Start of #Odal buffer: Thu Feb 26 21:39:55 2009 [15:47:52] * Plow (mattyqwill@c-75-67-221-215.hsd1.nh.comcast.net) has joined #Odal [16:02:04] * Mechazawa (rustangel@ip-49-116.atvci.net) has joined #Odal [16:02:13] * Mechazawa is now known as Xan [16:03:21] * Eve_Kasnora (Novaseaker@cpe-24-168-45-216.si.res.rr.com) has joined #Odal [16:51:39] * When last we left our heroes, they had just been smuggled aboard the admiral's palace to discuss their plans with him. [16:51:43] [Session start] [16:52:17] * Yon (dlarmour@wnpgmb1303w-ad03-46-107.dynamic.mts.net) has joined #Odal [16:52:22] * Yon is now known as Paera [16:56:03] * Plow gestures, "Admiral, these are the ones I was telling you of." He turns back to the group, "What now?" [16:56:09] * The admiral's throne room looks to be the captain's chamber of the ship from when it was functional. A large bed is bolted to the ground along with other fine furniture, and nautical charts line the walls, as well as a banner of the old Nerathi navy. The admiral sits on a chair, behind a bolted desk, and observes the assembled group. [16:57:02] * Xan nods to the Admiral. [16:58:12] * Eve_Kasnora steps foward from the group and gives the only salute she knows, that of the Tsavarogorovian Templars. [16:58:23] * The admiral nods. He's dressed in fine clothes, but they're starting to fade. His face is thin, and he has the air of a man who was much more impressive and commanding nature before his city was coopted by the Vecnites [16:59:55] "Greetings, Admiral. I am being Eve Kasnora of Tsavarogorov, and these are my companions. Paera, Xan, Elena. You have already been meetting Plow." [17:01:27] "We are being on a mission for Odal's Fen, securing food before winter is setting. We have been saving Harborside from infesting monsters and they have given us boat to travel north with." [17:02:29] "On the sea, we are being attacked by vecnite pirate necromancer and his undead crew. We were being victorious, and found out ships port of call. Your port." [17:02:35] * He salutes crisply. "Admiral Coult Lang, my lady. I wish we could have met under better circumstances, though I can't say I'm not glad that you arrived when you did." [17:03:43] "I was not knowing there were still non-vecnites aboard your community of ships. But now that I am knowing, I am pledging my sword to freeing you." [17:04:27] "We are... believing this oppressor of yours, Bishop Eye, is using horrible relic of evil. The Eye of Vecna himself." [17:05:36] "We are aiming to cut head off monster, so to be speaking. We will be attacking Bishop Eye directly." [17:06:02] That's more cutting the eye off the monster [17:06:29] "It is being figure of worldly speech, Elena." [17:06:45] * Eve_Kasnora turns back to the Admiral. "You must be forgiving her. She is being from Feywild." [17:07:44] "We are having plan, but our plan is involving the use of your fleet. We are asking your permission." [17:08:31] * Admiral Lang nods. "Is she, now? Fascinating. Regardless, you have a bold plan, although before I endorse it, I have to be assured that you can succeed. After all, if you need my fleet, and you're striking against Bishop Eye, what might happen if you fail?" [17:09:24] * "After all, my people live at his sufferance. If you fall, he might decide that it's better for his people if mine are gutted and made to serve him in death." [17:09:42] "We are... planning evacuation." [17:10:00] Believe us, we don't want anyone harmed either. [17:10:07] "You will be finding safe harbor in Harborside, I am sure. Tell them we sent you." [17:11:10] "Forgive me if I'm wrong Admiral, I do not suffer many of the trappings of a mortal life, but it seems to me that the way your people conduct yourselves now, they might as well be dead. This doesn't seem to be the ideal 'life.' I would think you would welcome a chance to change it." [17:12:34] * He frowns. "I'd rather live badly then be executed