Start of #Odal buffer: Wed Apr 15 22:12:03 2009 [17:27:58] * Yon (dlarmour@wnpgmb1307w-ad02-33-117.dynamic.mts.net) has joined #Odal [17:28:38] * Demota is now known as Eilenia [17:28:47] * NovaSeaker is now known as Eve_Kasnora [17:36:51] * Yon is now known as Paera [17:45:50] * Last session, you faced moral quandries about kobolds, and were led to the caverns where the dwarves of Horbek's Glory have been holding out since the orcs displaced them from the citadel. The heroes were allowed- encouraged, even- to rest in preparation for the assault on the Citadel. [17:46:14] * It's been eight hours since then, and the dwarves have increased steadily in activity since you arrived. [17:46:17] [Session start[ [17:47:07] * Eilenia decided to explore during the rest. And rested, probably by reading and watching people sleep. [17:48:20] * Eve_Kasnora stretches after waking, and straps her swordbelts on, then shrugs on her coat. [17:48:35] Good morning, Eve. I believe it is morning. [17:48:48] * There honestly was't much to explore. The cavern is vast, but living spaces haven't been seperated, and the only thing breaking up the uniformity of the cavern are the exploratory mining tunnels. [17:48:50] "Mornings to you." [17:49:21] "Have been speaking to the dwarve's leader?" [17:49:30] (+you) [17:49:53] Oh, briefly. [17:50:10] He was busy. [17:50:40] * Eve_Kasnora stretches some more and readies herself for the day. [17:51:18] "I am wanting to speak with him more. A combined assault while we are sneaking in is being the best plan I am coming up with." [17:51:55] * Paera yawns, waking up groggily. "I miss the sun already." [17:52:13] Are we... suited for stealth? [17:54:11] "We will be sneaking by virtue of entering through a tunnel the orcs are not knowing about." [17:55:45] I suppose that suits us. [17:56:37] * Paera rubs her eyes. "Well, I guess we can do that sort of stealth." [17:58:05] * In the distance, Thorwol is being dressed in a suit of plate mail by his female companion from earlier, and a younger dwarf who bears a strong resemblance to him. The other dwarves seem to be heading back to their living areas purposefully. [17:59:04] * Eve_Kasnora walks up to Thorwol. "I am being sorry the basket was not enough to be feeding all your people. But we will be fixing that today, yes?" [18:00:54] * Thorwal nods. "One way or the other, my people will not go hungry again." [18:01:20] * Eve_Kasnora frowns. "One way. There is no other. We will not fail today, good dwarf." [18:01:41] "Bahamut protects those in need." [18:03:16] I am curious about this seed and how it operates. [18:03:28] * "And Moradin aids those who protect themselves. We shall not all live, but those who die will live again in Celestia." [18:03:28] Come to think of it, where might it be, and how might we recognize it? [18:04:05] * Paera nods. "I'm not ready to die here. So...we're not going to." [18:05:11] * Thorwal pauses at Eilenia's question, and turns to the female dwarf who was assisting him in donning his armor. "It was kept in the pinnacle of the citadel, in a room that breached the mountaintop. It was as large as two dwarves, and kept in the ground. Unless the orcs uprooted it, it ought to still be there." [18:06:38] Fascinating. [18:09:10] * Eve_Kasnora nods. [18:09:25] "Is your leader speaking common?" [18:09:33] * The dwarves begin returning to Thorwal, dressed in crude armor, and carrying excavation tools. As they begin to filter back into the area, there's motion in the darkness from the cave entrance in the distance. The pair of dwarf guards posted there seem to raise their weapons momentarily, then lower them again, slowly. [18:09:47] * "I am our leader." [18:11:27] * Eve_Kasnora blinks. "I am respecting and honoring your commitment to your people. I was not thinking the dwarves' leader would be part of a search party." [18:11:50] Dwarves like to lead from the front, do they not? [18:12:47] * Thorwal shakes his head. "It's my