Dawn of the Third Age/IC Logs/Session 12
Session Start (Anshu:#Celestialdeliberative): Sun Nov 14 11:18:56 2010 -0700
Inkwell: "So... I've been doing some experimentation recently. The results were... disturbing. I thought I should let everyone know. This could be... relevant."
[11:21] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Is that so?" Nomoe raises an eyebrow. "What sort of experiments?" His expression is one of only mild curiosity, but knowing what sort of things Viridian Inkwell is aiming to achieve he is unsettled, as Bright Snow would notice.
[11:22] <Inkwell> "For some time now, I have been performing an in-depth examination of my altered Exaltation, insofar as that was possible."
[11:24] <Inkwell> "I wanted to find out its limitations, and to see how far it could be stretched. In this I met with some success."
[11:24] * Inkwell activates Emerald Angel Unfurling, opening up a brilliant set of emerald wings that sweep to their full extent and then vanish.
[11:25] <Inkwell> Essence sight reveals the protective shield that still surrounds Inkwell.
[11:25] <Inkwell> "I was able to invent a Charm that draws on the powers of two separate Yozis, unique to the Green Sun Princes and not usable by either Malfeas or She Who Lives in Her Name."
[11:26] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen's burning green eyes widened. "How was that possible? How'd you manage that?!"
[11:26] * Nomoe_Hideaki narrows his eyes as he examines the Charm in various spectra, though without completely understanding
[11:27] <Inkwell> "Once I actually considered that it was possible, creating the Charm was actually not that difficult. Of course, Malfeas would doubtless consider the very notion of combined Yozi power heretical."
[11:27] <Inkwell> "However, it isn't that that disturbed me, amazing as it is."
[11:27] <Inkwell> "It's what I discovered while I was performing the necessary testing. It appears that..."
[11:27] * Inkwell looks unhappy as he tries to phrase it.
[11:28] <Inkwell> "...it appears that the Green Sun Exaltation has been sabotaged."
[11:28] <Brazen_Sand> "WHAT?!" Brazen roared
[11:28] * Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby just simply watches, it all peculiar beyond understanding to her.
[11:28] <Inkwell> "I had expected our lifespans to be equal to that of the Solars whose Exaltations are our baseline. But... it isn't."
[11:29] <Inkwell> "It's likely we'll live even shorter lives than a Terrestrial, as the power overloading our Exaltation burns us out."
[11:29] * Nomoe_Hideaki smiles thinly. "It shouldn't come as that much of a surprise, considering that the Ebon Dragon was involved."
[11:29] <Brazen_Sand> "Oh, that's it?" Brazen said
[11:29] <Brazen_Sand> He snorted disdainfully. "Not a problem."
[11:29] <Bright_Snow> "Not so loud Brazen", Snow says stifling a yawn /* Metaphysics of the chosen, well at least when they are not her own, bore her */
[11:29] <Inkwell> "...I'll never have the time to help them now."
[11:30] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen turned and frowned at Inkwell. "How can you say that? How can you give it up, just because of a limit someone ELSE set on you?!"
[11:30] * Inkwell frowns.
[11:31] <Inkwell> "I haven't given up. I just... this is going to change everything. I thought I'd have as much time as I needed to finish everything that needed to be done."
[11:31] <Brazen_Sand> "YOU ARE AN EXALTED, ONE WHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY INSANE MONSTERS, BUT AN EXALT NONETHELESS!"
[11:31] <Inkwell> "I guess now I'll have to hurry."
[11:32] * Inkwell clenches his fists.
[11:32] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen just gave his usual cocky smirk, somehow smiling with his monstrous visage
[11:32] <Brazen_Sand> "I have found another way. Do you think I spent those 8 years out from under the Yozis thumb doing nothing?"
[11:32] <Inkwell> "Fine! If that's what it takes, I'll do it. I designed Charms that were supposed to be impossible, after all."
[11:33] <Brazen_Sand> "There exists within us the potential to be more then human, more then an Exalted. Something more then anyone can ever imagine, if you have the balls to take it!"
