Forgotten Freedom:95
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Terra: Ok, we're being watched by no less than four people in one way or another. You're slacking off.
OOKaizer: I'm working on it, ok!
Maddie: Who are you, male, and where did you come from?!
Lisa: This is our entity.
Maddie: :confused: Say what now?
OOKaizer does his impression of Jeanie (from I Dream of Jeanie). Not a very good one, but you get the idea.
Maddie: *cheerfully* How wonderful of you to join u-hey! What the hell?!!
OOKaizer: :D :P
Lisa: Don't think about it too hard.
Kithle - A Camp they say, it'll be fun they say, Geuss who gets to set it up? Me of course. Roosevelt no splinters in the bunks,
save it for the bathrooms. Bunks get the drop pits. Ketler the mines go in the lake. Squishy the concession stand is next to the field, Chalky go stalk
squishy over there. Norbaz!, Where is Norbaz?
Satnak - ... Am I ready?
... Can I ask this of her?
... What will I do if she says no?
.. Wait a minute I'm angsting again.
OOC: Ok, this is the end of it.
OOKaizer: :rolleyes: Finally.
OORei: :mad:
The group stands around Tyranthraxus's corpse.
Volrath: So...what now?
Nalfein: Well, if he has this castle, he must have some treasure around here somewhere...
He walks over to a wall and starts to look for a switch, but when he touches the wall, he goes through it.
Volrath: (running to the wall) Nalfein?
No response.
Volrath: (starts walking through the wall) Are you alrigh-
He stops in mid-sentence as he sees a massive hoard of items both magical and non-magical, and huge piles of every type of coin.
Nalfein: :drool:
Volrath: :OMG!
Pholly: (walking in) ... HOLY CRAP!
Nalfein & Volrath: MINE! NO, MINE! GET YOUR GRUBBY HANDS OFF THAT! MINE! MI-
Cuddles: STOP IT!
Cuddles: Play nice you two.
Volrath: Anyway, since there is so much here, only take the important stu-Muradin what are you
doing?
Muradin is walking up to him holding a bunch of round orange things.
Muradin: He who controls the kumquats controls the universe!
Volrath: Muradin, put those back. NOW!
Muradin: :weep: [SIZE=1]awwwwwww...[/SIZE]
Nalfein: So, everyone pick out one magical souvenir, and we split the gold by measure of how useful you were...
Volrath: JUST ONE?!
Nafein: Yes, because if we get more then one, I know that you will make everyone else carry your stuff.
Volrath: ...so?
Nalfein: ...just one.
Volrath: Fine.
Nalfein is looking through a rather small pile of gold. After a bit he gets to the bottom and finds a golden circle shaped
locket.
Nalfein: Hmmm, what’s this?
He opens it, only to find nothing. He slings it around his neck, but it starts to glow and it opens by itself. He sees a folded piece of paper inside. Taking
it out, it reads:
Dear Nalfein, If you have found this then that means that you have defeated Tyranthraxus. I am proud of you, son, you have proved that you can handle our family’s power.
Love, Maria
Upon finishing the letter, he is surrounded by an aura of power and is lifted off his feet.
Nalfein: WTF!
The aura fades and he falls to the floor.
Mystic Theuger 10/ Invoker 10/ Cleric 5/ Binder 20 (FYI he only got the Binder class from that aura, everything else he got before, I just didn’t update
him).
Nalfein: :w00t: NESS!
Volrath: What?
Nalfein: Now I'm a Binder! And I found this (hold up a book)
Volrath: Hmmmm, so you want to become a lich?
Nalfein: Yeah. Sa'vor suggested it a while back, and I thought it'd be cool.
Volrath: Eh.
Nalfein: …hate you. (both go back to looking)
After a bit of looking, everyone finds an item.
Nalfein: So, what did you get?
Volrath: A Rainbow shell. (Chrono Trigger)
Cuddles: +3 unbreakable plastic Vorpal teeth of Dracula.
Steve: Ring of Protection from magical weapons (glares at Muradin).
Muradin: Me got bad giants head for new helm! :D
Nalfein: Ooooooooooook.
Pholly: Alchemist fire recipe that shouldn’t explode...
Nalfein: We'll see how long that optimism lasts...
Squinty: I got a Lens of Maximize.
Nalfein: And I got a Helm of Glory.
Volrath: What is that behind your back?
Nalfein: Huh? Um...nothing…nothing at all. :shifty:
Volrath: (reaches around and grabs a bag) A bag of holding with (looks inside) HELMS OF GLORIES!!!