duty to my clan, and nothing more. Better that I and my kin face death or enslavement than the clansmen who entrust their safety to me." [18:13:31] * Eve_Kasnora nods. "Mount Celestia is surely having a place set aside for you, at the end of your long life." [18:13:52] "I am wishing to discuss tactics with you, however." [18:15:09] * There's a momentary scuffle at the cave entrance, as the dwarven guards, their weapons lowered, seem to be trying to work something out through gestures. Finally, they step aside, and a steady trickle of kobolds begin to work their way into the cavern. Thorwol looks past Eve's side and nods, silently. [18:16:41] * Eve_Kasnora nods to the kobolds as they pass. [18:17:32] * Eilenia waves. [18:19:49] * Eve_Kasnora turns back to Thorwal. "Is there being a way to signal when we are inflitrating the citadel?" [18:20:39] * Paera watches the kobolds curiously. [18:20:52] * Thorwal shakes his head. "Our new home lacks much in terms of the infrastructure we grew used to before the orcs came." [18:22:09] What sort of signal would you like? [18:23:04] "Could we be finding some sort of alarm inside?" [18:23:25] I can create light. [18:24:30] "..how long is that lasting?" [18:25:17] Five minutes. [18:25:24] * "Unfortunately, our alarms haven't worked for half a century." Thorwal frowns. "If there's to be a signal, it would need to be one of your devising." [18:27:33] I have another idea. [18:27:57] I can place a small mark on an object that can last for one hour. [18:28:05] And remove said mark just as easily. [18:29:20] "That is being a fantastic idea!" [18:29:48] Why thank you. [18:30:40] "Then Elena will be marking an object and handing it to you. She will be removing the mark once we are inside." [18:32:16] * Thorwal nods. "Then my clan will come and fight. If you can form a spearhead, we will guard your rears." [18:33:05] Hey, not bad. [18:35:27] * Eilenia pulls out a gold coin. She tosses it up in the air. "Call the side upon which it will land." [18:36:02] * Thorwal's eyes trace the path of the coin through the air, having none of this eladrin foolishness [18:36:43] * The kobolds finish filing into the cavern. There's only a few dozen of them, vastly outnumbered by the dwarves who live in the cavern, and they seem to be shifting uneasily, fully aware of this fact [18:39:04] * Eve_Kasnora sees them being jittery and turns to them. "Gratix nebarumtae." [Please remain calm. I have assured your safety.] [18:44:17] * The leader of the kobolds, standing nearly five feet tall with rusty red scales, nods, turning to his entourage. "[Stay calm, wyrmlings!]" The kobolds seem to gather themselves at this command, and the kobold clears his throat. "Most of these wretches haven't even seen a dwarf, let alone a thousand. Can't hardly blame them for nearly pissing themselves, eh? [18:45:33] * Eilenia continues juggling the coin. Then she gets tired and leaves the coin spinning in the middle of the air, following her. "No one will choose?" [18:46:10] * Eve_Kasnora blinks. "You are speaking common. This is being good, we can all be conversing together." [18:46:11] * The kobold chief looks at Eilenia. "Heads, then?" [18:46:42] * The chieftan shrugs. "Not all of us got born after Nerath fell. Not all of us broke off from the Ruler of Ruin's armies, either." [18:48:45] * Eilenia ignites the coin in an orange flame, then it lands. It bears the kobold chief's face. "Oh, heads it is. Until we are successfully inside." [18:50:08] Is that a suitable signal? [18:50:46] * Thorwal nods, taking the coin. "We'll strike on your command." [18:51:44] * Eve_Kasnora nods. [18:51:54] "Please lead the way, wyrm." [18:52:49] * Eilenia idly creates another coin in a fit of fancy, bearing Eve's shapely rear end. Then turns it back to normal. [18:54:10] * The chieftain nods, and barks a command to the kobolds following him. They lead the way through the cavern to the other end, and into a series of mining