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| - (281) Lian: anyway anything people wanted to do before getting on the Boat? (278) Shadell: So, if someone in Malfeas were to start farming humans would that one charm in the house-rules let you make giants? (281) Lian: its abit more like the loaves and fishes miracle (278) Shadell: Would the SWLIHN charm let you age them to usable ages faster though? (281) Lian: As I said is there anything anyone wants to do before getting on teh Boat? ** (278) Shadell gets on the nice boat. ** (274) Ceylin: Nope. (267) Sabine: To the boat! (281) Lian: Valt? (275) Lightning Without Thunder: BOAT (278) Niet: Niet is on a boat. (275) Lightning Without Thunder: mothafuckaaaas~ (281) Lian: It takes you about five days os reasonable flight time where you only force the child to stear for 8 hours a day to come to the fwisted shadowland of Bonetree! Named for its prime feature of Bone trees! (281) Lian: Yes trees made out of bones! (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Bones made out of trees?)) (274) Ceylin: "Huh. And here I always though we overdid things." (274) Ceylin: *thought (267) Sabine: ((Must... Not... Comment...)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "I wonder who they tore apart." (267) Sabine: "Someone's overcompensating." (278) Niet: Niet is distracted stearing, otherwise she might have been banging her head into something sharp at this point. (278) Niet: They're cute. (281) Lian: Do you want to just sail up to the lair of the possibly nonexistant deathlord? (274) Ceylin: (( Maybe stop, you know, beforehand and try having Lightning sneak in disguised as a death cultist or something? )) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((DAMMIT)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((WHY ME)) (274) Ceylin: (( 'cuz Lightning is the sneaky one! )) (281) Lian: you're more trust worthy than Niet to bring back intelligable information (278) Niet: ((She wouldn't be able to evaluate what she was seeing. Niet has the disguise charm too, I think. They can both go.)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Haha.)) (267) Sabine: ((Niet: "The Deathlord is super cute!")) (278) Niet: ((Well, ti would all have meaning. It's not her fault no one took Niet as a language.) (281) Lian: feel free to plan ic? (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "I assume all of you want me to go in the enemy base by myself with no backup, as usual." (274) Ceylin: "'ey, ugly and uglier. Go sneak in and find out if it's halfway safe for us to sail up." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...of course." (278) Niet: "Oh! Take me!" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "You're too small, she'd break you." (278) Niet: Niet waves both arms in the air enthusiastically. This may be a bad idea considering she was the one steering. (274) Ceylin: "... are you sure you know how to sail this thing?" (278) Niet: "Largely! We almost haven't run into anything!" (267) Sabine: Sabine rubs her forehead as she looks at the group and then back toward the trees. "Creepy," she muses before glancing back and wincing a little bit, "Niet, is it safe to not be steering right now?" (278) Niet: Niet ponders thoughtfully. "Probably not." she notes. (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning shape-changes into a chick with spiky purple hair and dark skin. "...weell, I'm rheddee. Yoo're all too slhow." (267) Sabine: ~Need wings, need wings now.~ (278) Niet: We should land though. Sailing around in the air makes us visible. (278) Niet: ""* (281) Viper: ~learn faster~ (278) Niet: Niet peers out whatever available vieiwing mechanisms there are, searching for any places to set the boat down. (281) Lian: There's plenty of flat territory that's not bone trees (278) Niet: Niet, after the boat most likely begins to shake or exhibit a lack of steering in some other cliche and vaguely unrealistic way, grabs the controls and moves to set the boat down. (264) Lian (exit): 20:43 (281) Lian: Take that clone! (281) Lian: Niet efficiently lands the ship while looking over the side.. as her charm makes that better for people to do than have actually steering normally (281) Lian: anyway no problem landing what do you want to do? (278) Niet: Setting the boat down with only reasonable thumps. Then, she takes a glance at Lightning, and is immediately enveloped in a mass of shadows. Upon releasing her, they reveal a young girl with the same purple hair and dark skin as Lightning. She giggles and twirls, revealing her new appearance from all angles. "Well then big sister. Shall we go spy on the cute little death lord?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...hyoo are not my seester." (281) Lian: valt what are you trying to impersonate with that accent? (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Cultist-chan!)) (278) Niet: "Well, this form iz your form's seester." Niet bobs her head up and down cheerfully. ((That can be done right since you dictate destiny?)) (276) Lian (exit): 20:51 (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning-chan makes chokey motions. (281) Lian: I sense an essence roll off coming (281) Lian: anyway if you feel like doing that sort of thing roll off. If not I assume the two go in while Sabine and Ceylin make small talk (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...vhell, hwee should get goeenk." (278) Niet: "Yez, zat soudz good 'seester'." (267) Sabine: (("Have fun, if you get into any trouble, remember you have a meat shield!")) (274) Ceylin: "... talking like that, the faster you get away from me, the better." (278) Niet: ((But Ceylin's staying behind...)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...hy am goeenk to throw hyu een a lahvah peet." (278) Niet: "Too far north. That heat izn't cute et all." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning-chan stomps off towards the EVIL LAIR. (278) Niet: Niet follows along, skipping merrilly after her. (267) Sabine: (tm) (281) Lian: at the center of the small Shadowland is a stone manor house roughly an acre in size, its 3 stories tall and gives off a palpable sense of dread (278) Niet: "Aww... So cute." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...should hwee knock?" (278) Niet: Niet stares fondly at the stone manor. (Essence dissecting stare.)) (281) Lian: roll (278) Niet: "Yes letz knock." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...hwell?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Pushy motions. (278) Niet: [10d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,8,6,5,5,5,4,2,1,1] = (2) (281) Lian: Its definately a Manse but it seems wierd\ (278) Niet: How cute. (Rating?) (281) Lian: Perhaps you lack familiarity with Abyssal manses since you can't quite make it out (281) Lian: so knocking? (278) Niet: Niet abandons the task for now as she steps toward the door, presumably following Lightning. (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning-chan shoves Niet towards the door! (278) Niet: Niet knocks as loudly as she can, which isn't that loud. She seems to be smiling openly. (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: A highly attractive pale skinned woman dressed in the finest southern silks opens the door (278) Niet: "Hello!" (278) Niet: [10d10.descending().vs(7)] => [7,7,6,5,5,4,3,2,1,1] = (2) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Hello mees." (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: (don't you wish you had a combo right about now, Shadell?) (267) Sabine: ((Ohgodmyeyes)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((ffFFffffff)) (278) Niet: (Is she human or is she supernatural. Will Niet ever get a remotely decent roll with this charm? If it's she's hiding her nature Niet gets to add her essence in dice to the roll.) (278) Niet: (Oh wait, that's stealth. Nevermind.() (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: (do you really think 2 dice is going to beat this?) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((ominous silence)) (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: /w 278=[10d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,9,8,8,7,5,3,2,1] = (6) (278) Niet: [6d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,8,6,4,1] = (3) (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: she seems perfectly human, "Who are you two?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...hwee are culteests!" (278) Niet: Niet briefly glances around for somethign to bash her head against. Preferably something hard. However she stops as she realizes that doing so wouldn't help the disguise much. (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: "I think you have the wrong place... go sail across the ocean... " (281) Viper: (ok red taht was too much pink() (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: LETS TRY THAT AGAIN (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Nuh. Hwee are yoor culteests." (278) Niet: "Pleaze forgive my seester, she iz, how you say, slow in the head. We are lozt and need a place to zpend the night." