raider in [21:27:41] *The Baron's frenzy is paused just long enough by Temper's knock-out blow that he manges to answer. "You will.... it's all for the Maw!" [21:27:46] Crazy and lethal doesn't need a reason, Phanos! [21:28:49] [Aurora's Turn] [21:29:54] "Dem Maws?" [21:32:25] [Mari's Turn] [21:32:45] * Aurora_L focuses. The blade-weilding being steps further into the center of the flame, then lashes out at the large Sahuagin with its blade twice. [21:32:59] * Aurora_L sees the blade strike once. [21:34:39] [Mauz's Turn] [21:35:43] * Marianysa draws her sword back, and a sickly green liquid starts to drip from the blade. She brings it down mightily on the baron, digging deep into it's flesh and spraying acid all over it's body. As she withdraws her sword, fire bursts from the wound. [21:35:52] * The Baron keens at being struck with the silver-fire blade, ending any discussion with Phanos. [21:39:06] * Mauz makes a simple gesture in the direction of the Baron... and the ice-rimed shadows that claw at him do not take hold... at first. Gritting his teeth, he calls forth the shadows a second time, and this time the chill is enough to freeze the thing to its very soul. [21:39:40] * Mauz them proceeds to cough up a rather nasty wad of clotted blood, wiping his mouth. This does nothing to make his shit-eating grin vanish. [21:40:11] * The Baron's keening reaches a fever pitch as flame gouts from his wounds, but then ultimately stops as the nether-shadows freeze him solid from the inside out. [21:40:17] * Shocked at their leige's demise, the other sahuagin bolt off the side of the ship and dive as quickly as they can. [21:41:13] May whatever awaits you enjoy chewing on your rotten soul, fucker. [21:43:54] * Phanos and the abyssal maw rip one of the fleeing sahuagin to shreds before it can reach the railing. [21:44:01] [Combat End] [21:44:33] * Aurora_L runs to the edge of the boat and gets sick over the railing. [21:44:35] * Phanos blows away again, reforming as his new(old) self. [21:44:44] * Johen speaks one last syllable and banishes the fell taint and the abyssal maw, returning reality to a more or less normal state [21:44:51] * Mauz takes a breath, then spits a bit more before pulling the hood from his head. "See? Never a dull moment with the lot of you!" [21:44:57] "Wattadem been babblin bout me bein dem astroyah?" [21:45:38] * Aurora_L returns, slowoly. "Uggh. Okay... um... Phanos. Good to see you again." [21:46:11] * Temper nods. "Indeed. Though you are... different." [21:46:15] Yeah. The new look is... different, but I guess it suits you. [21:46:18] "Yammon! I wat just been kilt byn dem big black dragon an' me back!" [21:46:43] * Mauz walks over... then winces. "Fuck all, you *died*?" [21:46:46] I don't get it, but it's good to have you back. [21:46:48] "Howweeda get on dis boat eare?" [21:47:05] * Marianysa sighs and sheaths her sword. She looks around at everyone, eyes wide. "Aura, Mauz, what's wrong? Are you guys okay?! And Phanos, wow, you're back! And...what HAPPENED to you?" She takes a deep breath steadying herself, and looks at Johen. "And, uh, who're you?" [21:47:27] "Dem ask meself, dem tinks, yammon, we die. We come back." [21:47:34] * Mauz just shakes his head. "Whoever he is, he's fine in my book. Nice work there." [21:47:40] * Johen looks down, and snaps his fingers. The zilweave seems to melt off him, landing on the deck as putrified tar, and he lets out a deep breath. Uneasily, he walks down the stairs from the stern. "Johen ir'Hogenheim, professor of anthropology at Morgrave University." [21:47:56] And... eh. It's just me making a little pledge to someone I know for some power back. Nothing big. [21:48:23] "Good job den pudgy ben jogenheim." [21:48:30] I don't know, I'm seasick, is what. [21:49:08] * Phanos holds out a hand, a lit spliff. "Dis maek ya feel bettahgirl." [21:49:17] * Johen nods. "Thank you. When you spend as much time in Xen'drik as I do, you learn to protect yourself. Without getting your hands dirty, that is." [21:49:18] No thanks. [21:49:42] * Phanos shrugs, putting it back in his own mouth. [21:49:47] Heh! I like you. We should have a drink sometime... but you're prolly roped into the mess we're already in at this rate. [21:50:44] "Hey, wear dis boat goin'?" [21:50:48] That seems to be the case. [21:50:50] * Marianysa smiles