The Epic - Session VIII
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[15:45] * Falerin taps several keys on the Laptop before handing it back to Randal and vanishing without comment
[15:45] *** Mode change "+vvv Avarie Elaith Hadin" for channel #epic by Falerin.
[15:45] *** Mode change "+vvv kingk Leo_Biaxomus Lkeas[work]" for channel #epic by Falerin.
[15:45] *** Mode change "+vvv LordBarrius RandalMoonash Rimblade" for channel #epic by Falerin.
[15:45] RandalMoonash: "what.. was that about?"
[15:46] * Avarie looks to Falerin, interested.
[15:47] * Elaith wonders what Avarie is looking at, seeing nothing besides the others *
[15:47] * Avarie shrugs hopelessly.
[15:47] Elaith: Just kind of an eerie feeling?
[15:48] >Ambiance<: The cavern beyond has fallen utterly silent
[15:48] * Avarie shakes her head to clear it. "Something like that. I think all this world jumping is getting to me."
[15:48] Elaith: Yeah, I know what you mean. Could've just been reading our books.
[15:49] * Elaith shuts up, even him noticing the large silence *
[15:49] * Lkeas looks at Randal
[15:49] * Avarie appears slightly disturbed by the sudden quiet.
[15:49] Lkeas: is the weapon list still up on that laptop?
[15:49] >Ambiance<: the Computer chirps
[15:49] RandalMoonash: I... dont know
[15:49] Avarie: Do you... Should we go look?
[15:50] Computer: World Monitoring is not Available
[15:50] * RandalMoonash looks down at it, spacing slightyl
[15:50] Leo_Biaxomus: I don't think so.
[15:50] Elaith: Sure. It seems a little out of place to me.
[15:50] Computer: Shall I activate monitor
[15:50] Leo_Biaxomus: Rushing forward unprepared often leads to death.
[15:50] Computer: World Monitoring is not Available
[15:50] RandalMoonash: er.. sure?
[15:50] Lkeas: yes, we were about to get some weapons...
[15:50] Computer: Activating.
[15:50] LordBarrius: Indeed. Let's remain here for the moment....
[15:50] Computer: Resolving Hostmask
[15:50] Computer: Connecting
[15:51] Elaith: Does anyone at least have a light to see into the cavern from here?
[15:51] * LordBarrius shrugs.
[15:51] Lkeas: well, we could try to raise the lumens again.. but perhaps we don't want to draw attention to ourselves..
[15:51] Avarie: I don't usually carry a flashlight with me when going to the bookstore.
[15:51] >Ambiance<: the monitor shows a text box
[15:51] * RandalMoonash looks down at it
[15:51] Elaith: Nor do I, but if someone has a branch or something, we could make a torch with the lighter.
[15:52] Elaith: I'd be willing to sacrifice my old plaid coat.
[15:52] RandalMoonash: "What.. is this?
[15:52] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] :Galrick has arrived.
[15:53] Lkeas: strange..
[15:53] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Evening
[15:53] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> Hail, and so forth.
[15:53] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Elaith> Hello Galrick.
[15:53] Lkeas: a "world monitor," it said?
[15:53] LordBarrius: Very....
[15:53] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> Greetings to thee, Galrick.
[15:53] Lkeas: ...
[15:53] Leo_Biaxomus: What the heck is going on?
[15:53] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Elaith> How are you today?
[15:54] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> How are we faring this evening..
[15:54] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> heh
[15:54] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> You asked first
[15:54] RandalMoonash: whoa...
[15:54] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> I am well thank you
[15:54] Lkeas: we appear to be watching the goings on in another realm..
[15:54] * RandalMoonash taps on the screen
[15:54] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Elaith> Not a problem. I am faring well also.
[15:54] LordBarrius: Hm....some sort of discussion?
[15:54] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Elaith> My curiosity remains unabated.
[15:54] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> It is good that you are well...it soothes the mind of some concern.
[15:54] >Ambiance<: reality shimmers and Hadin appears abruptly
[15:55] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> I am at least as well as you.
[15:55] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Lex> �ACTION is no longer away : Gone for 13 minutes 47 seconds�
[15:55] * Hadin blinks several times as he stumbles to the ground.
[15:55] * Avarie looks Hadin over for any signs that he might be undead
[15:55] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Glad to hear it
[15:55] * RandalMoonash shouts out and drops the laptop
[15:55] * LordBarrius staggers back slightly at the new arrival.
[15:55] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Fulcan has left since I was here earlier I see
[15:55] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Shame
[15:55] Hadin: "Well...this is interesting..."
[15:55] Lkeas: hey, careful with that thing!
[15:55] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> That fellow is quite lost
[15:56] Lkeas: ....
[15:56] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> Is it your job to save him then? I would have thought you'd leave well enough alone.
[15:56] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> My Job?
[15:56] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> No...
[15:56] RandalMoonash: But.. he's dead
[15:56] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> But I would prefer none fall to my former master
[15:56] Lkeas: who's dead?
[15:56] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> If I could save all creation
[15:56] * Hadin coughs a few times before patting about for his cane, seeking to stand himself up in the cavern. "So...nice place ye have here." Growing more stern, he adds, "Now what the hell is going on?"
[15:56] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> I would do so
[15:57] * Lkeas turns to Hadin
[15:57] * LordBarrius shrugs. "How should I know? You're the one who just popped out of thin air in the middle of a cavern.
[15:57] Lkeas: we're somewhere underground in Deren
[15:57] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> I'm sure that broad heroics would impress someone- but I just don't see you single-handedly saving the multiverse.
[15:57] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> A noble ideal to work towards.
[15:57] RandalMoonash: "Lkeas... you.. take the laptop.. I cant... deal with this."
[15:57] Lkeas: and the computer is transmitting messages from elsewhere
[15:57] Lkeas: but... Randal, i'm not even a registered user
[15:57] Leo_Biaxomus: How strange...
[15:57] Hadin: "Deren, eh? Hmmm...that would be...nay, we are on Lore, are we not?"
[15:57] Lkeas: yes, Lore
[15:57] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Have Faith
[15:57] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Lex> Hello shadow
[15:57] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> You can move worlds
[15:57] LordBarrius: Correct, as far as I know.
[15:58] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> Hello Lex. Hail Galrick.
[15:58] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Greetings Shadow12040
[15:58] * Hadin grins broadly for a moment, pleased beyond what the others may be aware of.
[15:58] Lkeas: have Faith?
[15:58] RandalMoonash: "Then.. register yourself.
[15:58] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> �ACTION shudders slightly�
[15:58] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> Are you ok?
[15:58] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Deja Vu
[15:58] Lkeas: ...
[15:58] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> I have a lot of Deja Vu lately
[15:59] Lkeas: i wonder why that would be.
[15:59] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> I have gotten used to the feeling like I am being watched
[15:59] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Lex> ...
[15:59] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> But the Deja Vu is still pretty peculiar
[15:59] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> �ACTION regards Galrick with further interest, having not yet been able to observe Deja Vu.�
[15:59] Lkeas: heh. not usually by his allies though, i bet
[15:59] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> ... Right back at you Lex
[15:59] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> Well, I suppose one may never be too careful. Uncreation would be quite the unpleasant experience.
[15:59] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Depends on how its done
[16:00] * Lkeas keeps a wary eye out in the cave
[16:00] * Hadin manages to make his way slowly over towards those huddled about the laptop. "So, what do we have here, eh?"
[16:00] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> Please, the only people watching you would be... us, NOVA, The'Galin, The Traveller, and probably a host of others I am unaware of. :P
[16:00] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Some methods you are not aware of at all
[16:00] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Evening Damsel
[16:00] * Elaith edges a little towards the cavern *
[16:00] Apollo.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Damsel> Good evening Galrick
[16:00] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> What methods are we unaware of?
[16:00] >Ambiance<: A still wind comes from beyond Cavern but nothing else
[16:00] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> Welcome back, Damsel. You have returned at quite the opportune time.
[16:01] * RandalMoonash shivers, inching awahy from the laptop
[16:01] Lkeas: alright, alright, i'll take a look.
[16:01] * Lkeas hunkers down in front of the laptop
[16:01] Apollo.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Damsel> Oh? How so? Other than to greet Galrick, I mean.
[16:01] Leo_Biaxomus: this conversation is most interesting...
[16:01] * LordBarrius continues to watch the screen, wondering where this is taking place.
[16:01] Avarie: Shouldn't we be more concerned with where we currently are?
[16:01] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> �ACTION frowns�
[16:01] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> Just that, Galrick's presence usually heralds new revelations, after all.
[16:01] * Avarie peers about her, worried.
[16:01] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> �ACTION gestures and a puddle of water appears�
[16:02] * Hadin peers over Lkeas' shoulder to get a look at the screen for himself.
[16:02] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> Galrick's presence here could be part of something larger- Falerin was here earlier, but left rather abruptly.
[16:02] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> �ACTION glances into the puddle and a an image forms�
[16:02] LordBarrius: Mmm, I suppose. Though this is a rather peculiar conversation.
[16:02] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> �ACTION looks over to see the image *�
[16:02] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> �ACTION glances at the water and the forming image. "A scrying pool, perhaps?"�
[16:02] Lkeas: i hope that our listening in isn't making us lose time... wherever we are
[16:02] Apollo.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Damsel> Is something wrong, Galrick?
[16:03] Leo_Biaxomus: Are you suggesting we should act?
[16:03] * Hadin grumbles inaudibly at the mention of time, but says nothing concrete.
[16:03] Avarie: That's what I'm worried about, Lkeas
[16:03] * Elaith whispers to Avarie "I think I will take a small look at that cavern. If I am not back quickly, tell the others."
[16:03] Lkeas: Falerin did warn us of impending danger
[16:03] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> A second
[16:03] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> let me resolve the image
[16:03] Lkeas: i wonder how to get this light to follow us around; do we just pick up the laptop?
[16:03] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> Ok.
[16:03] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> I was only recently taught this trick
[16:03] * Avarie turns to Elaith and whipsers "Wait one moment. I'd rather none of us went alone if they are going to act soon."
[16:03] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> and I am not really sure how it even works
[16:04] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> It's definitely a high-class trick.
[16:04] RandalMoonash: I..dunno...
[16:04] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> �ACTION watches with quite the high level of interest.�
[16:04] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> Oh, I dunno. Seems like a scrying of some sort to me.
[16:04] Lkeas: well, one way to find out..
[16:04] * Lkeas picks up the laptop and walks 5 feet towards the next cavern and stops
[16:04] * Elaith whispers back * If you insist, but I doubt staying still is a great way for us to stay safe *
[16:04] Hadin: Tinker about in moving the artefact...simple enough a manner of trying to find out.
[16:04] * Leo_Biaxomus follows Lkeas.
[16:05] * Avarie nods to acknowledge the truth of Elaith's statement.
[16:05] *** Shock has joined #epic.
[16:05] * Hadin hobbles behind Lkeas as well.
[16:05] * LordBarrius stands and follows the others.
[16:05] * Lkeas looks back at the others
[16:05] * RandalMoonash shivers looking about
[16:05] Lkeas: well? did the light follow us?
[16:05] * Elaith anxious, takes the 5 foot move *
[16:05] Lkeas: no point walking into utter darkness if it didn't
[16:05] *** Stromy has joined #epic.
[16:05] * Avarie 's right hand clenches and unclenches, over and over, as if by reflex.
[16:06] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> What are you attempting to take a look at?
[16:06] Elaith: At the very least we have the light of the laptop's screen either way.
[16:06] * Hadin glances over to Avarie, noticing the hand movement. Whispering softly to her, he asks, "Everything alright lass?"
[16:06] Apollo.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Damsel> �ACTION apporaches Galrick careful, so as to not disrupt what he is doing, and watches carefully.�
[16:07] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> I suspect he's seeking the source of his deja'vu. Of course, there won't be one- such things are natural, no?
[16:07] Leviathan.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shock> uh..
[16:07] Leviathan.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shock> guys..
[16:07] Leviathan.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shock> bad...
[16:07] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Falerin> The pool vanishes
[16:07] * Avarie looks to Hadin and forces a small smile. "Aye. It's just that we heard fighting out there not long ago. I would feel better if I had some way of defending against any attack that might come."
[16:07] Leviathan.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shock> it still messing up?
[16:08] Lkeas: yes... fighting against creatures of a most frightening kind
[16:08] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Gah
[16:08] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> I take it that should not happen?
[16:08] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> It is not working correctly there is some kind of "loop"
[16:08] Leviathan.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shock> I see..
[16:08] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> A loop? Magical, physical, temporal, or other?
[16:08] * RandalMoonash looks about, rather out of it....
[16:08] LordBarrius: Yes, those light creatures you mentioned....
[16:08] * Hadin frowns at the mention of fighting, and pats at his pockets carefully...hoping to find a few choice items.
[16:08] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> Is there anything that could fix that?
[16:08] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> which means I am attempting to scry on something that is already scrying one me
[16:08] RandalMoonash: So... cold... so paintful...
[16:08] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> Magical 'tis then.
[16:08] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> We are being watched
[16:09] Leviathan.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shock> Thats no good...
[16:09] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> But you don't know who is watching?
[16:09] Lkeas: heh. we've been found out guys
[16:09] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> No its not I can stop it
[16:09] Leviathan.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shock> nice..
[16:09] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> �ACTION gestures�
[16:09] Avarie: It does appear they are discussing us.
[16:09] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> �ACTION hops over onto Damsel's shoulder. "If we are being watched, then is there no means to interfere with the watchers and discern their identity before closing the loop?"�
[16:10] >Ambiance<: the computer pops hisses and turns off
[16:10] Lkeas: hmm
[16:10] Lkeas: troubling.
[16:10] Lkeas: how will we get our weapons now?
[16:10] * LordBarrius glances at the computer. "That can't be good...."
