Start of #Odal buffer: Wed Jul 30 20:17:38 2008 [17:31:54] Whatever works. [17:37:01] back [17:37:06] Hey [17:37:06] Wow, that was uncanny. [17:37:10] * Mechazawa is now known as Xan [17:37:21] Yeah, sorry, thought I had time enough to shower [17:37:21] You came back just as I was typing my 'let's let him come in midsession' line [17:37:23] BRB, phone [17:37:47] Or not. [17:41:39] * You had just headed out to close down the sluices, preventing more seawater from entering the town's canals. With Rana's directions, you get to the building fairly easily. It's a low brick building that straddles a canal, with two watchmen outside, not doing much of their job. One sits on the edge of the canal, his legs dangling above the water, while the other is leaning against the wall, his arms behind his head. [17:41:46] [Session start] [17:45:34] * Eilenia looks over them for maybe another entrance [17:46:22] * Paera frowns. "Well, I guess it's SORT of guarded..." [17:46:55] "mmh, perhaps this is not the place we need to be." [17:47:58] * Eve shrugs. "The guards do not seem like they are being much of a trouble." [17:48:10] So do we sneak past them? [17:48:19] Or perhaps walk up to them and chat them up? [17:49:52] "I'm not much of a talker, personally." [17:50:04] I am! [17:50:15] Oh, what should I say? [17:51:49] "It depends on whether you're skilled in deceit or honesty." [17:52:48] It's all the same. [17:53:40] * If you guys are gonna try to get in, I'd say that it's time for a skill challenge. [18:08:16] [Eilenia's turn] [18:11:25] * Eilenia walks up to the guards and smiles. "Excuse me, I'm a traveller, new to this region. My home is inland, and have never been this close to sea before, so I'm a bit curious about how this building works... [18:15:27] * The guard leaning against the building straightens up. "Oh! Well, it's some old Nerathi kobold engineering. A series of gates that control the flow of seawater into the city and keep it from flooding." [18:15:40] * He keeps describing the vagaries of the floodgates. [18:15:44] [Xan's turn] [18:20:44] * Xan notices that the guards aren't infested. However, aside from swimming in via the canal, there's no easy way to get inside the building, other than the doors [18:22:14] [Paera's turn] [18:24:50] * Paera approaches Eilenia and the guards. "I'm really sorry about this, but she just insisted on seeing it." She rolls her eyes. "You know how it is. Think you could let her take a look? She won't leave us alone, otherwise, and I guess she'll keep bugging you, too. Can you help us out, here?" [18:29:02] * The guard nods. "Come on in. Don't know why they're having us guard the damn thing, but it's pretty neat inside." He heads inside, motioning for Paera and Eilenia to follow. [18:29:25] * Eilenia follows along! [18:29:28] * Xan walks along as well. [18:29:29] This will be fun. [18:29:52] Thanks. Sorry about this. [18:32:04] * The guard closes the door behind them, before Xan or Eve can get in. Eve frowns, walking over to the guard sitting by the canal. "I am not wanting to be doing this." She grabs onto the back of his chainmail, pushing him out over the water. "Please to be getting is in there before I drop you." [18:32:40] [Eilenia's turn] [18:32:55] "We're obviously with them." [18:36:42] * Eilenia looks around. "The gates got made by kobolds? They're so small. Is it easy to maintain?" [18:41:07] * "Not too hard. There's a family in town that's specialized in it for the last few generations, ever since the kobolds went away." [18:42:07] * Eilenia walks over to a grate and looks down it [18:43:05] [Xan's turn] [18:43:37] * The water seems to be going down into an overflow section. You can't see much, but it looks like the sluices are more elaborate underground than above [18:45:24] "Can you open the door please? I'm not understanding why exactly you've disallowed us to continue on with our companions." [18:48:26] * The guard Eve's holding up twists. "What the hell, get her to put me down! I don't have anything to do with what he did." His voice is pitched up into a whine [18:54:06] * "Look, I'll let you in, just call her off." [18:55:22] "Go ahead and put him down." [18:56:27] * Eve lowers the guard to the ground a few feet from the edge of the canal and he gets up, scrambling to the door. He opens it, gives the guard inside a worried glance and motions him outside. [18:56:35] [Skill challenge over] [18:59:19] * Paera looks over at the guard as he leaves, narrowing her eyes. "What was THAT all about?" she whispers to Eve. [19:00:54] * Eilenia glances over there. Then goes back to looking down the open grate. [19:01:02] * Eve shrugs. "He is being worried that I hold him over river, I'm thinking." [19:01:10] ... [19:01:13] Oh, hell. [19:01:17] Better make this fast, guys. [19:02:38] * Eilenia notices some white flecks in the water. It's hard to tell as they're going by, but they could be ug-ts. [19:14:25] Say, what are those white things? [19:14:33] * Eilenia looks down at the water. [19:15:00] * Xan looks down as well. [19:15:17] Oh, little tiny white flecks. [19:24:11] * Paera looks in the water. "Good question." [19:26:03] * Paera grimaces. "Looks like that's them." [19:28:50] "Agreed." [19:28:54] * Eilenia glances to the guard. "Do you know what those are?" [19:31:01] * Eilenia steps outside briefly. "Hey, we found something in the water. Do you know anything about weird white flecks?" [19:33:09] * Only one guard is still there. "White flecks? Probably something from the ocean. I wouldn't worry much, people get stuff like that out of water before they use it." [19:33:41] "Oh? where do they remove it?" [19:37:45] * "Boil it, mostly, then run it through a mesh. If they're rich, they bring a few weeks worth to a water-witch to get it purified all at once." [19:40:22] Boiling definitely kills them? [19:40:36] * "What." [19:41:31] The little white flecks. [19:42:21] * "Probably, if they're alive." [19:43:05] Where does the water go after it's run through the mesh? [19:45:36] * "They drink it, usually." [19:47:31] * Eilenia tilts her head. "So they come here, pick up the water, then boil it themselves, and run it through a mesh themselves? [19:48:10] * "Or just get it from the canals. It's not the cleanest, but it'll do." [19:53:04] "May we try following the flecks to the source? We've got reason to believe they're contaminating the water supply." [19:53:37] * The guard nods. "Yeah, feel free. I'll hold down the fort out here." [19:54:28] Thank you. [19:57:19] * Paera nods. "Let's get to it." [19:58:10] * Eilenia nods [19:59:07] * Eilenia starts heading out [20:12:06] * You begin following the water flow, heading down the staircase inside to the first maintenance level. There's a pair of wide walkways against the walls, leading down the tunnel, while the canal washes along. Everburning torches are affixed to the walls roughly every 30 feet. [20:12:43] * Eilenia watches the water and the surrounding rea as she walks along. She qiuetly hums a little song to herslef. [20:13:52] * Paera follows Xan, looking around nervously. "I've got a bad feeling about this. They're probably calling backup right now." [20:14:48] "They probably don't know what's going on, either. They weren't infected." [20:16:03] I'm just saying, we were pretty suspicious. And Eve threatened one of them. [20:16:29] Yeah [20:16:57] [Session end] [20:17:16] * Paera is now known as Yon End of #Odal buffer Wed Jul 30 20:17:38 2008