Start of #Exalted buffer: Tue Jul 18 19:48:49 2006 [17:18:26] * When we left off, you had all convened in the dorms' meeting room, where you found several other students, all being awoken by an odd experience. Matt had also suffered a shallow, yet mysterious, wound to the head. [17:20:10] * The students have fallen into small groups by this point, Millicent and Peter sitting quietly on the couch, a group of older kids in black, and a small circle off the the side, all trying to work out what happened. [17:20:12] * And, go. [17:21:04] (And I just asked if it could possibly be a psychic that gave me the gash) [17:21:56] (I can't remember what I was doing, I know I was doing something right at the end) [17:23:10] * Hisame looks around. "Maybe we should compare the dreams and see what things are the same... ?" [17:23:27] (Dem has logs, IIRC) [17:24:00] ( [19:43:30] * Karen_Connor studies the ground for a moment, then glances at Millicent quickly before looking away. ) [17:24:18] ( Not a whole lot ) [17:24:51] Huh... I just assumed it was the same dream.. [17:25:10] Did anyone else have this weird image of a dead man dancing? Not sure... how to describe it.. [17:25:14] * Hisame shakes her head. [17:26:17] Dead...and dancing? No. [17:26:46] ...A city perpendicular to the ground? [17:27:23] There was a sideways city, and a golden person breaking a glass tower, but that was it. [17:27:28] (*tries to remember if he knew what prependicular meant as a freshman in high shcool*) [17:27:39] ( Opposide of parallel. 90 degrees ) [17:27:45] (I know.) [17:27:55] ("as a freshman in high shcool") [17:28:02] ( ah, whoops ) [17:28:21] So you saw the city too? [17:28:25] * Hisame nods. [17:28:31] * Karen_C shakes her head. "I dreamt about a city. It wasn't like that, though." [17:28:31] Did everyone see the city? *turns to the others* [17:30:23] * The students agree throughout the room. [17:31:08] The tower was made of... glass and light, and was ... moaning? Crying? [17:32:41] Your city wasn't on it's side? [17:32:58] It was on its side... [17:33:16] And... drowning, I think... I do not know how that would work... [17:33:16] I meant, hers, sorry. *points to Karen* [17:33:29] (I used the term 'sideways to the world', meaning non-euclidean :downs:) [17:33:47] (non-euclidean?) [17:33:58] ( Oh. ) [17:34:24] (Heh... whoops) [17:35:05] The city is... difficult to describe [17:38:36] * Karen_C frowns. "I saw the city. But none of those other things." [17:39:09] Did you see only the city, or something else? [17:42:36] -> [Hisame] PING [17:42:46] (Could I have possibly come across a city of such description in my dream through my studies of the Occult?) [17:43:27] ( Make a Knowledge: Arcana check. ) [17:44:18] * Dicething (~demota@c-24-6-131-192.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) has joined #Exalted [17:44:19] * Karen_C looks uncomfortable. "I..." [17:44:21] (You mean an Occult check?) [17:46:29] (Sure, make the check.) [17:46:55] (What do I have to roll again? Under my mind score?) [17:47:00] 2d8-1 [17:47:00] * Dicething throws the bones for Matt_Wright (2d8-1) and gets 6. [17:47:08] ( Most likely. ) [17:47:10] (That didn't do it) [17:48:32] (Under your mind score, and any secret, arbiutrary modifiers I add. You didn't make it.) [17:51:05] (k) [17:51:24] Does.. does anyone have any idea what city it was? [17:51:32] * Hisame shakes her head. [17:52:01] Recognize it from a book somewhere...? Or... actually been there? *He looks fairly certain that the second question is quite impossible to answer yes to* [17:52:37] ( Just emote that second part as a new line or something. Matt looks weird when he's narrating himself. ) [17:54:56] I do not think it was any city in this world, so I would never have been there... [17:55:13] (...He wasn't saying it outloud.) [17:55:37] ( ... oh. Why was he sasying it, then? ?_? ) [17:57:26] * Hisame looks to Millicent and the others. "Do you have any ideas?" [17:57:27] * Karen_C looks around the room, to see if anyone else is actually speaking up about the dream. [17:58:29] (It was between *'s, which dentoe actions like this *smacks you*) [17:59:15] ( We'll have this talk about emoting denotation after this session. This is just really confusing and I have no idea what you're saying or what you aren't saying. ) [18:00:10] * The groups all seem to be fairly quiet amongst each other. Millicent looks up. "The city was... Nowhere. No minds. No future. Just an endless, static present. If anybody's ever been there, I never want to meet them." [18:00:37] * Hisame shivers. [18:05:09] Alright.. well.. [18:05:22] Should we tell someone about this? That Mr. Morris guy? [18:05:59] It seems like someones been messing with our heads... *he fidgets with his bandage a bit* And more literally than others in some cases.. [18:06:25] * One of the students in black chimes in. "It goes on forever, and can't breathe, and never wakes, but it tries to, and it'll thrash, and throw off its pall, and-" he breaks off, and another boy glares at him. [18:06:46] * Hisame blinks at the one in black uneasily... [18:07:34] * Peter nods. "I sent Walter an email when I woke up. He might not know what's