[16:10] * Lkeas gives the laptop back to Randal
[16:10] Leo_Biaxomus: We won't...
[16:10] Lkeas: it likes you, you take it.
[16:10] *** Mode change "+vv Shock Stromy" for channel #epic by Falerin.
[16:10] Leo_Biaxomus: We'll have to the risk of going without them.
[16:10] * Hadin coughs several times, displeased at the lack of items about his person.
[16:11] RandalMoonash: This... is ... pointles..
[16:11] Hadin: A simple few powders would be enough even...unless...
[16:11] Lkeas: well, we have to make a decision
[16:11] Lkeas: Falerin said it was somewhat of a conundrum
[16:11] Lkeas: try to learn more about the Devourer
[16:11] Lkeas: or try to save our friends
[16:11] LordBarrius: Staying here is likely no better than exploring. We might as well go.
[16:11] Lkeas: what do you guys think?
[16:11] * RandalMoonash hides it in his coat
[16:12] RandalMoonash: That was stupid. Lets get out of here.
[16:12] Elaith: Does anyone have a lighter?
[16:12] Hadin: "Well, being that I'm alive at the moment, you have saved one in simply coming here."
[16:12] Stromy: Saving people is noble, but at what cost will we be able to?
[16:12] Elaith: And a branch would be useful as well.
[16:12] Lkeas: that's true... now that you mention it..
[16:12] * Lkeas 's jaw drops slightly
[16:12] Lkeas: you were dead!
[16:12] Stromy: Wha?
[16:12] RandalMoonash: No. But we can see well enouh. Lets go.... what?"
[16:12] Avarie: I personally feel that life is more important.
[16:12] Lkeas: i saw it, it was horrible...
[16:12] Stromy: ...I was dead?
[16:13] Hadin: "And then you messed with that artefact again...I'm quite aware. The memory of dying has not left me.
[16:13] Lkeas: no no, Hadin... the artificer
[16:13] Stromy: ahhhh
[16:13] Lkeas: the inn was painted with his blood...
[16:13] * LordBarrius gazes at Lkeas as if she is possessed. "He looks fine to me...."
[16:13] Lkeas: the undead came after us...
[16:13] RandalMoonash: He died?
[16:13] Stromy: Well, lets hope they're all that easy to save...
[16:13] Rimblade: What's this about people being dead? I've had just about enough of all these dead people about.
[16:13] Lkeas: that is where we were before Randal brought us here
[16:13] >Ambiance<: A still wind comes from beyond Cavern but nothing else
[16:13] Hadin: "I was killed by the beast...and that artefact undid my death, though the knowledge did not leave me."
[16:14] * Lkeas turns towards the wind
[16:14] Stromy: Should we poke around some more?
[16:14] Lkeas: where air flows, an exit exists
[16:14] Lkeas: we should move towards it
[16:14] * Elaith is tired of waiting for the others to make up their mind and edges a bit closer to the cavern again *
[16:14] LordBarrius: Agreed.
[16:14] * Leo_Biaxomus nods at Lkeas.
[16:14] * Stromy agrees
[16:14] * Lkeas walks in the direction of the wind
[16:14] * Stromy followas
[16:14] * Leo_Biaxomus follow swiftly behind Lkeas.
[16:14] RandalMoonash: "I say we go that way."
[16:14] * Elaith Elaith whispers to Avarie while walking... "Finally..."
[16:14] * Rimblade follows.
[16:15] * LordBarrius follows the rest of the party.
[16:15] Stromy: Take care though
[16:15] * Lkeas looks back at Stromy
[16:15] Lkeas: when did you get here?
[16:15] Hadin: "Very well then, though I'd feel more comfortable if I had the aid of another mage." *He hobbles swiftly after Lkeas, careful to avoid making clunking sounds with his cane.*
[16:15] * Avarie nods to Elaith. "It's still better than going alone."
[16:15] * RandalMoonash follows as well
[16:15] Rimblade: "I don't suppose we've any idea of where we're going?"
[16:15] >Ambiance<: The group comes to a large vaulting chamber light shines down from above but its source is very very distant. Clutter lays on the floor and a form that looks vaugely like Falerin lies dead to the side of the room. Blood flow indicates several other injuries occured here. The corpse of falerin is heavily decayed
[16:16] * Stromy checks for a pulse
[16:16] RandalMoonash: "not in the least..."
[16:16] Lkeas: hmm.
[16:16] RandalMoonash: "deycay...we were late."
[16:16] * LordBarrius looks around the chamber, feeling more nervous by the second.
[16:16] * Stromy gets a hand covered with decaying flesh.... dead at least 3 weeks
[16:16] * RandalMoonash looks about the room for a weapon
[16:16] Stromy: We should follow the blood trail...or run away
[16:16] Lkeas: this scene looks eerily familiar..
[16:16] * Stromy cringes
[16:17] * Leo_Biaxomus walks closer to Lkeas.
[16:17] Rimblade: "Ah, duce! What is it with the dead bodies lately, eh?"
[16:17] Lkeas: i don't suppose any of you are schooled in the Histories of LORE?
[16:17] * Stromy checks the body for anything out of place
[16:17] * Hadin grimaces, but says nothing about the deaths.
[16:17] Leo_Biaxomus: I am have some knowledge of them...
[16:17] RandalMoonash: "Not really."
[16:17] LordBarrius: No. I'm not familiar with this place.
[16:17] Hadin: "I've lived my life within Lore, and so I've learned bits and pieces."
[16:17] Avarie: Other than the passing mention I have heard with this group, I'd never even heard of it.
[16:18] Lkeas: there was a part in the recent histories..
[16:18] RandalMoonash: "he should have had some weapon..."
[16:18] Lkeas: a Confrontation
[16:18] Stromy: Should we follow the blood trail?
[16:18] Leo_Biaxomus: Are you suggesting that this person... is the Traveller?
[16:18] Rimblade: "Oh, indeed? Are you saying that a book killed this man?"
[16:18] Stromy: There has to be one if anyone got away
[16:18] * Lkeas looks at Leo
[16:18] Stromy: A Book? explain
[16:18] Lkeas: yes... you know, then
[16:18] LordBarrius: Who?
[16:19] * Hadin checks the clutter for clockwork, books, or various items he might use to empower himself for a casting.
[16:19] RandalMoonash: "Without being armed? Would you follow a bunch of undead into a trap unless you were armed?
[16:19] * Stromy continues checking the body for anything interesting
[16:19] Lkeas: this Falerin... he was the Avatar of the deity known as The Traveller
[16:19] Stromy: As far as I know
[16:19] >Ambiance<: Movement can be heard from the opposite end of the room a slight clanging like machinery being operated and then footsteps approaching the large chamber from one of its many other entrances
[16:19] * Avarie taking Hadin's idea, looks about for anything she could use as a weapon, should someone have managed to stay alive.
[16:19] Rimblade: "Hear that?"
[16:19] * RandalMoonash continues tryin to find a weapon
[16:20] * Stromy investigates cautiously
[16:20] * LordBarrius 's eears perk up at the sound. "Perhaps we'd better hide...."
[16:20] * Hadin perks up, and holding his cane out to stop Avarie's progress, begins to step back. "Something comes this way..."
[16:20] Stromy: Be ready to attack
[16:20] * Elaith quiets and decides that the best thing to do for a while would be to watch and pick up on the group's decisions *
[16:20] RandalMoonash: with what?!
[16:20] Hadin: "Be ready to defend and flee, we've not the weapons to attack, save barehands and an old man's cane.
[16:20] * Stromy stands by the entrance, hidden from view, able to suprise the newcommer
[16:21] LordBarrius: With what, praytell? I'm no expert in hand to hand....
[16:21] Stromy: The key is surprise
[16:21] Stromy: you spy a figure beyond in the darkness that is Reptilian Hominid vaugely but also covered in a soft leopard like fur, it clearly notes you and turns and goes back into the darkness
[16:21] * Shock stumbles in from a portal that opens out of nowhere. He then falls to his knees, breathing hard.
[16:21] Rimblade: "Good idea. Your suprise should give us time to run."
[16:21] * Avarie halts at Hadin's movement, peering into the darkness. Her whole body is tense, ready to fight or flee.
[16:21] Shock: That...that is the last time I go into a portal if I have any say in it..The things mess up to often..
[16:21] Shock: Where are we now..
[16:21] Stromy: Well, at least they didnt attacj on sight
[16:21] * RandalMoonash leans by the traveller trying to find his blade...
[16:21] Stromy: Should we follow?
[16:21] Avarie: He could be getting others.
[16:22] * Hadin carefully looks over the others, then asks bluntly. "If any of you others has any of the Talents or Arts, now would be the time to tell me so."
[16:22] Stromy: Take a side passage?
[16:22] Stromy: And wait for something to happen?
[16:22] * Stromy goes into a different passage, in case more come to attack
[16:22] Voice: I would advice against that course. There are many dangerous things beyond this place.
[16:22] Shock: Waiting gets one no where, walking does.
[16:22] RandalMoonash: "not likely. Id rather not get ambushed."
[16:22] Rimblade: "Are you one of them?"
[16:23] * Stromy changes his mind
[16:23] Shock: Ambushed?! By what? We are under attack?
[16:23] * Hadin raises an eyebrow at the strange voice. "And who might that be, hmm?"
[16:23] RandalMoonash: "tond you so?"
[16:23] Shock: I allready spent myself from that stupid portal malfunction..
[16:23] Stromy: So should we just wait for the reptile to come back?
[16:23] Voice: That depends entirely on who you are, what you are doing beneath Ner Mountain. And how you got here.
[16:23] LordBarrius: That's a very good question....one I'm still asking myself.
[16:23] >Ambiance<: A human figure enters the chamber dressed in flowing robes trimmed in blue
[16:24] * LordBarrius glares at Randal.
[16:24] Shock: So we are in Ner Mountain?
[16:24] Stromy: And who may you be?
[16:24] Rimblade: "What if we do not know who we are, nor what we do?"
[16:24] Falerin: "The Governor of this Mountain and of the City above it"
[16:24] Shock: I go from a jungle to a Mountain. Stupid portals.
[16:24] Stromy: Welll, I wish you no harm
[16:24] Falerin: ((ONLY Randal hears falerins voice))
[16:24] RandalMoonash: "It wasnt me..."
[16:25] * Hadin glances at the figure. "I am Hadin Gan'Kar, the Artificer, native of the lands north of Vizier Lake. And you are?"
[16:25] Voice: "The Governor of this Mountain and of the City above it"
[16:25] RandalMoonash: "er.. what?"
[16:25] RandalMoonash: "Govenor, Falerin?"
[16:25] Stromy: Ahh, Well I wish you no harm
[16:25] Shock: City?
[16:25] Voice: "Vizier lake.... you are a citizen of Battleonia?"
[16:25] Stromy: Maybe?
[16:26] * Lkeas awakens out of her musings with a start
[16:26] RandalMoonash: "no... what?"
[16:26] Rimblade: "He's speaking to Hadin.
[16:26] Voice: "How very peculiar...... You are quite distant from your home land Hadin Gan`Kar"
[16:26] Hadin: "Indeed I am by birth and blood. However, the means with which I find myself here are beyond me, and I mean you no harm nor threat."
[16:26] * Avarie having nothing to contribute to the conversation, watches quietly. Her posture still reflects tension at the situation.
[16:26] Shock: Just where are we...
[16:26] Stromy: Aparently under Ner mountain...
[16:26] Voice: "I myself am also not From Deren...."
[16:27] RandalMoonash: "beneitha mountain..
[16:27] Falerin: I am Darin
[16:27] Darin: I am Darin
[16:27] Darin: You will follow me
[16:27] * Lkeas blinks in surprise
[16:27] Lkeas: Darin the Vandarian?
[16:27] Stromy: Well I got nothing better to do
[16:27] Leo_Biaxomus: Darin? I've heard that name before...
[16:27] * Hadin gestures to the others to remain quiet in their conversations. "Darin, eh?"
[16:27] Shock: I just got out of a jungle..With tigers..and the crocodiles gave me allot of trouble..I..I need to sit down..
[16:27] RandalMoonash: "What? Not without a weapon.."
[16:27] Stromy: Where are we going?
[16:27] Darin: "You know Derenian and Vandarian history then"
[16:28] RandalMoonash: "I'm not rushing into death.."
[16:28] Darin: "How interesting"
[16:28] Lkeas: i have read them, yes..
[16:28] Darin: "Yes I am Darin of Vandar"
[16:28] Darin: "Come along"
[16:28] * Lkeas looks at the others
[16:28] Lkeas: he is an important man
[16:28] Shock: uh...
[16:28] Lkeas: we'd best do as he says
[16:28] Shock: Must i move..
[16:28] * Hadin nods once, and follows Darin without waiting for other commentary.
[16:28] Rimblade: "We will follow, methinks."
[16:28] * Darin frowns
[16:28] Leo_Biaxomus: Indeed.
[16:28] * LordBarrius looks at Lkeas. "Alright, if you think it's safe."
[16:28] Stromy: He seems to wish us no harm, if he had, then we probably be in trouble now
[16:28] * Stromy follows
[16:28] * Darin closes his eyes and you notice water begins to rise in the chamber from out of nowhere
[16:28] Darin: "You will follow or Drown"
[16:28] RandalMoonash: "what, wihtout a way to dfend ourselves?
[16:28] Darin: "Your choice"
[16:29] Shock: I just spent myself zapping crocs by electrifying the pool i was standing in, I need rest...oh fine..
[16:29] Lkeas: ...
[16:29] * Avarie begins to move forward, keeping a warry eye on Darin.
[16:29] Leo_Biaxomus: I'll follow...
[16:29] Lkeas: that's a bit extreme
[16:29] * Shock follows...
[16:29] * Rimblade follows.