[11:33] * Nomoe_Hideaki sighs. */He has some insane plan about turning the yozi's into better persons ... well, entities. I thought it harmless for the moment, but if he'll actually start doing experiments now .../ Nomoe is not happy with this development*
[11:34] <Inkwell> "I'd always considered the possibility of Primordial evolution... maybe these new Charm technologies make it more relevant."
[11:35] <Inkwell> "If we develop additional multi-Primordial branches of magic, our potential is no longer constrained by existing Yozi models.
[11:35] <Brazen_Sand> "We can break the chains that hold us, if we gather enough power, we can define ourselves, become greater then any Titan, any Incarnae."
[11:36] <Inkwell> "When you put it like that, it does sound rather attractive. Especially if I don't have to become a vast empty desert."
[11:37] <Brazen_Sand> "You can't let yourself be brought down because of chains that someone else would put upon you, just to make themselves think they're better then you. Not even the Yozis can defy your inner being."
[11:38] * Nomoe_Hideaki shrugs. "There is no potential greater than that of Exaltation," he points out.
[11:38] <Inkwell> "It's settled, then."
[11:38] <Inkwell> "Actually, this could be of benefit to you, Deliberator Nomoe."
[11:39] <Inkwell> "This knowledge will be a powerful bargaining tool against the Princes who still work for the Reclamation."
[11:39] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Whatever you do, you'll not exceed that. Not on principle anyway."
[11:40] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen just sniffed dismissively. "leave that to philosophers, I'm not interested in that shit."
[11:40] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Oh yes, breaking the chains and all that does sound nice. However have you developed the particulars yet? Ascertained even the theoretical possibility?"
[11:41] <Brazen_Sand> "Yes."
[11:41] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "It will require more than just shouting and banging your chest to achieve."
[11:41] <Inkwell> "I really simply meant that you could reveal the Ebon Dragon's treachery, leaving the Princes with few reasons to continue working under him."
[11:41] <Brazen_Sand> "It's been effective so far!"
[11:42] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "If it is possible at all." Nomoe speaks to Viridian Inkwell rather than Brazen Sand.
[11:42] * Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby can't help it. She chuckles at Nomoe's comment and gives Brazen an apologetic look.
[11:42] <Inkwell> "It looks like I'll be performing more experimentation," says Inkwell, who now sounds cheerful again.
[11:43] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "On yourself? Or will you require ... test subjects," Nomoe inquires.
[11:44] <Inkwell> "I'll use Brazen. He'll live."
[11:44] <Brazen_Sand> "HEY!"
[11:44] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Hah."
[11:44] <Inkwell> "Come 'ere, you. I just want to slip the chains of mortality off you... it'll be fun!"
[11:44] * Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby stiffens. "Y, you can't experiment on him."
[11:45] <Inkwell> "Sure I can. Okay, Brazen, I need you to imagine that you're an endless desert and a transfractal demon city, at the same time. Let me know if your brain starts to hurt; that means it's working."
[11:45] <Brazen_Sand> "NOT UNLESS I AGREE TO IT!" Brazen makes as if he's going to step on Inkwell
[11:46] <Inkwell> "Fine. More cosmic power for me."
[11:46] * Inkwell hovers across the room, dodging Brazen's foot.
[11:46] <Inkwell> "Just let me know if you want any."
[11:46] <Brazen_Sand> "HEY, YOU CAN'T KEEP IT FROM ME!" He roared
[11:46] * Nomoe_Hideaki considers leaving the two to their ... play. Manses have been known to explode where Exalted 'experiment'.
[11:47] * Brazen_Sand chases Inkwell.
[11:47] <Brazen_Sand> his footsteps shaking the ground around them
[11:47] * Inkwell flees. Ascendant Objectivity Stance!
[11:47] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "I think I'll leave them to work out their ... excess energy," Nomoe sighs.
[11:48] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> "Yes, I think... that might be best."
[11:51] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Yes, probably. That sort of thing is something private besides. It would be impolite to intrude."
[11:55] <Nomoe_Hideaki> His tone is serious, without a trace of irony. Without any that might be easily perceived anyway.
[11:55] <Brazen_Sand> "I HEARD THAT!" Brazen's voice carried out of the room as they left.'
