Session 109

Chancel_Amyra
Chapter 12

Theresa: Is this going to be a bad time for you?
Thom: Nah
Thom: I'm in university. Time is soft
Herbert: lol
Herbert: Happy days...
DanteE: isn't it early morning there?
Random_Nerd: Hey.
Thom: Yesireebob
Thom: half past two, as I mentioned
Thom: being across the pond is delightful
Theresa: There, Wiki updated. Any suggestions for what to call this 'chapter'?
Random_Nerd: *shrug* You guys have named the other ones, and I don't really have an idea for this one's name.
Thom: Any hint as to what's going to be going down?
Random_Nerd: Well, things are mostly resolved here, it seems.
Herbert: So the chapter is over? Or we conclude tonight?
Theresa: We may have an ex-Excrucian creating a Chancel?
Thom: Interesting Times
DanteE: we need to warn the authorities...
Theresa: Yeah, we have to tell the Council. I suggest we tell Kudzu first.
Herbert: He's our ex-Excrucian now. We should welcome him warmly.
Thom: S'this James then?
Random_Nerd: I think we conclude tonight.
Random_Nerd: There are still a few loose ends that need resolved, I'd say.
Herbert: Let's resolve them then :)
Theresa: It's not James.
DanteE: your first byline can be "Amyra Nobles say Panic Your Ass Off!"
Theresa: It's actually a cross tween a Domination Dionyl and a Warmain...
Herbert: Not bad.
Theresa: Ready!
Herbert: A unique specimen.
DanteE: (Hm... chapter name: "Who you gonna call?")
Random_Nerd: That works.
Random_Nerd: Anything else before we start?
Thom: Shall i backbench?
Herbert: Dante, you have my vote.
DanteE: well, there's a couple ways Stories can come in...
DanteE: either he was looking into the commotion on Dionyl or the commotion on C. Jaris
Thom: Jaris is the Serpent?
DanteE: or just as us, the mobile commotions.
DanteE: right, I think
Random_Nerd: Yeah, I don't think I can fit Stories in right now, but next session we'll be starting a new story arc anyway, so that'll be a good time for it.
Thom: Most likely you lot, probably for an eyewitness account of an Excrucian/Imperator fight
Random_Nerd: Or perhaps late this session, after some of the stuff here is resolved.
Thom: okay, I'll keep mum then
Random_Nerd: Depending on how fast things move.
DanteE: that'd be the refugees, then
Random_Nerd: Okay, it seems like everyone's ready.
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Random_Nerd: William: "I do hope this thing isn't an Excrucian."
Herbert: (We start in the Dionyl Chancel? Or just outside of it?)
Herbert: "I'm not sure it's an Excrucian anymore. At least, not entirely."
DanteE: (On Dionyl itself, I think(
Random_Nerd: (You're some distance outside. Blue Shock and Tint are both outside as well, fairly near you. Triad is in-Chancel.)
Theresa: "We're going to need another descriptor for this guy...these guys...oh, great, there may be more..."
Herbert: (And Sakaroth?)
DanteE: "Or an Excrucian who decided against the 'IM ON YER WERLD KILLING YER D00DZ' approach...
Random_Nerd: You're roughly equidistant between three mobs of Dionyl, with the group following the... ExcruciDominatiothiny behind you, and the militias Conceptual Tint and Blue Shock are leading in front of you.
Herbert: "Could be a source of hope... Or a very dangerous development... I'd like to think it's a good thing."
Random_Nerd: William: "Was there anything unusual about the one you saw in Locus Jaris?"
Herbert: (And Sakaroth is moving away as promised?)
Random_Nerd: (Yes, although slowly, as he has a few hundred people with him.)
Theresa: "He had a horse...there may have been stars involved."
DanteE: "Define 'unusual', William."
Herbert: "It was my first Excrucian. The whole experience was unusual."
DanteE: "Ours too, actually. We've beat down Shards, but not the big guys."
Random_Nerd: William: "Like this one. Did it seem to act strangely, or have loyalties to some principles from Creation?"
Herbert: "Not really, it pounded on us and on the others pretty hard."
DanteE: "The only loyalty we saw was to beating on Jaris and Orion."
DanteE: "... uhoh."
Random_Nerd: William: "Ah. Okay, then. I guess it could be a coincidence... what?"
Herbert: "What?"
DanteE: "... what if the reason he (Sak/Suebi) is here is because he was able to come in a big door the Excrucian opened?"
Random_Nerd: William: "I don't know if it works that way. Does it?"
DanteE: "I don't know... but if that door's still open we've got even bigger problems."
Herbert: "Some sort of breach in Creation's defense?"
Herbert: "Isn't that the Imperator's job, to guard the outer borders?"
Theresa: "When we talk to the Council and Barakiel, we might want to get Shadows involved, since he's the Wall-hole guy.
Theresa: "
DanteE: "First we should talk to our resident outsider, see what he says."
Random_Nerd: William: "I request permission to send this information to the rest of my organization, so we can advise our other Nobles on Earth and Earth-adjacent worlds to be prepared for danger."
DanteE: "Do the Aides have connections to the COuncil of Four?"
Theresa: "But our new outsider doesn't even know if he's an Excrucian or not."
Herbert: "I think we should leave him alone for the moment. We've got ourselves some time, we should put it to good use and contact the upper echelons."
DanteE: to Theresa: "I mean Kudzu."
Random_Nerd: William: "We could get word to them, but we don't have much pull. In particular, Ymera Entropy dislikes us, since the whole point of our organization is at odds with some of his goals."
Theresa: *to Dante* "Ah. Okay. I guess I don't think of him as from Outside."
DanteE: "William, tell the Aides there may be a breach in the Wall. They already know about the attack on Jaris, right?"
Random_Nerd: W: "Yes.":
Theresa: "I'll 'phone' the boss, if folks are okay with that?"