[16:29] * Lkeas shrugs and follows
[16:29] Hadin: "Come, Randall, there is little reason not to."
[16:29] * Leo_Biaxomus follows Darin.
[16:29] RandalMoonash: "DAMN! Water mages..."
[16:29] Darin: I am a man of many extremes
[16:29] * LordBarrius follows.
[16:29] Darin: You should know that
[16:29] Lkeas: of course
[16:29] Shock: Wait DROWN?
[16:29] Darin: if you have indeed familiarized yourself with my past
[16:29] Shock: what?
[16:29] Stromy: Always makes things interesting...
[16:29] Leo_Biaxomus: Darin is a communicant of the waterlord...
[16:30] Leo_Biaxomus: I think...
[16:30] Rimblade: "Yes Shock. When there is no air left, you can't breath. Then you drown."
[16:30] * Darin exits the chamber on a specific path coming to a lift
[16:30] Shock: No air?
[16:30] Leo_Biaxomus: My memory isn't what it used to be.
[16:30] RandalMoonash: "frickin water maes.. lets go..."
[16:30] Shock: This is worse then the jungle...
[16:30] * Rimblade exits behind Darin.
[16:30] Lkeas: shall we go up then?
[16:30] Darin: Climb into the center of that disc
[16:30] * Lkeas clambers onto the lift
[16:30] * Stromy obeys
[16:30] * Shock trys not to breath much, knowing partly that it still wont work
[16:30] * LordBarrius does so cautiously.
[16:30] Hadin: "If Darin was a mage of a different brand of magic, would you still be so disinclined towards him, Randal?"
[16:30] * Shock steps up to it
[16:31] Darin: Stay near the center. This lift goes up some 25.5 miles or so
[16:31] * Hadin hobbles his way to the center of the lift.
[16:31] * Leo_Biaxomus climbs in the disc.
[16:31] Shock: Woah..
[16:31] Stromy: uh quickly?
[16:31] Shock: Wont that kill us?
[16:31] Darin: And it does so at a rate of about 250 miles per hour
[16:31] * Avarie looks worried, but follows her companions.
[16:31] Shock: That much of a change would kill.
[16:31] Stromy: My ears might pop a little
[16:31] Lkeas: what sort of magic runs this lift?
[16:31] RandalMoonash: "Probably."
[16:31] * Rimblade drops to his knees.
[16:31] Darin: Magiscience
[16:31] * Lkeas looks for something to hold on to
[16:31] RandalMoonash: "good gods..."
[16:31] * LordBarrius prepares himself.
[16:31] Lkeas: i should have known...
[16:31] Shock: You get sick and die when you do this when you scuba
[16:31] Stromy: Well, might as well get it over with
[16:31] Darin: Stand in the lifts center and the stabilizer will prevent you from being harmed
[16:32] Shock: oh..
[16:32] * RandalMoonash heads in
[16:32] RandalMoonash: Pneumonics with magic?
[16:32] * Leo_Biaxomus moves to the center of the lift.
[16:32] Shock: i see. Like i mini decompresion chamber
[16:32] Hadin: "Hmm, along the lines of Drakel thought and study, by chance? Or of a different variety, Darin?"
[16:32] * Lkeas shuffles closer to the middle of the disc
[16:32] * LordBarrius moves closer to the center.
[16:32] Darin: That is because when using compressed air... you develop nitrogen bubbles in blood
[16:32] Darin: The air is not pressurised here
[16:32] Darin: it is at atmospheric levels
[16:32] * RandalMoonash heads in
[16:32] Stromy: I'll pretend I understood that
[16:32] Darin: This entire chamber is at near sea level pressure due to its flow
[16:32] Darin: Now move
[16:32] RandalMoonash: "Pretty amazing science for a magic realm"
[16:33] RandalMoonash: "Basically if you go up to fast, you die."
[16:33] * Shock walks to the center
[16:33] Stromy: ...That much I understood
[16:33] RandalMoonash: "wellthere you go.
[16:33] * Hadin glares at Randall and is tempted to smack him with his cane again.
[16:33] * RandalMoonash heads inside
[16:33] RandalMoonash: "I would still feel better with a weapon.."
[16:33] * Lkeas looks around
[16:33] Shock: Hadin? Dident you die?
[16:33] Lkeas: are we all in?
[16:33] >Ambiance<: the group is subjected briefly to about 2.4 G's but then the stabilizer kicks in and the sense of acceleration against gravity is eliminated
[16:34] Shock: Woah..
[16:34] >Ambiance<: The sense of rapid movement however is not
[16:34] Stromy: I sure hope we are all in
[16:34] Hadin: "If you stop griping and wait for a moment, perhaps you could ask Darin nicely about it?"
[16:34] Shock: This feels...strange..
[16:34] Rimblade: "This is fun!"
[16:34] Darin: "Fortunately you can see the movement
[16:34] Stromy: So Darin, where are you taking us in particular?
[16:34] Darin: "Early lifts were enclosed"
[16:34] Shock: My legs...my poor electrifyed legs..
[16:34] Darin: "The motion sickness was horrible"
[16:34] Stromy: Hmmmm, I bet
[16:35] Avarie: I'd imagine so.
[16:35] Darin: "We are going to my quarters above"
[16:35] Stromy: Food?
[16:35] Darin: "To see the king"
[16:35] Leo_Biaxomus: Tralin?
[16:35] LordBarrius: The king?
[16:35] Shock: A king?
[16:35] Shock: Wow...
[16:35] Darin: "Yes Tralin"
[16:35] RandalMoonash: "I bet... happens on my planet. Any chance of danger...?"
[16:35] Stromy: Ahhh, are we dressed properly?
[16:35] * Hadin nods in understanding. "Praytell, is the king in a good mood, or a foul one this day?"
[16:35] Lkeas: what does he want to see us for?
[16:35] Shock: This place is hard, but at least i get to meet a king.
[16:35] Stromy: Maybe I can get his autograph...
[16:35] Darin: "I can hardly imagine. After the prince alerted me to you I sent him up on the lift himself"
[16:35] Rimblade: "I hope he's got a feast. I'm starved."
[16:36] Lkeas: ah, so that's who that was..
[16:36] Stromy: The reptile?
[16:36] Darin: "So the king will know of your arrival by the time we get there"
[16:36] * Lkeas looks at Stromy
[16:36] Shock: Man..Im scared of this beast pretty badly now..
[16:36] * Stromy looks back
[16:36] Lkeas: yes... Tralin might not be what you typically think of as a king
[16:36] Hadin: "Then let us hope his mood is far from foul, such that we might entreat with him without a sword hanging above our heads."
[16:36] Shock: He is from Immertot, right?
[16:36] LordBarrius: You mean he's not human....
[16:36] Stromy: I assume not
[16:36] Shock: The beast, not the king.
[16:36] Leo_Biaxomus: He is Drakel.
[16:37] Stromy: Ahh, that would explain things
[16:37] Darin: "You appear to be taking about differing things"
[16:37] Lkeas: that depends on your definition of human..
[16:37] Shock: Yes sorry..
[16:37] Stromy: We all think differently
[16:37] LordBarrius: Drakel?
[16:37] Stromy: Makes sense
[16:37] Darin: Yes the King is Kruath'ri
[16:37] LordBarrius: I've never heard of that type of creature. What is it, precisely?
[16:38] Stromy: Kruath'ri is his name or his race?
[16:38] Darin: Neither
[16:38] Darin: He is also my closest surviving friend
[16:38] * Darin laughs at this
[16:38] Darin: "Which is somewhat ironic"
[16:38] Stromy: ...Pray Tell what you mean by all this
[16:38] LordBarrius: How so?
[16:38] * Avarie appears confused and worried. It is obvious she still does not trust the situation.
[16:39] Darin: "I once plotted to have his entire nation over thrown and vowed to kill him myself"
[16:39] Shock: Woah..
[16:39] Stromy: ...So a bit of a rocky friendship?
[16:39] LordBarrius: I would call that more than ironic....
[16:39] Rimblade: "Into every life a little rain must.... you know."
[16:39] *** Crash has joined #epic.
[16:39] *** Crash has left #epic.
[16:39] Hadin: "There is much turmoil to the history of this realm, though I have not heard this tale in so long as to forget, I am not entirely surprised.
[16:39] Darin: "It is none the less ironic"
[16:40] Stromy: So if Kruath'ri isnt its name or race, then what signifcance does it have?
[16:40] Darin: "That he should become a man I would give my life for unerringly in a second"
[16:40] * Hadin noticing Avarie's worried demeanor, he rests one of his aged hands upon her forearm in reassurance that all is well for the nonce.
[16:40] Darin: "It is a title... it means Citizen of the Keld"
[16:40] LordBarrius: Indeed....but how did you two become friends when you clearly harbored such a dislike for him before?
[16:40] Rimblade: "I guess it's just food for Thought."
[16:40] Lkeas: i suppose we should be glad Tralin does not seem one to hold grudges against those who would plot against him
[16:40] Stromy: Keld being?
[16:41] * Lkeas smirks
[16:41] Lkeas: a K'eld is a Drakel city
[16:41] Darin: "But roughly it is used among the people to mean Drakel"
[16:41] Stromy: Ahhhh
[16:41] Darin: "Refering to the race"
[16:41] Stromy: But you don't appear to be drakel...I thought they hated outsiders?
[16:41] Hadin: "This being K'eld Ner to be more precise, if I am correct in my geography?"
[16:41] Darin: "They themselves rarely refer to their race as their race is actually an amalgamation of several older Dracomamalian species"
[16:42] * Darin frowns
[16:42] Darin: "Yes my Lord"
[16:42] Darin: "
[16:42] Stromy: Bah Telepaths
[16:42] Darin: "Tralin wishes to see you faster then the 20 minutes this lift will take"
[16:42] * Avarie raises an eyebrow quizically.
[16:42] * Lkeas looks intently at Darin
[16:42] Shock: Uh..
[16:42] Lkeas: hmm
[16:42] Stromy: Uhh ohh...
[16:42] Shock: Then we can do that how?
[16:42] * Hadin raises an eyebrow in curiosity.
[16:42] Lkeas: well, i'm sure he could arrange it..
[16:42] Darin: "I am not a telepath. I can communicate only with my god and with others gifted with communicancy"
[16:43] Hadin: "As long as you are sure my old bones can take the stress...I assume you can speed this lift drastically beyond its current rate of travel?"
[16:43] >Ambiance<: the lift stops
[16:43] Darin: "
[16:43] Shock: Heh. Proboly worried that we are going to kill someone. I mean, we are from another realm, most of us at least.
[16:43] Stromy: How is that not some form of telepathy?
[16:43] Lkeas: i don't think moving the lift is his intention, Hadin...
[16:43] >Ambiance<: A watery wavering circle appears right in front of the front lip of the lift
[16:43] LordBarrius: Oh no....don't tell me he intends to teleport us. I've had enough jumping around for a while.
[16:43] Rimblade: "Perhaps Darin's god may aid in understanding the current situation!"
[16:43] * Hadin frowns. "Indeed, Lkeas..."
[16:43] Shock: What the..
[16:43] Darin: "Through the portal and hurry such magics are draining"
[16:43] Stromy: ...but probably not
[16:44] Avarie: "Oh gods, no more portals, please."
[16:44] * Lkeas looks at the others
[16:44] Shock: No...not another portal..
[16:44] Lkeas: well, what are you waiting for?
[16:44] * Lkeas jumps in
[16:44] * Stromy hurries through
[16:44] * Hadin hobbles through the portal.
[16:44] Shock: No more jungles..
[16:44] * Leo_Biaxomus hurries threw the portal.
[16:44] Shock: darn it
[16:44] * Shock jumps in...
[16:44] * LordBarrius groans and follows suit, muttering.
[16:44] Darin: The rest of you too
[16:44] * Avarie looks about her, and with an expression of dispair, moves into the portal.
[16:44] Stromy: Ahh now I am starting to wish I had a weapon
[16:45] * Rimblade heads through.
[16:45] Shock: I sware it..last time i use one of these things..
[16:45] >Ambiance<: The portal is COLD... as if jumping through ice water
[16:45] Stromy: You might have to eat your words
[16:45] Shock: Yes...i know i proboly will.
[16:45] >Ambiance<: You find yourself standing in a formal chamber
[16:45] Stromy: Whew
[16:45] Shock: Wow.
[16:45] * Lkeas blinks, adjusting to the light
[16:45] Rimblade: "Was that a transplanar portal?"
[16:46] * Avarie rubs her hands up and down her arms, attempting to get warm.
[16:46] Stromy: Who cares?
[16:46] Voice: "No"
[16:46] Avarie: "Did we actually arrive where we're supposed to for once?"
[16:46] * Hadin shudders as he trys to warm his old bones back up from the shocking cold of that portal. "Short range, straight to the throne room I presume?"
[16:46] Shock: Worked. No jungles and no accidentaly hurting myself with magic. nice! Your rather good at this Darin.
[16:46] Voice: "I transported you some 350 miles up and west"
[16:46] * Lkeas chuckles at Avarie's comment
[16:46] * Lkeas looks around for the source of the voice
[16:46] Stromy: Hmmm not that short a distance
[16:46] Rimblade: "And you are?"
[16:46] * Randal is shoved through the portal roughly
[16:47] * Darin enters the room and the Portal vanishes
[16:47] Darin: "You decided not to return to the Keld"
[16:47] Voice: "The additional energy would have been too much since I had to mass transit these people anyway. Kithia has gone in my stead"
[16:47] Hadin: "Relative to those few other teleportations I've experienced recently, it is quite short in range." *He chuckles lightly before drawing himself to his full height...still shorter than most present...despite the lingering chill on his bones.*
[16:47] Lkeas: hmm? we are not in K'eld Ner?
