Start of #Sharn buffer: Wed Mar 31 19:32:22 2010 [17:30:32] * Mauz (lol@fl-67-235-248-185.dhcp.embarqhsd.net) has joined #Sharn [17:37:44] [48 Days A.T. out of Stormreach.] [17:37:44] [The group has discovered a chamber that apparently functioned as a teleportation room for the Giants who constructed these ruins.] [17:37:44] [Mari has just figured out how to scroll between destinations, causing a panoramic mosaic of tiles to click and change, tiles of color shifting the image on the wall to display each end point of the teleportation device.] [17:37:44] [The device currently displays a destination named "Gah-Hevetica", according to Johen, but this destination does not factor into their travel plans. Further investigation of the teleportation network is required to see if the device can be of any use...] [17:37:44] [Session Start.] [17:39:26] * Aurora frowns. "So... where else can this go?" [17:39:47] * Mauz rubs his fuzz-covered chin, looking at the whole mess of magic before them. "Should be someplace useful in all of this. Keep looking." [17:40:02] * Marianysa shrugs. "Gimme some time and I'll eventually get through all the possible destinations." [17:44:11] Alright [17:44:14] Excellent. Find something hospitable. [17:49:26] * Marianysa continues to meticulously scroll through the various destinations. [17:49:51] [Mari proceeds to work the slider control in increments, causing the room to roar with the clacking of rotating tiles as each new destination scrolls onto the wall.[ [17:50:42] [After several minutes of this, Johen calling each destination's name out as it comes into focus, he finally announces "Gah-Hevetica" again.] [17:51:24] *Johen looks to Mari. "I counted about two dozen destinations. None of them really stood out at me. You?" [17:53:19] * Mauz mouthes 'gah-hevetica' to himself, having been pacing and thinking and watching the entire time. [17:53:54] *Temper looks to Mauz. "Does this place hold significance to you?" [17:56:33] * Mauz shakes his head. "Nothing's coming to mind. Just like how it sounds. Rolls off the tongue, really." [17:57:52] Nothing. [17:58:20] Well... [17:58:21] *Temper looks at Mauz for a moment. "Must be nice." [17:58:32] * Marianysa tries the 'reset' switch. [17:58:37] *He continues to stare Mauz down. [17:59:54] Having a tongue? [18:00:31] * Mauz smirks. "Until you bite it, sure. Or someone else does. Hurts, and you could possibly bleed out if you bite clean through. You can also swallow it and choke on, well, yourself..." He pauses. "Why am I in a morbid mood." [18:00:38] [The display erupts into a cacophony of clacking ceramic tiles again as the display seems to rocket backward, the destination of Gah-Hevetica shrinking as the viewpoint becomes an eagle-eyed view of the surrounding area, and then even further. Eventually the imagine of Gah-Hevetica resolves into a stylistic representation, and all other destinations in the network come into focus as well.] [18:01:33] ... well, shit. Now that's nice. Anything look like someplace we should be? [18:01:36] [Various other locales and landmarks are given their own stylized renderings, and below each a Giant-script label appears into view.] [18:01:39] * Mauz leans in for a closer look, hands to himself. [18:02:55] [In contrast to the current desolate wasteland, the view seems to depict a sub-tropical temperate region, with mountains, forests, and lakes.] [18:03:35] [Considering that this ruin must be in the same network, it seems that the present Menechtarun dessert wasn't always so hostile to life.] [18:05:02] *Johen walks closer to the shifting mosaic wall and begins scanning labels of landmarks, ignoring the bolder labels of the teleportation destinations Mari already scrolled through. [18:05:19] Huh. That wasn't quite what I expected. [18:05:21] Anything look familiar? [18:05:48] *The morgrave scholar mumbles aloud as he reads giant names of landmarks. [18:07:02] *With a triumphant "Ah-ha!", Johen points to a mountain range in the lower right corner of the map, specifically near an orange-red peak, most likely depicting a volcano. "Cavarat Leibel Shakaroz" [18:09:51] That's convenient. And unpleasant. [18:10:26] *Johen then points to a bold-label denoting a teleportation destination. "Ignican Barrackas seems to be the closest destination by far." [18:10:32] Volcano. No. Nonono. Enough magma. Anything better? [18:10:56] *Johen looks at Mauz. "That is where we're heading." [18:11:30] *He gives him a level look, seeming to call into question Mauz's intelligence without doing anything so crude as giving voice to it. [18:15:19] * Marianysa folds her arms. "Well, this'll save us some time. ...if we're lucky, the volcano is dormant." [18:16:41] ... you know, I really would like it if you just complained at me openly. [18:17:14] * Mauz smirks. "Would have a reason to punch you, then. Anyway! I guess we go forth towards what is likely our doom. Again... the stars truly are against me." [18:17:53] *Johen smiles. "If we're lucky, the shattering of Xen'Drik has not turned the entire mountain range into volcanoes!" [18:20:06] *Par spits a bit of gnawed fingernail out of his mouth and onto the floor, then walks from where he's been boredly leaning against a wall. "A'right. What're we waitin' fer? Lets get dis thing up'n runnin'." [18:20:26] * Marianysa rolls her eyes at Johen, and returns to the controls, trying to find Ignican Barrackas again. [18:22:13] Let's ride! May fate decide not to spit on us for once! [18:25:21] [Mari quickly cycles through the destinations in the map-view, and upon selecting Ignican Barrackas, the view plumets into the close-up view of the onyx-walled fortress overlooking a cliff with a volcano in the distance.] [18:27:26] Well. There we go. [18:27:32] *Pardrengo, Johen, and Temper (carrying Shezna) step onto the plate underneath the khybershard. [18:28:11] * Aurora steps on. [18:30:20] * Mauz steps on a well, whistling a funeral dirge. [18:33:32] Alright. Everyone ready? [18:33:49] I guess so. There's nothing left here for us. [18:34:07] Pretty much what Aurora said. Fire away, madame!