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "..." (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: "I am just a simple cortesan, though if you did wish to speak to the masters of the house I could pass that along" (267) Sabine: ((Give in to your anger, Lightning. Strike her down and become more powerful than you could ever imagine! Eat her heart and gain her power!)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((i am so tempted)) (281) Lian: (gain the power to dress people up as maids!) (278) Niet: (How terrifying.) (278) Niet: "That would be nize. Honored Seester, save the cultist speaches for those who aren't mortals such as ourselves." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...hy am goeenk to keel hyu." (281) Lian: (niet, lightning roll 3 dice) (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: [10d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,9,7,6,6,5,5,5,5,3] = (3) (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: [10d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,9,8,7,7,6,4,1,1] = (6) (278) Niet: [3d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,7,4] = (2) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [3d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,8,3] = (2) (281) Lian: alright, perception+awareness (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [5d10.descending().vs(7)] => [8,7,5,4,3] = (2) (278) Niet: [8d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,8,8,7,5,4,4,3] = (4) (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: Niet notices a brief smerk at the statement before the woman fades back to her normal countenance, once inside the house it seems well larger on the outside than on the inside.. not particularly new for people who spend sigificatn time in malfeas but not common in Creation.. or the Underworld (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: she leads them through the odd twists and turns to a dining room, at one end is a woman, the far end a man in heavy armor, "Masters you have guests" (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: (Per+occult) (278) Niet: [10d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,7,6,6,6,6,3,2,2] = (3) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [4d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,9,8,1] = (3) whispering to Shadell, the man has soulsteel superheavy plate and a a Soul steel grimcleaver, the woman has your full set of "I need armor but can't use them" in soulsteel, and gauntlet claws whispering to Plaid, both are heavily adorned with soulsteel probably artifacts, one in superheavy plate with a big ax the other afew things you aren't quite familiar with (281) Scar of Uproar: he looks over at the pair, "why do you waste our time with this?" (281) Chorus at Midnight: "Because we were doing so much.." (281) Scar of Uproar: "Quiet whore" (281) Lian: they will keep bickering for awhile, unless you intend to but in? (278) Niet: Niet allows Lightning to take the initiative, though she does try to get essence readings on both of them, which should be an auto success unless they're hiding their essence somehow. (281) Lian: (2 each) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning squeakily clears her throat. "Hwee ahr lhookeenk for the... the... Heye?" (281) Chorus at Midnight: she smirks defiantly, "Well just look down the Mouth of Oblivion....and you'll find him" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "..vhat?" (278) Niet: [10d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,9,9,8,7,6,4,2,2,2] = (5) (281) Scar of Uproar: "We threw him down the mouth, We rule here now " (278) Niet: (Lore/occult+intelligence Mouth of Oblivion?) (281) Scar of Uproar: (you are familiar with the concept of Oblvion and that there is a Mouth in the underworld that destroys stuff) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...vhy?" (281) Chorus at Midnight: "Because we are the power here" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning nudges Niet. (278) Niet: Niet glances at Lightning. "Vhat?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Vhy are hyoo shilent?" (278) Niet: "Theze great lordz are far too intimidating to zpeak freely in front of." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...zhen perhaps hwee should gho outsieed." (278) Niet: "Perhapz. Of courze we may wish to beg for a bed amidzt the servantz or something like that." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...hyu do that then." (278) Niet: Niet turns toward the abyssals, despite having spoken loudly enough to be overheard before. "Good zirs, could we perchance borrow a bed in ze zervant's quarters for a night?" (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: "I can show them if you wish.. masters' The pair nod (278) Niet: "Thank you very much." Niet iz lead somewhere? (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: the pair are lead somewhere else in the twists and turns of the area, "such cruel and twisted beings.." (278) Niet: "Oh?" (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: "oh yes regularly abuse their would be pilgrims and steal slaves from through out the south.." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Hwe could keel them." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...hy mean, hy am shoor they ahr honored and... powerful...?" (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: "Mortals could not take on the power of the Chosen of the Abyss..." (278) Niet: "Of courze not. Zat would be seely." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...yahs, veery seely." (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: "Of course.. one can only hope by the grace of the gods and the Dual monarchs that such might change.." (278) Niet: "Of Courze. Are there many otherz here bezides them?" (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: "Well there used to another.. but Chorus murdered him in cold blood.. she is quite the assassin" (278) Niet: "I zee. So there are no zervants then?" (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: "the Scar is trying to build up an army but he has few corpses and ghosts now" (278) Niet: "Why do you ztay if this is so bad?" (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: "I am there property.. they would be upset if I left" (278) Niet: "Perhaps we should make our ezcape before they try to claim us az well?" (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: she looks down, "If that's what you wish.." (278) Niet: "Seester, what do you think?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Hy theenk thaht would be a goot hydea." (278) Niet: "Would you lead uz to the exit then?" (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: [7d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,10,9,9,7,1] = (6) (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: [7d10.descending().vs(7)] => [8,8,8,8,6,3,1] = (4) (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: the pair feel an almost draw to stay, Lightning shrugs it off, but Niet definately needs an act of will to leave(1 wp) (278) Niet: (Pay) (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: she mopes but leads them through the twists and turns to the exit... in Bonetree not the other other exits (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Thahnk hyu for hyur hyospitalytee!" (278) Niet: "Yez, thank you." (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: she Nods, presumably you walk back now? (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning RUNS back! And drops the fake identity as soon as she's out of sight. (278) Niet: Niet walks back, likewise dropping the fake identiy, though getting out of sight should take a bit longer. (274) Ceylin: (( "BYE NIET GOOD LUCK." )) (278) Niet: (She's the only one who can drive the ship. You're not moving it without her.) (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: (Ceylin can totally fly it.. Brutally) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Ceylin can throw it to wherever they're going.)) (274) Ceylin: (( I mean that if Lightning runs off, she's going to end up like 60 miles ahead of Niet. )) (278) Niet: (Via carying it perhaps.) (278) Niet: Niet doesn't worry about hurrying up. The others have to wait for her anyway. (281) Lian: Lightning gets back after afew minutes, 2 hours later.. (278) Niet: Assuming they plan to leave. If not they'll likely head back in the same direction, so going slowly just saves her walking time. (281) Lian: anyway Niet will get back eventually (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "We survived. Barely." (278) Niet: Niet gets back.... Eventually. (278) Niet: We should be able to take it if we really need to, but.. (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "There are two Abyssals and a whore in there." (278) Niet: ""* (274) Ceylin: "A whore." (278) Niet: "She's odd." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "A whore. Do you not know what a whore is, Ceylin?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Do we need diagrams?" (274) Ceylin: "..." Ceylin comes so close to just throwing Lightning into the water. "Remember how the abyssal we were talking to said the Eye would pretend to be a courtesan?" (274) Ceylin: "And I said 'see if it's safe for us to sail up,' not 'talk to his hookers.'" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "..." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...well, fuck." (278) Niet: "Going on foot would be best." (278) Niet: "And she's human. I checked." (278) Niet: "At least she should be." (274) Ceylin: "... at least now we know that either his security is nonexistent or he's playing tricks way over our heads." (267) Sabine: "Or we picked the wrong ones to go." (278) Niet: "Or she's someone else. Though it seems unlikely that the Eye would be dead. She seemed mortal to essence sight." (281) Lian: (wits+occult all) (274) Ceylin: "No offense, but I trust an abyssal's intelligence about a deathlord more than your eye tricks. We'll have to be careful." (278) Niet: [6d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,9,4,4,2,2] = (2) (274) Ceylin: [3d10] => [9,3,8] = (20) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [6d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,9,9,9,9,7] = (6) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((HELL yes.)) (278) Niet: "Obviously. But she practically asked us to kill the two abyssals." (274) Ceylin: (( Lightning instantly comes up with a plan to kill all of the Deathlords and the Neverborn with two forks and a paper clip. )) (267) Sabine: [9d10.descending().vs(7)] => [6,4,4,3,3,3,3,2,1] = (0) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: (("Aha! I've got it! ...no, you can't help.")) (281) Lian: (everyone but Sabine remembers that Fiends have a charm that lets them pretend to be mortals so it wouldn't be beyond the power of a Deathlord.. ) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "They have a charm like we do." (274) Ceylin: (( Then just move Ceylin's last comment to after that. )) (278) Niet: "It's possible." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Let's land the ship on the manse." (278) Niet: "The abyssals themselves shouldn't be a threat, though one was said to be an assassin. Neither was very powerful." (278) Niet: Niet glares at Lightning. (278) Niet: "Not happening." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "The other one is building up an army, but - well, fine then." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "See if I help you anymore." (274) Ceylin: "Pff, Abyssals, a threat to us?" Ceylin stands up and starts strapping on her gauntlets. "Only difference between them and us is that our masters weren't stupid enough to get killed. This should be a breeze." (267) Sabine: "Oh no, our masters were stupid enough to surrender and expect not to be gutted and turned inside out," Sabine pipes in as she listens to the others. (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Excuse me. Adorjan was hardly gutted." (278) Niet: "They were well armed." (278) Niet: "However, the manse itself is unusual, and probably rather powerful. Finding our way through it could be an issue." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "They had soulsteel." (278) Niet: "Full plate armor on the man along with a grimcleaver. THe woman was a martial artists with rather potent equipment." (278) Niet: "Rather cute gear if nothing else." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...didn't the Abyssal say the Eye would try to seduce us?" (274) Ceylin: "Yeah, he did." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "He... she... it... uh, she didn't really try." (278) Niet: "We talked with her for four minutes. (278) Niet: "* (281) Lian: (wits+presence Niet, Lightning) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Well, you were too incompetent to notice she was a deathlord!" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [4d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,7,6,5] = (2) (278) Niet: [4d10.descending().vs(7)] => [6,3,1,1] = (0) (278) Niet: ((... Tonight is not the night of good rolls.) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Niet thinks that the sky is green.)) (278) Niet: "Because competency is being able to identify one of the most powerful beings in existence when it's trying to hide itself?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "When you're also one of the most powerful beings in existence, yes, you maid-licking goon!" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "She was trying to do the distressed princess act and you played along!" (278) Niet: "... OK. If you're equally powerful then you should have no trouble killing the mask without any help. Care to try?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Yes. Yes I do." (281) Lian: (its like the Reclamation meetings.. in mini) (278) Niet: "Then why are you hear?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "How do you know I didn't go off and kill him while you were sleeping?" (267) Sabine: ((and this is why no one really needs to worry about Infernals winning. :) )) (278) Niet: "..." Niet just looks at Lightning, not even bothering to hide her look of disdain. (278) Niet: "Self delusion isn't cute at all." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "I'll show you how cute your entrails are!" (278) Niet: ((Wow, that last description sentence was redundant.)) (274) Ceylin: Ceylin grumbles and grabs the two girls' heads to move them apart. "We'll figure it out when we go there! If she tries killing us, she's a deathlord!" (278) Niet: "Clearly you're demonstrating competence with every move you make." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning flails uselessly. (281) Lian: (Lightning's one weakness the scruff of her neck) (278) Niet: Niet allows herself to be pushed away, shaking her head at Lightning. "Not cute at all." (281) Lian: so what's the plan? (274) Ceylin: "Now, what's this about the place being hard to get around in?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...it's like a maze." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "And it's bigger on the inside." (274) Ceylin: "Do either of you think you could find your way through it again?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Maybe." (278) Niet: "Maybe. We weren't navigating the first time. If the deathlord really wants us to go there, then we'll have some way of making it through. If the deathlord isn't the courtesan than there's an ordinary mortal who can find her way." (274) Ceylin: "... think you could actually trick the courtesan-deathlord into thinking you *do* want to sleep with her, then lure her somewhere with less deathknights?" (267) Sabine: Sabine shudders (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "I can't, if that's what you were thinking." (278) Niet: "Probably not. Things like that are icky." (274) Ceylin: "So it looks like it'll be knocking on the front door and trying to convince them we're here to fix the underworld toilet." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "You do look like a plumber." (281) Lian: (here's those 3 plumbers you sent for) (278) Niet: "We could sneak through." (274) Ceylin: "How would we get in?" (278) Niet: "Through the door?" (274) Ceylin: "I mean sneaking. Are they really that lax?" (278) Niet: "\Compare the size of the mansion to the number of people." (278) Niet: "It's substantially bigger inside than outside." (274) Ceylin: Ceylin shrugs. "I suppose we can give it a shot, but it sounds like we could basically just kick the door down and go right on in." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "He probably has traps." (274) Ceylin: "Sneaking won't help us with those." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "You go first, then." (278) Niet: "We didn't run into any traps on the way through. Besides, people live there." (281) Lian: so you're going to fly or walk there? (274) Ceylin: (( How far is it? )) (278) Niet: (Within walking distance.) (281) Lian: afew hours walk (274) Ceylin: (( Walking it is. )) (281) Lian: so you are just walking in? (274) Ceylin: (( Well, they need to get in to begin with, but past that, Ceylin would grudgingly agree to try avoiding confrontation. )) (281) Lian: the four walk back up to the abomination on the face of an abomination on the face of creation (267) Sabine: "Well now, that's... pretty. I think I liked the overcompensation trees better." (281) Lian: The Door is open when you get there (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Oh look, he expected us." (281) Lian: so what are you trying to do? where are you trying to go? (274) Ceylin: Ceylin elbows one of the two who were here previously. "Take us to the 'courtesan.'" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Last time she greeted us at the door." (278) Niet: "She could be anywhere. If she is the Eye, she'll know we're here. If not, then there's no real point in talking with her." (281) Lian: (what I have learned from Equilibrium on broadcast... People Bleed water!) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((I'm watching that too.)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((What the hell this movie is weird.)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((fencing with guns is very exalted, though)) (281) Lian: (Bleed water!) (267) Sabine: ((hehehe)) (274) Ceylin: "Well, where'd she take you?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "To a big dining room with the Abyssals in it.)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Er.)