• Herbert looks uneasy. "I guess it's okay."
  

DanteE: "Go ahead"

• Theresa looks thoughtful and respectful. *prays* "Sir, do you have a moment? We have an update on the situation on Dionyl."
  

DanteE: "Meanwhile, give me a Consequences flower, and another bouquet of our flowers for Blue Shock and the gang."
Random_Nerd: There is no response.
Theresa: *redials*
Theresa: (I gotta bad feeling...)
Herbert: (What are those flowers again?)
DanteE: (Red Edelweiss is mine...)

• Theresa creates the requested flowers again. "I don't have one for Herb yet, though..?"
  

Random_Nerd: (I don't recall offhand what Consequences' flower is.)
Herbert: (I'll try to pick one soon.)
Random_Nerd: Kudzu still doesn't respond to the prayer.
DanteE: (William should know...)
Herbert: "No answer then? That's not a good sign right?"
Theresa: "Guys, we're still Nobles, right? Because the boss isn't answering...and that's got me really worried. Someone with more connection to the Chancel, phone home?"
Random_Nerd: (And, yes, Kudzu is represented in the Realm's Heart.)
Herbert: (Can I contact Kudzu through the Realm's Heart?)
Herbert: (Or at least try? ;) )
Random_Nerd: (Yes, you can try, as you have more than enough Realm to do so. Do you?)
Herbert: (Realm 4 should be enough.)
Theresa: (Ma Bell should have your phone...)
Random_Nerd: (Realm 2 is, really. Are you trying to contact him.)

• Herbert closes his eyes and concentrates. He tries to contact his Imperator through the Realm's Heart. "Sir?"
  

DanteE: "Samuel, where's that exit back home?"
Random_Nerd: (Sam's with one of the groups of Dionyl, not with you, but you could walk to him in a moment.)
Random_Nerd: Herb, Kudzu's representation in the Realm's Heart whispers: "Remembering. Do not distract me."
Theresa: (Holy crud...)

• Herbert scratches his head. To the others: "Guys, I think there's a problem with the Boss..."
  

DanteE: "the /Boss?/"
Herbert: "He says he's trying to remember something. He doesn't want to be disturbed." Herb is clearly scared of Kudzu.
Herbert: "Should I... euh... insist?"
Theresa: "_Remembering_? If it's stuff from before...as in before-before...crap, what if memories can come through the Wall now too with the new guy?"
Theresa: "He's still alive, we still exist. Concentrate on that."
DanteE: "Then the new guy would have them, wouldn't he?"
Theresa: "Maybe it depends on how long ago you went through the wall? Maybe he'll get memories back in a couple more Ages?"
Random_Nerd: William: "Could it have something to do with the previous Urbanization. He was on the other side, and Ymera Kudzu... absorbed him."
Herbert: *gulp*
DanteE: "Hm.
Random_Nerd: William: "Of course, that doesn't explain the other stuff that's happening. But on the other hand, maybe it's not a coincidence. Maybe this thing that's happening is how James came back. Or not. I don't know."
DanteE: "Let's try and get word to the Four..."
Random_Nerd: (Shall I assume that you guys are walking towards James?)
DanteE: (James?)
Herbert: :o
Random_Nerd: (err, towards Samuel.)
Random_Nerd: (Braaaaaiiiiins.)
Theresa: (I blame myself, I didn't bring any caffeine home with me tonight to go with supper...)

• Theresa will head toward Sam and the other Dionyl and so forth.
  
• Herbert follows her. At the same time, he concentrates again on the Realm's Heart and, this time, tries to sense his predecessor.
  

Random_Nerd: William: "Okay, in my capacity as advisor, I'll say 'I don't know what happens, but it's probably bad, and I would suggest planning to defend your Chancel in ways that don't rely on Ymera Kudzu.' "
DanteE: "Samuel? Time to head back."?
Random_Nerd: Herbert, scattered through the Kudzu Gear are various fist-sized imperfections that look like chunks of brick.
Theresa: "First off is getting back home. Herb, did you leave any support back home? We might also need Lesson and the Home Guard. Oo, Red too."
Herbert: "We need to head back. NOW."
Random_Nerd: Samuel: "So, he's going to stay over there, and they're going to let him stay over there?"
Random_Nerd: Ninja: "I am all the support he needs!"
Herbert: "I have my ninja. I can make more."

