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Gullara

2017-01-04, 08:56 PM

This place is just as it sounds. It's Outside!
Want a change of scenery? Go Outside.
Always wanted to visit the beach? Come Outside.
Looking to have a climatic fight on clifftops? Attempt Outside.
Secret meetings being held where there's no cameras? Try Outside.
Want an ambush without nasty base defenses? Yep! Outside.

Any and all are welcome in the wild expanses beyond the reach of civilization. Who's going to keep you out? That's right, no one. You're already out!
Here lie vast expanses, dense forests, towering mountains, dizzying canyons, treacherous dungeons, encroaching jungles, roaring waterfalls, endless wastes, blistering deserts, mossy cliffs, illusionary oases, eldritch moors, flowering bosques, infested hills, cyclopean ruins, weed-tangled gardens, crumbling glaciers, peaceful glades, bubbling tar pits, rumbling volcanoes, teetering hoodoos, honeycombed caverns, dripping grottos, inland seas, grassy knolls, overgrown battlefields, creepy boneyards, guano-covered caves, and so much more!
The sky is truly the limit, and sometimes not even that. If you can imagine it, it's here, and something super cool is probably happening there.

Sometimes, amid the varied and fantastic landscapes, there are very specific places. Places created and maintained by one or two people. These often be visited, but don't forget to give their owner a heads up if you want to explore.

Outside contains various Outside locations! Such as...
Auxiliary MagCave: Magtok
A relic from the days of the Age of Apocalypse, this abandoned cavern was once used by the infamous cyborg Magtok as a back-up laboratory and underground fortress, should Calublufiok have ever stormed the primary MagCave.

Blind Cat's Bluff
A sheer cliff dropoff that travels straight down into the water, this is a favored point of people who commit suicide, romantics wanting to watch the sunset and anyone looking to get rid of evidence. The drop is pretty far and there are rocks at the bottom that spell almost certain doom, so watch your step.

Brillian's Baneful Bestiary
A secret series of caves where a mad scientist lives. A mad scientist who creates mutant attack creatures. These can be purchased for the right price.

Dead Pine Lake: happyturtle
This lake lies in the middle of the forest. On the eastern shore, woodpeckers feast on the dead pines that give the lake its name (http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq40/happyturtle-avs/p243360-Delray_Beach_FL-Wetlands_sc.jpg). Sometimes one can find Lady Death here, the Aspect of Eve also known as The Grandmother, or Jedwiga.

Frozen Forest & Hermitage
A large forest of tall trees and once very pretty flowers lies here. The entire forest has been completely frozen over, and a blizzard constantly storms and snows over the forest, but doesn't affect even an inch past the forest border. The forest is still very pretty; the flowers and mushrooms glittering under a frozen layer. The place is pretty safe, if you're used to constant snow and cold temperatures.

Gersemi's Island: Lex-Kat
Now more commonly known as Melody's Island, since Gersemi has long ago retired. Where once was a single hut with a few sheep, now stands a single hut, a barn, a few sheep, and a small tented community of orphans. Gersemi's loom still rests in one corner of the single hut. Melody, like Gersemi before her, is a healer for the surrounding islands.

Katz Motel
Located in the middle of Nowhere, our roadside motel is the only decent place for miles near the Taverna that has a bed. Run by a suave anthropomorphic cat (http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090705011306/courage/images/b/bc/Katz.png), there is a strict No Dogs policy. A bellhop by the name of Bates is always ready to assist in carrying your luggage. Please ignore his constant mutterings about his mother. Other more unsavory employees can occasionally be found. Please try to avoid eye contact with them.

We at the Katz Motel wish to ensure you have a splendid stay. Any inconvenience due to randomly locking doors, giant spiders, secret passages, vampires, creepy paintings, and the occasional possession and subsequent exorcism are incredibly rare. Just look at our complaint cards! Not a single one mentions dying horribly in their sleep or becoming food for the monster in the basement.

And if you get bored, the owner will always be up for a game of sport, old boy.
((The Katz Motel is a horror filled place with the highest casualty rate of any motel in the Nexus area. Checking in is usually pretty easy and pleasant. Checking out is rare. Anyone can play the Motel and the NPCs within, free to invent their own horror. The NPCs within that can die usually only suffer death temporarily, the supernatural force causing the disturbances bringing them back to life for its own nefarious purposes. PCs get no benefit from this.))
Norosa, Great City of the Elves
A lawful evil city with an incredibly strong military and a very charismatic leader (Archmage Tyrion Lannister). It has a few resisters, but otherwise it is a city of peace and law despite its evil nature.

North Forest
A magical forest with a mythical spring of beauty. A bit like the Weald, but not nearly as dangerous. For starters, you can find your way back out and the pixies aren't cannibals.

Redbrick Falls
A mountainous, cliffy region with a prominent waterfall. A large quarry once was worked in these cliffs. Now, only a few scattered villages and solitary dwellings remain.

Rabbit Hole
The Rabbit Hole is a portal to another world, located in the forest. It looks like an ordinary rabbit hole, minus it being large enough for whoever stumbles upon it to enter. Some say it originated in a different universe, outside the Nexus, others say it shows up in different universes as a result of the Nexus growing.

If found naturally, it will take you to Underside, a world said to lie beneath the Nexus. But sometimes, you'll see a white rabbit in a waistcoat. He looks at the time on his pocket watch, and mutters the phrase "Oh dear! Oh dear! I mustn't be late!" and runs off. No matter how fast you are, you always seem to be just a bit slower than him, which has to make you wonder how he could ever be late for something.

If you follow the rabbit and find The Rabbit Hole, it will take you to Planeside. Where specifically in Planeside depends on who fell through The Rabbit Hole. Either way, you should always survive the fall, even if it seems like you were falling forever. And a warning, it's a one way trip, so if you want to get back, you'll have to do some traveling.

Troll Cave
A cave in a craggy hill. The undergrowth outside is trampled completely flat, and there's not much wildlife. There's a burned patch where a fire is sometimes there. Inside are a few large caves, linked by surprisingly smooth tunnels that look like something big has been regularly pushing through them.

Unnamed Islands
An island cluster forms an archipelago along the coast. Some of the islands are settled, some not, but most are at least occasionally visited by the fishermen who work these waters.

PM the thread maker if you wish to add locations to Outside.

This wide world is empty, except for what you put there. People and places and animals and monsters! You name it. There are a few exceptions, as there always are, but by and large these places are populated with what you put there.

The Creepy Eyed Squirrel - The creepy eyed squirrel does not interfere with anyone. The creepy eyed squirrel is everywhere outside. The creepy eyed squirrel is always watching. The creepy eyed squirrel never sleeps. The creepy eyed squirrel can not be damaged, manipulated, or killed by anyone. The creepy eyed squirrel will eat anyone's very being who attempts to do so. Anyone can god-mode the creepy eyed squirrel. You may pet the creepy eyed squirrel at your own risk.
The Menacing Crabs (https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B5bKlQSiirV-UFFydVBFWGJEUEU) - These intimidating creatures are usually found by the shore. Beware their mighty pincers. Beware!
The Non-Existent Duck - You'll miss every time you shoot at it, and then your dog laughs at you.

And most importantly, enjoy Outside. That's what this is all about. :smallsmile:

Rules and Guidelines
There is very little you can't do Outside. However, like always, please follow the forum rules and general rules of conduct. Respect that a scene may be private or that a plot shouldn't be interrupted. When in doubt, ask someone involved in the OoC thread or by PM.

There are many areas Outside, and people can be in multiple places outside. In order to keep areas Outside separated so there's no confusion, consider bolding your outside location at the start of each of your posts, like so:

[An Epic Cliffside Battle]

The creepy eyed squirrel looks on at the raging battle with contempt! Contempt that only a squirrel with particularly creepy eyes can muster.

[The Beach!]

The menacing craps are not only menacing today, but frustrated. Their every attempt to menace the non-existent duck has met with failure. Some might ask why the crabs are trying to menace nothing, but those people would get viciously pinched.

Note the creepy eyed squirrel and the menacing crabs do not interact because they are in different areas Outside. They could interact, if the squirrel moved to the beach. Of course, various things like telepathy help bypass this.
Archive
Outside 44 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?476278-Outside-44-Baby-it-s-cold-outside): Baby it's cold outside
Outside 43 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?426588-Outside-43-Where-the-sun-hurts-your-eyes-and-burns-your-skin): Where the sun hurts your eyes and burns your skin
Outside 42 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?397828-Outside-42)
Outside 41 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?369120-Outside-41-Inside-Outside-outside-Inside): Inside Outside, outside Inside
Outside 40 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?342163-Outside-40-It-s-all-downhill-from-here): It's all downhill from here
Outside XXXIX (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?328913-Nexus-The-Outside-XXXIX)
Outside XXXVIII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?317719-Nexus-Outside-XXXVIII)
Outside XXXVII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?301535-Nexus-Outside-XXXVII)
Outside XXXVI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?289592-Nexus-Outside-XXXVI)
Outside XXXV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?282974-Nexus-Outside-XXXV)
Outside XXXIV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?271163-Nexus-Outside-XXXIV)
Outside XXXIII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?262050-Nexus-Outside-XXXIII)
Outside XXXII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?251732-Nexus-Outside-XXXII)
Outside XXXI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?247837-Nexus-Outside-XXXI)
Outside XXX (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?239818-Nexus-Outside-XXX)
Outside XXIX (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?229901-Nexus-Outside-XXIX)
Outside XXVIII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?225071-Nexus-Outside-XXVIII)
Outside XXVII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?216792-Nexus-Outside-XXVII)
Outside XXVI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?212204-Nexus-Outside-XXVI)
Outside XXV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?207684-Nexus-Outside-XXV)
Outside XXIV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?202724-Nexus-Outside-XXIV)
Outside XXIII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?195619-Nexus-Outside-XXIII)
Outside XXII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?187283-Nexus-Outside-XXII)
Outside XXI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?183973-Outside-XXI)
Outside XX (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?180402-Nexus-Outside-XX)
Outside XIX (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?178693-Nexus-Outside-XIX)
Outside XVIII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?174749-Nexus-Outside-XVIII)
Outside XVII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?168972-Nexus-Outside-XVII)
Outside XVI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?163201-Nexus-Outside-XVI)
Outside 15 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?156341-Nexus-Outside-15-There-used-to-be-a-silly-pun-here-but-it-wouldn-t-fit): There used to be a silly pun here, but it wouldn't fit
Outside XIV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?148279-Outside-XIV-More-animals-than-you-can-shake-a-stick-at-Yes-the-PCs): More animals than you can shake a stick at. Yes the PCs.
Outside XIII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?144132-Outside-XIII-Spores-of-Corruption-Dance-in-the-Wind): Spores of Corruption Dance in the Wind
Outside XII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?139063-Outside-XII-We-number-things-correctly): We number things correctly.
Outside XI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?136926-Outside-XI-Bugs-are-Eating-the-Landscape): Bugs are Eating the Landscape
Outside X (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?134501-Outside-X-The-Rotting-Corpses-are-starting-to-Smell): The Rotting Corpses are starting to Smell
Outside IX (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?131522-ACRO-Outside-IX-There-are-Mosquitoes): There are Mosquitoes
Outside VIII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?127623-ACRO-Outside-VIII-We-cater-birthday-parties): We cater birthday parties
Outside VII (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?124458-Outside-VII-Open-longer-than-a-7-11): Open longer than a 7-11
Outside VI (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?122880-Outside-VI-Now-with-Locations!): Now with Locations!
Outside V (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?121446-Outside-V-More-civilized-than-Inside): More civilized than Inside
Outside IV (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?118644-Outside-IV-The-Creepy-Eyed-Squirrel-s-Domain): The Creepy Eyed Squirrel's Domain
Outside III (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?115015-Outside-III-Beware-the-Non-Existant-Duck): Beware the Non-Existant Duck
Outside II (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?107973-Outside-II-Now-with-Menacing-Crabs): Now with Menacing Crabs
Outside (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?99530-Outside)

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-04, 09:08 PM

[Ruins]

When Fayyaad waves his hand in front of the door, the small red lens next to the latch lights up. It seems to scan him, before the latch begins to rotate, and the doors unlock and slide open with an ominous grinding, following by a deep "CHUNK" noise when they're fully open. The interior of the building is only lit by the doorway, and contains what appears to be an elevator platform of sorts. A small console juts up on the far end of it with only two buttons on it, one pointing upwards and the other down. Pressing the "up" button has no effect, while pressing "down" will start the elevator's descent into the ruins.

Deathkeeper

2017-01-05, 10:59 AM

Dragon's Memory

Maybe it's just a dragon. But it's still T-Shut up, Zebes.
Jace shakes his head. "We are from a land far from your own. Zebes' species was not made by your hand, and has a soul of his own. His kind are very different from your dragons."

Morty

2017-01-06, 03:09 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad enters the ruins cautiously. When he presses the button and the elevator starts going down, he draws his sword with his right hand, while his left hand becomes wreathed with fire. To any observer, the playful and rakish demeanour is replaced by something more serious.

[Dragon's Memory]

"Evidently," the pale fae says, looking down at the battle below. It rages with titanic might, the numberless host of the fae clashing with the giants. Then, the pale fae makes a gesture with the long staff they hold, and the dragon rises. Wings unfurled, it soars towards the giants, unleashing fire. "My Lord, Serpent Crushing the Mountain, was the first to call upon wind and fire and create a dragon. It let us make great strides in our battle with the giants. But why would someone from another world venture here?"

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-06, 10:09 PM

[Ruins]

After a few minutes of descending through its shaft, the elevator descends into a slightly larger room, finally stopping when its platform is level with the floor. It's dark down here, but not completely so, especially with the fire in Fayyaad's left hand. The walls seem to be made of a strange material that seems both metallic and crystalline at the same time. The floor seems to be some form of darker, sturdy metal, and while both the walls and floor are dirty and dusty, they don't seem to be corroded. The room itself is circular, with a hall directly in front of Fayyaad as he faces the elevator's control panel, that curves off to the right. Off in the distance, he might just be able to make out a rhythmic clanking noise, though it doesn't seem to be growing any closer, at least, for the time being.

Deathkeeper

2017-01-07, 01:21 PM

Dragon's Memory

"It's a long, mildly complicated story. Regardless, we are here. In a sense, you understand. Still, what are we doing here? We were told this ritual was to revive your dragon but a vision wasn't brought up. I don't know what we're supposed to be doing." he asks the fey.

Morty

2017-01-07, 02:11 PM

[Dragon's Memory]

"Dead dragons can be brought back, by calling on the elements in them. Sometimes it's considered better than creating a new one. Odd that the fae would ask you, rather than do it themselves," the fae says. "Did they tell you why?"

[Ruins]

Fayyaad creeps down the hall, sticking close to the wall on his right. He doesn't like how quiet it is here, with only this clanking noise to break the silence.

Deathkeeper

2017-01-07, 02:22 PM

Dragon's Memories

"Yeah, they said they couldn't get through. I'm not one to know how or why that would be." Jace explains with a shrug.

Mee

2017-01-07, 06:07 PM

Idun kind of knows what an hour is. She usually just measures time by the movement of the sun. There's another word that confuses her more though. "Wwwwhhat's a car?"

"O-ooooohhhh." Grace replies, a grin starting to break out on her face. "Oh this is going to be a great day! I get to introduce you to all kinds of things!
Cars are like . . . like a machine that takes you from one place to another place. Just that someone needs to tell it where to go."

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-07, 10:08 PM

[Ruins]

The hall is a bit short, and after rounding the corner, Fayyaad will find a much larger room awaiting at its end. The floor for the first 20 feet or so is flat, then ramps downwards gently towards the other end of the room, where it becomes flat once more. In the middle of the ramped portion of the floor, there is what seems to be a treasure chest made of metal. At one point it was painted orange, but the color seems to have faded slightly to a brownish-tan color. Curiously, its lid sits propped slightly ajar. On the left wall, there appears to be a crack, which widens into hole just large enough to put one's hand into, if they're minded to. At the far end of the room, three doors await, one straight on, and the others, left and right, in their respective walls. The entire room is perhaps 60 feet long, and the ceiling doesn't change height from where it is, allowing more space at the far end of the room. The clanking noise has grown slightly louder as Fayyaad has moved further in, but the source is not apparent yet.

Artemis97

2017-01-07, 10:23 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

Three would be heroes and investigators travel from within the city of Inside down the long dusty road that runs along the northern coast of the Nexus. On one side are rolling fields of long, wispy grass dried out from the winter's cold. On the other, the land falls away sharply, forming deep cliffs that give way to the iron-dark sea below. Wind blows in cold from the ocean, whistling and howling. A storm rages off the coast, a line of black clouds hanging low in the sky, lightning brightening things in a flash of harsh light. Disntantly, thunder rumbles in.

A castle squats on the line between land and sea. Its curtain wall surrounds a village and keep with four towers rising above. The wind's howling increases. Or was that actual howling? Dark shapes may be glimpsed in the tall grass. Eyes reflecting from the shadows of the foreboding forest beyond the fields.

A single guard stands watch at the gate, dressed in leather and grey livery. A sigil is sewn onto his coat, a wolf's head, on one side white with a red eye, on the other tawny with a blue eye. Crossed swords sit behind the head of the wolf, as does a hammer. The young man stands, more alert when he sees people coming down the road.

Devixer

2017-01-07, 11:05 PM

Bountiful Forest

"There's a machine that just does that? It doesn't drop siege ladders or hold troops?" Idun has an interesting idea of what machines are for.

Mee

2017-01-07, 11:43 PM

Bountiful Forest

"There's a machine that just does that? It doesn't drop siege ladders or hold troops?" Idun has an interesting idea of what machines are for.

Bountiful Forest

"Uh huh!" Grace replies with a cheerful grin and a nod. "I mean. There are definitely military versions of cars, but mine is just a cheerful one for just taking a few people around. Maybe carrying food and equipment to and fro.
Your home sounds like a strange place." She comments, her head tilting to the side slightly and her hair falling in front of her eyes for a moment before she flicks it aside.

