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Last we left our three travellers... and Sunny... Who for her part is staying under the table and trying to hide from the Avenger...  The Provider was about to lead Cho Namhwa back into another room and attempt to revoke his blessing from him.
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<br>10:13    Greenling    Namhwa finds Mary's door.
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<br>10:13    Namhwa taps lightly. "Mary? We're about to head over to the theater and I
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thought you might like to come along," he says in High Realm.
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"...Are you *sure* you want me to do this?" The little blond demon rocks back on his heels and gives Namhwa the most adorable sad look he can muster.
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<br>10:15    Greenling    You hear cursing in Seatongue.
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<br>10:15    Greenling    Muffled.
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"Absolutely, chingu," Namhwa uses an affectionate Seatongue term of endearment. "Your blessing, while most welcome, is obviously not meant for a being of Creation. Thank you again for all that you've done for me." Namhwa tries to reassure the creature he still thinks of as a boy.
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<br>10:15    Namhwa    "Hello?" he says again in High Realm with another tap on the door.
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<br>10:16    Greenling    "GAH!" Crash.
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"Aw. Okay," the Provider says with a note of disappointment.
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<br>10:16    Greenling    That was a male voice.
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<br>10:16    Namhwa tries the door and shoves on it.
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The Provider leads Cho into a large room with boxes of things pushed against the walls to make space in the center.  "I'm going to wash this off. I'll be back in a second."  Namhwa peers at the boxes curiously, but they're all generic-looking unmarked closed boxes so Namhwa relaxes and waits.
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<br>10:16    Namhwa    (Were there any male guests in Mary's room?)
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<br>10:17    Greenling    (not last you know.)
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The Provider heads into another room. One can hear some slight splashing.
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<br>10:17    Namhwa    "Are you okay?!"
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<br>10:17    Greenling    You shove it open, and see Rudy in what looks like a torn purple burial garment.
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Rei leans into Rudeth, buzz of the drink starting to fade and leaving a happily sleepy Rei.
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<br>10:17    Namhwa    :O
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<br>10:17    Greenling    "...Oh for the love of fuck."
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...My, that's a large shadow all of a sudden. Rudeth keeps an arm around Rei, watching the Provider's family carefully. Namhwa shadows his eyes, wondering if the "darkness" a trick of the light.
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<br>10:17    Namhwa stands there shocked.
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<br>10:17    Namhwa   "IMPOSTOR!"
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<br>10:17   Greenling    "Get in here and shut the fucking door, asshole!"
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<br>06:35   Greenling    It looks vaguely like the back end of a... horse? Ish? If the horse was about twice the size of Peyt.
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<br>10:18    Greenling    "What?"
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<br>06:35   Greenling    And then, it's gone.
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<br>10:18    Namhwa slams the door shut.
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<br>06:36        Namhwa frowns.
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<br>10:18   Greenling    "Impostor of-"
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<br>06:36   Greenling    The Provider walks out clean and with new clothes.
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<br>10:18    Greenling    (inside or outside?)
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<br>06:36   Greenling    "'Kay. Done."
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<br>10:18    Namhwa    "I don't know who you think you are, but this time you're not getting away."
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<br>       Your Doom Awaits You
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<br>10:18    Namhwa   (inside)
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<br>       Topic set by Rudeth on Thu Jul 09 2009 06:36:35 GMT+0300 (Arabic Standard Time)
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<br>10:18   Greenling    He crosses his arms and stares at you.
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<br>06:36        Namhwa smiles at the Provider.
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<br>10:18   Greenling    "Fine."
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<br>10:18    Namhwa    "First the Priest, now Rudy?"
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<br>       Topic set by Rei on Thu Jul 09 2009 06:37:29 GMT+0300 (Arabic Standard Time)
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<br>10:19    Greenling    "...What? What does Rudy have to do with this?"
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<br>06:37   Rei   Whoop
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<br>10:19    Namhwa   "I don't know!" he exclaims. "Why are you impersonating him?!"
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<br>06:37   Greenling    He smiles back. :3
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<br>10:19    Namhwa gesticulates.
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<br>       Your Doom Awaits You - Have Correct Change
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<br>10:20   Greenling   The guy's mouth drops open, waves a hand around, stares at you a little, then just looks confused.
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<br>       Topic set by Rei on Thu Jul 09 2009 06:37:39 GMT+0300 (Arabic Standard Time)
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<br>10:20   Greenling    He looks up... then down... the back at you.
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<br><br>06:38        Rei slumps over to land, head in Rudeth's lap, yawning softly as she lays there.
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<br>10:20    Greenling    "Okay, this must be a quirk."
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<br>06:38   Greenling    He walks over to a smaller box, picks out a piece of chalk, and runs arund drawing what seems to be a magic circle.
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<br>10:20    Greenling    "You can see me?"
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<br>06:38   Greenling    Sunny watches closely.
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<br>10:21    Namhwa    :O
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<br>06:39   Greenling    Fwoosh, zip, whee!
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<br>10:21    Namhwa    "Yeah. You can see me, right? And Sunny?"
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<br>06:39   Greenling    "Okay, done. You stand there" he points to one place "and I'll be there." He points to a place outside the circle.
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<br>10:21    Namhwa gestures to Sunny.
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<br>06:40        Namhwa moves to the place that the Provider indicates.