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((*")) (274) Ceylin: "So you have no idea where she is." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "No." (274) Ceylin: "... well, let's go anywhere except where the abyssals were, then." (278) Niet: "Why not go kill them?" (267) Sabine: ((Ooooh, can we go to the cute and cuddly happiness puppy room?)) (281) Lian: (its right next to Genocide town, and the Rapeland) (274) Ceylin: "Hey, I'm all for it, but the plan was to sneak." (278) Niet: "Sneak up on them." (267) Sabine: "Sneaking is easier when everyone is dead." (281) Lian: (not in the labyrinth!) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...I like that plan." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Let's kill everyone." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Now Dick Tracy is on.)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((wtf.)) (281) Lian: (watch the boondocks) (281) Lian: so back to teh Dining room? (274) Ceylin: (( Seems like the plan. )) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((No. DICK TRACY.)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning tries to pick her way there again. (281) Lian: It seems to be fairly easy for them to get back where they were (278) Niet: "One of the abysssals is an assassin, so let's try to get the jump on her first." (281) Lian: its a long dinning hall large table, abyssal at both ends. (274) Ceylin: "Assassin's just another word for somebody who's no good in an actual fight..." (281) Chorus at Midnight: (JB) (281) Chorus at Midnight: [10d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,9,8,7,6,6,5,4,3,2] = (4) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...really now." (281) Scar of Uproar: [10d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,8,7,7,5,5,3,3,2,1] = (4) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((I'm JUMPAN for 3m to add +5 to my roll.)) (274) Ceylin: [5d10] => [9,9,10,1,2] = (31) (281) Scar of Uproar: (k) (274) Ceylin: (( 4 )) (267) Sabine: [7d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,9,8,7,6,5,2] = (4) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [13d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,8,8,7,6,5,5,5,5,4,4,2,1] = (4) (278) Niet: [4d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,9,8,7] = (4) (281) Scar of Uproar: People who aren't kel, actions (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((ahahaha sucks for kel)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning leaps through the air onto the table, her heavy landing making it tip up at the other end before she springs off it again and makes a downward slash at Chorus. (267) Sabine: Sabine will hang in the back a bit and watch the others and the Abyssaly reactions (Aiming at the nearest Abyssal) (281) Scar of Uproar: so holding an action then Sabine? (278) Niet: Niet moves toward the female martial artist, three telekinetic blades form in the air around her and moves toward the woman at the woman, trailing in Lightning's wake. As Lightning strikes the blades launch out from behind the masked scourge, and circle to strike the woman from three different angles. (281) Scar of Uproar: rank 2 stunt each (278) Niet: [13d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,9,9,8,8,8,7,6,6,5,5,4,1] = (7) (278) Niet: [12d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,8,7,5,4,4,3,3,3,2,1,1] = (3) (278) Niet: [11d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,8,7,6,6,6,5,2,2,1,1] = (3) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [15d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,10,9,8,8,6,6,5,5,5,4,2,2,1] = (6) (281) Scar of Uproar: Black essence rises up around her as she twists and turns dodging each of your attacks.... (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Damn.)) (274) Ceylin: (( What weapons are the two abyssals using? )) (281) Scar of Uproar: (Chorus has those claw gautnlets, Scar has a grimcleaver) (281) Scar of Uproar: [15d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,10,10,9,8,7,7,5,4,3,3,2,2,1] = (8) (281) Scar of Uproar: He points his hand and gestures at Lightning letting out a bolt of necrotic energy with his free hand (281) Scar of Uproar: (you may choose to take it or pd as you are moving) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((PD.)) (281) Scar of Uproar: It misses as lighting is as the wind (281) Chorus at Midnight: she moves into a fighting stance, black essence flaring around her as she activates a combo (281) Chorus at Midnight: ok kel (274) Ceylin: Ceylin seems to decide that the girl doesn't seem to be a good target, what with the combo thing and all, but hey... how hard can it be to hit a suit of armor. "We might need one of them alive to answer some questions, so try not to decapitate them too badly." She idly takes a fighting stance and swings a single gauntleted fist toward his midsection. (( 8m Crashing Wave Catharsis up in this. ... I so hope that thing he did wasn't a combo. )) (281) Chorus at Midnight: 2 dice stunt (274) Ceylin: [18d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,9,8,8,7,7,6,6,6,5,5,4,4,4,3,3,2,2] = (6) (281) Scar of Uproar: He brings his blade up just in time to in an entirely mundane but capable fashion deflect Ceylin's blow (281) Scar of Uproar: Sabine (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Ceylinfail!)) (274) Ceylin: (( He still takes the gauntlet damage! )) (274) Ceylin: [2d10.descending().vs(7)] => [2,2] = (0) (267) Sabine: ((Sabine will keep Aiming until at the +3 mark. :) )) (274) Ceylin: (( ... if only I could roll. )) (281) Scar of Uproar: (You didn't beat his PV) (281) Scar of Uproar: Lightning, Niet (274) Ceylin: (( It deals damage if they stop it with a parry. )) (281) Scar of Uproar: (that was a parry) (281) Scar of Uproar: (...pretend I can read) (274) Ceylin: (( Right. And he stopped it. So the gauntlets do damage. )) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning gets the hell away from sparky lady, running across the table and kicking place settings off as she goes. Towards the end, she drops into a slide, using the momentum to bring her blade to Scar. (281) Scar of Uproar: 2 dice, go (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [15d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,8,8,8,8,8,6,5,5,3,3,2,2,1] = (7) (278) Niet: Niet turns toward Scar and sends three more telekinetic blades shooting toward him. The blades twist in a spiral pattern before arcing toward him from his left, back and right sides, right after Lightning attacks from the front. (281) Scar of Uproar: (2 successes which is not enought to break his hardness) (278) Niet: (Why am I picturing him as a Lion King villain now?)) (281) Scar of Uproar: (2 die stunt niet) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((His words are a matter of pride.)) (281) Scar of Uproar: (because its probably a reference to it, like Raksi is a reference to the Junglebook) (267) Sabine: ((... Now if I ever run Raksi in a game she'll be talking about man-cubs)) (281) Scar of Uproar: (("Sun child teach me to be like you..) (278) Niet: [13d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,10,10,10,9,9,9,8,8,4,4,1] = (10) (278) Niet: [12d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,10,10,9,8,8,6,6,6,2,1] = (7) (278) Niet: [11d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,9,8,6,6,6,5,4,3,3,2] = (3) (281) Scar of Uproar: (all 3 hit, piercing right?) (278) Niet: ((... I believe so.)) (278) Niet: ((Yep.)) (281) Scar of Uproar: (Subtract 9 from each then roll damage) (278) Niet: (What are my thresholds?) (281) Scar of Uproar: (10, 7, 1) (278) Niet: (13, 10 and 4 then. Does the last one lose to hardness?) (281) Scar of Uproar: (Yes) (278) Niet: [4d10.descending().vs(7)] => [5,3,2,2] = (0) (278) Niet: [3d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,4] = (2) (281) Scar of Uproar: One of them gets through and tears into his flesh (278) Niet: (Pity I can't tear off limbs yet.) (281) Scar of Uproar: TIME TO DIE LITTLE SORCERER! He shouts as he leaps over and tries to cut Niet In half black essence flaring (281) Scar of Uproar: [27d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,9,9,9,9,8,8,7,6,6,6,5,5,5,5,4,4,4,3,3,2,2,2,2,2,1,1] = (8) (281) Scar of Uproar: (...clearly the odds don't work tonight) (278) Niet: (We saw that when Niet tied for initiative with a pool of four.) ** (278) Niet parries the essence with an almost invisible tendril of telekinesis that knocks the blow to the side. ** (278) Niet: blade* (281) Scar of Uproar: Ceylin, Sabine (267) Sabine: Sabine shall continue to aim and plot! (274) Ceylin: Ceylin makes a note to actually hit this time and tries for another blow on Scar, using his own momentum against him as she moves under him and arranges for him to fall on a rising fist. (( Same thing as last time. )) (274) Ceylin: [18d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,9,9,9,8,8,7,7,6,6,5,5,3,2,2,1,1] = (9) (274) Ceylin: (( 11 attack. )) (281) Scar of Uproar: threshold of 3 what is the damage? (274) Ceylin: (( 38! )) (274) Ceylin: (( Plus the two from the gauntlets. )) (278) Niet: (... That's impressive.) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Wow.)) (267) Sabine: ((Watch it roll all 1s)) (274) Ceylin: (( Adds Strength damage up to Valor times. )) (274) Ceylin: (( Strength 6, Valor 4. )) (274) Ceylin: (( +24 damage! )) (281) Scar of Uproar: (roll 19) (278) Niet: (Hmm,Now combo that with the thing that doubles your post soak damage.) (274) Ceylin: (( The gauntlets are piercing. )) (281) Scar of Uproar: (28 then) (274) Ceylin: [28d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,9,9,9,9,8,8,8,8,7,7,7,6,6,6,5,5,5,4,3,3,3,2,2,2,2,1] = (13) (278) Niet: (FALCON PUNCH!) (274) Ceylin: [2d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,7] = (2) (281) Scar of Uproar: yeah he's out (274) Ceylin: (( 15 levels of lethal! )) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((SMASH)) (281) Scar of Uproar: he falls the floor lifeless (274) Ceylin: Ceylin just sort of punches a hole straight through the armored abyssal's stomach and looks to his friend. "Incidentally, any time you feel like surrendering would work great." (281) Chorus at Midnight: elusive as a ghost she weaves between the four striking with her twisted art. (281) Chorus at Midnight: [14d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,9,8,7,7,6,5,4,4,3,2,2,1] = (6) for ceylin (281) Chorus at Midnight: [13d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,9,8,8,7,6,6,5,5,4,4,1] = (6) for Lightning (281) Chorus at Midnight: [12d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,10,9,9,8,7,7,6,6,5,5] = (8) for Niet (281) Chorus at Midnight: [12d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,8,7,7,6,4,4,3,3,3,1] = (5) for Sabine (274) Ceylin: (( Parry is 7, with the -2 from attacking. )) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (Unexpected) (274) Ceylin: (( Well fuck. )) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (only Lightning hasw something that might apply here) (267) Sabine: ((Owies)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((So yeah, definitely PDing again.)) (278) Niet: (PD.) (278) Niet: (Though I have to pay double, right?) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (Unexpected) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (She flurried an unexpected attack on all of you) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (because Hungry ghost is that gay) (278) Niet: (Perfectly unexpected?) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Oh, wait, damn.)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (unless you have a charm that lets you deal with unexpected attacks such as Lightning) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((I can't do Threat-Monitoring Excitement and my PD.)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (but you could use it to activate your normal one) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((I will, then.)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: [2d10.descending().vs(7)] => [8,8] = (2) for Ceylin (274) Ceylin: (( 2L? )) (281) Chorus at Midnight: yep (281) Chorus at Midnight: (actually misread, something everyone roll Wits+awareness) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [7d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,6,3,3,2,2,1] = (1) (274) Ceylin: [5d10.descending().vs(7)] => [8,8,7,6,2] = (3) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((...ffffffuuuuuuuuu)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: nothing changes for Kel (267) Sabine: [7d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,8,8,7,5,5,4] = (4) (278) Niet: (Max first excellency and conviction channel. Also a compassion channel on the logic that staying alive and getting cool houses lets you make more things cute in the future.)) (278) Niet: (Assuming that's legal.) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (compassion channel is denied) (278) Niet: (Temperance and valor channels than. Because 11+dice is more than enough to kill Niet. Sadly.)) (278) Niet: (then*) (278) Niet: [8d10.descending().vs(7)] => [7,6,5,5,5,3,1,1] = (1) (281) Chorus at Midnight: [6d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,8,6,6,3] = (3) for Lightning (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((FUCK YOU.)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: [8d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,8,3,2,2,1,1,1] = (2) for Sabine (267) Sabine: ((Woo)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: Sabine you're up, you have your plus 3 (267) Sabine: ((Yaaaay! +3, -1)) (278) Niet: (Niet adds 3 bonus successes for having witnessed darkness. Adding ten successes to a roll +1 on a horrendous roll makes it manageable. Why do I feel like I'm playing Munchkin?) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (everyone else didn't have to put stuff togetehr not to be one shotted) (267) Sabine: Sabine winces at the strike that hits her... But on the other hand, it isn't bad AND she has the wicked little woman close enough to lash out at! Score! Two telekenetic blades dart out at the woman but fall short intentionally as a third, larger tendril of mental energy and Essence strikes from behind the Abyssal, this one 'shaped' like a snake going at prey. ((TK Clench, spending 5 motes for First Excellency)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: +2 (267) Sabine: [21d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,7,7,7,6,6,5,5,5,5,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,2,1,1,1] = (4) (267) Sabine: ((Fuck you dice, fuck you)) (274) Ceylin: (( Owwww. )) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (Statistics have failed us tonight) (278) Niet: (The trick tonight is that minimzing your dice pools helps boost your chances.) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (You have 2 more attacks) (267) Sabine: ((Hmmmm? No, the initial two were feints/stunts. :P)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: Lightning, Niet (281) Chorus at Midnight: (OH Yeah, Sabine roll temperance) (267) Sabine: [2d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,8] = (2) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (Clearly shadell is right.. roll low as possible) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning jerks violently as she's actually struck by the woman's blade. That just pisses her off though, and she swings a sword up towards the woman from her hip. (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((derp a derp i couldn't think of a stunt)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Actually, fuck, I'm using my excelelncy.)) (278) Niet: Twin writhing tentacles of psychic energy lash out from Niet. The first attempts to encircle the abyssla's throat and lift her up by it, while the second simultaneously moves toward her feet, intending to remove her ability to move. (TK clinch: conviction channel and max second excellency to it. GIVE ME YOUR HOUSE!) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((+7m.)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (ok you know the roll) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [22d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,9,9,7,7,7,6,5,5,5,4,4,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,1,1] = (7) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (threshold of one, LIghtning) (278) Niet: (Stunt? and what's the number you can add with a willpower+occult roll?) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((DAMN HELL YES.)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (Stunt of 2 Niet) (278) Niet: [15d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,9,9,8,8,8,7,6,6,4,3,2,2,1,1] = (7) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (do you do more than six damage with that threshold?) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [7d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,8,8,7,6,4,1] = (4) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (roll three dice Lightning) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [3d10.descending().vs(7)] => [5,3,2] = (0) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((fuckshitcock)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: Also Mocks Niet with the power of perfect Dodge (281) Chorus at Midnight: ((roll again Lightning) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Roll what again?)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (those 3 dice) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [3d10.descending().vs(7)] => [5,3,2] = (0) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((...) (278) Niet: Niet curses John Chung under her breath! How dare people incorporate perfect defenses into their combos, it makes too much sense. (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((What the fuck are the odds of that?)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: clearly the Dice Kami hate Lightning (281) Chorus at Midnight: "PARLAY!"she raises her hands (281) Chorus at Midnight: Ceylin (267) Sabine: ((No Parlay! ****punt the bitch!)) (274) Ceylin: "Fair enough. You won't mind dropping those nasty claws, in that case, will you?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Don't parlay! Kill her!" (274) Ceylin: (( But nobody here is named Paco! )) (278) Niet: (Hah! That's right you better spend willpower to drop that form charm!) (274) Ceylin: "Don't you think she might be able to help us find our way through that maze?