Nalfein: Don't you start with me! I saw you doing the same thing!
Volrath: ...shut up.
Nalfein: Ok, guys, show me what you took!
Everyone who got items pulls out a bag of holding.
Cuddles: Catnip. :devil: (damn you Kaizer_Ryu, damn you S.C.M.P! DAMN YOU I SAY) :D
Volrath: More Rainbow shells.
Muradin: Beer money.
Pholly: Money for damage I cause.
Squinty: Money for eye surgery.
Steve: Mine is full of items that make me immune to everything but magic, and this.
He puts a ring on and transforms into an adamantine golem.
Steve: MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Takes it off and turns back to an earth elemental.
Steve: I get to be awesome for 15 minutes a day!
Klaz: Crikey! Why don' we get somethin’!
Nalfein: Because you guys are useless.
Klaz: Oi! :mad:
Vrin: He's right you know.
Klaz: Ah know, bu’ still…cheap shot. :weep:
Nalfein: Ok, Volrath, take us home.
Volrath: Right.
He opens a portal and they walk through.
Kithle - Nonononono NO! The glue swamp goes over there Kanatash, your ineffable horrors belong on the other side of the lake.
Upon his return, Cuddles wanders through the halls of the FF, trying to decide what to do next.
Cuddles: Hmmmm... Food or sex. Food or sex. Tough choice. I haven't eaten in hours, but it's been days since-
He is promptly tackled by a familiar humanoid ball of fur.
Marish: Cuddy-poo! I can't believe you came back and didn't even say hi. *pouts*
Cuddles: Well, I was gone a long time, and I wasn't sure if you were mad at me...
Marish: I am mad! You're wasting time and I need it bad!
Cuddles: I guess I'll have to do something about that. :devil:
Nalfein: *shudder* Oh, come on! :mad:
Volrath: What?
Nalfein: We've been back, what...half an hour?
Volrath: Something like that. Why?
Nalfein: Let's just say I've never been much on fur and leave it at that.
Volrath: Eww...
OOcat: :confused: What did I do?
Quench: :devil:
Maddie: The remaining schools are for the learning of different types of magic they are categorized by school and source. Each one has its own dangers such
as the stairs not being where they seem in the illusion building, hallways changing in the Transmutation school, and of course people coming to "collect" if
you signed yes of the organ donor card in the necromancy building. Going to building after building of just slightly different magic school gets rather
boring so I won't make you endure it. There is also a psionics college, but if you really wanted that you would send your kids to the island anyway. The last
school is a college for incarnum, but everyone over there hates me. Thus ends the tour.
Lisa: That didn't really motivate us to send our kids here.
Maddie: Not like I care. I don't get paid by the school, and Volrath just forced me to give a tour not a good tour. Good bye,
lesser beings. *disappears in a puff of smoke*
Slaypaw: Drat, Cuddles came back. It's going to take forever to find another opportunity. :mad:
Fluffy: Meanwhile, what are we going to do?
Slaypaw: I think I'll take my impatience out on the squirrels.
Fluffy: I'm with you.
SC Commander - Chirrup rup-irrup squeak SQUEAK (unleash the chocobos of war)
Bunny: Snacks.
13: Snacks, check.
Bunny: Drinks.
13: Drinks, check.
Bunny: Lounge chairs.
13: Lounge chairs, check.
Bunny: Extra plot device.
13: Extra plot device, check.
Several Squirrels in various colorful outfits gather around a small table. One of the more gruff looking ones in sunglasses stands and addresses his men.
Swordhaver: All right, men. Our battle with Blue Laser will have to wait. A new threat has emerged.
Reinforcements: :eek: What could be more dangerous than Blue Laser?! Those loonies tried to blow up the ocean!
Swordhaver: Cats.
Crackotage: (always speaks in rhyme) I see battle up ahead. We'd best win, or we'll soon be dead!
Reynold: (the nerd) Can I come too?
Swordhaver: Sorry Reynold. Those cats would eat you alive. You don't even have a sword like I do.
Reynold: Aw, shucks. I never get to go on any missions...
Swordhaver: Squeak Commandos...time to ROCK, ROCK ON!!!
Liam: Darn you.
OOGladius: What?
Liam and OOGladius are sitting in Liam's lab. Liam is pouting, and OOGladius
is attempting to look innocent.
Liam: You just knew that some other entity would pick up on Camp Forgotten Freedom and run with it, even if I didn't.