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<br>10:22    Greenling    "...Danaa'd's slimy tits. At least this means I'm not biting the spiders."
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<br>06:41   Greenling    "Ready?"
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<br>10:22   Greenling    "Sit down, lemme get you a drink, this is gonna take a while."
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<br>06:41        Namhwa nods.
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<br>10:22    Namhwa    "You know the spiders?" Namhwa
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<br>06:42   Greenling    He stands in place and raises his hands, looking towards the sky. Well, if there were a sky there, rather than a roof and a volcano.
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asks in awe, wondering if they're the same ones that he encountered. He
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<br>06:42   Namhwa    Volcano?!
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sits at the little table in the corner and studies the Rudy-man
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<br>06:42   Greenling    ...You *are* in Gem.
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carefully.
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<br>06:43   Namhwa   (Oh, right)
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<br>10:23   Greenling    He looks at you like you're the crazy one, and takes off his garments.
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<br>06:43   Greenling   You are standing in a volcano.
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<br>10:24   Greenling    (...the burial ones.)
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<br>06:43   Greenling    :V
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<br>10:24   Greenling    (he has pants.)
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<br>06:43   Greenling    (*cough*)
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<br>10:24    Greenling    Now
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<br>06:44   Greenling   He closes his eyes, and slowly, a beam of white light pours down on him from a point in the air.
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that you look closer, he's... well he does look like Rudy, but he's got
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<br>06:44   Greenling    It runs down his fingers and over his arms like water, and coalesces in a soft glow around him.
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longer hair, and you're pretty sure Rudy doesn't have that many
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<br>06:45        Namhwa watches the boy curiously. How can such a powerful being take such a fragile shape?
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tattooes.
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<br>06:45   Greenling    "Mountain of Light, Son of Fire..."
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<br>10:24    Namhwa   (Sure, sure. Naked bodies aren't anything weird to someone who studied cadavers anyway)
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<br>06:47   Greenling    "Your Eyes call on you! Revoke the Blessing You grant through me, forsaken in justice!"
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<br>10:24    Namhwa frowns.
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<br>06:47   Greenling    The glow expands.
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<br>10:24   Greenling    (hehe.)
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<br>06:47   Greenling    It touches the circle and waves around Namhwa. Rudy and Rei can see that same eye symbol on his forehead.
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<br>10:24    Namhwa   "Sorry for the mistake... But where's Mary?"
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<br>06:48   Greenling    "In the hidden name of the truth, I call on you! Do it!"
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<br>10:25   Greenling    "Right." He sits down and claps his hands together, looking firmly at you. "Mary doesn't exist."
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<br>06:48   Greenling    There is a sudden flash, followed by what sounds like a small bomb going off.
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<br>10:26    Greenling    "Well. Okay, technically she does sometimes."
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<br>06:50   Greenling    When the light clears...
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<br>10:26   Namhwa    "What?"
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<br>06:50   Greenling    Well... when you can *see* and *hear*...
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<br>10:26   Greenling    "Look, it's magic, okay? What was that about the spiders?"
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<br>06:50   Namhwa    :/
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<br>10:27   Greenling   "I was totally not expecting to have to explain this shit to you yet."
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<br>06:50   Greenling    In a moment, The Provider is standing there, rubbing his ears.
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<br>10:27   Namhwa   "The spiders, who wear in the great void? I met one. He, it, whatever fussed at me for touching its web."
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<br>06:50   Greenling    "Wow. Ow. Is it supposed to be that loud?"
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<br>10:27   Namhwa looks up to remember.
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<br>06:50   Namhwa    "I don't know, this is my first time."
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<br>10:28   Greenling    "Great void. Uh. Yeah, doesn't ring a bell, but that could mean a lot of things."
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<br>06:52   Greenling    "Well, I think that worked."
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<br>10:29   Namhwa   "Well,
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<br>06:52        Namhwa shakes out each limb, one at a time.
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it was like this huge textile mill that I once saw on the Blessed Isle,
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<br>06:52   Namhwa   "I think I feel okay."
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except it was manned by, well, at least one spider that got -very-
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<br>06:52   Greenling    He leans over and sniffs you.
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angry and said that I messed everything up by touching threads. Have
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<br>06:53   Greenling    "Hmmm. I can't think of a way to test it without putting you in mortal danger. That's going in the bug reports."
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you ever been anywhere like that?"
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<br>06:53   Greenling   "Maybe you could just go flirt with my sister and then apoligize profusely?"
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<br>10:30   Greenling    He thinks for a moment. "And where did you, like, encounter this?"
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<br>06:53   Greenling    (*apologize)
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<br>10:30    Namhwa    "Sorry if I'm rambling. What's this about Mary not existing? She was with us
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<br>06:53        Namhwa squints.
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all.... Well, it was an extraordinarily vivid dream in a sequence. I've been having a lot of them lately."
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<br>06:54   Namhwa   "Well, what was the original function of your blessing?"
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<br>10:31    Namhwa looks suspiciously at the man.
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<br>06:54   Greenling    "To let me know if you were in danger, mostly. It also allowed me to send my children to you if necessary."
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<br>10:33   Greenling    He taps his chin. "That web thing, yeah. I've been there. Everyone has."
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<br>06:55   Namhwa    "Oh, well why don't you try sending your, ah, children to me now?"
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<br>10:33    Namhwa    "Really?"
