Start of #Odal buffer: Mon Oct 05 21:26:13 2009 [17:14:33] * NovaSeaker (novaseaker@c-67-191-96-136.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) has joined #Odal [17:14:34] * NovaSeaker is now known as Eve_Kasnora [17:19:45] * When last we left our heroes, they had discovered that the cult of Orcus was attempting to cause the planes to merge, using the Iounite research on planar convergences, and had rescued Tabita, a shadar-kai acolyte of the temple. [17:20:04] * Eve was, understandably, upset about the former, if not the latter. [17:20:33] * Also, Xan was pissing his life away, and Eve didn't like that too much, but hey, what else is new? [17:20:36] [Session start] [17:22:12] So... the Ioun stone? [17:24:21] * Tabita nods. "Damned if I know where it is. The cult must have taken it off me when I was kidnapped, but..." She motions at the twitching body of a destroyed zombie. "Looks like something happened to them while I was out." [17:25:37] * "Before you killing them, I mean. At least two things happened to them while I was out." [17:27:29] I wonder what the other was. [17:27:38] * Eve_Kasnora (novaseaker@c-67-191-96-136.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [17:29:50] What do you suppose it might be? [17:29:56] Did a Fomorian wander down here? [17:30:27] ...you know, not EVERYTHING is a Fomorian plot. [17:30:50] * She frowns at the corpse of the gauth. "If I had to guess, they may have weakened the barrier between the planes too much. Things like that usually don't hang around this town. I think." [17:31:12] Right. Of course not. [17:31:24] * Eve_Kasnora (novaseaker@c-67-191-96-136.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) has joined #Odal [17:31:26] "Have you been running into these cultists before?" [17:33:03] * "I've been running *away* from those cultists before, certainly. I mean, don't get me wrong, a shadar-kai girl hardly grows up without knowing how to put a knife into a guy, but Orcus cults are bad on the best of days." [17:33:24] This convergence, unfortunately, was the deed of one of my own people. I was simply curious about if one had... wandered into the pool. And then through the small hole. [17:33:32] In retrospect, I suppose it seems farfetched. [17:34:48] "What is being a Formorian?" [17:37:29] A terrible ugly fey creature with an eye that's almost always closed. [17:37:42] Pray that it never looks upon you with it. [17:39:30] Are we properly prepared to go searching for that stone right now? [17:40:42] "Vell, we are having no idea where it is being." [17:41:24] Yeah...I've, uh, got no idea where to start. [17:41:42] * Eilenia looks to Tabita. "How large is this place?" [17:43:52] * "The catacombs more or less run under the whole city, though they're not contiguous. I think if the stone's still controlled by the cult, it'll be around here. If not, then it's probably being held by some kind of abberation." [17:44:31] What does the stone do? Something fantastic, I hope. [17:45:00] "Could... Could this rift be being responsible for the parasites that were controlling Harborshead?" [17:45:32] "If that is being so, then we are looking at a much wider area that could be being effected. We must be hurrying." [17:46:08] I doubt it. [17:46:20] This is a merging of three planes, not four. [17:46:40] * Eilenia frowns. "When we get back to Odal's Fen, you MUST speak with Anyss." [17:46:49] * She frowns. "Parasites in where now? I... I suppose, but that'd imply a planar destabilization far past what we'd..." She pulls one of the tomes from the walls, and begins scrabbling frantically with a quill. [17:48:02] * Paera rubs her temples. "This is such a mess." [17:48:22] * Xan nods, crossing his arms as he leans into a corner. [17:49:10] "Elena, these creatures should not be existing, in this plane or any other. I mean... floating EYE with LASER BEAM EYE-HAIR?! It is being ridiculous!" [17:49:34] * Tabita throws the tome aside, the book skidding across the floor and coming to a rest against a far wall. "I can't say for sure. It might be POSSIBLE, but this was experimental magic. It's hard to tell what's