Morty

2017-01-08, 04:31 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad wasn't expecting a... chest? Looks like one, at least. A bit too inviting for him. He decides to check the crack first. He hugs the wall next to it and sends a small wisp of flame into the crack, peering after it.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-08, 05:11 PM

[Ruins]

The crack appears to be empty, with just a small space behind there; as though something strong and savage at one point had made the crack and the hole by slamming a fist or another roughly spherical object into the wall. There seems to be less dust inside than there should, however, as though someone or something has removed something rather recently.

[Degenburg Castle]

A blue streak of light descends rapidly from the sky, widening and materializing into a pair of women near the gate of the Castle, in the road. One is platinum blonde, wearing high-tech black armor that seems to be missing a piece on her thigh, while the other has surprisingly animated white hair that the guard may or may not be able to discern as snakes at this distance.

For Dena, Electra's teleportation is probably a bit disorienting, a white void replacing the familiar surroundings of the Black Dragon's Den for a split second, and then the world snaps back into focus as she finds herself standing in the road before the castle. Electra makes an annoyed face.

"Not quite where we wanted to be, but close enough. I still haven't figured out why it happens, but it's not dangerous. Be right back." With that, the blue beam envelopes her once more, before shooting back up into the sky.

Morty

2017-01-08, 05:26 PM

[Ruins]

This is ominous. But there's nothing Fayyaad can do here for the time being. He approaches the chest cautiously, and tries to lift the lid with the tip of his sword.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-08, 06:13 PM

[Ruins]

The lid lifts easily, but again, there's nothing inside. The lid is deceptively light; one would think that a chest with such thick metal walls would have a very heavy lid, but this seems to not be the case. The doors in the end of the room seem to be the only thing of interest left.

Morty

2017-01-08, 06:54 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad begins with the door to the left. He tries to get it open and peer cautiously through it.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-08, 07:23 PM

[Ruins]

As soon as his hand touches the door, it seems to split in half and each half retracts into either side of the wall with a loud whirring noise. The room beyond stretches back for quite a ways, and expands beyond the door by a good amount. Pillars are visible at intervals, supporting a high ceiling. It's hard to see the back corners from this distance, but he does catch a glimpse of at least two more chests on a dais in the center of the room. The clanking noise is now much louder, and he can see why: a number of robots (http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/0/0a/Horokko.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/200?cb=20110802222334) are wandering around in the room, seemingly aimlessly. They have four legs, but the legs only seem to have one joint, which leads to a waddling gait that makes a clanking whenever they put their feet down. On occasion, one will drop to its belly with a pneumatic hiss and slide quite quickly to another area, where it will resume walking. Their bodies are best described as bulbous, with a singular spike atop the head, and a large, ruby-like eye centered above an opening like a smile. They don't seem to have noticed Fayyaad yet, though it's probably only a matter of time, as a rough guess places the number in the room at nearly a dozen. A room that large, however, offers ample room for either combat or an attempt at stealth.

Morty

2017-01-08, 07:43 PM

[Ruins]

Those little things don't look very dangerous, but Fayyaad would rather not pick fights that he can avoid. A strangely sensible attitude for him. He ducks behind the nearest pillar and tries to gauge if there's any pattern to the robots' movement.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-08, 08:41 PM

[Ruins]

After a bit of observation, Fayyaad can deduce that the robots seem to have a loose pattern, where a set of three will patrol around 1/4 of the room, starting in the corners to reach the middle. As soon as one has made 3 "rounds" in its corner, it will shift to the next corner, and this appears to be timed to minimize the amount of time where two corners have 4 robots patrolling while the other two have only two. They never seem to pause to investigate anything, and they don't appear that intelligent, either, since none of them have noticed Fayyaad in his hiding place. Getting to the dais in the center of the room may be more difficult, though, due to the fact that the robots don't pause during any part of their patrol. There's always at least one that's facing towards the dais as they move towards it in their patrol path. They don't appear to be dangerous, though they are about waist height, not counting the spike on the tops of their heads.

[Degenburg Castle]

A few moments later, the blue beam once more descends from the sky, depositing Electra and Reinholdt neatly next to Dena. The sensation Rein feels is the same that Dena did; a bit disorienting, perhaps, but not sickening. Electra herself seems completely unaffected, but then, she's used to it. She rolls her head around on her neck gently, before looking to Dena.

"Well, are we ready?"

Morty

2017-01-09, 09:40 AM

[Dragon's Memory]

The pale fae grips their staff. Their expressionless face contrives to look concerned, and its body language becomes alarmed.

"Where did you find them? How long as the dragon been there?"

[Ruins]

A difficult decision. The chests are obviously of some interest, but what if they're empty like the last one? The tiefling suspects those machines are more dangerous than they look, as well. Still, no use skulking about. He jumps out of his cover and makes a dash for the dais. He tries to time his movement so that he runs into as few robots as possible on his way.

Devixer

2017-01-09, 04:57 PM

Bountiful Forest

"Uh huh!" Grace replies with a cheerful grin and a nod. "I mean. There are definitely military versions of cars, but mine is just a cheerful one for just taking a few people around. Maybe carrying food and equipment to and fro.
Your home sounds like a strange place." She comments, her head tilting to the side slightly and her hair falling in front of her eyes for a moment before she flicks it aside.

"It - it is, I agree." Idun doesn't seem very interested in talking about it, though. "Anyways, I'll follow your lead."

Shadowcaller

2017-01-09, 04:57 PM

[The Siege of VIGIL]

Too stunned and beaten down to argue further, Thariza follows her. She does, however, stop to pick up her discarded shield.

[The Siege of VIGIL]

As they descend the stairs, Thariza will see the bodies of more demons which already have begun to break apart, their black essence rising into the air before disappearing. But she will find the bodies of one VIGIL member after the other, if there is any comfort it is that they seem to have all died fighting.
Yet when they reach the courtyard it is as if static blurs her vision for a moment as a pit fiend clad in white armor with a sculpted crown rising on top of its head appears to step out of thin air. It stares at them and then speaks in a fully understandable language. "What experiment is this?"

[Degenburg Castle]

"I'm having Violet be our scout, so we should be ready to go." Dean remarks as she hands Electra a pair of binoculars. "Have a look, if you even need to."

Deathkeeper

2017-01-09, 05:07 PM

Dragon's Memory

Jace is taken aback.
"In a cave with a riverbed. I wasn't told, a long time for a mortal, most likely." he answers hurriedly.

Mee

2017-01-09, 05:24 PM

"It - it is, I agree." Idun doesn't seem very interested in talking about it, though. "Anyways, I'll follow your lead."

"Oh, um, a-all righty." Grace had expected a bit more interest, but that was okay. She had her own things she didn't want to talk about, and understood not wanting to talk about it. "Right, so this way then!" She says, picking up her picnic basket, and leading the way off to where she parked!
It's not a terribly short walk, and along the way she keeps trying to make conversation, and pointing out any fun new herbs or things they pass, in case Idun might want them.
Her conversation starters, if she needs more than one, range from things like "What kind of food do you like?" to "Where did you learn about herbs and science and stuffs?".

Morty

2017-01-09, 05:39 PM

[The Siege of VIGIL]

"Commander, watch out!" Thariza cries out, throwing her axe at the demon.

[Dragon's Memory]

"And you say there were fae there? Of what sort?" the pale figure inquires.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-09, 09:31 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad is indeed able to make it to the center dais, but not without attracting the attention of three of the robots. There's an ominous double beeping noise from each of them, and they turn towards Fayyaad, their singular red eyes glowing with murderous intent. Unfortunately for them, they only have the two speeds, and their faster means of locomotion appears to only work in straight lines. Fayyaad will have a few dozen seconds after reaching the dais to take action against them before they get into any sort of range to attack him.

[Degenburg Castle]

Electra takes the binoculars and looks through them. She does have a zoom function built into her optics, but it's somewhat limited, and binoculars offer better light gathering and more detail. She peers at the guards and other obvious defenses of the castle, noting their locations, before lowering them and offering them to Rein so he can get a look as well, if he wants. Her expression has grown colder as she's observed the castle.

"Alright. Lead on."

Reinholdt

2017-01-10, 12:45 AM

Electra just gives him a mysterious smile and a bit of a chuckle.

"Well, a girl has to have -some- secrets, you know." Was that a wink? That was definitely a wink. And the mysterious smile turning into a smug grin. "But they're probably ones best shared later, over a drink, perhaps, along with your interesting theory of how teleporting is cheating. For now, we should focus on the task at hand. This is probably going to feel weird, so try to stay calm."

She moves up, placing a hand on his shoulder, and they disappear once more in that beam of blue light.

Rein breaks into a little smile. "Well, I can't turn down a drink..."

*****

[Degenburg Castle]

Reinholdt doesn't find the trip too bad, having had extensive experience with sudden spatial travel in the past. It's been a long time though, so it still takes a moment to orient himself again.

He thanks Electra, but turns down the binoculars. "Thanks, but I prefer a more direct scouting method. Granted, scouting makes it sound like there's some sort of assault planned." Surely that's not the case. Then again that depends on this Violet person? Maybe she is one of Dena's snakes. If he had a nest of snakes on his head, he'd start naming them too.

To show what Reinholdt means by a more direct scouting method, he starts walking up the road to the castle gate. When he gets close he'll raise his hand and wave a greeting. "Good day fine sir! We seek an audience with your lord."

Artemis97

2017-01-10, 05:53 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

The guard nods to Reinholdt as he approaches. "Lord Sszinyon should be in the great hall." He points back behind him. "Through the gate and the courtyard to the main doors, then through the double doors on your left, once you're inside."

From the open main gate, Reinholdt and the others will see people in the village preparing for the incoming storm by bringing things inside or tying them down. Straight ahead was the castle's courtyard, with a burbling fountain and an overhanging tree. Through there were the double doors that led to the castle proper.

Deathkeeper

2017-01-10, 06:02 PM

Dragon's Memory

Zebes pipes up, giving a passing description of the gargoyle fey, Cinder, and the kobolds. "Is this really important?" he asks.

Morty

2017-01-10, 06:09 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad puts both his hands on his sword and sweeps it in a wide arc. A jet of flame strikes from it and passes around him. Then it expands and falls to the ground, creating a wall of fire around the dais. He's not sure if it'll stop the robots, but now is a good time to find out. He then takes a quick look into one of the chests.

[Dragon's Memory]

"Those are all... middling fae," the dragon-handler says, studying the battle below absent-mindedly. The dragon is currently burning down a massive, four-eyed giant. "Hardly worthy of awakening a dragon. Why weren't there fae of greater stature with them?"

Deathkeeper

2017-01-10, 07:45 PM

Dragon's Memory

"Presumably either they had gone rogue or all of the fae of your caliber are dead. They had mentioned something about your world that caused all the dragons to die or degenerate. Really, I don't know enough to say for sure." Jace explains, wishing they'd asked more questions.

Shadowcaller

2017-01-10, 09:01 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

And here Dena had been planning to see what sort of forces that were inside the castle first, alas. She was rather skeptical towards Rein's approach though, both her and Electra were fully armed, and in her case she could accidentally kill most of the guards by just losing her sunglasses. Were the guards seriously not going to stop and at least take their weapons or something? If they didn't, they were either afraid, or thought they could gang up on them while they were inside castle.

She eyes Electra. "Be alert, this could be a trap. Rein thinks his charisma is going to carry us all the way, but I'm not sure the guards would let us that close to their lord without even taking our weapons. "

[The Siege of VIGIL]

((I'll post for this tomorrow.))

Devixer

2017-01-10, 10:37 PM

Bountiful Forest

"Oh, um, a-all righty." Grace had expected a bit more interest, but that was okay. She had her own things she didn't want to talk about, and understood not wanting to talk about it. "Right, so this way then!" She says, picking up her picnic basket, and leading the way off to where she parked!
It's not a terribly short walk, and along the way she keeps trying to make conversation, and pointing out any fun new herbs or things they pass, in case Idun might want them.
Her conversation starters, if she needs more than one, range from things like "What kind of food do you like?" to "Where did you learn about herbs and science and stuffs?".

Idun follows Grace without protest, carrying her bag of new herbs and reagents on her shoulder.

"Well, I taught myself about alchemy, and it's mostly been trial and error. There isn't exactly a user's manual for this stuff."

Mee

2017-01-10, 10:40 PM

Bountiful Forest

Idun follows Grace without protest, carrying her bag of new herbs and reagents on her shoulder.

"Well, I taught myself about alchemy, and it's mostly been trial and error. There isn't exactly a user's manual for this stuff."

Bountiful Forest

"Oh wow!" Grace replies, looking back over her shoulder at Idun, looking fairly surprised. "Good for you! That couldn't have been easy."

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-10, 10:44 PM

[Ruins]

The wall of flames will indeed stop the robots, but none of them need to get that close, Fayyaad will quickly find out, as when they get within 15 feet of the dais, each one rears up onto its back "legs", revealing what seems to be a port of some sort. The robots fire small metallic spheres from the port on arcing paths in short bursts, three at a time, aimed at the tiefling, but when the spheres meet the fire wall, they expode, vaporizing themselves in the process. The explosions are very low yield; Fayyaad won't need to worry about shrapnel or concussion, but getting hit by one when he drops his flame wall will be less than pleasant.

In the meantime, he'll find that there are actually four chests up here; one was hidden from him in his previous vantage point. None appear to have been opened; he might be pleased to find that the one he delves into opens easily, and contains what appears to be a rather large pistol, finished in black, with a strange symbol shaped vaguely like an omega emblazoned in dark green around the barrel. In fact, the bore is too large to be a normal firearm, though messing with what seem like the normal controls for its mechanisms gets the entire back of the weapon to slide out, revealing a loading ramp and the empty chamber. There is no magazine, so one must reload after each shot. Curiously, no light can be seen through the weapon if he takes the step of looking through the bore, either from the chamber or muzzle end; the weapon must work on other principles.

The pistol is the chest's only contents; if Fayyaad bothers to try and close the lid of the chest after removing its contents, it will stop just before closing, similar to the empty chest in the previous room.

[Degenburg Castle]

Electra hands the binoculars back to Dena, her expression not changing. Her voice over the comm is cold, detached and professional.

"Unless their lord is so confident in his own power to destroy whatever threat appears before him that the guards are more just there for show. But you're right. Still, only one way to find out which it is."

She follows Rein nonchalantly, though her eyes dart about, watching for both guards and any other threat that might present itself.

Devixer

2017-01-10, 11:07 PM

Mee

2017-01-10, 11:23 PM

Bountiful Forest

"It wasn't, no. But I had a lot of reasons to learn. The people back home, they don't really see the potential in these plants. They just look for the ones that dull pain." Idun shakes her head at that. "But I know they're capable of so much more.

Bountiful Forest -> Secluded Parking Spot

"There is definitely something to be said for the ones that can dull pain, but there's absolutely so much more they can do! I'm even more excited to let you through my books, now! I think you'll really enjoy them." As Grace finishes saying that, she pulls out a set of keys, and pushes a button on them, popping open the trunk of her car.
Her car is actually very nice. It's not a luxury car, nor any sort of sports car. Just a very high end, standard, four door car. With seat warmers. She was very emphatic about that at the dealership.
"Do you want to store anything for the trip there?" She asks, putting her own stuff back into the trunk of the car.

Devixer

2017-01-10, 11:54 PM

Mee

2017-01-11, 12:00 AM

Secluded Parking Spot

Idun is transfixed by the sight of the car. She had never seen metal shaped like this. It was so smooth, too. "Ah, I'll be fine. I expected to be walking, so I only took what I could carry."

Secluded Parking Spot

"Oh, perfectly fair! Hop on in. The handle's right there." Grace kind of points around the car in the general direction of the door handle, as she opens her own door and sits inside.
She then spends a bit going over things like seat-belts, and if Idun expressed any sort of interest, she gladly explained how the engine worked, exactly how it worked, and whatever else Idun might ask about it. Until she was sure Idun was ready to get going.

Reinholdt

2017-01-11, 01:47 AM

[Degenburg Castle]

"Thank you," Reinholdt tells the guard before heading in, traversing his way to the courtyard at a leisurely pace, glancing up from time to time. Storm looks like it'll be bad. Might have to stay here until passes.

He'll wait until he believes they're out of earshot before addressing Dena. "Oi. I thought you said Sszinyon was chased off by a paladin?"

gooddragon1

2017-01-11, 03:24 PM

[Redbrick Falls]

>Kharja pops into existence.
>Kharja begins collecting small (one size category below medium) sized rocks to create a rock snowman (a snowman made of rocks).

Morty

2017-01-11, 03:38 PM

[Ruins]

So far, so good. Fayyaad is largely unfamiliar with firearms, but this could come in handy. He figures he'll have time to check one more chest before the wall of fire fades, so he does just that.

[Dragon's Memory]

...if that is so, then the future you come from is a grim one, the fae says, slowly. They peer into the distance, without seeing. "It means we've lost and the Fairest of Lands are gone."

Shadowcaller

2017-01-11, 05:11 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

Dena takes a quick look around, making sure no one was really around, or there were open windows or the like. "I heard that was the case, and we came to check out if it was still true or not. As I suspected, it is not. Sszinyon is back and we're going to have a little talk with him." She turns to Electra. "Electra, this place is shielded from teleportation right? I need to know for sure." She had something they could use otherwise. Knowing if it was or not was essential for the plan. She then turns back to Rein. "So how much do you know about Sszunyon? Do you think he can be convinced to simply call the ninja off, or would he simply deny deny it until we starts threatening him? I need to know as much as possible about him, how good a fighter is he for instance? Does he have magic?"

[The Siege of VIGIL]

"I don't have time for this." The fiend states as it raises its hand, making the weapon bounce off a invisible barrier which seem to have formed near the demons open palm. "Your 'temple' is going to come under attack soon, Jaccalish, so you better stop playing around with mortals." Around the fiend reality seem to blur and flicker, giving away for a black structure which appears to lie underneath. Whoever the demon is speaking however, isn't answering.

Devixer

2017-01-11, 05:51 PM

Morty

2017-01-11, 05:54 PM

[The Siege of VIGIL]

The axe returns to Thariza's hand as the Charr snarls. The glow around her hands and weapons changes colour from purple to green, and a scream of fury can be heard, just this side of the edge of hearing. Thariza disappears and reappears next to the demon, bringing her mace down in an overhead slam. It's surrounded with a green light, and will punch through any defences much more easily. She dismisses the changing scenery for now.