OOGladius: Actually, I didn't. I just came up with it and threw it out there.
Liam: Now Jarlot roped me into teaching the kids particle physics and the theory that the Weir/Insan Converter uses.
OOGladius: So? It's not like you don't understand it.
Liam: But that's just it: I don't understand it. Even in the most normal place on Eberron, it would generate power from the simple
fact that it DOES work. I think it would take Kanatash's "perfect insanity" to truly understand the how and why of it.
OOGladius: Well, that probably explains why his DM Breaker series works so well.
Liam: Hmmmm.... The DM Breaker knocks out the, shall we say, "current" entity. Maybe Kanatash could use the DM Breaker, and I
could examine the entity/victim.
OOGladius: I don't think that's a good idea...
Liam: Kanatash, I really need to talk to you! :devil:
Lisa: Well, that was a bust.
Terra: No kidding. We barely saw any of the campus, and the tour guide left a lot to be desired...
Lisa: Do you think we should...are you ok?
Terra: *grimacing slightly* I think we should leave. Quickly.
They warp out, reappearing on the Astral plane.
Lisa: Is it finished?
Terra: Yeah. Stay here.
Terra moves a ways away from Lisa after enveloping her in a magical shield. Energy surrounds
Terra as she writhes in pain. It forms into a kind of matrix formation twisting around her. The power flowing from
Terra buffets the shield encasing Lisa. From her vantage point, Lisa can
see a strange glow eminating from her. It is neither light nor dark, it just is. A pair of semi-solid wings erupt from her back. At first glance, they seem
to be angelic, but a more twisted form. They wrap around Terra tightly as she curls into a ball. The power waves cease, and the
energy matrix closes in again. The wings open, revealing Terra's new form.
To Lisa, the only words that come to mind to describe it is horrifically beautiful. The wings, now solid, remained a prominant
feature, but they are accompanied by about a dozen tentacles. Terra opened her eyes and headed toward
Lisa. As she approaches, more details come into focus. Her eyes are a solid-gold yellow, her green hair has turned a soft pink.
Her fingers end in claws, and her body eminates the same glow as before. Terra dispels the shield as she stands there.
Terra: What do you think?
Lisa: I...I don't know. I've never seen anything like it, that's for sure.
Terra: I have no idea how to even describe what this feels like...
Her wings wrap around her again, and when they open, Terra is back to normal. She stumbles slightly, falling into
Lisa's arms as the wings dissipate.
Lisa: You ok?
Terra: *sleepily* Yeah...I just need to rest for a bit...
Terra falls asleep almost immediately, Lisa stroking her hair softly.
Forbes - I do not like the angels interfering, but i must say Nuar is almost as creative as his brother.
Levy - High Praise, I know how you obsses over those daggers you stole from krem- kromiless something eh.
Forbes - Not often an angel does something worthwhile.
Levy - Your're telling me. Of course you have to tinker with them.
Forbes - Well duh, I wouldn't be a ficer if i didn't.
Satnak is running a practice kata in her gym.
Satnak - Hah!, Heh!, Hsh!, Need to set the wieghts higher tomorrow. Need to talk to Serene then to.
Lisa floats holding Terra’s form turning things over in her mind as she strokes her
lover’s hair. A small portal appears before them and she looks up apprehensively. Terrek steps through and hovers before
them. He looks down at the two of them, his expression unreadable. Silently he extends his hand to Lisa and lifts
Terra with his chains, guiding them both through the portal. They appear in Terreks lab where he
strides over to a table and sets Terra’s limp form down leaving Lisa by the now closed portal.
She moves over to the table where Terra lays as Terrek begins to grab the instruments above the
table, the same expressionless set to his features.
Lisa: (slightly confused and apprehensive) Um… Terrek, what are you doing?
Terrek doesn’t even look up as he replies.
Terrek: Tests.
Lisa: Ok, but what’s going on? We’re on your plane right? What is this place?
She pauses for a moment waiting for his reply and stares at him. Terrek just continues hovering over
Terra’s form as though he hadn’t heard a word.
Lisa: … :ahem: D*mm*t Terrek! Answer me!
Terrek pauses and turns slowly, as though angry, then sighs and regains his composure.
Terrek: *sigh* I suppose I have time to explain. What happened to Terra was very sudden and
intentional. She even wanted it to happen, for all of your sakes; yes I know about the children but that’s neither here nor there. The point is,
she’s mutated. It’s not all that uncommon on the FF, but it’s usually self imposed and never by an outside power; hence this is different.
