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Character Name Type
Status/Notes Sex<br>
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FH.John Haight.......HY..Arawn.............Druid
.Normal/Al.. Ma<br>
...Kevin
Newark..........Dorhak............Warrior.Normal/Dwarf....Ma<br>
--.Tobie Bonahoom....YY..Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry..
Fe<br>
W3.Mark
Murtha.......HN..Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human....Ma<br>
W2.David Sanders.....HN..Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat
Normal/Human ..Ma<br>
R4.Wout
Broere.......YY..Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe<br>
...Don.Kerr..............Maelorna..........Dancer..Normal/Human....Fe<br>
...Gilbert.Isla..........Mournath..........Sailor..Normal/Human....Ma<br>
R3
Panthera..............Pyandalgor........Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma<br>
R4.Alex
Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe<br>
R3.Fukishtu.Newsome......Npc...............Chief...Normal/Human....Ma<br>
R3.Lucria.Cegra..........Npc...............Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma<br>
Fake-Kell/Raki........Npc...............Normal..Normal/Shaper...??<br>
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra<br><br>
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Private emails (not public actions) to
pnpgm@comcast.net<br>
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Game Update #122 sequence (file #869)<br>
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[Recap]<br><br>
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]<br>
A kind and
wonderful look flashed in Arawn's eyes as....<br>
GM: Ack.<br><br>
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]<br>
Arawn looked over,
giving Mae a smile, grimly tinged in...<br>
<br>
"I would not
seek to enslave you," he told the halfling....<br>
GM: Ack. <br><br>
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]<br>
Sorry for any
silence on my end. I was recovering from the flu<br>
but should be back
in the swing of things now:)<br>
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5:01pm [Inside
Arawn's mind]<br><br>
Arawn, staring at
the twin thrones, listened to a...<br>
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Coming to Arawn's
head snapped up and about, a bit of shock at<br>
GM: Ack. Hope you and
Bert are recovering well.<br><br>
From Z'leyra: [Re:
Actions]<br>
Z'leyra commands
"Grab our dead and lets go. Let us be...<br>
GM: Ack.<br><br>
From Mae: [Re Actions]<br>
Mealorna managed a
small victory as she found her dagger,...<br>
<br>
"Thank you,
" she offers and sighs, "I won't say I am ...<br>
GM: Ack.<br><br>
From Dorhak: [Re:
Actions]<br>
Our young (as
dwarfs go anyways) dwarf shakes his....<br>
GM:
Ack.
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[New Stuff]<br><br>
[Febris 9th,
1635TH]<br>
[Time: 5:01
pm]<br>
[Unknown
Location]<br>
[Audience Room -
Current room]<br><br>
[Minutes earlier
when Raki started to treat Arawn.]<br>
[Inside Arawn's
mind]<br><br>
Arawn,
staring at the twin thrones, listened to a doubting<br>
aspect of himself
question his parents. In that moment his<br>
higher self
snapped into being, realizing that doubt had no<br>
place here and
would only serve to entrap him. It was in the<br>
aftermath of this
recognition that Raki appeared, bearing Kell's<br>
face as he knelt
before the Alfar.<br><br>
It was
not the first time that Arawn had traversed spiritual<br>
space, though each
held their own rules and lessons to be<br>
learned. He showed
little surprise or concern at Raki's presence<br>
and action until
the shifter voiced his concern for Arawn's<br>
doubt and despair.
That elicited light-hearted laughter from<br>
the
druid.<br><br>
"Haha... Why should I doubt or despair? Why should I be<br>
concerned with
death or dying?," he asked Raki/Kell, a sagacious<br>
smile on his face.
"Death is nothing more than transition,<br>
transition from
one state of being, life, to another. It is<br>
only a door and
nothing to be feared."<br><br>
Raki
looks puzzled. "I do not understand this humor all<br>
that well."
He tries a few guffows but it seems too<br>
hard
pressed. He become serious. "You doubt yourself.<br>
That you will be
victorious here. That you will lose<br>
another life
here. That you will disappoint your parents.<br>
That you will
disappoint the Sidh. That you will betray<br>
those friends in
the other world who will miss your<br>
wisdom and sage
advice. There is nothing wrong with this.<br>
Every creature
alive even the dumb fire beetle has doubt.<br>
It may not be as
defined as yours. Even I here doubted<br>
I should continue
on. You expect that those outside this<br>
mind-sphere will
suffer. They will if you do not work<br>
and fight.
