Patron Saints/Session 11

From Greenthings

<Greenling> Last time, our dear little player-characters were... camping?
<Cho> I think so.
* Rei plays her guqin quietly as the sun sets, everyone apparently going to bed on the idea of blowing the door inside the hole open.
* Zhubin sits, head bowed for a moment as the conversation lulled, praying for guidance on how to deal with...removing Gem.
* Cho pets Sunny in his lap as he stares up at the night sky.
<Greenling> The Sun briefly rises again in front of Zhubin, then goes back down.
<Greenling> You really have to wonder if that's a localized effect or not.
<Zhubin> With a shake of his head, Zhubin....stares. "While amazing, that is....very strange."
* Rei blinks softly.
* Cho looks at the horizon in alarm.
<Greenling> Sunny seems a little depressed.
<Cho> "It's incorrect."
* Cho continues to pet Sunny, checking her gently for fleas and ticks.
<Greenling> She nudges your hands away.
* Rei glances to Sunny, hoping she was alright after that little runaway adventure.
<Rudeth> "Things around you people just keep getting weirder and weirder." Rudeth yawns.
* Cho frowns and leans back on his hands and lets his mind wander about Sunny's new attitude. He doesn't want to force the issue, especially since she seems skittish.
<Zhubin> "You know, I can't argue with that, Rudy!"
<Cho> "You people?"
<Greenling> "Yeah, how do we know it's not somehow your fault?" Inkah teases.
<Rudeth> "Well, nothing this weird ever happened to me before."
<Rudeth> "If I'm part of it, it sure got a lot worse when I met up with all of you."
<Zhubin> "Oh, sure, like the Sun spoke to me before?"
* Rudeth snorts.
* Rei giggles softly at the discussion
<Rudeth> "Well, I'm not glowing and making cities disappear... Yet, anyway."
<Zhubin> "Or you know, I regularly took an axe to my chest?" Zhubin gives an overdramatic shudder.
<Greenling> There was the one time, Rudy, that that horse went nuts and ended up on top of the inn with you on it, but you're pretty sure that wasn't your fault.
<Zhubin> Slowly losing his smile, Zhubin glances over everyone. "I've been trying to consider what I can do about Gem. That truly worried me."
* Rei perks an ear, nodding softly.
<Zhubin> "I'm sure it has something to do with being 'outside of fate'. So I think I need to find someone who can tell me just what the hells that means."
* Cho nods.
<Rudeth> "Yeah, that's...kind of problematic. Hey, when we go to the thingie where Peyt's supposed to get his inheritance in heaven or whatever, maybe we can ask them?"
<Cho> "I think that answers will come in time. So long as we keep moving toward /something/, we should be able to find a solution. I just can't imagine things getting worse."
* Zhubin slowly nods.
* Zhubin slaps his forehead.
<Zhubin> "You had to say that, didn't you Cho?"
<Zhubin> "Never say 'it can't be worse!' It always finds a way......I learned this one travelling long ago."
<Greenling> You all hear the howl of what's likely a coyote.
<Rudeth> "...no offense, but you never say 'things couldn't possibly get any worse.' It's tempting fate. You're practically /challenging/ it."
* Cho shrugs.
<Cho> "I think if things were going to get worse anyway, then they would. The weight and consciousness of existence is surely more creative than me."
<Zhubin> "Yes! And that's why we don't remind them of where we are."
<Rudeth> "I have to agree with Zhubin on this one."
<Cho> "If Gem's 'accidental' disappearance hasn't drawn attention, then Creation is a worse place than I've ever heard."
<Cho> :/
<Zhubin> "See, it's like debt. We already owe for Gem, let's not go wildly throwing around letters of credit!"
<Cho> "I'm still not convinced that's /your/ fault," Cho says with a gentle emphasis on Zhubin's accused status and contrast to his use of the first person plural possessive...
* Rei glances up at the howl curiously, peering around... plucking one string to make a sort of reverberating 'reply'
<Zhubin> "Cute, Fluffy, please don't go around terrorizing the local fauna!"
<Greenling> Fluffy looks up at you, then bobs his head back down. "Mm-hmm." Cute says: "Okay, boss." He seems to be maintaining his armor.
<Zhubin> "Ummm, do you need some help with the armor? You can ask some of the acolytes?"
<Greenling> "Nah, I'm good. Though I'm going to need more polish soon." He's apparently using his mouth rather dextrously.
<Cho> "Zhubin, how dangerous is the wildlife in this part of the South?"
<Greenling> C-runch.
<Zhubin> "Excepting the larger desert scorpions poison and such? Not very, unless we're very unlucky."
<Zhubin> "Especially this close to...what was a major city."
* Cho turns to the invisible presence of his efficient little spider-secretary on his shoulder and whispers, "What wildlife larger than Sunny is within five miles?"
<Greenling> The little thing chitters, gives you another salute, and dashes off.
<Greenling> "
*meep
*"
* Cho charges it with two motes for the journey, then checks to see how Sunny's looking and feeling.
<Greenling> Sunny's still depressed. She may or may not be asleep.
<Greenling> Returning: "Two miles down-south-east is ONE large sand-dragon to the west three point six two miles is a flock of the rare Southern Aerial Siaka..."
<Greenling> A group of sleeping elephants, a small tribe of nomadic beastmen ranging far to the south that it's apparently counting as wildlife...
* Rei slings her guqin over her shoulder and steps over, softly stroking Sunny's head, hoping she was alright
<Greenling> "And
*beep!
* one coyote five hundred and twenty seven feet directly up and to the northwest of you."
* Cho relays the information a bit less mechanically to his companions, then pets the pattern spider-imitator gently.
<Rudeth> "...That's really, really cool."
<Cho> "What's that little noise for, tiny weaver?"
<Greenling> Headtilt. "Which?"
<Zhubin> "Huh. A single coyote, no worries. That sand-dragon could be troublesome, and let's NOT go mess with the flying sharks."
* Rei hms quietly, stroking Sunny's ears. She nods a bit.
<Cho> "The [Cho imitates
*beep
*, since there's no onomatopoeia for it]."
<Greenling> Sunny allows Rei this.
<Greenling> "..." It looks curiously at you for a long moment.
<Cho> "Well, thank you for your service." Cho is a bit embarrassed.
<Greenling> "Calibration."
<Cho> "I see."
<Greenling> It stares spideringly at you.
* Cho looks back, perhaps not unlike a spider himself.
* Cho kisses the spider gently on its thorax.
<Greenling> It does not object. You get the feeling the little spider was not expecting this.
* Cho hides his amusements, then turns to Zhubin.
<Cho> "How does one even deal with a sand dragon?"
<Zhubin> "By...hoping it doesn't eat you?"
<Cho> :-s
<Zhubin> "Or staking out some spare animals for it to eat, and hauling the caravan very quickly?"
<Zhubin> "Mind you, I know how to deal with things like this only dimly. I was a caravan master, not one of the survival experts. And we usually travelled in groups large enough to discourage the beasts from coming near, much less attacking."
<Cho> "What are they afraid of?
<Cho> "
<Zhubin> "I think it was mostly the noise, they probably assumed it was a larger animal."
* Rei gives a slight nod, standing and stretching out.
<Zhubin> "But....there's only about 50 of us. It's probably best if we don't go south."
<Zhubin> "Then again...I did never travel with anyone Chosen by the Sun. Or the..." Zhubin peers at Cho. "...Stars? before."
* Cho points to a bright star hovering toward the poles of Earth and Air.
<Cho> "That one. I'm not sure what her name is, but she's the one."
<Zhubin> "That Star?" Zhubin nods.
* Cho nods.
* Rudeth glances up at the star.
<Zhubin> "Makes as much sense as anything else."
<Greenling> It's a rather large star, all things considered.
<Cho> "Resplendent in purple and white, my maiden."
* Rei blinks, peering at the star some.
<Cho> "But she didn't get me before my Sunny did!"
* Cho ruffles Sunny's neck fur.
<Greenling> Sunny snorts.
<Greenling> Rei: you're not sure- that's kind of silly- but you get the feeling it's glimmering at you.
<Greenling> Like, you specifically.
* Rei blinks, blushing and glancing aside.
<Cho> "What time of day do sand dragons prefer? I'd think they'd be sedentary at night, to conserve warmth. It seems hot all the time down here, though, so I can't really tell the difference.
<Zhubin> "It's up and about during the day, usually."