Now, I have a question; who can you trust?
Lisa thinks for a moment, taken aback by the question and is about to answer when Terrek cuts her
off.
Terrek: I’m going to tell you the answer because I think you need to hear it. No one. You cannot trust anyone. There
are certain leniencies that you can allow certain individuals, but ultimately you can’t trust anyone. Here’s my point: this was done to
Terra by angels, at the behest of someone with her best wishes at heart. This still does not mean that the angel that did this
can be trusted. He may have had the best of intentions as well, but he said that he didn’t know exactly what would happen. I now hold much of the
darkness that once gripped Terra within me, and trust me, it’s not something to be trifled with. Naur, for all his power,
knows little to nothing of it and he attempted to manipulate it. That was not only foolish, but potentially hazardous to Terra.
I need to know exactly what he did and hopefully I can glean how he did it. Despite my apparent lack of compassion, I have a vested interest in seeing that
Terra not be manipulated or harmed by outside forces. Now, I apologize for my abruptness but I really must do this quickly.
Dinner will be served in an hour. Until then, my daughter Serene will show you around.
Terrek turns back to Terra and begins working away furiously. Lisa looks
at him slightly shell-shocked.
Lisa: You have a daughter?
Serene enters from as nowhere and approaches Lisa.
Serene: (bowing slightly then glancing first at Lisa, then at Terrek)
Don’t worry about him, he gets like this sometimes. I’m Serene by the way. You must be
Lisa; dad’s been expecting you.
Lisa: (Looks away from Terrek to meet Serene gaze; is slightly awed by
her physical perfection) You’re Terrek’s daughter? … I’m sorry, that was rude. Yes, I’m
Lisa, and that’s Terra over there that’s got your dad… worried?
Serene: Well, as close to worried as I’ve ever seen him. He usually has eighteen different contingency plans for
anything. This came up kind of by surprise and he doesn’t like that. I’m sure she’ll be fine, he just gets excited. Anyway, lemme show
you around the castle. We’re in the lab right now, but I’ll show you that later when dad’s not being so angsty.
Serene leads Terra away form the table and starts toward a wall. Lisa
looks around for a doorway, but Serene starts waking up the wall. Lisa stops and stares at her.
Serene keeps going for a minute then stops when she realizes that Lisa is no longer following her.
Her eyes widen in amused surprise and she giggles putting her hand over her mouth.
Serene: Oh my! I forgot; you’re not used to subjective gravity are you?
Lisa: What?
Serene: Subjective gravity. It basically means that which way is down or up depends on what surface you’re standing on.
Here, just put your foot onto the wall and shift your weight onto it. You’ll feel the gravity take hold and then you just bring your other foot up.
It might take you a while to get used to, but it’s really easy.
Lisa does as she instructs but looses her balance and falls onto the wall.
Serene: Oh my Keith Baker! Are you alright? Let me help you up!
Rushes over and helps Lisa to her feet, who is looking kind of flushed.
Serene: I’m so sorry! I’m just so used to it I didn’t think... Are you okay? I’m so sorry! I
didn’t mean to…
Lisa: It’s alright. Calm down. I’m ok. I’m just a little confused right now with all of this. I mean, this
isn’t the weirdest thing that’s ever happened to me, but I don’t think I’ve ever walked on a wall before; just not something
I’m used to.
Serene: Actually, I kind of know what you mean. When I first got onboard the ship, it was a little confusing. I almost tried
to walk up a wall before dad told me I couldn’t. It still feels weird whenever I’m there with there being only one up.
OOC: Aright, it’s late and I needs t3h sl33p. Will post more of this later. Feel free to post a continuation of the conversation (or preferably, have
Terra wake up and explain what’s going on with her) if you wish, but bear in mind, for future reference as well, that
Terra and Lisa are effectively powerless for the time being. I’ve got lots of fun little things
planned for this, so it could go on for a bit if that’s alright with you (I mean with them being in Terrek’s realm
sort of thing). Anyways, it’s getting hard to form coherent thoughts so I’m going to sleep now. More tomorrow.
Terrek: Fascinating...
Terra: *opening her eyes* Yes, I am. Thanks for noticing.
Terrek: :rolleyes: Sarcasm. You must feel fine, then.
Terra: Better than fine.
Terrek: You don't seem that surprised to be here.
