Conversation with #dkap_amber
Conversation with #dkap_amber on Tue 01 Apr 2008 10:23:00 PM EDT:
(09:23:02 PM) dkap: Ok ... sending a large block of text drops me offline ... *sigh*
(09:23:20 PM) arkhonII: Aha. Break it into segments.
(09:23:28 PM) dkap: I dropped after:
(09:23:29 PM) dkap: (09:20:43 PM) Jean: "Hmm.... sorry. I figured you were one of Caelin's head people by all the hyperventilating."
(09:23:29 PM) dkap: (09:20:51 PM) Jean: "I can't quite place the scales?"
(09:23:29 PM) dkap: (09:20:57 PM) arkhonII: "As did I."
(09:23:59 PM) Jean: yes, in a public channel
(09:24:01 PM) Jean: break it into 4-5 line blocks.
(09:24:02 PM) dkap: You were just the shape you took as walking the Pattern.
(09:24:03 PM) Jean: arkhonII "Who are you?"
(09:24:05 PM) Jean: is all you missed.
(09:24:21 PM) dkap: I did it as a private message to Gleep, and it shot me out.
(09:24:32 PM) Auricle: (Which would make me probably not naked. Since I'm all shapeshift.)
(09:24:37 PM) Jean: (That reminds me of my suggestion that "Who's your daddy?" is the human equivalent of "Who are you?"/"What do you want?")
(09:24:58 PM) Jean: hm, weird, I sent a bunch of stuff to her and didn't get booted.
(09:25:05 PM) dkap: How about "How can I make money on that?"
(09:25:12 PM) dkap: It could just be my client.
(09:25:26 PM) dkap: For it booted me EVERYWHERE not just IRC.
(09:25:44 PM) arkhonII: I've had this issue before, but only on IRC.
(09:26:42 PM) dkap: You are all shape-shift, but your base-form (according to my notes, from when you woke up naked, and then took over the shadow) is chandroid in nature.
(09:26:43 PM) Auricle: (I don't honestly care if naked or not, Auricle wouldn't notice. Just curious what I got fixed into place as.)
(09:27:02 PM) arkhonII: Methinks we're all pretty much naked.
(09:27:16 PM) arkhonII: I know I don't have any clothes off the Realms Lord rack...
(09:27:31 PM) Jean: in the tree: "You sent some tendrils along with us, didn't you?"
(09:27:39 PM) Auricle: (ahhhhh. Okays, I wasn't thinking Auricle paid that much attention -- but the gargoyle might. Very good, play through.(
(09:27:41 PM) dkap: Only the conjured things, as opposed to shadow things, or the like, which were manufactured.
(09:28:05 PM) arkhonII: Ahh, okay. That's different.
(09:28:19 PM) dkap: Right ... hence why Natasha has sword.
(09:28:29 PM) arkhonII: yep.
(09:28:46 PM) dkap: (09:12:05 PM) Jean: "I don't think I've been down here before."
(09:28:55 PM) ***arkhonII definitely noticed Natasha pulling out the sword.
(09:28:58 PM) Auricle: Okay, so, we're being faced by a dragon...
(09:29:05 PM) dkap: Caelin: "I KNOW I've not been down here before."
(09:29:17 PM) arkhonII: Who hasn't yet moved to destroy us.
(09:29:31 PM) dkap: There is a rumbling breath, as a large dragonlike form coalesses out of Caelin.
(09:29:45 PM) Jean: dkap - I already sent that to auricle
(09:29:49 PM) arkhonII: Just recalling?
(09:29:51 PM) Auricle: DKap: Jean gave me a synopsis, I'm caught up
(09:29:54 PM) arkhonII: We have all that.
(09:30:12 PM) dkap: Right. Never mind then.
(09:30:30 PM) dkap: Dragon, dworkenetics, unknown scales.
(09:30:53 PM) ***arkhonII looks at the Dragon, then to Jean. To the dragon he says, "You know him?"
(09:31:18 PM) dkap: Of course, everyone knows the ex-Realms Lord.
(09:32:16 PM) dkap: The Archivist is back, a bunch of armed guards in tow.
(09:32:22 PM) ***arkhonII frowns. "Farbeit for me to -correct- a Dragon, but all of us are not quite familiar with you. My apologies."
(09:33:10 PM) ***Auricle is impressed.
(09:33:33 PM) Auricle: "You fit well into the available space. How do you manage it?"
(09:34:29 PM) dkap: Dragon: "I'm young yet."
(09:34:40 PM) dkap: Besides, I've not yet found an appropriate habitat.
(09:35:06 PM) dkap: Dragon: "Well, besides Caelin."
(09:36:13 PM) dkap: The guards are slowly closing on the Dragon-like being.
(09:36:32 PM) ***arkhonII bows low. "You are the last, I should assume?"
(09:36:49 PM) dkap: Dragon: "Hey! I didn't even DAMAGE the ceiling when I bumped it. Whats with all the cold iron?"
(09:37:05 PM) dkap: Dragon: "The last what?"
(09:37:32 PM) arkhonII: "Dragon in my head?"
(09:38:07 PM) Auricle: "Did you have a lot of them in your head?"
(09:38:17 PM) Jean: "Perhaps if you were to introduce yourself to those attending?"
(09:38:19 PM) dkap: Dragon: "In your head? Not anymore. Not since your promise to Her."
(09:38:40 PM) ***arkhonII turns to Auricle. "It's too long a story, and largely under wraps. My apologies."
(09:39:11 PM) Auricle: nods at Caelin.
(09:39:12 PM) ***arkhonII turns back to the Dragon. "Which promise would this be?"
(09:39:22 PM) dkap: Dragon: "I've not been in anyone's head since your promise."
(09:40:03 PM) dkap: Dragon, managing to look horrified: "You forgot a promise to Her? No wonder why you don't sleep much."
(09:40:33 PM) arkhonII: "No, I've made MANY such promises, and do not know to which you refer."
(09:41:18 PM) Jean: ("sold my soul? you'll have to be more specific...")
(09:41:31 PM) arkhonII: (LOL)
(09:41:43 PM) dkap: Dragon, shaking head: "Jean, you know Her. You balance Her. Set him straight."
(09:42:08 PM) Jean: "Her I know, you..."
(09:42:13 PM) Jean: does he seem faerieish?
(09:42:39 PM) dkap: The duck comes down and gives Sam a hunnred dollah!
(09:43:05 PM) Jean: (I can use that to buy a gallon of gas!)
(09:43:07 PM) Auricle: *glances between Jean and Caelin looking confused*
(09:43:17 PM) ***arkhonII sighs in relief suddenly.
(09:43:26 PM) arkhonII: "Not the one..."
(09:43:30 PM) arkhonII: "Ruby?!"
(09:44:00 PM) dkap: Dragon: "Hey! Don't be bantering my name about! That has Power you know."
(09:44:43 PM) dkap: The archivist is looking to Caelin for a clue. So is Natasha.
(09:44:44 PM) Jean: dkap: does the dragon seem rubyish?
(09:44:55 PM) Auricle: So is Auricle.
(09:45:06 PM) ***arkhonII smiles and puts his hand to his forehead. "We need to work on your entrances so you don't startle us like that again. YOu had us thinking you were...not who you are."
(09:45:18 PM) dkap: I think that was the name ... I'd have to go back and run the logs though, my name-recognition software is never the best.
(09:45:28 PM) Jean: lars was ruby
(09:45:37 PM) arkhonII: "Now what the devil were you doing in my head, and why was I not informed by Her?!"
(09:45:38 PM) Jean: and I think also faerie oberon, at least in glamour
(09:45:51 PM) dkap: Oh, nope, one of the other Faery dragons that Caelin was supposed to settle.
(09:46:07 PM) dkap: Sorry. No name-match. Ret-con.
