Session 164

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Chancel_Amyra
Chapter 19

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{Angelo} Hi Verithe! *Hug* Beth!
{Verithe} Hi!
{Angelo} Hi RN! :-D
{BethE} Hi Angelo!
{Angelo} everyone is fine?
{Random_Nerd} Yeah.
{Angelo} good
{Angelo} I play in another Nobilis game, is *strange*! :-)
{Random_Nerd} How's that going?
{BethE} Oh? Do tell!
{Angelo} strange not be Ftisk but.. uhm... but someone that, well, care for the "mission going on" or is not crazy like a crazy llama
{Angelo} @Beth: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=507865
{BethE} Oh, nifty!
{Random_Nerd} Oh, Verithe. I'd been wanting to do a Kite-focused storyline soon, did you have any thoughts on that?
{Angelo} @RN: is going fine. First think to do: excru hunting!

  • Angelo Liiiisten _very_ carefully @-____-@

{Verithe} Well, I want to grab an anchor or two for him, but that can happen in any story line. We could investigate his pre-Noble history or get his Aid.
{Angelo} but these are your thing you like to do or Kite ones?
{Angelo} (aka are things that you fell as fun to do? or you have to do?)
{Verithe} They are things I'm interested in doing. Kite could care less about his pre-Noble history.
{Angelo} ok :-)
{Random_Nerd} Do you have a preference between those?
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{Knockwood} Hi guys
{Angelo} Hi Knock!
{Random_Nerd} Hey.
{Verithe} Well, grabbing an Aid has a more immediate advantage. :)
{Verithe} Hi, Knock!
{BethE} Hi Knock!
{Random_Nerd} And you'd wanted a Dionyl, right?
{Angelo} And then? Holding the Aid what accomplish? (@V: :-P )
{Verithe} Right.
{Knockwood} Ver: well, remember, they have a line in their contract about being grabbed without consent...
{Angelo} (or skinned into a little ladybug...)
{Verithe} Well...yeah, he would want someone shiny and be able to grab them whenever he wants...
{Knockwood} You might need someone who's adept at smoothing over the occasional mishap. You know, in case that comes up...
{Random_Nerd} Did you have a preference between city and country Dionyl?
{Verithe} Nope.
{Knockwood} Well, now, consider people other than Dionyl...
{Verithe} Non-Dionyl are welcome, of course, if they'd better suit the role.
{Knockwood} humans, mythological creatures, constructs,
{Knockwood} robots, cyborgs, AIs, low-level angels, spirits, Things From Heck...
{Verithe} I want a lasagna from Heck as an Aid. :P
{BethE} Meaty or meatless?
{BethE} (Of course, you're accepting that it will be a corrupted lasagna, but whether it's corrupted with tofu or too much cheese...)
{Verithe} If it's going to be corrupted with tofu or zucchini, I might as well go with meatless. :)
{Angelo} of course is corrupted with a sheet 1/4" tick of mortadella
{Knockwood} (the fun part is, a sentient lasagna might just work in a Nobilis game)
{Random_Nerd} Okay, let's see. You had transportation arranged for those of you that can't fly, you had Davidson ready...
{Random_Nerd} And Sam had worked out a route for you already.
{Random_Nerd} Anything else you need to do?
{Knockwood} did Davidson get his armor?
{BethE} Is Davidson wearing cotton?
{Knockwood} ah yeah, she can do stealth armor
{Random_Nerd} Yeah, I think we'd been going with preservation-enhanced cloth.
{Angelo} Yep, I think this too
{Knockwood} and it's assumed I'm packing a ridiculous number of blades...
{BethE} Then it is done. Theresa will be wearing appropriate attire that is also preserved.
{Angelo} And I borrow one blade
{Knockwood} what size & type?
{Angelo} a stylish rapier
{Knockwood} No problem. (Preserved, of course)
{Angelo} thank K.
{Angelo} and T. can do a dress for Ftisk?
{Random_Nerd} Okay, we ready to go?
{Angelo} yep
{Verithe} Yup!
{Knockwood} ayep...
{Random_Nerd} Okay, what method of transport had you been using?
{BethE} Sure, any dress in particular?
=-= BethE is now known as Theresa
=-= Knockwood is now known as DanteE
{Angelo} yes, a sexy one T.
{DanteE} (Who's logging?)
{Angelo} ME!

  • Verithe Kite

{Theresa} What color?
=-= Verithe is now known as Kite
{Angelo} black, short, many laces
{DanteE} ...
=-= YOU are now known as Ftisk
{Theresa} So be it. *poof, preserve* Just don't get stones thrown at you for cleavaging.
{DanteE} (Who all's going?)
{Theresa} (Everyone but Brian?)
{Ftisk} (Ftisk can survive for a session without shoving her bountiful)
{DanteE} "Davidson, remember, these are ... let's just say Very Interesting People. And we haven't met most of them yet, including the host."
{Random_Nerd} ________START__________
{DanteE} (which NPCs, tho?)

  • Ftisk undress and redress *just* in front of DanteE
  • Kite flaps hysterically.

{Kite} "And the fish was THIS BIG!"
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "So I don't talk too much, don't do anything stupid, and pay attention?"
{DanteE} "That should work."
{Theresa} "Pretty much. We will protect you. And will try not to shatter your mind."
{DanteE} "We'll try and guide you...
{DanteE} "Did your bosses want you to look for anything specific?"
{Ftisk} @Kite: "Really? And where was you fishing?"
{Random_Nerd} "We don't know enough about this stuff to know what's important. I'm just watching everything I can."
{Kite} "Atlanta"
{DanteE} "All right, everybody prepped?"
{Ftisk} "ohh, here in Amyra or outside?"
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "And one horse will be fine pulling the chariot on its own?"
{Random_Nerd} (It totally will.)
{Kite} "Outside..."
{Random_Nerd} (Warmains don't ride ponies. Uh, generally.)
{Ftisk} @Dante: "Yep!, or do you want a rerun of my show" wink
{Theresa} "The chariot is made. And yes, Snow's horse is interesting. Just don't tell it to kill anyone."
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "...noted."
{DanteE} "Well, it's the size of a Clydesdale and survived the trip from outside creation. Should..."

  • DanteE mounts the horse...

{Random_Nerd} The horse paws the ground.
{Theresa} "You look kinda silly on a horse pulling a chariot, Dante." *smile* "But it works until you can fly."
{Ftisk} "oh! fun!..."
{DanteE} "One thing. This horse has a kill-every-mortal-around 'spell' attached to him."

  • Kite is disturbed that the horse has paws.

