Editing Dawn of the Third Age/OOC Logs/Session 02

Session Start (Anshu:#celestialdeliberativeOOC): Sun Aug 29 08:00:05 2010 -0600
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<br>[08:35] <Brazen_Sand> Can you help me figure out a new motivation for Brazen Sand?
<br>[08:36] <Brazen_Sand> I mean Motivation. He still wants the same stuff
<br>[08:36] <@Taurus_II> hmmm
<br>[08:37] <Brazen_Sand> hmmmm...yes
<br>[08:37] <@Taurus_II> you know you could have asked that in here :P
<br>[08:38] <@Taurus_II> instead of hopping around to different chat windows
<br>[08:38] <Brazen_Sand> Sorry, I didn't want to shift the topic
<br>[08:38] <Brazen_Sand> here
<br>[08:38] <@Taurus_II> anyway
<br>[08:38] <@Taurus_II> Motivation...
<br>[08:38] <@Taurus_II> jeez
<br>[08:38] <@Taurus_II> I dunno
<br>[08:38] <Brazen_Sand> Yeah, it's a toughie
<br>[08:38] <@Taurus_II> Protect Gem from the encroaching Wyld
<br>[08:39] <@Taurus_II> howzat?
<br>[08:39] <Brazen_Sand> How about "Prove my Might to Creation"
<br>[08:39] <@Taurus_II> hmm
<br>[08:39] <@Taurus_II> I'm kinda looking for one that's achievable
<br>[08:39] <@Taurus_II> instead of open-ended
<br>[08:39] <Brazen_Sand> may I ask why?
<br>[08:40] <Brazen_Sand> I'm not opposed to that, just curious
<br>[08:40] <@Taurus_II> well... it's something you can make progress toward accomplishing
<br>[08:41] <Brazen_Sand> It'll be accomplished when everyone around him finally comes to their senses and acknowledged how awesome he is
<br>[08:41] <Brazen_Sand> *acknowledges
<br>[08:42] <Brazen_Sand> It also ties into his desire for independance.
<br>[08:42] <Brazen_Sand> You know, he can't really accomplish his motivation if he stays chained to the Reclamation, for example
<br>[08:42] <@Taurus_II> hmm
<br>[08:43] <@Taurus_II> why not?
<br>[08:43] <@Taurus_II> but that's a good point
<br>[08:43] <Brazen_Sand> Because then he's not showing HIS awesomeness. He's just an agent
<br>[08:43] <@Taurus_II> if possible we should tie his Motivation into his disdain for the Reclamation
<br>[08:43] <Brazen_Sand> That's more of an Intimacy
<br>[08:44] <@Taurus_II> well, disdain iteslf, yes
<br>[08:44] <@Taurus_II> but there has to be a root cause of why he went his own way
<br>[08:44] <Brazen_Sand> Because he wants to prove that he can do stuff himself
<br>[08:45] <Brazen_Sand> Using his own power
<br>[08:45] <Brazen_Sand> And such
<br>[08:45] <@Taurus_II> hmmm
<br>[08:46] <Brazen_Sand> Basically, he hates being tied down
<br>[08:46] <@Taurus_II> right, right...
<br>[08:46] <Brazen_Sand> He needs things to be done on HIS TERMS
<br>[08:47] <Brazen_Sand> I suppose he's like a saner Malfeas, although Malfeas is probably like "I don't get this guy, wtf is his problem?"
<br>[08:47] <Brazen_Sand> As we often do towards people who are like us but aren't
<br>[08:47] <@Taurus_II> *nod*
<br>[08:48] <@Taurus_II> well, okay
<br>[08:48] <@Taurus_II> his pride is his motivating factor
<br>[08:48] <@Taurus_II> he's protected/protecting Gem
<br>[08:49] <Brazen_Sand> Yeah
<br>[08:49] <@Taurus_II> he's made the Deliberative recognize him as a state to be negotiated with, as opposed to annexed...
<br>[08:49] <@Taurus_II> what's his next goal?
<br>[08:49] <Brazen_Sand> Get more powerful, continue to be awesome
<br>[08:50] <Brazen_Sand> Maybe expand his rule
<br>[08:50] <@Taurus_II> "Extend my power to..."
<br>[08:52] <Brazen_Sand> Not sure
<br>[08:53] <Brazen_Sand> Basically he wants to get stronger, you know? I'm not exactly sure how far he's willing to reach politically
<br>[08:56] <@Taurus_II> "Extend my power and protection to the Western coast"?
<br>[09:00] <Brazen_Sand> Hmmm
<br>[09:02] <@Taurus_II> it's your character, I'm just throwing out ideas
<br>[09:03] <@Taurus_II> he seems like a noblesse oblige sort of Slayer
<br>[09:03] <@Taurus_II> well, okay - why does he want more power? for its own sake?
<br>[09:08] <Brazen_Sand> I guess
<br>[09:08] <Brazen_Sand> It just seems like the thing to do
<br>[09:10] <@Taurus_II> *sigh* okay. What is the driving force behind Brazen's actions?
<br>[09:12] <Brazen_Sand> Pride
<br>[09:12] <@Taurus_II> ambition? pride? powerlust?
<br>[09:12] <@Taurus_II> okay, pride
<br>[09:12] <Brazen_Sand> Pride and Ambition
<br>[09:12] <Brazen_Sand> He wants to be the strongest and he wants everyone to admit it
<br>[09:12] <@Taurus_II> okay
<br>[09:13] <@Taurus_II> then how about "Become the ruler of Creation"
<br>[09:14] <@Taurus_II> ?
<br>[09:14] <Brazen_Sand> Hmmmm...I'm not sure if he'd really want to be the ruler
<br>[09:14] <Brazen_Sand> He just wants everyone to admit that he's the best, really.
<br>[09:15] <Brazen_Sand> and be the best, of course.
<br>[09:15] <Brazen_Sand> (Also others would probably become more hostile to him if that was his motivation)
<br>[09:16] <@Taurus_II> hmmm
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<br>[09:19] <@Taurus_II> the best what?
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<br>[09:23] <Brazen_Sand> The strongest, the most powerful
<br>[09:23] <Brazen_Sand> I don't really have it more specific then that.
<br>[09:23] <Brazen_Sand> Much like how Malfeas is
<br>[09:24] <@Taurus_II> Jupiter?
<br>[09:24] <@Taurus_II> to what do we owe the pleasure of the Maiden of Secrets' presence? ;)
<br>[09:24] <Jupiter> also known as dakbot
<br>[09:25] <@Taurus_II> ah
<br>[09:25] <Brazen_Sand> Ahhh
<br>[09:25] <dakkareth> If you think of a better name ... ;)
<br>[09:25] <Brazen_Sand> Wouldn't she have to not tell us the results?
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<br>[09:25] <dakkareth> this is the 'standard' name
<br>[09:25] <@Taurus_II> Azna Firstborn, perhaps?
<br>[09:26] <@Taurus_II> or just Pattern_Spider
<br>[09:26] *** hterakkad is now known as Azna_Firstborn
<br>[09:26] *** Unknown command: EX
<br>[09:26] <@Taurus_II> .ex 10
<br>[09:26] <Azna_Firstborn> Taurus_II rolled 5 successes against TN 7: [4, 6, 5, 9, 5, 1, 10, 9, 8, 3]
<br>[09:26] *** Azna_Firstborn is now known as The_Pattern_Spiders
<br>[09:26] <@Taurus_II> I think that fits the best
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<br>[09:28] <Brazen_Sand> I think I'll just go with "Show Creation My Power"
<br>[09:29] <@Taurus_II> ok
<br>[09:29] <@Taurus_II> wait
<br>[09:29] <@Taurus_II> where did the Pattern_Spiders go?
<br>[09:29] <@Taurus_II> .ex 15
<br>[09:29] <Pattern_Spiders> Taurus_II rolled 7 successes against TN 7: [3, 8, 7, 8, 4, 4, 10, 6, 3, 3, 1, 2, 6, 8, 9]
<br>[09:30] *** #celestialdeliberativeOOC You're not a channel owner
<br>[09:30] <@Taurus_II> aw
<br>[09:30] <@Taurus_II> I guess they're invisible
<br>[09:30] <@Taurus_II> which makes sense
<br>[09:31] <Brazen_Sand> I see them
<br>[09:31] <@Taurus_II> hm
<br>[09:31] <@Taurus_II> odd
<br>[09:44] <Brazen_Sand> strange
<br>[09:44] <@Taurus_II> yes
<br>[09:44] <Brazen_Sand> Launjilla is accompanying the Exalts btw, dematerialized.
<br>[09:46] <Brazen_Sand> It can use it's Essence Sight to assist them.
<br>[09:46] <Brazen_Sand> If that's alright, of course.
<br>[09:46] <@Taurus_II> sure
<br>[09:46] <@Taurus_II> brb
<br>[09:55] <Brazen_Sand> hm, every Yozis is supposed to be a type of insanity, right?
<br>[09:55] <Brazen_Sand> Then what's Oramus?
<br>[09:55] <@Taurus_II> um
<br>[09:56] <Brazen_Sand> I guess he'd be some kind of severe schizophrenia. Catatonic schizophrenia
<br>[09:56] <@Taurus_II> nah, he's not catanoic
<br>[09:56] <@Taurus_II> catatonic*
<br>[09:56] <Brazen_Sand> I mean catatonic in that he's in his own world
<br>[09:56] <Brazen_Sand> Nothing he does is really predictable because he's constantly looking into the Beyond.
<br>[09:57] <@Taurus_II> hmm
<br>[09:57] <@Taurus_II> perhaps
<br>[10:01] <Brazen_Sand> prolly my favourity Yozis
<br>[10:01] <@Taurus_II> Oramus?
<br>[10:01] <@Taurus_II> yeah, he's pretty cool
<br>[10:01] <@Taurus_II> from what we know of him
<br>[10:05] <Brazen_Sand> I like what someone posited for his Flaw of Invulnerability
<br>[10:05] <Brazen_Sand> He can't defend against an attack that has a dice-pool equal to or less then his DV
<br>[10:06] <Brazen_Sand> Then he had a charm that allows his Parry DV to always equal his attack pool, and now he can't get out of his wings
<br>[10:12] <Brazen_Sand> hmmm...small turn-out so far
<br>[10:17] <@Taurus_II> well we do still have 45 minutes
<br>[10:17] <Brazen_Sand> yeah
<br>[10:18] <Brazen_Sand> "He Who Bleeds The Unknown Word was so full of ideas - he literally bled them. His time confined within his Sphere as Elloge has led him into deep insanity and depression, convinced that there are no new ideas to introduce, and that even if he could, none could possibly comprehend them but he. All that is left is to scrawl mad slogans, incomprehensible memes and circular
<br>[10:18] <Brazen_Sand> equations on the inside of his own body. loneliness + alienation + fear + despair + self-worth ÷ mockery ÷ condemnation ÷ misunderstanding x guilt x shame x failure x judgment n=y where y=hope and n=folly, love=lies, life=death, self=dark side"
<br>[10:18] <Brazen_Sand> hmmm, hold on, I have to fix this Anti-Life equation
<br>[10:19] <Brazen_Sand> loneliness + alienation + fear + despair + (self-worth ÷ mockery ÷ condemnation ÷ misunderstanding) x guilt x shame x failure x judgment n=y where y=hope and n=folly, love=lies, life=death, self=dark side
<br>[10:19] <Brazen_Sand> There we go
<br>[10:24] <@Taurus_II> ok
<br>[10:29] <@Taurus_II> ... wait.
<br>[10:29] <@Taurus_II> You need Lore 1 to be literate, don't you?
<br>[10:34] <Brazen_Sand> yes
<br>[10:35] <@Taurus_II> ok
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<br>[10:40] <Raksi> there it goes
<br>[10:40] <@Taurus_II> excellent
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<br>[10:40] <@Taurus_II> Raksi
<br>[10:40] * dakkareth waves
<br>[10:40] <@Taurus_II> your character is illiterate
<br>[10:40] <@Taurus_II> :P
<br>[10:41] <Raksi> oh something i forgot @.@;
<br>[10:41] <Raksi> lolol
<br>[10:41] <Brazen_Sand> Does she have servants?
<br>[10:41] <Brazen_Sand> Or Linguistics?
<br>[10:41] <@Taurus_II> she has Linguistics
<br>[10:41] <Raksi> its been awhile since ive played. i havnt noted languages lol
<br>[10:41] <Brazen_Sand> Oh, is the MoW illiterate in this?
<br>[10:42] <@Taurus_II> I also noticed that
<br>[10:42] <dakkareth> heh, being illiterate is a pretty good defense against my character's social attacks :p
<br>[10:42] <Raksi> xD
<br>[10:43] <Raksi> what skill was it for read and writing lore? @.@; its been tooo long lol i can use the xp to cover that hole -. -;
<br>[10:43] <dakkareth> Lore 1 is required to be able to read
<br>[10:43] <dakkareth> (and write)
<br>[10:44] <@Taurus_II> you can switch dots around if you want
<br>[10:44] <@Taurus_II> instead of buying it with XP
<br>[10:45] <Brazen_Sand> Are Rand and Hattori around?
<br>[10:45] <Raksi> prolly wise lol only need a dot afterall
<br>[10:46] <@Taurus_II> they aren't on RPGnet, last I checked
<br>[10:46] <@Taurus_II> but they've still got 15 minutes
<br>[10:47] <Brazen_Sand> Hattori is
<br>[10:47] <Brazen_Sand> I have sent a message
<br>[10:47] <@Taurus_II> ok
<br>[10:48] <dakkareth> mmhh. So we're visiting the Lap? Firetongue is one of the languages Nomoe doesn't speak despite Linguisitcs 5 :s. Unless I switch out Low Realm for it. Annoying that High/Low Realm cost as much as Old Realm and Riverspeak, despite being much closer.
<br>[10:49] <Brazen_Sand> Hah!
<br>[10:49] <Brazen_Sand> Who else knows Firetongue?
<br>[10:49] <Raksi> whats firetongue O.o; lolol
<br>[10:50] <Brazen_Sand> Easy on the lols
<br>[10:50] <Brazen_Sand> plz
<br>[10:50] <dakkareth> Though it would make sense to switch out Low Realm. Why learn the language of the common people, when you already know the lingua franca of the Deliberative and the Dynasts' High Realm.
<br>[10:51] <Raksi> T_T i dont dispense the lolz that often so dont worry xD
<br>[10:51] <Brazen_Sand> firetongue is the language of the South
<br>[10:51] <Raksi> i know what it is xD
<br>[10:51] <Raksi> just taking the piss
<br>[10:51] <@Taurus_II> Firetongue and Low Realm are both pretty common in the Lap, I'd assume
<br>[10:51] <@Taurus_II> since it's been a satrapy for so long
<br>[10:52] <dakkareth> What's the cost to learn additional languages with XP when you already have it at 5?
<br>[10:52] <Raksi> was one free language without linguistics yeah? @.@;
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<br>[10:52] <dakkareth> your native language, yes
<br>[10:52] <@Taurus_II> yes
<br>[10:52] * dakkareth waves
<br>[10:52] <@Taurus_II> hmmm
<br>[10:52] <Myllinnia> Hi hi ^^
<br>[10:52] <Brazen_Sand> 2xp seems fair
<br>[10:53] <Brazen_Sand> The same cost as adding a Specialty
<br>[10:53] <dakkareth> 3XP would be the same as for a Specialty or a background
<br>[10:53] <Brazen_Sand> then there you go
<br>[10:53] <Raksi> Heya Myll ^^
<br>[10:53] <@Taurus_II> 2xp
<br>[10:53] <@Taurus_II> as you'd basically be buying a point in the Linguistic Genius Merit
<br>[10:54] <@Taurus_II> if I may be permitted to consult th emuch-reviled Scroll of Heroes :P
<br>[10:54] <@Taurus_II> *waves to Myll*
<br>[10:54] <dakkareth> Ok. I'll leave that as an option for now. It's a Caste ability after all :)
<br>[10:54] <Brazen_Sand> *burns that book*
<br>[10:55] <@Taurus_II> it's not all horrible
<br>[10:56] <Brazen_Sand> no, just mechanically so
<br>[10:56] <@Taurus_II> :P
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<br>[10:58] <@Taurus_II> welcome
<br>[10:58] <Hattori> sup
<br>[10:58] <@Taurus_II> not much
<br>[10:58] * dakkareth waves
<br>[10:59] * @Taurus_II ponders how long to wait for Rand
<br>[10:59] <Brazen_Sand> hi
<br>[10:59] <Myllinnia> A good wait time is 15-30 mins, imo
<br>[11:00] <@Taurus_II> yeah
<br>[11:00] <Brazen_Sand> We could use that time to figure out where we are
<br>[11:00] <@Taurus_II> *nod*\
<br>[11:01] <@Taurus_II> I had been thinking of starting this session with you guys just arrived in the Lap
<br>[11:01] <Brazen_Sand> Okay
<br>[11:01] <Myllinnia> That sounds fair.
<br>[11:01] <Brazen_Sand> Does anyone know we're coming?
<br>[11:02] <Hattori> do our between-session investigations turn up anything?
<br>[11:02] <Myllinnia> The chickens perhaps.  :p
<br>[11:02] <dakkareth> Did we arrive in such a way that Hideaki could have brought his servants?
<br>[11:02] <Brazen_Sand> Oh, and my Familiar is with us
<br>[11:03] <@Taurus_II> that depends, Dakk.
<br>[11:03] <@Taurus_II> okay
<br>[11:03] <dakkareth> depends on what?