<Zhubin> "Hopefully, it's burrowed down into the warm sands for the night." 18:45
<Cho> "Maybe traveling beyond its boundaries while it sleeps would be wise?"
<Cho> "That way we won't be the most delicious and vulnerable thing when it wakes for breakfast." 18:47
<Zhubin> "That's a rather solid idea."
* Zhubin sets about gently waking those already asleep, or just loading them onto the wagons. 18:49
<Cho> "...Also. It seems odd that one coyote would be around all on its lonesome."
* Rei gives a slight nod, frowning some. 18:50
* Cho gently motions for Sunny to get up so he can stretch his legs and pack their gear onto their horse.
<Zhubin> "It is odd, but they can be strange animals. And one certainly isn't dangerous to all of us!"
<Cho> "Just one of us..." 18:52
<Cho> "What do you think about lighting up the camp, the way White Crow did when she was down in the cave? Would that be more or less dangerous?"
* Cho asks Rudeth if he knows anything about sand dragons. He's the survival expert! 18:53
<Zhubin> "Ah, I should be able to do that." Zhubin focuses on his mark, making the area burst into light."
<Greenling> "GAH!" Several sleeping people wake up.
<Zhubin> "Sorry!"
* Cho squints and turns away.
<Zhubin> "It's...not like a lamp, I can't adjust it! I think...." 18:54
<Cho> "Well done, no creature should be able to sneak up now."
* Cho snaps his fingers. 18:55
<Cho> "Sand dragons! Of course, like coral dragons..."
<Greenling> Rudy: Sand dragon haet water.
* Cho remembers that coral dragons, a great fear for shallow-water fishermen of the West, were sedentary during the day to soak up the warmth and active at night to work their muscles. Other than being nocturnal rather than diurnal, perhaps the creatures are the same... 18:56
<Rudeth> "Well, sand dragons hate water. Think we could use that to our advantage?"
<Zhubin> "Or we can just leave them alone."
<Zhubin> "Or throw Peyt at it." 18:57
<Rudeth> "I like the one about Peyt."
<Cho> "Throwing away water might be disastrous if we can't dig a well."
<Rudeth> "Maybe we could make him start glowing if we did that."
<Cho> "But if it comes down to it, that sounds excellent."
<Zhubin> "Do you...really want Peyt to be any stronger and tougher than he already is?" 18:58
<Rudeth> "It would be pretty convenient, though he might be pretty miserable to be around afterwards."
<Cho> "Well, tougher than a sand dragon wouldn't be totally undesirable." 18:59
* Rei gives a soft laugh 19:00
<Cho> I think you might be the second choice, Rudy." Cho gives Rudeth a grave look. 19:01
<Cho> "For tossing, I mean. Peyt's awfully heavy."
<Cho> "Especially if we toss him with that hammer."
<Cho> "Only at the sand dragon, though!" 19:02
<Cho> "Don't think that I'm advocating tossing you just anywhere."
<Rudeth> "There's fifty of us. I'm sure we can lift Peyt between all of us."
<Greenling> "Why don't we toss Zhubin? Its fangs wouldn't hurt him." says Cute helpfully. :3
<Cho> "Interesting point..." 19:03
* Cho shifts his waterskins to the outside of his saddle bags, just in case. 19:04
<Rudeth> "Your camels really seem to care about your safety, Zhubin." 19:05
<Cho> "And ours."
<Cho> "And theirs." 19:06 - Cho has quit IRC: Disintegrated: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client 19:09
<Zhubin> "Oh yes, they're so loving, I may just have to cut their apple rations." 19:10
<Greenling> "But." D: "Don't you want to be heroic?" 19:11
<Zhubin> "Of my choice! Not being flung through the air at a hungry sand dragon."
<Zhubin> "I'm a teacher of a path, not a warrior!" 19:12
<Greenling> "But you're a Lunar. You're all adaptable and stuff." 19:13
<Zhubin> "Glowing. Golden. Sun. On. My. Forehead."
<Zhubin> "Not a glowing Moon!" 19:14
<Rudeth> "Hey, camel, is Cho a Lunar too?"
<Rudeth> "Maybe he thinks all Anathema are Lunars." 19:15
<Greenling> "Don't be ridiculous. Cho is clearly a Sidereal."
<Rudeth> "What about Crow?"
<Greenling> "And I'm sure a Lunar could think of a way to disguise his Caste Mark, geez."
<Greenling> "I don't know, I haven't seen her glow." 19:16
<Zhubin> "Cute, why would I lie to you? I'm not a Lunar."
* Rei listens quietly, smiling some at the argument.
<Rudeth> "Have you heard him talk about the Sun? I really don't think he's a Lunar."
<Greenling> "I'm sure youre not lying, boss." He smiles happily. 19:17
<Greenling> (+') 19:19
* Zhubin shrugs. 19:22
<Greenling> The coyote howls again, loud and long.
<Greenling> It is cut off sharply at the end.
<Zhubin> "That sounded...less than good." 19:23
<Rudeth> "Yeah, that was...really, really weird." 19:25
* Rei blinks, frowning softly. 19:26
<Greenling> Next, you hear another howl- like the first one, but distorted slightly, like it's echoing itself.
* Rei eeps softly. 19:27
* Zhubin turns in that direction, light ablaze.
* Rudeth grabs Rei's hand and keeps close to Zhubin.
<Greenling> You see nothing. 19:29
<Greenling> The wind blows softly.
<Greenling> It's getting late. 19:31
<Zhubin> "Let's get moving?"
<Greenling> Rudy is starting to feel sleepy. 19:32
* Rei nods and frowns softly. Moving would probably be good...
<Rudeth> "I'm..." yawn. "I feel sleepy again." He shakes his head vigorously. "But we should keep moving." 19:33
<Zhubin> "Hop on the wagon if you're tired. We'll just go a couple miles, to get away from that sand dragon."
* Rudeth nods. 19:34
<Rudeth> "Just for a moment. Wake me if anything happens."
* Rudeth hops onto the wagon for a nap.
<Greenling> Zhu gets everyone rounded up and you move a couple of miles. This will take a couple of hours total, sadly.
<Greenling> Rudy zzzzzs. 19:35
<Greenling> He dreams of running very far and very fast.
<Zhubin> "Ah yes, the joys of moving a caravan. Even a small one takes quite a while to get rolling."
<Greenling> Lots of folks are also tired. Except Zhubin and Rei.
<Greenling> Zhubin feels like he could keep going the rest of the week. 19:36
<Zhubin> "Alright, looks like me and the camels are keeping watch."
* Rei steals everyone's life energy! Or something. She stretches out a bit, smiling down at the sleeping Rudeth, giving a little tousle to his hair before moving to sit near the front fo the wagon, keeping an eye out. 19:37
<Greenling> Cute: "Buh?" Fluffy: "
*snore
*"
<Greenling> Rei actually managed to
*rest
* during that nap earlier, oddly enough.
<Zhubin> "Lazy camels." Zhubin heads to the top of a wagon, to keep watch. 19:38
* Rei smiles happily, no longer so stressed by the odd dreams. They actually were sort of comforting for some reason. 19:40
* Zhubin nocks his bow, in case its needed. 19:41
* Rei glances to Zhubin, reaching back and sliding her spear up by herself, stretching some. 19:43
<Zhubin> "It should be fine, Rei. You can rest too, if you'd like." 19:50
* Rei blushes and stretches some, shaking her head. Tugging the tablet from her satchel, she etched out 'Not tired. Want company?' 19:51
<Zhubin> "I wouldn't mind, but its somewhat difficult for me to glance over to read and still keep my eyes on the area." 19:52
* Rei blinks, pointing at her own eyes and ears. 19:54
<Zhubin> "A very good point, actually."
<Zhubin> "Company would be appreciated, then." 20:00
* Rei giggles softly, sitting back and nodding some, tail swishing about. 'Hope Crow feels better soon.' 20:01
<Zhubin> "Yeah, me too. Though Peyt seems to be the same as always." 20:08
* Rei nods softly. Aside from that whole 'I have a dad' shock. She ponders some, staring up at the night sky, briefly glancing at that glimmering star. 20:12
<Zhubin> "Hah. Oh, his face when he found out his dad was alive....was now being operative." 20:17
* Rei covers her mouth for a giggle, tailtip twitching about as she sighs happily. 20:18
<Zhubin> "Though, I do feel sorry for him, in a way. Finding news about that at the same time as the sad news that they've passed...." 20:19
* Rei glances to Zhubin, studying his face for a moment, giving a soft nod. 20:20 - Joined: Cho (Mibbit@208.79.15.IP) Cho was previously here at 19:06
<Zhubin> "I can only imagine how I'd react if I found that by some miracle my children or spouse had lived." Zhubin sighs, shaking his head. "Though I know that was impossible. I buried them before I left." 20:25
* Rei blinks some, before frowning softly. 20:27
* Rei sighs softly and glances off at the horizon, peeking around to make sure nothing was creeping up on the caravan.