The tests to come will be beyond anything<br>
you can dream
of. As one human said, 'now buck up and<br>
get on that
horse'. I hope that was correct."<br><br>
Arawn
laughed again, eyeing the figure before him with with a<br>
look that
challenged an answer in a pleasant manner. As his<br>
laugh faded a more
serious mien crossed his face.<br><br>
"But though my memory is hazy and I would consider the risk<br>
of this being a
ruse or test. However, it seems a decision must<br>
be made sooner
rather than later for I sense an urgency and<br>
importance in your
words. And so I will take it, your offer,<br>
and see down what
paths it leads the two of us."<br><br>
Raki
nods and begins his work. <br><br>
Coming
to Arawn's head snapped up and about, a bit of shock<br>
at his sudden
return driving him so as he then began to take in<br>
the scene. He was
still trying to assess the situation when Raki<br>
moved from Kell to
help the alfar to his feet. Despite the sad<br>
event his face
showed little emotion, the urgency of the moment<br>
forcing him into
stoic practicality.<br><br>
"Catch me up on things," he asked, his eyes moving from
Kell<br>
to Luc's headless
body. "And we should take Luc with us if we<br>
can. I wish I
could do more to help them or make the move easier<br>
but my energies
are low and I think we may need what little I<br>
have if we're to
escape."<br><br>
As
Arawn moved to gather his gear he looked back to the<br>
tunnels with a bit
of concern in his eyes.<br><br>
"The others, the villagers, was there any sign of
them?"<br><br>
Fuk
points to the dead woman Zin ripped her heart from.<br>
Arawn recalls the
boy and the other woman but they were<br>
left it seems in
the lava room? He knows little can be<br>
done for the
villager with no heart. He turns to Raki<br>
and the shifter
shakes his head as if sensing his question.<br><br>
"I only saw Kell's spirit and the other one. The others<br>
the boy you ..I
know you are thinking of...their spirits<br>
I do not
see. They ..their energy must be too weak to form<br>
a spirit. Or
they must have fled somewhere in this realm.<br>
We don't have time
to look for them. I'm sorry."<br><br>
<br>
[Moments before
when people decide on Mae's fate...]<br><br>
Mealorna managed a small victory as she found her dagger,<br>
even before
she picked it up, the screams from the countless<br>
victims well
up from her memories of growing up with her mother<br>
and the
cultists, somehow she had kept the blade.<br><br>
She returns after attempting to craft a makeshift belt out<br>
of the
tattered remains of her gown and smiles as she looks at<br>
Fremea.<br><br>
"Thank you, " she offers and sighs, "I won't say I am
not<br>
evil, as
there isn't a reason for me to exist unless for some<br>
purpose of
the Court."<br><br>
She gives Fremea a smile and looks at her wings, "I can<br>
change at
will, but don't like doing it that often. Usually<br>
due to
responses such as what Kiet just gave me. But I will<br>
happily fly
with you, even if my hiding is more physical, my<br>
wings are
mine, but I don't know how to explain it, they're<br>
there, but
not at the same time, you have a harsher time hiding<br>
than I
do.<br><br>
She looks at Z'layha and fights the urge to laugh, "It's not<br>
noble, I
gave my word and unlike my sisters, If they truly are<br>
such, I
don't just live by the letter, I prefer the spirit of<br>
what I
offer, " as she smiles and looks at Arawn. "I would<br>
have happily
remained hidden as you suggested I do. If I had<br>
acted
sooner, maybe Zin wouldn't have killed Lucria and we<br>
would still
be at this point. I would have preferred to have<br>
taken it
slower than surprise a viper in the basket you weren't<br>
expecting. If anything Fremea would have known at least as I<br>
would have
told her," as she gives a rueful smile and follows<br>
the
group.<br><br>
A kind
and wonderful look flashed in Arawn's eyes as he<br>
looked and
listened to Fremea speak regarding Mae's presence.<br>
He said no more,
his own thoughts already expressed but he did<br>
give a nod,
approving and adding to Fremea's vote to allow Raki<br>
to accompany the
party.<br><br>
Arawn looked over, giving Mae a smile, grimly tinged in<br>
light of the
situation that had unfolded during the battle.<br><br>
"I would not seek to enslave you," he told the
halfling.<br><br>
"And I was aware of her nature," he added, glancing
towards<br>
Kiet in that
moment. "If there's concern regarding how to<br>
handle issues of
safety, we'll discuss it later. Now is not<br>
the time and we
need to focus on getting out of here."<br><br>
Fuk adjusts his sheathed sword on his hip and stops.<br>
He glares at
Arawn. "You KNEW?" He glances to the pile<br>
of blood and brain
matter that was his friend and then<br>
back at Arawn with
a fierce sneer. "You knew it's nature."<br>
He points to
Mae. "And you let Lucria spend time with<br>
it?" He
breathes in and out several long moments trying<br>
to calm
himself. "Yes. We WILL discuss this later.