• Theresa looks at the ninja. "But you are _here_. Does he have support _there_?"
  

Random_Nerd: The ninja smirks, probably, behind his ninja mask, but you can't really see it.
Random_Nerd: Ninja: "I... am as the wind?"
Thom: (Probably.)
Herbert: "Something's messing with our gears back home."
Random_Nerd: (No, just Kudzu's gear looked different.)

• Theresa sighs at the ninja. "I'm going to give Red a message. This is creeping me out. Sam, are we needed any more to help out here?"
  
• Theresa sends to Red. ~"Hi Red! How are you?"~
  

DanteE: to Blue Shock: "Here's our flowers again. Anything odd... um, odder happens, let us know."
Herbert: To his ninja: "Don't worry. You are indeed as the wind."
Herbert: (I stand corrected :) )
Random_Nerd: Ninja masksmirks again.
DanteE: (Especially if you hit the tofu really hard. :) )
Random_Nerd: Red: "I've been thinking of getting some horses. Do horses and cows get along?"
Theresa: (Silent Wind...of Doooom...)
Thom: (Can Herbert create Sidereal Martial Arts for his ninja? Because that's exactly the sort of ninja I'm imagining at the moment.)
Theresa: ~"Yes, various ranches have horses and cows in the same place. They don't eat exactly the same thing and horses need to walk around on their legs more than cows. Have you seen, heard or felt anything out of the ordinary or bad today, Red?"
Random_Nerd: (Hmm. Full on Sidereal arts would take at least a Greater Change, and Auctoritas would trump them. Terrestrial or Celestial could be done with a Lesser Change.)
Random_Nerd: Red: "I saw three blue cars in a row. That doesn't happen all that often."
Herbert: (I'm no Exalted specialist, but that could be interesting... once I'm full of MPs.)
Theresa: "Where were they heading?"
Herbert: "How do we get home?"
Random_Nerd: Samuel: "There'll be a connection here, somewhere. But I'll need to find it, since it will have moved."
Thom: (Preserve the peace by having your ninja punch people so hard their souls fall over.)
Random_Nerd: Samuel: "Too many people from the city moved over there, and they're going to be making a new one. That'll affect it."
Theresa: (The where where they heading was to Red, btw.)
Herbert: (Thom: sounds like one hell of a way to preserve peace in the kingdom!)
Random_Nerd: Samuel: "I can figure it out in five or ten minutes. Maybe less, if you guys could do a specific miracle or two in the right place."
Thom: (says the Noble whose family employs a conglomerate shambling corpse creature to eat inconvenients)
Herbert: To Sam: "We need to find that connection fast. What kind of miracle would do the trick?"
Random_Nerd: Sam: "Give me a moment, I need to figure it out. Theresa, could you make me a pointy stick, and destroy the grass over there?"
Theresa: (He doesn't eat inconvients...he hasn't eaten anything in Chancel that we know of...)
Theresa: "How big of a stick and how big of an area?"
Random_Nerd: S: "Pencil-sized stick. Three square feet."
DanteE: (DA?)
Theresa: (And isn't this a place where viewpoints are the defining of around us? Can I just redefine the area of grass as bare? Or LD the grass, whichever is easier.)

• Theresa pulls a stick out of her sleeve.
  
• Theresa hands it to Sam.
  

Random_Nerd: (DA is an Earth thing. It works differently here.)
Random_Nerd: (You could choose to see the area differently, but there would be /some/ sort of plants here sticking up.)
Random_Nerd: (It's just that you could see them as grass, or bonsai trees, or even kelp, but they'd be there.)
Random_Nerd: (Just like how when you switch to Mythic, the same things are there, they're just viewed differently.)
Theresa: (Okay, then I LD the area that Sam needs. I'll reassure the local plants nearby that I will recover the area before we leave."
Theresa: ) even)
Random_Nerd: Samuel starts writing out calculations on the ground, in a system of writing that looks vaguely like arabic.
Random_Nerd: You can read what it says, but you don't really know what the numbers refer to. From time to time, he looks up at the nearby groups of people and writes down an estimate of the number of them.
Random_Nerd: Blue Shock: "So, what did you think of that... guy... over there?"
DanteE: "He could be Sakharoth, he could be Suebi. He's definitely... damaged."
Random_Nerd: For a moment, some of the numbers and letters Sam wrote glow dimly, and a new number appears to the right of them.
Theresa: "I personally think that he desparately wants truth...and his memories are closer to...do you have a concept similar to Earth's Swiss cheese?"
Random_Nerd: Samuel glances over at the place where it did.
Random_Nerd: S: "Who did that?"
Herbert: "He's an enigma. For my part, I have the feeling he's good news, but there's no way to be sure yet. We should handle him very carefully."
Theresa: "Did what?"
Random_Nerd: He wipes out the part that appeared.
Random_Nerd: S: "Wrote that there."
Herbert: (What was the number?)
Random_Nerd: S: "Oh well, doesn't matter. Okay, can you create about five trees right over there?
Random_Nerd: "
Random_Nerd: Samuel points with his stick.
Random_Nerd: (It was 327.)
Random_Nerd: (But written in some Dionyl script.)
Theresa: "Any particular kind?"
Random_Nerd: Samuel: "Doesn't matter. They just have to be fairly big. Not as big as your giant, but pretty big."
Theresa: (If it was a number...I would think it was Brian or Kudzu...)
Herbert: Mutters: "Something's not right. Not right at all."
Theresa: (OOC question: Greater Creation or Lesser?)
Random_Nerd: (Lesser, unless you do it all at once.)
Theresa: (Hmm...is Triad the one who liked human food?)
Random_Nerd: (Yes. He was the really touristy one.)
Theresa: "Hmm...could someone please ask Triad what kind of fruits he liked when he visited Earth?"