Mee

2017-01-11, 06:02 PM

Secluded Parking Spot

Idun opens the door and clambers inside with more than a little trepidation. After hearing the explanation, she clicks on the seatbelt and is pretty quick to ask how this thing's supposed to go. She saw it had wheels, but it looked so heavy . . .

Secluded Parking Spot

And Grace gladly explains how the internal combustion engine works! How the engine expends fuel to create the force that, through a long roundabout process gets to the wheels, then the wheels turn, which because of the friction of the road causes the car to move because in a friction fight something has to give, and the car weighs less than the planet, but this doesn't really work where there's little friction like on ice, because then the tires just spin, an- . . .
"And I'm rambling. I'll just show you." With that, Grace turns the key in the ignition, and the car hums to life. The car itself is pretty quiet, though the sound system definitely is not, as it comes back to life in the middle of a song (https://youtu.be/7WDFUcjWARU?t=38s). It's somewhat loud, but not painfully so, and Grace quickly turns it down.

Devixer

2017-01-11, 08:54 PM

Mee

2017-01-11, 08:57 PM

Secluded Parking Spot

Idun jumps as the car starts. She sort of understood what was happening, but the subtle vibration coupled with the song was still a shock to someone for whom the most advanced bit of technology in the world was a siege tower.

Secluded Parking Spot

"Sorry about that. I forgot I had music going." Grace gives Idun a few moments to settle down, before she starts moving the car. "Is theeere anywhere you want to go first? We could hit up a book store? Local college probably has a bookstore. Library?"

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-11, 09:56 PM

[Ruins]

Well, if Fayyaad wants to learn about this particular weapon, he's just hit the jackpot. The second chest's contents are three boxes, each one containing about 20 or so shells, each box containing a different color: red in one, blue in a second, and green in a third. The boxes are made of metal, but any markings on them have long since faded away. After removing the boxes, he might note that there's an odd recess in the bottom of the chest: a second compartment. Opening this reveals a 5-shell carrier that can be attached to a belt, filled with 5 shells that are yet a different color: an ominous black. All of the shells are the same uniform size; they lack any apparent primer, but it's obvious which end is which since there's something of a taper to them, and a recessed band near the wide end, obviously meant for the pistol's extractor. There's also no bullet obvious on the smaller end, just a rounded dome that barely protrudes from the mouth of the case, and it's the same color as the rest of the shell.

While Fayyaad extracts his prizes, the robots continue their plodding advance, pausing occasionally to fire their ineffective explosives at him despite the barrier.

[Degenburg Castle]

"I'm not entirely sure. Normally I get an alert if I get redirected due to a barrier. This time, I didn't," Electra explains quietly, in case anyone can hear them. "Let me run a check."

Her irises will glow briefly while she queries the barrier sensor in her EV unit, and sets up a small alert bubble on her internal HUD. The sensor will tell her if teleportation is not possible due to either technological or magical barriers, such as dimensional lock spells, or specialized force fields meant to deter such travel, though in the case of the former, it won't tell her why she can't teleport, just that she can't. The alert bubble will light up when/if she passes into such fields, and go out once she's past the edge of the effect. Once she's set this up, her irises will stop glowing. While she gets set up, she'll quietly listen to what Dena and Rein work out on Sszinyon, following along if they continue to move.

Devixer

2017-01-11, 11:23 PM

Mee

2017-01-11, 11:45 PM

Secluded Parking Spot

"College? You mean like the Academy?" Idun both looks and sounds confused. Her gaze is pretty squarely outside the windshield, though. They were going so much faster than any horse! How was that possible?

On the road again! Somewhere!

"Something like, yeah! Here, colleges are a lot more common, so there's never any single 'this is the only place for research and study' or whatnot." And indeed they were! By the magic of cars, they were travelling quite fast! Though Grace, being a good driver, followed the speed limits, began slowing down well in time so she never needed to slam on her brakes last second, and always used her turn signals. "I take it back home you guys only ever had the one place?"

Devixer

2017-01-12, 12:07 AM

Mee

2017-01-12, 12:11 AM

On the Road

"Well, if you're Valnessan and training to be a mage, yeah. Otherwise they won't let you past the door." Idun remembers being turned away without even getting the chance to explain herself.

Road Trip

"Wooooow. Here, pretty much, you just kinda walk in. If you want to take classes, then you have to pay, but aside from that it's just a walk in and you can act like you own the place. You might need to be a student to borrow things from the library, but they won't stop you from going in and just reading. And anyone can buy from their bookstores. They just want money." Grace shook her head slightly, thinking about just how inclusive that Academy sounded. Didn't sound fun.
"Oh, and if you want music, the radio is right there." She, of course, follows up with which buttons and knobs do what, so if Idun wanted to put on some rockin' tunes, she could absolutely do that.

Reinholdt

2017-01-12, 01:27 AM

[Degenburg Castle]

"Alright hold up," Reinholdt says, stopping for a moment. "Can someone please explain to me what we're trying to do here and why? At first we were looking for family to contact about Raril's condition and then we somehow magically trailed the assassin here via unknown means and came here presumably trying to figure out who hired him maybe? Except that was just me guessing because it kinda seemed reasonable, and now you wish to know how well Sszinyon can hold his own and no seriously, what the hell is the plan here? I'm good at winging it, but even I need to know to what end. What are we trying to accomplish?"

Shadowcaller

2017-01-12, 02:23 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

Ah, the drawback of constant telepathic-like communication. "Okay, I'll try to summarize it quickly. When the assassin escape the tavern, I managed to send my drone, Violet, after him, and it tracked him to this castle. After looking it up, I saw Sszinyon's name mentioned in the information blurb I found, which immediately made me suspect that he might have something to do with all this. Family always have some reason to dislike one another after all. So after finding out that he indeed has returned, I'd like to have a chat with him. However, I'm not sure he is all that eager to talk to us if he really did send that assassin, he might even get violent, or we might have to get violent with him. Whatever the case, I would like to know a bit more about the guy so I know what we're getting into." She explains.

[The Siege of VIGIL]

The axe returns to Thariza's hand as the Charr snarls. The glow around her hands and weapons changes colour from purple to green, and a scream of fury can be heard, just this side of the edge of hearing. Thariza disappears and reappears next to the demon, bringing her mace down in an overhead slam. It's surrounded with a green light, and will punch through any defences much more easily. She dismisses the changing scenery for now.

[The Siege of VIGIL]

The demon holds up its arm to block the blow in the last second, and the mace smashes into the demons armor, creating cracks along its entire arm. "Mistake." The demon grunts through the pain, reaching out to touch Thariza's arm before she has the chance to pull back. If it manages to touch her, she will find the arm the demon touched to be completely immobile, bond by some demonic enchantment.

Deathkeeper

2017-01-12, 03:00 PM

[Dragon's Memory]

...if that is so, then the future you come from is a grim one, the fae says, slowly. They peer into the distance, without seeing. "It means we've lost and the Fairest of Lands are gone."

Dragon's Memory

Jace throws up his hands.
"That seems to be the impression I got from them. But what am I doing now? " he asks, starting to get impatient with the fae. He didn't come here to play forty(twenty!)twenty-questions with a dead fairy.

Morty

2017-01-12, 07:14 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad decides there's no time to search the other chests. He grabs the shells and makes his way towards the doors at the end. The fire barrier parts before him, and then disappears altogether. At that point, Fayyaad will duck behind the nearest pillar and continue his withdrawal from there.

[The Siege of VIGIL]

Thariza leans back as her arm stiffens, blinking away from the demon in a flurry of green smoke. When she reappears, the arm seems to be working fine, and she circles the demon menacingly.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-12, 10:47 PM

[Ruins]

The robots turn to follow him in their plodding gate, firing more of those bombs after him, but he's easily able to evade them. Unfortunately, they seem to have locked onto him somehow, because hiding doesn't seem to deter their advance on his position. He can really only retreat to the room he came from; this room lacks any other doors. Still, the way to the door is relatively clear, at least, for the moment, and the door doesn't seem to be locked, either.

[Degenburg Castle]

Electra's irises stop glowing and she holds up a hand before interrupting quietly, looking to Dena.

"Sorry to interrupt, but in answer to your previous question, Dena, no, there's no shielding here. I think the redirect might have been due to certain minerals in the stone here causing interference with my system. It happens sometimes, and it requires some equipment I don't have to prevent. It's not dangerous, just annoying." She looks to Rein, and shrugs. "What Dena said is pretty much it, though I believe our end goal is to get him to recall his assassin and convince him to cancel the hit on Raril, if he indeed did send the assassin. If he didn't, then we need to find out who did, and do the same song and dance. Did I miss anything, Dena?"

Reinholdt

2017-01-13, 12:25 AM

[Degenburg Castle]

"That I can work with I suppose." It makes Rein's initial plan to offer to take over the BDD on Sszy's behalf after Raril's impending death, complete with kickbacks, as a method of determining if Sszinyon actually did send the assassin slightly less appealing. "I've told you everything I already know about the guy back at the bar. You know as much as I do." Which is roughly nothing.

"Do we have anything to offer him? When dealing with lords it's always best to have either a gift or a proposal at the ready."

Devixer

2017-01-13, 12:59 AM

Mee

2017-01-13, 01:09 AM

Road Trip

"I. . . don't really have any money." Idun's face falls at that. She'd never really set out to get rich quick with her alchemy, but she had to eat somehow.

She blinks. Music? Was that the noise coming out of the speakers? It sounded kind of nice, and it was completely new to her. Idun just listens to what's currently playing for now.

Road Trip!

"Oh, that's no problem! I've got plenty, and this is for a great cause! Also I'm sure we can find ways of you making your own, if you want to?"

Currently, the music playing was just more stuff (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqzBv3FYpr0) that Grace had on.

Morty

2017-01-13, 06:16 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad makes a dash for the door, zig-zagging to avoid the missiles. He tries to close the door behind him once he reaches it.

Shadowcaller

2017-01-13, 06:39 PM

[The Siege of VIGIL]

Thariza leans back as her arm stiffens, blinking away from the demon in a flurry of green smoke. When she reappears, the arm seems to be working fine, and she circles the demon menacingly.

[Ruins]

The robots turn to follow him in their plodding gate, firing more of those bombs after him, but he's easily able to evade them. Unfortunately, they seem to have locked onto him somehow, because hiding doesn't seem to deter their advance on his position. He can really only retreat to the room he came from; this room lacks any other doors. Still, the way to the door is relatively clear, at least, for the moment, and the door doesn't seem to be locked, either.

[Degenburg Castle]

Electra's irises stop glowing and she holds up a hand before interrupting quietly, looking to Dena.

"Sorry to interrupt, but in answer to your previous question, Dena, no, there's no shielding here. I think the redirect might have been due to certain minerals in the stone here causing interference with my system. It happens sometimes, and it requires some equipment I don't have to prevent. It's not dangerous, just annoying." She looks to Rein, and shrugs. "What Dena said is pretty much it, though I believe our end goal is to get him to recall his assassin and convince him to cancel the hit on Raril, if he indeed did send the assassin. If he didn't, then we need to find out who did, and do the same song and dance. Did I miss anything, Dena?"

[Degenburg Castle]

"I didn't really bring anything along." Dena admits, she didn't have much experience dealing with nobles. Not in this manner at least. She turns to her companion. "And I'm not giving away any of my gear to this guy. But if things do get rough, could you grapple Sszinyon and teleport him into the Riverside office, Electra? I'm sure Rein and I can get out of here on our own if it really comes down to that. Nonetheless, does anyone have anything to offer?"

[The Siege of VIGIL]

The demon watches her as she circles around and starts muttering a spell in some demonic language she does not understand. Whatever it is, it doesn't appear to be doing anything right now.

Morty

2017-01-13, 07:02 PM

[The Siege of VIGIL]

Thariza backs away, slowly, and starts circling around the demon. She finally takes the time to look around, as well. Something here doesn't add up, and she's only just now trying to pick out what it might be.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-13, 07:55 PM

[Ruins]

The door closes automatically after him. Strange that it wasn't locked to keep him in so the sentries could catch him, but whatever this place is, obviously something isn't right with the systems. The robots don't follow him; apparently, they can't open doors, which is handy, if not a little odd in and of itself. Still, Fayyaad has made it back into the main room, in one piece, no less. Two unexplored doors remain, one now straight ahead, and one on his left.

[Degenburg Castle]

Electra shakes her head in the negative, frowning.

"There's a reason I told you to try not to fight it when I teleport you. My system has problems trying to lock on to targets when they're moving around too much, even when I'm touching them. It's a security feature, as much as anything else, and I don't think we really have time to go over the details, but the short of it is that if he's fighting back, I can't teleport him, even if I have him grappled." She looks between the two, and reaches into her gauntlet, pulling out the pouch she had earlier, then shake two more diamonds into her hand. "This is all I have. It was payment for another job I picked up, and I didn't have a chance to deposit it. If it will help get us in the door, let's use it." She offers the diamonds to the pair.

Morty

2017-01-13, 07:58 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad decides to go straight ahead and explore the other side-room.

Reinholdt

2017-01-14, 07:11 AM

[Degenburg Castle]

Rein frowns slightly and holds up his hand. "Nah, that's ok. I've got something that can work. I'll just save it for if we get to the point where we're trying to bargain to get the assassin called off." He'd rather not be handing out stuff from his now rather limited pool of nifty and interesting stolen items, but it's better than making Electra give up all she has.

Morty

2017-01-14, 09:46 AM

Shadowcaller

2017-01-14, 11:03 AM

[Degenburg Castle]

"Alright, sounds good. Then in case he turns on us, we'll try to use him as a hostage for safe passage out of the castle. Got some poison that will make him more agreeable if that happens." The poison she had intended for Adir. "But hopefully everything can stay civil, our primary goal is just talking after all. Yet before we go in there and introduce ourselves, do we claim that Raril died or not? I'd say we go with the truth and say that he's still alive, unless someone has another idea."

Just don't mention Raril's memory loss, Electra.

Then can probably be assumed to enter after this question has been answered.

[The Siege of VIGIL]

The static is gone, yet the VIGIL she was in is gone along with Cessie, the other demons, and the bodies of the VIGIL member. It has been replaced by a gothic version of it, the interior and exterior is now as black as coal, with a black foreboding sky hanging above it, as it a storm is about to break lose.

But before she has much more time to consider this, the demon gestures with its outstretched palm towards her and utters what sounds like a command-word. It is attempting to drain the active magical energy Thariza has charged up, potentially emptying whatever pool of magical resources she uses, as well as removing magical beneficial (as well as negative) effects from her.

[Temple Assault]

As Cessie indicated, the temple is located in a swamp which makes walking to it rather difficult. The ground is soft and muddy, easily giving away for the three as they attempt to move through it with armor and all. One can see why the demons would hide their base in such a place, no one would willingly want to be here. Except the insects of course, swarms of mosquitoes greet them as they traverse through the water, likely using this as some sort of breeding ground judging by how many they are.

But as they walk, they might hear a growling voice coming from what appears to be a extensive root-system. "Pst, pig-skins, you stupid? Come here and hide."

8BitNinja

2017-01-14, 12:50 PM

[Temple Assault]

Wenomir leads the other two through a swamp, following Cessie's directions. He takes the opportunity to give Felandria and Steve some tips.

"The demons will probably try to separate us. We must not let them. Also, don't get bogged down fighting minor demons. They like throwing a lot of cannon fodder at us, so we must punch through to the leaders."

[Temple Assault]

As Cessie indicated, the temple is located in a swamp which makes walking to it rather difficult. The ground is soft and muddy, easily giving away for the three as they attempt to move through it with armor and all. One can see why the demons would hide their base in such a place, no one would willingly want to be here. Except the insects of course, swarms of mosquitoes greet them as they traverse through the water, likely using this as some sort of breeding ground judging by how many they are.

But as they walk, they might hear a growling voice coming from what appears to be a extensive root-system. "Pst, pig-skins, you stupid? Come here and hide."

Steve rides in on his horse with his lance drawn. He says "Understood, Wenomir. Stay frosty everyone."

((I will put a link to my character sheet on here soon if someone needs to know about my character))

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-14, 02:15 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad find himself in a long, relatively narrow hall that stretches back several hundred yards. There doesn't seem to be any chests in here, but he might be able to just make out a door at the other end of the hall, if his low-light vision is very good. More worrying is the presence of a number of smaller, floating robots in the same motif as the ones earlier, though these are shaped like an inverted hand fan, with a small spike on the tops of their heads (http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/2/2c/Foo-Roo.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/200?cb=20090807044734). Each one is about as tall as Fayyaad's forearm, and they float silently overhead in groups of 5 or 10. They don't seem to have noticed him yet, and apparently, the robots from earlier can't communicate with them, either. They're floating high enough that if he's minded to, Fayyaad could probably try to sprint underneath them, though it's hard to tell how fast they can actually move, since each one is simply floating in place. If he takes the time to look around, he might also note that there are a couple more of the holes in the walls like what he saw in the main room: cracks that give way to a hole large enough to put one's hand and arm into. They are roughly half-way down the hall, one in each wall, though, so getting to them without dealing with the floating robots first might be an issue.

[Degenburg Castle]

Electra shrugs, placing the diamonds back into the pouch, and the pouch back into its hiding place in her gauntlet.

"Alright, I'll just hang onto them, then." She looks to Dena and raises an eyebrow at the question. "You said you tracked the assassin here. It stands to reason that he's probably already met with Sszinyon, or whoever hired him. If that's the case, there's no reason to try and claim anything but the truth: that Raril survived the attempt, and we're here on his behalf to negotiate to keep him that way. I don't see a reason in this instance to try and claim anything else, unless you've got a better idea, Reinholdt." She looks to the treasure-hunter, tilting her head slightly in a curious manner.

"I didn't intend to mention that. I may not say much once we get in there; I think you and Reinholdt are going to be better negotiators in this instance than I am, and I'll be trying to watch your backs, anyways."

Morty

2017-01-14, 04:03 PM

[Ruins]

This is getting quite strange, in Fayyaad's opinion. Whatever happened here must have struck those machines dumb. That, or they normally rely on direct instructions from their creators, who are absent. He doesn't know much about technology. He hugs the wall on his left hand and moves quickly. If the robots react violently, at least they won't immediately surround him.