You<br>
may have ..."
He shakes his head and walks away.<br><br>
During
the mental meld Arawn shared some of Raki's<br>
thoughts and that
is why Arawn realizes the lava<br>
room is just to
the right. As the others gather by<br>
the threshold
Arawn runs into the eastern passage.<br><br>
Fuk
sighs, "we don't have time!"<br><br>
Unali
paces back and forth by the threshold of the<br>
western
passage. A minute later, a excited but<br>
exhausted Druid
arrives. He carries the body of<br>
the boy who died
in the cave in. But his energy is<br>
drained and in
that heated room he hurried as fast<br>
he could.
But it took what little he gained. Hopefully<br>
he'll
recharge. But he did not see any more gear<br>
or the other
villager. Maybe when the party was<br>
bought here they
shoved the villager into the lava.<br><br>
Z'layha seeing Arawn breath in and out with intensity<br>
steps
forward. "Let me take him. You need to
recover."<br>
She gently takes
the dead boy into her arms.<br><br>
Arawn
looks to Raki trying to catch his breath. Raki<br>
shakes his
head. "He is not around the body. I'm
sorry."<br><br>
Raki
had grown a new arm to hold the cryx as he held<br>
the body of
Kell.<br><br>
Eyeing
the Cryx in Raki's hand Arawn extended his hand and<br>
asked, "May
I? It will likely not come into its full power in<br>
your hands if my
visions are true. But I sense you are more<br>
familiar with at
least some of its applications. What can you<br>
tell me of
it?"<br><br>
Raki
hands it over without hesitation. "A device of<br>
divine origin and
power. Zin studied it more than any<br>
of us. There
is no time. We must move on. Maybe later<br>
we can mind-merge
and share information."<br><br>
Z'leyra commands. "Grab our dead and lets go. Let us be<br>
stronger by
supporting each other, not weaken us by divisive<br>
bickering. I will
bring up the rear as I probably am the best<br>
armored."<br><br>
Our
young (as dwarfs go anyways) dwarf shakes his head<br>
quickly, then
sticks a knarled finger in his ear. Did he<br>
really just hear
our 'leader' say that...?<br><br>
Dorhak
thinks swiftly on this, and decides. "I'll take the<br>
lead," he
says out loud. He hoists his shield and readies his<br>
mace.
"Maybe Raki can follow and guide." He pauses for a<br>
second then says
"He should be able to look around corners<br>
at the very
least."<br><br>
Dorhak
revels at the audacity of taking the lead. He just<br>
hopes someone
remembers his bravery.<br><br>
"Stop!" Raki firmly says. "Can you see around a mile
in the<br>
dark? Can
you hear a insect buzz half a mile away? Can you<br>
see rocks that are
not rocks but my friends who will kill<br>
you before asking
questions? I respect your boldness. But<br>
I must lead.
I saved Kiet here by forming a rock around<br>
him can you detect
that? If this was a question of bravery<br>
there would be no
doubt. I tell you what. Let me lead<br>
the first three
spots. After that at the stairs if we make<br>
it that far you
are welcome to lead."<br><br>
With
that Raki moves past Dorhak carrying Kell and<br>
exits the
cave. Dorhak grunts and follows behind. As<br>
he moves he
notices the back of Raki's head form a<br>
mouth.