* Zhubin looks around, still brightly lighting up the area. 20:31
* Rei sighs softly at the silence, resting her guqin across her lap and beginning to play - reasoning the strange resonating noises would probably keep most things away anyway... 20:37
* Rei blinks some, her virtuoso performance degenerating into tuning the strings experimentally 20:47
<Greenling> Rei doesn't get sleepy until about an hour before dawn.
<Greenling> Zhubin may stay up all night if he wishes. 20:48
<Zhubin> Zhubin is up until the morning light! At which point he is still up, quietly praying to the Sun.
* Cho would like to wake up and observe Zhubin's prayer! 20:49
<Greenling> Cho does so.
* Rei yawns softly, but does her best to stay awake and pray with Zhubin. If the sun deserves prayer, she probably should at least try, right? 20:52
<Greenling> ...Rei prays to the Unconquered Sun. :3 20:53
* Zhubin smiles as Rei joins in. 20:59
* Rei stretches some as the prayer concludes, making her way to the covered wagon and curling up to sleep. Rudeth will probably be surprised in the morning.
<Zhubin> With bowed head, Zhubin finishes his prayer, looking around once more to make sure nothing is sneaking up. 21:00
<Greenling> Unless you count what Fluffy's doing as sneaking, no.
<Greenling> So. Folks get ready to head to Gem, yes?
* Cho observes the rituals with interest. Are they practiced, intuitive? Cho wonders, then asks. "Zhubin, how do you know... how to pray?"
<Greenling> Er. Yu-Shan.
<Cho> (Whew) 21:01
<Zhubin> "I just..say the normal prayers, but dedicated to the Sun. Asking for his blessing, and such." Zhubin reaches into his robes and pulls out the hymnal he recieved at the Manse. "And this."
<Cho> "Oh!" 21:02
* Zhubin smiles.
<Zhubin> "But you know, the prayers we all learn for the Immaculate Order as children work well enough."
* Cho gently offers his hands as a receptacle for the hymnal. 21:03
<Cho> "I never really paid too too much attention the Immaculate Rotes. It all seemed like moaning to me."
* Zhubin hands over the hymnal, gently. 21:04
<Zhubin> "Fair enough, but a prayer is little more than a one-sided conversation, really."
<Cho> "Really! I had never thought of it like that." Is music 'written' in the prayerbook? 21:05
<Greenling> The various travellers wake up and start packing up for the journey. People are largely very cranky this morning, what with the journey during the night.
<Greenling> (yes, in shorthand.)
<Cho> (How cool)
* Cho gently turns a few leafs, then hands the book reverently back to Zhu. 21:06
* Zhubin takes and tucks it back away safely.
<Rei> Crow wakes up and grumbles, making a fire and quickly boiling some water for some of the tea she bought that escaped the destruction of Gem. Any attempts to encourage her to pack up are met with a glare.
<Zhubin> "Prayer should be..an expression of joy and reverence, without being...obsequious, I think."
<Zhubin> "It's really opinion, however." 21:07
<Cho> "Thank you, very interesting.
<Cho> "One-sided conversation..."
<Zhubin> Peyt is roused with the expedient of letting Fluffy bite Little Tyrant's tail, making Tyrant kick Peyt out of bed. Peyt responds by savagely yelling and smacking the poor lizard. 21:09
<Greenling> Tyrant: ":[" 21:11
<Greenling> Ready to go? :d
<Zhubin> "Peyt, quit tormentiong your poor companion, and get ready!" 21:13
* Cho checks his saddle bags, then offers to load Sunny up first.
* Rudeth wakes groggily and glances around the wagon. 21:14
<Greenling> Sunny hops onto the horse herself.
<Greenling> Rudy notes he is laying next to a catgirl. 21:15
* Cho hauls himself up, concerned about Sunny's attitude.
* Cho just figures she'll sort it out with some time.
<Rudeth> "Er--" Rudeth stares down at her for a second, then tries to move out of the wagon without waking her. Given her hearing and Rudeth's girl-induced clumsiness, this may or may not actually happen. 21:17
* Rei is quite soundly asleep, and gives no indication if she's been woken up. Her tail does take some dislodging from being curled lightly around his calf, though. 21:19
* Zhubin finishes reloading some things on Cute and Fluffy, and adjusting Cute's armor. 21:21
<Greenling> Cute preens. Fluffy snorts. 21:22
* Rudeth stumbles out of the wagon, slightly dazed, not fully-awake until he's half-way done preparing his horse. Well, would have been half-way done, had he been paying attention and doing it properly. Rudeth promptly unfastens the bridle and begins to set the horse up properly.
* Rudeth glares at the horse. "Don't give me that look."
<Greenling> Thrall the Horse: "
*deathglare
*" 21:23
<Greenling> Inkah is ready; Scorpion is still asleep on top of the wagon most of the rescued folks are in. 21:24
<Zhubin> "What's wrong Fluffy?"
<Cho> :)
<Zhubin> "Did Tyrant catch your tail? I told you not to torment it."
<Greenling> "I wanna go stomp something." 21:25
<Greenling> "Nooo the stupid lizard did not." >:
<
* Zhubin snorts.
<Zhubin> "That's good." 21:27
<Rei> Crow enjoys her tea as she finally helps pack up and gets moving with everyone
<Greenling> "When're we gonna go stomp something?" the camel whines. 21:28
<Greenling> Just about everyone's ready to go. 21:30
<Zhubin> Peyt throws his things haphazardly on Tyrant while its distracted with another wine sack. 21:31
<Zhubin> "I don't know Fluffy. And why are you being so aggressive? We're merchants my one-lumped friend, not fighters." 21:32 - Joined: Peyt_Yenthu (~chatzilla@MagicStar-9A5C0326.dhcp.mdsn.wi.charter.com) 21:34
<Greenling> "...I can fight if I want to." :( 21:36
<Greenling> Peyt has the sinking feeling that the last day or so feels like it's taken three weeks. 21:38
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt scratched at his head. "I hate myself sometimes." 21:39
<Zhubin> "And now you know how the rest of us feel."
<Cho> (lol)
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Fuck you and the glowing golden rod someone shoved up yer ass." 21:41
<Zhubin> "That sounds...positively disgusting."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Don't blame me. I just say what happened." 21:42
<Greenling> The caravan is starting to leave. Possibly without the PCs. Possibly with. Who can say?
<Rei> Crow sips her tea. All is right in the world. Nothing else is of importance.
<Rei> Crow is sitting on the back of a wagon. Rei is asleep inside a wagon. 21:43
* Cho is astride his horse!
<Greenling> It takes a few more hours to get to the place where the Gate's supposed to be. 21:44
* Zhubin hops onto Fluffy.
<Greenling> You come over a hill to see a spreading valley. There are bushes and yellow wildflowers and things growing in the early winter sun.
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt rode all the way there on his lizard, and was fairly certain he was now in the minority of mortals now.
<Greenling> It's very pretty.
<Zhubin> "Pretty."
<Rudeth> "This place is really nice."
<Greenling> You think you even see a river heading off into the distance. 21:45
<Greenling> The Gate entrance is not obvious.
<Rei> Crow, having finished her tea, is sufficiently interested to look over the valley with interest. 21:46
* Cho looks around and asks Peyt to pull out the map again. 21:47
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt pulls out the map, now edged with some food stains. 21:48
* Cho explores the motes that make up his soul, bringing one forth and out the crown of his head to seek out the gate around them. 21:49
<Greenling> Cho: it's over someplace by that wall, if you go around and follow the river a ways. 21:50
<Greenling> Crow, uh. Leads you up to the door.
<Rei> Crow, still in tea-induced happy state, walks right up to the door after surveying the area. 21:51
<Greenling> Clearly she can smell the magical materials up there from here.
* Rei yawns and stretches, waking up and peering out, following after Crow after picking up her case and spear.
* Rudeth follows Crow to the door, and smiles when he sees Rei.
* Zhubin shrugs and follows Crow.
* Rei smiles to Rudeth in return. 21:52
<Greenling> It's a well-hidden little cave, though you can see light a ways in.
