[17:04] Arden: Time bending and

flowing arround you and then falling away a sensation of tearing as if being cast backward along a long dark tunnel
[17:05] >Ambiance<: A figure crosses down the road
[17:07] >Ambiance<: Two other figures pull up short
[17:07] Ariliar: Something is wrong
[17:07] Gamia: I felt it too the device pulled
[17:07] Gamia: Let us hold back
[17:07] * ZLOK looks around.
[17:07] >Ambiance<: The Silari hang back from the advancing figure. His features are primarily human but with traits similiar to many of the other races
[17:08] >Ambiance<: Figure approaches the group
[17:08] Figure: rudely
[17:08] Figure: Get out of my Way
[17:08] Figure: Clear the Road!
[17:09] Legault: Could you enlighten us with your name?
[17:09] Rimblade: "Who do you think you are, the king of the silari?!"
[17:09] * Damsel simply quietly moves out of the way.
[17:09] Selarep: Who are you, first?
[17:09] * Brandon moves out of the way
[17:09] * Lkeas only pays half attention to the figure as she's staring at the two Silari. "They didn't... oh gods..."
[17:09] Figure: "Silari?"
[17:09] * Malcolm turns to Lkeas
[17:09] * Legault steps out of the way with a sigh, "Hmm..."
[17:10] * Avarie moves to take Elaith's hand, also keeping quiet for thetime being.
[17:10] Seideilari: Who am I?
[17:10] * Elaith hold's Avarie's hand and watches events unfold.
[17:10] Rimblade: "Right. I believe strongly in the possible effects of shouting races at people, and seeing if they shoot me."
[17:10] Seideilari: Get the hell out of the way you useless vagrant or I shall have you put to death
[17:10] Seideilari: "Guards"
[17:10] Seideilari: "Guards"
[17:11] Malcolm: I think we should do what he says
[17:11] Rimblade: "Oh-ho! But can't you see that I am an utterly worthless half-enchanted artefact of limited power?"
[17:11] * Legault takes a few more steps back, "..."
[17:11] * Seideilari stops
[17:11] * TaloToecan moves towards one side surrepticiously.
[17:11] * Lkeas frowns and turns to Malcolm, whispering, "But if we let him pass, then what?"
[17:11] Seideilari: "A speaking handle"
[17:11] Seideilari: "How peculiar and indeed pointless"
[17:11] * Dale yawns.
[17:11] Seideilari: "In fact"
[17:11] Selarep: Heh.
[17:12] Seideilari: "Arrest them all and call the concil"
[17:12] Selarep: ...
[17:12] Seideilari: "We shall have them assessed for use"
[17:12] Seideilari: "And or recycled"
[17:12] Rimblade: "That's a good idea. But beware! We could be incompetent assassins!"
[17:12] Rimblade: "Wot are come to assassinate you!"
[17:12] TaloToecan: "This is not boding well."
[17:12] Brandon: Arrested.
[17:12] * Selarep whisper to the group. "Should we fight back?"
[17:12] * ZLOK looks at Lkeas and whispers under his breath, "I've killed for less, why are we saving him again?"
[17:12] * Damsel sighs softly. "Shades..."
[17:12] * Seideilari looks at Rimblade rather peculiarly
[17:12] TaloToecan: "And I doubt that line has tact enough to actually be taken as humor, Rimblade."
[17:12] Seideilari: "Spare the trial"
[17:13] Seideilari: "Execute them all immediately"
[17:13] Rimblade: "Mmm."
[17:13] Brandon: Haha.
[17:13] Seideilari: "To even joke about assassination is a capital offense"
[17:13] * Seideilari turns and leaves
[17:13] Selarep: Yeah. We're fighting back.
[17:13] Rimblade: "That may not have been quite the outcome I was aiming for."
[17:13] * TaloToecan darts his head from side to side looking for the positions of said guards.
[17:13] ZLOK: That's because he thinks you're juoking.
[17:13] * Avarie glances at Elaith worridly, her grip on his hand tightening.
[17:13] >Ambiance<: A rather large squad of guards surrounds you on all sides
[17:13] * Lkeas turns to see if the two Silari are still around.
[17:13] *** Dale has signed off IRC (Connection reset by peer).
[17:13] * Selarep unsheathes his sword.
[17:13] * Selarep smirks.
[17:13] Legault: ... Lovely.
[17:13] ZLOK: What had you thought? That he would believe you if you told him two time travelling assassins were going to murder him today?
[17:13] Brandon: Should I...
[17:14] TaloToecan: "I think...we ought to avoid bloodshed..."
[17:14] Selarep: Everyone draw your weapons.
[17:14] Rimblade: "No, don't be silly."
[17:14] Lkeas: Selarep no, we're quite outnumbered.
[17:14] * TaloToecan looks at Lkeas, then at Damsel, as if for permission.
[17:14] >Ambiance<: the guards are attired funnily they all wear some sort of mask
[17:14] Selarep: There's no choice...