Terra: I'm a composite creature comprised of four different beings. None of them need sleep. Even in the deepest medidtation, I
have some awareness of my surroundings. Anything less is just asking for death where I come from.
Terrek: That saves me an explanation... Mind if I ask you a few questions?
Terra: Shoot.
Terrek: Why did you go through with it? The one who did this had no inkling of what he was dealing with.
Terra: Saying that Naur is solely responsible is incorrect. It was a combined effort between him, myself, and my mother. Gaia has
lived with my darker side for nearly two centuries now. I have lived with it for my whole life. Naur had the power we needed in order to attempt this.
Terrek: It seemed a bit unlike you to trust him with such a task.
Terra: He was smart enough to realize that tampering with something so delicate could have had grave consequences. Whether I
trusted him to have my best interests in mind was not the point. I trusted him to have his best interests in mind, and that involved not pulling any tricks.
That is also why I agreed to come here. You're smart enough not to pull anything overly underhanded, because you recognize that there is always a "next time"
when dealing with allies. You have a vested interest in the crew of the FF. You're not going to jeopardize your relationship with us by p*ssing me or
Lisa off.
Terrek: Quite perceptive. Next point. I've been studying the shadow power you wield since I first saw it. I thought it came from
that darkness that dwells within you. However, I absorbed some of that darkness when reviving you, along with the remnants of the demi-god's power, but I
have no signs of those abilities.
Terra: That's actually quite easy. The shadow abilities stem from my genetic makeup. That darkness is only a byproduct of those
genes mixed with several traumatic experiences. Ariajni and Theronas mean't for it to consume me, effectively killing me without damaging my body. No, what
you took from me was neither that or Ariajni's power. That I had used up when killing him. I cannot keep power I drain permenantly, only use it as my own
before it fades away. What you took was his final attempt to avoid defeat.
Terrek: Final attempt... A soul seed?
Terra: Correct. He was trying to make damn sure that if he lost, at least I wouldn't win. He tried to kill me outright by
disembowling me, and disrupted my life force to nullify healing and prevent revival attempts. He planted that seed just in case I managed to survive all that
and kill him. He didn't have time to consider that you would take it from me. When you did, it had already begun to spread. It took some of the darkness with
it, much like dirt clinging to a plant's roots.
Terrek: So...what I feel is only a small portion of what you still hold? How do you not succumb?
Terra: I had part of an angel's soul protecting me most of my life, keeping it from total domination. It has since been tamed by
the new angel in my life (i.h.h. :cloud9: ). You feel the full effects of it because you have nothing to truly counter it.
Terrek: But that still begs the question, how did you do it? Such forces are naturally in opposition. Pulling them together
would seem the catalyst for disaster if not done perfectly.
OOcat: It's a matter/anti-matter thing: when you put them together they destroy each other and create energy in the process, which can then recrate the
original particles. You have fundamental creation and destruction in the same instance. It's not an issue of keeping them balanced by preventing them from
doing anything, it's an issue of keeping them balanced by keeping their opposing forces aligned against each other. If you miss it doesn't matter because
they are constantly sending out particles of interaction which moderate each others' effects on the universe.
Bunny: I said it before: life is death.
OOcat: Not quite. It's making sure everyone is equally screwed so they don't try anything funny and end up destroying everything.
Illithid: Dude, like…cereeeeeeeeebral.
Terra: Only one who feels both forces can truly understand it. Think of Sa'vor's living/undead
status. He is neither and he is both. He exists in a state of non-life. Only he know what that really means.
Terrek: That's avoiding the question.
Terra: Only because answering it is like trying to describe color to a blind man, or sound to a deaf man (both without psionics).
Try all you like, it won't be the whole picture.
Terrek: At least give it a shot.
Terra: Hmmmm.... I guess the best way to put it is to think of a magnet. The north and south poles are opposites, put them
together and they cancel each other. The two forces in me are much the same way. Before, if I tried to use both at the same time, I got nothing.
Terrek: So, what is different?
Terra: When you use magnets properly, they can generate a great deal of power. In much the same way, my body has been realigned
so that they support each other instead of hinder. It's not an exact analogy, but the closest thing I can think of. The new form I can take is merely a
reflection of this change.
Terrek: This whole endeavor seems more than a little foolhardy. Too many unknowns bouncing around.
Terra: Unknowns are what make life worth living.
13: Sure, what else are you going to do with your time?
Naz'roth releases his hand from the crystal ball. Most interesting this Terrek character was,
Naz'roth would have to pay close attention to him in future.