=-= YOU are now known as tentacleMosterFtisk
{Random_Nerd} Dante, you have Sam's directions for the pathway.
{Theresa} (You tore up your dress?)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "_This_ is a better body for combat!!"
{DanteE} (Again, which NPCs are with us?)
{Random_Nerd} (You tell me.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (I don't know... RN what a happen?)
{DanteE} (Hm... should we bring an Aide, and/or Lesson?)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (If the dress transform with me.. will it give me preservation protection.. if so then is unfair? right?)
{DanteE} "William, Sam, either of you wants to come along?"
{Random_Nerd} (Up to you. Bringing a lot of vulnerable people would probably be risky.)
{Theresa} (Lesson would have to be guised.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (I can give Lesson a body!)
{DanteE} (Point. Guess they hold down the fort.)
{Random_Nerd} William: "I generally stay away from fights with Warmains. Or their shards. Or anyone, really."
{Kite} (I agree. I think they should all sit it out. We'll have our hands full with Davidson as it is.)
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "What he said. That wind explosion thing is /hardcore/."
{Theresa} (If the dress transferred with you, yes, but it would only protect what it covered. And you wanted a tiny dress. For boobs.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (so all but tentaclemoster boob? :-P )
{Theresa} (It might be a tank top on you, depending on where the tentacles are.)
{DanteE} "Oh, reminds me. Sam, I wrote up an idea on something Brian could do to counter that. I think I left it on the table. See that he sees it, would you?"
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (well for me is ok that the dress will tore up. Cleaner this way)
{DanteE} (if the dress was preserved wouldn't it resist the change?)
{Theresa} (Well it was preserved, so it didn't tear but it probably slid off of you.)
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Will do."
{Random_Nerd} William: "Any additional tasks for us, while you're away?"
{Theresa} (Or you now have a weird looking corset.)

  • tentacleMosterFtisk put away the dress for later use
  • tentacleMosterFtisk (joking voice) "ssssssmask?!?"

{tentacleMosterFtisk} ( http://www.mirrorshards.org/2010/03/cheatyfaced-prompt-good-flying-snail.html )
{DanteE} "William, keep an eye on the Imp. If he starts something, try suggesting a new artwork to sculpt."
{Theresa} "Oh, could you pick out the best roof in town for a garden and set up a tour for me at the doomsday vault?"
{Random_Nerd} William: "I'll start on that."
{Random_Nerd} Sam: "Still disappointed about that..."
{Random_Nerd} William: "Yes, yes. One day maybe you'll have a real doomsday vault, all of your own."
{Kite} (Oh, I should have taken a picture of the rooftop garden in Sunshine City...)
{Random_Nerd} William: "Should I have your demon avoid religious themes or depictions of you in his work? "
{DanteE} "And be ready to deal with Davidson's superiors..."
{Theresa} (If Sam wants a Doomsday vault, maybe Theresa will make one for him for his birthday.)
{DanteE} "... good idea. Maybe have him stick to buildings or natural wonders... "
{Random_Nerd} William: "I'll try."
{DanteE} "And Sam, keep us appraised about the bartender, especially if he spouts another Prophecy."
{DanteE} "Everyone aboard? "
{Random_Nerd} Davidson gets on the chariot.
{DanteE} (and everybody take a tinkle before we leave?)

  • Theresa enters the chariot as well.

{Theresa} (Don't tell Ftisk that...)

  • DanteE has a bat'leth, just for funsies...
  • Kite takes flight.
  • tentacleMosterFtisk float near the chariot

{Random_Nerd} (Cut to your arrival at the destination?)
{DanteE} (Sure.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (yep)
{Theresa} (Please.)
{Random_Nerd} While you go through the Borderlands, Davidson is taking notes on a pad of paper.
{DanteE} "Something like this happen to your platoon, Davidson?"
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "Came through on foot, but yeah."
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "And I know they've done limited flyovers as well, but I wasn't there for those."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "Here is where the chancel end and the other reality takeover"
{DanteE} "Now, if I remember right, it should be about 9 hours earlier here///
{Random_Nerd} You pull through the portal in a grove of trees. About a dozen long-legged dogs are milling around, and there's a guy leaning against his horse and filling a pipe.
{DanteE} "Hello."
{Theresa} "Ah, I believe that is our host?"

  • tentacleMosterFtisk wave
  • Kite lands.

{Random_Nerd} He's a bit on the short side, about five-eight or so. Brown hair, fairly long beard, brown cloak. The horse is a greyish color, but it seems to resemble Snow's horse in its general features.
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (is also a warmain one?)
{Random_Nerd} Leaning against a tree is what looks at first like a spear, but turns out on closer examination to be a bloodstained switchblade tied to a stick.
{Random_Nerd} The guy nods at you. "Locus Amyra?"
{Theresa} (Can we tell if there's anything special about it? Like a feeling of doom?)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "Yes"

  • Kite checks the Sight.

{Theresa} "Yep. And friends from Locus Vulcan."
{Random_Nerd} (He looks odd to the Sight. Like a really bright anchor, or a really dim Noble.)

  • DanteE looks around with the Sight and Mythic as well... (thanks for reminding me Kite)

{tentacleMosterFtisk} "And you are..."
{Random_Nerd} Mythically, the dogs are even larger, perhaps about six feet high at the shoulder, and have eyes that visibly glow.
{DanteE} (Remember, they invited Ftisk)
{Random_Nerd} (Yes, but they talked to William and Sam.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (ok, but a name ... is polite to give us a name)
{Random_Nerd} "Ken Duncan."
{Theresa} (Crud, what was my lastname...)

  • tentacleMosterFtisk bow "...is easier then shake handa... in this body"

{Kite} (It's a somewhat common name.)
{DanteE} (Doesn't matter...)
{Theresa} (Huh, I don't think I've given Theresa a last name.)
{Theresa} "Theresa, Plants." *smile*
{DanteE} "Dante, Dominus Fortitudo et Gladia. You want a better spear?"
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "oh, I'm Ftisk ab Vulcan"
{Kite} "Chytosideron, Vulcan's Assembly."
{Random_Nerd} K: "No, this one works very well for my needs. It doesn't have the right look, I know, but I work with what I have."
{Random_Nerd} Davidson glances at you guys, looking a little unsure.
{DanteE} "And this guy here (Davidson) is basically a mortal observer."
{Theresa} "And this is Davidson, a mortal from our Chancel. He will be observing."
{DanteE} (jinx)
{Random_Nerd} K: "Do you want him protected, or have you already done so?"
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "Well, what do you know of this warmain shard?"
{Theresa} (*creates you a high fructose corn syrup Coke*)
{Theresa} (*creates a sugar-sweetened Coke for the GM*)
{DanteE} "We'll keep an eye on him."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (would be fun if this is the shard disguised... )
{DanteE} "Who is the host, by the way? We never got that..."
{Random_Nerd} K: "I've heard rumors that some are in the area, planning an attack on... I don't know, some Estate. Going to track them, see what we can do about it."
{Kite} (Shush!)
{Random_Nerd} K: "Host?"
{Theresa} Theresa is very still as she is paranoid enough to think bad things but not paranoid enough to think of them ahead of time.
{Theresa} (Our Host was to be The Chase.)
{DanteE} (Oh, we met him. Damn, should have brought Lesson.)
{Random_Nerd} (No, it's specifically not The Chase.)
{Theresa} (Oh, no, I was wrong. )
{Random_Nerd} (William said it was the Master of the Wild Hunt.)
{Theresa} "Are you ready, Master?"