[17:14] Rimblade: "I was planning on making him call all of his guards around him."
[17:14] Lkeas: That would be the quickest way to die.
[17:14] * Elaith frowns. "We can't kill any of them. We don't want to adjust the timeline in unpredictable ways."
[17:14] Damsel: "From bad to worse..."
[17:14] Rimblade: "That way they wouldn't be able to shoot 'em."
[17:14] Selarep: Unless...
[17:14] >Ambiance<: They bring out some vials
[17:14] Selarep: We can find a way to distract them...
[17:14] >Ambiance<: They toss the vials at the ground violently
[17:14] ZLOK: You just handed him to them on a silver platter.
[17:14] ZLOK: Happy?
[17:14] * TaloToecan looks pointedly at Lkeas and Damsel.
[17:14] Rimblade: "Errr."
[17:14] * Selarep jumps
[17:14] Lkeas: ZLOK, we want them to act, we need them to act still!
[17:15] >Ambiance<: The liquids in the vials combine7
[17:15] * Rimblade considers this.
[17:15] * Damsel looks at Talo, apparently at a loss."
[17:15] ZLOK: You don't breathe, do you handle?
[17:15] >Ambiance<: A toxic and highly CORROSIVE gas fills the air
[17:15] Rimblade: "Ah. Well."
[17:15] Rimblade: "Stupid updating weaponry for golem disposal."
[17:15] * ZLOK closes his eyes, exhales and concentrates a bit.
[17:15] * Selarep holds his breath.
[17:16] * TaloToecan brings the powers of his mind to the forefront, trying to shield himself from the certainly lethal (to him) gas, as well as stretching it around as many others as possible.
[17:16] * Malcolm backs away as far as he can from the gas
[17:16] * Legault covers his mouth.
[17:16] >Ambiance<: The gas will burn the skin, eyes and mucosa it touches even if you do not breath
[17:16] ZLOK: We were fighting, yes?
[17:16] * Selarep seals Twilight around his mouth and nose, leaving enough air for him to breathe.
[17:16] >Ambiance<: It also begins to rust all metal and melt plastics
[17:16] Rimblade: "Ow... ow... ow..."
[17:16] * ZLOK crouches low, preparing to jump.
[17:16] * Selarep seals Twilight all around him.
[17:16] * Brandon tosses a fireball at one the guards
[17:16] Rimblade: "Quickly, throw me out of the ring!"
[17:17] Guard: "They are ArchMagi"
[17:17] * Damsel winces against the effect, trying to stay near Lkeas and TaloToecan.
[17:17] * Selarep jumps on one of the guards' heads.
[17:17] Guard: "Pull back"
[17:17] * TaloToecan drops to one knee, whether in pain or just caution........
[17:17] * Selarep bounces off behind them.
[17:17] ZLOK: Follow!
[17:17] * Selarep guards himself.
[17:17] * Near guard burst into flame
[17:17] Rimblade: "Or we could do that. That works too."
[17:17] * Lkeas coughs and squints her eyes shut. "Follow... what?!"
[17:17] Seideilari: #roll 1d20
[17:17] RPGServ: <Roll for Arden [1d20]: 11>
[17:17] * ZLOK charges the frontmost guard, attempting to bowel him over.
[17:17] Seideilari: All present must roll 1d20 now and score 11 or higher
[17:17] ZLOK: #roll 1d20
[17:17] RPGServ: <Roll for ZLOK [1d20]: 16>
[17:17] Selarep: #1d20
[17:18] Brandon: #roll 1d20
[17:18] RPGServ: <Roll for Brandon [1d20]: 16>
[17:18] TaloToecan: #roll 1d20
[17:18] RPGServ: <Roll for TaloToecan [1d20]: 19>
[17:18] Selarep: #roll 1d20
[17:18] RPGServ: <Roll for Selarep [1d20]: 4>
[17:18] Damsel: #roll 1d20
[17:18] RPGServ: <Roll for Damsel [1d20]: 18>
[17:18] Elaith: #roll 1d20
[17:18] RPGServ: <Roll for Elaith [1d20]: 8>
[17:18] Seideilari: ZLOK gets out with only minor injury to his skin
[17:18] Rimblade: #roll 1d20
[17:18] Selarep: (...)
[17:18] RPGServ: <Roll for Rimblade [1d20]: 13>
[17:18] Lkeas: #roll 1d20
[17:18] RPGServ: <Roll for Lkeas [1d20]: 19>
[17:18] Avarie: #roll 1d20
[17:18] RPGServ: <Roll for Avarie [1d20]: 19>
[17:18] * Legault #roll 1d20
[17:18] Seideilari: Brandon gets out with only minor injury to his skin
[17:18] Malcolm: #roll 1d20
[17:18] RPGServ: <Roll for Malcolm [1d20]: 1>
[17:18] Legault: #roll 1d20
[17:18] RPGServ: <Roll for Legault [1d20]: 17>
[17:18] Seideilari: Talo manages to duck below the gas and is totally uninjured
[17:18] Seideilari: Selarep
[17:18] Seideilari: #roll 4d6
[17:18] RPGServ: <Roll for Arden [4d6]: 24>
[17:19] Seideilari: The equivalent of 24 hitpoints of damage
[17:19] Selarep: # roll 4d6
[17:19] Seideilari: No
[17:19] Selarep: #roll 4d6
[17:19] RPGServ: <Roll for Selarep [4d6]: 13>
[17:19] Seideilari: You do not roll
[17:19] Selarep: Hmm?