[11:57] <~Anshu> As Nomoe and Ruby walk out of the Malfean Embassy, a mortal military courier approaches them and bows. "Pardon me, Deliberator, but I have an urgent message for General Noldarr. Do you know where I might find him?"
[11:59] * Bright_Snow follows a short distance behind, having resumed dressing as a courier.
[12:00] <Bright_Snow> Glancing towards the courier, she blinks in the bright sunlight. /* Do you plan on answering him? */
[12:02] * Nomoe_Hideaki stops, turning the crushing force of his attention on the courier. "What is so important that you'd bother a Deliberator?"
[12:02] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Asking directions, no less."
[12:02] * Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby blinks at Nomoe and perhaps takes a step back.
[12:04] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> "General Noldaar is likely in his room. Perhaps we can take it too him?"
[12:06] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "What is your name and rank, mortal?"
[12:08] <~Anshu> The mortal wilts beneath Nomoe's gaze. "A thousand apologies, Deliberator. But you are widely known to be one of his close associates, and it is very urgent. The general is needed in the East; one of Ma-Ha-Suchi's hordes has taken a small city, and the Deliberative wishes them driven out before their atrocities go on too long."
[12:10] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> "That certainly sounds like trouble. We shall tell General Noldaar... some of us will." She glances once more to Nomoe.
[12:11] <Brazen_Sand> "DID SOMEBODY SAY THAT THEY NEEDED A HERO!?" a voice shouts eagerly from inside Inkwell's manse
[12:11] <~Anshu> "I am Fanglord Taru, Your Excellency."
[12:12] * Bright_Snow grimaces briefly, hiding the reaction as quickly as she can. /* Her thoughts are a jumble, though none coherent enough to pick out they snap past so quickly / the mixture of emotion is no less quick. Only settling in a bemused meloncholy as Brazen yells out */
[12:14] <Nomoe_Hideaki> After the mortal states his name Nomoe looks upon the mortal for a number of very uncomfortable seconds. Then he makes a small gesture, magnanimously waving away the issue of the man's disrespect. "I have not seen the General in several days and I do not pry into my peers private business."
[12:15] <Nomoe_Hideaki> His voice becomes stern again. "In the future, Fanglord Taru, I suggest you re-acquaint yourself with the protocol. Wait until spoken to or address a servant of the Deliberator you desire an audience with."
[12:15] <Brazen_Sand> "HEY, GIVE THE GUY A BREAK."
[12:17] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Then the Deliberator continues on his way.
[12:18] <~Anshu> "Yes, Your Excellency," Taru stammers
[12:18] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen rushed out of the manse in all his Infernal glory, then came to a stop in front of the messenger and leaned down until he looked the man in the eye, his entire face was at least as large as the man's torso
[12:18] <Brazen_Sand> "I'LL DO IT!" He offered eagerly
[12:19] <Inkwell> "What's all this?" asks Inkwell, flying out behind the great beast.
[12:21] <~Anshu> Taru, if anything, looks even more intimidated. "Ah... you will, Your Excellency?"
[12:22] <Brazen_Sand> "YEAH...WHAT IS IT?"
[12:22] * Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby looks between Nomoe, Snow, and then the two Infernals and sighs.
[12:24] <~Anshu> Taru repeats the message.
[12:24] <Inkwell> "Ah, well, clearly we must take action."
[12:25] <Brazen_Sand> "THAT GUY SOUNDS LIKE AN ASSHOLE. I'LL CRUSH HIM INTO PASTE. TELL ZIYAD WE'LL TALK ABOUT FAVORS AFTERWARDS."
[12:27] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *a mental sigh /Disappointing incompetence in one serving in a position of honor./* Nomoe briefly considers remedial training courses and charm-powered teaching devices before the opened bond communication closes again.
[12:27] <~Anshu> "I will pass it along to my superiors," Taru says, and gives them the name and general location of the problem area before hurrying off the way he came.
[12:28] <Brazen_Sand> "HEY GUYS, WE'RE GOING TO GO STOMP THIS MA-HA-SUCHI GUY'S MUDHOLE FLAT. YOU WANT TO COME?"
[12:28] <Brazen_Sand> brazen said to the others.
