Start of #Odal buffer: Tue Feb 23 09:57:57 2010 [17:51:36] * When last we left our heroes, they had just been witness to the reading of Xan's crimes in the courtroom of Mechanus, in front of a jury of monodrones and kobolds. [17:51:37] * The quadrone baliff places the slate back in its body cavity, and produces another one. "Indenture, indenture, imprisonment, stasis, realignment, banishment." It replaces the tablet. "Note: Banishment requires a planar disjunction, which may not occur for many cycles. The Clockwork Nirvana: Thanks you for your patience." [17:51:44] [Session start] [17:55:12] Banishment? To where? [17:55:51] ...realignment? What does that involve? [17:56:40] Wait! Are we not even being allowed defense?! [18:01:17] * In turn, the Pentadrone shifts between Eilenia, Paera, and Eve. "Banishment: As a punishment for crimes against reality: Places the offender outside of reality. It is the only way to ensure the safety of the planes. Realignment: Is the act of rehabilitating an offender: Such that he embraces the ten thousand proper actions: That maintain society. Defense: Is ultimately unnecessary, unless you can prove: That the defendant is: Innocent." [18:02:51] Fascinating. How many charges does he face that involve banishment as a punishment? [18:04:38] * "One count: Conspiracy to open the planes to Far Realm influence." [18:05:18] But....you can't just force someone to embrace another philosophy! [18:05:25] One at a time, Paera. [18:06:09] * Eilenia ponders. "What evidence makes you think he conspired to open the planes that way?" [18:06:51] "Logic is incorrect: Since Primus:Reboot: Numerous prisoners have been realigned. The impossible: Is possible: In the Clockwork Nirvana." [18:07:38] ... [18:07:58] * Eve_Kasnora looks at all the creatures and seems to realize just how creepy they are all of a sudden. [18:08:12] * Paera shudders. [18:08:18] "I am having bad feeling about this." [18:08:39] "What of indenture? He is already serving term of indenture to me." [18:08:57] "This is why I am repsonsible for him." [18:09:45] * "Defendant: Xan was under surveilance following: Bonding with extraplanar parasites. Higher beings: Have reason to believe: That contact with designate: Coldheart: Was designed to destabilize planar balance beyond repair." [18:10:39] * Xan shakes his head. "Eve, perhaps you do not yet understand what being responsible for me implies in this case." [18:10:42] Oh, what's this reason? [18:13:01] "If you've been survailing him then you know he's accepted my offer! I am working to rehabilitate him!" [18:13:15] * Eve_Kasnora looks at Xan fiercely. "I am not giving up on you." [18:13:55] * The pentadrone closes all of its eyes and mouths in concentration. Finally, it announces: "That information: Is above my level of responsibility. A request has been filed: And will be available after the trial." [18:14:33] "I am not being the kind of person to watch you... I am not knowing, get turned into one of these things!" [18:15:18] * Xan shakes his head. "You don't understand these creatures, Eve. They're not interested in what I might do in the future, it's what I've done in the past. And if you take responsiblity for that, you'll be the one to be turned into one, or to be sent Outside. You don't deserve that, Eve." [18:19:49] * Eve_Kasnora 's shakes her head. "I am NOT giving up on you! You've come too far!" [18:20:10] You...You tore off your arms for Bahamut's sake! [18:20:22] * Eve_Kasnora gestures emphatically at his mangled shoulders. [18:20:36] I don't think that was for Bahamut. And I can't imagine a situation where that would have to be done for him. [18:20:43] It is expression. [18:21:06] * Eve_Kasnora absentmindedly waves off Elena's comment. [18:22:52] * Xan shrugs, or else, he would, were it not for his arm-stumps. "They were hardly my arms to begin with." He turns and faces the pentadrone. "I am ready to stand before your justice, Modron." [18:22:56] * Paera stands up. "So why are you coming after Xan now? Where were you when Coldheart was doing all this damage? When we were stopping him? When XAN was helping to stop him?! You didn't budge and now you're just pinning it on him