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<br>06:58   Greenling    "...Hmmm. Good idea!"
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<br>10:34    Namhwa stands up. "Where's that drink? This is all quite a shock."
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<br>06:58   Greenling    "You go in the other room or something. We'll play hide and seek! Kind of. Go someplace I don't know where you are."
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<br>10:34   Greenling    "Yeah. It's the backbone of the world, pretty much. Giant artifact in Yu-Shan."
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<br>06:59        Namhwa twists his mouth to think for a moment, then exits the storeroom.
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<br>10:34   Greenling    He drags a bottle of something bitter out of his bag and tosses it underhand at Namhwa.
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<br>06:59   Greenling   Where do you go? And do Rudy and Rei follow, or what?
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<br>10:35    Namhwa reaches out reflexively to catch it with both hands.
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<br>07:00        Namhwa heads out to the kitchens, then into the cold storage room to have a glass of milk.
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<br>10:35   Greenling    "Don't have too much of that if you want to wake up before noon tomorrow."
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<br>07:00   Greenling    Namhwa grabs a glass of milk.
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<br>10:35    Namhwa   "Wow... Backbone of the world? Where's Yu-Shan?"
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<br>07:01   Rudeth   Unless Namwha asks Rudeth to join him or Rei decides to run off, he will stay here with Rei,
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<br>10:35    Namhwa nods and pops open the bottle to take a few swallows.
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<br>07:01   Greenling    If the two of you don't move, the Provider sits down beside you.
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<br>10:36   Greenling    "Uh, Yu-Shan, Heaven. Where the Celestial gods live?"
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<br>07:01   Greenling    "So, how do you like Gem?" :3
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<br>10:36    Namhwa    (Oh, dear, he's started drinking)
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<br>07:02   Namhwa    (He's not talking to me. :P)
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<br>10:36    Namhwa    "So the Celestial gods are real?!"
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<br>07:02   Rudeth   "It's nice." Rudeth scoots away a little.
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<br>10:36   Greenling    "..."
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<br>07:04        Rudeth tightens his arms protectively around the half-sleeping catgirl.
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<br>10:36   Greenling    "Wow."
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<br>07:05        Rei blinks as she was tugged up, yawning softly and peering up at the Protector from Rudeth's lap.
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<br>10:37    Namhwa takes another two swallows and passes the bottle back. "What? It's not
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<br>07:06   Greenling    "You don't have to be afraid of me. I'm not going to eat you."
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like they give a damn about us the way the City Mothers and Fathers do."
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<br>07:08        Namhwa finishes his glass, then wonders if he should venture outside the restaurant.
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<br>10:37   Greenling    "Shit, I should've read your file better before throwing myself at this mission. That dork..." He facepalms.
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<br>07:08        Namhwa decides against it, remembering Rudy and Rei's faith.
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<br>10:37    Greenling    "One of them gives a damn about you."
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<br>07:09   Greenling   The Provider looks up and closes his eyes.
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<br>10:37   Namhwa    "My file?!"
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<br>07:09   Greenling    ...Squint.
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<br>10:37    Namhwa    "Really?"
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<br>07:09   Greenling    Opens them. "Well, we'll see."
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<br>10:37    Namhwa wishes he had the bottle back.
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<br>07:09   Greenling   "Hey, you guys never ate anything. Aren't you hungry? Don't humans have to eat every day?"
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<br>10:37   Greenling    He grins. His grin is rather disturbing.
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<br>07:09        Rudeth looks at him strangely, keeping an eye on him.
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<br>10:38   Greenling    "Hehe. Yeah. That's why I was surprised when I saw you."
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<br>07:10   Greenling    He frowns.
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<br>10:38   Namhwa    "I think that might've been what the irritable arachnid was talking
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<br>07:10    Rudeth   "Um...Well, I guess." Rudeth *is* pretty hungry. "If we can get...normal human food from the restaurant."
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about." Cho glances back, wondering how much interaction this guy gets with normal people.
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<br>07:11   Greenling    "Sure. Whatever you want, on me. We have a lot of silver."
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<br>10:38   Greenling    "When you went missing for ten months Heaven was worried."
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<br>07:12   Greenling    "...My sister says I'm wasting it, but I'm not very good with money."
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<br>10:38    Namhwa   "What was so surprising?"
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<br>07:12   Greenling   "Ah, what does she know. Do you have any siblings?"
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<br>10:38    Namhwa    "Missing? From Heaven?"
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<br>07:12        Namhwa pokes around in the kitchen, getting slightly in the way of the cooks if they're still around.
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<br>10:38    Namhwa    "I mean, are you a Celestial god?"
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<br>07:12   Rudeth   "No." He pauses. "Well, I don't think so. I wasn't raised by my parents."
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<br>10:38    Greenling    "From our sight."
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<br>07:13   Rudeth   "I guess just some sort of seafood thing for me and Rei. She's probably hungry, too."
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<br>10:39   Greenling   "Hah. No."
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<br>07:14   Greenling    "Okay. When Cho comes back, I'll order it."
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<br>10:39   Greenling    "But I serve one."
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<br>07:14   Greenling    After a moment, he starts idly doing those little acrobatics things like he did on the pedestal.
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<br>10:39    Namhwa looks faintly excited.
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<br>07:15        Namhwa crouches in a corner beside a cool cistern and sits in the shadows.
