Editing RttToFC/Session28 (section)

==Silk's little sidequest==

Silk:	After a preparatory period of about an hour where Silk meticulously shrouds every aspect of himself from the possibility of being remembered for any length of time Silk sets out into the streets of Yu-Shan.

Silk:	(Vanishing from Mind's Eye, in case he gets unwanted attention)

Silk:	Now the heavenly city is a strange and frightening place, but in the end it IS just another city. And Silk knows how to deal with foreign cities. You find a guide.

Silk:	Even gods need money of sorts and there must be some who are not too proud to show a half-mortal around for a little bit of personalized prayer.

Silk:	(looking to find a god, either umemployed of with a purview pertaining to this. A god of city guides?)

kuros:	You find an older man, dressed in silk that would be expensive in Creation, but is poor here in Yu-Shan, standing by the quicksilver canal. You were directed to him as a guide for this area of the city.

Silk:	(do I know his name?)

kuros:	(Faelin!)

Silk approaches the man, bowing politely once he acknowledges him. "Honored Faelin, wise citizen on the Heavenly City. This one is in need of guidance through this beautiful realm and you are said to be the god to approach for that."

kuros:	He looks up at you and sniffs, holding out his hand.

Silk:	"For your time I can pay in jade, if you like ... or in efficacious prayer, directed personally to your worthy self. As you would prefer."

kuros:	"Ha! Jade! You're new here, aren't you?"

kuros:	He snickers

Silk:	(2m to exempt him from Vanishing from Mind's Eye, btw)

kuros:	"Prayer would interest me.. particularly if you have followers..."

Silk:	"I have none, but you be assured that my prayers will be worth that of dozens of mortals."

kuros:	"Ask  your question, as long as I do'nt have to get up."

Silk:	"I seek a library, one that details the workings of artifacts such as commonly in use in what is sometimes called the First Age. Preferably one not too distant and not too difficult to access."

kuros:	He scratches his chin. "The closest one would be Second Structure of Reference and Knowledge..."

kuros:	He gives you directions

Silk bows. "Thank you, honored Faelin."

Silk:	And he strikes the law he has passed, allowing the god to remember him, from the books.

kuros: He nods and goes back to watching the Canal

Silk follows the directions to the Second Structure of Reference and Knowledge

kuros:	THe building is a typically massive building, composed mainly of soaring towers with flapping flags atop each one

kuros:	As you enter, there is a massive desk tended by several people in purple robes, and shelves of books stretching back as far as can been seen

Silk approaches confidently, trying to catch one of the librarian-gods alone or if that is not possible, asking to speak with one of them

kuros:	One of the figures looks up as you approach. He has a hairless face and pale skin. "Yes?"

Silk:	"I seek to look up a small piece of information. What is the protocol for that?"

kuros:	He looks you up and down doubtfully. "Are you a god?"

Silk:	"Is that a requirement?"

kuros:	"If you want to check out books, yes."

kuros:	"Otherwise, you'll have to remain here to read it."

Silk nods. "That will not be a problem."

kuros:	He sighs. "Then what are you looking for?"

Silk is not misrepresenting himself exactly, merely playing on the gods expectations. If not a god, then an Exalt. And what sort of Exalt would one expect to meet in Yu-Shan?

Silk:	"Information pertaining to an artifact, commonly called a Harness of Infinite Utility. The ..." he lowers his voice an infinitesimal bit. "... Orichalkum version."

kuros:	The god reaches under the desk and withdraws a roll of parchment

kuros:	"This says that you're responsible for any books or scrolls you lose your damage.

kuros:	"Place a drop of your blood on the bottom, please."

kuros:	He is apparently telling the truth

Silk:	"Naturally," Silk replies, letting a small drop of blood fall onto the paper.

kuros:	The blood flashes blue and fades into the parchment. The man snaps his fingers, and what appears to be a giant blue mosquito flits over.

kuros:	The man whispers some to it, and it buzzes off

Silk:	And he watches and listens very, very carefully where the parchment is stowed after that.

kuros:	"Go have a seat, the tender will bring you any pertinent books."

Silk nods and takes a seat, still covertly keeping an ear on that particular piece of parchment.

kuros:	With that, the librarian walks back into the stacks of books

kuros:	And you lose track of him

Silk:	(does he keep the paper with him?)

kuros:	He has it with him when you last see him

Silk waits

kuros:	After a few minutes, the mosquito creature buzzes over to your desk, carrying several books with its legs. It sets them gently on the table, and buzzes off

Silk begins the arduous process of finding or piecing together something like a user manual for the Harness.

kuros:	(We'll say you piece together enough information to construct a user manual)

Silk makes notes to keep for later, then returns his books.

Silk:	After visibly leaving the library Silk returns invisible even to the eyes of the gods. It may not be strictly necessary to recover his acceptance of the library rules, but .. why take chances? Why not test his abilities here?

Silk:	(Easily Overlooked Presence Method + Concealing Mind Shadow + Hidden Sun Prana)

Silk:	(oh right, and a different appearance underneath the stealth charms with Perfect Impenetrable Disguise. Overkill? What is that?)

kuros:	(Heh, if you're sure you want to do that...)

Silk:	("What could possibly go wrong?" :p)

kuros:	OK, you're in the library, invisible

kuros:	The figure is back at the desk, without your parchment in his hand

kuros:	In an attempt to speed this up, since I am running out of time..

kuros:	you aren't goign to easily be able to find the parchment, as there are literally tens of thousands of parchments and books

kuros:	and you didn't see where he put it

Silk:	Approaching the librarian from behind Silk gives his robe an almost imperceptible tug, as might come from an errant gust of wind coming through the doors opening this very moment, and listens for the sounds that would indicate that the parchment is still within his robe.

kuros:	He doesn't have it on him

Silk:	If he doesn't have it Silk will go on an exploratory tour of the library, trying to narrow down the places where it might be. Looking for keywords like 'contracts', 'agreements', 'archive' and such. He is well aware that he might not be successful, or at least not quickly, but that does not deter him. He has some time to spare ...

kuros:	If you start moving things around, you're likely to get noticed

kuros:	There are constantly the mosquitos and librarians walking around

Silk:	As what would be evening in Creation comes closer Silk abandons the search and returns to the Circle. There may be something linking to him here now, but the danger is not great. No one here will remember him anyway.


kuros:	(OK, we can end here)

Silk:	Yup :)

kuros:	Now I have your blood! Ha ha!

kuros:	laughs evilly

Silk:	Have fun with it ;)

Silk:	Not easy to put together Silk with Unnamed Exalt Whom Nobody Can Remember.

kuros:	oh, I have my ways

Silk:	Wait, actually that does sound a lot like him. Thankfully like a lot of Sidereals as well :p

kuros:	I have plans for your character

kuros:	Muhahahahah!

Silk:	Silk has plans for the world you've created, so it all evens out ;)