<br>[11:03] <Hattori> my ally is with us, unless she's super busy
<br>[11:03] <Brazen_Sand> I has a question. Some charms require an Infernal excellency as a prerequisite
<br>[11:03] <Brazen_Sand> How many times do they have to be purchased to work?
<br>[11:03] <@Taurus_II> first, remind me of what you guys were investigating between sessions.
<br>[11:03] <Brazen_Sand> to count as a prerequisite, I mean
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<br>[11:04] <Hattori> you get all excellencies for free
<br>[11:04] * @Taurus_II points to what Hat said
<br>[11:04] <Hattori> i think the wording of the charms section is such that
<br>[11:04] <Hattori> in normal situations
<br>[11:04] <Hattori> once you buy an excellency
<br>[11:04] <Hattori> of a primordial or yozi
<br>[11:04] <Hattori> you are forced to rebuy it
<br>[11:04] <Hattori> every time essence goes up
<br>[11:04] <Hattori> going into xp debt if that's not possible
<br>[11:05] * dakkareth was looking through the intelligence reports the Deliberative gave us access to, looking for patterns, hot spots of 'fake solar' and/or resistance activity, the reports from previous incidents, etc
<br>[11:05] <@Taurus_II> you're forced to buy it once per dot of essence when you first learn it, and then once more each time you raise Essence
<br>[11:05] <@Taurus_II> but in this game, since you get all excellencies for free...
<br>[11:05] <Brazen_Sand> I don't think it's fair that I should get EVERY Yozis Excellency for free
<br>[11:05] <@Taurus_II> fair enough.
<br>[11:05] <@Taurus_II> You get your Caste and Favored Yozis' Excellencies free.
<br>[11:05] <dakkareth> all yozis you have charms from would seem reasonable
<br>[11:06] <Brazen_Sand> Yeah
<br>[11:06] <@Taurus_II> or that.
<br>[11:06] <@Taurus_II> Anyway
<br>[11:06] <Brazen_Sand> Maybe I should just have to buy the Yozis Excellency once
<br>[11:06] <@Taurus_II> it's a Yozi Charm
<br>[11:06] <Brazen_Sand> Otherwise if I try to buy, say, the Adorjan Excellency, I'd get hit with a 40xp Training debt automatically
<br>[11:07] <@Taurus_II> so you get Caste and Favored free, buy the initial Excellency for other Yozis, and the repurchases are free
<br>[11:07] <@Taurus_II> there.
<br>[11:07] <@Taurus_II> Now
<br>[11:07] <Hattori> do you plan on taking more excellencies?
<br>[11:07] <Hattori> one is usually enough for most infernals
<br>[11:07] <@Taurus_II> [11:05] * dakkareth was looking through the intelligence reports the Deliberative gave us access to, looking for patterns, hot spots of 'fake solar' and/or resistance activity, the reports from previous incidents, etc
<br>[11:07] <Brazen_Sand> I want to get Yozi-Body Integration >_>
<br>[11:08] <Brazen_Sand> I guess I could snap up a Malfeas version of the ED's
<br>[11:10] <Brazen_Sand> Anyway, it's no big deal
<br>[11:11] *** Myllinnia is now known as Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby
<br>[11:12] *** Raksi is now known as Lady_Daethia
<br>[11:13] <dakkareth> Taurus_II, any results from that?
<br>[11:14] <@Taurus_II> The Immaculate fundamentalists' propaganda is fairly evenly spread throughout the Threshold
<br>[11:14] <Brazen_Sand> Sounds like the dirty work of ELLOGE to me! >: (
<br>[11:15] <@Taurus_II> More overt acts of resistance are rarer and more concentrated, with one such concentration in the Lap
<br>[11:15] <dakkareth> Does that include the alleged victories over newly exalted Solars?
<br>[11:17] <Brazen_Sand> This is stuff we're learning on the way in, we could say.
<br>[11:17] <Brazen_Sand> or Namoe is, at least
<br>[11:17] <@Taurus_II> So far there have been too few of those incidents reported to draw a firm conclusion.
<br>[11:17] <@Taurus_II> No, I'm thinking this is stuff he learned before you guys left
<br>[11:18] <@Taurus_II> there have only been around 15 reported killings of new Solars by fundImacculates.
<br>[11:18] <@Taurus_II> mm, not cc
<br>[11:18] <Hattori> oich
<br>[11:18] <@Taurus_II> ?
<br>[11:18] <Hattori> 15 solars killed
<br>[11:18] <Hattori> that is a lot of solars
<br>[11:18] <@Taurus_II> well, not all at once
<br>[11:19] <Brazen_Sand> Jesus
<br>[11:19] <@Taurus_II> and quite scattered
<br>[11:19] <Brazen_Sand> In what timeframe?
<br>[11:19] <Lady_Daethia> >.> it /might/ be fake solars remember
<br>[11:19] <@Taurus_II> actually, you're right
<br>[11:19] <@Taurus_II> 15 is too high a number
<br>[11:19] <@Taurus_II> say half a dozen instead
<br>[11:20] <dakkareth> scattered randomly though? With Lore 5 Hideaki would be capably of calculating the probabilities, I think .... 6 may be too few, though.
<br>[11:20] <@Taurus_II> 9, then?
<br>[11:20] <dakkareth> I meant to calculate anything.
<br>[11:20] <@Taurus_II> oh
<br>[11:20] <@Taurus_II> yeah
<br>[11:21] <@Taurus_II> scattered... not quite randomly. They all seemed conveniently close to population centers
<br>[11:22] <Brazen_Sand> I think that would be Investigation, actually
<br>[11:23] <Hattori> hmmmmmmmm
<br>[11:23] <Hattori> rand still isn't here?
<br>[11:23] <Hattori> =(
<br>[11:23] <dakkareth> depends on how you describe/stunt it
<br>[11:23] <Brazen_Sand> One Infernal is all you need *pose*
<br>[11:23] <Lady_Daethia> xD
<br>[11:23] <dakkareth> <IC>One Infernal is more than we need :p </IC>
<br>[11:24] <Brazen_Sand> It is when he's the only one who knows Firetongue
<br>[11:24] <Brazen_Sand> :p
<br>[11:25] <@Taurus_II> the latest of them took place no more than a week ago ago, and is notable not only for its recency, but also for just how public it was - the battle took place within the city itself.
<br>[11:25] <Lady_Daethia> wed find a way =D
<br>[11:25] <Brazen_Sand> Lots of miming
<br>[11:25] <dakkareth> That's the one we're going to investigate, right?
<br>[11:25] <Brazen_Sand> Glorious Solar Talking Very Slowly and with Lots of Gestures
<br>[11:25] <@Taurus_II> yes
<br>[11:25] <Brazen_Sand> Alright, let's do it!
<br>[11:25] <Brazen_Sand> LEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOY JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENKINS!
<br>[11:26] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Shoots the LJ person!
<br>[11:26] <Brazen_Sand> least I got chicken
<br>[11:26] <dakkareth> <br>[19:02:25] dakkareth: Did we arrive in such a way that Hideaki could have brought his servants?
<br>[11:26] <dakkareth> <br>[19:03:04] Taurus_II: that depends, Dakk.
<br>[11:26] <dakkareth> ?
<br>[11:26] <Hattori> lolllllll
<br>[11:26] <@Taurus_II> well, whether you brought servants and whether anyone knows you're coming both depend on the manner of your arrival.
<br>[11:27] <Brazen_Sand> I think we should just charter an airship ride
<br>[11:27] <Brazen_Sand> you know, buy out all the seats
<br>[11:27] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Oo
<br>[11:27] <@Taurus_II> and could pose as wealthy mortals or the like.
<br>[11:27] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Oh sure quite subtle XD
<br>[11:27] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> we could.. >>
<br>[11:28] <@Taurus_II> Well, you'd attract some notice, but not nearly as much as if you arrived in Splendiferous Solar Style
<br>[11:28] <Brazen_Sand> "I bought the airline. it seemed neater.
<br>[11:28] <Brazen_Sand> (Inception)
<br>[11:28] <Hattori> i for one welcome our new solar overlords
<br>[11:29] <Hattori> solars are great
<br>[11:29] <Hattori> don't you agree, kerfluffle?
<br>[11:29] <Hattori> *pats ridiculously overpriced poodle*
<br>[11:29] <Hattori> *Is clearly not a solar*
<br>[11:29] <dakkareth> Sounds good. Make sure to switch transports at least once, so we're seen to be coming from Chiaroscuro or something, rather than straight from the Imperial City.
<br>[11:30] <@Taurus_II> good call
<br>[11:30] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> mmm good point
<br>[11:30] <@Taurus_II> so yes, you can have some servants with you
<br>[11:30] <Lady_Daethia> >.> i could thoughroughly wrap the bow T_T;
<br>[11:30] <@Taurus_II> stick it Elsewhere?
<br>[11:30] <Brazen_Sand> why not come from the Imperial City?
<br>[11:30] <Brazen_Sand> Tons of rich people are there
<br>[11:31] <@Taurus_II> ooh you could be wealthy tourists :P
<br>[11:31] <Brazen_Sand> And I'll be a bodyguard
<br>[11:31] <Brazen_Sand> To anyone watching...you know, unless we get overly interested in them.
<br>[11:31] <dakkareth> it does give us the association with the Deliberative
<br>[11:32] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> nod nod
<br>[11:32] <Brazen_Sand> It would take too long to switch flights
<br>[11:32] <dakkareth> wealthy tourists sounds good :D
<br>[11:32] <Hattori> who actually has resources?
<br>[11:32] <dakkareth> Would it?
<br>[11:32] <Brazen_Sand> I also think that we should stick together
<br>[11:33] * dakkareth has Resources 4 ... and enough Bureaucracy to organise stuff like that
<br>[11:33] <Brazen_Sand> Resources are small-time at my level
<br>[11:33] <Lady_Daethia> onry 2
<br>[11:33] <Brazen_Sand> If I wanted to, I could scare a Guild Factor into giving me all his riches
<br>[11:33] <dakkareth> brazen is actually totally broke and destitute with Resources 0 :p
<br>[11:34] <Brazen_Sand> Not quite. I just use other people's money
<br>[11:34] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Gasp.  The autochtonia has more resources XD
<br>[11:34] <Brazen_Sand> Anyway, shall we begin?
<br>[11:34] *** dakkareth is now known as Nomoe_Hideak
<br>[11:34] *** Nomoe_Hideak is now known as Nomoe_Hideaki
<br>[11:35] <@Taurus_II> *waits for Hatt to get in character*
<br>[11:35] <Brazen_Sand> Hmmm...wonder why method I should use
<br>[11:36] <Brazen_Sand> Should I go around screaming at people to tell me information about what's going on because I fucking hate Anathema?
<br>[11:37] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Uh...
<br>[11:37] <Brazen_Sand> Sorry
<br>[11:37] <Brazen_Sand> "MY CLIENT DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANY ANATHEMA!"
<br>[11:38] <Lady_Daethia> i think thats far too forward
<br>[11:38] <@Taurus_II> that would be bad
<br>[11:38] <Lady_Daethia> xD
<br>[11:38] <Brazen_Sand> Did you not read my Excellency? O_O
<br>[11:38] <@Taurus_II> so leave the investigating to others?
<br>[11:39] <Brazen_Sand> *sigh* I guess. Can I at least do some interrogation?
<br>[11:39] <@Taurus_II> assuming it comes up
<br>[11:39] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Oh sure when we need interrogation we can call you up XD
<br>[11:39] <Brazen_Sand> Oh no, I'm staying with you guys.
<br>[11:39] <@Taurus_II> so what languages do you all speak?
<br>[11:39] <Brazen_Sand> I mean, would you REALLY want me out of sight?
<br>[11:39] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Riverspeak, Foresttongue, High Realm, Low Realm, Old Realm, Airtongue
<br>[11:40] <Brazen_Sand> I know Firetongue and Old Realm
<br>[11:40] <Brazen_Sand> (Malfean Dialect)
<br>[11:40] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Sadly Old, Low, Auto, and a Custodian (Deep Reaches dialect) XD
<br>[11:40] <Brazen_Sand> Hmmm...could I speak for the group using Nomoe's rolls if he tells me what to say?
<br>[11:40] * Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby is poorly equipped to talk with Creation's denziens XD
<br>[11:40] <Hattori> but
<br>[11:40] <Hattori> but
<br>[11:40] <Hattori> rand isn't here yet
<br>[11:40] <Hattori> =(
<br>[11:41] *** Hattori is now known as Noldarr
<br>[11:41] <Brazen_Sand> he's had 40 minutes. It's his own fault.
<br>[11:41] <Brazen_Sand> Well, not fault
<br>[11:41] <Brazen_Sand> But we've given him a fair amount of time to wait
<br>[11:41] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Depends on what has kept him away.
<br>[11:41] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> But ya the time has passed, if we wait more we lose game time.
<br>[11:41] <@Taurus_II> so, what languages does Noldarr know?
<br>[11:41] <Brazen_Sand> That's what I meant, sorry
<br>[11:41] <Noldarr> um
<br>[11:41] <Noldarr> no idea
<br>[11:42] <Noldarr> probably high realm and something else
<br>[11:42] <Brazen_Sand> Where's he come from?
<br>[11:42] <Nomoe_Hideaki> his native language and old realm?
<br>[11:42] <Noldarr> well, he was a prince
<br>[11:42] <Noldarr> so he'd know whatever language princes know
<br>[11:42] <Noldarr> and then one more
<br>[11:42] <Brazen_Sand> Okay, so where did he come from?
<br>[11:42] <Noldarr> old realm and high realm?
<br>[11:42] <Nomoe_Hideaki> what direction, though?
<br>[11:42] <@Taurus_II> "whatever language princes know" is usually the native language of the direction :P
<br>[11:43] <Noldarr> hm
<br>[11:43] <Noldarr> probably the east
<br>[11:43] <Brazen_Sand> Okay, he knows Foresttongue and High Realm
<br>[11:43] <Brazen_Sand> most likely
<br>[11:43] <Noldarr> mkay
<br>[11:43] <@Taurus_II> ok
<br>[11:43] <Brazen_Sand> So I guess I'm your interpretor. Let's do this thing!
<br>[11:44] <Nomoe_Hideaki> THey do speak Low Realm as well, as Taurus said. So not all of us need an interpreter.
<br>[11:44] <Brazen_Sand> Awwwww : (
<br>[11:45] <Brazen_Sand> Anyway, can we begin?
<br>[11:45] <Brazen_Sand> What's our cover story?
<br>[11:45] <@Taurus_II> I'm writing up the beginning
<br>[11:45] <Nomoe_Hideaki> wealthy tourists?
<br>[11:45] <Brazen_Sand> We're a group of wealthy tourists with Brazen as the bodyguard?
<br>[11:45] <@Taurus_II> yes
<br>[11:45] <Nomoe_Hideaki> some of which might have a morbid interest in stories of defeated (thank the dragons!) anathema?
<br>[11:46] <Brazen_Sand> Sounds good.
<br>[11:46] <Brazen_Sand> Indeed!
<br>[11:46] <Brazen_Sand> Hell, why not make us Dynasts as well?
<br>[11:46] <Brazen_Sand> Err, members of a Dynastic house, I mean.
<br>[11:46] <@Taurus_II> no
<br>[11:46] <@Taurus_II> this is good
<br>[11:46] <Brazen_Sand> okay
<br>[11:46] <Brazen_Sand> We should make up fake names
<br>[11:47] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Gasp do I need another fake name XD
<br>[11:47] <Brazen_Sand> Well, you don't, cause you're all sneaky already ; )
<br>[11:47] <Brazen_Sand> I will be Smash Daddy
<br>[11:47] <Brazen_Sand> No wait, Punch Rockgroin!
<br>[11:47] <Lady_Daethia> >.>;
<br>[11:48] <Brazen_Sand> No no! BULK VANDERHUGE
<br>[11:48] <@Taurus_II> *sigh*
<br>[11:48] <Brazen_Sand> Sorry, I love my MST3K
<br>[11:49] <Noldarr> ...
<br>[11:49] <Brazen_Sand> If anyone asks, I'm...ummm...Nithian
<br>[11:49] <Brazen_Sand> (I don't know Southern naming conventions >_<)
<br>[11:49] <@Taurus_II> there you go. A beginning.
<br>[11:49] <Noldarr> I'm Arrnold
<br>[11:49] <@Taurus_II> ...
<br>[11:49] <Noldarr> ...
<br>[11:49] <@Taurus_II> not Ahhnold?
<br>[11:49] <@Taurus_II> :P
<br>[11:50] <Noldarr> well
<br>[11:50] <Noldarr> it was never my intention to change my name to arnold's
<br>[11:50] <Noldarr> it just struck me
<br>[11:50] <Brazen_Sand> If you are Arnold, then I am Carlos
<br>[11:50] <Noldarr> like solar inspiration
<br>[11:50] <Noldarr> >_>
<br>[11:50] <Brazen_Sand> and I will make bad puns all over the place
<br>[11:50] <Brazen_Sand> so you can be like CARLOOOOS
<br>[11:50] <Noldarr> indeed
<br>[11:50] <@Taurus_II> Dakk
<br>[11:51] <@Taurus_II> can the roller do things besides pools of d10s?
<br>[11:51] <Nomoe_Hideaki> ?
<br>[11:51] <Nomoe_Hideaki> more specifically?
<br>[11:51] <@Taurus_II> can it roll other kinds of dice?
<br>[11:52] <Nomoe_Hideaki> no
<br>[11:52] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Exalted and WoD
<br>[11:52] <@Taurus_II> ok
<br>[11:52] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Haven't used it for other games, so there was no need to code in other dice functions or even some sort of dice script language.