and made into a vecnite abomination. Still, if you can get my people off the float, I'd welcome it." [17:12:56] "A coordinated evactuation of your people while we openly attack the temple might be working." [17:13:18] * Eve_Kasnora turns to the others. "We might be needing to sacrifice stealth to ensure saftey of civilians." [17:13:32] I could do that [17:14:54] "while we openly attack temple, vecnites will be being to focused on us to notice your people unlatching boats." [17:15:05] * "I wish I could be with you to strike Eye down, but I'll do the next best thing. On the west side of the float, we keep our powder. We used to use it back when we hunted pirates out on the sea." [17:15:12] We're not exactly the stealthiest group anyway. [17:15:20] * Eve_Kasnora blinks. [17:15:35] "Black powder?" [17:16:06] "I beg to differ. I would, of course, prefer to fire from a distance." [17:16:20] * "The very same. Since then, the Vecnites have let it go to waste, but if you burn the powderhouse down, you might be able to distract the Vecnites long enough to strike out and kill Eye, and get my people off the float." [17:16:21] "I was thinking all black powder was being used up, after Nerath fell." [17:17:45] * "I can't rightly say what happened outside, but I imagine leaving the war early might have helped us ration our stores better than the men who kept fighting." [17:19:48] * Eve_Kasnora nods. "This is being good plan. We create diversion with powder, letting us attack temple and you escape." [17:20:57] * Plow touches a finger to his chin, "If we can secure a small supply of the powder, it may serve us well in the future. I am familiar with the Nerathi uses. Though I believe our first priority should be detonating the supply available, if it will serve our purposes best." [17:22:21] Hmm, that sounds like a good idea, as long as we don't accidentally blow ourselves up. [17:22:22] "Can you make sure your people are away from the supply when it is detonated, Admiral?" [17:23:12] * The admiral nods. "Tell the proprietor of the Drowned Gull in the market when you plan to detonate it, and he'll spread the word to those loyal to me." [17:23:41] "What about those too scared to act?" [17:26:09] * He pauses. "I can't say. I haven't spoken to my people, save through Bishop Eye, since the occupation." [17:27:22] "May I be making suggestion?" [17:27:31] * Xan is now known as Mechazawa [17:27:44] * He nods. [17:27:53] "Be speaking to them yourself. When the powder is being ignited, the people will be panicking. Speak to them then." [17:28:08] "Be the Admiral." [17:29:29] * He nods. "My place is leading the fleet, regardless of what that fleet might be. I'll leave the palace with you, but we'll have to act fast. Once the cultists realize I'm gone, they'll know something's happening." [17:32:35] * Plow finishes sealing the cracks in his metal frame and rotates his elbow joint. "Then, has the time come to act?" [17:33:43] * The admiral walks to a chest, opens it, and removes a cutlass and a heavy leather coat. "I believe it has. Let's hope the black powder doesn't burn this place too badly, I think I've like to come back once you've shown the bishop to his end." [17:33:56] They've probably figured out by now that we're up to something. Better sooner than later. [17:34:10] * Eve_Kasnora nods. [17:34:36] "Let us be informing the propietor of the Drowned Gull." [17:34:57] * The admiral nods. "Lead the way." [17:35:33] Ooh, a plan, we're executing a plan, we have an actual plan. [17:38:20] * You make your way out of the palace, the admiral stopping briefly to dispatch the guards assigned to him. After a brief stop in the Drowned Gull, where the admiral is brought belowdecks until the exodus, you make your way to the powder stores. [17:39:10] "How long will we be having to reach temple before ka-boom?" [17:39:54] * Plow easily bypasses the numerous locks on the powder house, which