@ [18:34:08] I mean, you're here, Mauz is here, Pardrengo, Johen, Temper, Shezna, Phanos... [18:34:34] Okay, I'm throwing it. Brace yourselves. [18:35:54] [As Mari presest the button, the hum of the khyber shard begins to deeping to a low rumbling. The pleasant, husky female voice speaks again, but Johen doesn't get the chance to translate. There's a "CRACK-THOOM" sound as a lash of energy erupts from the surface of the khybershard and strikes the platform, jolting through everyone.] [18:35:54] [Everyone feels a sudden lurch of vertigo, as if the platform they were standing on was just hurled by a catapult from one side of Sharn to another, completely over its towers. They feel as if tumbling end-over-end, though the room clearly remains upright.] [18:35:54] [Just as suddenly, it ends, and everyone is still standing in the teleportation chamber. The pleasant female giant voice speaks again.] [18:37:06] *Johen takes a moment to steady himself, then translates. "Welcome to Ignican Barrackas. Please do not disturb the warriors on guard." [18:37:39] ... did it do anything other than make us sick? [18:37:47] * Aurora looks around with skepticism [18:37:51] * Marianysa looks herself over, making sure she's not missing any body parts or fused with any other members of the group. [18:38:02] * Mauz takes five steps off the platform, and proceeds to void the contents of his stomach onto the floor. [18:41:43] *Johen takes a few deep breaths to settle his stomach then clears his throat. "The room is most likely identical at all destinations." [18:42:07] * Aurora steps off. [18:42:39] Yeah, probably. [18:42:52] * Marianysa steps down off the platform and looks for an exit. [18:44:03] [The door to this chamber is closed shut, but otherwise right where the other door was at the last location.] [18:45:01] * Mauz wipes his mouth and follows. "That was... an experience." [18:46:37] Ye....ah.... it was built for bigger, tougher people [18:48:05] [When the door is opened, a blast of arid, hot wind rushes into everyone's face and throat. The onyx-walled fortress of Ignican Barrackas seems to be long-gone, replaced by a crumbling ruin, rent in half by the splitting of the cliff it used to sit on.] [18:48:58] * Mauz makes a gagging, irritated noise thanks to that wind. [18:49:12] [The volcano in the distance is currently busy spewing molten rock into the air, belching forth a great gout of black smoke to put any man-made smith to utter shame.] [18:49:34] [It seems to be far enough to not be an immediate concern.] [18:49:34] * Marianysa covers her mouth and nose. "Great." [18:50:12] Well. This should be fun. [18:50:32] How did anyone BREATHE this? [18:51:13] * Aurora squints her eyes. "What's that?" [18:51:26] The lava's going around it. [18:51:54] You see that building? [18:52:28] * Aurora points, off in the distance. It's a huge onyx structure that looks like it's made of humongous knives. Nothing like the places around here [18:52:41] * Marianysa looks at what Aurora's pointing at. "...wow." [18:53:07] [Against the agry red glow of the lava-flows, Aurora points out a bizarre structure. It looks like some sort of sculpture of massive knives and razors, made of onyx. At this distance though, it would be the size of a building.] [18:54:22] Well, at least there's not much chance of getting lost. [18:55:42] * Eve_ (novaseaker@c-67-190-200-4.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) has joined #Sharn [18:55:56] *Pardrengo steps up and shields his eyes from the wind and heat, squinting at the structure.] "Looks... lika day's travel away. But we gotta wait out tha' errupsh'n" [18:56:08] * NovaSeaker (novaseaker@c-67-190-200-4.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [18:57:06] Lovely. Well, we're not dead yet, and the air doesn't smell... [18:57:18] * Mauz takes a deep breath, then coughs. "Overly toxic. Yet, anyway." [18:58:09] * Marianysa mumbles to herself "Volcano. Why did it have to a volcano?" [18:58:36] * Eve_ is now known as NovaSeaker [18:58:37] * ChanServ sets mode: +o NovaSeaker [18:58:57] * Marianysa turns to Mauz. "Well, hopefully the charms will protect us. Enough, at least." [18:59:11] Yeah... let's not chance it, though [18:59:17] We need to hurry [19:03:55] *Par nods. "Good plan, good plan.... Or! Yeh can be listen'n to yer guide, who says `e doesn' wan' t'head into rivers o' lava." [19:04:13] Oh? [19:04:18] "We wait here 'ntil the `ruptin stops." [19:08:53] * Marianysa nods to Pard. "You're the expert." [19:09:53] I never said anything about a lava bath, so I wait like a good little boy. [19:21:27] [Session End.] [19:21:37] [200 xp.] [19:22:15] * Marianysa is now known as Yon End of #Sharn buffer Wed Mar 31 19:32:22 2010