[12:29] <Inkwell> "The best form of experimentation is practical experience," thinks Inkwell.
[12:29] <Bright_Snow> Continuing her silence, Snow watches Brazen. interaction with the courier with amusement. /* While protocol is nice, sometimes circumstances are important enough to forget it. This may well be one these times. / Mild disapproval / Also every Deliberator seems to require a different approach, the job can be remarkably stressful. */
[12:31] <Bright_Snow> Discreetly and without letting the Courier see, Snow nods in response to Brazen's question.
[12:39] <Nomoe_Hideaki> �ACTION seemingly idly considers the garden landscape. *deference to her experience /I do not doubt it is a difficult duty./ though if it is too much for the Fanglord he should have the courage to excuse himself, Nomoe seems to think /And yes, on the battlefield, in a situation of immediate and dire crisis it might be different, but here and now? Considering the distances involved there's no reason
[12:39] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Considering the distances involved there's no reason not to take a minute or two to mind the proprieties/*
[12:41] <Nomoe_Hideaki> This seems to be a stance that has been beaten into Nomoe from an early age, his adherence to it is automatic and deeply rooted.
[12:47] * Bright_Snow shrugs. /* You may have come off as a little harsh to those of used to less formal social graces. / Acceptance / But should possibly be obvious. */ She gestures to their companions, discreetly.
[12:52] * Nomoe_Hideaki bows slightly, whether to the little god of the peach tree or in his thoughts to Bright Snow is not immediately obvious. */Naturally. The Infernals' opinions do not concern me overly much, though. And to the Autochthonian Ambassador has in the course of my negotiations with Estasia a manual of etiquette been made available./*
[12:54] *** Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby has quit IRC: Disintegrated:
[12:55] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Unspoken remains that Bright Snow's understanding does matter to him. Returning to the group now that the courier is out of sight Nomoe frowns. "Naturally the Slayer craves attention and violence, it's not surprising."
[12:55] <Brazen_Sand> "AT LEAST I WANT TO ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE!" He points out
[12:56] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "You don't want to help people, you want the attention, the opportunity to engage in violence in a slightly more acceptable context, and derive political advantage therefrom," Nomoe points out.
[12:57] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen turns to Nomoe and stares down at him, actually serious. "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT, NOMOE. YOU DON'T GET TO DEFINE ME JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THEN ME."
[13:00] <Inkwell> "I want to help," says Inkwell. "I think we should skin Ma-Ha-Suchi and wear him as a hat."
[13:00] <Inkwell> "I feel concern about his armies, though. They're arguably victims just as much as the people he's slaughtered."
[13:01] * Nomoe_Hideaki spreads his hands as if weighing something intangible. "I have seen you display a number of faults and few enough virtues. How I see you is in your hands to define and if you have not been doing a very good job of it, then that too is your failure."
[13:01] <Brazen_Sand> "THE PEOPLE BEING SLAUGHTERED AREN'T SLAUGHTERING OTHER PEOPLE."
[13:01] <Bright_Snow> Up until now Snow has looked undecided about the entire situation /* conflicting emotions fill the bond */. But at Inkwell's suggestion she turns and gives him a disturbing glare.
[13:02] <Brazen_Sand> "DOUBT ME ALL YOU WANT, BUT THE FACT IS THAT I'M LEAVING TO SAVE THOSE PEOPLE, WHATEVER THE REASON."
[13:03] <Inkwell> "I think we're going to need you, Deliberator. I won't be able to talk him out of wholesale destruction without your help."
[13:03] * Inkwell smiles placidly.
[13:03] <Bright_Snow> "He was a great man, once. Skinning him will not be acceptable Ambassador."
[13:03] <Bright_Snow> Her tone brooks no argument.
[13:04] <Inkwell> "I'm not sure I'll be able to keep that in mind, in the heat of the moment, without some sort of mighty negotiator to chastise me."
[13:05] <Brazen_Sand> "WHAT HE WAS ONCE DOESN'T MATTER. HE HAS TO BE STOPPED."