tunnels. After walking carefully for five minutes, the chieftain stops, seemingly in mid-tunnel. [18:54:16] * Paera catches sight of the second coin out of the corner of her eye, and stares at Elena in disbelief. [18:55:10] * He pauses, and then, after eyeing the walls, gets down on his stomach and begins squeezing himself through a narrow crack in the tunnel wall. The other kobolds follow suit, more easily, once he's through. [18:55:53] * Eve_Kasnora completely misses the coin as she starts following the kobolds. [18:56:23] * Eve_Kasnora kneels and looks down at the hole after the kobolds have gone through. [18:59:49] * It's narrow enough that someone who wasn't aware of its purpose might have passed over it entirely, though apparently it leads to the kobold's raiding tunnels from before the war. [19:00:12] * Eve_Kasnora attempts to squeeze through, shimmying inside. [19:03:39] * It's a narrow fit, but after barely avoiding getting stuck, Eve makes it through to the other side. The adjoining tunnel is short and narrow, and takes a drastic up-turn soon after. The last of the kobolds can be seen making their way up the tunnel. [19:04:51] * Paera follows Eve, seeing that she made it through okay. [19:09:27] * Eve_Kasnora quickly follows the kobolds once Elena and Paera are through. [19:11:24] * The tunnels leads, after a long walk, to a ladder carved into the stone wall, with deep gouges for hand and footholds. After indicating the ladder, the bulk of the kobolds retreat down the tunnel, and the chieftain pauses to nod quickly at the group before he follows his tribesmen. [19:13:11] * Eilenia steps along cheerfully. [19:14:12] * Eve_Kasnora speaks low, just in case. "Everybody being ready?" [19:14:49] Of course. [19:14:59] * Paera nods. [19:15:29] "Okay, lets be going. Elena, be dismissing your mark when we are entering." [19:15:37] * Eve_Kasnora starts climbing. [19:16:17] I'm afraid I'm not so good at this... [19:16:20] * Eilenia starts trying to climb. [19:20:56] * You make it up the ladder with relatively little effort, and find yourself into what seems like it must have been a rarely-used storeroom, even when Horbek's Glory was fully-populated. The floor is polished, but the walls are rough-hewn stone, and the door is locked, although from this side. [19:21:29] Hmm.. [19:23:36] Okay, be dismissing the mark now. We are heading up. [19:23:47] Very well. [19:24:11] * Plow (mattyqwill@c-75-67-221-215.hsd1.nh.comcast.net) has joined #Odal [19:24:16] * Eilenia cuts off the magic. [19:29:27] * You make it up the ladder with relatively little effort, and find yourself into what seems like it must have been a rarely-used storeroom, even when Horbek's Glory was fully-populated. The floor is polished, but the walls are rough-hewn stone, and the door is locked, although from this side. [19:29:30] (For Matt's benefit) [19:30:51] * Eve_Kasnora makes her way to the end of the storeroom. [19:31:07] * Eve_Kasnora unlocks it and creeks it open. [19:31:55] * Paera follows Eve, doing her best to move quietly as she glances around skittishly. [19:32:23] * The door opens to a long hallway, trailing off into darkness ahead. [19:32:30] Plow, do you feel good about this? [19:33:16] * Plow follows. He considers the question. "About perambulating thus?" [19:33:51] The mission. [19:36:46] "I do not sense any reason to be concerned. How do you feel?" He asks, after an awkward pause. [19:37:38] "Focusing." [19:37:59] * Eve_Kasnora heads down the hallway, checking inside doors for stairwells leading up. [19:38:01] I am... uneasy. [19:38:43] Maybe it's being underground like this. It reminds me too much of stories my mother told me. [19:39:28] * Every door leads to a similarly empty storeroom. As you approach the end of the hall, a stairway comes into view [19:39:44] * Paera raises an eyebrow. "Stories? Like what?" [19:40:04] The sundering of our race. [19:41:17] ...oh. [19:41:36] Sorry. [19:42:17] Do not feel sorry. It was not