(09:46:24 PM) dkap: At the name "Ruby" the Dragon spins around saying "Where? Where?"
(09:46:25 PM) ***arkhonII says to those gathered, "This is a dragon from the Faerie Realm. A friend."
(09:46:59 PM) Jean: ah, okay. I don't -think- we got names for them.
(09:47:01 PM) arkhonII: okay, retcon name and just realize what realm it is from.
(09:47:31 PM) dkap: Right.
(09:47:52 PM) ***arkhonII says to the dragon, "For the record, it isn't safe to stow away in one's head. You never know who you might meet up with."
(09:47:56 PM) Jean: "All right. Shall we continue?"
(09:48:09 PM) dkap: I wasn't in your head. I was enjoying your clothing.
(09:48:47 PM) arkhonII: "The warning doesn't change. especially considering that it's ME."
(09:48:48 PM) dkap: Dragon: "Especially the occasional rodent who seemed to delight in trying to gnaw on your foodstuff."
(09:49:16 PM) dkap: I'm not going anywhere with all this cold iron around.
(09:49:43 PM) arkhonII: "Hrm...will deal with rodents later. We should move on. Do you have issues traveling in any other form than that one?"
(09:50:10 PM) Auricle: "Perhaps you could have the guards back away some, Caelin?"
(09:50:16 PM) Auricle: "They seem disturbed by the dragon.
(09:50:35 PM) dkap: Dragon: "Not at all, I'll just pour myself back into your ... umm ... try and pour myself back int... umm ... where ARE we?"
(09:50:38 PM) ***arkhonII motions to the guards. "Not a threat. An ally, in fact."
(09:50:50 PM) arkhonII: "Right, that's what I figured.
(09:52:36 PM) dkap: Dragon: "What's _wrong_ with this place? I can't feel the Dreaming at all here!"
(09:53:09 PM) arkhonII: "The sooner we get to our business here, the sooner I can promise you that we'll return to a realm where the Dreaming can be felt."
(09:54:12 PM) dkap: Dragon, to Jean: "Oh Lord of the Unalive, Please, have mercy on me, and reconnect me to the dreaming?"
(09:54:52 PM) Jean: gm: I take it the way we came in is still visible?
(09:55:44 PM) dkap: Yep, right back through that archway, that the guards (and the Archivist) came down.
(09:55:52 PM) dkap: A few steps, maybe a whole yard.
(09:55:54 PM) Jean: thought so.
(09:56:14 PM) Jean: to the guards: "Would you do us the courtesy of showing Caelin's guest the way back to the main chamber?"
(09:57:31 PM) dkap: The guards first look to the Archivist for confirmation, and, at his nod, they put up their weapons, gesturing for the Dragon to move before them.
(09:58:06 PM) arkhonII: "If you stick around, I'll see you when I return."
(09:58:42 PM) dkap: Dragon, once passing the archway: "The dreaming, it returns, Thank you O Master of the Unalive!"
(09:59:01 PM) dkap: Dragon: "I'll await you, Caelin, for your promise is still unfulfilled."
(09:59:24 PM) arkhonII: "alright, that is fine."
(09:59:34 PM) arkhonII: "I'll see you when I return.
(09:59:50 PM) ***Jean shakes his head.
(10:00:05 PM) Jean: "Caelin, do you know what they say to people who make rash promises to faeries?"
(10:00:12 PM) ***Auricle is amused.
(10:00:19 PM) arkhonII: "It wasn't a rash promise.
(10:00:23 PM) arkhonII: "It was a needed one."
(10:00:42 PM) Jean: "Close, that's what -they- say."
(10:00:47 PM) Jean: "Anyway, shall we continue?"
(10:00:57 PM) arkhonII: "Yes, we shall."
(10:01:18 PM) Auricle: "Let's."
(10:01:24 PM) dkap: The Archivist is just thanking the guards for their diligence, and willingness to assist.
(10:01:33 PM) ***arkhonII mutters, "And maybe next time I'll get better detectors for faerie spies."
(10:02:06 PM) dkap: Natasha leans over to her fiancee, and mutters in his ear, "Another adventure you forgot to tell me about, dear?"
(10:02:51 PM) ***arkhonII whispers back, "No, this was the adventure involved in trying to get BACK to you."
(10:03:04 PM) dkap: Natasha sighs.
(10:04:27 PM) dkap: Natasha: "Does that mean it's been ... voyuristically enjoying our ... activities of late? No wonder why Titania thanked me for the amusement when last we were talking."
(10:04:53 PM) ***arkhonII grumbles. "Let's move on."
(10:06:17 PM) Auricle: "Agreed."
(10:06:28 PM) dkap: Right ... the guide stops hugging the wall ... straightens his clothing, and with a glance behind him to make sure you all are moving, starts forward again.
(10:07:25 PM) dkap: The headphones beep, and mention that this next painting coming up was done in the early blue per ... wrong tour.
(10:07:44 PM) arkhonII: (hits his headphones)
(10:07:56 PM) dkap: Oh, it almost slipped my mind. What are you folks using for a light source?
(10:08:17 PM) arkhonII: It isn't lit?!
(10:08:20 PM) Auricle: The gargoyle glows. Sometimes.
(10:09:12 PM) dkap: Of course it isn't lit. This is a Dungeon.
(10:09:23 PM) dkap: Some beings get stronger, absorbing light.
(10:09:28 PM) dkap: And some larger.
(10:09:34 PM) Auricle: Can I shapeshift to something glowing?
(10:09:37 PM) dkap: No.
(10:09:44 PM) arkhonII: "Hang on.
(10:10:19 PM) Auricle: Stupid Chaos-place.
(10:10:24 PM) arkhonII: "Crap. I can't conjure anything. It'll just be gone the instant I step back through. Let's get some torches/candles from the main hall."
(10:12:10 PM) ***arkhonII steps back through and looks for an attendant nearby.
(10:12:11 PM) dkap: The Archivist has pulled out his note-pad, scribbles a bit, looks hopeful, and then ... carefully, pulls a small braiser from his pack, crumples the paper, and lights it with flint and steel.
(10:12:16 PM) Auricle: "This is the longest walk for a half-yard I've ever seen."
(10:12:25 PM) dkap: And then holds that over his head, for light.
(10:13:16 PM) ***Auricle claps.
(10:13:19 PM) Auricle: "Well done.
(10:14:14 PM) ***arkhonII gives up and just uses whatever light the Archivist manages.
(10:14:18 PM) arkhonII: "Let's go."
(10:15:48 PM) Auricle: follows the guide
(10:16:16 PM) dkap: Archivist: "Sometimes I want to get rid of a piece of ... writing, and this is often the best, and sometimes the only way.
(10:18:11 PM) Auricle: "Added advantage of emergency light source."
(10:19:36 PM) dkap: Large burly guard: "Halt." Guide: "Hi, Nick. Got some House Head here to claim a member." Guard Bows low to party in general, not trying to single out any particular individual.
(10:21:06 PM) dkap: Not hearing any other action, you all pass by, while he is bowing?
(10:21:29 PM) ***Auricle is following their lead, they know Chaos better than I.
(10:22:44 PM) dkap: So too said Caelin (who is behind me, and not at the Keyboard)
(10:22:57 PM) Jean: it seems a bit suspicious, so if he doesn't stab the first person who passes, I'll pass. Not last.
(10:22:58 PM) Jean: :)
(10:23:18 PM) arkhonII: (back)
(10:23:23 PM) dkap: First person who passes is the Guide.
(10:23:29 PM) dkap: Not stabbed.
(10:23:32 PM) Auricle: (Yes, b/c you are following Naked!Auricle.
(10:23:53 PM) dkap: Naked Auricle doesn't get stabbed either.
(10:24:24 PM) Auricle: yay
(10:26:18 PM) arkhonII left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(10:26:53 PM) Jean: it's always somethign
(10:26:57 PM) Auricle: Indeed.