is in an abandoned, poorly-maintained section of the float, and secures some powder, as well as being able to rig it to blow just about whenever he's ready to. [17:51:28] * With Paera and Eilenia's help, Plow manages to make a slow-burning fuse, and light it as they're ready to make the run for the cathedral. [17:52:28] "Enough time. I suggest we go. Now." [17:52:35] "Lets go, comrades!" [17:52:46] How exciting. [17:52:47] * Eve_Kasnora starts running in the direction of Eye's temple. [17:52:54] * Eilenia runs! [17:56:02] * With a deep bass rumble, the powderhouse explodes in the distance. The eyes implanted in the skulls of the sentry skeletons begin twitching wildly, and you can hear moaning in the distance. [17:56:39] * Paera turns to look back towards the explosion as she runs. "Wow." [17:57:25] "I've noticed that our group does not seem to specialize in subtlety." [17:57:47] * Eve_Kasnora waits for a level of panic in the streets so that the likely hood of them being singled-out in the crowd lessens, then draws both her blades. [17:57:50] Nice work. [17:57:58] * Eilenia tries to look paniced. [17:59:10] * The explosion rises briefly above the powderhouse, setting the surrounding buildings on fire. The wood is damp, and the fires spread slowly, but it's spreading nonetheless. The streets begin to fill as residents of the float, living and dead, loyal and vecnite, take to the streets in a flood of movement [18:01:48] * You push through the crowd to the temple, the only stone building on the island. Made from smoothed rocks fit together perfectly, it seems as though the structure was constructed from stone pulled from the bottom of the sea. [18:04:33] * Plow pushes his way up the door, and carefully tries to nudge it open. [18:04:37] * The building is a round pavillion, and differences in how the sea air has aged the structure show that the symbols of Erathis and Melora have been removed, replaced with the symbol of vecna [18:04:47] * The door swings open easily. [18:08:26] * Eve_Kasnora steps in front of Plow and into the temple. [18:08:45] "Eye! We are having come for you!" [18:10:13] * The inside of the temple is fairly simple, if elegant. Benches ring the center, where there is a circular altar with a hole in the middle. There are two small shrines on the east and west ends of the temple, each painted over with Vecna's broken skull. A halfling, one eye closed, and one eye bulging out of his socket, dressed in black iron chainmail, stands at the altar. "Oh! What a suprise." [18:12:36] I know you plotty sorts. Not gonna be giving you any time to plan or talk today. [18:12:39] * Eilenia raises her orb. [18:13:10] * He laughs. "Good! It's more fun to pull what you were going to say out after you were dead, anyways!" [18:13:15] "Today we are carving out that eye from your skull!" [18:13:21] * Eve_Kasnora leaps upon the halfling. [18:14:25] * Mechazawa is now known as Xa [18:14:28] * Xa is now known as Xan [18:14:54] * Charles changes topic to 'Bishop Eye: 21' [18:14:57] * Eilenia used SLEEP. It's not very effective... [18:15:42] * Charles changes topic to 'Bishop Eye, Xan: 21' [18:16:28] * Charles changes topic to '[Bishop Eye, Xan]: 21 [Eve]: 13 [Plow]: 11' [18:16:53] * Charles changes topic to '[Bishop Eye, Xan]: 21 [Eve]: 13 [Plow]: 11 [Eilenia]: 7 [Plow]: 2' [18:18:50] [Xan's turn] [18:19:03] * Charles changes topic to '[Bishop Eye, Xan]: 21 [Eve]: 13 [Plow]: 11 [Eilenia]: 7 [Paera]: 2' [18:19:16] * Charles changes topic to '[Bishop Eye, Xan]: 21 [Eve]: 13 [Plow]: 11 [Eilenia]: 7 [Paera]: 4' [18:24:04] * Xan holds his hands out away from one another, clapping them together and spreading them apart suddenly, two spiked, rounded globs of silvered metal shoot from each, joined by a glimmering, razor-thin and sharp cord of wire. They whiz through the air like bolas and wrap around the halfling. [18:24:18] [Eye's turn] [18:30:51] * Eye vaults over