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<br>10:39   Greenling    "...Five. But mostly the one."
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<br>07:16        Rudeth tilts his head, starting at him. "So, um... is it working?"
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<br>10:39   Namhwa   "Really? I served Grandmother Bright. What's it like? Why do you keep files on people?"
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<br>07:17   Greenling    "I dunno. I called one of my children... it should be *somewhere*."
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<br>10:39   Greenling    "And technically everything else in a sort of morally-duty-like way.
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<br>07:17   Greenling   Suddenly, there's a scream.
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<br>10:39    Namhwa gestures for the bottle back if the man's not going to drink any more.
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<br>07:20        Namhwa stands up and listens to try to see from what the direction the scream came.
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<br>10:40   Greenling   "But..." handwave.
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<br>07:20   Greenling    From the far end of the kitchens.
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<br>10:40   Greenling    He hasn't taken any.
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<br>07:20   Greenling   Then a couple more screams.
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<br>10:40   Namhwa    "But?"
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<br>07:20   Greenling    Some people running past Namhwa.
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<br>10:40   Greenling    "Okay, look. This is the important part."
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<br>07:21        Namhwa runs in the opposite direction of those fleeing.
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<br>10:41    Namhwa    "Okay."
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<br>07:21   Greenling   There is what looks like an oversized tiger made out of crystal.
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<br>10:41    Namhwa sits back down.
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<br>07:22   Greenling   It has gears for joints and lacks a head.
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<br>10:41   Greenling    "You and Rudy and the rest of them, something weird's going on. You're not woven into that web, and that usually only happens to things like ghosts and demons and raksha."
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<br>07:22   Greenling    It comes over and... you would say it's sniffing you if it has a nose.
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<br>10:41    Greenling    "And this is A: Probably Bad, B: Weird, C: Really problematic for you especially."
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<br>07:22        Namhwa holds still.
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<br>10:42    Namhwa tries to keep up.
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<br>07:22   Greenling   (*had)
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<br>10:42   Namhwa   "So what did I do wrong? What I can I do to fix this?"
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<br>07:22   Greenling    It sits down.
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<br>10:43    Greenling    "Since your being... well..." He switches briefly to Old Realm, which actually has tenses for this sort of thing. "You were going to be going-to-be one of what I am, and now you are and aren't."
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<br>07:23   Greenling    The kitchen staff is hiding.
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<br>10:43   Greenling    "And you should be because you're kind of needed."
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<br>07:24        Namhwa backs away from the tiger very slowly, keeping his torso centered on the crystal cat.
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<br>10:43   Namhwa   :O
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<br>07:24   Greenling   Still sittin'.
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<br>10:43   Greenling    "We don't know why."
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<br>07:24   Greenling    The Provider is standing on his head.
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<br>10:44   Greenling    "That's... officially why I'm following you around in disguise."
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<br>07:25   Greenling    "I'm bored. I'm gonna go look around."
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<br>10:44   Namhwa    "Which part don't you know?"
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<br>07:25   Greenling    He does so.
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<br>10:44   Greenling   "Why you're outside of Fate."
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<br>07:25        Namhwa calls the tiger over. "Come here, please," he says in Old Realm.
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<br>10:44    Namhwa frowns.
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<br>07:25   Greenling    The tiger stands up and walks towards you.
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<br>10:44    Namhwa    "This sounds atrocious."
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<br>07:25        Namhwa asks, "Please lead me to the Provider."
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<br>10:44   Greenling    "We just know it happened about ten months ago."
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<br>07:26   Greenling    The tiger walks past you in the direction you came from.
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<br>10:44    Namhwa    "I have been outside of fate for TEN MONTHS?!"
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<br>07:26   Greenling    You meet him outside the Yellow Room, coming towards you.
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<br>10:44    Namhwa    "This is lunacy."
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<br>07:26   Greenling    "Oh, hi! Did it show up right?"
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<br>10:45    Greenling    "Yeah."
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<br>07:26        Namhwa points at the Crystal Tiger.
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<br>10:45    Namhwa takes another sip from the bottle.
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<br>07:26   Greenling    He pats it on the back and it disappears in a puff of light.
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<br>10:45    Greenling    "About the time you went into the region around Gold's Glittering Pass."
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<br>07:26   Namhwa    "Yep, just sniffed and sat.
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<br>10:45   Namhwa leans forward onto his hand.
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<br>07:26   Namhwa    "
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<br>10:45   Namhwa    "And we met The Provider."
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<br>07:27   Greenling   "Hmm."
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<br>10:45   Greenling    "The who?"
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<br>07:27   Greenling    "It showed up beside you or someplace else?"
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<br>10:45   Greenling    He narrows his eyes.
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<br>07:27   Greenling   "That took a while."
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<br>10:45    Namhwa looks at the man with a bit of shock.
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<br>07:27   Namhwa    "Someplace else first, then I found him... her... It."
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<br>10:46    Namhwa    "The Provider. We stopped at an Earth Aspected Manse, I believe, and met The Provider."
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<br>07:28   Greenling    "Oh. Okay. Then it probably worked. Ah well." :<
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<br>10:46   Namhwa   "He was the guardian of the manse, apparently."
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<br>07:29   Namhwa    "Ooooh.
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<br>10:46    Namhwa    "White Crow set him free."