[17:19] Seideilari: You were rolling to save versus a target
[17:19] Seideilari: You failed
[17:19] Seideilari: You take injury
[17:19] Selarep: ...
[17:19] Seideilari: 24 points thereof
[17:19] Selarep: Eh. I can deal with it.
[17:20] Seideilari: Damsel is unharmed except some stinging in her eyes and a mild sore throat
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[17:20] Seideilari: Lkeas gets out with only minor injury to her skin
[17:20] Seideilari: Avarie gets out with only minor injury to her skin
[17:21] Seideilari: Rimblade gets minor rust spots
[17:21] Seideilari: #roll 4d6
[17:21] RPGServ: <Roll for Arden [4d6]: 13>
[17:21] Seideilari: Elaith takes the equivalent of 13 points damage
[17:21] Seideilari: Malcom inhales deeply right in mid stride through the cloud
[17:21] Seideilari: *Malcolm
[17:21] Seideilari: #roll 12d6
[17:21] RPGServ: <Roll for Arden [12d6]: 42>
[17:22] Seideilari: Malcom Takes 42 points of damage
[17:22] Seideilari: Malcolm Loses Conciousness
[17:22] * Malcolm has fallen within the cloud
[17:22] Seideilari: <Resume Action>
[17:22] Selarep: Urgh...
[17:22] Selarep: Damsel, could you quickly heal me?
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[17:23] Brandon: Anyone need any healing?
[17:23] * Lkeas halts her progression and turns back to see if the others have made it.
[17:23] * TaloToecan hits the ground, thankful to his mechanical reflexes, and attempts to lash out Telepathically at any guards his mind can still reach. Aiming for incapacitation only.
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[17:23] * Damsel glances at Selarep but she appears far more concerned about the fallen Malcolm.
[17:23] * Selarep raises his hand to Brandon.
[17:23] Rimblade: "Hehehe. At least in sufficiency I have preserved my sanity!"
[17:23] Seideilari: #roll 1d6
[17:23] RPGServ: <Roll for Arden [1d6]: 5>
[17:23] Damsel: "Shades..."
[17:23] Seideilari: Malcolm takes an additional 5 points for remainign within the cloud
[17:23] Lkeas: Malcolm? Malcolm!
[17:23] Lkeas: Quick, we have to get him out of there..
[17:23] * Brandon heals Selarep
[17:24] ZLOK: Must I do everything?
[17:24] Selarep: Thanks.
[17:24] * Legault shakes his head, "I'm fine, this is nothing..." He glances at Malcolm, "Dang it..."
[17:24] * Selarep runs into the cloud.
[17:24] * ZLOK gives up chase of a guard and rushes into the cloud again.
[17:24] * Selarep grabs at Brandon.
[17:24] Seideilari: #roll 1d20
[17:24] RPGServ: <Roll for Arden [1d20]: 17>
[17:24] Seideilari: +2 for a burdened roll
[17:24] Seideilari: Roll better then 19 ZLOK
[17:24] ZLOK: #roll 1d20
[17:24] RPGServ: <Roll for ZLOK [1d20]: 5>
[17:25] Seideilari: The gas disrupts your symbiotic bond
[17:25] * Avarie appears alarmed at events, and concerned for the injuries people have been receiving.
[17:25] Seideilari: The symbiont itself takes
[17:25] * Elaith winces and prepares to heal himself before rushing back into the cloud to fetch Malcolm.
[17:25] Seideilari: #3d6
[17:25] * ZLOK screams in pain and collapses.
[17:25] Seideilari: #roll 3d6
[17:25] RPGServ: <Roll for Arden [3d6]: 8>
[17:25] Seideilari: Points
[17:25] * Brandon goes garou and goes for Malcom and Zlok
[17:25] Guards: Werewolf
[17:25] Guards: Werewolf
[17:26] Guards: It is an alpha
[17:26] Rimblade: "Ah dear."
[17:26] * Seideilari frowns
[17:26] Seideilari: "Release the plague on them"
[17:26] Legault: ... That sounds bad.
[17:26] * Damsel mutters, "From bad to worse" and then heads into the cloud to retrieve the fallen.
[17:26] * Selarep tries to grab ZLOK and Malcolm.
[17:26] Lkeas: The... what?
[17:26] Rimblade: "No, wait, let me guess. It will effect metal too."