• DanteE checks Dionyl's link to the Tree...
  

Random_Nerd: Blue Shock: "Don't worry, he doesn't have that body any more. We talked him into getting rid of it. Had him give it a decent burial, even."

• Herbert looks closely at Sam's equation for other 'inconsistencies'...
  

Random_Nerd: (Checks it how?)
DanteE: (looks up)
Theresa: "Ahh. Okay, then not fruit trees, then. Wouldn't want the fruit to go to waste..." *ponders*
Random_Nerd: Herb, now that you're looking, a few of the other numbers have light flicker across them a bit more than would make sense given the lighting, and in one other case, there are faint symbols being slowly scratched into the dirt.
Herbert: (I just look at his equations and watch out for stuff that appears out of nowhere :) )

• Theresa creates a pine tree, a ecualyptis tree, a flowering crabapple, an oak tree and a red maple. Big. Very Big. One at a time.
  

Herbert: Sam: "Are these supposed to flash that way?"
Random_Nerd: Samuel: "Okay, those should do it. So the connection should be..."
Random_Nerd: S: "No. No they aren't. Why?"

• DanteE does a tracer ritual on the changing numbers...
  

Random_Nerd: Samuel walks over to a nearby hill, puts the stick on the ground pointing at it, and then gives the bit that the stick is pointing at a kick, which goes through.
Random_Nerd: Dante, the numbers do not seem to be being affected by active miracles or magic.
Theresa: "Is the hill supposed to be nonkickable?"
Random_Nerd: Sam kicks the hill a few more times, and there's a dark gap in it.
Random_Nerd: S: "That's where your gateway is."

• Herbert looks uneasily at the gateway.
  

DanteE: "You haven't played a game called Riven, have you?"
Random_Nerd: S, to Blue Shock: "It should fall apart on its own once people have moved back home."
Herbert: (I don't suppose we see what's on the other side?)
Random_Nerd: Sam: "No, why?"
Random_Nerd: (It looks dark inside.)
DanteE: "Just reminded me of it..."
Theresa: (Dante should probably call his car over...)
Herbert: "Ninja, you go first to clear the way of any danger."
DanteE: (Oh yeah, it's the big bug over there)
Random_Nerd: Ninja: "I will slay your enemies, master!"
Random_Nerd: Ninja goes into the gap in the hill.
DanteE: "Hang on..."

• DanteE dashes over to his car...
  

Theresa: (Volkswagon, eat your heart out...)
Random_Nerd: Ninja Voice, from the hill: "I am loyal only to my master!"
Thom: (I don't suppose you do those wholesale, Herb?)
Theresa: "Quite an accurate job on the ninja, Herb."
Herbert: (lol)
Random_Nerd: Sam: "If you're making more of those, can I have one?"
Herbert: "Yes, I'm quite pleased with him. I'll have to make more."
Random_Nerd: William, deadpan: "No, Samuel, you never did take care of that samurai I got you."
Herbert: "Certainly."

• DanteE drives over. Or crawls. Whatever.
  
• Herbert takes a deep breath and follow his loyal servitor.
  

Random_Nerd: (Dante, your car looks normal when you decide that you want to see it normally, otherwise, it's a gigantic and incredibly-well-trained beetle with chairs strapped to his back.
Theresa: *to William* "You got him a samurai?"
DanteE: "All aboard!"
Random_Nerd: William: "No, not really. Pet store didn't have any."

• Theresa boards the bug. *calls to the Dionyl* "Hope you enjoy the trees? If you don't want them, just send them back."
  