  • DanteE looks at Theresa, wondering if she's been watching way too much I Dream of Jeannie... :)

{Random_Nerd} K: "Still need to bless the dogs. Best to do it right before we go."
{Random_Nerd} He goes over to the horse and takes a canteen that's hanging from the side of the saddle.
{DanteE} "Who else is coming?"
{Random_Nerd} K: "I thought this was all of you."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (Ah, forgot. Can I have leaved at Ftisk home a message for Gnomely saying "that Ftisk is out hunting Excru shard(s)"?)
{DanteE} "Oh... I was asking in case you invited others."
{Theresa} (His title is Master of the Wild Hunt. It's polite to call the leader of the hunt master.  :) And I believe that courtesy is to take your leave of him by saying "Good evening, Master." no matter the time of day.)
{Random_Nerd} He sprinkles water over the heads of the dogs, muttering to himself as he does so.
{Random_Nerd} (Anyone with Aspect 1 or better can hear that he's saying "I know a thirteenth charm, if I sprinkle water over a child, he will never fall in a thick of battle, nor falter and sink in the sword-play.")
{Random_Nerd} K: "Want me to get your human while I'm at it?"
{DanteE} "Might be a good idea. How long does it last?"
{Random_Nerd} K: "Varies. I like to do it right before I go out, it's usually good for most of a day."
{DanteE} "Do it. Can't be too careful."
{Random_Nerd} K, to Davidson: "You're not an Anchor, right?"
{Random_Nerd} Davidson looks confused.
{Random_Nerd} K: "I'll take that as a no."
{DanteE} "You're not."
{Random_Nerd} He sprinkles some on Davidson's head, and then a bit on his own, and then puts the canteen away.
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "plain human, plain as water"
{Random_Nerd} K: "Okay, showtime."
{Theresa} (Water's pretty busy if you look at it close enough.)
{Theresa} "Is that an abhorrent weapon?"
{Random_Nerd} He pours the tobacco out of his pipe back into his bad, and then rummages around into his bag.
{Random_Nerd} K: "I know I brought it... ah, there we go."
{Random_Nerd} He pulls an eyepatch out of his pocket, and puts it over his left eye. "Appearances, you know. Gotta keep them guessing." Both of his eyes looked fine.
{Random_Nerd} K: "And, yeah, it is. I'd been hoping for a spear, but I wasn't going to pass this one by."

  • tentacleMosterFtisk giggle a bit

{DanteE} "OK, who's the target?"
{Random_Nerd} K: "I have it on good authority that there's shard activity in the area. The dogs go out first, unless you have a better way to locate them. I use the spear, and then you guys and the hounds do your thing."

  • tentacleMosterFtisk add a eye patch on a tentacle...

{Theresa} (He _is_ missing an eye.)
{DanteE} (Me too, technically...)
{Random_Nerd} He looks up at that.
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (and... appearance matter say the MotWH)
{Random_Nerd} K: "Oh, that reminds me. You've got a missing eye, and I know that you" *turns to Ftisk* "gave an eye to Jan ben Jan for knowledge. Either of you have anything else going on that has to do with, uh, you know who?"
{Random_Nerd} He waves a hand at himself.
{DanteE} "Jan, or ol' Bloody-Hands?"
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "uhmmm... no other .. I think..."
{Random_Nerd} K: "No, no. You know. Odin."
{Theresa} (Aha! I knew it!)
{Kite} "Odin?"
{DanteE} "Oh. No, this (eye) is just a coincidence..."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (I think entropy= Odin for this one)

  • Theresa smiled. "I thought I recognized the rune."

{Theresa} "I too have given to Jan Ben Jan for knowledge."
{Random_Nerd} K: "And no, I'm not him. Near as I can tell, I'm kinda his understudy. But I keep an eye out in case there're any rumors of the real guy."
{Random_Nerd} K: "Yes, but with him, it was an /eye/. That's awfully close."
{Kite} "I'm a bit big for a raven, but I can pretend, if that's necessary."
{Random_Nerd} K: "Wouldn't help. People would just ask where the other one was."
{Random_Nerd} He mounts up.
{DanteE} "Theresa, you mind taking my place on the Horse O'Death?"

  • DanteE dismounts...

{DanteE} to Hunt: "By the way, this horse was from the Other Side, and has a kill-all-nearby-mortals miracle attached to him.
{Theresa} "I think I should ride back here in the chariot. For one, I can keep Davidson within my personal space and second...it looks silly to ride him while he pulls the chariot."
{Random_Nerd} Ken adjusts his eyepatch and hood, and fiddles with his beard a bit, and then nods.
{DanteE} "We've never used it, of course."
{Theresa} (Of course. *whistle*)
{Random_Nerd} K: "That's an odd one. This one can just fly."
{Random_Nerd} K: "Handy, because a lot of shards can, and I can't."
{Random_Nerd} K: "Everyone ready?"
{DanteE} to Theresa: "Can you keep anyone from approaching him with malicious intent?"
{Theresa} *asks Davidson* "Ready?"
{Random_Nerd} Davidson looks up from his notes. "Ready."

  • DanteE guises as an eagle...

{Random_Nerd} Davidson pokes himself with his pen, and says "Hmm. Interesting."
{Theresa} "I taught little children for decades. Mama bears have nothing on me."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (I don't guise)
{DanteE} (we noticed. :) )
{Random_Nerd} Ken NotOdin: "Okay, hounds, go!"
{Random_Nerd} The dogs start to run through the forest. He follows on horseback.

  • DanteE flies after him..
  • tentacleMosterFtisk follow
  • Kite flies after.

{Random_Nerd} K: "With luck, we'll be able to pick off at least one while he's alone, before they get ready."
{Theresa} "Okay, Horse, follow."
{Theresa} (We're ganking shards?)
{DanteE} (how well can the Horse understand us?)
{Random_Nerd} Horse starts to gallop as Theresa holds the reins.
{Random_Nerd} (As well as a well-trained german shepherd, say.)
{Theresa} (And Theresa can produce sugar cubes, apples and carrots at will!)
{Random_Nerd} (He's not humanly intelligent, but for an animal, he's pretty bright, and he's been trained for this kind of thing. Just... on the other side.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (tentacle Ftsik is the bigger tentacle moster he can make, all done of guts-like tentacle, full of veins and bodily fluids and a bit disgusting)
{Random_Nerd} The dogs keep going, at least as fast as sprinting greyhounds.
{DanteE} (Cneph help us if we come across some asian schoolgirls)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (@Dante: lol!)
{Random_Nerd} K: "If we're lucky, we'll catch them out in the wild or on a road. A few sightings by humans aren't so bad, but I'd rather not be seen by a lot of them."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "me too"

  • DanteE looks at the tentacle monster and understands completely...