[17:27] >Ambiance<: Several guards collapse
[17:27] * TaloToecan 's eyes grow wide. "They have...too many answers. We should withdraw if we can."
[17:27] * Lkeas scans the area for some sign of Arilar or Gamia. "We need to stop this. Stop him."
[17:27] Seideilari: "What is this what has happened?"
[17:27] * ZLOK twitches helplessly in the corrosive cloud, his form seemingly growing, boils perhaps?
[17:28] Guard: moans "Mind lash..."
[17:28] Rimblade: "Hah. Maybe the only reason the two assassins succeed is our own attack."
[17:28] Seideilari: "Flood this entire sector with the Contagion"
[17:28] * Malcolm lays motionless in the cloud
[17:28] * Seideilari gestures and vanishes
[17:28] * Selarep shakes Malcolm.
[17:28] Lkeas: No!
[17:28] Legault: ... Wind, we need wind to blow the gas away...
[17:28] >Ambiance<: The Two Silari vanish
[17:28] * Brandon picks up Zlok and Malcom and runs out of the cloud
[17:28] Lkeas: Dammit we can't die here!
[17:29] Rimblade: "Mmmm. I truely wish I could create just one sheild."
[17:29] >Ambiance<: A mist begins to arrise from the sewers
[17:29] Rimblade: "Ah well. At least this won't waste time!"
[17:29] >Ambiance<: The mist drives off the corrosive gas
[17:29] * TaloToecan blinks for a moment, and then takes a leaf from Brandon's book. Though much more slowly, he too shifts, returning to ferretine litheness that hugs the ground so well.
[17:29] The'Galin: "You again?"
[17:29] The'Galin: "Come on Come this way"
[17:29] The'Galin: "Hurry"
[17:29] * Legault glances at the mist and takes a few steps back, "Huh?"
[17:30] * ZLOK rolls off of Brandon and stands, before limping after The'Galin.
[17:30] * Selarep stares
[17:30] Rimblade: "Oh ho! The engimatic master of engimatic engimas himself!"
[17:30] The'Galin: Come on
[17:30] * Selarep continues to walk
[17:30] * Lkeas looks up at the familiar voice and gestures to the others. "We have to get out of here, come on."
[17:30] The`Galin: Come on
[17:30] * Elaith clasps Avarie's hand and leans on her a bit as they head after The`Galin.
[17:30] The`Galin: There is no time to dawdle
[17:30] Lkeas: Wait, Malcolm..
[17:30] * Lkeas rushes to his side and attempts to pick him up.
[17:30] The`Galin: After the mist comes the yellow death
[17:30] * TaloToecan attempts to bolster the wounded as he scurries beside them, telepathically trying to ease the sensation of pain, though being completely unable to cure it.
[17:31] * Avarie wraps an arm about Elaith's back to help support him as they walk.
[17:31] * Legault dashes towards The'Galin, "Gah, there's no time..."
[17:31] The`Galin: And once you are infected
[17:31] The`Galin: Nothing can be done
[17:31] * Rimblade rises a bit and half-speeds, half-drags after The'Galin
[17:31] * Damsel goes to help ZLOK, trying to get him up and moving.
[17:31] * Brandon puts Malcom down
[17:31] TaloToecan: "I was not able to hold off the first cloud, we need to hurry, as I doubt I can buy time for the second.
[17:31] ZLOK: I can carry myself much better than yours.
[17:31] ZLOK: And your magic will do you no good, help the others.
[17:32] Lkeas: Brandon, do you have him? Let's get out of here.
[17:32] * Brandon picks him back up
[17:32] * TaloToecan eventually moves to try and help drag Rimblade by latching on with his obsidian teeth.
[17:32] * Brandon moves on
[17:32] * Damsel nods in acknoweldgement, making certian everyone else is moving well enough before following.
[17:32] * Lkeas follows after the others.
[17:32] * Legault went after the voice a bit ago.
[17:33] Rimblade: "Excuse in sufficiency a suffusion of sanity."
[17:33] * Rimblade glows an odd grey shade for a moment. When he returns to normal shape, he looks exactly the same, but is no longer dragging.
[17:34] * TaloToecan lets go promptly with the glow. "Efficient and repaired, swiftly and succinctly, oh Hilt?"
[17:35] * Lkeas hangs her head as she catches up with Damsel. "Well... that could have gone much better..."
[17:35] Rimblade: "Repaired? Hardly. I took an infusion of motive."
[17:35] * Damsel nods her head gravely. "Yes."
[17:36] * Legault walks along, "We caused a distraction alright..."
[17:36] Legault: A bad one.
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[17:36] Lkeas: I had been so specific up until that last command...
[17:36] * Lkeas sighs in despair.
[17:36] * Xforce blinks
[17:36] Damsel: "We were rushed and didn't think it through. It wasn't only your fault."
[17:36] Xforce: Strange....