(10:27:06 PM) Auricle: Although this evening has been more prone than most, lately
(10:27:20 PM) dkap: It does seem to be.
(10:27:42 PM) dkap: He was behind me a minute ago. He might have unplugged accidentally when he sat down.
(10:29:38 PM) dkap: And there went his curse.
(10:29:56 PM) Auricle: heh
(10:32:17 PM) Auricle: Does he seem to be coming back?
(10:33:06 PM) dkap: I don't know.
(10:33:11 PM) dkap: Huh ... that's interesting.
(10:34:23 PM) arkhonII [~arkhon@m775e36d0.tmodns.net] entered the room.
(10:34:24 PM) dkap: Poof, here he is.
(10:34:40 PM) Auricle: Well done
(10:34:44 PM) dkap: *grin*
(10:34:49 PM) dkap: All righty then.
(10:34:51 PM) arkhonII: So, do I get stabbed?
(10:35:05 PM) dkap: As each of you pass the guard, nothing interesting happens, except, of course, when Caelin does.
(10:35:29 PM) dkap: His House ring flashes forth.
(10:35:44 PM) dkap: The Guard drops a deeper bow to him.
(10:36:16 PM) dkap: You pass on.
(10:37:20 PM) Auricle: We follow the guide.
(10:37:21 PM) dkap: There seems to be sort of a sound bubble in front of each holding area. The sounds of your passage seems completely muffled, and the closer you are to the center of the sphere of each holding area, the more normal sound is.
(10:37:48 PM) dkap: You notice many an individual, in many a shape look up, and note your passing. And do little else.
(10:38:02 PM) ***arkhonII turns to the guide. "Do you know which cells they are in?"
(10:38:14 PM) arkhonII: "Rather, holding areas?"
(10:38:18 PM) ***Auricle wonders if she recognizes anyone.
(10:38:19 PM) dkap: Except for a small dwarf, looking a lot like a garden gnome, just no red cap.
(10:39:09 PM) dkap: That one flings itself against some invisible barrier just as Caelin is passing, Natasha's sword is exactly where the individual's throat would have been, should there have not been an invisible barrier.
(10:39:34 PM) arkhonII: Does he/she/it look familiar?
(10:39:46 PM) dkap: Nope.
(10:40:07 PM) dkap: Except, it looks like the scraps of that ex-Houses colours on it's body.
(10:40:20 PM) arkhonII: Ahh, yes.
(10:40:32 PM) arkhonII: "move along."
(10:40:56 PM) Auricle: *shrugs and continues along.*
(10:41:07 PM) Jean left the room (quit: Read error: Operation timed out).
(10:41:59 PM) arkhonII: eep
(10:42:24 PM) ***Auricle sits down and starts laughing.
(10:42:32 PM) Auricle: We are now four for four.
(10:42:35 PM) dkap: *sigh*
(10:42:45 PM) Auricle: Every one of us has lost connection at some point.
(10:42:54 PM) dkap: At least, when we are physically present, this only happens when my players drift off to sleep ...
(10:42:56 PM) Auricle: Apparently teh internets are fiesty tonight.
(10:43:10 PM) dkap: Damnable gerbils, they should like their tubes!
(10:43:24 PM) arkhonII: indeed
(10:43:40 PM) Cagliostro [~Gringo_Lo@c-66-30-5-155.hsd1.ma.comcast.net] entered the room.
(10:43:48 PM) Cagliostro: gah.
(10:44:00 PM) arkhonII: Feh
(10:45:00 PM) Auricle: The Internets are against us.
(10:45:13 PM) dkap: But we WILL PREVAIL!
(10:45:34 PM) Cagliostro: or at least persist.
(10:45:41 PM) Cagliostro: so, there was an attempted gnoming.
(10:46:01 PM) dkap: Maybe if we talk Hax0rs sp33k we would be indistinguishable from line-nose, and therefore not get pwned.
(10:46:01 PM) Cagliostro: from hell's heart, he gnomed at Caelin.
(10:46:32 PM) Cagliostro: sigh. brb.
(10:46:36 PM) dkap: Right ... moving along.
(10:46:41 PM) Cagliostro left the room (quit: Read error: EOF from client).
(10:46:59 PM) ***Auricle stands up to game....and sits back down again.
(10:47:32 PM) Cagliostro [~Gringo_Lo@c-66-30-5-155.hsd1.ma.comcast.net] entered the room.
(10:47:38 PM) arkhonII: Woot!
(10:47:57 PM) dkap: And several butchers aprons. In other news ...
(10:47:58 PM) dkap: *grin*
(10:48:14 PM) arkhonII: and so...we move on...
(10:48:47 PM) dkap: Right ... I believe, Caelin was just pseudo-dwarfed, and asked about directions, and was shushed for his efforts by the Guide.
(10:48:50 PM) Auricle: We move from the attempted gnoming
(10:49:10 PM) dkap: Soon you come to a section that doesn't seem to be inhabited.
(10:50:39 PM) ***Auricle looks around.
(10:51:21 PM) dkap: The Archivist seems to have fallen behind. Matter of fact, he seems to have stopped at one of the empty sections.
(10:51:32 PM) Auricle: "Archivist?"
(10:51:34 PM) Cagliostro is now known as Jean
(10:51:37 PM) dkap: You notice at once, because, well ... he is holding the light.
(10:51:43 PM) ***arkhonII "ARchivist?"
(10:52:04 PM) ***Jean wonders if perpetually expecting the locals to turn on you and start a rebellion is because he's an Amberite or a Realms Lord (emeritus).
(10:52:29 PM) arkhonII: heh
(10:53:33 PM) Auricle: (Yes)
(10:54:01 PM) dkap: Umm ... or Middle Management?
(10:54:34 PM) dkap: Your voice either didn't carry back to him, or his voice didn't carry forward.
(10:54:59 PM) Auricle: walk back over to him. "Archivist?"
(10:55:28 PM) arkhonII left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(10:56:15 PM) dkap: Auricle: You bump into the barrier between the two of you.
(10:56:26 PM) Auricle: "Uhoh.
(10:56:52 PM) dkap: And apparently, so has Caelin.
(10:57:06 PM) Jean: "Yep. Typical."
(10:57:17 PM) dkap: He holds up his ring, there is a shattering noise, and he walks forward.
(10:57:55 PM) dkap: Caelin: to guide "The archivist needs to be released as well."
(10:58:05 PM) dkap: Guide seems startled.
(10:58:16 PM) dkap: Guide: "So, release him."
(10:58:46 PM) dkap: Caelin: "I don't know how."
(10:58:46 PM) Jean: gm: did the guide seem startled at the shattering, or the question?
(10:59:01 PM) dkap: Guide: "Use your ring" (ahduh.)
(10:59:28 PM) dkap: Caelin and the Archivist compare notes.
(10:59:38 PM) dkap: After Caelin frees him with his ring.
(10:59:39 PM) Auricle: "Wait, I'm in a barrier?"
(10:59:50 PM) ***Auricle looks confused more than normal.
(10:59:51 PM) dkap: GM: not anymore.
(11:00:15 PM) dkap: Caelin: No, you are not in a barrier, because we hear you.
(11:00:48 PM) dkap: All move further down the corridor.
(11:01:16 PM) dkap: You get to a demarcation point. There seems to be many more folks here. It seems that some means of communications is being attempted.
(11:01:58 PM) Auricle: *mumbles* I have decided I don't like it here.
(11:02:02 PM) dkap: Caelin is checking for members of his house, and otherwise ignoring them.
(11:02:33 PM) dkap: Caelin to Auricle: "I'm guessing the vote is unanimous."
(11:03:12 PM) Auricle: "I'm fairly sure we don't even need a vote."
(11:03:30 PM) dkap: All move.
(11:03:51 PM) Auricle: We move on.