the circlular altar in the center and locks eye with Paera, as his bulging, twitching eye seems to penetrate her soul. He laughs, and from the shadows cast by the altar, a hulking devil made of shadows pulls itself from the ground, standing taller than a man, but otherwise cutting a very human profile. The shadow-devil moves towards Eve and swings a heavy fist [18:33:27] * And misses broadly. [18:33:30] [Eve's turn] [18:33:41] Wha...what the hell was that? [18:34:47] "Paera, Elenia, Xan! Focus on Eye! Plow, stay with me!" [18:35:11] "Will do madame." [18:35:16] Certainly. [18:35:23] * Eye smiles. "I'll bet you don't even know! Here you are, and you don't even know your own- Whoops, I forgot! No time to plan or talk." [18:35:24] I was gonna do that anyway [18:36:35] * Plow gives a sharp nod to Eve. [18:37:35] * Paera scowls darkly. "Gladly." [18:37:36] * Eve_Kasnora raises her swords high in a cross, which begin to glow. "FEIND! YOU ARE BEING IN MY WAY!" [18:37:56] * Eve_Kasnora slashes down hard with both, trailing radiant light. [18:38:28] [Plow's turn] [18:38:53] * The devil recoils from the blow, with a low yell of pain [18:39:16] You were going to pry secrets from our skulls after this is over, you said? We can do the same. Thanks for letting it slip that you knew how to do that, by the way. [18:39:31] I've been looking for more books. [18:40:29] [Eilenia's turn] [18:41:19] * Plow raises his implement, and a burst of lightning catchs Eve's armor. The sparks leap out at the shadowy creature, but it seems unaffected. [18:45:20] * Eilenia steps past Eve, taking care to stay clear away from the giant shadow devil, then points her orb at the halfling, letting loose a burst of thunder that knocks him closer to Eve. [18:45:33] [Paera's turn] [18:45:43] I wonder what other secrets you've got written in that book of yours that you accidentally told us about. [18:47:38] * Paera 's scowl deepens, as she raises her holy symbol and points it at Eye. "I don't care what you see. You can't shake me." She begins to pray. [18:47:43] * Eye grunts as he hits the ground. "Oh, come now. That a blessed Vecnite such as myself can speak to the dead isn't any more a secret than some Eladrin hero being full of herself is." [18:48:23] Say, what're you wearing right now? [18:51:28] [Xan's turn] [18:52:10] * Paera 's prayer doesn't really cause anything special to happen. [18:52:37] You can speak to the dead, but when was the last time you spoke to your mother? [18:54:36] * "You know, I think I'm going to let you stay silent for once, once I-" He cuts off, choking on his words as Xan's shoots him [18:54:46] Once you what? [18:54:49] I couldn't hear you. [18:55:25] * Xan holds his palms together, shards forming into a helix, flying off and nailing the halfling, one pinging against the wall as it flies free. "You speak too much to represent a deity of silent creatures." [18:57:54] * Eye grimaces. "Let's see what you have." He fixes his eye on Elena, and from the shadows cast by the altar, some horrible fey creature of fracturing light and the chiming of bells and the smell of a forest of enchanted mushrooms emerges. [18:58:02] [Eye's turn] [18:59:59] * The fey creature looks at Elena and its mouth drops open with the sound of shattering glass. A flock of primatic butterflies crawl out and buffet Eilenia with their wings, knocking her back [19:00:29] Oof! [19:00:47] Unimpressed, let's see if she can summon daggers. [19:01:21] * The shadow-devil takes another swing at Eve, missing as his thick fist slams against the side of the bench [19:01:32] I'm not impressed with that either [19:01:43] * And Eye retreats back behind the altar briefly. [19:01:53] [Eve's turn] [19:02:07] "LIGHT THE ALTAR!" [19:02:27] * Paera looks at the new creature emerged from the shadow, then back at the devil. "Wait...that came out of me?" [19:02:35] * Eve_Kasnora steps aside from the devil and digs into