[17:36] * Brandon places his other hand on malcom and trys healing him
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[17:37] Rimblade: "Ah, technically it was ALL my fault."
[17:37] * Xforce tentatively reaches out and taps at the air before him, as if unsure of its nature.
[17:37] Rimblade: "I will not have either of you placing any blame on yourselves, thank you."
[17:37] Xforce: "Well, its certainly not solid, thats a start."
[17:37] * TaloToecan looks at Lkeas, then moves close to nip her ankle in a berating manner. "Regret...is not the answer. We must deal with the present, rather than dwell on the recent past."
[17:37] * Avarie whispers quietly to Elaith, worry in her eyes. "Will you be all right?"
[17:37] * Malcolm 's eyes flitter open but he still seems hurt
[17:38] Rimblade: "If you all start taking credit for my work, you may as well name yourselves the Rimmettes."
[17:38] TaloToecan: "At least this time..."
[17:38] * Lkeas looks down at TaloToecan. "Yeah, okay... at least we're all still alive.." She looks over at Malcolm and ZLOK with undisguised concern.
[17:38] * Elaith whispers back. "Yeah, I will be alright. I can cure myself whenever we get to our destination."
[17:38] * ZLOK has pulled his hood close, and bows his head, letting it obscure his face, yet makes it evident he's addressing Lkeas when he says: "Did I not tell you weapons were devised specifically against me?"
[17:38] The`Galin: That was very nearly fatal for all of us
[17:38] * Xforce turns and proceeds to inspect those around him, pausing for a moment as he gaze briefly rests on each figure, in turn.
[17:39] * Avarie nods her head silently.
[17:39] The`Galin: You have I must say a remarkable tendency to appear when great trouble happens
[17:39] Damsel: "Thank you, The'Galin. We all owe you our lives."
[17:39] The`Galin: Well its clear now
[17:39] * TaloToecan turns and regards ZLOK. "I daresay that would have been equally lethal for myself. Quite so."
[17:39] * Xforce laughs and claps appreciatively.
[17:39] Legault: Oh yeah, it's our specialty.
[17:39] The`Galin: We were debating what to do
[17:39] ZLOK: Why so many of our adversaries carry them is beyond me. I surmise that an opponent much like me is two steps ahead of us.
[17:39] The`Galin: But he is now using the plague on the city
[17:39] Malcolm: Ugg, what truck ran me over?
[17:39] The`Galin: He will clearly soon start on the people
[17:40] ZLOK: You don't know the half of it, construct.
[17:40] Lauren: what has happened love
[17:40] Xforce: "My, my, it appears my mind has fabricated a merry band of spectres to fill my illusionary prison tonight."
[17:40] The`Galin: Seideilari
[17:40] The`Galin: Exactly as Feldrin said
[17:40] * Xforce bows to the assembled.
[17:40] * Lkeas nods to ZLOK. "That gas seemed tooled to kill almost any being.."
[17:40] * Selarep stares at Lauren.
[17:40] The`Galin: We are not just leaving here
[17:40] The`Galin: We leave the continent
[17:40] The`Galin: Tonight
[17:40] The`Galin: For Deren
[17:40] * Selarep bows to Lauren.
[17:40] Xforce: "It is my pleasure to make your acquantaince tonight."
[17:41] Lauren: Very well
[17:41] * Xforce seems pleased with the lack of response he is being accorded.
[17:41] * Damsel lets her eyes open wide. "This is wrong..."
[17:41] ZLOK: Poison, I can deal with. Acid, much the same. Catalysts between me, I cannot.
[17:41] Rimblade: "Ehhe."
[17:41] Brandon: Well good thing I ran in there after you Zlok
[17:42] * Legault frowns, "... This was rather badly played, huh?"
[17:42] * Lkeas looks over at The'Galin. "Deren? The both of you?"
[17:42] Xforce: "Deren? Deren... Deren... the name rings a bell..."
[17:42] The`Galin: There can be no question
[17:42] The`Galin: Seideilari is attacking his own city
[17:42] The`Galin: Without consideration
[17:42] Legault: Deren, a continent to the North of Battleonia on LORE.
[17:43] Rimblade: "Paranoia, so it is."
[17:43] The`Galin: What?
[17:43] Rimblade: "Though he was excellently composed."
[17:43] The`Galin: North of Battleonia?
[17:43] The`Galin: "I am not sure where this Battleonia is"
[17:43] Rimblade: "That'd be icy."
[17:43] * TaloToecan glances between Legault and The`Galin.
[17:43] The`Galin: "But Deren is the south eastern most continent on Lore"
[17:44] Rimblade: "Unless you go further east."
[17:44] * Lkeas glances at the other seekers, rather bewildered.
[17:44] The`Galin: At the point you cross the line of Demarkation
[17:44] * Xforce mutters randomly with unfocused eyes "Ah yes, Deren Langley, perhaps? Gongmaster of Shi Sinkao De?"
[17:44] The`Galin: You have gone so far east you have gone west
[17:45] Rimblade: "Aaagh, I've no head for direction."