{tentacleMosterFtisk} "otherwise I can eat the witnesses"
{DanteE} "No, Ftisk."
{Random_Nerd} A pair of startled deer freeze as hounds, horse, other horse, and chariot go by.

  • tentacleMosterFtisk do gnam gnam sound... and then a sad face....

{tentacleMosterFtisk} "Dante, I don't know, always no Ftisk, no Ftisk, and we are not even married!"
{Theresa} (Tentacle fiend has a point.)
{DanteE} "(a-HEM!) So, what was the, uh, nature of the Shard Activity?"
{Random_Nerd} K: "Okay, we have a highway coming up. Your horse should know what to do..."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} ( /me smash pillar! right?)
{Random_Nerd} K: "An anchor of the Power of Chess saw some obvious Excrucians out scouting the area, but there haven't been any outright attacks yet."
{Random_Nerd} You reach the highway. The hounds leap over it in a way that suggests that they could fly, if they felt like it, but right now, they're not quite in the mood.
{Random_Nerd} Both horses do the same. Davidson holds on tight to the side of the chariot as it's dragged through the air.

  • tentacleMosterFtisk follow, pretending to be a modern sculpture installation
  • Kite is in the mood to fly and continues doing so.

{Random_Nerd} The dogs are sniffing the air as they run, and seem to be taking on a more purposeful look.
{DanteE} "Looks like they've got something"
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "good"
{Random_Nerd} K: "If we're lucky, it's a Strategist. Those will run, and we can drive them out away from the normal people."
{DanteE} "Where's the nearest city?"
{Theresa} "Warmains would stand their ground."
{Random_Nerd} In the distance, a smaller road crosses the highway. On the right is a gas station.
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "And deceiver will not let be discovered"
{DanteE} (Which ones have we fought?)
{Kite} "Do Strategists always run?"
{Random_Nerd} Those of you with Aspect 3 or better can see a man with the oddly perfect look of a Shard walking out with a map in his hands.
{DanteE} "There!"
{Random_Nerd} K: "Often. They don't know what's going on, and they don't like to stand and fight when they're confused."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (aspect 2... :-( )
{Random_Nerd} K: "At the station?"
{DanteE} "I think so."
{Kite} "That's interesting."

  • DanteE checks him out with The Sight..."

{Theresa} http://myfoodlooksfunny.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/129150384419869613.jpg
{Theresa} (Whoops, wrong tab.)
{DanteE} (nice one, though. :) )
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (you have funny tabs... )
{Random_Nerd} Definitely a Shard, or else a Noble. No horse, but he does have a short roman sword at his side.
{Theresa} (I send stuff to RN from across the room.)
{Random_Nerd} K: "What type does he look like?"
{DanteE} "Gladii are a little odd for the 21st century."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} Seem a warmain shard *point to the sword*
{DanteE} "Brace yourself..."
{DanteE} (Distance?)
{Random_Nerd} K: "Okay, let's do this quick, before his brothers arrive."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (what we want?)
{Random_Nerd} (About three hundred yards, and closing.)
{Random_Nerd} (All of you can see him, now.)
{DanteE} "Hold on. Kite and I can get behind him..."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "Here! I see him!"
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (yep, I'm late to the spotting party)

  • Kite follows Dante and sharpens his feathers.

{Random_Nerd} K: "If you can, get me an opening so I can poke him with the hurt-stick."

  • DanteE does a wide arc behind the station, and perches on the roof...

{Theresa} "Got it."

  • tentacleMosterFtisk wait as covered as I can by the chariot

{DanteE} (Can Shards see through Guises?)
{Random_Nerd} K: "And after that, I'll try to provide cover."
{Random_Nerd} (If they use the Sight, which they're likely to if they see something weird.)
{Theresa} "Davidson, in general, if this is a Warmain, they shouldn't attack you. They would have to have a very good reason to attack someone who was...well...inferior.":
{DanteE} (Hey, we're just two birds on the roof.)
{Random_Nerd} Davidson: "Right now, I'm not too offended at that."
{Random_Nerd} (Ah, that might not get their attention.)
{Random_Nerd} (He probably won't switch it on until he sees the others.)

  • DanteE observes the Shard...
  • tentacleMosterFtisk wait tentacles dripping and shifting position

{Theresa} "If this was Amish country, a buggy would have been better..."
{Random_Nerd} K: "Never did have the knack of that trick. Didn't come along with everything else."

  • DanteE does a Div-Courage to see who’s around, as well.

{Random_Nerd} The shard is looking through the map and nodding as he walks towards a motorcycle.
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (Dante you can remove the courage of the fuel so he will not ignite...)
{Random_Nerd} Two people filling their cars. One of those cars has two kids in it. Three people inside, the cashier and two customers.
{DanteE} (Machinery... which means Ftisk can help out directly.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (right, is more direct)

  • DanteE prays to Hunt: "We need to let him get down the road a ways. How fast is your horse?"

{Random_Nerd} The shard folds the map back up, and reaches over to start his motorcycle.
{Random_Nerd} No response.
{Theresa} (Do shards curse perfectly as well as look awesome?)
{Random_Nerd} (Cursing falls under Aspect.)

  • DanteE pray: "Ftisk, when I give the word, do something... interesting to his bike."

{tentacleMosterFtisk} prayback "yep"
{Kite} (No response from Ken or the motorcycle?)
{Random_Nerd} (From Ken.)

  • DanteE pray: "Wild Hunt, are you at all interested in either capturing or following this guy?"

{Random_Nerd} (Although, in truth, the motorcycle also does not respond to the prayer.)
{Random_Nerd} Again, you feel no response to the prayer.
{DanteE} (D'OH... Penetration.)
{Random_Nerd} Ken has stopped his horse, and the dogs seem to be preparing to pounce. They're about a hundred yards from the station at this point.
{tentacleMosterFtisk} prayback to Dante: "now?"

  • tentacleMosterFtisk swing tentacles uncomfortably ... "wait kill me... "
  • DanteE pray to Kite: "We should strike when they're alone on the road. No cover and no witnesses."

{Random_Nerd} The shard pulls out of the station on his motorcycle.
{tentacleMosterFtisk} prayback to Dante: "now then?"
{Random_Nerd} He doesn't seem to have seen any of you.

