Lavender Feathers

From Caelwiki

[21:44] Damsel: I appologize. I am meloncoly. Today has not carried much good news for us seekers.

[21:45] Lkeas: true... but it was a necessary experience nonetheless. can you imagine what would have befallen us had we rushed headlong into a confrontation with Cartwright?

[21:45] * LordBarrius frowns.

[21:45] LordBarrius: I don't want to imagine it.

[21:45] * Lkeas chuckles inappropriately

[21:45] SplinterClaw: Unlike everyone else, you have seen behind the curtain and even the actors behind it. You guys can make a diffrence, because you have already have

[21:45] Lkeas: i should write a will

[21:46] Useless: No need to apologize, hard news affects us all differently.

[21:46] * Damsel nods to LordBarrius.

[21:46] Lkeas: who should i leave the satchel to in the event of my death or worse?

[21:46] LordBarrius: Though I suspect that if we had, I'd be acting quite differently right now. >_>

[21:46] Lkeas: oh i agree, Barrius, i daresay i'd be burning the encyclopedia as we speak...

[21:47] * LordBarrius nods.

[21:47] Damsel: That is of course your choice. However, I might suggest not revealing that information except to the one you choose.

[21:47] LordBarrius: Rather grim to think of it, is it not? *shudders again*

[21:47] Lkeas: mmm. perhaps. but it is best to be prepared...

[21:47] LordBarrius: I agree.

[21:47] Damsel: We live in dark times.

[21:48] Damsel: and by that, I do not refer to the Darkness Lord.

[21:48] LordBarrius: If the worst should befall you....the knowledge must be preserved.

[21:48] Lkeas: we cannot afford to halt the progression of uncovering the truth because of one person's life

[21:48] LordBarrius: But I will do my best to ensure that it does not happen....

[21:48] SplinterClaw: The world has always been darker, it's just perception

[21:49] Damsel: I know of a few measures that have been taken in case of that eventuality. In fact, doing so is what ultimately caused Useless to dream.

[21:49] * Damsel 's face shows a shadow of a smile for a brief moment.

[21:49] SplinterClaw: what we need to do is make sure we don't fall into believeing that it's too dark to make a diffrence

[21:50] Lkeas: is that so?

[21:50] * Lkeas looks down at the small Artifice

[21:50] * Useless twitches his tail but chooses to remain silent.

[21:51] Legault|Spriting: Even in the darkest of tunnels there is always a light at the end of it for you to follow...

[21:51] Legault|Spriting: It's never to dark. Dark leads to light eventually.

[21:51] SplinterClaw: exactly

[21:52] * LordBarrius frowns.

[21:52] LordBarrius: But our tunnel appears to have a rapidly closing mouth....

[21:52] Lkeas: oh, don't say such depressing things, LordBarrius, have a little Hope

[21:52] * LordBarrius chuckles.

[21:52] LordBarrius: I do, Archivist.

[21:53] Damsel: So we must run all the faster. But also be all the more wary for pitfalls.

[21:53] LordBarrius: But I am a realist, not an optimist.

[21:53] SplinterClaw: then let's go! All of this is coming to it's climax, we just have to keep trying to make sure were ready for when it finally comes to it's peak

[21:53] LordBarrius: We simply have to be careful.

[21:53] Lkeas: heh. The'Galin would bring out all the negative aspects in us and make us forget ourselves

[21:53] SplinterClaw: LB, I'm a realist

[21:54] Legault|Spriting: We can be ready by not rushing off into who knows where.

[21:54] Lkeas: of course...

[21:54] Lkeas: that was my first mistake

[21:54] * Lkeas holds her head in her hands

[21:55] Lkeas: i couldn't stand seeing him holding a gun to his head...

[21:55] SplinterClaw: In all honesty, I'm willing to rush off, it will tell us more about what's around us

[21:55] *** Diviara has joined #755.

[21:55] * Damsel taps her head against her quarterstaff a few times. "The clues are there, but we're still missing something. Something we're not thinking of or something that we haven't yet be provided."

[21:55] Lkeas: oh Diviara...

[21:55] * LordBarrius glances at Lkeas. "I made the same mistake....don't be so hard on yourself."

[21:55] Damsel: Welcome, Diviara.

[21:56] Diviara: ...Yes Prophet?

[21:56] * Diviara turns and looks at Damsel

[21:56] Diviara: Greeting to you Avarie

[21:56] Useless: Greetings, Diviara

[21:56] SplinterClaw: hello

[21:56] * Damsel tilts her head to the side. "I am afraid you are mistaken."