<Zhubin> "Fluffy, Cute, I'm not sure if we can bring all of you guys with us, so...be careful, we'll be back as soon as we can."
* Cho congratulates Crow.
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt gets off of Lil' Tyrant, adjusting his hammer on his back and his sword at his waist. Though he was now surrounded by damn glowing demons, it seemed he was still the most dangerous bastard when it came to smashing.
<Greenling> "Okay. Do you want us to stay here until you return?"
<Zhubin> "Please." 21:55
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt rubbed at the eyepatch over his left eye. Dang thing was itching, which meant somewhere was something that would likely end up giving him a headache.
<Peyt_Yenthu> It'd been itching like salt in a wound since the first time he heard Zhubin speak, so he knew it'd happen. 21:56
<Greenling> The stone on the walls is made of half a dozen different colors. Once you get inside a ways you see engravings of religious iconography, very old, in a language none of you recognize. 21:57
<Greenling> Presuming it is a language. Looks kinda like one.
<Cho> "Whow."
<Greenling> And then, you're in a huge cavern, hundreds of feet high. You didn't even realize there was a downgrade until now. 21:58
<Rudeth> "Ooh."
<Greenling> There are two lions in here, also massive, made out of pure orichalcum. They stand like statues beside an arc carved with patterns too beautiful to have been carved by mortal hands.
<Zhubin> "Whoa."
* Cho looks around in awe, studying the walls carefully.
<Greenling> The whole place is lit up seemingly by them. 21:59
<Peyt_Yenthu> "...I think there's somethin' here."
<Greenling> Lions:
*stand
* 22:00
* Rei blinks some as she follows the others through, blinking some as she glanced around, eyes widening at the sight. She gives a little gasp, smiling brightly - wow, living metal lions!
* Rudeth slowly approaches the lions, staring at them in awe.
* Cho studied the lionesque statues, a little afraid to approach them. 22:01
<Cho> "They're so alien."
* Zhubin approaches the lions, telling Peyt to bring his letter.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "I'll bring what I want." 22:02
<Greenling> The lion on your left leans its head down in one smooth movement and sniffs Rudy. His clothes flutter a bit.
<Cho> "Oh, whoa."
<Greenling> "Didn't you just get here?"
* Rudeth glances up at the lion, slightly startled. 22:03
* Rei gingerly reaches up to brush at the mane, eyes wide.
<Greenling> It doesn't seem to notice Rei. Or doesn't react, anyway. 22:04
* Rudeth reaches out toward the lion hesitantly, not quite touching it.
<Greenling> "Wait. Huh. You're not him, nevermind."
<Rudeth> "What?" Rudeth looks somewhat confused. "Him who?"
<Greenling> "What do you people want?" It stands back up. 22:05
* Cho holds his peace.
* Zhubin brings their attention to Peyt.
* Rei brushes the mane, smiling softly. Pretty. she blushes, glancing to Peyt and waving him over.
<Zhubin> "He was summoned."
* Rudeth glances back at Peyt. 22:06
<Zhubin> Zhubin is unafraid of the lions. After all, Orichalcum is of the Sun, so the Lions are of the Sun, as is he!
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt coughs and holds up his letter.
<Greenling> The lion looks at Peyt.
<Greenling> It peers at the letter.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "I was told to come here. Somethin' about me actually havin' a pa."
* Rei is not afraid. She really probably should be being as they're huge powerful elephant-sized lions of gold, but they're also -pretty-. And the manes are nice and fluffy!
<Greenling> "Uh-huh, okay. And the rest of you?"
<Peyt_Yenthu> "I'm babysittin' them." 22:07
* Cho shrugs at the lie and nods.
<Greenling> "Uh..." He looks over the group.
<Greenling> "Sorry, you're going to need a better reason than that." 22:08
* Rei glances to Cho, poking at his forehead lightly.
* Rei pokes at Zhubin's forehead as well.
<Greenling> "This th-" ? "Can't you talk?"
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Mute."
* Cho pushes a mote to push Rei's finger back, bringing the Cross-in-front-of-the-hill Symbol to bear and hover about an inch in front of his forehead. 22:09
<Greenling> "...Oh. Okay. You're new."
* Rei tries to poke at Crow's forehead, but gets dodged. Aw. ;.;
* Zhubin lights up his Caste Mark.
<Greenling> "Are these yours?" He's looking at Cho now.
<Cho> "I am more than three decades old," Cho declares. 22:10
<Cho>
*two decades
<Cho> (We'll put Cho at 28)
<Zhubin> "And I'm the illiterate one's advocate, as well."
<Greenling> It chuckles. 22:11
* Rei adjusts her instrument's case, spear sheathed and slung with it
<Greenling> "Uh, good luck up there this Age, Lawbringer."
<Zhubin> "I'm a what, now?"
* Zhubin looks at the lions, blank expression on his face.
<Greenling> Its laugh resounds through the cavern. The other lion laughs too. 22:12
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt looks back at Zhubin. "I swear to every fuckin' thing hangin' in the sky, if you say somethin' to make them explode, I'm pulling out your teeth."
<Greenling> They take a minute to calm down.
<Zhubin> "Screw you Peyt. With the fires of the Sun itself." 22:13
<Zhubin> "I said I was sorry I made Gem disappear."
<Greenling> "...YOU did that?" 22:14
<Cho> "It's not substantiated," Cho interjects.
<Zhubin> "Maybe? I don't know. The only person who seemed to know what the blazes happened ran off, threating to punch me out of existence."
<Greenling> "Not- okay. Sure."
<Zhubin> "I mean, all I did was talk about the glories of the Sun!"
<Greenling> "..." 22:15
* Zhubin glances at the lion's faces.
<Zhubin> "I'm....not helping myself any, am I?"
<Greenling> The one on the left points to you.
* Rei makes her way around the lion, tail swishing about, curiously poking at the tuft at the tip of its' tail.
<Greenling> You being Zhubin. "I think there are some people up there who want to talk to you." 22:16
<Greenling> Its tail also swishes.
<Zhubin> "This is talk, as in rational conversation, right? And not talk as in...them screaming while beating me to death and beyond?"
<Greenling> "In fact, I think this is over my head, so why don't you just go in, and be aware that if we get the order to kick you out, we're not doing it gently."
<Zhubin> "Shit."
* Rei blinks. That sounds unpleasant. 22:17
* Cho wonders if that 'you' applies only to Zhubin, too.
<Zhubin> "I don't suppose it helps if I mention the Sun told me I was doing a good job?" Sheepish look on his face. 22:18
<Peyt_Yenthu> "So...we good to go through?"
* Cho starts to head toward the door past the lions. 22:19
* Rudeth gives the lions a slight bow and heads off behind Cho.
* Rei smiles, giving the lion's mane one last petting before following after Rudeth, waving cheerily back to them.
<Greenling> "No. No it doesn't." 22:20
<Greenling> "Go ahead."
* Zhubin shrugs.
<Greenling> You all head through the portal? 22:21
<Zhubin> "Well...I'll try to do nothing to make Yu-Shan disappear." Zhubin heads through the gate.
<Cho> :-s
<Greenling> They both snort.
* Rei hopes Zhubin doesn't. Yu-Shan seems neat. And it has pretty lions! 22:22
<Greenling> You step through, and are immediately assaulted with a view of a city larger than anything you have ever seen before. Gods zip around on clouds, the fenceposts are made of jade, and the din is amazing. 22:23
<Greenling> The great vault of Heaven is filled with stars.
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt looked to the left. He looked to the right. He scratched at his eyepatch.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Goddamn headache."
<Cho> "Wow."
<Rudeth> "'Wow' doesn't even -- it's just -- yeah, wow."
<Zhubin> "Indeed."
<Greenling> You see a giant dome of Jade shining in the distance, houses and buildings and merchants of every size and description. There are also two lions on this side of the Gate. 22:24
* Rei blinks. Gazes around. O.O She pauses a moment, silver eyes wide.
<Greenling> Where do you go?
* Cho asks Peyt to consult the map
* Rei glances to Peyt, looking for the summons/map curiously, wondering if it included directions. 22:26
<Greenling> That's... annoyingly lax of them.
* Cho looks up to the sky, wondering if it changes at all in heaven. 22:27
* Zhubin turns to the lions.
<Greenling> A man seemingly made of coils of copper passes on a cloud, his head under his arm, and notes the group briefly before continuing.