Thom: (They commit seppuku if abandoned. Don't have to worry about neutering them that way.)
Theresa: "You need to find a better class of mall, then."
Random_Nerd: Dionyl Crowd: *rhubarb rhubarb watermelon watermelon*
Random_Nerd: Blue Shock: "So, yeah, if you can get Entropy to have an audience with us, we owe you a political favor."
Herbert: (Those crazy dionyls...)
DanteE: (You heard 'em, Theresa, they want rhubarb and watermelons. :) )
Herbert: (We'll give them some, more than they could ever dream of!)
Random_Nerd: (And that's just the text equivalent of "crowd of extras in a movie making non-distinct noises.)
DanteE: "We'll try and use our contacts to get that through.
Random_Nerd: Blue Shock: "You do think that this isn't just an Excrucian ploy, right?"
DanteE: "Meanwhile, brace yourselves. Either this is one hell of a coincidence or something big is going down."
Herbert: (Getting an audience with BH. An interesting challenge.)
Theresa: "I'm sure you'll have visitors soon enough to see your new neighbor. I don't know if this a ploy. Just be wary and give a call if something bad happens."
DanteE: "Well, we're all too familiar with confusion, and it seems genuine..."
DanteE: "Yell for us and we'll come as soon as we can/
Random_Nerd: Blue Shock: "Fair enough. I'll trust your judgement."
DanteE: (Everyone aboard?)
Theresa: (We'll pull the Aides on. Herb went first on ahead.)

• DanteE drives through the gate...
  

Herbert: (I had to stay by my ninja's side, sorry.)
Random_Nerd: After a bit of time going through a dirty tunnel, you start to see sunlight on the other side, and soon the path leads you to the ruins/jungle border of Amyra.
DanteE: "
DanteE: "Samuel, when we get back get to work locating every portal to Dionyl in the area."
Random_Nerd: Samuel: "Okay, but that could take weeks."
Random_Nerd: Samuel: "Well, how close to there do you want portals for?"

• Theresa will use her Noble-finding Gift to check out the Chancel.
  

Herbert: "Well, it seems the Chancel is safe, for now."
DanteE: "Whichever ones you can find. Especially if something seems to be messing with your equations as you write them."
Herbert: (A Lesser Divination of Realm would give me a quick overview of the Chancel's actual state no?)
Random_Nerd: Samuel: "Okay. You even want the hard to use ones where you'd have to close your eyes and spin around three times while reciting the day's stock quotes and so on?"
DanteE: "Yeah."
DanteE: "In fact, it might be a good idea to map the entire town..."
DanteE: (at the clock tower yet?)
Random_Nerd: Samuel: "I can do that, but I can't do that quickly unless I get a class of grad students working on the problem too."
Random_Nerd: (Yeah, let's say you're there, as you came out just outside Kaerkoven.)
Thom: (I wonder if anyone' s seen Brian recently?)
Theresa: (No we haven't. We think he's been building a super conductor...)
DanteE: "Hope's still a Dean, I think...
Random_Nerd: (He's... guarding the horses.)

• DanteE parks and heads into the tower.
  

Theresa: "Probably be good for a part time job or an internship."
DanteE: (anything odd?)
Random_Nerd: (Nobody with an auctoritas in-Chancel that you don't expect to be here. Also, it seems that Kudzu is somewhere underground, around bedrock level, and not moving.)
Random_Nerd: S: "That reminds me. There was something that William and I wanted to bring up."
Random_Nerd: W: "Ah, yes. We wanted to know if you wanted some effort to be made to teach some of your chancelfolk to do some of the things you rely on us for. Geomancy, heraldry, things like that."
Theresa: "Huh, the boss is underground."
Theresa: (Is where he is underground where James got et?)
DanteE: "That's odd..."
Theresa: *to William and Sam* "Kinda like an Aides Out-Reach Program or something else?"

• DanteE heads up to the clockworks
  

Herbert: William: "That wouldn't be a bad idea. We could organize this through the City's administration. Create a Department of Geomancy for example. I could easily arrange it."
Random_Nerd: William: "Yes. Now, it would take years to give them a full Aide's background. Samuel and I both did a seven-year program preparing for this job, if you include the internships. But an overview, or deeper into some specific area."
Herbert: (Oops, a GOOD idea...)
Herbert: (Not enough caffeine here too...)
Herbert: "Should we warn Lesson's group to be on alert?"
Random_Nerd: S: "It might help, too, if your police had a better idea of how to spot supernatural trouble and get in touch with you. I read about the problems you had when your demon went amok, for instance."
Theresa: "We were lucky on the bunny. It's hard to ignore Monty."
DanteE: "Hm... it might help the people feel that they have some control, as well."
Theresa: "And yeah, I think Lesson should be on alert. The boss going ooooommmm has me...worried."
DanteE: (OK, what's in the clock?)
Herbert: "I'll contact him then."
Random_Nerd: (In the Realm's Heart part?)
DanteE: (Yep)

• Herbert looks for Lesson's number in his brand new rolodex and give him a call.
  