as a scapegoat!" [18:23:23] * "It was the decision of: Higher beings." [18:23:24] THIS is your idea of justice? [18:24:07] I dispute the charges of conspiracy because of a lack of motive. [18:25:47] * "Crimes were comitted: Crimes will be punished: Such is the nature of an ordered society. Others will be apprehended: When it suits the needs of higher beings." Another mouth on the Pentadrone comments, "If you want justice: Go to Mount Celestia." and, in sequence, its three remaining mouths each laugh ones, earning a reproachful glance from the eye on the side that spoke first. [18:26:04] (Once. :saddowns: ) [18:26:41] * "Counterpoint: There was no clear motive for the defendant: To remove his arms and replace them with: Extraplanar parasites. And yet he did." [18:27:47] * Paera 's face darkens. "You think this is FUNNY?" [18:28:09] * Eve_Kasnora stiffens at the mention of Mount Celestia, and then begins to shake in barely contained rage as the weird creature mocks it. [18:28:40] * Eve_Kasnora clenches her fists and bows her head, trembling. [18:29:09] I was referring to his cooperation with Coldheart. He certianly cooperated, but this can't be a charge of conspiracy because he was unaware of the plan to harm the planes. [18:29:21] "What is the point?! Without justice, all you are doing is going through motions! Punishing criminals is just vengence without justice!" [18:29:33] Assassination for monetary gain, but intent to harm the planes? [18:29:37] Most likely not. [18:30:11] Especially since he later helped us to hunt down Coldheart. In fact, if you'll examine Coldheart's body, I'm sure you'll find residue consistent with his unique form of attack. [18:30:14] You're just covering. Mortals protected the planes, and now you just want a guilty party so you can say you've done something instead of just sitting in your trumped up clockwork court. [18:30:15] Eve, the body? ... oh, yes. [18:30:18] * Eilenia frowns. [18:30:47] * Eilenia looks at Eve, disappointed. She shakes her head. [18:32:17] * "Logic is faulty: Vengeance requires passion. The Clockwork Nirvana: Refrains from such things. Law without passion: Is law. Law without anger: Is law. Law without thought: Is law. One is: One is: One." Each of the facings speaks in turn. [18:33:02] Law without thought?! [18:33:22] What do you think this is? Some sort of play? [18:33:33] Is the script written for you?! [18:33:56] * Eve_Kasnora 's face is turning red by this point, just on pure anger. [18:33:57] The Pentadrone turns to Eilenia. "Logic is: Admissable. Defendant may have acted out of: Selfish motives: Rather than: Malevenent motives." [18:34:06] You have no jurisdiction! [18:34:11] * Eilenia looks to Eve. "Who do you think is on trial here?" [18:34:26] You sit here in this paradise and just Xan who owes you no fealty! [18:34:30] * Eilenia looks back to the Pentadrone. "So what of the charges of conspiracy?" [18:34:44] I have already made a claim on his debt to society! [18:34:54] * "When all improper actions are removed: All remaining actions are proper. When all actions are proper: No consideration must be made." [18:34:58] We are leaving! If you are having a problem, take it up with Mt. Celestia! [18:35:05] * "Charges of conspiracy: Will be belayed." [18:35:25] * Eve begins to notice, as she yells, that the very fabric of the courtroom is trembling. [18:35:54] Oh, what's this? [18:35:57] * "The Clockwork Nirvana: Thanks you for not introducing disharmony: Into its processes." [18:35:58] * Eve_Kasnora stops her tirade as she takes notice. [18:36:32] "You process is disharmonious in the first place." [18:36:39] Your* [18:37:03] * Eilenia thinks. "So the only punishments left are indenture, indenture, imprisonment, stasis, and realignment?" [18:37:18] What charges carry the punishment of realignment? [18:37:31] "I am not knowing how you can be accepting these thieving wyrmgear bandit clan kobolds into your society without realizing you've added chaos to it." [18:38:25] And I am refusing to allow such a broken society that accepts bandits preying on helpless travelers and merchants, but condems one to non-existance who is already on the path to redemption. [18:38:50] Refusing