Start of #Exalted buffer: Tue Aug 22 18:40:31 2006 [16:47:03] [19:25:26] That's...very interesting. [16:47:03] [19:26:02] * Hisame tilts her head. [16:47:03] [19:26:48] * Karen_C tries to avoid looking over her shoulder. [16:47:03] [19:28:58] * Elena shrugs. "Don't worry, I don't think you can see her, even if you really wanted to. But at least you know she's there. Poor old girl likes you." [16:47:03] [19:29:48] Say you wanted to...well, would you know how to get past a ward? Say one that was like an alarm. [16:47:03] [19:31:33] * "Yeah, sure. Probably. Why? What's so important?" [16:49:19] (Alright, let's start there) [16:49:40] * Matt_Wright crosses his arms and remains silent, in the back, trying to look more bored than worried. [16:50:43] (Can you give me a few minutes? I have to clean something up.) [16:54:31] ( http://demota.sandwich.net/mh3/ Page is here. Did we have anything major going on off of the main channel in either of the last two sessions? ) [17:02:58] (Okay back, sorry about that.) [17:03:41] ( hey ) [17:07:53] * Karen_C grimaces. "Because...well...I want your help." [17:14:58] * Elena nods. "Why's it so important?" [17:15:58] * Karen_C chooses her words carefully. "Someone is...being hurt. At this school. And...they're in this position because of me." [17:17:31] * Elena pushes herself off the bed, and steps into a pair of sandals. "Lead on, brave lesbian!" [17:18:56] (I forget if that should come as a shock to Matt) [17:19:11] ( Well, he suspected. Hisame's just unfamiliar with that word ) [17:21:15] * Karen_C tries her best not to react, unsure of how to deal with Elena, and just nods, leading her to the door. [17:21:24] Hisame, are you concealing our presence? [17:21:32] * Matt_Wright steps out of the way of the little terror. [17:23:10] Only when we are outside or with Vincent. [17:23:19] We are outside now. [17:25:12] * Karen_C nods. "I have no idea what we're about to start, so anything that protects us, even a little, is good." [17:25:36] * Hisame nods. [17:27:10] Yeah.. [17:27:23] Alright... let's go.. [17:27:37] * Hisame walks along, protecting the group. [17:28:10] * You shortly make your way to the warded door. Elena sits on the half-flight of steps facing it, and opens her purse. She pulls out a split-branched stylus in the same style as the interrogator's, a stick of chalk, and a small pouch. She puts her finger into the pouch, and smears some strange-smelling, blue paste on the center of her forehead. [17:30:02] (And I don't think it should come as a shock, remember, Marta was fairly obvious about it in Matt's presence) [17:30:46] (Was she? I remember she definately was around Hisame, but I don't know about Matt.) [17:31:20] (Now that I think about it, I kinda remember thinking Matt would be a bit dissappointed.) [17:33:28] * Elena begins tracing patterns on the door with her stylus, and slowly, you can perceive trails of blue-green energy, layered one under the other. Elena stands back to look at them. "This is easier than I figured," she says, as she traces their outlines with her index finger. [17:33:37] (She made the comment about 'picking up other guys') [17:34:06] (Yeah.. I think Matt figured it out.) [17:34:23] * Hisame watches Elena's handiwork, fascinated [17:34:30] (Aaah, right.) [17:34:57] That.. tuning fork-thing you used... [17:35:15] * "Yeeeees?" [17:35:21] * Karen_C watches carefully, trying to figure out what she's doing exactly, while keeping a look out for anyone who might mysteriously be noticing them. [17:35:25] Is that like a magic wand or something? [17:35:42] They were hurting our friend using it [17:35:49] Or something like that in design. [17:38:32] * She frowns. "Wands are total Hogwarts bullshit. Nobody's used wands for, like, seventy years. Not since Magister Alphonse invented these little babies." [17:39:05] What is differenta bout those? [17:39:17] Ah... so it's like magic wand 2.0 [17:41:17] * "Man, go back to decompiling the gibson's sandbox algorithm on your computron." She waves the stylus, and one of the trails of energy rotates to the left, then jerks back into place. She flinches. [17:42:26] Uhm... I have no idea who gibson is... and was that bad? [17:45:41] * "There's a sort of mojo at work which makes me uncomfortable. Old Fomorian shit, and I can't play it as subtle. Not sure if I want to." [17:46:10] Will you be alright? [17:48:19] * She shrugs. "Could I play the piano?" She picks up the stylus again, and forces it through the three discs of energy, as it begins to push the wood out of the way to trace markings. [17:52:42] * Shortly, Elena's made a series of three seals, a burning eye inside a star inside a set of three running legs joined at the upper thigh. The energy trails begin to slowly fade, and she pushes her arm through the door with a strange sound of wood stretching. She