possible and what's not." [17:49:35] "What's a laser beam?" [17:49:40] "They must be things created from plane-crashing." [17:50:08] Oh, I suppose some aberrations may be around, but if the Far Realm were merged, we'd know about it. [17:50:25] "It's a beam of light. Paera is shooting them all the time." [17:50:26] And then it wouldn't matter, because if we knew all about it, I doubt we'd be in any condition to be having this conversation. [17:52:05] * Eilenia picks up the tome Tabita tossed away. [17:52:17] Do we have any leads on the stone? [17:52:20] * Tabita crosses the room and takes a pair of daggers from the body of one of the cultists, slid through the belt of his robe. "If a Far Realm breach is starting, that's all the more reasons to get the stone back so we can work on a way to close this breach." [17:52:23] * Eilenia flips through the book. [17:54:49] "Alright. Does anyone remember any branches in the path we were taking here? We should start there." [17:54:55] * The tome is confusing to say the least. It reads like a scholarly work, but makes terrible assumptions about how to work towards terrible ends. It seems to have been written after Tabita's capture, as it refers to the acolyte in vague terms, and the relic in more specific terms. The former was being stored for later zombification, while the latter had been moved offsite to a necropolis in the cult's control. [17:56:36] * Eilenia frowns. [17:56:50] The stone isn't here anymore. It's been moved. [17:56:58] The tome says they moved it to a necropolis under their own control. [17:58:09] * Eilenia looks to Tabita. "Do you know where this is?" [17:58:29] * Eve_Kasnora nods. "Tabitha, was there being a graveyard outside of town before the worldfalling?" [17:59:27] * "In the world, maybe. Not much of a reason for graveyards here in the Shadowfell." [18:00:40] Why is that? [18:01:49] * "Putting a body in the ground just means it takes a little longer before you have another zombie wandering around on the surface. If you want a dead person to stay that way, you gotta burn them." [18:02:06] "...Then why a necropolis?" [18:03:29] That must upset the Raven Queen greatly. [18:05:11] * "Well, there's two kinds of necropolis, if I remember my lessons at the temple. There are the grave complexes you have in the world, and then there are the cities overrun by the dead." She pauses. "Which, I imagine, you may also have in the world." [18:05:34] * "It might be that they've retreated to a worldly base. Or it might be that the stone's left Ivorgard entirely." [18:07:54] Great, so it's in a necropolis but we don't know which one. [18:09:50] How long ago did they take the stone? [18:10:06] * "I was in there for about a week, I think. It's hard to tell." [18:11:27] * Eilenia frowns. "And no idea where the mausoleum is... maybe we should return. Perhaps your mentor might have a better idea." [18:12:14] * Eve_Kasnora nods. "I think that is being best idea." [18:12:39] * Paera makes a face. "I guess he needs to know what's going on." [18:13:03] * She nods. "Let's go, then." [18:13:16] * Eilenia steps along [18:15:47] * You retrace your steps out of the catacombs and through the flooded tunnel into the pool. The group of shadar-kai lounging around the flooded foundation applaud as the group emerges from the pool, clearly the more tired from the battle they experienced in the tunnels. The Last Resort seems to have filled up slightly, and is more bustling as the day grows longer [18:17:05] * Eilenia starts making her way back to the cathedral [18:17:19] * Eilenia does take a moment to bask in the applause, though [18:17:19] * Xan follows Eilenia calmly. [18:18:17] * Paera looks around curiously. "I never really expected the shadowfell to be like this, exactly... [18:18:41] Neither did I. [18:19:35] * Eilenia frowns. "I still don't want to stay too long, though. This place is draining." [18:20:16] * Tabita looks back as she walks briskly towards the cathedral, her eyes flicking back and forth rapidly to keep aware of her surroundings. "Most of it is pretty dire. Ivorgard is one of the only cities that has a