[16:48] * Darin nods
[16:48] * LordBarrius scans the room over with his eyes briefly, still curious where the voice is coming from.
[16:48] Stromy: Where are we now then?
[16:48] Leo_Biaxomus: Are we in Deren?
[16:48] Leo_Biaxomus: The city that is.
[16:48] * Darin enters the room a small circlet on his head his flowing hair stopping at the collar. His features are reptilian but a clear soft fur in a mottled pattered covers his form
[16:49] * Tralin enters the room a small circlet on his head his flowing hair stopping at the collar. His features are reptilian but a clear soft fur in a mottled pattered covers his form
[16:49] Tralin: *
[16:49] Tralin: "Welcome to Derin"
[16:49] Rimblade: "You are the King, I presume?"
[16:49] Stromy: Your Majesty?
[16:49] * Lkeas bows deeply
[16:49] * Hadin bows as low as his old bones are able. "King Tralin, it does me great honor to meet thee during my lifetime, if just to say that I have."
[16:49] Tralin: "This is the Captial of Deren"
[16:49] * LordBarrius looks the new arrival over a bit, then takes a quick knee down to show his respect.
[16:49] * Avarie , hoping she has some idea of decorum, bows to Trailin. "Your Majesty"
[16:50] Stromy: If I may ask-Why were we brought here in such a rush, and even at all?
[16:50] * Tralin gestures dismissively
[16:50] Tralin: "Small talk and plesantries can wait"
[16:50] Shock: Allright..
[16:50] * Lkeas looks up again
[16:50] Shock: Then what cant?
[16:50] Rimblade: "Have you pressing topics?"
[16:50] Tralin: "You arrived in the chamber of creation"
[16:50] Lkeas: you used quite a bit of energy to bring us here; are we that important?
[16:50] * Avarie straightens and reguards the king.
[16:50] Tralin: "Which sends off all sorts of alarm bells"
[16:51] Shock: Oh..
[16:51] Lkeas: ah... i see.
[16:51] Shock: I see.
[16:51] Tralin: "And makes you THAT important"
[16:51] Hadin: "The Chamber of Creation?"
[16:51] Tralin: "An area of our Deep"
[16:51] Rimblade: "The Deep being...?"
[16:51] Tralin: "...A place that once held a pocket of primal creation.. The Deep is the underworld. The realm beneath the earth"
[16:52] Rimblade: "Then why were we not destroyed on entry?"
[16:52] Tralin: "...acess points occur in Deren, on Vandar, probably several other locations as well"
[16:52] Stromy: ...Uhhh I don't like the underworld
[16:52] Tralin: "
[16:52] Rimblade: "I saw no 'great power' below"
[16:52] Lkeas: a dangerous place to arrive, and not just because of what comes out of the pocket... but who goes into it as well..
[16:52] Tralin: "Because something happeneed in that area to diffuse that power"
[16:52] * Hadin begins muttering softly to himself, the occassional reference to a phrase of Arcana slipping from his lips as he contemplates.
[16:53] Shock: Wow..
[16:53] * Lkeas thinks hard
[16:53] Lkeas: the power surge in Immertot...
[16:53] Tralin: "That is why I said it ONCE held such a thing"
[16:53] Lkeas: that is where it came from?
[16:53] Tralin: "It no longer does"
[16:53] Rimblade: "You think there was a transfer, Lkeas?"
[16:53] Lkeas: we were told something as such
[16:54] * Lkeas turns to Tralin
[16:54] Lkeas: that power... it caused an imbalance in the plans of instability in Immertot
[16:54] Tralin: "Two of my court were nearly killed there...."
[16:54] Lkeas: we think it's what brought us there... and also attracted a necromancer and a beast...
[16:54] Tralin: "When a servant of The'Galin unleashed a blast of uncreation"
[16:54] Tralin: "Had I not been close at hand"
[16:54] Tralin: "They would be dead now...."
[16:55] Lkeas: who?
[16:55] Leo_Biaxomus: Is this servant named Galrick?
[16:55] Rimblade: "Is that why Falerin lies dead below?"
[16:55] * Lkeas looks at Leo
[16:55] Lkeas: i don't think so..
[16:55] * Avarie 's eyes show dawning understanding.
[16:55] Lkeas: although we recently met who i think it was
[16:55] Tralin: "We had a lift constructed shortly after the place was emptied and decided to monitor it in case the servants of the Uncreator returned in an attempt to trace the energy and find other pockets elsewhere on Lore
[16:55] Tralin: "Your arrival therefore does not instill confidence"
[16:56] Shock: Ah i see.
[16:56] Tralin: "However you are all human"
[16:56] * Hadin leans back onto his cane, nearly lost in his own thought. "Might I ask if, prior to the loss of the power's presence, any had tapped into it or similar chambers of creation in any manner?"
[16:56] Tralin: "And that speaks against the idea that you are at least obviously his servant"
[16:56] Rimblade: "You expected otherwise? Angels perhaps?"
[16:56] Shock: What humans not good enough?
[16:56] Tralin: Yes
[16:57] Leo_Biaxomus: Brihaldo...
[16:57] Tralin: Angels would indeed be along the lines of what I expected
[16:57] * Lkeas shudders
[16:57] Lkeas: they haven't followed us here, have they?
[16:57] Rimblade: "And the Cold with them, eh?"
[16:57] LordBarrius: The Cold?
[16:57] Shock: Humans could make great servants. They could work as spys because they are not exspected to be. I resent that.
[16:57] * Lkeas looks at LordBarrius
[16:58] Lkeas: a terrible form of undeath
[16:58] * Avarie shudders slightly.
[16:58] Lkeas: many servants of The'Galin become so due to The Cold
[16:58] * Hadin shudders quite unexpectedly and violently at the mention of undeath...a fate from which he was saved through the careless wording that activated the laptop.
[16:58] LordBarrius: Hm. Then remind me to avoid any angels we happen to meet. *shudders a bit*
[16:59] Rimblade: "Good. The angels have fangs."
[16:59] * Lkeas raises an eyebrow
[17:00] LordBarrius: Now I believe you're attempting to spook me.
[17:00] Rimblade: "Indeed."
[17:00] Tralin: Also the fact that you contain a vagrant concerns me
[17:01] * LordBarrius grins at the comment.
[17:01] LordBarrius: A vagrant?
[17:01] Avarie: A vagrant?
[17:01] * Lkeas shifts her gaze to the floor quickly
[17:01] * Leo_Biaxomus looks at Lkeas.
[17:01] * Lkeas then glances at the others
[17:01] Tralin: It is beyond the trace of their kind that all huamns seem to emenate
[17:01] * Hadin glances at Lkeas with curiosity, the formulae that ran through his head just now being forgotten. "Care to explain?"
[17:01] Lkeas: don't tell me you've all forgotten the dreams...
[17:01] Tralin: It is spread among you like a disease
[17:02] Shock: Hmm..
[17:02] Lkeas: none of us are clean..
[17:02] * LordBarrius shudders at the mention. "It is hard to forget such a thing."
[17:02] Shock: Are you saying we smell or something?
[17:02] * Hadin 's eyes narrow at the mention of the dreams...since the last dream he recalls is that of his own death.
[17:02] Stromy: I dont think thats what he means Shock
[17:02] * Lkeas looks sadly at Hadin
[17:03] Lkeas: i wish there had been something we could have done to prevent your death, Artificer
[17:03] Tralin: You smell like death
[17:03] Rimblade: "Physically or morally?"
[17:03] Shock: I havent died resently i dont think.
[17:03] * Avarie scrubs her hands against her pants, remembering the blood.
[17:03] Lkeas: can you not help us, Tralin? you have powers beyond most, if not all other mortals
[17:03] Stromy: That would probably be me, after checking out Falerin's decaying body, I probably don't smell very good
[17:03] * LordBarrius glances back at Tralin. "Considering the utter gore we've been subjected to, I'm not surprised."
[17:04] Computer: Transit out of Ambit is available
[17:04] Computer: Activate?
[17:04] Lkeas: ...
[17:04] Shock: Uh..
[17:04] Tralin: "What was that?"
[17:04] Lkeas: a conundrum...
[17:04] * Avarie glances, alarmed, at the computer.
[17:04] Shock: Who is in control right now?
[17:04] Stromy: Nothing Tralin
[17:04] Shock: Of the computer?
[17:04] Hadin: "I am...not surprised that you might say that, King Tralin. Until recently, I *was* dead." *Turning towards Lkeas, he adds,* "No need to apologize, such is not always capable of being prevented."
[17:04] Lkeas: Falerin said we could try to save our friends...
[17:04] Rimblade: "Ambit? Ambit, orbit, shambit :P"
[17:04] Lkeas: or try to determine more about the Devourer
[17:04] Shock: Save people.
[17:05] Leo_Biaxomus: Both seem rather... selfish.
[17:05] Lkeas: likely if we leave now, we might have a chance to save Caliban in Falerin in Immertot..
[17:05] * LordBarrius shakes his head. "Nay. The knowledge we can gain may help us save countless more people."
[17:05] Shock: Then lets leave fas- Wait what? They are dead.
[17:05] Shock: But..
[17:05] Rimblade: "Then do so. Life is always more valueable than cause."
[17:05] Shock: If they are allready dead, lets learn.
[17:05] Hadin: "If I am alive, then it is a safe bet that they too live."
[17:05] Lkeas: they are not yet dead
[17:05] Shock: Yet?
[17:05] Avarie: I'm not sure which choice reflects which intent, but I do not wish to use that machine further.
[17:06] Lkeas: there was a time disruption
[17:06] Hadin: "And, as you can easily see, I am quite alive."
[17:06] Stromy: That machine is none to reliable anyway
[17:06] Shock: Are you telling me i not only was shot to a jungle, but into another time?
[17:06] Hadin: "However...hmm"
[17:06] Lkeas: the machine does exactly what you tell it to
[17:06] Lkeas: however we have had... issues... with being specific
[17:06] Shock: OK lets see.
[17:06] * Hadin tilts his head as he listens to something beyond their ken.
[17:06] Shock: Think about it like this.
[17:06] Shock: If people live, we will have time to learn.
[17:06] Shock: So lets save rather then learn now.
[17:07] Computer: Window will vanish in 1 minute 20 seconds
[17:07] * Lkeas looks up at the king
[17:07] Hadin: "If...hmm, disturbing. I cannot guaruntee to you all that my life now is permanent."
[17:07] * Stromy asks Hadin, "What do you hear Hadin?"
[17:07] Lkeas: what did you wish to see us for?
[17:07] Stromy: Quickly make a decision
[17:08] LordBarrius: Did you not hear me before? The deaths thus far are likely but a taste of things to come. Should we risk numerous others to save a few?
[17:08] Tralin: "I wish to determine your nature and determine what to do about your arrival in my kingdom."
[17:08] Hadin: "Mine is inexorably linked to the others now again alive, it would seem...it is up to your choices, but I will abide by your conclusions."
[17:08] Lkeas: what would you do in our situation? would you try to save your friends?
[17:08] Stromy: What do you mean by that Hadin?
[17:08] Shock: Who is in control of the computer?
[17:08] Darin: whispers into the Kings ear
[17:08] Rimblade: "Or would you try to save us all?"
[17:08] Tralin: "It would appear so yes"
[17:09] Lkeas: hmm?
[17:09] Avarie: How do we know going is the answer to saving our friends? How do you not know that is where we will gain answers?
[17:09] Stromy: We are running out of time
[17:09] Lkeas: true, Avarie, we cannot be sure
[17:09] Lkeas: we can't be sure it will take us towards either of those options
[17:09] Tralin: "Gambling is always a risk"
[17:09] Rimblade: "Well then- even the choice not to decide is a choice."
[17:09] Shock: We are in with a king right now, and we are rambleing on..
[17:09] Lkeas: so far whenever the computer has presented us with an opportunity, we've always taken it
[17:09] Lkeas: perhaps this time... we should let it pass...
[17:10] Hadin: "All I know is that, if the avatar in Immertot dies, that leads to my death. We are linked now."
[17:10] * Lkeas frowns
[17:10] Stromy: I agree, we seem to be safe here
[17:10] Rimblade: "Safe?"
[17:10] Stromy: Safer
[17:10] Computer: The recognized user has not made a selection. Activating randomization routine. High 50 percent indicates removal.
[17:10] Avarie: Hadin, how might your avatar survive? By our departure?
[17:10] Shock: !!
[17:10] Lkeas: well... it seems it is not in our hands any longer
[17:10] Stromy: Uh what does that mean?
[17:10] Shock: Tell it to let us stay
[17:10] Computer: #roll d%
[17:10] RPGServ: <Roll for Falerin [d%]: 64>
[17:10] Hadin: "However...death among my homeland of Lore is not so bad, especially if by remaining you all are garbed more heavily to deal with the threat of the Devourer."
[17:10] * Avarie groans softly.
[17:10] Shock: ...
[17:11] * LordBarrius groans.
[17:11] * Lkeas turns to Tralin
[17:11] Computer: Sixty Four Percent is greater then 50percent
[17:11] Stromy: Uhh ohh oh dammit
[17:11] Lkeas: i am sorry we could not stay longer...
[17:11] Computer: Removal from Ambit
[17:11] Stromy: Good bye
[17:11] Lkeas: you wished to know of our nature...
[17:11] Lkeas: this is it...
[17:11] Shock: Who was incontrol of it anyway..
[17:11] >Ambiance<: Constructing reality wave
[17:11] LordBarrius: I do not like this one bit....
[17:11] * Leo_Biaxomus sighs.
[17:11] Shock: Not again..
[17:11] Shock: No..
[17:11] * Hadin frowns. "I did not mean MY Avatar, Lkeas...but THE Avatar."
[17:11] Shock: Not another portal!
[17:11] Leo_Biaxomus: Here we go again...