(11:04:24 PM) dkap: There is a huge crowd in front of the area where the guide finally stops.
(11:05:29 PM) Auricle: looks at the crowd.
(11:06:25 PM) dkap: Caelin conceals his ring, and moves to the front.
(11:07:34 PM) dkap: Caelin: "Note to everyone, the dungeons are not properly soundproofed."
(11:07:46 PM) Jean: I'll hang back and dangle with Auricle.
(11:08:07 PM) Jean: (as the five year old Jean was wearing pants when he walked the pattern, but shifted out of a saucer.)
(11:08:27 PM) dkap: Yep.
(11:08:27 PM) Auricle: Heh
(11:08:52 PM) dkap: Caelin announces the possibility of really loud iminant noise.
(11:09:03 PM) ***Auricle has not noticed she is naked. She may not have noticed ANYONE is naked. Or, she possibly doesn't seem to think this is anything but personal preference.
(11:09:22 PM) dkap: Caelin tries to enter the holding cell, and hits the separating wall.
(11:09:52 PM) dkap: The cell wall goes down. The wash of noise is tremendous.
(11:11:40 PM) dkap: Caelin catches the tossed drumsticks from one of the Randoms.
(11:11:42 PM) Auricle: reaction-shift to modulate how loud the noise is, fail (I'm assuming), and claps hands over ears.
(11:11:53 PM) dkap: He shakes his head, smiling. "I'm good, but not that good."
(11:12:28 PM) dkap: Not that noisy, but still, from distant, muffled sound, to the equivalent of being in the near bleachers to a drum corps.
(11:13:06 PM) dkap: Caelin joins Random in the drumming.
(11:13:45 PM) dkap: Five minutes, the roll to the wrap, and go out to massive applause.
(11:13:45 PM) Auricle: "We're having a drum party?"
(11:14:05 PM) Jean: gm: who else is in the crowd? general size of crowd?
(11:14:20 PM) dkap: Caelin shakes hands, Random says "I believe, that's the end, folks, no encores."
(11:14:28 PM) dkap: About 25-30 people.
(11:14:55 PM) dkap: Crowd starts disapating, chattering amongst themselves.
(11:15:09 PM) dkap: Caelin and the Randoms, join the group.
(11:15:20 PM) dkap: Caelin bows, and thanks the Guide, for his indispensable assistance.
(11:15:47 PM) dkap: The Guide bows back, quite low, and thanks Caelin for taking care of his Housemembers as apporpriate.
(11:15:53 PM) Auricle: (It's a new Group: Caelin and the Randoms.)
(11:16:18 PM) dkap: Mike is laughing.
(11:16:38 PM) dkap: Exiting, the way folks came, making sure there are no boggles.
(11:17:10 PM) Auricle: yay exiting, we hates this place.
(11:18:16 PM) dkap: Exit without a problem (You already had your Wandering Monster Encounter.)
(11:18:55 PM) Auricle: (Hee!)
(11:19:25 PM) dkap: And you know the difficulties.
(11:20:01 PM) Auricle: And we're very familiar with the entrance/exit doorway, having spent hours there. ;P
(11:20:27 PM) dkap: And, with the signing out of the Randoms with the Guard, you are free to go, and we should hang it here, being 11:30.
(11:20:56 PM) Jean: okay, excellent
(11:21:10 PM) Jean: are we limited to a 8:00 start time, or could we roll it back earlier now that we're virtual?
(11:21:13 PM) Auricle: excellent
(11:21:53 PM) Auricle: I can't make it much earlier than 7:00
(11:21:55 PM) dkap: Well ... I set it for 8, because that's usually when I can start.
(11:22:11 PM) dkap: But if folks want to congregate earlier, it's not like you need your GM to run.
(11:22:28 PM) Jean: k.
(11:22:32 PM) Auricle: It's usually polite, though.
(11:22:35 PM) Jean: I might show up at 7:00 and see what happens.
(11:22:48 PM) Auricle: K
(11:23:38 PM) Jean: night!
(11:23:39 PM) Jean left the room (quit: Quit: Leaving).
(11:23:48 PM) Auricle left the room (quit: Read error: EOF from client).
(11:47:01 PM) arkhonII [~arkhon@m0a5e36d0.tmodns.net] entered the room.
(11:54:32 PM) arkhonII left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(07:51:00 PM) Auricle: indeed, I'm VERY pleased.
(07:51:24 PM) dkap: Greetings, folks.
(07:51:31 PM) Auricle: hello the dkap
(07:52:12 PM) Cagliostro: I'm sure the wedding decorating biz is mostly word of mouth, so pleased clients are all kinds of good.
(07:53:15 PM) Auricle: A good deal of word of mouth, so yes, we're very happy they like their stuff.
(07:58:04 PM) arkhonII [~arkhon@m085e36d0.tmodns.net] entered the room.
(07:58:13 PM) dkap: And then it hits Caelin, of course ...
(07:58:15 PM) arkhonII: Wow.
(07:58:27 PM) arkhonII: Everybody here at 8.
(07:58:34 PM) dkap: Well ... no Ilk-sign as to yet.
(07:58:37 PM) arkhonII: Even before, according to my clock.
(07:58:47 PM) arkhonII: Well, no. Still.
(07:59:10 PM) Auricle: the rest of us are here.
(07:59:14 PM) Auricle: :)
(07:59:27 PM) Auricle: (I even managed to get to the gym before game-call)
(07:59:29 PM) arkhonII: Indeed!
(07:59:53 PM) dkap: You mean, you aren't typing from the top of the treadmill? Or while sitting in the hot-tub?
(08:00:09 PM) arkhonII: *snicker*
(08:00:31 PM) dkap: I do think they should make hot-tub-safe laptops.
(08:00:58 PM) arkhonII: Buoyant lappies?
(08:01:33 PM) dkap: Sure, and water-sealed.
(08:02:10 PM) Auricle: oh, that would be awesome, from a hot tub...
(08:02:21 PM) Auricle: but no, I'm at home on my lovely desktop.
(08:03:03 PM) dkap: In that case ... into the meat of the matter.
(08:03:54 PM) dkap: I believe, you have all exited the environment, Caelin, you have the dragon charging you, and then, disappearing as if a dream, given day's light, around you.
(08:04:26 PM) dkap: Jean, you can (if you wish) resume the Homoculi/Saucer forms.
(08:04:26 PM) arkhonII: Dragon charging is passe, these days.
(08:04:36 PM) Auricle: And we have Randoms with us.
(08:04:43 PM) dkap: The Jagers are unscathed, amused, and have their hats.
(08:05:07 PM) dkap: Natasha thanks the guards for taking care of your dragon.
(08:05:28 PM) Cagliostro is now known as Jean
(08:05:42 PM) Jean: I probably wouldn't - I don't s hift from Primal to saucer etc.
(08:05:56 PM) Jean: if I don't shift back automagically, I'll probably stay primal and dangly.
(08:06:25 PM) dkap: Primal it is.
(08:06:38 PM) ***arkhonII thanks Natasha for remembering common courtesies.
(08:07:48 PM) dkap: Auricle, the Gargoyle, says to you "Contact reestablished. Parameters for lack and reestablishment of contact unknown. Duration noted for further research. Current goals, achieve Randoms, return to Kolvir, and start city restructuring."
(08:08:07 PM) dkap: Natasha kisses her house-head.
(08:08:43 PM) Auricle: look at the Gargoyle. "Reestablished?"
(08:10:32 PM) dkap: Gargoyle: "Correct, and functioning at full capacity. Detection senses restored. Presence of Randoms noted. Conditions surrounding his person, noted as abnormal. Conditions surrounding Caeling showing similar abnormalities. Vivisection recommended."
(08:11:07 PM) Auricle: "HEadsup of conditions?"
(08:11:34 PM) arkhonII: Was that to Gargoyle?