<Cho> :O
<Zhubin> "Excuse me, we need to find the residence of the God of...what was it again, Peyt?"
<Greenling> One of the lions is watching you; the other is watching outside. 22:28
* Rei blinks, blushing softly. This is almost as weird as some of her dreams...
* Cho turns his head back to the lion, then remembers his precious arachnid!
* Cho consults... (Must give her a name) 22:29
<Peyt_Yenthu> "God of Giant Carnivorous Lizard, or somethin'."
<Greenling> The arachnid stares at you.
* Cho refuses to consult his spider until he can call her a proper name.
<Greenling> "The residence of the... hmm. Recently deceased?"
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Uhh...yeah." 22:30
<Cho> "Anastasia?" he asks tentatively. "Natalja?" 22:31
<Cho> "Anastasia, do you like that name?" he asks her.
<Cho> "Stasia for short?"
<Greenling> The little spider glows slightly but makes no sound.
<Cho> "It's the name of a clever Northern sailor. I think it would suit you for your navigational abilities!" 22:32
<Greenling> "Red Quadrant, Western District, second floor. It's a little townhouse."
<Zhubin> "And, if you don't mind my asking, how do we best get there?" 22:33
<Greenling> "Take a dragon boat down the silver line, if you've got the cash. If not, walk."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Lil' townhouse, eh? Cool...cool." Peyt was starting to get a bit quieter.
<Greenling> "Everything's laid out pretty evenly, it just takes a while."
<Cho> "Walking might be a wonderful luxury." 22:34
<Zhubin> "Ummm, what currency is accepted here in Yu-Shan?" 22:37
<Greenling> "Mostly Quintessence. You can find someone who takes just about anything, though, but they'll try to rip you off." 22:38
* Zhubin nods, trying to not look horribly confused.
<Zhubin> "And...which District are we in now?"
<Greenling> "Green Quarter, Southern District."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "...huh." 22:40
<Greenling> "You're maybe... oh, fifteen miles away from where you want to go."
<Greenling> "Not far."
<Cho> "About five hours' walk..." 22:41
<Peyt_Yenthu> "...ya happen to know the man before he went?"
<Greenling> "Huh?" 22:42
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Nothin'." He turns away to the side. "Let's go find some dragon boat. Thing." 22:43
* Rei reaches up to pat Peyt on the shoulder lightly, giving him a smile,b efore pointing in the direction of a canal inquisitively.
<Greenling> You head towards a canal. 22:46
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt's feeling pretty small for the first time in his life. 22:47
<Greenling> (aww.)
* Zhubin walks over to Peyt.
<Zhubin> "It will be alright."
<Greenling> Peyt: you notice somebody who seems to be approaching from your blind side. 22:48
<Greenling> Everyone except Rudy: you notice a tall vaguely-familiar-looking guy walking up.
<Greenling> Rudy: you notice yourself walking to-what
* Rudeth taps Cho. "Uh...d'you..." 22:49
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt looked over.
<Cho> "Do I what?"
* Zhubin looks over.
<Greenling> Yup. Looks like Rudy, if Rudy was angry, shirtless, and put his hair up.
* Rei blinks and glances between Rudy and Rudy.
<Rudeth> "That's...weird."
<Cho> "Oh, hello."
<Greenling> He walks up within ten feet of you all and just kinda glares. 22:50
* Cho waves sheepishly.
<Greenling> "Hi. I'm apparently your fucking tour guide for this evening."
<Cho> "~He's alive~"
<Zhubin> "Do we know you?"
<Peyt_Yenthu> "...who did what?"
* Rudeth glances between Cho and the newcomer. "Will somebody tell me what the hell is going on and why do you have my face?" 22:51
<Greenling> "...Nice to meet you. Or whatever." He's looking at Rudy.
<Cho> :/
<Greenling> "In other circumstances, it'd probably even be fucking happy."
<Greenling> He holds his hand out.
<Rudeth> "Who are you?" 22:52
* Rei takes the hand, smiling slightly despite the hostility
* Cho smiles.
<Greenling> "Name's Thrall. I'm your long-lost evil twin brother." He grins. It's kinda disturbing. He also shakes Rudy's hand.
<Zhubin> "How dramatic." Zhubin deadpans this. 22:53
<Rudeth> "I...what...are you being serious or are you screwing with me?"
<Rudeth> "That's my horse's name."
<Greenling> "Yeah yeah, be glad you're not dead yet, Sun Boy."
<Greenling> "What? You named your horse after me?" He looks genuinely confused.
* Cho snickers at the irony.
* Rei blinks.
<Zhubin> "I've been glowing for less than a week and already a bunch of people think I should have died long ago. I didn't drag myself through Creation's desert for that shit." 22:54
* Rudeth glares. "Ok, fine,
*evil twin
*, show us to wherever we're supposed to go."
<Zhubin> "Now, I don't even know you, and you're already giving me more attitude than Peyt does." 22:55
<Zhubin> "Is it a side-effect of using Essence that it apparently shuts off the godsbedamned common politeness pathways of the body?"
<Greenling> "You break the fucking world, you deal." He shrugs calmly. "Look, seriously. I'm supposed to show you around, or, more reasonably, keep you from fucking anything up since you're setting off every alarm we have. And no, I've always been like this."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Well, could ya take me to my pa's house then? Quickly would be good."
<Greenling> "Stop whining, Maidens, this is more polite than I usually am." He grumbles various things beneath his breath in Seatongue."
* Zhubin stops ranting. 22:56
<Zhubin> "Oh, well....sorry for breaking Creation. I keep trying to find out JUST WHAT THE FUCK I DID! And how to fix it."
<Rudeth> "...the lions were talking about you. They thought I was someone else when I saw them."
* Rudeth looks at him strangely.
<Greenling> "Be damn nice if I knew that myself."
* Cho nods. 22:57
<Greenling> "Where are you going?" he asks Peyt.
<Greenling> "Oh. Right. And I get to break in the newbie. That's gonna be fun." He grins, this time almost happily, and ruffles Namhwa's hair. 22:58
* Zhubin just shuts up. Everytime I talk, it really does get worse.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Uhhh...something about Red Quarter. Old house of dead God of Giant Reptiles."
* Cho looks a bit coldly at Thrall, but shuts his mouth.
<Cho> "Yeah, newbie."
<Greenling> "Him? You're related to him?" 22:59
<Greenling> "What? You
*are
*."
<Zhubin> "Red Quadrant, Western District."
<Greenling> "Besides, that's nicer than you were~" :3 23:00
<Peyt_Yenthu> "...well I was. Heard he apparently shagged me mum."
<Cho> "True, true." 23:05
<Greenling> "Fuck. No wonder they're arguing over his shit, then." - Cho has quit IRC: Disintegrated: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client 23:06
<Greenling> "That also takes out half my lines. I'm disappointed."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Arguin' over what shite?" 23:10
<Greenling> "The Manse, his remains, some minor stuff." 23:13
<Peyt_Yenthu> His eyebrow raised. "His remains?"
<Greenling> "Yeah. You wanna grab a dragon boat?" 23:14
<Greenling> "We retrieved them, so now they're arguing over whether those rights are related to everything else. Legal bullshit."
<Greenling> "They're not gonna be happy you actually managed to get here." 23:16
<Peyt_Yenthu> "I'm not entirely sure I'm happy bein' here."
<Greenling> "You don't seem like a happy man."
* Rei frowns some, glancing around and peeking over the canal's edge curiously, tail swishing about some. 23:17
<Greenling> He looks over at Rei. "Hey, fall in. I wanna see him try to rescue you," pointing at Rudy.
* Rudeth glares. "Piss off."
<Greenling> Eyebrow raise. "The fuck crawled up your ass and died?" 23:18
<Rudeth> "Just leave her alone, alright?"
<Peyt_Yenthu> "How do we go about grabbing one of these dragon things?"
* Rei blinks, frowning softly.
<Greenling> "Good to see no sense of humor runs in the family. Don't fuck with me." 23:19
<Greenling> Thrall sighs and walks over to a god hovering by several of those boats.
<Greenling> After some talking, money exchanges hands and he walks back over.
<Greenling> "That one." He points. "You said quick. We can get there in ten." 23:20
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Good. Want to see the place the pa left me. Maybe see his remains. At least know what the bastard looked like."
* Rei nods and carefully gets into the boat, smiling slightly to the god and bowing her head gratefully. 23:21
<Greenling> "Heh. He doesn't look much- uh. You know gods turn into Starmetal."