Random_Nerd: S: "With Kudzu... do we think that Colonel Kurtz has gone up the river, or what?"
Thom: (the horror!)
Theresa: "I don't think that we should disturb him just yet. Herb said he didn't want to be bothered."
Theresa: "Book or movie, Sam?"
Random_Nerd: (In the Realm's Heart, all looks the same except for Kudzu's gear, which is splotched with big lumps of brick.)
Random_Nerd: Sam: "Movie. Never read the book."

• DanteE examines the brick...
  

DanteE: (Wait, where'd the giant go?)
Random_Nerd: (You guys put him with Lesson & Company, right?)
Theresa: (I don't know. He's around _somewhere_...maybe he's having a beer with Lesson.)
Theresa: (I don't think he's in with Horse...)
Theresa: (Check under the beds for giants and dust bunnies...)
DanteE: (Check and see if he became an appetizer)
Random_Nerd: Oh, and the brick just looks like, well, brick. Like when the metal of Kudzu's gear was cooling, someone tossed in a few chumks of brick.

• Herbert holds the phone in one hand and touches Kudzu's gear with the other.
  

Herbert: "What do you think it means? That Kudzu's soul is polluted somehow? Perhaps by my predecessor...?
Random_Nerd: Samuel: "What happened to his gear?"
Theresa: "Dunno if I would say polluted. It looks like a part of it, not like it's breaking."
DanteE: "With Kudzu, it could mean he's just changing."
DanteE: "..which of us has the best relationship with the Boss, would you say?"
Theresa: "Uhh...Dad always liked Hope best?"
Herbert: "He ate my predecessor..."
Random_Nerd: William: "But she's busy. Maybe Herbert, since Kudzu recently picked him?"
Random_Nerd: Sam: "Besides, I doubt he'd eat two Urbanizations in a row. That'll give you heartburn."
Random_Nerd: Sam glances at William, as if wondering if he got something right. William nods.
DanteE: "Hm. Let's give him some time to, um, meditate? while we try to talk to Barakiel."
Herbert: "So, I should contact him again eh?"
Random_Nerd: Lesson, with a splint on his left arm, walks into the Realm's Heart.
Random_Nerd: L: "Heard you were back."
DanteE: "What happened to you?"

• Herbert hangs up the phone. "There you are."
  

Random_Nerd: L: "Establishing relationship bounderies with the giant. Not the tree. New one."
Theresa: "How's his arm?"
Random_Nerd: L: "Arm is unharmed. Right kidney damaged, but is healing."
Random_Nerd: L: "Relies too much on invulnerability to weapons. Seems not to have wrestled with humanoids with sharp claws. A weakness."
Theresa: "Ah. Thought you guys might have arm wrestled."
Random_Nerd: L: "Irish standdown."
Random_Nerd: L: "Was lucky. Giant was cocky. Would have easily beaten me if he'd been trying."
Random_Nerd: L: "Doesn't matter. Both of us will heal."
Random_Nerd: William: "...so. Anyway. Ymera Kudzu."

• DanteE tries to locate the boss...
  

Random_Nerd: (So, Herb, you're trying to talk to Kudzu through the gear?)
Theresa: "We were dealing with what may be a new type of Excrucian...but yes, the boss..."
Random_Nerd: (Trying by what means, Dante?)
Herbert: (Yes, I concentrate once again on him.)
DanteE: (Shouldn't we just know? :) )
Herbert: "Sir? Sorry to disturb you again, but..."
Random_Nerd: (Not really. Theresa found him earlier, though.)
Random_Nerd: Kudzu's gear's teeth turn from squared gear teeth to ragged saw teeth dripping blood.
Random_Nerd: Kudzu: "BUSY."
Random_Nerd: (And, yes, any of you with gears could do that to them if you wanted to. Happens automatically with your moods, really, if you don't try to conceal it.)
Herbert: To the others: "Well, okay, I tried. He isn't available for the moment."
DanteE: ".... something huge is going down."
Theresa: "Then let's give him some time to cool down. The Chancel seems to be in order, yes?"
Herbert: "From what I can sense, all is fine."
Herbert: "Perhaps we should turn our energies towards high diplomacy?"
DanteE: "...anyway. Barakiel. Council. Do what we can now."
Theresa: "Which would be better, contacting the Council directly or owing Barakiel a favor?"
DanteE: "Let's ask Consequences."
Herbert: "Barakiel isn't on the Council, but has some influence there?"
Random_Nerd: William: "Correct, as I understand it."

• DanteE heads to the conference room...
  

DanteE: (What's Consequences' flower?)
Random_Nerd: L: "Three trees and one mermaid wish to become human. Also, several people have asked to be turned into 'some kind of monster thing.' "
Random_Nerd: (I don't recall the details, but all of you know it, and Theresa can create one.)
Theresa: *bloompoof*
Theresa: "Some kind of monster thing? Your group has...groupies?"

• DanteE hooks the flower up to the conference room screen...
  