[The Siege of VIGIL]

Thariza feels her built-up energy from the Mists drain away, even though she never fully realized she'd been drawing on it. She snarls and charges the demon, attempting to very mundanely bludgeon it repeatedly with pure strength, muscle and training.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-14, 06:08 PM

[Ruins]

The robots don't seem to notice him as he hugs the left wall, at least at first. Once he reaches the center of the room, though, one of the ones up ahead catches a glimpse of his movement. Its eye glows, and like before, it makes an ominous double-beep before floating down towards him. He'll only have about 10 seconds to start running before it's on top of him.

Morty

2017-01-14, 06:30 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad decides to try something else this time. He curls his fingers, causing a flame to come to life around his left hand. He waits for the robot to get closer, then lashes out with the hand, causing a whip of intense flame to strike at the thing.

Felandria

2017-01-14, 10:48 PM

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-14, 11:27 PM

[Ruins]

The flame whip strikes the robot square in its "face". It's a good thing he used an attack that kept some distance between himself and the robot, as it explodes rather violently in a vaporizing fireball that almost reaches Fayyaad, stopping just short of his position. It leaves no trace of the bot when it fades out. Unfortunately, the motion of the whip does alert one of the bots behind him, and it starts closing in on him as well, but the "alert" sound it makes will make it easy for him to deduce where it's coming from, as it's not close.

Devixer

2017-01-15, 12:54 AM

Road Trip!

"Oh, that's no problem! I've got plenty, and this is for a great cause! Also I'm sure we can find ways of you making your own, if you want to?"

Currently, the music playing was just more stuff (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqzBv3FYpr0) that Grace had on.

Idun smiles at Grace. "You'd really help me? Thank you!" Maybe she could get some sort of catalog of the region's plants. "Could we go to one of these bookstores? If you don't mind?"

Mee

2017-01-15, 01:12 AM

Idun smiles at Grace. "You'd really help me? Thank you!" Maybe she could get some sort of catalog of the region's plants. "Could we go to one of these bookstores? If you don't mind?"

Road Trip!

"Yeah! Of course I would!" Grace replies cheerfully, grinning at Idun a bit. "Bookstore it is! I've been needing to pick up a few things!" With that, Grace takes the next exit, and drives them off to a happy little bookstore over in Inside!

Morty

2017-01-15, 06:07 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad keeps running down the hall. He'd rather not risk being caught in the blast when destroying another of the robots. Besides, those fireworks aren't as easy as he makes it look.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-15, 06:30 PM

[Ruins]

Several more of the robots seem to notice him as he runs for the other end of the hall, but he manages to make it to and through the door before they can catch up with him. The room on the other side of the door is large and hexagonal, with a pair of chests along the back wall, and an elevator like the one he rode into the ruin on in the center. A faded plaque above the chests is engraved with strange writing. At least there are no robots here, a no doubt welcome reprieve.

Morty

2017-01-15, 06:37 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad stops to catch his breath, and goes to search the room once he recovers. He starts by examining the chests. The elevator can wait.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-15, 07:11 PM

[Ruins]

The chests are identical to the ones he's been seeing, massive metal boxes that are painted a faded dark orange color. Neither appears to have been opened or touched in a long time.

Morty

2017-01-15, 07:16 PM

[Ruins]

The only thing to do is open them, which Fayyaad proceeds to do.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-15, 07:34 PM

[Ruins]

The first chest contains a rather large, old book. Not quite a tome, but similar in size. The writing inside takes a bit of deciphering, but just by the numbers, it appears to be a log of some sort. Puzzling out the entries might take quite a bit of time, as the book isn't written in a very common language, though if Fayyaad has access to a magical means of translation, it would take considerably less time.

The second chest contains what appears to be the hilt of a sword. A black handle, with a very simple silver cross guard and hexagonally shaped pommel. No blade is present, but then, perhaps it doesn't need one, as at where the blade would meet the cross guard, there is a red crystal, and upon close examination, there's a hidden switch on the cross guard. Pressing it causes a red energy blade to spring to life from the crystal, with the whole apparatus thrumming ominously. It throws quite a bit of light, as well. Despite being an energy blade, the weapon is finely balanced and easy to wield. A fine addition, if one needs a sword.

Morty

2017-01-15, 08:12 PM

[Ruins]

Now this is a fine find. Fayyaad is used to metal swords, but this looks like it'll do nicely. He closes the chests and goes to examine the elevator. Does it go up, or down?

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-15, 08:20 PM

[Ruins]

The elevator seems to be in it upmost position; it has buttons for both up and down, but if the first one was an indicator of how these things work in this place, then it's already in its upmost position, as there's no hole in the ceiling for the platform to rise through. Pressing the up button confirms this, as the elevator doesn't move, though it will if the down button is pressed.

Morty

2017-01-15, 08:36 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad considers it for a moment, before deciding to head down in the elevator. He'd rather not face those robots again unless he's sure he has to.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-15, 09:25 PM

[Ruins]

The elevator whirrs for awhile, and finally slowly grinds to a halt in a cavernous, irregularly shaped room, on top of what seems like a large "island" that's raised 10 feet above the lower floor. And it's a good thing, too, because no less than six large, roughly humanoid robots (http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/1/12/Largesharukurusu.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110803054022), made in the same style as the ones he's seen previously, are stomping around rather loudly on the floor below. Each is a different color, and their legs seem to connect at their shoulders, while their arms end in long, dangerous points. On occasion, one will leap into the air, not high enough to get onto the platform, but high enough that their pointed heads can be seen, as each is roughly 7 feet tall. None seem to have noticed Fayyaad yet. At the longest end of the room, on the lower level, there's another door, and in the space between the wall and the island he's on, also on the lower floor, is another chest. By the way these robots move, Fayyaad most likely won't be able to outrun them in a straight line, though they don't seem to be that dexterous, so he may be able to outmaneuver them, if they don't corner him first.

Reinholdt

2017-01-16, 03:26 AM

[Degenburg Castle]

"Alright, sounds good. Then in case he turns on us, we'll try to use him as a hostage for safe passage out of the castle. Got some poison that will make him more agreeable if that happens." The poison she had intended for Adir. "But hopefully everything can stay civil, our primary goal is just talking after all. Yet before we go in there and introduce ourselves, do we claim that Raril died or not? I'd say we go with the truth and say that he's still alive, unless someone has another idea."

Just don't mention Raril's memory loss, Electra.

Then can probably be assumed to enter after this question has been answered.

[Degenburg Castle]
Electra shrugs, placing the diamonds back into the pouch, and the pouch back into its hiding place in her gauntlet.

"Alright, I'll just hang onto them, then." She looks to Dena and raises an eyebrow at the question. "You said you tracked the assassin here. It stands to reason that he's probably already met with Sszinyon, or whoever hired him. If that's the case, there's no reason to try and claim anything but the truth: that Raril survived the attempt, and we're here on his behalf to negotiate to keep him that way. I don't see a reason in this instance to try and claim anything else, unless you've got a better idea, Reinholdt." She looks to the treasure-hunter, tilting her head slightly in a curious manner.

"I didn't intend to mention that. I may not say much once we get in there; I think you and Reinholdt are going to be better negotiators in this instance than I am, and I'll be trying to watch your backs, anyways."

[Degenburg Castle]

"Yeah, no point in claiming Raril is dead without proof," Reinholdt says after a moment to process what Dena just said about poison. Was that a snake thing or a Dena thing and which of those is scarier?

Shaking his head, he moves towards the door to head inside. "Let's go."

Morty

2017-01-16, 01:08 PM

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-16, 03:52 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

"Right." Electra moves to follow Dena and Reinholdt, glancing around, making note of guards, their positions and weapons, as they head inside, as much out of habit as out of caution.

Morty

2017-01-16, 04:41 PM

[Ruins]

Hmm. Fayyaad isn't very confident in his ability to outmanoeuvre the robots, so he decides on a daring plan. When one of them comes up to the platform, he takes a running jump at its head. There, he clings to it and hopes it confuses the robots.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-16, 04:53 PM

[Ruins]

The bot alerts as soon as Fayyaad grabs onto it with that same ominous double-beep. It staggers with his weight and tries to reach back to scrape him off, but its arms can't quite reach him. It shakes its shoulders back and forth, and staggers around a bit more, as three more of the bots also alert and rapidly close in on their compromised comrade, running quickly towards the pair, their singular eyes glowing with murderous intent.

Morty

2017-01-16, 05:20 PM

[Ruins]

Will the robots fire on their fellow guardian? Fayyaad would rather not take this chance. He tries to turn around on the robot's head, to shift his weight and give it a different target. The goal is to make it stagger in the direction of the door. Or possibly one of the other robots.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-16, 05:37 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad manages to get the robot turned towards the door, and it staggers in that direction. However, that's where two of the alerted bots are coming from, and rapidly. When they get close, one will leap, raising its arm and swiping downwards, clubbing at its comrade and Fayyaad. The other will make a lunging motion, skidding on its feet with the points on its arm aimed straight at its comrade's body. Obviously, it intends to skewer both its comrade and Fayyaad on the points and rip them to pieces, as that part of the robot's arm spins quickly, lending it more penetrating power. The third alerted bot is closing in from the rear, but isn't as close as the two coming from the front, and Fayyaad will have several seconds after the first two attack before the third will be a threat.

8BitNinja

2017-01-16, 06:04 PM

[Temple Assault]

Wenomir sighs and raises his eyes to the sky.

"Here we go again... we're not here to hide, we're here to kill demons. So you won't stop us, but any information you can give us will be appreciated."

"Tell me which ones I need to skewer." Says Steve. "Also, remember, reinforcements from HALO are coming, so we'll get more help soon."

Shadowcaller

2017-01-16, 06:14 PM

[Temple Assault]

As Wenomir might have expected, he can see a gnoll wearing a hat made out of twigs, sitting up in the branches holding a spear. "So are we, stupid pig-man." It replies with a snarl. "Why be here otherwise? But if you just walk up, you all die! You have to be smart, like us, and sneak." The gnoll peers at Felandria and Steve. "Why is he on horse? All horse is good for here is eating."

[Degenburg Castle]

So they enter!

[The Siege of VIGIL]

The demon smiles and then suddenly raises its arm while charging towards Thariza, attempting to slam its armored elbow right into her stomach, using its superior size to break through any guard she can put up.

Morty

2017-01-16, 06:19 PM

[Ruins]

When the clubbing robot comes close, Fayyaad jumps off the one he'd been latching onto, towards the incoming machine. As he falls, he'll thrust his fingers forward, creating a short, intense beam of fire. He hopes to cut a gash in the robot and see how durable they are.

[The Siege of VIGIL]

Thariza takes the hit and her breath is knocked out of her. She drops to one knee briefly, before suddenly rising up and blindly swinging both her weapons downwards on the demon's shoulders.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-16, 06:33 PM

[Ruins]

The robot isn't dexterous enough to alter its course through the air as Fayyaad leaps off and creates the beam. The robot's armor is thick, yes, but not thick enough to prevent it from getting a new gash along the side of its body, and the impact is enough to alter its momentum that when it lands, instead of clubbing its comrade, it lands on top of it, knocking both robots over. The skewering robot slams into the heap, causing the one Fayyaad was clinging to to explode, an explosion which engulfs the other two before they can react, destroying all three, sending machine parts flying everywhere, along with small pieces of blue and purple crystals.

Morty

2017-01-16, 06:45 PM

[Ruins]

That certainly worked better than the adventurer had expected. Amidst all the carnage and exploding robots, he makes a dash for the door.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-16, 06:58 PM

[Ruins]

The explosion briefly hides him from the one approaching from the rear, and it pauses, giving him enough time to sprint to the door and get through it. He finds himself in another long hall, but this one is thankfully devoid of robots, instead containing five doors: two in the left wall, two in the right, and one at the end. Another chest sits in the center of the hall, looking as though it hasn't been touched in centuries.

Morty

2017-01-16, 07:06 PM

[Ruins]

This place is certainly sprawling. Fayyaad hopes he won't have to wander these halls for hours before finding this crystal that their employer wants. Or get lost. He starts by opening the chest, as usual.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-16, 07:13 PM

[Ruins]

The chest contains a rather strange-looking key. It's small, colored blue, and has almost no shaft, instead just a large cylinder that tapers down to a smaller one with a single piece of metal jutting off of it. The top of the cylinder contains a red, spherical gem, while around the side are strange runes similar to the writing in the book he found earlier. He hasn't seen any doors that require a key yet, so it's a good bet it's meant for something deeper in, though what remains a mystery.

Felandria

2017-01-16, 07:21 PM

[The Siege Of VIGIL]

Fel laughs.

Hiding and sneaking, that's funny.

Nah, I'm here to smash and slice and generally tear through the enemy like tissue paper.

If we hide and sneak, it would delay my fun.

8BitNinja

2017-01-16, 07:56 PM

[Temple Assault]

As Wenomir might have expected, he can see a gnoll wearing a hat made out of twigs, sitting up in the branches holding a spear. "So are we, stupid pig-man." It replies with a snarl. "Why be here otherwise? But if you just walk up, you all die! You have to be smart, like us, and sneak." The gnoll peers at Felandria and Steve. "Why is he on horse? All horse is good for here is eating."

"First of all, I don't sneak. Plate armor is too clunky to sneak in, but it can take a lot of hits. Also, "horse" is my friend, and you can't eat him either, not even if I let you. He's a celestial warhorse, and he can't die. If you hurt him, he'll just go to the upper planes for a little bit and heal. Besides, he makes my lance actually useful." says Steve.

Morty

2017-01-17, 10:54 AM

[Temple Assault]

"So what is your plan, then?" Wenomir asks, patiently enough. Neither of his people is a sneaky type, but it still might be useful information.

Shadowcaller

2017-01-17, 05:05 PM

Morty

2017-01-17, 07:21 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad pockets the key. This place is extensive. It must have taken a lot of effort, time and resources to build. Why is it abandoned now? He's seen no traces of people, just the machines and the cracks in the walls. He supposes it's not his job to find out. He approaches the first door on the left and tries to open it.

8BitNinja

2017-01-17, 07:23 PM

[Temple Assault]

The gnoll growls at Felandria and Steve, before looking at Wenomir. "Perhaps you more clever than other pig-skins. VIGIL-leader, right? Me and pack has been trying to get inside for weeks. But the problem is lake, soon as you try to swim out, you get eaten!" The gnoll lets out a whine. "What we need is bait, distraction. Something they can eat while we get across the lake." He glances at Steve. "Dark ones hate divine things, right? it is not like horse is much use in swamp anyway."

"If I might interject, I think I have something that can help" says Steve. "Hates divine things you say? I might be able to see them then. I'm not saying your plan is bad, but I might help in helping you kill whatever is in there." Steve closes his eyes and prays "Champion of Righteousness, please lend to your servant your divine sight to root out wickedness" (Detect Evil) and then opens his eyes. If the creature is evil, Steve will be able to see it clearly, no matter what camouflage it may have.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-17, 08:33 PM

[Ruins]

The door opens easily, in the same manner as all of the others up to this point. This room is rectangular, and the walls have been damaged. Several places hold spider-cracked impacts roughly the size of a human fist, or a human skull. The damage doesn't appear to have been recent, but there was obviously a battle of some sort here at one point. In the far left corner sits a computer terminal, still active after however many years ago this place was abandoned. In the opposite corner sit two more chests. The glow from the terminal's display casts the room in an eerie light, but perhaps it holds some answers about this place.

Green Elf

2017-01-17, 10:48 PM

Felandria

2017-01-18, 03:10 AM

[Temple Assault]

Pardon me for asking a possibly dumb question, but, why swim when we could fly or take a boat?

Morty

2017-01-18, 03:42 PM

[Temple Assault]

Wenomir shakes his head. It's been a while since someone called him smart.

"I assume the temple is underwater. Which presents a whole new set of problems. What exactly lurks down there?"

[Ruins]

Fayyaad heads straight for the terminal. It looks like it could finally contain some information. That said, this room is more demolished than the previous ones, which bodes poorly.

[The Siege of VIGIL]

Thariza's left arm is paralysed, but the right one continues to bludgeon the demon. The Charr is determined to go down fighting, since no other option presents itself.

Shadowcaller

2017-01-18, 06:23 PM

[Temple Assault]

The gnoll glares at the newcomer, even more pigskins? Well, three was a bit few, but these people were crazy in more than one way.
Steve will see that there isn't anything evil lurking in the trees. They can't see the temple yet though, there are trees and vegetation in the way, not to mention a lot of water.
"Not underwater, but entrance is." The gnoll gestures towards the sky. "Big temple appeared here months ago, then it start to sink into swamp, so the dark ones attempt to clear it, but it just turn into lake." He explains. "So now they use it, putting nasty creatures of mist down there to protect it. We do not what they look like, they hide in the mist."

[The Siege of VIGIL]

The demon raises its hand while uttering another spell when a cold metallic voice calls out. "That's enough Sargon. This battle is now over. You have done good."

The fiend lets out a loud growl attempts to slam Thariza in the stomach and then disengage as a metallic creature that could be best described as a mix between a hyena and a spider approaches the demon from behind. Thariza might notice that VIGIL is now gone and they're now in a black room with these blue crystals socketed into the walls.

8BitNinja

2017-01-18, 07:37 PM

((Sorry to jump in the scene without notice. No one replied to my OOC post and I'm supposed to be here anyway, so I thin in okay on this one.))
[Temple Assault]

An elven ranger (Luvon) with some of technology including weird blue discs, magic, and nonmagical arrows walks in behind the rest of the group, swords drawn. He has leather armor with chain underneath with two steel swords, two steel daggers, and an elvish bow.
"So, can anyone catch me up on what's going on here?" He asks.

[Temple Assault]

Wenomir shakes his head. It's been a while since someone called him smart.

"I assume the temple is underwater. Which presents a whole new set of problems. What exactly lurks down there?"

Steve looks at the ranger and says "Luvon, it's about time you arrived. You got our reinforcements? By the way, these are yours." he says as he looses a large saddlebag which hits the ground. "They're silver weapons, you're going to need them." Inside the bag are two silver swords and three quivers full of silver arrows. Steve then says "I have an idea in how you can help. Can't you hide from animals? Maybe if they're animals, you can swim down underwater and stab these monsters while you are at no danger from them. Unless you have a better idea." He then addresses everyone and says "I can't see anything, there's probably too much non evil vegetation screwing up my search. Either that, or it just might be giant fish. And before you ask, I am not being redundant or obvious when stating non evil plants. I've seen them before, and it would be easy for them to hide here too."