  • DanteE follows.
  • Kite follows Dante.
  • DanteE pray to Ftisk: "Not yet..."
  • tentacleMosterFtisk resist the urge to make the motorcycle pink... barely

{DanteE} (Waiting until we hit someplace 'safe'. :) )
{Random_Nerd} Ken: "I think your friends have a plan, so we'll just follow. Hounds, keep behind him, but don't let him see you."
{Random_Nerd} The shard is heading towards the highway on-ramp.
{Theresa} "Good pace, Horse."
{DanteE} (Hm... anyone else think the fact that I can't pray to our 'friend' is a giveaway?)
{DanteE} (How busy is the highway?)
{Random_Nerd} (William mentioned earlier that prayers wouldn't work, actually.)
{Random_Nerd} Moderate to light. There're a fair number of cars in view, but they aren't packed too densely.
{Random_Nerd} The shard takes the on-ramp.
{DanteE} (Now, are we sure he's a Shard, or is RN doing something sneaky?)
{Random_Nerd} He'd driving his cycle at a speed that would be frankly unsafe for someone who didn't have Aspect driving and was only humanly durable.
{Random_Nerd} (You checked him out with the Sight, he looked like one.)
{Theresa} (RN doesn't have to be sneaky with this. Plus, Ftisk asked for a shard fight.)

  • tentacleMosterFtisk change color to neon pink
  • DanteE is far overhead, watching the Shard until we get to a relatively lonely stretch of road...

{Random_Nerd} Ken: "Okay, we're going to have to hit him soon. I'm going for it if they don't."
{Theresa} "Alright."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "ok!"
{Random_Nerd} K: "Can't risk him seeing us and pulling out some ridiculous murder-miracle."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "I'm for attack now and count the casualties later..."
{Random_Nerd} K: "Hounds, go. Drive him off the road."
{Random_Nerd} His horse picks up the pace.
{DanteE} (I can see them, right?)
{Theresa} "Follow, Horse."
{Random_Nerd} (The dogs?)
{DanteE} (Everybody)

  • tentacleMosterFtisk stay side by side with K

{Random_Nerd} The oversized dogs charge the highway, angling to intercept the Shard in about a quarter mile.
{DanteE} "Time to do it, Kite. Power dive!"
{Random_Nerd} Absently, the shard glances at his side mirror.
{Random_Nerd} He sees the dogs, and guns the throttle of this bike.

  • tentacleMosterFtisk shout "Chargeeeee!!!!"
  • DanteE pray: "Ftick, time for a catastrophic breakdown"
  • Kite dives with sharpened wings.

{tentacleMosterFtisk} lChange of the motor to a butter consistency
{Random_Nerd} (You can do the same thing with a L-destruction.)
{DanteE} (Screw the motor, mess with the frame.)
{Random_Nerd} (Adding any penetration?)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (yep 2pts)
{Random_Nerd} (Okay. And destroying the engine, or the frame?)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (all)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (I'm not destroying nothing I'm making them hard as butter)
{DanteE} (Shard, meet my friends Momentum and Asphalt.)
{Random_Nerd} The shard weaves deftly around a SUV, and then his bike seems to melt under him.
{Random_Nerd} He leaves a smear of metal-colored gel on him, and slides off the road on the left side.
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (lChange cost 2+2pen)
{Random_Nerd} The SUV skids for a moment on the smear of bike, but doesn't spin out.
{DanteE} (Kite should hit him right about now, I think)
{Random_Nerd} The Shard tumbles for a moment, and then comes to his feet, drawing his sword.
{Random_Nerd} And then it's Kite's turn.
{DanteE} (He's been a bird longer than I have)
{Random_Nerd} Kite, I take it you're doing an aspect dive?
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (he have the razor feather gift)
{Kite} With the metal feathers, yes.
{Random_Nerd} (Okay, what level is that?)
{Kite} The metal feathers were Aspect 5 with 3 pen.
{Kite} (All in parentheses of course.)
{Random_Nerd} Your feathers slash at him as you dive, but do not cut deeply.
{Random_Nerd} (He's Durant, and has no Deadly Wounds.)
{Random_Nerd} The shard settles into a fencing stance, holding his sword in his left hand.
{DanteE} (Who's up?)
{Random_Nerd} (Theresa?)
{Random_Nerd} (And the Shard used his miracle for this turn on an Aspect miracle of not-dying-when-your-motorcycle-melts-at-75-MPH.)

  • Theresa calls the roots in the ground beneath the shard to reach up and hold him. (LC. Pen 2. Pres included.)

{Theresa} (Impressive miracle for him, at that.)
{DanteE} (Remind me, I can use SMPs to add Pen to my attack, right?)
{Random_Nerd} (No.)
{Random_Nerd} (Unless it's through an anchor.)
{DanteE} (Nuts)

  • tentacleMosterFtisk approach (with my not miraculous action)

{Random_Nerd} The hounds surround the shard, preparing to leap.
{DanteE} (Aha...)
{Random_Nerd} (You can always use SMPs in place of other MPs when doing a miracle through an anchor.)
{Random_Nerd} (SMPs have no special connection to penetration.)

  • DanteE uses a Ghost of Blades with Pen 2 to pull his Gladius out of his hand into mine.

{Random_Nerd} Yoink.
{DanteE} "That is _not_ the proper use of a blade."
{Random_Nerd} Pretty decent sword, from the heft of it. Not a focus, but well-made.
{Random_Nerd} As the sword leaves the shard's hand, Ken does a ride-by spear-poking.
{Random_Nerd} He waves the spear with non-miraculous skill, but the guy's pinned down by the roots, and the switchblade point grazes the Shard's shoulder.
{Random_Nerd} It only scratches it, but the Shard's star-filled eyes widen for a moment.
{Random_Nerd} (Next turn.)
{Random_Nerd} (Ftisk, what do you do?)
{DanteE} (Roll initiative? :) )

  • tentacleMosterFtisk lc a motorized , preserved, cage so we can go outside the highway, outside his auctoritas, including the floor

{Random_Nerd} The cage appears.
{Random_Nerd} (Kite, your turn.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} as mundane action I start to drive the cage out of the highway
{Random_Nerd} (Okay, I'll have the shard go now.)
{Kite} (Kite's just going to fly back up for this round anyway.)
{DanteE} (Well, you can attack without a dive, right?)
{Random_Nerd} The shard tenses his legs under him, and leaps upward. As his shoulder impacts the cage, the cage is slightly bent. The shoulder, on the other hand, is crashed. The shard lands about fifty yards farther from the highway, his right arm dangling like it was made of rubber.
{Random_Nerd} Ken mutters: "I love this spear."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (and the grass holding him?)
{Random_Nerd} (He leaped out of that. He used an Aspect 6 miracle, which trumped the cage and the roots.)
{DanteE} mundane action:"You sure you don't want to question him?"
{Random_Nerd} (But he chose a poor one, because he's used to being durant.)
{Random_Nerd} K shouts "I don't have anything I want to ask him, do you?"
{DanteE} "How about 'Where are you going and what do you plan to do'?"
{Theresa} (How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck Estates?)
{Random_Nerd} A dog charges towards the shard.
{DanteE} "Granted, it's not like we need it, but it could save time."
{Random_Nerd} K: "I know that one. He's going away, and he plans to call his buddies to kick me in the kidneys."
{Random_Nerd} (Theresa? Dante?)
{Kite} "I think Dante meant in a less immediate sense."
{DanteE} (Ladies first. :) )
{Theresa} (He landed on his feet?)
{Random_Nerd} (Yes.)
{Random_Nerd} (He's using his mundane action to jog away, but the hound's gaining on him.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (where is the MP conversion chart based on spirit?)