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<br>07:29   Greenling    He hugs Namhwa.
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<br>10:47   Greenling    He snorts a bit. Sunny goes over and licks his hand.
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<br>07:30        Namhwa hugs the Provider. "I had fun, thank you."
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<br>10:47   Greenling   "...Your dog, here."
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<br>07:31   Greenling    "You're welcome anytime, as long as we're here." ^^
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<br>10:47    Namhwa looks affectionately at Sunny.
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<br>07:31   Namhwa    "Well, thank you. I look forward to seeing you again."
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<br>10:47    Namhwa    "Yes. You're... Mary, right? You said you had a black dog."
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<br>07:32        Namhwa goes to meet up with Rudeth and Rei, then probably to head back to sleep for the night.
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<br>10:48   Greenling    He stares at her. "Your dog's like that too, except we can't find her at all."
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<br>07:32   Greenling    You may do this.
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<br>10:48    Namhwa    :<
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<br>07:32   Namhwa    "You guys had quite a bit."
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<br>10:48   Greenling    "Heh. You can call me Thrall when I'm not faking it."
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<br>10:48   Namhwa   "Okay, Thrall. Thank you. Like what? Like me?"
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<br>10:49    Greenling    "You seem to be really attached to her, but there's no record of her existence, no place she touches your thread."
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<br>10:50   Greenling   "There's your wife, your family, that chick you screwed, the river dragon that attacked your boat that one time, but no golden dog."
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<br>10:51    Greenling    "So, uh, 'scuse me if I'm a little curious." He's still looking at Sunny. Sunny just wags her tail and looks confused.
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<br>10:51    Namhwa looks embarrassed and disturbed.
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<br>10:51    Namhwa    "She was a gift from my parents."
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<br>10:52   Namhwa   "Well, I suppose she's not really property. She and I... we look out for each other. She's the only one who cares about me anymore, and can see past my mistakes. It helps that she's a good listener."
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<br>10:56   Namhwa reaches over and strokes Sunny affectionately, right around her spine where she's a little ticklish.
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<br>10:58   Greenling    Sunny does the footthumpy thing.
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<br>10:58    Greenling    "Heh."
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<br>10:58    Namhwa smiles.
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<br>10:59    Greenling    "So, uh."
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<br>10:59   Greenling    "You're not gonna mention this, right?"
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<br>10:59    Namhwa    "Yeah. What can I do to help? Absolutely not! I'm... well, I am now a very discrete man."
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<br>11:00   Namhwa takes another sip from the bottle.
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<br>11:00   Namhwa    (Manipulation 1, Temperance 2... The only saving grace is Socialize and Willpower)
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<br>11:00    Greenling    "Heh. That's good."
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<br>11:00    Greenling    "Tell me about where you were, what you did..."
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<br>11:01   Greenling    "Half the reason I'm here is to fix what you're breaking. The other half is to keep you alive.
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<br>11:01   Namhwa   "Okay...So, we entered the manse's... Hearthroom, I think it's called. There we met what appeared to be a small boy, but was wise beyond his years. He
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spoke in Old Realm."
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<br>11:02   Greenling    He nods.
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<br>11:02    Namhwa   "He promised not to eat us, so long as we were in Creation. He said he
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liked me in particular, and called himself only The Provider."
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<br>11:02   Namhwa   "Let's see, what else."
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<br>11:03   Namhwa   "Sunny was particularly afraid of him, which is extremely unusual."
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<br>11:04   Greenling    "...He actually *said* 'eat'?"
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<br>11:05    Namhwa   "Yes.
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<br>11:05   Namhwa   "Well... Full protection."
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<br>11:05   Greenling    Snort.
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<br>11:05   Greenling    "Huh?"
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<br>11:05    Namhwa clarifies. "He said we had his full protection at the manse, and he
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promised never to eat any of us so long as we were in Creation."
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<br>11:06   Namhwa   "He also remarked that I had full access to his library and knowledge, and
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that I would make a strong opponent one day. It was all very puzzling,
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but I wasn't about to pass up an offer like that."
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<br>11:06   Greenling    (technically he said *you* had his full protection. though Namhwa may remember differently. :3)
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<br>11:06   Greenling    "Strong opponent. Huh."
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<br>11:07   Greenling    "So he knew what you were going to be."
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<br>11:07    Greenling    "Yeah, sounds like a demon. A strange one."
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<br>11:07   Namhwa    (That parsing escaped me! XD)
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<br>11:07   Greenling    He flinches slightly and rubs his eyes.
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<br>11:08    Greenling    (what parsing?)
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<br>11:08    Namhwa   (Me with full protection, not everyone)
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<br>11:08    Namhwa    "We suspected as much. He said he was..."
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<br>11:09    Namhwa    "Under the Green Sun."
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<br>11:09   Greenling    (ah.)
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<br>11:09   Greenling    "...Greeeat."
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<br>11:10   Greenling    "I don't know that guy having any little boys offhand, but I haven't exactly memorized them all yet."
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<br>11:10    Namhwa    "The Provider?"
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<br>11:11    Greenling    "The Green Sun."
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<br>11:11    Namhwa   "Oh."
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<br>11:11   Greenling    "...Was there anything else you needed at the moment?"
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<br>11:11    Namhwa shakes his head.
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<br>11:12   Namhwa    "I don't think so. This is all rather mind-blowing."