to allow it to judge one under my charge. [18:39:12] * Eve_Kasnora crosses her arms. "If you do not accept these terms, again, speak to Mt. Celestia." [18:39:44] * "Logic is faulty: Mechanus is built on the foundations of perfect harmony. Disharmonous procedures would disrupt these foundations." It pauses, rotating towards Eilenia. "Two counts: Consorting with Far Realm entities." It rotates back. "No information exists regarding your claim. It has been reported to a Decundus. A copy of accusation has been forwarded to all available members of the Wyrmgear clan." [18:40:24] Which entities? [18:40:34] "No information!? Are you saying your own survailance was faulty?" [18:40:41] * Xan speaks up. "That would be my symbiotes." [18:41:07] You should have records of the verbal contract that binds him to my care. [18:41:29] Interesting. Define consort. [18:41:47] * "I am saying that no information exists. It is possible: Our surveillance is faulty. It is possible: That you are attempting: To introduce further disharmony. When all improper possibilities are removed: Only proper possibilities will remain." [18:43:23] * "Testimony exists: Defendant entered into a pact with Far Realm entities, allowing them to effect his behavior. Testimony exists: He joined them, knowing this would happen." [18:44:03] * Eilenia thinks. "Say, as a priest of Erathis, what rights and privelages does Paera have in this court?" [18:47:15] I...have no idea. This is pretty far outside anything I was ever taught about. [18:47:43] All I am knowing is that taking Xan is not right. [18:47:57] * Eve_Kasnora turns to Xan. "How are you okay with this?!" [18:50:14] * "Representatives of Erathis are: Allowed to enter evidence into record: With checks left until after the trial is over. Allowed to appeal verdicts directly. Allowed to sit as judge: Provided notorization from Erathis is tendered." [18:50:56] * Eve_Kasnora looks to Paera. [18:51:52] Ooh, appeals. [18:52:04] That means extentuating circumstances. [18:52:34] * Eve_Kasnora eyes Paera a little more intensely. [18:52:45] * Xan looks at Eve. "I don't trust this court fully, but they're saying more true things than untrue. After all I've done, I could never return to the orphanage. It could be that this is my most direct path to redemption." [18:53:31] You can't redeem yourself if you're not you anymore. [18:54:04] * Eilenia keeps looking at Paera. [18:54:37] * Tarpaulin (MattonMac@75-147-52-61-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) Quit (Quit: Tarpaulin) [18:54:48] * Paera turns to face the 'judge'. "Well, then, as a priestess of Erathis, I'm appealing your decision." [18:54:55] * Eve_Kasnora looks back at Xan. "Sticking you outside existance is not redemption. It is needless and cruel." [18:55:44] * The Pentadrone focuses its facing eyes on Paera. "Proceed." [18:57:14] * Paera glances over at Elena and mouths "Help me out here." [18:59:12] * Eilenia lookst at Paera and mouths "You should try to convince them with extentuating circumstances. There's little chance of beating every charge, so try to use good deeds to lessen the sentences, most severe ones first. For instance, for consorting with far realm creatures, his service in fighting them, like at Harborhead, would be useful." [19:00:19] * Eilenia crosses her arms, clearly proud of herself. [19:00:32] "And for conspiracy to destabalize planes, he was instrumental in repairing the damage that was done." [19:02:25] * Paera nods at Elena. [19:02:55] * "That charge: Has been belayed, barring insufficient evidence." [19:03:11] Too slow, Eve. [19:03:21] I fixed that while you were yelling at things. [19:04:25] Like the plane. [19:06:40] * Eve_Kasnora sighs and nods, sagging a bit as she pinches the bridge of her nose with her fingers. [19:06:44] * Paera turns back to the court, composing herself. "The defendant has been fighting against plots to destabilize the planes with us for months. He's risked his life countless times for this mission. He has already cut off contact with the far realm entities that he's accused of 'consorting' with, nearly dying in the process. But even with his life hanging in the balance, he's