"Thank you. You may be close at hand brave<br>
solider."<br><br>
Dorhak
grunts at the thought of a mouth at the back of<br>
one's head.
That's just too gross.<br><br>
Raki
stops. He whispers. "Did they see you? No.<br>
Good. If I
can you then you must avoid them. Are<br>
they
approaching?...good." He moves after talking<br>
to Kell's
spirit.<br><br>
Raki
stops at a 3 way intersection of the passage.<br>
Before he gets to
the edge he listens. "One is<br>
coming from that
way. Take the wall. Is he coming<br>
or going? No
wait. I hear his footsteps fading He<br>
is moving
away. Just a moment Kell."<br><br>
Raki
nodes and turns. "We must cross quickly."<br><br>
He
crosses to the other side avoiding left and<br>
right. He
waits at the edge as each person moves<br>
then as Z'leyra
crosses he stands and listens.<br>
He then moves
forward again passing each person to<br>
take up
point. Dorhak did lead briefly but realizes<br>
he may be
right. This place is a maze.<br><br>
Kiet
recalls the passage briefly as the party<br>
moves down the
hall twisting to the right and<br>
then left.
Some 700 feet or so down the passage.<br>
Raki waves a third
hand to silence and wait. Raki<br>
waves the third
hand back toward Dorhak.<br><br>
"There is a small creature. Around the corner. It<br>
may be native but
we aren't sure. IT is kin to a lizard<br>
in your
world. It will breathe fire once it flaps<br>
his wings.
Go forward and kill it. I am holding<br>
Kell or I
would. No go. Be quiet though."<br><br>
Dorhak
grins finally some action. But fire? He<br>
rushes past.
Down the passage on the side of a wall<br>
on a small bounder
clinging is a small dog like<br>
creature all in
red and yellow. It seems to be licking<br>
at something on
the wall. Dorhak charges but forgets<br>
for a second to be
quiet and a half second battle<br>
roar exits his
mouth. The creature seeing Dorhak leaps<br>
to the ground on
all fours. The creature with yellow<br>
and orange eyes
hisses showing crystal sharp teeth.<br>
The creature
spreads his wings and opens his mouth when<br>
Dorhak raises his
shield to deflect the fire. the<br>
fire which is
about 3 times more than that body could<br>
even give flashes
bright and intense knocking Dorhak<br>
back a foot. But
Dorhak charges and swings his mace<br>
hitting the
creature once.<br><br>
The
limber creature leaps at Dorhak but he ducks<br>
in time, advantage
of being a small being himself,<br>
and the creature
misses. Dorhak hits the creature<br>
again this time in
the neck knocking the creature<br>
to the
ground. Dorhak continues to kick, shield<br>
bash and club wit
his mace killing the creature.<br><br>
Kiet
rushes up to help but finds the creature<br>
already
dead. "Don't delay." Raki rushes past<br>
and around another
corner.<br><br>
Another 30 feet and Raki stops for the others to<br>
catch up. He
waits for Z'layha in the middle<br>
carrying the
boy. He glances to Kiet and then<br>
nods to the cave
to the right Kiet recognizes<br>
it as the tribute
cave full of discarded items.<br><br>
Z'layha looks to Raki. "What?"<br><br>
"Gods thrive on worship. With out that they<br>
are
powerless. I am sorry." He nods to the<br>
cave.
Z'layha gently places the boy on the ground<br>
and pulls her
dagger. She stands in the threshold.<br>
"What
is...this?"<br><br>
She
steps inside and examines the dimly lit room<br>
with lichen on the
ceiling for any light. "This is<br>
all the ...stuff
we sent...over the many many decades<br>
if not
centuries....you just...discarded it?"<br><br>
From
behind Raki replies, "we have no use for that<br>
here. Maybe
out there in your world. We did use<br>
the metal for some
things. But most of it was<br>
useless."<br><br>
"But we were...told....directed that we should<br>
tribute the..this
place. This makes no sense. All<br>
this wealth
wasted..."<br><br>
Raki
shrugs, "Zin suspected that the gods felt it<br>
was a form of
mockery or torture. Some others felt<br>
the food and
resources wasted could be used to our<br>
better which was a
lie."<br><br>
Unali,
Fremea and Arawn step inside looking around.<br>
The Sidh check
broken crates and piles of items<br>
for any form of
magical essence.<br><br>
As
others look inside Fuk steps forward to Raki.<br>
"What is
next?"<br><br>
"The hardest part. We'll pass the prison were I<br>
was stored for a
long time. But in order to get<br>
to the
stairs. We must pass the most dangerous<br>
part of all.