<Greenling> The god blushes and compliments Rei's ears in Old Realm.
* Rudeth helps Rei into the boat, sticking close to her.
* Rei blushes softly as well, ears perking happily. Yu-Shan seems nicer and nicer! 23:22
<Peyt_Yenthu> "...turn into what?"
<Greenling> "Starmetal. One of the five magical materials."
<Greenling> "That's what it's made out of: dead gods." 23:23
<Greenling> He hops into the boat.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Huh..." Peyt quiets down a bit more. 23:24
<Greenling> Thrall gets quiet a moment too, as the boat starts moving.
<Rudeth> "Wow. 23:25
<Rudeth> "And to think, when I die, I'll just be fertilizer."
<Greenling> "Uh... look. Your dad lived a hell of a life."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "...no pictures of him or nothin', huh?"
<Greenling> "...There might be, I haven't been there." 23:26
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Oh? What the fuck did he do? Do I got brothers er sisters er somethin'?"
<Greenling> "Thirty years ago, he was the Terrestrial god of a lizard that was about to die out." 23:27
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Uh huh..."
<Greenling> "I don't know what the fuck he even did, but becoming a mid-level Celestial god in that time... I don't even pay attention to politics, but it made a lot of people jealous." 23:28
<Greenling> "This Manse was part of that. Your dad was kind of a political badass."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Huh. 'n all I got was his size. I guess."
<Greenling> "Or something. I ignore half of what the blue boy sqeausk at me."
<Greenling> (
*squeaks) 23:29
<Greenling> "Among gods, y'know, it was a hell of a life. So... even if you weren't in it, I think he mustve been happy. If it matters any."
<Greenling> He spits out into the canal.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Happy. Huh. I see." 23:30
* Rei quietly listens, sitting back some. She glances to Peyt with mild concern. 23:31
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt takes out a winesack and starts going at it as he waits on the boat ride. 23:32
<Greenling> He flomps down in the boat. The scenery is rather pretty.
<Greenling> You also seem to be going much faster than it feels like you are.
<Greenling> After a bit, the boat stops. 23:33
<Greenling> The little sign next to you has a red triangle pointing to the left.
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt finishes up the wine and gets out. "This about it?"
* Rei glances at the sights as they pass by as best as she ca 23:34
<Greenling> He points to a silver roof in the distance.
<Greenling> "Just down this street and up the hill." 23:35
<Peyt_Yenthu> The bandit king's eyebrows raise again. "Awfully big house."
* Rei stands, climbing out of the boat, blushing. That's impressive.. 23:36
<Greenling> "Heh. Everything here's big."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "I noticed." 23:37
* Rei blinks, giggling softly. Peyt should fit right in!
* Rudeth stays close to Rei, holding her hand, and spending most of the time staring at Thrall as though he's not sure what to make of him.
<Greenling> As you come around to the hill you see... 23:42
<Greenling> A tower made of soft white stone, capped with sheets of silver which seem to run down it in rivers. The stone flows out into a large, uneven building, which itself then runs down to create the steps up the hill. There is a small pond out front that glows slighty, containing a multitude of tiny albino fish.
<Greenling> (
*slightly) 23:43
<Peyt_Yenthu> "...dad had a thing for water, it seemed."
<Greenling> This thing might be the size of Rudy's hometown.
<Greenling> It kinda looks like someone's pouring milk over a pile of rocks. 23:44
<Rudeth> "Oy, your dad must have been really important if he lived
*here
*. It looks like something out of a fairy tale." 23:45
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Yeah...whatever." He looked about the place. "So, where's this lil' shindig goin' on?"
* Rei steps over to the pond, crouching down and dipping a finger in the water. 23:46
<Greenling> "The actual hearing is probably at the Bureau of Heaven. They won't be having it for a while, though."
<Greenling> "First they're waiting for you, then they're gonna stall for a while, and they have to do it between people's schedules."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Whatever...y'know where they're keepin' his body...metal...thing?"
<Greenling> "You wanna look around, though, you probably can." 23:47
<Greenling> He thinks a moment. "Nope."
<Greenling> "Depends who retrieved it." 23:48
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt gave a grunt, heading inside the manse. 23:49
* Rei giggles softly at the tiny fish investigating the finger, standing and heading after Peyt.
<Greenling> Rei's finger is glowing a little. 23:50
* Rei blinks, admiring the glow curiously for a moment. 23:51
<Greenling> It fades after a moment.
<Greenling> You all may head inside.
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt opens the doors to the manse, looking about the insides of the large magical house. Wasn't any shortage of valuables in the place, that was for certain. 23:53
* Rudeth heads in after, glancing around curiously. 23:54
* Rei explores some after allowed in by Peyt, admiring the various valuables some.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "...what exactly did the fucker do?" 23:56
<Greenling> "Do? He was a god." 23:57
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Because that makes it a buttload clearer to me." 23:58
<Rudeth> "What sort of god was he?"
<Greenling> "Heh." Thrall grins. "He didn't really 'do' anything. He made sure carnivorous lizards throughout Creation were... whatever the hell is good for carnivorous lizards."
<Greenling> "Mostly he sat around and embodied a concept, I guess." Saturday 8 August 00:00
<Peyt_Yenthu> "...who do you need to fuck to get THAT kind of job?"
* Rei blinks at Peyt. Peyt's mom? 00:02
<Greenling> "You can't. You either pop into- heh. I guess you're in a unique position there."
<Greenling> "Raise your Essence high enough and you could become a god."
<Greenling> "But mostly, you don't."
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt scratched at his chin. "...sounds like a lot of work." 00:06
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Buildin' up that power, I mean."
* Rei hrms quietly, glancing to Rudeth
* Rudeth smiles broadly at her. 00:07
<Greenling> "Yeah, usually."
<Greenling> Thrall glances at Rei and Rudeth. 00:11
* Rei glances to Thrall some, blushing and bowing her head. 00:12
* Rei makes her way back down from the artwork she was admiring, refraining from picking anything up.
<Rudeth> "So, Peyt, what are you gonna do with this place? I mean, do you think you'll live here? It's a little out of the way from, y'know, everything else." 00:14
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Dunno if I'll actually live here...though would be a great hideout. Just pop in for a few months, no one would be the wiser."
* Rei nods some, glancing aside and stretching some. 00:17
<Peyt_Yenthu> "And it's pretty snazzy, though could use a few more bandit decorations. Like a banner 'n such." 00:18
* Rudeth snorts. "I'm sure your neighbors would be thrilled at your redecorating." He smiles. 00:20
<Greenling> "If you get it. Though Zhubin's a sweet bet, I guess." 00:21
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Better get somethin' out of this deal." 00:22
<Greenling> "They probably won't let you sleep here before the deal."
* Rei blinks, poking around the rest of the building, peeking through doorways and such curiously 00:23
<Greenling> "Which gives my bosses the opportunity to say whatever the hell it is they're going to say to you, at least." 00:26
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Yer bosses bein'?" 00:27
<Greenling> "Division bosses. Violet Bier of Sorrows. We're the people that make sure things stop existing when they're supposed to."
<Greenling> "And continue existing when they're not supposed to disappear." :p
* Rei blinks. Oh, dear. 00:28
<Greenling> "It's a really fucking hectic job, and y'know, we make some mistakes sometimes. Like the Solars being alive again. That was a big fucking mistake, whatever happened." 00:29
<Rudeth> "What's wrong with Solars? Zhubin and Crow are Solars. I mean, Crow doesn't /want/ to be and Zhubin's kind of--enthusiastic--about it, but they're both fine."
<Greenling> "Though I would lay very good odds on it being their fucking fault." Another length of swearing in Old Realm, deliberately not looking at Zhubin. 00:30
<Greenling> "They go crazy."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "What if they were already crazy before?"
<Rudeth> "...really? Crazy how?" ... "Oh, man, Crow is not gonna be happy about that." 00:32
<Greenling> "Y'know all those stories of atrocities and cities exploded and people being raised as mass undead rape armies and shit? Some of them aren't made up. ... They also seem to prefer spending their time waving their dicks around and showing off rather than finding a goddamn job to do. Even Lunars were given a job, slimy little shits."
<Greenling> ==;
<Greenling> Hateful man is hateful.
* Rei etches on her tablet: 'Like make Gem disappear?' 00:33
<Greenling> "There are theories about why, but they go nuts. Always. ... Nah, I doubt he meant to do that. That's different."
<Greenling> "That was just a result of spending way too much Essence while outside of Fate. Errors happen."