[21:56] * LordBarrius nods to Diviara. "Greetings."

[21:56] Diviara: Whatever floats your boat madam digital

[21:57] Useless: You speak much like Galrick last eve, Diviara.

[21:57] * Diviara turns to Useless hello atrifice

[21:57] * Damsel chuckles.

[21:57] Diviara: How do you drema....

[21:57] Lkeas: your powers... i have a newfound respect for them, let's say.

[21:57] * Lkeas shudders uncontrollably

[21:57] * Legault|Spriting twitches at imagining them

[21:57] * LordBarrius nods. "And I have confirmed my fears about them."

[21:57] * Damsel places a comforting hand upon Lkeas' shoulder.

[21:59] Useless: I dream interesting dreams, Diviara, interdispersed by nightmares. What of you, how do you dream lately?

[21:59] Damsel: Diviara, that message you gave us this morning, the one that overlapped with Galricks. Did you mean it or were you simply repeating what was said?

[21:59] Diviara: I do not

[21:59] * Diviara cocks his head and looks at Lkeas thoughfully

[22:00] * Diviara extends a hand and a small needle of red light envelops his finger

[22:00] * Diviara frowns

[22:00] * Diviara closes his hand and the light vanishes

[22:00] * Lkeas watches Diviara intently

[22:00] Lkeas: what... a red light?

[22:00] Diviara: How very.... harsh....

[22:00] * LordBarrius locks his eyes on Diviara.

[22:00] Diviara: Not at all craftful

[22:00] * Damsel observes, her face carefully neutral.

[22:01] * Useless stirs and raises onto his paws.

[22:01] Diviara: The likelihood for damage and psychosis is relatively high with such a rather abrupt version

[22:01] * Diviara cocks his head the otherway

[22:01] Legault|Spriting: Harsh doesn't sound... Promising...

[22:01] Lkeas: yes... it was rather a distressing violation...

[22:01] * LordBarrius nods in agreement.

[22:01] Diviara: Then again... thats likely a positive thing to that being

[22:02] Diviara: Well then at least that should put rest to Maxx's theory

[22:02] Diviara: And prove on this matter that I was the first person absolutely truthful with you

[22:02] SplinterClaw: hmmm

[22:02] Lkeas: yes, i have no doubts in my mind that Cartwrights intentions are completely inhumane

[22:02] * Damsel nods in acknowledgement. "Yes you were."

[22:03] Lkeas: his transformation of Galrick is most troubling as well... he seems to becoming more animal than man...

[22:03] Diviara: That is troubling...

[22:03] SplinterClaw: Diviara, what is the cost of this information?

[22:04] * Legault|Spriting grins, 1,000 souls a pop

[22:04] * Damsel tries to catch Splinter's eye and shakes her head.

[22:04] * LordBarrius frowns. "Not funny, Legault."

[22:05] Damsel: I believe the information is free, is it not, Diviara? It is what we make of it... That is up to us.

[22:05] SplinterClaw: Perhaps... the payment is for setting events in motion that would not have happened before?

[22:06] Lkeas: he seemed to actually enjoy killing with a primal passion, what would drive him to take pleasure in such a thing...

[22:06] * Lkeas shakes her head

[22:07] SplinterClaw: ((Did I say something wrong?))

[22:07] * LordBarrius stands. "It is time for me to sleep. I pray that I will be able."

[22:08] SplinterClaw: g'night LB

[22:08] LordBarrius: Stay strong, Archivist, friends.

[22:08] Lkeas: farewell, LordBarrius

[22:08] Damsel: And you as well.

[22:08] * Legault|Spriting smiles slightly. "Sorry, my sadastic sense of humour is breaking loose again.

[22:08] LordBarrius: And farewell to thee, Diviara.

[22:08] Legault|Spriting: Sayonara.

[22:08] *** LordBarrius is now known as LB|Sleep.

[22:11] SplinterClaw: What should we do now?

[22:12] Damsel: Diviara often keeps his own council. He will speak if and when he chooses.

[22:12] Legault|Spriting: We should wait and plot I suppose... As for me, I'm finishing crafting a wyvern...

[22:12] SplinterClaw: ... then, what do you think we should do?

[22:13] Damsel: Well, I have a theory that I'd like to talk about, that maybe even Diviara might have an opinion about.

[22:13] SplinterClaw: what is it?

[22:13] Damsel: Allow me to first find my reference.

[22:14] SplinterClaw: ok

[22:15] Legault|Spriting: My main question is how many times has the Devourer visited LORE...

[22:16] * Lkeas offers a few scrolls to Damsel from her satchel. "Are any of these useful?"