Herbert: (Plants is a REALLY useful Estate now that I think about it.)
Theresa: (In Nobilis, at least.  :) I'm an instant communication device if someone can describe the plant to me.)
Random_Nerd: (Of course, you're in-chancel. You could have created a flower just as easily with a Realm miracle.)

• DanteE prays to Consequences. "We have urgent news, friend. Talk to us?"
  

Random_Nerd: L: "I do not understand it. Psychiatrists on staff say it is not unheard of in young humans. Have written down their names and sent them home."
DanteE: "How young?"
Random_Nerd: After a moment, you hear a voice vaguely like a wasp speaking poetry: "If you are one of the Nobilis, please speak the name of the leader of the Council of Four now."
Random_Nerd: Lesson thinks for a moment.
DanteE: "Entropy."
Random_Nerd: L: "Youngest was twelve years old. Oldest was twenty-one years old."
Theresa: (F'n Entropy.)
Random_Nerd: Wasplike Voice: "You're reached the Chancel of the Power of Consequences. He's not current..."
Theresa: "Did the 12 year old also talk about giant robots too?"
Random_Nerd: Consequences: "Sorry about that. Who is this?"
Herbert: (Man, the war measures are in effect.)
Random_Nerd: L: "Not in my presence."
Random_Nerd: C: "Who is this?"
DanteE: "Courage, Chancel Amyra.
Random_Nerd: Consequences: "Oh, okay. Is it important? I'm busy."
DanteE: "We have news of an Excrucian attack in Chancel Jaris and something bizarre happened on Dionyl."
Random_Nerd: C: "Okay. That's important. What happened on Dionyl?"
DanteE: "Someone appeared on Dionyl that may be the Domination Sakharoth, or the Warmain Suebi.
DanteE: "Either way, his memory is in pieces."
Theresa: (Or maybe both. It's...mysterious.()
Random_Nerd: C: "I don't understand."
Herbert: "We don't either."
DanteE: "William, what was the last thing heard about Sakharoth?"
Random_Nerd: C: "How can I help you."
Random_Nerd: W: "I don't remember which thing you mean."
DanteE: "Whoever he is, he's sort-of-contained on Dionyl, but we're still not sure who he is.
DanteE: "Either way, we figured the Council should know... and your Ymera has more 'pull' with them than ours.
Herbert: "Sakaroth disappeared a long while ago, beyond the walls of Creation."
DanteE: "Also, the fact that he reappeared at the same time as the Excrucian is extremely suspicious."
Random_Nerd: C: "You want to talk with Lord Entropy?"
Random_Nerd: Wasplike Voice: "You have reached the Chancel of the Power of Con" C: "Shut up! You are not to interrupt me when I am speaking!"
Herbert: (It's not that we *want* to talk with him...)
DanteE: "This is either a 'recovered' formerly lost DOmination or an extremely subtle Warmain. They should know."
Random_Nerd: C: "...okay, they're meeting in four days. I can get them to listen to you them, but I want something in return."
Herbert: "Or a Warmain that has been turned to our cause. It's possible no?"
DanteE: "What do you have in mind?"
Random_Nerd: C: "Ha-Qadosh Berakha. If you ever have his ear, I want you to do me a favor."
Random_Nerd: C: "If you never get the chance, that's okay, but if you have the opportunity, we need his support."
DanteE: (Gesundheit. :) )
DanteE: to the aides: "Who is that?"
Random_Nerd: Wasp: "You have reached the Chancel of" C: "I can have him send you back, you know."
Theresa: (I love you, dear.)
DanteE: "Oh, that reminds me...
DanteE: "Shadows is more familiar with getting beings through the wall...
Random_Nerd: C: "Don't remind me."
DanteE: "What are the chances that the Ex and the ... whoever came in through an open door?"
Random_Nerd: C: "Bad. There are only seven of those, and they're guarded. If they slipped through, that means that the Imperators guarding them either are dead, or let them through."
Theresa: "Urk."
Random_Nerd: C: "It's possible to push through at other places, but it's hard. Usually they can only fit Shards through."
DanteE: "Whoever appeared on Dionyl remembers both being and killing Sakharoth, but doesn't remember who he is."
Random_Nerd: C: "I don't know what that means, but it's not good. Yeah, I can get you an audience with the Council. Is the bargain a fair one?"
Herbert: "So, you can arrange an audience with the Council. In exchange, we have to do what we can to get you the support of the Qadosh person?"
DanteE: "If we ever talk to Ha-Qadosh Berakha... support for what?"

• Theresa shrugs at Dante.
  

Random_Nerd: C: "My Imperator's plans to slow or stop the next Age. I know that you don't agree with us on that, but don't you see that things like this show the need?"
DanteE: "Did you convince him to go with your Plan B?"
Random_Nerd: C: "We're working on a final version. It's not done yet."

• Herbert whispers to Theresa: "Who's that Ha-Qadosh?"
  