[17:11] Computer: Decoherence
[17:11] Tralin: <END OF SESSION>
[15:45] *** Mode change "+vvv Avarie Elaith Hadin" for channel #epic by Falerin.
[15:45] *** Mode change "+vvv kingk Leo_Biaxomus Lkeas[work]" for channel #epic by Falerin.
[15:45] *** Mode change "+vvv LordBarrius RandalMoonash Rimblade" for channel #epic by Falerin.
[15:45] RandalMoonash: "what.. was that about?"
[15:46] * Avarie looks to Falerin, interested.
[15:47] * Elaith wonders what Avarie is looking at, seeing nothing besides the others *
[15:47] * Avarie shrugs hopelessly.
[15:47] Elaith: Just kind of an eerie feeling?
[15:48] >Ambiance<: The cavern beyond has fallen utterly silent
[15:48] * Avarie shakes her head to clear it. "Something like that. I think all this world jumping is getting to me."
[15:48] Elaith: Yeah, I know what you mean. Could've just been reading our books.
[15:49] * Elaith shuts up, even him noticing the large silence *
[15:49] * Lkeas looks at Randal
[15:49] * Avarie appears slightly disturbed by the sudden quiet.
[15:49] Lkeas: is the weapon list still up on that laptop?
[15:49] >Ambiance<: the Computer chirps
[15:49] RandalMoonash: I... dont know
[15:49] Avarie: Do you... Should we go look?
[15:50] Computer: World Monitoring is not Available
[15:50] * RandalMoonash looks down at it, spacing slightyl
[15:50] Leo_Biaxomus: I don't think so.
[15:50] Elaith: Sure. It seems a little out of place to me.
[15:50] Computer: Shall I activate monitor
[15:50] Leo_Biaxomus: Rushing forward unprepared often leads to death.
[15:50] Computer: World Monitoring is not Available
[15:50] RandalMoonash: er.. sure?
[15:50] Lkeas: yes, we were about to get some weapons...
[15:50] Computer: Activating.
[15:50] LordBarrius: Indeed. Let's remain here for the moment....
[15:50] Computer: Resolving Hostmask
[15:50] Computer: Connecting
[15:51] Elaith: Does anyone at least have a light to see into the cavern from here?
[15:51] * LordBarrius shrugs.
[15:51] Lkeas: well, we could try to raise the lumens again.. but perhaps we don't want to draw attention to ourselves..
[15:51] Avarie: I don't usually carry a flashlight with me when going to the bookstore.
[15:51] >Ambiance<: the monitor shows a text box
[15:51] * RandalMoonash looks down at it
[15:51] Elaith: Nor do I, but if someone has a branch or something, we could make a torch with the lighter.
[15:52] Elaith: I'd be willing to sacrifice my old plaid coat.
[15:52] RandalMoonash: "What.. is this?
[15:52] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] :Galrick has arrived.
[15:53] Lkeas: strange..
[15:53] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Evening
[15:53] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> Hail, and so forth.
[15:53] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Elaith> Hello Galrick.
[15:53] Lkeas: a "world monitor," it said?
[15:53] LordBarrius: Very....
[15:53] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> Greetings to thee, Galrick.
[15:53] Lkeas: ...
[15:53] Leo_Biaxomus: What the heck is going on?
[15:53] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Elaith> How are you today?
[15:54] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> How are we faring this evening..
[15:54] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> heh
[15:54] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> You asked first
[15:54] RandalMoonash: whoa...
[15:54] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> I am well thank you
[15:54] Lkeas: we appear to be watching the goings on in another realm..
[15:54] * RandalMoonash taps on the screen
[15:54] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Elaith> Not a problem. I am faring well also.
[15:54] LordBarrius: Hm....some sort of discussion?
[15:54] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Elaith> My curiosity remains unabated.
[15:54] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> It is good that you are well...it soothes the mind of some concern.
[15:54] >Ambiance<: reality shimmers and Hadin appears abruptly
[15:55] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> I am at least as well as you.
[15:55] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Lex> �ACTION is no longer away : Gone for 13 minutes 47 seconds�
[15:55] * Hadin blinks several times as he stumbles to the ground.
[15:55] * Avarie looks Hadin over for any signs that he might be undead
[15:55] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Glad to hear it
[15:55] * RandalMoonash shouts out and drops the laptop
[15:55] * LordBarrius staggers back slightly at the new arrival.
[15:55] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Fulcan has left since I was here earlier I see
[15:55] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Shame
[15:55] Hadin: "Well...this is interesting..."
[15:55] Lkeas: hey, careful with that thing!
[15:55] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> That fellow is quite lost
[15:56] Lkeas: ....
[15:56] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> Is it your job to save him then? I would have thought you'd leave well enough alone.
[15:56] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> My Job?
[15:56] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> No...
[15:56] RandalMoonash: But.. he's dead
[15:56] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> But I would prefer none fall to my former master
[15:56] Lkeas: who's dead?
[15:56] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> If I could save all creation
[15:56] * Hadin coughs a few times before patting about for his cane, seeking to stand himself up in the cavern. "So...nice place ye have here." Growing more stern, he adds, "Now what the hell is going on?"
[15:56] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> I would do so
[15:57] * Lkeas turns to Hadin
[15:57] * LordBarrius shrugs. "How should I know? You're the one who just popped out of thin air in the middle of a cavern.
[15:57] Lkeas: we're somewhere underground in Deren
[15:57] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> I'm sure that broad heroics would impress someone- but I just don't see you single-handedly saving the multiverse.
[15:57] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> A noble ideal to work towards.
[15:57] RandalMoonash: "Lkeas... you.. take the laptop.. I cant... deal with this."
[15:57] Lkeas: and the computer is transmitting messages from elsewhere
[15:57] Lkeas: but... Randal, i'm not even a registered user
[15:57] Leo_Biaxomus: How strange...
[15:57] Hadin: "Deren, eh? Hmmm...that would be...nay, we are on Lore, are we not?"
[15:57] Lkeas: yes, Lore
[15:57] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Have Faith
[15:57] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Lex> Hello shadow
[15:57] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> You can move worlds
[15:57] LordBarrius: Correct, as far as I know.
[15:58] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> Hello Lex. Hail Galrick.
[15:58] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Greetings Shadow12040
[15:58] * Hadin grins broadly for a moment, pleased beyond what the others may be aware of.
[15:58] Lkeas: have Faith?
[15:58] RandalMoonash: "Then.. register yourself.
[15:58] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> �ACTION shudders slightly�
[15:58] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> Are you ok?
[15:58] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Deja Vu
[15:58] Lkeas: ...
[15:58] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> I have a lot of Deja Vu lately
[15:59] Lkeas: i wonder why that would be.
[15:59] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> I have gotten used to the feeling like I am being watched
[15:59] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Lex> ...
[15:59] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> But the Deja Vu is still pretty peculiar
[15:59] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> �ACTION regards Galrick with further interest, having not yet been able to observe Deja Vu.�
[15:59] Lkeas: heh. not usually by his allies though, i bet
[15:59] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> ... Right back at you Lex
[15:59] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> Well, I suppose one may never be too careful. Uncreation would be quite the unpleasant experience.
[15:59] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Depends on how its done
[16:00] * Lkeas keeps a wary eye out in the cave
[16:00] * Hadin manages to make his way slowly over towards those huddled about the laptop. "So, what do we have here, eh?"
[16:00] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> Please, the only people watching you would be... us, NOVA, The'Galin, The Traveller, and probably a host of others I am unaware of. :P
[16:00] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Some methods you are not aware of at all
[16:00] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Evening Damsel
[16:00] * Elaith edges a little towards the cavern *
[16:00] Apollo.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Damsel> Good evening Galrick
[16:00] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> What methods are we unaware of?
[16:00] >Ambiance<: A still wind comes from beyond Cavern but nothing else
[16:00] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> Welcome back, Damsel. You have returned at quite the opportune time.
[16:01] * RandalMoonash shivers, inching awahy from the laptop
[16:01] Lkeas: alright, alright, i'll take a look.
[16:01] * Lkeas hunkers down in front of the laptop
[16:01] Apollo.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Damsel> Oh? How so? Other than to greet Galrick, I mean.
[16:01] Leo_Biaxomus: this conversation is most interesting...
[16:01] * LordBarrius continues to watch the screen, wondering where this is taking place.
[16:01] Avarie: Shouldn't we be more concerned with where we currently are?
[16:01] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> �ACTION frowns�
[16:01] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> Just that, Galrick's presence usually heralds new revelations, after all.
[16:01] * Avarie peers about her, worried.
[16:01] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> �ACTION gestures and a puddle of water appears�
[16:02] * Hadin peers over Lkeas' shoulder to get a look at the screen for himself.
[16:02] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> Galrick's presence here could be part of something larger- Falerin was here earlier, but left rather abruptly.
[16:02] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> �ACTION glances into the puddle and a an image forms�
[16:02] LordBarrius: Mmm, I suppose. Though this is a rather peculiar conversation.
[16:02] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> �ACTION looks over to see the image *�
[16:02] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> �ACTION glances at the water and the forming image. "A scrying pool, perhaps?"�
[16:02] Lkeas: i hope that our listening in isn't making us lose time... wherever we are
[16:02] Apollo.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Damsel> Is something wrong, Galrick?
[16:03] Leo_Biaxomus: Are you suggesting we should act?
[16:03] * Hadin grumbles inaudibly at the mention of time, but says nothing concrete.
[16:03] Avarie: That's what I'm worried about, Lkeas
[16:03] * Elaith whispers to Avarie "I think I will take a small look at that cavern. If I am not back quickly, tell the others."
[16:03] Lkeas: Falerin did warn us of impending danger
[16:03] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> A second
[16:03] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> let me resolve the image
[16:03] Lkeas: i wonder how to get this light to follow us around; do we just pick up the laptop?
[16:03] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> Ok.
[16:03] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> I was only recently taught this trick
[16:03] * Avarie turns to Elaith and whipsers "Wait one moment. I'd rather none of us went alone if they are going to act soon."
[16:03] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> and I am not really sure how it even works
[16:04] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> It's definitely a high-class trick.
[16:04] RandalMoonash: I..dunno...
[16:04] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> �ACTION watches with quite the high level of interest.�
[16:04] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> Oh, I dunno. Seems like a scrying of some sort to me.
[16:04] Lkeas: well, one way to find out..
[16:04] * Lkeas picks up the laptop and walks 5 feet towards the next cavern and stops
[16:04] * Elaith whispers back * If you insist, but I doubt staying still is a great way for us to stay safe *
[16:04] Hadin: Tinker about in moving the artefact...simple enough a manner of trying to find out.
[16:04] * Leo_Biaxomus follows Lkeas.
[16:05] * Avarie nods to acknowledge the truth of Elaith's statement.
[16:05] *** Shock has joined #epic.
[16:05] * Hadin hobbles behind Lkeas as well.
[16:05] * LordBarrius stands and follows the others.
[16:05] * Lkeas looks back at the others
[16:05] * RandalMoonash shivers looking about
[16:05] Lkeas: well? did the light follow us?
[16:05] * Elaith anxious, takes the 5 foot move *
[16:05] Lkeas: no point walking into utter darkness if it didn't
[16:05] *** Stromy has joined #epic.
[16:05] * Avarie 's right hand clenches and unclenches, over and over, as if by reflex.
[16:06] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> What are you attempting to take a look at?
[16:06] Elaith: At the very least we have the light of the laptop's screen either way.
[16:06] * Hadin glances over to Avarie, noticing the hand movement. Whispering softly to her, he asks, "Everything alright lass?"
[16:06] Apollo.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Damsel> �ACTION apporaches Galrick careful, so as to not disrupt what he is doing, and watches carefully.�
[16:07] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> I suspect he's seeking the source of his deja'vu. Of course, there won't be one- such things are natural, no?
[16:07] Leviathan.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shock> uh..
[16:07] Leviathan.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shock> guys..
[16:07] Leviathan.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shock> bad...
[16:07] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Falerin> The pool vanishes
[16:07] * Avarie looks to Hadin and forces a small smile. "Aye. It's just that we heard fighting out there not long ago. I would feel better if I had some way of defending against any attack that might come."
[16:07] Leviathan.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shock> it still messing up?
[16:08] Lkeas: yes... fighting against creatures of a most frightening kind
[16:08] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> Gah
[16:08] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> I take it that should not happen?
[16:08] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> It is not working correctly there is some kind of "loop"
[16:08] Leviathan.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shock> I see..
[16:08] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> A loop? Magical, physical, temporal, or other?
[16:08] * RandalMoonash looks about, rather out of it....
[16:08] LordBarrius: Yes, those light creatures you mentioned....
[16:08] * Hadin frowns at the mention of fighting, and pats at his pockets carefully...hoping to find a few choice items.
[16:08] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shadow12040> Is there anything that could fix that?
[16:08] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> which means I am attempting to scry on something that is already scrying one me
[16:08] RandalMoonash: So... cold... so paintful...
[16:08] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> Magical 'tis then.
[16:08] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> We are being watched
[16:09] Leviathan.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shock> Thats no good...
[16:09] Aurora.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Rimblade> But you don't know who is watching?
[16:09] Lkeas: heh. we've been found out guys
[16:09] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> No its not I can stop it
[16:09] Leviathan.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Shock> nice..
[16:09] Immertot.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Galrick> �ACTION gestures�
[16:09] Avarie: It does appear they are discussing us.
[16:09] Unknown.Caelestia.net: [#755] <Useless> �ACTION hops over onto Damsel's shoulder. "If we are being watched, then is there no means to interfere with the watchers and discern their identity before closing the loop?"�
[16:10] >Ambiance<: the computer pops hisses and turns off
[16:10] Lkeas: hmm
[16:10] Lkeas: troubling.
[16:10] Lkeas: how will we get our weapons now?