  • Theresa tries the root thing again, same Pen, because he can't keep using that kind of Aspect.

{Random_Nerd} (I don't know what you mean by that.)
{Random_Nerd} Roots spring up, again.
{DanteE} (Rite of Last Trump)
{Theresa} (That's Theresa's thought process, I mean. That he can't keep pulling his way out of the roots.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (the rite that let you move miracle points have a cost based on Spirit. I ask for the page where it is)
{DanteE} (Ftisk: p-.124)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (thank you D.)
{Random_Nerd} (Dante, your miracle.)
{DanteE} to Shard: "You're an abomination to Creation, and Creation is fighting back." (my new attack power.)
{Random_Nerd} (Let's see, that's level 6?)
{DanteE} (It's Power 6 Pen 3 if you've forgotten. :) )
{Random_Nerd} (*nod*)
{Random_Nerd} The roots at his feet writhe and cut deeply into his ankles. The grass throws itself off the ground and sticks into his body. The dog's eyes suddenly fill with rage, and it sinks its teeth into his neck.
{Random_Nerd} Standing about thirty feet away, Ken mutters to himself.
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (nice visual description of the gift effect)
{DanteE} (agreed)
{Random_Nerd} (Well, not standing. The horse is standing, and he's on the horse.)
{Random_Nerd} Okay, Ftisk, what do you do?
{Theresa} (Nice gift, Dante.)
{DanteE} (Took long enough to come up with it. :) )

  • tentacleMosterFtisk do lChange all the machinery nearby add the property that they will impact against the shard ad maximum velocity (pres, with creation of some trucks, 1MP) (so he will be busy)

{Random_Nerd} (Penetration?)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} none is for keep him busy
{tentacleMosterFtisk} and the effect is not on him but on the nearby cars/trucks/motorcycle
{DanteE} (Thank you, Collateral Damage Man!)
{Random_Nerd} The few solid bits that remain of the motorcycle, the cage, and Davidson's pocketwatch leap into the air and throw themselves at the shard, but bounce off his Auctoritas.
{Theresa} (I wonder if Ftisk knows the expression 'holes in his story big enough to drive a semi through'...)
{Random_Nerd} (And yes, he had a pocketwatch. Went with the dress uniform he was wearing earlier.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (none T.)
{Theresa} (I hope that it wasn't sentimental.)
{Random_Nerd} The Shard looks at Theresa, and gestures in the air.
{Random_Nerd} (Theresa, is your Spirit 4 or less?)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (btw that highway was near us.. no?)
{Random_Nerd} (It was. It's about a hundred yards back now, after his leap.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (ok)
{Theresa} (Less.)
{Random_Nerd} Theresa's body fills with an almost impossible amount of pain, as if her nerves were all suddenly replaced with broken glass and fishhooks.
{Random_Nerd} (For the rest of the day, all your Attributes function as if they were one lower.)
{Theresa} (How does that compare to having the flesh being dissolved off of her bones of her arm? Or losing the fingers?)
{Random_Nerd} (Worse.)

  • Theresa screams for a moment or two but chokes them down and clamps her mouth shut to not scare Davidson.

{Random_Nerd} (At least half again as bad as having all the flesh stripped off your arm.)
{Random_Nerd} Ken: "What happened?"
{DanteE} "Negotiations are over."
{Random_Nerd} (Kite, what do you do?)
{Theresa} *grits out* "Don't. Know. _Hurts_."

        • ERROR Connection LOST
  • Kite swoops down for another face attack while he tries to figure something else out.

{Random_Nerd} Ken stares at Theresa and mutters again in proto-germanic.
{Random_Nerd} "Did that do anything?"
{Random_Nerd} (It didn't.)
{Kite} (brb; I'm suddenly bleeding and I don't know why)

        • Connection Reestablished

{DanteE} (Hrm._
{Theresa} (Oh no! When did we lose you, Ftisk?)
{DanteE} (and bleeding how?!?)
{Theresa} (And the bleeding...Man, James' Curse is hard...)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (connection reset :-/ )
{Theresa} "_No_."
{Theresa} (And if there's _ _ around something, Theresa's concentrating on speaking without screaming. Otherwise it's in short bursts of words.)
{Random_Nerd} K: "Shit. I really wish this stuff came with an instruction manual."
{DanteE} "What stuff?"
{Random_Nerd} K: "Magic powers, runes, whatever."
{Theresa} "Can't. Keep...the roots thing up for long, guys...herd him?"
{Kite} (still don't know what happened, but the bleeding's stopped)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (Who act now? the shard?)
{Random_Nerd} (Need to bow out?)
{Random_Nerd} (It's Kite's turn, if Verithe is doing okay.)
{DanteE} (Kite, unless there’s a medical emergency...)
{Random_Nerd} (Dante, you go now.)
{Kite} (I'm good.)
{DanteE} (OK, resolve Kite's attack then)
{Theresa} (Obviously the shard is attacking Kite through his player.  :) )
{DanteE} (Which is why he's about to eat it, and eat it hard... )
{Random_Nerd} (Fourth Wall Shattering Stance!)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (is a nettle rite!)
{Kite} (Could I add aspect penetration to my dive to go along with the feathers?)
{DanteE} (Typo does her Trash-Paperwork attack and eliminates the Shard from existence.)
{Random_Nerd} (You don't need to, he's lost his Durant for this fight.)
{Random_Nerd} (That's why abhorrent weapons are scary, even minor ones like the switchblade.)
{Kite} (Well, yay!)
{Kite} Metal feathers to the face!
{Random_Nerd} You slash through the bridge of his nose, and notch the skull beneath rather deeply.
{DanteE} (totally bitchin guitar riff in that song, d00d! :) )
{Random_Nerd} He's leaking a pearlescent pinkish fluid where he's been cut.
{Random_Nerd} Dante?
{Theresa} (Ow.)
{Kite} "Oooh!"
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "!!!"

  • DanteE hits him with a Lash of Spirits again.