reflection that sustains any kind of society. Most of them are just necropoli." [18:20:39] * "Just about any city worth going to, I hear, got made by someone who was tired of living in the world's ruins." [18:21:53] "So they build atop them." [18:23:09] * "Some of the best were simply built by ritual, I've heard. Not that we still have the spells to do it." [18:23:35] * Eilenia looks very disappointed. [18:24:09] * You pass through the shadowed alleys and crumbling arches of Ivorgard's shadow, finally reaching the cathedral again. [18:27:37] * Eilenia steps inside. [18:28:57] * Heading inside, the cathedral is much as you left it, the eye of Ioun staring out of the crystal monument in the center. The stairways ringing the chamber lead up to the doorway to the air above the city [18:29:55] "Any idea how to be contacting him?" [18:32:44] * Tabita walks out into the air above the city, and hangs in the air, as if bouyed by some invisible force. She walks up through the air, and finally knocks on the base of the tower. The ghostly priest phases through the tower, and looks down to the party. "Oh, good afternoon." [18:33:09] ...I guess that works. [18:35:59] * Eilenia waves. "We defeated some undead, an aberration, and found your acolyte under a rock." [18:37:09] * The priest nods. "And the relic?" [18:38:51] That's uh...kind of the problem. [18:38:58] It's gone. [18:39:12] "Taken to a necropolis." [18:39:25] "We are not knowing where to find this necropolis." [18:42:07] * The ghost shakes his head. "I see. Perhaps you would find them in the World. If the cult managed to extract the relic from this city, it may be too late for all of us." [18:42:23] What does it do? [18:45:40] * "It contains the informations for the rituals we performed the day the world was broken. If it merged the worldly planes the last time, dedicated servants of Orcus could rework it to more drastic consequences." [18:47:53] What rituals DID you perform that day? [18:49:55] * The ghost shakes his head. "They were designed to help reshape the planes, to help make our town more fertile and give us a link to the gods. They were designed specifically for those purposes, though it occurs to me now that they have to be destroyed." [18:50:45] Do you know what necropolis they might have taken it to? [18:52:35] * Paera rolls her eyes. "Yeah, I can't imagine how a ritual like that could have POSSIBLY gone wrong." [18:53:54] * "If it's not outside the city, then I doubt there's time left to prevent whatever they may be planning. And it may have gone off without a hitch, were I not murdered. What a shame." [18:56:04] So it's just too late? [18:57:16] So what you're saying is you just don't know. [18:59:49] * "Being a priest of Ioun doesn't render me omnipotent. Though if you want to find out wether they went to another necropolis or to the graveyards outside of town, perhaps you could see wether anyone has used our portal recently." [19:00:10] * Eilenia blinks. [19:00:17] They just came in here and took your portal? [19:00:47] * "The city's portal." [19:01:39] Oh, yes... well. Let's go look. [19:03:45] I would love to leave this plane. [19:06:20] Let's go. [19:06:29] "Should not we be checking the necropolis inside the city first?" [19:06:38] Should we? [19:06:38] "Before hopping through another portal?" [19:08:52] I suppose so. [19:09:21] By the way, don't your arms get tired? [19:10:57] "No, I am having him balanced on my shoulders." [19:11:23] * Eve_Kasnora hefts Coldheart's corpse in a fireman's carry. [19:12:34] Well... I'm not sure it's a good idea to leave him in this plane juts like that. [19:13:06] And he's going to start to smell eventually. [19:13:48] And eat you. [19:14:17] * Eve_Kasnora thinks about it. [19:14:50] * Eve_Kasnora turns to Tabitha. "Could you please be performing proper funerary rites?" [19:16:04] * Tabita frowns. "I suppose, though funerals are more of a Raven Queen thing. We'll need a pyre if you want to do it right." [19:16:30] * Eve_Kasnora nods. [19:16:33] * "If you want it quick, we could just cut his head off and kick it off into the bad part of town. Even if