happening, but he'll probably be able to find out. Hopefully strengthen the seals so this doesn't happen again." [18:07:47] Seals? [18:08:10] Wait wait wait... [18:08:37] * Matt_Wright looks at the boy that was rambling a bit before. "You talk like the city was alive...?" [18:09:27] * He looks up reluctantly, and a little sheepishly. "It's not alive. It just can't die. They won't let it. They don't want it to." [18:10:18] What is this city? [18:10:47] * Karen_C grimaces. "How can you just...talk about something so insane like this?" [18:11:30] You.. you sound like you know alot more about it than the rest of us.. [18:12:04] ( a lot ) [18:12:24] ( Ehn. I'll stop nitpicking. Now I'm the one being disruptive. ) [18:14:08] * One of the other kids in black stands, and puts out a hand apologetically. "Ivan doens't mean anything by it. He's... been troubled with visions, lately. We all have. He's just taken it worse than the rest. Greta Shalimov." She's got short black hair, cut in a bob, and a slightly crooked nose. She's dressed in black pajamas, as are the rest of the students she's sitting with. [18:15:08] He's gotten these dreams before? [18:16:26] * "He's had dreams, and *dreams*, certainly. But none so bad as this." [18:17:29] Will... will he be okay? [18:18:39] * "I hope so. It'd be terrible to lose Ivan. Like losing a finger." [18:19:07] * Ivan seems to take this as a compliment, and brightens a little. [18:19:10] * Matt_Wright blinks, and takes a while to process it. [18:19:55] * Karen_C looks curiously at the kids in black. [18:20:30] * They all look to be Russian. Not related, but they know each other very well. [18:20:35] * Hisame smiles at Ivan. "You will be alright. Please do not worry." [18:21:24] Hey.. Vincent? How sure are you our door was locked? [18:21:32] Before we went to sleep, I mean. [18:22:12] * Vincent shrugs. "I don't have to lock the door. I've got my curtain. Didn't you remember?" [18:22:57] ...You're curtain stopped this *he points at his bandaged forehead* from happening to you? [18:23:15] (Your*) [18:24:03] (Man, I have to agree with Dem. Everything that Matt says in asterisks, I read as being said but with more emphasis.) [18:24:33] (Bah. Fine, what about ::?) [18:24:38] ( No. ) [18:24:42] * "I just assumed it was because, out of the two of us, you're the kind of person it'd be more satisifying to cut across the head." [18:24:47] (How about /me?) [18:25:08] ( It's fine to break it into two lines. Think of it as reading in a book. ) [18:25:09] * Matt_Wright blinks at Vincent. [18:25:20] What the hell is that supposed to mean? [18:25:33] ( * Matt_Wright points at his forehead. "You're certain it stopped this from happening to you? ) [18:26:06] * "I mean that, between the two of us, I'm a charming rogue, while you're a guy who gets cut across the head. Precedent's working against you here, Matt." [18:26:30] ... [18:26:51] * Matt_Wright narrows his eyes at Vincent, suddenly feeling like it's going to be a loooong year. [18:27:13] * Hisame blinks at them. o.o [18:27:50] Yeah.. whatever. But I wouldn't trust a blanket to protect me from thieves and murderers. [18:28:05] I'll settle for the lock on the door. [18:29:37] * Vincent shrugs, and leans back against the wall. [18:31:05] * Karen_C stares at Vincent. "How can you be so calm about this? Am I the only one having a hard time believing this could happen?" [18:31:13] No. [18:31:31] I'm still trying to figure out if this cut came from a dream or not. [18:31:33] * Hisame fidgets nervously. [18:32:11] * Vincent frowns slightly. "I'll grant you, this is quite fucked up. But I'm sure much more fucked up things are bound to happen, and have happened before." [18:32:45] Yeah.. it's not like you were one of the people that doesn't know about this.. uh.. supernatural stuff. [18:33:58] My only guess is that someone's projecting these dreams into our heads... with like.. pyschic telapathy... [18:33:59] * Hisame fidgets and brings out a book. There's an American flag on it and a Japanese flag and arrows pointing between them, but all the text on the cover is in Japanese. she flips through the book for that new word of Vincent's, but fails to find it. She puts it away. [18:34:24] * He laughs. "If you ask nice. I might show you my scars some day." [18:34:41] * Millicent frowns. "There are other kinds?" [18:35:04] Magical mind-reading? [18:35:24] * Matt_Wright doesn't sound like he knows much about what he's talking about. [18:35:41] er.. I'm kinda knew at this... [18:37:23] * Millicent gesticulate slightly. "Psyche, psycharae. Of the mind. I think. Latin's hard." [18:37:44] * "I'd presume all mind-reading is psychic. Etymologically." [18:38:07] Ah [18:38:31] * Hisame loosk impressed by Millicent's language skills. [18:39:26] Well.. What do you think caused us all to have a dream about the same city at the same time? [18:40:54] * She shrugs. [18:42:22] * Karen_C rubs her temples. "What have I gotten into?" she mumbles. [18:42:39] Do we have ways to learn more about what has happened? [18:45:35] * "You could ask the teachers, I suppose. Officially, I'd have to say it's nothing to worry about, and that everything's going to be