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "We can find our way ourselves. I want to see her dead and strung up!" (278) Niet: "We can use her. She's qutie cute." (274) Ceylin: "She's an Abyssal. That's how they get off." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...eurgh." (281) Chorus at Midnight: "We can go at this all night, and while you might kill me. I will take at least 2 of you with me (278) Niet: Niet smiles innocently toward Chorus. Aww, she's just the sweatest little thing. "And you'll still be dead." (274) Ceylin: (( The sweatiest little thing~. )) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((aughh)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((horrible mental images)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: "that's why i want to talk" (278) Niet: (But... The chances of you kiling Lightning and Ceylin and leaving Sabby for Niet to m.... IGNORE ME!) (274) Ceylin: "We're leaving her alive until she pisses us off. Anyone who has a problem with that can take it up with my boot. Now!" She turns to Chorus. "... where's the whore?" (267) Sabine: "... A part of me really, really, really wants to see her dead... But let her speak..." (281) Chorus at Midnight: "in her quarter... " (274) Ceylin: "Take us." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Hoo yeah, four girls? I'll take you any day.)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: "Why do you care/ if you came for her I'll just give her to you" (267) Sabine: ((Nooo, the loli has lolicrabs!)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (are those like fancy crabs?) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "That's not what we told you to do." (267) Sabine: ((Nope)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (are they smaller and more annoying?) (278) Niet: (So, does anyone have any convincing arguments to get one abyssal martial artist into the party and a deathlord ally, or should Niet try hers?) (267) Sabine: ((And they get you thrown in jail)) (267) Sabine: ((Sabine wants to killl her, so no. :) )) (274) Ceylin: (( Ceylin is all up on this. )) (278) Niet: ((This would be worse for her probably.)) (274) Ceylin: "Besides, we might have a job offer for you." Ceylin lights her caste mark and steps forward. "We're here for the Eye's monstrances. We're already going to try pulling one of his servants out of the hands of the Neverborn. Swear fealty to us, and not only will we not dismember you, but we might even try doing the same for you." (281) Chorus at Midnight: (anyway any other reactions or just going iwth lightning's comment) (274) Ceylin: (( Rolling this as a social attack, throwing out First Excellency on it. )) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning fumes silently. (274) Ceylin: (( Charmisa + Presence? )) (278) Niet: "She'll stab us in the back." (274) Ceylin: "Not if we make her an akuma." (274) Ceylin: (( Our way of enslaving you is COMPLETELY different from those other guys! )) (278) Niet: "She has to pray sincerely to the yozis. If she doesn't want it, it won't happen. Besides, I know how we can get a much more useful ally." (278) Niet: "And her." (281) Chorus at Midnight: (+2 sure) (281) Chorus at Midnight: "I am in charge here, Me and the eye didn't ahve any other servants" (274) Ceylin: [15d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,10,8,7,7,6,6,5,5,4,3,3,2,1] = (6) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (more precious willpower down the drain) (267) Sabine: Sabine watches from beside and behind the rest, one telekinetic blade poised behind the woman's skull. (278) Niet: "Anyway! Let us see the concubine. She's cuter than you." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning has her arm wrapped around her wounded... area. (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: "You didn't play your parts!"she says slipping out of the shadows, "What sort of Heroes side with the Villains?" (278) Niet: "The ones who have plans to humiliate them a lot later!" (278) Niet: Niet nods cutely. (281) Chorus at Midnight: *is quite caught off guard by the etherial appearance of the "human" woman* (278) Niet: [1d8] => [4] = (4) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...you duplicitous wench!" (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: (perception plus Performance +2 for Ceylin +3 for Sabine) (274) Ceylin: [8d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,9,7,6,6,5,3,3] = (3) (267) Sabine: [10d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,9,6,6,6,5,4,4,3,2] = (2) (274) Ceylin: "The utilitarian type, I suppose. You would be the courtesan?" (278) Niet: "Yep! That's her... him... it? Eye?" (267) Sabine: Sabine frowns as she watches the woman. ~Sister? Nope. Not without plenty of surgery...~ (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: "NO! I am not that broken little boy... Now execute those hanious things.. (281) Viper: (Sabine Int+lore) (267) Sabine: "Who are you, exactly?" (267) Sabine: [10d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,6,5,4,4,4,3,3,2,2] = (1) (281) Viper: (DICE SUCK TONIGHT) (267) Sabine: ((Weeeeelll... Time to execute the Abyssal for dear old sissy)) (278) Niet: "! PAUSE!" Niet makes an X with both hands. "Can I speak? I know a way we can make everyone happy!" (281) Star of Dirt and Doubt: she pauses and waits (278) Niet: Without waiting for anyone to give her permission, Niet continues. "You want to mess around with Chorus and cause her to suffer. Chorus presumably wants to not die. We want to grow stronger. There's a solution that can make everyone happy. We're making a very special little collar that makes pets very obedient, though it doesn't make them want to be obedient. We just need a few tools to finish it. Now, if we put the collar on Chorus she'll have to do everything we say. So, we'll gain her as an ally, and also get to humiliate her constantly as she journey's with the group. Slowly breaking this arrogance she's developed. At the same time you can come with us and watch. She suffers a lot more than a quick death, and we get two potent allies." (281) Chorus at Midnight: Perception+Awareness all (278) Niet: "Well, one ally and one pet." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [5d10.descending().vs(7)] => [8,7,6,4,2] = (2) (278) Niet: [8d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,9,9,9,8,7,7] = (8) (278) Niet: (Why am I getting only very bad and very good rolls?) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (statistices doesn't work tonight) (267) Sabine: [6d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,6,6,3,3] = (2) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Niet wants us to indulge her disgusting desires. I say we just slit her throat." (274) Ceylin: "... if you want to kill everything, you probably want to work with them, not us." (274) Ceylin: [4d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,8,6,6] = (2) (281) Chorus at Midnight: there's a slight odd scrapping of metal against the ground, its barely noticable with the discussion (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...then maybe I will." (278) Niet: Niet glances at Ceylin. "I'll use any tool to satisfy my ambition. That's by far the most beautiful solution. There's something I wish to do. That which helps me is cute. Regardless of what depths I sink. Well... That and cat-ears, maids, essence cannons, this house..." Niet trails off. (278) Niet: "Oh right! Courtesan! Did you build this wonderful place?" (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: she lets her face slip away revealing the shrivled corpse ghost bneath and the mechanical arm.."Why does Hell Involve itself in my games?" (281) Chorus at Midnight: She's turns to run at this point (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning tackles her! Or... tries. (281) Chorus at Midnight: (dex+martial arts, excellency is applicable (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Then I SHALL USE IT)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((7m.)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: (ok) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: [16d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,8,8,6,6,6,6,6,5,5,4,4,3,2,2,1] = (3) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((...)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((...dammit.)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: You fail (274) Ceylin: (( ... ahahahahah. )) (278) Niet: Niet meets the Eye's eyes, or sockets, whatever. "As I said, there's something I want to do. Someone I want to suffer and something I want to remake. I'll do anything to eliminate that individual. Everyone else here is the same. Anyway, you built this place, right?" (274) Ceylin: (( The dice hate us. )) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning faceplants on the floor. (278) Niet: ((And this is why I like the second excellency.)) (267) Sabine: ((Chorus is trying to run, yes?)) (281) Chorus at Midnight: yep and theres an odd metal scrapping on the floor (267) Sabine: Sabine, annoyedily lashes out with the mental tendrils... Two or them anyway, that scrapping does bother her to hell and back so she leaves one for defensive measures as the other two attempt to grab onto the fleeing Abyssal. (281) Chorus at Midnight: (+2 you know how to roll dice) (267) Sabine: [13d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,9,9,9,8,8,8,7,5,5,5,3] = (9) (281) Chorus at Midnight: You succeed! (267) Sabine: Sabine drags the woman back and grins from ear to ear. "If that's something dangerous, YOU get to be my meat shield if you're not good, got it?