<br>[11:53] <Brazen_Sand> Actually, I don't think the Lap is that hot
<br>[11:53] <Brazen_Sand> I mean, it's hot, but it's not HOOOOT
<br>[11:53] <@Taurus_II> oh! I know Nomoe has seens the propaganda on file, but would he have shared it with the rest?
<br>[11:55] <Brazen_Sand> wait a second, we should each have Old Realm as a language
<br>[11:55] <Brazen_Sand> otherwise we wouldn't be able to understand each other
<br>[11:56] <Nomoe_Hideaki> yeah
<br>[11:56] <Noldarr> okay, replace my high realm with old realm
<br>[11:56] <@Taurus_II> was that a yeah in answer to me, Dakk?
<br>[11:56] <Nomoe_Hideaki> no, in response to brazen
<br>[11:57] <@Taurus_II> ok
<br>[11:57] <Lady_Daethia> i hope we all have a language we can speak xD
<br>[11:57] <Nomoe_Hideaki> The other solars and Autochthonian would have had access to the reports as well, and if they haven't read them, he just stated it in the IC as well ;)
<br>[11:57] <@Taurus_II> ok
<br>[11:57] <Brazen_Sand> Can I see what it says in detail, please?
<br>[12:00] <Brazen_Sand> Also, is this printed?
<br>[12:00] <@Taurus_II> hang on *flails*
<br>[12:01] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Brazen, do you want Taurus to produce a multi-page pamphlet on the spot? :?
<br>[12:01] <Lady_Daethia> what font does it use what colour is it what ont size xD j/k
<br>[12:01] <Brazen_Sand> No no no
<br>[12:01] <Brazen_Sand> Just the general details. More then "Immaculate Propaganda"
<br>[12:02] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Ah.
<br>[12:02] <Brazen_Sand> Did you really think I'd be that much of a jerk? T_T
<br>[12:02] <Brazen_Sand> you wound me
<br>[12:03] <@Taurus_II> there you go
<br>[12:03] <Lady_Daethia> T_T i was inly kidding dont take me too seiously /sulk
<br>[12:03] <@Taurus_II> think Chick tract + porn comic
<br>[12:03] <@Taurus_II> also, I checked Brazen's MDV
<br>[12:04] <Brazen_Sand> yeah?
<br>[12:06] <@Taurus_II> he has just gained Intimacies of shameful addiction toward the propaganda and sickened defiance toward the Celestial Deliberative. Each of those are UMI effects costing 3wp to resist. He's also been the target of 2 NMI effects compelling him to read the comic through to the end; those together cost 2wp to resist.
<br>[12:06] <Brazen_Sand> Yow
<br>[12:07] <Brazen_Sand> Wait a minute, is it telling me to do something?
<br>[12:07] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Evil Propoganda.  I'm sure a few nations of Auto approve XD
<br>[12:07] <Brazen_Sand> Does it say "STOP THE ANATHEMA" or anything?
<br>[12:07] <@Taurus_II> it's telling you to read the comic to the end, yes
<br>[12:07] <Brazen_Sand> Fuck that then. Unacceptable order!
<br>[12:08] <Brazen_Sand> Impervious Primacy Mantle
<br>[12:08] <@Taurus_II> Dakk, how much does Nomoe's essence sight reveal?
<br>[12:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> AESS
<br>[12:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> equivalent
<br>[12:09] <Nomoe_Hideaki> so, probably dependent on an occult roll
<br>[12:09] <Brazen_Sand> Wait, I stunt my MDV
<br>[12:09] <@Taurus_II> It says all charms are made Obvious
<br>[12:09] <Noldarr> social combat gives the defender the chance to respond with charms just like normal combat, right?
<br>[12:09] <Noldarr> the steps are the same
<br>[12:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> I assume his own MDV was sufficient since he looked at a pamphlet as well? Or was it just Brazen's that was that powerful?
<br>[12:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *Hideaki's
<br>[12:10] <Brazen_Sand> There we go
<br>[12:10] <Brazen_Sand> Is that enough to stop the Influence?
<br>[12:11] <@Taurus_II> yes, it does
<br>[12:11] <Brazen_Sand> Awesome
<br>[12:11] <@Taurus_II> wait hang on
<br>[12:11] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Sagacious Reading of Intent, what's the intent behind them?
<br>[12:11] <@Taurus_II> @_@ too many questions at once
<br>[12:11] <@Taurus_II> [12:09] <Noldarr> social combat gives the defender the chance to respond with charms just like normal combat, right?
<br>[12:11] <@Taurus_II> yes
<br>[12:11] <@Taurus_II> [12:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> I assume his own MDV was sufficient since he looked at a pamphlet as well? Or was it just Brazen's that was that powerful?
<br>[12:12] <@Taurus_II> My impression was that Nomoe didn't look at it long enough or closely enough for the magic to affect him
<br>[12:12] <Noldarr> okay
<br>[12:12] <@Taurus_II> [12:10] <Brazen_Sand> Is that enough to stop the Influence?
<br>[12:12] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Your call. Long enough to identify it and the charms on it in any case.
<br>[12:13] <@Taurus_II> probably not, I have to say, Brazen.
<br>[12:13] <Brazen_Sand> Hrm, what if I use my Excellency?
<br>[12:14] <@Taurus_II> then yes
<br>[12:14] <Brazen_Sand> what's the max dice pool for MDV?
<br>[12:15] <Nomoe_Hideaki> WP+Integrity rather than attribute + integrity, I'd assume
<br>[12:15] <Brazen_Sand> No wait, I use Cecylene Excellency to *endure unrelentingly harsh conditions*
<br>[12:15] <Noldarr> wp integrity essence
<br>[12:15] <Noldarr> isn't it?
<br>[12:16] <Brazen_Sand> And I spend enough motes to stop it, using the previous stunt where I threw it away to take back 4 motes
<br>[12:16] <Noldarr> oh, you mean added through charms
<br>[12:16] <Brazen_Sand> Yes
<br>[12:16] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Does the Deliberative have Linguistics Charms deployed as well?
<br>[12:16] <Brazen_Sand> What do the posters look like? And no I'm not reading them that closely
<br>[12:16] <@Taurus_II> Yes.
<br>[12:16] <@Taurus_II> hang on
<br>[12:16] <Brazen_Sand> cripes, posters are freaking land-mines
<br>[12:16] <Noldarr> yeah, this is solar-level power
<br>[12:17] <@Taurus_II> let me tell Nomoe about the magic on the immaculate pamphlets
<br>[12:17] <Noldarr> probably an ED Charm
<br>[12:17] <Noldarr> or collection of charms
<br>[12:17] <Nomoe_Hideaki> 2+ Linguistics or equivalent charms at work on every single one of them. That's hardcore.
<br>[12:18] <Brazen_Sand> I know, just never had them come up in a campaign like this before
<br>[12:18] <Brazen_Sand> I feel sorry for the mortals
<br>[12:18] <Noldarr> with an infernal analogue to whirling brush method
<br>[12:18] <Brazen_Sand> Oh, does Launjilla see the same thing?
<br>[12:18] <Noldarr> mass production is not only possible but easy
<br>[12:18] <@Taurus_II> DB Charm: Craft Icon. ED Charms: Golden Years Tarnished Black, Bible of Broken Truths, Want Becomes Need, Unreasoning Prejudice Infliction
<br>[12:18] <Brazen_Sand> Hmmm
<br>[12:18] <Brazen_Sand> Either an Akuma or a Fiend
<br>[12:18] <Noldarr> yeah, that's pretty bad
<br>[12:19] <Brazen_Sand> most likely an Akuma, cause a Fiend wouldn't need a DB charm
<br>[12:19] <Noldarr> sounds like
<br>[12:19] <Lady_Daethia> siddys always possible too~
<br>[12:19] <Noldarr> her imperial
<br>[12:19] <Noldarr> highness
<br>[12:19] <Brazen_Sand> We'll just have to find out
<br>[12:19] <@Taurus_II> plus I'm pretty sure that ED tree is sorcerous
<br>[12:20] <@Taurus_II> which means couuntermagic can wipe it away.
<br>[12:20] <Brazen_Sand> I'll have launjilla fly up into the air and see what he can find out with his Essence sight. Maybe there's a pattern.
<br>[12:20] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Taurus, do you mean that Hideaki can identify the charms as such?
<br>[12:20] <@Taurus_II> he can identify their effects and the flavor of their Essence. He probably doesn't know them by name.
<br>[12:21] <@Taurus_II> Brazen, are you doing that with Launjilla?
<br>[12:22] <Brazen_Sand> Yes
<br>[12:22] <@Taurus_II> ok
<br>[12:22] <Brazen_Sand> Then it can come back down and report.
<br>[12:23] <@Taurus_II> the pamphlets are fairly widespread, but an even distribution through the roughly circular area in which they can be detected
<br>[12:24] <Brazen_Sand> about an even distribution, you meant?
<br>[12:26] <@Taurus_II> Essence sight shows that the Deliberative's posters and pamphlets have similarly powerful UMI on them, this aimed at tearing down and replacing the intimacies created by the Immaculate pamphlets.
<br>[12:26] <@Taurus_II> yes, about an even distribution
<br>[12:26] <Brazen_Sand> Hmmm...who is putting up the Deliberative's posters, though?
<br>[12:27] <@Taurus_II> you can't tell. They've already been put up.
<br>[12:27] <@Taurus_II> At a guess, people loyal to the Deliberative :P
<br>[12:27] <Noldarr> anyone got investigation charms?
<br>[12:27] <Nomoe_Hideaki> [20:11:35] Nomoe_Hideaki: Sagacious Reading of Intent on the pamphlets, what's the intent behind them?
<br>[12:27] <@Taurus_II> oh right
<br>[12:27] <@Taurus_II> sorry
<br>[12:27] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Judge's Ear Technique, but no others
<br>[12:28] <Brazen_Sand> Yes, of course they're people loyal to the Deliberative, but if we talk to one of them, they might help us find their adversaries
<br>[12:28] <Nomoe_Hideaki> (just checking, whether there are intents beyond the obvious. Such as luring Deliberative agents towards the centre of the distribution circle ;) )
<br>[12:28] <Nomoe_Hideaki> How far away are we from the site of the battle in whic h the alleged solar was slain?
<br>[12:28] <@Taurus_II> No, the intent is just to turn people away from the Deliberative.
<br>[12:28] <@Taurus_II> um
<br>[12:28] <@Taurus_II> gimme a minute...
<br>[12:29] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Is there a Celestial Exalt from (or allied with) the Deliberative in the region? Officially, that is?
<br>[12:30] <Brazen_Sand> let's give him a bit to catch up
<br>[12:30] <@Taurus_II> the site of the battle (as well as the rough center of distribution) is another 15 minutes' walk, say.
<br>[12:30] <@Taurus_II> since you were heading there already
<br>[12:32] <@Taurus_II> as for whether there is an allied Celestial Exalt: Yes. A lunar by the name of Luyu, the Wild Dove.
<br>[12:33] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Aww a wild dove. ^^
<br>[12:33] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Is he/she officially in charge here? Or just living around here?
<br>[12:33] *** RandBrittain has joined #celestialdeliberativeOOC
<br>[12:33] <Brazen_Sand> Hi Rand
<br>[12:33] <@Taurus_II> hey
<br>[12:33] * Nomoe_Hideaki waves
<br>[12:34] <@Taurus_II> good to see you
<br>[12:34] <RandBrittain> Ack, I am late. I apologize for this.
<br>[12:34] <Brazen_Sand> We're all rich tourists
<br>[12:34] <Lady_Daethia> hey hey
<br>[12:34] *** RandBrittain is now known as Inkwell
<br>[12:34] <Lady_Daethia> no worries
<br>[12:34] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> yay Rand!
<br>[12:34] <Brazen_Sand> and I almost got mindraped by a pamphlet I picked up off the ground.
<br>[12:34] <Brazen_Sand> : D
<br>[12:34] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> No you almost got mindraped XD
<br>[12:34] * Inkwell readies Conceptual Context Expansion
<br>[12:34] <@Taurus_II> [12:33] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Is he/she officially in charge here? Or just living around here?
<br>[12:35] <@Taurus_II> She is officially in charge.
<br>[12:35] <Brazen_Sand> Seems like Nomoe should drop by.
<br>[12:35] <Nomoe_Hideaki> I was just thinking that.
<br>[12:35] <@Taurus_II> well, along with her Zenith mate.
<br>[12:35] <@Taurus_II> But he's not here right now.
<br>[12:35] <Brazen_Sand> Clearly not doing a very good job
<br>[12:35] <Brazen_Sand> that Zenith
<br>[12:35] <Nomoe_Hideaki> It would be impolite, not to. But first things first. Since they apparently weren't doing a very good job.
<br>[12:36] <Nomoe_Hideaki> heh
<br>[12:36] <@Taurus_II> Inkwell
<br>[12:36] <Brazen_Sand> I imagine brazen sounded like Tommy Wiseau from the Room when he said that
<br>[12:36] <Brazen_Sand> "Oh hai Inkwell."
<br>[12:36] <@Taurus_II> you have essence sight active all the time right?
<br>[12:36] <Inkwell> If I don't have a reason not to.
<br>[12:37] <@Taurus_II> uhhhh
<br>[12:37] <@Taurus_II> is it that 3rd eye thing?
<br>[12:38] <@Taurus_II> or just a charm effect he keeps up?
<br>[12:38] <Inkwell> Essence-Dissecting Glance.
<br>[12:38] <@Taurus_II> ok
<br>[12:38] <@Taurus_II> then now that you've looked up from your book
<br>[12:39] <@Taurus_II> you will note that the bad pamphlets have the following charms on them:
<br>[12:39] <@Taurus_II> DB Charm: Craft Icon. ED Charms: Golden Years Tarnished Black, Bible of Broken Truths, Want Becomes Need, Unreasoning Prejudice Infliction
<br>[12:39] <Brazen_Sand> May I ask what memories it's tarnishing?
<br>[12:40] <Inkwell> Well, that's a nasty little combo.
<br>[12:40] <Brazen_Sand> I'm just asking this OOC, I'm curious
<br>[12:40] <Inkwell> Probably the only way to know is to read it.
<br>[12:40] <Brazen_Sand> Hrm, I almost did
<br>[12:40] <Inkwell> Even the world's greatest savant has to experiment to find things out!
<br>[12:40] <Brazen_Sand> Oh yeah, you never did tell me how many motes I had to spend on my excellency to dodge that?
<br>[12:40] <Brazen_Sand> *that
<br>[12:40] <@Taurus_II> oh yeah
<br>[12:40] <@Taurus_II> ummm
<br>[12:41] <@Taurus_II> which excellency?
<br>[12:41] <@Taurus_II> :P
<br>[12:41] <Lady_Daethia> Ink~ are you holding the book tightly? >.>;
<br>[12:41] <Brazen_Sand> First Cecylene
<br>[12:41] <@Taurus_II> hmmm
<br>[12:41] <Inkwell> I'm just leafing through it casually.
<br>[12:41] <Lady_Daethia> okz~
<br>[12:42] <@Taurus_II> say 4
<br>[12:42] <@Taurus_II> 4 motes
<br>[12:42] <@Taurus_II> okay
<br>[12:42] <Brazen_Sand> Sweet, then I made that back
<br>[12:42] <@Taurus_II> [12:39] <Brazen_Sand> May I ask what memories it's tarnishing?
<br>[12:42] <@Taurus_II> positive memories of the Deliberative, and also the brand-new memories you just got of reading the comic :P
<br>[12:43] <Brazen_Sand> So it made me think that the comic sucked?
<br>[12:43] <Brazen_Sand> Wow, way to try to hurt the reader's self-esteem : P
<br>[12:43] * Nomoe_Hideaki also activates Judge's Ear Technique
<br>[12:43] <@Taurus_II> no. It made you think that the comic was arousing/exciting, ashamed of that feeling, and that you wanted to read more comics like this
<br>[12:43] <@Taurus_II> via Want Becomes Need
<br>[12:43] <Brazen_Sand> Ahhh
<br>[12:44] <Lady_Daethia> Yoink >.>
<br>[12:44] <Brazen_Sand> Bastards
<br>[12:44] <Brazen_Sand> So what's in that Essence Runes book?
<br>[12:44] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Stuff about Essence Runes XD
<br>[12:44] <Inkwell> Ask the Magnus!
<br>[12:44] <Brazen_Sand> Oh gee thanks Myll, you are an infinite font of wisdom
<br>[12:44] <Nomoe_Hideaki> please, while this scene lasts, if your character is lying, telling half-truths or being evasive, please PM me (Judge's Ear Technique)
<br>[12:45] <Brazen_Sand> :p
<br>[12:45] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> I try my best to help :p
<br>[12:45] <@Taurus_II> Inkwell, this is describing the pamphlet Brazen read:
<br>[12:45] <Inkwell> Anyway, I use Conceptual Concept Expansion to avoid being hypnotized by the Ebon Dragon's evil comic books.
<br>[12:45] <Noldarr> essence runes man
<br>[12:45] <Noldarr> how do they work
<br>[12:45] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> np ^^
<br>[12:45] <@Taurus_II> "The pamphlets which were picked up are indeed Immaculate propaganda. Judging from this pamphlet, they have decided to employ one of the oldest tricks in the book - accusations of sexual impropriety. This one features members of the Grand Circle using mind control magic and rape to keep the Mouth of Peace and the Immaculate Paragons under their control."
<br>[12:45] <Brazen_Sand> But seriously, it teaches spells and stuff, and Inkwell just found it?