her pack, ingiting a sunrod and throwing it at the altar to banish it's shadows. [19:04:33] * The devil swings its fist again and misses. [19:06:11] * Eve_Kasnora brushes the devil's blow away with a flare of her scale-coat. [19:07:43] [Plow's turn] [19:13:17] [Eilenia's turn] [19:14:14] Light, huh? [19:15:19] * Plow re-energizes Eve's armor; again, the creature seems unaffected by the electricity. He sidesteps to put some distance between the hulking devil and himself. [19:16:25] * Eilenia points her orb at the altar. It starts to emit light. Lots of light. It doesn't look like it's going to go away anytime soon. [19:22:51] * Eilenia runs up and unleashes another burst of thunder, hurling the fey shadow creature backwards. [19:24:00] * As the fey creature is knocked back, Eye grimaces [19:24:06] [Paera's turn] [19:27:17] * Paera runs forward, following Eilenia. Trying not to let the shadows get to her, she continues to pray. Eilenia glows faintly, while a bolt of light strikes the ground next to Eye. [19:27:31] [Xan's turn] [19:29:18] * Xan fires two simple shots, one from each palm, that both muss. [19:30:01] [Eye's turn] [19:32:22] * Bishop Eye turns to Xan and stares at him with his bulging eye. Xan feels a slight psychic prodding, but nothing comes of it. [19:33:04] * The shifting fey abomination turns and points at Paera, and its fingers snap off at the knuckles, metaphorphosing into whirling blades as they swarm around Paera. [19:33:17] "I have no demons, priest." [19:35:03] * The devilish creature finally grabs Eve, and holds her by a leg as he bounces her off a bench. [19:35:43] * Eve_Kasnora lets out an "oof!" as she collides with the bench, but keeps a firm grip on her swords and presence of mind. [19:36:36] * Eye frowns. "I was going to just blind you, but if you insist." He stares at Xan, and from Xan's shadow, a mass of octopoidal flesh bubbles out of the ground, grabbing at him with its tendrils and clacking beak [19:37:36] [Eve's turn] [19:41:47] * Eve_Kasnora twists as she's being hauled through the air, spinning free of the devil's shadowy grip. Both of her swords begin to glow in a swirl of light and she slams one and then the other into the devil as she lands, spinning into a crouch. [19:42:38] * The creature, even as it shrivels from the holy light, seems less effected by it than you might imagine. However, from behind the altar, you hear a roar of anguish [19:43:03] * Eve_Kasnora glances over beyond the altar. [19:43:49] * A sympathetic gash has seems to have opened on Eye's torso, and blood is flowing freely from his chainmail [19:47:00] [Plow's turn] [19:47:38] "It appears the tables are turning. We should end this swiftly." [19:54:45] [Eilenia's turn] [19:55:45] * Plow claps a hand around his wrist and raises his armbow. One bolt clicks in, launches, and is followed in quick succession by another. The first bursts into flames and when it collides with the Shadow Devil, there is an conflagrated explosion and smoke. The second bolt elongates, becoming a thin barbed wire. It disappears into the smoke cloud. When things clear, it has visibly wrapped itself [19:56:15] * Plow *around the fey. The chain vanishes a moment later. Standing there triumphantly are Plow and Eve, her sword burning with righteous fire. [20:00:50] * Eilenia grips her orb tightly with one hand and begins speaking arcane words. It starts to crackle and rumble with lightning, thunder, and color. THen she swings it forward and smashes the priest in the face with her orb as it unleashes a crackling explosion of thunder, sending him staggering backwards and tumbling over the altar. Eilenia steps up, then unleashes a brilliant annihilation of color. [20:01:25] * Eilenia draws her sword for good measure. [20:03:45] [Paera's turn] [20:11:41] * Paera grits her teeth, moving away from the fey shadow's attack, and focusses on Eye once more. "You can pull all the shadows