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning hauls herself to her feet. (278) Niet: Niet stares at Eye. She seems to be oddly fixated on the did he build it thing. (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "These are who I want to suffer, life time after lifetime.. these are who I wanted to escape, but then I thought you were heroes instead of pawns.." (274) Ceylin: "Oh, spare us the lecture on pawns until sometime when you don't have the voices of dead gods in your head. Where are your monstrances?" (278) Niet: Niet pouts at being called a pawn. "We aren't pawns. We simply want to use whatever tools available to us to make someone else suffer. Even if it means swearing allegience to someone else. You can understand that much right?" (278) Niet: "Anyway! Did you build this mansion. Yes or no?" (267) Sabine: Sabine frowns deeply and shakes her head a few times. "Who the fuck is Genji..?" (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "yes this is my construction, no you don't get to have my toys" (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: and he physiclly recoils at that. (278) Niet: The latter part of the Eye's speach should be cut off as Niet litterally tackles him in a hug. "Marry me!" (274) Ceylin: (( ... oh god, now I'm seeing the Creation forums. "WE, THE DEATHLORDS, SHALL DESTROY THIS WRETCHED EXISTENCE SO THAT WE MAY LEAVE IT." "you're leaving? can i have your stuff?" )) (267) Sabine: ((and thus, the Eye gets Lolicrabs)) (278) Niet: It seems some people simply can't be reational for more than five minutes. (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...disgusting." (267) Sabine: "Stop trying to cuddle Genji, Niet." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: Pain again! (274) Ceylin: Ceylin is noting a pattern. (274) Ceylin: "Genjigenjigenjigenjigenjigenjigenjigenjigenjigenji." She can say it quite loud when she wants. (274) Ceylin: "This is fun, try it." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning snickers gleefully! "Genji? Who's Genji?" (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: He points his arm at ceylin (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: (anyway it looks to all like that's causing him Torment.. but in a half assed fashion) (274) Ceylin: "All you need to do is work with us." (278) Niet: [3d10.descending().vs(7)] => [9,3,1] = (1) (267) Sabine: "Genji, why do I hate this woman so? And why do I know your name, Genji?" the glass Spider asks. (274) Ceylin: (( test. )) (278) Niet: (Past lives. Does that name seem familiar?) (274) Ceylin: Disconnecting from server... (274) Kel (exit): 01:52 (278) Niet: (Or would that be savant?) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Ceylin got the no-messages thing.)) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: (AH) (448) Kel (enter): 01:53 (278) Niet: (Deathlord level attack charms. They knock you off the server.) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: (Autochon's attack charms crash your computer) (278) Niet: (And fill your in-box with spam.) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: (kel can you read us?) (448) Kel: (( Yeah. )) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: anyway use of the name seems to be effecting him much like Torment, but in a halfassed lazier fashion (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: also he's point his death arm Ceylin (278) Niet: Niet wanders toward Ceylin. "Hey! Don't hurt my fiance!" (448) Kel: Ceylin just grins. "Go on, I bet it'll tickle." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: (kel switch colors I demand it) (278) Niet: (Hey that's an arm with a really impressive... name...)) (448) Ceylin: (( Damn menu resetting itself. )) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: (and a rate of 200!) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: ((that's 2000 dice of essence ping!) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: (which tonight would lead to something like 2l) (448) Ceylin: (( Hah. )) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((He'd botch it and his arm would explode.)) (278) Niet: (No! Poor Arbal... Eye!) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: (he'd botch and take the underworld with him) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: he stands up carefully and uses Loli disengaging Prana (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Haha.)) (278) Niet: Niet awws. (278) Niet: She then gives him puppy-dog eyes. "Please marry me?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning shuffles over to Ceylin and murmurs to her. (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: He turns to look over the 4, "You aren't akuma are you?" (278) Niet: "Nope! We're the independent kind of infernals." (448) Ceylin: "Nope. Might make some, but..." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "What are you?" (267) Sabine: "Like her,' Sabine says as she motions to the captured Abyssal, "except better." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning grudgingly shuffles back to her spot. "We're the chosen of the Yozi." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "Oh so the new models then, well then shall we compare? Also one of you pick up Scar before he actually escapes." (448) Ceylin: "I dunno if he's got the right parts to escape... Somebody will need to reattach his spine." (278) Niet: Niet cuddles against Eye again as he talks. (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: *he slips out of Niets fingers and walks over to the battle anyone who follows notices the scraping of metal against stone sound gets louder" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning snarls and shudders. "What is that sound?" (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "That's somone trying to crawl in superheavy plate.." (278) Niet: "Oh! Goody, the puppy didn't die." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: She dashes over to Scar and crouches on his back, her katar just against the back of his neck. (281) Scar of Uproar: *does not appear to be breathing or moving.. though there are scuff marks on the floor where it looks like he was moving* (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "He's loud. Let me kill him." (278) Niet: "But then we can't humiliate him!" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "He has a hole through his torso, I think he's plenty humiliated!" (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: he bends over and says in Scar's ear, "which do you want... to die or go back to the Hole.. " (278) Niet: Nah, he's just breathing impared. That's not embarrassing at all. We haven't put him in a cat-girl/maid costume yet." (281) Scar of Uproar: *doesn't have a hole.. does look like a someone who died from being punched though* (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((HYPERBOLE.)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...he looks dead. How can he be moving?" (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: He picks the body up with his machine arm, "He's faking that's how" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning tumbles off him. (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "now now my guests do you wish to see what can be done to these two when the monstrances are applied?" (278) Niet: "Is it shiny?" (448) Ceylin: "I think that would be a good demonstration..." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Mmm." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: he waves his free hand and stairs form, he starts walking up them (278) Niet: Niet skips merrily after him. (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning follows! (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: He stuffs Scar into large soulsteel box roughly coffin shaped (278) Niet: Niet watches with professional curiousity. (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: Bring up the toehr would you? (267) Sabine: Sabine follows along, carying the other Abyssal happily. (267) Sabine: ((Sorry, neighbour over)) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: He shoves her into another Monstrance, there appear to be 5 in the room (278) Niet: Niet examines the monstrances closely. (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: one appears to have something in it (278) Niet: Niet peers into the one with something in it. (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: there's also a significant portion of half finished artifacts just laying around (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning looks around at some of the artifacts. (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: weapons, torture devices (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((sex toys)) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: Niet can't see anything with her normal sight but when she uses her charms its an exalted shard (278) Niet: "How cute!" ** (278) Niet looks around the room at the other largely unfinished stuff, searching for something that could be useable on the collars. ** (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "But i was going to show you how this works with a simplie application of Necrotic essence.. they suffer down to their very souls...."he rubs his hand over one of the it shakes , I record their screams elsewhere" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...why would you record them?" (278) Niet: "Music of course." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "You two are perfect for each other." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: He pauses and looks Lightning over, "Adorjan right?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "...yes. How did you know?" (278) Niet: Niet blushes at the compliment. (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "the only one in Hell who might have a problem with the noise of suffering.. so tell me how do things compare? Do you each have something like this?" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: Lightning mutters. "If you do it right they won't have time to suffer." (278) Niet: "We have a person." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "Suffering is its own purpose. Death means little here" (278) Niet: "Lillun is connected to all the Exaltations, so they return to her when we die." (278) Niet: "It's a very cute system." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "What sort of stick do they place to keep you on your paths?" (278) Niet: "We have demons inside our heads. They send the exaltations out through them." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "That's all? they must almos want you to slip off.."he turns quickly back to them, "So I assume famine failed.. how far north did he get?" (278) Niet: Agharta. (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "never heard of it... must be one of the Hundred kingdoms. You'd think he'd have been able to at least get them to Halta without a problem..." (278) Niet: Undergound city. He ended up in a fight with some warstriders. (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "You want him then or the other part?" (448) Ceylin: "What other part?" (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: He walks over to one of the Monstrances, "this part" (448) Ceylin: "Yeah. We've got him. We want that thing." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "amd what are you offering to me?" (278) Niet: "Me?" (278) Niet: "Really we want a more long term alliance. Wouldn't serving the humiliation of being a pet a good way to make her suffer?" (278) Niet: "And you could get some fresh air, travel with your lovable fiancee..." (448) Ceylin: "We already punched a hole in one of your guys, and knowing how you seem to get your jollies, I'm sure that was a rare treat. Hell, I'll let Lightning here tell you a nice little description of it, and I'm sure she enjoys that stuff. We're going to beat the Mask's head in, and cause untold suffering to people who are probable the reincarnations of folks you don't like. What more do you need?" (448) Ceylin: (( Call now and I'll throw in a second beating, absolutely free! )) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((I broke your stupid abyssal, moron!)) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Oh yes, it was glorious. The way her fist tore into him... the spurt of blood..." (278) Niet: (Eye: I'm curious.... *Shoves Niet into a monstrance to see what happens.*) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: ((*reads Holden's comments knows what that does*) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "UNfortunately that would violate certain strictures my Masters have placed in the path" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Too bad. You won't get to lick blood off of Ceylin's stomach." (448) Ceylin: "Last guy who tried that lost his tongue." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "I knew your skin was covered in acid." (278) Niet: (Someone tried that before? Well.. It is Malfeas.) (278) Niet: "Oh, so come with us as we make your minions into cute little pets." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "My nature makes me completely incapable of helping you destroy another like me its a safety feature of our existance" (278) Niet: "You don't have to help us directly against him." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: He walks over to a table and picks up a large gem, "do you know what this is?" (278) Niet: [10d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,8,8,8,7,6,6,5,5,5] = (5) (278) Niet: (Int+lore or occult. Do i?) (278) Niet: "Adamant. With soulsteel prongs." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "So its not from there, how odd" (278) Niet: "What is it?" (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "It is from beyond creation, I thought it might be related to your little setup but no, and its not Rakshan" (278) Niet: [10d10.descending().vs(7)] => [10,10,10,8,8,7,6,4,2,1] = (6) (278) Niet: (What's that autochonan you speak of?) (448) Ceylin: Ceylin shrugs. "So some... Wyld thing. There's lots of stuff out there." (278) Niet: "He just said it isn't from there." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Does it matter?" (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "No, I am just making conversation, where were we? Oh yes you wish me to betray my Masters and while I am open to this as we are at a bit of a disagreement currently" (278) Niet: "You can have Sabby too!" (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: (ah Niet having successfully developed a stragety by which most people would probably let her cast sorerey infront of them without paying attention) (278) Niet: (Heh.) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((It's 3:30! ;_;)) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "I wsh to be beyond their reach without a reduction in the quality I am accustomed to.. if you can do that I will give you what you want" (278) Niet: "I see. Surely the living ones must hold more power than the dead. And they're more diverse." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "Then it shouldn't be hard for you to aquire then." (278) Niet: "You're asking for a lot. Would you mind lending us a few materials in the interim while we attempt to complete your request?" (278) Niet: (Neverborn: PLEASE TAKE HIM!)) (267) Sabine: ((*grrrs* FINALLY)) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "that depends on what you wish?" (278) Niet: "I mentioned the collar. It requires a number of exotic materials, many of which I still need to acquire. I'm sure one with as diverse a collection as yourself would have perfectly cute ingredients we could use." (278) Niet: (I think people are dead.) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: he waves his mechanical hand dismissively, "I give you free access to the bayou find what you need there" (278) Niet: "And you think it will have everything we'd need?" (267) Sabine: ((What'd I miss? ;-; )) (278) Niet: (Eye quit as a deathlord and wants to join the green team.) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "its where I Grow what I need" (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Lightning defected to the Abyssals.)) (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: (lightning can't defect that would require her being a team player) (278) Niet: "OK!" (267) Sabine: ((So nothing unexpected then. :) )) (278) Niet: "We get you to join the green team. You let us have access to your minions, travel with us, and marry me!" (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "no, no more teams, no more service." (275) Lightning Without Thunder: "Leave him alone. Gods, you're like one of those little yapping dogs." (278) Niet: "Our bosses aren't as insane." (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "I wish freedom, and the life and power that was denied me. that is what I demand for giving up my toys if you can achieve it you can have them" (278) Niet: "Well, we'll see what we can manage. I'll make it so the only bond you have is one of husband and wife!" (281) The Eye and Seven Despairs: "Well off with you then" (278) Niet: (Are people still awake?) (275) Lightning Without Thunder: ((Barely.)) (278) Niet: (Break here?) (278) Niet: (I'm about to pass out. Exp?) (267) Sabine: ((*is still awake, sadly*)) (278) Niet: (After saying that I bet I wont' fall asleep for a while.) (448) Ceylin: (( Technically. )) (281) Lian: its the 5 session and about the right time for it that and you did fight your first combo using Celestials. so 10 (275) Lightning Without Thunder: are you insane (278) Niet: Question not the gm when it rules in your favor. (278) Niet: This is the wisdom of ages handed down from our noble ancestors. (281) Lian: 273 Story awards (278) Shadell: ? (281) Lian: that woudl be the pertinant point here (278) Shadell: Ah. (278) Shadell: Coolness. (281) Lian: every 3 to 8 sessions is the suggested time so 5 is about in the middle (281) Lian: and you survived .5 on the chung scale
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