<br>[12:45] <Brazen_Sand> Essence runes work by Magnets
<br>[12:45] <Noldarr> fucking magnets man
<br>[12:45] <Brazen_Sand> Also, from all the essence-fueled propaganda in the Lap
<br>[12:46] <Brazen_Sand> I am forced to conclude that "Magic is everywhere in this bitch"
<br>[12:46] <Noldarr> *Sigh*
<br>[12:46] <Noldarr> These miracles
<br>[12:46] <Noldarr> they're just too much
<br>[12:46] <Brazen_Sand> you can't even HOLD it
<br>[12:46] <@Taurus_II> oh
<br>[12:47] <@Taurus_II> hm
<br>[12:47] <@Taurus_II> where was I
<br>[12:47] <Brazen_Sand> We're walking to the murder scene
<br>[12:47] <Nomoe_Hideaki> yes!
<br>[12:47] <Brazen_Sand> Then we're going to stop at the Lunar's perch or whatever
<br>[12:47] <@Taurus_II> okay
<br>[12:47] <Nomoe_Hideaki> That hasn't come up IC, though
<br>[12:47] <Brazen_Sand> Where Brazen will try his best not to say "Your husband kinda sucks."
<br>[12:47] <Nomoe_Hideaki> And I'll have a few things to say about hta
<br>[12:47] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *that
<br>[12:48] <Brazen_Sand> I'm speaking OOC
<br>[12:48] <Noldarr> do we know
<br>[12:48] <Noldarr> why he's gone
<br>[12:48] <Noldarr> it could be an important reason
<br>[12:48] <Brazen_Sand> Well, Brazen would put it much more crudely
<br>[12:48] <@Taurus_II> ummm
<br>[12:48] <@Taurus_II> hm
<br>[12:48] <@Taurus_II> okay
<br>[12:48] <Brazen_Sand> and definitively
<br>[12:48] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Because once we go visit them, our cover, it is blown!
<br>[12:48] <@Taurus_II> you know that this Lunar and her mate are in charge here
<br>[12:48] <Brazen_Sand> Not if we tell her not to tell anyone
<br>[12:48] <@Taurus_II> and you know that at least one of them is here
<br>[12:48] <@Taurus_II> IC
<br>[12:48] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Someone will see us go there.
<br>[12:48] <@Taurus_II> OOC, I'm telling you that it's her
<br>[12:48] <Noldarr> oh, btw, rand
<br>[12:49] <Noldarr> it was mentioned earlier
<br>[12:49] <Noldarr> that
<br>[12:49] <Noldarr> the ed's charms used in the pamphlets
<br>[12:49] <Noldarr> are sorcerous
<br>[12:49] <Lady_Daethia> oh thats what you meant by ED earlier xD i forgot Ebon Dragon had those initials
<br>[12:49] <@Taurus_II> and all Ess3
<br>[12:49] <Lady_Daethia> >_>;;
<br>[12:50] <@Taurus_II> so Emerald Countermagic will do fine
<br>[12:50] <Inkwell> Everybody's going to see if I use sorcery, though.
<br>[12:50] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Oh will it?
<br>[12:50] <Inkwell> Who here is a sorcerer, anyway?
<br>[12:50] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Is every piece en-charmed separately or all together? And if the latter, how could I duplicate that trick? :D
<br>[12:50] <Brazen_Sand> Fixing these things isn't our job.
<br>[12:50] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Yay I have my Elemerald and Half capable countermagic ^^
<br>[12:50] <Brazen_Sand> We need to get the Lunar to figure that out
<br>[12:51] <@Taurus_II> ok
<br>[12:51] <Noldarr> it'd probably be easier to fix this than to get the lunar to fix this
<br>[12:51] <Noldarr> clearly there are counterattempts being made, and those counterattempts are at least somewhat effective
<br>[12:51] <Noldarr> if the power level is similar
<br>[12:51] <@Taurus_II> *imposes moratorium on IC for the moment*
<br>[12:52] <@Taurus_II> [12:50] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Is every piece en-charmed separately or all together? And if the latter, how could I duplicate that trick? :D
<br>[12:52] <@Taurus_II> Each piece separately.
<br>[12:52] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Wow. How many are there, at a guess?
<br>[12:53] <Brazen_Sand> Launjilla saw a lot
<br>[12:53] <Lady_Daethia> brb gunna throw some soup in microwave
<br>[12:53] <Noldarr> probably at least a few hundre
<br>[12:53] <Noldarr> if not more
<br>[12:53] <Brazen_Sand> Yeah, around that
<br>[12:53] <@Taurus_II> yeah, a couple hundred.
<br>[12:54] <Inkwell> If we can find the distributor, we may be able to take out a bunch at once.
<br>[12:54] <Brazen_Sand> Considering that there are lots where we are, and they're evenly distributed around the Lap
<br>[12:54] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Either someone worked his ass off for weeks to get that many, or someone has a big-ass source of essence.
<br>[12:54] <@Taurus_II> Ah, not quite
<br>[12:54] <Brazen_Sand> hm?
<br>[12:54] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Like, a dozen yasal crystals full of gods.
<br>[12:54] <Brazen_Sand> Or maybe a cult
<br>[12:55] <@Taurus_II> I said they were evenly distributed in the area where they were
<br>[12:55] <Brazen_Sand> if it practices human sacrifice, they can get a big boost in essence
<br>[12:55] <@Taurus_II> not that they were evenly distributed over the entire city
<br>[12:55] <Brazen_Sand> Yeah, that's what I meant.
<br>[12:55] <Brazen_Sand> In a circular pattern
<br>[12:55] <Brazen_Sand> Okay, what part of the city are we in, anyway?
<br>[12:55] <Inkwell> Okay, we'll just have to use some Pyrian magic to take away everyone's ability to understand Flametongue.
<br>[12:55] <@Taurus_II> good question, I was hoping you wouldn't ask :P
<br>[12:56] <Brazen_Sand> sorry :<
<br>[12:56] <Brazen_Sand> I would hope that we could fix this without completely wrecking the town.
<br>[12:56] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Mmhh. Actually, what's more limiting is that every pamphlet created requires 1wp to be spent.
<br>[12:56] <Brazen_Sand> hmmm...
<br>[12:57] <Brazen_Sand> Someone with Transcendence of Conviction could get 6 willpower back a day
<br>[12:57] <Noldarr> they could just have a custom mass-production charm
<br>[12:57] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Assuming that sux=rating counts for wp regeneration.
<br>[12:57] <Inkwell> Yeah, or a bunch of akuma.
<br>[12:57] <Nomoe_Hideaki> No, that's why I asked. Every one is en-charmed separatesly.
<br>[12:57] <Inkwell> Clever!
<br>[12:58] <Inkwell> That's... yeah, that's a lot of willpower. Clearly there's an army of akuma in the neighborhood!
<br>[12:58] <@Taurus_II> ok
<br>[12:58] <Brazen_Sand> Yeah, it counts towards any roll using a Virtue
<br>[12:58] <Inkwell> Or the Ebon Dragon used a Charm to make the ST forget all his dots in math.
<br>[12:58] <Nomoe_Hideaki> in theory. IMC we have disallwed that particular use, though. *shrugs*
<br>[12:58] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Anyway, we're still on the way to the center of .... this matter.
<br>[12:58] <Inkwell> The Ebon Dragon is always using that Charm when I ST games. ~
<br>[12:58] <Brazen_Sand> Anyway, let's not dogpile him. We know what we've got to do, right?
<br>[12:58] * @Taurus_II has been made to forget math
<br>[12:58] <@Taurus_II> :P
<br>[12:59] <@Taurus_II> you are in Northleg, by the way
<br>[12:59] <@Taurus_II> the one with the pleasant sea breezes
<br>[12:59] <Brazen_Sand> nice
<br>[12:59] <Noldarr> um
<br>[12:59] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> mmmm Pleasant Sea breezes ^^
<br>[12:59] <@Taurus_II> yeees?
<br>[12:59] <Inkwell> Oh, well. Probably just one akuma, then. A Dragon-Blood, which is always nice.
<br>[12:59] <Inkwell> Solar akuma make me sad. Clearly they can't do math, either.
<br>[13:00] <Noldarr> i don't see any reason why a mass-production charm would be forced to create the things it mass produces under a single enchantment
<br>[13:00] <Brazen_Sand> It's not important HOW they're doing it
<br>[13:00] <Brazen_Sand> what's important is that we stop it
<br>[13:00] <Brazen_Sand> Let's go find shit out.
<br>[13:00] <Noldarr> how they do it is integral to how we stop it
<br>[13:00] <Brazen_Sand> We can do that by finding the Akuma and throttling him or her until they spill it
<br>[13:00] <Nomoe_Hideaki> btw, Hideaki has a few calligraphied banners with Love-Me Charms as well. But they only come out when it's time of appear openly with a bang :p
<br>[13:01] <Brazen_Sand> (in character)
<br>[13:01] <Inkwell> I have a plan!
<br>[13:01] <Noldarr> if it's likely one dude that's really strong, we'll have to use a different strategy than many dudes that are weak
<br>[13:01] <Noldarr> in the latter case, the individual cells may know little or nothing
<br>[13:01] <Inkwell> I shall keep reading this pamphlet, and use my Linguistics-fu to figure out as much as I can about the writer!
<br>[13:01] <Brazen_Sand> Does anyone notice us walking on the roofs?
<br>[13:02] <Nomoe_Hideaki> That's more Investigation than Linguistics, though
<br>[13:02] <@Taurus_II> also: I'm gonna start calling the Immaculate badguys the Purists
<br>[13:02] <Brazen_Sand> I did not know that. That everything is on teh rooftop in the Lap
<br>[13:02] <Brazen_Sand> Sure
<br>[13:02] <@Taurus_II> since technically the Realm's state religion is still the Immaculate Order
<br>[13:02] <@Taurus_II> and they I will refer to as the Reformists
<br>[13:03] <Brazen_Sand> Could I use my Survival skills to track any fo the fighters?
<br>[13:03] <@Taurus_II> probably not at this point
<br>[13:03] <@Taurus_II> it's been several days since the fight
<br>[13:03] <@Taurus_II> hmmm
<br>[13:04] <@Taurus_II> everybody roll Awarenees except Inkwell
<br>[13:04] * Inkwell makes a Perception + Investigation roll, modified by my Linguistics 5, to discover the Motivation/Urge of the writer of this pamphlet through literary analysis! I'll spend seven motes of Personal Essence to raise my dicepool to 17, and spend a WP to reduce the target number to 6.
<br>[13:04] <Brazen_Sand> .ex 8
<br>[13:04] <Pattern_Spider> Brazen_Sand rolled 3 successes against TN 7: [8, 3, 1, 7, 4, 4, 9, 1]
<br>[13:04] <Brazen_Sand> Mreh
<br>[13:04] <@Taurus_II> Perception + Awareness, that is
<br>[13:04] <Inkwell> .ex 17 6
<br>[13:04] <Pattern_Spider> Inkwell rolled 7 successes against TN 6: <br>[7, 5, 3, 10, 2, 6, 2, 9, 3, 2, 9, 2, 7, 1, 2, 3, 1]
<br>[13:05] <Inkwell> Stupid low rolls! Hopefully this writer's Linguistics is not so good.
<br>[13:05] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Per+Awareness? Per+Occult?
<br>[13:05] <@Taurus_II> you'll have to refresh my memory of how linguistic analysis works
<br>[13:06] <@Taurus_II> Per+Awareness is for something else
<br>[13:06] <Brazen_Sand> Oh crap, I forgot my stunt die
<br>[13:06] <Brazen_Sand> Can I reroll?
<br>[13:06] <@Taurus_II> Nomoe can roll Per+Occult too
<br>[13:06] <@Taurus_II> sure, Brazen
<br>[13:06] <Nomoe_Hideaki> It's pretty much an Investigation roll to analyze someone's motives and personality, only not in person but through their writing
<br>[13:06] <Brazen_Sand> .ex 8
<br>[13:06] <Pattern_Spider> Brazen_Sand rolled 6 successes against TN 7: [4, 1, 8, 10, 7, 9, 8, 1]
<br>[13:06] <Brazen_Sand> Yaaaay much better
<br>[13:06] <Brazen_Sand> *DANGER*
<br>[13:06] <Nomoe_Hideaki> .ex 9
<br>[13:06] <Pattern_Spider> Nomoe_Hideaki rolled 7 successes against TN 7: [8, 7, 3, 8, 6, 9, 10, 6, 7]
<br>[13:07] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> .ex 8
<br>[13:07] <Pattern_Spider> Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby rolled 7 successes against TN 7: [10, 2, 8, 3, 7, 10, 4, 9]
<br>[13:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> (4m for 1st occult excellency)
<br>[13:07] <Inkwell> Yeah, it's just normal social combat. But for written stuff, I use Linguistics in place of Appearance.
<br>[13:07] <Inkwell> So if his Linguistics is less than 5, his MDV is reduced.
<br>[13:07] <Noldarr> hm
<br>[13:07] <@Taurus_II> ah
<br>[13:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> But Appearance wouldn't be used in an Investigation roll normally. You could stunt to use Linguistics in place of Investigation?
<br>[13:08] <Noldarr> 3m for essence flow supreme perfection, +3 sux
<br>[13:08] <Noldarr> .ex 7
<br>[13:08] <Pattern_Spider> Noldarr rolled 1 successes against TN 7: [7, 6, 5, 3, 4, 2, 6]
<br>[13:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> the diff for the investigation would be (Man+Socialize)/2 normally
<br>[13:08] <Noldarr> 4 sux
<br>[13:08] <Inkwell> Don't you use Appearance in all social rolls?
<br>[13:09] <Nomoe_Hideaki> it's not a social roll vs DV
<br>[13:09] <Noldarr> app matters when you're talking to someone else
<br>[13:09] <Nomoe_Hideaki> it's vs a difficulty
<br>[13:09] <Nomoe_Hideaki> not against a SV
<br>[13:09] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *DV
<br>[13:09] <Inkwell> I'm pretty sure it is a social roll. It's a Read Motivation action.
<br>[13:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> nope
<br>[13:10] <Brazen_Sand> Wow, Inkwell should go on Criminal Minds
<br>[13:10] <@Taurus_II> Daethia
<br>[13:10] <Inkwell> The fact that the target of my social roll is not here is irrelevant to my awesomeness.
<br>[13:10] <@Taurus_II> roll Perception + Awareness
<br>[13:10] <Brazen_Sand> Psychologically analyzing someone through their porno
<br>[13:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> you can do it in social combat, but the rules refer to the normal rules for reading motivation. which do not mention DV.
<br>[13:10] <Brazen_Sand> I think Daethia went to get some food
<br>[13:10] <Inkwell> Anyway, I have come to an important conclusion regardless.
<br>[13:10] <@Taurus_II> oh right
<br>[13:10] <Noldarr> yeah
<br>[13:10] <Noldarr> she's heating up soup
<br>[13:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> (see Exalted p 131)
<br>[13:11] <Inkwell> But I'll wait to tell you until the erymanthoi jump us, for humor purposes.
<br>[13:11] <Noldarr> oh crap, forgot to stunt
<br>[13:11] <@Taurus_II> doesn't matter. you who rolled more than 3.
<br>[13:12] <Nomoe_Hideaki> [21:06:15] Taurus_II: Nomoe can roll Per+Occult too
<br>[13:12] <Nomoe_Hideaki> [21:06:58] Pattern_Spider: Nomoe_Hideaki rolled 7 successes against TN 7: [8, 7, 3, 8, 6, 9, 10, 6, 7]
<br>[13:12] <Noldarr> well, i wanted to get my motes back
<br>[13:12] <Noldarr> =P
<br>[13:12] <Brazen_Sand> Hahaha, I love that stunt
<br>[13:12] <Noldarr> ^_^
<br>[13:12] <Brazen_Sand> He looks like a vain tourist who couldn't even use that sword
<br>[13:12] <Brazen_Sand> "Oh I must check that my hair is perfect"
<br>[13:14] <@Taurus_II> you all (except Inkwell, who is reading, and Daethia, who has not rolled yet) notice on the teahouse sign a mark, commonly used to signify that an establishment is willing and able to cater to the dietary restrictions of Immaculate monks.
<br>[13:14] <@Taurus_II> Nomoe also notices a concentration of Essence that would seem to indicate a small pile of pamphlets inside.
<br>[13:14] <Noldarr> GASP
<br>[13:14] <Noldarr> PAMPHLETS
<br>[13:14] <Noldarr> OH IT'S ON
<br>[13:15] <Brazen_Sand> Do I notice any guards or something?
<br>[13:15] <@Taurus_II> nope.
<br>[13:15] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Since this is supposed the site of the battle, any residue of Solar, demonic or Dragonblooded essence?
<br>[13:16] <Brazen_Sand> I make a perception check inside the teahouse using Insignificant Embers Intuition
<br>[13:16] <@Taurus_II> orite
<br>[13:17] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen looked inside the teahouse, staring from person to person like he was walking into the roughest tavern in town. His shadow blocked out the sun as he stood there.
<br>[13:18] <Brazen_Sand> .ex 10
<br>[13:18] <Pattern_Spider> Brazen_Sand rolled 5 successes against TN 7: [8, 7, 2, 6, 7, 1, 1, 6, 7, 7]
<br>[13:19] <Brazen_Sand> Oh wait, Insignificant Embers Intuition only works on a targeted being
<br>[13:19] <Brazen_Sand> my bad.
<br>[13:19] <Brazen_Sand> Ah well, at least I still got the Perception roll
<br>[13:20] <@Taurus_II> so Brazen entered the teahouse?