Morty

2017-01-18, 08:26 PM

[The Siege of VIGIL]

Thariza backs away, bent over from the blow. She looks around frantically.

"Where in the Mists am I?"

Green Elf

2017-01-18, 08:39 PM

Luvon drops his swords and picks up the silver ones. He also takes the arrows. "So, your dealing with some non-evil creature in the water. Can you detect chaos? I could see if it was a monster it an animal. And also, do we need to go in the water, or just get across?"

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-18, 09:13 PM

[Ruins]

The terminal displays what seems to be a text-based menu in a language Fayyaad can actually read. The options are simple and as follows:

1. Logs
2. Power System Status
3. Dimensional Lock Status

Across the bottom, there's a system version, along with a date field that displays odd characters instead of an actual numerical date.

Felandria

2017-01-19, 03:29 AM

Temple Assault

Fel smacks her forehead.

Wait, guys.

I'm half storm giant, I can breathe underwater.

Plus, I really doubt there's anything down there that can eat me.

Morty

2017-01-19, 10:38 AM

[Temple Assault]

Wenomir shakes his head. Time to remind everyone who's in charge of this expedition.

"Settle down, everyone. We're not getting into the water unless we know something. Felandria, shoot some lightning at the lake. This might aggravate whatever lives down there enough to show itself."

This situation strikes him as a logical consequence of building a massive castle in a swamp. But the demons aren't very bright, at the end of the day.

[Ruins]

Fayyaad begins with the logs. Maybe someone wrote down what happened here.

Shadowcaller

2017-01-19, 11:17 AM

[Temple Assault]

To be fair, the temple was teleported there, and they hadn't meant it to be in a swamp in the first place.
But with that in mind, it should be noted that they still can't see the temple yet, nor anything that resemble a lake. There is large pools of water, with streams running in-between them, but nothing that could be accurately described as a lake.
Whatever Steve could determine, he hasn't actually reached the temple, or the lake which formed underneath it, yet.
"So you can take temple on own now? Hmph, we still get spoils. We found it first." The gnoll insists as it gets down on the ground. "You get... four parts of ten, yes? Very fair." He lifts four fingers into the air. "Good. Agreement made, now temple is close." The gnoll pushes away some hanging vegetation with his spear and steps further into the swamp, gesturing for them to follow. "See mist? That's the area where temple is." They can see mist in the distance. If Steve would use his evil-o-vision on the mist he can see that it radiates intense evil.

It should be noted that the area in front of them is nearly just mud and water. Someone heavy, like say, a giant, someone in heavy armor, or a horse, are likely to start to sink into the swamp if they move across it. The gnoll, dressed only in rags, can freely move across the swamp however.

[The Siege of VIGIL]

The demon called Sargon steps back, rubbing the shoulder Thariza kept hacking on as it winches in pain. "I'm not under your command, Soghv, and we have better things to do." It says with a growl.

"Once I'm done." The golem-thing replies as it turns all its six eyes towards Thariza. They glow with a pale blue light, and suddenly the golem-thing has been replaced by a male Charr dressed in a black robe. "Hello, Thariza. I am Jaccalish, the third Legion, and I bear the unfortunate news that you have been brought back from afterlife by me. It was not my intention to prolong your suffering, yet I assure you that I did it with the best of intentions."

McBish

2017-01-19, 03:24 PM

8BitNinja

2017-01-19, 06:27 PM

Temple Assault

Fel smacks her forehead.

Wait, guys.

I'm half storm giant, I can breathe underwater.

Plus, I really doubt there's anything down there that can eat me.

[Temple Assault]

To be fair, the temple was teleported there, and they hadn't meant it to be in a swamp in the first place.
But with that in mind, it should be noted that they still can't see the temple yet, nor anything that resemble a lake. There is large pools of water, with streams running in-between them, but nothing that could be accurately described as a lake.
Whatever Steve could determine, he hasn't actually reached the temple, or the lake which formed underneath it, yet.
"So you can take temple on own now? Hmph, we still get spoils. We found it first." The gnoll insists as it gets down on the ground. "You get... four parts of ten, yes? Very fair." He lifts four fingers into the air. "Good. Agreement made, now temple is close." The gnoll pushes away some hanging vegetation with his spear and steps further into the swamp, gesturing for them to follow. "See mist? That's the area where temple is." They can see mist in the distance. If Steve would use his evil-o-vision on the mist he can see that it radiates intense evil.

It should be noted that the area in front of them is nearly just mud and water. Someone heavy, like say, a giant, someone in heavy armor, or a horse, are likely to start to sink into the swamp if they move across it. The gnoll, dressed only in rags, can freely move across the swamp however.

Steve looks at the area that he pointed at and says "Hold up guys, I might be able to see how much of a fight we are going to have." He closes his eyes, and prays ""Champion of Righteousness, please lend to your servant your divine sight to root out wickedness" (Detect Evil). He then opens his eyes and says "That mist is blocking me. The whole thing is radiating with evil. It also looks like our more tanky comrades, including myself, won't get very far. Do any of you know how the heavier of us can get through?"

Green Elf

2017-01-19, 06:38 PM

Artemis97

2017-01-19, 08:15 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

When the trio of investigators enter the castle proper, they will find themselves in a large entryway with a staircase leading up and to the right, and a pair of large double doors to the left. Behind the doors, a crowd can be heard to be gathered, talking and laughing.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-19, 09:57 PM

[Ruins]

The logs only have a handful of entries, and display in an order of oldest to newest, with the two newest displaying date tags that are gibberish compared to the others. The date codes don't match ones used in the Nexus, so it's a good bet this ruin came from some other dimension. The first three are relatively boring, just technical descriptions of equipment in the ruins, along with power classes and other things that don't make much sense without more context that isn't provided, though Fayyaad can glean from them that this was a back-up extradimensional research facility at one point in time. The last log with a sensible date code mentions the facility being sealed for storage and automated sentries linked to something called 'System HQ' being stationed there.

The next entry, the first with a gibberish date code, however, is much more useful. It's written in a completely different style, the text of which displays as though the computer is having difficulty reading the memory where it resides, though the text appears complete:

Date: )*(&&%$%
Entry: We've managed to contain the entity here, though it's come at great cost. We're lucky Medea was able to tell us about this place; without the equipment, we'd have no chance to seal it. Now comes the difficult part: getting him into the portal. Gravity says he should be able to hold the host until the sealing can be done, and Sechs has volunteered to act as bait to get him in the right place. We're only going to get one shot at this, and after the others' sacrifice, we have to make it count. The Xar have been taking turns acting as sentry while we get set up for the final phase, knocking the creature back into the four or so rooms adjacent to the portal chamber and keeping it out while we work, but even they are beginning to fatigue. It's only a matter of time before they fall. We must hurry, or this will be the end.

The following entry is much more broken. The system seems to have trouble displaying it all, and after a few minutes of viewing, the system will crash back to the menu that came up when Fayyaad first accessed the terminal. Still, what he can get is useful enough:

Date: !@#%$
Entry: !@##$%@#$ successful. The entity is trapped, though two of the Xar Masters were killed, along with Gravity and Sechs. #@$@#$%@#$!$#%^^&&*% Jubei says even through all of this, the seal isn't permanent. By his estimation, it will take the entity roughly 100 years, but it will eventually devour the dimensional locks that imprison it. He says he's got a plan, but he will need to have us seek other Xar to help. I don't like this one bit, but there's no going back. We've managed to buy Terra some time. I just pray it's enough. The way @#$%#evourer destroyed #@$@, I'm not sure who else could stand against it. This is all we can do. If you read this, @#!$@#%$^#$%^&&^*!@#$ on't @#$%$# refractors. And @#!$$%$#. G0012341234.

Well, this just got complicated.

[Degenburg Castle]

Electra looks up the staircase to the right, before gesturing towards the door to Dena and Rein.

"After you."

Shadowcaller

2017-01-19, 10:02 PM

Reinholdt

2017-01-20, 01:31 AM

[Degenburg Castle]

Oh choices choices. They could try sneaking up the stairs and exploring the castle for potential blackmail material to- oh. Dena's just going for the door. All right then. Reinholdt follows, but tries to listen in on the crowd to get a feel for if they're discussing one particular event or just a myriad of normal courtly things.

Recaiden

2017-01-20, 04:09 PM

Beyond the moons above the city of Inside two space crafts slowly float towards the planet. One is blocky, about the size of eight school buses stacked two high two long. It has a large transparent bubble at the front showing a crowded cockpit that looked like it use to have three work stations. Now those three seem jury rigged into one. On the back of this craft there what is colloquially called the claw. It does have pinching fingers it can use but is far more likely to use the tractor beam technology in it to hold onto anything.

In this case anything is the second ship. This ship I much bigger than the other. Shapped like a bike tire with a large hub, some might think the ship looks like a space station. The central hub is circular with a diameter of about 75 meters. Around thirty "spokes" connect this hub to the outer ring which forms a circle with a diameter of 250 meters. Each spoke bends and twists in a slightly different way, some in obvious geometric patterns others seemingly random.

This is the ship broadcasting the hologram down to Trog's.

From within the orbit of the moons one guy in a spacesuit zips rapidly towards the drifting ships. He adjusts his angle and posture relative to the magical thrusters on his hands and feet so as to start slowing down and come on a course that will intersect with the smaller tow-ship. He aims generally for the cockpit, keeping an eye out for hatches or gaping holes in the side of the hull.
A message is sent down to his helpers on the Nexus surface. "You seeing this? It's pretty huge; I don't think I'll be able to push it into orbit or anything myself."

Yes, the signal is coming from the other one, but this has a visible control center and looks more mobile.

Felandria

2017-01-20, 04:33 PM

[Temple Assault]

Felandria smiles broadly.

Now you're talking my language, Wenomir.

She pulls the Lightning gun out of its holster and readies it.

Then she tests the ground and her foot quickly sinks.

Yeah, that's not happening.

Felandria aves an arm and casts a Fly spell on herself.

Morty

2017-01-20, 06:00 PM

[The Siege of VIGIL]

Thariza lets out a low, rumbling growl. It seems she can't quite muster the kind of rage she'd like to, though.

"You brought me back? Why? Couldn't you just let me finally rest?"

[Ruins]

Fayyaad frowns. This just got a lot heavier than he thought going in. The people here tried to contain some sort of creature, and succeeded... but now it got out, or is close to doing so. He wonders if their employer knows something about it, or if he really does just want a particular crystal. Probably the former. He goes to check the Dimensional Lock status. Is it still intact?

8BitNinja

2017-01-20, 07:53 PM

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-20, 10:28 PM

[Ruins]

The terminal flashes a screen full of gibberish briefly before crashing back to the menu when Fayyaad tries to access the lock status. Surely, though, if the logs are true, there must be another terminal somewhere linked to the lock system. A place holding something that important would be foolish not to have redundancies. Perhaps one can be found further in.

McBish

2017-01-21, 11:19 AM

There are no gaping holes in the ship. One side of it is burnt and small holes seem to be hastily patched. There are three hatches on the smaller ship. One large at the top center, a smaller one near the front on one side and a similar one on the other side of the ship back near the engines.

Sitting in the center chair in the cockpit is the woman in the hologram. She is watching several displays looking like she is going fall asleep. The man is too small for for her sensors to pick up. So she is quite surprised to see him floating outside. She looks around trying to spot a the ship he came from. Then she flips some switches and speaks into a microphone, projecting a radio signal out to the suit.

"Oh thanks god. Did you get my message? Where's your ship?"

Morty

2017-01-21, 02:23 PM

[Temple Assault]

Wenomir shakes his head.

"We're not here for spoils. We just want to kill demons. Now let's get moving. We can't do anything about the lake until we reach it. Take point, Felandria. You're flying, so you won't sink if the terrain shifts. As for you two..." The warrior glares at Steve and Luvon. "If you want to be a part of this expedition, now is a good time to stop ignoring me. Fall in. That's an order."

[Ruins]

Fayyaad's understanding of such technology is highly limited. But it's clear he won't find much more here. For the sake of completeness, he also checks the power status.

Recaiden

2017-01-21, 04:26 PM

A short-range response is radioed back, as Cloud head towards the hatch on the front side.
"Couldn't get the ship on such short notice."
He totally could have. Just didn't want to deal with it.

"What's the situation with these two ships? Is there anyone else aboard?"

McBish

2017-01-21, 05:19 PM

The woman inside pauses suspicious of anyone claiming to have flown out here in just a space suit. She scans the nearby space searching for other ships.

"My ship is damaged, several systems not working or not working properly. Including several key landing systems. The other ship has pretty much always been half a wreck. I would like to avoid landing either of them right now. But several of the systems that would let me keep living in space for any sort of extended time.

And there is one other person on board. A baby. So I am going to have to ask you to tell me a little more about you before I open that hatch you are heading towards."

The hatch does have a touch screen interface next to the hatch. A blank screen on it. It does look like it is a airlock hatch that could cycle someone inside.

Recaiden

2017-01-21, 05:50 PM

Well, I can't say for sure that there aren't any ships nearby, but Cloud definitely didn't bring any.

"Okay. My name is Cloud, left hand of the goddess Message."
"I was thinking that I would just take anyone on the ships down, that's still an option."
"I might be able to repair your ship, but I wouldn't count on it. I'm not the best with new technology, although I do have someone on the other end of the radio who is. More importantly, you're outside the atmosphere, so I can't use any heavy wizardry to help."
"If you separate the ships, I can probably put the smaller one into a stable orbit, giving us time to fix or replace the systems, but the other half seems too massive - not to mention more inconveniently shaped - to manage that in the time we have left."

McBish

2017-01-21, 06:11 PM

"I should have enough control left to park us in orbit. That is what I normally do with the other ship. How would you get us down if you don't have a ship?" She picks up the microphone she is speaking into and moves out of the cockpit out of sight. "Tell me about this Message."

Recaiden

2017-01-21, 07:09 PM

"Sure. It's a pretty new faith, she's the child of Death, who, obviously is a much greater power. The main portfolios are the peace of night and meteors. We're about protecting the helpless, healing the sick, living in harmony with the dead. There's some new beginnings and revenge stuff in there too."

He's just holding onto the edge of the hatch for right now.

"I suggest you do that, then, par the ship. I can help with repairs, and we can borrow a ship to bring up what's not fixable."
Cloud is probably presuming a lot, acting like they can just get ahold of replacements for whatever systems aren't working.

McBish

2017-01-21, 07:51 PM

"Ok how about weapons, are you armed?" Obviously the woman is a little concerned about opening up her ship to some stranger. She knew she called for help and would probably have to let someone aboard. But she hadn't expected a single person flying up in a space suit.

Recaiden

2017-01-21, 08:09 PM

"Uh, yeah. I've got a pistol, a harpoon-gun, a sickle, a ring, and my chakrams. I wouldn't go down to the corner-store without a weapon. And about 1 out of every five distress calls is a pirate ambush."

They do say beggars can't be choosers. But her caution is probably a good idea. This could be anybody coming up.

McBish

2017-01-21, 08:24 PM

"Fair enough I suppose. Well I am armed to just so your not surprised when you come in." The panel lights up and the hatch door slides open to let him into a small airlock. Probably big enough for two people to stand in if they stand close together. It takes less than half a minute for the whole cycling process to complete and let him into the ship.

Waiting for him inside is the woman from the hologram. She looks pale and sweaty, not very healthy at all. She is holding a rather large hand gun at her side. Her hair pulled back into a ponytail. She is leaning against a bulkhead trying to look casual rather than needing support.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-21, 08:33 PM

[Ruins]

The power status screen shows six energy levels, four under one heading, marked as "Portal" one under the next, marked as "Ignitor" and the final, marked as "Security". All are listed as having stable output, but the first four show their reserves as being 98% depleted. The fifth and sixth are only 12% depleted. How long that last 2% in the first heading will last is difficult to tell. It at least hasn't changed while Fayyaad has been looking at it, but whether that means there's hours, days, or months left in the system is hard to know.

Recaiden

2017-01-21, 08:42 PM

"Is oxygen in short supply up here?"
Definitely something to ask before unsealing your helmet.

When the airlock opens, it reveals, well, a guy in a puffy one-size-fits-all spacesuit. There is a golden halo floating over his head. You can see his face through the helmet at least: dark skin, golden eyes, narrow smile. Human enough. Several of the aforementioned weapons are visible strapped into their holsters.

Shadowcaller

2017-01-21, 09:08 PM

Steve looks at the area that he pointed at and says "Hold up guys, I might be able to see how much of a fight we are going to have." He closes his eyes, and prays ""Champion of Righteousness, please lend to your servant your divine sight to root out wickedness" (Detect Evil). He then opens his eyes and says "That mist is blocking me. The whole thing is radiating with evil. It also looks like our more tanky comrades, including myself, won't get very far. Do any of you know how the heavier of us can get through?"

" I could manipulate the trees so you could get across."Says Luvon."And HALO wouldn't help because of their stubborn pride or can't fight at all."

[The Siege of VIGIL]

Thariza lets out a low, rumbling growl. It seems she can't quite muster the kind of rage she'd like to, though.

"You brought me back? Why? Couldn't you just let me finally rest?"

"No. But if we can stay out of the water, that would be best. Can't you bend trees?" says Steve.

[Temple Assault]

Wenomir shakes his head.

"We're not here for spoils. We just want to kill demons. Now let's get moving. We can't do anything about the lake until we reach it. Take point, Felandria. You're flying, so you won't sink if the terrain shifts. As for you two..." The warrior glares at Steve and Luvon. "If you want to be a part of this expedition, now is a good time to stop ignoring me. Fall in. That's an order."

[Temple Assault]

"Good, then we get all spoils." The gnoll declares as he waits for them to cross the swamp. "Just hurry up then if you so eager to the slaughter, my pack is all waiting."

McBish

2017-01-22, 01:39 PM

"No we have plenty of oxygen, and I can pump more from the Hub if I need it."

The woman rubs her eyes with her free hand as if trying to clear away the image of the halo from them. She is fairly short, just over five feet tall. She looks to be in excellent shape, well defined muscles on her arms and legs. A round face with faded freckles frowns a bit as the halo stays visible.