(08:11:58 PM) Auricle: yes
(08:12:16 PM) Auricle: Although if I'm in " " I'm speaking outloud.
(08:12:24 PM) dkap: Gargoyle: "Anomolous energy being emitted."
(08:12:47 PM) Auricle: "Gargoyle, display?"
(08:13:55 PM) dkap: A frission of unknown energy signatures are overlaying your view of the Randoms, and, to a lesser amount, Caelin.
(08:14:21 PM) Auricle: "Whoa, weird."
(08:14:58 PM) Auricle: "What's wrong with you guys?"
(08:15:11 PM) Auricle: :me looks at the Randoms and Caelin.
(08:15:40 PM) arkhonII: "Huh?"
(08:15:53 PM) arkhonII: "Aside from the general everyday curses of business?"
(08:15:56 PM) Auricle: "You're surrounded by an energy field."
(08:16:09 PM) arkhonII: "Only one?"
(08:16:19 PM) Auricle: "Well, energy signature. Of some sort. That ...Gargoyle, was that there before?"
(08:16:21 PM) arkhonII: "Something MUST be wrong, then."
(08:16:49 PM) dkap: Gargoyle: "Anomaly of recent origin."
(08:17:00 PM) Auricle: "No, it's something new, not the normal stuff."
(08:17:24 PM) Auricle: "Has to have happened in the dungeons, since the Randoms have it too..."
(08:17:40 PM) dkap: Gargoyle: "During the time of no contact, no input."
(08:17:45 PM) Auricle: look over Natasha, Jean, Jagers, they are all fine, right?
(08:17:45 PM) arkhonII: "Hmm....rules out dragons..."
(08:17:54 PM) dkap: All the rest are, indeed, fine.
(08:18:36 PM) Auricle: "Hmmmm. So something related to all three of you.
(08:18:48 PM) Auricle: "Of which the only thing I can come up with is...drumming?"
(08:19:43 PM) ***arkhonII turns to the Randoms..."Y'all weren't doing any new drugs I should know about...were you?"
(08:19:48 PM) Auricle: "Can anyone else here sense this?"
(08:20:11 PM) ***Jean is comfortably certain I have no idea what she's talking about.
(08:20:24 PM) arkhonII: "erm...I'll wait for the analysis of others before I take a look myself."
(08:20:38 PM) dkap: Randoms grin at each other, and alternating words: "Nope, we're clean, but he (pointing at each other) is a delusion."
(08:21:07 PM) arkhonII: (Does Caelin still have the drumsticks?)
(08:21:10 PM) dkap: Nothing seems strange to the rest of you, Natasha shakes her head, in a negative fashion.
(08:21:17 PM) ***Auricle claps her hands. "Excellent, then you won't mind if I run a few experiments on the delusion to figure out what's happened, will you?"
(08:21:20 PM) dkap: Of course you do.
(08:21:58 PM) ***arkhonII holds the drumsticks up to Auricle. "Could these be the source?"
(08:22:12 PM) Jean: gm: I mean, I can't sense anything, right?
(08:22:17 PM) dkap: Gargoyle to auricle: "No".
(08:22:18 PM) Auricle: "Gargoyle, Analyze?"
(08:22:28 PM) Auricle: "Not the drumsticks."
(08:22:30 PM) dkap: There is nothing to sense, Jean, as far as you can tell.
(08:22:59 PM) ***arkhonII looks at the Randoms, then at Auricle. "Maybe I'm the illusion."
(08:23:02 PM) Jean: gm: that's what I figured.
(08:23:18 PM) arkhonII: "Wait, no...other powers that be would never so bless me."
(08:23:34 PM) Auricle: "Great, then everyone can come with me back to my lab and I can figure out what's happened.
(08:23:48 PM) arkhonII: "Er...where is your lab?
(08:24:09 PM) arkhonII: "And also I should note that I have a house-head meeting to attend. I'd be delayed for its duration, at best.
(08:24:49 PM) Auricle: "At the new City, of course, where else would I have a Lab?"
(08:25:13 PM) arkhonII: "New...city? Never been."
(08:25:46 PM) dkap: Randoms: "Road Trip!"
(08:25:52 PM) Jean: "That's probably a sign of something."
(08:26:05 PM) ***Auricle has a sneaking suspicion the Jagers now think the Randoms rock.
(08:26:28 PM) Auricle: "How long is your house head meeting thingy?"
(08:26:55 PM) arkhonII: "Not a clue, to be honest. Depends on the orders of business."
(08:28:05 PM) Auricle: "Hmmmm. Well, the anomolous readings don't seem to be affecting any of you at the moment...
(08:28:16 PM) Auricle: "Although I have no idea what it's supposed to do."
(08:28:44 PM) arkhonII: "I assume you have no impressions of the energy fields besides their presence?"
(08:28:58 PM) dkap: Auricle, you do not.
(08:29:13 PM) Auricle: "Correct."
(08:29:14 PM) dkap: They do not seem to be expanding, contracting, or interacting with each other.
(08:29:53 PM) dkap: The Archivist joins you. He has a similar pattern overlaid on him.
(08:30:06 PM) Auricle: "The fields are just there...whoa. Look at you."
(08:30:19 PM) Auricle: "Well, there goes the drumming theory, you didn't drum.
(08:30:35 PM) arkhonII: "I cannot think of any powers common to the four of us...presently.
(08:30:39 PM) Auricle: Gargoyle, do I have such a field?
(08:31:28 PM) dkap: Gargoyle: "Negative"
(08:31:34 PM) Jean: "Pattern, spiral, house membership, association with impending debacles..."
(08:32:12 PM) arkhonII: "Natasha doesn't share the field, according to Auricle, so not an issue of house membership..."
(08:32:19 PM) Auricle: GM: its not pattern, right?
(08:32:25 PM) dkap: Nope.
(08:32:26 PM) arkhonII: "Spiral, however..."
(08:32:38 PM) arkhonII: "Nope, Natasha hasthat.
(08:32:58 PM) ***arkhonII keeps muttering, trying to eliminate possibilities.
(08:33:21 PM) Auricle: "Gender?"
(08:33:44 PM) Auricle: "No, that would mean Jean would exhibit the field."
(08:34:30 PM) ***arkhonII thinks...."Well, considering that none of us are associated with the current Pattern, could it be that?"
(08:35:11 PM) Auricle: "I'm associated with the current Pattern. You know, Kolvir's Keeper and all that. And I've already walked it."
(08:35:29 PM) arkhonII: "yes, but to my knowledge, none of the rest of us are.
(08:35:42 PM) arkhonII: "And the four of us mentioned are the only initiates, yes?"
(08:35:49 PM) Auricle: "Yes, but not all of you are exhibiting the field, either."
(08:36:33 PM) Auricle: "It's not Pattern-based, and it wasn't there before the dungeon."
(08:37:01 PM) Jean: gm: I'll let Ilk know about the field, and shaer a t heory that I'll mention when Dave shows up. ;)
(08:37:21 PM) dkap: Of course.
(08:37:26 PM) dkap: He is due.
(08:37:29 PM) Auricle: "Initiates...?"
(08:37:29 PM) dkap: (theoretically)
(08:37:33 PM) arkhonII: "Hrm...did you say that the Archivist had it too?"
(08:37:38 PM) Auricle: "Yes.
(08:38:01 PM) arkhonII: "Ahh...then perhaps being imprisoned for any length of time somehow marked us."
(08:38:23 PM) Auricle: "Except didn't I get stuck in a bubble-thing and you freed me too?"
(08:38:37 PM) Auricle: "I'm not exhibiting the field."
(08:38:43 PM) Auricle: "I've checked."
(08:38:57 PM) arkhonII: (Did Auricle get stuck? I only recall the Archivist)
(08:39:22 PM) Auricle: (I seem to recall walking into a wall, but heck, Auricle could be misremembering.)