unlocks the door from the other side, and quickly pulls back, the wood snapping into space. "Enjoy. And get out quick. You might have fifteen minues. Or five. Or a day." She shrugs. [17:53:10] * Hisame blinks, and nods. "Thank you. We will hurry." [17:53:43] What do we do when we're done? Just leave it? [17:54:43] * Matt_Wright opens the door. [17:55:01] I think the time limit implies it'll reset. Let's move. [17:55:13] * "Sometime soon, the wards are going to come back up on their own. I guess you want to be back on this side when they do." [17:55:27] Alright. Thanks, Elena. [17:55:34] Yeah, thanks. [17:55:42] Thank you. [17:55:55] * Matt_Wright holds the door open for Karen and Hisame. [17:56:00] * Hisame steps through quickly [17:56:01] * She smiles and nods. "No problem. Good luck, lesbian and friends!" She wipes the blue mark off her forehead and turns to head back. [17:56:43] * Karen_C enters the room. [17:58:13] * Matt_Wright closes the door after them [17:58:40] * Karen_C looks around. [17:58:57] * Inside, the bare lightbulbs hang from their cords. Cells with iron doors line the walls, and at the far end, a ladder is visible, heading down. The walls and floor bear signs of water damage. [17:59:39] (Would people be free tomorrow, too? I need to plan some stuff before it happens, and I'm also a little tired.) [18:00:05] (Sure, I guess) [18:00:06] (I am yeah) [18:00:51] ( Eugh. What time? ) [18:01:03] ( I need to get a ton of food to prepare to move into dorms? ) [18:01:37] (Normal time? Also, that's really strange when phrased as a question) [18:02:20] (You generally want food for dorms, sure, but you can wait till after you move in to get tons of it) [18:04:02] (That's true. It's not like once you go to San Francisco you won't be able to find a supermarket or a Wal-Mart or something) [18:04:37] ( It's a trip with family. I can't really just say "no" to them, especially when we had it planned for over a week and I said I don't do anything on wednesdays ) [18:07:54] ( What other times/days would be alright for you guys? ) [18:08:20] (I'm also free Thursday, but that's it.) [18:10:03] (Thursday is in theory okay for me.) [18:10:49] thursday should be fine [18:12:51] ( Fine for me too ) [18:13:06] (Alright, back to the game, then.) [18:13:39] ( Hooray ) [18:17:04] (Oh, I thought you meant we were pausing. Okay cool.) [18:17:20] ( I'm confused now. What's going on ? ) [18:17:23] (Well, I wanted to do like five more minutes of stuff) [18:17:31] (Okay.) [18:17:44] (But since shit is totally derailed and Demota doesn't know what the fuck, maybe we should stop here) [18:18:10] ( I meant in terms of the scheduling. Can we play more today or do we have to wait for tomorrow? ) [18:18:30] (I think we should at least get to your cliffhanger or whatever you wanted to end on) [18:18:59] (Yeah, let's keep on going, then.) [18:19:42] ( Hooray ) [18:20:38] * Hisame moves along as quickly as she dares, being careful not to let anyone fall too far behind [18:22:00] * You make your way to the ladder at the end of the hall. It stretches down into the darkness below, and you can hear a quiet burble of moving water. [18:23:21] * Karen_C bites her lip nervously as she climbs down. [18:25:37] * The only light in the tunnel comes from an open cell door a hundred feet down. The water sucks at your shoes as you move, and the walls are cold and wet to the touch. [18:26:09] * Hisame moves along, shivering a bit from the cold and the spooky situation. [18:26:42] Well, he wasn't lying about the tunnels... [18:26:46] * Karen_C mumbles. [18:28:40] * When you get to the open door, you notice two things. Maya is lying on the ground, limp and unresponsive, and the cell smells terrible. It's an acrid, burning smell that you can't really place. [18:28:51] * Hisame gasps, and checks over Maya. [18:31:18] * Karen_C stares in horror. "How can they DO this?" [18:32:22] * Maya doesn't seem in awful shape. Her arms and throat bear the marks of sharp teeth, but she's still breathing, albeit somewhat raggedly. [18:32:33] * Hisame pales. [18:33:13] Matt, can you carry her? We do not know how long the wards will remain down ) [18:35:03] * You hear a low moan from behind you. As you turn, you see a head grow out of the wall, lean, with its teeth bared, followed by its body. It's shaped like a dog, but with batlike features, its skin sewed together with rough sutures. [18:35:41] ( Nova, you there? 0 [18:36:04] * Karen_C whirls to face the...thing. [18:36:40] * As you watch, another, constructed like it, pushes out of the corner across the room from the first. They moan deeply, and begin circling, as the smell gets stronger and stronger. [18:37:11] * Hisame yelps. She hopes that the stealth will hold. [18:38:33] (And, Nova's idle on AIM, so we'll call it there) End of #Exalted buffer Tue Aug 22 18:40:31 2006