Random_Nerd: C: "But /something/ needs to be done."
DanteE: "Almost forgot... Chancel Jaris:
Random_Nerd: W: "He's on the Council of Four. A Magister of the Wild."
DanteE: "She wat attacked in her own Chancel by a full Excrucian.
DanteE: "We took in their refugees, fishmen and Nobles.
Theresa: *whispers back* "One of the Council of Four. A Wildlord. Don't know much about him. It's him, Entropy, Anada is the one in charge of the Age to Come and Surilam is...whatever he is."
Random_Nerd: C: "I had not heard this, but I've been very busy."
Theresa: (Surolam even.)
DanteE: "Word is that she fought him off with help from Orion, and is currently recovering."

• Herbert whispers: "Thanks."
  

Random_Nerd: C: "Look, I'm really busy here. I'm trying to get together a viable plan for saving the world, and it seems like it's falling apart already."
DanteE: "Telling him about Jaris might help."
Random_Nerd: C: "Yes, it'll help, but it also means we're almost out of time."
DanteE: "We'll let you go, then."
Random_Nerd: C: "Look. I can help you if you can help me, but if you can't, I need to get back to putting together some support. I really don't want to be like this, but we're running out of time."
Herbert: "I suggest we take the deal."
Theresa: *whispers to Dante* "Might as well. We're running out of time too if this is all going pear-shaped."
DanteE: "We can do it, I think."
Random_Nerd: C: "Thank you. I know you don't fully agree with us, but we're on the same side as you. And we need Ha-Qadosh, as we'll never get Ananda or Surolam's support."
DanteE: "Send us details once they're together."
Random_Nerd: C: "So it's a deal?"
Random_Nerd: (I think we need to stop soon, we're getting slow.)
Herbert: (indeed.)
Theresa: (Dante gets to give the word...)
Herbert: (What will it be?)
Theresa: (I'm guessing the word will be...disconnected. Or maybe 'policeatmydoorberightback'.)
Random_Nerd: (Knock?)
DanteE: "We'll do it."
DanteE: (actually it was 'bio', but let's not go there)
Herbert: (Ouf! The suspense was unbearable ;) )
Random_Nerd: C: "Okay. And in four days is okay for you with the Council?"
Theresa: "If the world doesn't end before then..."
DanteE: "Assuming Dionyl holds out.
DanteE: "I asked them to let us know if anything weirder happens."
Random_Nerd: C: "I'll make it happen. You should recieve an official summons within the day."
Random_Nerd: C: "is there anything else?"
DanteE: "Just 'Good luck'.
Herbert: (yeah! We're going to meet Entropy.)
Random_Nerd: C: "Okay. I'd like to chat soon, but, you know, the whole making the world not end thing."
Random_Nerd: C: "Oh, and Shadows wanted to come by your chancel some time. Are you okay with that?"
DanteE: "Sure."
Random_Nerd: C: "Okay. And good luck with whatever angle you're working on this."
DanteE: (How badly are we screwed?)
Random_Nerd: Wasp: "You have reached the chanc"*GHKHK*
Random_Nerd: (Eh. Depends how things work out.)
Theresa: (So about normal for us, then.)
Random_Nerd: (Shall we stop here?)
DanteE: (Good a place as any)
Theresa: (I think so. I feel about like the brain-wasp.)
Random_Nerd: ___________STOP______________
Random_Nerd: Okay, this is the end of the story arc.
Random_Nerd: Given all that happened, I'm giving all of you two Character Points/Chancel Points.

• • • Herbert is now known as Harold.
      

DanteE: Kewl

• • • DanteE is now known as Knockwood.
      

Harold: Yeah!
Harold: We'll be able to use them against Entropy next time...

• • • You are now known as BethE.
      

Random_Nerd: Oh, and I plan to bring in Stories in the next session, as he'd have ample reason to be watching a meeting of the Council of Four, I figure.
BethE: Wow, two of them...
Random_Nerd: Does that work for you?
Knockwood: I'll have to buy a Gift of Cosmic Un-Screwage.
Knockwood: You realize that dramatically increases the chances of Thom's connection eating itself, ne?
Harold: By the by, sad news: I won't be able to make it for the next two weeks. I have to attend a conference and then I have some family obligations. If you want to go ahead without Urbanization, go ahead, I can rejoin the group later on.
Random_Nerd: Well, bear in mind, it's not a Deal with the Devil.
Random_Nerd: Consequences isn't a bad guy, just someone you disagree with about some stuff.
Random_Nerd: That's okay, Harold. It's a good time for it at any rate, given that it's a storyline division.
Knockwood: ... Thom, you there?

• Random_Nerd burns incense to propitiate the Curse of James.
  

Harold: Excellent. I wouldn't want to postpone Stories' introduction :)
Harold: I'll see you all in three weeks.
Harold: Good night guys!
BethE: Your ninja will deal with this Noble Paparazzi...

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