* Rei nods some. Doesn't mention that she was helping add music with his preaching. Seems like a bad plan.
<Rudeth> "Lunars? What are Lunars? Zhu's camel thinks he's a Lunar, but the other camel says he's not." 00:34
<Greenling> "The Moon's Exalted. You don't know what a Lunar is?" He looks skeptically at Rudeth.
<Rudeth> "Well, nobody really said much about them to me." 00:35
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Or me, but granted, I never really asked."
<Rudeth> "I know there are Solars and the whatever-Cho-is ones." 00:36
* Rei etches 'Chosen by the pretty lady in purple'. 00:37
<Greenling> Thrall grins at Rei. "Yeah. She's pretty cool."
<Greenling> "Wait, did you see Her?" 00:38
* Rei blinks, nodding some. 'In the cave. Bloody finger. Cho's forehead.'
<Greenling> "Huh." 00:39
<Greenling> "Interesting... yeah. Namhwa's what I am." 00:42
* Rei nods softly, tail swaying quietly as she ponders.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "All you fuckers gettin' all glowy." 00:43
<Rudeth> "I'm not. I'm still normal. Normal-ish, anyway." 00:46
<Greenling> "Well, I'm fucking bored, so what are you people doing now?"
<Rudeth> "Well, you're the tour guide. Shouldn't you be, I dunno, showing us the sights or keeping us entertained or something?" 00:47
* Rei steps over to Rudeth, smiling and offering him her arm. Seems they had some time to kill.
<Greenling> "I don't know. What the hell do you-" he cuts off suddenly. 00:48
* Rudeth takes Rei's arm, then looks back at Thrall. "Huh? What?" 00:49
<Peyt_Yenthu> "The hell do what?" 00:50
<Greenling> He makes a growling noise and clenches his eyes shut for a moment, then returns to his normal glare.
<Rudeth> "What?"
<Greenling> "Okay, look. Rudeth." 00:51
<Greenling> "You don't remember me, but I remember you. I... I don't know how to do this shit, but if you want to, like, go somewhere, what the fuck ever, say something. Okay?"
<Greenling> "Or if you want me to just drop you by someplace and get someone else to do this, whatever." 00:52
<Greenling> Grumph. :| 00:53
<Rudeth> "...sure, I guess. If you really are my brother, I should probably get to know you." Rudeth grins. "Hey, you should come on a double date with me and Rei. I could set you up with Crow. You'd probably like her. That or you'd kill each other, and that would be pretty entertaining." 00:54
* Rei blinks, blushing softly
<Greenling> Thrall snorts. ...Then breaks out laughing.
<Rudeth> "What?"
<Greenling> This continues for a couple of minutes. 00:55
<Greenling> "Hah-
*cough
* ahaha-
*hack
* heee."
* Rudeth continues to look bemused. "Did I say something funny?" 00:56
<Greenling> He slaps Rudy on the back. "Just- heh. I think we're more alike than I thought, but yeah, we
*really
* need to get to know each other."
<Rudeth> "Um, ok." Rudeth still doesn't understand what was so funny. 00:57
<Greenling> "But uh, no thanks."
* Rei huhs.
<Rudeth> "Alright, then." 00:58
<Greenling> "Though now I really have to introduce you to my Sifu. His mind will be blown." 00:59
<Greenling> "What do you, like, eat?" 01:00
<Rudeth> "....food?"
<Rudeth> "I don't really have the luxury of being picky." 01:02
<Greenling> "Ah, right, you're poor, aren't you. I'm taking you to the Porcelain Icon." :3 01:03
<Greenling> "It's got the best tea you'll ever have, food from all over the Scavenger Lands, and waitresses who I've been told are incredibly hot." 01:04
<Rudeth> "The what--ok, as long as you're paying for whatever this is."
<Greenling> "Why not? You'll probably forget I exist in a month, might as well treat you."
<Greenling> He starts walking out.
* Rudeth thinks for a moment, then looks at Thrall pensively. "Hey, uh, Thrall? What were our parents like?" 01:05
* Rei follows after Rudeth quietly, glancing back at Peyt briefly. 01:08
<Greenling> He... keeps walking. 01:09 - Peyt_Yenthu changes nick to Raiden - Raiden has quit IRC: Disintegrated: -beeeeeeeep-
* Rudeth looks confused, but continues on after him.
<Greenling> It's a rather long walk. 01:11
<Rudeth> "So where are we going?"
<Greenling> "To the teahouse?" 01:12
<Rudeth> "Oh, cool!"
<Rudeth> "Hey, when you said I'd probably forget you -- why would I forget you?"
<Greenling> He sticks his hands in his pockets and slows down a little, until he's walking beside Rudy and Rei. 01:13
<Rudeth> "I mean, sure I forgot you when we were little, but that was because I was really young, wasn't it? I mean, I don't remember our parents."
<Greenling> "It's a Sidereal thing."
<Rudeth> "Oh." Pause. "So if, say, I didn't see Cho for a little while, I'd forget him, too?" 01:14
<Greenling> "Yeah."
* Rei frowns softly.
<Greenling> You think he looks kind of sad. It's hard to tell with him- all his emotions seem to be mixed with anger or malice. 01:15
<Greenling> "That, or given you're that outside of Fate thing..."
<Rudeth> "Will...I mean, will I forget everything to do with you? If I see you again will it come back or -- I guess if I forgot when we were younger -- I mean -- couldn't you just not go away? I mean, I can't forget you if you're still there."
<Greenling> He sighs. "I don't know what they're going to do with you." 01:16
<Greenling> "The usual decision would be to try to save Namhwa and kill the rest of you. I don't know why they aren't. And that..." he trails off.
<Rudeth> "Oh, yeah, what's up with that 'outside of fate' thing? Everybody keeps telling me that -- first the Provider, then -- and then Inkah said I was glowing or something..."
<Greenling> "You might forget, you might not. But if you don't, you're a danger to existence." 01:17
<Greenling> He looks at you. "Inkah said you were glowing?"
<Rudeth> "Why?"
<Rudeth> "Glowing or sparkling or something. Me and everyone else. And the Provider said some stuff about Namwha and I when we talked to him."
<Greenling> "...You and..." He looks irritated. 01:18
<Rudeth> "Why? Is that bad?"
<Greenling> "Okay, you know reality, right?" He looks straight at you. "I mean, as opposed to the Wyld. The world has rules- a rock is a rock, not a fish, or something."
<Rudeth> "Yeah." 01:19
<Greenling> "To make this work, everything inside Creation is recorded by a massive Primordial artifact known as the Loom of Fate."
<Greenling> "Everything is hooked up to this. Sidereals, like myself and Namhwa, tend this thing. Fix it when it stops working." 01:20
<Rudeth> "Alright..."
<Greenling> "Because when it's not working, causality stops happening. And things outside Creation- most notably demons- can slip through and wreak havoc."
<Greenling> "And when something outside of Fate tries to deal
*with
* Fate, it's not recorded."
<Rudeth> "And Namwha's outside of fate." 01:21
<Greenling> "Yeah. You all are. Records get messy. Usually this is pretty small. Sometimes, like when Zhu did what he did, it's not."
<Rudeth> "Is that why Gem disappeared?" 01:22
<Greenling> "Zhubin basically... I think from what I saw, he was about to do something to convert a large portion of Gem, including a lot of people who were really not otherwise inclined."
<Greenling> "The Loom said, fuck this shit, this can't happen, because it couldn't see him- couldn't see where this was coming from even though it was happening." 01:23
<Rudeth> "So Gem is gone because Zhubin is outside of fate. If we put him back in fate, would we be able to fix it?"
<Rudeth> "Also, why are we not in Fate, because that's really damn weird." 01:24
<Greenling> "It's not that simple. Maybe, maybe not- shit, maybe that's why they're keeping him alive. And I would really love to know- Namhwa said you were in Gold's Glittering Path about the time you disappeared."
<Greenling> "Maybe the demon had something to do with it." 01:25
<Rudeth> "If it happened in Gold's Glittering Pass -- is Rei still in Fate? She wasn't there then. We found her after."
<Greenling> "Huh. No, she's outside of it. But I think the dog was before then, too, so maybe it was something else." 01:26
<Greenling> "I didn't see any dog with Namhwa's strand."
* Rei frowns softly.
<Rudeth> "Huh." He glances back at Rei. "And she can't remember anything -- maybe whatever took her memory and her voice knocked her out of FatE?"