(08:39:55 PM) dkap: Auricle walked into the wall confining the archivist, but she, herself was not confined, but... of course, Auricle might misremember that.
(08:39:56 PM) arkhonII: gm: Did Auricle get contained in a bubble or not?
(08:40:22 PM) Auricle: (Ah, excellent, brain like thing with holes in it....)
(08:41:07 PM) arkhonII: "I have no memory of you being imprisoned for any length of time, Auricle. With my ring, I freed only the Archivist, Random(s), and myself."
(08:41:29 PM) Auricle: "Ah, well then, the dungeon seems to still have marked you."
(08:41:55 PM) ***arkhonII shrugs. "I am in no way surprised."
(08:42:35 PM) ***Auricle tries to not look confused at the idea that she wasn't in a bubble, she was so sure she was....
(08:43:08 PM) arkhonII: "I seem to recall you being imprisoned in a bubble, but by a long-defeated enemy."
(08:43:09 PM) Auricle: Gargoyle: is the ring the source of the energy?
(08:44:16 PM) dkap: Gargoyle: "No"
(08:44:34 PM) ***Auricle shudders. "Hated that."
(08:44:43 PM) dkap: Caelin, you did only free your own housemembers, of which Auricle is not one ...
(08:45:02 PM) Auricle: "Kay, not your ring, either, so, the Dungeons have marked the lot of you for whatever reasons it has."
(08:45:25 PM) arkhonII: gm: Mmm...yes.
(08:45:37 PM) arkhonII: gm: But she was also not imprisoned.
(08:46:50 PM) Auricle: "So the next question is, do you want to stay marked or do we figure a way to take it off of you?"
(08:48:05 PM) arkhonII: "Well, if events happen according to my luck, it'll only become apparent how to deal with the problem once the problem presents itself."
(08:49:03 PM) Auricle: (When the good stuff meets the bad stuff...)
(08:49:40 PM) Auricle: "I supposed I could study the delusions until you are done with your house head meeting."
(08:49:52 PM) Auricle: "Possibly I can figure out how to remove it from them."
(08:50:24 PM) arkhonII: (next, on Geraldo: Bad-stuffed house heads, and the entourages that hate them)
(08:52:52 PM) Auricle left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(08:54:39 PM) arkhonII: Oops.
(08:57:01 PM) Auricle [~chatzilla@dialup-4.154.204.229.Dial1.Boston1.Level3.net] entered the room.
(08:57:15 PM) Auricle: I HATE THIS #@%#&%) COMPUTER.
(08:57:24 PM) Auricle: Okay. I feel better now.
(08:57:46 PM) arkhonII: *snicker*
(08:57:59 PM) Auricle: I haven't seen anything since my last sentence.
(08:58:16 PM) Auricle: I can't WAIT til I get my new motherboard and power supply and upgrade this thing.
(08:58:33 PM) dkap: The only thing since "Possibly I can figure out how to remove it from them."
(08:58:45 PM) dkap: Was Caelin: (next, on Geraldo: Bad-stuffed house heads, and the entourages that hate them)
(08:58:59 PM) arkhonII: heh
(08:59:03 PM) Auricle: Awwww, we don't hate you, Caelin.
(08:59:09 PM) dkap: And then you dropped, so we were waiting for you.
(08:59:18 PM) Auricle: Not that I'm an entourage, or anything, mind you. :P
(08:59:30 PM) arkhonII: That's because you don't know me that well. ;-)
(09:01:03 PM) Auricle: "So, perhaps that would work? Besides, Jean and I need to talk to the Randoms anyway for..."
(09:01:14 PM) Auricle: "...the entire reason we're here..."
(09:02:39 PM) Jean: "We can go off during the meeting, and I'll stay here with Caelin."
(09:02:53 PM) ***arkhonII nods.
(09:03:02 PM) ***Auricle nods.
(09:03:12 PM) Auricle: "Terribly useful, you being everyone at once."
(09:03:24 PM) Auricle: er, everywhere.
(09:03:31 PM) Auricle: gah, can't type.
(09:03:40 PM) Jean: "Well, not -everywhere-. But I am legion."
(09:03:47 PM) arkhonII: "He gets away with it."
(09:03:52 PM) arkhonII: (*snicker*)
(09:05:12 PM) Auricle: "As close to everywhere as is useful."
(09:05:27 PM) Auricle: "So, plan?"
(09:05:49 PM) arkhonII: (He's like Verizon. Stateside, at least. More like T-Mobile everywhere else.)
(09:06:18 PM) Jean: "Complete the jailbreak, attend the meeting, plan the palace?"
(09:06:43 PM) arkhonII: "Sounds like a plan. It won't succeed, but it IS a plan."
(09:06:47 PM) Auricle: "Yes!"
(09:07:05 PM) dkap: Gargyle: "Correction, plan the city."
(09:07:06 PM) Auricle: "Well, no, of course not, but that just means we get to the successful plan sooner"
(09:11:21 PM) Auricle: "So, how do we get out of here?"
(09:12:14 PM) ***Jean indicates the front door.
(09:12:49 PM) Auricle: head towards the door.
(09:13:13 PM) dkap: Caelin, staying for the meeting? If so, are you keeping Natasha and/or the Archivist with you?
(09:13:41 PM) dkap: Jean, the one with the ring (who was upstairs the entire time) is staying for the meeting, yes?
(09:13:57 PM) arkhonII: gm: Yes, and each. The Randoms however, are free to go assist Auricle, as that was the purpose of her coming, as I recall.
(09:14:01 PM) dkap: The other you, are you going to travel by walking, or homoculi, for the pocket?
(09:14:25 PM) Jean: yes, and walking
(09:14:29 PM) dkap: The Randoms, have engaged one of the Jager in some sort of hand-jive.
(09:15:14 PM) Auricle: (What pocket?)
(09:15:45 PM) Auricle: (No one has pointed out Auricle's naked, and she doesn't have a real sense..)
(09:16:34 PM) dkap: No one seems to care, either.
(09:16:42 PM) dkap: Nor that Jean is, as well.
(09:17:02 PM) Auricle: Just pointint out there's no pocket to travel in for Jean.
(09:17:09 PM) arkhonII: (Naked was at several times the epitome of fashion in Chaos)
(09:17:27 PM) arkhonII: (Why would shapeshifters care?)
(09:19:07 PM) dkap: A lack of pockets?
(09:19:36 PM) dkap: A lack of layering that could be sheared away, without worry, if the way turns somewhere unexpected?
(09:19:55 PM) dkap: A measure of personal privacy (so not to show how many weapons one is wearing).
(09:20:43 PM) ***arkhonII would merely conjure clothes for himself and offer the same at some point, when he thought of it.
(09:20:47 PM) Auricle: Okay, so who's going where?
(09:22:03 PM) dkap: Jagers and Randoms in tandem: "ROAD TRIP!"
(09:22:23 PM) Jean: I think Auricle, the Jagers, the Randoms, and the newly primal Jean are heading to Amber
(09:22:31 PM) Auricle: "Road trip with me, then."
(09:23:38 PM) dkap: Indeed.
(09:24:32 PM) ***arkhonII will lead the remainder back towards the area where Mandor was last seen.
(09:25:05 PM) Auricle: (So I guess the real question, O GM, is which group are you running first?)
(09:25:07 PM) Auricle: :)
(09:25:35 PM) dkap: Well ... The road trip, at the moment ... I need Ilk for the meeting.
(09:25:45 PM) arkhonII: *nod*
(09:26:08 PM) Auricle: Kay.
(09:26:20 PM) Auricle: Auricle opens up the door and steps outside.
(09:27:04 PM) dkap: From the J&Rs: "Hi ho, hi ho, its off to walk we go."
(09:27:22 PM) Auricle: *grins*
(09:27:42 PM) Auricle: focus on Kolvir, and start to Walk.