CONTINUED to fight for this cause." [19:07:42] * Tarpaulin (mattyqwill@173-9-111-234-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) has joined #Odal [19:09:23] * The pentadrone bobs: "Noted. With extenuating circumstances included, two instances of realignment have been reduced to indenture." [19:10:18] * Eve_Kasnora sighs again in relief. [19:10:18] So... 4 cases of indendture, 1 case of imprisonment, and no cases of stasis or banishment [19:10:35] * Paera nods, swallowing nervously. "What's next?" [19:10:41] * "And one: Of stasis." [19:10:41] * Eve_Kasnora looks askance at Elena. "What is indenture being again?" [19:11:31] What charge stilll carries stasis? [19:11:59] * Eilenia looks to Eve. "It's like working, except you don't get paid." [19:13:49] "I know what the word is meaning. What does it mean specifically to these creatures? What service would they be imposing on him [19:13:51] " [19:14:26] * Suddenly, the doors to the courtroom shudder and are opened. Standing in the doorway are a quartet of kobolds, flanking a roughly humanoid shape ensconsed in what appears to be heavy clockwork armor. [19:15:08] * The pentadrone looks up and back. "Planar damage: Three counts. Indenture is a period of service advancing the cause of law according to the abilities of the defendant." [19:15:24] * Eilenia looks to the humanoid shape. [19:16:47] * Eve_Kasnora blinks and looks at the clockwork-armored indiviudal. [19:21:31] * He speaks with a thick draconic accent. "You summoned me, pentadrone?" As he steps into the room, he sildes up the visor on his helmet, revealing reptillian eyes. "Killers! Egg-smashers! You opened what should have stayed shut!" The room begins to rumble as it did when Eve was at the apex of her temper. [19:21:57] * Paera turns to look at the newcomer in confusion. [19:22:02] "....Wyrmgear." [19:22:02] Designation: Wyrmgear? [19:22:34] * Paera groans quietly. "Oh, this is gonna get ugly." [19:22:53] * Eve_Kasnora 's hands flash to her hips, drawing her weapons. [19:24:38] * The pentadrone nods. "Designate: Wyrmgear. Acting Decus: Side-Hierarchy." As Eve draws her weapons, Wyrmgear reaches behind his back and unslings a staff, and the kobolds with him begin to reach for their weaponry, as the kobolds ringing the room begin to shift uneasily. The room's rumbling increases.. [19:26:22] "You!" [19:26:55] "You've corrupted them, haven't you?!" [19:27:14] Eve, uh, this might not be the best time... [19:27:17] * The eldest kobold steps towards Eve. "You protect a piece of the wounded god. Every step you take is one more step towards the ends of the world. Each member of my tribe you kill will be mirrored ten thousand fold. WHY WILL YOU NOT DIE?!" [19:27:37] * The center of the room buckles and begins to give way [19:28:16] "Oh do not even! You and yours have been attacking helpless traders and merchants, strangling any attempt at bringing light to the world!" [19:28:35] "You set your mechanical monstrocities long before we were ever finding the Eye!" [19:29:05] "And every step we take brings us closer to the Eye's destruction!" [19:29:14] * "The path you walk was set out centuries before you were born, human! You're simply one cog in a malfunctioning machine!" [19:30:22] "So you think you are inherently better is that it?! Screw the humans, their lives don't matter? Is that why you steal from them?!" [19:30:33] * The pentadrone announces, in a calm, soothing voice, "The Clockwork Nirvana thanks you for not introducing disharmony.", but it's too late as the floor gives away, and you find yourselves in freefall. [19:30:48] "You are just a vulture, scavaging from Nerath's corpse!" [19:30:54] Eve, stop breaking the planes. [19:31:03] Do... do you not understand what the planes are? [19:31:09] I explained the balls to you and EVERYTHING. [19:31:45] * Eilenia is beginning to get quite upset. She looks around for a foothold [19:31:51] * Paera lets out a short surprised scream as she starts to fall. [19:34:18] * Wyrmgear raises his voice. "Nerath? Humans? This was not about you until you chose to become it's vessel!" He braces his staff, and begins to channel force from his armor. [19:34:26] [Roll