[17:45] Selarep: ...
[17:45] Rimblade: "Or a head, in point."
[17:45] * Damsel frowns, disliking how things have gone and concerned about how things might be remedied.
[17:45] * Feldrin enters
[17:45] * Feldrin blinks noting the assembled
[17:46] * Malcolm slowly gets to his feet
[17:46] Feldrin: "your guests have returned"
[17:46] * TaloToecan shakes his muzzle from side to side, then ponders on Paradox, and wondering when *that* Karmic debt will have to be paid.
[17:46] The`Galin: Yes Fel but we have no time
[17:46] Rimblade: "Tempus fugit!"
[17:46] The`Galin: Lauren and I are taking the childen and fleeing at once for Deren
[17:46] The`Galin: Will you accompany us
[17:46] * Xforce raises an eyebrow.
[17:46] Xforce: "Children?"
[17:46] The`Galin: Get you son from this place
[17:47] Xforce: "My pardon, but did you mention children?"
[17:47] Feldrin: "What... why... yes"
[17:47] Xforce: "There are no children in my mind."
[17:47] Xforce: "It is impossible."
[17:47] Xforce: "They perished long ago..."
[17:47] Xforce: "Long... long ago..."
[17:47] ZLOK: Listen not to the ravings of a madman, lest they too drive you mad.
[17:47] * Xforce laughs, a hollow sound, bereft of emotion.
[17:47] * ZLOK seems to have regained a bit of his composure.
[17:47] * TaloToecan blinks again and looks at Xforce. "Methinks you mistake Dreams for Reality, stranger."
[17:47] Xforce: "What is reality but a waking dream?"
[17:48] The`Galin: This is one dream sir from which I would gladly awaken
[17:48] Rimblade: "The difference is that you can't dream reality twice."
[17:48] The`Galin: My children are orphans already
[17:48] The`Galin: I shall certainly not have them infected by the Contagion
[17:48] * Xforce blinks, then focuses his gaze on TaloToecan. "I do not remember you."
[17:48] The`Galin: Anleya gather the others
[17:48] The`Galin: Go at once
[17:48] Anleya: Yes father
[17:48] Lkeas: Anleya..
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[17:49] Xforce: "From what part of my twisted psyche do you hail, stranger?"
[17:49] Rimblade: "The stem."
[17:49] * Damsel looks at Lkeas and TaloToecan, uncertain.
[17:49] * The`Galin looks to the Travellers
[17:49] Xforce: "Do you wish to question my sanity perhaps? My will to exist? The reasons behind the sacrifices I made?"
[17:49] The`Galin: Will you come with us?
[17:49] The`Galin: It is unsafe here
[17:50] Damsel: "How do you plan on travelling?"
[17:50] * Xforce lauhs again. "It wouldn't be the first time I have been questioned by myself."
[17:50] Rimblade: "Sounds like a bad idea to me."
[17:50] * Lkeas looks over at The'Galin, and bites her lower lip. "Us..?"
[17:50] Rimblade: "We should split up."
[17:50] TaloToecan: "I question nothing. You are here, and here is Real. I will not debate your own perceptions."
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[17:50] * TaloToecan turns his gaze from the stranger to catch the uncertainty in Damsel's eyes.
[17:51] The`Galin: "Mass Teleport"
[17:51] Rimblade: "Oh ho."
[17:51] The`Galin: "I once thought it cowardice and unmerited"
[17:51] * Xforce laughs again. "Certainly, certainly. This too, is reality of a sort. Come, let us fly from this place..."
[17:51] The`Galin: "I now clearly think otherwise"
[17:51] The`Galin: "Seideilari is completely insane"
[17:51] TaloToecan: "Splitting our number is not...exactly wise, methinks. We do have wounded, Rimblade."
[17:51] Xforce: "We shall depart on a great journey, that we may witness wonders we have forgotten!"
[17:51] * Damsel nods her head then tries to establish a mental link to TaloToecan.
[17:51] Rimblade: "Then send the wounded, send the weak!"
[17:52] Rimblade: "One won't be getting better if it's ignored."
[17:52] * TaloToecan is readily receptive to such
[17:52] ZLOK: If you flee from your fight, you will lose part of yourself.
[17:52] * Rimblade washes through with grey as he takes another swig of motive sanity.
[17:52] The`Galin: "No..."
[17:52] The`Galin: "My children need a father:
[17:53] The`Galin: "And to expose them to this is madness"
[17:53] The`Galin: "We leave"
[17:53] * Lkeas watches Damsel and Talo out of the corner of her eye as she listens to The'Galin. "Is there no way to stop him? Leaving the rest of your people to die..?"
[17:53] The`Galin: "On that matter I am most inflexible"
[17:53] Rimblade: "I'd say he's talking sense."
[17:53] * Xforce brings a lip in front of his face, a crafty, loathsome expression settling across his features.