"Hey so you said something about wizardry? Like magic?" It seems like Cloud has stumbled onto someone who hasn't had any experience with magic. Her voice has a polite skepticism in the tone.

Recaiden

2017-01-22, 02:04 PM

Cloud clicks open the mask of his helmet and takes a deep breath.

"Yeah. I have powers driven by the smokeless flame as well as -" He breaks off there.
"Magic is really complicated. Basically I can do more if it's in the Goddess's sphere of influence, and your ship isn't. But I still have, uh, roughly two thirds of my capability. Definitely includes moving stuff, un-breaking things. Was there anyone on this ship other than you and the infant? Speaking of which, you don't look too good yourself. Were you inured in...whatever happened?"

8BitNinja

2017-01-22, 03:12 PM

[Temple Assault]

Wenomir shakes his head.

"We're not here for spoils. We just want to kill demons. Now let's get moving. We can't do anything about the lake until we reach it. Take point, Felandria. You're flying, so you won't sink if the terrain shifts. As for you two..." The warrior glares at Steve and Luvon. "If you want to be a part of this expedition, now is a good time to stop ignoring me. Fall in. That's an order."

Steve says "My apologies, I didn't mean to ignore you. I simply wanted to get our heavier members of the assault team across the lake." Steve turns his horse to follow Wenomir.

McBish

2017-01-22, 04:50 PM

"No one else. And yeah, the last people aboard shot me. I patched it up ok I thought, but it seems to have gotten infected. One of the reasons I was wanting to land in something like a hurry. But if you have a way down that doesn't include crash landing why don't we go park this thing in orbit."

There is enough gravity on the ship to walk, but not a full g. She takes a few steps towards the cockpit, not turning her back on him. She waves him to follow her, happy to leave him in the bulky suit figuring it will slow him down if he turns hostile.

Recaiden

2017-01-22, 05:31 PM

"I gather they're in worse shape, though?"
Cloud follows along slowly. So unusual to meet someone with a healthy amount of caution.

"I can help with that, then. ... There. Shuttle on the way. I admit, I didn't expect this place to be so under control - your message was barely coming through."

Morty

2017-01-22, 05:41 PM

[Ruins]

Fayyaad shrugs and leaves the room. He doesn't have much time, clearly, but he also has little idea where to start looking. He enters the room immediately adjacent to the one he just vacated. This one contained vital information, so maybe the others are worth investigating too.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-22, 05:49 PM

[Ruins]

The room adjacent to the terminal room is also damaged fairly heavily, marked with old burn holes and score marks in the walls. There is no terminal here, and, oddly enough, no robots, either, but four chests are placed against the back wall. There's also a scattering of broken machine parts on the floor; most are too badly damaged to be of use other than as scrap. They almost look as though they've been torn with teeth. Perhaps the chests will contain a map or some other useful documentation.

Morty

2017-01-22, 06:01 PM

[Ruins]

Might as well try the chests, now that he's here. He's largely going blind, so he badly needs more information.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-22, 06:30 PM

[Ruins]

The first chest contains nothing more than a large shard of a green crystal; it's obviously been broken off of a much larger piece, but it glows with an odd light. The second and third contain keys like the one he found earlier, only these are green and red, respectively. The last is more useful. It contains two books, both written in languages Fayyaad can understand. They're both beaten up, but still readable. The first is a book entitled "Holon Machines: Design and Construction" It's an engineering primer into building machines that use what the book calls "Quantum Refractors", crystals that release a high energy field that can be captured and used to power machinery when spun. The book goes into quite a few details and has some basic schematics as well as a few theories. The book does not mention how these crystals are made or produced, however. The second book is a log book of sorts, detailing repairs made over the course of about 90 years or so (the dates probably won't make much sense to Fayyaad, but the writer occasionally made reference to earlier entries as being 10 or 20 years in the past). Amid the technical jargon, Fayyaad can deduce that the facility's dimensional equipment and power system was upgraded numerous times in an attempt to buy more time to keep what the writer refers to as "The Entity" locked up, and that at the time of the last entry, a 1% reduction in the system's reserve power would take approximately 5 years, give or take a few months. This, the author estimates, is the current limit of their technology, and they obviously hope it will be long enough that a more permanent solution can be found. It's difficult to tell how long this book has been sitting since it was last written in; it was obviously damaged at some point, though whether it was during the author's lifetime, or after they died or abandoned the book, is impossible to tell.

Morty

2017-01-22, 07:07 PM

[Ruins]

Most of it says nothing to Fayyaad. He comes from a very low-tech world, and this is all black magic. Still, he can deduce that the facility has been here for a very long time, and that the power won't go out in a matter of hours. Can he do anything about the entity trapped here? He doubts it. If all those people, with all their technology, could only trap it, it's unlikely that he could have any impact. Perhaps he should inform one of the peace-keeping groups of the Nexus about it. HALO, maybe? They felt like the kind of people to be interested in it, during his visit.

All that aside, he has a job to do. The tielfing goes to check out the other two rooms. The ones he's been in contained important information, so he's hopeful for the others.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-22, 07:41 PM

[Ruins]

The room opposite the terminal room seems to have been used for several things at one point, with the last being some sort of living quarters. A bed frame and the remains of a box spring occupy one corner, while a metal workbench occupies the length of the wall next to the door. There are no chests in here, and most of the tools are missing, though there are several red crystals, spherically cut, resting the bench. They probably look familier; the robots he's been encountering have eyes that look exactly like the crystals. There's not much else of interest left in this room other than the crystals.

The room adjacent to the bedroom seems to have been a kitchen of sorts; there's a refrigerator, though it isn't running, a stove, and what seems to be a small power generator in one corner, though it obviously isn't working any more, as the fridge is plugged into it. There's also an odd-looking box with a spigot on the side; probably for doing something with water, though exactly what is hard to tell. A few pots and pans are scattered about on the floor, as though whoever lived here last left in a hurry and didn't bother to clean up. Nothing else of note is visible.

The hallway itself has a door near the kitchen that most likely leads deeper into the facility.

McBish

2017-01-22, 09:20 PM

"Yeah they got dumped in vacuum. After being shot several times. I don't take kindly to those that try and kill me and my daughter. Are you a healer of some sort? Um... is that part of your magic?" The threat explaining the caution, at least partially. She is the only person she trusts to take care of her infant child in this galaxy. Not to mention all the extra danger of living in a tin can flying through space.

It is only a few steps to the cockpit. Inside of which looks like a mess of wires and display screens. It looks like it was obviously made to be ran by more than one person, and then modified so that one could handle it.

The woman slides into the chair and starts to type on a screen displaying several possible paths around the planet. It is possible to feel a bit of thrust altering their path to put them into orbit. She keeps her gun in one hand the whole time.

"Yeah sorry about that, I was using the holographic projector from the Hub, the other ship. I wasn't sure if it could handle the range. But I wasn't sure who I would be talking with down there."

Green Elf

2017-01-22, 10:52 PM

[Temple Assault]

"I'll fall in, but I don't recall not listening, or you being the leader. But please don't get in an argument about it. It's not worth anything." He turns to Steve. "I'll bend the trees to make a sort of bridge. Give me just a second." He looks downward but toward the trees and reaches out a hand. The trees should start (unless anti magic is involved)
impossibly bending the trees at the feet of Steve to form a path.

Shadowcaller

2017-01-23, 08:06 AM

[The Siege of VIGIL]

Thariza lets out a low, rumbling growl. It seems she can't quite muster the kind of rage she'd like to, though.

"You brought me back? Why? Couldn't you just let me finally rest?"

[The Siege of VIGIL Temple Grounds]

Sargon turns to stare down at 'Jaccalish'. "For once I am in agreement with a mortal, you should let it rest, as your kind always go on about."

The hooded charr does not return the demons stare however, all his attention is focused on Thariza. "So you would want me to return you to as you where? Since I could do that. However, there is a 'bigger picture' thing going on here. You are the first I bring back, of what I hope will be many more. You will be a proof that my method works, so that others might use it to bring back those who would be more accepting of the idea." 'Jaccalish' argues.

[Temple Assault]

((I should note that while there are trees around here, they aren't tall enough to get the party across the entire swamp, nor are there enough of them. It is a swamp after all, not a forest. It could help a bit on the way though.))

Recaiden

2017-01-23, 01:55 PM

"You should always give the dead a gentle push towards something or other. Don't want 'em just floating in the black forever."
Cloud puts a hand on the wall to steady him from the sudden acceleration.
"Some sort of healer, yeah. Part of the life force tradition, rather than the surgical or revisionist. It's kind of a big thing with our magic, making sure injuries pass and people don't die early."

He looks over the screen, understanding a little more. She's still not necessarily trustworthy, but it's looking better.
"Pretty slick screen there. But I guess it doesn't do much automatically?"

McBish

2017-01-23, 02:45 PM

"*******s that big will surely float into something eventually. And if they don't it isn't going to keep me up at night."

She keeps an eye on her displays making sure all the thrusters fired correctly, and that there course is set. "It needs a decent amount of input but it does all the hard math. I am just picking the path. I could probably plot a crash landing course, but I wouldn't trust myself to park it in orbit. I don't really have the training for that."

She pauses her collecting her thoughts putting the words in the right order before she speaks. "These two ships have been my home for 16 years. The only home my daughter has ever known. So I am ill inclined to abandon them. So I just want to make sure, if you help me, if I get on your shuttle, these ships are still mine. No claiming salvage rights or anything like that from you. And um... If we go to the surface without landing this ship, how hard would it be for a person to get back up in space around here?"

Recaiden

2017-01-23, 03:29 PM

Morty

2017-01-23, 07:58 PM

[Temple Grounds]

Thariza spits.

"And you chose me to me your lab rat? If you plan to make me your slave, better kill me now and spare yourself the trouble."

[Ruins]

Fayyaad grabs a crystal. They're not what he's after here, but could be valuable. After that, he heads deeper into the ruins.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-23, 09:25 PM

[Ruins]

Though the door at the end of the hall, Fayyaad will find a small, circular room with another elevator that will take him deeper underground when he's ready.

McBish

2017-01-23, 10:18 PM

"There must be quite a story to that. But no, I don't plan on trying to take your ships." Cloud doesn't really know what he'd do with a run-down spaceship. Selling it for parts is always an option, I suppose. "Now, I can't promise they'd be safe, sitting up here with no one in."

"Not bad. Two of the big cities around here have commercial spaceports. More expensive than a train ride, but not out of reach at all."

She nods that is good news. A bit if stress lifts from her shoulders and it shows on her face. "Makes sense, I should be able to lock it down and keep it out of sight and will just have to hope for a little luck. I can gather up some stuff that I should be able to sell for a decent price. How big is your shuttle, will it be able to latch on or should I get my p-suit on for the trip?"

She types into a command console call up a list of damaged parts that she is pretty sure she will need to buy to fix up the ship right away. Then while that is compiling she sets up a program that will let her keep in contact with her ship. Most of this is all done while talking.

Recaiden

2017-01-23, 10:52 PM

Cloud is skeptical of its ability to remain hidden, but it is her ship, after all. Not his problem.

"The shuttle? It could probably take ten people off of here, but you should get your suit."
"So what went wrong to get you into this situation, almost-crashing here?"

Felandria

2017-01-24, 01:07 AM

[Temple Assault]

Felandria nods in assention.

Sir, yes sir!

And she will float over the swamp, watching carefully for threats, her gun at the ready.

McBish

2017-01-24, 08:24 AM

"The last planet I was heading towards sent out two ships to intercept me. I tried to run but they had hit me with some sort of long range energy weapon that had disrupted lots of things including my hyperspatial engine so I couldn't just jump away. They had better sub light engines and hit me with some laser fire that fried a dozen other things. Then they boarded. I tried to hold them off but couldn't, so I tried something desperate. I got the hyperspatial engine to jump us, no safety buffers and docked to another ship, it should have killed us, but i got lucky. It took half the ship docked with me. Critical failure at the air lock vented this whole ship. I was in a suit, most of the aliens weren't. I finished off those that were left, patched myself up and headed here." She explains continuing to type commands to the ship and keep an eye on Cloud.

Recaiden

2017-01-24, 10:45 AM

"That's pretty amazing. Stupid lucky, yes. But brave."
"Anyway, one healing spell for an infected wound, coming up."

Cloud puts his hands together, half-overlapping, and closes his eyes. His halo starts to shed more light, and he remains in that meditative pose for a moment. If she doesn't interrupt, after a few seconds he'll twist his hands to flat, the halo will dim to normal, and she'll be cured. No magic words, no laying on hands, just done.

"So you've lived here for sixteen years, and your daughter is just a baby. Was there anyone else here before, or have you always been raising her alone?"

McBish

2017-01-24, 11:54 AM

"Both. There were 7 of us when we first got lost. We were down to 5 by the time we got the ship limping along. But they were all gone by the time Eve was born. I was by myself at that point."

Then there is healing. She opens her mouth to say something but stops herself. So far he has seemed peaceful enough. Plus she is curious to see his "magic" as she can't help but think of it. She figures at best he has some sort of device, probably the halo, at worst he is some sort of charlatan. She doesn't consider other options that could be real and worse than a con-man.

Inside the wound there is still one small and dozens of tiny pieces of a bullet in her. That is what caused the infection that is removed. But unless the spell takes care of that one relatively large piece the infection will return, and would cause internal bleeding at some point as it moves around inside of her.

Recaiden

2017-01-24, 12:19 PM

Cloud rattles the bullet pieces now held cupped in his right hand.
"That looked pretty bad. The angels tell me that 'the good thing about miracles is that they do what you mean.' I guess I usually know what I mean pretty well."
He sets the broken bits of projectile aside on one of the non-functional cannibalized consoles.
"You come from someplace where the world all makes sense, don't you? Like clockwork."
"Sorry about the other six."

McBish

2017-01-24, 12:40 PM

She looks a bit shocked. More then a bit actually. She actually holsters the pistol she has been holding this whole time. She checks her forehead for a fever then tenderly pokes where the wound was. She nods and answers slowly and quietly. "Yes, even if we didn't really understand it all. It seemed like it did. Here?"

Recaiden

2017-01-24, 01:32 PM

Cloud chuckles to see her feeling for fever.
"Here, it doesn't seem like that. Everything seems to follow rules, but not the same ones from time to time, place to place, thing to thing. Get used to seeing impossible."
"So, 've you two got names?"

Morty

2017-01-24, 01:39 PM

[Temple Assault]

"You signed up to a Vigil mission, so you listen to the commander of Vigil," Wenomir says, as he follows Felandria over the bent trees.

[Ruins]

Fayyaad takes a deep breath, shrugs and descends in the elevator. No reason to turn back now. How much time did it take to build all this?

McBish

2017-01-24, 02:26 PM

"Oh geeze I am sorry, I guess I am being rude. Yes of course, I am Naftly Sabin, and my daughter is Eveland or Eve for short. I really al appreciate all of your help. I thought I was going to be in a much worse position than this."

Apparently done entering commands she slides out of the chair as gravity lightens to about 1/3 normal. "Easier to grab stuff this way. She explains.

Recaiden

2017-01-24, 02:47 PM

Those names sound fake as hell, thinks the healer who hasn't gone by his birth name in years and years. But he doesn't comment. After all, you don't get much more foreign than another star/universe.

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Sabin. The shuttle is well on its way by now."
Cloud takes a few steps back the way they came, testing the drifting lack of gravity.
"I don't blame you being prepared for the worst."

McBish

2017-01-24, 03:49 PM

The names aren't fake at all. It doesn't help that Naftly got the last name Sabin on a world a galaxy away from her home.

"Good because then you will hopefully understand my next request. I'd like you to wait for me in the airlock while I gather my things. It is about the only place I can lock you up because I don't want to have to keep one eye on you while packing, and I, sorry again, don't trust you alone on my ship."

Shadowcaller

2017-01-24, 04:03 PM

Steve says "My apologies, I didn't mean to ignore you. I simply wanted to get our heavier members of the assault team across the lake." Steve turns his horse to follow Wenomir.

[Temple Assault]

"I'll fall in, but I don't recall not listening, or you being the leader. But please don't get in an argument about it. It's not worth anything." He turns to Steve. "I'll bend the trees to make a sort of bridge. Give me just a second." He looks downward but toward the trees and reaches out a hand. The trees should start (unless anti magic is involved)
impossibly bending the trees at the feet of Steve to form a path.

[Temple Grounds]

Thariza spits.

"And you chose me to me your lab rat? If you plan to make me your slave, better kill me now and spare yourself the trouble."

[Ruins]

Fayyaad grabs a crystal. They're not what he's after here, but could be valuable. After that, he heads deeper into the ruins.

[Temple Assault]

"You signed up to a Vigil mission, so you listen to the commander of Vigil," Wenomir says, as he follows Felandria over the bent trees.

[Temple Assault]

Felandria nods in assention.

Sir, yes sir!

And she will float over the swamp, watching carefully for threats, her gun at the ready.

[Temple Assault]

The trees do indeed bend down to Luvon's will, yet as previously mentioned, they are not quite enough to make it across the swamp. They might have to let Felandria fly them over one by one, or come up with some other method.
Felandria won't see any obvious threats besides the thick mist (which is magical in case she attempts to detect that) but something inside the mist is seeing her.

[Temple Grounds]

Jaccalish glances down at the spit for a moment before looking back up at Thariza. "If I wanted you as a slave, or lab rat, i would have made you such. That was not my intention, I gave you free will for a good reason, and you might use it in any way you desire. I won't stop you."
While the being speaks it suddenly appears distracted, looking away at something in the distance.

"Invaders?" Sargon muses, apparently realizing what Jaccalish is distracted by.
"It is the giant magical humanoid I let go. She is likely here to disrupt my experiments, again. This is bothersome." It replies, staring at the same invisible point.

"That means I'm reliving you of your command of this temple, Sovgh. You are not fit to deal with a battle of this proportion. All you should do is making sure that mortal doesn't interrupt the defenses. So stay here." Then the demon walks out of the room.

Recaiden

2017-01-24, 04:05 PM

Cloud nods.
"I had expected that."
He slides his visor back down and seals the helmet back up before proceeding back the way he was led earlier.