[16:10] * LordBarrius glances at the computer. "That can't be good...."
[16:10] * Lkeas gives the laptop back to Randal
[16:10] Leo_Biaxomus: We won't...
[16:10] Lkeas: it likes you, you take it.
[16:10] *** Mode change "+vv Shock Stromy" for channel #epic by Falerin.
[16:10] Leo_Biaxomus: We'll have to the risk of going without them.
[16:10] * Hadin coughs several times, displeased at the lack of items about his person.
[16:11] RandalMoonash: This... is ... pointles..
[16:11] Hadin: A simple few powders would be enough even...unless...
[16:11] Lkeas: well, we have to make a decision
[16:11] Lkeas: Falerin said it was somewhat of a conundrum
[16:11] Lkeas: try to learn more about the Devourer
[16:11] Lkeas: or try to save our friends
[16:11] LordBarrius: Staying here is likely no better than exploring. We might as well go.
[16:11] Lkeas: what do you guys think?
[16:11] * RandalMoonash hides it in his coat
[16:12] RandalMoonash: That was stupid. Lets get out of here.
[16:12] Elaith: Does anyone have a lighter?
[16:12] Hadin: "Well, being that I'm alive at the moment, you have saved one in simply coming here."
[16:12] Stromy: Saving people is noble, but at what cost will we be able to?
[16:12] Elaith: And a branch would be useful as well.
[16:12] Lkeas: that's true... now that you mention it..
[16:12] * Lkeas 's jaw drops slightly
[16:12] Lkeas: you were dead!
[16:12] Stromy: Wha?
[16:12] RandalMoonash: No. But we can see well enouh. Lets go.... what?"
[16:12] Avarie: I personally feel that life is more important.
[16:12] Lkeas: i saw it, it was horrible...
[16:12] Stromy: ...I was dead?
[16:13] Hadin: "And then you messed with that artefact again...I'm quite aware. The memory of dying has not left me.
[16:13] Lkeas: no no, Hadin... the artificer
[16:13] Stromy: ahhhh
[16:13] Lkeas: the inn was painted with his blood...
[16:13] * LordBarrius gazes at Lkeas as if she is possessed. "He looks fine to me...."
[16:13] Lkeas: the undead came after us...
[16:13] RandalMoonash: He died?
[16:13] Stromy: Well, lets hope they're all that easy to save...
[16:13] Rimblade: What's this about people being dead? I've had just about enough of all these dead people about.
[16:13] Lkeas: that is where we were before Randal brought us here
[16:13] >Ambiance<: A still wind comes from beyond Cavern but nothing else
[16:13] Hadin: "I was killed by the beast...and that artefact undid my death, though the knowledge did not leave me."
[16:14] * Lkeas turns towards the wind
[16:14] Stromy: Should we poke around some more?
[16:14] Lkeas: where air flows, an exit exists
[16:14] Lkeas: we should move towards it
[16:14] * Elaith is tired of waiting for the others to make up their mind and edges a bit closer to the cavern again *
[16:14] LordBarrius: Agreed.
[16:14] * Leo_Biaxomus nods at Lkeas.
[16:14] * Stromy agrees
[16:14] * Lkeas walks in the direction of the wind
[16:14] * Stromy followas
[16:14] * Leo_Biaxomus follow swiftly behind Lkeas.
[16:14] RandalMoonash: "I say we go that way."
[16:14] * Elaith Elaith whispers to Avarie while walking... "Finally..."
[16:14] * Rimblade follows.
[16:15] * LordBarrius follows the rest of the party.
[16:15] Stromy: Take care though
[16:15] * Lkeas looks back at Stromy
[16:15] Lkeas: when did you get here?
[16:15] Hadin: "Very well then, though I'd feel more comfortable if I had the aid of another mage." *He hobbles swiftly after Lkeas, careful to avoid making clunking sounds with his cane.*
[16:15] * Avarie nods to Elaith. "It's still better than going alone."
[16:15] * RandalMoonash follows as well
[16:15] Rimblade: "I don't suppose we've any idea of where we're going?"
[16:15] >Ambiance<: The group comes to a large vaulting chamber light shines down from above but its source is very very distant. Clutter lays on the floor and a form that looks vaugely like Falerin lies dead to the side of the room. Blood flow indicates several other injuries occured here. The corpse of falerin is heavily decayed
[16:16] * Stromy checks for a pulse
[16:16] RandalMoonash: "not in the least..."
[16:16] Lkeas: hmm.
[16:16] RandalMoonash: "deycay...we were late."
[16:16] * LordBarrius looks around the chamber, feeling more nervous by the second.
[16:16] * Stromy gets a hand covered with decaying flesh.... dead at least 3 weeks
[16:16] * RandalMoonash looks about the room for a weapon
[16:16] Stromy: We should follow the blood trail...or run away
[16:16] Lkeas: this scene looks eerily familiar..
[16:16] * Stromy cringes
[16:17] * Leo_Biaxomus walks closer to Lkeas.
[16:17] Rimblade: "Ah, duce! What is it with the dead bodies lately, eh?"
[16:17] Lkeas: i don't suppose any of you are schooled in the Histories of LORE?
[16:17] * Stromy checks the body for anything out of place
[16:17] * Hadin grimaces, but says nothing about the deaths.
[16:17] Leo_Biaxomus: I am have some knowledge of them...
[16:17] RandalMoonash: "Not really."
[16:17] LordBarrius: No. I'm not familiar with this place.
[16:17] Hadin: "I've lived my life within Lore, and so I've learned bits and pieces."
[16:17] Avarie: Other than the passing mention I have heard with this group, I'd never even heard of it.
[16:18] Lkeas: there was a part in the recent histories..
[16:18] RandalMoonash: "he should have had some weapon..."
[16:18] Lkeas: a Confrontation
[16:18] Stromy: Should we follow the blood trail?
[16:18] Leo_Biaxomus: Are you suggesting that this person... is the Traveller?
[16:18] Rimblade: "Oh, indeed? Are you saying that a book killed this man?"
[16:18] Stromy: There has to be one if anyone got away
[16:18] * Lkeas looks at Leo
[16:18] Stromy: A Book? explain
[16:18] Lkeas: yes... you know, then
[16:18] LordBarrius: Who?
[16:19] * Hadin checks the clutter for clockwork, books, or various items he might use to empower himself for a casting.
[16:19] RandalMoonash: "Without being armed? Would you follow a bunch of undead into a trap unless you were armed?
[16:19] * Stromy continues checking the body for anything interesting
[16:19] Lkeas: this Falerin... he was the Avatar of the deity known as The Traveller
[16:19] Stromy: As far as I know
[16:19] >Ambiance<: Movement can be heard from the opposite end of the room a slight clanging like machinery being operated and then footsteps approaching the large chamber from one of its many other entrances
[16:19] * Avarie taking Hadin's idea, looks about for anything she could use as a weapon, should someone have managed to stay alive.
[16:19] Rimblade: "Hear that?"
[16:19] * RandalMoonash continues tryin to find a weapon
[16:20] * Stromy investigates cautiously
[16:20] * LordBarrius 's eears perk up at the sound. "Perhaps we'd better hide...."
[16:20] * Hadin perks up, and holding his cane out to stop Avarie's progress, begins to step back. "Something comes this way..."
[16:20] Stromy: Be ready to attack
[16:20] * Elaith quiets and decides that the best thing to do for a while would be to watch and pick up on the group's decisions *
[16:20] RandalMoonash: with what?!
[16:20] Hadin: "Be ready to defend and flee, we've not the weapons to attack, save barehands and an old man's cane.
[16:20] * Stromy stands by the entrance, hidden from view, able to suprise the newcommer
[16:21] LordBarrius: With what, praytell? I'm no expert in hand to hand....
[16:21] Stromy: The key is surprise
[16:21] Stromy: you spy a figure beyond in the darkness that is Reptilian Hominid vaugely but also covered in a soft leopard like fur, it clearly notes you and turns and goes back into the darkness
[16:21] * Shock stumbles in from a portal that opens out of nowhere. He then falls to his knees, breathing hard.
[16:21] Rimblade: "Good idea. Your suprise should give us time to run."
[16:21] * Avarie halts at Hadin's movement, peering into the darkness. Her whole body is tense, ready to fight or flee.
[16:21] Shock: That...that is the last time I go into a portal if I have any say in it..The things mess up to often..
[16:21] Shock: Where are we now..
[16:21] Stromy: Well, at least they didnt attacj on sight
[16:21] * RandalMoonash leans by the traveller trying to find his blade...
[16:21] Stromy: Should we follow?
[16:21] Avarie: He could be getting others.
[16:22] * Hadin carefully looks over the others, then asks bluntly. "If any of you others has any of the Talents or Arts, now would be the time to tell me so."
[16:22] Stromy: Take a side passage?
[16:22] Stromy: And wait for something to happen?
[16:22] * Stromy goes into a different passage, in case more come to attack
[16:22] Voice: I would advice against that course. There are many dangerous things beyond this place.
[16:22] Shock: Waiting gets one no where, walking does.
[16:22] RandalMoonash: "not likely. Id rather not get ambushed."
[16:22] Rimblade: "Are you one of them?"
[16:23] * Stromy changes his mind
[16:23] Shock: Ambushed?! By what? We are under attack?
[16:23] * Hadin raises an eyebrow at the strange voice. "And who might that be, hmm?"
[16:23] RandalMoonash: "tond you so?"
[16:23] Shock: I allready spent myself from that stupid portal malfunction..
[16:23] Stromy: So should we just wait for the reptile to come back?
[16:23] Voice: That depends entirely on who you are, what you are doing beneath Ner Mountain. And how you got here.
[16:23] LordBarrius: That's a very good question....one I'm still asking myself.
[16:23] >Ambiance<: A human figure enters the chamber dressed in flowing robes trimmed in blue
[16:24] * LordBarrius glares at Randal.
[16:24] Shock: So we are in Ner Mountain?
[16:24] Stromy: And who may you be?
[16:24] Rimblade: "What if we do not know who we are, nor what we do?"
[16:24] Falerin: "The Governor of this Mountain and of the City above it"
[16:24] Shock: I go from a jungle to a Mountain. Stupid portals.
[16:24] Stromy: Welll, I wish you no harm
[16:24] Falerin: ((ONLY Randal hears falerins voice))
[16:24] RandalMoonash: "It wasnt me..."
[16:25] * Hadin glances at the figure. "I am Hadin Gan'Kar, the Artificer, native of the lands north of Vizier Lake. And you are?"
[16:25] Voice: "The Governor of this Mountain and of the City above it"
[16:25] RandalMoonash: "er.. what?"
[16:25] RandalMoonash: "Govenor, Falerin?"
[16:25] Stromy: Ahh, Well I wish you no harm
[16:25] Shock: City?
[16:25] Voice: "Vizier lake.... you are a citizen of Battleonia?"
[16:25] Stromy: Maybe?
[16:26] * Lkeas awakens out of her musings with a start
[16:26] RandalMoonash: "no... what?"
[16:26] Rimblade: "He's speaking to Hadin.
[16:26] Voice: "How very peculiar...... You are quite distant from your home land Hadin Gan`Kar"
[16:26] Hadin: "Indeed I am by birth and blood. However, the means with which I find myself here are beyond me, and I mean you no harm nor threat."
[16:26] * Avarie having nothing to contribute to the conversation, watches quietly. Her posture still reflects tension at the situation.
[16:26] Shock: Just where are we...
[16:26] Stromy: Aparently under Ner mountain...
[16:26] Voice: "I myself am also not From Deren...."
[16:27] RandalMoonash: "beneitha mountain..
[16:27] Falerin: I am Darin
[16:27] Darin: I am Darin
[16:27] Darin: You will follow me
[16:27] * Lkeas blinks in surprise
[16:27] Lkeas: Darin the Vandarian?
[16:27] Stromy: Well I got nothing better to do
[16:27] Leo_Biaxomus: Darin? I've heard that name before...
[16:27] * Hadin gestures to the others to remain quiet in their conversations. "Darin, eh?"
[16:27] Shock: I just got out of a jungle..With tigers..and the crocodiles gave me allot of trouble..I..I need to sit down..
[16:27] RandalMoonash: "What? Not without a weapon.."
[16:27] Stromy: Where are we going?
[16:27] Darin: "You know Derenian and Vandarian history then"
[16:28] RandalMoonash: "I'm not rushing into death.."
[16:28] Darin: "How interesting"
[16:28] Lkeas: i have read them, yes..
[16:28] Darin: "Yes I am Darin of Vandar"
[16:28] Darin: "Come along"
[16:28] * Lkeas looks at the others
[16:28] Lkeas: he is an important man
[16:28] Shock: uh...
[16:28] Lkeas: we'd best do as he says
[16:28] Shock: Must i move..
[16:28] * Hadin nods once, and follows Darin without waiting for other commentary.
[16:28] Rimblade: "We will follow, methinks."
[16:28] * Darin frowns
[16:28] Leo_Biaxomus: Indeed.
[16:28] * LordBarrius looks at Lkeas. "Alright, if you think it's safe."
[16:28] Stromy: He seems to wish us no harm, if he had, then we probably be in trouble now
[16:28] * Stromy follows
[16:28] * Darin closes his eyes and you notice water begins to rise in the chamber from out of nowhere
[16:28] Darin: "You will follow or Drown"
[16:28] RandalMoonash: "what, wihtout a way to dfend ourselves?
[16:28] Darin: "Your choice"
[16:29] Shock: I just spent myself zapping crocs by electrifying the pool i was standing in, I need rest...oh fine..
[16:29] Lkeas: ...
[16:29] * Avarie begins to move forward, keeping a warry eye on Darin.
[16:29] Leo_Biaxomus: I'll follow...
[16:29] Lkeas: that's a bit extreme
[16:29] * Shock follows...