<Greenling> He shakes his head. "Inkah said you were glowing, huh? Did she say what color or anything?"
<Greenling> "That's a good one." He points. "That's very possible." 01:27
<Rudeth> "No, she just referred to us as a collective. Said we were all glowing." 01:29
<Greenling> "...I wish I could look at your thread right now. Fuck."
<Greenling> He seems to be grimacing. You see a very large porcelain idol of a very pretty woman painted all in blue coming up ahead.
<Rudeth> "So, does this happen often? People falling out of Fate?" 01:30
<Rudeth> "Ooh. Is this the place?" 01:31
* Rei listens quietly. 01:32
<Greenling> "No. Not nearly to the extent you've done it."
<Greenling> "Yup." He heads over, gestures to the door, and gives a little mock bow. "Ladies first."
<Rudeth> "Well, you gotta admit, when we screw up, we don't do it half-way." 01:34
* Rei blushes softly and gives Thrall a smile, not sensing the sarcasm if any, making her way inside.
<Greenling> "Hah. I guess I gotta empathize with that."
* Rudeth heads in after Rei. 01:35
<Greenling> It looks like a diner in a nice little city.
<Greenling> Outside of what look mostly to be gods. 01:37
<Greenling> A very pretty waitress with hair made of eyes leads you to a table. There is a group of human-looking people in the corner of very varied looks; a couple of them stare at you for a moment.
* Rudeth stares for a moment, mostly at the hair made of eyes.
<Rudeth> "This place certainly is different."
<Greenling> "Hey, have you ever had fish with Lookshyan allspice? It's good." :3
<Greenling> "You get used to it." 01:38
* Rei blinks some, bowing resepectfully to the people in the corner, smiling to the waitress and sitting down.
<Rudeth> "No, I haven't, but I'll try it." Rudeth grins. 01:40
<Greenling> He chuckles a little and orders some with some kind of dipping sauce, along with tea all around. 01:41
<Greenling> "You get whatever you want as an entree. I get paid enough to buy most of Coral if they'd let me, which is enough for, ah... another five fucking people to eat here." He grins pointily. 01:42
* Rudeth pokes through the menu and orders what is probably enough for two normal people. 01:46
* Rei blinks, blushing and glancing aside. She leans over, peering at the menu curiously. 01:51
<Greenling> "You blush a lot." He says to Rei. 01:56
<Greenling> Thrall orders something that sounds like a dessert. You get your food quickly.
<Greenling> It is served by what seems to be a naked lady made out of fog. :V 01:57
* Rudeth stares. "Er, there are a lot of weird looking people here."
<Greenling> "Gods."
<Rudeth> "Right. Gods." 01:58
<Rudeth> "....are there really
*this many
* gods?" 01:59
<Greenling> "Nah. There are way more than this- the Terrestrial gods are way more numerous." >:3
* Rei blinks, glancing down and biting her lip, taking out her tablet and etching: 'Sorry'.
<Rudeth> "...Jeez."
<Rudeth> "Well, food!" 02:00
* Rudeth digs in.
<Greenling> "There's a god of everything you can think of, everything you can't, everything that's ever existed outside of a few of those who've been killed- that wasn't a complaint- and there's a god attached to your chopsticks, there." 02:02
<Rudeth> "Wow. That's really -- I thought there were just a couple of really big gods." 02:03
<Greenling> "As well as every other-" he crunches a little wafer covered in what seems to be caramel and hot pepper sauce- "offhck 'n ehishnns."
<Greenling> Crunch, crunch, swallow. "Your education is seriously lacking." 02:04
<Greenling> The fish tastes good. :d
<Greenling> Really gNOSE BURNING. BURNING. NOSE.
<Greenling> PAAAIN.
<Rudeth> "Well, I was raised in a small town near the desert. Most of what I know how to do involves manual labor--holy hell what is in this fish?" 02:05
<Greenling> "Lookshyan allspice. Like I said." ^_^
* Rudeth makes some growly noises and downs a cup of tea.
<Greenling> "Grated horseradish, jalepenos, mustard seed..." 02:06
<Rudeth> "...the fuck, are you trying to kill me?"
<Greenling> "It's good." He swipes one. "If you don't like the spice, dip it in the sauce." 02:07
* Rudeth looks at him warily. "Will that make it more spicy?" 02:08
<Greenling> "Nah. It's milk-based, for wimps."
<Rudeth> "Hey! I am not a wimp!" Rudeth continues to suffer with the fish, not using the sauce. 02:09
* Rei takes a bit of the spice on a fingertip, tasting it.
<Greenling> "...You didn't have many male friends growing up, did you." 02:10
<Greenling> Rei: it makes your eyes water.
<Rudeth> "..." >_>
* Rei blehs, sticking her tongue out and fanning air over it, ears folded back. 02:11
<Greenling> "I'm just fucking with you. I'd expect you to do the same back."
<Rudeth> "Still, I can take some spicy fish." >_>
<Greenling> Rudy: your head does not explode. It's still spicy. Rei: D: You'll be fine with just a bit, at least. 02:12
* Rei glares at the spiciness.
<Greenling> "Didn't think you couldn't." 02:14
<Rudeth> "So...what's for dessert?" he asks, between bites of fish.
<Greenling> Munch. Shrug. 02:16
* Rei takes the menu while Rudeth proves his masculinity on overly spicy fish, looking for the desserts. Hopefully something cool.
<Rudeth> "D'they" much, spicy, nyah "--have any custard or anything?" 02:17
<Greenling> "Uh, probably." 02:18
* Rei points out some on the menu, as well as - ooh, creamed ice sounded yummy. With fruits? Oooh...
<Greenling> "You like custard?"
* Rudeth peers at the menu. "There was this thing -- dun remember what it's called, but the name was funny, and it was custard with a hard thing of sugar on top."
<Rudeth> "Yeah.
<Rudeth> (+") 02:19
<Greenling> He finishes the last little wafer and licks the stuff off his fingers. 02:20
<Greenling> Rudeth finds something described as one of those. 02:21
<Rudeth> "Ooh! Here, let's get those." 02:24
<Greenling> You get that. Also, free refills on tea. :3 02:26
<Rudeth> "So what have you been up to for the past...how long has it been? Like, eighteen years or something?" 02:28
<Greenling> "Heh. Uh, let's see. People thought I was a freak, beat the shit out of some of them, lots of sailing and catching crabs and shit in the early morning when it's fucking freezing out and the salt sticks in chunks to your face when you're not soaking wet, uh..." He grins. 02:29
<Greenling> "Exalted, came up here, learned how to kill people- pretty sweet, all things considered."
<Greenling> "You?" 02:30
<Rudeth> "Well, I've been working on a farm and taking care of horses -- and chickens are damn evil and don't ever feel bad about eating the little shits, they tried to kill me when I was fourteen -- and then life was pretty boring for a while and then our town got ransacked, there was a demon kid, we disappeared from Fate, and I think you pretty much know the rest." 02:32
<Greenling> :3 ... :| He looks away. 02:33
<Rudeth> "Somethin' wrong?" 02:34
<Greenling> "Eh. Just wish I knew what was going on."
* Rei nods softly, listening quietly.
<Rudeth> "You understand more about this than me." 02:36
<Greenling> He leans on one elbow. "I'm guessing you don't know anything about Sorcery, right?" 02:37
<Rudeth> "Well, Crow did some magic thing at the manse where we found the Provider."
<Greenling> "Heh." 02:38
<Greenling> "Doesn't matter. Hey, where do you people think you're going to sleep, anyway? They're not gonna finish this in less than three days if the Incarnae themselves come in and demand it be finished as soon as possible." 02:40
<Rudeth> "Uh, I hadn't thought of that. We probably won't be able to stay at Peyt's dad's place, at least until they make a decision?" 02:44
<Greenling> "Yeah, they'd get pissed." 02:45
<Greenling> "...Wanna see where I live? I'm not really using it."
<Rudeth> "Sure."
* Rei glances to Rudeth, not wanting to impose, but curious.
<Greenling> "'Kay."
<Greenling> "..." He considers this. "I'm not sure you can get in." 02:46
<Greenling> "But I can show you."
* Rei blinks.
<Rudeth> "Um, ok. Why wouldn't I be able to get in?"
<Greenling> "Because the front door's broken."
<Greenling> "I usually climb in through the third story window." 02:47
<Rudeth> "Oh, that's all? I think I can climb in through a window. I thought you meant some crazy magic thing."
<Greenling> "Hah. If you can get up there, I'll be impressed."