it reanimates, I don't think they'll notice it in the Shambles." [19:16:40] He's nobility. [19:17:06] "Who is caring if he is being nobility. I am not wanting him to come back as vengenful winter wraith." [19:19:05] I wonder what would happen if we put the eye in the body. [19:20:02] THAT'S PROBABLY A BAD IDEA. [19:20:20] * Paera stares at Elena in horror. [19:20:32] * Tabita laughs. "It might be interesting, though." [19:21:50] "Holy Platinum Scales of Celestia, Elena, do NOT be thinking thoughts like that EVER AGAIN." [19:22:36] * "I take it this isn't just the average eye?" [19:22:39] Elena? Is that a new nickname? [19:23:07] Oh, no. It's quite unaverage. You know how swords get famous for being wielded by famous people? [19:23:11] This eye used to belong to a god. [19:23:56] Oh, let's play a guessing game. [19:24:01] You get two guesses. [19:24:15] http://scuttle.mirror.waffleimages.com/data/files/5e/5e55d4d2308030d822536ed912c55e133e7e9a15.jpg D: [19:24:27] * Eve_Kasnora stares at Elena. [19:24:32] Tabita frowns. "Oh dear, did you find Gruumsh's eye?" [19:24:48] Oh, no, not Gruumsh. Not yet. [19:24:57] "Elena. You are giving horribly sensitive information to people we have just been meeting. DO YOU NOT THINK THIS IS A BAD IDEA?!" [19:25:10] * Xan (rustangel@ip-115-028.atvci.net) Quit (Quit: I am not ignorant, I am intelligent. I'm not an ape, I am the way, I am the truth. I am religion, I am politics, I am a psychoanalyst, I'm an inkblot shaped like Zeus) [19:25:10] * Eve_Kasnora steps toward her and puts a hand over her mouth. [19:25:16] Mmmmfff! [19:25:44] "I am apologizing, Tabitha. It is not that I am not trusting you, but it is rather for your protection that you are not knowing what we are talking about. [19:25:57] * Eve_Kasnora drags Elena away. [19:26:07] mmmrrrrrr [19:26:30] * "Well, I suppose there's just one other eye, though I suppose I should act like I havne't figured it out." [19:27:35] * Eve_Kasnora mutters. "Thanking you very much Elena." [19:27:41] "Let's go." [19:27:48] Weren's we going to ask them for help to get rid of it anyway? [19:28:28] "When they might have been able to protect themselves, yes." [19:28:56] Oh. Well, I suppose we'll have to protect her a lot. [19:30:36] * Eilenia looks to Tabita. "So it'll be burned?" [19:30:58] * Eve_Kasnora sighs, absently wondering how Elena is talking with her mouth covered, but just takes the hand off her without thinking about it too hard. [19:31:23] * Eilenia stops doing the Ghost Sound magic. [19:32:17] * "Yeah, I mean, if that's alright. If you think he deserves a better funeral, I can see what we can do, but if he stays in this plane, his body can't be in one piece." [19:32:48] Given that he was trying to initiate the apocalypse, I'm not particularly worried about what sort of funeral he gets. [19:33:11] "Me neither. THough I am more comfortable burying him in the world." [19:33:42] Do we have time for that? Maybe we could hand him over to the other nobles and let them handle it. [19:34:02] "Here, he is more likely rising as undead. In Feywild, he is more likely to come back for fey revenge in some twisted way. In world, he is just another corpse." [19:40:51] * Eilenia nods [19:41:00] I don't care much one way or another [19:41:03] So what will be done? [19:42:17] * Tabita shrugs. "Up to you guys. I just work for a dead guy, doesn't mean I call the shots with them." [19:42:30] "Let us go find grave here. If cult is not being in Shadowfell Ivorgard, we go to the world and bury coldheart then." [19:43:00] We're in the Shadowfell right now, aren't we? [19:43:20] * She nods [19:46:17] Sounds good to me. We might not have a lot of time to sit around discussing this, so let's go already. [19:47:35] * Eilenia nods [19:57:08] [Session End] [19:57:21] * Paera (dlarmour@wnpgmb1303w-ad03-42-185.dynamic.mts.net) has left #Odal [19:58:07] * Eilenia is now known as Demota [19:58:44] You guys get a level, and whoever didn't get treasure before can say they picked something good up from Coldheart's cache. Work item levels out amongst yourselves End of #Odal buffer Mon Oct 05 21:26:13 2009