[17:53] ZLOK: I'd say he's out of his drawers.
[17:54] *** Elaith has signed off IRC (Ping timeout).
[17:54] Xforce: "In every situation, there is a sacrifice that must be made..."
[17:54] Rimblade: "The multiverse has a million despots, but only one of each person."
[17:54] The`Galin: "The rest of my people to die? Everyone has been given the opportunity to flee"
[17:54] Rimblade: "Er... realitvely speaking."
[17:54] The`Galin: "This exodus is known to Seideilari he even encorages it"
[17:54] The`Galin: "They choose to remain my Lady"
[17:54] The`Galin: "As I once did"
[17:54] Xforce: "And the price is often terrible... are you truly ready to pay that price, you have fathered children?"
[17:54] The`Galin: "For the reason that this place was my home"
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[17:54] Lkeas: I see...
[17:54] Xforce: "Can you live making such a sacrifice? Could you live if you did not make it?"
[17:55] * Malcolm takes a few deep breaths and sits down near by
[17:55] The`Galin: "But It is no home of mine now"
[17:55] The`Galin: "We will go"
[17:55] * Xforce glances at The'Galin, then laughs madly.
[17:55] The`Galin: "Perhaps in Deren we can regroup and find a way to counter Seideilari"
[17:55] Xforce: "And so it repeats... repeats..."
[17:55] Damsel: "But... what of those who have no way to flee?"
[17:55] The`Galin: "No Way?"
[17:55] Rimblade: "Right. Nice drama. Stop laughing at a good choice."
[17:55] ZLOK: Yes, leave me here to die, will you?
[17:56] The`Galin: "The Magi of Deren has been carting out hudreds daily sometimes thousands"
[17:56] The`Galin: "They open a mass teleport portal"
[17:56] The`Galin: "And we pass through"
[17:56] The`Galin: "It is all arranged by Prince Draynor and his father"
[17:56] TaloToecan: "Not all have a choice."
[17:56] Legault: If they're too complacent to do anything, why try to change their minds?
[17:56] ZLOK: So you're going from one tyrant to the other.
[17:57] Lkeas: Why does Sieleidari encourage the exodus?
[17:57] The`Galin: "So then... you suggest I murder my own wards... and risk my own life for the lives of those I know not"
[17:57] TaloToecan: "Whether by bonds physical, mental, or emotional...not all have that choice to leave."
[17:57] The`Galin: "Ideals and patriotism young artifice may seem wise to you"
[17:57] The`Galin: "But to me there could not be worse folly"
[17:57] Rimblade: "I'm not at all sure I see the logic in any of these arguements."
[17:57] ZLOK: I suggest you do what you think is right.
[17:57] The`Galin: "It is quite possible for seemingly good actions to cause much harm"
[17:57] Rimblade: "I see great obscurfication."
[17:57] ZLOK: I suggest you will do what you can say you will never regret.
[17:58] * Xforce clutches at his sides and begins shivering. His eyes wander, then grow unfocused as his mind wanders through a past memory. Slowly, he sinks to his knees, then falls sideways, sprawled across the floor. The word "sacrifice" escapes his mouth several times, amidst other unintelligible muttering.
[17:58] * Lkeas nods sadly. "This is very true, The'Galin..."
[17:58] TaloToecan: "And I merely suggest you think on every side you are aware of, and make your decision with the grand picture in mind. Not a narrowed veiw.""
[17:58] The`Galin: None can claim no regrets....
[17:58] ZLOK: I can.
[17:58] The`Galin: I will definitely work from Deren for Inilar
[17:58] The`Galin: But not at the risk of any I care for
[17:58] Lkeas: Actions taken in good conscience can go awry...
[17:58] * Lkeas fights to hold her composure.
[17:58] The`Galin: You are deluded or a liar
[17:59] * The`Galin turns
[17:59] ZLOK: Many would say both.
[17:59] * Damsel bows her head, at a loss.
[17:59] The`Galin: "It is time"
[17:59] * TaloToecan lays down and begins to clean his paws.
[17:59] ZLOK: But this is not one of these times.
[17:59] * The`Galin steps through a rear doorway into a large yard
[17:59] >Ambiance<: A huge circular vortex appears in the night sky
[17:59] Rimblade: "Heh. Ehe."
[17:59] * Legault mutters, "Fight for what you believe, right or wrong it doesn't matter..."
[17:59] TaloToecan: "I do find it odd that you accuse artifice of patriotism."
[17:59] Damsel: "No..."
[18:00] * Rimblade mutters something about fools charging in where angels know the dog has been recently.
[18:00] * Fulcan apparently warps in.
[18:00] * Lkeas follows The'Galin outside, watching the vortex. She speaks, although the intended listener is unclear. "Well... now what..."
[18:00] * Brink is apparently here.
[18:00] * Rimblade glares suddenly at Fulcan.
[18:00] * ZLOK follows only steps behind Lkeas.
[18:00] * Brink follows Lkeas.