It is a section of open cave that<br>
is a ledge.
This ledge overlooks a large cavern<br>
where most of my
people are. The ledge is about<br>
50 feet wide and
30 feet high. Simply walking by<br>
will draw
attention. If we can't pass it without<br>
notice then we are
all doomed. The cavern itself<br>
is so large
a human city could fit inside. But it<br>
would house
hundreds who could easily see us."<br><br>
"So how do we cross?" Fuk asks.<br><br>
"That I was hoping for a solution from one of you."<br>
Raki looks right
at Fuk.<br><br>
Actions?
Comments?<br><br>
Next Update..
Wednesday...?<br><br>
GM: Well I also
got a bit sick. But my con score has<br>
always been so high I rarely get 100% sick. If<br>
I get sniffles one day it lasts only 45 minutes<br>
not 2 weeks like some family members. This last<br>
week though No sniffles, no sore throat, no temp<br>
(other than 1 hour) and no other symptoms <br>
than dry cough and exhaustion. Just energy was<br>
down to 10% if that So why no update Wednesday.<br>
Its now 9pm Saturday and I'm starting to lose a bit<br>
of energy. I was going to do more detail on the<br>
cave but since I already posted it I'll find the<br>
old post. So you guys can do what you need<br>
here before we move on to the next spot which<br>
as I outlined above will be dangerous so any<br>
suggestions on how to cross is good. :)<br><br>
So below is the excerpt from Kiet's BTS file.<br><br>
GM: Tribute /
Treasure Room part<br><br>
It is
dark but bio luminescence glows a bit in the walls.<br>
There are old
rotten decayed crates in tatters.<br><br>
In
them or what remains of them are weapons - swords, daggers,<br>
knives.
Another pile are many, many gems, jewels and jewelry.<br><br>
Other
discarded items like finely crafted mugs, small statues,<br>
etc are about the
cave.<br><br>
"The Kameran sent tributes for a long time. It is useless
to<br>
us. We got
tired of burning them. "<br><br>
"Give me a moment," Kiet says to his new friend. Kiet
searches<br>
quickly for a
weapon...curved sword best, dagger if he must.<br>
Any shield
available. If no shield, and no suitable sword, a<br>
war staff if
available. Try to grab the best looking weapon of<br>
these types that
he can, but hurry! Before he leaves, however...<br>
grab a handful of
jewelry...after all...waste not want not.<br>
Carry it in his
tunic if he must. But only one good handful...<br>
no
loitering. Just a quick glance at what looks the best.<br><br>
As
Kiet search the dry dark cave the air is tight. You find<br>
many swords and
daggers. All seem in fine craftsmanship. Lots<br>
of bastard
and heavy swords. In a rotted crate and around it<br>
are maybe 40-50
daggers. It seems the Kameran's tributes were<br>
numerous over the
years. They probably didn't know better and<br>
just sent these
here hoping for favor.<br><br>
There
are also heavy axes.<br><br>
No
shields. No tulwars. No staves.<br><br>
Fake-Kell stands in threshold.<br>
<br>
"Raki. You can call me Raki. There was this ...small
human<br>
named that.
As his parents were dissected by others to study he<br>
played a game
called hide and hunt. I would run as he never<br>
found me.
But he was....a interesting young one before they<br>
removed his
backbone. Why the others were so cruel? I don't<br>
know..."<br><br>
Kiet
takes a sword and exits. <br><br>
GM: For
those taking items and using senses I'll roll on<br>
results later I'm too tired tonight. I may even<br>
do a small update Monday if I am up to it.<br><br>
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