at your hand. [19:42:22] Was it? [19:43:52] * Paera blinks, then laughs a little. "No. Y'know, nevermind." [19:44:36] "How does one sunder a race?" [19:44:53] "Sh!" [19:45:11] "We are *attempting* to infiltrate. Be focus and quiet!" [19:45:27] * Eilenia nods. "Later, then." [19:46:49] * Eve_Kasnora unsheaths her swords and climbs the stairs. [19:48:01] * Plow says very quietly, "Very well." [19:48:46] * The stairs lead up to a larger spiral complex, where numerous stairwells split off from the bulk of the central pillar, and the spiral down into the darkness, and lead up to an area of light [19:53:24] * Eilenia goes up the stairs? [19:56:04] * The stairwell opens up into a large room, that might have once been the central storerooms of a warehouse. As Elena emerges from the stairwell, she notices a small group of orcish guards, dressed in the breastplates of Nerathi soldiers from pre-war iconography, gathered in the corner. [19:57:12] (I was leading.) [20:02:08] * Eve_Kasnora steps out into the room with swords draw. "Be laying down your weapons!" [20:03:25] Or we will be forced to use... force! [20:05:38] * Plow steps forward behind Eve, drawing up to his full warforged height. [20:05:49] The orcs stand, readying their weapons. "Invaders!" The one with a crested helmet shouts, in common. "Golruk! Go to the barracks, awaken the cohorts!" He turns to the group. "Surrender or be killed, trespassers! Nerath does not take kindly to thieves in her stores!" [20:07:55] "NERATH DOES NOT TAKE KINDLY TO VULTERS PICKING HER BONES AND STARVING HER TRUE CHILDREN!" [20:08:00] * Eve_Kasnora charges. * Retrieving #Odal modes... [20:21:25] * Charles changes topic to '[Warrior 1/3] 23 [Eve] 21 [Berserker 2] 19 [Plow] 15 [Wolf 2] 15 [Wolf 1] 13 [Berserker 1] 13 [Eye] 12 [Eilenia] 10 [Paera] 5 [Warrior 2/4] 4' [20:33:42] * One of the warriors charges Plow as another makes for the door, trying to get out of the room [20:33:46] [Eve's turn] [20:34:58] * Plow grunts as the warrior's blow connects, "What do you think you're doing, fool!? I am Nerathi!" [20:35:44] * The orc growls "Prove it! Lay down your arms, or be taken by force!" [20:39:18] * Eve_Kasnora runs around the stairwell. "You drove the real Nerathi out of there homes! You're nothing but carrion-feeders praying on the fallen!" [20:39:45] [turn end] [20:41:57] * The orc berserker simply yells, whipping his greataxe around, knicking Eve's leg [20:42:07] [Plow's turn] [20:52:03] * Plow takes a step back away from the offending warrior, "I am Warforged! Do you think me merely a trifle? Who else would have been able to forge one such as I?" [20:54:14] * A pair of enormous wolves dart out from behind the racks, flanking Paera and biting at her legs, making her trip [20:56:26] * Another orcish berserker rushes up and swings hard at Eve, connecting with his greataxer [21:00:55] * The orcish leader grimaces at Eve, throwing her off balance as a primal fear wells up within her. He tries to stab at her, but narrowly misses [21:01:02] [Eilenia's turn] [21:02:13] * Eve_Kasnora (novaseaker@cpe-24-168-45-216.si.res.rr.com) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [21:04:11] * Eve_Kasnora (novaseaker@cpe-24-168-45-216.si.res.rr.com) has joined #Odal [21:11:00] * Eilenia starts to create a vortex of light and color in her orb. Suddenly, she vanishes, and reappears next to Eve, a shaped explosion of color flashing out towards her enemies. She then summons a sudden blast of frost creating an area of slippery terrain. "I have come to your aid, Eve." [21:11:19] * As Eilenia unleashes a burst of arcane energy, one of the orcish warriors lunges at her, managing to connect with an errant fist before he goes down [21:11:29] [Paera's turn] [21:21:18] * Paera pulls herself to her feet, beginning to mumble a prayer as she does so. Light erupts around Plow and the wolf, and Eve glows slightly. [21:23:58] * Eve_Kasnora grins at the orc leader. "The grace of Erathis fills