[16:29] * Rimblade follows.
[16:29] * Lkeas shrugs and follows
[16:29] Hadin: "Come, Randall, there is little reason not to."
[16:29] * Leo_Biaxomus follows Darin.
[16:29] RandalMoonash: "DAMN! Water mages..."
[16:29] Darin: I am a man of many extremes
[16:29] * LordBarrius follows.
[16:29] Darin: You should know that
[16:29] Lkeas: of course
[16:29] Shock: Wait DROWN?
[16:29] Darin: if you have indeed familiarized yourself with my past
[16:29] Shock: what?
[16:29] Stromy: Always makes things interesting...
[16:29] Leo_Biaxomus: Darin is a communicant of the waterlord...
[16:30] Leo_Biaxomus: I think...
[16:30] Rimblade: "Yes Shock. When there is no air left, you can't breath. Then you drown."
[16:30] * Darin exits the chamber on a specific path coming to a lift
[16:30] Shock: No air?
[16:30] Leo_Biaxomus: My memory isn't what it used to be.
[16:30] RandalMoonash: "frickin water maes.. lets go..."
[16:30] Shock: This is worse then the jungle...
[16:30] * Rimblade exits behind Darin.
[16:30] Lkeas: shall we go up then?
[16:30] Darin: Climb into the center of that disc
[16:30] * Lkeas clambers onto the lift
[16:30] * Stromy obeys
[16:30] * Shock trys not to breath much, knowing partly that it still wont work
[16:30] * LordBarrius does so cautiously.
[16:30] Hadin: "If Darin was a mage of a different brand of magic, would you still be so disinclined towards him, Randal?"
[16:30] * Shock steps up to it
[16:31] Darin: Stay near the center. This lift goes up some 25.5 miles or so
[16:31] * Hadin hobbles his way to the center of the lift.
[16:31] * Leo_Biaxomus climbs in the disc.
[16:31] Shock: Woah..
[16:31] Stromy: uh quickly?
[16:31] Shock: Wont that kill us?
[16:31] Darin: And it does so at a rate of about 250 miles per hour
[16:31] * Avarie looks worried, but follows her companions.
[16:31] Shock: That much of a change would kill.
[16:31] Stromy: My ears might pop a little
[16:31] Lkeas: what sort of magic runs this lift?
[16:31] RandalMoonash: "Probably."
[16:31] * Rimblade drops to his knees.
[16:31] Darin: Magiscience
[16:31] * Lkeas looks for something to hold on to
[16:31] RandalMoonash: "good gods..."
[16:31] * LordBarrius prepares himself.
[16:31] Lkeas: i should have known...
[16:31] Shock: You get sick and die when you do this when you scuba
[16:31] Stromy: Well, might as well get it over with
[16:31] Darin: Stand in the lifts center and the stabilizer will prevent you from being harmed
[16:32] Shock: oh..
[16:32] * RandalMoonash heads in
[16:32] RandalMoonash: Pneumonics with magic?
[16:32] * Leo_Biaxomus moves to the center of the lift.
[16:32] Shock: i see. Like i mini decompresion chamber
[16:32] Hadin: "Hmm, along the lines of Drakel thought and study, by chance? Or of a different variety, Darin?"
[16:32] * Lkeas shuffles closer to the middle of the disc
[16:32] * LordBarrius moves closer to the center.
[16:32] Darin: That is because when using compressed air... you develop nitrogen bubbles in blood
[16:32] Darin: The air is not pressurised here
[16:32] Darin: it is at atmospheric levels
[16:32] * RandalMoonash heads in
[16:32] Stromy: I'll pretend I understood that
[16:32] Darin: This entire chamber is at near sea level pressure due to its flow
[16:32] Darin: Now move
[16:32] RandalMoonash: "Pretty amazing science for a magic realm"
[16:33] RandalMoonash: "Basically if you go up to fast, you die."
[16:33] * Shock walks to the center
[16:33] Stromy: ...That much I understood
[16:33] RandalMoonash: "wellthere you go.
[16:33] * Hadin glares at Randall and is tempted to smack him with his cane again.
[16:33] * RandalMoonash heads inside
[16:33] RandalMoonash: "I would still feel better with a weapon.."
[16:33] * Lkeas looks around
[16:33] Shock: Hadin? Dident you die?
[16:33] Lkeas: are we all in?
[16:33] >Ambiance<: the group is subjected briefly to about 2.4 G's but then the stabilizer kicks in and the sense of acceleration against gravity is eliminated
[16:34] Shock: Woah..
[16:34] >Ambiance<: The sense of rapid movement however is not
[16:34] Stromy: I sure hope we are all in
[16:34] Hadin: "If you stop griping and wait for a moment, perhaps you could ask Darin nicely about it?"
[16:34] Shock: This feels...strange..
[16:34] Rimblade: "This is fun!"
[16:34] Darin: "Fortunately you can see the movement
[16:34] Stromy: So Darin, where are you taking us in particular?
[16:34] Darin: "Early lifts were enclosed"
[16:34] Shock: My legs...my poor electrifyed legs..
[16:34] Darin: "The motion sickness was horrible"
[16:34] Stromy: Hmmmm, I bet
[16:35] Avarie: I'd imagine so.
[16:35] Darin: "We are going to my quarters above"
[16:35] Stromy: Food?
[16:35] Darin: "To see the king"
[16:35] Leo_Biaxomus: Tralin?
[16:35] LordBarrius: The king?
[16:35] Shock: A king?
[16:35] Shock: Wow...
[16:35] Darin: "Yes Tralin"
[16:35] RandalMoonash: "I bet... happens on my planet. Any chance of danger...?"
[16:35] Stromy: Ahhh, are we dressed properly?
[16:35] * Hadin nods in understanding. "Praytell, is the king in a good mood, or a foul one this day?"
[16:35] Lkeas: what does he want to see us for?
[16:35] Shock: This place is hard, but at least i get to meet a king.
[16:35] Stromy: Maybe I can get his autograph...
[16:35] Darin: "I can hardly imagine. After the prince alerted me to you I sent him up on the lift himself"
[16:35] Rimblade: "I hope he's got a feast. I'm starved."
[16:36] Lkeas: ah, so that's who that was..
[16:36] Stromy: The reptile?
[16:36] Darin: "So the king will know of your arrival by the time we get there"
[16:36] * Lkeas looks at Stromy
[16:36] Shock: Man..Im scared of this beast pretty badly now..
[16:36] * Stromy looks back
[16:36] Lkeas: yes... Tralin might not be what you typically think of as a king
[16:36] Hadin: "Then let us hope his mood is far from foul, such that we might entreat with him without a sword hanging above our heads."
[16:36] Shock: He is from Immertot, right?
[16:36] LordBarrius: You mean he's not human....
[16:36] Stromy: I assume not
[16:36] Shock: The beast, not the king.
[16:36] Leo_Biaxomus: He is Drakel.
[16:37] Stromy: Ahh, that would explain things
[16:37] Darin: "You appear to be taking about differing things"
[16:37] Lkeas: that depends on your definition of human..
[16:37] Shock: Yes sorry..
[16:37] Stromy: We all think differently
[16:37] LordBarrius: Drakel?
[16:37] Stromy: Makes sense
[16:37] Darin: Yes the King is Kruath'ri
[16:37] LordBarrius: I've never heard of that type of creature. What is it, precisely?
[16:38] Stromy: Kruath'ri is his name or his race?
[16:38] Darin: Neither
[16:38] Darin: He is also my closest surviving friend
[16:38] * Darin laughs at this
[16:38] Darin: "Which is somewhat ironic"
[16:38] Stromy: ...Pray Tell what you mean by all this
[16:38] LordBarrius: How so?
[16:38] * Avarie appears confused and worried. It is obvious she still does not trust the situation.
[16:39] Darin: "I once plotted to have his entire nation over thrown and vowed to kill him myself"
[16:39] Shock: Woah..
[16:39] Stromy: ...So a bit of a rocky friendship?
[16:39] LordBarrius: I would call that more than ironic....
[16:39] Rimblade: "Into every life a little rain must.... you know."
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[16:39] Hadin: "There is much turmoil to the history of this realm, though I have not heard this tale in so long as to forget, I am not entirely surprised.
[16:39] Darin: "It is none the less ironic"
[16:40] Stromy: So if Kruath'ri isnt its name or race, then what signifcance does it have?
[16:40] Darin: "That he should become a man I would give my life for unerringly in a second"
[16:40] * Hadin noticing Avarie's worried demeanor, he rests one of his aged hands upon her forearm in reassurance that all is well for the nonce.
[16:40] Darin: "It is a title... it means Citizen of the Keld"
[16:40] LordBarrius: Indeed....but how did you two become friends when you clearly harbored such a dislike for him before?
[16:40] Rimblade: "I guess it's just food for Thought."
[16:40] Lkeas: i suppose we should be glad Tralin does not seem one to hold grudges against those who would plot against him
[16:40] Stromy: Keld being?
[16:41] * Lkeas smirks
[16:41] Lkeas: a K'eld is a Drakel city
[16:41] Darin: "But roughly it is used among the people to mean Drakel"
[16:41] Stromy: Ahhhh
[16:41] Darin: "Refering to the race"
[16:41] Stromy: But you don't appear to be drakel...I thought they hated outsiders?
[16:41] Hadin: "This being K'eld Ner to be more precise, if I am correct in my geography?"
[16:41] Darin: "They themselves rarely refer to their race as their race is actually an amalgamation of several older Dracomamalian species"
[16:42] * Darin frowns
[16:42] Darin: "Yes my Lord"
[16:42] Darin: "
[16:42] Stromy: Bah Telepaths
[16:42] Darin: "Tralin wishes to see you faster then the 20 minutes this lift will take"
[16:42] * Avarie raises an eyebrow quizically.
[16:42] * Lkeas looks intently at Darin
[16:42] Shock: Uh..
[16:42] Lkeas: hmm
[16:42] Stromy: Uhh ohh...
[16:42] Shock: Then we can do that how?
[16:42] * Hadin raises an eyebrow in curiosity.
[16:42] Lkeas: well, i'm sure he could arrange it..
[16:42] Darin: "I am not a telepath. I can communicate only with my god and with others gifted with communicancy"
[16:43] Hadin: "As long as you are sure my old bones can take the stress...I assume you can speed this lift drastically beyond its current rate of travel?"
[16:43] >Ambiance<: the lift stops
[16:43] Darin: "
[16:43] Shock: Heh. Proboly worried that we are going to kill someone. I mean, we are from another realm, most of us at least.
[16:43] Stromy: How is that not some form of telepathy?
[16:43] Lkeas: i don't think moving the lift is his intention, Hadin...
[16:43] >Ambiance<: A watery wavering circle appears right in front of the front lip of the lift
[16:43] LordBarrius: Oh no....don't tell me he intends to teleport us. I've had enough jumping around for a while.
[16:43] Rimblade: "Perhaps Darin's god may aid in understanding the current situation!"
[16:43] * Hadin frowns. "Indeed, Lkeas..."
[16:43] Shock: What the..
[16:43] Darin: "Through the portal and hurry such magics are draining"
[16:43] Stromy: ...but probably not
[16:44] Avarie: "Oh gods, no more portals, please."
[16:44] * Lkeas looks at the others
[16:44] Shock: No...not another portal..
[16:44] Lkeas: well, what are you waiting for?
[16:44] * Lkeas jumps in
[16:44] * Stromy hurries through
[16:44] * Hadin hobbles through the portal.
[16:44] Shock: No more jungles..
[16:44] * Leo_Biaxomus hurries threw the portal.
[16:44] Shock: darn it
[16:44] * Shock jumps in...
[16:44] * LordBarrius groans and follows suit, muttering.
[16:44] Darin: The rest of you too
[16:44] * Avarie looks about her, and with an expression of dispair, moves into the portal.
[16:44] Stromy: Ahh now I am starting to wish I had a weapon
[16:45] * Rimblade heads through.
[16:45] Shock: I sware it..last time i use one of these things..
[16:45] >Ambiance<: The portal is COLD... as if jumping through ice water
[16:45] Stromy: You might have to eat your words
[16:45] Shock: Yes...i know i proboly will.
[16:45] >Ambiance<: You find yourself standing in a formal chamber
[16:45] Stromy: Whew
[16:45] Shock: Wow.
[16:45] * Lkeas blinks, adjusting to the light
[16:45] Rimblade: "Was that a transplanar portal?"
[16:46] * Avarie rubs her hands up and down her arms, attempting to get warm.
[16:46] Stromy: Who cares?
[16:46] Voice: "No"
[16:46] Avarie: "Did we actually arrive where we're supposed to for once?"
[16:46] * Hadin shudders as he trys to warm his old bones back up from the shocking cold of that portal. "Short range, straight to the throne room I presume?"
[16:46] Shock: Worked. No jungles and no accidentaly hurting myself with magic. nice! Your rather good at this Darin.
[16:46] Voice: "I transported you some 350 miles up and west"
[16:46] * Lkeas chuckles at Avarie's comment
[16:46] * Lkeas looks around for the source of the voice
[16:46] Stromy: Hmmm not that short a distance
[16:46] Rimblade: "And you are?"
[16:46] * Randal is shoved through the portal roughly
[16:47] * Darin enters the room and the Portal vanishes
[16:47] Darin: "You decided not to return to the Keld"
[16:47] Voice: "The additional energy would have been too much since I had to mass transit these people anyway. Kithia has gone in my stead"
[16:47] Hadin: "Relative to those few other teleportations I've experienced recently, it is quite short in range." *He chuckles lightly before drawing himself to his full height...still shorter than most present...despite the lingering chill on his bones.*
[16:47] Lkeas: hmm? we are not in K'eld Ner?
[16:48] * Darin nods
[16:48] * LordBarrius scans the room over with his eyes briefly, still curious where the voice is coming from.