[22:16] Legault|Spriting: Once? Twice? More times then we can count?

[22:16] Diviara: Infinite

[22:16] * Damsel smiles her thanks to Lkeas. "Yes, I found what I need."

[22:17] Damsel: Because time has no meaning to him? Or because of branches along the tree of posibilities? or mu?

[22:17] SplinterClaw: so, is LORE ifintely old, or is it a matter of perspective?

[22:18] SplinterClaw: perspective as in is this opinion through the perspective of a indefinite deity or that of a mortal?

[22:19] Damsel: I wish you would have gotten a chance, Lkeas, to ask the necromancer what annunaki he said you and your companions had.

[22:19] * Lkeas nods

[22:20] Damsel: However, I do realize he did not allow time for it.

[22:20] Lkeas: i was confused as well, as to whether one person's sacrifice would rid us all of the beast

[22:20] Lkeas: or just that one person

[22:20] Legault|Spriting: Or has this same struggle taken place an infinate amount of times and failed?

[22:20] Damsel: do we think the annunaki is the beast?

[22:20] Lkeas: oh indeed. a malicious form of faceless that is able to move from host to host

[22:21] SplinterClaw: is annunaki more like a person or a thought?

[22:21] Damsel: I believe the distiction is unclear at this point.

[22:21] Damsel: It might also depend upon the type of annunaki

[22:22] Legault|Spriting: It is clearly dangerous though, correct?

[22:22] Damsel: Depends upon the type.

[22:22] Damsel: You cannot classify annunaki as possessing of one mind or one goal. They are as diverse as humanity is.

[22:22] * Lkeas nods

[22:23] * Legault|Spriting contemplates the thought of obtaining a miniture annunaki as a pet

[22:23] Lkeas: the Anunnaki who are Avatar, for example, they will, I believe, be allies in the coming war

[22:23] Damsel: So even more accurately, it depends upon the annunaki individual.

[22:23] SplinterClaw: well, is there a single goal they are trying to obtain, because our's is to stop The'Galin

[22:24] Damsel: Are our goals so focused? Are there not two members in our ranks who have sworn allegence to The'Galin?

[22:24] SplinterClaw: Maybe if we understood thier goals, and focussed less on who or what they were, we could understand them better?

[22:24] Legault|Spriting: Can we truly stop The'Galin? Or are we merely halting his plans?

[22:24] Damsel: I think to correctly understand them, you need to understand their nature and their history.

[22:25] Lkeas: i don't think we are doing either, Legault...

[22:25] SplinterClaw: halt=stop in my book

[22:25] Lkeas: we are merely trying to survive the onslaught

[22:25] Damsel: If I told you my goal was to get an ice cream, what would that tell you? I could be lying. But if you saw that I had bought a carton of ice cream a day, could you not predict my behaviour?

[22:25] Lkeas: we could no sooner stop The'Galin's destruction than we could halt an earthquake or hold back a tsunami

[22:26] SplinterClaw: but we can make preperations, in a way, that is a fight in its own

[22:26] Damsel: A goal is meaningless without understanding about where it springs from.

[22:26] Lkeas: of course. preparedness is key

[22:26] Legault|Spriting: Well if the tsunami vaporized...

[22:26] * Lkeas frowns

[22:26] Legault|Spriting: Meh, I'mt thinking too much...

[22:27] Lkeas: perhaps where you're from, that is a possibility, but on Terra, where i live, such things do not occur.

[22:27] SplinterClaw: not yet!

[22:27] SplinterClaw: but we are working on them

[22:27] Damsel: If I may, I'd like to focus on a specific type of annunaki for a time.

[22:27] SplinterClaw: ok

[22:27] Lkeas: that type?

[22:28] Lkeas: *what

[22:28] Damsel: Allow me to lead into it.

[22:28] Damsel: We have been told that no type of annunaki can inhabit a being without leaving some sign, correct?

[22:29] Damsel: None of them are perfect at shapeshifting.

[22:29] Lkeas: what kind of sign?

[22:29] Damsel: I would also guess that it varies.

[22:29] Lkeas: i suppose so. when we were searching for the identities of the avatar hosts, we were told to look for the extraordinarily gifted

[22:30] Damsel: Correct. Perhaps there's another sign as well, but I'm unsure.

[22:30] * Useless twitters into Lkeas' ear suddenly

[22:30] SplinterClaw: (thinks) Maxwell? well, maybe his charecter atleast (char page)

[22:31] Damsel: Here, I found the quote from the Messenger's page.