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<br>11:12    Greenling    "Okay. My boss needs me at the library, so that's where I'll be for the time being."
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<br>11:12   Namhwa    "Okay. I'll make up some excuse for you."
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<br>11:12   Namhwa   "If anyone asks, I mean."
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<br>11:12    Namhwa stands up, a little unstable.
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<br>11:12   Greenling    "Thanks. If you die, or let Rudy die, while I'm gone, I'll find a way to make you reincarnate as a seaslug, got it?"
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<br>11:12   Namhwa   "Are you kidding? I'm a doctor!"
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<br>11:13   Namhwa    "How long are you expecting to be?"
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<br>11:13   Greenling    "Yeah, and you'd make the smartest goddamn seaslug in Creation... probably an hour or two."
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<br>11:13    Namhwa    :D
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<br>11:14   Namhwa    "Okay, great. I expect we'll be down at the theater."
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<br>11:14   Greenling    "You do that. 'Ware the Abyssal."
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<br>11:14    Namhwa   "Can I find you there if an emergency... Emerges? What abyss-el?"
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<br>11:15   Greenling    "Heh. Just if you see a guy with a black hole on his head, try to stay away."
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<br>11:15    Namhwa nods seriously.
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<br>11:15   Namhwa    "Of course."
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<br>11:16    Greenling    "Right." He stands up and extends his hand. "Cho Namhwa. Good to meet you for real, you seem like you'll make a decent co-worker, yada yada, I'm sorry you seem to be straight."
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<br>11:17   Namhwa smirks.
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<br>11:17   Namhwa    "It's been a pleasure, Thrall."
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<br>11:17    Namhwa stands and shakes Thrall's hand.
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<br>11:17    Greenling    "Like hell it has," he smirks back at you.

Current revision as of 00:57, 29 July 2009


10:13 Greenling Namhwa finds Mary's door.
10:13 Namhwa taps lightly. "Mary? We're about to head over to the theater and I thought you might like to come along," he says in High Realm.
10:15 Greenling You hear cursing in Seatongue.
10:15 Greenling Muffled.
10:15 Namhwa "Hello?" he says again in High Realm with another tap on the door.
10:16 Greenling "GAH!" Crash.
10:16 Greenling That was a male voice.
10:16 Namhwa tries the door and shoves on it.
10:16 Namhwa (Were there any male guests in Mary's room?)
10:17 Greenling (not last you know.)
10:17 Namhwa "Are you okay?!"
10:17 Greenling You shove it open, and see Rudy in what looks like a torn purple burial garment.
10:17 Namhwa  :O
10:17 Greenling "...Oh for the love of fuck."
10:17 Namhwa stands there shocked.
10:17 Namhwa "IMPOSTOR!"
10:17 Greenling "Get in here and shut the fucking door, asshole!"
10:18 Greenling "What?"
10:18 Namhwa slams the door shut.
10:18 Greenling "Impostor of-"
10:18 Greenling (inside or outside?)
10:18 Namhwa "I don't know who you think you are, but this time you're not getting away."
10:18 Namhwa (inside)
10:18 Greenling He crosses his arms and stares at you.
10:18 Greenling "Fine."
10:18 Namhwa "First the Priest, now Rudy?"
10:19 Greenling "...What? What does Rudy have to do with this?"
10:19 Namhwa "I don't know!" he exclaims. "Why are you impersonating him?!"
10:19 Namhwa gesticulates.
10:20 Greenling The guy's mouth drops open, waves a hand around, stares at you a little, then just looks confused.
10:20 Greenling He looks up... then down... the back at you.
10:20 Greenling "Okay, this must be a quirk."
10:20 Greenling "You can see me?"
10:21 Namhwa  :O
10:21 Namhwa "Yeah. You can see me, right? And Sunny?"
10:21 Namhwa gestures to Sunny.
10:22 Greenling "...Danaa'd's slimy tits. At least this means I'm not biting the spiders."
10:22 Greenling "Sit down, lemme get you a drink, this is gonna take a while."
10:22 Namhwa "You know the spiders?" Namhwa asks in awe, wondering if they're the same ones that he encountered. He sits at the little table in the corner and studies the Rudy-man carefully.
10:23 Greenling He looks at you like you're the crazy one, and takes off his garments.
10:24 Greenling (...the burial ones.)
10:24 Greenling (he has pants.)
10:24 Greenling Now that you look closer, he's... well he does look like Rudy, but he's got longer hair, and you're pretty sure Rudy doesn't have that many tattooes.
10:24 Namhwa (Sure, sure. Naked bodies aren't anything weird to someone who studied cadavers anyway)
10:24 Namhwa frowns.
10:24 Greenling (hehe.)
10:24 Namhwa "Sorry for the mistake... But where's Mary?"
10:25 Greenling "Right." He sits down and claps his hands together, looking firmly at you. "Mary doesn't exist."
10:26 Greenling "Well. Okay, technically she does sometimes."
10:26 Namhwa "What?"
10:26 Greenling "Look, it's magic, okay? What was that about the spiders?"
10:27 Greenling "I was totally not expecting to have to explain this shit to you yet."
10:27 Namhwa "The spiders, who wear in the great void? I met one. He, it, whatever fussed at me for touching its web."
10:27 Namhwa looks up to remember.