It probably doesn't make her much safer, but it gives Naftly peace of mind, and that's just as good since he's not plotting anything. Despite how unprofitable it is, he's really here to help.

8BitNinja

2017-01-24, 04:20 PM

[Temple Assault]

The trees do indeed bend down to Luvon's will, yet as previously mentioned, they are not quite enough to make it across the swamp. They might have to let Felandria fly them over one by one, or come up with some other method.
Felandria won't see any obvious threats besides the thick mist (which is magical in case she attempts to detect that) but something inside the mist is seeing her.

Steve looks at the trees fail to make a path, but stays silent and falls in as Wenomir ordered.

Green Elf

2017-01-24, 07:21 PM

[Temple Assault]

"You signed up to a Vigil mission, so you listen to the commander of Vigil," Wenomir says, as he follows Felandria over the bent trees.

"No actually. I didn't. I never signed on, and it's kind of me and Steve's mission. I recall recruiting you, but as I said, no need to argue." He says as he follows on the trees. ((Can I get a description of your character somewhere?))

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-24, 09:31 PM

[Ruins]

The elevator whirrs to life and descends for a long time. Ten minutes after he hit the button, the elevator finally whirs to a stop in a round alcove facing yet another long, wide hallway. The ceiling here is cathedral-like, several stories up, and there are side hallways that branch off of the main one, made immediately apparent, due to a pair of massive robots (http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/8/82/Hanmurudoll.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20110805193247) that seem to be patrolling them. Each is nearly the size of a house, and they move rather rapidly on their six stumpy legs, slamming their massive, hammer-like arms one after another into the floor as they move. Neither seems to have noticed Fayyaad yet; indeed it seems they don't deviate from their set patrol paths, though one always seems to be crossing the hall while the other is hidden from view, though Fayyaad can always hear the second slamming its arms away. The floors here must be nearly indestructible to put up with this sort of abuse for decades or even centuries.

Beyond the massive robots and their halls, Fayyaad might just be able to make out that the end of the hall opposite the elevator seems to open into a massive room that he won't be able to see to the other end of. Getting there might require some heavy firepower, though.

Artemis97

2017-01-24, 09:57 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

Well, there was no turning back now. Dena will enter, wishing she had that stupid fey glamour charm to cover her face, sometimes it was just better to not look like you had snakes for hair.

[Degenburg Castle]

Oh choices choices. They could try sneaking up the stairs and exploring the castle for potential blackmail material to- oh. Dena's just going for the door. All right then. Reinholdt follows, but tries to listen in on the crowd to get a feel for if they're discussing one particular event or just a myriad of normal courtly things.

[Degenburg Castle]

Reinholdt will hear various normal things from the crowd, just regular castle gossip and day to day talk. The crowd, mostly serious looking adult men, quieted when the doors were pushed open and the newcomers entered. The people move away from the center of the room, clearing the way from the door to the dais at the far end. The room was a large hall, arrayed with a few groupings of tables and chairs, and decorated with thick furs and other trophies from the hunt. The light was low, the room lit only by a few ensconced candles, with more set out on the tables. Braziers burned low, giving off warmth, but not much light.

Sitting in a well of shadow at the top of the dais was Sszinyon. The drow's blue-black skin had a touch of grey to it, and his white hair was cropped short. He was dressed in fine clothes in shades of black and grey, including a heavy cloak lined with white fur. He was armed, as well, twin swords hanging from his belt along side a matched set of repeating hand crossbows. A knife was tucked into one fur-lined boot, and it was doubtless he carried more than what could be seen.

The drow took in the newcomers and spread his hands wide, a smile crossing his face. Two rows of pointed teeth could be seen as he spoke. "Who are you and what has brought you to the hospitality of my hall?"

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-24, 10:12 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

Electra follows Dena and Rein in, watching the crowd carefully, her deep blue eyes conveying nothing but cold indifference to every gaze she meets. She quietly enables her first stage low-light vision enhancement so that she can see anyone lurking in the shadows of this cozily dark room. Her black armor gleams softly at points from the candles, and she moves carefully so that her boots don't make much noise on the stone floor as she walks. She says nothing when Sszinyon greets the trio, just looks him up and down, her face conveying the same cold indifference to him that greeted the members of his court. She expects Dena and Reinholdt to do most of the talking, but if they kneel or bow, she'll follow suit. No need to cause an incident due to overt rudeness, after all.

McBish

2017-01-24, 11:22 PM

Naftly moves quickly through the ship, taking only about five minutes. She returns about five minutes later. She is balancing a heavy looking footlocker in one hand, has two duffel bags, one over each shoulder. The last hand is guiding a large crate on wheels. One might think she has stuffed her baby into the crate, they would be wrong. Behind her floating and following her is something that looks like a cross between a stroller and a Dalek. The top a clear hemisphere showing a baby who is quietly waking up. The whole contraption is about 4 feet tall and floats half an inch from the ground.

Her pressure suit looks less bulky. Nearly form fitting the life support fits into a attached backpack that is only 15 or so pounds. A small laser pistol different from her other gun strapped to her hip. If the shuttle hasn't arrived she will let Cloud back in.

Recaiden

2017-01-25, 10:32 AM

During those minutes Naftly might detect the shuttle approaching. It's about 1.3 school buses in size, the shape of a spiky egg connected by a thick beam to a smaller, less-spiky egg. It pulls up alongside the ship, aligning the hatches and opening up. It doesn't have an airlock, per se. Just a shimmering force field holding the air in.
"We're ready." Cloud radios over to Naftly.

8BitNinja

2017-01-25, 10:55 AM

"No actually. I didn't. I never signed on, and it's kind of me and Steve's mission. I recall recruiting you, but as I said, no need to argue." He says as he follows on the trees. ((Can I get a description of your character somewhere?))

"Hold your tongue and follow his orders, Luvon" Steve says in a rather aggressive tone. He then says to Wenomir "I am very sorry about my associate here. He means well, and genuinely concerned with the well being of others, but he has no filter."

McBish

2017-01-25, 11:27 AM

The controls in the airlock will let Cloud open the exterior doors. Naftly motions for him to head over and she will follow. This airlock wouldn't fit both of them and all her stuff. She puts on her helmet which seems to be made of some sort of slimy transparent rubbery material that hardens into a clear dome as she pressurizes her suit.

She will follow through the airlock, moving gracefully in zero-g, obviously well practiced. She admires the force field, but is carefully avoiding letting anything touch it. She handles her cargo with a careful ease, moving slowly and precisely.

Recaiden

2017-01-25, 12:30 PM

Out Cloud goes. He cycles the outer door, hops out, and in just a second grabs ahold of the shuttle near the hatch and slips through the force field to get inside.
The shuttle is not spacious, but there's no real load right now, just the pilot and copilot (a man and a woman, both more-or-less human) up at the front.

McBish

2017-01-25, 01:09 PM

Naftly follows behind entering the strange shuttle looking around for a place to safely stow her gear. A very perceptive and keen minded person might notice the glint in her helmet and recognize a heads up display. One that is currently busy showing conditions in the shuttle, Eve's pod and Eve herself, and info on her ships automated routines she set up, waiting for the next command.

Meanwhile while her mother is busy with practicalities' and worrying about her Eveland is waking up. The small baby sits up putting both little hands on the transparent dome that tops her pod. Her hands show that she is only mostly human herself. Her thumb, index and middle finger each have an extra knuckle. She looks around with bright blue eyes that share little in common with her mothers dull brown ones. She seems extremely curious about this strange new ship and mom like things that are obviously not mom. She openly stares at Cloud.

Recaiden

2017-01-25, 01:33 PM

Now that they're safe inside, the hatch swings shut and screws itself into place, with Cloud going to double-check that it's in place.

The obvious place for Naftly to put things would be the little rack where extra pressure suits and emergency supplies rest, just forward of this hatch.

Cloud turns to wave at Eveland in her little dome as the shuttle starts to accelerate, turn, and begin the trip downwards.

McBish

2017-01-25, 02:51 PM

Eveland ducks down like she is going to hide when she is waved to. But her eyes visible in the glass not wanting to look away completely. She know this game though, so she raises her hand in something that sort of resembles a wave in return. Maybe a little too much "give me" fingers like she was trying to grab at him.

Naftly quickly stores her items in a neat little cube on the rack. She would play a great game of moving truck Tetris. "Nice shuttle."

Recaiden

2017-01-25, 03:44 PM

That's probably just a side effect of having so many joints.
Cloud smiles and puts a hand up near the outside of the dome.

The copilot calls back a "thanks!" to Naftly and then asks "Any particular sort of place you want to be let off?"

McBish

2017-01-25, 04:32 PM

"Cloud had said there were two cities nearby with spaceports. So how about the more reputable one of those. And my first stop will probably be a place where I could sell some metals for local currency. That would be great."

Eveland tries to stand up to be closer to Cloud bit doesn't quite make it. Flopping back down she decides this is fine. She can still see Cloud and Mom from here. She is mostly focusing on Cloud now. She has to rub her eyes after staring too long at the halo.

Recaiden

2017-01-25, 05:08 PM

"That's the city of Inside, by the way. Oh!"

Cloud reaches up, takes off his halo, and hangs it on a belt-hook.

"She's never met anyone but you?"

Morty

2017-01-25, 06:35 PM

[Temple Assault]

Wenomir's a tall, muscular man in a mail shirt, with a surcoat over it and a padded coat underneath. His skin is light brown, and covered in a mess of scars. His dark hair is kept in a ponytail.

http://i.imgur.com/xCRX9Zj.jpg

His sword looks different now, though - like this. (http://artofswordmaking.com/gallery/34/metmuseum-longsword-15thc)

He waves his hand to set the matter at rest. As long as they follow orders, there's no need to stand around and argue.

"Felandria is flying, and Luvon and I travel light, but you're going to have trouble with your horse and armour," he tells Steve. "Do you have any magic to keep him from sinking, Felandria?"

[Temple Grounds]

Thariza's tail swishes quickly and she grins.

"You're under attack? Good. I hope they leave you as greasy smears all over this filthy place."

[Ruins]

At least the fact that he's seeing increasingly large robots must mean he's moving in the right direction. Hard to say how he's going to get through this corridor without being squished like an ant, though. Even the weapons he's picked up won't do much against those things... besides, he doesn't know how to use one of them. The tiefling opts to take a look around the alcove first. Maybe there's something here of use...

McBish

2017-01-25, 06:38 PM

"Odd name, but sounds good to me." Naftly looks over at her little girl, her most sincere smile she has worn today. "No one that looks like us. We meet some aliens but they were shaped more like wolves than humans. Intelligent and could sort of communicate but she was really young then.

Eveland claps and laughs at Clouds magic trick with his halo. She pats the top of her head with both hands wanting her own halo.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-25, 08:34 PM

[Ruins]

Unfortunately, there's not much to the alcove: it's just a rounded recess set back into the wall so the elevator will be largely out of the way of the larger central hallway it faces. At least the big bots seem to be largely oblivious to Fayyaad so far, though that probably won't last should he get too close to their patrol paths. Closer examination of the floor leading from the elevator towards the halls where the sentries patrol reveals that what appears to just be an accumulation of dust is actually faint scorch marks, suggesting some sort of wide fire or energy-based weapon was once fired straight down the hall past the sentries, perhaps at them, or to block them in; it's difficult to tell. Perhaps there is something in an unopened chest in one of the rooms he was unable to fully explore due to the other sentry robots?

Shadowcaller

2017-01-25, 08:39 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

Reinholdt will hear various normal things from the crowd, just regular castle gossip and day to day talk. The crowd, mostly serious looking adult men, quieted when the doors were pushed open and the newcomers entered. The people move away from the center of the room, clearing the way from the door to the dais at the far end. The room was a large hall, arrayed with a few groupings of tables and chairs, and decorated with thick furs and other trophies from the hunt. The light was low, the room lit only by a few ensconced candles, with more set out on the tables. Braziers burned low, giving off warmth, but not much light.

Sitting in a well of shadow at the top of the dais was Sszinyon. The drow's blue-black skin had a touch of grey to it, and his white hair was cropped short. He was dressed in fine clothes in shades of black and grey, including a heavy cloak lined with white fur. He was armed, as well, twin swords hanging from his belt along side a matched set of repeating hand crossbows. A knife was tucked into one fur-lined boot, and it was doubtless he carried more than what could be seen.

The drow took in the newcomers and spread his hands wide, a smile crossing his face. Two rows of pointed teeth could be seen as he spoke. "Who are you and what has brought you to the hospitality of my hall?"

[Degenburg Castle]

Dena does not bow, she found no reason to. She had never dealt with royalty much, and she had yet to see a reason to treat them differently than everyone else. Wasn't that a form of... -ism thing? Treating people differently like that? Whatever.
She does respectfully nod once he has finished speaking however. "I'm afraid we come bearing grave news, your brother, Raril, has been the victim of a assassination attempt. Thankfully we managed to save him, yet the assassin still remains at large. I am Dena Xifhara, lieutenant of MERC, and I am leading the investigation of this foul crime." If the other two wanted to introduce themselves, Dena pauses to let them.

[Temple Grounds]

Jaccalish looks away. "I have you know that I don't care for it, the violence I mean. Those I guide only bring me corpses which in turn brings people like you. Not exactly ideal for finding out the greater truths." It turns to look at her. "But speaking of which, I need to get you out of here. Sargon will want to have you killed once he is done dealing with the invaders."

Recaiden

2017-01-25, 09:19 PM

"Oh, that's not so bad then. So there are peaceful places to stop out there."

Cloud snaps and a little dim halo appears over Eve's head. It will follow her hand, but there's nothing to really grab though; in this case it is just a magic trick.

McBish

2017-01-25, 09:37 PM

"Yeah a few here and there I guess. Though pretty much everywhere has its problems. We weren't always stuck on the ship. Hey would it be ok for me to pull her out. I wasn't sure about reentry with her. The pod has inertial dampeners' but if it is a gentle ride I think she would like to come out.. The dampers were installed in case her plan of crash landing had been necessary. She was going to make sure Eveland was going to be safe.

Eveland gasps in surprise and tries to grab it several times laughing as her hand flies through it. She rams her head into a pillow playing with it.

Recaiden

2017-01-25, 11:46 PM

Cloud shakes his head.
"You should probably keep her in there. It's not always a smooth ride."
Just look at how he's still in his suit.

Reinholdt

2017-01-26, 12:31 AM

[Degenburg Castle]

Reinholdt glances sideways at Dena. She suspects this man of hiring the assassin and she opens up with praise of its failure and condemnation of the act? Well alright, he guesses. Let's just see where she's going with this.

In the meantime, Rein believes you don't walk into another person's domain and not show them the proper deference, so he does bow while providing his trademark flourish. "Reinholdt, Treasure Hunter Extraordinaire and non-partisan party."

Felandria

2017-01-26, 04:27 AM

[Temple Assault]

Wenomir's a tall, muscular man in a mail shirt, with a surcoat over it and a padded coat underneath. His skin is light brown, and covered in a mess of scars. His dark hair is kept in a ponytail.

http://i.imgur.com/xCRX9Zj.jpg

His sword looks different now, though - like this. (http://artofswordmaking.com/gallery/34/metmuseum-longsword-15thc)

He waves his hand to set the matter at rest. As long as they follow orders, there's no need to stand around and argue.

"Felandria is flying, and Luvon and I travel light, but you're going to have trouble with your horse and armour," he tells Steve. "Do you have any magic to keep him from sinking, Felandria?"

Felandria stops and ponders.

Well, aside from the obvious, where I grow bigger and carry them, I could alternatively shrink them for the same result.

A fly spell would work for Steve, but I don't think the horse would be able to fly, he wouldn't know how.

I might be able to turn the horse into a stone figurine until we get across, but there's always the minimal risk of something going awry on the reversal.

Feather Fall is a possibility........

.
.
.
Ooh, let me check my bag.

She checks her bag of holding.

Well, I have a scroll of Tenser's Floating Disk, but it doesn't carry that much weight.

That's about all I got, at least right now.

McBish

2017-01-26, 08:28 AM

Naftly nods and opens a panel under the dome. There seems to be a lot of machinery packed into the base of this stroller. Life support, propulsion, sensors for both in the pod and out, and several inertial dampeners that seem to have recently been added wherever they could fit. Those dampeners are what she checks for heaven knows how many time (13th).

Eveland has forgotten all about Cloud now and keeps trying to play with the halo. Sometimes she seems to be getting upset about not being able to grab it, but is quickly laughing at the joke it keeps playing on her.

"So magic that is real, a world that only sometimes makes sense, and a city called Inside. Anything else I should know?"

Recaiden

2017-01-26, 01:03 PM

Cloud admires all the machinery packed into the stroller. No idea what it does, but there's clearly a lot of care taken here.

"Uh,what do you want to know?"
"Inside's a decrepit fascist hellhole. Stay on the main streets. Don't visit the parks. Local currency is mainly precious metal coins."
"The other major port is in Skyside, a chaotic hive of scum and villainy."
"The other big city is Riverside, which is lower tech and partly ruined and always fighting, but kinda okay. We're in the West if you need help."
"Pretty much every species you've heard of has got some presence here, and plenty more you haven't."
"There's some really powerful things walking around. Be careful what you agree to, and don't assume those guns are going to keep you safe."

McBish

2017-01-26, 03:58 PM

Naftly frowns, none of those cities sound great. Riverside probably the best but also the one without a space port. Plus the news that her laser gun is lacking stings. Pretty much everywhere she has been that gun has been one of the most advanced and deadly weapon. She is glad she kept her bow in the footlocker rather than wearing it.

"Ok then sounds like I should expect to be overloaded. I think I may just have to wing it once I am down there. So last question, can I repay all your help in some way?"

Recaiden

2017-01-26, 04:30 PM

Cloud nods.
"It can be a lot to take in. I had a pretty bad time when I first left my hometown. But you clearly have a lot of experience traveling and being on your own. I think you guys will be okay."
Eve's toy halo finally winks out.

"You could actually pay us, you could donate blood, and you could just think nice things about us every so often."
More extreme and unusual methods of payment are of course possible, but not going to be suggested.
"But we're helping you guys because it's the right thing to do, so consider anything like that a donation to future good works, and not a rescue fee."
He shrugs.