you want from my head, but you can't handle the light. BURN." A brilliant column of light erupts from below Eye. [20:14:47] * Eye screams as the holy light errupts from under him, burning away his corrupt flesh, until all that's left is his skeleton, his chainmail, and the misshaped eye, bulging out of his socket. The shadows he summoned wither away, motes of darkness blowing away on a wind that only effects them [20:15:24] Whew. [20:16:05] * Eve_Kasnora lowers her weapons and sheaths her off-hand blade, walking over to pat Paera on the back. [20:16:10] * Xan puts his arms down, getting out of his combat stance. "Is everyone alright?" [20:16:24] "Bahamut would be proud to be having you among his flock. I am being sure Erathis is as well." [20:16:53] Oh, yes. The Eye looks perfectly fine. [20:17:06] * Paera grins sheepishly. "Thanks. This all turned out pretty well after all." [20:17:24] * Xan walks over to the eye. [20:17:40] "So, how do we go about destroying this, and who is to carry it?" [20:17:40] * Plow lowers his arm. His shoulders relax, and he rubs the back of his head. He follows Xan towards the husked pile. [20:18:23] Hmm.. [20:18:30] What I'm wondering is how he got it in the first place [20:18:35] Let's find his fancy ritual book. [20:18:39] * Eilenia starts looking [20:19:21] We should probably see what's going on outside... [20:19:40] * Plow knelts down and carefully picks up the eye between two fingers, holding it at length. [20:20:24] "The town is burning around us, yes." [20:20:30] * Eilenia picks up Eye's skeleton and chainmail. Then she opens up the door and tosses it out the front. [20:20:34] "Is anyone having a lead box?" [20:20:45] "No." [20:20:49] THIS SETTLEMENT IS NOW UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP. [20:21:06] * Eve_Kasnora rushes outside. [20:21:06] * It's an eye, the size of a human's, red, that smells of embalming fluid. You get the feeling that it's staring at you with malice, even as it sits lifelessly between your fingers. [20:22:11] * Plow tucks the eye into one of the pouches on his belt. "We will have to find an appropriate method of dealing with this." [20:22:31] * Paera looks at the eye as well. "Wow, that's...really the real deal." [20:23:16] * Xan looks to the other things, namely the chainmail, lifting it. [20:23:20] * The fire is still burning slowly outside, spreading through the settlement. In the distance, you can make out the masts of ships, heading to Harborhead. In the marketplace, the bodies of the undead and men and women dressed in drab finery are feeding a pyre, as the a group, dressed in rags, stands at the entrances to the plaza. [20:24:49] * Eve_Kasnora walks towards the fellows in rags. [20:24:56] * Eilenia steps along. "Eye's gone." [20:25:09] Paera does good work. [20:25:13] * Eilenia points at the tiefling. [20:25:14] "Hail the Admiral?" [20:25:14] * One of the guards notices Eve, turns, and nods. "Hail!" [20:25:15] * Plow nods to Paera, stands, and dusts himself off. "It appears to be the real thing." [20:25:47] "I'm sure we will now have yet another enemy after us because of this." [20:26:20] "We are needing to find a way to destroy the eye." [20:26:22] "Undoubtedly. Trouble seems to follow you. But it has proved exciting, I am glad I was given a chance to share your journey." [20:26:41] "Maybe the black powder?" [20:27:29] I...don't think it'll be that easy. [20:27:39] Let's save this city first. [20:28:46] I mean, he burnt like that, but it doesn't look damaged at all. [20:29:16] "Perhaps you faithful should commune with your gods." [20:29:19] * Eve_Kasnora nods. [20:29:29] * Plow touches the pouch gingerly. "I doubt that such an artifact is easily destroyed." [20:29:57] * Eve_Kasnora turns to one of the guards. "How goes the evacuation?" [20:30:05] "And we must be conscious of the information that could be gleaned from such an item..." [20:30:46] * Eve_Kasnora *turns* on Plow. "What." [20:31:17] * Paera looks around the temple with a sad look on her face. "I guess if the settlement keeps burning, there won't be anything we can do for this place." [20:31:18] I think the information flow goes the other way around [20:31:27] Let's put out this fire. [20:31:33] * "Those who wanted to leave are on their way to harborhead. The admiral's leading the rest of us, to clean the vecnite filth from our city." [20:31:37] "Wouldn't it be a matter of cutting loose the burning boats?" [20:31:58] "Plow. If you are not minding, can you please be giving the Eye to Paera to hold?" [20:32:13] M-me? [20:32:34] * Eve_Kasnora looks to Paera. "You are being of strong faith. Of that I am being certain." [20:33:19] * Plow regards Eve silently, then turns to Paera. "Do you want this responsibility?" [20:33:59] * "Cutting the boats free? Aye, we could do that." The guard motions to several of the other guards, and they begin heading towards the fire, keeping their clubs in hand [20:34:22] I-I...well, if you think that's best... [20:34:30] * Paera nods. "Okay. I'll do it." [20:36:19] I wonder how much it sees. [20:36:31] * Plow digs into the pouch, and takes out the swollen eyeball. He offers it out to Pae, the artifact in his palm. [20:36:35] "If at any point it begins to tempt you, I will be happy to carry the burden." [20:37:44] * Paera gingerly takes the eye from Plow, and puts it in a pouch of her own. "Thanks, Xan." [20:39:25] * Eve_Kasnora looks back to Plow. "My appologies, Plow. But we are not fighting Bishop Eye to be gaining his secrets. We are fighting him to be destroying the Eye of Vecna." [20:39:48] "Nothing you would be learning from the Eye is being worth it." [20:40:03] * Plow turns away. "I understand your concern. I would not stand in the way of its destruction." [20:44:25] "In the meantime, perhaps we should assist in the dousing of the fires." [20:44:52] * Xan nods his assent. [20:45:17] * Eve_Kasnora agrees. [20:45:26] * Eilenia is already helping! [20:45:56] * Paera nods, glad for the change of subject. "Good idea." [20:47:35] * The group goes to participate in the dousing of fires, by way of cutting away those boats that the flames have started to consume, and snuffing the fires that are starting anew [20:48:36] * For the record, Xan identified the armor after the fight as Exalted Chain +1 [20:52:07] * The majority of the cutting work has been accomplished when a woman dressed in rags approaches the group. "Ah, excuse me, but the admiral would like to speak with you, in the temple." [20:52:25] "We would be happy to." [20:52:48] * Plow wipes the soot from his face and nods. [20:53:23] * Eve_Kasnora nods as well, wiping the sweat from her brow (and glistening body). [20:54:22] Oh, wonderful [20:54:59] * Eve_Kasnora heads back to the temple. [20:55:25] * Plow follows. [20:56:27] * Eilenia steps along! [20:57:18] * Paera follows after the group, glad to get away from manual labor. [20:57:23] * The temple has improved marginally in the hours since the fight against Eye. The holy symbols have been tentatively repainted on the outside, while the inside is much brighter, shades taken off the windows. Men in rags are in the process of re-dedicating the old shrines, and purifying the influence of Vecna from the shrine. The admiral sits on the bench, admiring the altar. [20:58:03] * Eve_Kasnora walks up to the Admiral and gives him her salute again. "Admiral." [20:58:07] * He looks up as you enter, stands, and throws his arms wide. "Heroes!" He laughs, a strong, relieved laugh. "Thank you for gracing me with your presence." [20:58:42] "We are but simple travelers, trying to make a difference where we can." [20:58:53] * Eve_Kasnora nods to Xan. [21:00:00] I'm just happy everything turned out okay... [21:00:52] * "I'm sure. Rest assured, you have. It'll be a long time until the Refuge Float is where it was before the Vecnites