[16:48] Stromy: Where are we now then?
[16:48] Leo_Biaxomus: Are we in Deren?
[16:48] Leo_Biaxomus: The city that is.
[16:48] * Darin enters the room a small circlet on his head his flowing hair stopping at the collar. His features are reptilian but a clear soft fur in a mottled pattered covers his form
[16:49] * Tralin enters the room a small circlet on his head his flowing hair stopping at the collar. His features are reptilian but a clear soft fur in a mottled pattered covers his form
[16:49] Tralin: *
[16:49] Tralin: "Welcome to Derin"
[16:49] Rimblade: "You are the King, I presume?"
[16:49] Stromy: Your Majesty?
[16:49] * Lkeas bows deeply
[16:49] * Hadin bows as low as his old bones are able. "King Tralin, it does me great honor to meet thee during my lifetime, if just to say that I have."
[16:49] Tralin: "This is the Captial of Deren"
[16:49] * LordBarrius looks the new arrival over a bit, then takes a quick knee down to show his respect.
[16:49] * Avarie , hoping she has some idea of decorum, bows to Trailin. "Your Majesty"
[16:50] Stromy: If I may ask-Why were we brought here in such a rush, and even at all?
[16:50] * Tralin gestures dismissively
[16:50] Tralin: "Small talk and plesantries can wait"
[16:50] Shock: Allright..
[16:50] * Lkeas looks up again
[16:50] Shock: Then what cant?
[16:50] Rimblade: "Have you pressing topics?"
[16:50] Tralin: "You arrived in the chamber of creation"
[16:50] Lkeas: you used quite a bit of energy to bring us here; are we that important?
[16:50] * Avarie straightens and reguards the king.
[16:50] Tralin: "Which sends off all sorts of alarm bells"
[16:51] Shock: Oh..
[16:51] Lkeas: ah... i see.
[16:51] Shock: I see.
[16:51] Tralin: "And makes you THAT important"
[16:51] Hadin: "The Chamber of Creation?"
[16:51] Tralin: "An area of our Deep"
[16:51] Rimblade: "The Deep being...?"
[16:51] Tralin: "...A place that once held a pocket of primal creation.. The Deep is the underworld. The realm beneath the earth"
[16:52] Rimblade: "Then why were we not destroyed on entry?"
[16:52] Tralin: "...acess points occur in Deren, on Vandar, probably several other locations as well"
[16:52] Stromy: ...Uhhh I don't like the underworld
[16:52] Tralin: "
[16:52] Rimblade: "I saw no 'great power' below"
[16:52] Lkeas: a dangerous place to arrive, and not just because of what comes out of the pocket... but who goes into it as well..
[16:52] Tralin: "Because something happeneed in that area to diffuse that power"
[16:52] * Hadin begins muttering softly to himself, the occassional reference to a phrase of Arcana slipping from his lips as he contemplates.
[16:53] Shock: Wow..
[16:53] * Lkeas thinks hard
[16:53] Lkeas: the power surge in Immertot...
[16:53] Tralin: "That is why I said it ONCE held such a thing"
[16:53] Lkeas: that is where it came from?
[16:53] Tralin: "It no longer does"
[16:53] Rimblade: "You think there was a transfer, Lkeas?"
[16:53] Lkeas: we were told something as such
[16:54] * Lkeas turns to Tralin
[16:54] Lkeas: that power... it caused an imbalance in the plans of instability in Immertot
[16:54] Tralin: "Two of my court were nearly killed there...."
[16:54] Lkeas: we think it's what brought us there... and also attracted a necromancer and a beast...
[16:54] Tralin: "When a servant of The'Galin unleashed a blast of uncreation"
[16:54] Tralin: "Had I not been close at hand"
[16:54] Tralin: "They would be dead now...."
[16:55] Lkeas: who?
[16:55] Leo_Biaxomus: Is this servant named Galrick?
[16:55] Rimblade: "Is that why Falerin lies dead below?"
[16:55] * Lkeas looks at Leo
[16:55] Lkeas: i don't think so..
[16:55] * Avarie 's eyes show dawning understanding.
[16:55] Lkeas: although we recently met who i think it was
[16:55] Tralin: "We had a lift constructed shortly after the place was emptied and decided to monitor it in case the servants of the Uncreator returned in an attempt to trace the energy and find other pockets elsewhere on Lore
[16:55] Tralin: "Your arrival therefore does not instill confidence"
[16:56] Shock: Ah i see.
[16:56] Tralin: "However you are all human"
[16:56] * Hadin leans back onto his cane, nearly lost in his own thought. "Might I ask if, prior to the loss of the power's presence, any had tapped into it or similar chambers of creation in any manner?"
[16:56] Tralin: "And that speaks against the idea that you are at least obviously his servant"
[16:56] Rimblade: "You expected otherwise? Angels perhaps?"
[16:56] Shock: What humans not good enough?
[16:56] Tralin: Yes
[16:57] Leo_Biaxomus: Brihaldo...
[16:57] Tralin: Angels would indeed be along the lines of what I expected
[16:57] * Lkeas shudders
[16:57] Lkeas: they haven't followed us here, have they?
[16:57] Rimblade: "And the Cold with them, eh?"
[16:57] LordBarrius: The Cold?
[16:57] Shock: Humans could make great servants. They could work as spys because they are not exspected to be. I resent that.
[16:57] * Lkeas looks at LordBarrius
[16:58] Lkeas: a terrible form of undeath
[16:58] * Avarie shudders slightly.
[16:58] Lkeas: many servants of The'Galin become so due to The Cold
[16:58] * Hadin shudders quite unexpectedly and violently at the mention of undeath...a fate from which he was saved through the careless wording that activated the laptop.
[16:58] LordBarrius: Hm. Then remind me to avoid any angels we happen to meet. *shudders a bit*
[16:59] Rimblade: "Good. The angels have fangs."
[16:59] * Lkeas raises an eyebrow
[17:00] LordBarrius: Now I believe you're attempting to spook me.
[17:00] Rimblade: "Indeed."
[17:00] Tralin: Also the fact that you contain a vagrant concerns me
[17:01] * LordBarrius grins at the comment.
[17:01] LordBarrius: A vagrant?
[17:01] Avarie: A vagrant?
[17:01] * Lkeas shifts her gaze to the floor quickly
[17:01] * Leo_Biaxomus looks at Lkeas.
[17:01] * Lkeas then glances at the others
[17:01] Tralin: It is beyond the trace of their kind that all huamns seem to emenate
[17:01] * Hadin glances at Lkeas with curiosity, the formulae that ran through his head just now being forgotten. "Care to explain?"
[17:01] Lkeas: don't tell me you've all forgotten the dreams...
[17:01] Tralin: It is spread among you like a disease
[17:02] Shock: Hmm..
[17:02] Lkeas: none of us are clean..
[17:02] * LordBarrius shudders at the mention. "It is hard to forget such a thing."
[17:02] Shock: Are you saying we smell or something?
[17:02] * Hadin 's eyes narrow at the mention of the dreams...since the last dream he recalls is that of his own death.
[17:02] Stromy: I dont think thats what he means Shock
[17:02] * Lkeas looks sadly at Hadin
[17:03] Lkeas: i wish there had been something we could have done to prevent your death, Artificer
[17:03] Tralin: You smell like death
[17:03] Rimblade: "Physically or morally?"
[17:03] Shock: I havent died resently i dont think.
[17:03] * Avarie scrubs her hands against her pants, remembering the blood.
[17:03] Lkeas: can you not help us, Tralin? you have powers beyond most, if not all other mortals
[17:03] Stromy: That would probably be me, after checking out Falerin's decaying body, I probably don't smell very good
[17:03] * LordBarrius glances back at Tralin. "Considering the utter gore we've been subjected to, I'm not surprised."
[17:04] Computer: Transit out of Ambit is available
[17:04] Computer: Activate?
[17:04] Lkeas: ...
[17:04] Shock: Uh..
[17:04] Tralin: "What was that?"
[17:04] Lkeas: a conundrum...
[17:04] * Avarie glances, alarmed, at the computer.
[17:04] Shock: Who is in control right now?
[17:04] Stromy: Nothing Tralin
[17:04] Shock: Of the computer?
[17:04] Hadin: "I am...not surprised that you might say that, King Tralin. Until recently, I *was* dead." *Turning towards Lkeas, he adds,* "No need to apologize, such is not always capable of being prevented."
[17:04] Lkeas: Falerin said we could try to save our friends...
[17:04] Rimblade: "Ambit? Ambit, orbit, shambit :P"
[17:04] Lkeas: or try to determine more about the Devourer
[17:04] Shock: Save people.
[17:05] Leo_Biaxomus: Both seem rather... selfish.
[17:05] Lkeas: likely if we leave now, we might have a chance to save Caliban in Falerin in Immertot..
[17:05] * LordBarrius shakes his head. "Nay. The knowledge we can gain may help us save countless more people."
[17:05] Shock: Then lets leave fas- Wait what? They are dead.
[17:05] Shock: But..
[17:05] Rimblade: "Then do so. Life is always more valueable than cause."
[17:05] Shock: If they are allready dead, lets learn.
[17:05] Hadin: "If I am alive, then it is a safe bet that they too live."
[17:05] Lkeas: they are not yet dead
[17:05] Shock: Yet?
[17:05] Avarie: I'm not sure which choice reflects which intent, but I do not wish to use that machine further.
[17:06] Lkeas: there was a time disruption
[17:06] Hadin: "And, as you can easily see, I am quite alive."
[17:06] Stromy: That machine is none to reliable anyway
[17:06] Shock: Are you telling me i not only was shot to a jungle, but into another time?
[17:06] Hadin: "However...hmm"
[17:06] Lkeas: the machine does exactly what you tell it to
[17:06] Lkeas: however we have had... issues... with being specific
[17:06] Shock: OK lets see.
[17:06] * Hadin tilts his head as he listens to something beyond their ken.
[17:06] Shock: Think about it like this.
[17:06] Shock: If people live, we will have time to learn.
[17:06] Shock: So lets save rather then learn now.
[17:07] Computer: Window will vanish in 1 minute 20 seconds
[17:07] * Lkeas looks up at the king
[17:07] Hadin: "If...hmm, disturbing. I cannot guaruntee to you all that my life now is permanent."
[17:07] * Stromy asks Hadin, "What do you hear Hadin?"
[17:07] Lkeas: what did you wish to see us for?
[17:07] Stromy: Quickly make a decision
[17:08] LordBarrius: Did you not hear me before? The deaths thus far are likely but a taste of things to come. Should we risk numerous others to save a few?
[17:08] Tralin: "I wish to determine your nature and determine what to do about your arrival in my kingdom."
[17:08] Hadin: "Mine is inexorably linked to the others now again alive, it would seem...it is up to your choices, but I will abide by your conclusions."
[17:08] Lkeas: what would you do in our situation? would you try to save your friends?
[17:08] Stromy: What do you mean by that Hadin?
[17:08] Shock: Who is in control of the computer?
[17:08] Darin: whispers into the Kings ear
[17:08] Rimblade: "Or would you try to save us all?"
[17:08] Tralin: "It would appear so yes"
[17:09] Lkeas: hmm?
[17:09] Avarie: How do we know going is the answer to saving our friends? How do you not know that is where we will gain answers?
[17:09] Stromy: We are running out of time
[17:09] Lkeas: true, Avarie, we cannot be sure
[17:09] Lkeas: we can't be sure it will take us towards either of those options
[17:09] Tralin: "Gambling is always a risk"
[17:09] Rimblade: "Well then- even the choice not to decide is a choice."
[17:09] Shock: We are in with a king right now, and we are rambleing on..
[17:09] Lkeas: so far whenever the computer has presented us with an opportunity, we've always taken it
[17:09] Lkeas: perhaps this time... we should let it pass...
[17:10] Hadin: "All I know is that, if the avatar in Immertot dies, that leads to my death. We are linked now."
[17:10] * Lkeas frowns
[17:10] Stromy: I agree, we seem to be safe here
[17:10] Rimblade: "Safe?"
[17:10] Stromy: Safer
[17:10] Computer: The recognized user has not made a selection. Activating randomization routine. High 50 percent indicates removal.
[17:10] Avarie: Hadin, how might your avatar survive? By our departure?
[17:10] Shock: !!
[17:10] Lkeas: well... it seems it is not in our hands any longer
[17:10] Stromy: Uh what does that mean?
[17:10] Shock: Tell it to let us stay
[17:10] Computer: #roll d%
[17:10] RPGServ: <Roll for Falerin [d%]: 64>
[17:10] Hadin: "However...death among my homeland of Lore is not so bad, especially if by remaining you all are garbed more heavily to deal with the threat of the Devourer."
[17:10] * Avarie groans softly.
[17:10] Shock: ...
[17:11] * LordBarrius groans.
[17:11] * Lkeas turns to Tralin
[17:11] Computer: Sixty Four Percent is greater then 50percent
[17:11] Stromy: Uhh ohh oh dammit
[17:11] Lkeas: i am sorry we could not stay longer...
[17:11] Computer: Removal from Ambit
[17:11] Stromy: Good bye
[17:11] Lkeas: you wished to know of our nature...
[17:11] Lkeas: this is it...
[17:11] Shock: Who was incontrol of it anyway..
[17:11] >Ambiance<: Constructing reality wave
[17:11] LordBarrius: I do not like this one bit....
[17:11] * Leo_Biaxomus sighs.
[17:11] Shock: Not again..
[17:11] Shock: No..
[17:11] * Hadin frowns. "I did not mean MY Avatar, Lkeas...but THE Avatar."
[17:11] Shock: Not another portal!
[17:11] Leo_Biaxomus: Here we go again...
[17:11] Computer: Decoherence
[17:11] Tralin: <END OF SESSION>