[18:01] * Malcolm follows Lkeas, breathing a bit weakly but alive
[18:01] * Damsel follows after Lkeas. "I don't know... We've caused everything to go astray..."
[18:01] * Xforce alters his position, then props his head on TaloToecan, using it as a pillow
[18:01] Rimblade: "Stop stealing my blame already!"
[18:01] * Avarie still supports Elaith as she tries to remain with the others.
[18:02] * Lkeas shakes her head. "And to think, we set out to change the very thing that now we ourselves have caused..."
[18:02] * TaloToecan hisses suddenly and bolts from beneath Xforce and out the doorway, using just a hint of telekinesis to get from underneath before being unintentionally crushed.
[18:02] * Rimblade glares eyelessly at Lkeas.
[18:02] Legault: ... We should've tried to contain some of that mist.
[18:02] * Korban appears on the scene his eye's drowzily opening, after apparently being asleep before arriving.
[18:02] * Fulcan looks at Rimblade, "What's up with you?"
[18:02] Legault: That's what gets used on Lauren, right...?
[18:02] Lkeas: Er, sorry, Rim. I mean, it's all your fault, yeah...
[18:03] Malcolm: its partly my fault as well
[18:03] * Dale has been quiet, surprisingly.
[18:03] Rimblade: "You have thrown it away, right, Fulcan?"
[18:03] >Ambiance<: The'Galin, Lauren, and the Children along with Feldrin pass through the portal as a group
[18:03] * Brink lets out a low growl as he loses sight of lkeas as the group moves in front of him.
[18:03] Fulcan: "Thrown what away?"
[18:03] * TaloToecan winds up scrambling up a pair of legs and body to perch on a shoulder, but in his inattentive state, falls right off.
[18:03] * Lkeas glances at Legault, shaking her head. "They can't learn of what we know."
[18:03] >Ambiance<: The Derenian Mages fully 30 of them continue chanting cooperative magic as other families begin to enter
[18:03] * Adam_Hartholm rubs his face. "I'm to tired for this. I can't keep up."
[18:03] Damsel: "I... I don't know what to do..."
[18:03] Malcolm: but what can we do to change things back to the way it should be?
[18:03] Rimblade: "The sword!"
[18:04] * ZLOK catches TaloToecan and puts him back on his intnded shoulder.
[18:04] Fulcan: "No, I have not."
[18:04] * Brink ,with his four legs, trots a little faster. his cold wet nose nudges Damsel in his walking.
[18:04] Brink: Sorry Damsel.
[18:04] Fulcan: "But we'll leave that discussion to a later time. It seems we're rather preoccupied."
[18:04] * ZLOK turns to Lkeas.
[18:04] ZLOK: Are we going?
[18:04] Rimblade: "Fine. But this is an arguement I shall be winning."
[18:04] * Damsel hardly seems to notice amist what's happening.
[18:04] >Ambiance<: The seekers feel an odd tignling sensation and the chronomancy that cast them back in time begins unravelling
[18:04] * Lkeas shudders. "I don't... know..."
[18:05] * Brink trots even faster. HE finally catches up to Lkeas.
[18:05] * Adam_Hartholm blinks. "Hullo."
[18:05] * Korban stares around somewhat confused as to the situation, but decides against asking questions.
[18:05] Rimblade: "Aha."
[18:05] Malcolm: this won't be good
[18:05] Rimblade: "Tempus Fugit."
[18:05] >Ambiance<: Having used the laptop directly and not the Wyk mirror for the effect things begin to rapidly flow away
[18:05] Fulcan: "Ugh. Chronomancy."
[18:05] Korban: I've only felt this twice in my life, and I'm not in sheets right now so...
[18:06] Damsel: "Too late..."
[18:06] Computer: Insufficent power to complete transit
[18:06] Computer: Insufficent power to complete transit
[18:06] Brink: Ugh.
[18:06] * Lkeas breaks down and falls to her knees. "What have I done..."
[18:06] Malcolm: oh no
[18:06] Rimblade: "Hahah! What a sufficiency!"
[18:06] Computer: Ejecting from the Time Stream
[18:06] Computer: Warning
[18:06] Computer: Warning
[18:06] * ZLOK puts his hand on Lkeas' shoulder and holds tight.
[18:06] Adam_Hartholm: Huzzah. Impending doom is such a pleasant feeling.
[18:06] Computer: Attempting to shift position and compensate
[18:06] Brink: Blast it.
[18:06] * TaloToecan braces himself, sending reassuring emotions to Damsel at the very least
[18:07] Legault: Lkeas, you've done nothing wrong, we tried our best.
[18:07] Fulcan: "I hate Chronomancy. Although, were it not existant, here I wouldn't stand."
[18:07] >Ambiance<: The voice vanishes
[18:07] * Avarie shifts slightly, trying to redistribute Elaith's weight a bit.
[18:07] * Brink 's tail droops in between his legs, while the other to droop a little less.