{DanteE} (Unless someone else can come up with a better name)
{Random_Nerd} Dog, another dog that was getting closer, the roots, the bits of machinery that Ftisk threw at him, and a passing squirrel all leap into the air and gnaw deeply into his flesh.
{Random_Nerd} About three seconds later, he looks like a tattered pinkish rag.
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (love the passing squirrel)
{DanteE} (He's gonna look like he went through a blender in a minute...)
{Random_Nerd} Which then explodes.
{DanteE} (told ya)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (can I do the tempering with the remains?)
{Random_Nerd} (Okay, Cascade of Fire And Acid Rain. Kite, Dante, the dogs, and the squirrel are close enough to be affected.)
{DanteE} to HUnt: "Yeah... ours don't do that."
{Theresa} (Oh dear...)
{Random_Nerd} (Kite, Dante, is your spirit three or higher?)
{Kite} (Nope)
{DanteE} Spirit 2, Sacrosanct
{Random_Nerd} (Okay. And what defensive gift, if any, does Kite have?)
{Theresa} (Holy Fire?)
{Theresa} (Oh, never mind.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (HF work against mundane damage)
{Random_Nerd} (Okay, and Cascade Of Fire And So On is a level 7 miracle, so it does Dante a Deadly Wound, even through the Sacrosanct. Ditto to Kite, unless he's Immortal.)
{Kite} (I can't remember if we were also using the feathers defensively or if I was waiting to upgrade the gift.)
{Kite} (Nope. Just Eternal.)
{DanteE} "grrrrrAH! (several creative Amyran swears)!"
{Random_Nerd} Fire, acid, bright beams of cutting light, and sharp jagged rocks leap out from the tattered corpse, and cut deeply into both nobles.
{Random_Nerd} The dogs are cut to smoking bits of meat and bone.
{Random_Nerd} Those of you who were farther away probably got singed or cut, but not enough to do a deadly wound.
{Theresa} (That's...good.)
{Kite} "SQUAAAWK!"
{Random_Nerd} (And there, the Gift I rather think of as the Greater Creation of "No, fuck /you/." Can you tell that it's normally a Strategist one?)
{Theresa} (That...is an accurate description, yes.)
{Kite} (is the shiny blood still around?)
{Theresa} "Davidson. You..alright?"
{Random_Nerd} K: "That's a new one."
{DanteE} "I've been hurt worse. Didn't like it then either."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (and what remaining? there is enough to do the temper?)
{Random_Nerd} (His blood is sparsely coating an area about fifty yards across.)
{Random_Nerd} (Although not much of it is visible in the crater itself.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (aspect 2 collect?)
{Random_Nerd} The squirrel, shivering convulsively, crawls out of the crater and flees.
{Random_Nerd} (Hmm. Let me see what Tempering requires. One moment.)

  • tentacleMosterFtisk lc a shard-pieces/fluids collection machine

{DanteE} (... OK, how the heck did the squirrel survive? Look him over with Sight & Mythic.)
{Kite} "That's one impressive squirrel."
{Theresa} (Wait, the squirrel survived? )
{DanteE} (Can I heal the dogs?)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (kill the Squirrel!)
{Random_Nerd} (The squirrel was a non-combatant. Warmains have an odd sort of honor.)
{Theresa} (Awww.)
{DanteE} "Theresa? Are you all right?"
{Random_Nerd} (The dogs... you'd have to spend about forty-five minutes finding all the pieces of the dog, and figuring out which goes in which pile.)

  • Kite birdbathes in the blood.

{Theresa} "No. But..I'm not...exploded."

  • DanteE looks over the sword...

{tentacleMosterFtisk} "And you Dante, how do you feel?"
{Random_Nerd} (Hmm. I'm going to say that, as Ftisk wasn't the one who killed this Shard, if he tried to Temper it probably wouldn't work quite right.)
{DanteE} "Hurts like hell, but I'm alive."
{DanteE} (That'd mean it's either me or the dogs...)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (ok, nevermind then, next shard I'll try gain)
{Random_Nerd} (The dogs aren't going to be tempering themselves.)
{Random_Nerd} (Trust me.)
{Random_Nerd} (I guess you can if you want to.)
{DanteE} "... Let's see who or what we're dealing with."

  • DanteE does a GDiv on the sword (Pen 2) to find out what it's been doing the past few days.

{Random_Nerd} Okay. The shard arrived in town a little more than two days ago. He had three other shards with him, one of whom seems to have had a Spirit of 3 or better, the other two of which did not. They've been planning an assault on the spirit of the road system, and he was scouting the area to find a weak spot.
{Random_Nerd} (Basically, they were going to go mythic, go up to the spirit of the whole system of highways in the area, and stab it in the face.)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (so there are other 3 of them ^^ )
{Theresa} (Theresa is in no mood to go punch another 3 of these guys in the face.)
{DanteE} (One tough, 2 not so, but they might all go boom the way he did.)
{Random_Nerd} In that time, the sword itself has been used to break a window, cut all the buttons off the shirt of a highway patrolman, and behead a deer that jumped into the road right ahead of the Shard's bike.
{Random_Nerd} Any other information you're looking for?
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (they have a headquarter?)
{DanteE} Do I have a good idea of what they look like and/or where they are?
{DanteE} (and tell me what Tempering would do.)
{Random_Nerd} (You could recognize the two Spirit 2 ones by sight. The parts where the higher-spirit one was near the blade, you can't see.)
{Random_Nerd} (If you were to temper to the owner of the blade, you would take on part of his visual appearance, and part of his personality.)
{Kite} (Well, now we have proof that he did harm. Y'know...just in case we needed it.)
{Random_Nerd} (You might, but would not certainly, also take on some of his loyalties.)
{DanteE} "Three other Shards. Two on par with him, one with greater spirit.
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "let's take them then!"
{DanteE} "Planning to attack the Spirit of the Highways."
{Random_Nerd} K: "Huh. Lucky break, then, with the Chess anchor spotting them."

  • Theresa tightens her grip onto the rim of the chariot.

{Kite} "Do they all have pretty blood?"
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "good question"
{DanteE} "Didn't say, but I'd bet on it.
{Random_Nerd} K: "I must say, this is a lot easier when I bring Nobles along to help. Shame about the dogs, but they knew what they were risking."
{DanteE} "Want to talk to the Lord of Highways first?"
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "... is a sensible option!"
{DanteE} (Hm... Div-Courage. Any chance there's a wolf pack nearby?)
{Random_Nerd} K: "And here, I actually have a useful trick..."
{DanteE} "Ftisk, can your machine find all the pieces of the dogs?"
{Random_Nerd} (No, but there's a pack of feral dogs.)
{Theresa} "What's the trick?"
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "I can do one specialized on dogs"
{DanteE} (Close enough. Ghost-Change-Courage to recognize me as their new leader.)

  • tentacleMosterFtisk lc machine to do dog search

{Random_Nerd} K: "The Power of Roads uses the name Papa Legba at the moment."
{Random_Nerd} K: "If I wish, I can tell men the names of all the gods."
{Random_Nerd} K: "That one's actually useful."
{Theresa} "Interesting!"
{DanteE} "Hm... the authors of the Aides' Catalog would definitely like to hear that."
{Random_Nerd} (The feral dogs sniff the air for a moment, and then start trotting off towards you.)
{Theresa} (That actually makes Theresa feel a little better and a little less like ripping the chariot into tiny pieces. Is Davidson hurt much?)
{Random_Nerd} K: "Near as I can tell, 'gods' includes Nobles and Imperators, but not Excrucians."

  • DanteE prays to Papa Legba, to tell him what's happening.