[13:05] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Another courier approaches, this one doesn't approach the various Celestial Exalts but hands a scroll to one of Nomoe's servants who then hands it to the Deliberator. Opening it Nomoe reads it quickly.
[13:06] <Inkwell> "Don't go playing pass-the-sesseljae! Just give it to us!"
[13:06] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "That message was for me, Ambassador, not for you," Nomoe states evenly. "However I'll share, if you so badly want it." He smiles thinly.
[13:07] * Inkwell unrolls the scroll with his mind and reads it, since you offered.
[13:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "The Deliberative seems to have asked General Noldarr to intervene. And if he doesn't manage to contain Ma-Ha-Suchi then it will fall on Denandsor to defend their territories."
[13:09] * Nomoe_Hideaki shrugs lightly. "Consider their opinion if you are tempted to engage in slaughter on a grand scale."
[13:10] <Inkwell> "Disgusting. Even his victims become his weapons."
[13:11] <Brazen_Sand> "EXPLAIN!" Brazen snapped
[13:11] <Bright_Snow> Hesistanting, even after the courier has left earshot, Snow looks pained. "Alas though Brazen I fear you are correct, someone must stop him and Noldarr is absent."
[13:11] <Inkwell> "Ma-Ha-Suchi is moving westward towards Denandsor, expanding his beast army as he does so, probably through some form of sexual magic. Ew. He's proving hard to pin down."
[13:12] <Inkwell> "We should take action before it's too late."
[13:13] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen stays silent as he processes what was said. Then when the implications of what he's heard are finally understood, he takes wing without a word in the direction of the East.
[13:13] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "It's not like General Noldarr to be remiss in his duties or to ignore such ... practices as Ma-Ha-Suchi employs. I'd consider it likely that he is preparing a devastating first strike - any intervention from you would only disturb his battle plans."
[13:14] <Inkwell> "Oh, gods," says Inkwell. "Catch up with us later, all right?"
[13:15] * Inkwell flies off to catch Brazen, seating himself comfortably on the devil-beast's shoulder.
[13:17] * Nomoe_Hideaki sighs. "I had better have an Infallible Messenger sent to General Noldarr to apprise him of the likely disturbance to come."
[13:19] <Nomoe_Hideaki> With a quick letter and a few instructions to one of his servants that is easily done.
[13:21] * Bright_Snow nods to Inkwell as he leaves and turns to Nomoe looking thoughtful.
[13:25] <~Anshu> A reply comes quickly from one of Noldarr's officers: "Thank you for the information, Deliberator Nomoe. The General will alter his plans to take it into account."
[13:25] <Inkwell> "Okay, Brazen. Now all we have to do is save the day, and everyone will love us. It'll be great."
[13:26] <Brazen_Sand> "DAMN RIGHT."
[13:28] * Nomoe_Hideaki nods, satified. "Well, that's two less things to worry about. General Noldarr seems to have plans drawn up already and is now forewarned about the Infernal factor as well."
[13:29] <Bright_Snow> "So what do you intend to do while this is going on then?" She asks somewhat cautiously.
[13:31] <Bright_Snow> * /* Her emotions are tightly guarded, the bond transmitting very little for once */
[13:34] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Without an extraordinarily good reason to interfere with General Noldarr's mandate or to unlawfully intervene in a peer's territory? Preparing for the Deliberative session that is sure to follow closely now to further discuss this and other matters."
[13:34] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *and to unlawfully ...
[13:37] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *Both Ma-Ha-Suchi's aims and methods disgust Hideaki, but there is no basis or immediate reason for action on his part. /General Noldarr and the legions of the Deliberative will deal with the matter soon enough./*
[13:39] <Bright_Snow> "I would have thought leaving the two Infernal's unsupervised would have concerned you more." She starts removing her backpack, pulling out Triumph. "I on the otherhand feel that perhaps some Lunar oversight is necessary, Ma-Ha-Suchi is if not well liked, then is well respected by the Chosen of the Argent Madonna."
[13:41] <Bright_Snow> "And even if his methods are appalling, and their are few enough of us that would agree with them, I would hate to see anyone do anything that might anger the rest of us. He is still a hero to some of us." /* Strongly implyed that should have had the past tense, at least in her case */
[13:42] <Bright_Snow> She unpacks Triumph, waking him from his dozing with a pat as she folds him out. With a click the swiftrider is assembled. "I'll see you another time, Hideaki-san."