<br>[13:20] <@Taurus_II> or the doorway, at least?
<br>[13:21] <Brazen_Sand> He's standing in the doorway.
<br>[13:21] <Brazen_Sand> Well, the proper word would be "looming"
<br>[13:21] <@Taurus_II> :P
<br>[13:21] <Brazen_Sand> I'mbatman
<br>[13:21] <Brazen_Sand> >_>
<br>[13:23] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Wait, Inkwell is a member and yet an ambassador for the other side? How does that work? :?
<br>[13:23] <Brazen_Sand> magnets
<br>[13:24] <Inkwell> It's all down to magnets, yeah.
<br>[13:24] <Brazen_Sand> he's kind of magnetically attached teh Deliberative by Malfeas
<br>[13:24] <Nomoe_Hideaki> I was under the impression that he was recognized as official ambassador and thus accorded the priviledges of that position, but not an official member of the deliberative.
<br>[13:24] <Inkwell> I'm also the Deliberative's ambassador //to// the other side. I work so hard for you.
<br>[13:24] <@Taurus_II> we'll say he's a non-voting member
<br>[13:24] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Since that would preclude any loyalty to Malfeas AND the ambassador position.
<br>[13:24] <Brazen_Sand> Either way, his position depends on the Deliberative's continuing existence
<br>[13:24] <Noldarr> ouch
<br>[13:24] <Noldarr> you just got
<br>[13:24] <Noldarr> disenfranchised
<br>[13:24] <Noldarr> how does it feel
<br>[13:24] <Inkwell> My votes!
<br>[13:25] <Inkwell> Brazen Sand and I together had all the votes of the Solar Exalted combined!
<br>[13:25] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> hehe
<br>[13:25] <Inkwell> Admittedly we agree on nothing, but still.
<br>[13:25] <Brazen_Sand> I already made my own kingdom
<br>[13:25] <Brazen_Sand> with hookers and blackjack
<br>[13:26] <Inkwell> Anyway, I'm allowed more than one Intimacy. That's how epic conflict works!
<br>[13:27] <Brazen_Sand> Keep in mind that he looks a lot more local then anyone else
<br>[13:27] <Brazen_Sand> btw. So they might be more likely to trust him
<br>[13:27] <@Taurus_II> mhm
<br>[13:28] <@Taurus_II> ok
<br>[13:28] <Nomoe_Hideaki> he does have the effects of that Malfeas charm though
<br>[13:28] <Brazen_Sand> Which one?
<br>[13:28] <Nomoe_Hideaki> the one that makes him look scarred like hell?
<br>[13:28] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Seem to rememebr something like that. *doesn't know infernal charms very well*
<br>[13:29] <Brazen_Sand> That's not Obvious
<br>[13:29] <Nomoe_Hideaki> the one that gives you natural lethal soak
<br>[13:29] <Inkwell> Scar-Writ Saga Shield.
<br>[13:29] <Brazen_Sand> yeah, it's not obvious
<br>[13:29] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Which means it's not obviously magic, but it still changes the appearance, right?
<br>[13:29] <Inkwell> But that doesn't actually give you any scars, yeah.
<br>[13:29] <Inkwell> No, it doesn't actually change your appearance at all.
<br>[13:29] <Brazen_Sand> and even if it did, so what? He's pretending to be a bodyguard
<br>[13:29] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Ah, ok. As I said, don't know those Charms all that well. :o
<br>[13:29] <Inkwell> Although I can see why you would think it would!
<br>[13:30] <Brazen_Sand> yeah
<br>[13:30] <Brazen_Sand> He'd just look like he's been in a lot of fights. Hardly an odd occurence in the age of Sorrows
<br>[13:32] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Does the tea house have other exits apart from the obvious one?
<br>[13:32] <Nomoe_Hideaki> If necessary Hideaki has one of his servants go around it once to check.
<br>[13:33] <@Taurus_II> there'd be a ladder or staircase to the ground floor, and an exit down there.
<br>[13:33] <Brazen_Sand> (You guys forgot I had a 4 in Manipulation : P)
<br>[13:33] <@Taurus_II> heh
<br>[13:33] <@Taurus_II> roll
<br>[13:34] <@Taurus_II> Manipulation + Presence
<br>[13:34] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Is there a place from where both exits can be seen?
<br>[13:34] <Brazen_Sand> I use malfeas Excellency because of the great passion I showed.
<br>[13:34] <Nomoe_Hideaki> If not Hideaki relocates so he can keep an eye on the one that is not currently watched by someone of the group.
<br>[13:34] <Brazen_Sand> for 4 hits.
<br>[13:34] <Brazen_Sand> 4 dice, I mean
<br>[13:34] <Noldarr> for great justice
<br>[13:34] <Brazen_Sand> .ex 14
<br>[13:34] <Pattern_Spider> Brazen_Sand rolled 6 successes against TN 7: [10, 8, 4, 5, 5, 1, 6, 1, 7, 2, 5, 8, 9, 5]
<br>[13:35] <Noldarr> shouldn't you use so says malfeas before
<br>[13:35] <Brazen_Sand> Huh?
<br>[13:35] <@Taurus_II> Yes, Nomoe. if one stands at the edge of the next building over, one can keep an eye on both doors.
<br>[13:35] <Inkwell> I should make this pappardelle today. Time to take the ground beef out to thaw.
<br>[13:35] <Noldarr> so speaks malfeas
<br>[13:35] <Noldarr> the tn-lowering charm
<br>[13:35] <Nomoe_Hideaki> is less than half his maximum dice bonus?
<br>[13:36] <@Taurus_II> actually
<br>[13:36] <@Taurus_II> it's called Effortless Malfeas Dominance :P
<br>[13:36] <Noldarr> ???
<br>[13:36] <@Taurus_II> much less catchy, though
<br>[13:36] <@Taurus_II> the TN-lowering power is
<br>[13:36] <Brazen_Sand> That activated automatically
<br>[13:37] <Brazen_Sand> No, that's Malfeas Inevitability Technique
<br>[13:37] <@Taurus_II> oh yeah
<br>[13:37] <Brazen_Sand> Effortless (Yozi) Dominance is automatic
<br>[13:37] <@Taurus_II> so it should be .ex 14 6
<br>[13:37] <Brazen_Sand> Next time it'll cost me one less mote
<br>[13:37] <Brazen_Sand> No, that's only if I spend a willpower
<br>[13:37] <@Taurus_II> oh yeah
<br>[13:38] <Brazen_Sand> Anyway, did I penetrate his MDV?
<br>[13:38] <Brazen_Sand> oh, and I take 4 motes back, as usual
<br>[13:38] <@Taurus_II> yes, you did
<br>[13:40] <Brazen_Sand> well, come on, I wanna get this GSP before the session ends :P
<br>[13:44] <Nomoe_Hideaki> heh
<br>[13:45] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Yeah, he spoke some incomprehensible moon language :;p
<br>[13:45] <Brazen_Sand> ...D'oh!
<br>[13:45] <Lady_Daethia> xD
<br>[13:45] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Tsk tsk.
<br>[13:45] <Brazen_Sand> btw, we're still inside teh teahouse
<br>[13:45] <Nomoe_Hideaki> and we're outside
<br>[13:45] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> But we're not XD
<br>[13:45] <Brazen_Sand> But you were on a stool
<br>[13:45] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Yeah.
<br>[13:45] <Brazen_Sand> Who puts stools outside? It's unnatural
<br>[13:45] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Outside, with an umbrel a thingy
<br>[13:45] <Lady_Daethia> durka durka durka
<br>[13:45] <Nomoe_Hideaki> A folding stool, my servants carry around if I want to sit down
<br>[13:46] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Ok, that sentence is kaput.
<br>[13:46] <Nomoe_Hideaki> But still.
<br>[13:46] <Brazen_Sand> Do I notice them following me?
<br>[13:47] <@Taurus_II> they'll have given you time to leave the building before they got up
<br>[13:48] <Brazen_Sand> So cna I make a roll to notice them looking at me or anything?
<br>[13:48] <Brazen_Sand> allowing me to conclude that they would start following me?
<br>[13:48] <@Taurus_II> Perception + Awareness
<br>[13:48] <Nomoe_Hideaki> How busy is this place? That is, how many potential witnesses? ;)
<br>[13:48] <@Taurus_II> or, actually
<br>[13:49] <@Taurus_II> make it Wits + Awareness
<br>[13:49] <@Taurus_II> half-full, I said, so... we'll say a dozen people, counting the monks
<br>[13:49] <Nomoe_Hideaki> those monks ... any aspect markings?
<br>[13:49] <@Taurus_II> one of each element
<br>[13:49] <Nomoe_Hideaki> I meant outside the tea house where Nomoe, Ruby, the others, and now Brazen are
<br>[13:50] <@Taurus_II> ohhh
<br>[13:50] <Brazen_Sand> .ex 10
<br>[13:50] <Pattern_Spider> Brazen_Sand rolled 5 successes against TN 7: [6, 2, 4, 8, 9, 3, 4, 7, 8, 8]
<br>[13:51] <@Taurus_II> say... another dozen, between the square and the hostel across from the teashap
<br>[13:51] <@Taurus_II> shop*
<br>[13:53] <Brazen_Sand> Do I notice?
<br>[13:53] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Do we see the monks coming out? Or are they still inside?
<br>[13:53] <Nomoe_Hideaki> nevermind ;)
<br>[13:53] <@Taurus_II> just described them coming out.
<br>[13:54] <@Taurus_II> heh
<br>[13:54] <Brazen_Sand> Dude, did I notice them tailing me or not?
<br>[13:54] <@Taurus_II> um
<br>[13:54] <Brazen_Sand> Oh well, thanks for obliviating the whole point of that roll >_<
<br>[13:54] <@Taurus_II> sort of. You heard them getting up.
<br>[13:54] <@Taurus_II> sorry =/
<br>[13:55] <Brazen_Sand> Well, no harm done
<br>[13:56] <Lady_Daethia> Well theyre being pretty open so no harm us blowing most them away i suppose >.>
<br>[13:57] <Brazen_Sand> Let's try to avoid showing any anima
<br>[13:57] <Brazen_Sand> Hm, Can Launjilla see if any of them are Akuma?
<br>[13:58] <@Taurus_II> no, he cannot
<br>[13:58] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Right! Essence sight.
<br>[13:58] <@Taurus_II> none of them are akuma
<br>[13:58] <Brazen_Sand> But...Essence Sight D:
<br>[13:58] <Nomoe_Hideaki> I think, it does tell Permanent Essence level?
<br>[13:58] <Brazen_Sand> So he could see that none are Akuma
<br>[13:58] <Nomoe_Hideaki> And active Charms, of course.
<br>[13:58] <@Taurus_II> I forgot essence sight
<br>[13:58] <Noldarr> do they appear to be affected by my Shining Legend Parable?
<br>[13:58] <@Taurus_II> no active charms yet
<br>[13:58] <@Taurus_II> uh
<br>[13:58] <@Taurus_II> remind me what that does
<br>[13:58] <Brazen_Sand> Launjilla always has Essence Sight active
<br>[13:58] <Noldarr> it's like marinar's parable defense
<br>[13:59] <Noldarr> mechanically speaking
<br>[13:59] <Brazen_Sand> How old do these guys look?
<br>[13:59] <@Taurus_II> with an Exalt? nearly impossible to tell from looks alone, isn't it?
<br>[14:00] <Brazen_Sand> Just how old they LOOK
<br>[14:00] <@Taurus_II> uh... 20s?
<br>[14:00] <Brazen_Sand> Also, I'll use Insignificant Ember Intuition on them
<br>[14:00] <@Taurus_II> maybe early 30s?
<br>[14:00] <@Taurus_II> clearly adults.
<br>[14:00] <Brazen_Sand> wait, actually scratch that
<br>[14:01] <@Taurus_II> scratch what?
<br>[14:01] <Brazen_Sand> using IEI
<br>[14:01] <@Taurus_II> ok
<br>[14:01] <@Taurus_II> so Noldarr - you have that up, I take it?
<br>[14:02] <Brazen_Sand> Are they speaking in Firetongue still?
<br>[14:02] <Nomoe_Hideaki> good question!
<br>[14:02] <Noldarr> well, it depends, does the charm reveal my actual identity
<br>[14:02] <@Taurus_II> yes
<br>[14:02] <Noldarr> or does it just tell everyone that i'm awesome
<br>[14:02] <Noldarr> i am fine with the latter
<br>[14:02] <@Taurus_II> with them
<br>[14:02] <Noldarr> but not if it does the former
<br>[14:02] <@Taurus_II> it would tell them that you are awesome
<br>[14:02] <Noldarr> well then
<br>[14:02] <Noldarr> i am awesome.
<br>[14:02] <Brazen_Sand> Alright. I guess everyone else keeps hearing derka derka etc.
<br>[14:03] <Brazen_Sand> Gah, don't put up Awesome Field
<br>[14:03] <Brazen_Sand> we're supposed to be rich tourists
<br>[14:03] <Inkwell> Hey, I speak Flametongue, even if nobody else does.
<br>[14:03] <Brazen_Sand> Oh right
<br>[14:03] <Noldarr> if we're going to fight, it makes it harder for them to hit me
<br>[14:03] <Noldarr> which is important
<br>[14:03] <Noldarr> because i do not have a perfect defense
<br>[14:03] <Brazen_Sand> Then activate it when we're sure there's going to be a fight
<br>[14:03] <Brazen_Sand> And I thought you had enough DV to parry a tank round
<br>[14:04] <Noldarr> i do, but without using my anima power it's only 23
<br>[14:05] <@Taurus_II> "only"
<br>[14:05] <Noldarr> so, those of us without firetongue, can we make social attacks through interpreters
<br>[14:05] <Noldarr> or are we basically unable to talk to these guys
<br>[14:05] <@Taurus_II> Brazen, roll Manip + Presence again.
<br>[14:05] <Inkwell> You say "only", but then I use Severe Punishment and he dies.
<br>[14:06] <Brazen_Sand> No threatening plz
<br>[14:06] <Brazen_Sand> .ex 10
<br>[14:06] <Pattern_Spider> Brazen_Sand rolled 9 successes against TN 7: [10, 8, 4, 6, 8, 7, 2, 9, 7, 10]
<br>[14:06] <Noldarr> dunno what that does, but if it's a perfect attack i'm immune
<br>[14:06] <Brazen_Sand> Oh snap
<br>[14:06] <Noldarr> and if it affects my pdv i'm also immune
<br>[14:06] <Inkwell> I'm not threatening, just describing the danger of not having something that will stop unblockable undodgables.
<br>[14:06] <Brazen_Sand> So you DO have a perfect defense
<br>[14:06] <Brazen_Sand> why do you keep saying that you don't?
<br>[14:06] <Noldarr> it's a perfect defense against perfect attacks
<br>[14:07] <Inkwell> That's... unusual. What's the source?
<br>[14:07] <Brazen_Sand> and if it affects your PDV
<br>[14:07] <Brazen_Sand> it defends...perfectly
<br>[14:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> He has a shield artifact that counts as perfect against perfect ... not sure if that, along with the rest of its stuff, would really be an Artifact 4 :s
<br>[14:07] <Brazen_Sand> So basically it's a perfect defense
<br>[14:07] <Noldarr> eh, I could bump it to 5 and take the xp hit if it makes you feel better
<br>[14:07] <Noldarr> no, if it affects my pdv
<br>[14:07] <Noldarr> as in
<br>[14:07] <Noldarr> drops it to 6 or something
<br>[14:07] <Noldarr> not as in, is applicable against my pdv in a contest
<br>[14:08] <@Taurus_II> Noldarr: I'm going to say you can, but your traits are capped by those of your interpreter
<br>[14:08] <Noldarr> alright
<br>[14:08] <Inkwell> Hm, neither of those would stop an unblockable undodgable that isn't perfect.
<br>[14:08] <Noldarr> i'll give you the exact quote
<br>[14:08] <Brazen_Sand> Let's not get into a dick-measuring contest please.
<br>[14:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Let's not discuss artifact design right now ... there'll be time for that some other time.
<br>[14:08] <Brazen_Sand> They are the bane of campaigns.
<br>[14:08] <Noldarr> Against attacks that render Parry DV inapplicable, whether due to surprise or unblock/undodgeability, the Aegis provides a perfect defense
<br>[14:08] <Inkwell> I'm in no condition to dick-measure. I don't even actually know Severe Punishment.
<br>[14:09] <Inkwell> Oh, well. That's kind of broken, I'd say.
<br>[14:09] <Brazen_Sand> yeah
<br>[14:09] <Inkwell> (Has no real combat suite, anyway.)
<br>[14:09] <Brazen_Sand> It breaks the whole UFID
<br>[14:09] <Brazen_Sand> thing
<br>[14:09] <Brazen_Sand> Oh wait, it doesn't
<br>[14:09] <Brazen_Sand> it's more the Surprise negation that bugs me
<br>[14:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> I don't think anything should give a perfect defense without costing essence.
<br>[14:10] <Brazen_Sand> I agree
<br>[14:10] <Inkwell> It's broken because it provides costless scenelong perfects against a wide variety of stuff.
<br>[14:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> It rather breaks the 'essence as HP' concept
<br>[14:10] <Brazen_Sand> Yeah
<br>[14:10] <Noldarr> not seeing it
<br>[14:10] <Brazen_Sand> Well of course you don't. You picked it
<br>[14:10] <@Taurus_II> fortunately for the monks, they prudently put up Defense-from-Anathema Method, and are thus unconvinced
<br>[14:10] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> heh
<br>[14:10] <Brazen_Sand> how the hell do they know I'm an Anathema?