Sa’vors: (standing on the Ceiling) where are they now?
Naz'roth: (glances at Sa'vor) im suprised the blood hasnt run to your head.
Sa'vor: Im a Blood Magus, i have a certain control over my bood.
Naz'roth: They're at Terreks Plane, and i also realise that he is listening to us through you at
this time.
Sa'vor: *evil smile* he doesnt have full control. In fact he has less control over me than he would like to, and more than i
would like. Of course he tries to understand how i can be Living/undead.
Naz'roth: *chuckles* yes, i figured that. Though the explanation Terra gave was quite accurate.
Seeing as i created the state in which you now reside im suprised Terrek hasnt figured it out, of course he doesnt have the
advantages i have.
Sa'vor: are you not worried about what i owe him?
Naz'roth: I am as worried as you are, but Terrek is far more subtle than most crew members. If he
truly wished to destroy us he would cause us all to bicker and then...
Sa'vor: *cuts him off* we’d all be at each others throats *evil grin*
Naz'roth: exactly. Now, what can you tell me about this dreamweaver entity?
Sa'vor: *frowns* very little. Vortis only saw him once. I know however that he has little true power, but this does not mean we
can underestimate him. His original plan was for Vortis to kill me and replace me, then to use me to start fights amongst the crew. Eventually only one would
be standing. He could not tell who that would be though.
Naz'roth: * steeples his fingers* most would think that as Satnak.
Sa'vor: there are still the factors of you or Tara or Terrek. And perhaps
Terra and Lisa with the necklaces you gave them.
Naz'roth: indeed. Those necklaces are truly powerful; i have placed no charms or negative effects on them like i should have.
But of course i know that Terra and Lisa do not CURRENTLY have cause to attack me.
Sa'vor: what about Naurs magic didn’t he use a portion of his power on Terra?
Naz'roth: Naur is honourable; he would rather face me in direct combat. He knows i couldn’t win in such a situation. Despite
my power.
Sa'vor: So you'll have to cheat?
Naz'roth: *evil grin* oh yes...
Slaypaw: They want a war? They got one!
Produces a red lunchbox and packs it full of weights.
Fluffy: :confused: What are you going to do with a lunchbox?
Slaypaw: DO NOT INSULT THE LUNCHBOX!
Slaypaw swings the lunch box at a conveniently placed barrel, which shatters.
Slaypaw: That. :devil:
The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox is a magic weapon with the statistics of a +5 mace. Its damage increases when hard or heavy things are placed in it, in this case weights.
Jaela: Why isn't anything happening?
Erk: Our E.B.N.E. has a focus problem.
Death Paper: I could give it a "tap" of motivation.
Erk: Won't work that way. Silvercat has a mind that is able to transcend fiction. However, when it is not trascending fiction it is dead.
Death Paper: ??? What does that mean?
NJ26: Every time you distract him we don't exist. So you can't distract him.
Death Paper: ??? I think you guys aren't making sense on purpose.
Nj26 - Big Fat Duh!!!
Serene: Yeah?
Lisa: Terrek never mentioned anything about a daughter before. Was he just not saying anything, or
what?
Serene: He actually created me a short while after the two of you left. I've heard all about you from the other crew members,
Satnak specifically, and I'm very excited to meet you personally.
Lisa: How's she doing anyway? She was in the middle of a major transformation when we left.
Serene: Oh, she's doing quite well. I don't want to spoil anything, so you'll have to see for yourself what happened.
Lisa: Oh, yeah. Do you know if she got that package I dropped off?
Serene: She did. She's been acting a little odd since she received those heirlooms. I'm not too concerned, though. She's got a
lot on her mind.
Lisa: That's an understatement if I've ever heard one... But, by the way you talk, you know her pretty well already.
Serene: By Eberron time, you've been gone about two months. When I first came aboard, we just seemed to click.
Lisa: Well, that's always good to hear. Satnak just seems to have trouble making close friends.
Though, now that I think about it, she's been getting better at it since she was able to reestablish contact with her home.
Serene: She is most definitely a very silly girl. ;)
Lisa stops dead in her tracks. Even though she had only just met Serene, that kind of intonation in
her voice was unmistakable...
Lisa: I...don't want to pry, and please correct me if I'm wrong, but...are you and Satnak...more than
just friends?
Serene: :) I like to think so. Satnak seems to think so too.
Lisa: :mymy: :( And we're missing it?