taken care of, but I'm going to guess and say that physical injuries from a dream is something the Seals ought to stop. Maybe hit the library." [18:46:33] Ah... where is that? [18:48:06] What are the Seals again? [18:48:46] * Karen_C abruptly turns and quickly exits the room. She's not quite running, but she's walking extremely fast. [18:49:13] * Millicent points behind her, out a window, towards a long, low building. "Just a little to the east of the administrative buil- Huh." [18:50:30] * Hisame blinks, and looks to Karen. Then the group. Then the direction Karen headed off to. And starts to follow. She looks a bit worried. [18:51:41] .. [18:51:56] She looks like she having trouble dealing with this.. [18:52:06] * Matt_Wright turns and leaves to catch up with Hisame and Karen. [18:55:33] ( Is Karen going to a specific place, stopping, or just trying to get away from everyone? ) [18:57:19] * Karen_C doesn't seem to be walking with any direction in mind. She doesn't turn or slow down, but asks "Why are you following me?" [18:58:44] I want to know if... you will be okay, or if you need something or... something. [18:59:44] * Matt_Wright stops jogging once he catches up. "Yeah.. you left so suddenly." [19:03:02] What I _need_ is to go somewhere where the laws of science and logic still apply. [19:04:01] But.. you knew about all this crazy stuff beforehand, didn't you? [19:04:11] They called your name after the assembly. [19:05:47] Listen.. I only found out I was different maybe a month ago... [19:07:25] I can't even control when it happens! I know... before a month ago I would've reacted the same way you did. But.. this is the truth, now. We're different, the world isn't as normal as we thought it'd was... [19:08:26] I freaking dream gave me a physical wound! What's illogical is denying the evidence that's in front of you. We all dreamt about the same city... [19:08:49] Um... [19:09:31] I do not know what to say to make things seem more normal, but... I guess we can help each other through this... [19:12:36] * Hisame fidgets a bit more. She's terribly small and kinda helpless-looking. [19:12:59] * Karen_C stops and turns around. She's pretty pale. "Just because I know about this doesn't mean I accept it! And I didn't come to this place to get thrown into more weirdness than I've had my entire life!" [19:13:55] Doesn [19:14:23] Doesn't it make you feel a bit better though? Back home.. I felt really alone and scared after I discovered I was different... [19:14:47] But I feel like... people here can understand what it's like. [19:17:25] I was really scared... my own parents looked at me with terror at first... sure, after a little while they were convinced I wasn't going to.. I dunno.. explode their heads... But watching your own mother be scared of you? I didn't want to accept it either... [19:20:58] ... ah! I forgot to introduce myself! My name is Yoshida Hisame. Er, Hisame Yoshida. [19:20:59] * Hisame bows. [19:21:03] No! It doesn't make me feel better! I don't WANT to be like this! I don't even know why I am! I don't WANT to be different! [19:21:17] * Matt_Wright winces for poor Hisame. [19:21:59] Maybe we can just talk to each other or do things and take our minds off of this for now and adjust... [19:22:05] But you're not different here! We're all stuck in the same boat. Sure our powers may not be the same, but we're all in the same position... [19:22:36] * Matt_Wright nods to Hisame. [19:26:32] Just me being this is bad enough. I don't want to live in a world with...all...all this. [19:27:34] * Hisame nods slowly [19:28:37] * Hisame doesn't seem quite sure what to say. [19:30:26] * Karen_C turns away and mutters "Like I wasn't already different enough." [19:32:09] I do not knwo if this is of any comfort, but I guess when we are here, we are not so different... [19:33:01] ( Does Hisame sound liek someone who hasn't really been speaking English for very long? That's how she's supposed to sound. ) [19:34:45] (Not really, she just sounds timid) [19:34:58] (I not know..) [19:37:18] (This sort of seems like a good scene break. I kind of have stuff I want to do with individual characters before the next session, so I'll just cut here if nobody minds) [19:37:44] ( I guess. Though I was kinda hoping for more. ) [19:38:55] (There's not much of a resolution to this situation, Karen's still feeling like crap..) [19:39:26] ( Well, no immediate resolution, but I was hoping to end once we'd at least calmed down some. ) [19:39:35] (Karen's having a major identity crisis. This isn't the sort of thing that seems like it's going to be resolved this session.) [19:40:12] (Well, if you guys want to keep roleplaying, I've got no objections. I just don't have any more plot for tonight :V) [19:40:14] ( A Crisis? ) [19:40:50] ( It's all Jean Loring's fault) [19:40:54] ( God, I really shouldn't laugh at the word "Crisis". BSS has ruined me. ) [19:41:45] (Karen used to be straight, but then Elena Prime had to punch Ry'leth and the world got so dark :gonk:) [19:44:27] (And I'm okay with cutting off here) [19:47:47] ( Your thoughts, Nova? ) [19:48:21] ( Alright. ) End of #Exalted buffer Tue Jul 18 19:48:49 2006