(09:29:11 PM) dkap: So, the decision is to walk the distance?
(09:29:13 PM) dkap: Right.
(09:29:31 PM) Auricle: They seem to want a road trip
(09:30:06 PM) Auricle: Besides, I do appreciate the chance to take a look through shadow on the way and make sure things are settling. As with the way here.
(09:32:28 PM) Auricle: Do I have everyone?
(09:32:51 PM) dkap: You do, and you are off ...
(09:34:12 PM) dkap: (As a note, does anyone think to take anything with them to avoid being locked up for curfew violation?)
(09:34:17 PM) Auricle: Well, Walking through chaos is relatively simple, since it's so nicely maleable.
(09:34:23 PM) Auricle: (YEs, I have Jean.)
(09:34:35 PM) Auricle: ^_^;
(09:39:10 PM) dkap: Umm ... Jean, you would, at least, know enough that, since it's not the house-head going with you ... you might need something.
(09:40:06 PM) Jean: hm.
(09:40:21 PM) Jean: probably best to ask Ilk for a gate past the curfew boundaries
(09:41:26 PM) Auricle: "Is Ilk still here to ask?"
(09:41:31 PM) dkap: Yes, he is.
(09:41:39 PM) Auricle: er, is he, since I can't help but tell?
(09:41:42 PM) dkap: And so is Mandor et al.
(09:42:06 PM) Jean: Jean would just ask the Ilk in the tree.
(09:42:06 PM) dkap: And even Natasha could manage a gate.
(09:42:16 PM) dkap: Caelin might be able to, but ... why ask for trouble?
(09:42:36 PM) arkhonII: (*snicker*)
(09:42:44 PM) Auricle: (heee)
(09:43:10 PM) ***Jean figures Caelin has a meeting to attend, and Natasha's staying with Caelin.
(09:43:16 PM) Jean: The gate should probably open just outside thelbane.
(09:44:06 PM) dkap: And to to ...
(09:44:39 PM) Jean: 'outside the curfew area'
(09:45:03 PM) dkap: Might I ask the silly question, as to where that might be?
(09:45:23 PM) dkap: Remember location is not so contiguous to a logrus master.
(09:45:41 PM) Auricle: "Maybe put us into a Shadow? Somewhere?"
(09:46:08 PM) Jean: Neither Jean nor Ilk is so good with that
(09:46:14 PM) Jean: so we'll just follow Auricle's suggestion.
(09:46:16 PM) dkap: Exactly, hence the question.
(09:46:26 PM) Auricle: "Hmmm.
(09:46:29 PM) dkap: A gate needs a good, solid fixed end-point.
(09:47:30 PM) Jean: sure. your problem is to decide what Ilk would pick. ;)
(09:48:21 PM) dkap: Right then.
(09:49:21 PM) ***Auricle is distracted by the mutiple multiples of possible Shadows to choose from...
(09:50:18 PM) dkap: Natasha sighs, walks outside, and creates a gate from Thelbane, to "Shadow somewhere".
(09:50:34 PM) dkap: (Ilk being a realms-lord, passed the buck.)
(09:51:19 PM) Auricle: "Thank you Natasha!" looks at everyone. "Well, let's go, then."
(09:51:53 PM) ***arkhonII turns to Natasha. "Don't tell me you're going with them...are you?"
(09:52:36 PM) dkap: Natasha: Of course not, dear. I'm not leaving you alone, so you can get sucked into _anther_ adventure without me.
(09:53:26 PM) ***Auricle steps through the gate, yay gate.
(09:54:07 PM) ***Jean follows
(09:54:21 PM) dkap: One Jager puts his hand on Auricle's chest, another steps through first, and then they let Auricle through.
(09:54:34 PM) dkap: The J&Rs follow.
(09:55:24 PM) dkap: It is a dark cliffside behind you, and the cave opens up in front of you. It shows signs of having been worked.
(09:56:25 PM) dkap: There is music coming from within.
(09:56:30 PM) Auricle: "Oh, look! A cliffside! Didn't we want the Randoms for a cliff for some reason?"
(09:56:31 PM) dkap: It sounds like ... a band?
(09:58:04 PM) dkap: A gentleman comes out of the inner cave, looks you up and down, and asks if he can seat you.
(09:58:28 PM) Auricle: blink. "Sure?"
(09:58:35 PM) Jean: "I think that was for the decorative quasipattern, Auricle."
(09:58:42 PM) Jean: "To give the Amberites something to do."
(09:59:05 PM) Auricle: nods to Jean.
(09:59:09 PM) Auricle: "That's right.
(09:59:22 PM) Auricle: "Because otherwise they get bored and annoying."
(09:59:45 PM) dkap: Gentleman: Table for 7. Follow me, please.
(10:00:34 PM) Auricle: shrugs and follows the gentleman, curious. "Gargoyle, any idea where we are?"
(10:02:02 PM) dkap: Gargoyle: Cave, possibly restaurant.
(10:03:13 PM) Auricle: focus on Kolvir, how far away do we feel to be?
(10:03:21 PM) dkap: Quite some distance.
(10:04:45 PM) dkap: Farther than the Bobafrog Fountain.
(10:05:03 PM) Auricle: Oh dear.
(10:05:34 PM) Auricle: So what does our restaurant look like?
(10:06:33 PM) dkap: Well ... it's decorated, in the interior of a cave, there is an orchestra in the back, the tables are elegant, candle-lit, there is some dancing space.
(10:06:44 PM) dkap: There is a horse sitting at one of the tables.
(10:06:59 PM) dkap: Not everyone here is Chadroid in shape, either, though most are a close approximation.
(10:07:00 PM) Jean: Is it Bucephalus?
(10:07:15 PM) dkap: Probably, but hard to tell in the darkness, and he's not wearing his Gem openly.
(10:07:50 PM) dkap: Being that Natasha is related to Bucephalus, it wouldn't be much of a stretch to presume.
(10:08:19 PM) Jean: true
(10:12:37 PM) Auricle: Are we shown a table?
(10:16:19 PM) dkap: Yes.
(10:17:29 PM) dkap: The waiter comes out, and asks if you want menus, and in which language.
(10:19:07 PM) Auricle: "Ummm."
(10:19:13 PM) Auricle: "Whatever I'm speaking."
(10:20:02 PM) dkap: Randoms ask for theirs, in Musical Notation, the Jagers, ask for him to bring them something recently dead, but not cooked, and one of them asks for a side of asparagus, in butter.
(10:20:39 PM) dkap: Waiter: You are speaking in Thari. I shall bring you one in that.
(10:20:52 PM) dkap: Jean?
(10:21:33 PM) Jean: "I'll have what Random's not having."
(10:22:16 PM) dkap: Waiter: I'm sorry, sir, you will have to be more specific. We serve quite a broad range of food here.
(10:22:52 PM) Jean: "Ah. What are your specials?"
(10:26:10 PM) dkap: Waiter: Tonight's special is Fillet of seal, with watercress and undomesticated broccoli, in a light ginger sauce, our saucier recommends a claret or sparkling cider with the dish. We also have a special on some mixed grains, lightly coated with granola.
(10:26:29 PM) arkhonII: (*LOL*)
(10:26:39 PM) Jean: "I'll have the seal, with the cider, thank you."
(10:26:55 PM) arkhonII: gm: You are freakishly evil. Let. The. Record. Show.
(10:27:02 PM) dkap: *grin*
(10:27:20 PM) dkap: Waiter: Most good sir.
(10:27:30 PM) dkap: I will return in a moment with the menus.
(10:27:44 PM) dkap: (he scuttles off)
(10:28:38 PM) dkap: A few moments later, he returns with three menus, one printed in Thari, and the other looking like sheet music.
(10:30:05 PM) Auricle: takes her menu and starts to look it over.