Serene: I'm pretty much letting her take the lead. As you know, she has some things to work through. I don't want to put any
undue pressure on her.
Lisa: I'm glad. She's just seemed lost since Levy turned her down. I just wish we were there to see it.
Serene: Don't even think about cutting your honeymoon short. Satnak would never forgive you if you
came back just for her. You two take as long as you want. We'll fill you in when you get back.
Lisa: I look forward to it.
Silver: Hey…:thinks:…that means…:eek:…I'm missing it—NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Terrek: Let me guess……this assist is going to cost me?
OOcat: No.
Terrek: I don't believe it's possible to make a deal with an E.B.N.E. without a catch.
OOcat: I'm good.
Terrek: I will :twitch: figure it out.
OOcat: Figure out what?
Terrek: I will :twitch: not be fooled.
OOcat: :bored: Hey, it's your paranoid delusion. (OOC: :devil: )
Chanse is wandering the ship exploring, when he stumbles across Ketler hard at work, deviding his atention between 2 coffin sized vats. In each a half formed
man shaped thing can be seen floating. Near by is a leght of adamtine chain, on both ends it it capped with a set of hooks and bindings ment to wrap around
the spine and vertebray.
Chanse "Uh Hi, so what are you up to?"
Ketler "Oh, new on board?"
Chanse "Yeah I droped in after visiting the Sharn museum."
Ketler "Well Hi then, this, is my new weapon. Idea came to me last night. Every one knows how awesome Chuck Noris is, so I scavenged a sample from when
Satnak zorched him. Now what do you think happens when you harnes his power as a weapon?" *Manical gleam in his eyes*
Chanse "I have no Idea?" [Ihh: ooookay thisguys touched by the traveler and no misteak]
Ketler, now in full Mad sientist monologing mode "two Chuck Noris's linked symbyoticly by an enchanted, unbreakable chain! I shall call it, the *Noris
chucks*!" :evillaugh
Forbes - Disarray I want you to escort Mrs. Borisheel here to the Forgotten Freedom, I know how upset you were when you couldn't make the first two trips,...
as does my wall.
Disarray (a purlple covered humanoid with oversized metal bootls and gauntlets) - Finally I thought I'd never get to see the big chili scarfer. Hey you knew
her back in the before, was she always addicted to the stuff?
Brown robed figure - grunt
Liam and Kanatash have sat down in a side chamber of the FF so they can finally have their interview.
Kanatash: Let’s try to make this quick if possible.
Liam: I’ll try, is there something you need to attend to?
Kanatash: I’ve got to prepare for the little munchkins who should be arriving shortly. I still need to open a few portals to random planes, stock the bear traps with bears, and release bigfoot, the boogyman, and Mr T into the surrounding woods. Oh and finds some monsters to put under the kid’s beds.
Liam: Well them, why don’t we begin with the DM Breaker or Maker, whichever you prefer. How does it work?
Kanatash: Well, the manner in which it functions is quite difficult to explain to anyone who has not already lost their mind but the effect it causes is rather easier.
Liam: How does it function then?
Kanatash: Simply put it creates an effect so impressive that the controlling entity’s mind cannot comprehend it. The entity’s mind then temporarily shuts down to protect itself from damage.
Liam: So how does the DM Maker function then?
Kanatash: Oh, that’s simplicity itself. You see I reversed the polarity on the device so rather than creating an impressive effect it instead created an effect so unimpressive that it ceased to be impressive at all becoming anti-impressive. Then when this anti-impressive effect met with the impressive effects naturally floating around the ship both effects unmade each other in a blast of anti-reality which I then combined with the reality inherent in my entity which was near by. The reality and anti-reality combined and I harnessed the resulting surge of impossibility to hurl myself beyond non-existence. Elementary really.
Liam: (nods sagely)
Kanatash: You didn’t understand a bit of that did you?
Liam: Not a word.
Kanatash: That means your sanity is still intact, an impressive accomplishment on this ship. Take solace in that.
Liam: Alrighty then. What can you tell me about being an entity then?
Kanatash: Hmm, well then. First I have to ask, I know you have talked with your entity but have you broken through the Fourth wall yet? It makes this much simpler if you have.
Liam: :confused: The what?
Kanatash: That would be a no. Let me explain it then. We, in this world, do not, as such, exist.
Liam: :uh-huh:
Kanatash: The entities are the only thing around here that actually exists. Everything else is simply an elaborate fantasy contrived by the entities for their own entertainment. We are their playthings, a way to act out their, often sick and twisted, fantasies. We are simply elaborate concepts which have been written about on some forum out in cyberspace.