<br>[14:10] <Noldarr> unless they use something like flashing edge of dawn, it wouldn't affect the vast majority of combats
<br>[14:10] <@Taurus_II> they don't
<br>[14:11] <@Taurus_II> they just put it up in case
<br>[14:11] <Noldarr> they have to explicitly decide to use an effect that would render pdv inapplicable
<br>[14:11] <Brazen_Sand> Hrm, well, I don't know they're unconvinced
<br>[14:11] <Brazen_Sand> It's broken
<br>[14:11] <Noldarr> if they use even normal attacks, they're fine
<br>[14:11] <@Taurus_II> actually... wait
<br>[14:11] <Brazen_Sand> Also the Surprise Negation
<br>[14:11] <Noldarr> surprise negation is a 1m reflexive charm that's essence 1...2?
<br>[14:12] <Brazen_Sand> Still costs essence
<br>[14:12] <Noldarr> *Shrug* I can make it cost 1m if you want
<br>[14:12] <Noldarr> I really don't think it'll come up much at all
<br>[14:12] <Nomoe_Hideaki> 1m perfect without Flaw of Invulnerability?
<br>[14:13] <Noldarr> doesn't work against attacks that would apply to an entire dv is not a massive enough flaw for you?
<br>[14:13] <Brazen_Sand> Well, your DV is massive.
<br>[14:13] <Noldarr> i mean, it doesn't even work if you hit him with a stick
<br>[14:13] <Inkwell> But sticks won't hit you, because you can use your DV.
<br>[14:14] <@Taurus_II> yeah... I'm imposing a change on that artifact. The perfect defense aspect costs 5m and the Solar Temperance flaw.
<br>[14:15] <Noldarr> mkay
<br>[14:15] <Noldarr> I think it comes up rarely enough that it shouldn't be a problem either way, but whatever
<br>[14:16] <Inkwell> Inkwell feels Hideaki's pain.
<br>[14:16] <Inkwell> It's amazing how hard it is to speak seven languages at once.
<br>[14:16] <Inkwell> You'd almost need a hundred years to learn a seventh language!
<br>[14:16] <Noldarr> there are charms for it, aren't there?
<br>[14:16] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Heh. As an Infernal that should be easier than as a Solar, though.
<br>[14:17] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Mind-Hand Manipulation could be made to produce sound if it can't do that already.
<br>[14:17] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> And I've already eaten up 3 2 being Autochtonian in nature XD
<br>[14:17] <Nomoe_Hideaki> And BAM, you can speak 7 languages at the same time :D
<br>[14:17] <Inkwell> I mean, you need Linguistics 6 to know seven languages.
<br>[14:17] <Brazen_Sand> I think you can purchase languages as specialties
<br>[14:18] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nah, you can learn languages on top of that without needing Ling 6.
<br>[14:18] <Nomoe_Hideaki> the subject came up before you arrived ;)
<br>[14:18] <Nomoe_Hideaki> 2xp per additional language, so speaks Taurus
<br>[14:18] <Noldarr> once we are done here
<br>[14:18] <@Taurus_II> up to 10 languages max
<br>[14:19] <Noldarr> we should figure out how to handle splitting up
<br>[14:19] <@Taurus_II> at least pre-Essence 6
<br>[14:19] <Brazen_Sand> Who said anything about splitting up?
<br>[14:19] <Noldarr> should we go into seperate rooms
<br>[14:19] <Noldarr> *Points at IC*
<br>[14:19] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Oh really a 2xp language submodule XD
<br>[14:19] <Brazen_Sand> yeah, I lied
<br>[14:19] <@Taurus_II> the sleep of the unjust?
<br>[14:19] <Brazen_Sand> You know, the way I've been doing teh entire conversation?
<br>[14:20] <Noldarr> if you can't meet them
<br>[14:20] <Noldarr> we need to find another way to get to the source
<br>[14:20] <Brazen_Sand> Obviously you're going to hide nearby
<br>[14:20] <Noldarr> ...we can hide?
<br>[14:20] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Heh. Some of us.
<br>[14:20] <Nomoe_Hideaki> One of us (Ruby=?
<br>[14:20] <Noldarr> I don't do stealth
<br>[14:20] <Brazen_Sand> *sigh* We're buying a change of clothes today
<br>[14:20] <Noldarr> I think we had a survey of this last time...
<br>[14:20] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> I can hide
<br>[14:20] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> I do it well XD
<br>[14:21] * Nomoe_Hideaki can do stealth, if not well
<br>[14:21] <Noldarr> and she was the only one with significant stealth assets
<br>[14:21] <@Taurus_II> among other assets, to judge by her character portrait ;)
<br>[14:21] <Brazen_Sand> Or a disguise or something. Do you guys have Awareness charms?
<br>[14:21] <Nomoe_Hideaki> I can get around 15 dice, but no magical stealth
<br>[14:21] <@Taurus_II> btw, where did you get that, Myll?
<br>[14:22] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> I found it on a site... somewhere.  Uh rather she is a character from Real Robot Regiment and so I searched that way XD  Ariel Org (Strange name to be sure.  But Bing and Google are good help XD)
<br>[14:22] <Noldarr> we are not very well suited to the whole surreptitious investigation thing, as a group
<br>[14:23] <Brazen_Sand> Use Awareness charms and listen to the whole meeting from a block away
<br>[14:24] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Hmmm I shall have to look through Alchies charms.  I certainly don't have Awareness things in my Charm suite XD
<br>[14:24] <Noldarr> I think our time could be spent more productively if we're not interacting with them at all
<br>[14:24] <@Taurus_II> oh yeah
<br>[14:24] <Noldarr> playing a passive spectator is kinda
<br>[14:24] <Noldarr> boring
<br>[14:24] <@Taurus_II> If Ruby needs to swap out charms
<br>[14:24] <Brazen_Sand> Then we find out everything we need and jump them.
<br>[14:24] <@Taurus_II> there are a few vat complexes in Denandsor.
<br>[14:25] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> I don't have troubles with Charm swaps.  Just a bit of time and Vat Reweaving Surrogate.  Now ... getting new charms that's a whole different piece of pie ^^
<br>[14:25] <Nomoe_Hideaki> ok, question
<br>[14:25] <Nomoe_Hideaki> do we try to follow them after this scene, see what they do?
<br>[14:26] <Nomoe_Hideaki> or do we skip ahead to the scene after dusk?
<br>[14:26] <Brazen_Sand> They'd prolly get suspicious
<br>[14:26] <Brazen_Sand> we should meet the Lunar
<br>[14:26] <Nomoe_Hideaki> If so, bring it up IC.
<br>[14:26] <Noldarr> let's go talk to the celestial, then
<br>[14:26] <Brazen_Sand> I don't even know if I know about the Lunar
<br>[14:27] <Brazen_Sand> I mean you guys are on the Deliberative, I'm independant
<br>[14:27] <Noldarr> as long as one of us knows about her
<br>[14:27] <Noldarr> we can go drop by
<br>[14:27] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Or not.
<br>[14:28] <Brazen_Sand> Are you opposed to doing so?
<br>[14:28] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Rebels would probably watch the comings and goings.
<br>[14:28] <Nomoe_Hideaki> brazne is speaking old realm again, I assume?
<br>[14:28] <Brazen_Sand> Yes
<br>[14:29] <Brazen_Sand> depends on how we meet the Lunar. they are masters of disguise, after all.
<br>[14:29] <Nomoe_Hideaki> we can send a letter
<br>[14:29] <Noldarr> infalliable messenger?
<br>[14:30] <Brazen_Sand> Too flashy
<br>[14:30] <Noldarr> if we know her name, getting in contact with her discreetly shouldn't be too hard...
<br>[14:30] <Noldarr> messenger is flashy?
<br>[14:30] <Noldarr> can't you just go into a dark room and cast it, and it teleports to where she is and whispers in her ear?
<br>[14:30] <Nomoe_Hideaki> yeah
<br>[14:30] <Noldarr> they'd know she got a message, but nothing of the content
<br>[14:31] <Brazen_Sand> Then feel free to try
<br>[14:31] <Noldarr> i was asking if anyone knew it
<br>[14:31] <Brazen_Sand> Wait, how did Lady Daethia know they wanted to meet up?
<br>[14:31] <Lady_Daethia> yeah i just relaised that myself
<br>[14:31] <Lady_Daethia> xd
<br>[14:31] <Lady_Daethia> xD*
<br>[14:31] <Lady_Daethia> discount that
<br>[14:31] <Brazen_Sand> -_-
<br>[14:31] <Noldarr> we have three sorcerers, right?
<br>[14:31] <Brazen_Sand> i am disappoint
<br>[14:31] <Noldarr> Does anyone know messenger?
<br>[14:32] <Lady_Daethia> im slightly distracted ;;
<br>[14:32] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> I don't have my version of it.
<br>[14:32] <Inkwell> I don't, either.
<br>[14:32] <Brazen_Sand> Hmmm...could Launjilla communicate with the Lunar while dematerialized?
<br>[14:33] <Noldarr> ruby at least will be able to get in contact with the lunar discreetly if she has stealth
<br>[14:33] <Noldarr> so that's two people we can send
<br>[14:35] <Brazen_Sand> Do they have any code-words for contact in the Deliberative?
<br>[14:35] <@Taurus_II> yes
<br>[14:35] <Brazen_Sand> if Ruby finds the Lunar, then she'll prolly be suspicious
<br>[14:36] <@Taurus_II> the Deliberators among you were provided with the proper code words to contact Luyu
<br>[14:36] <Noldarr> If lilac is with us
<br>[14:36] <Noldarr> she can throw up a resplendent destiny
<br>[14:36] <@Taurus_II> hmmm
<br>[14:36] <Brazen_Sand> I think you have to go the Loom to do that.
<br>[14:36] <Noldarr> and meet with the lunar that way
<br>[14:36] <Noldarr> really?!
<br>[14:36] <Brazen_Sand> You can't just snap your fingers and change destinies
<br>[14:37] <Nomoe_Hideaki> no, just do prayers
<br>[14:37] <Brazen_Sand> I *think*
<br>[14:37] <@Taurus_II> uh
<br>[14:37] <Brazen_Sand> Ah
<br>[14:37] <Noldarr> i'm pretty sure it's just like a ritual
<br>[14:37] <@Taurus_II> you have to make destinies at the loom
<br>[14:37] <Nomoe_Hideaki> You don't snap your fingers, you create and write elaborate prayers.
<br>[14:37] <Noldarr> you spend an hour or two and then do some complex mumbo jumbo
<br>[14:37] <@Taurus_II> you can change in and out of them in the field fairly easily
<br>[14:37] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Hours of work, but you don't need to be anywhere close to the Loom for it.
<br>[14:37] <@Taurus_II> so if she has a destiny handy...
<br>[14:37] <Brazen_Sand> Well, any Resplendant Destiny should do it
<br>[14:37] <@Taurus_II> we'll say that how it happens
<br>[14:37] <Noldarr> well, she's got many, probably
<br>[14:38] <Brazen_Sand> Shall we arrange a meeting in someplace out of the way, then?
<br>[14:38] <Nomoe_Hideaki> what time is it right now?
<br>[14:38] <Brazen_Sand> in-game?
<br>[14:38] <Nomoe_Hideaki> obviously
<br>[14:38] <@Taurus_II> mindafternoon
<br>[14:38] <@Taurus_II> mid*
<br>[14:39] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> mmm Mindafternood.  I love dream/mindscape time ^^
<br>[14:39] <Brazen_Sand> haha
<br>[14:39] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> (gah, my typoes are just as bad XD)
<br>[14:39] <Brazen_Sand> hat's like genius-time
<br>[14:39] <Brazen_Sand> ah geez, me too
<br>[14:39] <Noldarr> okay, so lilac is going to meet luyu
<br>[14:39] <Noldarr> ?
<br>[14:40] <Brazen_Sand> give the codeword and make a meeting
<br>[14:40] <@Taurus_II> *nod*
<br>[14:40] <@Taurus_II> offscreen
<br>[14:40] <Brazen_Sand> Someplace where no one is watching, of course. That sound good?
<br>[14:40] <Noldarr> and then luyu will come to us in
<br>[14:40] <@Taurus_II> yeah
<br>[14:40] <@Taurus_II> a disguise
<br>[14:40] <Noldarr> some sort of nondetectable form like a spider or something
<br>[14:40] <Noldarr> alright
<br>[14:40] <Noldarr> cool
<br>[14:40] <Brazen_Sand> I think it'd be best if she just looked like another rich visitor
<br>[14:40] <Noldarr> there's plenty of options
<br>[14:40] <Brazen_Sand> she'll know what's best, I'm sure
<br>[14:44] <Brazen_Sand> Yaaay a friendly hobo
<br>[14:44] <Brazen_Sand> Or is it Swan Dragon?
<br>[14:44] <Lady_Daethia> aim fire!
<br>[14:44] <Noldarr> is that lilac's resplendent destiny?
<br>[14:44] <@Taurus_II> no.
<br>[14:44] <Noldarr> lol
<br>[14:44] <Noldarr> okay
<br>[14:45] <Brazen_Sand> If it's Swan Dragon, then someone ready a medicine charm. Should nip that in the bud
<br>[14:45] <Lady_Daethia> anything expressivly mentioned is suspicious!! lol
<br>[14:45] <Noldarr> it really is!
<br>[14:45] <Brazen_Sand> Agh, the hobo suspense is killing me! : O
<br>[14:45] <Brazen_Sand> THE MYSTERY
<br>[14:46] <@Taurus_II> okay, it is the Mendicant
<br>[14:46] <Nomoe_Hideaki> well, if to essence sight he was anything but what he seems like, then taurus would have mentioned it.
<br>[14:46] <Noldarr> quick, someone scrutinize him!
<br>[14:46] <Brazen_Sand> ...what?
<br>[14:46] <Noldarr> MENDICANT BIAS???
<br>[14:46] <@Taurus_II> unless I forgot that everybody and their brother had essence sight
<br>[14:46] <Brazen_Sand> That would be pretty awesome, I'll admit
<br>[14:46] <@Taurus_II> no
<br>[14:46] <@Taurus_II> the Mendicant
<br>[14:46] <Brazen_Sand> awwww :<
<br>[14:46] <Noldarr> darn
<br>[14:46] <Nomoe_Hideaki> the who?
<br>[14:46] <Lady_Daethia> i dont ;;
<br>[14:46] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> I don't either XD
<br>[14:47] <@Taurus_II> Swan Dragon's crazy bum form
<br>[14:47] <Noldarr> this is in a book none of us have read
<br>[14:47] <Brazen_Sand> The Mendicant of the Lap is the name of the mountain
<br>[14:47] <Noldarr> lol
<br>[14:47] <@Taurus_II> no, the Penitent is the mountain
<br>[14:47] <Inkwell> Medicine Charms are go.
<br>[14:47] <Brazen_Sand> Oh right
<br>[14:47] <Noldarr> wait, swan dragon is actually here
<br>[14:47] <Noldarr> who the hell is this guy
<br>[14:47] <Brazen_Sand> Okay, slap him into sanity right now!
<br>[14:47] <Noldarr> and why do we want to neuter him
<br>[14:47] <Brazen_Sand> We're curing him
<br>[14:47] <@Taurus_II> doesn't work like that Inkwell
<br>[14:47] <Noldarr> but who is he?
<br>[14:48] <Nomoe_Hideaki> so, does that mean he looks like something else to essence sight?
<br>[14:48] <Noldarr> is swan dragon just = swan the eclipse
<br>[14:48] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Former Souther Censor.
<br>[14:48] <Noldarr> or is he something different
<br>[14:48] <Brazen_Sand> He's the former Censor of the South, one of the most honoured elementals in Creation
<br>[14:48] <Brazen_Sand> and completely uncorrupted
<br>[14:48] <Brazen_Sand> *uncorrup
<br>[14:48] <Brazen_Sand> *uncorrupt.
<br>[14:48] <Noldarr> and then...?
<br>[14:48] <Brazen_Sand> Unfortunately, he was captured by Raksha during the Balorian Crusade and kind of tortured into...well, *points*
<br>[14:48] <Noldarr> hm.
<br>[14:48] <Noldarr> okay
<br>[14:49] <@Taurus_II> roll Perception + Occult!
<br>[14:49] <Brazen_Sand> Slap him anyway, dirty hobo!
<br>[14:49] <Noldarr> do we have anyone that can cure him?
<br>[14:49] <@Taurus_II> people with Essence sight
<br>[14:49] <Inkwell> .ex 10
<br>[14:49] <Pattern_Spider> Inkwell rolled 5 successes against TN 7: [4, 7, 6, 10, 8, 2, 9, 1, 1, 5]
<br>[14:49] <Brazen_Sand> (make sure to use a medicine charm)
<br>[14:49] <Inkwell> Oh hay it is a dragon.
<br>[14:49] <Noldarr> inkwell
<br>[14:49] <Noldarr> you have so speaks she
<br>[14:49] <Noldarr> up
<br>[14:49] <Noldarr> it's the same scene
<br>[14:49] <Inkwell> Alas, I don't have any anti-Crippling Charms yet.
<br>[14:49] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Ok, Hideaki's IC proposal is to find somewhere to stay and wait. Translate: skip ahead to after dusk scene. If there are other ideas please bring them up IC so we can discuss them.
<br>[14:50] <Brazen_Sand> Awwww : <
<br>[14:50] <Inkwell> But I do have spare XP!