came, but thanks to you, we can begin our recovery. It's not much, but I found these in Brother Eye's personal belongings, and, well, I figure they might interest you more than any of us." He opens a small sack, next to where he was sitting on the bench [21:01:03] "Tell me something admiral." [21:01:13] * "It's not everything he had, but I'm sure you understand that we're confiscating most of it, for the good of the float." [21:01:18] * "Yes?" [21:01:18] "How are your food supplies here?" [21:01:57] * "Very poor. Whatever the vecnites had done has tainted the waters around the float, and even before they came, we relied on trading with harborhead for most of our food." [21:02:11] * Eilenia nods. [21:03:16] * Xan nods. "Very well. We are on our way to Horbek's Glory in order to negotiate supplies to be sent to Odal's Fen. I was thinking that if your stores were ample, we might be able to shorten our journey. It seems this may not be the case." [21:05:16] Well, Harborhead might be thankful to us for freeing this place. [21:05:28] * Eilenia looks at the sack the Admiral brought out [21:05:29] "Indeed." [21:05:36] * Xan looks to the sack as well. [21:05:55] * The sack contains a pair of bracers made from polished bone, a fine book bound in bronze with two opals set in each side of the cover, and quite a bit of gold. [21:06:08] * Eilenia picks up the book and has a look at it. [21:06:15] * "Not quite fair payment, but times are tough." [21:06:17] * Xan looks to the bracers. [21:06:47] * The book appears to be a ritual book. However, all the pages have gone blank, except for the last few, which seem to be a ritual that erases your spellbook when you die. [21:07:17] * Eilenia frowns. [21:07:32] At least it's a trophy. [21:07:37] * Paera looks over Eilenia's shoulder at the book. "Um. Well, that sucks." [21:08:27] At least it seems to be made of valuable materials. [21:15:36] "In your position, Admiral, I do not believe any payment would have been necessary. But thank you, nonetheless." [21:16:02] * Xan straps the bracers over his arms, which seem to absorb themselves into his already full-length gauntlets, bony, teethlike protrusions jutting out at the elbows and knuckles. [21:18:19] Hmm... no holy symbol? [21:18:32] Or is that among the confiscated goods? [21:21:34] * "We're having it disenchanted, and using the residuum to ward the area against the undead. I figure it's a fitting end." [21:22:12] * Paera smiles. "I like that." [21:22:17] Sounds very suitable [21:27:01] * The admiral nods. "I'm sorry we couldn't help your town, but you've done more than you needed to here. You had best continue your jouney, before winter sets in. May your gods guide you on your way." [21:27:21] * Eilenia nods. [21:27:31] Oh, what about the other three? [21:27:53] Can you handle them on your own when they return? [21:28:22] "I am suggesting keeping on lookout and torching ships before it is reaching Refuge Float." [21:28:45] * "I believe we can. The Vecnites left behind weapons, and I'm sure that we can burn their ships to the water before they can manage to dock again." [21:28:57] Excellent [21:33:00] * The admiral bows, and as a ragged woman rushes into the temple to ask for his assistance in coordinating the firefighting efforts, he bows and takes his leave of the group, leaving them in the newly rededicated temple. [21:33:05] [Session end] [21:34:05] All parcels for level 3 distributed, level 4 initiated. [21:34:39] * Paera (dlarmour@wnpgmb1303w-ad03-46-107.dynamic.mts.net) has left #Odal [21:35:15] * Xan (rustangel@ip-49-116.atvci.net) has left #Odal [21:36:52] The group found 560 gold worth of items, if liquidated, including a 250 gp ritual book, two 100 gp gems, and actual cash money [21:36:59] Along with a skull bracer. [21:38:18] And some +1 Exalted chainmail [21:38:30] And the MOTHERFUCKING EYE OF MOTHERFUCKING VECNA :gonk: End of #Odal buffer Thu Feb 26 21:39:55 2009