[22:31] Damsel: The Anunnaki are reptilian and can shape shift into any form they desire. Although their new image is never a perfect match, they can easily travel unnoticed.

[22:31] Lkeas: but i could be wrong... i thought the reptilian form was made when not inhabiting a host?

[22:32] Legault|Spriting: I'd definatly want one of those as a pet... Are they all hostile?

[22:32] Damsel: Perhaps you are correct.

[22:32] * Useless shudders slightly at the thought he shares with Lkeas

[22:32] Damsel: Perhaps it depends upon the type.

[22:33] * Damsel glances worridly at Useless before continuing.

[22:34] Damsel: In the discussions between Maxwell, the Messenger, and Falerin in Lkeas' log collisions and paradox there can be found this:

[22:34] Damsel: [12:39] Falerin: This annunaki parasite I mentioned earlier seems to be able to cause a form of something akin to "infectious lycanthropy" in its victims. Is this likely part of a mechanism similiar to which the Avatar heighten the elemental abilities of a being but twisted in a different direction?

[22:35] SplinterClaw: that sounds like zombieism

[22:35] Damsel: If Falerin's definition is correct, I think we can assume that the beings with this form of annunaki would likely show external signs.

[22:35] Damsel: Most lycanthropes do.

[22:36] SplinterClaw: that's why I suggested maxwells char page

[22:37] Damsel: Lycanthropes by nature are wolf. However, what other were's are we aware of in LORE?

[22:37] SplinterClaw: werepyre?

[22:37] SplinterClaw: maybe vampire

[22:38] Diviara: There have been updates to the page of the Page of Galrick

[22:38] Damsel: vampirism is not a were-type condition. Thus werepyre itself is a combination of a lycanthrope and a non-were

[22:39] * Damsel tries to catch Useless' gaze, her face serious.

[22:39] * Useless glances at Damsel

[22:40] Damsel: Think. One step beyond werepyre.

[22:40] Legault|Spriting: Nightbane?

[22:40] Legault|Spriting: The Dracopyre?

[22:41] Damsel: Exactly.

[22:41] * Lkeas reads Galrick's latest blog with concern

[22:41] Lkeas: i cannot say it was unexpected..

[22:41] Damsel: And what new was thrown into the mix?

[22:41] Legault|Spriting: Dragon...

[22:41] SplinterClaw: (snaps fingers) were-dragon!

[22:42] Legault|Spriting: Or their blood mainly.

[22:43] Damsel: Now, I believe Nightbane's clame was that he was able to gain the dragon powers by slaying over a thousand of them.

[22:43] SplinterClaw: That's what Wolfwing said

[22:43] Damsel: Sorry. Getting confused. But yes.

[22:44] Damsel: Does that make a whole lot of sense to anyone?

[22:44] Legault|Spriting: I believe Nightbane drank their blood. Or he may have collected their essence unknowingly.

[22:45] Damsel: There may be another option.

[22:45] SplinterClaw: no, he did it with knowledge, that's why Wolfwing doesn't like him very much

[22:45] Legault|Spriting: Despises fits better.

[22:46] SplinterClaw: guess so

[22:46] *** Legault|Spriting is now known as InshouLegault.

[22:46] SplinterClaw: but what are you getting at?

[22:46] Damsel: Dragons are reptilian in nature. So are the anunnaki. WereDragon? Or Lycanthropic anunnaki?

[22:46] InshouLegault: So he may be partially anunnaki?

[22:46] SplinterClaw: (oven-timer like sound goes off in SpClw mind) no way...

[22:47] Damsel: Honestly, I don't know. But I would like it to be kept in mind.

[22:48] SplinterClaw: you should save that one, it may turn out to be true

[22:49] InshouLegault: I have quite a bit stored in a word document for quick reference.

[22:50] SplinterClaw: ((Nooooooo! Even with CFTFD, pied burper killed me with only 320 hp remaining!))

[22:51] Lex: Bye

[22:51] SplinterClaw: bye

[22:51] *** Lex has signed off IRC (Supressed: If you can't laugh at yourself, make fun of other people.).

[22:51] SplinterClaw: ((Someday, I will defeat pied burper 140 and steal his hat!!))

[22:52] SplinterClaw: I'm going to get some sleep, goodnight everyone.

[22:52] * SplinterClaw waves and vanishes

[22:52] InshouLegault: Owari.

[22:53] *** SplinterClaw has signed off IRC (Distracted: AQStats Web Client).

[23:00] *** Diviara has signed off IRC (Interred: ).

[23:04] *** Takun has signed off IRC (Drowned: Pars maior lacrimas ridet et intus habet.).