<br>[14:50] <Nomoe_Hideaki> .ex 4
<br>[14:50] <Pattern_Spider> Nomoe_Hideaki rolled 4 successes against TN 7: [7, 10, 1, 8]
<br>[14:50] <Noldarr> lol
<br>[14:50] <Noldarr> nice
<br>[14:50] <Noldarr> anyway
<br>[14:50] <Brazen_Sand> Do you have enough to get an anti-crippling charm?
<br>[14:50] <Noldarr> if we can't cure the guy
<br>[14:50] <Lady_Daethia> makes sense to me
<br>[14:50] <Noldarr> what can we do for him?
<br>[14:50] <Inkwell> Sure, it's just Wholeness Rightly Assumed (Crippling).
<br>[14:50] <Brazen_Sand> No training chimes.
<br>[14:50] <Brazen_Sand> *bing*
<br>[14:50] <Brazen_Sand> *times!
<br>[14:50] <Inkwell> Then I Pattern-Reassertion Touch him back to his old annoying self
<br>[14:50] <Inkwell> Then he eats me for being an Infernal.
<br>[14:51] <@Taurus_II> sorry, you guys don't realize that he is a dragon
<br>[14:51] <Brazen_Sand> Awww
<br>[14:51] <Noldarr> alright, then let's cure the guy?
<br>[14:51] <Inkwell> I've been punk'd by a spirit's disguise magic. How embarassing.
<br>[14:51] <Brazen_Sand> We don't think there's anything to cure.
<br>[14:51] <@Taurus_II> it's not a disguise on purpose
<br>[14:52] <Brazen_Sand> Well, does Swan do anything to us? Say anything?
<br>[14:52] <Lady_Daethia> bad hobo bad!
<br>[14:52] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> lol
<br>[14:52] <Brazen_Sand> btw, I don't think Swan would eat you, Rand. He doesn't know what an Infernal is
<br>[14:52] <Inkwell> Well, it has to be some of a disguise, or it wouldn't fool a five-success roll.
<br>[14:53] <Nomoe_Hideaki> [22:52:26] Noldarr: unless we are not doing that anymore
<br>[14:53] <Nomoe_Hideaki> it was never brought up IC, so no.
<br>[14:53] <@Taurus_II> well, it is
<br>[14:53] <@Taurus_II> but it's not deliberate
<br>[14:53] <Brazen_Sand> Gah, yes it was. It was done offscreen
<br>[14:53] <@Taurus_II> and it's even fooling himself, so
<br>[14:53] <Lady_Daethia> no dont give the hobo money they always come back for more!
<br>[14:53] <Noldarr> sorry, compassion 5
<br>[14:53] <Inkwell> I'm still embarassed! Such a defeat to lose to a spirit Charm.
<br>[14:53] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> lol
<br>[14:53] <@Taurus_II> (you need 5 threshold successes. One more woulda cut it)
<br>[14:53] <Brazen_Sand> Compassion 4
<br>[14:53] <Brazen_Sand> That's what you get for not using Excellencies
<br>[14:53] <Brazen_Sand> or a stunt
<br>[14:54] <Brazen_Sand> :p
<br>[14:54] <Inkwell> I'm not going to stunt every time I see some dude just in case he's a dragon.
<br>[14:54] <Inkwell> Or a dragon... man.
<br>[14:54] <Brazen_Sand> YES YOU SHOULD. YOU SHOULD STUNT EVERYTHING EVER
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<br>[14:55] <Nomoe_Hideaki> heh
<br>[14:55] <Noldarr> whoa
<br>[14:55] <Noldarr> looks like his enthusiasm got to him
<br>[14:55] <Nomoe_Hideaki> the server doesn't like you screaming :p
<br>[14:55] <Noldarr> lol
<br>[14:55] <Brazen_Sand> that was weird
<br>[14:55] <Brazen_Sand> Sorry
<br>[14:55] <Brazen_Sand> I used Server-Wracking Shout
<br>[14:55] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Oh... I should note.  I shall have to leave soon.  Like between 5 and 20 mins X ><
<br>[14:56] <Brazen_Sand> Awwww, that's okay.
<br>[14:56] <Brazen_Sand> Can we still do the meeting?
<br>[14:56] <@Taurus_II> Inkwell
<br>[14:57] <@Taurus_II> if you want to roll again as he's making the pillow, you can
<br>[14:57] <Inkwell> He is bizarre, so I shall do this, nattering away while I watch him weave, in order to acquire a stunt bonus!
<br>[14:57] <Inkwell> .ex 12
<br>[14:57] <Pattern_Spider> Inkwell rolled 5 successes against TN 7: [7, 2, 1, 8, 4, 8, 1, 3, 5, 9, 5, 7]
<br>[14:58] <Brazen_Sand> XD
<br>[14:58] <Inkwell> Stupid dice!
<br>[14:58] <@Taurus_II> excellenct?
<br>[14:58] <@Taurus_II> excellency*
<br>[14:58] <Brazen_Sand> Yeah, use an Excellency
<br>[14:58] <@Taurus_II> or do you not have one that's applicable?
<br>[14:59] <Inkwell> ...fine. I poke the tamashi, and listen to it coo. By analyzing his creation, I can find out more about him!
<br>[14:59] <Inkwell> Two-dice She Who stunt for double WP, adding ten dice.
<br>[14:59] <Inkwell> .ex 22
<br>[14:59] <Pattern_Spider> Inkwell rolled 14 successes against TN 7: [4, 9, 6, 10, 4, 6, 10, 3, 3, 8, 9, 8, 10, 2, 1, 8, 7, 2, 10, 5, 5, 2]
<br>[14:59] <Inkwell> I WILL NOT BE CONTAINED
<br>[14:59] <Brazen_Sand> Yes!
<br>[14:59] <Brazen_Sand> Now we're talking
<br>[14:59] <Noldarr> lol
<br>[14:59] <@Taurus_II> oh hay he's a dragon
<br>[15:00] <Brazen_Sand> In exchange for the pillow, LET'S TURN HIM INTO A DRAGON
<br>[15:00] <Brazen_Sand> You should say that. "Oh btw, you're a dragon." *wholeness rightly assumed*
<br>[15:00] <Brazen_Sand> *significant music*
<br>[15:01] <Nomoe_Hideaki> I assume from his ignoring the offer, that the magical hobo doesn't want a job? ;)
<br>[15:01] <Brazen_Sand> (No, he doesn't actually use the term "weirdo")
<br>[15:02] <Brazen_Sand> Hobos don't need jobs
<br>[15:02] <Brazen_Sand> They ride the rails and survive on adventure
<br>[15:02] <@Taurus_II> I missed it, sorry
<br>[15:02] <Brazen_Sand> and also summon up dust-storms, if Jon Hodgeman is correct
<br>[15:02] <@Taurus_II> the hobo was distracted by the fat purse of gold
<br>[15:02] <Brazen_Sand> Yeah, maybe he doesn't need a job anymore.
<br>[15:03] <Nomoe_Hideaki> That's ok, Hideaki's servant would have asked again.
<br>[15:03] <Brazen_Sand> it's not about the pay when you're Nomoe's servant, eh?
<br>[15:03] <Brazen_Sand> it's about the PRIVILEGE
<br>[15:03] <@Taurus_II> we'll assume he got a gentle headshake and a cryptic but happy response about already having a very important job that he can't remember
<br>[15:03] <Nomoe_Hideaki> precisely!
<br>[15:04] <Brazen_Sand> the privilege of being his servant!
<br>[15:04] <Brazen_Sand> It's win/win
<br>[15:05] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Hmmm Noldarr has a point XD
<br>[15:05] <Brazen_Sand> He's speaking Old Realm.
<br>[15:05] <Brazen_Sand> Everyone else just sees a bunch of tourists jabbering at a hobo
<br>[15:05] <Brazen_Sand> Probably yelling "get a job, you bum!"
<br>[15:06] <Brazen_Sand> Well, in a way, I guess we are.
<br>[15:06] <Noldarr> is old realm commonly known?
<br>[15:06] <Brazen_Sand> ...haha no
<br>[15:06] <Noldarr> so if we're speaking it
<br>[15:06] <Brazen_Sand> Not for mortals
<br>[15:06] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> No Old is very specialized.
<br>[15:06] <Noldarr> doesn't that make us more than tourists
<br>[15:06] <Brazen_Sand> They won't know what Old Realm is
<br>[15:06] <Nomoe_Hideaki> It probably sounds a bit like High Realm
<br>[15:06] <Noldarr> if someone spying on us with suspicions
<br>[15:06] <Inkwell> Shamans and people who know gods will speak it, but not average dudes.
<br>[15:06] <@Taurus_II> They might be a bit surprised that the hobo is responding in the same language
<br>[15:06] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Generally the power of the Realm, Sorcerers, powerful people, and other realms of Existance know Old ^^
<br>[15:06] <Noldarr> hears us talking in old realm
<br>[15:06] * Inkwell chops onions.
<br>[15:07] <Noldarr> then
<br>[15:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> If you heard someone speaking Latin, would be able to tell whether it's a dead language or just someone speaking in Italian?
<br>[15:07] <Brazen_Sand> ...*grabs rand*
<br>[15:07] <Noldarr> we will be exposed
<br>[15:07] <Brazen_Sand> Get back here!
<br>[15:07] <Brazen_Sand> We weren't concerned when we were discussing our plans in Old Realm in public
<br>[15:08] <Inkwell> I'm a skilled and powerful nerd!
<br>[15:08] <Inkwell> I can chop onions and role-play at the same time!
<br>[15:08] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> hehe
<br>[15:08] <Brazen_Sand> Then roleplay irl and chop the onions with your MIND-BLADES
<br>[15:08] <Noldarr> okay, well, if we're going to cure him we need to do it somewhere discreetly
<br>[15:09] <Brazen_Sand> Rand, shove him and then have him *happen* to turn into a dragon
<br>[15:09] <Lady_Daethia> yeah >.> not sure whered be best around here
<br>[15:09] <Noldarr> okay, how about
<br>[15:09] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> Anyway I shall have to leave. >>  Sorry I couldn't stay longer.
<br>[15:09] <Noldarr> someone just social attack him into following us
<br>[15:09] <Brazen_Sand> bye bye
<br>[15:09] <@Taurus_II> later Myll
<br>[15:09] <Noldarr> to wherever is convenient and hidden
<br>[15:09] <Noldarr> bya
<br>[15:09] <Lady_Daethia> no worrys Myll ^^
<br>[15:09] * Nomoe_Hideaki waves
<br>[15:09] <Brazen_Sand> we'll tell you how it goes
<br>[15:09] <Noldarr> and then we can restore him in relative safety and security
<br>[15:09] <Shadow_Phoenix_Ruby> have fun ^^
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<br>[15:09] <Inkwell> I guess I could just Pattern touch him and remove the shaping that makes him human, but he'll still be crazy. I vote for the social option.
<br>[15:10] <Noldarr> we can pretend like the group of nobles is having fun mocking a human hobo
<br>[15:10] <Noldarr> and then bring him along like some sort of demented jester
<br>[15:10] <Lady_Daethia> xD
<br>[15:10] <Noldarr> while we go into our snooty upper-class elite hideout
<br>[15:10] <Brazen_Sand> Offer him some monies, take him somewhere out of the way, and then cure him. How about that?
<br>[15:10] <Brazen_Sand> TO THE RICH-MOBILE
<br>[15:10] <Inkwell> Let's tame this shrew, then.
<br>[15:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Do you even know IC that something's wrong with him?
<br>[15:11] <Noldarr> we know that inkwell sees an elemental dragon and that he's fervently denying it for some reason
<br>[15:11] <Noldarr> also he just made a magic pillow...
<br>[15:11] <Brazen_Sand> Well, he's an elemental dragon, and he's running around as a filthy hobo asking for money
<br>[15:11] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Yeah, well. Maybe he has a good reason? Like going incognito like we are?
<br>[15:11] <Brazen_Sand> yeah, somethings not right
<br>[15:11] <Brazen_Sand> Also, he's been doing this for years and years
<br>[15:11] <Noldarr> if he were in possession of his facilities, wouldn't he say something to indicate that? and why would he choose such a...bizarre and pillow-making disguise?
<br>[15:12] <Inkwell> It's not a very good incognito when you make magical pillows.
<br>[15:12] <@Taurus_II> Pattern Reassertion Touch will be sufficient, I think
<br>[15:13] <Brazen_Sand> Will that cure teh insanity?
<br>[15:13] <Inkwell> I'd need Wholeness Rightly Assumed for that.
<br>[15:13] <Inkwell> Oh, what the heck, I'll buy it.
<br>[15:13] <@Taurus_II> really?
<br>[15:13] <Brazen_Sand> We don't need an insane dragon begging for alms and making pillows!
<br>[15:13] <Inkwell> Insanity is Crippling.
<br>[15:13] <@Taurus_II> it's a derangement
<br>[15:13] <Noldarr> okay, cool, let's get him out of here and into the gated community or whatever so we can cure him
<br>[15:14] <Inkwell> Is it a Wyld derangement? I thought he'd gone mad from torture?
<br>[15:14] <@Taurus_II> torture by Raksha
<br>[15:14] <Brazen_Sand> With Raksha, it could be both
<br>[15:14] <@Taurus_II> yeah
<br>[15:14] <Brazen_Sand> I mean a Wyld Derangement from torture
<br>[15:14] <Inkwell> As you like, but there'll be trouble if I touch him here.
<br>[15:15] <Inkwell> And Nomoe has social-fu'd me into thinking I've been rude.
<br>[15:15] <@Taurus_II> ah
<br>[15:15] <Brazen_Sand> That's why we take him somewhere else
<br>[15:15] <Inkwell> He wants to stop me from doing good deeds and proving myself!
<br>[15:15] <Brazen_Sand> As Noldorr said
<br>[15:15] <Inkwell> So wicked!
<br>[15:15] <@Taurus_II> heh
<br>[15:15] <Brazen_Sand> Grah, Noldorr be all compassionate and stuff to counter social-fu him : P
<br>[15:15] <Nomoe_Hideaki> No, he just thinks you're the ones acting rather irrationally, not the beggar ;)
<br>[15:15] <@Taurus_II> this would probably help your case with the Sun, actually
<br>[15:16] <@Taurus_II> Swan Dragon is still remembered in Heaven, after all
<br>[15:16] <Brazen_Sand> Oh, give me a good mention, would you?
<br>[15:16] <Noldarr> okay
<br>[15:16] <Noldarr> i'm gonna use
<br>[15:16] <Noldarr> supreme perfection of presence
<br>[15:16] <Noldarr> for +10 dice
<br>[15:16] <Brazen_Sand> To the Sun, I mean.
<br>[15:16] <Noldarr> for my social attack against
<br>[15:16] <Noldarr> the hobo
<br>[15:16] <@Taurus_II> heh
<br>[15:16] <Noldarr> and my appearance is 5
<br>[15:16] <Noldarr> .ex 22
<br>[15:16] <Pattern_Spider> Noldarr rolled 13 successes against TN 7: [10, 2, 10, 6, 8, 3, 1, 5, 1, 1, 4, 2, 2, 9, 9, 4, 9, 2, 10, 2, 10, 8]
<br>[15:18] * Inkwell stirs mushrooms in with the onions.
<br>[15:18] <Noldarr> so...did it work?
<br>[15:20] <Noldarr> ?
<br>[15:20] <@Taurus_II> yes
<br>[15:21] <Noldarr> okay, cool
<br>[15:21] <Nomoe_Hideaki> .ex 6
<br>[15:21] <Pattern_Spider> Nomoe_Hideaki rolled 4 successes against TN 7: [6, 4, 6, 4, 10, 10]
<br>[15:21] <@Taurus_II> for what?
<br>[15:21] <Noldarr> scene break to our exclusive club or wherever apart from prying eyes, and then we heal him?
<br>[15:21] <@Taurus_II> sure.
<br>[15:22] <Brazen_Sand> Sounds good
<br>[15:22] <Noldarr> alright
<br>[15:22] <Noldarr> away we go1!!
<br>[15:22] <Brazen_Sand> *Batman logo thing*
<br>[15:22] <@Taurus_II> okay
<br>[15:22] <Noldarr> gah, not enough 1s
<br>[15:22] <Noldarr> lol the order of things in the ic thread is really confusing
<br>[15:22] <Brazen_Sand> Uh, I thought we'd just go to some secluded place
<br>[15:22] <Brazen_Sand> But we're in an actual club?
<br>[15:23] <Noldarr> it's almost like nomoe is dodging inkwell's touch when inkwell is touching swan dragon
<br>[15:23] <Noldarr> eh, we're in some expensive hidden place for rich people
<br>[15:23] <Brazen_Sand> Is anyone else there?
<br>[15:23] <Noldarr> i should hope our characters are not that stupid...
<br>[15:24] <@Taurus_II> you guys are PCs, of course you are :P
<br>[15:24] <Brazen_Sand> So many dropped monocles -_-
<br>[15:24] <Lady_Daethia> i have a monacle :O but im not wearing it right now ;; (dragonfly ranging eye)
<br>[15:25] <Inkwell> Now I need you guys to mind this dragon while his insanity reverses itself over the next hour.
<br>[15:25] <Brazen_Sand> Okay.
<br>[15:25] <Inkwell> It's possible he'll be a bit riled.
<br>[15:25] <Noldarr> I'm gonna distract the mendicant with my personality while the convo is going on
<br>[15:25] <Brazen_Sand> I'm going to stand in the back and just kind of be present
<br>[15:25] <Noldarr> this is...socialize?