10:28 Greenling "Great void. Uh. Yeah, doesn't ring a bell, but that could mean a lot of things."
10:29 Namhwa "Well, it was like this huge textile mill that I once saw on the Blessed Isle, except it was manned by, well, at least one spider that got -very- angry and said that I messed everything up by touching threads. Have you ever been anywhere like that?"
10:30 Greenling He thinks for a moment. "And where did you, like, encounter this?"
10:30 Namhwa "Sorry if I'm rambling. What's this about Mary not existing? She was with us all.... Well, it was an extraordinarily vivid dream in a sequence. I've been having a lot of them lately."
10:31 Namhwa looks suspiciously at the man.
10:33 Greenling He taps his chin. "That web thing, yeah. I've been there. Everyone has."
10:33 Namhwa "Really?"
10:34 Namhwa stands up. "Where's that drink? This is all quite a shock."
10:34 Greenling "Yeah. It's the backbone of the world, pretty much. Giant artifact in Yu-Shan."
10:34 Greenling He drags a bottle of something bitter out of his bag and tosses it underhand at Namhwa.
10:35 Namhwa reaches out reflexively to catch it with both hands.
10:35 Greenling "Don't have too much of that if you want to wake up before noon tomorrow."
10:35 Namhwa "Wow... Backbone of the world? Where's Yu-Shan?"
10:35 Namhwa nods and pops open the bottle to take a few swallows.
10:36 Greenling "Uh, Yu-Shan, Heaven. Where the Celestial gods live?"
10:36 Namhwa (Oh, dear, he's started drinking)
10:36 Namhwa "So the Celestial gods are real?!"
10:36 Greenling "..."
10:36 Greenling "Wow."
10:37 Namhwa takes another two swallows and passes the bottle back. "What? It's not like they give a damn about us the way the City Mothers and Fathers do."
10:37 Greenling "Shit, I should've read your file better before throwing myself at this mission. That dork..." He facepalms.
10:37 Greenling "One of them gives a damn about you."
10:37 Namhwa "My file?!"
10:37 Namhwa "Really?"
10:37 Namhwa wishes he had the bottle back.
10:37 Greenling He grins. His grin is rather disturbing.
10:38 Greenling "Hehe. Yeah. That's why I was surprised when I saw you."
10:38 Namhwa "I think that might've been what the irritable arachnid was talking about." Cho glances back, wondering how much interaction this guy gets with normal people.
10:38 Greenling "When you went missing for ten months Heaven was worried."
10:38 Namhwa "What was so surprising?"
10:38 Namhwa "Missing? From Heaven?"
10:38 Namhwa "I mean, are you a Celestial god?"
10:38 Greenling "From our sight."
10:39 Greenling "Hah. No."
10:39 Greenling "But I serve one."
10:39 Namhwa looks faintly excited.
10:39 Greenling "...Five. But mostly the one."
10:39 Namhwa "Really? I served Grandmother Bright. What's it like? Why do you keep files on people?"
10:39 Greenling "And technically everything else in a sort of morally-duty-like way.
10:39 Namhwa gestures for the bottle back if the man's not going to drink any more.
10:40 Greenling "But..." handwave.
10:40 Greenling He hasn't taken any.
10:40 Namhwa "But?"
10:40 Greenling "Okay, look. This is the important part."
10:41 Namhwa "Okay."
10:41 Namhwa sits back down.
10:41 Greenling "You and Rudy and the rest of them, something weird's going on. You're not woven into that web, and that usually only happens to things like ghosts and demons and raksha."
10:41 Greenling "And this is A: Probably Bad, B: Weird, C: Really problematic for you especially."
10:42 Namhwa tries to keep up.
10:42 Namhwa "So what did I do wrong? What I can I do to fix this?"
10:43 Greenling "Since your being... well..." He switches briefly to Old Realm, which actually has tenses for this sort of thing. "You were going to be going-to-be one of what I am, and now you are and aren't."
10:43 Greenling "And you should be because you're kind of needed."
10:43 Namhwa  :O
10:43 Greenling "We don't know why."
10:44 Greenling "That's... officially why I'm following you around in disguise."
10:44 Namhwa "Which part don't you know?"
10:44 Greenling "Why you're outside of Fate."
10:44 Namhwa frowns.
10:44 Namhwa "This sounds atrocious."
10:44 Greenling "We just know it happened about ten months ago."
10:44 Namhwa "I have been outside of fate for TEN MONTHS?!"
10:44 Namhwa "This is lunacy."
10:45 Greenling "Yeah."
10:45 Namhwa takes another sip from the bottle.
10:45 Greenling "About the time you went into the region around Gold's Glittering Pass."
10:45 Namhwa leans forward onto his hand.
10:45 Namhwa "And we met The Provider."
10:45 Greenling "The who?"
10:45 Greenling He narrows his eyes.
10:45 Namhwa looks at the man with a bit of shock.
10:46 Namhwa "The Provider. We stopped at an Earth Aspected Manse, I believe, and met The Provider."
10:46 Namhwa "He was the guardian of the manse, apparently."
10:46 Namhwa "White Crow set him free."
10:47 Greenling He snorts a bit. Sunny goes over and licks his hand.
10:47 Greenling "...Your dog, here."
10:47 Namhwa looks affectionately at Sunny.
10:47 Namhwa "Yes. You're... Mary, right? You said you had a black dog."