{Random_Nerd} Davidson is sitting in the chariot, writing his notes.
{Random_Nerd} He's fairly unperturbed. Almost as if he was endowed with miraculous courage by Dante earlier or something.

  • Kite peeks over Davidson's shoulder, dripping shard blood.

{Random_Nerd} A moment later, Dante gets the prayer-itch.

  • DanteE answers

{Random_Nerd} Legba: "Thanks for the help, shame about the dogs. You are welcome to visit me in my home one time, in return."

  • DanteE prays back: "It's not over. There are still 3 shards here to do it."

{Random_Nerd} Legba: "If you wish to do so, go to a crossroads at midnight, turn out your pockets, close your eyes, and walk in a circle three times while smoking a pipe."
{Kite} (Wonders if a bubble pipe would work)
{Random_Nerd} Legba: "Do you have things under control, or need I send aid?"
{DanteE} (Should I call for backup?)
{Random_Nerd} K: "I wonder if he's for real, or just another person borrowing a handy myth."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (well we have time, the spirit attack is not started)
{Random_Nerd} K: "Ah, well, at least knowing the names is better than nothing."
{DanteE} "Do you feel like fighting three more Shards?"
{Theresa} (I don't think Theresa is in any mood at the moment to hunt more. She's hurting heavy, by the description. She could take Davidson back if you guys want to keep going.)
{Theresa} "Nnguh."
{Kite} "I don't know if I could survive all three blowing up on me..."
{tentacleMosterFtisk} "But we can do one more?"
{DanteE} "We may get backup from Roads."
{Random_Nerd} K: "This is pretty much what I do. I don't have any of my own stuff to protect, so I just throw in what aid I can to the rest of you."
{Kite} "Oh! Well, then...uhm..."

  • Kite turns to the Hunt. "It's your hunt, after all."

{DanteE} (Did Ftisk's machine get all the pieces of dog together?)
{tentacleMosterFtisk} (RN? did the machine did it?)
{Random_Nerd} (It's making a good start.)
{Random_Nerd} (It'll take a while longer if it's to get all of them.)

  • tentacleMosterFtisk place near me the Theresa-dress

{Random_Nerd} (Particularly as some of the bits of dog are ash, or melted by the acid.)
=-= YOU are now known as Ftisk

  • Ftisk put on the dress

{DanteE} "Let's review. We're hurt a little, there are 3 more guys, one of which is going to be tougher than him.
{Ftisk} "We need backups"
{DanteE} "But most of us are unhurt, we know roughly where they are and what they're doing, and we have a little help.
{Kite} "I would prefer the help. Strength in numbers and all that."
{DanteE} "And unless he was able to talk to them we have the element of surprise."
{Theresa} "I get the feeling that whatever he did to me, a mortal would be dead."
{DanteE} "What do we do?"
{Random_Nerd} K: "But didn't your friend have plans for one of them?"
{Random_Nerd} K: "Easier to get that worked out if we don't bring in someone extra who might want to kill them all himself."
{DanteE} (Yeah, Ftisk needs to put together an Abhorrent Chainsaw.)
{Ftisk} "Me? Yes, but I must be the one delivering the killing blow"
{Ftisk} (btw in 10 min I must go!)
{Random_Nerd} K: "Besides, I don't know if he'd go along with my preferences on how we do these hunts. Style is important. It keeps Them guessing."
{Random_Nerd} (Yeah, we're stopping soon.)
{Theresa} (braaaains?)
{Kite} "Then let's take care of this as far as we can."
{Ftisk} "Indeed"
{DanteE} (Hm... well, if Roads sends someone, that means we meet someone new)
{Random_Nerd} (Mind if we stop here?)
{DanteE} "If we're careful about tagging them from a distance..."
{Ftisk} (that someone will be helpful, he send specifically to hunt the shards)
{Ftisk} (ok for me)
{DanteE} (Or, if Brian comes along with Zeno's Shield... :) )
{Random_Nerd} _____________STOP_____________________
{DanteE} (We can decide over the week?)
{Theresa} (Stopping here is good...)
=-= Theresa is now known as BethE
=-= DanteE is now known as Knockwood
{Kite} We can meet Roads whenever we like, after this.
{BethE} Fantastic descriptions as ever, dear.
=-= YOU are now known as Angelo
{Random_Nerd} Oh, and the thing where the Gift didn't kill the basically-innocent squirrel was a variation that the Shard had come up with on the basic Strategist miracle.
{Random_Nerd} The stock version seemed useful enough to develop, but just a little too mean.
{Knockwood} Although, the squirrel did participate in that last attack.
{Kite} Papa Legba gave the Nobles of a Wild Imperator an open invitation. Bad idea.
{Random_Nerd} Yeah, but the miracle didn't recognize it as having intended to harm him.
{Angelo} but was under spirit control
=-= Kite is now known as Verithe
{Random_Nerd} Dante or even the squirrel might see things differently.
{Angelo} also Nobles of Vulcan, a true god, are in the invitation
{Knockwood} What's this session number?
{Random_Nerd} Although, that is a point. Does Dante intend to offer him an invitation to Amyra?
{Angelo} 164-5
{Knockwood} Why not? We have sunlight, beaches, cobblestone highways... :)
{Verithe} Kite is all for visiting other Chancels.
{Angelo} checked, session number is 164
{Knockwood} well, I already added it to the 'Current Favors Owed' list
{Random_Nerd} So, what does Dante's Player Character Paranoia think of the Master of the Hunt?
{Angelo} is a deceiver!
{Verithe} I'm going to trust Vulcan's granted benefit, Principled, that this is not the case.
{Knockwood} oh, he's obviously a minion of Harumaph, Entropy and Elvis who's just waiting for a chance to eliminate us and everything we stand for via bizarre 4th-Wall-Breaking powers.
{Knockwood} Speaking of which, what happened Verithe?
{Verithe} The bleeding?
{Knockwood} yeah
{Angelo} where was you bleeding? and how much?
{Verithe} I have no clue. One minute, I was fine. The next, there was blood dripping off my chin. I washed it all away and there was no more.
{Verithe} I remain baffled.
{Knockwood} oh, nosebleed?
{Verithe} Chinbleed.
{Knockwood} Shaving nick?
{Random_Nerd} How very odd.
{Verithe} Maybe.
{Angelo} really odd
{Knockwood} Either that or you're waaaaaay too into the game and you're having hemorrhages.
{BethE} Well guys, as much as I would love to compare blood spatter and all that, I need to get to bed. Good game, all, and good night!  :)
{Verithe} Take care, Beth!
{Knockwood} oyasumi-nasai Beth
{BethE} *HUGS*
{Random_Nerd} G'night. Good session, guys.
{Verithe} G'night, RN!
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{Knockwood} you too RN
{Angelo} Night guys!
{Knockwood} cya next week Angelo
{Angelo} Good ?evening? Verith
{Angelo} bye K
{Verithe} Afternoon. :)
{Verithe} Take care, guys!
{Angelo} :-)
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