<br>[15:25] <Brazen_Sand> Maybe go bug Nomoe
<br>[15:26] <@Taurus_II> ...yes, socialize.
<br>[15:26] <Brazen_Sand> If it gets really bad, should I go Balrog on the guy?
<br>[15:26] <Brazen_Sand> Then we can have a Kaiju battle
<br>[15:26] <@Taurus_II> ... in what possible way would that help?
<br>[15:26] <Brazen_Sand> If he starts going really really crazy
<br>[15:26] <Brazen_Sand> when he's a dragon
<br>[15:27] <Brazen_Sand> You know, so I can restrain him >_>
<br>[15:27] <@Taurus_II> ... uh-huh
<br>[15:27] <Noldarr> ...
<br>[15:27] <Noldarr> i seriously doubt it will come to that
<br>[15:27] <Brazen_Sand> Well, you know where I'll be if you need me.
<br>[15:27] <Brazen_Sand> *does that "i'm not really touching you" thing to Nomoe*
<br>[15:27] <Noldarr> hm, i could probably ambush him with a flurry of iron whirlwind + defeat means friendship if that's really necessary, though...
<br>[15:27] <Brazen_Sand> I don't think we want to do lethal damage
<br>[15:28] <Noldarr> that's what defeat means friendship is for.
<br>[15:28] <Brazen_Sand> Oh good
<br>[15:28] <Inkwell> Mmm, beefy beef.
<br>[15:29] <Inkwell> I need to spend my next XP on the Charm so I can touch so with my mind. That'll teach Nomoe.
<br>[15:29] <Brazen_Sand> touch so?
<br>[15:29] <Noldarr> alright
<br>[15:29] <Noldarr> so
<br>[15:29] <Noldarr> an hour passes peacefully?
<br>[15:29] <Nomoe_Hideaki> It's still a touch and can be dodged/parried ;)
<br>[15:29] <Lady_Daethia> "show me on the diagram where the infernal touched you"
<br>[15:29] <Inkwell> Yes, but my range and dice pools will be better.
<br>[15:29] <Brazen_Sand> But he's not really touching you, that's the point
<br>[15:30] <Nomoe_Hideaki> THat ... doesn't make it better. Really :p
<br>[15:30] <@Taurus_II> yes, an hour passes peacefully
<br>[15:30] <Noldarr> you guys are weird
<br>[15:30] <Brazen_Sand> It's the thing where you hold a finger like a half-inch away from someone and go all like "I'm not touching you hurrr" :B
<br>[15:30] <Noldarr> lol
<br>[15:30] <Brazen_Sand> jeez, did none of you grow up with siblings?
<br>[15:30] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Good way to earn yourself ... a few sharp words ;)
<br>[15:30] <Brazen_Sand> YEEEEEEEAH?
<br>[15:30] <Brazen_Sand> B)
<br>[15:31] <Brazen_Sand> That's what Horatio will say at the murder scene
<br>[15:31] <Brazen_Sand> with Brazen's dead body being taken away
<br>[15:32] <Brazen_Sand> *whaps the fourth wall*
<br>[15:33] <Brazen_Sand> Did they reverse?
<br>[15:33] <Noldarr> does swan dragon have some sort of charm effect preserving his derangements that inkwell will need to make a rolloff against?
<br>[15:33] <Brazen_Sand> I thought Taurus was just being slow
<br>[15:34] <Inkwell> At least I'm not a Zenith; then we'd have to bang all night long to get rid of his derangements.
<br>[15:34] <Nomoe_Hideaki> .21
<br>[15:34] <Brazen_Sand> Oh god, fucking Andrensath
<br>[15:34] <Nomoe_Hideaki> .ex 21
<br>[15:34] <Pattern_Spider> Nomoe_Hideaki rolled 10 successes against TN 7: [4, 9, 8, 8, 8, 5, 3, 6, 2, 3, 6, 3, 6, 4, 7, 8, 5, 7, 7, 9, 8]
<br>[15:34] <Brazen_Sand> no, better yet, DON'T fucking Andrensath
<br>[15:34] <Nomoe_Hideaki> could you not mention that name?
<br>[15:35] <@Taurus_II> He Who Must Not Be Named?
<br>[15:35] <Brazen_Sand> Rand that...was an ill-advised custom charm from a guy with some weirdass hangups
<br>[15:35] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Hideaki drops Presence and Linguistics Excellencies on the letter at 20m total.
<br>[15:35] <Nomoe_Hideaki> 10 sux and virtual Appearance 13.
<br>[15:35] <@Taurus_II> will he appear if we say his name a third time? :P
<br>[15:35] <@Taurus_II> *cough* sorry
<br>[15:35] <Brazen_Sand> If he does, I'll say Hastur
<br>[15:35] <Nomoe_Hideaki> don't
<br>[15:36] <Brazen_Sand> oh come on, you know that Hastur thing isn't real
<br>[15:36] <Noldarr> what, hastu
<br>[15:36] <Inkwell> What? No, it's a real Charm, from the DotFA errata.
<br>[15:36] <Noldarr> oh god
<br>[15:36] <Noldarr> the yellow
<br>[15:36] <Brazen_Sand> What could possibly be wrong with saying Hastur three t
<br>[15:36] <Inkwell> I mean, you don't HAVE to bang. That's just one thing you can do.
<br>[15:36] <Noldarr> guys i don't think i'll be able ot
<br>[15:36] <Nomoe_Hideaki> [23:36:29] Nomoe_Hideaki: I'm warning you.
<br>[15:36] <Nomoe_Hideaki> sorry, that should have been here
<br>[15:37] <Brazen_Sand> I'm dead now
<br>[15:37] <Nomoe_Hideaki> .ex 1
<br>[15:37] <Pattern_Spider> Nomoe_Hideaki rolled 0 successes against TN 7: [3]
<br>[15:37] <Brazen_Sand> What was that for?
<br>[15:38] <Noldarr> lol
<br>[15:38] <Nomoe_Hideaki> random roll to see if I was in time for the introduction or not
<br>[15:39] <Brazen_Sand> Nope, you slipped in the shower and got knocked out XD
<br>[15:39] <Noldarr> he
<br>[15:39] <Noldarr> 'slipped'
<br>[15:41] <Brazen_Sand> Ah nuts, I totally should've had Brazen meet Nysela in his background at some point
<br>[15:41] <Noldarr> she's a great person to meet!
<br>[15:41] <Lady_Daethia> I gotta head out gf wants my attention D:  and i dont wanna get stuck in the dog house. lol
<br>[15:41] <Noldarr> cyaa
<br>[15:41] <Brazen_Sand> Alright, we'll keep a record or something.
<br>[15:41] <Lady_Daethia> thanks laters ^^
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<br>[15:42] <Brazen_Sand> Hey Taurus, can we add that in?
<br>[15:42] <Brazen_Sand> Brazen went on the Chimirijen or something after he rebuked the Yozis?
<br>[15:43] <@Taurus_II> went on it to do what?
<br>[15:43] <Brazen_Sand> Nysela wanted to have one of her "talks" with him
<br>[15:44] <Brazen_Sand> Like she often does with Solar-shard Exalts
<br>[15:45] <Brazen_Sand> I mean the Chimirijen went to HIM. That's how she does it
<br>[15:46] <Inkwell> !
<br>[15:46] <Noldarr> balor's crusade was
<br>[15:46] <Noldarr> before the empress?
<br>[15:46] <Inkwell> Those Maidens, so tricksy! Perhaps we were led into this.
<br>[15:46] <Noldarr> so swan dragon has no idea who she even is?
<br>[15:46] <Noldarr> someone with high lore should explain recent history to him
<br>[15:46] <@Taurus_II> the first Balorian Crusade, yess
<br>[15:47] <Brazen_Sand> and then the awkward silence starts
<br>[15:52] <Brazen_Sand> *ahems to Namoe*
<br>[15:52] <Brazen_Sand> Oh, nice
<br>[15:54] <Brazen_Sand> : P
<br>[15:54] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Sorry. But, well ... ;)
<br>[15:54] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Also, you're still spelling his name wrong :p
<br>[15:54] <Brazen_Sand> You are getting a wet willy for this
<br>[15:55] <Brazen_Sand> Yeah well you're getting-him-not-eaten-by-a-dragon wrong!
<br>[15:55] <Nomoe_Hideaki> whatever that may be
<br>[15:55] <Nomoe_Hideaki> As if he could.
<br>[15:55] <Brazen_Sand> A wet willy is when you lick your finger and stick it in someone's ear
<br>[15:55] <Noldarr> ...
<br>[15:55] <Brazen_Sand> They don't have that in Germany?
<br>[15:55] <Noldarr> >_>
<br>[15:55] <Brazen_Sand> What? It's a kid thing
<br>[15:55] <Nomoe_Hideaki> If they do they certainly don't call them that.
<br>[15:56] <Brazen_Sand> I'd think not, since it would be in German
<br>[15:56] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Most people don't learn English until Elementary school ;)
<br>[15:56] <Nomoe_Hideaki> If that early.
<br>[15:56] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *people around here
<br>[15:56] <Brazen_Sand> I mean that thing
<br>[15:56] * Nomoe_Hideaki shrugs. If they do, it's not known to me.
<br>[15:56] <Brazen_Sand> Oh good, now Brazen knows how it happens
<br>[15:57] <Nomoe_Hideaki> But then I make no claim to being knowledgeable about such things.
<br>[15:57] <Brazen_Sand> What about swirlies? Indian burns? wedgies? pink-belly?
<br>[15:57] * Nomoe_Hideaki shrugs
<br>[15:59] <Noldarr> okay, i'm making a natural mental influence on swan dragon
<br>[15:59] <Brazen_Sand> oh man, Bong Wongerok is gonna be soooo pissed
<br>[16:00] <Brazen_Sand> I wish I could see his face
<br>[16:00] <Noldarr> to go talk to nysela and get his history straightened out
<br>[16:00] <Noldarr> before doing anything rash
<br>[16:00] <Noldarr> maybe he can provide her with some company too so she won't be pining over the sun 24/7
<br>[16:00] <Noldarr> that would be nice
<br>[16:00] <Brazen_Sand> I don't think he should be there on a long-term basis
<br>[16:00] <Brazen_Sand> we need to fix this whole corrupt Terrestrial Court thing as well
<br>[16:00] <Brazen_Sand> We can't do everything from Yu-Shan
<br>[16:01] <Noldarr> not long-term, just enough to get an understanding of the world as it is now
<br>[16:01] <Noldarr> his sense of duty will propell him to leave eventually anyway
<br>[16:01] <Noldarr> so yeah, do i need to roll for this, or will he relent?
<br>[16:01] <@Taurus_II> he'll relent once you answer his question :P
<br>[16:01] <Brazen_Sand> He did
<br>[16:01] <Noldarr> yeah, i did
<br>[16:02] <@Taurus_II> @_@
<br>[16:02] <Brazen_Sand> are you still playing Mass Effect?
<br>[16:02] <@Taurus_II> no.
<br>[16:02] <@Taurus_II> I turned it off when we started playing
<br>[16:02] <Noldarr> Noldarr>"Foster mother, of a sort."
<br>[16:02] <Brazen_Sand> oh good
<br>[16:05] <Brazen_Sand> yaaaay
<br>[16:05] <Brazen_Sand> Hey, why didn't I get a bow? : \
<br>[16:05] <Noldarr> well, that went about as well as could be expected
<br>[16:05] <@Taurus_II> because you're an Infernal
<br>[16:05] <@Taurus_II> and not the one who helped him
<br>[16:05] <Brazen_Sand> I totally helped, I was all "hey guys, let's save the magic hobo"
<br>[16:06] <Brazen_Sand> and then Nomoe, AKA Bring-down McGee was like "no, we need to maintain our cover"
<br>[16:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> More like "stop pestering this guy"
<br>[16:07] <@Taurus_II> Perhaps here is a good stopping point
<br>[16:07] <Brazen_Sand> That's not what I reeeeead >_>
<br>[16:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Since no one could make a cogent argument for why something was wrong.
<br>[16:07] <Brazen_Sand> Uh, we did
<br>[16:07] <Brazen_Sand> Inkwell read his essence and noted that he was an dragon
<br>[16:07] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Yeah.
<br>[16:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> So?
<br>[16:08] <Noldarr> your counterargument was that he could be in disguise, but that didn't add up at all
<br>[16:08] <Brazen_Sand> Well, dragon's don't generally walk around begging for alms in filthy clothes
<br>[16:08] <Brazen_Sand> Also, he'd been there for decades
<br>[16:08] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Now if you had said something about essence pattern markers of derangements or something like that ... *shrug*
<br>[16:08] <Noldarr> i thought it was not enough of a reason to let the situation go, given the magic pillows
<br>[16:09] <Inkwell> Nomoe just wants to be sure I never get brownie points from the Sun.
<br>[16:09] <Brazen_Sand> Same here
<br>[16:09] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nah, nothing to do with that.
<br>[16:09] <Noldarr> the sun's a dick anyway
<br>[16:09] <Brazen_Sand> He's all like "I'm rich and you are not as good as me."
<br>[16:09] <@Taurus_II> Ouch! "Let us hope we will not be reduced to that."
<br>[16:09] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Nah, "I
<br>[16:09] <Noldarr> someone desn't have a high opinion of spirits
<br>[16:10] <Noldarr> lol
<br>[16:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> 'm a Solar and therefore inherently better than you (Infernal)"
<br>[16:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> well, it would be admitting that we're not capable of doing it ourselves
<br>[16:10] <Noldarr> noldarr's position has always been that one's abilities don't dictate one's value
<br>[16:10] <@Taurus_II> maybe I should have had Swan flare his regalia of authority...
<br>[16:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> doing a job that falls into our duties and our mandate to rules creation
<br>[16:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> so year
<br>[16:10] <Nomoe_Hideaki> *yeah
<br>[16:10] <Brazen_Sand> Taurus, is htat worth any brownie points with teh sun?
<br>[16:10] <Brazen_Sand> I wouldn't mind eventually not being a CoD anymore, after all >_>
<br>[16:11] <Noldarr> is his regalia still valid with the new censor?
<br>[16:11] <@Taurus_II> finding and healing Swan Dragon?
<br>[16:11] <Brazen_Sand> yeah
<br>[16:11] <@Taurus_II> his writeup doesn't say it doesn't go away
<br>[16:11] <@Taurus_II> doesn't say it does*
<br>[16:11] <Noldarr> lol
<br>[16:11] <Noldarr> okay
<br>[16:11] <@Taurus_II> and yeah, it almost certainly is
<br>[16:11] <Noldarr> well, that was fun
<br>[16:11] <Brazen_Sand> Awesome!
<br>[16:11] <@Taurus_II> yup
<br>[16:11] <Brazen_Sand> Wait, was that to the UCS question?
<br>[16:11] <Nomoe_Hideaki> [00:10:28] Noldarr: noldarr's position has always been that one's abilities don't dictate one's value
<br>[16:12] <Nomoe_Hideaki> not abilities, but moral value
<br>[16:12] <@Taurus_II> yes, it was
<br>[16:12] <Brazen_Sand> yaaaaay *Paragon-meter goes up*
<br>[16:12] <@Taurus_II> heh
<br>[16:12] <Nomoe_Hideaki> what sort of person would the yozis chose as their emissaries?
<br>[16:12] <Brazen_Sand> Well it's considerably more complex then that.
<br>[16:12] <Nomoe_Hideaki> <br>[00:08:47] Noldarr: i thought it was not enough of a reason to let the situation go, given the magic pillows
<br>[16:13] <Nomoe_Hideaki> and that's the difference right there between Noldarr's Compassion 5 and Hideaki's 2 :)
<br>[16:13] <@Taurus_II> anyway, another 8XP all around, and I must depart
<br>[16:13] <Brazen_Sand> Also, I had Compassion 4, so I couldn't just leave him
<br>[16:13] <Brazen_Sand> Wait
<br>[16:13] <Noldarr> yay
<br>[16:13] <Brazen_Sand> do we get XP for helping Swan?
<br>[16:13] <Noldarr> 8 more xp that i don't know how to spend
<br>[16:13] <Noldarr> lol, also i can't fail compassion rolls
<br>[16:13] <Nomoe_Hideaki> same here with conviction
<br>[16:13] <Noldarr> so i had pretty much no choice in the matter if i didn't want to gain limit
<br>[16:14] <Noldarr> noldarr's limit break is fun
<br>[16:14] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Heh. I don't know how to spend mine but only because there is about 160 XP worth of charms on my to get list :p
<br>[16:14] <Nomoe_Hideaki> You don#t want to meet Hideaki in Limit Break
<br>[16:14] <@Taurus_II> uh... no, not really, Brazen
<br>[16:14] <@Taurus_II> what's Hideaki's Limit Break?
<br>[16:14] <Brazen_Sand> k
<br>[16:14] <Nomoe_Hideaki> I called it Disproportionate Retribution
<br>[16:14] <Brazen_Sand> Next week, I guess we can do the meetings!
<br>[16:15] <Nomoe_Hideaki> as in, someone is 'disrespectful' and he tries to get the Deliberative declare war on them.
<br>[16:15] <@Taurus_II> heh
<br>[16:15] <@Taurus_II> wow
<br>[16:15] <Noldarr> mine is called
<br>[16:15] <@Taurus_II> okay
<br>[16:15] <Noldarr> Pale Rider Apotheosis
<br>[16:15] <Noldarr> ^_^
<br>[16:15] <Nomoe_Hideaki> Or just punishes them himself.
<br>[16:15] <Brazen_Sand> Mine makes everyone around me go crazy
<br>[16:15] <@Taurus_II> see you guys next week