8BitNinja

2017-01-26, 07:05 PM

Felandria stops and ponders.

Well, aside from the obvious, where I grow bigger and carry them, I could alternatively shrink them for the same result.

A fly spell would work for Steve, but I don't think the horse would be able to fly, he wouldn't know how.

I might be able to turn the horse into a stone figurine until we get across, but there's always the minimal risk of something going awry on the reversal.

Feather Fall is a possibility........

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Ooh, let me check my bag.

She checks her bag of holding.

Well, I have a scroll of Tenser's Floating Disk, but it doesn't carry that much weight.

That's about all I got, at least right now.

Steve says "I'll leave my horse, I'll send Henry back to the upper planes." He dismounts and holsters his lance on his horse. Henry runs off into the swamp. After he is out of the line of sight of the group, he will have returned to the upper planes where he waits to be called again. He draws his sword and awaits further orders.

McBish

2017-01-26, 10:57 PM

I am feeling well enough to donate some blood thanks to you. I would pay you but I would like to figure out how much money I have. If I figure out I have more than I think I will have to come visit you. The west side of the city you said?"

She will think nice things of them, and keep them in her prayers. Not sure if divine people notice people praying for them and not to them.

Eve gets upset about losing her halo. She shifts around looking for it and then slowly starts to cry when she can't find it. Naftly taps on the dome getting her attention and whistling to her. Just a little tune, but it seems to quiet Eve. Eveland still pouting tries to put as many fingers in her mouth as she can. A trick that usually makes mom smile, it does so this time.

Recaiden

2017-01-26, 11:18 PM

Cloud nods. "That's right. Best of luck getting things together down there."

It isn't as clear, but it will probably be noticed.

Poor Eve.

There starts to be a little turbulence as the shuttle runs into air and heat and wind and weather.

McBish

2017-01-27, 08:35 AM

The shaking takes Naftly by surprise but a steadying hand on the unmoving stroller and she is quick to adjust. She snaps/hooks the panels back onto the stroller. "What no seatbelt lights?" She grins, her first joke to someone that understands her speech in a long time. A small one, and sort of a inside joke amongst her old dead crew. She could use some practice. She will look around for a place to sit and probably strap in, unhurried unless someone else does the hurrying.

Eve poits, if she doesn't get a halo they don't get her being cute. She seems undisturbed by any turbulence.

Recaiden

2017-01-27, 11:20 AM

There are slim benches, but they don't even seem to have seatbelts.

Cloud just shakes his head, not understanding the humor.

The descent of the shuttle, being controlled, soon smooths out.

McBish

2017-01-27, 12:39 PM

In that case Naftly stays on her feet. Trusting the ride to not toss her around. Now that she is paying attention she has excellent balance. She tries to move so she can look outside the ship. Windows or a front view screen, just something to give her a view of the world thus new world below.

"Any career advice for down there. Will probably have to find a job." She doubts she has enough wealth to set her up for life.

Recaiden

2017-01-27, 01:31 PM

The front displays are your best bet, looking over the shoulders of the pilots. There are no proper windows.

"Career advice? Ask yourself 'why?' a lot. Keep looking for new opportunities, all the time. It changes fast, whatever you do."

McBish

2017-01-27, 09:31 PM

Naftly move up to the front of the shuttle watching them head downwards. She glances at the controls wondering if she can recognize any of the controls. She will hold onto the back of the pilots chairs so she doesn't get thrown off her feet.

She had been hoping for something more practical but she nods like it makes sense.

Recaiden

2017-01-27, 10:41 PM

If you want practical advice, you're going to need to bring a specific problem.

There's probably no common origin between these controls and one's Naftly has seen. But a steering yoke is pretty recognizable. That lever there seems to be the throttle, even though the bar is labelled in Hz.

And there's Inside spread out below/ahead of them. Should make quite a sight.

Morty

2017-01-28, 11:00 AM

[Temple Assault]

Wenomir nods.

"There are places where a warhorse is useful, but a swamp isn't one of them. Can you work with it now, Felandria? We need to hurry."

[Temple Grounds]

"And you'll let me leave? Just like that?" Thariza is befuddled.

Shadowcaller

2017-01-28, 01:05 PM

[Temple Assault]

"Yeah! They probably seen us already, as loud you are." The gnoll complains, as he glances suspiciosly as the fog as if expecting something to emerge from it at any moment. "They gonna kill us for sure now..." The hyena man frowns.

Nothing emerges, but whatever is in there, hidden in the mist, is still watching.

[Temple Grounds]

"Of course, I cannot let something I worked on for so long go to waste. While you appear to be in peek physical condition now, there could be long-time effects I still cannot observe however." Jaccalish replies as it looks at her. "So where would you like to go? I'm afraid I cannot take you anywhere close to here for obvious reasons."

McBish

2017-01-28, 02:18 PM

Naftly wonders if the Hz is for hertz, and then wonders if the whole ship some how works on sound. If she was a better engineer she would probably be filled with questions. Instead she is mesmerized by the huge city below. The glass skyscrapers, castles surrounded by thatch roof buildings, pagodas in gardens. "There is so much. I guess that means there should be plenty of opportunities."

Recaiden

2017-01-28, 05:32 PM

It is (Hertz) and it doesn't (run on sound).

"Absolutely. I kind of imagine you're not looking for more danger."
The shuttle approaches the spaceport and starts setting down.

You might imagine there would be some talking to an air traffic controller or something, but this place is a bit of a mess for that.

Felandria

2017-01-28, 05:40 PM

[Temple Assault]

Wenomir nods.

"There are places where a warhorse is useful, but a swamp isn't one of them. Can you work with it now, Felandria? We need to hurry."

Yeah, I'll just cast another fly spell.

And if anyone needs carrying, I can handle it.

McBish

2017-01-28, 07:02 PM

[Inside the Atmosphere]

"Going to be doing my best to avoid danger. Though that has never worked that well in the past." She knows she has to stay safe to protect Eve. She is a little worried that this place may be too dangerous for her to handle.

8BitNinja

2017-01-28, 10:34 PM

Yeah, I'll just cast another fly spell.

And if anyone needs carrying, I can handle it.

"Good thing a wizard came along, otherwise we would have been stuck here." says Steve. He awaits further orders.

Morty

2017-01-29, 11:12 AM

[Temple Assault]

"Quite so. Let's get moving."

Wenomir will lead the team through the swamp. He walks surprisingly lightly for someone of his height.

[Temple Grounds]

Thariza is lost for a few moments. Where can she go? She can't return to the Black Citadel. The mountain base of Vigil fell. The old HALO base, then? That'd put them in danger, but she has nowhere else. She'll just have to be upfront about it and tell them what happened.

"...HALO. Take me to HALO."

Recaiden

2017-01-29, 11:25 AM

Cloud nods slightly, as the (lack-of) freedom of the spacesuit allows.
"Or you wouldn't have needed our help. Try your best to be prepared."

The shuttle finally sets down, and he goes over to open the side hatch they came in by.

Shadowcaller

2017-01-29, 01:36 PM

[Temple Assault]

The gnoll waits for him, and the others, to take the lead, preferring to remain in the back as they enter the mist. The mist is so dense that they barely can see one another once they're in the thick of it. "I will stay here, rally the rest of the pack." They can no longer see the gnoll, but by the sound of his voice, it seems that he decided to stay out of the mist.

Steve will detect evil all around them, it is as if it is within the very mist. Whoever is taking the lead will soon find themselves walking into water. While they can't see the lake within the mist, they can certainly feel and hear it as they step into the water.

[Temple Grounds]

"HALO... yes, that will do. Farewell, Thariza." Jaccalish eyes flare blue once again as Thariza will be gated to a location not far from the entrance of HALO.

McBish

2017-01-29, 01:58 PM

"Just the most recent event in a long string of bad luck. Though I have had my share of good to." It seems pretty obvious she is thinking of Eveland, since she looks at her still pouting daughter. Still she probably could consider finding a inhabited planet with space flight being common enough. "Guess I will just hope for more good than bad."

((Switch to Inside?))

Recaiden

2017-01-29, 02:07 PM

Okay, they're back on the ground and it looks like nothing catastrophic has happened while they were gone.

The pilot sets about going through the post-flight routine, making sure everything is still in order. The copilot makes sure the ramp has been pulled up to the hatch so they can get down properly.

"Welcome to Inside. I gotta say. There'll always be bad stuff happening; you've got to make yourself some good to go along. If you guys are in a hurry, go on down. If you need some more help, I'll be along in a minute."
With that, Cloud heads into the back of the ship to get out of the spacesuit and into normal clothes.

((Sure. You go ahead, since I posted there most recently.))

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-29, 09:54 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

Electra watches Dena and Rein introduce themselves, and finds herself in a bit of a quandary. Dena has not bowed to Sszinyon, but Rein has. She finds herself going quickly back over the various formal protocols she learned over the years doing investigative work back in her home dimension, and decides that a happy medium is probably best. She does not bow, but she does incline her head down slightly, though she keeps those deep, cold blue eyes on Sszinyon.

"Electra, private investigator and bodyguard." It sounds better than 'hired gun' and she's not sure whether to claim any sort of MERC affiliation, since she's just a license-holder, not a full member. Best to let Dena speak for MERC, anyways.

Green Elf

2017-01-29, 10:30 PM

[Temple Assault]

The gnoll waits for him, and the others, to take the lead, preferring to remain in the back as they enter the mist. The mist is so dense that they barely can see one another once they're in the thick of it. "I will stay here, rally the rest of the pack." They can no longer see the gnoll, but by the sound of his voice, it seems that he decided to stay out of the mist.

Steve will detect evil all around them, it is as if it is within the very mist. Whoever is taking the lead will soon find themselves walking into water. While they can't see the lake within the mist, they can certainly feel and hear it as they step into the water.

"What's with this mist?" Asks the ranger. "Fog or mist usually isn't like this."

Felandria

2017-01-30, 01:43 AM

Temple Assault

Felandria will pull out a bandana and tie it around her nose and mouth.

Well, I'm not taking any chances.

I suggest everyone take precautions.

Morty

2017-01-30, 05:54 PM

[Temple Assault]

"This isn't natural mist, and there's... something in it," Wenomir says. "Can you try to clear it out? Swimming through the lake will be hard enough by itself."

He then closes his eyes, concentrates and performs an elaborate flourish with his sword, concentrating his will on the mist. If the mist is magically-created, it might be dispersed to a degree.

8BitNinja

2017-01-30, 07:09 PM

[Temple Assault]

Steve watches Wenomir and says "The mist is evil, let me try to help" He closes his eyes and then prays "Bringer of Righteousness, please protect your servants from the wickedness around us." (Magic Circle Against Evil) If the mist is affected by such things, a circular field of good aligned energy will appear as a circle of faint light.

Shadowcaller

2017-01-30, 08:56 PM

[Temple Assault]

It is hard to tell what happens exactly, but while the most does not disappear, it does thin out a bit as Steve casts his circle against evil and Wenomir... stabs the air around him.
Steve will be able to tell that the evil of this place isn't as thick anymore, it has somehow dispersed a bit, along with the fog.
It is at that point the group will hear what some might recognize as a helicopter, and it is coming closer.
The ones paying attention to to fog around them however, might see vague figures in the mist that appear to disappear as soon as they look at them.

Artemis97

2017-01-30, 10:03 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

Dena does not bow, she found no reason to. She had never dealt with royalty much, and she had yet to see a reason to treat them differently than everyone else. Wasn't that a form of... -ism thing? Treating people differently like that? Whatever.
She does respectfully nod once he has finished speaking however. "I'm afraid we come bearing grave news, your brother, Raril, has been the victim of a assassination attempt. Thankfully we managed to save him, yet the assassin still remains at large. I am Dena Xifhara, lieutenant of MERC, and I am leading the investigation of this foul crime." If the other two wanted to introduce themselves, Dena pauses to let them.

[Degenburg Castle]

Reinholdt glances sideways at Dena. She suspects this man of hiring the assassin and she opens up with praise of its failure and condemnation of the act? Well alright, he guesses. Let's just see where she's going with this.

In the meantime, Rein believes you don't walk into another person's domain and not show them the proper deference, so he does bow while providing his trademark flourish. "Reinholdt, Treasure Hunter Extraordinaire and non-partisan party."

[Degenburg Castle]

Electra watches Dena and Rein introduce themselves, and finds herself in a bit of a quandary. Dena has not bowed to Sszinyon, but Rein has. She finds herself going quickly back over the various formal protocols she learned over the years doing investigative work back in her home dimension, and decides that a happy medium is probably best. She does not bow, but she does incline her head down slightly, though she keeps those deep, cold blue eyes on Sszinyon.

"Electra, private investigator and bodyguard." It sounds better than 'hired gun' and she's not sure whether to claim any sort of MERC affiliation, since she's just a license-holder, not a full member. Best to let Dena speak for MERC, anyways.

[Degenburg Castle]

"A Mercenary, a Treasure Hunter, and an Investigator, all here to tell me that my brother is not dead." A scowl crosses the vampiric drow's face. "Did you come here expecting I would come to his aid? If you have, you are sorely mistaken about the nature of our relationship."

The crowd in the hall shifts a little, growing somewhat tense at their lord's displeasure.

Green Elf

2017-01-30, 10:04 PM

The ranger raises his bandana over his face and readies his bow.

Shadowcaller

2017-01-30, 10:42 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

Dena feigns surprise. "Is that so? Well, then we are indeed mistaken, as came here following the tracks of the assassin whom failed to kill your brother. We hoped that you might know who had ordered his death, you see. Seeing they must be in this very castle." She makes a sweeping gesture around the court.

Reinholdt

2017-01-31, 02:44 AM

[Degenburg Castle]

Reinholdt clears his throat. "We did not expect you to give your aid freely of course. But if you should happen to know who placed this mark and were able to get them to rescind the order, I believe I can offer incentive to make this a mutually beneficial exchange."

Morty

2017-01-31, 12:18 PM

[Ruins]

Looks like it's backtracking time for Fayyaad. He first returns to the room with the terminal, to see what's in the chests he missed earlier.

Nova_Eclipse

2017-01-31, 10:56 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

Electra's cold, calm expression doesn't change as she glances at the court as they shift uncomfortably, before bringing her gaze back to Sszinyon. She doesn't say anything, though she is listening intently to the drow's response to Dena and Rein in order to gauge how accurate their suspicions are.

[Ruins]

The first chest in the terminal room seems to contain a rather nasty weapon. It appears to simply be the hilt of another energy sword, decorated in heavy gold with a diamond-cut ruby as the pommel, but when activated, it unfurls a glowing energy bullwhip, all of 15 feet long. There's an extra switch on the hilt as well. Pressing it sheathes the whip in crackling lightning, and cracking the whip when it's charged thus releases a powerful lighting bolt in whichever direction it's cracked in. A powerful weapon, and one that will take a bit of practice to master, but the reward will be worth it.

The second chest contains a bit more straightforward firepower. A shoulder-fired micro-missile launcher lies in the chest, with about 20 micro-missiles. It's actually broken down into two pieces for storage, but Fayyaad can probably figure out how to assemble and load it. The missiles are marked as high explosive. Whoever was living down here didn't mess around when it came to personal protection. But then, with how aggressive the guardians are, perhaps they needed it.

Felandria

2017-01-31, 11:05 PM

Temple Assault

Felandria looks around apprehensively.

Keep on your watch, there's unfriendlies out there.

Anyone recognize that sound?

Morty

2017-02-01, 12:39 PM

[Temple Assault]

Wenomir puts his hand on his eyes and his shoulders tremble for a moment with barely-retrained anger.

"It's a helicopter. The last thing I expected to meet here, but I should have expected several more pointless distractions before we actually get there. Hopefully it's just an illusion meant to confound us. Let's figure out how to cross the lake."

[Ruins]

That's... probably helpful. Hopefully Fayyaad doesn't blow himself to pieces trying to use it. Is it enough to get past the enormous robots? He's not sure, so he keeps backtracking towards another chest he remembers passing by. In the room with the humanoid guard robots.

Shadowcaller

2017-02-01, 01:19 PM

[Temple Assault]

As Wenomir moves, several things happen at once, first the ground underneath him collapses as the ground itself attempts to swallow him whole, the mud itself pulling him under. At the same time a powerful fireball is launched out from the mist into the middle of the group and explodes with a devastating force. Anyone caught in the blast wave will likely, depending on how close they were to it:

1. (Direct Impact) Be hit with the full force of the explosion, which will likely throw them a few meters to the side while scorching their gear/body and might break a number of their bones, and blind them.
2. (Close) Be pushed to the ground, and be blinded, likely suffering injuries as standard body armor isn't made to block explosive force.
3. (Far) Be staggered by the force of the blast wave and possibly be blinded.

Then finally some kind of spell (curse) is cast on the group which, unless resisted, will cause them to perceive everyone in the group as demons, and will hear anything that they say as some form of demonic gibberish for the duration of the curse.

8BitNinja

2017-02-01, 05:03 PM

[Temple Assault]

Steve is hit by the fireball and hits the ground hard. Although nothing is broken and he suffered no burns due to his armor, the force hurt him bad. The flash of the fireball also temporarily blinds him. He shouts "Medic!" and lays on the ground. He looks around and prays "Bringer of Justice, please lend your servant your sight." (Detect Evil) and looks around for any hostiles. He would lay hands on himself, but as of now, he is trying to stay from collapsing.

((If you are wondering why the Detect Evil is different, it's because my character doesn't "cast" divine spells. He asks for them, and then his god gives him the requested power. They are not given beforehand))

Artemis97

2017-02-01, 06:35 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

Sszinyon chuckles, a rich dark sound. "It is very simple, you see. I gave the order for my brother's death." His red eyes glitter in the candle light, daring his guests to challenge him for this declaration.

Shadowcaller

2017-02-01, 08:15 PM

[Degenburg Castle]

Dena can't help but to smile a bit, she had figured it wouldn't be too hard to get a confession out of him. If his people were anything like hers, then sibling killing wasn't exactly frowned upon if you came out as the winner. In addition, she knew that almost boastful tone, she had heard it before when her sister had declared herself matriarch of her tribe. But this time she at least wasn't related to the speaker.

"Well then." Dena replies, dropping the polite act. "So how do we convince you to call off the bounty?" She eyes the guards, this could get messy.