a little. "It's good to have you back, Phanos. As long as you're okay." [21:51:02] "We and I fine." [21:51:31] Towards answers, Phanos. Stormreach isn't too far off. [21:52:07] Yeah, you caught up just in time. [21:52:13] * Johen looks up. "Seeing as how we're acquainted, and we're both heading to Xen'drik, I have a proposition for you. Following a proposition of... unfortunate events, I managed to lose the money I would have used to hire mercenaries for my next expedition. Perhaps we could work together for a time?" [21:52:19] * Mauz then proceeds to march over to Aurora and clap two hands on her shoulders. "As for you. What in the *hell*. If I didn't know better..." [21:52:37] * Marianysa looks away. "Sorry we didn't wait for you..." [21:52:54] * Aurora_L looks at the deck. "I hope it stops burning soon>' [21:52:59] *Kesh emerges from belowdecks. "K-k-k! Y..you guys defeated a baron?" [21:53:12] * Johen nods. "You're welcome." [21:53:19] *Kesh's big eyes buldge even more than normal. He looks rather hideous. [21:53:23] I think the Flame's taken a shining to you, girl. Wouldn't call that a good thing, but... [21:53:34] "Etackyme man! We sorry!" [21:53:41] * Mauz lets go and sighs. "Hell, I feel different myself... and..." [21:54:16] *Kesh shakes his head. "Skks, don't be sorry... He's a follower of K'shegla... sssskks... violent bunch." [21:54:42] "Yainsobad, fishymon. Who you be?" [21:55:50] "shhhssk... My name is Ksksshsk'sgglg.... you can call me Kesh." [21:56:30] * Marianysa frowns. "Who's this K'shegla?" [21:58:03] * MZ (rustangel@ip-118-219.atvci.net) has joined #Sharn [21:58:21] *Kesk looks to Mari and blinks slowly, solemly. "K'shegla is... very dangerous." [21:58:27] * Phanos (rustangel@ip-118-219.atvci.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [21:59:02] As dangerous as a baron? [21:59:14] *Kesk shakes his head "He is. ssssslsg... leagues more powerful that that baron was... please don't ask me any further..." [21:59:44] We yain's askin yous nothinadall." [21:59:48] * MZ is now known as Phanos [21:59:58] * Johen nods. "I hope we won't have to fight him. I think we're all looking for something, and the sooner we can find it, the better." [22:00:32] *Temper walks over to the baron's icy corpse as the others are talking and takes the pearl from a sack at the baron's waist. [22:01:01] * Temper stares at it. [22:01:10] * Phanos moves over, looking at the pearl himself. [22:01:11] ... you see something there, Temp? [22:01:16] * Marianysa looks over at Temper, then smacks her forehead. "The pearl! I forgot all about it!" [22:01:27] * Mauz moves from Aurora and leans in to have a pee. [22:01:30] * Aurora_L looks at it. [22:02:00] [Peek, I swear to god. -_-] [22:02:22] What's that? [22:02:35] * Aurora_L grasps her holy symbol. The flame dies down. [22:02:37] * Marianysa walks over to see as well. [22:03:07] * Temper seems to be looking at one side of the pearl in particular, where imperfections in the pearl's creation created swirls of color... that happen to be in vague humanoid shapes. If you look long enough, there are vague similarities. Like a thin but masculine male outline with a bald head, or a feminine outline with short cropped hair and a long curved blade. [22:04:43] * Phanos squints his eyes, trying to let his vision stop swimming and settle on a solid image. [22:04:44] * There is also a short, feminine form outlined in flames, and a tall masculine one filled in with mostly flawless white sheen but with rainbow patterns correlating to Phanos's new form. [22:05:02] Yep. We're being hunted. Great. [22:05:03] * Finally there is a perfectly blank, indestinct outline. It could be anything. [22:05:40] * Johen looks at the pearl. "Fascinating." [22:06:26] "Thousan' yeah pearl." [22:06:32] * Marianysa frowns. "Great. I wonder if they work for someone we know, or if we've just managed to piss someone else off somehow." [22:07:18] "It probably us." [22:07:21] * Phanos nods. [22:07:29] Why a pearl? [22:07:55] Fits the locale. Water, oysters, pearls. Otherwise... don't know. [22:08:02] "Not magic." [22:08:29] What do you mean, not magic? [22:08:38] ...it's not? How can something like this be natural? [22:08:40] "Not made by no juju!" [22:09:14] * Johen nods. "I agree. Magical knowledge is a forte of mine, but this is entirely mundane." [22:09:19] "Look