[23:08] InshouLegault: Jamata...

[23:10] *** InshouLegault has signed off IRC (Distracted: The destiny of destrution... Still awaits... So long as you have hearts, hate will lurk in the shadows. You who possess the wellspring of emotions knoen as the heart... You are the true Mavericks!).

[23:35] *** Sleepyman444 has signed off IRC (Connection reset by peer).

[23:36] *** Miffinman has joined #755.

[23:36] *** Mode change "+v Miffinman" for channel #755 by Tralin.

[23:41] *** NL_Asleep has signed off IRC (Distracted: Connection reset by peer. Blast you evil peer!).

[23:51] >Ambiance<: A bell chimes loudly in the distance its note deep and haunting.

[23:51] *** Falerin has joined #755.

[23:51] * Falerin appears, ghostly at first, but then gestures a cutting motion at his throat and becomes more solid. Even as he does this the bell stops ringing.

[23:51] *** Mode change "+o Falerin" for channel #755 by Tralin.

[23:51] Falerin: How goes the war?

[23:51] Lkeas: not well, i'm afraid. we're horribly under-equipped.

[23:52] *** Falerin has changed the topic on channel #755 to Pain is constant. Fight through it.....

[23:52] Falerin: Oh

[23:52] * Falerin checks Galrick's page

[23:52] Useless: Greetings LoreMaster

[23:52] Falerin: Down with the Sickness

[23:52] Falerin: Hmm...

[23:52] Lkeas: mhmm. another one i shall have to refrain from posting the lyrics to

[23:52] Falerin: Not PG-13 as its not the radio edit

[23:53] Falerin: Then again... It really is appropriate I am afraid

[23:53] Falerin: Distressingly so

[23:53] Lkeas: of course, which is perhaps more disturbing

[23:53] Falerin: What in the hell is with the new image and blog entries tho

[23:54] Lkeas: oh no...

[23:54] Falerin: Well at least it is no longer an eviscerated rabbit

[23:54] Lkeas: it is... worse...

[23:54] Useless: O.o

[23:55] * Lkeas curses profusely

[23:55] Lkeas: how could he take on a Brilhado...

[23:56] Damsel: Not just any Brilhado

[23:56] * Useless twitches his tail agitatedly so.

[23:57] * Damsel runs her hand across her hair in frustration.

[23:57] *** Galrick has joined #755.

[23:57] *** Mode change "+v Galrick" for channel #755 by Tralin.

[23:57] * Lkeas backs into the corner

[23:57] Lkeas: you...

[23:57] * Galrick stretches languidly....\\

[23:57] Lkeas: what has happened to you...

[23:58] Galrick: I have awakened

[23:58] * Useless raises his hackles reflexively.

[23:58] Galrick: I have become...

[23:58] * Damsel watches warily.

[23:58] Lkeas: you have awakened? on the contrary you seem to have become quite blind to your purpose...

[23:58] * Galrick steches out a hand

[23:59] * Galrick goes over to the Loremaster

[23:59] Galrick: Here they seem to be hostile to my gift to them....

[23:59] Galrick: So I will give it to you

[23:59] Lkeas: what happened to your journey... your search for truth...

[23:59] Falerin: ....

[23:59] * Falerin opens his hand

[00:00] * Galrick drops 5 lavender quills the end of which is coated in scarlet and crimson and flecks of white

[00:00] * Lkeas watches the exchange, fighting back hot tears

[00:00] * Useless whispers in a soft hiss. "Monster..."

[00:00] Galrick: It is a joyous day....

[00:00] Lkeas: you are an animal...

[00:00] Galrick: The General of The`Galin is dead...

[00:00] Useless: You are worse than an animal.

[00:01] * Galrick takes another quill from his jacket and pops the end in his mouth sensuously

[00:01] Lkeas: you have traded away your humanity for revenge? is that it?

[00:01] Galrick: Have you no clue what that being did....

[00:01] Galrick: What he has done....

[00:01] Galrick: Ages upon ages....

[00:02] Useless: He still could be redeemed.

[00:03] * Useless digs his claws into the floor in frustration.

[00:04] Lkeas: i don't know who you are anymore, Seeker.

[00:04] Lkeas: i was once inspired by you.

[00:04] Galrick: Tell that to the jews about Adolph Hitler. Tell it to the Romanov's about Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili

[00:04] * Damsel looks at Galrick sadly, pitty in her eyes.

[00:04] Galrick: You speak to me of redemption

[00:05] Galrick: You created me

[00:05] Galrick: You abandoned me

[00:05] *** Galrick has signed off IRC (Interred: ).