[13:43] * Nomoe_Hideaki tilts his head slightly. "So you will provide that oversight? For the benefit of both the aggressor and the Infernals, as well as relations between the latter and Lunar society?"
[13:44] <Bright_Snow> Mounting she puts on her goggles and gives him one last look before riding off. "That was the plan. I've never been out that way, so maybe I'll stay and have a look around after." Turning away she looks ahead and mutters something to the Swift Rider before accelerating away.
[13:46] <Nomoe_Hideaki> */That is a good reason, if none that I could have seen./* Nomoe Hideaki bows as the Lunar prepares to depart. */See you again some other time, Bright Snow./*
[13:49] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Then he departs the scene himself, in his mind already preparing the paperwork that will need filing to provide for himself an observer mandate from the Deliberative as well as the intricate maneuvers that might turn that into future political capital.
[14:14] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Near evening, many hours flight out over the Inner Sea, the two Infernal flying under their own power and the Lunar flying on her vehicle and friend note an air ship slowly catching up.
[14:14] <Nomoe_Hideaki> An air ship with Deliberative insignia, apparently heading in exactly the same direction as they.
[14:15] <Inkwell> "Stupid airships! Why don't we have an airship?"
[14:15] <Brazen_Sand> "DON'T NEED ONE."
[14:19] <~Anshu> You cross the Inland Sea, all meeting somewhere in the middle and flying the rest of the way together on Nomoe's airship. The horde that concerns you has been following the Grey River, and have taken a city less than 500 miles southwest of Denandsor named Nylathin.
[14:21] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen landed on the ground heavily enough to shake the pebbles on the ground anywhere remotely near him.
[14:22] <~Anshu> Scouts and divinations report that much of the city's population is still present.
[14:23] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Oh, this is a surprise!" Nomoe greets Bright Snow and the others as they come aboard. "You are traveling in the same direction? It seems that the Deliberative in its ineffable wisdom," he smiles ironically, "has decided to bestow upon me a mandate as observer in the war-like conflict around Nylathin."
[14:26] <Inkwell> "What an unexpected delight."
[14:27] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "It was a surprise to be sure and sudden, but who am I to take issue with my duties to the Deliberative?" *amused insincerety* "In any case I'll be happy to provide more comfortable accomodations at least part of the way."
[14:27] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen just sniffed hard enough for flames to burst out of his nostrils
[14:28] * Bright_Snow blinks, letting a little confusion show on her face before sporting a shy smile. /* And how much influence did it cost you to get named such then, Deliberator Nomoe? / Amusement and affection */
[14:30] <Nomoe_Hideaki> "Naturally I will not be responsible for anything you might decide to do, though I might counsel you," he looks at the Infernals at this, "if your actions might have unfortunate consequences." He shrugs. "And obviously I will not act in a military capacity myself, unless it is in self-defense."
[14:34] <Nomoe_Hideaki> */I'll decline to answer this question on the grounds that I may incriminate myself/* Nomoe Hideaki bows deeply, hiding a smile.
[14:37] <Nomoe_Hideaki> After arriving at the warzone: Letting white-feathered wings sprout from the back of his haori Nomoe Hideaki takes to the air, hovering high up to overlook the area while the air ship returns to an even greater distance from any possible battles.
[14:40] <Nomoe_Hideaki> He circles in a growing spiral, keeping an eye on Bright Snow as well as the Infernals even while he works to ascertain the precise situation below.
[14:42] <~Anshu> There is a frenzy - one might even say an orgy - of violence going on below, concentrated in the city's central square. Screams and tortured moans rise to Nomoe's ears, and his Essence sight picks out definite traces of Lunar fertility magic at work.
[14:49] <Nomoe_Hideaki> The bond is almost painfully tightly controlled on Nomoe's side, squeezed to let through only discrete quanta of information. */Upon reconsideration I am not unhappy to have brough the two wildcards along./*
[14:49] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *brought
[14:50] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen also saw the rape and slaughter going on on the ground, although he saw it from on the ground.