me, orc." [21:24:40] * The orc grins as well, the pain not seeming to dissuade him. "I as well! We shall see who is more favored." [21:25:29] * As Eve and the orc leader exchange taunts, an orc warrior lashes out at Eilenia, hitting her with the flat of his axe [21:27:17] * While Eilenia's distracted, the orcish warrior sent to alert the barracks leaves the room at a full run [21:27:34] [Eve's turn] [21:34:34] "You think the goddess of civilization will favor a devotee of the GOD OF RAPERS AND PILLAGERS?!" [21:35:23] * The orc leader spits. "We take pride in where we came from, and where we go! Do you even know where you came from, human?" [21:35:28] * Eve_Kasnora flies into a flurry of strikes, her swords arcing out and scoring telling blows on all the orcs within reach, knocking two of them aside. [21:35:43] If humans work like Eladrin, I bet I know. [21:35:47] "I CAME FROM NERATH!" [21:36:25] * As Eve and the orc leader continue talking, one of the barbarians lashes out with a kick to Eve's midsection, but only stumbles off-balance [21:36:32] * "As did I!" [21:36:36] [Plow's turn] [21:37:28] "YOU STOLE IT!" [21:38:03] * "We brought it back from the grave! We have worked for a century! What have your race done to return light to this world?" [21:38:57] * "Hidden behind walls, hidden inside caves, hidden until Nerath returns to bring you back to true civilization!" [21:40:57] "The only Nerath I see in caves are her children YOU forced there! How many dwarves starved because YOU decided that Horbek's Glory belonged to you? BY WHAT RIGHT DID YOU CONQUER THIS BASTION OF NERATH'S LEGACY?!" [21:41:34] "YOU ARE A PRETENDER! YOU HAVE NO CLAIM TO THE GLORY OF NERATH!" [21:43:02] "Whether or not you claim Nerath heritage, I cannot allow you to harm my allies. May the soil accept your blood." Plow extends his arm, and a bolt of eletricity arcs from his palm into Eve's armor. The static charge leaps from her armor and singes the commanding orc. [21:44:58] * The orc grits his teeth. "Enough shouting, child. If you feel that murdering, cringing dwarves deserve this city, then you can try and take it from the liberators' hands, and beat back light for the darkness!" [21:47:15] "Who is wearing the eblem of the god of mercy and protection, and who is wearing the elbme of the god of rape and cannibalism?" [21:47:41] "You've only convinced me of how deluded you are. You will answer for your crimes." [21:47:51] * "Who knows their roots, and who pretend to save cringing cowards? You will answer for yours." [21:48:39] * The wolves last out at Paera again, knocking her down a second time [21:49:03] * Eve_Kasnora smirks. "If protecting those that need it is a crime in your Nerath, you've just proven that you're no Nerath at all." [21:49:45] "And I've answered for similar crimes before. It is nothing new." [21:51:15] * The orc leader laughs. "A criminal twice over. You should rot in the nine hells for pretending to be a follower of Bahamut and defending murderers from justice." He slams his spear on the ground, and Eilenia and Eve are hammered with a burst of force [21:51:37] [Eilenia's turn] [21:56:37] [Paera's turn] [21:57:03] * Plow (mattyqwill@c-75-67-221-215.hsd1.nh.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: Client Exited) [21:57:33] * Eilenia steps up next to Eve and unleashes another burst of thunder. She refrains from exercising power to knock those hit backwards [22:04:13] * Paera pulls herself to her feet, gritting her teeth. "That's great for you. I don't know where I came from, so I don't have anything to remember. I just know that people are fighting to survive, and Erathis has charged me to help them!" She chants another prayer, easing Eilenia's wounds. [22:10:32] [Session on hold until next week] [22:11:13] '[Warrior 1/3] 23 [Eve] 21 [Berserker 2] 19 [Plow] 15 [Wolf 2] 15 [Wolf 1] 13 [Berserker 1] 13 [Eye] 12 [Eilenia] 10 [Paera] 5 [Warrior 2/4] 4' End of #Odal buffer Wed Apr 15 22:12:03 2009