mon, you don't tink natchah capabablea' dem meericales, you look at me." [22:10:16] "Probably gonna sell fo' a lot. We tell dem it look like dem." [22:11:05] ... no magic? At all? That's... pretty damned interesting, then. [22:11:39] I think we should keep it. [22:11:51] * Marianysa quirks an eyebrow. "This seems too useful to just sell like that." [22:11:53] * Phanos grabs it, tossing it up like a basketball and rolling it down his body easily and into the sleeve of his suit, which is apparently a small black hole. [22:12:10] ... so what's this about a dragon? [22:12:17] Cute. Same old Phanos. [22:13:54] "Supposed to be meetin dem vulchah, wadnt no vulchah, kilt me. I back." [22:14:18] * Phanos looks at his hands. [22:14:25] "Colah look difrent." [22:14:45] * Marianysa stares at Phanos. "You...died? And just came back?" [22:15:02] * Phanos looks to Mari, giving her the thumbs up. [22:15:07] I think maybe it just knocked him out, I don't know [22:15:34] "I remembah seeing it eat me leg." [22:15:47] "Den dem teef done crunchy on me eyeballs." [22:15:54] Teach me that sometime. Actually... wait? No. Don't. [22:16:08] * Mauz winces a little. "Agh stop! I have bad enough nightmares as is!" [22:16:27] "Why you still shavin' dem ead?" [22:17:13] Hair gets in the way of a lot of things, I'll have you know. [22:17:49] "Sexytimes?" [22:18:05] ... well, there is that, but it's also distinctive. [22:18:13] * Marianysa opens her mouth to say something, shock written all over her face, but finally she just shrugs and sighs. "Well, as long as you're okay with it, that's good." [22:18:19] * Mauz folds his arms. "You look me and I am!" He spins. "Mauz the White!" [22:18:25] So I have an image to maintain. [22:18:37] "You was pukin up dem blood dere mon." [22:18:45] "Might wanna stop wof dem drinks." [22:18:56] * Phanos nods. [22:19:02] * Mauz shakes his head. "Trust me. That wasn't the rum." [22:19:53] * Phanos shrugs, looks to Aurora. [22:20:01] "We got dem same airs, granny!" [22:20:07] * Phanos points to his hair. [22:20:23] * Mauz has to fight the urge to burst out in laughter at that. [22:20:25] H-hey. [22:20:34] It was like this since I was born. [22:21:04] ... well, not since I was born, but once it started growing in. [22:21:09] I don't think babies get born with hair. [22:21:28] "Okay!" [22:21:34] "Mari! you cut dem airs!" [22:23:04] * Marianysa touches her hair, looking a bit embarassed. "Yeah, I guess I kinda decided it was time for a change. And you never know, someone could grab onto it during a fight or something, and that'd suck." [22:24:25] See? She agrees with me! [22:24:32] ... although I didn't say that. [22:25:01] "I don't need know weddah eidah oneaya cuts off dem netherairs." [22:25:09] "Where's me bunk?" [22:25:34] * Johen has retired to a corner of the deck, thumbing through his tome. [22:26:03] "Hey Pudgy, come ere. You oughtter walk wif us fo awhile." [22:26:37] "Might be you on dis pearl." [22:26:40] * Johen looks up. "Oh? I suppose so." He stands, marking his place, and walks over to Phanos. [22:26:54] * Johen shrugs. "I doubt that." [22:26:59] "You play some boat darts?" [22:27:08] * Marianysa blinks at Phanos, trying to figure out what the hell he just said about hair. [22:27:08] "Go fishying?" [22:27:09] Oh. Um.... thanks for the help. [22:27:49] I... I do not speak your language. [22:28:03] He takes some getting used to. [22:28:29] * Mauz smirks, a touch. "Really, thanks again. That was smart work of you... could teach a young man like me a few tricks." [22:29:29] * Marianysa nods, grinning slightly. "Even then, we still don't know what he's saying sometimes." [22:29:51] * Johen nods. "Oh, it was a pleasure. I was just glad for the chance to excercise my tome." [22:29:59] "It is my preferred vernacular." [22:30:56] There is... also that. I actually prefer the usual for him. Feels more natural. [22:31:29] Oh my. I imagine so. [22:31:46] "It just feels good, mon." [22:37:10] Yeah, I'm kinda used to him sounding like that [22:38:39] * Reunited with Phanos and joined with Johen by a common enemy, the party is able to relax for the last few days of the voyage to Stormreach... [22:38:39] [517 xp each.] [22:38:39] [Party finds 300 gp and Thousand Year Pearl worth 2,500 gp if sold.] [22:38:39] [Session End.] End of #Sharn buffer Mon Aug 24 22:43:29 2009