(10:30:18 PM) dkap: The Randoms, pick a fresh beetle, cheese and onion stew, light on the grated sloth, with baked Alaska for desert.
(10:30:50 PM) dkap: All sorts of foods, from the familiar to the exotic, it seems to be about 10 pages long.
(10:31:35 PM) Auricle: gargoyle: anything in particular I need to replenish?
(10:32:29 PM) dkap: Proteins, vegetables, and calcium.
(10:34:45 PM) Auricle: "Let's see....How about mac-n-cheese, leek and asparagus crepes, and grilled swordfish?
(10:35:43 PM) dkap: Waiter: Of course, how well done do you want your Irishman, and what type of cheese do you wish him dipped in?
(10:36:29 PM) Auricle: "well done, and cheddar."
(10:36:41 PM) dkap: Of course. And to drink?
(10:36:57 PM) Auricle: "Pomenagranite juice, chilled."
(10:37:16 PM) dkap: Of course.
(10:37:35 PM) dkap: And he retires from the table.
(10:38:26 PM) Auricle: (Damn, now they'llhave to hire a new one, this guy retired.)
(10:38:29 PM) dkap: The randoms are trying to tune (and play) the waterglasses.
(10:38:44 PM) dkap: *snarf*
(10:40:30 PM) Auricle: I'll snag them some extra glasses from other tables if they need them.
(10:42:33 PM) dkap: About 10 minutes later, another waiter comes out, carrying a heavy tray, followed by your waiter, who proceeds to dole out the dishes, correctly.
(10:42:57 PM) dkap: Noticing that the Randoms are playing the glasses, he also has brought out several more, of various sizes.
(10:43:53 PM) Auricle: Good service, that.
(10:44:08 PM) Auricle: The Gargoyle will need to remember this place for me.
(10:44:14 PM) dkap: Indeed. The Irishman in cheddar is quite tasty.
(10:44:24 PM) dkap: And so is the seal.
(10:45:00 PM) dkap: The crepes are a little thicker than you would have wished, but good, none-the-less.
(10:45:29 PM) Jean: excellent.
(10:45:38 PM) dkap: Whatever the Jager are eating and drinking is quite fresh, and the blood has yet to coagulate.
(10:45:40 PM) Auricle: "MMm, marvelous."
(10:45:42 PM) Jean: Jean has probably draped a little napkin sari
(10:46:28 PM) dkap: There is the inevitable bit of spatter from their choice, but ... it is mostly contained.
(10:46:49 PM) dkap: The Randoms are arguing over who got more beetles in their stew, and seem to be enjoying it.
(10:47:58 PM) Auricle: "Okay, we need to flag down the waiter and get the name of this place."
(10:48:17 PM) ***Auricle licks some cheddar sauce off her fingers.
(10:48:22 PM) dkap: The Randoms say, in sync "The Grotto."
(10:48:41 PM) Auricle: "Or not."
(10:49:09 PM) dkap: The swordfish is cooked, just right, tender, and juicy, and yet, not overpoweringly flavorful.
(10:49:55 PM) Auricle: "Have you been here before, then?"
(10:50:14 PM) dkap: The Randoms indicate in the afirmative.
(10:50:42 PM) dkap: Randoms: One of Malachai and Beaucephelous's favorite restaurants.
(10:51:20 PM) Auricle: "I can see why."
(10:52:07 PM) dkap: About a three-quarters of the way through the meal, one of the randoms spin around, pluck a dagger out of the air, and turn back to dinner, the other flags down a waiter.
(10:53:20 PM) dkap: When the waiter arrives, the randoms indicate that the dagger seems to belong to the tallish fellow over at that table, over there, and he seems to have lost it, at velocity.
(10:54:45 PM) Auricle: Does the gargoyle have any idea who that fellow is?
(10:58:53 PM) dkap: Nope. Although Gargoyle is happy to play back, in high speed, the attention since you sat down, the throw, and the catch.
(10:59:19 PM) dkap: (which seems to include an envenoming, or at least pouring something on the blade, before throwing.)
(11:00:04 PM) Auricle: Aimed at who, specifically?
(11:00:43 PM) dkap: One of the two Randoms.
(11:01:05 PM) dkap: A little off center of the back, where a standard chandroid might carry their heart.
(11:01:56 PM) Auricle: "Hmm, you seem popular, Random. Who is he?"
(11:02:25 PM) dkap: Randoms shrug. "We don't recognize him."
(11:03:28 PM) dkap: A manger-type comes out, accepts the dagger _carefully_ from the randoms, in a lined box, and apologizes to the table, saying that the management strongly objects to their patrons dying on their premesis.
(11:03:29 PM) Jean: "Next time we should get a table in the no-backstabbing section."
(11:05:41 PM) dkap: The manager bows to Jean, "Theoretically you _are_ in that section, sir. I apologize for the disturbance of your meal. If you wish, we can provide seconds, and one of our house fighters, if a duel to restore your honor is necessary."
(11:06:20 PM) dkap: (If not clear, the implication is that the duel would be between the restaurant and you, to restore your honor within the restaurant, not with the knife-thrower.)
(11:07:17 PM) Jean: "My honor is just fine, thanks for asking."
(11:07:38 PM) dkap: Manger: A pleasure, good sir.
(11:07:40 PM) ***Jean does not seem fazed at the idea of duelling the restaurant.
(11:07:54 PM) ***Auricle isn't either.
(11:08:14 PM) dkap: Neither do the Randoms, and the Jager seem engrossed with the food.
(11:08:54 PM) Auricle: How has the fellow taken to failing at his attempt?
(11:09:32 PM) dkap: A few moments later, a waiter comes over from horse's table table.
(11:09:50 PM) Jean: ("check, please!")
(11:11:07 PM) dkap: Waiter: "The patron from whom I have most recently come, offers to you, good gentles, to, I believe the translations is "Stomp flat" the individual who has disturbed your dinner in such an impolite manner, and awaits your word before indulging in said activity."
(11:13:02 PM) ***Auricle defers to the Randoms.
(11:13:12 PM) Auricle: "After all, you were the target."
(11:15:13 PM) dkap: The Randoms, ask the waiter to thank his patron, but it will be unnecessary.
(11:15:42 PM) dkap: And they wave in his general direction.
(11:17:19 PM) Auricle: "Very nice place, I think"
(11:18:17 PM) dkap: The manager-type comes back over, and replies, that the owner of the dagger has graciously offered to pay for their meal, if they would pardon the interruption.
(11:19:04 PM) Auricle: (Check, please, was right! Our check!)
(11:20:02 PM) dkap: The Manager looks anxiously to see if you will accept that solution.
(11:21:11 PM) dkap: The Randoms seem fine with that.
(11:21:24 PM) dkap: Provided that his dagger is returned to him.
(11:23:02 PM) Auricle: "Seems reasonable."
(11:24:22 PM) dkap: Right ... now that that's settled, and we are done eating, shall we go?
(11:24:46 PM) Jean: I fear that I must. It's about that time.
(11:24:52 PM) Auricle: Yup, although we should probably call game here, tis a good stopping place.
(11:24:53 PM) Jean: We can take our leave next week?
(11:24:57 PM) Auricle: nodnod
(11:25:13 PM) arkhonII: *nod*
(11:25:16 PM) dkap: I'm good with that.
(11:25:17 PM) arkhonII: Good night all, then.
(11:25:22 PM) dkap: No Ilk ... *sigh*
(11:25:27 PM) Auricle: night!
(11:25:27 PM) arkhonII: suck
(11:25:45 PM) Auricle left the room (quit: Quit: Chatzilla 0.9.77 [SeaMonkey 1.0.1/2006040400]).
(11:25:59 PM) Jean: night
(11:26:01 PM) Jean left the room (quit: Quit: Leaving).
(11:26:11 PM) arkhonII left the room.