[14:50] <Brazen_Sand> With a roar of fury, he barrelled towards the scene on all fours
[14:51] <Inkwell> "Upon consideration, I have decided to mimic Brazen's reaction, in a controlled fashion."
[14:52] * Nomoe_Hideaki continues to circle, looking for leaders and essence channelers in particular
[14:52] * Bright_Snow nods. "I may have to use my True Shape for this encounter, it is much more relevant for once. It is ashame such events make it necessary, I would have prefered happy times to show it."
[14:53] * Inkwell claps his palms together. True shape? Whatever.
[14:53] <Inkwell> "Heuristic."
[14:53] <Inkwell> "Logos."
[14:53] <Inkwell> "Shintai!"
[14:53] * Inkwell fades into an explosive galaxy of spheres and starbursts.
[14:54] <Inkwell> Senses you didn't know you had go "ping" as Yozi Essence lights up the area.
[14:54] <Inkwell> The Loom of Fate goes "Ping!"
[14:54] <Bright_Snow> She changes even as she talks, her tan fading into pale skin, the silvery tattoos barely showing up against them, the colour nearly but not quite the same.
[14:54] <Inkwell> Alarms bells begin to chime in the control rooms of the Sword of Creation.
[14:55] <~Anshu> Nomoe spots one hulking brute at the center of the orgy, the locus of the Lunar magic affecting his followers. As nealy as the Solar can tell from his spot in the sky, the figure matches the description of Ma-Ha-Suchi exactly.
[14:56] <Bright_Snow> The colour fades from her hair, as her face renders shock on her somewhat proud features at Inkwell's sudden change.
[14:56] <Inkwell> "I cannot describe how good this feels," says a voice from the center of the constellation, crystalline but somehow deeper than Inkwell's normal tone.
[14:56] * Inkwell activates So Speaks Malfeas and Rage-Stoked Inferno Soul.
[14:57] * Inkwell Joins Battle!
[14:57] <Nomoe_Hideaki> From his position high in the sky more words squeezed dry of emotion cross the distance to Bright Snow. */Ma-Ha-Suchi. Position: <image: relative position>. I am not responsible for what happens to this information or how it is used./*
[14:58] <Inkwell> "Shall I carry you with me? Possibly I can toss you into the fray if Ma-Ha-Suchi appears."
[14:59] * Bright_Snow nods to Inkwell, still slightly stunned at the transformation. "I know his location. Shall we go and visit?"
[14:59] <Inkwell> "I would be gratified to do so."
[14:59] <~Anshu> The brute looks up as Inkwell's blasphemous magic takes hold, pausing over his latest victim.
[14:59] <Bright_Snow> Glancing over to Brazen she yells out "Brazen, do you wish to talk to the leader of this band? If so follow us!"
[15:00] * Inkwell gently lifts the Lunar up into one of his spheres and sets off in the direction she points.
[15:01] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen looked at the scene of terror around him...and he wanted, so wanted to tear the instigator's head off, tear him limb from limb and hear him weep and beg for mercy while Brazen tasted his hot blood on his seven tongues while the world screamed in terror and his million souls marched on the world that have been his BY RIGHT...he shook his head and regained his sense of self
[15:02] <Brazen_Sand> "I...I CAN'T. I SEE A SCENE IN FRONT OF ME OF SUCH ANGUISH, AND MY SOUL TELLS ME THAT I CANNOT LET IT GO UNANSWERED. I'LL JOIN YOU AGAINST THE LEADER IF TIME PERMITS, FOR NOW, I MUST SAVE THESE PEOPLE!"
[15:06] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen smashed straight THROUGH a house, the walls blasting out of his path as if they were made of paper, to come to a skidding halt in front of a goat-wolf-man engaged in some manner of atrocity. He stopped to try and process the nightmarish growling monster in front of him...then the world turned hot and green and he didn't know anything anymore
[15:08] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen's mouth opened and instead of sound, bright lines of razor'd green essence shot out and neatly sliced off it's head. Brazen didn't bother to move upright and started looking for more of the horde to dismember without a glance at the beastman's victim