init] [19:38:04] * Tarpaulin Just before the room gives way, the sound of heavy metal feet can be heard echoing but barely, a steady THUD*THUD*THUD! And as the space yawns, a Modron, more less like any other, leaps into the air. It's yelling at the top of its lungs, "GREEEEEEETINGGGGS!!" [19:38:48] "WHAT VESSEL?! AND WHO THE HELL IS THAT?!" [19:40:27] Since when is anyone here a vessel?! We're trying to DESTROY the thing! [19:44:33] * "Kill yourselves! Burn your town! Anything less will not hold back the inexorable hand of prophecy!" [19:45:20] "What are you babbling about you mechanized scaled THIEF!?" [19:50:53] * "History will vindicate me, or there will be no history!" One of the kobolds flanking him manages to recover his sling and fires off a ceramic bulb at Eve [19:51:40] * A second follows suit, targetting Paera [19:55:26] * Wyrmgear's staff finally finishes drawing kinetic energy from his armor's seemingly unnecessary gearworks and fires off a bolt of force at Eve, knocking her back. [19:57:35] * The other kobolds flanking Wyrmgear notice a rogue modron falling after them and turn, shooting off beams of destabilizing magic, with typical kobold efficacy, as their magic boils away parts of the court structure behind him [19:58:26] [Tarp's turn] [20:10:29] * Tarpaulin seems unaware of the surface rushing up towards him at terminal velocity. As the kobold bolts wing harmlessly past him, he presses his hands to his chest and laughs mechanically: "Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha." - Carried by his launch velocity, he soars towards the second kobold. One of his four fists grasps the creature around the throat tightly, and he follows up by punching the lizard in the face. [20:13:10] [Eilenia's turn] [20:13:16] [Paera's turn] [20:14:39] * Eilenia pulls out her orb and hurls a glimmering spark of arcane power at Wyrmgear and the kobolds. It explodes, force violently throwing Wyrmgear and a kobold off-balance, before exploding into fireworks and a mass of flame that falls. [20:16:23] You're delusional! Let Erathis open your eyes! [20:16:46] Now is hardly the time for this... [20:16:50] * Paera begins to pray as she falls, a column of light surrounding Wyrmgear. [20:17:58] [Eve's turn] [20:25:10] * Eve_Kasnora lets go of her off-hand sword, letting it float next to her from her perspective as they both fall. She reaches behind to the small off her back and draws her throwing axe. "Or Bahamut will open them FOR YOU!" [20:26:21] * Eve_Kasnora chucks the handaxe throw the open air between them as they fall. It clanks off a tooth of a gear on his helm, but leaves him unharmed. [20:26:28] through* [20:30:07] * Tarpaulin twists the struggling kobold underneath him as the gears below rush up, and: THUMP. [20:30:58] * Eve_Kasnora flips over backward with the momentum of her axe-throw, and lands in a crouch with her grandfather's sunblade out to one side. She looks ready to pounce. [20:33:56] * You hit the ground with a loud thumb as you fall into the gearworks that keep Mechanus functioning. Even as we speak, the kobolds are getting ready to make their escape over the outsize gears. [20:33:57] Kobold 1: 24 Kobold 2: 21 Tarp: 19 Wyrmgear: 16 Kobold 3: 13 Kobold 4, Eilenia, Paera: 11 Eve: 6 [20:33:57] (note the autobot symbol) [20:34:02] [session end] [20:35:31] * Eve_Kasnora is now known as NovaSeaker [20:36:04] * Tarpaulin is now known as MattyQ [20:36:08] * Eilenia is now known as Demota [20:39:11] * Paera is now known as Yon [20:48:41] * MattyQ (mattyqwill@173-9-111-234-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) has left #Odal [20:56:04] * Charles (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) has left #Odal [21:13:47] * NovaSeaker (novaseaker@c-67-190-201-163.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [22:41:48] * Yon is now known as sleepyon [06:08:57] * MattonMac (MattonMac@75-147-52-61-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) has joined #Odal [08:00:50] * MattonMac (MattonMac@75-147-52-61-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) Quit (Quit: MattonMac) [08:15:06] * sleepyon is now known as Yon End of #Odal buffer Tue Feb 23 09:57:57 2010