Liam: So that means when you became an entity you…
Kanatash: …became in some way, real. Yes, precisely. Or at least I gained the ability to some what influence the real world.
Liam: So what was it like being an entity.
Kanatash: Well it was… interesting, to say the least. As an entity I gained complete and ultimate power, like that of any other entity, over this world.
Liam: What kind of power are you talking about?
Kanatash: Well, the simplest way is to show but I don't feel like going through the trouble of ascending right now so I'll just borrow a bit of my entity's power, with his permission, for the moment.
Kanatash concentrates for a moment before a suddenly a rubber chicken (:chicken:) falls from the sky, neglecting the fact there is a roof over head, striking Liam in the head. Liam bends over to pick up :chicken: and the moment he does he suddenly grows a mustache and begins speaking with a spanish accent.
Liam: My name is Inego Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.
Liam then stabs forward with :chicken:, striking a redshirt which has just appeared out of thick air. The redshirt falls over dead before he, :chicken:, mustache, and accent evaporate in a flurry of multicolored bubbles.
Liam: :mymy: That was... um... impressive....
Kanatash: Yes, I said absolutely nothing about the bubbles. However, another thing I discovered as an entity was that I actually had very little power to shape the real world, far less than I have here to shape this false one, in truth I am almost powerless there. I suppose this is true for all entities, which would explain the incredible, overcompensating power trips they occasionally go on here. They way “some” of them act, they must be truly sad and pitiful creatures in reality.
OOCrystalforged: Don’t push your luck kiddo. I take enough **** from you as is and I cut you a lot of slack. I have limits however, and you really don’t want to find out what happens when you cross them.
Liam: Ah, you must be Kanatash’s entity. As long as you’re here I wished to inquire, are these things Kanatash has told me accurate. I have trouble believing some of his claims.
OOCrystalfroged: Meh, minus some of the embellishments, yeah. It’s all basically true but he like’s to exaggerate things to try to impress you. I swear sometimes it seems he does more overcompensating than he “claims” we entities do.
Kanatash: :pbbbtt: Yeah, whatever you power tripping munchkin.
OOCrystalforged: :rolleye2: Look who’s talking.
Liam: EXCUSE ME. (both look at him) If I might I have a few more questions. For example, does Kanatash actually take physical form in this “real” world?
OOCrystalforged: Well, yes and no. It’s kinda complicated. You see sometimes it seems that he is a completely separate being who can act independently of myself, while other times he seems no more than another voice in my head.
Kanatash: To be completely honest, something I’m not very often, neither of us understands the whole process by which I am able to become an entity. I don’t understand what being an entity means all that well either. (pointing at OOCrystalforged) HE understands it but he’s being a bastard right now and doesn’t have any intention of actually helping your research.
OOCrystalforged: :D I like being mysterious and frustrating.
Kanatash: :bored: I noticed. (turning back to Liam) If you really want to study an entity you’re going to have to use this.
(pulls a new gun) The new and improved DM Breaker 2.0. I’ve added on a storage battery to store my weir/insan energy so now it can be used by someone else. It’s only good for one shot before it needs to be returned to me for a recharge but it’s better than nothing. (hands the gun to Liam)
OOCrystalforged: Before you even think about it, it’s not worth the horrible, horrible retribution I will visit upon you mind, body, and soul. I do however believe I saw your own entity over there somewhere. You can do whatever you want however, I’m outta here. (vanishes)
Kanatash: Yeah, I gotta go too. I should say though your best bet to use that weapon on is your own entity. After all he’s probably fonder than any of the other entities so the retributions from him would probably be the least out of anyone.
Liam: Wait! What if I have more questions?
Kanatash looks at him for a moment and then hands him a spoon out of nowhere.
Kanatash: When you can bend this spoon with your will alone, we’ll talk. And by will alone I mean NO psionics or magic.
Liam: But… That’s not possible. Is it?
Kanatash: Word to the wise, never assume anything is “impossible” on this ship you’re probably wrong.
Liam: How am I supposed to do it then?
Kanatash: (smiles) Just remember, there is no spoon. (vanishes leaving Liam confused and frustrated, but with a big *** gun)
Liam: (looks down at the DM Breaker 2.0, then off in the direction OOCrystalforged pinted, the direction in which OOGladius supposedly lay) Well, might as well make the best of it.
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