10:48 Greenling He stares at her. "Your dog's like that too, except we can't find her at all."
10:48 Namhwa  :<
10:48 Greenling "Heh. You can call me Thrall when I'm not faking it."
10:48 Namhwa "Okay, Thrall. Thank you. Like what? Like me?"
10:49 Greenling "You seem to be really attached to her, but there's no record of her existence, no place she touches your thread."
10:50 Greenling "There's your wife, your family, that chick you screwed, the river dragon that attacked your boat that one time, but no golden dog."
10:51 Greenling "So, uh, 'scuse me if I'm a little curious." He's still looking at Sunny. Sunny just wags her tail and looks confused.
10:51 Namhwa looks embarrassed and disturbed.
10:51 Namhwa "She was a gift from my parents."
10:52 Namhwa "Well, I suppose she's not really property. She and I... we look out for each other. She's the only one who cares about me anymore, and can see past my mistakes. It helps that she's a good listener."
10:56 Namhwa reaches over and strokes Sunny affectionately, right around her spine where she's a little ticklish.
10:58 Greenling Sunny does the footthumpy thing.
10:58 Greenling "Heh."
10:58 Namhwa smiles.
10:59 Greenling "So, uh."
10:59 Greenling "You're not gonna mention this, right?"
10:59 Namhwa "Yeah. What can I do to help? Absolutely not! I'm... well, I am now a very discrete man."
11:00 Namhwa takes another sip from the bottle.
11:00 Namhwa (Manipulation 1, Temperance 2... The only saving grace is Socialize and Willpower)
11:00 Greenling "Heh. That's good."
11:00 Greenling "Tell me about where you were, what you did..."
11:01 Greenling "Half the reason I'm here is to fix what you're breaking. The other half is to keep you alive.
11:01 Namhwa "Okay...So, we entered the manse's... Hearthroom, I think it's called. There we met what appeared to be a small boy, but was wise beyond his years. He spoke in Old Realm."
11:02 Greenling He nods.
11:02 Namhwa "He promised not to eat us, so long as we were in Creation. He said he liked me in particular, and called himself only The Provider."
11:02 Namhwa "Let's see, what else."
11:03 Namhwa "Sunny was particularly afraid of him, which is extremely unusual."
11:04 Greenling "...He actually *said* 'eat'?"
11:05 Namhwa "Yes.
11:05 Namhwa "Well... Full protection."
11:05 Greenling Snort.
11:05 Greenling "Huh?"
11:05 Namhwa clarifies. "He said we had his full protection at the manse, and he promised never to eat any of us so long as we were in Creation."
11:06 Namhwa "He also remarked that I had full access to his library and knowledge, and that I would make a strong opponent one day. It was all very puzzling, but I wasn't about to pass up an offer like that."
11:06 Greenling (technically he said *you* had his full protection. though Namhwa may remember differently. :3)
11:06 Greenling "Strong opponent. Huh."
11:07 Greenling "So he knew what you were going to be."
11:07 Greenling "Yeah, sounds like a demon. A strange one."
11:07 Namhwa (That parsing escaped me! XD)
11:07 Greenling He flinches slightly and rubs his eyes.
11:08 Greenling (what parsing?)
11:08 Namhwa (Me with full protection, not everyone)
11:08 Namhwa "We suspected as much. He said he was..."
11:09 Namhwa "Under the Green Sun."
11:09 Greenling (ah.)
11:09 Greenling "...Greeeat."
11:10 Greenling "I don't know that guy having any little boys offhand, but I haven't exactly memorized them all yet."
11:10 Namhwa "The Provider?"
11:11 Greenling "The Green Sun."
11:11 Namhwa "Oh."
11:11 Greenling "...Was there anything else you needed at the moment?"
11:11 Namhwa shakes his head.
11:12 Namhwa "I don't think so. This is all rather mind-blowing."
11:12 Greenling "Okay. My boss needs me at the library, so that's where I'll be for the time being."
11:12 Namhwa "Okay. I'll make up some excuse for you."
11:12 Namhwa "If anyone asks, I mean."
11:12 Namhwa stands up, a little unstable.
11:12 Greenling "Thanks. If you die, or let Rudy die, while I'm gone, I'll find a way to make you reincarnate as a seaslug, got it?"
11:12 Namhwa "Are you kidding? I'm a doctor!"
11:13 Namhwa "How long are you expecting to be?"
11:13 Greenling "Yeah, and you'd make the smartest goddamn seaslug in Creation... probably an hour or two."
11:13 Namhwa  :D
11:14 Namhwa "Okay, great. I expect we'll be down at the theater."
11:14 Greenling "You do that. 'Ware the Abyssal."
11:14 Namhwa "Can I find you there if an emergency... Emerges? What abyss-el?"
11:15 Greenling "Heh. Just if you see a guy with a black hole on his head, try to stay away."
11:15 Namhwa nods seriously.
11:15 Namhwa "Of course."
11:16 Greenling "Right." He stands up and extends his hand. "Cho Namhwa. Good to meet you for real, you seem like you'll make a decent co-worker, yada yada, I'm sorry you seem to be straight."
11:17 Namhwa smirks.
11:17 Namhwa "It's been a pleasure, Thrall."
11:17 Namhwa stands and shakes Thrall's hand.
11:17 Greenling "Like hell it has," he smirks back at you.

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